Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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Well today is Friday .. the end of the week even though I no longer work; that habit of it being TGIF still resonates for me. Tomorrow is weigh-in day. It is with a certain amount of 'grit' that I will step on it in the morning. Judging by how my body feels, I have possibly gained or just barely stayed the same from last week. .. Recording what I ate into the app has just felt like such a hassle to do recently. I am recording the food in a journal but not calculating or limiting anything. Those are two ingredients for weight gain for me, generally. And somehow I just don't seem to care. I suspect it's the 'winter doldrums' from not being able to go out and 'play' in the natural outdoor elements. It zaps my energy to be so house bound as I am. That's gonna improve soon however. For a couple of reasons. One being that the season will start to move towards spring pretty soon now. Another is that I will be forced to venture out for PT and OT therapy appointments my doctor has prescribed. But then again, it's also possible that I am somewhat depressed, as so many people are this time of year. That, and the enveloping sadness I feel as a natural response to losses that strike at the emotions and need time to balance out. Whatever it is, it will straighten out and I will feel energized once again. And up-beat. And smiley instead of all a frown. Yep .. soon. Please, soon.1
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Saturday weight in ... showed a 1.2 pound loss ... but now I cannot remember if I had clothes on when I weighed myself last week or if it was just before I got into the shower. ... Guess I'll need to wait until next week to see where the trend is heading. ... I want it to head towards the photo of the scale I found from my last weight loss on-track image before I started my slow creep back up. That's was 16 pounds back ... and that's a doable goal cause I was there before and can crawl back to it again, and then move on.0
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Saturday weigh-in .. showed another loss this week on the Saturday weigh-ins. However, during the week I had a jump up that has left the weekly averages showing a slight bump up. ... with this constant up and down that my weight fluctuates I am still glad to see that today's weigh-in was a solid pound lower than it had been on January 1st ... even though, being a full 28 days into the month, I would have liked to see that doubled.
I used to do Intermittent Fasting ... not days long, but between 14-20 hours long. Somehow I slipped out of that when I went through a period of more urgent and frequent hunger signals and now am having a difficult time getting back into a reduced amount of meals. Thinking back, I think it's because I had slipped into 'bites' instead of meals when I did eat, trying to keep the 'damage' of excess calories lower. So now I am working on getting back into a routine and getting back into have a true meal and not a snack when I do get hungry.
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it’s been a minute since Christmas I guess. I weighed in today at 242 pounds which is higher from my before holiday weight but my weight has been going down since the 13 pound gain from last October through December. The good thing is that I am not getting down on myself if the scale isn’t moving as fast as I would like it to, and I also know why the scale is not moving as fast as I would like it to mostly because I choose to eat, like an *kitten* hat, most of the time.
I’m on mandatory overtime for work and it’s hard to get my workout in and my personal time in along with the overtime. Also, think I am like others and I find myself in seasonal depression a little bit. I’m so sick of the snow and the cold. I’ve lived here for 50 years and the older I get the more I hate it. But I have that dilemma where I only pay $850 for my house mortgage and even if I sell my house I can’t get another mortgage in this economy at that price so I’m kind of stuck between a rock and a hard place.
I also am not using this app to log my food anymore. I am doing a food journal instead I don’t want to be a slave to the scale. As far as weighing my food goes to make sure I am within a calorie point system. I want to be able to make the choices on my own and only eat when I’m hungry. Some days that is a huge challenge but then there other days where I actually forget to eat. However, with 200+ pounds on my body I’m sure a few days without eating is not a big deal lol.1 -
February 1 is here at last. The days are getting longer, they will soon become warmer as well. I will endeavor to see a lower weight scale number by 3, or 4, or 5 come March 1.
January was a 'bust' but it was also cuddlesome what with all the piled on sweaters and blankets to keep warm, and all the laying abed during the long dark hours. (Saw a 2 pound uptick from January 1 weigh-in to February 1 weigh-in) And I sharpened my bread making skills, created a few new recipes that made it into my keepers folder, and won a couple of games of Scrabble!
Decisions have to be made ... February will help me decide ... can I keep going to the Sr Center lunches twice a week or are they just too carb-heavy and thus need to be cut back to less times 'eating out'? ... the scale will tell!
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Just popping in quickly to say hi!
I am still here and doing ok. I’ve lost some weight but not as much as I have hoped. A lot has derailed me. I’m pushing through the best I can. I will read and respond later when I have more time. I hope you all are doing well.0 -
Tonight I am feeling a bit uneasy about a situation and am having a hard time winding down to get some sleep.
I feel guilty that I have not been on at all since November and have not kept up with the group. I am going to go back and read all the posts I missed and respond to you both.
@mnwalkingqueen
I am sorry to hear that you feel like you and your friend are drifting apart. I have a similar situation going on at the moment with a friend of mine. It hurts and is crummy. I hope things work out for you or at least you are able to part amicably and find your own happiness.
What kind of work do you do? I believe you've mentioned it before but I cannot remember what it is.
My turtle is perfectly fine! She was in my daughter's bathtub while I was cleaning out her tank. I do have more to my stove story that I will share later.
