Accountability
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I know! You're so close! >.< And that's the thing... I never understood that there could be leeway.. I mean, I always knew calories in/calories out, how carbs react, protein's part... having a continually dieting mother, you get to learn things... but my mom was one of those steadfast people... NEVER cheated, always did a butt ton of workouts, no exceptions... She lost the weight in leaps and bounds but gained it back that way too
So, even though I knew the way calories worked and the biological part, in my mind, one tiny slip up was unacceptable and moderate exercise that was adequate for weight loss for a person of my size and fairly sedentary lifestyle was unacceptable... you had to literally feel like you were going to die or it was insufficient... It's actually dawning on me more and more why I thought it was an impossible venture... I was raised to think "all or nothing"... My mom has some hellified willpower.. I... do not... Don't get me wrong... I love my mother and have made respect for her... If she could only learn to give herself some wiggle room, I know she'd do great :sad:
Oh, speaking of wiggle room... I had a slice of pizza tonight lol... My son's gf brought it home from work and I partook in the yumminess... I ate a slice and I logged for 2.. One slice of pizza hut pepperoni pizza has to be more than 250 calories, right?
Either way, Wiggle room! and I'm still under my calorie limit :bigsmile:
I want to make it into the over 50lbs lost group! :drinker:0 -
You will totally get there! You are doing all the right things and we have a great little group here for encouragement! I love keeping in touch with you ladies!0
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oh my gosh, I have not stopped in here for a while. but WOW ---look how great you all are doing!!!!
I had a great deal of work related stress and did not have any time to get on here----
And the stress---whoo! I had insomnia from it, lack of exercise motivation...bleh!
Today, and this week is going much better!
I did go for a low carb week, and that has beein going fine.
My loss this week was nothing :-( I actually gained a pound.......but it might be due to monthly. Either way, not discouraged at all.
Upcoming challenges:
Going to babysit my grandaughter on Saturday---its a 3 hour drive each way, and I am sure I will be eating out.
Action plan---take snacks and make healthy choices----remember I am setting an example!
My POOL is closing for a month for resurfacing! sad sad sad.
Action plan----work with hubs to balance our schedules allowing me to go to classes at another (but more distant) Y. Maybe try getting up an hour earlier to swim a mile at 5 AM?
Goals this week, and next:
Exercise 5 days out of 7
track like a crazy person---haha, track everything
try to not eat back calories from exercise
Come back to these postings every few days
I love this group! Your postings are REAL and encouraging and supporting.
Hugs!! Alana0 -
Oh no! Don't take the pool! >.< I was living vicariously through you, imagining splashing in the water and doing laps :sad:
Second... yay! getting to babysit your granddaughter! :bigsmile: I actually have a granddaughter on the way... not the best circumstances... unplanned, and the mother no longer wants to be with my son, and dislikes me, so... I'm pretty sure my opportunities for seeing the baby will be few and far between
But... life usually works itself out so we will see 
Just chase her around all day, she'll help you work off the extra calories from eating out! lol
I like how you said, "work with hubs" as part of your action plan for the pool... It must be so nice having a supporting husband who will work with you :happy: he gets an electronic high-5!
Well, it looks like you're pretty much covered, missy! I foresee smooooth sailing :bigsmile: Also, I love your new picture! Your puppy is adorable and your face looks like it's slimming! *two thumbs up for flattering selfies* :drinker:0 -
I'm a couple days late posting. My weigh in day is Wednesday and this time was HUGE. I went to the endocrinologist on June 16 and she said the ugly word "pre-diabetes". I was 350.1 that day. I did a HUGE change. I went Paleo. (Ask questions if you want) and started working outdoors on my yard. A month later on July 16, I went back to the endocrinologist. I have lost 13 pounds since my last visit a month ago!!!!! AND I have ALMOST lost the pre-diabetic label. My Glycohemoglobin was 5.7% and the range for pre-diabetic is 5.7-6.4. One more *$&% percentage point and I would have lost the pre-diabetic label in less than a month!0
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Hi guys! I'd love to join in!0
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Welcome Sugarfemme!0
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Welcome Sugarfemme!
