Amflautist's accountability thread
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OMAD
1st Goal = 172 (weight when I wrecked my knee)
Wk .. Weight ... Chg ... Total
0 .... 195.8
1 .... 193.8 ..... -2.0 ..... -2.0
2 .... 191.4 ..... -2.4 ..... -4.4
3 .... 190.0 ..... -1.4 ..... -5.8
4 .... 188.2 ..... -1.8 ..... -7.6
5 .... 192.4 ..... +4.2 ..... -3.4
6 .... 191.4 ..... -1.0 ..... -4.4
7 .... 186.6 ..... -4.8 ..... -9.2 (3 days late due to traveling)
Scales smiled at me this morning! Big 4.8# loss because I was traveling, and because I consciously fasted on my travel days. 3 days fasting during my trip. I decided to fast during travel days because that airplane food is so bad nobody should eat it. Then I got lucky. On the flight from Newark to Frankfurt, I was bumped to first class. Didn't even ask for it! But when I boarded, and the attendant scanned my boarding pass, the scanner buzzed, the attendant stopped me, and handed me a new seat assignment. First class. On an overnight flight, first class means you get to lie down and sleep! Oh heaven!! It also means lots of really good food, and good (OK, not crappy) wine, etc. I refused it all. Just took coffee and water. At the end of the flight, the flight attendant told me I was the easiest passenger she had ever had. Just coffee and water! I continued that travel day fast for another day in Bremen. But you know all that because I reported it above. I also fasted one day on the way back. Yesterday. That may account for part of the huge loss on the scales this morning. I wanted to write it down anyway, because I now will work hard so that I don't go up next week. I don't want to report any more gross failures. I always find it easier to maintain my diet when traveling. Home is hardest.3 -
amflautist wrote: »OMAD
1st Goal = 172 (weight when I wrecked my knee)
Wk .. Weight ... Chg ... Total
0 .... 195.8
1 .... 193.8 ..... -2.0 ..... -2.0
2 .... 191.4 ..... -2.4 ..... -4.4
3 .... 190.0 ..... -1.4 ..... -5.8
4 .... 188.2 ..... -1.8 ..... -7.6
5 .... 192.4 ..... +4.2 ..... -3.4
6 .... 191.4 ..... -1.0 ..... -4.4
7 .... 186.6 ..... -4.8 ..... -9.2 (3 days late due to traveling)
Scales smiled at me this morning! Big 4.8# loss because I was traveling, and because I consciously fasted on my travel days. 3 days fasting during my trip. I decided to fast during travel days because that airplane food is so bad nobody should eat it. Then I got lucky. On the flight from Newark to Frankfurt, I was bumped to first class. Didn't even ask for it! But when I boarded, and the attendant scanned my boarding pass, the scanner buzzed, the attendant stopped me, and handed me a new seat assignment. First class. On an overnight flight, first class means you get to lie down and sleep! Oh heaven!! It also means lots of really good food, and good (OK, not crappy) wine, etc. I refused it all. Just took coffee and water. At the end of the flight, the flight attendant told me I was the easiest passenger she had ever had. Just coffee and water! I continued that travel day fast for another day in Bremen. But you know all that because I reported it above. I also fasted one day on the way back. Yesterday. That may account for part of the huge loss on the scales this morning. I wanted to write it down anyway, because I now will work hard so that I don't go up next week. I don't want to report any more gross failures. I always find it easier to maintain my diet when traveling. Home is hardest.
@amflautist great loss!!!
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You are doing awesome! Congrats on the loss! You will make your first goal in no time!0
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AWESOME LOSS!!! Those big numbers reinforce good decisions SO NICELY! And a new low, now!
Props to you for being even better when traveling then at home! I have the COMPLETE OPPOSITE PROBLEM! LOL - When I travel, I'm like "NEW FOOD! MUST HAVE!" haha. However, I see no problems with sticking to the OMAD, just make sure I get everything I want in that one meal
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@mistymeadows2005 I'll trade - my travel restraint for your home restraint. Problem for me is home is every day, travel not very often. So many more possible days for sabotaging myself.0
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Congrats on the loss!0
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Wow that's amazing. Great will power as well. I would've been tempted to accept the free food. You did a great job!!0
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I just read the instructions for my 'procedure' next Thursday. Can't eat this, can't eat that. Almost everything I normally eat (healthful food) is off-limits for the next 5 days. The OK stuff looks like junk food to me: Jello, Sprite, .... There's only 1 remedy. Use the days for fasting. I'm going to fast for two days starting right now, until Monday noon. The last time I tried a two-day fast I ate a bag of peanuts half way through. But peanuts are off-limits too! Heheh, at least this time I might be able to complete a two-day water and coffee fast.
On Monday I'll decide how to get to Thursday. @brendagaudette No popcorn! @mistymeadows2005 Is bone broth clear?
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What NO Popcorn???
Good luck with your fast and your procedure
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That is so unreal. To direct you to eat sugar, and sugar, --- how are you supposed to heal?
