LiLee's Journey to overall happiness
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Food today has been good and I kept it low cal.
Had 2 coffees
Kimchi
Tikka masala chicken breasts
Kimchi
Broccoli with a little drizzle of Caesar dressing
Total calories about 750-800
Not too shabby and easy since I've been busy with trunk or treat decorations.
My water has been horrible the last few days though. Needed to wash my bottle and straw and got lazy about it lol. Finally did it yesterday and filled it up. Just haven't had any though. I'll start that back up tomorrow.
Right now... Man I really want another cup of coffee or some hot chocolate.0 -
Yes, I love OMAD as its a lifestyle. You can always get back up onto the OMAD wagon
We do not have this trunk or treat over here though. It sounds interesting 
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So.... does anyone not really fast fast before your meal? As in you have something w/ calories in your drinks?
B/c I think that's what I'm going to do.
I could say that I 'can't' but no.... I just don't want to give up my morning coffees now that it's gotten cool. It's just SO damn nice having it in the morning to get all warm and cozy with.
I know I'll lose the benefits of actual fasting before my meal, but..... price I'm willing to take? Or at least see what happens.
I won't get my OMAD card taken away will I?? /cry I won't want to leave! lol
In other news... I'm up 6lbs. I always know to expect it after cheating but UGH, still a self inflicted stab in the heart lol.
It's gonna come off though. For that... I'm sure!
I'm going to try to keep up low low calories for as long as I can. I'm actually surprised how OK I felt yesterday doing it.
Thanks veggies! You're awesome!
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Alrighty... day of eating is done
Had 2 coffees w/ the usual in it
plate of baby spinach w/ Kens italian w/ aged romano & a little bit of salsa
About 1/2c kimchi
Low carb yogurt
2 low carb tortillas w/ chicken and hot sauce
Total calories... about 800
Feeling ok. I may drink another cup of coffee so calories will be closer to 900. Still not too shabby I think
Just need to work on the water intake!
Oh and I exercised some today. Did bicep curls, leg extensions and overhead tricep curl (not sure if that's what they're actually called lol)0 -
For me, last time, I was really hard on myself and follow everything to the T. However, after a while, everything fell apart. Now I am more flexible with my lifestyle. So, if I OMAD at 12pm but at 7pm, I am yearning for a cup of coffee or tea, I will just make myself a cuppa. That way, my body is happy and I will be happy too. Keep up the good work 👍1
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Thanks Jade! It's incredibly helpful to see others talk about not being completely perfect all the time. Even though I'm good.. it helps to know that perfection isn't needed.
I did have that cup of coffee last night so calories were around 900.
I say around usually for my calories b/c I eyeball some of the things I eat b/c I just don't want to dirty up stuff to measure every little thing. Like salad dressing for instance. I think I have a pretty good eyeball on how much a tablespoon is. Or with my veggies... 1 cup, 2 cups.. sometimes it's a little more or less, but if they're a low carb/cal veggie it doesn't matter if it's off just a little ya know?
Anywho.... this is working though. Was up 6lbs yesterday and only up 2lbs this morning.
Hopefully the trend continues and my weight will get back down to where it was and keep going down after.
Going to try to continue with the lower calories. If it feels like I need to eat more though, then I will. I know they're not super low right now, but it's lower than I'm used to.
I'd really like to do this more often. Maybe 1 or 2 times a week.... if I remember to do it that is lol.
I've been good with it though. Did feel a bit unsatisfied with my dinner yesterday even though I made sure to get a good helping of the chicken. But the coffee I had after helped w/ that.
Water wasn't that great. Drank about 1/4 of the gallon which isn't what I had hoped, but it's better than what I had been drinking the last few days.
And yeah.. feeling a bit tired today b/c of a restless night of sleep and a bit hungrier this morning but I'm good 0 -
I think beating yourself up or being too hard on yourself always made me fall off the wagon even more. I know I will get there, but I don't know when. If I am too strict then I usually won't last. I use splenda and sugar free creamer in my coffees and i don't think it interferes with my fasting. Over the weekend I typically 2Mad, but usually the brunch is super low in calories like 100 or so. you are doing a great job and finding what works is part of the process ---if you like your coffee ---then go for it. You won't lose your OMAD card.
Sometimes on days that I OMAD i just do super low cals, like 500-600 and that also seems to work for me.
Hope you are enjoying this fall weather ---OMG I am......Keep up the good work!!!
