My weight has been the same weight for 3 weeks in a row! So I decided to change things up a bit. I have been eating back all of my exercise calories, and most likely more, and didn't log everything. I have heard that the FitBit and other apps may be overstating the calorie burn. I am planning to focus more this week on logging "everything", and only eating back up to 1/2 of the calories burned.

This will be a personal mini-goal for me this week, I would really like to see the numbers move down some this week. Anyone want to join me on this, or do you have any other mini goals that you are working on?

I hope you all enjoy your day today!

I am trying to find the positive in my behaviour and habits this week when I know the negative is that I am eating very unhealthy with lots of junkfood and processed food. What I have found is that I exceeded my exercise goals this week so that is the positive. I needed to walk for 6 of the 7 days for 30 minutes each of those days therefore 180 minutes of exercise this week and I achieved 264 minutes of walking in the past 7 days so that is 1 hour and 24 extra minutes of exercise this week. I chose not to take a rest day as it was good for me to force myself to get outside each day after being cooped up in the house a lot so I would get fresh air and get my body moving. I also walked more than 30 minutes some days as the weather was good for walking and I knew that the hot and humid days would be returning soon when I wouldn't want to walk. MFP also put my calories burned goal at 890 for the 7 days and I often don't reach that goal but this week I did as I burned 1,009 calories. So I am focusing on what I have accomplished this week but I am well aware that I really need to do better with making healthier eating choices next week.

Sorry I didnt give my weight yesterday needed to step a away from social media for day.

matthewsfive wrote: »

Sorry I didnt give my weight yesterday needed to step a away from social media for day.

I get that...I am not on any social media (since 2016!) because it really messed with my mental health...

It's Monday! June WEEK 3 Weigh in's from:
@Cutetomato13
@Smilee3233
@miss_fit_ellie
@The_Quail_Queen

Smilee3233 wrote: »

Smilee3233
June week 3
PW: 239.2
CW: 235.8

WOWZERS!!! Amazing loss! SO PROUD OF YOU!

Keepingtrack1234 wrote: »

@squirrelsquad
@inshapeCK
@looneycatblue
LOVE these goals.

Goals around eating are #1. I spent YEARS trying to maintain my weight with cardio, out exercising a bad diet. For a long time, about 15 years, that worked GREAT. (I was young, between 20-35). After I had my daughter, I realized my old tricks didn't work anymore.
If I could give anyone advice (which I don't often do, but I am really good at maintaining a BIG loss over a LONG time-50+ pounds, 20 years) I would say these two things:

Eat whole foods.
LIFT WEIGHTS.

When I am feeling my best mentally, I eat very little processed foods and strength train 4-5 days a week. I eat A LOT (open diary, feel free to look) and my weight is table and I am not hungry and I never feel deprived. I am happy to talk to anyone about this more. It's changed my life; I don't overexercise or stress calories. I just (TRY) to stay in my healthy zone (mental and physical) and when I am out that zone (as I was for April and May) I focus on ways to get back in. I don't eat back calories and I don't have a fit bit, etc...

Would love to talk more if you want!

Thank you for sharing, this is some really good advise. I know that I need to lift weights, I just don't like it... Sounds like this maybe a good mini-challenge for me to next week!

Keepingtrack1234 wrote: »

Edited to add: @squirrelsquad I know you can't exercise right now-I was more commenting on the food thing. I have that same night time eating tendency...it's like my favorite thing ever lol! One thing that works for me is frozen fruit-grapes, cherries, mangoes. They taste decadent and special and keep me away from the ice cream!

oh goodness YES frozen grapes are such a delight. I don't know how I forgot about them! (cherries and mangoes make my lips swell up. I am a mess LOL.) But thank you for the tip, I'll make sure to add options to my next shopping order

Check in:
30 minute walk and this workout:
https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos/at-home-upper-body-strength-workout-for-arms-shoulders-chest-and-back

Smilee3233 wrote: »

squirrelsquad wrote: »

Keepingtrack1234 wrote: »

Edited to add: @squirrelsquad I know you can't exercise right now-I was more commenting on the food thing. I have that same night time eating tendency...it's like my favorite thing ever lol! One thing that works for me is frozen fruit-grapes, cherries, mangoes. They taste decadent and special and keep me away from the ice cream!

