Relapsers getting Real Healthy Accountability group- 2020-2021

gfinley49 wrote: »

Hi there, question, does anyone eat any frozen meals such as "healthy choice", lean cuisine, etc.? For those nights when I just don't feel like cooking or on the go, looking for a quick but healthier choice option. Thank you!!!!

I used to but I don't so much more. I did when I worked in an office five years ago but I found they really upset my stomach or left me hungry not long after.
I try to prep a bunch of food on one of my days off or whenever I have the time then go with that.
Like I might cook a bunch of chicken in the crock pot and also steam broccoli on the stove then eat it until it's gone.
Or cook a bunch of chicken cut up veggies and make five dishes of salad

Hey all, I hope everyone is bearing up - nearly the end of January, hooray! Just about to join a zoom for my mum's birthday, I'm always pleased to see the end of this month. I backed fruit muffins as a slightly healthy treat to join the birthday celebration, but sadly the power went out as I finished the mix... I didn't want to waste it so attempted to cook them on the gas BBQ, which was only partially successful they look a little flat, but will hoepfully taste ok

I've had a really tough week, apart from just being really busy with work and home school, some of my meetings have been incredibly emotionally draining as they have covered trick situations including some potential redundancies and an underperformance as well as supporting two colleagues with mental health issues, so I was absolutely exhausted by the end of yesterday, but feeling a little more human today. I've managed to keep up my steps every day so I'm quite pleased about that and haven't been too bad food wise. This week I've stayed steady which is better than nothing. It means I've lost 2.5lb in a month which if I can keep it up is a healthy steady loss...

@ClearNotCloudyMind we wanted solar panels but apparently our roof is not suitable hence being able to get the cross trainer! I'd definitely prefer the panels though . Interesting to hear your experiences with calories, I'm allowing myself to eat at least some of the extra calories my garmin calculates through the day and I definitely think that's helping me to keep it up. 1200 calories is fine for the odd day, but the deficit does seem to add up. I also get much more hungry when I'm tired and need (well, emotionally need...) carbs when I'm stressed, and eating a little more seems to help regulate.

@Dukare well done for making some meals, I remember what a challenge anything beyond loading the dishwasher could be some days (and even that was sometimes a challenge!). I try to do a big batch of something when I have a chance because I just love the evenings I don't then have to cook!

@HealthyTrent I hear you with the busy and touch work - well done for keeping going. a good dose of protein is definitely the way to go in those times too. I hope you have a dog pee free weekend!!

@heather9986hg I too am intrigued by munster cheese!

@seschreck I hope you managed to get that exercise in and felt the benefit - it's counter intuitive sometimes isn't it when you are exhausted (although sometimes you do have to give yourself a break!). I do love getting my workout in early to tick it off, but sometimes in the evening I'm surprised by how much better it makes me feel. I read an article the other day that a walk after your main meal is the best time to walk as it helps regulate blood glucose.

@gfinley49 I don't generally keep frozen meals, but we always have frozen stir fry veg (which I cook with either meat or cashews or pine nuts), Mediterranean vegetables for a really quick side and also spicy bean burgers for when I'm feeling lazy. I try to batch cook too so I have things like chilli, casserole (stew), curry etc to grab when it's too busy to cook something healthy.

Have a good weekend all, we are due a lot of rain, it's already impossibly muddy and flooded in places around here, so it's going to be more challenging to get out but I'm intending to get a decent run in if I can one day and a long family walk the other - we'll see how that goes!

I worked out this morning already
I've been tracking my calories and trying to choose healthier foods. I'm working with someone who wants to help me lose weight and needs to see my intake so that's kind of motivation in itself
I'm hoping she has some good suggestions for me though

Hi all! popping back in. Even though my eating's been going wonky, I've still been maintaining the steps needed to keep up with my stepbet. I just started week 5 of 6. I'm getting back to logging my food - that feels like the best 1st step to getting back on track with things. I have a few things to get done today, but this evening I'm planning on cleaning up the kitchen and setting myself up for better eating over the next week. Sadly, I think I'll have to toss out a lot of the fresh veggies I bought in my last grocery run.

Thanks for the welcome back everyone! My shoulder's bugging me so I took an extra rest day yesterday and spent most of the day on the couch with the dog.

I don't regret that but I'm frustrated with my diet. I'm eating well, but I'm having some health problems and temporarily need a supplement (prescribed) that's adding around 500 calories/day. Without it I'd be right on track . But it's not great for a lot of other nutrients so the doc says I need to still mostly eat as normal and not cut way back to compensate. Thankfully it's just temporary but between that and putting on muscle I'm not expecting to lose a ton of weight any time soon.

Hi! I got down to under 191 last spring and then COVID hit and I uprooted my life with a move back to the US (I was studying in Belgium) and then just ate/drank my feelings about this change. During this, I got up to a new high of 232 and am now down to 221.

So here we go again....

I found some protein shakes-muscle milk- at a discount store today. A whole case for 3.50 even my husband said it was a great deal
I got two cases
I'm willing to give it a try maybe do my cereal 2x a week and the rest of the week do muscle milk and fruit like she said
I also got some fish, lima beans and pepper and onions
I did my workout this morning too

Today I did the protein shake and banana for breakfast
Then later had eggs and one slice of french toast...it's french toast day but I only had one
Lunch was good I had fish, carrots and baked beans
Snack I had 2 clementines
For dinner hubby wanted wings so we got some from Weis...I really shouldn't have. I ate only 6 though and had broccoli on the side so I'm not sure how bad that is
I also did my piyo workout dvd called sweat
That means I worked out four times this week when my goal was three

I have to say thank you to the nice coworker who brought pizza, hot dogs and snacks to the break room today. She told me to make sure I got a piece of pizza and I assured her I would. But then when she left I ate my fish and lima beans 👍
I feel accomplished for the day

Good morning all. I'm popping in to celebrate. Today I accidentally did my belt up another notch. Ok, so it was a bit tight (and I'm back to my normal one), but I really have got through my plateau!

