raleighgirl09
Week 1 weigh in Thursday (04Jun2020)
Previous weight:185.1
Current weight: 179.5

Woohoo! Some water and some actual weight and I'm pretty happy about progress! It's been 7-8 weeks since I've been under 180 so I'm going to continue to be vigilant, I'd like to get past the point of fluctating myself back into the 180s so I need some buffer to feel completely confident. But I'm on the right track!

Good day today: water over, cals under, 2 walks in the 'hood. Did I tell y'all that I was caught in a downpour while walking one day last week...? HA! My shoes were filled with water as I trudged home, phone in my pocket under my shirt and me holding it out so the water ran down the fabric and didn't drip on the phone. It was crazy - but kinda fun!

@AustinRuadhain thanks so much for the kind words and you have given me a light bulb moment! We *have* to be our own best coach. We need to be as straight forward, but with as much respect, as we would be with others. We need to try to help this person who is working toward a goal and be their best friend. I think we need this from our internal source, in order to accept it from any external sources.
@cherrymajoni great day yesterday!! Loving that you were checking in and hitting the bedtime goal at the same time!!!
@bethanie0825 I am the same - some competition can really help me put in some extra effort! Ugh on tom gains...just when I thought it was safe for me to get back in the water (stopped having tom), I started having water retention in the heat - so frustrating!
@Katmary71 I have been thinking about you on and off all day!! I hope you can get some relief and until you do - I'm really hoping for better and bearable days. Your tofu sounds amazing, it's one of my favorite things to eat - low cal, low sodium, high protein and so versatile. I don't know if you've ever done this, I actually did it by accident. I was oven roasting cubes of tofu I had dried really well before cutting and left it in the oven too long and it became....a snack. Really tasty to just pluck some out and munch as I was doing other things - not really crunchy but dehydrated and chewy. It was very simple salt and pepper with olive oil. Funnily enough - I've never done the beans in my instant pot. The olive oil adds a creaminess and luxuriant mouth feel that is very satisfying so I keep it because it adds very few calories per serving and I usually have a half cup on top of scrambled eggs; very filling breakfast! Oh, and I just can't past a lima....just can't.
@mrmcgrath great day yesterday!!
@trooworld thanks for the good vibes! I'll be talking with the actual company on Monday - super exciting! Congrats on being called back in - ya know, going back part-time first may make a really nice transition back into the swing of things, let us know how it goes! I seem to be squared away for the bike tires so I'm hoping to join my friend tomorrow (fingers crossed!)
@lexabeep zowie, that is an awesome weigh in!! I am so happy for you and I know it's a great confidence booster! Agreed....it's such a good feeling to know you're giving it everything and that things are happening! I know I won't have that every week but there is a magic when you can physically feel the difference even before stepping on the scale... =>
@TeresaW1020 WOOT for a great eating and water day! You must be so excited for the re-opening and I think it's pretty amazing for all of the staff to be working so hard to make it easier on the congregation - very loving to include the extra touches to ensure it's as smooth as possible for everyone!

@lexabeep Way to go, that's a great drop in weight!

@TeresaW1020 How exciting that you're opening soon! It'll be weird to have a lot of changes, no more coffee and doughnut holes for the kids, but it'll be nice to be back there in person. I hate to admit this but I HAVE kind of liked foam rolling during the music though. Something tells me I should have never admitted that, lol! It's right in the middle of my workout time though!

@raleighgirl09 Awesome loss in weight! Love your walking in the rain, you're hardcore now! Hm, I don't remember ever having eggs and beans together, where have I been? I bought fava beans today at the farmer's market but plan to boil those. I thought I'd never bought them before but kept having deja vu, I'd bought them from the same seller a few years ago and asked her how to make them then too! Wasn't the most balanced day but the farmer's market and talking with farmers/gardeners was the best thing that happened to me in awhile. Anyhow, beans in the Instant Pot, the only ones I'm not that happy with is black beans, I need to try them longer. I stopped at Grocery Outlet to buy junk food after a lousy appointment and almost squealed when I saw something I haven't seen since quarantine- dried garbanzo beans, woohoo!

Thursday check-in
Calories- over
Exercise- arm seated cardio, seated "6 pack" abs

Habits
Cardio 30 minutes- done
Weights- none
Core/yoga- abs
Recipe- not really
steps- about 8000

Had my doctor's appointment today and didn't go the best. It wasn't horrible but it wasn't great. I stopped at Grocery Outlet for junk food and ended up being 75% healthy. I want to try stuff like pizza rolls and tater tots in the air fryer but they only had 5lb bags, even at a decent price I couldn't do that to myself! I also don't usually get a lot of packaged food plus a lot of brands are off-label so I wasn't sure what they were and shocked by calorie counts, it helped a lot! I was still in an evil mood when I got home, I decided I wasn't going to sit around and make myself miserable and might as well do something I like if I was going to be hurting so I went to the farmer's market. Yeah, bought some fun produce, have 8 new plants that somehow got into my bag plus had someone to talk organic gardening with for awhile, and since my ice cream was lousy I bought a single-serving baked good that I haven't even eaten yet but it was the best thing I've done mentally in awhile. Had no desire to eat everything when I got home though I did drink a cup of Diet Pepsi, but not a whole 2 liter! Not craving that either, maybe I'm turning a corner. Weird day, the doctor's appointment reminded me I'm in this alone and shouldn't count on others and the farmer's market reminded me I'm part of a community.

