TEAM: The Slimsons (April)
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Weekly Weight-in
PW:167.4
CW: 168.8
YIKES, I can see that it is my calories and I think that it is also my self-control. I only have so much to go around and I am feeling I have more on my plate than worrying about my weight is not one of them.
I think it’s affecting us all. But you’ll get back on track0 -
Jen_967
Sunday weigh in
PW: 222.8
CW: 221.20 -
Happy Easter!!
April 12: Week 3
PW: 225.5
CW: 226.1
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Happy Sunday (Easter)!
I think I need to take a moment and share some of my recent struggles. I am hoping that sharing what I'm going though helps me, or helps someone else......ideally both.
Don't feel compelled to read my story....it's a long one....mostly needed to get it out into the open and be honest with myself and this was my way of admitting what I haven't been able to admit to myself.I am trying to take a moment today and address how I've handled or mishandled my stress recently. I think that's probably the best way to put it. I don't even really think that until yesterday I recognized just how stressed I am. I've had some recent changes in my life that have made me.....less focused on my health which is probably the most constructive way to describe what I've been doing.
At one point in March, I had reached a weight of 129.9 lbs. This was oddly enough a point where I felt really happy despite how hard it was to get lower, I decided I wasn't willing to do what was necessary to see if lower was possible as I am sure that it is based on my body fat percentage, however I decided that 110 lbs lost was enough, I was finally happy with my progress and who I had become. I decided to transition myself to more of a maintenance and more of a body re-composition phase than straight weight/fat loss. I really felt like the weight wasn't what mattered so much as how I looked and felt, and for the first time, I was really very happy with both of those things. So while I still weighed myself every day, I decided I was going to change how I was eating or rather how much I was eating. I felt like I could do better for myself if I increased my intake a bit and tried to focus on getting stronger, something I haven't done in a long time.
As it turns out, I may have a problem with consumption still to this day. The more I eat, the more I want to eat and the less control I have. I decided that it was okay if I was a little hungrier and that I weighed a little more and soon, very very quickly I was already at 135 lbs. I decided I was okay with that, and I'd worry about it if I got to 140. Quickly again 140 came, and then it went. The story continues. I kept letting myself be okay with the gain because I kept trying to tell myself the scale wasn't telling the whole story.
The thing is, the scale does matter, not entirely, but it does tell a piece of the story. You can't gain on the scale and there not be something going on. The reality is, you're gaining something, muscle would be ideal, fat is likely even if you are still gaining muscle and you can still retain some water, causing the scale to not be 100% truthful. And in my case, the cold hard truth is I stepped on the scale today and a number I haven't seen since May 8, 2019. I had to go all the way back to there to see when I last weighed 155 lbs.
Today is the day I face the facts.....and realize that what I'm doing is not working and that I have an eating problem. The truth is, I'd like to think that I'm capable of properly feeding myself and not overeating, but the truth is, I am not. I have to me mindful of what and how much I am eating. I think I've been eating my feelings despite not realizing it, or realizing that I've been having feelings.
Oddly enough, I work from home, workout at home (basement in my gym and treadmill in my office) so the reality is that this routine isn't new for me in that respect. However, my husband is now working from home, driving me crazy and I've been promoted at work, which has more than doubled my hours at work and the adjustment there has been a bit tougher than I thought. Couple that with how nuts things have been at work for me with the virus, something that makes sense to me now, but didn't see it coming somehow.
I am not sharing this as a way of whining, there are many people out there who have things far worse than me. I am sharing, one because I think that I need to. I need to be able to look at this objectively and realize that I am human, humans have issues, are not perfect and we all have something we can improve on. The thing that surprises me is I am not past my eating issues. It surprises me how quickly I can go back to those old ways, the old me. It really shocks me, there just aren't words strong enough to express how surprised I really am. I mean I've lost 110 lbs and somehow gained 26 in like 5 weeks. That is..........extreme.......there is no way to describe it other than that. The crazier part is how much I still work out.....and still managed to gain that much....I just really can't believe it, but there it is. Numbers on a scale.
Today I decided to start over. Again. I made a meal plan, for myself, that I wrote in 2 places, in my notebook/diary and on my chalkboard above my desk. I've done this before, I can do it again, I WILL do it again and this time, I will do it differently when I get back to where I want to be. I have to be more mindful of what I'm doing. I have to validate my feelings, even if I don't want to, realize that I have feelings, that there is a reason and I need to address them, however hard that is to do. Putting them a box and trying to ignore them.....really hasn't worked.