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Thanks vol. Again...it's so incredibly helpful mentally to see that.
We don't have to be perfect and it's OK!
I was hoping to do only 500-600 calories but I guess my low cal days won't be quite that low lol. It's all good. I think the 700-900 range is good enough to where I don't feel hungry after and I can at least eat enough veggies to feel satisfied for the most part.
I just had to eat though. My youngest is in a constant whiny/cry/tantrum mood today and it's developed in to me getting a giant headache. Needed to take ibuprofen so needed to eat something for it.
Today could be a regular calorie day. MAYBE. I only ate a cup of kimchi and I feel ok so meh. Either way.. I'm good with whatever happens
Ibuprofen needs to kick in soon though. Not sure it's strong enough to defeat the likes of a moody 3yo.0 -
First of all - love your pic!!! Second, yeah babe, you gotta give yourself some grace or the perfectionist in us will derail us IN A SECOND - I'm up to 158 today cause of Bday weekend eating and I've decided that IDGAF lmao - it'll come off. As long as OMAD is your default and the cheat days are outweighed by good days, you WILL lose
You poor thing - at least the water will also probs help with your headaches!! I don't get 'em very often so I'm a baby when I do...long story short, you know what you're doing babe - don't beat yourself up but hold yourself to your own standards and you'll be fine #balance 1 -
Thanks!
Yeah so long as I don't keep allowing these cheats to occur more and more frequently.. I'll be good.
Woo boy though. My youngest was... just...he was something today and not a good something. Woke up on the wrong side of the bed I guess and was not happy with anything that was going on lol. That wore me down. Physically, mentally, emotionally.
Thankfully it didn't result in me stuffing my face though. I felt like I needed (or more like just wanted) to eat, but I didn't.
Food today
2 coffees
kimchi
2 low carb yogurts
2 low carb tortilla shells w/ ground beef taco meat, 1/4 avocado, hot sauce
more kimchi
Total calories about 900.
Those little burritos were flippin delicious! The meat was leftover stuff from this weekend and dang was it good. Not to pat myself on the back or anything, bc I've made some bland taco meat before, but I seasoned it just right this time /patpat
Carbs were a little higher than usual b/c of the 2 yogurts and 2 tortilla shells, but I'm still only at like 30 something. Not a big deal.
I had planned on fixing fried cabbage for dinner, but I can save that for tomorrow. Yum yum!0 -
Sorry about your youngest.....sometimes kids are not the greatest LOL.......
You will get to your goal ---just be patient and realize you aren't perfect ---reading our posts you sure will know I am not...... 1 -
Yep... I will get to my goal, it's just having to remind myself that I need to remain patient with my weight loss. I went in to this knowing that I was in it until the end, whenever that was and I'm not giving up anymore.
Like this year. I groan when I think about the weight I gained back, but I think part of this whole weight loss journey is a lot of mental hurdles we have to overcome too. Such as not being perfect and getting past mess ups or WHY you overeat or binge or whatever else might be going on. So while I wish this year had been more productive with my weight, it was productive in other ways. That's not always easy to see/accept though. It's not the accomplishment I was hoping for but it's still a good one
Speaking of not accomplishing things though.... I failed at OMAD today. Maybe it's b/c of the lower calories, but I found myself constantly thinking about food until I ate something (about an ounce of bacon scraps and kimchi).
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You're doin' great babe!!! Your cals are in line, and you can't go back and change the past, so might as well focus on pushin' forward!!!
Is fried cabbage just what I think it is? If it is that's gotta be REAL boring, and I LOVE cabbage, so please elaborate LMAO0 -
You will totally get there! For me, even though for months I lost and gained the same five pounds, during that time I realized what some of my triggers were. I always look back and think of how far I have come and far not only in terms of the numbers on the scale but in terms of mentally where I am, and it sounds like you are the same way ---so great job!!!
Steph---my fam loves fried cabbage, here is what I do:
cut up cabbage and stir fry in a wok with oil, sometimes a bit of bacon grease, garlic powder, onion powder, soy sauce, ginger, and cayenne pepper (we like it spicy). It is absolutely amazing.........1 -
Lol I do like mine a bit boring. Cut it up, saute some diced onion in butter then add the cabbage. Salt, pepper (lots and lots of pepper), garlic powder. I'll add water so it helps to soften up the tougher parts and let it cook out. It is a bit boring but that's how I like it lol.
I also added some already cooked bacon scraps too near the end.
