Ad Lib April {April 15th}
FIT_Goat
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Link to original thread: http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10124232/ad-libitum-april-challenge
On Wednesday the 15th, post your second week's information here.
Weight (or change)
Anything else you want to include.
{You can keep posting through the week, if you miss the 15th, obviously.}
On Wednesday the 15th, post your second week's information here.
Weight (or change)
Anything else you want to include.
{You can keep posting through the week, if you miss the 15th, obviously.}
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OK, this feels really odd to be the first to post. Some people are never happy are they? LOL
Weight 83.8, up 300g from last week. Shame, because I was down to 83.3 on Thursday and Friday, but them's the breaks
Had a great week and feeling *very* happy with not counting calories. My profile page did tell me, 6 out of the 7 days, that I was 'under goal' but I haven't cared, and haven't even worried about how much under I could be. I'm trusting my body to eat to satiety; no more and no less. This has not happened since I was 11 years old - the last time I was naturally slim. I no longer knew this was achievable without being anal about record keeping.
Got a fitbit this week and averaging around 6,000 steps a day and have just begun the 100 pushups challenge. First session tonight because I've only done the trial so far. Just wish there were some steps somewhere that I could climb, but Perth is known for being *flat* and almost all the homes are single storey, so distance/steps is all I can achieve unless I invest in a ladder
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I was going to make a chart and post it along with this showing my scale weight, trend weight, weekly average, and a line for the starting weight. Why? Because I like charts and data. The problem is that everything is so closely clustered together at my level of loss/maintenance that it just looks like a bunch of straight lines. Maybe by next week it will be a little more interesting visually. If not then, possibly by the end of the month. The charts get pretty boring when you're not actively trying to lose weight.
Last week my trend was 70.9 kg. This week it's 70.8 kg. So, down about 0.1 kg this week and 0.3 kg since we started. This is a rate of about 0.15 kg/week or 0.33 lbs/week. It's slow, but that's something I have come to accept. It's not like I am still 40 kg overweight. Even if I stopped losing entirely, I wouldn't hate the weight I am at now.
My weekly average weight has changed even less. Starting at 70.97 kg, it is now around 70.73 kg. That's only a change of 0.24 kg over the two weeks. A rate of 0.12 kg/week or 0.26 lbs a week. Alright, it's not really that much off from the change in the trend weight. Neither of these are really off from my typical expectations either. I have been losing between a pound and two pounds a month (0.5-1 kg/month).
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298 down
1lb from last week. It is nice to see I have been stalled for several weeks on the scale. My measurements though are looking great and I am feeling fantastic.0 -
156.4 this morning. Down .2 for the week. Up .2 for the month so far. No big change. Staying well within my carb goals and feeling great.0
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Down 0.4 from last week, down 1.8 overall for April. I was down quite a bit middle of the past week, but gained back Mon/Tues.
Over the weekend I had three "high" carb days (≤40g compared to what I consider my hard cap of 30g total), and that caught up with me. I'm back to ≤10g as of yesterday, though the weight is still climbing, possibly between the residual effect from the carbs combined with strength training yesterday, higher sodium, tons of water, plus looooads of fat at dinner last night. Though generally I'm less likely to blame that last part.
Either way, it's good to be back on VLC. Deviled eggs for breakfast and lunch today, and Bubba Burgers for dinner tonight. I expect next week's check-in will have picked up the slack.0 -
I am not in this challenge I feel the need to track and track accurately. Just weighing in to show what I am doing is working for me when several beat me up for the need to track my foods at another site. After a stall for THREE MONTHS and with no cheating during that 3 months and totally frustrated I moved to tracking at the new site for me. I am down 4.2 pounds since April 1, and holding that weight solid. If I bounced at all during this time it was 2 or 4 tenths of a pound and generally trending down. Over all since I moved to tracking at the other site, March 14, which I feel gives more accurate results I have dropped 8 pounds.0
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Initial weight: 164.8
Week 1 weight (April 8): 166.4
Week 2 weight (April 15): 165.4
Total loss: +0.6lb
Again, nothing to report on the evil scale. This is still nothing out of the ordinary for me at this point. However, I measured this morning. I've lost 2 inches on my measurements since last Monday. This does not include the 2nd limb. So if I wanted to add the measurements on the 2nd arm and thigh, then it would be higher.
So, no scale progress, but smaller waist, hips, and thighs trump that nonsense, I think. Within the next week and a half, I predict there will be scale movement. Just how much and when I can't say. I know for certain I'm retaining DOMS water weight. So sore. Ugh. Jillian Michaels might make my heart gargle in my throat, but my muscles have lost strength since I replaced my dumbbell slinging with the 30 Day Shred. Pffft on that. I prefer my weights. *flex*
Carbs have stayed at or below 20g net with many days under 20g total.