I sort of think this is probably true for a lot of people. We try to be strong and ignore our vulnerabilities so that we can push forward and get where we want to go, or need to go, but I'm starting to think that we need to embrace where we are and embrace the journey to be successful and stay successful. It is after all, a journey and we all experience it differently, and will go through different things along the way as well. I think that we change and grow throughout the process, and it's important to recognize that. It's important to validate how we feel along the way. This is something I did not do and am vowing to do as I get back to where I was and where I want to be.
Thanks for listening! Hope this helps even one other person who may be struggling. You aren't alone, we all face struggles one time or another. It's what we do next that counts!!1 -
Daily Post Sunday
Track❌
Calories❌
Exercise ✔0 -
Apr Wk 3 - Sun, 4/12
Happy Easter! 🐣💐
Track: No
Calories: Over
Exercise: None - sick in bed half the day.0 -
Daily Post (Sunday)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes, 1 hour treadmill.
Comments: Day One on plan. I will take it. Gotta start somewhere.0 -
Daily Post Sunday week 3
Track yes
Calories under
Exercise kettlebell
Comments great day!0 -
**April Week 2**
This Week's Winners (posted 6-7 times):
@caloricus
@Dustyspal.
@Jen_967.
@Kin59vara.
@southgirl94.
@vicky2767.
@Fanncy0626.
"Week 1 Results have also been posted.
Congrats to our top 3:
1st @Dustyspal- 1.87%
2nd @CindyJNC1963- 1.59%
3rd @WMEJA- 0.66%
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Week 3
Sunday
PW: 200
CW: 202.2
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Daily Post
Week 3 (Sunday)
Track: yes
Calories: way over
Exercise: no
Well, not a good day! I tracked all day until after dinner and at that point I was under. But since then I all I have been doing is nibbling on everything. So I just stopped tracking. I didn’t even want to know. Ugh!0 -
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CindyJNC1963
April: Week #3
Original starting weight: 273
PW: 160.6
CW: 159.9
I don't know how long it's been since I have been in the 150's.0 -
CindyJNC1963 wrote: »CindyJNC1963
April: Week #3
Original starting weight: 273
PW: 160.6
CW: 159.9
I don't know how long it's been since I have been in the 150's.
Good for you! Nice loss! 😃1 -
osier5
Sunday weigh in
Week 2
PW 174.5
CW 177
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osier5
Sunday weigh in
Week 3
PW 174.5
CW 177 0 -
Daily Post Monday
Track ✔
Exercise ❌
Calories ❌0 -
Daily Post Monday week 3
Track yes
Calories under
Exercise kettlebell
Comments great day!
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Apr Wk 3 - Mon, 4/13
Track: Yes
Calories: Under
Exercise: None0 -
Daily Post
Monday
Track: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: walking and strength training0 -
Daily Check-in Tuesday
Track: yes
Calories: up
Exercise: 73850 -
Daily Post (Monday)
Track: Yes
Calories: Yes
Exercise: Yes, 45 mins weight lifting, 1 hour treadmill
Comments: Day 2. Stayed up late last night in full blown mask production. Today will be more of the same.0 -
NiceJen_967
Sunday weigh in
PW: 222.8
CW: 221.2
Thank you for sharing. I too have struggled. Last year was doing fairly well. I lost almost 20 pounds was exercising 6 days a week and never felt better. Physically or mentally. But then my father passed and like you pretty much gained it all back and then some. It took months literally months but I am finally getting my head back. You can do this. You got this. Hugs to you.Happy Sunday (Easter)!
I think I need to take a moment and share some of my recent struggles. I am hoping that sharing what I'm going though helps me, or helps someone else......ideally both.
Don't feel compelled to read my story....it's a long one....mostly needed to get it out into the open and be honest with myself and this was my way of admitting what I haven't been able to admit to myself.I am trying to take a moment today and address how I've handled or mishandled my stress recently. I think that's probably the best way to put it. I don't even really think that until yesterday I recognized just how stressed I am. I've had some recent changes in my life that have made me.....less focused on my health which is probably the most constructive way to describe what I've been doing.
At one point in March, I had reached a weight of 129.9 lbs. This was oddly enough a point where I felt really happy despite how hard it was to get lower, I decided I wasn't willing to do what was necessary to see if lower was possible as I am sure that it is based on my body fat percentage, however I decided that 110 lbs lost was enough, I was finally happy with my progress and who I had become. I decided to transition myself to more of a maintenance and more of a body re-composition phase than straight weight/fat loss. I really felt like the weight wasn't what mattered so much as how I looked and felt, and for the first time, I was really very happy with both of those things. So while I still weighed myself every day, I decided I was going to change how I was eating or rather how much I was eating. I felt like I could do better for myself if I increased my intake a bit and tried to focus on getting stronger, something I haven't done in a long time.
