Sarah's OMAD Journal

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  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    blambo61 wrote: »
    your trend line calculation uses a lot of past data since the slope went up when you've been losing lately (it was using the flat line data). Your current trend is better than what it is calculating. I'm sure you've notice that.

    Definitely - I will just be patient until the trend catches up! I think you might be able to change in settings the number of days it uses to do the calculation, but I'm too lazy!!
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    brittdee88 wrote: »
    How were the tapas? I LOVE sangria! I can't have that around me too often. It really sneaks up on me!

    We didn't end up doing that. We realized that it was Riverside last night which is where there is a giant fireworks display in the city on the river. The traffic would have been horrendous, so we stayed closer to home and went to a terrible (especially for vegetarians) buffet filled with horrible beige food. To be fair it was a seafood buffet, so I shouldn't have expected much! Then we went and saw a band and drank too much wine!! Maybe next week for the tapes and sangria...
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    I forgot to weigh today. It wasn't until I opened my phone and the mfp app just now (I'm at the mall getting a pedicure) that I remembered. Doh!
  • brittdee88
    brittdee88 Posts: 1,873 Member
    Awww! Sorry about the crappy buffet :(
    I feel like the only buffets I can really frequent are the Japanese ones that have sushi and make hibachi. There are also a couple of vegan buffets around me, but they're ALL vegan, so I can't go with fiancé :-/
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    brittdee88 wrote: »
    Awww! Sorry about the crappy buffet :(
    I feel like the only buffets I can really frequent are the Japanese ones that have sushi and make hibachi. There are also a couple of vegan buffets around me, but they're ALL vegan, so I can't go with fiancé :-/

    A vegan buffet???!!! I would love to have one of those around me, I can't even imagine sucjph a thing exists in the whole of Australia!!! Maybe in Sydney, but I highly doubt it.
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    edited October 2017
    The excess of the weekend is evident in today's weight (aka my usual weekend gain from less exercise and more food and booze...). It's a long weekend (Queen's Birthday public holiday) here so we have today (Monday) off.

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  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    edited October 2017
    Weight starting to drop again, kind of boring, super busy at work today and nothing new to report...

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  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    Another boring update. Still not back down to Saturday’s weight of 173, but going slowly in the right direction...

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  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    That's progress!
  • jvcinv
    jvcinv Posts: 504 Member
    It's amazing how little fluctuation you have.
    There is no denying that your trend has resumed in a good way.
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    I think I only fluctuate a few pounds because my eating is pretty much the same every day. I don't do splurge days and don't do extended fasts. Even on weekends, I don't really eat that much more, I just drink more alcohol. The times where I've really gone up (like over my trendline) I've definitely eaten a lot more than usual in the day or two leading up to the high weights (both times were from camping, I think). I also exercise the same almost every day too.

    Geez, I sound like the most boring person on the face of the earth!! :neutral:
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    Supposedly hit a new low today. Not putting too much stock in it though as I forgot to weigh today until way later than usual. So busy with work! Anyway, I’ll take it!

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  • mistymeadows2005
    mistymeadows2005 Posts: 3,737 Member
    Nice work babe
  • Brendalea69
    Brendalea69 Posts: 3,863 Member
    I don't understand the chart so I just read the actual weight and it looks great!!! :)
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    Thanks guys!
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    NSV today - I can now fit into my smallest size 8 Athleta skorts (i.e. the ones without much stretch) and they hang pretty well - not perfectly, but definitely wearable. I bought these back when I weighed about 150 lbs and had a lot of muscle, so they clearly have a bit of stretch, but not as much as some of the clothes I own. I had even sewn up the side zipper on them because they were such crappy plastic I was afraid they were going to fail at some point and I was able to easily pull them on...
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    I knew the low weight from yesterday wasn't going to stick around. To be fair, I did have Mexican food PLUS fries PLUS ice cream when were out last night for dinner.

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  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    Overall trend is good, keep going!
  • amflautist
    amflautist Posts: 895 Member
    Very very very nice progress!
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    A gain yesterday and then a drop today... I can almost taste the 160s now....