oh goodness YES frozen grapes are such a delight. I don't know how I forgot about them! (cherries and mangoes make my lips swell up. I am a mess LOL.) But thank you for the tip, I'll make sure to add options to my next shopping order

I’ve recently discovered if I eat enough before noon, I can cut my evening snacking to pretty much zero. This is whole food, high fibre, healthy food. If I slip back to skipping breakfast or having a nutritionally poor breakfast - watch out - I’m going to snack all night! Lol The hard part for me is being organized enough to get the right food in, and at the right time. I should make that my mini-goal until the new habit is formed. Lol

Totally agree with this! Great point!

SquirrelSquad
June Week 3
PW: 315.4
CW: 315

WOW @looneycatblue !!! Good for you! I worked hard yesterday to re-institute some healthier habits and I resisted some temptations but I didn't get enough sleep last night so I am dragging today and my self-control is only partially intact today so I ended up caving and eating WAY too much pizza. Thankfully I still have the afternoon and evening to turn things around and get in a couple veggies and 1 more fruit.

June 17
Exercised? Yes 4K walk before work
Calories? Yes in budget
Tracked? Yes

Wednesday weigh in's!
@allietuge
@GLouis4
@inshapeCK
@Tickie99--got it, thanks!
@KaraCramphorn
@S_Ohara
@ThatExpatMom

looneycatblue wrote: »

@inshapeCK I need to work very hard for every loss, I am a slow loser... I am like you and tend to overeat when I am tired, I think subconsciously, that if I eat more I will get more energy, doesn't really work like that if you are not fueling up with the right stuff! Good plan with eating more veggies and fruit.

I was nosing around and it doesn't look like you are tracking your food on this app. Are you keeping track of your calories in another way?

I am tired today too, don't even know why, time for some black tea!

@looneycatblue
I hear you about needing to work hard for every loss.
I only lost "faster" or "easier" when I was at my highest weight and when I was younger.
"Back in the day" ,lol, when my weight was up and I was not working on healthy eating and exercising I could start to re-lose the weight by exercising but once I got older changing my diet was the only thing that would restart the weight loss and healthy eating is a challenge/struggle for me so as I got older it got harder to lose the weight and it took me a lot longer to re-lose the weight.

No problem that you were "nosing around". My profile is open to my MFP friends to see and to check out as well as to check in on me. I try to keep it real and honest. I am big on people holding me accountable for whatever goal I am currently working on.

You are correct that I am not tracking my food/calories on MFP.
Over the 10 years I have been on here, there have been times that I measured and weighed and logged all my food and drinks but in all honesty I find it incredibly time consuming and frustrating so although I totally see the benefit of it I rarely do it anymore. I do, however, often type out what I eat and drink in my food diary notes (without weight or measurements) then copy and paste that to the newsfeed for accountability and also for me to analyze the unhealthy and healthy choices and what to work on the next day. When I know I am going to have to post everything I eat in the newsfeed it sometimes helps me to make better decisions as I don't want to have to post that I ate 6 Double Stuf Oreos so I might stop at 3. Sometimes I have had people willing to partner with me to hold me accountable to goals and even some MFP friends willing to give me consequences when I don't meet them as that has been something that has helped me be successful. If I know my goal is no junkfood for the day and I know a MFP friend will likely give me a consequence of 10 burpees or 30 mountain climbers or no junkfood for 4 days in a row then it motivates me not to eat the junkfood that day. Plus, on the days I had to complete a consequence issued to me from a MFP friend after I didn't meet my goal, the "punishment" was good for me as it was a healthy consequence like exercise or eating healthier. It might sound strange but it really works for me when I do find and have people willing to partner with me in that way. Now all that being said, if someone else were to weigh and measure and log all my food and drinks for me I would be more than willing to look at it but right now I am doing what works for me which is to post what I eat in my newsfeed and sometimes I have posted what I ate in this group as well for honesty and accountability and over the years I have completed many "consequences" which also were helpful to me since they were exercise or food related to beneficial to my journey. Hope that explains it. Since I am within a healthy weight range for my height and age and since I am close to my goal weight I am less focussed on counting my calories and more focussed on trying to change my unhealthy habits to healthy habits as that is a real struggle for me.