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But there’s still too much of the 2/3 that is left! I must be grateful that I’ve managed to maintain a fairly stable weight for the past year. Small losses and regains but controllable. Happy for where I am but longing for that elusive goal.2
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Good work, Ladies! I think that is a good plan, Bella. I'm trying to be smart at the moment. Have started losing again, almost 2 pounds a week - which is wonderful. And not being overly restrictive, and not logging. And now there is a part of my brain trying to convince me to ramp it up. Hey - I could lose these extra pound in two months if I dropped to 1200 calories a day. What is wrong with my hamsters?! Things are good - and they want me to mess it up. NO. This is working. Slow and steady is what I need. I lost 112 pounds in about 45 weeks (just shy of 40% of my body weight) and then sort of stayed stable for a year. But I wasn't trying to do that - I was trying to lose to get to a new lower goal (which I lowered twice) and found myself losing 10 then gaining 10 over and over for a year. Looks like maintenance, but it wasn't. And, that is no way to go.
I should have done what you are doing, Bella. I should have listened to my body and enjoyed its new lightness.
I will, eventually, learn to respect my body and treat it well. Maybe even starting right now?
Thank you for posting, Bella. And Yooly.
I hope you keep visiting us??!!!3 -
I'm not going anywhere!
Sounds to me that your year of yo-yoing "maintenance" has taught you a lot Laurie! 112 lbs is a jaw dropping amount of weight to lose, period....to lose weight of that magnitude in 10 months is just staggering, so it's hardly surprising your body got its own back in the only way it knew how.
Our hamsters are so willful and wily! Three pounds are better than two pounds, they whisper in voices of honeyed poison... Block your ears and stick to the formula that's working!4 -
Thank you, Bella. My goal now is 1 pound/week. I think I'm past that initial drop so need to prepare myself. But damn, 1 pounds doesn't "feel" like an accomplishment to me at the moment. Crazy thinking! That is one reason I so like coming here and checking people's number check ins. I truly see what our dedicated losers are posting as major accomplishments. If I keep seeing that, maybe eventually I can translate that to myself?3
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Hey it took me a year on MFP (12 months) to do 72.5lbs or whatever 695 effective Cal a day boiled to and the next year I was still "trying" or to be more correct focusing for a lb a week and happy to drop a lb a month.
The only difference is that I continued in that manner in year three (of MFP--but i started on MFP 11 months into things) only focusing the hamsters on 250Cal a day instead of 500, and basically dropping like 3lbs.
Since then I variously SET/AIM for -250 to -500, but since MFP Y2 I deliberately broke the red association and I'm almost always over! 🤷🏻♂️💩🐹
These days I "aim" for -500. If I'm above +420 on average I will start gaining and below +400, will start losing. And I will average over two days sometimes three. When losing I would never do that
Hmmm. When you have trouble explaining it, it might be too complicated!!!!💩🐹🤣😹2 -
I think I got the gist - Hamsters are poopy and they make you throw your hands in the air and cry and laugh at the same time?3
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They're crappy hamsters, so I have to work with them and trick them and confuse them till they give up and do what they're told!!!!
Now... if the right cat were around keeping them all in line... 😹😹😹3 -
@Bella_Figura congrats, time for a well deserved maintenance period indeed!
On the Balkan front, no cigar this week either, still obese. Look at this week lol!
This is (probably) all water retention due to the start of orthodox lent here. Was getting something like 5,000mg of sodium per day for a while.
It's cool that you can point out above the exact time when I stopped eating pickled vegetables and taramosalata...
I'll get it next week!
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Understanding the impact of sodium on water retention and scale weight saves a great deal of unwarranted frustration and angst. I'd take the temporary scale blip to enjoy a serving of delicious taramosalata and pickled veg right now...just thinking about it makes my mouth water.2
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I'm in for tasty fish by-products!!!!1
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I'll leave the fishy things to the rest of you... There are plenty of other fantastic options to go around!! 🤣2
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You're missing out! And then we're going to have to get into the whole discussion of whether it should be made with bread or potato 😉3
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Had to look up taramosalata. Certainly best if made fresh I would presume. There are jarred versions?
