WILL THE REAL ME PLEASE STAND UP?!?

arubameisje
arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
When it comes to my diet and fitness life, I'm either REALLY, REALLY good or REALLY REALLY bad. No in between. Why is that??? I'm going to take the next 16 weeks and try to figure out who the real me is.

I need accountability!!! So for the next 16 weeks, I'm making my profile public and creating this message board to document all the good and the bad... not hiding anything. I also plan to take a little different approach to things this time. Trying to tell myself the "number" doesn't matter. What matters is that I'm doing the best I can and not stressing about it. I will weigh and post my weight at the beginning but not sure if or when I will weigh through out the 16 weeks. My goal is to incorporate all the "right" things that I know I should be doing (water, exercise, calories, sleep, clean(er) diet, etc....) and see what happens.

I will start my "official" posts tomorrow, Feb. 28th.

Follow me if you would like....better yet JOIN me! :)

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  • arubameisje
    arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
    Today I begin my personal 16 week challenge to find the "real" me. There's 2 personalities residing in this mind of mine and they are at CONSTANT conflict and I'm tired of the struggle that is always taking place. No crash/crazy diets.....just want to get back to where I was probably 4 years ago now when the "good" me was in control the majority of the time.
  • nesian_twin
    nesian_twin Posts: 198
    When you say really really good or bad - do you mean it's either feasting or famine? Tell me about it! I am a feast or famine lifetime member but I finally discovered an idea that works for people like me, it's called intermittent fasting, lost 2kg in the 1st week. It won't be that drastic every week, the weight loss will probably stabilise to around 1kg or even 1/2 a kilo (around 1 pound) a week and regardless of what people think, it is not starving, I mean, do I look anorexic to you? lol (in pic I'm the one on the left) and I would love to join you in the 16 week challenge.
  • arubameisje
    arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
    Yes, feast or famine! :( I would love for you to join me!
    I think I have tried the intermittent fasting...or something similar. In the past I had the best results when I gave myself one free day a week....but over time, one free day turned turned into 2 then 3 and so on and so on...... I really want to just find that happy medium where my "norm" is eating right but if I have an off day, I don't let it cause me to just throw in the towel and let the "bad" me take complete control.
  • arubameisje
    arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
    I consider myself as having a successful weekend as long as I when I step on the scale Monday morning I haven't GAINED any weight. So in that line of thinking, I guess I can say this past weekend was a success. I didn't exercise though (except the normal housework kind of stuff) but I didn't do horrible with my eating. Ate/drank somethings I know I shouldn't have but kept it to a minimum.

    I work a (4) 10 hr. workweek. Which for the most part is great but can also be detrimental in some ways. That 1 extra "weekend" day translates for me into 1 extra day to relax and eat....Not Good! 10 hr work days also cuts into my time to exercise. I have to leave earlier and I get home later. If I were a more disciplined person, I'm sure I could/would find a way to get that exercise time in. That's one of the things I'm going to try and work on.

  • arubameisje
    arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
    4 weeks into my 16 week personal challenge. Only a loss of 4.8 lbs. Not what I was hoping for but at least the scale has moved down and not up or for that matter isn't the same. I've definitely made progress with my way of thinking, diet & exercise. I've completed food diary 24 out of 28 days. During week 4, I started incorporating some strength training. I need to start increasing the exercise more though and I'm thinking I might need to increase my daily calories a little. Not sure. Maybe I will increase the exercise first and see what happens.
  • urloved33
    urloved33 Posts: 3,323 Member
    slim shady? Is that you. Get to know yourself...it will help with extreme's
  • arubameisje
    arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
    I truly do not understand. I think this is probably the most frustrated I've been... EVER... in all the years I have tried losing weight. .4 lbs in 2 weeks!!! Unbelievable!! Especially when I know how well I've watched my diet and how much more I've been exercising. I've always been pretty successful @ losing when I was focused. Is my age/metabolism catching up with me? Am I not eating enough? Not eating the correct type/combination of food? I was telling a coworker this week that I think my Fitbit might possibly be having a negative effect on me. Sounds silly I know but I think it is causing me to not eat enough. I'm so worried about keeping my in calories lower than my burned calories I won't let myself eat....and who knows how accurate the burned calories are recorded/figured. In the past...before Fitbit....I ate like I knew I should...keeping my calories between 1200 & 1500... and exercised like I knew I should and it worked. Of course there were ups and downs and plateaus but not like I'm encountering now. I love my Fitbit....it keeps me motivated to move.... I'm not going to throw it out... but I think I'm going to hide the tiles that have to do with calories burned. It's a mental thing. Oh well, let the next week begin....
  • arubameisje
    arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
    Becoming extremely discouraged :( Never in my entire dieting/weight management "life" have I had such difficulty losing. BUT I'm NOT throwing in the towel! I'm determined to get to my goal weight. Obviously is going to take much longer than what I anticipated but eventually it has to happen. I didn't lose an ounce last week. Thinking I'm going to stay away from the scale for a while??? I don't know???....will see....???
  • DirrtyH
    DirrtyH Posts: 664 Member
    You've lost 10 pounds since February 28 - is that correct?

    I've also lost 10 pounds. I started mid-January. I eat 1300 calories a day, rarely eat back exercise calories. When I do, it's never more than 100-200. Maybe one day a week I eat closer to 14-1600.

    I hear you. It's slooooow. Don't give up. I'm not going to give up. I may sit and cry in the shower though.
  • arubameisje
    arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
    edited May 2015
    Finally dropped a little this week. 1lb. in 2 weeks.....this could take a while ;)
  • arubameisje
    arubameisje Posts: 10 Member
    DirrtyH - I try to stay @ 1200 calories a day and also very rarely eat back exercise calories. I do allow my self one free day a week but try not to go overboard on that day.

    Really trying to approach this with a different mentality this time but never dreamed it would move THIS slow.

    I figured it out this morning and at the pace I'm going it will be take me to the end of Oct. to lose what I want :'(
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