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Yay, go Laurie!
What an awesome week, on both the scale and plantar fasciitis front! A scale victory AND a NSV!
I used to suffer from plantar fasciitis and it's not fun! And then one day it just went away all of its own accord (presumably linked to my weight loss...).2 -
I think my weight gain brought it on...but can't quite credit its lessening with weight loss yet? It might also involve the better eating though? Less inflammation with less refined grain/sugar intake? That coincided with this exercise.
I've been doing sets of 20 of these lifts - three times a day.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtbHpEZxDlg 1 -
lauriekallis wrote: »Have you purchased your new scrubs yet, Nic? Can't have your pants falling down on the job
The beauty of scrubs is... Drawstrings!1 -
But....eventually drawstrings will not work! Imagine that! 1
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lauriekallis wrote: »But....eventually drawstrings will not work! Imagine that!
LOL. I have plans to go look for new scrubs soon.1 -
264.4 today. 100lbs down since August 29th, only 100 more to go, lol3
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Well Nic... if it wasn't for the fact that @Bella_Figura has already been named SPLAT Garfield by none other than myself...
and if it wasn't for the fact that she quite deserves to keep the title since I consider the 10lbs or so she has regained to still represent a pretty good SPLAT with not quite even a baby bounce... but I digress
Anyway. YOU Ms Nic are doing a pretty darn good imitation of a downward falling Garfield... so I very much so hope you also go SPLAT! (without bounce-backs OR injuries!)
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I'm happy to concede the SPLAT crown to you Nic - you certainly deserve it!3
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This is the only place in the world where we would celebrate success with a SPLAT crown But I imagine it looks might fine on you, Nic! Congratulations 2
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What's wrong with a Garfield on the way down?!?!?!?!?!
https://64.media.tumblr.com/dbd315ab178243f83cf1a72547ce3816/tumblr_n5y1a35YC21ro8ysbo1_500.gifv
*Garfield being a representation of weight. No harm intended to real or fictional characters. Your mileage may vary. Kids don't do this at home unless it is weight related and you stick the landing!1 -
Week 1 - 2/29/24 (Thursday)
SW - 304.6 (1/31/24)
LW - 205 (in spring 2022)
GW - 165
CW 301.42 -
Glad you're here Rashell! It really sucks owning up to a regain and look at you doing it. It's the only way to keep moving forward. Please stay and participate in the other threads because we'll always learn from each other.3
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What Laurie said! We’re all here looking forward to a smaller future.
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261.6 today. And I'm so sore from starting with the weights that I may have some water weight masking, lol3
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Forgot it was weigh in day today until after two teas and breakfast (mugs of builders tea no less ) Wasn't going to weigh myself then - so tomorrow!
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You have a special day for that? I used to be religious about not touching coffee or anything till I was ready for the scale.... these days I do tend to forget and hit the coffee ahead of time sometimes! This HAS led to some eeeeeeeek moments before I remember that each mug is 420g of charcoal colored water!0
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lauriekallis wrote: »Forgot it was weigh in day today until after two teas and breakfast (mugs of builders tea no less ) Wasn't going to weigh myself then - so tomorrow!
For me it’s weighing daily. Sure it’s up and down. Mostly up lately! But weighing and going back to my previous meals gives me a bit of insight. Salty or restaurant meals 👆🏻. Careful eating 👇🏻. Injuries 👆🏻. Fewer snacks 👇🏻. 👆🏻👇🏻👆🏻👇🏻👆🏻👇🏻👆🏻👇🏻
What I can’t seem to get back to is consistent losing. My calorie allotment is 1200 for loss. I try for 1350 daily but with life’s vagaries even that often doesn’t get me through the day. The less you weigh the less calories you get to play with. I’m not totally sedentary but obviously concessions must be made for age. It’s a battle with exhausting myself or going to bed hungry.
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Those certainly are not a lot of calories to play with, Yooly. Doesn't give you much buffer. You'd like to think easier on the grocery bill, but as we all know good quality, lower calories options are more expensive.
I used to weigh myself daily - but am trying this once a week idea instead. Trying for a manageable - not obsessive approach - not sure if this will work. I have this fantasy that I will find a life long system that will induce something close to "normalcy" - consistent healthy weight with regular consideration of my daily diet but not giving it most of my daily focus. Not sure why I think that I will find normalcy on the weight management front when I haven't found it on so many other fronts
My weight fluctuates quite a bit too - not surprising when it fluctuates 5 pounds in a day (occasionally more lol). Like you Yooly, I'm pretty clear on what to expect when I step on the scale. But even still - those higher days wear me down a bit. And sometimes it is problematic to get to the scale, take off the clothes and weigh myself BEFORE tea/breakfast...lol. So I have picked Mondays because Sundays are my most stable, standard eating/activity day. Pretty well the same week after week. I'm sure there are days in the week that might be lower. Certainly some that will be higher. But Mondays will probably be closest to "real." And if I miss Monday there is always Tuesday.
That's what I think this week.
Maybe will adopt a completely different approach in a few weeks !