I am so sorry that December was very rough for you. I can relate on so many levels. My dad passed 5 years ago. I still have a really difficult time with holidays and birthdays because I miss him so much. The holidays were so different after he passed. I can also relate with your issue with your mother and her being toxic. It really is hurtful. I am sending you the biggest virtual hug.
I hope your car issues have resolved by now!
@nsk1951
I like the tradition of sharing what you are thankful for. We've tried it a few times however I've found in our group it was not well received. I also tried leaving thankful cards at everyone's seat. In the card I wrote something nice about them that we were thankful for. Most people loved it however my mother-in-law snickered about it and made some unkind remarks.
Reading through your posts you mentioned that you like calorie counting the best and that your selection of food tends to be higher in calories. Have you ever used a food scale? I find I do the best when I weigh out everything I eat and log it that way. It is a bit tedious and time consuming but I just wanted to throw it out there in case that is something you are interested in. I don't eat low carb at all, in fact, I eat a lot of carbs. It seems silly that I do that with my diagnosis, but from the research I've done and what I have been doing has helped tremendously. (More about my diagnosis later!!!!)
Your bread sounds delicious!
I am sending you a big virtual hug! That was very rude of the other patient to say. There are many factors that can lead us to remembering something differently. One shouldn't assume or imply someone has dementia because they got the time of their appointment wrong. I read your concerns. I am sorry this is an actual worry of yours. I am glad to hear you are intending on speaking to your doctor about it.0 -
My stove saga!!!
Just to recap, I was cleaning the turtle tank and heard a loud pop, like a transformer blowing, from behind me followed by my power going out. This was the Friday before Thanksgiving and we were hosting. My husband ordered a new stove which was scheduled to be delivered the day before Thanksgiving between 2pm and 7pm. We were hosting and I always use the day before Thanksgiving to do all my cooking. We received notice that they moved us to 12-5 delivery, then they bumped us up to 10-12 delivery. Yippie! They ended up showing up shortly before 10. The delivery guys were so incredibly nice, brought in my new stove, took out the old, set up the new stove and.... YUP it doesn't work!!!! I ended up having to cook all the Thanksgiving sides in the instant pot which took all day and well into the night. We ended up bringing all the food to my husband's aunt's house and had it there instead. Thankfully she was so willing to open her home to accommodate us. We had to reorder a stove, the following week it comes and the same thing....it doesn't work. We cancel that order and order a different brand as we were told there must be some type of manufacturer defect. The following week our 3rd stove comes and that doesn't work either. The delivery guy asked what I wanted him to do and if he should leave the stove. I told him a broken stove was of no use to me and that he would have to take it back. The other delivery guy starts speaking in Spanish to the first guy then curtly says "Check it." The other delivery guy pulls out a device and checks my outlet. Sure enough it is not the stove but an issue with the outlet. They leave the stove and we call an electrician in. A few days later the electrician comes and we explain the situation. He looks at the outlet for the stove and starts pointing out everything that was wrong with the outlet. The outlet was loose, there was no metal box around it, the wiring wasn't up to code. He also checks our breaker and discovers our box is so old that they no longer make them. Not only do they not make them but the model we have is known to be faulty and cause house fires. Due to this they cannot even get replacement parts for them any more. So not only do we have to replace the breaker box but we had to replace all the electrical throughout my entire house. The electrician was actually very surprised that our entire wall was not black. He believes what I heard was the electricity coming out of the loose wires and going back into the very first source it found. He thinks it went back into the outlet. He said we are very lucky that it did trip the breaker because our breaker is known not to trip when it is supposed to. He stressed that we were super lucky that our issue wasn't worse and implied we could have lost our house. Thankfully the electricians were able to start the work the following day (Friday) however informed us due to the amount of work being done this would take a week to complete. Of course Saturday night my daughter wakes up with a fever and very sick. I took her to the doctor on Monday and she was diagnosed with the flu. I spent the rest of the week trying to keep my sick child in the opposite side of the house away from where the electricians were working and keep her entertained the best I could with no electricity. Mid week my husband becomes sick but thankfully his only lasted 24 hours. Friday my husband went into the office, my daughter went back to school and the electricians finish up the last of their work. It was a glorious day! Saturday night I start feeling off. I take my temperature and I have a 102.9. We are a few days away from Christmas. We are supposed to host, my house is a disaster from having a sick child at home and major work done on my house and now I have the flu. I told my husband we were just going to have to cancel Christmas at this point but he didn't want to quite yet and insisted we wait a few days to see how I feel. He felt that he rebounded so quickly and I would to. Well, that was not the case. I missed the entire week of work. The last day I potentially could have gone in as I was fever free for over 24 hours but my stomach was terribly off. My husband spoke to his family and they all wanted to still come. So we ended up hosting. I felt really good Christmas day, despite a terrible lingering cough and everything ended up working out well.
