LiLee's 2021 Journey!
LiLee2018
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New year... new thread!
Well, I'm a little late, but better late than never!
For any newbies looking for OMAD advice, this is NOT your thread lol. I am NOT OMAD any longer. I tried it for a short time, but it's just not the right fit for me and that's OK! I didn't want to admit that to myself before, but OMAD just isn't right for my journey.
But I'm still posting here b/c this place is awesome b/c of all the awesome people in it!
I broke down everything that's been happening since Christmas when I posted last on my old thread if anyone wants to check that out.
Quick refresher.
I started doing low carb CICO (calories in calories out). I ate whatever I wanted, but still tried avoiding needlessly sugary things or super carby high calorie foods like rice and pasta. It worked for a while and then the stress hit me and my motivation to keep counting calories just flew out the window. That motivation was still there, hanging on for dear life though.
My middle child's birthday rolled around earlier this month (March 9th) and I knew I had to get back to doing something after.
Couldn't keep up how I was going or else I'd be ballooned back up in to the 200s again in no time.
So here I am now, back to keto eating WITH calorie counting. I'm not really strict keto though. I'm mostly just worried about keeping my calories to around 1400 every day. With my food choices, it should be keto, but if it's not, that's ok too.
Like before, I made sure I wasn't going over 20-25g carbs a day. Now.. if I go over by a bunch just b/c I wanted lots of onions or tomatoes or something. MEH. No one got fat eating onions & tomatoes.
Also... Fridays have been kind of FFA days. Well.. sometimes.... if alcohol is involved lol. Fridays are my no tracking days. Still usually eat how I normally do, I just don't measure/weigh anything out. BUT if alcohol is involved or if I just want some damn fried chicken, I'll have it and get back to keto the next day. For now, this is more sustainable for me to stick with.
I didn't weigh myself until I was a week in to keto.
2021 SW: 181.6 (3/12)
Last week's W: 176.8 (3/25)
Not sure I'll be down this week. TToTM is right around the corner. FX for at least a not so bad weigh-in on Friday
Well, I'm a little late, but better late than never!
For any newbies looking for OMAD advice, this is NOT your thread lol. I am NOT OMAD any longer. I tried it for a short time, but it's just not the right fit for me and that's OK! I didn't want to admit that to myself before, but OMAD just isn't right for my journey.
But I'm still posting here b/c this place is awesome b/c of all the awesome people in it!
I broke down everything that's been happening since Christmas when I posted last on my old thread if anyone wants to check that out.
Quick refresher.
I started doing low carb CICO (calories in calories out). I ate whatever I wanted, but still tried avoiding needlessly sugary things or super carby high calorie foods like rice and pasta. It worked for a while and then the stress hit me and my motivation to keep counting calories just flew out the window. That motivation was still there, hanging on for dear life though.
My middle child's birthday rolled around earlier this month (March 9th) and I knew I had to get back to doing something after.
Couldn't keep up how I was going or else I'd be ballooned back up in to the 200s again in no time.
So here I am now, back to keto eating WITH calorie counting. I'm not really strict keto though. I'm mostly just worried about keeping my calories to around 1400 every day. With my food choices, it should be keto, but if it's not, that's ok too.
Like before, I made sure I wasn't going over 20-25g carbs a day. Now.. if I go over by a bunch just b/c I wanted lots of onions or tomatoes or something. MEH. No one got fat eating onions & tomatoes.
Also... Fridays have been kind of FFA days. Well.. sometimes.... if alcohol is involved lol. Fridays are my no tracking days. Still usually eat how I normally do, I just don't measure/weigh anything out. BUT if alcohol is involved or if I just want some damn fried chicken, I'll have it and get back to keto the next day. For now, this is more sustainable for me to stick with.
I didn't weigh myself until I was a week in to keto.
2021 SW: 181.6 (3/12)
Last week's W: 176.8 (3/25)
Not sure I'll be down this week. TToTM is right around the corner. FX for at least a not so bad weigh-in on Friday
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I am glad you opted to stay. We are cheering you on. You are doing good!1
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So happy that you are staying ❤️ Before you know it, you will be in your 160s. Keep up the good work👍1
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Thanks yall!
I really hope I can get to the 160's and beyond!
I don't want to set a numerical goal for a certain time... even though it's REALLY tempting. I'll just say that by the end of the year, I hope to be WAY less than where I'm at now lol.
