Need to Lose 100 LBS -Robins Thread !
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hey ladies, I am so sorry that I have been off the grid… I have been fighting with the city to plow my alley,so tired of not being able to go places because I can’t get out my alley. I tend to isolate and shut down and eat like crap more. It’s been a hell of a winter and at times I’ve been thinking of leaving Minnesota all together but then that brings me stress. I read through all your post and lots of insightful information.
@JNettie73- Great photos and planters
@nsk1951- Love seeing your process of working through your weight.0 -
Just checking in.
I have been sticking to my new routine and it is working out very well for me. I did 60 minutes on my bike today but I am skipping my Gilad workout for now. Today is strength training and focuses on a lot of shoulder exercises. My right shoulder has been tender since the weekend. I am concerned if I do the workout I will make it worse. I am going to make today my "rest" day from Gilad.
As usual I've been in the kitchen working my way through two cookbooks. I am having so much fun experimenting with new recipes and discovering new food combinations that we all like. Tonight we are having leftover from last night - homemade Aloo Gobi and Naan. I wasn't sure how my daughter would like it but she ended up loving it!
@mnwalkingqueen
So sorry to hear you are not getting plowed out. I live on a dead end in my development. We always are the last to get plowed. During blizzards we always have to wait it out. Sometimes its a day or two before a plow comes. I know how frustrated I get with that, and we don't have those storms very often. I can only imagine how you feel. I am sorry you are going through that.
I am in love with my planters. I put them in my art/workout room. I look at them every day and smile. They bring me so much joy!0 -
@JNettie73 - great job sticking to your fake routine. I hope your shoulder feels better soon hey, I’m just checking in… I am so happy that it warmed up enough here that the city actually plowed the alley after complaining every day for a week. So weird I could actually leave my house today and I didn’t actually go anywhere because I didn’t have anything to do, I’m so used to having to stay at home lol
So I’m not sure if anybody else here is into Broadway shows but if the Broadway show Tina comes to your town and you like Tina Turner music it’s a great play. At least in Minnesota it was extremely reasonable. It was less than $50 a ticket. Most places aren’t that cheap, so I’m thinking that most of the actors are not super famous.
Anyway, onto Fitness information I know I’ve gained weight because my pants are tighter and I’m refusing to step on the scale because I know it will take my mind into a “F” it mode.
so I just realize that I need to really work on my mind frame or should I say frame of mind. I’m going to be searching my Roku for workout videos to do because pacing from my garage to my front gate is getting really boring. I’m so ready for spring summer and fall.0 -
I had a birthday on Friday ... 78.
My sister and I were talking on the phone and she said "did you ever think we would get this old?" .. she's 4 years ahead of me. I said ... "NO, I remember wishing that I would make it to 75" , like our mom did! That was way back, when I was 282 pounds and our brother had just passed away. He was 'a big man'. And that was the event that was cold water in my face about my own health.
I am still trying to control my weight and still working on slimming down more. This past year I weighed in higher than I had last year on my birthday so I have a lot of work to do. But you know, somehow the weight loss motivation isn't the primary focus for me as it once was. Now it's more about mobility and social interaction ... I find that I feel more lonesome and alone than I did when I was caring for my own house. That I crave the fellowship of other people more than I once did. I suppose it's because there isn't as much to keep me occupied in a 600 sq ft apartment than had been in my own house and grounds. Plus, it's not as easy for me to get around and get outdoors .. there really is no where around the apartment building to sit outdoors like there had been at my house .. where I would be able to get outside every day even if just to sit on a bench on the porch and get the sunshine on my face ... on the front porch in the morning and on the back porch in the late afternoon. I miss that. ... However ... that is no reason for me to not be more attentive and more willing to push myself to get outdoors here.
I'm thinking about ways I can incorporate more activity and better food choices into my routine ... In the mornings, I have more energy and motivation, but by the time I have had my morning coffee and gotten dressed, I am already pooped and demotivated! ... that's gotta change! I'll keep you posted about how I modify my routine as I get going into it.
