That’s why I gave up the sugar and bacon. Both of those turned out to be trigger foods for me, and if I ate a little, I wanted to eat a lot more. If I have them in the house, I will eat them and that’s not good. So I got rid of them from the house and I don’t eat them when I go out. Basically, if I eat them, I want them, but if I don’t eat them, I don’t want them.
Last night, Airman and I went to his chief’s house. It was a cookout, and there wasn’t much I thought I could eat. I started off with some cheese, but I left the dips alone. For dinner, I had two hotdogs on rolls, some really good pasta salad, and some very good beans that also had some hamburger mixed in. I don’t feel great about what I ate last night, but I don’t feel bad about it either. I got up early this morning and went on an almost 2-hour bike ride to work it off. Oh, and I left the dessert table alone. I looked to see what was offered, but nothing jumped out at me that made me want to eat it. That’s why I don’t feel bad about what I ate last night. I made the best choices possible, and while I probably didn’t need that second hot dog, I didn’t go nuts on anything else, and I sure as heck didn’t go face-first into the brownies. And I made it a point to drink lots of liquids and walk or stand as much as possible.
The bonus was that several of Airman’s coworkers did not recognize me. That was a rush.
I’ve been avoiding this thread because last time I weighed myself, I’d gained back the 6lbs I’d slowly lost since January
However, in the week or two since, I’ve noticed I’ve really stopped comfort eating as much, plus I’ve only been drinking socially when out, rather than the few glasses of wine most nights at home that were starting to add up, and I had two really good training runs last week.
I don’t have a set of scales in the house, but I think when I do weigh myself it’s going to be good news. Even if it isn’t, I’ve had two people tell me this weekend how good I’m looking, so I’m shaping up even if it’s not dropping off yet
Thankfully bacon doesn’t have that effect on me! But I won’t be eating crisps again, that’s for sure.
110.3kg on the scales this morning, putting me right on track to be 110.0kg by Sunday when me and my hubby fly to Paris and meet up with my parents. Wahoo!
My goal is 1 pound a week and I have been eating/exercising to lose two (in case of metabolims slowdowns or binges). Last week I lost three pounds!
I started back on my weight program (to gain some lean mass and to help out my joint problems) but the real key was that I helped my friend move. Hours of moving boxes up and down stairs and cleaning are great exercise!
It really helped with my biggest problem which is that I have no problems moving around to accomplish something but hate exercise for exercise’s sake.
Tonight I am going to do my weight program (with a smidge of cardio to warm up) and then hop in the pool with the kids.
And promptly came down with a nasty bug, which is keeping me out of the gym this week, which is boo and sad because I just did a reevaluation and upped all my weights.
Still losing very little, but enough and I’m ok with it. Almost there!
Ms Robyn, it’s fantastic when people don’t recognise you, isn’t it? I swear it never gets old.
The family and I are spending time in Philadelphia for the Fourth of July. (My parents were already here for other reasons; they just decided to extend their stay for a few days so we could come visit, and the Fourth is just metaphorical red-white-and-blue frosting on a chocolate cupcake.) We didn’t drive and my parents didn’t rent a car, so we’re walking everywhere, and there is lots of walking around and activity and such for the museums that we’ve visited. I’ve been able to keep up, although I took a much-needed nap yesterday afternoon and still slept through the night. Thanks to the holiday, there will probably be a lot more walking today. But I’m up for the challenge.
Food-wise, I’ve been doing well. Still no sugar, but the bacon came over to visit yesterday at breakfast. I’m OK with that, though, because I had two strips and what with all the activity yesterday, and I knew I’d burn it off with no problems. (Believe me, I did. I’d love to find an apparatus where I have to lift myself off the floor with the help of pulleys. You’d be able to add and remove pulleys to decrease or increase effort needed. It’s great for the upper body.)
I also went for Chinese last night because I didn’t have the points for whitefish salad and the half-pound of pastrami the night before gave me indigestion :smack:. So I had steamed scallops, steamed asparagus with carrots and water chestnuts, sauce on the side, and brown rice. Extremely filling and satisfying, and no indigestion. And I had a point left over.) Overall, though, the biggest challenge is to eat enough to deal with the activity while not going over and still making good choices and not using the activity as an excuse to pig out. I want to step on the scale next week and show a loss.
I dunno, schlepping boxes for two days kinda sucked.
If you are really jealous, I have to take apart my paving stones and re-lay them this weekend. I am sure that’s good exercise, too. (I promise beer and food.)
After having my power out for six days and living with my in-laws, I am proud to say that I a) have not gained a pound, and b) only had one day where I drank any alcohol at all.
Power’s back on now–among such key things as sleeping in my own bed and cooking in my kitchen, I am ridiculously thrilled about being able to go to the gym tonight.
My life has been so busy running my startup and the tech incubator that I haven’t checked in here in a long time.
