Check in
Options
Replies
-
@tammyfranks2 I'm sorry. I'm up 1.6 today too despite my exercise and staying within my calories. I blame it on the heat (I need to blame something!). Don't despair. Keep doing what you are doing. Every single good choice makes a difference in the long run. Maybe it won't immediately show on the scale, but your numbers (blood sugar, etc.) are looking great, that's something to celebrate!1
-
cnavarro002 wrote: »@tammyfranks2 I'm sorry. I'm up 1.6 today too despite my exercise and staying within my calories. I blame it on the heat (I need to blame something!). Don't despair. Keep doing what you are doing. Every single good choice makes a difference in the long run. Maybe it won't immediately show on the scale, but your numbers (blood sugar, etc.) are looking great, that's something to celebrate!
thank you yes it's the heat ..it's the hormones ...it's my kids LOL0 -
Hi, @tammyfranks2.
My vote is heat/humidity. It has more of an effect than most people realize. Keep up the good fight and ignore the number for a while.
I'm fighting a gaining week too. My calories are below my daily limit. I'm now exercising daily, so that's a factor (sore muscles), and it's been hot-hot-hot, so my joints are all inflamed too. On Monday, I registered a 4 lb gain over the previous week. The next day (an unofficial weigh-in) it was up another 6 lbs. Dumb scale.1 -
@tammyfranks2 I was just wondering how much water is your intake?0
-
@tammyfranks2 I was just wondering how much water is your intake?
i am drinking like 42 to 72 ounces a day
0 -
PloddingTurtle wrote: »Hi, @tammyfranks2.
My vote is heat/humidity. It has more of an effect than most people realize. Keep up the good fight and ignore the number for a while.
I'm fighting a gaining week too. My calories are below my daily limit. I'm now exercising daily, so that's a factor (sore muscles), and it's been hot-hot-hot, so my joints are all inflamed too. On Monday, I registered a 4 lb gain over the previous week. The next day (an unofficial weigh-in) it was up another 6 lbs. Dumb scale.
yeah just the other day (4 days) i was down 2 pounds now up 5 pounds crazy crazy0 -
I'd also recommend double checking your intake - make sure that you aren't accidentally taking in more than you think you are. Do you use a food scale? Or have you been more eyeballing things? Are you counting all the ingredients or letting some things slide? Are you drinking any of your calories?
I know I find myself sliding into the fudging realm at times and think "oh this is a little bit and won't count for much" only to find that when I weight it out, I was eating 2 or 3 times more than I thought I was. So sometimes the plateau comes because we're gotten lax, which is normal.
What are you eating? Is it high in sodium? What meds are you taking? Do they tend to cause bloating or water retention? What kind of drinks do you drink? It amazes me how many drinks have hidden sodium in them!
But if you've checked your diary and your intake and are sure that you are accurate in your counts, your meds haven't changed and your diet has remained normal, just wait it out and trust the process. Weight loss is not linear at all! There are ups and downs and weeks where your body will hold onto fluid, especially for women as we have all those pesky hormonal shifts - but the over all process will trend in the right direction. Don't get upset so much on the day to day fluctuations but focus on the over all trend, and look for the NSVs, too - the scale might not change, but if your waist measurement does, then you are still making progress and the scale will catch up eventually!
And I know for me, heat and humidity play a huge part in my water retention!1 -
@bmeadows380 What are you eating? Is it high in sodium? What meds are you taking? Do they tend to cause bloating or water retention? What kind of drinks do you drink? It amazes me how many drinks have hidden sodium in them!
i log everything , like even mustard or pickles and they are basically 0 in everything LOL but i need to maybe weigh stuff better , i do use my scale to weigh like new foods , so maybe i am slipping a bit . i don't drink weight loss drinks at all , not atkins or whey , I did when I started but none now , I only drink tea or coffee , water or diet drinks . I am on hormone meds , I know they make me hold fluid longer . I am even doing IF , which is why I know I don't have to take my lantus anymore . so not stopping the fasting .
