Well I didn't even realize until this morning that I didn't post yesterday lol....I guess I didn't know what to do with myself being off on a Friday
Candidcamster I saw you liked a lot of my photos...Thank you so much for the love girly!! I'm getting there slowly but surely!
Larry Enjoy your trip with the family!!
Cindy CONGRATULATIONS!!!!! You did it!!! Under 300 in that amount of time losing 40 pounds wow you go girl!!!!! Doesn't it feel great when you make little goals you set up for yourself? You're doing it and I'm so happy for ya!! Hope you enjoy your weekend!
dgramie Enjoy the time with the grands....I should come over to learn to sew...That's one thing as an adult I wished I had learned to do...My grandma is a great sewer...my mom knows enough to get by...But for some reason I never learned lol...
Diane Welcome to the group!!! Glad to hear that the changes you've made has helped you with anxiety. I suffer from anxiety issues and bi polar disorder and although I still need medication I have learned not to worry so much about the things I can't change. Hope you'll stay awhile...this thread and the people in it are awesome
Ubee We're a lot alike...I think if we don't post here for the accountability it is easy to slip off plan. Although I didn't post yesterday (literally slipped my mind) I did stay on plan. I think the hardest part is going to be what do you do with your eating once you've reached goal? How do you make the balance of indulgence and eating healthy? I haven't really thought too much about it but I guess as I get closer to goal that's something I should read up on and see how others have done it. Hope you enjoy your day today lovely!
Happy 4th to all who celebrate!!! Yesterday was a pretty nice day even though I apparently woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I wasn't the nicest person yesterday to DH lol...I felt bad once I started feeling better...just the medication and the fact that TOM is coming soon I think my hormones are all out of balance right now. He's a sweet guy and is understanding for the most part. I tried to go to Wal-Mart early in the morning but DH didn't want to go too early...I tried to tell him we would beat the crowd but he didn't listen. The Wal-Mart by my house is the busiest one in the country according to a friend of mine that works there. There were so many RV's in the parking lot it was crazy!! There's a couple RV parks down the street from the store so a lot of them stop there on their way in to town. We got the things we needed for today's cookout. We're doing Greek chicken and veggie kebabs with hummus and cucumbers and pita. I won't be eating the pita and probably won't each much hummus. A friend of ours is coming along with us so it should be a good time. We were going to go to the state park but luckily we remembered how busy it was last year at this time and we thought we probably should go somewhere else to beat the crowd. We are planning to FINALLY go to that secret beach I was telling you guys about. Hopefully we find it and hopefully it's secret enough that there isn't a huge crowd there. We won't be heading up there until this afternoon so that will give me enough time to finish getting everything ready, cleaning the car out, etc.
Not sure if I've mentioned this earlier in the week or not but I have been trying to cut my carbs to a lower amount than what I have been and increasing my fat intake to see how that helps with kick starting my weight loss again. So far this week I've managed not to go above 35 total carbs but from what I've read on a lot of low carb sites that most people go by the net carb count and in that case I've been able to keep it in the 20-30 g range. Before I was between 50-75g total carbs. I'm eating more healthy fats so I think that has helped with the fact that I'm not eating as many carbs. Surprisingly it wasn't too hard to cut the carbs, I'm just paying more closer attention. The only bad thing I'm noticing is that doing lower carb you seem to not eat as many veggies or fruits. I've pretty much steered clear of all fruits for a little while now other than lemons and tomatoes but tomatoes are kind of high in carbs so I'm watching that now too. Today I switched from the bottled coffee creamers that are filled with stuff I shouldn't be consuming anyway to half and half. I was having to watch how many TBSP's of the creamer I would use because each TBSP was 5g carbs and 5g sugar. I still have some left over but I'm thinking about bringing it in to work for my co-workers to use up and stick to the half and half. I'm enjoying a nice cup of iced coffee with my breakfast this morning and really I don't mind it just being coffee and half and half with no sugar. It just has a more strong coffee taste. DH said I could get some different high quality extract flavorings online to flavor the half and half if I wanted so if I get tired of plain. I think it's a good idea to try.
Anyway with all the changes this week I hope to see a good loss...I've stayed on plan 100% and been doing my workouts as scheduled. Today with all the festivities I'm not sure if I'll get a good cardio session in or not and may have to do it tomorrow, all depends on time. I'd like to go on a walk on the beach but our friend I don't think it much for exercise. He's the food and beer type of guy so I don't think we'd be able to go too far hehehe.....Maybe I can bang out a Turbo Jam work out before we go.
Anyway I know this post today is SUPER long haha...I guess I just needed to make up for lost time from yesterday. Hope everyone enjoys their day! Be safe!!!
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