This is a group for people who have done it before and are losing weight they've regained... so you know. Usually I have had a massive burst of enthusiasm, drop a load of weight basically by fasting. Then my weight loss stalls, I lose motivation, forget about it and regain all the weight plus a bit more for good luck.

The nice thing about this app is I can SEE it in my progress history. 9kg drop, stall, regain... and repeat. Only once, 4 years ago, did I stick it out and break through the 9kg plateau, and so I thought, what if it's that again? And it worked! I actually upped my calories, kept on avoiding biscuits (my Waterloo) and started doing yoga to chill out.

I think our bodies get a bit shocked by dropping weight and need time to adjust to the new normal. For me, it seems to happen around 10-15% drop in body weight. But if we just keep buggering on, doing stuff that feels good for our bodies, maybe it'll work out this time.

That's the plan anyway!

@heather9986hg those meals looks great. Don't sweat the chocolate chip cookie, I bet it was delicious and the rest of your day looked amazing.
@tinybry this is the hardest bit of the year. Kudos to you the home schooling (it's sooo hard) and hope you're finding the snowdrops and catkins on your walks a hint that spring is on its way!
@SuzanneC1l9zz home gym??? Wow! I'd love that, but it doesn't looks like it's happening any time soon.
@HealthyTrent sending good vibes your way. Hope you are continuing to win your step bet and that everything with the scholarship is progressing well.

Hi there! New, but like all, not new to this journey. RIght now it's a relatively "small" bump up in my weight, but I've spent my entire life gaining and losing a full 60 lbs at various times, from "chubby child" to "fit and forty." I was close to my goal weight last March when we went on lockdown and since have drifted back up. Here it is:

63 YO, 5'2" 145 lbs
Goal weight: 125 lbs

I'm going to be realistic (and self-loving) this time and not go straight to starvation to get there. I know I need to be accountable. As soon as I stop tracking my choices, I trade good habits for excuses. It doesn't work. I feel worse, physically and mentally.

So thank you for this forum! I'll check in now and again when I feel myself drifting away....

@judefit1 welcome and best of luck! I can't even imagine losing 60 lbs... Twice! To Boot! I have complete faith you'll achieve your goal, with time 🤗🤗

@ClearNotCloudyMind congrat! I remember those feelings when I felt things were really changing. It truly is incredible and you should enjoy it to the fullest!! Keep strong and conquer!

I thought I would pop in to say that I'm not making much activity progress, but at least I'm not gaining... I'm pretty good at maintaining typically, but man does it take a lot to lose.

She's getting into solids so I'm hoping in the next month or so, when she gets to 6 months old, I'll be able to really make headway on getting daily activity workout in!

Tomorrow is a holiday for my work so I'm ablr to just focus on her dr appointment and then I'm in for one too... probably why I'm capable of eating all the brownies and whatever else I can get my hands on lol.

Good thing I'm lazy and holding the baby a lot- I don't get up and feed the urges. Increasing my water seems to dothe trick.

They say when you are thirsty, you've already gotten to the dehydrated point. Breastfeeding makes me always thirsty... so that's my focus along with sleep for now.

I've also gotten a better pill case, 3x per week, so that I can get back into taking the prenatals and vitamins like D and Iron which I have been slacking on.... likely will help in my mental state and energy levels.

We signed our lease for another year, and in that time I'm hoping to really make headway.

225 lb right now. Staying steady.
My hope is to get some down by the summer but I'm not going to stress too much with it, as the stress is doing more harm than good. ...but!

We got a 65" TV, so I'm excited to play Zumba, but we owe a bunch of taxes cause our forms weren't done right, so I'm also excited to eat those brownies and pb cereal.... *sigh hah.

What a year already! The weather is changing though, so we plan to do more outside park walks soon!

🥳🥳🍻🍻💃💃❤ stay strong stay focused, stay happy and cheers!

WE CAN DO THIS!!!

@ClearNotCloudyMind glad to hear you were able to hide from it! We have an open concept kitchen so that's tricky for me lol I put things in the pantry and it'll get forgotten usually... or put the baby on me so I'm lazy lol.

Old habits die hard. True statement!

As for yesterday!! 🤯🥳🥳🥳🥳💃💃😭😭💃💃🥳🥳🥳🥳😁👍❤
Her EEG came up normal!! We can now move to getting her off the medicine... which will be in April, so by May she should be off it and all will be well! (Assuming that transition won't reveal anything).

I spent the rest of the day playing, dancing and just snuggling her.

I also had a Dr. Appointment myself and we decided to have me do some therapy which I'm hoping will help my brain, when it has bad days.

My body is killing for motion, and my brain is too despite the exhaustion,... so I'm going to just try and get some motion in a bit. Good thing I love dancing lol.

The reduced stress and worry has really made the difference!

Hope you all are staying strong! You can do it!!

@tinybry I never understood how someone could eat PB straight from the jar, but it is indeed a weakness- so many calories in PB! I do it though because it's a staple in my abilities to get filling protein in for my diet. Particularly when I was pregnant ....

I successfully did Zumba yesterday! I felt like a million bucks ha.

Today I didn't manage to workout in the morning but I'm planning to clean both bathrooms tomorrow so I'll take today ha.

Haven't heard from everyone in awhile....hope you all are able to keep going forward or survive whatever you've been dealing with!!

Have faith!! 💃💃😬👍