Tracey's Maintenance Journal - Year One
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You are paying attention and making plans so you will be able to do it! When I've had splurge days, I usually still make those a 16:8 type of fast and don't eat tell lunch. I think that helps. Good luck!0
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Hello OMAD fam,
I took another look at my spreadsheet and I noticed I was off a week. I must have opened and updated an older version of the spreadsheet and didn't notice. Here is the correct spreadsheet.
Now having the right spreadsheet, I see that I actually lost .2 pounds from last Friday and the big was actually last Friday. I am going to put in the extra effort this week to recover from that gain and get back to the lower 150's.
I am feeling better that after my off week, I still managed a tiny loss.0 -
See! Told you didn't gain that much! Congrats!0
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Today's Microscope March
Weight 157.4 pounds
Eating: OMAD meal pictured with nutrition stats
Water: One Gallon 128 ounces
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That's low on the cals. I think that's fine to do but I wouldn't do that everyday. I think over time, it would be very hard to sustain.0
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I would usually add a dessert to this type of meal, but I am doing no sweets this weekend. Come Sunday after church I will be back to normal and eating my higher calorie meals.1
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tlblanksfit wrote: »I would usually add a dessert to this type of meal, but I am doing no sweets this weekend. Come Sunday after church I will be back to normal and eating my higher calorie meals.
Sounds like a good plan!0 -
That meal looks yummy and great job on the water consumption 0
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Thanks Brenda, I have been drinking a gallon of water a day for the last week. I got this great cup it is called the Hydr-8 Gallon cup. It is a 32 oz cup that has time markings so you drink a cup of water per hour from 6 am - 10 pm to equal a gallon. I am motivated to get my 32 ozs in by the 4 hour times and usually beat the clock. I am ahead right now and am getting ready to do my last refill for the day. I usually have my gallon completed before 8:00pm.1
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Microscope March
10 March 2018
Today’s Weight: 155.8
Today’s Water: 1 Gallon (128 ounces)
Sleep: Went to bed last night at 11:31pm and woke this morning at ~7:16am
6 hour Eating window opened at 1:30 pm
1:30pm – Chocolate Kale Shake (198 calories)
4:00pm – Ambrosia Apple Slices (70 calories) and 2Tbsps Peanut Butter (190 Calories)
6:00pm – Salmon (170 Calories), Sauteed zucchini, Squash, and onions (154 Calories), southwestern nourish bowl (220 Calories), Grapefruit Juice with ACV (100 Calories)
Total Calories Consumed: 1,102
6 hour Eating window closed at 7:30 pm
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You're doing great at maintenance Tracey, so awesome. I sure wish I could just get down to where you are - it's only about 10 lbs away but seems SO FAR!!
Apple slices and peanut butter are one of my favourite snacks, but looking at yours I think I've been having WAY too much peanut butter... Ooops..0 -
You are doing great! Way to go on water consumption. I totally need to drink more than I do!
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Microscope March
Sunday, 11 March 2018
Today’s Weight: 154.0
Today’s Water: 1 Gallon (128 ounces)
Sleep: Went to bed last night at 10:45pm and woke this morning at 6:30am
6 hour Eating window opened at 4:00pm
4:00pm – Montezuma Restaurant Chips and Salsa, and Quesadilla Texana with Rice and Beans
7:30pm – Dairy Queen Strawberry Shortcake (Picture not taken)
Total Calories Consumed: unknown but lots I presume
6 hour Eating window closed at 1:00pm
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Microscope March
12 March 2018
Today’s Weight: 157.4 (Big water weight and food gain after yesterday's Mexican feast)
Today’s Water: 1 Gallon (128 ounces)
Sleep: Went to bed last night at 9:20pm and woke this morning at 7:15am
Early OMAD Meal
12:20 IHOP Big Steak Omelet and Pancakes with Sugar Free Syrup
Total Calories Consumed: 1,760
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New Plan (Putting it out here with hopes of it sticking)
Monday - Midday OMAD Meal
Tuesday - Dinner OMAD Meal
Wednesday - Water Fast Day
Thursday - Midday OMAD Meal
Friday - Dinner OMAD Meal
Saturday - 6 hour Window
Sunday - 6 hour Window0 -
Plan looks solid, Tracey! 0
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Good luck with your plan Tracey 0
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You're doing great at maintenance Tracey, so awesome. I sure wish I could just get down to where you are - it's only about 10 lbs away but seems SO FAR!!
Apple slices and peanut butter are one of my favourite snacks, but looking at yours I think I've been having WAY too much peanut butter... Ooops..
When I was about 8-yrs old or so, I would keep a large spoon in my back pocket and would run in the house from playing, scoop out a big scoop of peanut butter and run out the door. When finished eating it, I would lick the spoon clean and put it in my back pocket and keep playing. I would repeat a few times during the day (8-yr old boys don't have the best hygiene). Weighed nothing then. Those were the days for eating.1 -
tlblanksfit wrote: »New Plan (Putting it out here with hopes of it sticking)
Monday - Midday OMAD Meal
Tuesday - Dinner OMAD Meal
Wednesday - Water Fast Day
Thursday - Midday OMAD Meal
Friday - Dinner OMAD Meal
Saturday - 6 hour Window
Sunday - 6 hour Window
Looks like a good plan. Why do you do mid-day OMAD again?0 -
I added the midday because I have every other Monday off and I get invited to have lunch sometimes on my days off and I can just make that my meal for the day and by doing a midday meal and then having the next day be a dinner meal it makes for a longer fasting period which should yield good results health and weight wise.1
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tlblanksfit wrote: »I added the midday because I have every other Monday off and I get invited to have lunch sometimes on my days off and I can just make that my meal for the day and by doing a midday meal and then having the next day be a dinner meal it makes for a longer fasting period which should yield good results health and weight wise.
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Yummy meals. 0
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tlblanksfit wrote: »This week was different from my normal weeks. I was in a class Monday - Wednesday and pretty much ate 3 meals each day which is far different from my normal OMAD meals during the week. This added to my weekend splurge made for a big gain.
When I have a normal work week and am in my office I don't eat at work and have my meal when I get home between 5 and 7.
I am going to ditch the weekend splurge days and may do the eating window on the weekends. I was thinking I would fast as long as I can and then have a 4-6 hour window of eating whenever I do break my fast.
I think I may need to jump on the Microscope March train for a bit to make myself more accountable. The things I need to track are:
Daily Weight
Picture of meal
Water Intake
Sleep Time
Any exercise done - I plan to start my workouts back up on Monday.
Since today begins my new weight week, I will make note of today's doings for my first Microscope post.
Consistency is definitely what I am lacking in this maintenance journey. The only thing that is consistent right now and is not going to change is my not going over 160 pounds. I need to find the plan that will keep me in the lower 150's.
I think perhaps I'll just on board the Microscope March too
(Although to be fair, that's mostly what I do anyway LOL)0 -
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Good luck with the new plan!0
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Girl, Savannah smiles are my jam! but I am a sweets person anyway.0
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Looks like a great eating day for ya yesterday, Tracey. 0
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Tracey how do you make your grapefruit/ACV is it just a mixture. I have been doing my ACV by itself but often that is hard to swallow. 0
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1 cup grapefruit juice with 2 TBS ACV0
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