Thank You to all . I needed this to rant and to get back on track !! need to watch my eating and work out and try not to weigh myself , except once a week.1 -
My Fitbit summary for the week of July 16-22, 2018
I went to the gym on 6 of the 7 days, and my stats are:- 7,338 steps a day for a total of 44,498 steps
- 3.30 miles a day for a total of 20.04 miles
- 48 active minutes a day for a total of 309 active minutes
I was so close to hitting my goal of 7,500 steps per day average. Next week!
2 -
It is good to see everyone! I have been gone on a work excursion and I leave technology behind so it’s good to be back to MFP. I had this last trip set up well before I started my weight loss journey, so I have now cleared my schedule until at least thru December so I will be able to put a lot of focus on weight loss.
I hope everyone is doing well!2 -
@CheezWhiz88 welcome back you were missed!!1
-
I met with my dietician on Monday for the 2-week followup. I had provided her with a few printouts from my MFP food diary. I also gave her my user name on MFP and told her that I have an open diary, so she was able to poke around in my food plan. First, she complimented me on a nutritious plan and the plethora of vegetables I eat every day, then she made two suggestions for me to consider implementing:
- add more protein to my breakfast - this should help me with evening munchies
- add 2 servings of grain, root vegetable, or starch to my day, and one of these specifically at lunch - and journal any effect it has on my energy level in the later afternoon and gym workouts
Yesterday I added the extra protein to my breakfast (2 hb eggs), and as I was going to bed last night I realized I had not had a single craving to snack in the evening. One day's experience is too early to tell, but this is promising.
1 -
@PloddingTurtle : That’s great! That was really smart to give her access to your food diary so you could have a professional’s opinion on your diet.1
-
Hi, @CheezWhiz88.
The dietician I'm seeing is one in my doctor's network, and she was tasked with assessing me for a formal report and referral to the obesity clinic. I'm happy to be interviewed for that in order to get her professional feedback on the food plan I designed by myself.
My doctor originally thought I was on a runaway track that would require eventual bariatric surgery. It was this initial discussion in February that scared me to attention and that was my catalyst to get some positive traction in getting healthy. My doctor is very pleased with my progress to date and my positive attitude, but she still wants to refer me because there is a very long wait list (as much as two years) and things can go very differently from planned, and the clinic won't take patients past the age of 60 (I'm currently 56), and because there are a lot of good resources at the obesity clinic (not just surgery) that could help me in my efforts to get healthy and fit.
I decided to not be stubborn about doing it on my own, to keep all my options open just in case, and to leverage in all the supportive assistance I can get. That said, I fully expect I will have lost 100 lbs before my name pops up to the top on the clinic's new patient intake list.
0 -
Hey everyone just wanted to let you know that I am going to be a little out of the loop in the near future. As some of you know been going through a lot of dental procedures and complications arose. Supposed to have last procedure on Thursday. Well haven't been feeling well for the past few days so went to the Dr today. She ran a EKG and seemed concerned with the outcome. She is sending me for an angiogram and to a cardiologist specialist to have a heart monitor put on me. I also been having a lot of stomach issues she checked my abdomen and said there is a lump and that my stomach is swollen. So need to get an ultrasound for that. Not to mention all the blood urine and stool tests she has ordered. Finally she put me on another round of antibiotics. So anyway as I have already cried my eyes out just letting you know what's going on with me. I just am saddened because I have come along way not to be sick and dependant again on my family. I don't want to be a burden to them. So I ask for more prayers please. Thank you for listening. I have to vent somewhere as I don't want my kids to see me weak. Much love Melanie2
-
Awe Melanie your post makes me so sad. You are such a sweet person, and literally the best cheerleader here. I understand your fears, but I am glad that you are under doctors care. Please know that you will definitely be in my prayers. I pray you have answers soon, and can move forward with the healing part. Please keep us in the loop. Hugs!!!2
-
@bigghunny
Now listen to me, Miss Hunny. All that healthy eating and physical activity you've been doing has made you a healthier and stronger individual, so a much stronger and more resilient patient. You have a lot on your side in addition to a healthier physical you. You have built up a fighting spirit of determination, discipline, and optimism. That makes you strong in the head too, and we are definitely rooting for you. Find something to laugh about every single day.