Carrieann that is most wonderful news! Don't let them label you girl! :-) I really like this group post, love reading all your responses, I agree with everything!
Hope everyone has an awesome night
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I hate that, when you decide to indulge in a treat and it's crappy. It feels like you just wasted all of the calories for nothing. It makes twenty times more disappointing when you are counting all of those calories and you didn't even enjoy it.Meadow, you are totally right, two pounds is two pounds and that is so wonderful that you met your goal! Congrats! I had Chinese last weekend and I was so looking forward to it, I loves me some Lo Mein and have been eating so light on the carbs that I was almost salivating thinking about it.
When my family and I got to the restaurant and ordered we each had one of the lunch specials and they come with an egg roll, soup and a fried chicken wing in addition the entrée. I got the Hot N Sour soup and it was good! Then my entrée came and the Lo Mein was over cooked and didn't have a lot of flavor. I could have eaten it but instead I said to myself, if I am not really enjoying this I shouldn't put it in my mouth... this is a cheat day for crying out loud and I don't want to waste the calories. So instead I ordered another cup of the soup and ate the egg roll with that. To my surprise, it wasn't that many calories at all (2 cups of soup was 350 calories and the egg roll was 200) and I was full and really enjoyed it!
I didn't send the food back or anything, family owned restaurant and they do lots of other things really well, but I'm really hoping that I get to find other gems like this where I can eat out, enjoy myself, enjoy the food and it be totally within my calorie range for a meal.
If any of you have any of you have any nuggets like that at other places you've eaten out at please share, I'd love to have a list
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I know exactly what you mean. Some people only talk about their accomplishments and even lie about what's going on with their struggles. That doesn't help anyone. If everyone makes it look so perfect and easy and you can't be so perfect and "good" all of the time, it makes you feel flawed and a failure. You only fail if you quit. In the past month, I have lost, gained, lost and gained but in the end I have kept off over six pounds in a month. That is an accomplishment. It's not the 13 that I lost in the beginning but it's six pounds that is not coming back.
I used to be that person that gave up, when things got tough or I had a relapse. Now, I brush it off and keep moving. I experience struggles and challenges with this all day, every freaking day, but I give in to temptation, I've even had mini binges...but in the end I keep moving forward. I refused to have a victim mentality anymore. I can do this and so can all of you.Meadow - I actually really enjoy seeing you flounder.. lol... ok, that sounds bad but let me explain! the reason I like seeing your trials and how you get through them is because you've lost 55lbs and, to me, it seems like an impossible feat! :flowerforyou: ... Besides the birth of my children, I've probably never lost more than a couple pounds here and there... I've only ever dieted once before and that was low carb and at the time I was married and he was absolutely not supportive of my goals so yeah... that went stellarly... :sad: So, seeing your day to day trials gives me hope... because you're still doing it... still losing... really doing the "lifestyle" thing... I'm sorry, but if I'm going to go eat out, I cannot foresee in my wildest dreams me ever abstaining and eating like a salad with no dressing or something like that... I need to see someone who's actually eating and successfully maneuvering through real life :drinker:
I have mad respect for all you guys :flowerforyou: ... I only knew about the difficulties of weightloss secondhand, for so long... Watching my mom lose the same 75 or so lbs (it felt like) 30 times... it was such a sad rollercoaster ride... The struggles, the sadness when the scale didn't move, the elation when she got closer to her goal, the despair and guilt and self loathing as she gained it back pound by pound... I promised myself I'd never do it... And it was an easy promise to keep to myself, lemme tell ya... lol... but I'm ready now... and seeing you guys succeeding without starving and without the strictest "no slip up" policies and doing it... Inspiration ladies! I want to see 50lbs lost on my ticker one day... that will be my first OMG goal, I think >.< A couple of you guys have already passed it and a couple are full speed ahead! :happy: I'm bringing up the rear, but I'm ok with that! I'll meet ya'll at the maintenance finish line! :bigsmile:
So.... :bigsmile:
My goals for last week were:
- Ride bike twice daily at least 20 min
- Track everyday, everything
- Stay positive about everything
No exercise yesterday besides hospital pacing but other than that, Accomplished!
