GOAL ZONE Maintenance chat
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umph! I was thinking last evening about how GOOD it felt getting into my 'goal' jeans...why would I mess that all up by sloppy eating. !?! back on track, back on track, back on track...
Supposed to drive mum & dad to clinic for drive through Senior flu shot today - they've changed it that we have to go inside. An added layer of difficulty but hoping to get dad in and out of car (legs don't work well at all) as smoothly as we did a couple weeks ago. I will not eat the stress, I will not eat the stress!! I think I need these mantras going forward. 150 at my last weigh in - so much for my 139-145 goal range. Will see what I can do about that!!1 -
November feels great so far!
I was struggling with the adaptation to indoor exercise, less gardening, and the same old social isolation, but I have put the planner to work and I'm doing better with more intensive exercise. It feels so good! The TRX is my friend right now, but other times it's the kettlebells or hand weights. That is all I have at home, so I cycle through them, and it does not get boring. Pilates is a constant since one year, but the more intense stuff has to happen too, or strength diminishes. This is not a good thing as I head into my late 60s! Keeping strong is the best.
It is funny how sometimes exercising better makes eating better, and other times it has to go the other way. Right now, when I exercise well I eat well.1 -
I think you're right, November feels great so far! and good exercising can make for good eating and visa versa.
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Weighed myself yesterday (not official weigh in) and I've reached my goal of dropping 50 pounds from my weight in January. Now that I'm here, I feel that I could stand to lose just a bit more but I'm not sure what that number will be. I guess I'll know it when I'm there.
There's still enough outdoor opportunities to get my exercise from but I'll need to knuckle down to some indoor strength workouts soon...and that will be another goal, to work on my muscles and core.
I have been watching my nutrition data from MFP at the end of my days and I really puzzle over how one can possibly reach the daily recommended allowances for potassium, calcium and iron. I am consistently about half the recommended amount everyday. The last 2 days I did reach the calcium as I had two yogurts - one for mid morning and the other for an evening dessert (the Aldi whole milk key lime is so yummy) but I'd love to see a nutritionist make a menu for a whole week that meets all the recommended amounts and see what that looks like! AND stay within the 1200 cal per day! Is it possible?!?!2 -
Weighed myself yesterday (not official weigh in) and I've reached my goal of dropping 50 pounds from my weight in January. Now that I'm here, I feel that I could stand to lose just a bit more but I'm not sure what that number will be. I guess I'll know it when I'm there.
There's still enough outdoor opportunities to get my exercise from but I'll need to knuckle down to some indoor strength workouts soon...and that will be another goal, to work on my muscles and core.
I have been watching my nutrition data from MFP at the end of my days and I really puzzle over how one can possibly reach the daily recommended allowances for potassium, calcium and iron. I am consistently about half the recommended amount everyday. The last 2 days I did reach the calcium as I had two yogurts - one for mid morning and the other for an evening dessert (the Aldi whole milk key lime is so yummy) but I'd love to see a nutritionist make a menu for a whole week that meets all the recommended amounts and see what that looks like! AND stay within the 1200 cal per day! Is it possible?!?!
So cool. It is wonderful to reach the initial goal and then sit and think for a while. Going from outdoor to indoor is always a challenge, but luckily there are more and more online resources to help us out when we need it.
As to the recommended daily allowances, I have never figured out how to reach them all on 1200 calories, and I am not at all convinced they are needed. There are also many, many inaccuracies in the nutritional calculations on MFP - the amount of calcium in certain vegetables, for example, is not included. There are many products where it is just the calories, fat, protein, and carbs that are on the information - and not all the fabulous other stuff. Getting full nutritional info on every single food you log is almost impossible. A nutritionist may be able to take the same food log and give you better info. Iron after menopause? Not a big worry. Calcium hype? Might be an issue. I have never reached the correct calcium levels, but every bone scan comes out just beautiful at almost 67 years old. Eat a great variety of veg, lots of fibre, and hope for the best? That's kind of my approach. Probably a *kitten*-eyed optimist.1 -
Well, facing a holiday season trying to eat well. This time last year I wasn't paying attention at all - didn't start my kick until January. I know what I've got to do.
