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wanderinglight wrote: »What worked for me was going for a late afternoon swim. The pool closes at 6 and I was on the sofa at 5pm scrolling social media and kinda watching the clock, thinking "eh, it's too late to go." Then I had a burst of being annoyed with myself, said "NO! STOP THAT!" out loud, ran to the closet, put on my suit, made it to the pool by 5:30 and got in a good half an hour.
That, in turn, led me to have a healthy dinner and a great night's sleep!
I do that every once in awhile with my running. I'm sitting there scrolling thru channels and I see the sun going down and think "it's too late now", but then I'll get that "boost" you mentioned. I might not be able to get the 5 miles I wanted, but I can usually get in 3-4 before it's too dark to see where I'm going. I'm always glad I did! ⭐15 -
I shopped at our local thrift store AGAIN. I go there a couple times a week normally. My hubby says I just rent clothes from them, since it's never long when it's time to go smaller and donate my previous purchases. Today I purchased my first SMALL blouse, though I'd been well satisfied with wearing the mediums. Who'da thunk it?!
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Eating dessert first.
No, really.
I've realized that the reason the traditional 'fill your plate with veg or get a salad first so you're more full with lower calorie items' doesn't work so well with me is that I will absolutely eat that veg, and then keep going until I get to my favorite item on the plate, whether I'm full or not.
I will, furthermore, continue to WANT to eat more of the super tasty yummy thing at the end - and even if I stop, I will continue to want to eat more.
If, however, I carefully measure out my meal so I know my calories and portion sizes, then start eating with the thing I like most and add with something I am kind of 'eh' about (not dislike just not omg-yes please yum) I will actually stop eating when I'm full. I will also have absolutely no desire to keep eating just because I am enjoying the act of eating. Even if, for some reason, I do, I am at least continuing to eat broccoli rather than continuing to eat cake.14 -
At about 2:00 PM I looked at my Fitbit and realized that I had only done 2600 steps the entire day. Not sure what happened, but the next thing I knew, the sneakers were on, I was out the door, and 45 quite enjoyable and fast-passing minutes later I'd not only crushed my 6500 step/day minimum but had walked almost 2.5 miles! So whatever subconscious thing is going on with me to help me on this journey kicked in and I was literally DRIVEN to go for a walk - even though I *hate* walking just for the sake of walking!19
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wunderkindking wrote: »Eating dessert first. ... If, however, I carefully measure out my meal so I know my calories and portion sizes, then start eating with the thing I like most and add with something I am kind of 'eh' about (not dislike just not omg-yes please yum) I will actually stop eating when I'm full. I will also have absolutely no desire to keep eating just because I am enjoying the act of eating. Even if, for some reason, I do, I am at least continuing to eat broccoli rather than continuing to eat cake.
I LOVE this idea!3 -
Once again I confirm that the best thing for me to do is just get up, get dressed, have some water and go work out. I can have caffeine and breakfast when I get back, and that way it's done and checked off before everything else happens that day.12
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wunderkindking wrote: »Eating dessert first.
No, really.
I've realized that the reason the traditional 'fill your plate with veg or get a salad first so you're more full with lower calorie items' doesn't work so well with me is that I will absolutely eat that veg, and then keep going until I get to my favorite item on the plate, whether I'm full or not.
I will, furthermore, continue to WANT to eat more of the super tasty yummy thing at the end - and even if I stop, I will continue to want to eat more.
If, however, I carefully measure out my meal so I know my calories and portion sizes, then start eating with the thing I like most and add with something I am kind of 'eh' about (not dislike just not omg-yes please yum) I will actually stop eating when I'm full. I will also have absolutely no desire to keep eating just because I am enjoying the act of eating. Even if, for some reason, I do, I am at least continuing to eat broccoli rather than continuing to eat cake.
This is so eye-opening! I never even realized I'm exactly the same. I'll eat my whole dinner and then even if I'm full I'll eat dessert because I've been looking forward to it so much. I'm excited to try your plan!4 -
wunderkindking wrote: »Eating dessert first.
No, really.
I've realized that the reason the traditional 'fill your plate with veg or get a salad first so you're more full with lower calorie items' doesn't work so well with me is that I will absolutely eat that veg, and then keep going until I get to my favorite item on the plate, whether I'm full or not.
I will, furthermore, continue to WANT to eat more of the super tasty yummy thing at the end - and even if I stop, I will continue to want to eat more.
If, however, I carefully measure out my meal so I know my calories and portion sizes, then start eating with the thing I like most and add with something I am kind of 'eh' about (not dislike just not omg-yes please yum) I will actually stop eating when I'm full. I will also have absolutely no desire to keep eating just because I am enjoying the act of eating. Even if, for some reason, I do, I am at least continuing to eat broccoli rather than continuing to eat cake.