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Starting: 219
Today: 216.6 (-2.4...didn't report last week, but was down a pound from start then)
Pushing boundaries w/ my "under 20 total" carbs (exceeded a few times), but eating to satiation. A couple of days the calories have been way up there for me, but trying to focus only on carb grams. Overall, I feel really good. Have validated for myself that low carb desserts are kind of a slippery slope for me. Made a cheesecake this month, just to test the recipe, and found myself dealing w/ binging mentality, as in, physically satisfied w/ one serving but my mouth and brain wanted more. Will be saving that kind of food for special occasions ONLY from here on out. I plan on analyzing results at challenge's end comparing this month to last, just to see how leaving overall calorie counting out of the equation has helped/hindered/not affected my losses.
Hope everyone else is finding some positive results by focusing on their body's hunger cues and not on a hard and fast calorie limit!0 -
Carb Goal: Zero Carb
Starting Weight: just started Monday 4/13 181.7
Current Weight Wed 4/15: 180.4
body fat from 33.6 to 33.3 based on digital scale
-1.3 pounds and .3% body fat
i was {struggling} LCHF before switching to zero carb so i can't say if this is "water" or not and don't really care
hehe It's really, really enjoyable not counting everyting i eat. It's slightly angst producing but any new habit is, right? 0 -
Weight:
4/2/2015 247.6 pounds / 112.55 kg
4/8/2015 242.8 pounds / 110.36 kg
4/15/2015 247.6 pounds / 112.55 kg
Yesterday I was at 243.6 pounds, so today is some annoying water weight due to several factors. That being said, I can't recall if it was 247.2, 247.4, or 247.6 because I didn't record until I was at work...
Either way, I don't know if it is my scale or my body, but I definitely tend to repeat weights. I counted something up last week, and 13 out of the previous 19 days I counted, I'd been at 242.8... How random, right?
Anyway, I only loosely counted carbs last week, so I'm trying to accurately count the carbs and go from there. Started physical therapy, and in hell at the moment, so today, and this week is just focusing on basics. I really out to bust out the keto-meter I have to see what's what...
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4/1 weight: 250.2
4/8 weight: 248.0 (-2.2)
4/15 weight: 247.6 (-2.6 total, -0.4 last week)
So after 1 week I posted that I was 100% sure the number was BS and a one day blip b/c of a crazy up and down week. But I actually did start doing better this week with some of my goals to eat out less and to splurge a bit less. I'm thrilled w/ the number at the moment, and it does feel like things have "Stabalized" compared to what I reported after week 1.
Today was root canal day, we'll see how that stress, and potential mouth pain/issues impact the next few days. I've also not been going to the gym very much lately due to a knee thing and physical therapy associated with the knee thing. This week and next week signal a return to more intense exercise, which seems to always mess with the scale as well, so I'll be curious what happens by next weeks' check-in.
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4/1 190.2
4/8 190.2
4/15 184.0
Only watching carbs, shooting for less than 20g/day but usually (except for Easter) around 10 to 12.
As I said before I don't do hungry so I just eat when I feel like it. I'm wondering if this WOE will "fix" my 'hungry" signals....0 -
4/1 163.8
4/8 164
4/15 163
I have stayed under my 40 Net Carbs a day this whole week
I have my calories set to maintenance but I have gone over on most days. If I am hungry I eat, so far the scale is moving down, so as long as that keeps happening, I am happy.
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I'll skip this week. I'm still away from home.
It's been either zero carb days or 50 carb days. I'm ok with that. There have been a couple of birthdays and we've eaten out a lot. I'm way out of any sort of routine and it's been easier to cope with than I had imagined. 50 carbs is still quite low but rather high for me. I'll be home Saturday night and back on the zero carb wagon.
It seems that so far most people are coping with not counting calories. I'm doing ok with it. I'm not overeating or gorging myself. Actually, I'm finding that I listen more closely to my body. Yesterday I had hardly anything and didn't eat at all until about 2pm whereas the day before I had 4 meals! Hungry one day, not hungry the next.
I've also been a lot more active. Being out and about visiting people and doing a few things for Mum (she had a knee replacement a few weeks ago) is keeping me super busy and at the end of the day I've been exhausted. I'll need to have a holiday when I get home.
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1/4/15 203.8; 8/4/15 202.5; 15/4/15 203.9
Change since last check in day +1.4lbs
Change since 1/4/15 +0.1lbs
A disappointing and frustrating week with weight gain almost every day. I appear to lose and gain the same few pounds. Only missed my carb target on one day. Methinks I may be the exception to the rule. I will stick it out to the end dv.0 -
I played around with the y-axis and made the lines more visible. The below is my weight (starting with the week leading up to the challenge and through today). The weekly average (yellow) is not a moving average. So, it jumps to the next value and stays the same the whole week. The green line represents my official trend weight at the start. The red line is my trend weight. That's the most obvious one that's moving down. The blue represents my daily weights.