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Put off your "holiday season" for as long as possible, make it short and wonderful, and then you'll get back easily. I'm trying to get closer to the bottom of my goal range before my daughter arrives on the 16th! I know there will be all kinds of eating going on...Well, facing a holiday season trying to eat well. This time last year I wasn't paying attention at all - didn't start my kick until January. I know what I've got to do.0 -
It is good to see a couple of folks still here. I weighed too much this morning. I decided to come here to read of some success stories and to get some incentive to get back on track. Y'all are doing great. I loved the post with the graph, it reminded me of when I was losing. I plan to get back at this week and get back under control. I know the problem is eating because of boredom (COVID induced). Wishing y'all a great weekend and I will check back soon!3
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debbiewsharpe wrote: »It is good to see a couple of folks still here. I weighed too much this morning. I decided to come here to read of some success stories and to get some incentive to get back on track. Y'all are doing great. I loved the post with the graph, it reminded me of when I was losing. I plan to get back at this week and get back under control. I know the problem is eating because of boredom (COVID induced). Wishing y'all a great weekend and I will check back soon!
I can relate to the COVID-induced boredom eating, cooking, and all those things. Why don't we crave more exercise when we're bored
I got to the top of my range a couple of weeks ago, and it feels good to be heading back towards my safety zone, but it is so, so easy to let things slip. Hang in there Debbie! 1 -
@debbiewsharpe Hoping to join you here soon. It's been a while coming.1
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WEEK 2 CHALLENGE -- LIFE'S PLAYLIST
Click the link below to visit this week's challenge and share the music that moves you!
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10817566/week-2-challenge-lifes-playlist/p1?new=11 -
I did some exercises to Christmas music this week. Odd, but festive and fun!3
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Debbie, I was thinking of you today and your comment above, as I busted a couple of exercise moves to the Charlie Brown Christmas special album - I could make a whole jazzy routine to that great album.1
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Well, I am back again. I don't know if I should even be allowed to click on this page. I have definitely gained some Christmas weight but I will do my best to get it OFF by the end of January.
Goals:
Get back to 125-127 NOT OVER 127
Drink MORE water
Continue with 10,000 steps per day
Do strength exercises, light weights at least 3 times a week
Go back into the F2F habit tracker
If I can do something to help this group to be more active, I am in!!!!! I plan to check this page daily and hope that some of y'all have joined me.
WE CAN DO THIS !
KEEP ON KEEPING ON..............................2 -
This is the week to pull up our socks and get back on track if we have had a little walk on the wild side. I think I have eaten more baked goods in the past 10 days than in the past 2 years! It has been fun, but I am really getting sick of it, and will hit the fibre tracking, piles of veggies, and get off the flour altogether for a while. Soon. Not quite today...1
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whew, I'll be glad to get back to being a bit more careful with my eating and happy too when the fridge and pantry don't hold such temptation. I'm hitting the regular team again although I'll check in here too. Last Jan when I'd set my goal to lose 50 lbs by the next Jan, it was just an easy round number to throw out there, about 1 pound per week, and knew if I succeeded, I'd fit in some old favorite jeans when I got there. But having got here...I'm certainly happy about it, but think I am going to reset my goal to 135 (I am currently hovering around 145) and give that a feel. So ten more pounds and it doesn't have to happen fast.
Goals:
drop 10
get back to the habit tracker
log and prelog
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2021: let's take those chances! Every day is a new day to do better.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! My goal is to post here every day. I was maintaining great, even through Covid but when Thanksgiving and Christmas arrived I TOTALLY lost it. No, I don't mean weight. I lost my self control. I hope to see y'all here this month to keep us maintainers maintaining. It is January 1, 2021 - do something special for yourself today.
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Hi Debbie ! a good goal and I aim to be a good poster too.
Happy New Year!
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I just weighed and I am down a tiny little bit! I am still OVER my magic number but working on it. Hope our maintenance team is back to where y'all want to be!
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@debbiewsharpe good for you it's heading in the right direction - that's always inspiring. I had a good weigh in too today and will keep on. I still hadn't quite figured out where my magic number lies, am going to work a little more at it and see if 9-10 more pounds feels right. Got through the holidays pretty well.0
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I just dropped in over on the Maintenance message board as I do from time to time. There are some helpful threads over there.
