WAISTAWAYS TEAM CHAT - September 2019
Options
Replies
-
4 -
evangsimmons170 wrote: »
Love the quote. The photo difference would be incredible, but not realistic. 🙂 But a girl (guy) can dream!
1 -
Sorry to have been absent. Went away for weekend. Still dry but not tracking, Ate mindfully instead. Not enough exercise but hopefully back at it today.2
-
Weigh In day: Sunday
PW:157.4
Current Weight: 157.33 -
Andreabroadley wrote: »Weigh In day: Sunday
PW:157.4
Current Weight: 157.3
Every little bit counts! Way to go. I think it’s really a great thing when you can manage not to track and still maintain or lose weight. Good for you.0 -
Andreabroadley wrote: »Sorry to have been absent. Went away for weekend. Still dry but not tracking, Ate mindfully instead. Not enough exercise but hopefully back at it today.
No need to apologize for a weekend away! I have stayed dry along with you (thanks again for partnering up with me for this), and I am sure you'll get back to your exercise in fine form. Enjoy!1 -
If my doctor has no answers this week, I'm going to ask to see a gastroenterologist. But that will certainly mean no answers for months, as specialist appointments are hard to get. Which means my best bet is the dreaded... elimination diet. *dramatic lightning*
I really don't wanna. I love calorie counting precisely because I'm not good at dieting and I'm an incredibly picky eater.
But, the pain. I can't live like this. It feels like I imagine being disemboweled alive feels.
So if anyone has any ideas for success on an elimination diet that will suck less, I'm all ears. *sigh*0 -
If my doctor has no answers this week, I'm going to ask to see a gastroenterologist. But that will certainly mean no answers for months, as specialist appointments are hard to get. Which means my best bet is the dreaded... elimination diet. *dramatic lightning*
I really don't wanna. I love calorie counting precisely because I'm not good at dieting and I'm an incredibly picky eater.
But, the pain. I can't live like this. It feels like I imagine being disemboweled alive feels.
So if anyone has any ideas for success on an elimination diet that will suck less, I'm all ears. *sigh*
Ugh, sounds tough.
I assume by elimination diet you mean eating very few foods and reintroducing other foods one a time to find triggers.
You can try reverse elimination (not a medical term, I made it up) where you continue eating as you are but eliminate one potential trigger at a time. I did this very successfully with my son (it was most dairy and most gluten)
You can look up common trigger foods and start with those. Many people flare up from some dairy for example but not all (e.g. no milk but yes butter & cheese).
I'm not sure that's helpful, but that's all I've got.
Added sidenote: with my son, we did the diet for 2 years and then decided to slowly reintroduce those foods and he was fine and eats everything now. Apparently, a sensitive/inflamed gut can heal, given the chance.
I hope you find answers soon. Wishing you well.2 -
If my doctor has no answers this week, I'm going to ask to see a gastroenterologist. But that will certainly mean no answers for months, as specialist appointments are hard to get. Which means my best bet is the dreaded... elimination diet. *dramatic lightning*
I really don't wanna. I love calorie counting precisely because I'm not good at dieting and I'm an incredibly picky eater.
But, the pain. I can't live like this. It feels like I imagine being disemboweled alive feels.
So if anyone has any ideas for success on an elimination diet that will suck less, I'm all ears. *sigh*
A few years ago, I did the "Whole 30" which is kind of like an elimination diet. For 30 days, you are very restricted, and then you add one category of food (dairy, legumes, etc.) back in at a time to see how you react. Then you can keep the foods that give you no trouble and get rid of the others. It was amazingly helpful. I learned a lot about what worked for my system and what did not. I hated the amount of protein (particularly animal protein) I needed to eat, but for 30 days I sucked it up. The nice thing about this one is they have a daily e-mail thing you can sign up for, and there is a good community side to it that makes it a bit easier. Elimination diets are never easy, but at least you don't have to count anything! You really need to change your diet to try to get rid of your digestion problems, and this is the best way to do it. You can manage 30 days if the payoff is knowing what you really need to do to get rid of the pain. I know you can. We'll help! I have the book and the recipes if you want I could send them to you.0 -
If my doctor has no answers this week, I'm going to ask to see a gastroenterologist. But that will certainly mean no answers for months, as specialist appointments are hard to get. Which means my best bet is the dreaded... elimination diet. *dramatic lightning*
I really don't wanna. I love calorie counting precisely because I'm not good at dieting and I'm an incredibly picky eater.
But, the pain. I can't live like this. It feels like I imagine being disemboweled alive feels.
So if anyone has any ideas for success on an elimination diet that will suck less, I'm all ears. *sigh*
A few years ago, I did the "Whole 30" which is kind of like an elimination diet. For 30 days, you are very restricted, and then you add one category of food (dairy, legumes, etc.) back in at a time to see how you react. Then you can keep the foods that give you no trouble and get rid of the others. It was amazingly helpful. I learned a lot about what worked for my system and what did not. I hated the amount of protein (particularly animal protein) I needed to eat, but for 30 days I sucked it up. The nice thing about this one is they have a daily e-mail thing you can sign up for, and there is a good community side to it that makes it a bit easier. Elimination diets are never easy, but at least you don't have to count anything! You really need to change your diet to try to get rid of your digestion problems, and this is the best way to do it. You can manage 30 days if the payoff is knowing what you really need to do to get rid of the pain. I know you can. We'll help! I have the book and the recipes if you want I could send them to you.