This week's goals:
- Ride bike twice daily at least 30min
- Track everyday, everything
- Stay positive :flowerforyou:
Positive yardage, girls! Coaches are happy for even a half yard gain on the football field, and so am I!
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I love the fact that one of your goals is to check into this forum!!! You are doing great. Trust me, none of will check in on time, all the time. Life happens. You know if you don't, I will be messaging you, after a while.oh my gosh, I have not stopped in here for a while. but WOW ---look how great you all are doing!!!!
I had a great deal of work related stress and did not have any time to get on here----
And the stress---whoo! I had insomnia from it, lack of exercise motivation...bleh!
Today, and this week is going much better!
I did go for a low carb week, and that has beein going fine.
My loss this week was nothing :-( I actually gained a pound.......but it might be due to monthly. Either way, not discouraged at all.
Upcoming challenges:
Going to babysit my grandaughter on Saturday---its a 3 hour drive each way, and I am sure I will be eating out.
Action plan---take snacks and make healthy choices----remember I am setting an example!
My POOL is closing for a month for resurfacing! sad sad sad.
Action plan----work with hubs to balance our schedules allowing me to go to classes at another (but more distant) Y. Maybe try getting up an hour earlier to swim a mile at 5 AM?
Goals this week, and next:
Exercise 5 days out of 7
track like a crazy person---haha, track everything
try to not eat back calories from exercise
Come back to these postings every few days
I love this group! Your postings are REAL and encouraging and supporting.
Hugs!! Alana0 -
I am checking in early because I know I will not be checking in again for a few days. I didn't have so much of a great week, not really bad but not stellar, either. I went to the doctors today and I got my first blood pressure reading in a very long time that was actually normal!!!! So, that was great. My blood sugar is also under control, now. So double yeah.
My struggles this week, have included eating fast food. High sodium days.....not meeting my goals. My daughter confessed to me that she binge eats, when no one is around. She is not overweight so, I thought maybe she exaggerated. Then this Saturday night, I witnessed her eat more than I could possibly eat.
My new goals....
1. Go to my first OA meeting on Thursday. Take my daughter to a meeting on Saturday.
2. Go to sleep by 10:30 pm every night. ~ considering how early I get up, you would think this goal would be easier than what it is.
3. Take all my meds and testing as I have been prescribed to.
4. Log everything.
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Hi everyone! Is it too late for me to join in here? As a new MFP user with a loooooooot to lose I am in awe reading everyone's progress in this thread. My first two weeks on MFP I've really just been focused on tracking without making many changes, so I'd like to pick some challenges for myself. And I'm always eager for sources of inspiration!0
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It's never too late. I think it's a great idea to track a bit without making changes for two reasons....you know what you should work on and many times when we have "bad" days....if look back...our bad days are better than our good days before we started and that is an accomplishment.
WELCOME to the group!!! :flowerforyou:Hi everyone! Is it too late for me to join in here? As a new MFP user with a loooooooot to lose I am in awe reading everyone's progress in this thread. My first two weeks on MFP I've really just been focused on tracking without making many changes, so I'd like to pick some challenges for myself. And I'm always eager for sources of inspiration!0 -
I went to bed at 10:30 and woke up at 5 and felt much better than usual.I am checking in early because I know I will not be checking in again for a few days. I didn't have so much of a great week, not really bad but not stellar, either. I went to the doctors today and I got my first blood pressure reading in a very long time that was actually normal!!!! So, that was great. My blood sugar is also under control, now. So double yeah.
