MOTIVATION & ACCOUNTABILITY
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I'm trying hard to stay on track but this week has been tough; I'm dealing with lots of stress and illness in my immediate family. I'm sad, I'm tired and want to eat everything and sleep. The absolute last thing i feel like doing while looking after everyone is cooking. Anyone have any go-to take-out meals or fast food that aren't absolutely terrible for you? Just something quick and satisfying that wont derail me? Thanks in advance!2
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Friday weigh-ins (doing calorie deficit with goal of ~1200/day plus walking).
Starting weight: 194 lbs
Goal weight: 140 lbs
9/01 190 (-4)
9/08 188.5 (-1.5)
9/17 190.5 (+2)
9/22 187.6 (almost back to where I was before gaining last week)
9/29 187 (-7)
Feeling proud at losing 7 lbs since trying in earnest to lose weight (yet) again. I think it's been a little over a month since I found this group and I check it everyday and read all the posts and comments. It really does keep me going so thank you all so much this past month. I still have such a long way to go, 47 lbs to go until I reach my goal. I'm so thankful for you all and it makes me think I'll make it through October ok. I saw eggnog in the store yesterday and it's only September - ugh that's my favorite!4 -
tashrifica wrote: »I'm trying hard to stay on track but this week has been tough; I'm dealing with lots of stress and illness in my immediate family. I'm sad, I'm tired and want to eat everything and sleep. The absolute last thing i feel like doing while looking after everyone is cooking. Anyone have any go-to take-out meals or fast food that aren't absolutely terrible for you? Just something quick and satisfying that wont derail me? Thanks in advance!
I don't know where you live but here the big grocery store chain is Safeway. On Fridays they have $6 Sushi day with good size portions. I always look forward to it because I pick up several and it gets me through the wknd because I freeze some of them. Maybe there's sushi place near you that delivers or you can order pickup? If you steer clear of the tempura it's pretty healthy.
Sorry to hear about your rough week. I had one very nearly like it and on Wed got news my uncle was dx'd with cancer. If I'd had anything unhealthy in the house or easy to microwave I would've eaten it all. I'm so glad I didn't! That's one of my worst problems: eating my emotions. Good luck and thank you for reminding me about $6 sushi day - gonna walk over to get some now.
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Had such a great day staying in my calorie range of 1200 calories/day and also did 3 hours of cleaning and moving my storage space. I had a stroke 5 yrs ago and gained a lot of weight while sedentary in bed afterwards while recovering and also eating way too much from stress about my future and plain ole feeling sorry for myself. Family is 1000 miles away so they couldn't help and I was pretty scared there for a while wondering if I'd be able to stay in my beloved city and neighborhood where I stayed after going away to school here. I finally feel like I'm making some real progress - so happy and hoping to stay motivated for this weight loss and improving my life. I lost my apartment because I was in a coma after my stroke and then couldn't afford an apartment by myself like before because it's so darn expensive here but luckily I found a room to rent right around the corner from my former apartment. So happy to be right near my old corner of 20yrs because it's so much easier to go on with so many friendly faces met over the years, especially in the shops and grocery stores I'd frequented. I feel so grateful right now and it's making me feel optimistic about staying on this positive track forward. Thank you for all your posts, it really helps me stay motivated and accountable!4
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desertbloom415 wrote: »Friday weigh-ins (doing calorie deficit with goal of ~1200/day plus walking).
Starting weight: 194 lbs
Goal weight: 140 lbs
9/01 190 (-4)
9/08 188.5 (-1.5)
9/17 190.5 (+2)
9/22 187.6 (almost back to where I was before gaining last week)
9/29 187 (-7)
Feeling proud at losing 7 lbs since trying in earnest to lose weight (yet) again. I think it's been a little over a month since I found this group and I check it everyday and read all the posts and comments. It really does keep me going so thank you all so much this past month. I still have such a long way to go, 47 lbs to go until I reach my goal. I'm so thankful for you all and it makes me think I'll make it through October ok. I saw eggnog in the store yesterday and it's only September - ugh that's my favorite!