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NSV alert!!! Yesterday's workout is a full body toning one. A lot of lunges combined with weights. One portion of the workout we do push-ups. These have always been really challenging for me. My entire life I have never been able to do one. The first set yesterday I was able to do 6 modified push-ups, the second set I was able to do 10 modified ones. I am so excited. It is an amazing feeling to see how I am progressing.
Over the weekend we went shopping. I treated myself to some ankle weights and new resistance tubes. I used the ankle weights during my bike the other day. It really made a difference. A half hour into my workout I began to get tired!
@nsk1951
Happy happy birthday!
That is nice that you were able to talk with your sister. Does she live close to you? Do you get to see her very often? I can understand how mobility and socialization would be your primary focus at the moment. With spring finally here and things starting to warm up I hope you are able to get outdoors a little more frequently and get that sunshine on your face!
@mnwalkingqueen
I am glad to hear that you were finally plowed! How much longer do you have until you no longer get snow by you? Sorry to hear about the weight gain. I know how frustrating that must be for you. That is a great idea of finding some workouts on Roku.
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This sentence caught my eye in the Challenges discussions ...
"This challenge is 100 days of weighing in daily. This is where we track our fluctuations on a day to day basis to see which foods, activities, & movement make the scale move in the right direction."
I didn't join the challenge online, but decided to weigh in every day again until the end of June. I used to weigh in daily at one time ... actually, it was during that time when I was steadily losing! HAH!
So, did I also give myself a challenge weight loss goal? Yep! 1 pound a week. I will tell here how I'm doing.
@JNettie73 ...That is a good idea; full body workouts and weights. Your post reminded me that I used to do those every day while I made my morning coffee, right after my morning stretches. Somehow I have stopped doing those since moving into my apartment! ... Wow, thanks for the reminder .. I'm gonna get back to it!
@mnwalkingqueen ... I think you can access YouTube via the ROKU and on there you might be able to join the SiverSneakers playlistsl. They have exercise videos that are really great. Heres the link to the one they postes 2 weeks ago for "10-Minute Strength Circuit" ...
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It's a good thing I started that 100-day weigh in challenge.
I'm not posting on the thread but I am keeping up the chart in my personal document on my desktop. My personal week ends on Saturday this year, so there are a few more days to go, however I weighed in for 8 days so far and am close to target for what goals I set for myself. I want to lose 1 lb a week and still need to work on my approach but am close.
Now it's a matter of adjusting my food intake and energy expenditure to come into line so that I have better success.
What I have realized by tracking my meals and my daily weight is that ... when I wasn't doing it, as long as the weight was lower than the last time I'd stepped on the scale I was content and often times was giving myself to the go-ahead to eat with more abandon; because, after all, I HAD lost some ounces! ... GEE-WHIZ, that approach is not a winner!.
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Saturday Weigh-In ... I am down 1 pound since last week ... that's talking weekly average weight, not date-to-date for Saturday ... My weight fluctuates every singe day and I have found the thing that keeps me on an 'even keel' is to simply record the daily weights into my spreadsheet log and see what the average weight cell tells me the weight is for that week. ...
... I used to keep a running log when I was a regular on MFP a few years ago. It was really quite a complicated spreadsheet; I think I might still have it in my google-sheets .. it was provided by another poster who had designed it for a challenge group to lose 1 pound a week for the year. ... I was so bummed out that I lost only half of that goal that year ... and told myself 'well, you are ahead .. you lost 26 pounds, not gained, not stayed the same'. ... And I'm still liking that thought ... I'm down some weight ... and let's keep it going.
... Every week in March saw a slight uptick in my weight except this last one, so I am still behind the 8-ball, but I'll get there!. I think the thing that has helped me is a change in my routine ... that thread I wrote about recording my weight every day and the way I have modified it for my own use has really helped. ... I record my daily weight taken that morning, AND the total calories I racked up the day before ... and so I see both important components .. the WHY of the weight number! ...
So .. I hope to continue on my downward trend and logging the weight and calories for the rest of the period .. another 90 days!
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Just popping in to say hi!