My struggles this week, have included eating fast food. High sodium days.....not meeting my goals. My daughter confessed to me that she binge eats, when no one is around. She is not overweight so, I thought maybe she exaggerated. Then this Saturday night, I witnessed her eat more than I could possibly eat.
My new goals....
1. Go to my first OA meeting on Thursday. Take my daughter to a meeting on Saturday.
2. Go to sleep by 10:30 pm every night. ~ considering how early I get up, you would think this goal would be easier than what it is.
3. Take all my meds and testing as I have been prescribed to.
4. Log everything.
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Meadow_Sage great start this week. If I had to get up at 5 I'm pretty sure I wouldn't make it past about 8:30...but I don't have kids to keep me up. I had some sodium issues last week and went WAY over a few times but hoping to keep it in control this week.0
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Happy Tuesday!
This week was up and down---did OK tracking and staying on goal----a little splurgey on the weekend.
For me, the daily schedule of my work week is great---I can plan ahead, I know what happens when, no surprises. When the weekend comes, it's like I have no control --or will power---or discipline. It is my constant struggle---but that is what i have to learn---how to handle any situation and not listen to the self talk"you deserve a treat" "you've been so good all week, a pizza wont hurt" "other people eat like this" ---you know what I mean?
I did not lose any weight. ugh.
Meadow Sage---good goals--fast food is the DEBBUL! When I feel a struggle with fast food, I do not drive ANYWHERE with money in the car---if I lock my purse in the trunk, that means I have to get out at McDonalds, get my money out of the trunk, then go through the drive through. that stopped me cold!
Sleep---sigh. I get up at 5 am too. I am pretty good about getting the tv off at 10. Sleep does not always follow, though. Good for you!
Welcome to Bekits and SugarFemme
Shannon---this will be a great week!
Goals:
Track and measure and weigh food, all of it.
Stay active--swim and work out at home, do the weight lifting 3 times this week.
Check into this thread 2 times.
That's all for now----you gurls have a great day!
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Tomorrow is Wednesday and my weigh in day. So I made a challenge with my hubby. We made a bet over the next two weeks to who can lose the most weight. Loser cooks whatever the other wants for dinner! I love this idea of a challenge with him because it will keep both of us on track through my PD week when lots of people go out to lunch and I'm packing AND through our vacation. Now the next step is to decide what he will cook me!! 0
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So I hit a new low weight this morning, 290.4, down about a pound from last week. I managed to go up 8 and then back down 9 within the last week so I'm still negative. I'm still not sure if preggers or not, I'm starting to think it may just be the worst case of PMS ever which would explain the 8lb gain in 2 days that disappeared 3 days later (and hopefully will take another pound or two with it). Gonna take a pregnancy test Saturday to figure it out.
My goal for this week:
Get back into exercising. I've been slacking since I've been feeling exhausted and nauseated, I want to get at least 3 days in by next Wednesday.
Stay under my calorie goal and keep and eye on sodium and sugar.
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I am proud and amazed to say I lost 6.6 pounds this week.
Goals for the week:
Lose more weight than my husband !
Pack lunch every day for my whole week of Professional Development (PD) while some friends go out to lunch
Eat breakfast in the morning before I leave - difficult because I hate waking up early!
NO cheating with the chocolate that is always available - can't eat just one.
Work outside at least 2-3 days after PD!
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Hi Everyone just a quick check in (logging in from work shhhh). Stats this week:
Lost 4 lbs yay but I'm really very, very disappointed by this number. I think it was due to the cheat days I actually went up 1.4 lbs that I had to lose again but the amount of weight loss to me seems to be lessoning drastically each week.
I did make a few new meals that still provide me with nutrion for the week but I exceeded my fat and sodium by too much a couple of days which could be contributing to the slower weight loss.
Exercise was awesome this week. My goal was to walk 8,000 steps at least one day in the week and well... I did it for all 7 days most days being 8,400 steps. Looks like I'll be hitting that 10,000 sooner than I originally thought.