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4/1: 196.6 lbs
4/8: 198
4/15: 197
Pretty stable, which is good to know for maintenance purposes. Still counting nothing. Still moderately low carb -- probably around 100g. Ketostix still showing some excreted ketones, so it's safe to assume my brain is running on mixed fuel.0 -
4/1 --142.4#
4/8 -- 143.8#
4/55 -- 145.5#
Loss -- +3.1#
I know my issues... they have yet to be resolved!0 -
I know I'm a day late to check in - but I've delayed posting this until I made the decision on whether to pull out of the challenge or not.
1/4 - 13st 10
8/4 - 14st
15/4 - 14st
gained 4lbs. My waist measurement has stayed the same. I weigh daily and my weight has stayed at 14st since 4/4 +/- 0.5lb. Before this I was losing consistently.
I know it's only been 2 weeks - and maybe if I stayed with it for a bit longer I would see the same sort of results that some of you are getting. But what I'm seeing above says to me that eating til without tracking calories has me at maintenance. (I've gone back over the last couple of days and logged what I ate and the numbers coming back to me say the same).
So I'm pulling out of this challenge. I'm still in the obese category weight wise - and once I get myself out of that I may well consider giving it another shot. I like the idea of ignoring calories and being able to eat to hunger and still lose
The last 2 weeks have been useful though - I've freaked out, I've pulled it together and I've given it a go. And hopefully if nothing else I've found a good strategy for maintaining my weight when I eventually get to the point where that's my goal!
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At my official weigh in yesterday I was down one pound to 213. That was nice. My lowest true reading since starting. Don't know what it will be tomorrow, but I'll take it. Since April 1st I"ve been consistently between 214 & 216 so a dip down 1lbs doesn't give me confidence, but it does give me hope.
I'm not counting anything but I mostly just eat meat, cheese, eggs, mustard, mayo, butter and pork rinds. So... take that as you will.
What I find interesting though is that I did used to eat cheese as a meal at times and suspected it was stalling me. So what was interesting and may be conincidence, was that Tuesday I had NO cheese and Wednesday morning I was down. Wednesday I didn't have cheese either and today I'm the same. So I've decided to alter my own experiment and take the cheese out for the rest of the month.
Otherwise... people are actually noticing weight loss even though I've only lost 10lbs total so far. It's very interesting.0 -
Just discovered a minor problem with not logging: failure to eat enough. Had a nice breakfast this morning. Skipped lunch (not hungry). Went for a run before dinner. Plenty of energy, no hunger, but showed signs of hypoglycemia after the run (skin tingling, light headed). Just finished bingeing on pecans and bacon jerky. Much better.
Note to self: remember to eat.0 -
Liftin4food wrote: »So I'm pulling out of this challenge. I'm still in the obese category weight wise - and once I get myself out of that I may well consider giving it another shot. I like the idea of ignoring calories and being able to eat to hunger and still lose
Sorry to see you go. Maybe one day. 0 -
What I find interesting though is that I did used to eat cheese as a meal at times and suspected it was stalling me. So what was interesting and may be conincidence, was that Tuesday I had NO cheese and Wednesday morning I was down. Wednesday I didn't have cheese either and today I'm the same. So I've decided to alter my own experiment and take the cheese out for the rest of the month.
Cheese tends to be a problem for me. I love it, but I can't eat as much as I want.0 -
I wouldn't say that I eat a lot of cheese (a slice with this or that), but I do plan to cut back unless whatever I'm eating really needs it (and if I cook it right, it shouldn't).
I do love sauces made with goat cheese, though. Mmm.0 -
I'm home. I'm a kg up this week which is very likely stored glucose and water from the past couple of day's carbs. I haven't overeaten, I ate most days either very low or no carb and was quite active so I'm confident this will drop again now I'm back home and into my routine.
1st April 141.5
4th April 140
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(oops - posted this in the wrong spot!)
finally checking in again. i decided to start zero carb last saturday and i sort of fell down the 'zeroing in on health' page rabbit hole on fb. (:
feeling really good so far. i did have a weird episode with eggs this morning, so those are out for a while. also cut out dairy (except butter) & caffeine. mostly it's beef, bacon and some seafood, plus water right now.
feels so liberating to be free from counting, logging, or even really worrying about food all that much.
sleeping super well, moods are calm and even, clothes continue to fit better and i can almost see my abs! (: still haven't stepped on the scale but i feel strong and not bloated or flabby. my pms was mild this time (unbelievable for me).
gonna keep keeping on!
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Way too much drama on the ZIOH FB lately. I've been ignoring most of it. It's just easier to focus on my meat and ignore the infighting.0
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I have gone ahead and created the thread for Wednesday. Obviously, wait until then for updates.0
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