As it turns out, I may have a problem with consumption still to this day. The more I eat, the more I want to eat and the less control I have. I decided that it was okay if I was a little hungrier and that I weighed a little more and soon, very very quickly I was already at 135 lbs. I decided I was okay with that, and I'd worry about it if I got to 140. Quickly again 140 came, and then it went. The story continues. I kept letting myself be okay with the gain because I kept trying to tell myself the scale wasn't telling the whole story.
The thing is, the scale does matter, not entirely, but it does tell a piece of the story. You can't gain on the scale and there not be something going on. The reality is, you're gaining something, muscle would be ideal, fat is likely even if you are still gaining muscle and you can still retain some water, causing the scale to not be 100% truthful. And in my case, the cold hard truth is I stepped on the scale today and a number I haven't seen since May 8, 2019. I had to go all the way back to there to see when I last weighed 155 lbs.
Today is the day I face the facts.....and realize that what I'm doing is not working and that I have an eating problem. The truth is, I'd like to think that I'm capable of properly feeding myself and not overeating, but the truth is, I am not. I have to me mindful of what and how much I am eating. I think I've been eating my feelings despite not realizing it, or realizing that I've been having feelings.
Oddly enough, I work from home, workout at home (basement in my gym and treadmill in my office) so the reality is that this routine isn't new for me in that respect. However, my husband is now working from home, driving me crazy and I've been promoted at work, which has more than doubled my hours at work and the adjustment there has been a bit tougher than I thought. Couple that with how nuts things have been at work for me with the virus, something that makes sense to me now, but didn't see it coming somehow.
I am not sharing this as a way of whining, there are many people out there who have things far worse than me. I am sharing, one because I think that I need to. I need to be able to look at this objectively and realize that I am human, humans have issues, are not perfect and we all have something we can improve on. The thing that surprises me is I am not past my eating issues. It surprises me how quickly I can go back to those old ways, the old me. It really shocks me, there just aren't words strong enough to express how surprised I really am. I mean I've lost 110 lbs and somehow gained 26 in like 5 weeks. That is..........extreme.......there is no way to describe it other than that. The crazier part is how much I still work out.....and still managed to gain that much....I just really can't believe it, but there it is. Numbers on a scale.
Today I decided to start over. Again. I made a meal plan, for myself, that I wrote in 2 places, in my notebook/diary and on my chalkboard above my desk. I've done this before, I can do it again, I WILL do it again and this time, I will do it differently when I get back to where I want to be. I have to be more mindful of what I'm doing. I have to validate my feelings, even if I don't want to, realize that I have feelings, that there is a reason and I need to address them, however hard that is to do. Putting them a box and trying to ignore them.....really hasn't worked.
I sort of think this is probably true for a lot of people. We try to be strong and ignore our vulnerabilities so that we can push forward and get where we want to go, or need to go, but I'm starting to think that we need to embrace where we are and embrace the journey to be successful and stay successful. It is after all, a journey and we all experience it differently, and will go through different things along the way as well. I think that we change and grow throughout the process, and it's important to recognize that. It's important to validate how we feel along the way. This is something I did not do and am vowing to do as I get back to where I was and where I want to be.
Thanks for listening! Hope this helps even one other person who may be struggling. You aren't alone, we all face struggles one time or another. It's what we do next that counts!!CindyJNC1963 wrote: »CindyJNC1963
April: Week #3
Original starting weight: 273
PW: 160.6
CW: 159.9
I don't know how long it's been since I have been in the 150's.
Great job0 -
Daily check in for mon April 14
Tracked no
Calories 🤷♀️
Exercise yes
I kept myself busy today by making face masks. Although I didn’t track I didn’t snack at all today. And I did get a nice evening walk in.
Hope everyone is staying well.0 -
Daily post for Tuesday morning:
Yesterday
Track ❌
Calories ❌
Exercise ✅
I was a little under the weather so it was a bad eating day. Trying to get back on track.0 -
Daily Post Tuesday
Track❌
Exercise❌
Calories❌0 -
Apr Wk 3 - Tues, 4/14
Track: Yes
Calories: Over
Exercise: 40 min trail walk0 -
Daily Post
Tuesday
Track: yes
Calories- yes
Exercise: yes- walking
It was a great day!1 -
Daily Post: Wednesday
Track: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise NOT AS GOOD: 8,841 steps
I need to get back in CONTROL!!!!
I put together a schedule today and will see if this helps0
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