Morena's accountability and "just talking to myself here" thread
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YUmmy Drooling
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Super late night last night and I didn’t check in! Sorry. But all good! It was steak night so we had;
- Porterhouse steak with garlic butter
- Three-potato hash
- Salad (not pictured)
I fasted today but tonight begin our weekend celebrations! And guys, I intend to INDULGE. 😄
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That is a good looking plate of food there. Enjoy the celebrations.1
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All your food photos are salivating!
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You're meals look so yummy
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Well, I’m amazed. No OMAD over the weekend but I still managed this stunning loss! WHAT THE HECK.
I guess in the grand scheme of things it wasn’t too bad, per se. For a start I don’t drink, which does help. We still did OMAD on Friday. Then Saturday we had a nice big breakfast and were so satisfied that our next meal was dinner. And then on Sunday we had this thing to attend but the only food they had was junk and we just didn’t want it. Ended up having lunch at 4pm, and then a late dinner - this was at home by this stage, and quite healthy. The only thing we did do that was “naughty” was that I went to the Lindt store and got lots of delicious chocolate! A big box of assorted chocolates and a baggie filled with hearts and Lindor balls. We worked our way through those over the weekend, and no regrets!
The wonderful thing about all this beyond the weight loss - and I’m just stunned and a little emotional about it as I write this - is that at no point did we feel the need to go insane with food five times a day, or feel a downer Sunday night because Monday we go back to fasting. None of that, which would be our usual response when dieting and also, I’m sorry to say, 5:2. If this is truly my relationship with food normalising, then it’s a blessing beyond anything I can express.
And I can do it while fitting in breakfast with DH now and then, which fills me with joy because a late, long weekend breakfast or brunch with him is one of my favourite things in the whole wide world.
Rock on, everyone!
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AMAZING loss!!! Not to be the annoying OCD person but did you mean 10/2/20? LIke feb 10th? I'm sorry if I'm just ignorant but the OCD in me has a twitching eye LMAO
Great job boo!!!!!! Inches loss rulez!! :P1 -
2 pounds in a week is awesome!!! KUTGW 1
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mistymeadows2005 wrote: »AMAZING loss!!! Not to be the annoying OCD person but did you mean 10/2/20? LIke feb 10th? I'm sorry if I'm just ignorant but the OCD in me has a twitching eye LMAO
Great job boo!!!!!! Inches loss rulez!! :P
LOL! Yes. In Australia (and pretty much the rest of the world - sorry, but there it is!) it’s day/month/year.
Also centimetres not inches! Divide numbers by 2.5 to get those.
😄😄😄
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Amazing loss❤️👍 Keep up the good work👍0
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You are doing AWESOME!!!!!!!!!0
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LMAO no I understood the difference in notation, I was trying to figure out if you accidentally put January when it's February LMAO
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Haha! All good.
Well, we’ve settled into our OMAD rhythm after the weekend with absolutely no problem. Just so damn easy. No pix to show, but Monday we went out and had some peasant-style pizzas with salad, and yesterday we had some leftover chicken and rice (sooo many leftovers these days!), broccoli and baked onion.
DH is doing really well, so am I, and yeah - that’s about it! Happy to be boring and have nothing to report. 😄0 -
But wait
You didn't confirm my suspicion!! Was that supposed to be 10/TWO/20 etc? LOL Please help my brain stop twitching LMAOOOOOOOOOOO 0 -
@mistymeadows2005 Haha! Yes! Totally forgot to alter that. It’s definitely meant to be February!
Nothing much to report other than being SO SO COLD yesterday. I was forewarned that my workplace doesn’t raise the building temperature when it’s cold but I wasn’t prepared for how cold I’d be while fasting! Kept up the herbal tea, which helped, but still - sheesh!
Steak night last night. Ate all the steak and salad but only bits of everything else. Sorry, no pix again!
- Steak with garlic butter
- Smashed potatoes
- Corn
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Have a wonderful OMAD day!1
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OK everyone, yesterday was HARD. Like super, super hard. Like Jadepearl said, it’s been cold here even though it’s summer, and all I wanted was to eat. I had a WFH day and the combination of home and cold just made it so hard - all I wanted was comfort, you know? I stuck to it, but I was literally counting down the hours. It makes me nervous for winter, nervous that it’s just going to get too hard and I’ll buckle.