But my saga doesn't end there. In the meantime, around the same time as the stove/ electrical our dishwasher broke. It wasn't draining water. Thankfully we are still under warranty. The repairman came and ordered our parts however they were on back order. Two weeks ago they came in and the man came back to fix it however one of the parts came in broken. We've been waiting for the new part to come in and are scheduled to have that fixed on Valentine's Day. We have not had a dishwasher since November. You don't realize what a luxury it is until you don't have it any more. I am beyond over washing dishes!
But of course my saga also doesn't end there either. Our dryer also broke around the same time the stove/electricity incident. The dryer is also still under warranty. The repairman also came to fix it however he was not the type of person you would have confidence in to fix your appliances. He knocked on our door and my husband was greeted with "Do you have a bathroom?" and had the personality of a bowl of noodles. He also had to call into the service several times for assistance on how to fix our dryer. There were a lot of "Uhhhhh.....uhhhhh" while he was on the phone. I did not get the impression that he was very skilled at his job. He ordered the part and left. I said to my husband "Do you want to place bets? I say when he comes back he has the wrong part." Sure enough the following week he returned and had the wrong part. We had to wait another week for him to return. He returned the week I was sick. I made my husband deal with him. Thankfully we have a working dryer now.
I apologize for any errors I have. I am getting tired and don't have it in me to go back and correct my mistakes.0 -
One last ramble.
January was iffy. I had some type of stomach virus for a week that left me unable to eat without getting sick. Between the flu and stomach virus I did hit 200 lbs on the scale. But sadly I am back up to 206.
I had originally calculated and planned on reaching Onderland by Christmas. With all that was going on that didn't happen. My birthday is on Saturday, it is going to be my 50th! I had planned on reaching Onderland by then. Well as of today I am 206 on the scale. I highly doubt I will reach my goal by then. I was really disappointed with myself. But as I think about it now, I am realizing it is not that bad. Yes, I am not where I had hoped to be at all. Compared to where I was when I first restarted my journey I have come such a long way. I am really proud of myself.
What mnwalkingqueen said about identifying triggers resonated with me. Just this morning I had a similar conversation with a friend of mine. I don't know what my deal is. I don't know why I seem to be self sabotaging. These past two weeks I cannot seem to stop mindless eating. I could have understood this more if I engaged in this behavior in December and would have chalked it up to stress eating but that wasn't the case. I was surprisingly good with that. It was just not being able to cook the way I normally would that did me in. Also it didn't help we had a lot of treats in the house due to the holidays that I snacked on here and there. The beginning of January was hard because it was the 1 year anniversary of my mom's passing and my dad's bday. There were a lot of emotions there but I didn't feel triggered food wise. In fact, I was feeling healthy again and got back into my workouts. I was feeling really happy too for many reasons. It's really puzzling because I cannot pinpoint what is triggering me.
To further explain why I have been feeling really happy... Part of it is due to realizations that I have come to in my life. Realizing how things are and what I need to do to make myself happy and doing them. Another part is how I am combatting any stresses with exercise and how the exercise in general makes me feel. But a huge part of my happiness is the results of my last blood work. I have been officially cleared by my doctor. My A1C is no longer considered diabetic NOR am I considered pre-diabetic! I have worked so incredibly hard for this. I did a happy dance around my house when I received the news from my doctor.0 -
Gee @JNettie73 , Thanks for the virtual hug! I don’t recall what venting post it was now, but whatever it was, hugs are always a good thing to get, and give.
Yes, I do use a food scale. Being a woman who cooks 95% of my meals, and never seem to repeat a recipe exactly as the time before … I need to weigh ingredients, or sometimes use other measuring tools .. to get the correct balance of ingredients in preparing the dish. Serving measurements depend on the kind of food it is. … For example, if I weighed everything making a soup, stew or casserole, I don’t generally weigh the portion iself but use volume measuring tools instead. I know how many servings it made based on the measuring tool and count those. However, when I use a portion of my homemade bread, that needs to be weighed as I never can cut a slice evenly. Same thing goes for a single serve of a protein or other food you divide to eat. A piece of fruit .. not so much because I always buy the smallest ones available, except for those small ones like grapes or berries.
I am still considered Diabetic, even though my a1c is in the normal range. That’s because my blood glucose still spikes to above 180 after some of the foods I eat without coming back down to a normal range within 2 hours. Also, my morning fasted measurement is above 100.
And, OH … My .. GOSH … what a winter you have been having! Many, many HUGS to you!
AFM .. It is so good to have longer daylight once again. And a few more days with actual sun shine! I live in an area that is overcast most of the time!
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@nsk1951
Ahhhh that makes sense. I do the same.
It was my 50th birthday on Saturday. We went away for the weekend to Vermont. I love it there. It is so easy to eat a vegan diet there as there are a lot of options in many restaurants. (I am not fully vegan but try to eat vegan when I can. I eat predominately WFPBNO but on occasion flip back to vegetarian.) The inn we stayed at had a gym. My daughter got up with me every morning and went with me to the gym. It was really cute. She was too little for a few of the machines but she enjoyed the treadmill and weights. We went snowshoeing and snow tubing and did a lot of walking around town. We also visited the Ben and Jerry's factory for a tour. I tried their vegan ice cream and it was delicious! There were so many things we had wanted to do but didn't have the time for them. Next time we go back we plan on staying longer. My daughter loved it there too.
