martinesther88 wrote: »

Steps 4/6~6,863, watch died or would have been more, im bad about forgetting to put it on the charger.

jugar wrote: »

leni1us wrote: »

Username: leni1us
April, Week 1
Weigh in Day, Friday
PW: 163.0
CW: 162.6

My vacation has definitely set me back a ways. I really want to get to 155 by months's end. That's just 7 lbs.. I think I'd doing everything right but the weight either climbs a pound, creeps down .5 pound or stays put. My calories are under or at goal everyday and I'm exercising 2 - 3 times a week. I know my water intake is dismal (24 to 32 oz a day). Can water really make THAT much of a difference? It feels like two steps forward, one step back. I don't seem to be making much progress. I think I need to do something differently - I guess, increasing my water would be one.

Step Count 4/4 - 10,704

It is all a grand experiment on yourself. I found that every time I eat grains, especially flour, I put on weight immediately, no matter if the total calories are under. I can eat plenty of carbs from vegetables, legumes (beans) or fruit, but grains and I do not mix well. I still eat them sometimes, but I know that they have an immediate stalling effect.

For some people it is grains, for some it might be something else. I did the somewhat painful but really revealing Whole 30 experiment. I can NOT eat that much animal protein, not ever. But the experiment of eliminating all dairy, grains, legumes, sugars, alcohol and only eating protein, fats (except trans) and vegetables for 30 days and then re-introducing things one at a time really showed me several things. First, that it was WAY too much animal protein and that set my digestion into a real tizzy. Second, that the most important thing for me to re-introduce first was legumes. Third, that grains were NOT making me feel well at all. That surprised me. When I re-introduced grains, and they were healthy whole grains, my heart rate went way up for at least an hour every time I ate them. And I held more weight whenever I ate them. So even though I really hated the month on whole 30, I learned a lot. Since then, I continue to eat fish and yogurt (non-fat that I make myself) as my only animal proteins. I avoid grain most of the time. I eat more legumes and love them to pieces. About 80 percent of every plate is vegetables. I eat fruit every day as well, but not as much. I eat much less fat than the trendy diets, but still feel I get a satisfying amount of it.

So keep experimenting. When you gain or do not lose, you have learned something. Track everything and see what works and what doesn't. Feel your heart rate, survey your digestion, and see how things change. Your tastes will change too - even though there are some terrible nose-dives from time to time along the way! You are starting to ask the right questions. Start with water but don't stop there.

jugar wrote: »

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BMcC9 wrote: »

Motivation Monday - something from my "helped me" archive. (not original to me)

Emotion FOLLOWS Motion.
(Action comes first and feeds Motivation - not the other way around) If you wait till you "feel like it" to start, you often never start.

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"Motivation follows action (not the other way around). If you wait till you "feel like it" to start, you often never start.

I was introduced to this as "emotion follows motion".

Put a tight time limit (like 5-10 minutes) on a small task you have been putting off and feel would be hard or tedious. If the time expires and you do not feel like continuing, stop. If it was a big task, break it down into a first step that would take 10 mins or less.

More often than not, once to start the task, you "get into it" and motivation turns up to help you continue or even complete the task.

This could be something simple like cleaning your desk/bathroom/etc.. , going for a walk/run/doing exercise, practicing an instrument, reading a book, writing a letter or even reading/posting on an MFP forum."