January 2022 - Accountability Month
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BittersweetVita wrote: »I keep eating WAAAAAY over my calories. I have an inner dialogue in my head all day to not eat, but when I start feeling stressed, I eat. I know I have to find a way to change this cycle that I have been in for several years now. Back when I was walking daily, I kept the stress at bay, but once I had my hamstring injury and now the foot issues, I fell back to comfort eating. I gotta brainstorm some stategies.
Brainstorming here, for more positive ways to deal with stress:
- bubble bath with candles and a book, soft music
- plan to get together with a friend weekly
- schedule a mani/pedi/massage monthly
- journal your thoughts/stress
- take up boxing or some other 'aggressive' type of exercise that won't hurt your leg/foot
Just some thoughts, maybe it'll jog a great idea in your mind. Hang in there, I know you'll figure it out. Injury recovery is so hard when our favorite stress relief is exercise.4 -
Nikki, 52 years old, 5'6"
WL history: ups and downs for years
Exercise: treadmill walk 5x/week (actual exercise not allowed yet after surgery in November, hope to beginning running again by end of January)
Goal: truly give up gluten and avoid it (not allergic, just pick up many pounds of fluid for days)
Goal: put myself on the things-to-do list, and the take-care-of list
Goal: lose it and maintain it - I use libre to track the scale trend
Ultimate Goal weight: 145
6/7/2022 goal (next oncologist appointment): 177, -20lbs from 12/7/21 appt
January goal: 194
- daily Bible study (creating a new habit this year)
- 45min treadmill walk daily
- 3x/week add a run to the walk, adding 1 min each time
- ab workout 5x/week
Happy New Year! I'm glad you're all here so we can support each other in our goals. 2022 has yet to be written, and we have control of ourselves and our decisions.
1/1 - 198.4 (Libre trend 197.15) - today's goals: meal plan for next week and grocery, treadmill walk, ab workout, and work.
1/2 - 196.6 (Libre trend 197.15) - today I am going to walk (didn't yesterday), ab workout, work, and meal prep for the week. Roasting a turkey today which will be the basis for dinners this week.
1/3 - 197.0 (Libre trend 197.02) - no walk yet this month. Today's plan: Bible study. 45min walk + 1min run. Abs. Add food choices to diary.
1/4 - 196.6 (trend 197.00) - Managed to do the plan yesterday, aiming for Bible study, 45min walk (no run), abs, and food diary.
1/5 - 199.6 (trend 197.12) - WOW! Guess black eyed peas and brown rice wasn't a good choice for dinner last night. Today's plan: Bible study. 45min walk + 2min run. Abs. Add food choices to diary. Dinner: turkey + veg and salad.
1/6 - 198.6 (trend 197.1) - Yesterday was a good day; actually ran 2min, 3x during my treadmill walk. So instead of running 2min as planned, I ran 6. Felt good. Followed my plan completely, so today's plan is similar. Bible study; 45min walk (no run); abs; food diary. Dinner: turkey + veg + salad. Need to do a quick store run for more produce and a stop at the post office. That's my day...well, plus many many hours of work.
1/7 - 198.2 (trend 197.1) good day yesterday, scale rewarded my efforts but I didn't manage to get more produce or go to the post office so adding those to today's list again. Bible study; 45min walk (no run); abs; food diary. Dinner out tonight but will have meat + veg + salad at a steak place.
1/8 - 197.6 (trend 197.52) yesterday was a good day with good choices. Yoga Go ab workout is already complete. Today is Bible study, 45min walk with 3 runs of 3min each, I WILL GET TO THE POST OFFICE, food diary, and a grocery run for that produce I've needed for a few days now. Working, will try to stick to 7 hours today. It is, after all, the weekend.
1/9 - 197.4 (trend 197.5) another good day yesterday, even though I didn't go to the post office or grocery. Today is starting with Bible study, going into the office to drop off mail (since I obviously can't get to the post office that is 5 miles from my house), then groceries while I'm in town. Then food prep for the week, walk + abs, and then work. And food diary logging.
