@lar25473 Yummy!

Daily Post: 01/03 Thursday
Track: yes
Calories:under
exercise: no
Daily goal: Consult the Book of Armaments for guidance. Same thing tomorrow!

Daily post - 3rd January
Tracking: yes
Calories: yes
Exercise: 1.5 hours walking including lots of stairs

@Honey5 - I find dairy quite filling so often have smoothies - usually half a frozen banana, milk and lots of ice in the nutribullet or low-fat plain Chobani yogurt has very little calories for a large serve. I love hommus too but have been avoiding it lately as it can often lead me to corn chips, crackers etc

So I had a long "about me" typed up here a couple days ago for the new people but I clicked the wrong button and closed out of it so it didn't save.. here's to trying again

My name is Crystal, I am married and have 3 kids ranging from ages 8 months to 9 yrs. I am a stay at home Mommy, which really does keep me busy. I started MFP July 2018 after someone telling me that I "couldn't" lose the weight I wanted because I wouldn't stick to anything.. got me thinking and I do not like being told I can't do something so here I am. (Plus I want to be fit and healthy of course) I have lost around 30 lbs so far, looking to lose 10-15 more to be in the 130-135 range. The first few months was tough but I was strict on myself and had to say "NO" a LOT to foods and people offering foods. My goal was set to 1200 calories/day and I also tried to stay under 100 carbs and 45-50 grams of sugar. I have backslid a little since the holidays, but things are slowly getting better. I wish everyone good luck! The biggest loser has really helped me a ton

I feel bad but not defeated. I must confess that I binge ate a bag of tostitos. First I measured what I ate. Then I wanted a few more but neglected to measure and instead started eating out of the bag. Eating out the bag is terrible for me unless it is baby carrots then I have a auto stop filter. I did log the cals...it was tough. My new resolve is to measure,no bag eating and no chip buying until I can be a reasonable adult.

@cdavisdeva Crystal, you're doing an amazing job! Those 30llbs are GONE!! It is really great to that you get to take your baby for all those walks in the park so those last couple of pounds will be gone soon too!
@mrs1spy Awesome sauce! Great weigh in!
@shanteel612 Chips are the worst things to overeat on too because they give you a false sense of gain from all the salt that is in them. I'd bet if you drank a lot of water today, it won't look nearly as bad tomorrow. Weighing everything before hand, pre-logging meals and then tweaking them as I ate, and meal prep were the absolute essentials for me to stick with it.
@Suezq72760 Yep, we have this bright shiny new year to do something wonderful with. You'll do it!

shanteel612 wrote: »

I feel bad but not defeated. I must confess that I binge ate a bag of tostitos. First I measured what I ate. Then I wanted a few more but neglected to measure and instead started eating out of the bag. Eating out the bag is terrible for me unless it is baby carrots then I have a auto stop filter. I did log the cals...it was tough. My new resolve is to measure,no bag eating and no chip buying until I can be a reasonable adult.

I have to measure things out too, especially snack things like Tostitos, because if I eat straight out of the bag, forget it! It becomes a single-serving bag, no matter how big it is. It's great you logged the calories instead of hiding from it. What if you bought a bag and immediately measured out single servings into containers or sandwich bags?

mram3582 wrote: »

@lar25473 Yummy!

Case in point? Today got a large coffee with creamer in it instead of almond milk...whoops

Username: leni1us
Week: January, Week 1
Weigh in Day, Friday
PW: 172.6
CW: 170.8

Although I'll take it, I have to admit I was sick the last few days. I'm beginning to feel better now. I'm going to try and hold on to this lost. Wish me luck.

Weekly weigh in (Friday)
Name: spinnerkind
Pw: 80.5 kg (177.5 lbs)
Cw: 82.8 kg (182,5 lbs)

Eh, luckily this can't be true. Will weigh tomorrow again.. maybe my scale needs new batteries?? No denial here because I did not overindulge during the holidays, was within my "keep weight calorie- range" and also exercised 4 times since then.
Still frustrating, hmpf.

Also daily post (Friday)
Tracking: yes
Calories: bit above - we had a high tea today
Exercise: 1 hour of Milon circuit training, and I walked to work today
Goal: buy batteries for the scale and adjust my calorie goal for 1 week

Daily post January 4

Tracked - yes
Exercise and calories - had an interesting day where I kept eating high calorie food for every meal and then trying to burn them off by walking. Ended up eating 400 calories over the limit netto in the end. On the bright side, I did walk 8km in the process.

Goal for tomorrow: to start cooking at home, and to start making salads again ! Think the loss from December is getting me lazy again. Any tips on how to motivate myself out of this? Positive ones. Fear and guilt could work, but are obviously not pleasant.

shanteel612 wrote: »

I feel bad but not defeated. I must confess that I binge ate a bag of tostitos. First I measured what I ate. Then I wanted a few more but neglected to measure and instead started eating out of the bag. Eating out the bag is terrible for me unless it is baby carrots then I have a auto stop filter. I did log the cals...it was tough. My new resolve is to measure,no bag eating and no chip buying until I can be a reasonable adult.

Good decisions, all of them! I am a chips-binger too, and not stocking any of it at home has been my only way out so far. Also keeping healthier food alternatives that I like.

Daily post
04.01.19

Track: yes
Under: no
Exercise: 30 minutes dog walk
Goal: stay motivated

Daily post 1/4/18
Track: yes
Calories: under
Exercise: yes!

Got some weekend warriors in the lineup tomorrow:
@Lsm7773
@RisingAboveIt
@TooMuchChocolate88

Have a great weekend everyone!