1/11/2021
Tracked: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: yes walked 3 miles
Water: 158oz
Steps: 10,271

@Krysless2 I had a whole thing typed out with tips, then my phone had a bunch of ads pop up 🙄 I am going to look through your diary(again) before I try responding again.

I cannot believe how much conversation has been going on here!!!

@erikNJ I'm glad you are starting to feel better. I hope you are having a good week: )

Prehistoricmoongoddess

Wednesday
LW 151.8lbs
CW 150.0lbs

Yes I think my new work schedule at work(11-8) is naturally pushing my IF schedule to 1-9pm but it’s also this change that’s making it harder for me to not stay up extremely late and get very hungry

@Krysless2 As Erik said, what works is different for everybody, and it usually involves a lot of trial and error (mostly error LOL) to determine what does work. I expect that I have about 25 more years experience with this , but here is what I have found works for me. I have most success when I keep my calories below 1500, my carbs below 100 g (less than 75 is better) and my sodium below 2000 mg. MFP has me set for 1530 calories/day. I do not eat back any exercise calories as my profile is set to very active so they are already figured in.

I used to eat steel cut oats for breakfast, a WW or Healthy Choice meal for lunch (easy to grab on the way out the door for work) and lots of fruit for snacks (bananas, grapes, mangoes). My calories and fat weren’t bad but after looking closely at MFP reports I saw my daily carbs were well over 200 g and my sodium was through the roof. Looking at the report I was able to see what the heavy hitters were and start making changes. Small changes, one at a time, NOT huge sweeping changes.

I changed my oatmeal for eggs or eggbeaters, high sugar fruits for low sugar ones (mostly berries), pre-packaged meals for grilled chicken breast and a salad, bottled dressing for vinegar and oil, etc.

Happy to discuss any of the above.

cmhubbard92 wrote: »

@Krysless2 I had a whole thing typed out with tips, then my phone had a bunch of ads pop up 🙄 I am going to look through your diary(again) before I try responding again.

I cannot believe how much conversation has been going on here!!!

Ah man! I hate when that happens! I’ve started an MFP note on my phone so I can draft it out first! Any tips from you are always awesome!

@erikNJ I just love our engagement here! It’s refreshing to see all the positivity since I have also stopped getting on social media

@annabananamc thank you so much! Great job with always staying under! Your tips are definitely noteworthy and I am going to log my dinner today and see how it works out for me!

@DaffyGirl88 I checked out your food diary and you’re always spot on! Thank you for your thoughtful advice and reminding me of the reports and also about sodium intake, I completely forgot about that!

@rawrxamberx a no-loss is definitely better then a gain but I would definitely make sure you’re logging every meal(even the ones you don’t want to admit to) This is the best habit you could ever do for yourself! You’ll be able to pinpoint exactly why you gained/lost/feel bloated, feel like a mill bucks, etc) I can even recommend going as far as weighing out everything because at first you’ll be like “OMG! THIS is a standard serving?? to “Hey I can get full with just a standard serving if I add a serving ofveggies/fruit on the side!” Once you know what’s going, losing weight will come naturally but it takes mooooonths of trial and error. So I wouldn’t bang yourself up over a week of stagnancy

JMTiv1979 wrote: »

If you could go back in time, what 3 pieces of health advice would you give to your younger self?

For me, I would encourage activity (I hated organized sports but never knew how much I would enjoy walking/running), take better care of my skin (wear sunblock and moisturize!), and calories in/calories out matter!

My absolute number 1 is that it’s okay to have missteps, just keep going at it right after those missteps.
My worse habit is that if I have a week where I didn’t eat healthy or workout or lose weight, I tend to have an “oh well let’s just give up” attitude.
I have lost significant amounts of weight three times in my life. Even if I keep it off for years I always find my way back to the 270’s (like I did again in 2020)

I know that isn’t 3 things but it is the one that haunts me.

Tues 1/12
Tracking: yes
Under: yes
Exercise: 38min Fitness Blender upper body (I'm super sore typing this)
Water: 72oz

user name = maryc11
Date = Wednesday 1.13.21 6:19PM
Tracked = Yes
Under = Yes
Water = 70 oz
Steps = 7192

~apologies if this is a duplicate post; thought I hit post reply but when I came back to the thread, I didn't see it~