I was gifted a new cookbook for my birthday - Forks over Knives. I made bulgur stuffed tomatoes on Monday from the book. They were really delicious. I am looking forward to making and discovering new recipes.
My plans for this week were originally to change up my workout routine and start doing some of my workout dvds. Monday I was so busy doing laundry, cleaning, food shopping and putting together valentine's for my daughter's class I didn't have time to workout. But I did get my 10K steps in for the day. Monday night I began to feel a bit off with a sore throat. I decided to take it easy yesterday as I still was not feeling great and do my regular bike routine. My goal for next week is going to be incorporating my workout dvds.
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Hello! First post here. I’m Nyx. So, quick overview, I guess. CW: 298 GW:250 Eventually down the line 170. I’ve had this app for years but it’s been inactive for several. A recent death in my family and his request beforehand motivated me to get my health on track. I have Bipolar Disorder and Binge Eating Disorder (not ashamed of them) so the medications I need to live a successful and safe life seem to work against me in some ways so that I have to work harder when it comes to managing weight. I could really use accountability/motivation friends so if you feel inclined, I’m open to adds.
Goals for the week: Hit hydration goal daily; Log food daily; Meditate/journal over why’s; Meet minimum step requirement; Accept failures WHEN they come.
I got hit with a nasty sinus infection so exercise has been practically nonexistent this week.😔0 -
Hi Everyone!
@JNettie73- wow what a roller coaster ride with your appliances. I’m glad you’re getting everything figured out.
i’m sorry that your families been so sick the beginning of this year and the end of last year. I hope everybody stays healthy for a while.
Awesome news on your bloodwork and your A1c numbers.
I’ve always wanted to go to Vermont maybe not in the winter cause I hear it’s worse than Minnesota but I bet the fall is beautiful. sounds like you’ve got in a lot of fun stuff. Oh, I don’t know how I would’ve made it with only one choice of ice cream from the Ben & Jerry’s.
We are very close in age I turned 50 in March.
@nsk195- I hope February is going better for you. I also hope that you’ve been able to get out a little bit more this month. I hadn’t heard you talk much about the volunteering thing. Did you decide to continue or stop? Maybe I did read something about it and I’m just not remembering. That’s a story of my life lately.
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As my 50th birthday gets closer, I feel like I’m just constantly reminded of being alone.
as for my car issues girl I have decided that I’m not putting any more money into my car as far as repairs. I’m just going to do oil changes in the basics and then from there we’ll figure it out if something goes wrong. I’ve added a car note to my budget that should be put into savings each month. Well, the month of January that didn’t happen because it snowed 15 inches in like two days so I had to pay somebody to roof rake my house because I was too short to get the roof rake to reach the vents on my house. That cost me almost the entire amount of money that a car payment would’ve. And this month my heating bill went up drastically due to the 35% increase and heating costs so there went half of that car payment to savings back to the utility company. I don’t really I’m starting to wish that I didn’t want to be a homeowner as bad as I did because it’s really starting to become super super annoying I guess especially when you don’t have a lot of money and you’re considered poor . There are days I want to just go back to apartment living, but it would cost me more to rent an apartment than it does from my house payment right now.
Oh, so for my job, I work for Optum insurance, it’s a health care company. I the program I actually work with allows vets to go to doctors other than at the VA hospital and it is my job to make sure that those doctors get their paperwork turned in on time so vets can get their benefits. It’s also my job to call the hospitals and get the medical records sent to us. It’s a job that just requires you to sit and stare at a computer all day. The plus side of it is I get to work at home in my pajamas. I don’t know much about the military lifestyle so that sometimes makes it a little bit more challenging for me to understand how what I might be doing is actually helping people . My dad was in the national guards so that’s slightly different. It is still a military type branch but it’s not the same as having family that is in like the Navy or the Marines or Army.
as for me, I was hoping to be also at Wonderland by my birthday I felt that would’ve gave me a whole year to lose 83lbs. I will not reach that, but for the first time, I am not disappointed in myself. Because I know what I have done to contribute to not losing that weight versus excuses and blaming others or other things. Can I just tell you, though for someone who loves the heat I can’t wait for all the snow to melt and summer to be on its way.
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I'm a returning user. I'm losing weight this time to improve my overall health. I have fibromyalgia and mctd. Exercise has been difficult due to the pain. I'm trying to go back to moderate exercise, low calorie meals, and finding ways to reduce my inflammation. I've never been a part of a community and thought it would be wonderful to have people who support your goals and help support other like-minded individuals. This is also an important lifestyle change that I feel needs to be permanent. I want to be able to be active with my family again.2
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Hi all! Welcome @nyxxie2509 and @igoldy2022 . Good fortune on your weight loss journeys! As you both well know .. it's often a bumpy ride! Fasten those seat belts! Keep going!
