Down 2lbs today, was hoping for more (I'm so greedy...). I think I have a mental block that's holding me back since I am getting so close to 199 (yes, 15lbs is close to me after where I started!).
I wonder if I should change my goal weight to a new lower number and maybe then the scale will just casually scroll on by 199 like it means nothing?
On a good note, I told someone today who thought I looked *so* skinny (??) that I had a good 50 more pounds to lose before I could really choose a weight to maintain. She looked at me like I had 5 heads, saying do you have 50 more to lose?? Made me feel good but alas yes, I do have 50+ more to go. Boo.
I am up again today--3.4 lbs in 3 days. That is obviously not fat gain--and I've been 1000 calories under maintenance all three of those days. Very frustrating.
Today is our last baking day. For whatever reason, once they're in the freezer, I don't touch them again until we take them to our event. That was true even when I wasn't dieting. (My family doesn't touch them, either.)
Thanks for the feedback on protein. It does seem very high. Not dangerously high (from my research), but oddly high. It would require quite a bit of supplementing. And I don't necessarily want to do that.
It really goes against my idea of "normal" eating. I just want to eat when I'm hungry and stop when I'm full.
I don't think I will ever eat normal again in my life. I can't be trusted with myself.
yeah, my "normal" is seemingly a weight gain diet and if I kept going, I'd be well over 300 lbs in the not too distant future, I'm sure.
But in a way, I do feel like I eat normally on my plan, in the sense that if I am hungry, I can eat. I have a different selection of foods to choose from, but I can never run out of calories or anything, and I never have to force myself not to eat. It is an interesting wake up call to see how much food I need to eat to be satisfied and how much more I ate just because it tasted good or I was bored or stressed out, etc.
(and yeah, I know, I'm not where near the teens but the people on this board are too interesting to not chat with you! )
My consultant said that I'm not getting enough protein in during the day. She gave me a target of 180 grams and my butcher at the buffalo shop said that was crazy. So I'm in the process of researching the max protein I should be having a day- and that will be my target.
That does seem a bit high. I have read you should eat around 1gm per lean body mass not total body mass. I have 134lbs of lean muscle mass. So I try and eat at least 100g of protein a day and try to get up to 130. I dont' always succeed. BUt 180 seems too high. What kind of consultant is this?
I gained weight over the weekend from not exercising and eating higher sodium foods. I did good drinking my water and flushed it out. Soo I am back to my low from last week. Fingers crossed I will see a loss in the morning.
I went to a beakfast buffet on Sunday. MY stomach has shrunk. I could not eat very much. I was so stuffed.
Been bloated a week now. Went from over 5lbs bloated to 2-2.5 lbs bloated last couple of days. Its frustrating, I'm watching my sodium and my water in take to try and flush it out. I'm just so close to the 190s and it seems the last 2lbs to get to the 190s is going to be the hardest out of all the 133lbs ive lost.
I'm up 5.2 pounds since Thursday--yes, 5.2 pounds in 5 days. I not only have not eaten an extra 3500 calories a day, I ate at a 1000 calorie deficit 3 of those days and a 500 calorie deficit the other 2. I'm sure that the reason I ate so much last night was because I feeling "wtf--if the scale is going up when I'm barely eating, what am I doing this for?"
Can that much be water retention and constipation? How else does one explain that much in such a short period of time? I didn't even gain like that taking a week long cruise where there's constant food!
I'm not really 'glad' to be back at work today after a super long weekend, but at least I am back on a schedule and plan--non-work days are harder to keep on track.
I don't want to change my ticker back to 219. That is so FRUSTRATING.
Last edited by bethFromDayton; 03-05-2013 at 10:00 AM.
I am up today too. Mine is water weight. My rings are tighter too. I just need to continue to drink my water and keep on plan. It will come off just not fast enough. When I eat at home my sodium intake is much better. That is the plan of this week.
I gotta jump in on this. I'm hanging onto 199 for dear life, and just wanted to show you the fluctuations I had last month. I weigh in every morning, and here's how the past month of frustration looked:
I have no idea if this is gonna help anyone, but to me this is what the Onederland Curse looks like
Yup- 5 pounds can most definitely be water weight and waste. I did some math last Tuesday (because...you know, I hate those Tuesday weigh-ins). Water is incredibly heavy. And on a good day- I drink A LOT of water.
Only 2 cups of water, 16 ounces, weighs a pound! 64 ounces? 4.17 pounds. There are days where I can get over 100 ounces in. That's nearly 10 pounds in water. Thankfully I seem to flush most of it out.
Shiv- Onederland curse? OH noooez. I'm having enough trouble just getting into THIS and staying in! Sometimes are bodies are funny.
The consultant is through metabolic research center. Most of them are not trained nutritionists- so I usually do my own research and deep in my heart- I really feel that my body will tell me what/how to eat if I give it the proper tools (like not eating processed food, which I haven't done in over 2 months.)
So I'm just trying to focus on wellness and chugging forward.
Last edited by lunarsongbird; 03-05-2013 at 12:33 PM.
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You all left this thread without me, I have the two hundreds curse!
