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After reading through the refeeds and diet breaks thread, I've been trying to incorporate regular diet breaks into my routine to reset my hormone levels and to give me more calories for vacations. I took an unplanned one earlier this month because I've been struggling with fatigue and thought that perhaps I hadn't been…
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I tried to create a spreadsheet, but it fell apart and I don't think I had it set up right anyway. So I have the link above a try, but I'm not sure I'm doing it right. My activity levels have dropped off since June, and while I'm working from home I am truly sedentary and in front of the computer all day. But in my free…
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I wish TOM would show up. It just couldn't start yesterday when it was supposed to of course - no, my body can't be predictable......No, it's be a week late and will start next week if I get to camping.... I took a walk this afternoon to try to beat the rain that is predicted for this afternoon. Got in 7.96 miles (missed 8…
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I honestly cannot remember at all what I weighed at 15 :) Truthfully, I apparently can't remember what I weighed at 18 or 22, either, considering I was thinking that I was the size now that I was then, but then seeing a picture of me at 18 and realizing that no, I am much, much thinner now!
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today's plan is to take a couple hours later this morning to go help mom and dad cut wood, then come back and make up those hours, so I'll be working late this evening but should still get some activity in before the evening thunderstorms hit. I've already cleared the idea with my boss. I'm still waiting to hear from the…
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FINALLY! I had a HUGE whoosh this morning and the diet break and vacation water weight is gone! I'm down to my all time low today of 224.1 lbs - that's a 6 lb loss from last week! I think that will get me my mini goal of being lighter than mom, too :) It puts my moving average at 226.6 lbs in HappyScale. I got a new phone…
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I actually managed to go to bed last night truly under my deficit goal! I've been struggling with evening snacking again and would find myself grabbing something after I closed my diary more days than I care to admit, but last night I actually held out against that drive to snack and went to bed instead. Of course, it…
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I was thinking the "choose your yard" line too, though for me, that doesn't help. Losing weight may be hard, and staying obese may be hard, but the staying obese was easier than losing the weight initially because it was much easier to just go with the flow and let myself do whatever I wanted. Even now when the losing…
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*laughs* yeah, but I bet we might a few from him that would protect us from some blackmail, at least!
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That's me - by the time one season is waning, I'm ready for the next. But summer is my least favorite of all 4 because of the heat and humidity. I'd move to Alaska if it wasn't for the whole 18+ hours of darkness then 18+ hours of daylight thing :tongue:
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@jdh419 it could help with the weight loss, if you are having problems with lethargy and hunger. Those can come along with hypothyroidism, so getting your levels under control can give you energy and help with hunger control. A bad thyroid cannot prevent you from losing weight at all but it can cause water weight gains,…
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trust me, when I was in a DD cup, no amount of natural lift was going keep those puppies up and perky. And I went with and without the bra and I'll take with the bra any day for support to alleviate the back pain caused by going without any support at all. Now I'm down to a C cup and while they might look deflated, I don't…
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I have very little ability to pinpoint what a serving size actually looks like, so without weighing my foods out, I know that I would eat more than I think I am. To stay within my targeted deficit, weighing my foods and calorie counting is an absolute must and is the key to how I've managed to drop what I have. I'm not to…
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@Novusdies I missed this reply earlier, but you gave me a chuckle regardless lol You've just been trying to pound that into me for how long now? Can't promise it'll be that way all the time, though! Today's NSV, though I supposed technically it might not really count as an NSV: I'm dispatching for storm work at home.…
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last night was fun. I got off work at 5, went over and helped my mom unload a wagon of wood, then started out on a walk. Originally, I was just going to make it a short 3 mile trip, but decided to keep going. PRoblem was, I understimated my time and how fast that storm front was moving because on the return trip, the sky…
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I've been really remiss lately in giving my welcomes, so consider this a welcome to everyone! @Ldenzel I'd say that I was the resident crazy cat lady with my 5 cats, but you have me beat with the fostering :) I don't crochet, but I do cross stitch and sew once in a while! I used to do more cross stitch, but carpal tunnel…
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Once daily for the trend, first thing in the morning before breakfast. I've seen the claim that you shouldn't do it more than weekly and for people who would have trouble with it, I'm fine with that, but weighing daily is actually more calming for me mentally because I can see the fluctuations and understand its trending…
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I grew up in southern WV which is mostly lower income, and what you described in your post is pretty much the culture of my area up to the last decade or two. But from what I've observed and reflected upon looking back at my growing up years, it wasn't the type of food that was the problem - it was the amount. You can be…
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Your body is screaming for food because you aren't fueling it properly to cover the activity you are getting. I'm 5'8" and around 228 lbs at the moment, and 1450 is the bottom of sedentary for me. Walking 90 minutes, even only counting 3/4 of it, gets me easily to above 1800 and with other activity, I can get myself up to…
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I actually lose most of the weight I'll lose in a year in winter, not summer. I"m with @L1zardQueen summer is my least favored season - I suffer through July, August, and the first part of September and start dreaming of the warmth of a fire, the coziness of my sweaters, the crisp autumn leaves and the silence of a snow…
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Get this: I've been struggling with mental fog and fatigue for several weeks now. This week is TOM with a countdown of less than 24 hours IF my body remains predictable (because sometimes it just can't stand to let me onto its actual pattern), which really had me dragging this weekend. Yesterday, I worked my rear off doing…
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@PAV8888 @NovusDies Throw in salt on top of pre-packaged food in August high humidity and heat after a long walk (or heavy yard work) and you might just see 8% increase lol My scale was up this morning, but after what I did yesterday coupled with the pizza for dinner last night coupled with hormones, I'm actually very…
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@pav8888 It may have just been my PC messing up; but the good news is the second link worked. Even better since I was actually poking around a few weeks ago trying to find that link where you'd posted it before lol :grin: So thank you for posting it again!
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@PAV8888 For some reason, when I clicked on the link you provided above, I got a NIDDK page not found message - is that my computer or has something changed?
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I'm over again today, but on purpose. I didn't start out intending this, but my plans changed for the day and I ended up spending 4 hours this morning running a chain saw and clearing out brush, then another hour splitting wood. Unfortunately, there isn't an entry in the database for all that. there is an entry for Yard…
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gotta love sales guys :) I'm like you - as long as its not killing my fruit trees or my flowers or my lawn, I don't care if its in my yard. I usually even leave the spdiers in the corners of my house alone - usually. However, the eyelash spiders are getting to be too many so I plan to spray for them the next dusting cycle.…
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That's fantastic! Congratulations!
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Honestly? Yes, that is an unreasonable expectation; 5-6 lbs/wk is not sustainable, no matter how much you have to lose. And that fast, even for an obese person, is dangerous - people who would be 500-600 lbs and losing that fast long term should absolutely be under a doctor's supervision while attempting it, and I can tell…
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So, I over ate today. Why then am I calling this a NSV? Because I was able to recognize today that my body's hormones, stresses, whatever, are just demanding more food today than usual. So I consciously gave myself permission to eat at maintenance today. Not go hog-wild, not eat everything in sight, not sneak here and…
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*sigh* I can tell TOM is on his way; in fact, by the way I felt yesterday and today, I could have sworn I'd be starting today.... This weekend has been a bust. Despite earning 600 calories yesterday from mowing the lawn and mopping and cleaning house, I was still over deficit by 500 calories. That's still under maintenance…