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Food for thought:
Several of us are struggling, several of us are making progress with goals. Keep in mind that we don't fail unless we give up, and this thread helps with accountability and motivation to keep going. I've also noticed a couple people's numbers are where I wish mine were, and they would like to be where someone else is. Regardless of your scale number, it's exactly where someone else wishes they were. Stay positive - we'll get there!
Someone mentioned brain storming for stress relief ideas not involving exercise, due to an injury. What's your recommendation?7 -
Melanie
1/1 - 159.8
1/2 - 162.8
1/3 - 160.8
1/4 - 159.6
1/5 - 161.0
1/6 - 160.0
1/7 - 161.6 One word… cookies
1/8 - 162.6 Chinese food
1/9 - 161.6
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03/01 - 175.5
04/01 - 175.5
05/01 - 173.5
06/01 - 173.0
07/01 - 173.5
08/01 - 172.0
09/01 - 172.5
Week 1 loss = 3.0 lbs
Ultimate Goal Weight = 155
To lose 3 pounds in one week is very unusual for me, so I wonder if my weight is now going to bounce back or if it's just stopping all the crazy eating and drinking through the holidays.7 -
January starting weight: 209.0 (12/31/2021)
January goal weight: <205
Date - Daily WI / 14 day TREND (Happy Scale Smoothing based on change over previous 14 days)
1/1 - 209.0 / 208.5
1/2 - 208.0 / 208.4
1/3 - 206.8 / 207.9
1/4 - 207.5 / 207.8
1/5 - 208.3 / 207.9
1/6 - 209.3 / 208.3
1/7 - 208.9 / 208.5
1/8 - 209.7 / 209.2
1/9 - 211.6 / 209.7
1/10 - 210.9 / 210.2
Still not trending in the direction I want. Poor food decisions this weekend led to a gain on the scale. Time to do something about that.7 -
My name is Tina, Height: 5'6" Age: 54
MFP starting weight: 149.2 (3/30/21)
December results: + 3 pounds
December end weight: 141.4
January starting weight: 143.0
January goal: 135 pounds and much more exercise logged
UGW: 130
1/01 - DNW - out of town
1/02 - DNW - out of town
1/03 - 143.0 (142.2 trend)
1/04 - 141.6 (142.1 trend)
1/05 - 140.4 (141.9 trend) - good week so far. Hoping to continue. This is motivating. Almost have Decembers gain gone.
1/06 - 140.6 (141.7 trend) - pizza last night. Actually expected a higher jump
1/07 - 140.4 (141.5 trend) - pleased so far with the week. Hoping I can keep control over the weekend
1/08 - DNW
1/09 - DNW
1/10 - 140.4 (141.1 trend) - first weekend in a long time that I didn't have a gain. Proud of myself
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Hi. I am Dawn. 61yrs, 5'2"
I topped out at 207 pounds years ago, I started MFP over 3 years ago at 191.
I hit 130.6 in March or April of 2021 and then gained a bit each month after that for the rest of the year. Those illusive 120s, maybe this year.
My ideal weight for my body structure is 110 according to many methods.
1/1 - DNW - I am using my end weight from last month as my start weight. 136.0
1/2 - DNW
1/3 - 139.2 - This seems inflated. Hope to never see this number ever again, hadn't seen it this high since 2020.
1/4 - 136.4 - Burned more calories than I ate yesterday with a beautiful big dump of snow to shovel, plus skating. Clear and blue this morning, hoping to be able to grab a quick cross-country ski today after work before it gets dark.
1/5 - 136.0 - Broke even. Going skating to 2 different arenas today, one before work and one after. Cooking up my veggies for the next 2 days this morning.
1/6 - 135.2 - I am losing weight, but my activity has been much more than my intake this week. This is not sustainable over the long term, but happy to see the scale dropping nevertheless.
1/7 - 135.2 - Odd for me to have the same weight 2 days in a row. Planning for a bit of an indulgent weekend, but will try to keep it reasonable. Ice skating this morning before work which should fire up my metabolism.