On top of that, DH showed me his jeans and he’s almost down a size. Had to move a second hole in his belt, in just a few weeks! And naturally I’m happy for him but here I am plugging away, with nothing like that to show for it yet - not even any face gains that I can see (and I’ve tried!). The weight is definitely coming off, but still - I don’t see myself being done here for at least two years, possibly three. And while I’m committed, it’s suddenly dawned on me how enormous this undertaking is.
Sigh... sorry about the downer, everyone. I’ve been top of the world for five weeks, and suddenly it’s hit me. Hmph - maybe it’s AF making things difficult like she always does! Anyway: past night’s dinner, mostly pulled out of the freezer. Have a great day/night, everyone!
- Sweet potato rice
- Sambal eggplant
- Tomato egg
- Chicken curry with spinach
- Tamagoyaki
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Don't get down, just keep on hanging in there. Your whoosh is on the way!1
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Hey girl, don't be so hard on yourself❤️ Look at your measurements...its getting smaller each week. Hang in there and you will see the results. I know it's hard when others can slim down easily compare to us. I also do that myself but please hang in there as you will see your whoosh👍🤞😊 Your meals are always so yummy 🤤🤤🤤1
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It will come.....just be ready for the woosh.....it is always harder for us women than men.....your meals look amazing.......You got this!
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Thanks, gals - I needed that! Yesterday was a rough day as well, and no real reason. The fasting was fine, but emotionally I was just... BLERGH. When stepdaughter suggested KFC for takeaway night I just shrugged and went “Whatever”. Had a couple of pieces, some fries and some truly vile excuse for a salad. It was pretty vile. Not doing that again any time soon. 😄
Anyway. Kinda hoping this is all AF and it will blow over soon.
Thanks everyone for your continued support. It is making such a huge difference.0 -
You'll go through tough patches but it gets easier and easier Also your food looked SOOOOOOOOOOO GOOOOOOOOOOOOD *drools* that's MY KINDA FOOD!!!
PS Thank you SO MUCH for confirming my suspicion on the date - it really was gonna drive me nuts LOL1 -
Men always lose faster than women and AF doesn't help at all Dont be so hard on yourself because you are doing great!!! 1
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Thanks so much @mistymeadows2005 and @Brendalea69! It’s really helped. I feel better. Decided to smack myself upside the head - I really AM doing well and there’s no reason to be so down.
Mind over matter! Gor my hair done and feeling good, now off to put some music on and do some food prep!1 -
My 2 kids love KFC, McD, HJ...anything fastfood Thankfully, they only have it once a week and I can play around with my calories
Check out this article, it might help
https://www.elle.com.au/health-fitness/healthiest-fast-food-australia-192130 -
Fingers crossed, everything will be good !0
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That’s really useful, thanks @jadepearl !
Nothing much to report here. Ended up having quite a nice day, if incredibly busy, and my downer appears to have buggered off where it came from. 🤷🏽♀️ Dunno.
Anyway. Dinner. Chicken fajitas (I had three of these bad boys) and a piece of cake for dessert (not pictured).
Keep rockin, everyone!
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Hi everyone, good but uneventful weekend here. No issues with OMAD, even though I did a bunch of baking! There was sooo much fruit to use up before it went off that I ended up making three cakes, but we were all pretty controlled and most went into the freezer. And the fasting itself was easy for me. DH had cravings for chocolate ice cream (he usually does when he’s stressed) but still kept at it, and I’m proud of him.
So! Last night’s dinner. A bit too much spaghetti but I was hungry!
- Spaghetti
- Broccoli in cheesy sauce
- Homemade rosemary and roast garlic focaccia
- Salad (not pictured)
- Passionfruit pavlova (not pictured)
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Well... here are my losses for the week. I actually GAINED around my waist while losing everywhere else (a full inch off my hips! HUZZAH!) and I know what it is: BLOAT BLOAT BLOAT BLOAT BLOAT. AF is still not here, and I’m also oh-so-lucky to have a type of IBS that presents as bloat. Although many people say their IBS got better with OMAD, mine hasn’t - I think that it’s because I’m not as regular as I used to be. TMI, right? 😆
Anyway, I’m absolutely delighted at these results. Despite a couple of off days, this is far and away the easiest thing I have ever done, and I just keep getting smaller!
Thanks for the support and accountability, everyone. Couldn’t do it without this.
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As always your meals are mouth-watering....I am sure the waist is just the bloat ---it will be gone soon! Your measurements are going down quickly!!! Way to go!0