Fast and have good bone broth, sounds better. Yes, broth is clear - if jello is ok (it's made with gelatin) than a good marrow-full bone broth is OK, too, I would think.
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amflautist wrote: »OMAD
1st Goal = 172 (weight when I wrecked my knee)
Wk .. Weight ... Chg ... Total
0 .... 195.8
1 .... 193.8 ..... -2.0 ..... -2.0
2 .... 191.4 ..... -2.4 ..... -4.4
3 .... 190.0 ..... -1.4 ..... -5.8
4 .... 188.2 ..... -1.8 ..... -7.6
5 .... 192.4 ..... +4.2 ..... -3.4
6 .... 191.4 ..... -1.0 ..... -4.4
7 .... 186.6 ..... -4.8 ..... -9.2 (3 days late due to traveling)
Scales smiled at me this morning! Big 4.8# loss because I was traveling, and because I consciously fasted on my travel days. 3 days fasting during my trip. I decided to fast during travel days because that airplane food is so bad nobody should eat it. Then I got lucky. On the flight from Newark to Frankfurt, I was bumped to first class. Didn't even ask for it! But when I boarded, and the attendant scanned my boarding pass, the scanner buzzed, the attendant stopped me, and handed me a new seat assignment. First class. On an overnight flight, first class means you get to lie down and sleep! Oh heaven!! It also means lots of really good food, and good (OK, not crappy) wine, etc. I refused it all. Just took coffee and water. At the end of the flight, the flight attendant told me I was the easiest passenger she had ever had. Just coffee and water! I continued that travel day fast for another day in Bremen. But you know all that because I reported it above. I also fasted one day on the way back. Yesterday. That may account for part of the huge loss on the scales this morning. I wanted to write it down anyway, because I now will work hard so that I don't go up next week. I don't want to report any more gross failures. I always find it easier to maintain my diet when traveling. Home is hardest.
Good for you, that's so freaking awesome!
I'm not surprised at all by the list of approved foods before your procedure. Same kind of crap they give you after surgery. I think fasting is a good idea. Best to you for your upcoming surgery. :-)
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You are doing such a great job and taking a negative situation and looking at the positive? Kudos! Good luck with your procedure and hope you rebound quickly! Stay strong.0
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amflautist wrote: » I just read the instructions for my 'procedure' next Thursday. Can't eat this, can't eat that. Almost everything I normally eat (healthful food) is off-limits for the next 5 days. The OK stuff looks like junk food to me: Jello, Sprite, .... There's only 1 remedy. Use the days for fasting. I'm going to fast for two days starting right now, until Monday noon. The last time I tried a two-day fast I ate a bag of peanuts half way through. But peanuts are off-limits too! Heheh, at least this time I might be able to complete a two-day water and coffee fast.
On Monday I'll decide how to get to Thursday. @brendagaudette No popcorn! @mistymeadows2005 Is bone broth clear?
@amflautist sorry about not eating stuff... but it s just till thursday
so how did your water fast go??0 -
amflautist wrote: » I just read the instructions for my 'procedure' next Thursday. Can't eat this, can't eat that. Almost everything I normally eat (healthful food) is off-limits for the next 5 days. The OK stuff looks like junk food to me: Jello, Sprite, .... There's only 1 remedy. Use the days for fasting. I'm going to fast for two days starting right now, until Monday noon. The last time I tried a two-day fast I ate a bag of peanuts half way through. But peanuts are off-limits too! Heheh, at least this time I might be able to complete a two-day water and coffee fast.
On Monday I'll decide how to get to Thursday. @brendagaudette No popcorn! @mistymeadows2005 Is bone broth clear?
For the intents and purposes you're speaking of, yes. It does have collagen and gelatin in it from the bones though so I'd skim the fat off the top once it cools. I'd also double check with your doc but other than the fat I don't see it being an issue0 -
@NoMoreAfatChick Water fast on weekend suspended. I had stuff that needed to be cooked. Was unwilling to throw out bunches of ramps us other veg. Made a quiche with ramps and sorrel. Ate some of the egg part. Water fast restarted yesterday.0
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@mistymeadows2005 I'll be looking for bones to make bone broth next week.0
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amflautist wrote: »@NoMoreAfatChick Water fast on weekend suspended. I had stuff that needed to be cooked. Was unwilling to throw out bunches of ramps us other veg. Made a quiche with ramps and sorrel. Ate some of the egg part. Water fast restarted yesterday.
I don't blame you, I hate to waste food too (probably why I was overweight/always was made to eat everything on my plate too). Good luck with your fast 0 -
Thank you @brendagaudette
And for you, @foodnetwork, you almost sucked me in. I was watching Iron Chef Gauntlett. Chef Izard made liver ice cream, then she made bleu cheese ice cream covered with a dark chocolate hard crust!!!, on her way to becoming the next iron chef. I opened my computer, went to Amazon, almost clicked on a Purchase_Ice_Cream_Maker button - but then -- be still, my hand. ALL that ice cream has a lot of sugar. My body will SWIM in insulin! Whew, saved by my new knowledge about insulin and fasting and health. WHEW!
