12sarah2015
previous weight:136.5
current weight 138.5

Well I've decided to snack on pickles in vinegar, not sweets, which is working. But I am so hungry at 8.30am. Maybe I should eat two Weetbix in the morning instead of one, not sure.

October 17
Exercised Maybe. Walking hospital corridors
Calories. Yes
Tracked. Yes
Had a stressful day. My mother has a hip fracture. They're operating in the morning. Didn't have much time to eat.

Weight dropping slow this week. Getting rdy for long weekend vaca and then my daughter is coming home to visit the day I get back for 5 days. Gonna be a challenging week next week.

12Sarah2015 wrote: »

my grandma has just passed away. I am glad I got to see her two weeks ago. We won't be attending the funeral as we are too far away. She is in heaven now, having been a Christian for most of her life, and she has been looking forward to the day for a long time. My children though too little to understand, have photos and movies with her, so they can look back on this when they are older.

@12Sarah2015 So sorry to hear this. I'm glad that you got to see her recently, and that your kids will have the photos and movies for the memories.

grebber1 wrote: »

Weight dropping slow this week. Getting rdy for long weekend vaca and then my daughter is coming home to visit the day I get back for 5 days. Gonna be a challenging week next week.

@grebber1 Have a fantastic weekend vacation, and enjoy being active with your lighter self. Keep your eye on the long-term reward, not the short term reward of yucky vacation food -- you've got a much bigger prize in mind, and I believe you're willing to work for it.

And look forward to that challenging week ahead like it's a competition you've been training for -- because you have! You can do it!

So the last 2 weeks I have been fighting hunger pains. I'm pretty sure is because I'm not drinking as much water as I was since it's been a lot cooler outside. Is been a real struggle to not over eat.
I'm not sure what else it could be that is causing me to think I'm hungry all the time now. I got a little lax on what I have been eating lately. I'm under cals but not eating as clean as I was. I need to figure this out because it's putting me in a bad mood. Really thinking is fluids. I need to get back to drinking more

I'll have to look back and see what's going on. I've pretty much been eating the same thing this whole time. it's the water consumption that's low. But I will have to look at some of my food choices these last few weeks and see what's going on there. Even though I'm under 4 calories I don't know exactly what's in the stuff I have been eating so I will have to look back and see if there's something there that is triggering hunger

Username: Colleen790
October week 3. 18/10
PW 175
CW. 172.6

grebber1 wrote: »

I'll have to look back and see what's going on. I've pretty much been eating the same thing this whole time. it's the water consumption that's low. But I will have to look at some of my food choices these last few weeks and see what's going on there. Even though I'm under 4 calories I don't know exactly what's in the stuff I have been eating so I will have to look back and see if there's something there that is triggering hunger

Not sure if your exercise routine has changed at all, but I learned how much it affects my hunger when I had a heel injury.

Cardio is a huge appetite suppressant. I switched to strength training due to the injury for a week and was starving all the time.

If you've reduced cardio at all, that could be an answer.

@LesIckaBod 's advice about macros--specifically making sure you are getting enough protein and fat--is also great advice.

LesIckaBod wrote: »

Happy Wednesday Weigh-In for:

@inshapeCK - you're in my thoughts. How was your dad's angiogram? (got your weigh-in posted already)

@LesIckaBod

Thanks for asking about my dad.

Answers To Prayers
-everything went as smoothly as possible and they didn't find a serious problem
-doesn't need bypass surgery
-didn't need any stents
-didn't need to stay overnight at the hospital
-seems to be recovering as well as can be expected
-shouldn't need to cancel his 75th birthday party for this Saturday

Praise
-someone who works at the hospital, who is in our Bible Study Group, came to see my dad before the test
-Dad was in and out of the test in just under an hour so less time for me waiting and wondering how he is and what they found

A Smile From Heaven
-nurse who took Dad into the angiogram had the same name as my mom who passed away last year and she said that he looked familiar to her

