LiLee's Journey to overall happiness
Replies
-
I'll have to try making my own dressing one day, but I absolutely love my MiL's. I dunno what she does to it, but it's delicious!
I can't believe Thanksgiving is next week. NEXT WEEK! Where the heck did this month go??
To get the bad news out of the way... I hurt my left side mid back somehow. How exactly? NO CLUE! I haven't done anything. I finished up some painting and that was it. I hurt it by... sitting? No dang clue but now I can't move certain ways without that area aching. LOL
So ridiculous but still funny too
Diet has been great!
Official weigh-in this morning at 177.4. It's not that 176 weight, but that's ok. THat's still 3lbs... THREE pounds down from just a week ago. I am not complaining about that!
AF should be arriving by the end of the week so I think that's why my weight is up a little and might go up even more by then. Will have to wait and see though.
Just hoping my appetite doesn't go too crazy. I'm already eyeballing the kids' Christmas tree snack cakes lol.
But I'm doing well over here... even with the messed up tooth and mystery back pain lol.0 -
Aww.. sorry to hear about your tooth and your back❤️ Hope you got it fixed. Wow, Thanksgiving is next week? Before you know it, it will be 2021. Time flies real fast this year. Do take a photo of your delicious Thanksgiving dishes🦃📷📸 You are doing amazing with your loss 👍👏 Keep up the good work😁😍1
-
Thanks @jadepearl !! If I remember to take photos of the food, I will
I'm making a turkey on Thursday just for us. DH wants carrot cake. Bleh. I mean it's ok, but not my fav. I'm NOT making one from scratch so told him I'd get him a box cake one and make him some carrot cake donuts w/ it lol.
He also wants a lemon cheesecake and he will be making some baked mac & cheese to take to the big family gathering. I can't wait! I'm gonna be like 20lbs heavier by the end of the day but it'll be worth it!
lol
Have not gotten my tooth fixed yet. I called this morning though and earliest appointment they have is Thursday afternoon which is still not too bad. It doesn't hurt or anything so I could've waited longer. It's an annoyance, but also not a huge deal at this moment that MUST be fixed ASAP.
Really hoping to get our Christmas decorations up this weekend! Trying to seal all of the things I've painted. Just FX that the sprays work and protect everything outside. Will post pics of that once it's all up.
Diet has been good! Still holding strong and feeling good.
OH my hair seems to have stopped falling out at an alarming rate since I chopped most of it off. Or maybe it's just that I don't notice it since it's not super long strands getting stuck everywhere. I dunno.
Just noticed that since cutting my hair, I haven't been losing quite as much whenever I wash it. So yay! Hopefully I'll actually get some dang regrowth already.0 -
Just wanted to post quick before going to bed.
This weekend was great. Super productive day Saturday. Put almost all of the outside decorations up. There are still 3 that need to be put up but I'm hoping to get that done tomorrow. Not sure I can do it by myself though, but I'm gonna try.
I am SORE today though AND AF started yesterday so I'm extra tired right now too.
Also today was supposed to be a normal calorie tracking day, but DH dragged me to a thing so I have no idea what my calories are.
I don't think I overate, but I did have more sugar than normal (sweet potato casserole and 2 sugar cookies). I mean... I think I controlled myself pretty well, but I probably went over my calories, BUT it shouldn't have been by too much.
I'm just gonna be as good as I can until Thanksgiving though. I really don't want this to be just a FFA week like I have done before b/c well.. that's why I'm here now.
That's why I'm now only 40something down instead of being 60+.
I think it's helping that I'm not keto right now though. Like, if I want a snack cake or something, I can have it IF it fits in to my calories. I definitely think not being so restrictive with carbs right now at the end of the year is helping tremendously to not having a week long bingefest b/c I don't feel deprived of anything ATM.
I am looking forward to Thanksgiving though and just stuffing my face w/ stuffing/dressing... and mac and cheese. Just.. ALL the carbs!!! lol
I hope all of you guys are doing great! Not sure I'll be posting before Thanksgiving so if I don't... I hope you all have a wonderful holiday and if you're somewhere that doesn't celebrate it, I just hope you have an amazing week!!!0 -
Hope you had a great Thanksgivng!!!! Now on to XMAS time!!!!1
-
Hey everyone!!
Thanksgiving was great. I completely forgot about taking pictures of the things I made lol.
But the lemon cheesecake I made was awesome! I used a recipe I found online just for measurements
This one
But I used more lemon juice (just all that I could get out of the 2 lemons), and used oreo type lemon flavored cookies for the crust. I also didn't do the lemon curd but I'm sure that would've tasted great. I think b/c of the extra liquid mine took about 90min to bake but thankfully it wasn't overbaked at all and just tasted amazing.
I just finished off the leftover carby stuff yesterday so now it's FINALLY back on track. That stuff was just tempting me and I didn't want to waste it so said F it and just ate it for lunch. Now that it's gone, I can get back to CICO again!
I really need to start walking again though. I've been letting everything be my excuse to not walk. I was actually enjoying it, but my little christmas projects and warm weather and rainy weather and everything in between was used as an excuse to be lazy lol.
Speaking of Christmas projects. Here are the ones I made! I plan on making A LOT more for next year. If I get the urge, might actually make more this year.