The group of stuff they have put together as best of the board is worth a look:
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10300324/most-helpful-posts-goal-maintaining-weight-must-reads#latest
and my latest fave thread
https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10818417/i-made-it-now-grateful-for-this-great-community-to-help-keep-it#latest0 -
thanks @jugar i checked out both links as well.0
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@eggfreak
OK, I gotta ask - did your name come from a love of eating eggs? MY curiosity has gotten the best of me😍😍😍🤷♀️ You will hit on that magic number that you feel is the one for you!0 -
hi Debbie, for about 10 yrs I kept chickens, loved it and loved eating eggs, still do, every way shape and form. But even eggs I had to cut back a bit as MFP dropped my daily allotted calories. So most mornings I have one, 'fried' in a pan (I put that in quotes because I'm just quick spritzing the cast iron pan with cooking spray) and if I have a salad, i always put a boiled egg in it. We always have boiled eggs in the fridge. I ALSO never thought that I would be in a 'community' when I signed on years ago and didn't really care what I entered, ha ha. I looked once and saw that you are allowed to change your username - but you can only do that ONCE. And so I remain....an eggfreak. (I could as easily be called soupfreak )
but can't really think what I'd change to.
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@eggfreak
Thanks for the post above. My curios mind is now at ease. 😍 I also put egg on a toss salad and often have one for breakfast. I was having an egg every day for breakfast until I started trying intermittent fasting. I go through spells, for a few months it is oatmeal, then a pancake with sugar free syrup, then an egg and cheese and now fruit about 10:00. I have cut my lunch back to 1/2 of a turkey sandwich (so I can have chips). Supper is always our biggest meal. I think it is a southern thing! I am still having some sweets but in moderation and my serving size is smaller. I guess if I had a food name it would be dark chocolate freak!2 -
I think I am whatever is the opposite of an @eggfreak, even though Sylvia and I share a lot of other cool stuff - from the Boston area, Capricorns, on the same team
I have never loved eggs, but as I get older, I could do without them forever, except in baked things. I have an omelet once a year or so, as long as it has lots of veg in it and is NOT cooked too hard or fast. Otherwise, eggs kind of put me off. So all the more for you! My kids used to tease me about my annual omelet. I think I might have skipped it in 2020... I also truly dislike chocolate! Weird, I know. If I had a food name it might be nutfreak. or lentiladdict.
I am having a hard time getting back towards the bottom of my maintenance range
Probably too many nuts and legumes 
I find it hard to have salad for lunches the way I do all summer, and my soups are on the hearty side. Ah well - I'm not going to sweat it as long as I am still within the 5 pound range. Have a good one, fellow freaks! 2 -
Yay, more eggs for meI think I am whatever is the opposite of an @eggfreak, even though Sylvia and I share a lot of other cool stuff - from the Boston area, Capricorns, on the same team I have never loved eggs, but as I get older, I could do without them forever, except in baked things. I have an omelet once a year or so, as long as it has lots of veg in it and is NOT cooked too hard or fast. Otherwise, eggs kind of put me off. So all the more for you! My kids used to tease me about my annual omelet. I think I might have skipped it in 2020... I also truly dislike chocolate! Weird, I know. If I had a food name it might be nutfreak. or lentiladdict.
I am having a hard time getting back towards the bottom of my maintenance range Probably too many nuts and legumes I find it hard to have salad for lunches the way I do all summer, and my soups are on the hearty side. Ah well - I'm not going to sweat it as long as I am still within the 5 pound range. Have a good one, fellow freaks!
Hearty soups. I've got a bean one in the fridge just now - it calculated out a little higher in calories than usual (I'm not good at obeying recipes) and I'm considering thinning it a little with some broth/stock to change the proportions. I'll bet the further you get away from the holiday feasting, you'll get your regular rhythm back and get to back into your favorite part of the zone. Omg, a few more weeks of this workweek hustle business, we'll be positively svelte!!2 -
debbiewsharpe wrote: »@eggfreak
Thanks for the post above. My curios mind is now at ease. 😍 I also put egg on a toss salad and often have one for breakfast. I was having an egg every day for breakfast until I started trying intermittent fasting. I go through spells, for a few months it is oatmeal, then a pancake with sugar free syrup, then an egg and cheese and now fruit about 10:00. I have cut my lunch back to 1/2 of a turkey sandwich (so I can have chips). Supper is always our biggest meal. I think it is a southern thing! I am still having some sweets but in moderation and my serving size is smaller. I guess if I had a food name it would be dark chocolate freak!
my alternate breakfast is also oatmeal (usually with banana) - quick and easy and filling. Are you still doing the intermittent fasting?0
