Love Your Health: Feb Challenge-Week 1 (2/1-2/7)
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Still not excelling at listening to my hunger cues. Ate a lot, socially, this weekend. All low carb, most ZC, but still in direct defiance of my stomach which said it was perfectly content.
Was extremely tempted to weigh myself this morning, to "assess the damage" of the weekend, but convinced myself it wouldn't be worth anything without context. :P
I've eaten more veggies than usual as a result of making recipes. I had gotten chorizo last week so I made a quiche-type dish with that and onions, peppers, and eggs. And I was eating the last of the Szechuan beef which had spinach and erythritol. Plus unrolled eggrolls with cabbage. I still have a bunch more cabbage so I'll probably make some bacon and beef 'crack slaw' as well, rather than waste it.
There's also carb creep from the smoked sausage I made yesterday. I'm sure I don't want to know my totals, but I do think I'll enter the chorizo recipe into MFP. There's a difference between not tracking and not knowing.
Feeling cravey after the weekend. Wanted to make LC brownies and ice cream. Wanted to make almond flour bread.
Now I figure I'm not in Ketosis because of the excess protein I've been consuming. Not sure what that means for my cravings. Going to try and hold out (with a little help from dark chocolate squares) until the sharks swim back out to sea, and then evaluate from there.
Husband is having a really hard time. He says he wants to eat 'Keto' but he wants to dial the carbs down, rather than cut them out and add them back in. He's never tried the latter and I really feel like he'd have a better time. He's never gotten below 80g of carbs per day, and never gone more than a month without a cheat day, and I feel like he's straddling a razor wire fence doing it that way. He's one six-foot walking craving, and he's miserable, and he ends up eating burger king anyway. (I offered to make him a cheeseburger yesterday and he said "no, I'm having texture issues" and then he ate a cheeseburger from Burger King... so there's a total mental disconnect going on...). I'm trying to leave him alone about it, and let him come around to everything on his own. But if my mom and I have a conversation about keto it gets him all irritated, so it's as bad as if I start critiquing him about stuff directly. I'll have to make an effort to, if my mom asks me a question, take her out of earshot to have the impending discussion. Problem is she will interrupt our activities constantly to make ketocentric comments. She knows I'm proud of her, I don't think she sees how it increases my husband's struggle.
Mom says her IBS seems to be better. Still no relief on the Fibro front, but she says maybe it's just taking longer for her neurological damage of two decades to repair. Glad she's giving it time! She certainly doesn't hate the nightly rib eye! She's way better at eating to her satiety, but as I've mentioned I think she's got appetite-suppressive effects from one medication or another so I'd prefer to see her eating more. At least she drank the butter sauce from the scampi I made her on Friday! And she says her weight has been over 115 lbs for three days straight, so she's feeling better about that. I have her eating a lot of Boursin and steak and at least one ballistic coffee per morning. She bought a bunch of veggies on Friday when she picked up the shrimp, so I guess she wants some veggies back in her diet! Asparagus with her steak tonight. Last time I ate asparagus I felt the little fiber warriors in there kicking up my gut, so I'll pass and stick to steak and goat cheese.0 -
@glossbones - Did he eat the bun too? I went through BK with my son over the weekend. Smelled so good. I had a hamburger but did not eat the bun!
2.8.16 Checking In
SW 187
CW: 147.0 - YEA!! Finally hit the 40 lbs. gone mark. I got within .5 and bounced back up over the holidays.
1st GW: 142.5 (on 3.1.2016)
Carbs- great weekend.
Exercise - No.
Calories - Nice job. I did have 5 buffalo wings for the Super bowl, but that was my only splurge.
Supposed to be a snow day today in Massachusetts. So far, I'm at work and nothing yet. Will probably leave early when it starts coming down.
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My goals have been to lose 5-10 lbs, and i've lost 3.5 pounds so far this month; Yoga twice a week before work... well, I did one day last week but I'm aiming for two days this week and to finish our home gym this month and we did take a bunch of stuff to goodwillt his week so that's a step in the right direction!!0
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slimzandra wrote: »@glossbones - Did he eat the bun too? I went through BK with my son over the weekend. Smelled so good. I had a hamburger but did not eat the bun!
