Britt’s Flirty at Thirty OMAD Journey
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Thanks, @tlblanksfit!0
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Wow you did it! Got to the 140's yippppeeeee
good job on getting back on track after Christmas break....that's where it's so important to forget and forgive and keep skipping down the yellow brick road 
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YAY 149.4 0
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A bit late -- I was too busy binging Black Mirror yesterday!
1/9
Weight: 149.4 (-7.2/21.6)
Exercise: 20-minute resistance band circuit training
OMAD at 4:20PM:
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@katjustkat and @Brendalea69 thank you! Feels SO good to finally be back on the other side.
@tlblanksfit ironically enough, your prediction came true today! A little bump up to 149.6, which I expected after adding additional resistance to my workout and my larger volume meal last night.
I am leaving town tomorrow through Monday to visit a friend and my parents before school starts back up. I will continue to work out but will not really weigh again until next Tuesday. I leave super early in the morning tomorrow (around 5 AM), so I will weigh just to have an official record, but I doubt very strongly that it will be an accurate number. Now that I am out of the 150s and have likely lost all of the water weight I gained since I am bouncing up and down, I don't think it would be wise to continue to weigh everyday. This is especially true as I have added resistance bands and will add free weights next month, and I experience lots of daily fluctuations when muscle-building. But I also want to have a good Trendweight analysis going -- anyone use Trendweight and NOT weigh everyday? I know @minigrrll doesn't weigh daily, but I am assuming that because you have been using TW for so long that you actually don't have to because the algorithm can depend upon a wealth of historical data maybe? I didn't start using it until 1/1. In any case, I am thinking of only weighing on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, which are after HIIT days instead of after resistance days. I also think it makes sense to not weigh on Mondays since they are right after 2 rest days and I will likely see a small gain every week like I saw this past Monday. Any advice?0 -
1/10
Weight: 149.6 (-7/21.6)
Exercise: 20-minute HIIT
OMAD at 5:00PM:
Doesn't look like much, but this was really good. Since today was the grand opening, WF was a complete ZOO. I quickly grabbed what I could and got out of there without pondering much about putting together an interesting meal. I don't know what kind of fish this is since it was simply labeled "whitefish," but it was firm, flaky, and mild. It could've used more seasoning, but I ate it together with the mashed potatoes and didn't need to add anything else. The texture was somewhat reminiscent of jumbo lump crab meat when it's flaked. This is actually after I cut it in half -- it was a pretty big (and heavy) portion. The mashed potatoes are to die for, and the salad was really good! I don't know what it is about salad bar salads, but they just always seems to taste better than what I make at home.0 -
brittdee88 wrote: »1/7
Weight: 150 (-6.6/21.6) 140s tomorrow please!
Active rest: 20-minute restorative yoga sequence
OMAD at 5:15PM:
I been sick. Stayed home all the last few days. That looks like the very same meal I had!0 -
Have a great vacation with your mama and friend....I'm sure they're so excited to see you. Nice dinner from Whole foods. I wonder if they're cheaper since Amazon bought them. Hubby and I used to eat the salad bar for dinner but he would load up his box and our salads were like 38$ together
Well...I guess we did get a bottle of bubbly water too. 'Seeeee' you when you get back 0 -
Congrats on the 140s! I would weigh how you want. At least once a week I would think. I prefer daily but that is just me.0
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Congrats on getting to the 140s, Bree!
I don't really weigh daily and don't use any apps for weighing trends. I'd have thought it should be able to still take your average weight if you weighed once every 2-3 days or so?
So you did go to the WF opening Your meals look super healthy (unlike mine 
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@arguablysamson I'm so sorry that you've been sick
I hope you feel better soon. Ramen is the best, isn't it??? Especially if you load it up with sriracha like I do. Great for clearing the sinuses.
@katjustkat Thank you! I'm excited to see them. Oh, and WF is definitely not cheaper -- still 8.99/lb! I paid a little less than $14 for that meal, but I expected it because the fish was SO heavy and I didn't get a chance to cut it in half in the line with all of the craziness in the store. I have a whole other dinner portion for next week, so my bill will be much cheaper next time since I will likely just be getting a salad. I know how to hack the salad bar -- the salad above was only $3, so 2 meals for $17 isn't too bad. It's definitely what I would spend (or more) for weekend takeout. I just know that when school starts that all my intentions to cook fall by the wayside quickly, and I need to just accept that I need readymade food, and I am deciding to pay for quality food this year.
@blambo61 I definitely will weigh more than once a week since I am so short, but I think daily is just kind of redundant at this point. I know I will be up after rest days and after resistance training, and then I will drop further the next day as I did today. Seeing the pattern, I think it just makes more sense to not weigh daily at this point. We'll see! Have you noticed any patterns while weighing?
@jeanona Thank you! I think I am just going to do the 3 days and see how it goes!0 -
It looks like the 4-hour difference in weighing times doesn't really matter. I weighed myself last night and know that I tend to lose 1.4-2.2 overnight, and that's exactly what happened this morning at 5 AM! I am confident that this is pretty accurate.
Official weigh-in (1/11/18): 149.2
Holiday weight loss: 8.8/11.8 - 3 pounds to go!