Go in to 2022 needing a whole new wardrobe
Just gotta keep telling myself though. Stick with it. Stick with it. Stick with it and just keep going!
Exercise is still the boss I haven't figured out how to defeat yet though. I do like jumping rope and I REALLY need to start doing more weight lifting to build more muscle, but damn I do enjoy being lazy. It's just so nice when I can just veg out. lol
Also, think hormones are making me hungry right now. Yesterday and feels like today too. All I want to do is eat eat eat. If I go over in my calories some, I'm not too worried about it. Don't think I'll have a good weigh-in on Friday though, but well.. we'll see I guess!0 -
I hear ya about wanting to eat, and eat and eat some more
I always feel like so when AF is around the corner or I am stressed up. I am opposite of you though, I need to see the numbers to push myself to try harder. I loss control when covid-19 came and we could only leave the house for 4 reasons, etc, etc, etc. I kept telling myself to get a new scale but whenever I do go out, I always forgot to buy a scale...hahaha! Oh well, what's done is done. Now I need to get back down to my LW of 52kg. Skipping rope is also a form of exercise and if you love it, just do that. I learnt that lesson...I never liked HIIT and that when all hell broke loose. So, now I am back to what I love - zumba 
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Yassssss I'm so glad you're hereeeee with a whole new thread 😍😍😍 we GOTCHA 😈🤣😘
It's good to have a diary and support if nothing else and we love you being here 😍
Awesome progress so far and keep us updated on the Nom Nom Nom and the kitties too 😁1 -
I'll have to start taking more kitty photos for you guys After getting fixed, they've chonked up a bit lol.
It's just getting back in to the routine of exercising that's so difficult for me. It's SO SO SO Easy for me to fall off the wagon. Any little blip and I stop and I just don't want to start back up and can't find that something in me to start it again. I know I need to do it and it's so easy to JUST DO IT, but I still find it so difficult and I don't fully know why.
I'll figure it out eventually... or actually get in to a routine/habit that can't be so easily stopped.
Hunger yesterday was still pretty high, but not as bad as the day before. I had a HUGE salad for dinner. Filled up a big gallon size tupperware bowl (b/c we're fancy like that) and I ate it all! LOL
Thought my weight for sure was going to be in the 179 range this morning, but was pleasantly surprised to see 176.6.
That's a 0.2lbs loss from last Thursday. It's not much but hell, I'll TAKE IT! Considering where I'm at in my cycle and that I'd normally be up a few pounds right now? How bloated I've been feeling and how much I ate the night before? Hell yes I will take that 0.2lb loss! lol
I did have some fried chicken for breakfast today though. One of those "The kids haven't eaten it and I don't want it to go to waste!" moments lol. A thigh, leg and a wing, so I guess not too bad? Well, if that was the ONLY thing I had eaten, it wouldn't be too bad, but I also just had some of the kimchi stew I made. Which isn't bad either since it's bone broth, kimchi, tofu... but that's been a lot of salt today so far.
Dinner is supposed to be short ribs though. Yikes. I may have to save my portion for tomorrow and just have a big salad again tonight lol
Anyway... kids have been stressing me out today! They're all at an age where it's either "YAY we're playing!" or "That's MIIIIIIIiiiIIIiiiIIiiiIiiiNE!! LEAVE ME ALONE!!! MoooooMMMMYYYYYYY soandso won't leave me alone!!!"
And they have spring break next week. Lordy.... my poor sanity! lol0 -
Hang in there! I'm sure it's super hard to have any kind of routine when you're at the whim of a whole family. Are the kids back in school physically? If yes then drop them off and immediately do your exercise routine...that can be your auto response and it'll become a habit.
Nice job on the weight loss! So relieving when we think we gained and boom instant happiness when we actually see a loss
Hoping for a great new week for you 1 -
Dude I love a feeling bloated but still see a loss day!!! That means you've got even more to come off 😈😈😈 nice work!!!1
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You are doing great!!!! Super glad to have you back and that you have found something that is working for you!!!1
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So Easter was well... a total fail food-wise, but back to it again today. Didn't track, and I did eat some of the rice noodle dish my mom made for me. Some of the noodles, but mostly just picked all the mushrooms and egg out of it lol. SO not exactly a low carb day but not too bad either.
