No F-Ups February 2017 Week 2 (2/8-2/14)
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I'm gonna come clean. Last weekend I ate ice cream. There, I did it. I ducked up in February. And didn't come clean for a week.
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SuperCarLori wrote: »I'm gonna come clean. Last weekend I ate ice cream. There, I did it. I ducked up in February. And didn't come clean for a week.
I ate ice cream last week. It was the no sugar added Edy's Triple Chocolate Naughtiness...ok that's not what it's called. I also drank 8oz of vodka that same day, too. If it makes you feel any better. We are naughty naughty ladies.
But we learned a lesson right. Maybe....I hope so. 
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baconslave wrote: »SuperCarLori wrote: »I'm gonna come clean. Last weekend I ate ice cream. There, I did it. I ducked up in February. And didn't come clean for a week.
I ate ice cream last week. It was the no sugar added Edy's Triple Chocolate Naughtiness...ok that's not what it's called. I also drank 8oz of vodka that same day, too. If it makes you feel any better. We are naughty naughty ladies. But we learned a lesson right. Maybe....I hope so.
And this why I need my pals.
Thelma and Louise. Only off a cliff into a vat of cream de la ice.4 -
I could use some help today. I've done great for the last 10 days, down five pounds, working out, sticking to my macros. Hosted a dinner party last night and didn't eat a lot--some salami, spinach salad, cheese. I was proud that I didn't eat the cookies, pizza, chips and other stuff that was readily available. (Small wins!) I did have three glasses of (excellent) red wine.
I feel dreadful this morning. Mentally and physically. If I listen to my body, it's telling me to eat carbs. I started the morning with a low carb tortilla, eggs and bacon. (I don't usually do low carb tortillas but keep them around for the husband). Just had a pretty huge glob of peanut butter for a snack. But I'm really feeling like I need to eat, more...and not just protein and fat.
I have upped my water, magnesium and potassium in case I'm just dehydrated.
Any advice? Does anyone else feel like their body just sometimes lets them know it needs carbs? Did I somehow kick myself into a crash with the wine? (I've drank before while on keto, without feeling this way). Ugh. I just want to go back to bed, with a hunk of french bread.
All of the sudden, no f'up February is looking a bit far off!
(Editing to add: I also gained two pounds yesterday and another two today...despite being well within calorie goals. What's up with that??)0 -
tierrafuego wrote: »I could use some help today. I've done great for the last 10 days, down five pounds, working out, sticking to my macros. Hosted a dinner party last night and didn't eat a lot--some salami, spinach salad, cheese. I was proud that I didn't eat the cookies, pizza, chips and other stuff that was readily available. (Small wins!) I did have three glasses of (excellent) red wine.
I feel dreadful this morning. Mentally and physically. If I listen to my body, it's telling me to eat carbs. I started the morning with a low carb tortilla, eggs and bacon. (I don't usually do low carb tortillas but keep them around for the husband). Just had a pretty huge glob of peanut butter for a snack. But I'm really feeling like I need to eat, more...and not just protein and fat.
I have upped my water, magnesium and potassium in case I'm just dehydrated.
Any advice? Does anyone else feel like their body just sometimes lets them know it needs carbs? Did I somehow kick myself into a crash with the wine? (I've drank before while on keto, without feeling this way). Ugh. I just want to go back to bed, with a hunk of french bread.
All of the sudden, no f'up February is looking a bit far off!
Alcohol does that to me. You don't need carbs, but the imbalance caused by alcohol messes with your brain chemistry balance. I get depressed, cranky as hell, and want to eat all the carbs NOW. Or just all the EVERYTHING. Keep drinking the electrolytes and hang in there. If you need to eat higher calories today just to keep you out of the junk, then go ahead and have a little bit if that makes the difference between you going off the deep-end or staying on-plan.2 -
tierrafuego wrote: »I could use some help today. I've done great for the last 10 days, down five pounds, working out, sticking to my macros. Hosted a dinner party last night and didn't eat a lot--some salami, spinach salad, cheese. I was proud that I didn't eat the cookies, pizza, chips and other stuff that was readily available. (Small wins!) I did have three glasses of (excellent) red wine.