Way to go with your loss! I fell off this wagon hard, but am ready to step it back up. I want to go into the holidays with a healthier relationship with food and exercise! I need to stay away from sugar and gluten so my plan is to have plenty of fruit for. Few days to ease out of the sugar addiction…. I always feel SO much better when I remove sugar as much as possible.
Thanks for checking in daily and I will try to do the same again!2 -
Looks like a fair number of people in this group have faded away. I’m still here @desertbloom415. Hope to see others return and update us on their progress and/or challenges to stay motivated and accountable.
@23Bougie - Was very nice of you to start this thread.
My husband and I have been on vacation this week. I’ll see which way the scale has tipped once we get home. I did basically log in all my food every day this week while we were gone and managed over 70,000 steps for the week 😀1 -
tashrifica wrote: »I'm trying hard to stay on track but this week has been tough; I'm dealing with lots of stress and illness in my immediate family. I'm sad, I'm tired and want to eat everything and sleep. The absolute last thing i feel like doing while looking after everyone is cooking. Anyone have any go-to take-out meals or fast food that aren't absolutely terrible for you? Just something quick and satisfying that wont derail me? Thanks in advance!
I’m sorry you are going through so much stress and sadness. As far as easier healthy meals, maybe a rotisserie chicken? I like to buy them and pull all the meat off when they are still warm. You get a few meals from one depending on their2 -
Monday weigh in - welcome to daylight savings time! I lost an hour!
Starting weight: 215lb
Current weight: 208lb
Short term goal: 200lb
Goal weight: 175lb
2lb weight loss this week - slow and steady wins the race etc!3 -
Looks like a fair number of people in this group have faded away. I’m still here @desertbloom415. Hope to see others return and update us on their progress and/or challenges to stay motivated and accountable.
@23Bougie - Was very nice of you to start this thread.
My husband and I have been on vacation this week. I’ll see which way the scale has tipped once we get home. I did basically log in all my food every day this week while we were gone and managed over 70,000 steps for the week 😀
Thanks for writing this! I discovered the area where we can see others lil progress updates last week. It's a real mood booster to see all the 'likes' and encouraging words. I haven't been a member of a group or thread before on this website so it's been fun discovering new aspects of it.
I can't believe you do 10k steps/day - amazing. I need to update my smart watch because it's been wonky lately. It records steps and it'll be interesting to see how many I do although I'm sure it's not very many. I'm way too sedentary so I've been working hard to improve that.0 -
desertbloom415 wrote: »Friday weigh-ins (doing calorie deficit with goal of ~1200/day plus walking).
Starting weight: 194 lbs
Goal weight: 140 lbs
9/01 190 (-4)
9/08 188.5 (-1.5)
9/17 190.5 (+2)
9/22 187.6 (almost back to where I was before gaining last week)
9/29 187 (-7)
Feeling proud at losing 7 lbs since trying in earnest to lose weight (yet) again. I think it's been a little over a month since I found this group and I check it everyday and read all the posts and comments. It really does keep me going so thank you all so much this past month. I still have such a long way to go, 47 lbs to go until I reach my goal. I'm so thankful for you all and it makes me think I'll make it through October ok. I saw eggnog in the store yesterday and it's only September - ugh that's my favorite!
Way to go with your loss! I fell off this wagon hard, but am ready to step it back up. I want to go into the holidays with a healthier relationship with food and exercise! I need to stay away from sugar and gluten so my plan is to have plenty of fruit for. Few days to ease out of the sugar addiction…. I always feel SO much better when I remove sugar as much as possible.
Thanks for checking in daily and I will try to do the same again!
