LiLee's 2021 Journey!
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh popcorn sounds divine right now!!!! I always crave hella salt after my longer fast of the week so you're talkin my language girlfriend 😍😍😍0
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Change of plan for today.
First, I ate like *kitten*. Just to get that confession out of the way lol.
No leg day either b/c apparently hubs volunteered us to help his sis paint her house. So yeah, we were there most of the day helping out. I got a little bit of walking in and helped paint as much as I could, so... it was something I guess.
But I'm up late right now b/c of the bad food choices and I'm waiting for the antacid to kick in so I can head to bed and not have to worry about reflux.
I don't think I ate too horribly, but I did drink a regular soda (that's all that was available other than their well water which I don't like the flavor of) which made me feel so BLAH and I had a lot of carbs today too. I don't feel guilty about just going off plan, but I should've reigned it in more than I did.0 -
Sorry your tummy is acting up! Yummmm carbs...can't eat just one! haha...well me at least. You're being very conscious of what your eating so that's great. Hope this week is a feel goooooood week
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Hi Lisa 👋
We seem to be in the same boat. I also fell off the wagon but coming back with a vengeance lol. I'm doing Low Carb not Keto and keep carbs below 100. My only exercise is walking 30 minutes a day for now. Best of luck to us both 🙏💜1 -
I'm still here! I needed a break though. I needed a break from worrying about my food constantly and posting here and all of it.
My motivation never left, but it did take a backseat to anxiety and stress for a little while.
My diet has been total crap lately, but I'm back to it again. I haven't quite gotten out of this funk, but I also can't keep wallowing in it.
Productive, not Destructive.
So to be productive, it's time to get this house cleaned up... at least more than it is now. It's been a part of my stress/anxiety. I overlook a lot of the clutter that builds up until my anxiety starts noticing it more and more until it's driving me crazy to look at it. Time to get some stuff done!
I may not feel like exercising just yet, so I'll trade it in for a little bit to at least get my butt up to clean.
Just have to keep reminding myself if I feel myself slipping back. Be productive. Even if it's something small, like putting some dishes up, or working on a project for a moment, or even just relaxing and finishing some books I've been wanting to read... I need to focus on being productive instead of falling in to destructive comfort feeding/bad laziness. And by bad laziness... like I described above. Letting the clutter and mess build up until it's giving me anxiety.
Who the hell knew losing weight would be so much more than just controlling what I put in my mouth. That's for sure what I thought at first, but I'm definitely learning still that I have a lot of work to do on myself mentally too.0 -
Great to see you are back Lilee. Just taking little steps is a huge achievement especially when all the stars aren't aligned just perfectly, and let’s be honest that doesn't happen often. Wishing you all the best for a good day with some calm moments just for you.1
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"Productive, not Destructive"....I LOVE that! I turn the music way up when I'm cleaning. I start in one small area and won't leave it till it's perfect. If you flutter around you'll get overwhelmed and won't feel like you got anything done. I also keep a big garbage bag by my side and a couple rags and cleaning fluids. I tell myself that it's my workout for the day...no gym or run necessary.
It's a tough job running a household with young kids! Arghhhhhh. Try to get them to get used to helping you or they will be overwhelmed when they grow up and gotta do it all themselves. My mom didn't let us touch a thing when we were growing up and boy it was a rude awakening for me when I got my own family. Wish she would have given us responsibilities. I remember seeing all the scattered toys and thinking to myself..." no fairy is gonna appear and help you, just pick it up". 1 -
I understand completely, we all need a break once in a while 0
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Yall.... Yall.
So i thought I was finally ahead of the stress. Oh hell naw. Stress kicked in my door and made itself back at home for a little while there.
I stress ate again and took a few more steps back.
THEN when I did finally get back to it last week, I started getting headaches and some other unfortunate bodily functions. LOTS of diarrhea at the beginning of the week then awful migraine type of headaches while I slept later in the week.
I thought maybe it was keto flu. So I changed diet a little and Friday through Sunday I ate normal carbs. Too many actually lol to see if that would help the headache situation.
BUT then I did a little bit of googling about the headaches just to see if there could be something I wasn't thinking of and saw something called Medicine Overuse and I think that may be my problem with the headaches at least.
I've been popping ibuprofen A LOT for a while now. Didn't even realize how much until I saw that and started thinking about how often I've been taking it (b/c of my dang teeth/jaw).