Calories today.. a little over 900.
3 coffees
kimchi
bacon scraps (not sure what they're called. It's like big chunks of misc bacon pieces)
cabbage little bit of onion sauted in butter
low carb yogurt
Feeling nice and full. I'm sure the cabbage is going to give me horrible gas though lol0 -
I love cabbage too...delicious! Glad to hear you are doing well Keep up the good work 1
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your new pic
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Aww thanks
Good today but definitely noticing my hunger is amped up these last 2 days and early on. I'm ok mentally not OMAding right now just bc my calories are remaining a little low, but I do want to get back to it once I'm not doing lower than usual calories.
Friday won't be that day though. It's our anniversary and we already have our dinner planned out. I've been craving a baked potato and damnit, I'm going to have one! Sour cream, lots of butter and salt and peppered outter skin and I'll be happy! DH also wants chili so I'll be fixing chili w/ beans too. Not a giant pot of it like I usually do, but just enough for dinner. OMG I can't wait. May make myself a chocolate mug cake to go along with it. Found SF whipped cream in a can at Walmart that I bought for it or just to spray in to my mouth :P lol
Curious to see what my body will do on whole food carbs instead of sugary processed stuff carbs. See if I bloat up as much or less or what.
DH has a potluck on Friday and wants me to make a cheesecake for it. UGH.
It's a white chocolate raspberry cheesecake recipe that I found on allrecipe. It's seriously the best cheesecake ever. Rich and delicious and it's going to be hell not tasting it when I make it tomorrow. Torture. Pure torture!
Anywho... water has been sucking. Been working on trunk or treat thing and not in my usual spot so haven't been thinking about water until it's bed time. I've been trying to chug down some, but it's not as much as I hoped. You can only chug so much in 30mins lol. I'm almost done with the stuff though so should be getting back on the water train soon!
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OMG I love chilli and a baked potato there is nothing better....OMG especially with the skin all seasoned and delicious.......think that might be a weekend meal for us as well......Happy Anniversary!!!!!! How long have you been married???
You will have to share pics of your finished trunk or treat it sounds so fun!!
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Well now I want a baked potato..................................
*sigh* LOL1 -
Love reading about your cooking adventures. My tastes are very similar! Since going OMAD I have been allowing myself a few more carbs and have really enjoyed that.1
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Lol... baked potatoes are pretty delicious. Just potato dishes in general. /cry I miss potatoes. I wanted to add in some kielbasa too but can never find any that are for a full link instead of just 2oz. Who the hell is only eating 2oz of kielbasa other than children?? But chili with it will be just as good I think
Abm4n- I think I'm going to be low carb instead of keto once I'm closer to my goal. I already am right now some days b/c of all the 'low carb' crap I've been eating. Overindulging in it some days
Alrighty.....
Today's calories are back to normal... or well... a little more than intended but wings....... lots and lots of buffalo wings... they got on my plate and got in my belleh!
Food today
2 coffees
low carb tortilla w/ chicken thighs and hot sauce
about 1tbs of the SF whipped cream
and a ton of wings w/ hot sauce
Total calories.. about 1500
I will definitely take photos of our trunk or treat. I'll take some photos of the things I've been working on once I get them done. Just have a few more things to glue and paint.
We're going as the Teen Titans Go characters.
It's been fun working on all of it. I wish I was a bit more crafty so I could've made more for it, but I think I did ok. Our costumes look very homemade but that's part of the 'charm' and fun... at least that's what I'm telling myself :P lol0 -
volgirl1322 wrote: »OMG I love chilli and a baked potato there is nothing better....OMG especially with the skin all seasoned and delicious.......think that might be a weekend meal for us as well......Happy Anniversary!!!!!! How long have you been married???
You will have to share pics of your finished trunk or treat it sounds so fun!!
Almost forgot to answer your question! lol
We've been married for 11 years, but we've been together since we were teenagers. I THINK we met when I was 17... or we started dating when I was 17......... I have no clue. We were friends first then started dating a little later. I'm so bad with this stuff. I know it's always joked that it's the man who forgets all this but nope... it's me. All me.
For the longest time, I was convinced our anniversary was on the 26th.... then the 24th until FINALLY like 2 years ago I finally got the right date of the 25th lol. For how long we've been together total? No damn clue... I just remember we were teenagers and that's it. I'm 40 and he's 41 so... yeah.. we've been together for a long time. 0 -
Eating that many wings was a big mistake on my stomach. It sat in my stomach all night long and I can still feel some of it there this morning too.