I may take you up on that offer, depending on how Thursday goes.
There's a chance it isn't my diet but is a blockage or growth or something. Since my blood work all looked normal, I wanna know if anything showed on the xrays before changing my diet.1 -
Username: reflectionofme
Weigh in day: Monday
PW: 129.5
CW: 128.7
3 -
C25K Week8 Run2 done! There is a small part of my route which is uphill. I really struggle with that, slowing down to almost walking. But I pushed on and kept going. No breaks but the last 6 minutes were a killer. I only kept going to not disappoint my son. So I guess that's a good motivator. And we beat our previous distance by a little bit!
Of to a nice shower now!
@jugar did you manage to work out today? (You asked...)1 -
Well done, @Pearl4686 !! Sounds like your shower must have been heaven. Those showers after an intense workout are amazing. And yes! I did the 1st day of the Pilates challenge that @micki48 and I are in, and I have an exercise bike session coming up while I watch an episode of something that will make the time go by. I'm sore from yesterday's circuits session, so will take it a bit easy today - thanks for nagging! You can all pay me back for all the nagging I do in here.
And good one, @reflectionofme - I know it seems like it creeps down once you're in the 120s, but it does indeed keep on creeping.2 -
Speaking of nagging...
Weigh-in CATCH UP! NONE due for tomorrow.
@kx7003 - due yesterday - are you still with us? I sure hope so!
@Juliemargaretkim - due today. I hope you are doing all right. I know things have been tough and hectic lately with your son's move and all. Thinking of you! (not nagging, really... not until tomorrow
) 1 -
SEPTEMBER STEPS WEEK ONE UPDATE!
Our intrepid adventurers have walked a total of 326,827 steps in week one of September. That's an average of 163 miles!
Congratulations to @fourathomej for walking an astonishing 99,189 steps!
Our runners up, @berriesandsunshine and @micki48, are no less amazing for their 62,287 and 60,024 steps respectively!
To all of our step team, you are inspirations to us all. Great job, and here's to a far-traveling week 2.
4 -
Just need a few more steps!
@fourathomej I need steps from Wednesday on.
@marieamethyst Any ideas for your steps on September 1?
@berriesandsunshine I just need yesterday.
If you aren't sure I can leave some blanks.
@tdrjustus3 @jlbtnc @Blackbeautysue I'd still love to hear from you!
I am so sorry for the delay, I was away and couldn't access the group.
My steps:
Sep 10 - 13,484
Sep 09 - 10,316
Sep 08 - 10,774
Sep 07 - 10,087
Sep 06 - 10,250
Sep 05 - 10,315
Sep 04 - 10,316
Sep 03 - 10,545
Sep 02 - 10,316
Sep 01 - 10,5452 -
-
If my doctor has no answers this week, I'm going to ask to see a gastroenterologist. But that will certainly mean no answers for months, as specialist appointments are hard to get. Which means my best bet is the dreaded... elimination diet. *dramatic lightning*
I really don't wanna. I love calorie counting precisely because I'm not good at dieting and I'm an incredibly picky eater.
But, the pain. I can't live like this. It feels like I imagine being disemboweled alive feels.
So if anyone has any ideas for success on an elimination diet that will suck less, I'm all ears. *sigh*
@Terytha, I tried going back to find when you explained what you're feeling but I had no success. I am asking because you mentioned gastroenterologist and pain and I have had my fair share of problems of the sort. The biggest, worst of all and most recent one being gastritis. Diet definitely helped, there were a few things I needed to stop eating and in my case, I had medication prescribed because my gastritis was bad.1 -
Happy almost end of Tuesday!
Hope everyone is having a good one. I finished off more of my veggie garden today, had the chimney sweeps in (love those guys - my husband has FINALLY stopped trying to get up on the roof and do it himself), and did so far all my goals for the day - strength building, logging food, and no alcohol.
The 10 day Pilates program @micki48 and I are doing is wonderful. I always enjoy challenging core work, but the reflection and mindfulness part is surprising me. I am usually one to skip over all that woo woo stuff, but today the "assignment" was to set 3 (or more) alarms at intervals through the rest of the day. Each time it went off, you were to take a break from whatever you were doing, and release the tensions that had built up. And breathe. Because it was assigned and on an alarm, I actually did it - and it was wonderful. I'm sure I'll continue to set alarms to do this from now on. It only takes a minute or two (or longer if you want), and it feels really good.
@berriesandsunshine - good to see you! Really impressive steps, there
HEADS UP FOR WEDNESDAY WEIGH-INS:
@Fourathomej
@offitgoes
Thanks!1
This discussion has been closed.