Relapsers getting Real Healthy Accountability group- 2020-2021

Would accountable buddy! Anyone can add me! Keep each other on track!

tickingp0ny wrote: »

I'm a small-scale relapser, tried to lose weight off and on over the past couple years only to keep falling back into old habits and gaining back the few pounds I'd lost. Then I went to a doctor a couple days ago for a routine wellness check and got my first ever biometric screening done....

Between my blood pressure and my weight, I'm not the happiest with where I am and would like to finally nip them in the bud before I let them spiral too far. Would love some accountability friends.

Good luck to you all! ❤️

H: 5'2" (mid-20s F)
SW: 140 lbs
CW: 140 lbs
GW: 120 lbs

You are the exact same weight and same goal weight. I’m also in the exact same pattern as you as well! I’m finding weight loss so hard. I’m back at the gym which I’m loving it’s just food is such a struggle 😩!! I find it very hard to say no to food!
How have you been getting on since this post? I would love to no if your succeeding?!
If you still want an accountability partner i would be happy to be your buddy 😊

Hi!
Thank you all for your stories and this thread.
I’m getting back into MFP after a couple years. I was extremely fit two years ago and at my ideal 143 lbs. Life trauma, a concussion and relationship drama combined together and I started eating junk to self harm.
Last weigh in was 208. An honest look in the mirror this morning and I cried. Why do I do this to myself? Currently working through it with EMDR. I’m active again and eating for health and I feel better, but it is a long journey ahead.

I’m looking for more active friends on here to keep motivated and accountable.

Welcome to those that just started posting (I'm on my tablet and don't know how to use the feature to mention/list people. Thus is a great group and I'm glad everyone starred it. There are days been it's quiet, but that doesn't mean it's hone silent; it just means it happens to be at a busy time when people don't have a chance to write, but they'll read. :-)

My struggle in the past is that I'd get down to where I want to be, but then I start to feel invisible, like my metabolism has no limitations. Since being an adult, I've been active and food was the issue for me. Holidays were just bad as I was emotionally eating to make up the void of not being with my family (first time I. My life, at the time I was 39). We've been trying to add more fruits/vegetables and I/we have been trying to take on the challenge (it's actually a study/recommendation to eat 35 servings of different fruits/vegetables a week ). We've only made it to 22 or 23. It makes it a little more enjoyable/interesting that way. I also found when I do eat the more processed food and pay attention, it doesn't taste as good and I am unsatisfied.

Of course, I do struggle a lot.

I can't wait to read more posts. :-)

Good luck Dukare. You got this, and it will go great. If not, it's just one more thing to make you stronger. :-)

Hi lovely people, I’ve hit the end of a busy week, and it’s been a good one! With only 3 weeks left to go until I’m officially a qualified teacher, it’s busier than ever. I don’t have either time or the will to eat lunch on school days so am effectively fasting between breakfast and supper and then between supper and breakfast again. I like the feeling of being “empty”, always have, and having decided to not eat in the day just takes a bit of the load off somehow. If I get hungry the canteen sells apples.

Last night we went out (gasp) to a favourite local restaurant and I basically gave myself licence to eat what I wanted. I’ve no idea how much I ate - it was tapas and we were sharing multiple complex dishes where I couldn’t begin to guess ingredients. However I drank only water and got up without feeling bloated/stuffed. It was frankly amazing, and a real treat. This morning the scale stayed put at my recent low so I THINK it was ok. Obviously I can’t do this every week but having a treat really is ok.

I guess after this long ramble what I am trying to say is that this is a long game. It’s taken me 6 months to get to a healthy weight and a sustainable way of eating. There’s further to go but I’m now trying to live like a slim person rather than diet.

Big hugs to all of you smashing it, and even bigger hugs if you’ve had a rough week! Stay safe x

tickingp0ny wrote: »

I'm a small-scale relapser, tried to lose weight off and on over the past couple years only to keep falling back into old habits and gaining back the few pounds I'd lost. Then I went to a doctor a couple days ago for a routine wellness check and got my first ever biometric screening done....

Between my blood pressure and my weight, I'm not the happiest with where I am and would like to finally nip them in the bud before I let them spiral too far. Would love some accountability friends.

Good luck to you all! ❤️

H: 5'2" (mid-20s F)
SW: 140 lbs
CW: 140 lbs
GW: 120 lbs

Hi 🙋‍♀️ you have exactly the SW CW GW and height as me.
How are you getting on now? Have you managed to meet your goals?