Official weigh-in
192.2

My daily weight was much lower but I always post my weekly average as my official weigh in since the scale fluctuates daily. I didn’t handle my stress very well this week and it was my downfall. Oh well...we shall see if next week is any better.

@trooworld - 🎉 Hurray for that yummy healthy dinner! And double hurray for planning carefully how to eat leftovers. I love that you have watched how foods affect you, and then planned accordingly! 🔎

@mrmcgrath - Hey there! Looking at the spreadsheet, it looks like you lost weight, just less than you hoped!
🥳 Woohoo! Great weigh-in! Seriously! As @TeresaW1020 says -- down is down!
👐🏽 As far as the stress and not handling that well -- hang in there, and keep looking for those better ways to deal.

@TeresaW1020 -- Woohoo! Hurray for being down! 🥳

@KatMary71 -
For what it's worth, I have had related experiences with doctors and other health professionals. I think of it as their being my hired guns. I can pay them for their opinion, but at a certain point, I know more than they do (I live with this body every day) and some of it's a judgement call. I get to decide. So, for me, an empowering way to relate has been that I am in charge.
😁 SO glad you had that great community experience at the farmer's market. Your comment about getting fun produce and the 8 new plants made me smile!
🎉BIG hurray to staying 75% healthy in your food shopping, and to a cup rather than 2 L of Diet Pepsi!
Your Habits list looks like you had a remarkably good day, with all that going on!

@davors19 - Hurray for holding steady! 👍🏾👍🏾
How are you doing otherwise? Staying reasonably calm in these unusual times?

@raleighgirl09 - I think you are SO on the money with this comment:

I think there's a popular belief that it's really hard as you get to the end of losing weight to maintenance but I disagree. Truthfully, it's much harder to take the first steps, even if it isn't your first time taking them. It takes a lot more effort to put one foot in front of the other on day one than at any other time - but you can do it. I bet you have done hard things many times and you can do this, too. It's ok when we make mistakes or backslide - we can learn from it every time so that the next time......we have more tools in the tool belt and a little better idea of how to go about it.

And I am super thrilled I said something that is helpful to you. I get so much insiight and coaching, so many ideas, out of your comments here!

@2020shih - For what it's worth, I agree with @raleighgirl09 -- that the taking of the right actions, that "being on plan," is harder at the beginning. Something you might look at -- is your idea of "on plan" too big a change, right now, from where you are?
(This is coming from someone who started off the journey with steps like "I will not eat a candy yet. Maybe not even until afternoon." It was a scary but manageable baby step for me, to put off eating candy until later in the day.
Anyway, wherever you are, be kind to you, to that person who is working so hard, regardless of how much better you can imagine doing.

@lexabeep - 🥳 Just to chip in again and say WOW! Congratulations on the great weigh-in! All down is good, and whoosh weeks are extra exciting, even if (because!) they don;t happen every week! So YAY you for doing the work!

@gwamajtw91 - I so sympathize with the disruption to the morning routine. I hope the number's a good one, when you get to weigh in! 👐🏽

Coaching for myself today, and maybe you, too:

Username: cherrymajoni
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 231.5
Todays Weight: 231.5

User name. 2020shih.
Weigh in wk 1.
Weigh in day. Saturday.
Previous weight 149lb..( sorry I gave you the wrong start weight).
Todays weight 150lb.

Username: justkris_gettingfit
Weigh in week: Week 1
Weigh in day: Friday
Previous Weight: 178.9
Todays Weight: 179.4

Went a little off course this week, getting back to it today and hopefully close out the week in the green with logging. Being just about all caught up with my school work is a big relief and have my fingers crossed I don’t fall behind on that again 😅

@Katmary71 I don't know why it's fairly common for doctors to make you feel alone with your health issues. Seems to be more common when they are serious ones like yours. It really shouldn't be that way. Hugs to you too!

TeresaW1020 wrote: »

What are your plans for this weekend?

@TeresaW1020 this is such a great reminder - especially #2 and #8. This is the part that I have often allowed to get in my way and it's really timely that you put this here! I had a hungry day yesterday, which stands to reason because I had had several low calorie days. Don't know if that happens with others but for me, I know if I am really low for several days, one day I'll wake up and just simply need more food that day. Yesterday my cals were over but I was ok with it and I pre-logged today's food so that I'd have a head start on good choices!!

My weekend plans include kayaking, we're going to go around Harker's Island, NC, tomorrow - it's about a 10 mile paddle. It's not a tremendous number of miles but it'll be fun because there are a lot of different conditions as you go around; sometimes against the tide and sometimes against the wind (let's hope not both at the same time!) and there's always at least a little chop and bumpy water. The winds should be fairly light tomorrow so that it isn't too difficult. On the back side of the island, it's a lot of shallow and some marshiness - lots of birds and less boats because of the shallowness. I'm going to try to get some pictures while we're out and share.

Kayaking was something I began doing just a couple of years after losing 130 pounds and I was still in shock and awe about how changing my body changed my life. I was still in the land of 'firsts.' I didn't go very far on that first trial run to see if I'd like it - like maybe a half mile - but I really loved it from that day. And....I knew, without a doubt, that I'd have never tried it when I was really heavy. I could have, there are plenty of paddlers that are heavier - I just wouldn't have. And I felt liberated with that 'first' of something I would not have done at 300 pounds.

Sorry I couldn't get weighed as issues with the scale so pls let's take my last weight
So..
232.6