Thank you OMAD! What I learned here just saved me from a really bad decision.1 -
amflautist wrote: »@NoMoreAfatChick Water fast on weekend suspended. I had stuff that needed to be cooked. Was unwilling to throw out bunches of ramps us other veg. Made a quiche with ramps and sorrel. Ate some of the egg part. Water fast restarted yesterday.
@amflautist great... I appreciate you not wasting good.... and you are rite back on track...
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amflautist wrote: »@mistymeadows2005 I'll be looking for bones to make bone broth next week.
To save money - I buy the cheap chicken thighs, debone them, use the meat for dinners etc, and use the bones for broth - I can usually find them for like $1/lb so it's very economical0 -
The food network, my nemesis!!! Lol! I don't even watch it anymore. I gained 30lbs watching it in the past. Now I don't watch it at all!0
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mistymeadows2005 wrote: »To save money - I buy the cheap chicken thighs, debone them, use the meat for dinners etc, and use the bones for broth - I can usually find them for like $1/lb so it's very economical
LOL, I usually buy the whole chicken! That will do. Will roast the carcass first.
I'm looking at my new cookbook - On Vegetables - only purchased it because my library doesn't have it. Finding so many inventive ways with vegetables. This pic is what led me to this cookbook:
Cauliflower in a cast iron pot. Still on my list of todo items. Although I don't have and won't buy those expensive Staub pots.
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amflautist wrote: »mistymeadows2005 wrote: »To save money - I buy the cheap chicken thighs, debone them, use the meat for dinners etc, and use the bones for broth - I can usually find them for like $1/lb so it's very economical
LOL, I usually buy the whole chicken! That will do. Will roast the carcass first.
I'm looking at my new cookbook - On Vegetables - only purchased it because my library doesn't have it. Finding so many inventive ways with vegetables. This pic is what led me to this cookbook:
Cauliflower in a cast iron pot. Still on my list of todo items. Although I don't have and won't buy those expensive Staub pots.
HECK NO! 1 solid cast iron that never gets touched by soap and water is my GO TO!!!!
A whole chicken works too! Plus I am a massive fan of organ meats so that way you get all the goodies from the inside too 0 -
Whatever that is in that pot, I'll take some please!!!0
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amflautist wrote: »Thank you @brendagaudette
And for you, @foodnetwork, you almost sucked me in. I was watching Iron Chef Gauntlett. Chef Izard made liver ice cream, then she made bleu cheese ice cream covered with a dark chocolate hard crust!!!, on her way to becoming the next iron chef. I opened my computer, went to Amazon, almost clicked on a Purchase_Ice_Cream_Maker button - but then -- be still, my hand. ALL that ice cream has a lot of sugar. My body will SWIM in insulin! Whew, saved by my new knowledge about insulin and fasting and health. WHEW!
Thank you OMAD! What I learned here just saved me from a really bad decision.
I a a self declared food network junkie lmao... I actually find I helps me fast for some reason lol... I think it's some warped way of getting my "food fix" without eating
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amflautist wrote: »Thank you @brendagaudette
And for you, @foodnetwork, you almost sucked me in. I was watching Iron Chef Gauntlett. Chef Izard made liver ice cream, then she made bleu cheese ice cream covered with a dark chocolate hard crust!!!, on her way to becoming the next iron chef. I opened my computer, went to Amazon, almost clicked on a Purchase_Ice_Cream_Maker button - but then -- be still, my hand. ALL that ice cream has a lot of sugar. My body will SWIM in insulin! Whew, saved by my new knowledge about insulin and fasting and health. WHEW!
Thank you OMAD! What I learned here just saved me from a really bad decision.
That is so wrong (liver ice-cream)! That should be outlawed. YUCK!0 -
I had an allergic reaction to the crap I had to drink for my colonoscopy. Basically, it's a form of antifreeze. Polyethylene glycol. No one should ever be given that stuff!!! My legs swelled up, I couldn't walk, my stomach ballooned out, etc. Today my daughter gave me an apple cider tonic to drink. Called Fire Cider. Apple cider vinegar, honey, lemons and other things, including jalapenos. Oh man, is that stuff good. When I return home next week, going to order some. Or find a recipe for it.
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I had an allergic reaction to the crap I had to drink for my colonoscopy. Basically, it's a form of antifreeze. Polyethylene glycol. No one should ever be given that stuff!!! My legs swelled up, I couldn't walk, my stomach ballooned out, etc. Today my daughter gave me an apple cider tonic to drink. Called Fire Cider. Apple cider vinegar, honey, lemons and other things, including jalapenos. Oh man, is that stuff good. When I return home next week, going to order some. Or find a recipe for it.
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The made me drink sodium sulfate, potassium sulfate, and magnesium sulfate I believe it was. Nasty stuff!0
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So sorry to hear about you're horrible allergic reaction. I'm glad you're okay now. The cider vinegar combo sounds awesome, so happy it helped you so much! Cider vinegar is just amazing, whether alone or in combination with other things.0
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