I hope everyone is doing great, I'll check in again once I get off work cause I want to read all your entries and celebrate with you all!0 -
I am checking in early because I know I will not be checking in again for a few days. I didn't have so much of a great week, not really bad but not stellar, either. I went to the doctors today and I got my first blood pressure reading in a very long time that was actually normal!!!! So, that was great. My blood sugar is also under control, now. So double yeah.
My struggles this week, have included eating fast food. High sodium days.....not meeting my goals. My daughter confessed to me that she binge eats, when no one is around. She is not overweight so, I thought maybe she exaggerated. Then this Saturday night, I witnessed her eat more than I could possibly eat.
My new goals....
1. Go to my first OA meeting on Thursday. Take my daughter to a meeting on Saturday.
2. Go to sleep by 10:30 pm every night. ~ considering how early I get up, you would think this goal would be easier than what it is.
3. Take all my meds and testing as I have been prescribed to.
4. Log everything.
Good luck, girls!
Oh wow, way to take the bull by the horns with the OA meetings! Good luck and let us know how it goes! Congrats on making the month a loss overall! I know how you feel about the struggle with sodium and fast food. I've been successful in keeping that tile the weekends so far but I'm not ready to do without it entirely yet.... sad truth but truth nontheless.0 -
Carrieann - Whoo hoo way to go girl!
Shannon - glad your body is going back in the right direction again
. Great accountability on the exercise front, you assessed the situation and know what you can do to improve there so that's great!
Alanabanana - I know what you mean about the weekend! Right now this early in my journey I'm using the weekend as cheat days but I don't know how long that will be able to last, especially if my weightloss keep decreasing at the interval it has been. Which completely freaks me out!
Ladies I have to say this week has been alot harder than the first couple were, I'm really very disappointed in the amount of loss I had and I don't want to stop getting the nutrition my body needs to have weight loss and I don't want to eat the same thing every single day. I think I'm going to have to work a little harder this week on meal plans or something but I might cry if I start only losing 4 lbs a week this early in my journey when I'm over 400 lbs... sniff sniff.
Am I just being a baby about this? Or do I have totally unrealistic expectations?0 -
Ladies I have to say this week has been alot harder than the first couple were, I'm really very disappointed in the amount of loss I had and I don't want to stop getting the nutrition my body needs to have weight loss and I don't want to eat the same thing every single day. I think I'm going to have to work a little harder this week on meal plans or something but I might cry if I start only losing 4 lbs a week this early in my journey when I'm over 400 lbs... sniff sniff.
Am I just being a baby about this? Or do I have totally unrealistic expectations?
I would call anything down a win. Your body will not always cooperate, some weeks you may lose 1 and some you may lose 8. The goal is sustainable weightloss and getting healthy so remember that when it's a slow week. It will come off faster in the beginning, but anyone can plateau and it's frustrating but you just have to stick with it and not give up and eventually you will be rewarded.0 -
Thanks Shannon. I will give it another couple of weeks before I do anything drastic to change up my diet. I know the bacon pancakes over the weekend didn't help things but I guess I didn't realize how long they would effect my weight loss. 0
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I've found that high sodium days take about 3 days to recover water weight wise for me...0
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Okay good to know... I'll have to keep an eye on that... cause I'm over my sodium again today... who knew roasted veggies with no additional salt added had so much sodium... yeash.0
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You may wanna check the veggies you are using too because I was entering some fresh green beans as canned and they added a ton of sodium that I wasn't eating bc mine were fresh (yay Costco)! Also, already failed at my watch sodium goal...we had dinner at Costco while shopping and I like doubled what I was supposed to eat. Hopefully my workout will sweat some of the salt out. Tomorrow is a new day!0
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Oh good point on the veggies... thanks. You are doing awesome girl! Every time I log on you lost more weight, you're really doing well!0
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Haha, thanks, keep in mind I log my weight every day so sometimes it's the same pound over and over...this week however it is all legit :-) 9lbs to 50! I'm so excited!0
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