Happy Belated birthday @JNettie73! I miss my workout DVD's .. I bought the whole series of 'Sweating To the Oldies' back in 1988 or '89 and did them a lot. My mom used to the the Stretching ones with me. I still have the DVD's, but not something to play them on. Maybe I can do something about that!
@mnwalkingqueen, you have a birthday in March ... so do I.... However, there is a 28-year age difference between you, JNettie and me. ... I will officially be 78 years old on St Patricks Day. Lordie-Me, where does the time fly and how fast it does seem to have gone by. I can so understand and relate to your issues with cars and houses! And with the realization that it's all overwhelming to handle single-handedly, but not being able to find a way out because of timing and circumstances! ... I hope things smooth out for you; like soon!
AFM ... I am starting to get ticked off with myself. That's a very useless emotion unless it is used to put drive and energy behind some sort of action. Hopefully into productive and helpful action and not the sort that is unhealthy. My weight is not going in the direction of my desires; but it IS a true reflection of the patterns and habits I have let lead me into the types of behaviors that lead to poor weight-management results! ... Like eating a late evening snack, or waking up for hours in the middle of the night and a snack then too. And those snacks are, realistically, another meal; one that my body doesn't really need at all, but my mind tells me I want it.
Yes, I am still volunteering for the Alzheimer's Respite Day ... the one I go to is only held 1x a month. Last month the person I was to buddy up with didn't come. It was an extremely cold day and a lot of people who had been signed up for the day ended up not coming. So I felt a bit like a fifth-wheel but joined in helping out and partaking of the activities and ended the day feeling very good for having been a part of it all. I've made myself available on 3 days a week to help out at the Office for the Aging (Senior Center) volunteer program and am awaiting a need for the service I can offer and deliver. They need volunteers in some ways that I cannot do because of my own physical limitations but I know something will crop up sooner or later that will fit.
Saturday is my official weigh-in day for the week. Till then.!
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I apologize I use talk to text a lot on my phone for the app and I didn’t see that there were new people that joined. Welcome new people and good luck on your journey. My best advice is that every day is a new day and never beat yourself up. I know sometimes that’s easier said than done.0
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Saturday Check-in ...
My weight is down, like 1.2 pounds so far the 2023 from where I started on January 1. It's been in maintenance mode after being in a slight gain mode from June till the end of 2022. ... I am eating more often. That's what I have decided is the culprit. But .. .now I ask myself .. When did this pattern or eating more often creep in? What happened in June that wasn't a part of my lifestyle habits before then?
I was down to a new all-time weight-loss journey scale weight of 216.2 pounds in June before I started to creep back up. That weight gain actually almost cancelled out what I had lost during the first half of 2022 . ... I've had experiences like this in the past ... lose #n pounds and gain it back, or most of it, or sometimes even more ... that's why I've been on a weight loss journey for the past decade and still haven't reached a weight in "Onederland" ... which is where I was striving to get to back when I first joined MFP under a different name. OK .. confession time is over ... now it's time to sort through what I think might be going on .. besides the fact that I am turning 78 next month and thus don't need as much food as I did in the past. Especially as I am less mobile now, and have to use a wheeled walker to be able to stand up and walk. Still, I was using the walker last year as well, when I was still in my own house instead of an apartment. And actually, living in the apartment makes me take more steps to get to my car ... It's a 300 foot walk to the car instead of 14 feet from door to door.
So, I repeat ... But .. .now I ask myself .. When did this pattern or eating more often creep in? What happened in June that wasn't a part of my lifestyle habits before then?
The only thing I can think of at the moment is something that's been playing in my thoughts as I've thought on this issue of how I let this happen. ... Lunch at the Office for the Aging on two days a week. ... But, how can that be? It's not like I'm eating extra meals just on those days .. my extra meals are happening is a short period of time AFTER supper, and again on many sleepless middle-of-the-night periods where I turn to food as a way to help me fall back to sleep again.
So ... what will I do to change that? What can I do? ... My thinking cap is on. My mind is open to suggestions.
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@nyxxie2509 @igoldy2022
Welcome to the group. We are glad to have you join us! Be sure to come back from time to time and let us know how you are doing!
@mnwalkingqueen
Vermont is absolutely beautiful! I've been twice and only in the winter. Both times it was cold but tolerable. I have not been there for any of their big storms though. I would love to go back in other seasons to see what it is like. There is so much to do there.
The people at Ben and Jerry's only give out one free sample on the tour but you can go and purchase what you want in their ice cream shop. There were several dairy free/ vegan friendly flavors that I could buy. Honestly, I got a small and it was way too much ice cream for me. There small was what I imagined a medium ice cream would be. My husband, who can put away the food, said the same thing.
My grandfather was in the National Guard too! He retired a brigadier general.
Do you have anything fun planned for your birthday? I love that you are not disappointed with yourself for not reaching your goal but are proud of yourself. You have been working so hard and all of your effort definitely pays off! I am proud of you!
@nsk1951
Thank you for the birthday wish.
Oh my goodness, Sweating to the Oldies!!! My good friend and I were just talking about that the other day. We used to do those workouts in my house. My mother would tease us whenever we did them. But they were good workouts. You definitely got your heart rate up and sweated!
