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Downside of the week: I've noticed since it's getting cooler I'm not drinking as much water so I think I'm going to try making tea in the morning to drink during the day. Sleep is still a major issue but we're going to see our family doctor next monday, we'll see if they have another solution for us to try.
Upside of the week: Fast days are going good, though I still have a problem with saving calories just in case I get hungry later. Friday I only had 326 calories for the whole day, though I admit the only time I was hungry was after I exercised and I ate plenty then. I did exercise as well, which was good.
Status of last week's goal: I didn't really come up with any solution. There are things I'd like to try, swimming, martial arts again or even some sort of class or group, but it's really impractical at this time.
Goal for next week: This week I'm switching from two fast days to three and I'm going to try to go for a walk at 930am each day. Our respite worker normally does this three days a week before watching her for a few hours but she's away for four weeks and I want to try to keep my daughter's routine the same. I'd like to lose 2 more pounds so I can be at an even 20(or more) when I see my doctor since I know he'll ask about it, even though we're there for my daughter.
Total pounds lost: Still 18 pounds lost!
Pounds remaining: 32
current weight: 182 (down one from last week)
Desired weight: 155
Downside of the week: General laziness. Really didn't -do- much. Also, went out to dinner with Sister to buffet. I don't regret it, because it was enjoyable and delicious, but I could have easily skipped the mango icecream, but didn't because I love it and I rarely have it.
Upside of the week: Brought lunch every day!
Goals for next week:
A: Get out and do at LEAST 30 minutes of -something- more than a casual stroll 3 times a week.
B: Start calculating calories again. I stopped when I felt I had a good sense of it, which was fine for about 3 weeks, and then the lunch fail started and I was too ashamed of my own failure to continue *shake* It isn't like calculating them is going to CHANGE what I'd eaten.
Weight lost: 11 pounds
Downside of the week: No real downsides beyond work being hard when I'm trying to not intake so much caffeine. I am a zombie.
Upside of the week: Upside of the week was definitely meeting @Reux and having two glorious cheat days. Still managed to lose 2 pounds with the cheat days too!
Status of last week's goal: Today I rode the path I was talking about and I didn't stop one time! /dance dance. I didn't find an exercise ball video I like yet, going to work on that.
Goal for next week (Sept 17- Sept 24): Deeefinitely continue this rolling trend! We're getting there, and my kind of bitchy lady doctor will be impressed, damn it! More specific goals. . . I want to see three pounds off this next week.
Also, people who skip breakfast, tend to be hungrier later in the day, and end up consuming more calories than they normally would have.
I see that some of you are like me. I am not a fan of "breakfast" foods at all. But tell me, why do you need to eat eggs, pancakes, etc for breakfast? What is special about those foods that makes them 'breakfast' foods? Nothing but tradition. Your body will do just as well if you consume fish, chicken, veggies, etc at 8AM as it does at 3PM. Makes little difference.
Could be too I was a terrible cheat this past week.. Hm. Ever onward?
/rant
Downside: I've been given a new recipe for an awesome apple cake that is -not- on the healthy side for those trying to lose weight. I've also been lax in most things having to do with walking. Also, my daughter has been around and while she is I spoil both of us. <.<
Upside: I've slowly started doing crunches and situps and I mean to pick up the whole walking/exercising in general this week. My daughter has been here, which has brought my mood up again from dangerously slipping downwards.
Goal for next week: Get back down to where I was or even further!
Upside of the week: I still managed to lose despite a single meal on Monday being 2.2 days worth of calories and carbs. I had a few semi fasting days following to offset. Plus the amount I burned with the farm work I've mentioned.
I still got to eat cake. Twice.
Downside: I was really good Monday on my birthday and I hate how much it set me back in that one meal, and the stress that followed restricting an already tight diet. I also could not jog, and hardly could speed walk, for a few days following the farm work. My legs still hurt, but I still managed to get in a pathetic attempt at speed walking today.
Status of last week's goal: I did all right. Still a loss, so still a victory!
Next week's goal: get back on track! I can't wait to be below 150 again.
Total weight lost: 9lbs
Current weight: 152lbs, 12 more to go.
Time to get back on track, one thing firmly at a time.
For the next month I want to concentrate on one thing. Being active each day, even if it's only 5 minutes. I want to build the automatic habit of working out or going for a walk first thing in the morning(7am) as early as our schedule works. (I eventually want to build more of a schedule once this becomes a habit as everything revolves around my daughter right now and she has 0 regular sleep or anything else. And I absolutely detest it.) The most important thing for me in this is putting on my running shoes and being active in some way, even if it's jumping jacks, dancing around, running up and down my stairs. I don't care what, as long as it gets me warmed up and my blood pumping. And my daughter gets used to spending the time not being held.
Our OT tried to convince me that I should do all my working out while holding her. That was her solution when I was trying to work with her for ideas so that I can get a few minutes without a 20 pound, three year old attached to me. It's the first time in a long time that I've come close to yelling at someone or crying because I was so frustrated. Of all our great support workers, I dislike her... but that's really beside the point.