Results
-doctor didn't go over them with us (only told me while walking me to see dad that he didn't get stents put in & he wouldn't have to stay overnight & he would have to look at his chart before he could tell me anything else)
-just sent home with a diagram of the arteries which showed blockage in 1 spot at 20% and 3 other spots at 30% and notes in chicken scratch that I can barely read and the doctor never came back to talk to us about the results

Next Steps and Prayer Requests
-hoping and praying that we will be able to see the cardiologist who referred us to this test soon to go over the results and to discuss next steps & to discuss that else might have caused syncope/losing consciousness episode and to discuss balanced plaque scenario he mentioned before he sent him for the test (e.g., 90% blockage in an artery is bad & needs a stent but if have 30% blockage in 3 arteries that might also have caused his heart to stop or pause therefore leading him to pass out)
-hoping we can get to the bottom of what caused the syncope episode (e.g., heart paused or stopped, low blood pressure, heart medication he's on)
-praying that he doesn't have get any symptoms that require us to call 911 or go to ER (e.g., bleeding, bulge)
-still dealing with my endometriosis
-I need time and energy to balance looking after my dad and planning the rest of the 75th party as I only have 2 days left!

Rocknut53 wrote: »

October 17
Exercise: yard work all day
Calories: a little over
Tracked: yes, even though I didn't want to because I knew I was over.

I feel you, @Rocknut53. I'm up late working, and I'm 50 calories under my target. I feel like morale would improve greatly in the short term if I only had a little more food while I'm working, but I don't want to have that feeling afterward, that doesn't want to report the extra calories and doesn't want to live with the bump in weight tomorrow morning.

Must focus!

Tonight, I'm feeling introspective. Tonight I realized I'm within 10 pounds of my "required" goal weight (a normal, healthy BMI). That's the goal I absolutely wanted to achieve no matter what when I started this journey.

I started at 221 and am at 155.6. When I started this journey, I liked to imagine dropping exactly 100 pounds and getting to 121 (still in the healthy range but on the low end). But that number seems so arbitrary now...what if I'm 135 and toned? Would I be happy with that? I like to think so. Which begs the question...will I remain motivated to get to 121? Do I want to get to 121? Should I push for 121 if I'm healthy and confident at 135? Or do I want to focus on developing fitness and strength at the gym once I hit...say...the middle of the healthy range?

It is so crazy that maintenance could be so close. When do I start to transition? How do I transition?

Any recommendations/suggestions? How do I know when to stop? (not worried about getting too thin btw...I would keep an eye on the healthy range of BMI)

It's hard to believe "healthy" is so close. I've been overweight/obese nearly half my life. And before I was overweight...as an insecure teen...I felt overweight.

I've become so mentally strong about "losing". I know to trust in the process, to look over my habits and patterns, to remain positive.

But maintenance? That's so foreign to me. Never in my life have I done maintenance. I've either been gaining (mostly) or losing (rarely until this year). Not once before have I looked at my body and thought, "Cool. I like it. I feel healthy and strong here. I'm good and just need to stay here." I've felt confident lately, but knowing I wanted to be in the healthy range has kept me motivated for more loss.

@craigo3154 has prompted some questions about maintenance before, and I thought about it...but this is really hitting me right now.

It's been awhile since it's been asked, and since it's on my mind, and we have some new faces...

QUESTION FOR ALL:
What's your maintenance plan? How will you know when you're "good" with where you are? Will a number on the scale tell you? Or something else?

@craigo3154 If you have the chance, I'd love to hear about how you decided to transition to maintenance. Specifically, when you realized that you were at a place where it was time for maintenance rather than loss. If you've told the story before, I've forgotten it and could use some guidance now.

@eevang..
I never thought about how exercise wood react to the way I eat. I have not been as active these last few weeks as I was before. I do a lot of cardio which like you said was would suppress my appetite. But I haven't been walking much lately. Just doing my scheduled rides on my bike. This may be contributing to why i was always hungry.