I can relate to where you are and how you feel about the weight loss. I found myself in the same position. I lose, gain a few lbs back, lose again. At times I feel it is a never ending cycle. I know it is normal for our weight to fluctuate but what I was experiencing was not that. I did a lot of reflecting. The truth of the matter came down to I was not being honest with what I was eating. I was eating healthy but I would snack frequently. I think some of it was from boredom. Granted my snacks were healthy, but they add up over time. I definitely was not keeping track of what and how much I was eating. I know I mentioned it before, I find I do best when I take the time to use my food scale and accurately measure/ log my food. I have been really good with exercising regularly. I love it, it makes me feel very alive and happy. But I do other little tricks to help me get moving more when at home or outside of the house. Whenever I go to work or the store I intentionally park at the far end of the parking lot this way I am forced to walk a little bit extra. Friday is my big laundry day. I fold the laundry all in one room. Rather than put in a basket and take to the room it needs to go I bring one pile at a time - pants, shirts and so on. It's a lot of multiple trips and walking, not the most time effective method at all but I am okay with that. When I am in the kitchen cooking I turn on music and dance while I am cooking. I also find myself cleaning a lot more when I am home. I've gotten to the point that it is rare that I just sit down to relax or watch tv anymore.
As for me, I have been fluctuating with my weight since the new year began. Like I mentioned above, it was because I was not being honest with myself. This past week I have been focusing more on my diet, more specifically how much I was eating. This morning I got on the scale and it seems that I lost a pound. It was a nice surprise to see. My plan is to keep it up and get back to logging my food honestly. Tomorrow I am starting my workout DVDs too. (I don't know if I mentioned but I was not able to start them like I had intended this past week.)0 -
Here are two pictures from our trip.
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I just bought these two planters and replanted 2 of my plants. I am obsessed with them.
We have had an unusually warm winter. I am starting to get excited for spring to come. I just purchased all of my seeds. Last season I bought myself a small greenhouse. I am going to start all my vegetables from seed this year and grow them in there until it is warm enough to plant in the ground. I am so excited!
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@jnettie33 ... your planters are really cute ... and what's growing inside them are 2 of my favorite houseplants that were always a part of my collection back 'in the old days' .. Purple Passion and Prayer Plant is what we used to call them back then. Brings a smile to my face!
PS .. and your adorable daughter is a miniature 'mommy's' double! Seems to look just like I would think you did at her age.0 -
@nsk1951
Thank you! The top one is tradescantia and the bottom is maranta. I had a beautiful planter that was gifted to me when my mother passed away last year. In the planter were several plants. I've been needing to replant them. The maranta was one of the plants from that collection. Yesterday I replanted the rest of the plants into their own pots. The pots aren't as cute as these though.
Awww thanks about my daughter. There are times I think she looks like me but a lot of people say she looks just like my husband. We had a mommy and me day earlier in the week. We went walking at the mall and she decided to get her ears pierced. We had such a great day!
I have been listening to a weight loss summit all week. The summit focuses on a plant based diet. The speakers are leading doctors and researchers in the field. A few of which I own and read their books. One of the presentations yesterday was led by the writers of Mastering Diabetes. MD is what initially got me to change my diet to WFPBNO. It was wonderful listening them speak and explain things.
One of the things I find interesting with this summit is the doctors are saying not to calorie count when you are on a whole food plant based diet. Their perspective is you can eat as much as you want as long as you are eating WFPB. I don't know if I am ready to embrace that theory. Though if you look at my food diary there are several days/ weeks where I have not logged my food at all. Some days I've logged one or two meals out of the day then stopped. Based on my experience, during this time I have lost weight and have been able to maintain my weight. Though when I do not calorie count the weight comes off super slowly. Which brings me to another point that was made by one of the speakers, a nutritionist. She said that weight loss should not happen quickly. That it is perfectly normal to lose 1/2 a pound over the course of a month. Her premise was saying that slow weight is better for the long term ability to keep it off. I am finding this all very interesting. I am picking and choosing with points and methods I feel are right for my journey and going from there. I am not ready to stop calorie counting, even though I am not always consistent with it. I am also not ready to embrace a very slow weight loss when I have so much to lose. The summit is very informative and giving me hope and inspiration. I know when I do get to that point that I will be able to do it on my own and keep my weight down.0 -
@JNettie73 ...that's very interesting to me about WFPB eating. Especially what you heard about it and diabetes. ... I am diabetic and have been advised to go as low carb as possible ... which is not possible on WFPB, as that is a vegetarian method of eating I do include 'creature' proteins in my about a third of my meals.