Once I haven't had sugar for a few days in a row I definitely stop craving it. I noticed I started putting sugar in my coffee just because it was right next to the coffee pot. It took only a week before I started really craving it and I noticed today when I had my coffee without it like I used to I really wanted to reach for that sugar. Now it'll take me a while to get back to the point where I'm not craving it again. Kicking myself for starting it just to have to get back off it again. Live and learn though!1 -
PoppDillon wrote: »Monday weigh in - welcome to daylight savings time! I lost an hour!
Starting weight: 215lb
Current weight: 208lb
Short term goal: 200lb
Goal weight: 175lb
2lb weight loss this week - slow and steady wins the race etc!
Great job - that's really impressive!!1 -
Hi all! I’m still here! Just had company for a few days after a week long trip out of town! Keep rocking it! 🫶🏼2
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I’m having a good week so far. Last couple of weeks I’ve been working on giving up chocolate, which is going really well. Had some white cake with white frosting for a friend’s 80th birthday and it was disgustingly sweet, so I only had a little, threw rest out.
I also had over 70,000 steps last week. Trying to get at least 10,000 most days.
Also, this week I’m trying to not eat after 8 pm and have managed that for 2 days in a row.5 -
I’m having a good week so far. Last couple of weeks I’ve been working on giving up chocolate, which is going really well. Had some white cake with white frosting for a friend’s 80th birthday and it was disgustingly sweet, so I only had a little, threw rest out.
I also had over 70,000 steps last week. Trying to get at least 10,000 most days.
Also, this week I’m trying to not eat after 8 pm and have managed that for 2 days in a row.
Your amazing 10k/day track record motivated me to update my smartwatch and link my phone apps so I can track my steps too. I love seeing the steps accumulate on my watch and then feel such satisfaction inputting them on this site. Funny how we're all different at what kind of stuff motivates us; I love that. I've been completely sedentary for rso long that just logging my walks the past 3 days in a row really inspires me. I didn't know that would reflect in my calorie totals on teh food diary here so it's great to see it there everyday since that's the page I usually have up and running constantly. Hopefully it reflects on weigh in day this Friday.1 -
Hope everyone is having a good day! 😊♥️3
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Hope everyone is having a good day! 😊♥️
Thanks and same to you! I had such a good day and think it's because I'm getting a lot out of this thread. I finally put a big dent in emptying my storage space which involves a lot of moving and cleaning so I've gotten a ton of exercise. It feels really good to get it done so thank you all so much. 3 -
Lost another pound so that's a total of 8 lbs lost since finding this group about a month and a half ago. It's kinda dwindling so I'm bummed bc it's been so much help to me. Any recs for other motivation and accountability resources?4
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Hi everyone . I live in Chicago and just getting started : any feedback on the absolute , easiest tool to track your steps ? Thank you . and is intermittent fasting working better for any one that has tried all other traditional methods of dieting? Txs again !3
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Starting weight: 215lb
Current weight: 209lb
Short term goal: 200lb
Goal weight: 175lb
So I put on 1lb - I knew that Monday weigh in was always going to be risky and I can rationalise with the beautiful Greek lunch yesterday but still a little flat.2 -
As the person who started this thread I do feel badly that I have not been more successful in staying on track myself! I get so much from seeing others successes and want to keep trying! I hope others will keep chiming in and I will start back this Friday with my weekly weigh ins. Stay strong everyone!1
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Saw this quote: “ Instead of thinking that you’ve blown the day and you’ll get back on track tomorrow, try thinking of a day in quarters. You may have wasted the morning and mid day, But the afternoon and evening offer plenty of potential time for you to get back on track. Fail small, not big.4
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Just checking in here. My starting weight on August 18th was 208 pounds. As of this past Friday I’m at 188.6 pounds. My deficit is at 1400 calories, but most days I’m no where near that. I can usually get in around 1100 calories if I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, but most days I don’t eat breakfast. I’m a picky eater so I think that’s why I have trouble getting enough calories in. I feel like I eat enough food to where I’m full after each meal.