I feel dreadful this morning. Mentally and physically. If I listen to my body, it's telling me to eat carbs. I started the morning with a low carb tortilla, eggs and bacon. (I don't usually do low carb tortillas but keep them around for the husband). Just had a pretty huge glob of peanut butter for a snack. But I'm really feeling like I need to eat, more...and not just protein and fat.
I have upped my water, magnesium and potassium in case I'm just dehydrated.
Any advice? Does anyone else feel like their body just sometimes lets them know it needs carbs? Did I somehow kick myself into a crash with the wine? (I've drank before while on keto, without feeling this way). Ugh. I just want to go back to bed, with a hunk of french bread.
All of the sudden, no f'up February is looking a bit far off!
Hells yeah I feel like this at times! HELLS YES. I eat. I try to keep it low carb, but I'll eat. I'll figure out ANY LOW CARB ITEM that seems remotely palatable, and I'll eat the *kitten* out of it. It balances out. I promise.1 -
Okay.
I need. Scratch that. I WILL. NO SCRATCH THAT. I AM GETTING A HANDLE ON MY CONSUMPTION. I mean, WTF. I did it for SIX MONTHS, now suddenly I can't limit the *kitten* I put in my mouth. I don't care, yes, I'm beating myself up. I deserve it. OH YES THE *kitten* I DO. Poor me, can't eat whatever I want and lose. Oh poor, poor me. THERE ARE PEOPLE STARVING IN THE WORLD AND I'M GOING TO FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF THAT I CAN'T TRUST MYSELF WITH NUTS IN THE HOUSE. I'm sick of my own *kitten* *kitten* excuses.
I'm even sick of others *kitten* *kitten* excuses, only because I know that's my forte as well.
I'm doing this. *kitten* excuses. THERE IS NO EXCUSE. I can't run off and use a wee bit of crack or heroin, and I seem to be doing just fine without that *kitten*. So anything less than my full cooperation is a lame *kitten* excuse. I'm FAT. I don't wanna be fat? THEN I NEED TO GET MY *kitten* TOGETHER.
RANT OVER.1 -
@SuperCarLori I secretly love your rant. This weekend has been nuts and I fell into 2 old habits. Clearly, I'm not mentally prepared enough to make cookies with the littles cause I COULD NOT stay out of the dough. But today us a new day and I'll get my *kitten* back together with you.4
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2/11 report: I did mess up. And I really shouldn't have because I ate some extra carbs/sugar a couple days ago so my weight was already right at the top of goal range (133, up from 131.2ish where it's been hanging out most of the past few weeks; right where I want it!). I had some grapes in the morning and they definitely triggered carb cravings!
Over the course of the day, I ended up eating *two* Zone bars (I'd bought them more for the family; oops!) and a lot of roasted sweet potatoes (which would have been fine to try by themselves since I'm gradually making room for more types of produce in my carb allowance at maintenance).
This morning the scale's up to 134.6, knees are aching, reflux is flaring, etc. I will be very careful over the next few days until the carb cravings die back down. Blech.
ETA: On the bright side, I did go for a run (C25K Week 5 Day 2). Pushed myself probably a little too hard but it was nice to see how fast I was able to run even going uphill.
OH and the other bright side: Yesterday DH and I signed up to run our first 5K together! It's in 8 weeks so that will give me a good goal to work toward. Between my MS, his heart disease and years of back problems and my random series of injuries, for a while we didn't think this would ever be possible!3 -
@SuperCarLori I secretly love your rant. This weekend has been nuts and I fell into 2 old habits. Clearly, I'm not mentally prepared enough to make cookies with the littles cause I COULD NOT stay out of the dough. But today us a new day and I'll get my *kitten* back together with you.
Woo Hoo! Let's get our *kitten* together!0 -
SuperCarLori wrote: »Okay.
I need. Scratch that. I WILL. NO SCRATCH THAT. I AM GETTING A HANDLE ON MY CONSUMPTION. I mean, WTF. I did it for SIX MONTHS, now suddenly I can't limit the *kitten* I put in my mouth. I don't care, yes, I'm beating myself up. I deserve it. OH YES THE *kitten* I DO. Poor me, can't eat whatever I want and lose. Oh poor, poor me. THERE ARE PEOPLE STARVING IN THE WORLD AND I'M GOING TO FEEL SORRY FOR MYSELF THAT I CAN'T TRUST MYSELF WITH NUTS IN THE HOUSE. I'm sick of my own *kitten* *kitten* excuses.