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@nsk1951
A little background. When I was pregnant with my daughter I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes. I saw a endo and nutritionist regularly. The program the nutritionist had me on was not working with my vegetarian lifestyle. Vegetarianism is something very important to me and not something I am willing to give up. I was hungry all the time, stressed over every single meal but I kept at it and did exactly what she told me to. Each visit with the endo I kept getting negative feedback. The endo kept putting me on higher doses of insulin that I had to inject into my stomach. (I have a needle phobia) It was a horrendous time. Once my daughter was born my GD went away. I stopped going to the endo and nutritionist because I didn't find it was helpful at all and each time I left I felt like a big failure. I also went back to my old eating habits. With a new born, I just ate whatever was quick and easy. 6 years later it finally caught up with me when I received my official diagnosis. I had a panic attack because there was no way I could go back to living life like that again. I decided to go against my doctor's advice and did my own research. I began researching vegetarian diabetics, joined a few groups on Facebook and tried to learn how people like me were combatting their disease because like you said eating low carb is impossible to do on a plant based diet. That is when I came across Mastering Diabetes. I bought the book, began reading and following their program. It goes again everything the doctors tell you to do. I was skeptical because how could all these doctors who went to school and studied this give incorrect advice? I decided to give it a try because in my groups there were hundreds of people like me who had a lot of success on it. My results were a bit slow because I've had a lot of events that derailed me from being 100% compliant. But my results were there. If I were completely compliant it would not have taken me 2.5 years to get there. Every 3 months I had blood work drawn and met with my doctor. Each visit my numbers on everything decreased. From there I graduated to seeing her every 6 months and eventually was told I met goal. I still have blood drawn every 6 months and test my BGL on my own. I feel testing helps keep me on track as it would be very easy for me to go off plan and think it is okay then be shocked at my next appointment.
The premise of Mastering Diabetes is WFPBNO eating. Whole food plant based no oil. Personally, I have found the no oil is the biggest part of this component. That effects me more than eating processed foods, though I still avoid those the best I can too. They have a chart of foods that fall into green, yellow and red light categories. The green ones are the foods you can have all the time - your fruits and vegetables. Yellow you can have in moderation - these are nuts, seeds and avocados, plant based milks, sprouted bread, pasta and so on. Red light foods are things you need to avoid completely -meat products, dairy, processed foods, refined white foods. Here is the link so you can see it in more detail - https://www.masteringdiabetes.org/diabetes-nutrition-guidelines/ (You will have to scroll down to see the visual chart outlining this) Eating this way reduces your insulin resistance as well of reducing your cholesterol. It reduces your risk of heart disease, stroke, medications. Everything they discussed was what I read in the book 2 years ago so it was a refresher for me.
If it is something you are interested in I would recommend seeing if your library has their book. The book is filled with a lot of information and explains it a lot better than I can.
Based on my personal experience, their method does indeed work! I am so glad I've found it. It has saved my life!0 -
Thanks @JNettie73 ...I will researchthat book and the website link you provided. Glad it worked for you. Even more glad you have found a way of eating that you can live with for the rest of your life.
AFM .. Saturday Check-IN ... According to my scale, I lost weight this week, but according to previous entries in my logbook, it was actually 'stay the same' because I had an uptick in scale weight from going out to eat at a restaurant with some friends on Saturday evening. I had the most wonderful tasting Fish Fry at Tully's and then the 4 of us shared an ice cream/cookie/whipped cream with a cherry on top dessert ... one cookie and one scoop vanilla for each of us. ... Wow ... that ended up being my only meal that day because it was so calorie and food filled! Still, my weight shot up 5 pounds within 48 hours of that meal, then started dropping again as I was back to my normally consumed foods.
This past week, I had to cancel going to one of the Sr Center lunches because of bad weather, and because they were closed on the other day. Even though it is right next door, I wouldn't have been able to walk over because of ice and snow on the ground. The rolling seat/walker is great to get me upright and supported while walking but the wheels don't go through that kind of ground mess. Snow or slush jam up the wheel mounts and then the wheels won't turn. ... And, I think I learned something that I have been suspecting ... the meals are at 12 noon and high carb, low protein, no salt, no fat. They are usually tasty enough and filling .. and are one of two changes in my diet this past year, since the program reopened in May after Covid related shut-down. ... 1. I stopped being able to follow through on the program I'd been following with Intermittent Fasting, and 2. I started craving more carbs, having more acute hunger signals ... And, with just not having been to the lunch since last week Thursday, I was able to go back to my fasting routine with no issue, and my cravings have stopped. ... So I am going to have to stop going there two times a week and maybe not go at all. When I first started in May, I only went twice a month but it evolved into twice a week because of the fun socializing and activities after the meal. I had felt the socializing was more important to my overall health than fighting cravings; that I could adjust my foods the rest of the day to compensate ... it didn't work. Now .. was this a fluke? Did I really hit on something or just am seeing what I want to see about it because I've been blaming the lunches for my behavior around food? ... Well ... March will tell. I am not going to all the lunches, but will go to half of them. And now that I am back into a fasting routine, I'll see how it seems to work out during March.0 -
Happy March 1st!
My starting weight this month is 205.
My goals for this month are:- Gilad Xcelerate 4 Dvds
- 45 minute outdoor activity at least one time a week - weather dependent
- Focus on water consumption
- Make time at least 2-3 times a week to read my books
- Start taking progress pictures and monthly body measurements again.