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Numbers for today
Start - 285.4 lb - 2021 01 01
Goal - 175.0 lb
Last Check In - 253.2 lb
Today - 252.4 lb
Not including last weeks bump - that was virus weight 1 -
My bump up was the verrry salt laden pho I had for lunch on Saturday. I had a small supper. But weight was up 2 pounds over night. 🥺.2
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Well *I* was up 2 lbs (ok 1.5) and .... I had NOTHING other than the timing of the INs vs the OUTs! Because you know... the tube can only process things THAT fast and 750g of veggies are seven hundred and fifty frigging grams no matter how hard you try to work around that!
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OK Laurie... you are a kitten disturber, aren't you! You made me export my cronometer and go through it
You said:lauriekallis wrote: »How do you feel about just giving yourself a set daily amount
You've thrown me out for a three hour hamster trip! In a way even validating what you implied, though I don't think it can work for me given that activity is ~1000 Cal a day for me.
My MFP "super diligent" years were November 21 to November 20, I will pretend they were calendar years.
2015 Calories in 2560, loss 72.5lbs --weight @ 168
2016 Calories in 2913 loss -11.0lbs -- weight @ <157
2017 Calories in 2911 loss -2.7lbs -- 153 to 157 range
2018 Calories in 2920 loss -0.5lbs
2018 is only 5 months Nov 17 to April 18, after April I stopped extracting/reviewing numbers and maintained in the153 to 157 range.
2019 MFP not extracted/ reviewed in 153 to 157 range, higher end of 157 near the end of year
2020 MFP not extracted/reviewed. weight down to ~150 by August using lock-down to come down.
Up after mid September in classic rebound. Started logging on CRON October 25
2020 Calories in 3030 weight going up (average just for Oct 25 to December 31from CRON)
2021 Calories in 2948, no clear weight data as two scales/locations and weight app data loss before Nov 2022. I do see Fitbit 158's by the end of the year.
2022 Calories in 2962,weight changing up, new weight data/graph start Novr 22 @ 160.2
2023 Calories in 2904, weight peak mid September Jan-August average: 2945 Sept to December average: 2820 So not JUST eating. There was also reduced activity.
2024 Calories in 2859, weight so far down... slowly
The averages, to me, feel remarkably consistent given the wild day to day variations. Which leads to: Fun facts: Logged 97% of days. 1200 out of 1237. average 2937 Cal. minimum 1790. maximum 7298.
IF the 2937 average morphed to 2912 i.e. 25 Cal less over the 1200 days... that would represent 8.5lbs and would put me at the bottom end of the range I seek!
Here is where "eating the same" breaks down a bit for me Laurie. Activity takes me from a "mere" 1830 Sedentary (AF=1.2) to the actual AF=1.91 corresponding to the ~2912Cal which would have been my maintenance.
So I DO need to keep track of activity and increment calories when I am more active. Because 1000+ Cal deficits would be too much! But what I don't want is the even faster incrementing that I would get for being heavier. Why? Because my eye ball says I am already slightly over-estimated at the top end. i.e. while I am on lower activity days I am a bit under-estimated. But on high activity days I am a little bit over-estimated.
And...pretty graph... calories in monthly minimums, maximums and average!
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OH MY
I see kittens chasing hamsters chasing kittens
How about setting a regular daily calories manually + calories burned????
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Well. That's what I do 😂
Cron calories in.
Fitbit calories out
Chrono does RMR less deficit and adds anything beyond as it comes from Fitbit, ending the day with the Fitbit total less the deficit.
But I'm very good at eating near maintenance by going over 🤣 So I do stealth deficit!😂
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Oooohh, your spreadsheets and data analysis are like cat-nip to a spreadsheet geek like me!
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Bella_Figura wrote: »Oooohh, your spreadsheets and data analysis are like cat-nip to a spreadsheet geek like me!
Wish I was good at data analysis Hey: you used to play with spreadsheets, didn't you? 0 -
I love a good spreadsheet! And a good list...and some good data to delve into!....0
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Laurie is terrible! I blame her for making me spend the weekend looking at my data!!!
I've now added in the corresponding 1202 days from Fitbit and accounted for the 1.2lb total scale change.
With all the hamster tricking of the poor fitbit in play, I would have expected a -133.5 balance to materialize, i.e. a small loss. But what I got was the +1.2lb gain, i.e a +3.5 Cal balance
So in spite of my lies Fitbit still thinks I spent 4.5% more calories than I actually did. If it were NOT tricked the amount would have been closer to 7%.
For years now I consider Fitbit calories to be about 5% too high on high activity days. So my "stupid pet tricks" ARE keeping the numbers within the inaccuracy bracket I expect them to be
Of course I "blame" the Fitbit for the 4.5% (or 7%). But in reality the apparent results depend on the complete logging equation. Calories IN, OUT, and the 3% of UNLOGGED days.
And... fun as accuracy may be it still remains optional in order to point oneself into the correct direction.
FUN FACT!
I've been called a teetotaler by WAY MORE than one individual who knows me. Guess what? In the 1202 days I have logged 4562 Cal of alcohol!
JUST by itself the alcohol can account for the 1.2lbs!!! So OBVIOUSLY it is the BOOZE NOT THE COOKIES!!!! 1 -
My alcoholic ex always says ... NEVER blame the booze
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I always say NEVER blame Laurie 2