Weeks to Maintenance: 23
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Kudos and congratulations on beating the 150's and getting to the 140s. You are doing great losing and I am sure you will continue on the losing streak. Have fun on your trip 0
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You're kicking serious butt @brittdee88
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Thank you, @tlblanksfit and @Jim_fbr!
Today is my scheduled 2-week splurge day, so I am happy I don't have access to a scale for tomorrow --haha! I definitely won't be doing this every 2 weeks -- I feel MUCH better on just regular OMAD. I haven't eaten anywhere near how much I would've eaten on a normal day pre-OMAD, but I am SO full! I will be happy to get back to normal tomorrow.0 -
ya good job on choosing the healthier route...definitely worth the money. And yes...I am very selective on the food bar too because they weigh it...but hubby...OMG...pretty ridiculous lol. Glad you got a splurge day today and you're already looking forward to OMAD tomorrow. I just can't do splurge days...I'm not made like you guys that can turn it around....maybe one day in the far future
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1/11
Weight: 149.2 (-7.4/21.6)
Exercise: 10-minute upper body resistance band workout
Scheduled splurge day in pictures:
(I ate all the salad and just a little soup -- it wasn't good)
(I had 2 cans during dinner)
(I had a second plate of takeout minus the egg roll)
Not pictured: A cup of hot cocoa with peppermint candy melted in and a handful of chocolate-covered pretzels as my nightcap.
I stuck to four meals (the peanuts and coffee, the sushi and cupcake, the Chinese, and the nightcap) to avoid all-day grazing, but I was definitely FULL. The funny thing is, this was definitely a typical day's worth of food in my past life. Now it feels like 3x as much as I eat now. This exercise was good for gaining perspective on just how much I used to eat, but I won't be doing it again in another 2 weeks. I have scheduled splurge days next week for my birthday, but I think I will just be making tweaks to my typical OMAD (ie. my plan for my scheduled splurge for a baby shower I will be attending tomorrow: just regular OMAD without the FAA sugar restriction so I can have a cupcake and a glass of hard cider with my meal). I imagine that I will be having cake and possibly sweet drinks for my birthday, so I think that will be my limit. Eating all day is not the biz!
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@katjustkat the ONLY way I can make it work is to get right back on track the very next day. And I have to be strict. I have not been successful in the past if I say "oh, I splurged yesterday, so today I will eat normally but just have a little treat since that would still be significantly less than I had the day before." Getting back to the plan right away seems to work because I will have eaten so much the day before that I am really not all that hungry the next day, but if I make any sort of allowance the next day, my head hunger starts to pick back up because I am still indulging and creating cravings while simultaneously lowering my calories significantly. When that happens, I know I can count on at least 4-5 days (and 5-7 pounds) of trying to get back on track because increased cravings and lowered calories seems to triggers some sort of psychological response that makes me feel like I'm depriving myself. I know that I have to return to business as usual ASAP, so I don't think I will ever be able to do splurge days back-to-back.2
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I want Chinese now 0
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Chinese food Yuuummm0
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1/12
Post-SD Weight (hopefully accurate): 152.8 (-3.8/21.6)
Exercise: 20-minute HIIT
OMAD at 6:30PM:
Looks kind of gross, but it is a shrimp quesadilla without the tortilla.
Not pictured: a side order of potatoes0 -
I can't open up the link to see the picture 0
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I just changed it to put it straight into the post. It's not much to look at, though!
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I wasn't supposed to weigh while on my trip, but my friend has a nice scale that I think is accurate since she has been using it during her pregnancy and confirming at the doctor's office. I was able to weigh post-SD and this morning, but I won't be able to again until Tuesday since I know my parents' scale is always horribly inaccurate.
After getting straight back to OMAD yesterday, I am back down to 150.3 (-2.5), so I am super happy. I usually only see that type of loss after a water fast, and I was determined not to do that because I know it is not sustainable for me in the future, and I don't want to start a cycle of eating a lot and then fasting as if I am punishing myself as I have done in the past. I think that might be a trigger for me. Anyway, I think the exercise really helped with getting it back off faster, especially because it wasn't a resistance training day.
I am not planning to go through with today's non-FAA meal after all since I am fairly certain the cake/cupcakes will not be gluten-free anyway. Since we are going to an actual cidery in a hipster city, I think I can score a dry cider without added sugar, which would put me in compliance with my version of FAA (I allow alcohol without added sugar while the plan does not).
ETA: Just found out that this cidery doesn't add sugar to any of their ciders!!!! YESSSSSS!1 -
Well done on getting back down, Britt.
The binge and restrict cycle is all too familiar with me. I would binge, then fast and go hard on exercise as a punishment. Glad you can see through this. Did you enjoy your cider? 0 -
Nice work 0
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Great job on getting back down! BTW, I know I’m responding to something you said a few days ago, but I do actually usually weigh every day. I just took a weighing break over the holidays (actually kept forgetting as I wasn’t in my usual routine and then didn’t want to face the music!). I’m trying to get back to daily weighing again. Hopefully this week I will remember every day, now that Darcy has gone back to work and things are back to normal!0
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Hi, everyone!
Sorry I haven't updated! I will be posting tonight while at the airport.
Happy MLK Day!1 -
Happy MLK Day to you also! Safe travels, looking forward to your post.1