My Gilad Xcelerate 4 - is a program consisting of 4 dvds. Each one is approximately 35 minutes long. Each workout focuses on working different muscle groups. Ideally I would like to do one of these a day in addition to my bike. I started these last week. So far I like the workouts a lot. One of the workouts, abs and buns is really difficult for me. I struggled greatly and felt frustrated but I stuck with it and didn't give up. I am really proud of myself for not giving up. I know the next time I do the workout I will struggle again but have confidence over time it will become easier and before I know it I will no longer struggle.
I have several books that I want to read. The first one is titled How Not to Die. It focuses on plant based eating and how it effects our health and assists in combatting diseases. I attended a virtual summit last week. The author of the book was one of the speakers. I am excited to get reading.0 -
I am taking the morning to do something I usually don't do. Just sit and relax!
I use Fitbit to track my steps. In the app there are some groups. I just joined a 75 day challenge group. You can either do a challenge you set for yourself OR you can do the challenge they set. I am doing a combination of mine and theirs.
1) Workout 2x a week outdoors - weather permitting. This can be anything - a structured workout, gardening, washing the car and so on.
2) Drink 8 glasses of water - I am working on just increasing my water intake
3) Stick to your chosen diet
4) Read 10 pages of nonfiction - I am working on reading 2x a week as reading daily doesn't work for my schedule. To do so I am compromising time with my husband.
5) Gilad Xcelerate 4 dvds - do one dvd a day in addition to my bike.
The catch with this is you miss completing a day you have to start all over at day 1. It is a lot harder than I anticipated it was. I started then had to restart several times. I am still on day 1. LOL I am hitting most of the goals but was finding a hard time meeting their goal of water and reading. Especially reading. I was also finding I was falling asleep while reading. Those things were causing me to have to restart again. I just revamped those goals to make them more realistic for me and match my goals that I have on here. I am hoping that does the trick and I can move past day 1. LOL
I've been doing my Gilad dvds every day. I just finished my second rotation with them. I am amazed that only after a week I feel like I am getting stronger. I noticed the parts of the workouts that were extremely hard for me last time were not as difficult for me this time. That within itself is extremely motivating.
I've been cooking my way through a new cookbook. So far every recipe we have tried has been fantastic! I feel like my nutrition is back on track. Between better nutrition, more water and changing up my exercise I feel a lot better. I have mental clarity, my mood has improved and I have a lot more energy.
I had my husband take progress pictures of me this month. I have not put them into a collage and compared them to my previous ones yet. This morning I took my body measurements. I wanted to get that done because my dvds work on a lot of strength training. I thought it would be really interesting to see how my body changes over the course of the next month. The last time I took body measurements was in November. I was surprised to see my measurements went down a half an inch, some measurements went down 1 inch.
I am feeling really motivated and happy. I am looking forward to all the good things to come!0 -
Saturday Check In ... So, I didn't eat at the Sr Center this past week. You need to sign up a week ahead of time and I didn't do that ... and then someone from there called me and I signed up for just 1 day this month. That's just as they have gone to serving lunch 3 times a week! ... LOL ...
I have a doctor appointment coming up soon and I so want to be lighter on the scale there than I was 3 months ago!
No weight-report this week ... except to say it's 'holding steady'.0 -
I didn't get a chance to check in yesterday.
Starting weight: 270 March 2021
Total loss to date: 64.2
March 2023 Start Weight: 205.8
March Goal Weight:202
Ultimate Goal Weight: TBD
Happy 2-year anniversary!
March 5: 204.3
March 12:
March 19:
March 26:
I have been doing really well and feel like I am completely refocused. My page says I have lost more weight but that doesn't account for the loss and regain cycle. 3 more pounds until my lowest documented MFP weight. 4.3 more pounds until I hit Onderland!
I am glad that I have been keeping records of my journey. I was trying to figure out how long it has been since I've started. I thought I was on year 3. I started becoming a bit sad when I thought about my progress so far and how long it has taken me. For 3 years I feel like I should have been a lot further long in my journey and started feeling like I let myself down. I know I shouldn't think like that and do believe progress is progress no matter how slow it comes. But realizing it is actually 2 years not 3 makes it feel a lot better for me.
I have been sticking to my new routine. Some days I find I am just not drinking enough water, those days I tend to be extremely busy. I do need to get a better control on that. I have been making time for myself to sit and read my book. I am finding the book very interesting. This morning I was reading about preventing heart disease and cholesterol, which resonated with me. My doctor has been suggesting I go on medication for it even though my cholesterol is good. She says it would be as a preventative. I feel that I've been controlling everything through diet and exercise. Each round of blood work shows what I am doing IS working. My numbers continue to drop and are now in good ranges. I don't see the point of having to take a medication when I can control it with diet and exercise. If there comes a time that what I am doing is no longer working then I will agree to the medications. It was reassuring to read my exact thoughts in a book written by a medical professional with scientific studies backing it up.
I am feeling really good about everything. I feel like I am going to experience a lot of progress this month. I feel like I am in an excellent place.
@nsk1951
Best of luck to you with your doctor appointment. I hope it goes well!
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