Women 200lb+, Let's Make No Excuses This November!!!

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  • amlundie
    amlundie Posts: 53 Member
    aliciap0116 wrote: »
    Welcome everyone new, you have found the most positive supportive place on the internet! Glad you are all here.

    @bluffgirl67 - so sorry your momma is sick. How wonderful you can be with her. Sending hugs and prayers your way.

    @jguldi11 - sorry you are struggling with fertility and glad you are taking control of your situation to improve your health. Talk about a great "why."

    @amlundie and @gonna_reach_the_goal33 - in past weight loss efforts, I have found it helps to shake things up when you hit a plateau. Change your foods, change your exercise, increase strength training, increase sleep, meditate. Change your eating patterns, too. It is super frustrating but you will break through again. Just focus on the other positive changes you are making in the meantime.

    Thanks! I am going to focus on lowering carb intake and hitting the gym, uping water. And I got my new scale that calculates body fat so I am hoping that number will show improvement through time.
  • Terytha
    Terytha Posts: 2,097 Member
    Spent my lunch hour pacing back and forth between my desk and the door, unable to decide if I was actually hungry enough to go get food, or if I just felt like eating more than I'd brought.

    In the end I was so indecisive I just lost my entire lunch hour. -_-

    It's so frustrating. I really can't tell the difference at all.
  • torih941
    torih941 Posts: 208 Member
    edited November 2019
    @bluffgirl67
    Thank you, I appreciate that. I ended up going to my workout and felt great after, it was the boost I needed to get me going. I also got a really great score on a test I took last week that had been bringing me a lot of stress. My food intake has been on point today and I’m logging everything, so I’m feeling a lot better than earlier :smile:
  • aliciap0116
    aliciap0116 Posts: 231 Member
    Back to the plateau issue - I was reading another blog and it suggested to (always, not just when in a plateau) have imbalance in your daily intake so your body doesn’t have a metabolism pattern. So if you weigh in on Day 1, eat conservatively on Day 1, 2, 6 and 7 of the week. On Days 3, 4, and 5 increase your intake a bit (and fat particularly) so that your body has a new challenge to metabolize that. It also gives your body a chance to feel satiated and reduce cravings. Obviously not going overboard on Days 3-5 but just mixing it up. Nice to have a bit extra to play with over the weekends or for special events. It also said that it takes your body over a week to adjust to the plan and you might be a bit higher immediately following the high days. For whatever it is worth!
  • torih941
    torih941 Posts: 208 Member
    @sharpdust it sounds like you enjoyed yourself at the wedding at least! I'm glad you felt so good in your dress, that is always a nice feeling. Yes, food is definitely my security blanket and I am trying so, so hard to cut the connection in my head, but it is definitely a work in progress. I also noticed when I start falling into old habits it really affects my body a lot more than I ever realized, I try to tell myself that in my head when I'm tempted to eat out. You can definitely hit your 5lb goal, good luck!
  • sharpdust
    sharpdust Posts: 105 Member
    @amlundie every scale needs to be calibrated to make sure the results are accurate. Is it possible your old scale was not calibrated properly? Since this one is new I would trust it, bummer about the 6 pounds but you know you didn't gain 6 pounds! I think I'm gonna add a fancy scale like yours to my xmas wish list because of the fat percentage reading.

    @torihudson6 Same here! Sounds like we are emotional eaters. I am also working on that as well
  • amlundie
    amlundie Posts: 53 Member
    Terytha wrote: »
    amlundie wrote: »
    I don't know if I mentioned this already but my new scale weighs me about 6 lbs heavier than my old one.... a little frustrating but this is the scale i am keeping so I'm just gonna go with it. Currently my scale shows 52.4 % body fat.... which sadly is what I was figuring. It is a staggering thing to realize more than HALF of your body is FAT.... oh well can't go back just gotta move forward and do better!

    If it makes you feel better, scales are extremely inaccurate at measuring body fat, to the point that the number it spits out is next to useless.

    I've been at 45% this whole time despite losing 60 lbs and like 4 inches.

    thanks, I appreciate that.

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