My goals for April
- Spend more time outdoors
- Increase my water intake
- Measure and log all my meals - I have been horrible with this
- Begin to increase my weights that I use during my workouts
I have not decided if I am going to start using my ankle weights as well. I will decide about that as the month goes on
It's been a month since I have been doing my Gilad workouts. I am really proud of my progress. I took progress pictures yesterday however last Friday I dropped my phone and broke it. I can still use my phone but I cant see things on the right side of the screen. My new phone comes on Tuesday. I have not set up my comparison pictures yet because I cant see them. LOL I also have not taken my body measurements yet. TOM arrived yesterday and I was feeling a little bloated. I am going to wait until the bloat goes down to take those. I am really curious if there are any changes in my measurements. As far as the scale... we are not friends at the moment. LOL
It's been a few weeks since I have been as compliant as possible with WFPBNO. (Just a reminder WFPBNO is whole food plant based no oil). It's a vegan way of eating but even stricter with no processed foods, I limit salt and sugar usage and do not use any added oil. I get my fats from whole plant-based sources such as nuts, seeds, avocado. I have to say becoming more strict with my diet combined with the new exercise routine has done wonders for me. I feel even better than before. I feel a lot stronger and my energy levels have increase. I've been sleeping better. I am finding things that used to irritate me in the past roll off my back now. I feel happier than I have ever been. (Even with the scale not cooperating with me)
One last point that I have noticed. My blood sugars have been fantastic. I only test once a day, my fasting blood glucose level. It has consistently been anywhere between 100-106 for a few months. Since really focusing on my diet and compliancy my numbers have been ranging from 85-95. This makes me really excited for my next doctor appointment in June. I am really curious what my A1C will be when I get the results of my lab work. Though, I do have to break the news to my doctor that I have not been taking my medication since the end of November.
@nsk1951
Yes! I know exactly what you mean. I find I start doing well then I give myself a little grace and stop losing all over again. I've been so terrible with weighing out my food and logging it. I know I said it before but I really need to focus on doing that again. When I do I see the best results.
Congrats on joining the new challenge and losing a pound. That is fantastic! I wish you the best with your new challenge!0 -
I ended up emailing the pictures to myself and putting them on my laptop so I can see them. I am blown amazed at my transformation. I don't recognize the person in the first picture any more.
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@JNettie73 ... Isn't amazing how even our posture changes when we are more trim and feeling good! Keep up the good work.0
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It's been a while since I went grocery shopping. When I look back on my log I last shopped for groceries a month ago ... but todays fixed that because I shopped not once, but twice! ... And, because I hadn't gone in so long there was a lot of fresh food for the fridge to buy and some things for the pantry and rest of the house. Thank goodness my pantry is well stocked with the necessities of a well balanced plate of food. It also helped that I am working really hard on making my food be satiating instead of 'hanger?" provoking ... you know, those meals that leave you feeling like something is lacking, or that make you want food again within an hour or two ...
Today I commemorate the birth anniversary of my mother, who was born 104 years ago. Today, I am already 3 years older than she had been when she passed away. This has, in the past, been a very hard month for me emotionally because it is the month I also commemorate mom's final unexpected illness and death, plus the end of the lingering death my father finally ended near the end of the month when it was his turn to 'go'. Plus so many other commemorations for other milestone events, births, deaths .. and Easter! ... The most beautiful and saddest week ever! ...
Yep .. It's a good thing I didn't bring any Easter candy into the house. Nor any other sweets or treats! ... Whole foods only and the raw makings of meals that take time to put together. ... That'll keep me busy until the next month rolls around.
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Saturday Weigh-In .. I am down 2. 7 pounds this week, average weekly weight) from last week .. and am seeing more data confirm what I really already know; just needed a good reminder ... of how my body responds to the amount and type of food I generally consume.
I don't want to make this be a 'scientific' statistical data collection .. which I am prone towards falling into that type of record keeping ... I really just want to remind myself ...
Beef makes my digestion back up, and so do beans.
I can treat myself once daily with a garlic clove minced into a 1/2 Tbsp of butter on a piece of bread.