I made a list of goals that I want to hit in different areas, Exercise, Food and Life. That way I can concentrate on picking one and building on it. I'll get to the others eventually, they're not going anywhere. Just one at a time will mean the success I want in the long run.
Weight lost: Gained 4 pounds
Upside of the week: My daughter has decided she doesn't mind sitting with Daddy, which gives me a bit more time and less stress in feeling like I don't want anyone in my bubble or touching me ever again. Also re-kicked in the butt and motivated. I'm still 14 pounds below where I started.
Downside of the week: I think I covered that above. Bleh!
Goal: As above, building the habit of being active first thing each day.
Total weight lost: 14 pounds
Weight to go: 36 pounds
Here is hoping our doctor has a solution today for my daughter's sleep that will actually work. Real sleep would be amazing.
Weight lost: 8.3 pounds
Downside of the week: I had lost 11, but gained back three, but then lost another pound.
Upside of the week: I feel more definition all over me.
Status of last week's goal: Well, I ended up seeing the Doctor for an unrelated reason and she seemed really impressed so that was good.
Goal for next week (Sept 24 - Oct 1): Try some of these low-sodium recipes I've been hunting for, remain strict on my diet and no cheating by bites and things, and bike ride all week on top of walking.
Also - awesome that we're admitting our failings in general, if we just ignore them and stuff them under rugs and pretend they didn't happen, we're not likely to get very far.
current weight: 181 (down one from last week)
Desired weight: 155
Downside of the week: Ate out a few times and didn't feel bad about it for a moment (pesto fondue and spatzel, I love you.)
Upside of the week: Got out to walking several times and got some decent sleep so I feel like I can function like a full human again. Made smart grocery choices and resisted repeated offers for things I wasn't actively hungry for but would have been tasty.
Status of last week's goal: Counted breakfast/lunch calories and did well, but didn't count dinner, trying to just be conservative in my choices.
Goals for next week: Walk 4xs a week - use Saturday break to walk, no matter what fun weather. Actually calculate dinner calories as well.
Thank you @Aryanne, your post helped make my week better.
I'm doing this on my tablet, so I am going to be making it somewhat brief.
Weight lost: 3 pounds
Upside: I did well on my fast days. Reading over stuff on the Nerd Fitness website I realize on those days I have naturally gravitated toward eating Paleo. Lots of vegetables and lean meat plus a bit of fruit.
Downside: Broken computer and still no end in sight on the sleep issue.
Last goal: Managed to be active in some way each day. Monday was even a full bodyweight strength workout. And my husband and I went for a walk on Thursday.
Next goal: Continue with 5 minutes of activity each day, more if the mood strikes. And eat some type of vegetable with each meal, continue experimenting with new veggies. This week it is fennel, nice and crunchy but I am not so sure about the raw taste.
Total lost: 17 pounds
Weight to go: 33 pounds
I am going to put this here. I am officially at the 10 pound mark and it's almost been a month. Some changes are happening and I've lost inches. I just wanted to document it for my little round self. I know it's not much yet but it will be more as the months roll on!
I had this happen to me a lot of through the first year and a half. After a while, it became more and more difficult to cut down the weighed measurements. 170 and 150 were/still are especially aggravating.
I'll be weighing in soon. Ive been busy lately and am still at work right now, plus, I've gained about 7 in just water so the scale is not reliable right now. Too much sodium in restaurant foods
Weight lost: 11.5 pounds
Downside of the week: I pulled the right side of my hip area being over-confident
Upside of the week: Finally kicked that 10 lb ledge's ass!
Status of last week's goal: I definitely added in two workouts a day, though my fubarred spine is like 'you realize I'm still fucked up, right?' Yes spine, I do. Some recipes were a success! Good tortilla/flatbread like stuff is easy to make low sodium and in wheat. Garlic cauliflower breadsticks are both a bust AND they make the kitchen reek of cauliflower. The texture is five kinds of wrong. Mom picked up a steamer and made veggies in it. Those were delicious.
Goal for next week (Oct 1 - Oct 8): Bicycling goal this week! Go for 4 miles! That is almost double what I've been doing. I may die. Or at least stop half-way through for a moment of fish-breathing (open mouth, gulping gasps) But I think it's obtainable.
(Sorry, exit stage right)
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Good news! I got the news my lungs are clear last week! Hooray!
Proudest moment: Being able to go back to work.
Saddest moment : Went for a run. Hahah, I said went. It was more a short jog followed like a long rest. It's going to be a while to get any sort of lung capacity back.
Gain : 3 kg
Weight : 47kg (nearly back to normal)
Goal : 52kg
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Weight loss: .5lbs - at least when I last weighed it was (yesterday). Over the past two weeks it's gone so far as jumping 10lbs in three days, after steadily increasing, then abruptly dropping again.
I'm skipping a few parts here, but I'd say that almost every day over the past two weeks, except maybe one, I have been in range in my calories and carbs. I've not stopped!
