GET DAT REAR IN GEAR July 2020
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7/13:
Logged everything 👍🏻
Calorie/macro goal: 👍🏻
Not too bad of a day. Wasn’t super hungry but did snack a little after dinner. Good thing though, is that I didn’t overeat at any point during the day. I’m trying to work on portions rather than taking too much and finishing anyway. NEAT was good for the day as well.3 -
7/13:
I logged all of my food! And I am feeling well enough now that I chased our puppy around in the yard multiple times today!
Small amount of beans mixed in with the taco meat, but not enough that I'm concerned about the carb count, considering how LC the rest of my diet is. I'm just logging the bowl as straight 80/20 ground beef, then the toppings separately.
I also had a doctor appt this afternoon to discuss my mental health, medication reactions, what to do now, etc. He's super on board my plan of setting meds aside for the time being and focusing on diet, and wants me back in 3 months at the latest to see how I'm doing. If this continues going well for treatment, he'll strongly consider suggesting it as a possible option for other patients who also struggle with mental health and medications. Whee! A doctor who listens! Also... I told him I use MFP to keep track of things and he blurted out "I love MyFitnessPal!"
The best thing, though? Fully clothed, including shoes, and I weighed less than I did this morning when I was naked in my own bathroom. I even weighed myself when I got home to make sure it wasn't just the two scales reading me very differently. Nope! They matched up pretty damn well!7 -
7/13:
Steps - 7648
Exercise - morning ride 13.3 miles
Movement - missed 1 hour (long dam conference call)
Food - calories on point, 128g protein, 12g net carbs4 -
7/12-7/13
Logged foods: yes
Net carbs: 24, 25
IF: no
Exercise: yes
Physical Therapy: needed more rest2 -
7/13-7/14 Met my goals
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WHOA, where'd that week go? I have been logging daily, tried a fat fast for a few days, then switched to Protein Sparing Modified Fast. I have found hard to meet the low cal level while staying under the fat and carb limits... so still at it. At least have stopped gaining in this covid isolation, which is a good thing.2
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Today has started out with a bloop- my new ghii is far more energy dense than the butter ,and I put the same amount in the coffee! ALMOST ALL the fat for the day!! I will still log and fight to stay in caloric goal...2
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7/14:
Logged everything ✅ even though I didn’t want to
Calorie/macro goal:👎 so I was fine all day but didn’t eat as much as normal at dinner. That allowed me to give in to my husband’s sweet and salty craving and join him in junk food consumption. That put me more at maintenance calories and way over on carbs. Jerk!2 -
7/14:
Steps - 5544
Movement - moved every hour during work
Exercise - morning ride for 15.3 miles
Food - calories on point, protein 152g, 40g net carbs1 -
7/13-7/14
Cal under
Carb met or under
IF 16:8
Strength training, more Mon than Tue
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Sorry I've been MIA. I've literally been out in the middle of nowhere. This park is supposed to have wifi since it doesn't even get cell reception, but it was down the whole time. So I couldnt check in. I didn't eat that great but I made sure to get a min of 10k steps daily.3
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7/14-7/15
Rough. I started yesterday on 2 hours of sleep, ate maybe 400 calories if I'm being generous, had a string of pretty severe PTSD-related panic attacks, took something after the second (third?) one that should've stopped them but did not. Kept having the damn things until I eventually passed out.
Today... woke up too early, still. Went to the doctor to get labs done to scope out my testosterone levels and ended up sticking around for almost 4 hours since I starting having more panic attacks on the drive down there. Since I'd expected to be gone maybe an hour I didn't bother to eat beforehand.
Well. Good talk, brain.
THE GOOD NEWS! I asked my fiance and our roommate to come pick me up from the clinic and they made it so so easy to ask. We picked up chicken veggie soup and a bunless double-cheeseburger with bacon for lunch on the way home! Kinda struggling to eat, but I'm getting there. I know accidentally fasting, combined with little sleep, is absolutely not helping my mental state, so food desperately needs to happen.
I did buy a small monkey muffin as a sweet comfort food craving, but old me would've also bought cookies, maybe an almond croissant, oh and are those scones? Mine. So. I'm okay with this choice. I guess the other weird bright side is my recent panic attacks have messed with my appetite enough that I ended up in ketosis much sooner than usual.8 -
7/15:
Steps: 7046
Movement: every hour during work
Exercise: morning bike ride of 14.9 miles
Food: calories good,protein 118g, 30g net carbs2 -
7/16:
No novel this time, I promise.
Felt like myself again today, so I was back to smiling and moving around all day, even while seated. Gotta keep that NEAT up!
Worked on preparing for a weekend camping trip (we're being well cautious of COVID-19), including food prep for several meals.
Stayed well within my calories for the day, and I'm happy with the macro ratio.7/15:
@gcminton, hang in there! Hopefully things get better for you.
Thank you so much!
I met a new therapist today who will hopefully help me make more progress.
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Caloric goal , carb even yesterday when series of emergencies ran me ragged. Protein- not hitting that goal! I did ok last week with a lot lot of eggs but this week I didnt want to look at them. Got some turkey breast roasted and I hope that will help.
Waiting for weighing on Sunday in some tension.
I have to admit I dont really believe my logging. I weight my food and logg all but until I see those numbers...2 -
7/16:
Logged everything ✅
Calorie/macro goal was missed and was more at maintenance. Poor planning for dinner led to higher carb choices. NEAT was good for the day so maybe that helps.3 -
7/16:
Steps: 4900
Moved: every hour during work
Exercise: morning ride for 64 minutes (12 miles)
Food: calories good, 135g protein, 47g net carbs3 -
sarahkatzenelson452 wrote: »Caloric goal , carb even yesterday when series of emergencies ran me ragged. Protein- not hitting that goal! I did ok last week with a lot lot of eggs but this week I didnt want to look at them. Got some turkey breast roasted and I hope that will help.
Waiting for weighing on Sunday in some tension.
I have to admit I dont really believe my logging. I weight my food and logg all but until I see those numbers...
Its great that you managed the stress!! For protein - chicken breast, turkey breast, tuna, egg whites (you can get cartons of egg whites at the store usually found by the eggs - can be added to just about anything as they are basically tasteless) and if all else fails, find a protein powder that you like. The one that I am using now has 30g of protein for 110 calories and 2g carbs.1 -
7/16:
on-plan:
exercise: Long yard walk. And gardening. Had a lot of watering to do since we've not been getting rain. Over 12k steps. 2
