Weigh in day @lindamtuck2018
Cheesy567
PW: 228
CW: 227.8 (-0.2)

Steps @Megan_smartiepants1970
6/5: 5977
6/6: 5634
6/7: 6818
6/8: 4669
6/9: 5601
6/10: 5692
6/11: 7100

Congrats @lindamtuck2018 @Cheesy567 and myself for being our top weight loss losers for the week

Congrats to the entire team for being 1st this week

JimBoden3
Weigh-in Day: Monday (June 13, 2022)
PW: 230.3
CW: 229.9
SW: 240

Hmmm ... I thought I'd do better this week with increased exercise and watching what I eat but I'll take a drop over the alternative.

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Morethanjustanumber wrote: »

Weekly weigh in

Morethanjustanumber
Weigh in day Saturday 6/11

PW 226.2
CW 225.6

Loss .6

Nice loss! You have definitely are not stuck at the weight that caused you problems in the past. What do you think you did differently this time around than previous weight loss attempts?

Hmmm that’s a really good question. The one thing I am doing now that I never tried before was IF. I can’t help but wonder if I have healed or am healing my insulin resistance this time around. I am not snacking at all and eating only two meals per day.

I also am trying to consciously reduce my stress levels with focused breathing, meditation, walking the prayer labyrinth, etc. I am monitoring my sleep and the quality of my sleep this time around.

I’m drinking plain filtered water, not adding anything for flavoring at all which is part of the IF protocol and maybe that has made some difference. I do think that not having flavoring helps to not trigger hunger. I am starving after having just a small sip of grape juice for communion on Sunday morning. Usually I don’t have lunch until much later but after communion I have to go home and eat. So flavored water was probably triggering hunger and snacking even though I didn’t realize it.

I’m not exercising as much this time around. In the past I walked 15k steps a day and did more other focused exercise, maybe too much cardio. Right now I try to limit my focused exercise to 45-60 minutes per day 5 days a week. I would like to walk more than I am doing now but it’s hot and humid here in the south so I’m in the summer doldrums.

I am trying not to over do the fruits this summer, limiting to one serving per day, fructose is not my friend, it makes me hungry. So I am using an apple or a serving of berries as a dessert at the end of one of my meals if I feel like I need something more.

I’m not losing as fast right now but I am so happy to be still losing when I am below 230 as I stalled there before for so long. When I look back at this list I see I am doing a lot of little things different this time around. Who can really say what makes the most difference maybe, it is not any one thing but the combined effect of a lot little things.

Steps: 3,403
exercise: none
log food: yes

Still having stomach issues. I am trying to eat more while figuring out which foods to avoid. The hardest one is going to be coffee. 😢

Tomorrow is my overnight trip to Niagara to see the concert. Wednesday my kids are taking me out to dinner for my birthday and Thursday some of my friends are doing the same. It will be tricky eating out when I have to avoid so many foods.

Probably since I was 5. First diet was around age 18.

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Congratulations Downsizers we are at the top of the leaderboard!

Big cheers to @Megan_smartiepants1970 and @nekishaearly637 for having the highest percentage weight loss for the team.
Congrats to @Cheesy567 for losing the most weight for the entire F2F group.

Thanks Linda

Megan_smartiepants1970 wrote: »

@aactuallyaash 6/5 - 6/11

5-8679
6-4069
7-4291
8-6868
9-5034
10-8358
11-5105

Thanks!

Morethanjustanumber wrote: »

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Morethanjustanumber wrote: »

Weekly weigh in

Morethanjustanumber
Weigh in day Saturday 6/11

PW 226.2
CW 225.6

Loss .6

Nice loss! You have definitely are not stuck at the weight that caused you problems in the past. What do you think you did differently this time around than previous weight loss attempts?

Hmmm that’s a really good question. The one thing I am doing now that I never tried before was IF. I can’t help but wonder if I have healed or am healing my insulin resistance this time around. I am not snacking at all and eating only two meals per day.

I also am trying to consciously reduce my stress levels with focused breathing, meditation, walking the prayer labyrinth, etc. I am monitoring my sleep and the quality of my sleep this time around.

I’m drinking plain filtered water, not adding anything for flavoring at all which is part of the IF protocol and maybe that has made some difference. I do think that not having flavoring helps to not trigger hunger. I am starving after having just a small sip of grape juice for communion on Sunday morning. Usually I don’t have lunch until much later but after communion I have to go home and eat. So flavored water was probably triggering hunger and snacking even though I didn’t realize it.

I’m not exercising as much this time around. In the past I walked 15k steps a day and did more other focused exercise, maybe too much cardio. Right now I try to limit my focused exercise to 45-60 minutes per day 5 days a week. I would like to walk more than I am doing now but it’s hot and humid here in the south so I’m in the summer doldrums.

I am trying not to over do the fruits this summer, limiting to one serving per day, fructose is not my friend, it makes me hungry. So I am using an apple or a serving of berries as a dessert at the end of one of my meals if I feel like I need something more.

I’m not losing as fast right now but I am so happy to be still losing when I am below 230 as I stalled there before for so long. When I look back at this list I see I am doing a lot of little things different this time around. Who can really say what makes the most difference maybe, it is not any one thing but the combined effect of a lot little things.

I highly recommend Leslie Sansone walking dvd's ...I mute her music put on my own music and go to town ...You can find them on Amazon, Walmart etc .. you can get 1 mile ones all the way up to I think 5 miles ... I have quite a few of her dvd's ...

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Question: When did you start struggling with your weight? What age did you try your first diet?

I never had a weight problem until I had my second child at 23. I was 120 pounds when I joined the military and around 160 after I had him 6 years later. I did gain about 10 pounds of muscle in boot camp so I probably tried my first diet at 18. I was at a healthy weight but all the girls were dieting. We did the egg diet.

lindamtuck2018 wrote: »

Question: When did you start struggling with your weight? What age did you try your first diet?

I started struggling when I started going through menopause and then my mother moved in with us, my stress went through the roof. Between those two things I rapidly packed on the pounds. I was in my early 40's at the time.