1/8 - 137.8 - Ouch, but expected. Mulled Cider spiked with spiced rum, pizza.
1/9 - 139.0 - Very early weigh in, I wasn't even going to get up, but once I did I wanted a glass of water, so thought that I should weigh before that. Feeling kind of lean, so expect the scale to really drop tomorrow when I can hopefully sleep until 7am.
1/10 - 139.8 - Double ouch. 3 slices of Pizza from Friday still showing up? Argh. Truly expected a big drop today, very active weekend and good food choices. Oh well, ice skating this morning before work and cross-country skiing after work.
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January start weight 136.0
Rolling loss/gain: Gain 3.8 pounds7 -
01/01 - 195.1lb
02/01 - 195.5lb
03/01 - 194.8lb
04/01 - 194.6lb
05/01 - 195.0lb
06/01 - 194.6lb
07/01 - 194.8lb
08/01 - 194.8lb
09/01 - 194.6lb
10/01 - 194.4lb
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1/03 262 lbs
1/10 255 lbs
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Short term goal is 210 lbs
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Nikki, 52 years old, 5'6"
WL history: ups and downs for years
Exercise: treadmill walk 5x/week (actual exercise not allowed yet after surgery in November, hope to beginning running again by end of January)
Goal: truly give up gluten and avoid it (not allergic, just pick up many pounds of fluid for days)
Goal: put myself on the things-to-do list, and the take-care-of list
Goal: lose it and maintain it - I use libre to track the scale trend
Ultimate Goal weight: 145
6/7/2022 goal (next oncologist appointment): 177, -20lbs from 12/7/21 appt
January goal: 194
- daily Bible study (creating a new habit this year)
- 45min treadmill walk daily
- 3x/week add a run to the walk, adding 1 min each time
- ab workout 5x/week
Happy New Year! I'm glad you're all here so we can support each other in our goals. 2022 has yet to be written, and we have control of ourselves and our decisions.
1/1 - 198.4 (Libre trend 197.15) - today's goals: meal plan for next week and grocery, treadmill walk, ab workout, and work.
1/2 - 196.6 (Libre trend 197.15) - today I am going to walk (didn't yesterday), ab workout, work, and meal prep for the week. Roasting a turkey today which will be the basis for dinners this week.
1/3 - 197.0 (Libre trend 197.02) - no walk yet this month. Today's plan: Bible study. 45min walk + 1min run. Abs. Add food choices to diary.
1/4 - 196.6 (trend 197.00) - Managed to do the plan yesterday, aiming for Bible study, 45min walk (no run), abs, and food diary.
1/5 - 199.6 (trend 197.12) - WOW! Guess black eyed peas and brown rice wasn't a good choice for dinner last night. Today's plan: Bible study. 45min walk + 2min run. Abs. Add food choices to diary. Dinner: turkey + veg and salad.
1/6 - 198.6 (trend 197.1) - Yesterday was a good day; actually ran 2min, 3x during my treadmill walk. So instead of running 2min as planned, I ran 6. Felt good. Followed my plan completely, so today's plan is similar. Bible study; 45min walk (no run); abs; food diary. Dinner: turkey + veg + salad. Need to do a quick store run for more produce and a stop at the post office. That's my day...well, plus many many hours of work.
1/7 - 198.2 (trend 197.1) good day yesterday, scale rewarded my efforts but I didn't manage to get more produce or go to the post office so adding those to today's list again. Bible study; 45min walk (no run); abs; food diary. Dinner out tonight but will have meat + veg + salad at a steak place.
1/8 - 197.6 (trend 197.52) yesterday was a good day with good choices. Yoga Go ab workout is already complete. Today is Bible study, 45min walk with 3 runs of 3min each, I WILL GET TO THE POST OFFICE, food diary, and a grocery run for that produce I've needed for a few days now. Working, will try to stick to 7 hours today. It is, after all, the weekend.
1/9 - 197.4 (trend 197.5) another good day yesterday, even though I didn't go to the post office or grocery. Today is starting with Bible study, going into the office to drop off mail (since I obviously can't get to the post office that is 5 miles from my house), then groceries while I'm in town. Then food prep for the week, walk + abs, and then work. And food diary logging.