This week I’m trying to walk at least 2 miles a day on my treadmill at 3.0mph. I walked 1.5 miles this afternoon and going to walk at least another mile here before long.5 -
lorihughett1 wrote: »Hi everyone . I live in Chicago and just getting started : any feedback on the absolute , easiest tool to track your steps ? Thank you . and is intermittent fasting working better for any one that has tried all other traditional methods of dieting? Txs again !
Welcome! I'd love to know the easiest steps tracker out there too so if anyone has advice please let us know. I've been doing intermittent fasting since I joined this group and started checking out the community side of MFP. I've lost 8 lbs in about 6 weeks so yes, I think I've had success.3 -
lorihughett1 wrote: »Hi everyone . I live in Chicago and just getting started : any feedback on the absolute , easiest tool to track your steps ? Thank you . and is intermittent fasting working better for any one that has tried all other traditional methods of dieting? Txs again !
Also, I LOVE Chicago! Can't wait to visit again.0 -
PoppDillon wrote: »Starting weight: 215lb
Current weight: 209lb
Short term goal: 200lb
Goal weight: 175lb
So I put on 1lb - I knew that Monday weigh in was always going to be risky and I can rationalise with the beautiful Greek lunch yesterday but still a little flat.
I had a similar experience - gained a 2 lbs in 2 days but I'm attributing that to weighing in too soon. I've been exercising a lot and staying below 1200 calories so I'm sure that'll be reflected soon when I weigh in again on Friday. I do know I need to work in more fiber so I bought a bunch of broccoli. Luckily I love it so, my fave vegetable.0 -
Just checking in here. My starting weight on August 18th was 208 pounds. As of this past Friday I’m at 188.6 pounds. My deficit is at 1400 calories, but most days I’m no where near that. I can usually get in around 1100 calories if I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, but most days I don’t eat breakfast. I’m a picky eater so I think that’s why I have trouble getting enough calories in. I feel like I eat enough food to where I’m full after each meal.
This week I’m trying to walk at least 2 miles a day on my treadmill at 3.0mph. I walked 1.5 miles this afternoon and going to walk at least another mile here before long.
Congratulations on hitting the 20 lb loss - that's amazing! I've been hitting below my 1200 calorie limit too and not feeling hungry or like I don't have enough energy. I've been exercising a lot since last week too so I think I'm getting stronger too.0 -
As the person who started this thread I do feel badly that I have not been more successful in staying on track myself! I get so much from seeing others successes and want to keep trying! I hope others will keep chiming in and I will start back this Friday with my weekly weigh ins. Stay strong everyone!
I love this group you started! It's small enough so I remember members and big enough that I get good advice, tips and encouragement from a lot of different people. I also discovered the "quote" button below comments which makes it super easy to respond to people. Thanks again for starting this thread. 1 -
Just checking in here. My starting weight on August 18th was 208 pounds. As of this past Friday I’m at 188.6 pounds. My deficit is at 1400 calories, but most days I’m no where near that. I can usually get in around 1100 calories if I eat breakfast, lunch and dinner, but most days I don’t eat breakfast. I’m a picky eater so I think that’s why I have trouble getting enough calories in. I feel like I eat enough food to where I’m full after each meal.
This week I’m trying to walk at least 2 miles a day on my treadmill at 3.0mph. I walked 1.5 miles this afternoon and going to walk at least another mile here before long.
Way to go on your weight loss and walking! I try to double my protein when I can which I find helps get in the calories. (I tend to lose with highly protein!0 -
lorihughett1 wrote: »Hi everyone . I live in Chicago and just getting started : any feedback on the absolute , easiest tool to track your steps ? Thank you . and is intermittent fasting working better for any one that has tried all other traditional methods of dieting? Txs again !
I find my Apple Watch to be the easiest!0 -
Is anyone interested in being a daily accountability partner (even outside of this app?)1
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