My metabolism is 500 calories a day lower than the BMR tables tell me I can have .. probably from all the years of yo-yo dieting where I lost a lot and then gained it back. Also because I am old and don't move around much.
On some days, I am really energized by being UNfed and like the feeling, until I don't. Then I eat ...
What I eat is as important as how much and when
I can do this ... as long as I don't let myself have dried fruit or candy, or anything made with added sugar.
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hey everybody, I am just checking in it has been a while. And honestly there’s no real reason. I just became extremely depressed due to the weather that all I wanted to do was sit on my couch and watch TV. But the snow has finally melting. well, at least in my yard it’s all gone. I have been able to go outside in just tennis shoes for the last three days and I’ve went walking 3 miles plus each day with my dog. I am starting to get back to my old self.
@JNettie73 - I love your progress photos. That is something that I need to do. You look amazing and you’ve been doing such a great job with your goals. High five.
@nsk1951 - it sounds like you and me have a lot in common when it comes to our diet triggers or should I say food triggers I don’t really use the word diet because I’m not trying to go on a diet I just want to eat healthier. Congratulations on the loss of the weight this week.
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I agree with you @mnwalkingqueen ... it is not a 'a diet' in that it is "a special course of food to which one restricts oneself, either to lose weight or for medical reasons". It is "The kinds of foods that a person, animal, or community habitually eats"
I try to eat whole food that I prepare myself with very little that has been made elsewhere. There are certain foods that I cannot cook/prepare myself, and those are the ones I buy .. OF course, I have to buy all the foodstuffs I consume, as I am not a farmer ... I am a very urban apartment living old lady who shops at the local supermarket a couple of times a month. ... And every time I do, I have to struggle with myself to keep my hands from putting those foods that trigger me to eat without regard to health and satiety into my cart!! .. Most of the time I do great at that and then maybe get slipped up in my resolve by a treat at the local senior center or our community room activities!0 -
Saturday Weigh-In ..
I'm in a reflective mood this morning. Going back over all the old charts and logs I've kept since starting this weight-loss journey so long ago. I found a note on the date 12/30/2011 .. "Joined MyfittnessPal" ... and then again on 9/24/2013 ..."Back to MFP logging again" ... and then on 4/13/2018 ,,,"MFP website issues, deleted account. will track another way". .. but now I am back at it and have been back on a few months with little or no success ... but I am still working at it and I will continue to do so. I will NOT give up trying.
Today's report is that my weight is down. 0.06 pounds over last week. ... My goal is 1 pound a week. And yes, I ate too much and also quite a bit of it was the 'wrong food for me'. ... today will be better.0 -
Just popping in to say hi. My sister-in-law came up to visit us for a few days. I tried to stay mindful of what I was eating. We did go out to eat quite often and I ate more than I should have. I can feel that I gained just by the way my clothes are fitting and how I feel. Today I am getting back on track.
I agree with the word diet. For me, it is a lifestyle. It is the way I eat and I will be maintaining for the rest of my life. The same with exercise. I've been on this journey for 2 years. Exercise has become a part of my every day routine. It makes me feel wonderful.
@nsk1951
Congrats on your loss! I keep charts too. I find it interesting to go back and look at them and see how everything has changed over time.
@mnwalkingqueen
Thank you. I feel amazing. I highly recommend taking progress pictures. It is one of my favorite tools.
I am sorry to hear you were feeling depressed. I am glad to hear the snow finally melted and you are able to walk again.
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@nsk1951- I am in the same boat starting and restarting many times since 2011. During that time frame, my lowest to 238 in my highest was a little bit over a year ago at 285. My goal has always been 200. This time around is the first time that after losing 20 or 25 pounds I just stop the process altogether. The things I’ve done different this time around is not give up any of the foods I like to eat. I am down 34 pounds as of Saturday. I know over Christmas I gained about 10 or 15 pounds that I’m still trying to take off but I’m feeling pretty great otherwise.
