EstrangedTiger wrote: »

jadeblue14 wrote: »

Hey again everyone. I'll put my little blurb here, too. My name is Miranda, feel free to call me that or my username. I currently weight 177.6 (down 6 pounds!). I'm 5'3". I've been struggling with my weight all of my life. I was the fat kid growing up. I was able to get down to 125 once, but dealing with medical issues with family members I used food to cope. And then the desk job after college and the scale just kept crawling up. In the process of trying to relearn what hunger feels like, I discovered I'm ok with eating once a day most days. Why not try to do it every day? I would love to get back down to 125 again, but realistically anything under 140 (considered the healthy weight range for my height) I'll be happy with. I'm not as concerned with that final number as I am with how I look and feel. The number is kind of a ballpark. I'm a big nerd, and I would love to feel more comfortable in my cosplays, or cosplay things I've been putting off because I feel like I don't have the right body type.
I'm going to eat my meal between 5 and 7pm, depending on the day. And I guess I officially started last Monday by accident, so 2/12/18.
Looking forward to journeying with you all.

So I guess I'll track all of my progress here, and not just what the scale says. I know longer feel really hungry during the day. And for the first time in months I don't really feel bloated, either. Pretty good way to start the week.

Hi Miranda, it is nice to see another RP nerd on this forum. I want to hit a convention like Blizzcon/ComicCon at some point. Like you, have avoided it due to body image issues. I will attend and people watch, but have never dressed for the occasion. Also, I’m a fairly active online gamer.

You reminded me, this is a solid goal. Thanks!

Look forward to seeing your progress and perhaps a cosplay story in the future!

I had put off cosplaying anything for a really long time because I always felt like I was too fat. One day I said f it, and I started with a Captain America USO girl. It was also my first sewing project I did without a pattern, so a big learning experience all around. I regularly cosplay as Black Widow now, but would love to feel comfortable enough to do so without a corset. I've also made my boyfriend's winter soldier costume. We've been to SDCC twice and it was amazing. But also expensive, so definitely an every few years kind of deal. We still hit up a lot of the local cons.
We're also big DnD nerds, and I often joke I'd love to be able to do half the stuff that my DnD character does. I haven't been playing video games as much due to time with my MFA, but boyfriend still really enjoys them.
Yay nerdy things! They're great motivators.

Happy Monday everyone!
Scale this morning read 166.2, and also a 35.2% body fat. So I'm down 16.8 pounds and 4% body fat since I started.
I had a bit of a crazy weekend (plumbing issue that caused a leak in our basement...on top of our finished bar). But I did not use food to cope. So that's also big.
I buckled down a lot last week. I hadn't been feeling good physically. I actually picked up a cold during the run of our show and it lingered. It took a month to lose 1 pound. And then this past week I've lost 4. The woosh has caught up to me. Aside from getting over being sick, which helped a lot, I've also been eating better, and less. I'm still trying to aim for 1200-1500 average calories per day for the week, but I'm limiting the big calorie days to 1-2 splurge meals, and then under 1000 for the rest. It's really helped me focus back up.
Wednesday and Friday will be my splurge for this week. The rest of the week I plan to keep up the routine. I'll probably get salad works tonight, we have a homechef for tomorrow and Thursday. Wednesday is Trivia, and Friday is session 3 for the DnD game I'm running, and I think we're doing pizza.
Hope everyone is off to a great start of the week. And that plumbing issues don't befall anyone else.

dkayingram wrote: »

That is great! Inches count for sure. I have heard great things about home chef but never tried them. I think I like to cook too much, and improvise as well so it may not work for me!

Hah, totally fair. I always said the same thing, and I am a good cook at what I know how to cook. I can do all sorts of killer pasta dishes. But that winds up being a lot of pasta. This has worked really well for us in eating better, healthier meals, and not eating out as much. Also saving money on that front. But it is just me and boyfriend in the house, so it might be more difficult/pricey with kids.

Oh man, I can't believe it's been almost a month. Sorry guys!
I've stuck with OMAD, with a few exceptions for special events. My goal was to hit 163 by May 17th (graduation day from my masters program), to give me an even 20lbs lost. When I stepped on the scale that morning, I was at 162.2!
We had a comic con weekend this past weekend. I spent most of the weekend in a corset, so I wasn't super hungry. But ate lots of pizza and I can feel the sodium bloat. So drinking a lot of water today to make up for it.
I think I'm going to set my next mini goal of 153, for an even 30lbs, by August 18th. That is my boyfriend and me's 12th anniversary.

Thanks guys! I'm really going to try to get better with checking in. And catching up with all of you and your journeys.

Still fighting off the post con/eating like crap bloat. Feeling not as puffy, but it's still there. I've started calling it the pizza puff, since that was pretty much all I ate all weekend.

Last night we had saladworks, since Jason is feeling kind of gross after the con, too. Tonight we have a homechef. Hot honey salmon with sage vegetables.

I have a friend who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer. She started a team for a 5k run/walk in September to raise money for research. So I think I am going to be joining it, and attempting to run as much as I can. Time to start training now. I haven't run for almost 10 years, after I blew out my ankle. Wish me luck.

Hi everyone. As you can see, I've been pretty quiet lately. I hurt my foot over the summer, and I've been dealing with that injury. I wasn't able to run the 5k, but I did still walk it. That was really disappointing. I went from not being able to run at all (like less than a minute straight), to running over 15 minutes straight for the first time in my life. I'm hoping I can get things straightened out with my foot (working on scheduling a doctor's visit), and then I'll try again, but slower this time.
I also added a 3rd job. I was doing really well for a long time. But I went a little off the rails around November and started stress eating. I had gotten down to 151 (over 30lbs lost), but I did a good chunk of a damage. So I am buckling back down. I officially restarted OMAD yesterday. I had a porchop with a ranch/bread crumb crust and sautéed green beans, a cheese stick, and the last of the Christmas cookies, and then my fish oil and multivitamin. Calories estimated at 963.
Tonight's plan is another home chef (chicken with acorn squash and a cranberry sherry glaze for 550 cals). Not sure just yet what I'll add for more calories.
I'm also currently going through cafeine withdrawal. I drank a lot of soda over the holidays, and I'm feeling it. Today is day 2 with no caffeine.
Old start weight 183
New start weight (1/2/19) 163.3
Current weight (1/3/19) 162.2

Thanks ladies. One thing I forgot to mention, our 5k team raised over $10,000 for research towards desmoid tumors. So even though I wasn't able to run and that was personally disappointing, it was still a great (rainy) day.

Start weight: 163.3
Current weight: 161.2
Caffeine withdrawal is hitting me hard. I'm on day 3 with no soda. But I'm getting there.
We had the home chef last night, and I also had tea with a bit of honey, 2 cheese sticks, and a spoonful of peanut butter to get me up to 999 calories.

Tonight we're eating out at one of my favorite restaurants, and Inn that also does really great Italian food. It's to very belatedly celebrate my birthday (which was in November), and also my mom's, which was the second. They have the best clams casino I've ever had. And Bavarian pretzels.
Happy Friday everyone!