Ready for a Change

Options
124»

Replies

  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 7,517 Member
    Options
    It’ll crank back up again. I had a long stall. What kept me going through it was the NSV thread. I’ve read that thing from beginning to end, all four or five hundred pages of it. It saved my sanity when the scale stalled.
  • Overheadfan
    Overheadfan Posts: 47 Member
    Options
    springlering62 wrote: »
    It’ll crank back up again. I had a long stall. What kept me going through it was the NSV thread. I’ve read that thing from beginning to end, all four or five hundred pages of it. It saved my sanity when the scale stalled.

    Oh you are so right. I read some very useful and motivating threads yesterday and it recharged my batteries.
    @AnnPT77 sent me a marvellous link when I first joined the community. I really rely on all of these tips and chats with other members. They provide such positive and helpful support and reinforcement.
  • Overheadfan
    Overheadfan Posts: 47 Member
    Options
    I'm on a holiday for the next three weeks , had a long haul flights and trying to navigate the slightly scary world of food tracking whilst travelling. We're in hotels without kitchenettes so it's dining out most of the time. I'm trying to adhere to the " eggs for breakfast , no toast , salad for lunch " type plan. Basically being mindful but having to go with the flow. I guess that means I feel still somewhat in the driver's seat but slightly anxious at the thought of undoing my good work. I'm not having the desserts , bread , chips etc which quite often appear when dining out. Hopefully that keeps me in a relatively stable weight. I'm not concerned with losing weight ...but I don't want to put any back on.
    I'm pleased I revisited the MFP community after a week's break , it's helping to reinforce the plan and my commitment.
  • mtaratoot
    mtaratoot Posts: 13,296 Member
    Options
    Be careful of the salad for lunch thing. Salad dressing is usually a calorie bomb, and most places use way too much.

    Eggs can be hit or miss too depending how much oil they use. You should be able to fit a piece of toast into your budget if you want it. Stick to smaller portions might be good. Ask if places have a child's portion. Sometimes that works. Or see if you can share a dish or take leftovers to eat later.

    Enjoy the vacation! Do the best you can to eat sensibly and estimate the serving sizes. This is where your powers of estimation get tested and why I sometimes estimate things before I weigh them at home. It keeps my eyeball calibrated for when I don't have a scale.
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,293 Member
    Options
    Overheadfan wrote: »
    I'm on a holiday for the next three weeks , had a long haul flights and trying to navigate the slightly scary world of food tracking whilst travelling. We're in hotels without kitchenettes so it's dining out most of the time. I'm trying to adhere to the " eggs for breakfast , no toast , salad for lunch " type plan. Basically being mindful but having to go with the flow. I guess that means I feel still somewhat in the driver's seat but slightly anxious at the thought of undoing my good work. I'm not having the desserts , bread , chips etc which quite often appear when dining out. Hopefully that keeps me in a relatively stable weight. I'm not concerned with losing weight ...but I don't want to put any back on.
    I'm pleased I revisited the MFP community after a week's break , it's helping to reinforce the plan and my commitment.

    Can't recall if we've mentioned this on this thread or not, but you may see a water weight jump from the long flight home. If weight is up at first, don't panic. Give it a couple of weeks, maybe even up to a month, for that to resolve before assuming there's fat regain.
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 7,517 Member
    Options
    I’m on a flight home from a couple weeks trip as I type this. Cant say I stuck to any kind of plan. I ate it alllllllll.

    But, we did discover that many European (if that’s where you’re headed) grocery chains have a quick meal area with very good salads.

    The Albert Heijn Italian salad is phenomenal, and even with dressing seeds and croutons, came to about 350 or less for the whole container.

    I would happily eat that several times a week if it were available locally.

    (Typing this as I stare at the last half of a Milka bar in my lap. 😳 back to plan tomorrow!!!!)

    And in all seriousness, I am an utter freak, but I love to weigh myself as soon as I get home and watch the “weight” melt over the course of the next week. I know it’s water weight, but still, it’s fun!
  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 803 Member
    Options
    And in all seriousness, I am an utter freak, but I love to weigh myself as soon as I get home and watch the “weight” melt over the course of the next week. I know it’s water weight, but still, it’s fun!

    I thought I was the only one that thought this was fun! 😆
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 7,517 Member
    edited April 18
    Options
    ddsb1111 wrote: »
    And in all seriousness, I am an utter freak, but I love to weigh myself as soon as I get home and watch the “weight” melt over the course of the next week. I know it’s water weight, but still, it’s fun!

    I thought I was the only one that thought this was fun! 😆

    Heck yeah, because it’s the only time during weight loss you’ll lose two or three pounds a day, multiple days in a row. Makes me feel like an Olympic champ, and gets me in the mindset to continue losing whatever else I may have picked up on the trip.
  • Overheadfan
    Overheadfan Posts: 47 Member
    Options
    springlering62 wrote: »
    ddsb1111 wrote: »
    And in all seriousness, I am an utter freak, but I love to weigh myself as soon as I get home and watch the “weight” melt over the course of the next week. I know it’s water weight, but still, it’s fun!

    I thought I was the only one that thought this was fun! 😆

    Heck yeah, because it’s the only time during weight loss you’ll lose two or three pounds a day, multiple days in a row. Makes me feel like an Olympic champ, and gets me in the mindset to continue losing whatever else I may have picked up on the trip.
    AnnPT77 wrote: »

    Can't recall if we've mentioned this on this thread or not, but you may see a water weight jump from the long flight home. If weight is up at first, don't panic. Give it a couple of weeks, maybe even up to a month, for that to resolve before assuming there's fat regain.