@JNettie73- I so agree. After doing the 500 mile Sesame Street challenge last year it seems so weird when I wasn’t walking. I’ve actually in the last year started liking to go outside in the winter as long is the area is plowed and shoveled properly. I found this videos of women who are over 50 doing five different exercises with each exercise for a minute. I’ve been trying to do a different routine every two weeks.
AFM- so I’m still struggling with eating too much sodium. I had fallen off the good eating habits over my birthday. Lots of burgers, cheese curds, fried mushrooms, Chinese, oh, and we can’t forget an entire small Keylime cheesecake pie from this really awesome chocolate place by my house that’s only a few things that I had during that time. Oh, and I had donuts on my birthday not just one I think three. Yes this is why it’s still taking me forever to lose the 10 pounds. I gained over Christmas. However, I’m being accountable this time around in the past, I would say out loud well I don’t know how that could’ve happened I was eating what I should be eating… This time hell no you know how this happened you ate like crap for two entire weeks0 -
Hello everyone!
I just started back up yesterday, doing a lazy "keto". I hate that term. I'm just focusing on staying within my calories but also watching my sugar & carb intake. Those can be binge triggers for me, so best to just stay away.
Ultimately I would like to lose a little over 100 pounds, but realistically and maintainable would be right at 100. I can't look at the big picture all at once, so I'm going to focus on 10 pounds at a time & go from there.
I'm speaking my NS goals into existence to help me stick with them.
1) no more than 3x alcohol per week (preferably no more than 2x)
2) 30lbs down by Sept 8th (20 weeks)
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@mnwalkingqueen
Oh my goodness, the key lime cheese cake sounds amazing. I love key lime! I really have to see if I can create a vegan version of it for special occasions. LOL
I can relate on the eating. Last week my SIL was here visiting. It was not so much of what I ate but how much I ate. My glucose stayed within range the entire time she was here because I was still eating on plan. We went out to eat once every day she was here. Of course we ordered appetizers and breads for the table that I gladly ate to hold me over until my food came. I gained 7 lbs in the 5 days she was here. Clearly I have not mastered the social eating struggle yet. UGH. It took me a week just to shed 5 of those 7.
We did not do our food shopping trip this past weekend because we were out and about doing fun things then had to take her to the airport. Being my husband and I share a car between his work schedule and mine there is not an ideal time to go during the week. Our refrigerator is looking quite empty and I have been struggling with trying to determine what to make for dinner. I'm not used to it not being filled with fresh veggies and fruits. I have been finding myself reaching for some of my daughter's school snacks to hold me over during the day. These are definitely not compliant. Thankfully we are going shopping tomorrow.
@LilRock25
Welcome! Be sure to pop back in from time to time and share how things are going. You can bookmark our thread to help you find it easier. I always get really excited when more people join us. I hope you enjoy it here and stay!
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@JNettie73 - thank you for the welcome! Its helpful to find people on the same journey.
The past few days I've strayed a little, but made sure to track everything & I'm not upset over the choices I've made. I could have done without some of the bar food or late night snacking, but its all accounted for and I didn't go over my calories too bad.
I also opted out of going out tonight. I really wanted to see this local band play, but this week has been absolutely exhausting and I'm just looking forward to an evening at home relaxing. Going to go to Home Goods after work for some retail therapy and then curl up with my book.0 -
Hi @LilRock25 ...welcome. Like JNettie said .. I hop e you enjoy it and stay. ... This thread currently has very few folks who come on here about once a week or less. But we do love to follow along with how we are doing. .. And always happy to have more input from other folks on this weigh-loss journey. ...
AFM (as for me) .. I've been thinking lately about how our eating patterns/stated goals have evolved over the time we have been visiting this (here) thread. ... I know that when I first started, I was all gung-ho to simply lose weight by any means possible. I was so desperate to be slimmer and wished for it to happen as instantly as possible. ... I truly hoped that along the way I would also learn how to gauge my food choices better; both in types of consumables and in portion sizes. .. I wanted weight loss, but I also found out pretty quickly that I wasn't eating to the best of my own advantage! ... I can remember the days of trying to stay in a low calorie mode by severely limiting the foods I was allowing and then would end up not being able to keep within bounds when I ate something more savory/satiating/different! ...