AF also finally arrived. Late. Wondering if it's b/c the steroid meds I was given made me spot some? I dunno but just glad it's finally here and want it over and done with.
Feeling ok though. Tired, bloated, and achy but OK! lol
I'll have to be extra good with my food choices this week. Not sure what my hunger is gonna be doing but we'll see I guess.1 -
Ugh AF blows I'm sorry love ♥️
I love embracing the off days....theyre gonna happen, that's real life so it's silly to only start doing that when you're in maintenance anyway 😘😘😘 form the habits now that you can live with forever, right? ♥️
Good work babe, keep it up ♥️♥️♥️1 -
Man...they sure set us up with all those holidays! I can't believe all the candy in the grocery stores every single dingle holiday. Nothing but aisles full of candy & chocolate...only the color of the wrappers change. It's pretty crazy amazing.
So you're doing low carb too? Gosh it's the only thing that keeps me from needing more and more food. I def cannot talk myself out of something when I get that glucose frenzy in me. With low carb I'm in 100% control and never even tempted.
Hope you have a great week, maybe try to stay busy out of the house 1 -
katjustkat wrote: »Man...they sure set us up with all those holidays! I can't believe all the candy in the grocery stores every single dingle holiday. Nothing but aisles full of candy & chocolate...only the color of the wrappers change. It's pretty crazy amazing.
So you're doing low carb too? Gosh it's the only thing that keeps me from needing more and more food. I def cannot talk myself out of something when I get that glucose frenzy in me. With low carb I'm in 100% control and never even tempted.
Hope you have a great week, maybe try to stay busy out of the house
Thankfully I can usually resist all that candy and stuff. My willpower was just taking a break on Sunday lol
Yep I'm low carb/keto. Mostly keto, but I'm not being super strict with it all the time which I think is going to be a lot more sustainable for a lifestyle change. I'm sticking to it most of the time, but if I want say... some fruit (strawberry season right now), or some bread or want to finish off my kids' fried chicken, or I visit my mom and she force feeds me b/c that's how she shows she cares lol, then I'll eat it. Calorie counting and eating whatever definitely worked for me too, BUT I did notice that I was having some inflammation problems.
Sugar and me just do not mix well lol.
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Great! Sounds like you figured yourself out I'm doing the same as you...keeping it 'defined' as low carb just so that I can feel positive and not mentally beat myself up for eating other healthy food. Like tonight...I'm making chili with beans and I'm gonna feel ok about it. I want to eventually push up the carbs till I hit that line of them not affecting my 'willpower'. I had been doing keto up till now incorporating omad...but it was protein, veggies and dairy. Coulda def gone over the 20 carb limit because of the veggies but not by much. Great, hope your week goes nicely 1
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I'm stress eating yall. I plan on having a salad for dinner, but this is not a low carb day. Hormones mixed with stress.
I just can't stand the bickering my kids are doing right now. Drives me up the wall when they start with one another. Thankfully we're lucky enough that they all have their own rooms so I can just separate them to their own spaces, but still... I can feel the stress just... there.
I had myself some air fried chicken bites (little less processed chicken nuggets from Sam's that tastes like Chick-Fil-A chicken strips) and some french fries w/ sugar free sauces (G Hughes yum yum and some other one I can't remember the name of).
Will have to keep dinner on the lighter side to help even the calories out.
It's what I was eating when I was just counting calories before. Anyway... this is part of my sustainability.
Like @katjustkat said.... I'm not going to beat myself up for going off plan. Now I will try to even things out like I said and try a bit better next time to not eat my stress away lol, but it's already happened. Moving along.
I do really need to start exercising though. I'm going to start jumping rope again. I enjoyed it before and I would really like to get good at it. Good enough to do those little kick jump things and just make it more fun. I'm like way way way far away from doing that. I can barely get in 50 or so continuous jumps before tripping or needing to stop b/c I'm out of shape lol, but gotta start somewhere! I just gotta keep doing it and sticking with it so I can get better.1 -
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS beating yourself up AFTER the fact does NO good - however remembering that you wish you could undo it might help stop NEXT time. Everyone is different but personally, I know that if I give myself a "stress" excuse I'd be falling off the wagon every week and A: I'd never lose anything and B: it's not MENTALLY healthy to deal with stress by eating ANYWAY so a good habit to try to kick along the way
You've got this!!! Sustainability is KEY!!!1 -
Jumping rope sounds great! Maybe get the kids each a rope too so they can tucker themselves out. I had my kids join a swim team when they were young. They're 5 years apart so it was a sport they could do at the same time...just different lanes. I kept them too tired to fight Also I would talk to them and tell them how I felt when they fought and how it stressed me out and made me sad. Kids listen, you might get through to them. 1
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Please don't beat yourself up. For me, I have bad days too especially when AF comes around. I just tell myself to do better tomorrow. Keep up the good work and continue your journey👍 You can do this❤️0
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Thanks yall.