Ok I'm back lol. I've been off MFP for about a month, maybe more, and it was truly a needed break. I'm sure the scale is up, but I am not checking at the moment, just getting back to tracking and IF 16/8, I'll take my weight at the beginning of June so I don't make myself nuts. Stress at work hit a new level I had not known existed but then the bubble broke and I was was able to move to a different area where I was years ago and now I'm loving my job again (for those I don't know, I work in mental health). I'm looking forward to hearing how everyone has been doing while I was away!

The other day, I tried twice to write something, but the app in the tablet erased everything and I got frustrated.
The last two weeks have definitely been a roller coaster of successes and learning experiences.
Week one was one of those weeks where things were looking good. On Tuesday, I did my first open water swim. I mentioned to the coach that my fear was that I would not be able to finish the swim within in the cut-off time, and he said that I'm not the slowest and that I should be able to finish the swim in an hour (the cut-off is 1 hour 10 minutes). On Wednesday, I switched out my summer/winter clothes, and the summer clothes fit comfortably (it's always a worry if they're going to fit). That evening, I did a group bike ride, and the ride was comfortable/easy. Looking at the numbers, I felt like I was at a good place to start my training and I could see myself being able to train and complete the half in September.

Week 2: Not so good. On Sunday I started feeling congestion and felt it Monday. Of course, instead of biking inside, I not only did my biking outside, I ended up riding it on the trail, through the woods (pollen/fuzzies/etc. everywhere). Tuesday morning, I woke up with a severe headache and felt a little dizzy, so I didn't do open water swim. I did do my run later in the day, but struggled a lot (it was in a smaller room while wearing my mask). Wednesday's bike ride went fine also. Thursday morning, I decided to go to open water swim, and struggled a lot. Think of the "before" person in the weight loss or stop smoking commercials; that was me. We did some group swims together, and I was minutes behind everyone. Everyone was at the meeting spot, and I was struggling to catch up. When people did their own loops, the coach held me back to work with me. I was in tears, feeling like I was holding everyone back and that I was struggling, when I know I've done sprint triathlons before with the same amount of swimming as Thursday morning, but with not having been in the pool the year prior. I really wanted to quit, but I stuck it out. The coach even convinced me to come to the mock triathlon on Saturday morning, telling me I would be able to take my time.

Thursday evening, the congestion got bad again and started to turn into a cough. I ended up going to urgent care on Friday, to confirm it was allergies/sinus issues. I suspected that, but it's good to have the confirmation. Plus, because I had done the first open water swim earlier that day, I did want to make sure that it wasn't bacterial.

I did decide to do the mock triathlon, but instead of using it as a baseline start of my training, I decided that I would use it as a chance to work on my swim and mental training for pushing through when I want to quit and/or feel like I can't go on. Prior to starting, I did decide that I would only do two loops and lessen the bike and run, as I'm still in the beginning of my training, and I didn't want to make the sinuses worse. I did make it through the two loops (with some rests, and I'm hoping this struggle is just because of the sinus infection), did the bike for an hour fifteen minutes (I did loops nearby because I wasn't sure how I was going to be after the swim, and, more disappointedly, I forgot to put the route in the watch), and a 40 minute run. I basically put my weekend's planned training sessions into the mock triathlon. With the paces, I am worried that I'm so far behind. My boyfriend and I figured that I have about 3.5 months to cut off 2 hours and also be able to sustain the faster speeds that I will need.

Yesterday, we went for a bike adventure, I had decided that I wanted to do a casual bike ride. I even left my watch and my phone at home so I could just "enjoy" the bike ride, and not stress about numbers/paces/etc (although it is fun to see how fast I can go on the down hills). We calculated that we probably did about 30-40 miles, but we did a lot of eating (and not very healthy eating) along the route.

We were going to grill this evening, but my eating has been pretty bad the last day or two, that it's caught up to me, and my stomach is feeling very sour.

I hope everyone's (long) weekend went great and progress is coming along.

I'm doing well. We're in a real heatwave here too, and I'm trying not to let my garden dry out too badly. I talked to Mom yesterday and apparently I wasn't watering it enough, so hopefully now that I've corrected that it'll be a bit happier. Raspberries and pot veggies look happy though, and I now know what an eggplant flower looks like 😊

I fixed my calories and am no longer losing quite so fast, but the heat makes me retain water so now the scale is bouncing up and down within the same 0.5 kg and it's frustrating. I know, I know... patience lol.

My kid is now 18 and his grad ceremony is this afternoon. How the heck did this happen so soon??

Ello m'darlin people! I've survived!!