Now a days, I hear and see so much about the newer 'diet' trends .. even the grocery store pre-packaged foods are all following the trends. But I don't want to be trendy when it comes to my food. I simply want to get the most nutrients I can from the selections I make based on my dietary needs, tastes, and budget!
The hardest part of it I have is making up/deciding on which 'recipes' I will actually prepare. And meal planning! That's always been a huge issue for me ... I cook for a family of 1 and end up eating a lot of left over meals that, to me, never taste as good reheated than they did the day they were cooked.
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Saturday Weigh-In ..
Well, this week saw an average weight up-tick. The daily weight this morning had a loss over last Saturday .. but the weeks results were upset by a sodium imbalance in my food choices at the end of the week that spiked my fluid retention to the point of needing to see my doctor about the overnight weight-gain .. who prescribed yet another medication for edema. .. Taking an extra diuretic a couple of days brought my blood pressure, AND my weight back down to it's currently normal state. ...
...which leads me to my current thoughts about 'why do I eat ham, when I know what it will do to my body?" questions. Or, 'why do I eat a candy bar, (or a piece of cake, or 4 slices of bread in a day, or a second helping of pasta on my plate), when I know what it will do to my blood sugar? ...
This morning I stumbled upon an ad for a weight loss program called Klinco ..and investigating that brought me to one called Noom ... The one called Noom reminds me of an eating plan that the exercise and weight-loss guru Richard Simmons had in the 1980's .. color coded foods and how many of each color you could have in a day to meet your nutritional and calorie needs to hit your targets. ... interesting concept.
Have a good week everyone. I hope I can report a solid downward trend next week, hopefully down into the next single digit from my weight today. And that your plan works for you as well.0 -
Hi Ladies,
I recognize some of you from being part of this thread years ago. I lurk on here and read your posts frequently. I’m still here, but am not a confident poster.2 -
@Melwillbehealthy ... I remember you! .. i had a different profile name when was on here before. It's been a few years for me between using this app.
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Definitely slow and tortuous!0
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@nsk1951 - I agree on not wanting to fall in to the newest trends but also finding what works for you. It can definitely be difficult to do. And with social media and diet culture everywhere it makes it even harder. We see so much of the fast fad diets that "work quick" when in reality, they may work fast but are they maintainable?
I'm doing a "modified keto". Mainly just watching my sugar/carb intake along with calorie counting. I'm trying to focus on healthier choices, but also not making so many "diet friendly foods" to where this is not maintainable. This was a conversation had with my doctor revolving around concerns of blood pressure (not yet high, but borderline), cholesterol (high, but hoping diet will help), and watching my blood sugar (still ok, but history of Type 2 Diabetes in my family).
I think my biggest frustration with trying to do this is how many "tricks" and "hacks" there are for changing out ingredients in recipes. Some of these are great for long term. Some are great for short term. But overall, personally, being able to switch out greek yogurt for sour cream is not lifetime maintainable. I need to figure out portions and how to eat normally without making all these changes. I don't want to take my salad dressing/condiments/etc with me out to eat for the rest of my life. My overall goal is to learn how to do this for the long term.
That being said - weigh in day today. Lots of things factored into the loss, but I'll take it on matter what! Last week was TOM, so I know there was some bloat when I started. But this week I'm down 5 pounds.
Pretty excited about that.
SW: 305
CW: 299.8
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@JNettie73- I totally understand not getting the out to eat part down yet. because I have been working so hard and not eating out as much I tend to over eat when I go out because I don’t get it as often. I know how determined you are and you will get that 7 pounds gone.