Please keep us in the know about your progress.2 -
Thanks guys for all the support and prayers. Yes I am down at the moment but definitely not out for the count. Gonna keep going forward and deal with things at hand. You make it possible to do that. So very appreciative of all of you3
-
Saw my doctor on Friday and we had a nice long discussion on the results of my thyroid bloodwork and depression. She doesn't think I'm dealing with dysthymia (chronic depression) though I still kind of think I'm in that boat simply because I'm been feeling this way for 20 years now with a slow, downhill trend and periods of deep holes - she considered it to be major depression (though I did notice that it didn't show up as a diagnosis on the print out I received after the visit was over).
We discussed Contrave and in the end, decided to just go with the Welbutrin by itself. I picked it up today and will start it in the morning. She thinks that it will help with the lack of energy, the brain fog, and the inability to concentrate and did suggest taking it of a morning so it doesn't interfere with my sleep. She said I would probably experience a temporary giant boost in energy for a while before things leveled off, which is kind of funny because the pharmacist recommended taking it of an evening because ti could cause drowsiness.......
Anyway, the pharmacist also warned that Welubtrin curbs appetite, and I told her that's a secondary reason for why I'm taking it in the first place - I WANT it to curb appetite and help me get my willpower back so I can start losing weight again and not have these dab-blamed food cravings when I know I'm not hungry!
I admit I'm still really nervous about starting the medication, primarily because I come from a background and subculture that believes that needing medication for depression is a weakness that is frowned upon, so it hurts that part of me that wants to believe myself to be strong. That and I still have relatives and go to church with folks that think that all medication for mental issues is wrong and that we just need to repent or "count our blessings". But I've finally come to the realization that its true that you can't separate your spiritual self from your physical self - the spiritual/mental affects the physical and vice versa, and letting myself live in a depressed mood can have very well caused physical abnormalities in my brain that medication can help me break free from.
I'm still searching for a counselor and am determined to find one as I have no intention of using medication as a crutch for the rest of my life. I have physical issues yes, and my doctor pointed out the problems with my thyroid bloodwork and said that its possible that my body has changed how it responds to the medication and so we need to adjust my medication to account for that, which unfortunately takes time to find an optimal level. She also asked what time of day I take it and suggested that switching back to taking my synthroid of a morning may help.
And I can acknowledge that I have unrealistic thought patterns and expectations and a completely unhealthy view of myself that needs corrected if I'm ever going to break free of this mental prison I have myself in. Worse yet, the depression itself has created a barrier between me and God as well, which just leaves me feeling abandoned, unworthy of love, guilty, and judged, which I know are false feelings but which have me pretty locked down right now, and I need help to get free of that web I'm trapped in.
I do feel a little better this week, I admit - perhaps the decision to finally try to get help has provided a temporary boost. In any case, I'm really hoping this helps and I can start being able to think again and find some energy to actually get stuff done, rather than procrastinating because the very though of housework is exhausting in and of itself, or procrastinating at work because its exhausting trying to get my brain to function and understand the complexity of the issues I am supposed to be working with. I hate how this funk has affected my productivity at work, so I'm really hoping that the next few weeks will show improvement on that front!
I need to have a 3rd quarter check-in conversation with my supervisor, and I'm debating on whether just coasting along with the status quo and hope things improve without putting attention on my problems, or telling her about the depression diagnosis and treatment to explain things that might have already come to her attention. That, and I'm afraid that telling her might lead to expectations from her, considering her personality type, that I may still not be able to reach, but at the same time, it may also give her some understanding as to my struggles to meet her deadlines and might open up some dialogue in getting some of my grievances with this job answered, especially as I know that my job is a major source of my depression problems in the first place.......
It would be really nice if I could finally figure out what I really wanted to be when I grow up! *crooked smile*
Meanwhile, I've picked up a new hobby - cold process soap making! My first try was a grand success, and I'm using those bars now. I've since made 5 more batches of various recipes, and have plans for at least 3 more. The problem with this hobby is that I end up with a TON of soap
So guess what people are getting from me for Christmas! 
1 -
I just joined this group. Seems like a great group. Looking forward to being a member.2
