Yesterday was my first day here; Today is my first real day as I slipped up on my diet last night and had a PBJ sandwich as I was reading and trying to fall asleep :/
But, I woke up pissed at myself and now to stick to it and I will be fine. Today is a new day.
I was able to weigh myself this morning too, not as bad as I though I was as I thought I was closer to 250, so I have the fact I am 12 pounds less than that today going for me
Glad you're here, you can do it! One pb&j won't set you back. That's good news about your starting weight. I did the same thing, I was overestimating my weight by at least ten pounds. When I finally bought a scale, the number wasn't as bad as I thought.
I am doing a sort Ideal Protein diet, but mine is no more than 50 carb grams, 5 fat grams, and 1250 cals a day, while eating at least 100 grams of protein each day. and from fresh foods, not packaged. I am also incorporating my slow and steady rowing/erging, for an hour a day too.
Well, I am off to Walmart to buy frozen Halibut (cos no one else around here carries any fresh....) ( and rats, they were out... oh well, got some MahiMahi instead for now)
So, day three. Not sure if I lost anything or not yet, I doubt I have but sticking to it. I will not weigh myself again until the first 20 days here have passed, since I can't have a ticker until then. SO my motivation has to be very self-strong right now.
I Have decided my meals with be as follows for the 3 weeks:
Meal one:1 emergenC tangerine in 16 oz water and 1 scoop of ISOPure Zero CArb Alpine Punch Protein Powder in 16 oz water.
Meal two: 1 scoop of ISOPure Zero CArb Alpine Punch Protein Powder in 16 oz water.
Meal three:I anti-inflammation smoothie with NutriBullet SuperFoods of Fat Burning Boost, Energy Boost, and Protien Boost powders, celery, cucumber, pineapple, ice and a handful of baby spinach & kales.
Meal four: 1 scoop of ISOPure Zero Carb Alpine Punch Protein Powder in 16 oz water with 3 oz of lean meat, like steams chicken breast, fish or such
Of course i wil be having my Braggs Health drinks every day as well, in 16 oz of water and ice.
This gives me my 50 grams of carbs, 5 grams of fat, and 125 grams of protein a day. and allows me my glass of dry red or white wine at the end of the night.
I didnt have wine yesterday or day before... seems my carb headache has set in as such... drinking emergen-zzzzzzzzzzz instead.... sleeping better I suppose but I hate the headaches and I had keto breath when drinking the wine.. but when not... frustrating for sure
Weighed myself today since w1 is officially over for me. First time I steped on the cranky scale, it said 228, I was like wait, what? Tried it again, and it looked to say 226 this time. I went and got my other glasses and made sure it was at zero. It was. I tried one more time and it said 230 the last time, so I am going with that as my weight for this week as eight pounds is okay by me! =])
I just joined this site too as I need to be accountable for my intake day by day. I limit myself to 29 points per day or less using the old WW System. I lost 50 lbs. once before with this method. Good luck on your quest and welcome to the group.
Set-back:
I bought a new scale as old one was being stupid. I would step on it, and it would say 210, step off, back on 208, step off, back on, 220, off/wait/on 224 off/wait/on 228, off/wait/on 226, off/wait/on 228... I give up. What is worse, this new scale says way more than my start date but I can see a difference in the mirror and how my arms hang at my side, so I know I lost some weight, I just weighed more than I thought I did after-all... :/
So I reset me s/c/g and will start tracking again as of today.
I have to say, I am pretty disappointed; feel like I am back in high school, with al the cliches... 265 have read this, 10 responded. I try to respond had help, give support to all I can... Feeling very shut out. not all of us are bubbly. 99% of us are real, and have real feelings and to be ignored and shut-out hurts... I guess no point in flipping even being here if no one supports you..... I get the same at home, staring at my walls all alone, which is why I joined here but my walls talk back more so Tata for now, not sure I will bother returning as no one wil miss me anyways.
Drove my bus the other day. The last time I drove it, I had a hard time fitting behind the wheel and my stomach barely rubbed on it. (anyone driving a VW Bay Bus will know why). today I got in easily and my tummy was a good two inches away! So, I am losing weight(size), even if the scales say I am. not.
Cikan, on the inches off! Don't worry about people responding to your Introduction post. That's not an indicator of how well people like or accept you. When I returned, I think maybe 2 people responded to my Introduction post. This is just a board that not many people reply to. They just come to read and see who you are, so they'll have an idea when you post in the rest of the forum. Plus, many of those 200+ views may be from people who aren't even members, since 3FC can be viewed by the public. If you join a support group (under Support Forum) or an accountability thread (found on many different boards), you'll find more people will get to know who you are. Keep your chin up! You're doing great!
well, there is no where ( but here) for a person to leave daily notes.... other threads have to do with other, not self, this is a self post area... Maybe they should make a section for people who want to have a self thread. Group threads, tried em, got less response than here.. that said, saying this graphic fact: "Ugh, supposed to be menopausal, been about a year and half and now, I had some brown "mud blood" abnormal spotting and then an hour later, I was bleeding like a stuck pig; literally so much it not only soaked a super pad, but forced out a super plus tampon with a clot the size of a grapefruit ( I put in the tampon just to be safe, as I normally do if i spot; normally nothing more than "mud blood" spots on it and that is it)... I hate this part of being a woman". so far, in 24 hours I have soaked 9 super plus pads and tampons... I will be glad when this stops.
Going to do this this time!
Cikan! Despite the pb&j, it sounds like you are off to a good start! Good luck!
on the inches off! Don't worry about people responding to your Introduction post. That's not an indicator of how well people like or accept you. When I returned, I think maybe 2 people responded to my Introduction post. This is just a board that not many people reply to. They just come to read and see who you are, so they'll have an idea when you post in the rest of the forum. Plus, many of those 200+ views may be from people who aren't even members, since 3FC can be viewed by the public. If you join a support group (under Support Forum) or an accountability thread (found on many different boards), you'll find more people will get to know who you are. Keep your chin up! You're doing great! 