I'm even sick of others *kitten* *kitten* excuses, only because I know that's my forte as well.
I'm doing this. *kitten* excuses. THERE IS NO EXCUSE. I can't run off and use a wee bit of crack or heroin, and I seem to be doing just fine without that *kitten*. So anything less than my full cooperation is a lame *kitten* excuse. I'm FAT. I don't wanna be fat? THEN I NEED TO GET MY *kitten* TOGETHER.
RANT OVER.
Preach, girl!
I ate too much yesterday, but I count it a win in that I STAYED AWAY FROM THE BOOZE! Good for me.
Elizabeth Benton says the best way to improve is to pick one thing to work on and nail it. "What constitutes an improvement for YOU? Pick one thing. DO THAT!" And when you master that issue, you can work on the next thing.
"What one thing can you to today that will improve you TODAY?"
And also remember that exercising makes you more hungry, so try to figure out how to trick yourself into handling that change. For me it's gum and tasty sweetened teas. No cals, but keeping my trifling mouth busy.
Instead of resting yesterday, I did a Hero90 workout. I was sweating to death after, but that workout was so freaking fun. I might do a HIIT today before sitting on my butt again and playing Battlefield 2 with the kids again.3 -
Still feeling awful. Haven't been eating, but haven't been moving either. Today I put my Vivosmart back on in an attempt to meet my step goal, however slowly. Not looking good, but we will see.
I vote we all reset the F up counter to zero for the month and regroup Monday with a vengeance. Any takers?1 -
Ringbearer2 wrote: »Still feeling awful. Haven't been eating, but haven't been moving either. Today I put my Vivosmart back on in an attempt to meet my step goal, however slowly. Not looking good, but we will see.
I vote we all reset the F up counter to zero for the month and regroup Monday with a vengeance. Any takers?
Sounds beautiful to me.
If we mess up, EVERYTHING ISN'T RUINED! We've been given the opportunity to examine what goes wrong with us mentally under a microscope, so we can analyze what we need to work on and devise strategies to fix it or avoid a situation next time. It's an opportunity to improve what we haven't nailed down yet. That's an essential process in forming our lifestyle, one that will serve us the rest of our lives once we get to maintenance. It's not the apocalypse. It's a chance to fix any hiccups. It's a dry run, a dress rehearsal. Learn the lesson, and hack your problems.4 -
Only 0.4 down in almost two weeks. I notice some change otherwise. Still. Not the feb progress I'd hoped for. I'm not totally discouraged as there was travel and lots of calories involved. But also my metabolism has slowed down a bit (as per tests). I walked a lot last week but still not sleeping great and have stopped biking for a while. Maybe time to go back to that. I want to count calories everyday but give up on that. Also stopped starting the day with bpc and fats. It helped with calories but I wonder if overall it was counterproductive.0
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Just working on logging my food daily which is the first thing to go when I begin slipping. So have been logging daily. @SuperCarLori I've been running into the same recently. Mine has been emotional eating. (That's my "kitten" excuse). The irony is my emotions are pretty level when I'm in ketosis and eating keto (less than 5 g carb).2
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2/11 check in: weight good. carbs good. forgot collagen. No workout...had to watch the wild toddler for a bit. No chores as I had a big birthday cake project that took until 2 a.m. to finish. Hopefully my daughter likes it!1
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2/11 check in: weight good. carbs good. forgot collagen. No workout...had to watch the wild toddler for a bit. No chores as I had a big birthday cake project that took until 2 a.m. to finish. Hopefully my daughter likes it!
Happy birthday to your daughter! Show us the cake!
(Virtual cake is guilt free)
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Goal: Walk 80 miles in February, 3.5 mph or greater.
Week 1= 24.1 miles. Speed AOK
2/8: 4.4 miles, 3.55 mph. Typical walk to the grocery store. Asparagus, radishes, ribeyes.
Today: 2/12= 4.7 miles. Only 3.4mph.
1st half averaged 3.71mph, uphill, against the wind which is part of the problem. It's unseasonably very warm today (80F) and I guess I forgot what it is like to walk in the heat. Needed a salt fix and had a boullion cube in my backpack. Bought a bottle of water at the store. Slowed down the pace on the way home. A lot. At least my grocery store walk is taken care of. All else is good. Usually is.3 -
baconslave wrote: »Ringbearer2 wrote: »Still feeling awful. Haven't been eating, but haven't been moving either. Today I put my Vivosmart back on in an attempt to meet my step goal, however slowly. Not looking good, but we will see.