Unfortunately, the last half of last week wasn't good food-wise. While I was still positive and motivated, I did let the stress build up and I did use food as my comfort. I don't think I overate a terrible amount, but what I was eating wasn't good and now I'm bloated up a bit b/c of it (180.2 this morning).
I gotta stop myself next time.
It's going to happen again, but I need to catch myself before it gets too bad and try to relieve the stress some other way.
Not sure why stress eating is even a thing anyway since I know it's just going to set me back which is going to stress me out even more. Stupid brain! lol
Next time... if I get stressed out... I need to do something productive instead of destructive for myself. Maybe I should stress clean and get this house cleaned up b/c lordy does it need it! lol
@katjustkat Thank you for reminding me! I've been meaning to get my kids jump ropes of their own and just never remember to do it. Ordered them some as soon as I read your post I really want to get my kids in to swimming.. or at least get them swim lessons. Not even sure if our YMCAs are opened up now. I'll have to look in to it.
Anyway... starting this week off with a bang though. Jumped rope after getting back home from taking kids to school. Not as much as I was doing before, but I want to take it slow so I don't burn myself out trying to do too much too fast.
558 jumps in 12min 58sec. Still lots of tripping up and needing to stop to rest but I got it done
I then came in and did a few arm things.
Bicep curls 4 sets 15 reps with 5lb dumbells
Inclined dumbell chest press 3 sets 15 reps with 5lbs.
I'll be adding in more arm stuff next time. I just didn't want to do too much on my first day back at it since I haven't done it in so long.
And yeah. Not really the update I wanted to type out, but it is what it is. I just gotta do better for myself next time. Catch myself before I let things get too out of hand and figure out other ways to deal with life's stresses.1 -
Great job with starting this week with a bang👍 Keep up the good work 👏❤️ Is it school holidays yet over there?1
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Great job with starting this week with a bang👍 Keep up the good work 👏❤️ Is it school holidays yet over there?
Their spring break was last week. They spent the night at their grandparents for a couple of days before they drove them crazy lol. We didn't go anywhere though. Don't plan on going anywhere this summer either, but we do want to save up to have a nice beach trip next summer.
That was a lot more info than you wanted but there ya go! lol
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Getting back on that horse is the most important battle!!! You can DO ITTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 1
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Yes like Steph said...sometimes we have to do things for ourselves and once you turn the corner it will help greatly with stress. I was alone 4 days every week with my kids because my husband was an airline pilot. On top of that he is 15 years older than me and didn't really want to 'fully' participate in child rearing. It was ok because I didn't really have to run anything by him which in some ways made things easier? Also I took care of all the money and bills which was another job but on the good side I never had to account for any financial spending. Husband was extremely good at doing the 'manly' jobs....could fix anything and I never had to even carry a bag of groceries if he was with me. Physically tiring to care for the kids alone but maybe mentally not as stressful since I only had 'them' to care for 4 days a week.. As the kids got older and they wanted to go do something 'fun' I would say well I'm not sure... mommy has all this work to do and I may not get it done. They would volunteer to help so that we could get out the door.
Yeah the swim club was great as it took them all the way thru high school. It was pretty cheap too. It was every evening m-fri and then a swim meet a few times a month on the weekend.
Great job on the jump roping! I keep a single 10# hand weight next to my favorite tv seat and when I see it right there it triggers me to do some reps while I'm watching tv. Funny...last time I went to the doc she held my arm to take my blood pressure. She repeated 3 times for me to relax my arm and I said it's totally relaxed. She kinda gave me a stern look and a few seconds later dropped my arm to see if it would fall and it did. It didn't dawn on me then but I think she mistook muscle for tenseness. Ha
Wishing you peace this week
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@mistymeadows2005 Thanks!!
