When we first locked down I actually lost about 20 lbs. I live by myself, and I wasn’t going to the grocery store. I guess I was too anxious to eat much (anxious about the election, too). I gave up on lots of other “self-care” stuff, too. But after noticing this morning that my pandemic pants weren’t sliding on so easily anymore, I stepped on the scale and saw a number I hoped I would never see again-- I’ve gained back 15 of the lost pounds.
My cooking has been erratic, and although I certainly have the time to prepare good meals, I just haven’t felt like it. I’ve been taking the easy way, chowing down on carbs, and even after a great boost from my SDMB thread back yonder about eating salad every day… I’ve slacked off there, too. Sigh.
So I’m back on the low-ish carb, healthy, soup & salad bandwagon, walking again, eschewing cans of refrigerator biscuits and bags of Ruffles Sour Cream & Onion Potato Chips. I didn’t buy any leftover Easter candy when I went to the store this morning to stock up on greens, peppers, tomatoes, nuts, and other Big Salad ingredients.
It’s an old familiar song, umpty-umpth verse. Anyone else?
Not me… I’m actually about 10-15 lbs lighter than when all this began. I attribute it to generally eating better (not eating out, and making an effort to eat less), and doing a lot of bike-riding with my children for exercise.
It’s been on my mind. With me, I eat little all day, then at dinner, I have two helpings of everything plus three glasses of wine and some ice cream. Tentative first step: cut out the ice cream! We’ll, uh, see how it goes…
I’m still down a bit, but last week we needed to do a week-long inflammatory foods test for my lovely wife, and just the salt from prepared foods has me up 6#. So I’ll be doing a lower-grain mostly-Mediterranean diet with mostly whole foods to see if I can knock it down again. I’m looking forward to more local vegetables soon, when our CSA box starts up again in about 4 weeks. However, today I’m going to see if there’s adequate distancing in the outdoor seating at my favorite cafe, and if there is, I’ll eat my first bagel since February 2020.
I’ve gained 5-10 lbs, but it’s hard to tell what is COVID pandemic weight and what is new father weight. I hope that when the baby is a bit more able, I’ll be playing outside with him every day, which hopefully will replace the 2-3 miles I used to walk every day just in my commute.
I have the same trajectory as ThelmaLou (but smaller numbers).
Going to the store once/week, no stopping off for a snack here or there, and just general panic drove my weight down at the beginning. Now it’s climbed back up to nearly where it was pre-pandemic.
Luckily, all of my pants are now spandex/elastic, so I haven’t really noticed anything not fitting. Yay yoga pants!
I figure I have 8-10 more weeks of quarantine until I see people again. So, it’s time for a final push to get in some kind of shape. I’ve started exercising (which for me is the easier thing). I should start eating better again, too.
I had actually lost weight, due to getting out on my bike on country roads (the perfect distanced sport), and not going out to breakfast.
But then February happened. Sub-zero temps, tons of snow, so no biking, and the gyms were closed, and everyone was depressed. So I said “Oh, well, I’ll put on a dozen pounds or so and take them off again in April.”
Omigish, is it April already? Welp, I reckon it’s time.
I’ve started getting out on the bike, and using it for all my errands. But my actual plan is:
Get More Exercise, and Stop Eating Crap.
Yeah, see, I spent the winter staving off depression with donuts. (Works remarkably well!) But it’s time to cut back to one carb-y treat a day, and snack on fruits and veggies instead. That, with increased cardio, has worked wonders in the past.
I haven’t put on any pounds although I’m drinking too much (spent part of lockdown watching too many whiskey, bourbon and rye channels).
Treadmill at home, hiked 60 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail last August (which forced me to hike and treadmill), and have snowboarded at least 2x per week since December (le sigh, Spring snow isn’t fun and I think Easter was my last time up this season).
Planning some rigorous 2-3 night hikes this summer, so working that treadmill on 8% grade for a couple of hours per week.
I’m another of the losers. Came into lockdown at about 78 kg/172 lb. No holidays, pubs, restaurants, cafes (to speak of). Hit 68 kg/150 lbs last September and still there.
We’re easing lockdown at the moment (UK). I may shortly have to use some will power - that could be a problem.
I have put on more pounds and am trying to figure out how to get them off. I hope to eventually walk them off. However, I have issues with walking distances too (sciatica, damaged back and knee) so I don’t want to walk too far from home and be unable to go further. I am thinking that I will have to do some rather dull back and forthing along the sidewalk until I know I can trust my body to take me further without complaining.
I dropped 40 lbs, but I chalk it up to a life-style/diet change concurrent with the lock-down. In simpler words, watch your portions and avoid unnecessary carbs (which is most of them).
I’ve definitely put on the weight in the last year. My primary means of pre-pandemic poundage avoidance was ultimate frisbee, which has of course been a no-go since this all started. When that went away, so did the other legs of my health plan. There was nothing stopping me from biking or running or whatever, but I lost my motivation when I lost my group sport.
But the players have been stirring in the last few weeks, and we’ve been discussing conditions and specifics of starting back up. I’m hopeful that I’ll be able to get everything back on track once I’ve got my core activity happening again.
I still weigh the same as I did before, it has just…let’s call it …moved. Hopefully it’ll move back now that I have some real things to do. I’ve got gig to make some substantial furniture.
I’m in the best shape of my life but I’m trying to get better in my 40s. I’ve done keto, IF including OMAD, you name it, and had success with all. However, no matter how you slice it I’ve found CICO is really all it is. For losing weight, it’s really just eating under maintenance calories. Most of the tricks are to some extent just making that easier or simpler in some way. For body composition (I don’t want to be “skinny fat” but some people are fine with that, and that’s cool), my thing these days is low (which for me can be over 3000) calories with high protein and fiber. I pretty much eat without much restriction but anything I eat with significant calories needs to be high in protein or fiber or both. Almost anything else feels like an unnecessary thing for my body to process with no pay off.
Yes, I think I’ve finally convinced myself to stop eating so much. I think I had subconsciously decided that I wasn’t going to “fucking diet” if I was probably going to die from covid any second. So I think I’ve got the right mindset now but I also started a part time job so that should help. I’m also spending less time watching baking on tv! I’m already down a few pounds. Got a bit more to go, but I’m encouraged.