I’ve stabilized at a sort of size 4 skirt, size 6 pant size. That said, I am kind of lazily back to trying to lose weight, because I’m getting married early next year and stuff. I just signed up for a CrossFit Groupon.
Saturday I went to a backyard party where there was a ton of food and I had a small amount of pulled pork and some salad greens.
I could have had more but I was saving calories for the eight light beers I drank. (Worth every bit, I tell you.)
Sunday was rushing around so I ate protein bars for breakfast and lunch. By the time dinner rolled around, I was starving! Big mistake. Had a couple of slices of pizza (and stopped at two! Go team!) which fixed the problem.
It’s so much easier when I am at work and in my routine.
Anyway, down 2.5 pounds this week (I do my official weekly weigh in on Monday) so I just gotta keep it up.
Drain Bead, I would not have made it six days with my in-laws. Especially when I am trying to lose weight. I usually just bring my own food supply when I am there. They get offended. Meh. I don’t plan on seeing them until Thanksgiving so it should be fine.
So I weighed in today and I lost 1.2 lbs. It’s a loss, and it’s a good loss, but I was kinda hoping for more since I didn’t weigh last week. But it was stupid hot last week and that made it difficult to exercise as much as I would have liked.
But here’s the deal. There is an end in sight. I’m now a shade over ten pounds from my final stick-a-fork-in-it-I’m-done BMI-of-25 goal. (10.8 lbs, to be exact.) I can’t believe that I’m almost there.
I have never posted in one of these threads before.
Lately I have really gotten into cooking a lot (too much!) and have been gaining way too much weight. It’s been fun, but it needs to stop now. I’ve decided to, for the most part, stop making yummy, high-calorie meals. From now on, I will be making dinners that consist mostly (~3/4 of the plate) of vegetables, with a small piece of grilled or broiled meat or fish. Very little carbs, and those in the form of whole wheat pasta, sweet potatoes, couscous, or quinoa. No white bread or potatoes. Breakfasts will consist of Greek yogurt with berries and whole wheat toast, or low-fat cereal with fruit, or once in a while eggs with whole wheat toast. Lunch- mostly turkey and other low-fat meat sandwiches on whole wheat, with lots of vegetables in/with them. Snacks- almonds, yogurt, fruits and vegetables.
I do think that I need one day a week when I can eat something like a piece of pizza, a hamburger, etc., so that I don’t feel too deprived to stick with the healthy.
I’m also going to stop drinking soda and the like and start drinking green tea. I hate tea. I’m thinking that if I add a lot of lemon, it might be okay.
My goal is to lose 30 pounds by New Year’s. This sounds doable, right?
30 lbs in five months is doable, but it may be a stretch. Appropriate weight loss is 1/2 lb. to 2 lbs. per week. Some weeks, you will lose. Some weeks, you will gain. That’s how it works.
The biggest piece of advice I can offer is to watch your portion sizes. This means weighing and measuring. Some things, like non-starchy vegetables, don’t have to be measured with precision because there aren’t enough calories to matter. But other things, like meats, starches, fruit, and dairy, do need to be measured. You’d be surprised to find out just what constitutes an appropriate serving size, and it’s not nearly as large as you may think. What helps me with this is to keep the scale on the counter and in front of me. I also make it a point to get produce in small sizes, and particularly fruits and starches. This way, I can’t go crazy on it.
After that, I’d just say to keep only healthy snacks in the house and in your general vicinity. If you don’t have it, you can’t eat it. Find snacks that make you happy, and that you can live with.
And, of course, get active. You don’t have to train for a marathon or a triathlon or anything like that. Just walking is helpful. I find that if I walk to places where I can, and ride my bike where I can, I get my exercise in with no problems.
Mark me as someone who LIKED the heat wave. I lost my appetite on the 4th, and it didn’t come back until Monday the 9th, when the heat broke. Lost 2.5 lbs because of it…
All good advice. I know that when I was younger, I could drop 5-10 pounds like that just by using portion control. I hope it still holds true. Living out in the country now, I can’t really walk to places, and it’s dangerous to walk in the road with no sidewalks, but I’m trying to figure out other ways I can exercise. Thanks, MsRobyn- you are an inspiration with what you’ve done yourself!
I’ve joined Overeaters Anonymous. I am 2 1/2 weeks into it and I’m down 10 lbs. I’m not weighing or measuring a thing. I have one rule only: nothing goes into my mouth unless I am legitimately hungry. If I am legitimately hungry, then an apple will suffice, if I’m only hungry for chips or cookies, then I’m not really hungry.
I am just overlooking the religious aspect of it. It’s been incredibly hard but I’m just taking it one day at a time.
I have had a vicious stomach bug for four days. I have eaten two meals in this time, if you can call them that, and a hot toddy or two. I will leave other details to your imagination, but your imagination is not nearly detailed or disgusting enough. I have gained 6 pounds.
(Worth every bit, I tell you.)