Lots of gas and got woken up by indigestion/reflux.
Now I have a headache b/c I slept poorly too. Lesson learned dangit. Lesson learned /cry
Ah well. I'll have to try to remember that next time. Ease back in to normal calories instead of just stuffing my face lol.
Also might be having some adult beverages tomorrow. DH mentioned it. We don't have anything, so leaving it up to him. If he wants to buy some, then I'll indulge, but if not.. meh.
I'm sure alcohol will cause more bloat, but I'm still curious to see what my weight does after dinner tomorrow.
Anyway, nothing much to report on yet. Need some tylenol!
And here is what I've been working on for the trunk or treat the last few days
It's cut out of foam board and painted w/ acrylics. Some parts are raised. Like the trick or treat back and the green part at the top and rocks at the bottom are multiple layers to make it a little more interesting. Photos and even looking at them IRL they still look 2D though so it wasn't very successful lol.
Just need to maybe add in a city scape to some fabric and will be done with it.
And here are the masks we'll be wearing (I'll be wearing the hooded one at the bottom right)
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Well happy anniversary that is a long time!! So congrats!
OMG the costumes and trunk or treat stuff or so cute....
Alcohol tends to bloat me up esp beer more than wine but I only indulge on weekends when I tend to not pay attention to food....
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YOU'RE SO CREATIVE! I can't even handle stick figures LMAO
GIRL, wings sound SOOOOO good - I should do wings soon - they're on sale sometimes here
Contrary to volgirl, a little liquor usually shows a DROP for me - I don't get any of the bloat. Now that being said, I usually go straight vodka and drink the CRAP outta water IN FACT, my "fasting" day this week included some straight vodka, and I showed a 4 pound overnight loss....just sayin' LOL
Congrats on your anniversary! If Ced steps s**t up this holiday and I don't kick him to the curb, 2020 will be our 10 year Tolerating someone that long isn't easy 
Just a thought - perhaps you just have tummy issues, but if you're getting the gassy bloaty thing a LOT, maybe the super low carb isn't for you? I mean I know you said youre doing low carb instead of Keto, but it sounds like your body is fussin' atcha about it. Just a thought I can't do any of that stuff cause I'll get SUPER bloaty and gassy if I don't get FIBER...like MAD fiber. I had 3 cups of broccoli yesterday and I don't even think that was enough...maybe barely LOL 1 -
I just have gut issues. I really need to find myself a doctor to get it looked at and get some sort of reason why my digestion in general is so bad., but doctors in this general area are few or overworked and *kitten* (the last one I saw) so it's just put me off trying to find another for now. I know I should though... soon. UUUGH I hate looking for a new doctor though. SO much paper work and questions
We try to stick to just keto friendly alcohol and I enjoy tequila which is one of them and it does bloat me up when I drink it. The last few times I've had it, drunk me cheated like crazy so I'll have to control myself if we decide to imbibe tomorrow lol.0 -
LMAO drinkin' kills my appetite COMPLETELY!!! Yeah babe, a doc would probs be able to help - I just hate seeing you suffer just from eating possibly unnecessarily, ya know? I get to go back to my old doctor that moved now that I left UWM...he HAPPENED to move to a location halfway to my house AND IT HAPPENED to be the facility all my records were going to Of course, I haven't sucked it up and signed up for insurance coverage cause it's gonna cost me 300 bucks a month but I really should *sigh* 0
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Oh I wish it did that to mine. I'm not really hungry, but my drunken self gets the munchies. lol I also get lovey but also lose patience with movies. We usually watch older cheesy movies and we've turned off so many for being 'too boring' lol.
Anywho...
DH bought some so it's on like drunken donkey kong tomorrow! lol
Food today
3 coffees
kimchi
low carb yogurt
Big salad w/ pan fried in butter shrimp w/ italian dressing
half a chocolate mug cake w/ SF whipped cream
That whipped cream is delicious. It has a thicker consistency than regular stuff.
That mug cake was good too. It overflowed, but remained gooey. Didn't dry out like the chocolate ones have done before.
Yum!
Total calories, about 1300
Not too shabby I think!
Also resisted tasting the cheesecake batter... even though it looked delcious. SIGH! I doubt there will be anything left tomorrow, but if he brings any home... I may eat it! lol0 -
Enjoy your drunken day today
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