@nsk1951- you and me are definitely on the same wavelength lately. As I read your post about thinking back about when you first started here in your journey so far. Reminded me of when I first started. I just wanted to be skinny again which is ironic because I’ve never really been skinny. I wanted to be skinny and didn’t want to change anything at all so I spent most of my time trying to stay within my calorie range and eating all the crap food that I normally would eat. I have been doing that for several years and yeah, I’ll lose about 35 to 40 pounds and end up getting back about 50 or 60. It hasn’t been on until probably a month ago that I am like I don’t want to be skinny anymore. I just don’t want to eat crap constantly… I know if I choose healthier options that I will lose weight so I’ve been focusing on having at least two bags of frozen vegetables every day, or multiple servings of fresh vegetables and fruit. I learn from myself I have to just have one goal because when I have too much to focus on some of them fall by the wayside, and then they never get packed back up again. I also wonder sometimes why do you go to Sam’s Club and buy a huge bag of dark chocolate covered pretzel thins when you know dang well you don’t need that whole bag even if it takes you a month to eat it… It usually doesn’t take me a month probably like two weeks. I am right there with you also when it comes to cooking for one, I tried meal prepping for like a week and by the fourth day I was like this stuff taste like garbage after you have to re-cook it a second time.
@Melwillbehealthy- Hi!
@LilRock25 - congratulations on the loss
AFM: well, I went back on blood pressure medication, and it didn’t work. Now my doctor has put me on an additional medication and that is making me tired all the time and swelling in my feet and legs. I’m not sure if anyone here has ever went to a natural doctor - what I mean by that is probably more like a homeopathic doctor? My friend just went to a doctor like that to get a panel done for her hormones, and as she is balancing her hormones out, she is not having as many issues with her self in general anymore. It was something I was thinking about doing myself, and was just wondering if anybody’s had experiences with natural doctors.
This week I have also went back to counting calories even though it’s been a huge pain in the butt. I miss having the scanner but I’m not going to pay to have it. I realize that just keeping a food journal wasn’t really helping me because you can still over eat even if you’re eating good stuff, but I also don’t want to be counting calories the rest of my life. Hopefully once I get this eating figured out more I can have a better balance. I will say, though I’ve only went out to eat once as far as what I considered *kitten* food in the last two weeks. I was out shopping with my friend and she stopped at five guys and I had never been there before. I will say their french fries were extremely salty and I didn’t really care for them which is ironic and how I have high blood pressure when I can’t stand salty stuff but it’s because I was eating so much processed crap.1 -
Hi all,
I’ve never been good at the logistics of posting, but I’ll try.
I was diagnosed with diabetes about two months ago. It shocked me into wanting to doing something to improve my health issues: high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. I take several drugs which make me feel dizzy, tired and kind of foggy. I feel like all of a sudden I aged really fast. I’m older, but in the past had more energy than my kids. Now I’m working to get that healthy vigor back and get off the drugs.
My doctor put me on ozempic for my diabetes. It’s ok. I feel nauseous but I did anyway before I started taking it, due to other issues, so that’s not new. I’m not up to a full dose and have requested my doctor not to increase the dosage. Yes, ozempic can help make it a bit easier to curb the crazy, edge of hunger, but I’m focusing on counting calories and adding in exercise. I have still binged, but I’ve learned to log the calories. It makes me much more aware and determined. I hope to take it for a short time. As soon as my blood sugar level drops, I hope to stop taking it. I’ll continue to control it with diet and exercise.
The good new is that in the last two months I’ve lost weight and have been able to drastically cut down on the blood pressure meds. I still have to take them though.
Walking queen, years ago I saw a naturopath for one year. He basically cured me of something that the doctors couldn’t. He was my last resort. I had a rare, severe reaction to a drug I took.( anti malaria drug). I thought my life as I knew it was over. It took 8 months of following his regime to be cured. I ended up losing 40lbs. In a healthy way as a side effect!
Now, I follow my own diet, counting calories, but cutting out most sugar, cooking pretty much all of my meals. I cook for two.
I feel like for the first time in my life, I’ve found the big secret to weight loss. i.e. log everything you eat, even binges.
I’m tweaking my diet as I progress. I need to add more protein. I don’t think I’ve ever eaten enough protein.
I need to force myself to go to the gym. I don’t enjoy it like I used to years ago. I don’t have much energy and sometimes feel pretty weak afterwards. I tell myself it’s part of a plan. It helps lower blood sugar.
So, in a nutshell, that’s why I’m here. I use mfp everyday. It helps.
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