    Hey everyone...big apologies for the complete mess of the " quote and reply stuff" . I always seem to muck it up but I wanted to say Yes and Yes and Yes to your
    posts. Oh gee...yep...nothing like a completely uncontrolled environment to mess with best laid plans.
    Meet the rellies with the dinner laid in front of me..check.
    What about the isolated hotel with limited menu options and EVERYTHING cooked in butter. Check.
    Vegetable soup ..but wait! .it's creamed with an extra dollop on top. Check.
    Salad ..don't go there. Minefield!

    :))) SO I really LOVED and appreciated reading your messages. Seriously. Cos I'm doing ok, and I ate the dessert my cousin had made especially...hey...she hasn't seen me for seven years.
    I don't get chips with everything and I walk past the chocolate shops. And quite often I'll miss a meal or two if I'm full of butter/ oil / some mystery sauce / creamy soup ( hold the bread) etc.
    The comment about getting back to the weightloss game when I'm home really resonated. Cos this holiday is a teeny tiny snapshot of my much bigger life universe and I remind myself that the plan works.
    So when I'm back home I'll work the plan.

    I'll check in with you all on a weekly basis because I find it really motivating and positive , but truth be told I'm now really looking forward to reporting in when I see the next set of scales... ( probably four weeks from now). It won't be a loss but I'm suddenly not worried anymore. It's just a number and not a big part of my lifelong plan.

  • Overheadfan
    Overheadfan Posts: 47 Member
    Options
    I'm back from holidays and ready to jump back into " normal life".
    Although I'm now back in a more manageable environment food wise, I'm still another 4 days away from home..and my bathroom scales. After the great fun eating occasional..well maybe more than occasional treats, and the considerable hours spent on long haul flights , I'm definitely not expecting good news.
    I'm possibly going to take the scaredy cat approach of tracking my diet carefully but not weighing in for a week or so.
    I really don't want to feel despondent and I'm trying to be grown up about it.
    Oh dear. Holidays are marvellous but I don't want my fun trip to be tainted .

    That sounds a bit pathetic but I have to own it! If I weighing I'll tell you all the bad..or very bad news. :)
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,293 Member
    Options
    Overheadfan wrote: »
    I'm back from holidays and ready to jump back into " normal life".
    Although I'm now back in a more manageable environment food wise, I'm still another 4 days away from home..and my bathroom scales. After the great fun eating occasional..well maybe more than occasional treats, and the considerable hours spent on long haul flights , I'm definitely not expecting good news.
    I'm possibly going to take the scaredy cat approach of tracking my diet carefully but not weighing in for a week or so.
    I really don't want to feel despondent and I'm trying to be grown up about it.
    Oh dear. Holidays are marvellous but I don't want my fun trip to be tainted .

    That sounds a bit pathetic but I have to own it! If I weighing I'll tell you all the bad..or very bad news. :)

    Maybe it's not for you, but IMO a person can learn a good bit about their own body's behavior by weighing right away and daily after some unusual phase. For myself, I find it really interesting and insightful.

    I wouldn't encourage it for people for whom the weigh-in has some psychological (heh) weight. But if it can be looked at as mere data, I'd go for it, personally.

    It's not any kind of report on one's value as a human. It's just the momentary relationship of the body with gravity, and it can swing wildly (and very individually) in circumstances like this.

    If that doesn't work for you, for sure do you. For my own self, I feel like knowledge is empowering. YMMV.
  • ddsb1111
    ddsb1111 Posts: 803 Member
    edited May 10
    Options
    I’m the weirdo that loves weighing after a trip. Sure, the jump can be shocking, but it’s fun to watch the large water weight drop in just a few days, and then be fairly close again to where I was. I don’t often get whooshes so this is it for me. Now I can pretty much anticipate how much I’ll gain, how much is water, and how long it will take to get back to normal. All this because I weighed right away. Took me years so no sweat if you’re not there yet, just food for thought.
  • Overheadfan
    Overheadfan Posts: 47 Member
    Options
    Thankyou for the messages. Both really resonated.
    I think , based on your comments, that I'll jump in ( on) and weigh as soon as I'm home. I' m going to treat it as a fact finding mission and an informative class on understanding my body . And that can't ever be a bad thing. Knowledge is power as the saying goes.
    Worst case , I've put on weight..maybe a lot of weight . And I know how to address that so I best get on with it.
    An added bonus... I'll have more understanding and information to prepare for the next holiday. :)
  • springlering62
    springlering62 Posts: 7,517 Member
    Options
    Everything the two above me said. Fascinating, data and expectations for next time, fun to watch pounds drop crazy rapid for a change.

    “I am my own science project.”
  • Overheadfan
    Overheadfan Posts: 47 Member
    Options
    Ok...now I can admit to you all that I was a long way short of ready to hop on the scales. I knew I was giving it Waaaay too much power so I made myself do it. But not before I had turned my brain into a guilt ridden sponge. I was already talking myself into a bad state of mind and it wasn't healthy or kind . So I weighed myself and found out that I still weigh the same as four weeks ago.

    And naturally I'm SO pleased that I haven't put on a huge amount of weight and undone the last two months of effort. But honestly, I think the really big positive that came out of this experience is that I faced the dreaded scale .
    It's always been a worry for me. My initial thought was that I'd just avoid it for a few weeks and it would
    have turned into a huge and unnecessary stressor.

    I know that probably just sounds a bit lame but it was a big issue for me and I'm happy I faced my fear.
    So thankyou all, for your support and sensible advice.
    Onwards.

Categories