Although no one on either side of the family has an Irish bone in their bodies, I am researching recipes for colcannon and instapot corned beef. Because St. Patrick’s Day.....3 -
Height: 5'9 / Age: 39
Highest Weight (May 22 2019): 276.8 lbs
Started MFP for the 3rd time Oct 27 2021
Oct 31 2021 Weight 258.6 lbs
Feb 28 2022 Weight 227.8 lbs
LW 3/09/22: 224.0 lbs
CW 3/12/22: 223.2 lbs
Loss: 0.8 lbs
Loss from 10/31/21 = 35.4 lbs
Loss from 5/22/19 = 53.6 lbs
Overweight BMI (203 lbs) lose 20.2 lbs
Healthy BMI (169 lbs) lose 54.2 lbs
Goal (145 lbs) lose 78.2 lbs2 -
at least SOMEONE keeps posting numbers heading in the right direction.... like clock-work!4
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Thank you, ABD!!!!3
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Height: 5'9 / Age: 39
Highest Weight (May 22 2019): 276.8 lbs
Started MFP for the 3rd time Oct 27 2021
Oct 31 2021 Weight 258.6 lbs
Feb 28 2022 Weight 227.8 lbs
LW 3/12/22: 223.2 lbs
CW 3/14/22: 223.0 lbs
Loss: 0.2 lbs
Loss from 10/31/21 = 35.6 lbs
Loss from 5/22/19 = 53.8 lbs
Overweight BMI (203 lbs) lose 20 lbs
Healthy BMI (169 lbs) lose 54 lbs
Goal (145 lbs) lose 78 lbs5 -
Height: 5'6 / Age: 36
Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs
Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22
LW 2/26/22: 230.6 lbs
CW 3/14/22: 229.0 lbs
Loss: 1.6 lbs
Loss from HW (July 2021) = 64.4 lbs
Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 13 lbs
Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 44 lbs
Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 75 lbs
Goal (150 lbs) lose 79 lbs
*Finally, seeing a little movement after a few weeks of stalls. Waiting to see where it all shakes out - theoretically, should still have a little more "pending" loss once the hormonal water drops off, even with the week at maintenance. Just happy to see "22x" finally for the first time in a LONG time. 😂2 -
Height: 5'6 / Age: 37
Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs
Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22
LW 3/14/22: 229.0 lbs
CW 3/15/22: 228.6 lbs
Loss: 0.4 lbs
Loss from HW (July 2021) = 64.8 lbs
Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 12.6 lbs
Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 43.6 lbs
Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 74.6 lbs
Goal (150 lbs) lose 78.6 lbs2 -
Height: 5'9 / Age: 39
Highest Weight (May 22 2019): 276.8 lbs
Started MFP for the 3rd time Oct 27 2021
Oct 31 2021 Weight 258.6 lbs
Feb 28 2022 Weight 227.8 lbs
LW 3/14/22: 223.0 lbs
CW 3/16/22: 222.6 lbs
Loss: 0.4 lbs
Loss from 10/31/21 = 36 lbs
Loss from 5/22/19 = 54.2 lbs
Overweight BMI (203 lbs) lose 19.6 lbs
Healthy BMI (169 lbs) lose 53.6 lbs
Goal (145 lbs) lose 77.6 lbs2 -
ABD! ABD! ABD!2
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Height: 5'6 / Age: 37
Highest Weight (this time): 293.4 lbs
Started MFP for the 2nd time: 2/8/22
LW 3/15/22: 228.6 lbs
CW 3/17/22: 227.6 lbs
Loss: 1.0 lbs
Loss from HW (July 2021) = 65.8 lbs
Obese Class I BMI (216 lbs) lose 11.6 lbs
Overweight BMI (185 lbs) lose 42.6 lbs
Healthy BMI (154 lbs) lose 73.6 lbs
Goal (150 lbs) lose 77.6 lbs
I'm hoping to see one more good loss tomorrow morning before postponed belated birthday dinner with the extended family. 🤣4 -
Height: 5'9 / Age: 39
Highest Weight (May 22 2019): 276.8 lbs
Started MFP for the 3rd time Oct 27 2021
Oct 31 2021 Weight 258.6 lbs
Feb 28 2022 Weight 227.8 lbs
LW 3/16/22: 222.6 lbs
CW 3/17/22: 221.4 lbs
Loss: 1.2 lbs
Loss from 10/31/21 = 37.2 lbs
Loss from 5/22/19 = 55.4 lbs
Overweight BMI (203 lbs) lose 18.4 lbs
Healthy BMI (169 lbs) lose 52.4 lbs
Goal (145 lbs) lose 76.4 lbs2 -
Both of ya are pulling a Garfield!!!!👍
Hey, where's Garfield? Is she updating us? Or is the NORMAN heating system losing the battle with cold?3 -
Both of ya are pulling a Garfield!!!!👍
Hey, where's Garfield? Is she updating us? Or is the NORMAN heating system losing the battle with cold?
I'm here! Day 1 of year 2 and day 7 of maintenance. I'm eating around 1950 calories a day, which means I'm running a buffer deficit of only about 50-75-100 calories a day (if my TDEE calcs are accurate). I'll hold the calories at this level until the end of March and then take stock, to see if I have to drop the calories a little to maintain this weight. If I'm still losing I'll nudge the calories upwards instead.
So far so good...7 days at 1950 and my weight has been hovering between 63.4 and 63.8, which was the plan!5 -
Good work everyone!
I'm still trying to figure out my weight loss challenges 🙂
I'm thinking I maybe dropped my goal too low last year. And for sure I'm having unrealistic expectations now... And my ridiculously sensitive number awareness is causing trouble...so... I'm going to try changing v things up by and switching to metric 🙂
My new goal is 75kg (nice number)
My new height is 175 cm (another nice number)
Monday morning I will switch my scale settings and find my new current weight. (Waiting till then to dislodge some of this March Break nonsense).
And then I will start anew.
I know this might sound absurd... But such is life!
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Not absurd - psychologically it can be helpful to switch things up.
You're less familiar with metric weights, so you won't be so obsessive about them. Plus there's less temptation to weigh in tenths of a pound (which, when you think about it, is the thing that's completely absurd). A tenth of a pound is only 1.6oz - who needs to be that precise about their weight? My scale measures metric in 0.2kg increments, and pounds or stones/pounds in 0.5lb increments. That's precise enough for me.
Personally I'm trilingual - I know my weight in metric, stones/pounds, and pounds...but metric is my favoured measurement.2 -
Thank you for the vote of confidence, Bella.
Fell asleep too early and woke up in the middle of the night and I'm still up and just ate the leftover single veggie dog on a white bun and I was thinking how little fiber was involved in that meal and was thinking of you.
By the time we figure everything out about our bodies we will probably be done with them and ready to move on to whatever comes next.
I look forward to your updates. It's so exciting to follow people challenging themselves and some pretty deeply ingrained ideas of what and how we should eat.2 -
lauriekallis wrote: »I look forward to your updates. It's so exciting to follow people challenging themselves and some pretty deeply ingrained ideas of what and how we should eat.
When everything else has failed we either give up completely or we challenge the deeply ingrained beliefs. Sometimes you just gotta poke the sacred cow to check that it really moos rather than quacks.
Just because something is widely believed to be true, doesn't mean it IS true...or at least, it doesn't mean it's true for everyone.2