@katjustkat That's pretty hilarious with the doc. That would've made my day. Like.. heck yeah, that was muscle! lol I hope to get there one day
That sounds rough with the kids, but sounds like you got through it all like a champ. Well, I guess if you go through that from the start, you just adapt like you did. I dunno what I'm trying to say so I'll stop lol.
So today was leg day. I did NOT do a ton though.
I had that little voice telling me to not do anything b/c I had to grocery shop this morning, but my butt got home, put everything away and did my workout.
I did
leg extensions 4 sets, 13 reps 15lbs (I think)
16min 3.1m on the recumbent bike.
Like I said, not a huge amount, but my right leg/knee was feeling a bit weird.
Lunch was something SUPER salty though. Had smoked turkey wing flats. Holy crap salty salty salty. I chugged down my drinks one after another. Not even going to get on that scale until my body dumps the liquids I had lol.
Productive, not destructive is my mantra right now to help relieve my stress. And my productiveness is trying to clean, declutter, and organize this house a bit more. I am procrastinating like hell to clean up my daughter's room up though. I have to go through all the toys and clothes and just... uuuugh I don't wanna! lol SO right now, I'm trying to get the kitchen cleaned up more! rofl
My daughter's room will probably happen on Thursday when I can focus the whole day doing it b/c lord, it's going to take that long.
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Great mantra! Good job on the work out too :0) When I do a cleaning like that, I make believe I'm moving and ask myself if I would want to move whatever object or throw it away. Hoe you have great rest of the week 1
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Great job on the leg workout
Hope that the cleaning was quick When my kids were younger, I will get them to clean with me so that when they became teenagers, I will get them to clean their rooms every weekend 1 -
Yeah, I try to get them to help and they end up just finding things they forgot about and start playing with it lol. I do make them part of the decluttering process for their rooms though. Get them to pick what they want to keep or donate.
Right now they're doing school work though. Today and tomorrow off, but still have to do homework, so teachers can get their 2nd vaccinations shots if they want them. Like pulling teeth trying to get my daughter to focus and just get her stuff done so she can have the rest of the day to do whatever.
This morning started off rough. I didn't get to bed until 11-midnight. Gurgling stomach that I knew was going to be something later, then caught my daughter up watching her laptop when she should've been sleeping so had to stay up longer to make sure she actually went to sleep.
THEN, when I finally did go to sleep, at like 2am our alarm went off b/c it detected that our bedroom window had opened for some reason (it hadn't). Malfunctioned for some reason.
And then the rest of the night I didn't sleep that well. Hubs didn't get back to sleep at all. Poor guy.
I'm good today though. Have caffeine pumping through me! lol
Did a little bit of grocery shopping with the kids, then got home and did my exercise. Yesterday was a rest, today was arm + jump rope.
I did a bit more arm stuff today and a little more jumps. Happy with what I did, but feels like I should be pushing myself more too... I just don't want to lol. Such a battle to get over my laziness and get over the feeling of wanting to stop instead of pushing myself a little more. Baby steps though. Baby steps
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I loveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee that mantra!!!!! I'm stealin' it 1
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You're doing great! So much easier when exercise becomes a habit. I know that if I try to add another exercise at a different time it's supppppppper hard for me to actually do it. So I hear ya. Hope you all get a long restful nights sleep tonight 1
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I'm not exercising today. My right knee area just feels really off. Today would be a leg day, but I'm going to wait until tomorrow to do it just to give my leg a rest. I felt it yesterday when I was jumping rope. After the first couple of jumps it felt fine, but then started feeling really achy by mid day and for the rest of the day.
I think it's just inflammation still and nothing more serious. I should probably stretch a bit more before and after.
And yeah, things are ok. I've been so tired lately and I'm wondering if it's b/c I'm not eating enough meat. Since meat usually means more calories and I'm calorie counting soooo.. yeah...I'm eating less meat than I used to.
The short times I did carnivore, it definitely gave me a lot more energy. Thinking maybe it's lack of iron. Ordered myself some animal based iron supplements and hoping it helps. Animal based iron supps are expensive as hell though! So this stuff better work! lol If it does, it'll be worth it.
Aaaand yeah. That's about it really for today. Don't think today is going to be low carb b/c I am craving some popcorn and am definitely going to have some in a little bit! lol0
