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I've had a day where for half of it my feet hurt like blazes due to the arthritis plus the weather.
And yet, I stayed within my calories. I'm pretty proud of that as eating when I hurt is an old comfort....yet I did not.7 -
Yay Alexandra, that's a real NSV! You deserve to feel proud!2
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In the UK, as of this week it's mandatory for all large restaurants/cafes chains (with more than 250 employees) to print calorie information on their menus.
Best just to avoid looking at the menu entirely and scan the restaurant until you see someone eating something that looks tasty and say 'I'll have what she's having....'
Otherwise you'd never order anything....
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Does this mean we will all gravitate to smaller restaurants / cafes/ eateries as they have 0 calorie foods? 😬😬😂4
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Bella, you look wonderful! I can only hope to get to that point. Personally, I would maybe take a maintenance break but it all depends on how you are feeling mentally. If you have any sort of diet fatigue, then a break may do you good. It would also help you get used to what it will take to maintain that loss. If you get to the point where you want to get rid of the last of the weight, then you can. It is such a personal decision on how you want to take it though.
Alex, that is a great victory! You should be super proud of it.
As for me, Sunday I went on a long walk (for me). It was mostly off the main walking trail as well, so it was a bit more rugged then just a normal walk. Which I prefer as I feel I get a better workout since the path isn't flat and I have to get over fallen trees and the like. And I was proud of myself for doing it. I had no plans to go out on that walk, but it was a nice day and I decided to do so on a whim instead of sitting on my butt all day.
Now yesterday I was feeling it. I was really sore. My legs ached and so did my back/hip. But I still got myself up and took a short walk around the apartment complex (about 20 mins). Felt so much better when I got home. Hopefully I can do the same later today as well before the rain starts. Tomorrow I should be able to get 30-45 mins of walking in since I am in the office and we have tunnels so I can still do it even with the storms. It is supposed to get pretty nasty tomorrow.3 -
Many restaurants here post calories on the menu or online. It’s eye-popping! To keep the counts down many places note calories piecemeal. So, meat separate, add potatoes separately, buttered veg, rolls and breads…. You kind of expect high calories in desserts but salads and veggies are surprisingly high too. Even soups.3
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My feet feel better, but I know that charging in and trying to do all of yesterday's work today will not be a good idea. Going to have breakfast and pace myself carefully.6
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Good job yesterday, Alexandra - and followed up with some smart thinking today!
Bella - those numbers are stunning/shocking/scary.
Sounds like a great walk, Athijade. I'm sorry that more of my walks aren't in rugged terrain. It takes so long for me to get to the more rugged terrain that most days I'm ready to turn back by the time I do.
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I am going to make an attempt to cook boneless chicken thighs for the first time…..thinking sweet potato wedges and petite green peas with it and a salad….4
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Share my day - well still coming down from it! First day back at work - meant to be a phased return -LMAO!
Hectic to say the least, even though from home! But as pledging - daily habits - …drum roll please…..finished to time!
Not manged to find time for lunch or a cuppa, though glugged water from my new best friend, my water bottle!
My head is clanging now though🥴
Was researching through the olde threads and posts on here to refresh myself and @AlexanderFindsHerself1971, I found this golden nugget from January 2020:
(Sorry I do not know how to highlight this BBCode is rubbish on ipads!)
“I also had to do a lot of work on myself. Food cannot hold you when you grieve. It cannot dry your tears when you are sad. It cannot hear you out when you're angry. It can't protect you when you're scared. It can't keep you awake when you're tired, or make you feel better when you hurt. I am learning to let food just do what it can; fuel my body, please my palate, and be a way that I say I care about myself and others.”
I love it! & goes to show that you implemented it yesterday with the hurting feet and then not consoling yourself with food - I Hope they are less throbby today
As an emotional, disordered eater, I am going to keep philosophy in mind as resonates like the current “banging hammer”in my head 😅 …. & I’lll borrow it in wrting if okay!7 -
So I got up today intending to have a deficit day after yesterday's maintenance day, but then a friend sent a text asking if she could pop round for coffee if she took a lat flow test first. She arrived bearing a gift of a wonderful, chewy, crusty loaf of sourdough from her (award-winning) artisan bakery, still slightly warm from the oven. Oh, and two huge M&M easter eggs, one each for me and my husband.
She stayed for lunch, so it seemed rude not to start the loaf. We had sharp creamy organic vintage cheddar sandwiched between two thick slices of the sourdough, followed by two Border dark chocolate ginger biscuits. Dinner was a repeat performance of lunch (sans the Border biscuits), followed by 100g fat free skyr yoghurt with a teaspoon of chocolate inulin for a little additional fibre.
The good news is I'm still 400 calories below my maintenance calories and I've hit my daily protein, fat and fibre macros. I was sufficiently self-disciplined to weigh the sourdough (100g for lunch, 135g for dinner) and limit myself to 25g cheese per sandwich. So good habits kicked in to enable damage limitation in the face of the kryptonite combination of sourdough and cheese. I'm counting that a victory.
The bad news is that apart from my two breakfast prune bunnies it's been a bunny-less day, and the easter egg is singing its siren song....8 -
Oh my that sourdough sounds like it would have undone me 😍…… but 25gms of cheese grated can go a long way….when I thnk of the slabs I have cut and munched in th past … 🧀😱5
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That's totally okay to borrow it!
They're better, but I'm pacing myself very carefully because I do not want to anger them again.6 -
@AlexandraFindsHerself1971 Thank you! I will!4
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So the easter egg shell weighed 150g (792 calories) and the 2 packs of M&M brownies weighed 72g (336 calories)...so 222g of chocolate in total (1128 calories)...
I had 400 calories left of my maintenance calories (though I'd originally planned a deficit day).
I decided to eat 50g of the chocolate shell...264 calories.
100g of chocolate shell later (528 calories)...I tipped the remaining 50g and the 2 bags of M&M brownies in the bin and poured washing up liquid on them.
So instead of being 400g under maintenance...I'm ending the day 128 calories over maintenance.
Bad.
But couldv'e been worse...
Positives? Hmmm...let's think...I logged every single calorie. That counts for something, surely?7 -
Beyond counts! You did awesome!
I admit that the sourdough and chocolate would probably not have made it in anywhere other than my tummy!🤷🏻♂️
But I absolutely would have logged them by weight for sure2 -
I had 10 🐰 again today not counting nuts….maybe we should count nuts as squirrels?….Publix has a new organic fruit and vegetable bread with seeds and it is sooooooo good….( I love bread and I could not have resisted that sour dough bread )…. I also picked up a loaf of Easter Breakfast bread still warm and can’t wait to have a slice in the morning!1
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Why do I keep posting in the wrong place?1
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A bigger question: Why do you think you are posting in the wrong place
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Because I read something and I start writing lol1