It was one heck of a 3 or whatever weeks vacation. The baby cut two teeth and now crawls on all 4 totally. She's a champ. Didn't work enough or workout or play enough cards with my mom but overall visiting was a success! Got tons of photos. And my sinus issues blew into a cold right before the wedding and travel down. Babe got snotty and was a bit coughing but came about in time for the day of. He got it on drive back. It was a long haul driving in one day but we got in 1am and work Monday. I'm even mostly unpacked!

Gold gym has a kid zone and zumba so we are going to start working out with her there...see how it goes.... hopefully well! He wanted to run and then get back into soccer. Tonight I scoped it out and felt great. I'll likely go Wednesday's to Zumba and then gym run Monday/ Friday and then home zumba or Jazzercise the other days. I've got to get some great headway so my passport photo doesn't keep my current self in stone forever 🤣

Next trip is in the fall! Focusing on working out and life/ work in the mean time.

We both decided that dinner is not necessary. Supper rather. We will do a late lunch/ dinner and then banana n popcorn kind of thing at night as a supper. Think it'll be nice..... until I drop a kernel between baby arms and it becomes Mission Impossible 😵🤔😆😪

Anyways. Yea. I've got June- December to lose 30 lb.... that's a lot of pounds. But I'm hoping baby weight will fall off once I get moving. I'm not gaining, I'm super good at maintaining -.- 😤 lol.

CHEERS EVERYONE!!🍻🍻🍻💃💃💃💃💃🦹‍♂️🦸‍♀️🦸‍♀️🦹‍♂️ We got this!!

So I'm now 5 lbs away from my goal (I was back on MFP for a while before venturing into the message boards), and I'm happy with how I look. Wouldn't mind a bit more muscle, but I look good. But my two favourite pairs of slacks still don't quite fit. After doing some reading, and doing some thinking, I've decided to bump up my calories, adjust my workouts, and shift into a recomp.

So the past week has been trying. My partner is working insane hours so I have used it as an excuse to eat craptastically. I know my weight is waaaaay up (clothes that were getting loose are tight again) but I've avoided the scale because I just don't think I can mentally handle the facts at the moment. I keep self-sabotaging and I don't know exactly what it's about. But we were able to squeeze in a date night to see In The Heights (huge theater nerd right here) and grabbed a nice dinner at a new restaurant as our area opened up last week.

@SwtHedgehog I am very impressed with your training and that you've keep pushing despite some setbacks. The mental game is often the most difficult part.
@Dukare glad you had a great vacation!
@SuzanneC1l9zz that's fantastic progress good for you!

Thanks to Gold6767. The mental game is definitely the hardest part. I am well familiar with self-sabaotage; it's a very real struggle for me. have trouble saying no to the stuff that I shouldn't have much of, and then I also have difficulties with the portions.

The training definitely has his mental component. I had a complete meltdown on Saturday. I think some of it started with the heat, feeling behind on getting started, and not doing the route I had intended. We ended up riding to the bike shop for a tube change,, waiting around. and rode back.. I then went to the gym and did 1.5 bike ride at the gym; I think outside would have been mentally better, but the weather wasn't cooperating. I sometimes just feel like I'm pretending to be a triathlete and/or training.

I keep focusing on how my current pace won't make the cut-off time, so the SO has to keep asking how/why do I expect to be race ready at the beginning of training. I'm sure the neighbors got a great show out of it. The boyfriend has to keep telling me that it's the journey and not the destination. I've also been hearing that the race is the celebration of all the training. I know that, but my mind doesn't always get that.

Food is still something I need to work on. We've been a lot better with eating more fruits/veggies, but there are still some meals that aren't that healthy, which is expected.

Hi everyone, glad I found this post!

About 4 years ago I weighed 170 lbs. and lost something like 36 lbs. I was at my all-time low and almost to my goal weight of 130 lbs. I'm 5'2" and almost 49 yrs. old. I was SO happy. My clothes fit, I was buying cute ones too. I was getting compliments. Then, covid. I'm now 150 lbs. It just crept up! But I'm not at 170 so that's good. Thing is, I feel terrible. Inside. Sooo sad. I tried on shorts from last summer, can't even button them. And the roll, the muffin top is back.

I work out daily and often change my routine. I have a home gym, with a treadmill, weight bench, weights, and barbell. So I'm set, right? My problem isn't that, it's FOOD. I have a 1 lb. bag of Hot Tamales in the kitchen. And a 1 lb. bag of gummy bears.

Now, I ate that stuff when I was losing, but I ate a lot LESS of that stuff. I gotta get that weight back down, I WILL NOT go back to what I was. I keep thinking, is it because I'm almost 50? Is it because with covid I sit so much more? More weight training or more cardio? I have no idea anymore.

Any thoughts?