Ad Lib April {April 8th}
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octobubbles wrote: »Plus people are a sustainable food source whereas farm fields destroy the natural ecosystem.
I hope you don't mind if I steal that quote.
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Wondering why I haven't been able to see this thread until now, I've been looking for it [rather obsessively lol] since Wednesday morning! I felt so excited to report in all through Wed but have to admit to feeling very over it now. Has it honestly been hidden, or am I a blind idiot??? However, to put away the childish behavior, this is what I wrote to myself on Wed when I did still feel enthusiastic...
Carb Goal - under 15g (going to have to change that to 20 because I've somehow had a 19g and a 17g day) so...
Amended Carb Goal - under 20g
Challenge Start Weight 84.6 kg Current Weight 83.5
I had to look up a product in my diary while I was at the supermarket today [that being Wednesday] and saw that on Saturday I was 200+ calories under goal, but I got out of the app fast so I didn't see any other results. I've lost at least 100 grams *every day* of this challenge. There was a 400g and a 200g as well. Firstly it was weight I'd put on suddenly, just in time for the first day of the challenge, but the last 3 mornings it's been 100 grams of new weight loss. Very thrilling! I'd always been afraid of eating 'too little' (whatever that means), so hiding the calories has been a blessing, even though it took some bravery to begin with. If I've been genuinely hungry in the late evening I've just had one tiny bit of food - a macadamia half and a walnut half or something to *just* keep me comfortable. It's very interesting.
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Maybe next week, I will pin the check-in thread to the top of the group for the first 48 hours or so. That way it doesn't sink so fast and get lost. That's pretty awesome results. Not just yours, but it seems like everyone has had great results so far.0
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Thanks Goat. It seems you're being proved right, big time, so far. It's win-win to date. For myself, it's the first time on LCHF that weight has fallen off me. I've truly had to work every ounce until this past week.0
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I am just going to pop in here and say that I am going to try this little experiment for this weekend, just to see 1) How many calories I actually will eat if I eat til Iam not hungry and 2) If I can do it without freaking out0
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Good luck IaUC. I only found it scary until I started, then it was good. I hope you find the same!0
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I'm scared about what I'm eating now b/c it's not saying I'm eating under my calories anymore and I haven't lost new weight in quite a while. I'm about to lift the blind so I can see what I'm doing.
The last thing I want to do is gain weight. 0 -
Interesting note: I had zero emotinal response to any of the foods. I didn't particularly like or enjoy the chocolates but some how was possessed and had to keep eating them. Weird. I did enjoy the cake and ice cream and wine though I don't feel any cravings or the need to eat them again.
I dealt with that on Sunday, too. It was like I was compelled to eat more of the peanut butter M&Ms, even when I didn't want any other food (at least I actually wanted the Reese's eggs and stopped eating them). It's actually what I've dealt with for about as long as I can remember, but that LCHF has largely fixed for me. Before LCHF, I would have to fight to not eat, say, the cake, bagels, donuts, or candy that were a fairly regular thing at work in those days. I did better if I avoided that area altogether and didn't get a whiff of them, but once I started, it was downhill from there.
I'm still dealing with the water weight from that, since my body's slow to let go of that kind of thing, but I'm at least down from the 257 high I was on Tuesday, down to 254 this morning and yesterday morning. I've been walking as much as I can and reigning my carbs back in to help that along. Hopefully, I can at least get back down to my 252 pre-Easter weight before long.
Thankfully, the next big candy holiday is more than 6 months away, and this year, I'll be handing out something other than candy (I'm planning on glow sticks).0 -
wheatlessgirl66 wrote: »I'm scared about what I'm eating now b/c it's not saying I'm eating under my calories anymore and I haven't lost new weight in quite a while. I'm about to lift the blind so I can see what I'm doing. The last thing I want to do is gain weight.
Hang in there, you can do it! Also, don't stress out about it. Trust the system and trust your hunger levels (and listen to your hunger signals). Stressing about it is counterproductive. Take a deep breath and relax. You're doing better than you think, and you haven't gained weight, so you're still doing something right.0 -
Thank you, Dragonwolf--you brought tears to my eyes. I'm trying so hard to do it right so it will work, I'm stressing about it. If you see something I should change, I'm open. I used the keto calculator to come up with my macros and calories, with a 26% deficit. Ok, I'll relax now. Whew.0
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wheatlessgirl66 wrote: »I'm scared about what I'm eating now b/c it's not saying I'm eating under my calories anymore and I haven't lost new weight in quite a while. I'm about to lift the blind so I can see what I'm doing. The last thing I want to do is gain weight.