I'll have to try that.1 -
Glad that resonated with other people. My meal ender the past couple of days has been sugar snap peas. I like them enough that I'll snack on them and find them satisfying but there's nothing about them that makes me want to KEEP eating just for the act of eating. Really makes me pay attention to where 'done' is physically instead of 'done is when the plate is empty'.
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What worked for me today is reminding myself -- writing it down AND saying it out loud -- not to give up. I'm logging every bite accurately and working out consistently but the scale keeps going up. Up 1lb yesterday, 2 more lbs today...ugh.
I want to give up but I won't. I know weight loss is soooo slow for me (I've never done more than 4lbs / month), so I need to trust my plan and keep on keeping on. Consistent efforts will yield consistent results.10 -
wanderinglight wrote: »What worked for me today is reminding myself -- writing it down AND saying it out loud -- not to give up. I'm logging every bite accurately and working out consistently but the scale keeps going up. Up 1lb yesterday, 2 more lbs today...ugh.
I want to give up but I won't. I know weight loss is soooo slow for me (I've never done more than 4lbs / month), so I need to trust my plan and keep on keeping on. Consistent efforts will yield consistent results.
Isn't it depressing when this happens? I'm maintaining, but my weight was up 2lbs yesterday too; those 2lbs are off again today. I have no idea why! What I do find is that keeping records long term helps me to see trends and understand that these bigger gains are blips. (I'm also seeing an underlying gain that is not a blip and which tells me that I need to go back to logging, which I shall do after the summer.)6 -
wanderinglight wrote: »What worked for me today is reminding myself -- writing it down AND saying it out loud -- not to give up. I'm logging every bite accurately and working out consistently but the scale keeps going up. Up 1lb yesterday, 2 more lbs today...ugh.
I want to give up but I won't. I know weight loss is soooo slow for me (I've never done more than 4lbs / month), so I need to trust my plan and keep on keeping on. Consistent efforts will yield consistent results.
Isn't it depressing when this happens? I'm maintaining, but my weight was up 2lbs yesterday too; those 2lbs are off again today. I have no idea why! What I do find is that keeping records long term helps me to see trends and understand that these bigger gains are blips. (I'm also seeing an underlying gain that is not a blip and which tells me that I need to go back to logging, which I shall do after the summer.)
So depressing. It feels like every pounds is such a struggle and it's one step forward, two steps back. I am looking at it as a reminder to check my sodium levels, double check that I'm actually weighing everything instead of going by serving size listed on the package, and making sure I'm sleeping. And if I keep doing all that...I just need to believe that it will happen for me.4 -
I put on a pair of jeans that I haven't worn in 1.5 years and they fit and perhaps a bit big in the waist. Yeah!
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Eating only 2 big meals since I knew I was eating out on the road5
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What worked for me today was a wonderfully therapeutic hour of kayaking. I was so bummed about seeing weight gain on the scale this morning after two weeks of working hard. I was *so sure* that I'd see a loss that I almost burst into tears when I saw a 3lb gain instead. But I got out on the water and felt strong and calm and happy. It was a great reminder that there are health benefits to eating right and exercising that aren't just about losing weight.15
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Enjoying the strength and stamina I've gained so far. I'm probably undereating today because I spent today moving furniture and boxing things up (My 26 year old son is moving into the guest/sewing room for a couple months while he gets money saved for an apartment near his new job. He has a 40 minute commute from here versus an hour and forty minutes where he's living now) and while I'm tired and feeling some soreness in shoulders and back, it's so very nice to know that I can count on my body to handle these things and I won't have to do just a bit and call it a day because my feet hurt. I never would have dreamed that losing weight would help me this much in terms of pain control.7
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I went to visit my mother, today. It's one of three trips I take a year and it was right on the heels of my birthday (which I did not expect). I ate what she made for the visit, but I also - even very generously estimating calorie content - stayed fairly close to my calorie goal.
I also did it without upsetting her, by PACKING UP FOOD AND BRINGING IT HOME. Then I stuck it in my freezer for later, to have in reasonable portions. (It's not that she cooks unhealthy food at all. It's just that there's so much of it....)7 -
Keeping my commitment to myself to ride the indoor bike at the gym first before walking with a friend. A few weeks ago I made a schedule for riding the bike and strength training. But if I do a long walk before hand, I don’t have good energy to push myself on the bike.3
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What worked for me was dumping half a cake in the trash. All day I kept thinking about this leftover peach upside-down cake in the fridge...to the point where I just got so sick of it having so much power over me. I would actually find myself thinking "I hope I don't make myself binge on that."
So, I just...threw it away. And then I dumped a bunch of salt on it in the trash just to be sure.
(It was a very powerful cake )15 -
Good for you!! It's so empowering to remember that we don't have to let food rule us, and we DON'T have to eat it just because it's there.4
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