1/10 - 198.2 (trend 197.7) even my trend is confused but I'm going to keep at it. running as part of my walk today, 3 runs of 4min each with total of 50min. Abs. Chili for dinner tonight as Indiana is currently in the deep freeze (16 currently) with a few lazy flakes floating around.
1/11 - walk
1/12 - run
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January Starting Weight: 141.8
January Goal Weight: 136.8
1/1: 141.8
1/2: 141.2
1/3: 141.2
1/4: 141
1/5: 140.8
1/6: 142.4 Extremely maddening. I went to a Chinese buffet last night, so this is sodium and actual weight of the food, but still. I didn't eat to the point that I was stuffed, and I didn't eat 1.4 fat pounds worth of calories. One day to put it on, 3 days to take it off!
1/7: 140.4 Well, that was the fastest I've ever dropped water weight! I drank 12 cups of water yesterday, so maybe that helped.
Week 1 Loss: -1.4
1/8: 140.4
1/9: 140.2
1/10: 140.4
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Food for thought:
Several of us are struggling, several of us are making progress with goals. Keep in mind that we don't fail unless we give up, and this thread helps with accountability and motivation to keep going. I've also noticed a couple people's numbers are where I wish mine were, and they would like to be where someone else is. Regardless of your scale number, it's exactly where someone else wishes they were. Stay positive - we'll get there!
Someone mentioned brain storming for stress relief ideas not involving exercise, due to an injury. What's your recommendation?
@nikkit321 Thanks for the words of wisdom and encouragement. I needed it today especially!4 -
My name is Donna. I am 5’ 5” tall, 61 years old and from the Midwest USA. In 2016 I weighed 253 lbs. I am on a journey of health and to get back to the real me.
Every healthy habit brings me closer to scratching each of these off to NEVER see them again!
250’s; 240’s; 230’s; 220's; 210's; 200's; 190's; 180’s; 170's; 160's; 150’s
Starting Weight (from December 31st): 191.6
Goal: 186.6 (Five lb Loss)
**************************************ONE DAY, ONE STEP, ONE DECISION AT A TIME************************************
01/01…...190.0…..(Trend Weight 191.5)….. Happy New Year everyone. I’ve been slipping, sliding and teetering back and forth since October (just prior to needing cancer scare breast surgery). I’m ready to stop eating all my emotions and grief and get back on track to the business of heath and well-being. Recommitting today!
01/02.…..189.8…..(Trend Weight 191.4)….. I am happy to see my weight trending down. It feels like faith in me. I’ve been doing better on my meals but little to no movement for two reasons. First, I am still sick and too weak and unsteady. Second, I am having a “temporary floor put down in about 1000 throughout most of my main floor to rid myself of horrible carpet that was in the kitchen and dining room! I don’t know what the old owners were thinking but the kitchen carpet was actually RED so this new vinyl with suffice until the rooms are fully remodeled and my click flooring can be installed. Everything throught the 900 sq ft area is now piled up in my livingroom. I have no stove or fridge, they are in living room too. Food in cold garage. Exercise is out of the question at this point so it’s a good time to be sick. I’m wearing mask while workers are here to keep my germs to myself.
01/03.…..191.0…..(Trend Weight 191.3}….. No clue why except for restricted movement during a floor remodel project that’s not going so well. Keeping the faith.
01/04.…..192.6…..(Trend Weight 191.4)….. Besides lack of movement while still trapped in my packed livingroom during floor reno in multiple rooms, I think it is the 2% milk bloating me up because my meals honestly have been pretty good. I’ll have to go back to drinking my Fairlife now that the holidays are over. It’s lactose free and not bad tasting once you get used to the unusual smell.
01/05.…..193.2…..(Trend Weight 191.6)….. Obviously I need to start logging my food again. Without snacks it seems like I’m not doing badly on the dietary side. I know my movement is little due to the renovation, but this is crazy. Keeping the faith!