I vote we all reset the F up counter to zero for the month and regroup Monday with a vengeance. Any takers?
Sounds beautiful to me.
If we mess up, EVERYTHING ISN'T RUINED! We've been given the opportunity to examine what goes wrong with us mentally under a microscope, so we can analyze what we need to work on and devise strategies to fix it or avoid a situation next time. It's an opportunity to improve what we haven't nailed down yet. That's an essential process in forming our lifestyle, one that will serve us the rest of our lives once we get to maintenance. It's not the apocalypse. It's a chance to fix any hiccups. It's a dry run, a dress rehearsal. Learn the lesson, and hack your problems.
Sounds beautiful to me too.
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2/12: Carbs good. Weight good. Took a run on the trail. Collagen was taken. Dealt with the whole cat litter thing and some dishes. Made my daughter's cake full gluten so no sampling was done. I just drank coffee for the celebration!0
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Ok. F up counter reset. Activity tracker rolled into new week. Still feeling pretty bad, but tough noogies.
Today I WILL:
Meet my 12,500 step goal
Make a sizeable dent in my activity minutes
I have eaten very little since Friday and am still not hungry, which is a bonus, I guess? Feeling really swollen and bloated though. Was not impressed by the size of my muffin top when I pit on my jeans. Muffin, begone!!!
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Feb goals. 3 to 4 workouts per week, last week did 6,probably over did it. Now carrying small leg injury. Also no more than 6 days with alcohol, still sitting on 2 despite real temptations.
This thread is a great idea.
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Yes! Tough noogies lol....love it!
Okay, official reset day!
Keep it simple, sweetheart.
-carbs under twenty
-calories under 1700
-15 minute hiit
Keep it small.
I used to say the time is going to pass anyway, why not just do the dang thing.
I'm going back to how I did it in the beginning.
HAPPY MONDAY!3 -
2/12 report: I messed up 2 days in a row!
It was a busy day so I didn't exercise (so my goal was 1450 cals). I ended up eating almost 2000! Part of it is I went to a catered dinner where salad, pasta and dessert was served. I'd actually brought my own little container of shredded cheese and meat to add to the salad for my dinner. But I was still starving when I got home and ended up eating like 500 calories when I had almost none left. And 90 gm carbs!!
However, then I realized it's time for TOM so no wonder I was ravenously hungry all weekend so the fact my weight is up 3 lbs isn't as crazy as it first seemed.
One important lesson I learned is that I apparently cannot be trusted with Zone bars in the house. (I ate two a day both Sat and Sun!!) And that I need to spread out my calories a bit better through the day so I'm not left with almost none by dinner/evening. (My lunch was LCHF but the cals really added up.) 2 -
My relationship ended very suddenly early last week and I haven't really taken care of myself at all since.
I spent most of last week messing up, massively undereating in terms of calories and yet still managing to go over my carb goal on 2 days.
That stops today. I've had a weekend with good friends and family and I'm feeling a little less bruised.
Today I am eating proper food.
Today I am drinking my water.
Hell I might even do some exercise.2 -
My relationship ended very suddenly early last week and I haven't really taken care of myself at all since.
I spent most of last week messing up, massively undereating in terms of calories and yet still managing to go over my carb goal on 2 days.
That stops today. I've had a weekend with good friends and family and I'm feeling a little less bruised.
Today I am eating proper food.
Today I am drinking my water.
Hell I might even do some exercise.
Well those are the pits, honey. Hugs to you.
Maybe the exercise will help with the stress and grief.
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My relationship ended very suddenly early last week and I haven't really taken care of myself at all since.
I spent most of last week messing up, massively undereating in terms of calories and yet still managing to go over my carb goal on 2 days.
That stops today. I've had a weekend with good friends and family and I'm feeling a little less bruised.
Today I am eating proper food.
Today I am drinking my water.
Hell I might even do some exercise.
I'm so sorry.
Good for you for coming back. You absolutely deserve to take care of yourself though. Exercise is great for mood. Hang in there. 1
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