Katmary71 wrote: »

My family is all in Hawaii right now, I didn't go as I had a class scheduled but found out a couple weeks ago it was canceled. I'm in charge of my brother's cat and chicken and there's all kinds of food triggers there! If I could trust myself to have just one I'd have one of the Trader Joe's dark chocolate peanut butter cups, I used to buy those and eat 10 on the way home. Sometimes I miss the ignorance I had of calories!

@Katmary71 Truth spoken.

Doughnuts and Harry and David sitting around for the two days I was at the office this week. I didn't have any but I could literally smell the sugar as I approached the kitchen and break room area. It feels like work to not eat those things and it aggravates me to avoid temptation but find that the very next time - I am still tempted. When will I not be? Thinking never.

raleighgirl09
Saturday check in - going to have the sweet granddaughter from this afternoon until late tonight, not sure I'll be logging back in

I woke up and laid in bed thinking I was sad that I just mindlessly grabbed the bag of almonds to have on the couch while watching tv last night. Up to that point, it was a decent day, calorie wise. I thought about it and decided to weigh because I was still wondering if I was avoiding bad news knowing I have been struggling with the night eating for many of the past several days (and days). The scale was down. I'm not sad I went ahead and weighed and I feel like I can move forward today with better plans. Had I been up even more than Thursday - would I be sad I weighed? Would I have felt defeated rather than relieved, would I have felt doomed to repeat the mistakes? I don't want the scale and me stepping on it to be a THING but then again, if it's a tool that helps keep me in check - why would I get worked up about that?

Slimpossibles - can I pick your brains on this? What are your weighing habits?

How often do you weigh?
Do you have an emotional response to the number (either up or down)?
Do you think about weighing, the scales, the numbers, at random times during the day?
Other scales/weighing thoughts to share?

How often do you weigh? For Feb, once a week but previously it was daily, for several months
Do you have an emotional response to the number (either up or down)? Yes - either way most of the time. I can feel very happy when it is lower and deflated when it is higher. Small fluctuations on the daily don't affect me much, but wide swings are where I tend to have more emotion about the number
Do you think about weighing, the scales, the numbers, at random times during the day? Not when I weigh daily but the weekly has me thinking about it - to include "Well, I'm not weighing in for a few days so this (thing I'm about to eat) won't even register" Or something like that. Not sure I actually created a sentence for that moment before but it feels pretty accurate after typing and re-reading it.

@raleighgirl09 I am trying to weigh only three times a week- Wed, Fri, Sun. I absolutely have an emotional response- if my weight is down I think I can eat more. If it's up I feel giving up and eating more. So no win lol! This response gets worse the more frequently I weigh. Daily is terrible for me. 3 a week I can manage without being too reactive. I always weigh first thing when I wake up.

@prowell57 I tried the patch 1 years ago, it was too much for me. It was super strong though you can cut it in half. I can't remember if I did or not. I quit cold turkey. That was the only thing that worked for me. I tried to quit several times cold turkey so it took a while. I tried cutting down slowly like you are doing. That never worked. Finally one day I quit cold turkey and it worked. I found a forum online for support and it really helped me. I was also scared straight as they say- my aunt had a heart attack in her 40s and even if it wasn't directly caused by smoking I realized I did not want that to be me.

But the thing with smoking- everyone is different so what worked for me may not work for you. But keep trying. Also it is very hard to quit smoking and try to lose weight at the same time. I did gain weight but under 10 lbs I think. Not because I ate more/ate junk- your metabolism slows down. Although be aware cigarettes also suppress appetite a bit.

@Katmary71 I always have that issue with salmon glazes.

Here's a question- do people have a favourite cook book?

My week
My goals- exercise 7 x on track I just have to make it the gym this aft
Wash my face every night- I think I just missed one night.
Meditate/write each day- did not do this at all, but on the up side I was fairly grounded all week so I didn't really need to.
Soft tissue/mobility work- 10 mins before each workout - most of the time I did this. I think I skipped it twice. I should probably do 20 mins but one step at a time.

It is also the end of 1 month in my personal 3 month challenge. I'm very pleased I met my weekly calorie goal 3/4 weeks. I also have a goal around how much alcohol I drink and I came in a few drinks under my goal- this is huge for me, seriously. I think my weight has largely stayed the same but tomorrow is the official weigh in so we will see.

Today- BASEBALL is back! Seriously I love baseball y'all. So this aft I'll watch part of a Jays spring training game and then go to the gym. Tomorrow getting together with friends for a drink.

Digger61
Week 3
Saturday
PW 213
CW 213
Time to get back to work. Start tracking more

@prowell57 awesome about pants! I originally tried the patch when quit smoking and cut it in half as it was too strong. I found out I had to be off nicotine altogether for my surgeries so I had to go cold turkey. I tried Wellbutrin for nerve pain and ate less and only smoked 5 cigarettes while on it and usually smoked a pack. When I stopped it I went back to normal but also hadn't been trying to quit.

@raleighgirl09 I weighed every morning after going to the bathroom for awhile until I hit a month plateau. After that I switched to once a week. I was ok weighing daily until I went up a few lbs and the scale didn't move for so long, then it was affecting my mood and I was really frustrated with eating so little and working out hard for "nothing". Weekly was a lot better. Now I don't weigh regularly, probably every 1-2 weeks.

Username: davors19
Weigh-in week: Week 3
Weigh-in day: Fri
Previous Weight: 285
Todays Weight: 285

mlhopp93
Friday Weigh In
Week 3
Previous Weight: 339.0lbs
Current Weight: 337.0lbs

Better week this week. On another trip this upcoming week.
For the captains, I would like to change my weigh in day to Saturday going forward.

Thanks

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