Canzone777
Feb. Week 2 (Sunday)
Pw- 162
Cw- 162

No change, but after the week I’ve had, I’ll take holding steady!

Sunday check-in 02/09/2020
Calories- under
Water- over
Exercise- 0

I was looking back through my diary entries this week and noticed I haven't eat any vegetables the last couple days. I need to step that up! Maybe have 1 salad a day.

@prowell57 The decluttering is pretty overwhelming, I don't think I threw away anything since I moved here. I'm trying to focus on one box and one stack at a time but I feel like I'm going to be doing it forever! I love Crystal Light, was just drinking it so much I thought switching to tea would be better. My favorite is the raspberry green tea, mango tea is good, and peach tea isn't bad. I bought a pack of single servings when I stayed at my aunt's house at Costco and it had four kinds, pomegranate was my favorite out of that pack but they were all good.

@Jactop your steps are amazing! I don't know how you do it, my Fitbit comes Tuesday and I know my steps are low, I can't imagine even doing 5000! I'll have to start going for walks like I did in January.

@its_cleo Great job with the workouts! I love how you switch it up! I hope your bicep heals quickly. You've done awesome with your goals!

Go team!

I forgot to check in
Sunday check-in
Calories- under
Exercise- recumbent bike, yoga, strength exercises
Water- over

Habits
Weights 3xs a week- going tomorrow
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Core- tried situps and regular plank and it went well
Yoga- did back yoga, been doing every day and it's a good routine for my back problems
Declutter/clean- did a lot in guest bedroom, donated 6 bags between church and Goodwill
Recipe- did cassava and brussel sprouts, unsure of next week. Get produce box tomorrow so I'll plan then

Username: Vegan4lyfe2012
Weigh in Week: 1
Weigh in Day: Sunday
Previous Weight: 193.0
Today's Weight: 194.6

I had a feeling I would fluctuate up from last week's 5 pound loss. Super sucks. I think a lot has to do with the amount of sodium I consume. I know it's too much. I'll check in later today after I have a chance to get caught up on the weekend posts. You guys are such an inspiration!

@prowell57 My best friend had a Pho get together and that was it for me. Fell in love with it. The savory broth with all the different meats, bean sprouts, peppers and lime. I tend to over do it with the hot oil. So good.

@katmary71 Not so much into the weights but I know I will benefit greatly from doing it.

Katmary71 wrote: »

@Jactop your steps are amazing! I don't know how you do it, my Fitbit comes Tuesday and I know my steps are low, I can't imagine even doing 5000! I'll have to start going for walks like I did in January.

My advise if you want to get your steps up is to stop thinking so big. Long walks are great but I get most of mine by moving during activities when I would normally sit or stand still.
-pace instead of standing still
-use the furthest washroom even at home
-put laundry away right from the drier one piece at a time
-most mornings I try to do 10 min of moving while still in my pjs, either I circle my island or read posts on my stationary bike

I'm not sure why but on the days my steps are highest I also make the best food choices.

Steps for 2/9
17,158

When people count calories what do you do when you’re over? Do you just say it was a bad day and start over the next day or do you try to cut back the next day?

So I count calories I have a weekly goal. Yesterday I was way over. So all week I would have to cut back to make up for it. Then I find- trying to limit calories- I can only do it so long then I think I get rebellious and angry and fed up with it. That is partly what happened last night. So it’s kind of like a vicious circle. Because if I cut calories all week to make up for yesterday by the end I will be ready to blow again.

I guess I just don’t know how to handle the restrictions mentally. I feel like I need to do something different than what I currently do.

Last night- I had grapes and didn't realize how many calories are in grapes which FYI is crazy I should have just had a chocolate bar, I think it would have been less calories. Then I was frustrated and had some ice cream. Then I was hungry and had bread an peanut butter. So I was over by like 500 cals or something.

@Jactop congratulations, another pound down! I'll take your advice about steps, thank you! I didn't realize it counts steps on the bike. My usual cardio is the bike, elliptical, or stair treadmill, I figured it would count for the latter but not the others.

@vegan4lyfe2012 Sorry you're up, those weeks are so frustrating! It's hard to get sodium down, I eat 2-3 packaged things and it's always way over. Congratulations on being in the top three!

@wrknonmedaily yay, 3lbs down! If you dislike weights what about starting with body weight exercises like planks, pushups, and situps? The thing I like about strength training is it shows physically after about a month and going up on weights/time holding a plank/amount of reps is rewarding.

@TeraBbreakingFree glad it wasn't more than you thought. Great job getting back on track right away! I hope the kids are doing better.

@its_cleo I usually just get back to it the next day. After being over 3 days for Christmas Eve, Christmas day, and slightly over my nephew's birthday on the 26th I did stop eating exercise calories for a bit but it wasn't my best decision. Only 500 over if you're at 1lb a week is maintenance. Grapes are high and they don't seem like they would be!

its_cleo wrote: »

When people count calories what do you do when you’re over? Do you just say it was a bad day and start over the next day or do you try to cut back the next day?

So I count calories I have a weekly goal. Yesterday I was way over. So all week I would have to cut back to make up for it. Then I find- trying to limit calories- I can only do it so long then I think I get rebellious and angry and fed up with it. That is partly what happened last night. So it’s kind of like a vicious circle. Because if I cut calories all week to make up for yesterday by the end I will be ready to blow again.

I guess I just don’t know how to handle the restrictions mentally. I feel like I need to do something different than what I currently do.

Last night- I had grapes and didn't realize how many calories are in grapes which FYI is crazy I should have just had a chocolate bar, I think it would have been less calories. Then I was frustrated and had some ice cream. Then I was hungry and had bread an peanut butter. So I was over by like 500 cals or something.

Hey there, @its_cleo !

So it is totally awesome that you logged your food and stumbled across a high calorie food you didn't know about. For what it's worth, you ate extra of a food that included fiber and vitamins, so you could possibly give yourself more "health credit" than eating a candy bar. So maybe give yesterday's self a high five for making a healthy choice, even if it was an unconscious of the numbers choice?

(I am feeling the fruit and calories thing. I just had an afternoon snack of about 120 calories, some cashews and some tart cherries. I could eat way WAY more tart cherries had I not thought to prelog this, and find out I should eat about 100g of them. Ah, well.)

In your post, you actually sound like you arrived at what works for me. When I go over, my game plan is just get back on plan with the next meal. If I try to "make up" for an overage by going way under the rest of the week, I will be super grumpy and hangry by end of week. So SO SO not worth it. That is the path toward ransacking the pantry for me. Nope, I just need to go back to the regularly planned size of meals.

Another way to think of it, for me, is that I just slowed down on the health journey a bit. Or detoured a little.

Anyway, I am big on getting back in the saddle at the next meal, and being kind to myself on days I blow past the number.

Other Slimpossibles, what do you do?