Al's "I would have put this in my newsfeed" thread

Alatariel75

I keep having these random thoughts I'd once have posted to my newsfeed and now there's nowhere to put them, so here's my thread! All engagement and comments are welcome, but this is also just generally my brain-dump.

I got on the scale this morning after 3 days away for work, where I made good food decisions, including the decision to enjoy a delicious dinner out, and to order pizza on my way home last night. I got on the scale this morning and was a little disappointed but not surprised to see a little gain, but then I thought about it:

• My rings are TIGHT. I'm retaining a bunch of fluid, because they're usually loose.
• My glutes and legs are SORE. I did a 10km walk/hike on Wednesday, my DOMS are always 48 hours behind, and that will be more water retention.
• Although I made the best choices I could, I as eating out, or at least convenience food, for 3 days. My salt levels are through the roof.

So today's weight is a blip and is driven by water retention.

Today I have my final "intro" pilates class with my physio, and next week I will be released into the wild of the small group supervised classes, given how sore I was in muscles I didn't recognise after my last class, I'm looking forward to seeing what this does!

Alatariel75

First real Pilates class tonight! I'm quite looking forward to it.

I haven't been awesome this weekend with food, Thursday night we had pizza because I was back late from working interstate, Saturday I ordered Pad Thai because I didn't feel well and I resent paying delivery prices for a stirfry of just meat and veg haha. And yesterday we celebrated my mum with some of her favs including lamingtons and pavlova, and I allowed myself to indulge. However - the scale says the same thing today as it did Saturday, so I'll take it.

Alatariel75

Experimenting today.

Generally, I don't eat before lunch - I start my day with either black coffee or herbal tea, and then drink herbal tea and water until anywhere between 11:30ish and 1, then have my first meal. I guess it's kind of like IF, but it's not intentional and I don't clock watch my meal times, I just eat when I actually get hungry.

But more and more I'm finding I eat, then half an hour to an hour later, I'm in extreme gastric distress. Yesterday it was bad enough I had to go lie down. I'm eating really simply, and nothing new, so I don't think it's an intolerance, I more suspect IBS (I've had symptoms before) or gall bladder. But I also note from my diary I've been eating cruciferous veg for lunch a lot, so today I had a nice benign chicken soup (still had veg but not my usual plate of kale, broccoli etc), and I'm going to see how that sits.

Alatariel75

Mystery soup for lunch today, I swear one of the biggest lies I tell myself is "I'll remember what this is" when I put something in an unlabelled container in the freezer. I think it's potato ham and leek, might be cauliflower ham and leek. Who knows. I don't generally make high calorie soups, so I'll log it at the highest of any of my saved soups and chalk it up to a lesson...

Alatariel75

well, the last 2 days saw a me that I felt I'd left behind. I was away for work, which is a monthly thing, but this time was 4 nights instead of 2, and my husband was with me, so there was a disturbance in the routine, and I was tired and I just... let go. Cakes, chocolates, cookies, chips, alcohol. I feel terrible for it, not mentally (I'm not beating myself up) but my body just feels toxic. I haven't gotten on the scale because I know it wouldn't have been accurate this morning, but my rings are tight and my upper stomach is bloated.

The good thing is though that I'm ready and keen to get back to my routine and I neeeeeed veggies and lean food! I had to buy antacids yesterday for the first time in months, my body just rebelled.

Honestly, a lot of it I didn't even enjoy. The sugar overload was just blergh. But it does show me that my recent success is due in large part to discipline and routine, and that I'm still easily disrupted. I'll need to be very mindful going into this holiday period!!

Alatariel75

After my last post I'm kind of but not really back on track, and feel like I'm pulling myself back up by my fingernails. Saturday I stayed within budget, Sunday was a wash because it was my family's version of Thanksgiving and I wasn't going to count. I also drank more than I have in quite a while. Yesterday I was OK-ish but I had leftovers from Sunday and can't be assed inputting the recipes, so I'm not really sure how much I ate, I just tracked generics and that always makes me feel less in control.

My November numbers are not impressive, and I'm struggling to feel like I've overall succeeded in my goals this month. It's been a bit disrupted, with the start of the month having depression eating and drinking (IYKYK), 5 days interstate, Thanksgiving, and having some pretty extensive dental work done which has restricted my food choices and also given me a low-lying permanent headache, which has interfered with exercise and general willpower. Also, it's heating up here a lot but not warm enough for the pool yet, and I have a condition which flares in the heat, so my exercise has fallen off.

But, after an appointment today I'm hoping the dental issues are at an end, I'm going to start swimming regularly and also getting back to my walking as soon as this headache eases, and I'm determined to hit Christmas with my weight in the double digits (kgs), which is an entirely doable goal.

I mentioned control above, and that's what I need. I'm going to throw out the leftovers which don't fit my goals and my husband won't eat (I'm looking at YOU, cornbread chorizo dressing!!) and stop making excuses.