I want our yard to be filled! lol
0 -
That's one heck of a decorating job!0
-
A M A Z I N G decorations 🤩🤩🤩 Glad to hear that you had a fantastic Thanksgiving 🦃😁😘
Hope you're doing well ❤️0 -
Hey everyone!!
I'm sorry I've been MIA (and looks like so have a lot of people).
I hope everyone is doing great.
I stopped posting here b/c well... I don't think I'm going to ever go back to OMADing again.
Nothing wrong if it works for you, but whenever I tried it, I just found myself getting WAY too obsessed with everything I ate and food was all I could think about. OMAD just isn't the right fit for my journey.
Just didn't feel right to continue to post here when I knew deep down that I wasn't going to get back to it again on a regular basis.
I am still here on MFP though. Still struggling and continuing on my journey.
I post a lot in the blog MFP option on the site if anyone is ever interested in popping in and saying hello! Or you can always friend me too which would be awesome
Anyway... didn't want to just disappear from here completely. Wanted to come back and finally give a reason why I stopped posting.
Wishing you all the best!!!0 -
So glad you filled us in so we didn't worry about ya 😘 hey everyone is different and everything works different for everyone!!! We're here if you need us, OMAD or not ♥️1
-
You can still post here coz all of us just want to reach out GW😁 Do something that works for you 😘1
-
Thanks guys!
I'll still definitely post here if everyone is ok just knowing that I won't be going back OMAD lol. I dunno. I think I'm overthinking it lol.
I have some chores I really need to get started on now, but will be back tomorrow to blab away and catch back up on everyone!1 -
Hey girl, doesn't really matter if you are doing OMAD or 2MAD or following a diet plan... we are all on our own journey to reach our GW. What plan are you following currently? Take care😘1
-
I concur with the other ladies, you are one of us whether OMAD or not and we want to continue to share in your journey. Please continue to post. How are the kitties?1
-
Thanks guys!
And sorry for not posting earlier today! Got distracted with kids' homework and completely forgot.
Anywho... Think I left off on Christmas? Just before?
Uuuuhm.... things are good.
Both kitties are doing great. They were both fixed in January. Both got really mild infections in their incisions, but I took them to the vet and they got an antibiotics shot which healed them up. They've gotten SO big now. Just look like regular adult cats.
They're both so sweet though. Mia (the orange one) a bit more affectionate than JJ, but that's ok.
Pics of them being cute
Diet has honestly been a bit hit or miss for a while there.
I was just doing CICO (calories in calories out). And it was working, but I think I was just too low in my calories (1200). I started jumping rope (which I actually enjoy when I do it even though I'm not very good at it AT ALL lol), but on the low calories, I was tired ALL THE TIME.
There was a couple of weeks, or maybe a month? Before my oldest boy's birthday in March where I just said screw it and just started eating eating eating. It was just stress stress and more stress causing my total lack of motivation.
His birthday was on March 9th (he turned 6!) and I just knew I had to stop doing that so got back to keto.
I'm not being super strict with it though. Like hell, last Friday, I had Publix fried chicken for dinner and hubs and I drunkenly munched on some chicken nuggets, french fries, and popcorn while we watched movies. I'm just not going to beat myself up over living life and having fun like that anymore. It wasn't keto, but I got back to it the next day (even with a horrible hangover).
While Fridays won't always be like that, I'm setting them up as my no track days. That usually either spills in to Thursday and Saturdays/Sundays too lol. I just eat the same stuff as usual. Maybe a little more, but still keto stuff normally.
Last Thursday my weight was 176.8.
Weighed in this morning at 177.4. So I did a little bit of hopefully bloat damage on Friday but FX it'll be down and then some by Friday again!
When I first first started back keto though. I didn't weigh myself until I was a week? in to it. I did NOT want to see where I was starting from b/c I knew it was going to be awful b/c of how bloated I was. When I did finally weigh though, it was 181.6 (on 3/12).
Just... I dunno. It just feels like that stress that had been weighing me down for SO damn long just lifted off of me. I have NO idea why though (which kind of sucks), but I'm just happy about it. Feeling really positive about my continued journey and just really glad to be back on track again!
2021 is gonna be my *kitten* by the end of it!
Oh and I had to get a root canal done not too long ago. Cracked tooth I had was getting worse. My dentist tried a temp crown to see if that would help, but NOPE. Bye bye $1200 plus the $600? for the permanent crown.
Oh and THEN, the root canal got inflamed. So that was fun. Sitting at home wondering when the pain was going to end and it just never did b/c inflammation. Yippee! Thankfully a round of steroids helped though and I now have my permanent crown on. Unfortunately, the area is still aching a little. I only just got it done though so I'm really hoping it's just from the dentist doing whatever she had to do to fit the crown and stuff.
Aaaand I think that's it? Maybe not, but it's all just kind of a blur at this point lol. Can't believe we're already coming up on April! APRIL!0 -
These kittens are sooo cute
Boy have to grown. So sorry to hear about your teeth. Dentists are expensive over here too. Hope your dentist will fix it and you will be pain free soon If Keto is the way for you, then Keto it shall be. As long as you are happy and loosing weight, that's what counts. 0 -
I think I should create a new thread for myself /nodnod0