2.8.16 Checking In
SW 187
CW: 147.0 - YEA!! Finally hit the 40 lbs. gone mark. I got within .5 and bounced back up over the holidays.
1st GW: 142.5 (on 3.1.2016)
Carbs- great weekend.
Exercise - No.
Calories - Nice job. I did have 5 buffalo wings for the Super bowl, but that was my only splurge.
Supposed to be a snow day today in Massachusetts. So far, I'm at work and nothing yet. Will probably leave early when it starts coming down.
Congrats on the 40 lb mark!! I can't wait to get there (because it's pretty much my goal)!
Husband not only ate the bun, he ate the large fries, the small onion rings, and drank the large cherry vanilla coke. Yeah. He doesn't cave in to Burger King and then not go to town on his old comfort foods.
Our snow has already started down here in Connecticut. Can't decide if I should stick around work and hope it stops and the roads get cleared by the end of the work day, or if I should leave now and risk the slickest roads but the least traffic.0 -
2/5-2/7 summary:
1. Minimum 64 ounces of water per day. No, I only recorded 56 ounces on Friday and 48 ounces on Saturday. Yesterday I recorded 64 ounces, though.
2. Under 50g carbs per day. YES! 39, 50, and 45 total carbs, respectively.
3. 8,000 steps at least 5 days a week. Not once. *sigh*
SW: 236
2/1: 176.4
2/2: 174.6
2/3: 172
2/4: 170.6
2/5: 172.2
2/6: 172.2
2/7: 174.2
2/8: 176.2 (this is not good!)
3/1 Goal: 1700 -
Oh Mami you reminded me. I surpassed my 5K step goal three days in a row (Fri - Sun) so I'm upping my goal to 6K today. Of course now I'm back to work and the weather will keep us in tonight so I may have to get on the elliptical to get there. But that's not a bad thing!
I also plan to start weight training again today. I'll use the LHS Ketovangelist outline, and do body weight core work on alternating days. Warm up / cool down will be 5 minutes on the elliptical before and after.
https://www.ketovangelist.com/strength-training-for-beginners/
https://www.ketovangelist.com/fat-blasting-body-weight-exercises/0 -
I'm gonna celebrate a new low of 186.6, from last low of 186.8! (It's the little things right?) Despite this sinusitis crud interrupting my planking efforts I feel good!! Carnivore is the way for me! Why would I stray from it? The WANT for something else? Boredom? (Not really, I love meat!). Not 100% sure why I added veggies that led to adding the protein bar, but am glad they are out of my rotation! The really best part is that the protein bars are still in the house (hubby eats them, and can handle the excess like I can't)!! Before LCHF I would have had to eat them all, and insist they not be allowed back in the house! Huge accomplishment here that I'm very proud of! Now, to get well so I can continue my exercising efforts!!
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SW: 197.6 (12/29/2015)
CW: 179.4 (2/05/16)
1st GW: 150
ideal GW: 140-150
Ultimate goal and my whole reason for doing this: stay in ketosis to ward of dystonic tremors and epilepsy (tremors are gone and no seizures as of yet)
I had a goal of keeping under 20 carbs this week as well as exercise at least three times. I've been under 20 all week and have gotten into a rhythm with keto. I went to the gym on Monday and Wednesday and I am hoping to get there again tomorrow. I will add another day next week of doing something or another. Maybe hiking.
I'd like to start planking and doing sit-ups each morning before hopping in the shower. That's doable, right? Right.
I forgot I wanted to do planks and situps! I'll start today when I go to the gym and do it again tomorrow morning. I'm going to start swimming with the kiddo tomorrow evening. Looking forward to the cool water!
I've lost 3 lbs since last week. Even if this pace doesn't keep up, I'm still happy with no seizures and no tremors. Once might even say ecstatic!0 -
1. Minimize restaurant trips and food waste. If a restaurant can make it, so can I, and Starbucks is becoming a bad habit lately. No more than two trips a week excluding Sunday breakfast and coffee stop.