01/06.…..194.0…..(Trend Weight 191.8)….. Sadly, I know this is not water weight. It’s lack of movement and calorie burn from the floor reno. It’s make-shift meals that I am trying to be reasonable on since there is no stove or fridge. It’s too easy to grab cereal for a meal with milk from the coolor and other such things that I normally stay away from. Sandwiches which add up to too much bread overall for the day etc. Flooring man left at 10:30 so another late dinner. I am hoping the work will be completed today so I’m not trapped in my livingroom for much longer! Making plans for a comeback my friends!
01/07.…..192.6…..(Trend Weight 191.9)….. I got in a little more movement yesterday by beginning to pack up Christmas stuff in the livingroom where I’m confined until the floor are done. They will be done today for sure and I will be free to roam the house again and put my appliances back into place. Yay!
01/08.…..191.2…..(Trend Weight 191.9)….. A little extra packing Christmas Away Work helped. Diet about the same. Not bad but could have been improved. Today the floor will get the final finish with mouldings going on etc. then the handyman will help take down two trees and carry up totes of household décor that goes back in. I will try to be even more mindful with my diet. Most failures occur in the snack department. STARVING today already so this will be a challenge!
01/09.…..192.2…..(Trend Weight 191.9)….. Very nice well-planned meals yesterday. Binge on snacks last night. The uptick is my own fault. I’ll do better today.
01/10.…..194.4…..(Trend Weight 192.1)….. A lot of unexpected company. No lunch. Pizza for dinner. Pushing water today.
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03/01 - 175.5
04/01 - 175.5
05/01 - 173.5
06/01 - 173.0
07/01 - 173.5
08/01 - 172.0
09/01 - 172.5
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Happy New Year!
I’m starting over again. Now that the holidays are over I don’t have any excuses. My brother is getting married in October and I want to look completely different!
January goal: 7lbs
Loss to date: 6
1/3 - 216.4 lb
1/4 - 215.2 - normal drop after a break from crap food and alcohol
1/5 - 213.2 - trying to keep the momentum going!
1/6 - 212.4- another great day!
1/7 - 211.6- good day but worried about the weekend
1/8 - 210.8- did great yesterday but tonight will be the challenge. I have volleyball but it’s a beer league with snacks.
1/9 - 210.4 - was expecting a gain- hopefully it doesn’t show up tomorrow.
1/10 - 210.4 decent day yesterday- glad I didn’t gain from Saturday.
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MFP starting weight: 293 (1/28/21)
January starting weight: 190.6
January goal: 184.4
UGW: 168
1/1 - 190.6
1/2 - 188
1/3 - 188
1/4 - 186.8
1/5 - 188.2
1/6 - 187
1/7 - 186.8
1/8 - 185.2
Week 1 loss - 5.4
1/9 - 185.4
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@nikkit321 - Your words ring so true. Thank you!4
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Stats: 44 y/o female, 2x cancer survivor with Hypothyroidism dealing with menopause, plantar fascitis and bone spurs.
Goals: Stay under calories; Drink 96oz of water; A mile a day in any way; Daily stretching.
January Starting Weight: 194.7
UGW: 125
01/01 - 194.7
01/02 - 195.0
01/03 - 194.8
01/04 - 194.8
01/05 - 194.7
01/06 - 194.9
01/07 - 194.9
01/08 - 196.0
01/09 - 196. 2 - stress eating
01/10 -194.7 - pushed water
You might be onto something with the boxing, nikkit321. I could do some upper boxing moves while sitting for some stress relief. Another idea that I had is to do some back/leg stretches when I go to reach for a little pick me up snack. It'll keep my active and hopefully make my mind take its focus off of food.7 -
01/01 - 195.1lb
02/01 - 195.5lb
03/01 - 194.8lb
04/01 - 194.6lb
05/01 - 195.0lb
06/01 - 194.6lb
07/01 - 194.8lb
08/01 - 194.8lb
09/01 - 194.6lb
10/01 - 194.4lb
11/01 - 194.4lb
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