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  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    Going down!
  • jvcinv
    jvcinv Posts: 504 Member
    It keeps ticking down, you prove that patience pays off.
    It won't be long until one day your scale shows a 160 number.
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    edited October 2017
    I'm actually finding it a lot easier now that I'm not obsessed with the weight any more. I mean, obviously I'm still interested in my weight because weight loss IS my main goal here, but I'm not obsessing about it like I used to.

    I'm not obsessed with the weight because I've been working hard to let go of this need to get to a certain weight by a certain date. Like who cares - what's going to happen if I'm NOT 150lbs (or whatever arbitrary weight I've picked out for myself) by xmas? It's going to happen eventually and clearly the goal date obsession hasn't worked out all that well for me in the past!!

    I am also (finally) really trusting that this works and that having a meal with fries and ice cream every once in a while (well, actually twice this week!) isn't going to make me instantly gain all the weight back! Also feeling full isn't going to make me gain all the weight back.

    I've ditched my Excel chart because it was filled with calculations that figured out what weight I was going to hit on what day based on different rates of losing. It was a bit crazy.

    I think the realisation that if I'm really going to do this properly and have it be a "way of life" rather than a "diet" means that I can't control that rate of loss because I'm not controlling what goes into my body (other than feeding it mostly healthy food and not junk). i.e. I'm not restricting, I'm just not eating until dinner (which could be a couple of snacks and a glass or two of wine and then a main meal, or just a main meal, or whatever I feel like on that day).

    This is the first time in my life that I feel like food isn't my enemy. I'm not fighting each and every day to not eat more than I should. Seems amazing to me that such a simple mindset change (you don't eat in the day) can make such a difference. It's just the same as the fact that I don't eat in my car, a fact. So weird and cool!

    Also there are clearly major benefits brought about by the fasting that makes not eating in the day a no-brainer like "appetite correction" and ketosis.
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
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  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    One other important thing I just thought of. Cutting out all diet drinks and milk in my coffee during the fasting period has made a HUGE difference to the ease of my fasting. I did this about 6 weeks in and now only drink plain sparkling water or black coffee. It might just be a coincidence, but I no longer feel at all hungry until about an hour before I am due to eat. And even that hunger isn't the insatiable type hunger I was getting before that I really had to work to ignore. This is more like a "it's getting close to dinner time, I'm feeling a bit hungry" type of hunger.
  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    edited October 2017
    Nice you have adapted so well and that food isn't an enemy and you can enjoy it now, and your'e still losing to boot! I only drink water during my fast. I don't think I would want much else on an empty stomach. It does help a lot!
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    Though of something else while I was walking today. This is the only plan I’ve ever been on where you get more than losing weight as a reward for doing it. You also get to eat an amazing and satisfying meal every day. And when you are food motivated like me (and my dog Milo too, ha!!) this a major bonus. This doesn’t wear you down with deprivation day after day after day.
  • katjustkat
    katjustkat Posts: 754 Member
    minigrrll wrote: »
    Though of something else while I was walking today. This is the only plan I’ve ever been on where you get more than losing weight as a reward for doing it. You also get to eat an amazing and satisfying meal every day. And when you are food motivated like me (and my dog Milo too, ha!!) this a major bonus. This doesn’t wear you down with deprivation day after day after day.

    Agree 100%...all it takes is a little patience and thought...I like to make sure my meal is something I really like...I don't like wasting that one meal on something 'mehhhh'. I also like the thought of giving my body a break from non stop working so hard at constant digestion.
  • blambo61
    blambo61 Posts: 4,372 Member
    Getting full is a must for me! I've never tried small multiple meal diets (more than 1-day anyways) because I know that would never work for me. I may try just snacking during the day when I reach goal weight but I'm almost sure that probably will not work for me.
  • minigrrll
    minigrrll Posts: 1,590 Member
    I hate “wasting” my meal now too - I’ve become a total food snob!

    I know for a fact that snacking during the day is never going to work for me! In fact, I don’t even think that regular splurge days are going to work for me. I’m pretty sure (though never say never!) that I’ll be doing OMAD for maintenance too. Unless I somehow become underweight (hahahahahaha, that is just too funny/ridiculous to even contemplate!) doing it on an ongoing basis, it sure seems to be the key to freedom from all the food crap for me...

    Another loss today - this is good because the current weight loss trend will very likely be ending on Friday as I’m flying off to another week-long eat/drink fest in the USA for my company retreat.

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