Status of the week before last/last week's goal: I'm still down, even if it's only .5
New goal for this week: Get below 150
Weight lost: 15 pounds
Downside of the week: Stupid pizza
Upside of the week: I am officially 15 pounds down according to the Doc's office scales!
Status of last week's goal: I did not bicycle 4 miles in the wild because it was raining, but I did do it on the exercise bike though!
Goal for next week (Oct 8 - Oct 15): Overall goal - 15 pounds by next doc visit (Nov 5). This week's goal: More three mile walks and more water! I've been slacking on the water intake because I get bored with it (all the flavorings in the world won't change the texture). I need to only weigh myself once a week. Or at least only a few times a week.
I've gotten into the habit of weighing morning and night, every single day. If I'm home, I'll do it more randomly, throughout the day. It's not healthy.
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Downside: I crave pizza. Still craving it.
Upside: I have tons of low carb healthy pizza recipes using various vegetables as the crust - cauliflower, multiple types of squash.
Cauliflower is amazing. Period. Made a delicious soup this past week that was a sub for potato cheese and bacon. It was heavenly.
Old goal status: complete
New goal: Continue the trend. I would love to hit 145 right around Halloween before Oct is over.
Current weight: 148.5lbs
Weight lost: None. (But none gained either.)
Upside: We did a fair amount of walking around plus a hike while we were out of town. I also got a few nights of 12+ hours of sleep while my daughter stayed in a respite program for children with special needs.
Downside: I did not watch what I was eating at all, besides a few larger then typical servings of vegetables with dinner. And I caught a bad cold while we were out of town, I want to curl into a ball and sleep forever.
Last goal: Managed to be somewhat active each day despite the evil cold.
Next goal: I don't have the energy to focus on much beyond what we are trying to do with my daughter. We are finally trying the 'cry it out' approach to try to get some sort of consistent sleep pattern. I've spent the last hour soothing her every five minutes, the only difference between now and when I started is that she's covered in sweat and I really want to eat ice cream.. a lot of it. But we need to give it a fair chance before we get into the sleep clinic. So wish us luck.
Total lost: 17 pounds
Weight to go: 33 pounds
It makes me happy to see how well you've all done! Great work everyone. Do you have that soup as a recipe @Nola? I love soup this time of year.
So, I broke down and decided I would, indeed, keep eating breakfast... And ya'll're totally right. Like @ashmer said, after I got over the first week or two of not being used to eating breakfast, I have felt like my later-in-the-day cravings have mellowed noticeably, to the point where I'm all, "Oh man, too much food. Nope. Not hungry for more." Now I just need to find calorically friendly breakfast that fills breakfast urges. My mother swears by a handful of nuts... Maybe I'll get some trails mix? Cause I kinda don't like nuts alone.
Another upside: I got WAYYYYYYTOOOODRUUNNKK one night a couple weeks back, and since have really not had any desire to drink anything but coffee and water. Woo? And the lemon/soda water is definitely fulfilling any additional cravings.
Downside of previous weeks: Ate pizza a few times, although only a slice or two each time, which is a win relative to my normal pizza consumption habits.
Status of last week's goal:
Have -finally- gotten back to daily exercising. So far, it's been "Lots of walking", but that's better than nothing, imo. The weather is finally going full-autumn (it lingered a long time this year) so I'll be having a lot of wet walks soon, lol.
current weight: 180
Goal: 150 (slowly but surely)
Next week's goal: more veggie-heavy meals, do not eat out all week. Freezer veggies with sauce = great and easy lunch!
http://www.buzzfeed.com/christinebyrne/satisfying-low-carb-dinners?s=mobile#20aa633
^ for the soup we subbed out a few things for better choices that were more calorie and carb friendly. You can do it with any recipe that calls for milk, we chose unsweetened coconut milk because we felt the coconut would go better than almond milk (it was delicious, I promise). And instead of cheddar, as a preference, we used smoked gyurere cheese and cheddar. We debated smoked Gouda too. We chose to use hickory smoked bacon as well. We passed on the hot sauce and celery. As a tip, though, we noticed that simply processing and reducing the cauliflower wasnt enough to get to creamy (was still kinda separate from the soup part) so we pureed it with rhis handheld thingamabo . I expect more kitchen savvy peoplee know what. Reduced it a bit linger, perfect harmonized texture.
And here is the second link with all the healthy pizzas:
dailyburn.com/life/recipes/low-carb-pizza-recipes/
Also, avoid fruit juices. I sometimes have a glass of blueberry juice (yum!) with breakfast, and when I do I'm usually not quite satisfied and still get hungry fairly soon.
Edited to add: that's just all my personal experience with it, especially the fruit juice bit. I remember seeing a headline for an article somewhere that blueberries boost appetite, but you know how the internet is these days.
Anyway. Yay! Breakfast.
the way she tells me I'm hers and she is mine
open hand or closed fist would be fine
blood as rare and sweet as cherry wine