2. Better sleeping habits - In bed by 10:30 pm 5 days a week.
3. Drop 3-5 lb this month. Usually I am not about weigh goals, but I want to see 155 lb or less on the scale in mid March, because I would love to wear a really skimpy outfit to a music festival I am heading to.
4. Re-double my new employment finding efforts. Send out at least one resume a weekend.
1. Ok, I went to a restaurant only once this weekend. We did go get coffee twice, but I am letting my Sunday cup of 'Kevlar' coffee from our local roaster (who happens to be good people, as well) a free pass.
2. I was sick most of this week, and I went to bed at 6:30-7pm Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Yep. I sleep it off.
3. I am avoiding the scale as the shark is in town. However, I bought some pants from the thrift store to wear to work, two pairs in size 4 and one in size 2 (!!!).
4. Dang it, I knew I forgot to do something over the weekend. I'll have to get an extra resume or two out on Friday.
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The goal that I actually started in January is to get back on my weight lifting workouts but this time make room for proper warm-ups. And to continue with my PT exercises. A hip injury set me back last year.
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Just joining- after 6 weeks starting Jan of eating low carb high fat, and starting to do more walking (though not every day, admittedly) the news was good and bad.
Good news:
No longer eating junk food, fast food, or drinking 20-40 oz of wine every night
Bad news:
Not a pound lost
Fasting blood glucose was 126 (gulp) teetering on diabetes. What a wake up call.
When I looked back over my logging stats, I discovered that
My "low carb" still was not all that low, often around 40
Calories were very high
So, I guess it's NOT true that "you don't have to count calories" .
Also I should say that I have yo-yo-ed extensively on the HCG diet- at least 4-5 times getting all the way down to 135, and then immediately climbing back up to my all time high this year of 203.
So, I think a good goal for me, since I tend to spend months at a time not logging anything and therefore not noticing weight gain of 50 pounds, is to commit to logging daily, even when it's not good.
I'm trying the "intermittent fasting" concept. I realized that I was still eating most of my waking hours. The idea, which makes sense to me, is that you limit your window of eating, giving the body a chance to actually burn fat when you aren't constantly in feeding mode.
This works great for me, since my days are super-busy and I was coming home and eating at 10 pm, then going to bed. Now my cut-off time is 1 pm. I will check in next week to let you all know how it went!0 -
For those who have just joined, we are in Week 2 of the challenge so if you'd like more interaction, hop over and post.
http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10331276/love-your-health-feb-challenge-week-2-2-8-2-14?new=1triciagrey1955 wrote: »
When I looked back over my logging stats, I discovered that
My "low carb" still was not all that low, often around 40
Calories were very high
So, I guess it's NOT true that "you don't have to count calories" .
It's not calories don't count. They do. Some people, not me, find they are able to be uber satisfied on this WOE so their bodies tell them when they are really full for once, and they are able to keep portions good and not have to count. But many of us have voracious appetites regardless of WOE or can't get the hang of eyeballing portions or just plain require a limit to keep us on the up and up.
Besides improving blood glucose control and other health benefits, low-carb is a TOOL to achieve calorie deficit, which is what is ultimately required for a body to lose weight. Achieving a deficit is important, but it's not the only important thing as many people's bodies respond and process the macronutrients in different ways. Low-carbing helps some sustain a calorie deficit, and often heals the body so that it starts balancing hormones properly. That can help with appetite regulation over time.
I'm a bottomless pit, and I think I will always have to track calories. But some people find they are able to eyeball in maintenance and not have to. Still about the calories, but in that case the body is paying attention and limits them through appetite.
Good luck with the IF. A lot of people find that to be a very useful tool. I've done a lot of different ways. Ultimately though, I'm a cranky witch-asaurus the whole fasting window. So I don't do it often. But I have lots of friends who do it daily and find it really works well for them.
Anyway....blab...blab...blab. See you on the Week 2 thread! And keep up the good work.
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I am just new to this, still having a hard time learning how to eat my calories, but keep carbs at 500