Lots of times, you'll have temporary stalls even when eating at a deficit. I figure my body decided that it needed to fix something else or get rid of whatever crap has been released in my system from the fat that been's let go and it'll decide to continue losing in its own merry time.
You're not gaining weight, so it sounds like the worst that will happen is a temporary pause in your weight loss. Are you looking at anything other than weight? Fat %, your belt, your mirror, your energy, any pain levels, and so on?0 -
@Twibbly --Thank you! Undoubtedly, there's junk in my system that needs to be cleared out, so maybe that's what's happening. Hope so! I have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue (somewhat better), and small fiber neuropathy. Pants are slightly looser, so there is definitely benefit from LCHF. I'm just impatient for the weight loss and hopefully a big increase in energy. I hope it will come.0
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Maybe next week, I will pin the check-in thread to the top of the group for the first 48 hours or so. That way it doesn't sink so fast and get lost. That's pretty awesome results. Not just yours, but it seems like everyone has had great results so far.
Pin-away and keep it there till the next week. That's my vote anyway.0 -
KeithF6250 wrote: »octobubbles wrote: »Plus people are a sustainable food source whereas farm fields destroy the natural ecosystem.
I hope you don't mind if I steal that quote.
As long as you attribute it to my husband, who I stole it from.
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can i join the party late
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is there a check-in thread for this week?0
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Wednesdays. So he'll probably add one soon for the non-US timezones.0
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ah right. for some reason i had it in my head that we were checking in on mondays.0
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The new one is up. Let me know if you can't find it or can't respond to it.0
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wheatlessgirl66 wrote: »@Twibbly --Thank you! Undoubtedly, there's junk in my system that needs to be cleared out, so maybe that's what's happening. Hope so! I have fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue (somewhat better), and small fiber neuropathy. Pants are slightly looser, so there is definitely benefit from LCHF. I'm just impatient for the weight loss and hopefully a big increase in energy. I hope it will come.
@wheatlessgirl66 I hear you loud and clear. I feel the same way. My pants are "slightly" looser but that's all I can say. I haven't seen any of the dramatic energy gains or any loss in 3 weeks. I'm very impatient as I have to stand in a wedding this summer. However, what keeps me faithful is that for the first time in my life, food is not controling me. I also have Chronic Fatigue and I have a beautiful NSV I will post up today. For the first time since I moved into my house (3 years ago-perhaps TMI) I had enough energy to get down on my hands and knees and properly wash all the main level floors and baseboards! AND then it didn't totally kill me. I don't feel great, but that never would have happened even 6 months ago. So... I suppose, the number on the scale really isn't everything but gosh darn it, I still wish it would move.0 -
Down. I wish it would move down. - Just thought I should qualify that statement.
And.. not that anyone will be judging my house keeping, I have been washing the floors, just not as well as I'd like, just with a mop.0 -
No judgement from me. It's my wife who told me that baseboards should be cleaned. I never did it before I met her.
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No judgement from me. It's my wife who told me that baseboards should be cleaned. I never did it before I met her.
lol yeah, I realized after I wrote that, maybe others may feel judged. OUR baseboards need to be washed because we have a big ol dog with lots of hair that we take to the dog park almost religiously to run around. And the dog park happens to be a former sand pit. Well, it still is a sand pit, just repurposed as a dog park. Anyway, we get sand and mud and all kinds of things on our floor and baseboards. But we sure love the little (big) guy so we deal. So, that's why we have to clean ours. I never cleaned them before I had this dog either. Partly because I couldn't but partly cause they didn't look dirty. :-)
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I will do it when I get home from work tonight. But yeah, the check-in will be for the 15th. Some people are already there, but usually still asleep right now.
It was 3:25am for me when you wrote that and would have been 5:25am for @Kuranda10 so yes, your are correct I believe Kuranda is our closest member to the International Dateline.
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And I can't see the new thread for this week's check-in. Here's a screen shot, taken at 7:18pm Tuesday night Seattle time, showing no new thread/conversations about it after I went to bed last night. Obviously the times shown are Perth (GMT +8).
Only posting because this happened last week and it took 2 days before the thread showed in my feed. This is so strange.0 -
It's stickied, for me it shows up in the "announcements" section above the main posts.0
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Thanks Radii, I've gone back to the main page and can see it now!0
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