Asked hubs about it since he's a pharmacist and he said it could definitely be a possibility.
I really need to make another appointment with my dentist to get looked at, but I keep dragging my feet b/c it's going to cost so much dang money. Fricking hate dental work. Not bc it doesn't help but b/c even if you have insurance, it covers almost nothing.
So yep... I'm back to keto/low carb right now while I'm reducing my OTC pain reliever way way way down and hope it helps.
Also gotta be a grown up eventually and get seen by my dentist. Bye bye another couple thousand dollars I'm sure.0 -
Awe that sucks, I hope you can get to the dentist and start feeling better soon 🙏1
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It's OK dear it's a constant balance between what you need to do for your physical self and what you need to do for your mental/emotional self ❤️❤️❤️1
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I'm still here!
Just a continuing battle with my mental state that keeps pushing me back to eating horribly.
I'd like to say that I'm over that now, but we'll see!
Back at it though.
Kicked it off with an hour on the recumbent bike and feeling really happy with myself about it.
Food will be tracked again and.. yeah. I can't believe half of the year is already gone.
This certainly isn't how I was hoping it was going to go, but I'm going to try my best to make the last half one I can look back on with a great sense of accomplishment in terms of my weight loss journey.
I first started keto in june or july a few years ago and by January/February of the next year, I was 60lbs down.
Not saying that's going to happen again lol, but just reminds me that with a lot of discipline and consistency, I was able to lose a hellava lot of weight with like really no effort other than sticking to my diet 90% of the time.
It's going to take me a bit more effort to lose this time. Before, I wasn't tracking calories at all, just tracking carbs. But.. it's ok. Gotta remain flexible and change what needs to be changed to get to my goals.
/nodnod
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I know how you feel❤️ Am battling with my own battles too😢 Hope that you got the dentist appointment 🤞 Sending hugs to you ❤️1
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Going strong here since getting back to better eating.
Kids have just a couple days of school left. THEN.... summer school for my daughter. I'm sure she's going to be joined by a lot of others. It's going to be half her summer vacation, but it's definitely needed. She fell so far behind during virtual learning.
Guess it's a good thing we have nothing planned for this summer.
I'm going to try learning Japanese though. Hub's friends are planning on going as a graduation present for their youngest in a couple of years.
I don't know if my brain can even handle trying to learn a new language. I sucked at it when I was in school and can't imagine I'll be good on my own using little apps lol.
Anyway... diet has been going well. Have also been doing light exercise while I get back in to things. I plan on jumping rope again, but wanted to warm back up to doing it.
And yeah... not really much to report on. Just living life and wondering how TF the year is already half over lol0 -
That's awesome news! Keep up the good work!
I guess we Moms will do what we can for our kids! Hope your daughter will enjoy summer school. Its winter here now and its already snowing in the mountains. Take care! 1 -
Wow Japanese. My brain struggles with English some days. I sure give you loads of credit. I tried Duolingo app for Spanish a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it but just couldnt seem to retain it if I missed even a day LOL.1
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bonitabeach33 wrote: »Wow Japanese. My brain struggles with English some days. I sure give you loads of credit. I tried Duolingo app for Spanish a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it but just couldnt seem to retain it if I missed even a day LOL.
That's what's happening to me right now lol. I'm remembering some stuff, but not a lot. It goes in one ear and right out the other, but hoping that if I stay consistent it will stick more. I'm only a week in so I'm not expecting to be fluent yet or anything lol.
Duolingo is frustrating me atm. Like giving me 3 or 4 different ways to say Nice to Meet you, but not giving a reason when you should use one over the other. Or waiting until waaaaay down the line to teach how to count.
But whatever! I'm not paying their insane price for it so will have to be happy with the free stuff lol
Diet has been going well. I'm not back in the 170's yet but almost. Hoping by next Friday.
AF is finishing up and I battled with my cravings. Did well though and stuck to my guns. Just still not ready to introduce anything junky back b/c I can just feel it in myself that I'll go overboard with it. So remaining strict and doing well!
Hubs is in Florida right now visiting his BFF lol. He wanted it to be a family trip, but I really didn't want to go (bc we'd be staying with the friend and I haaaaaate doing that so much)... plus daughter has summer school starting Monday anyway so we all wouldn't have been able to go anyway.
It's all good though, he needs some alone time to visit his friend.
And yeah... not really too much going on here. Chugging along and doing pretty well
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