Hey Zucena. Way to go on the good eating habits on vacation. When I am at home, I track things but that is harder to do on vacation, so I do exactly what you did, try to keep reasonable portions and only eat when really hungry and limit alcohol, if I am trying to lose weight, that is.
Hope you had a nice vacation. Where did you go? Congrats on your size 8. Sorry you are feeling stressed and lonely. Feeling that way is hard enough in itself, but also makes it harder to stick with goals but it sounds like you are sticking with your goals anyway.
35 pushups is IMPRESSIVE! DANG!
Cattails, sounds like you are meeting some goals. Congrats. That's awesome.
I've had day 3 of eating on goal, so I am on a roll. For exercise today, I walked outside for an hour. I have decided recently that I do not spend nearly enough time outside. I am happier when I do. I have also used the light box for the last 3 days. It definitely helps. I did a half hour of easy yoga today, too and got a massage. I don't do any strength training on massage days, only light cardio and tend to do yoga. I find if I strength train, I don't feel the massage as well, like somehow it makes me less sensitive.
I totally agree with you about having a nice dinner. I really like food and don't do blah diet food. For dinner tonight we had almond encrusted salmon, indian spiced roasted cauliflower, sautéed kale with sesame seeds and some potato dish I whipped up with baked thin slices of potato roasted and tonight I used purple potato to see what that was like. We finished off with a little nibble of dark chocolate. I came in in the 1300 calorie range which is my goal each day unless for some reason I was truly very hungry and needed a bit more, but that usually is not the case.
I am enjoying my workouts, too and am trying to have more consistency with gently pushing the intensity, but also having lighter days sprinkled in there when needed.
I've been working out a lot this week but have struggled with feeling hungry a lot and eating a little too much although I've been mostly eating at a deficit still. It's tough because I've been feeling stressed and lonely lately and I've had to struggle against overeating on snack foods but I've been reigning it in. I'm trying to be patient even if weight loss takes a little longer than I hoped and I am definitely committed to sticking with it. I am now down to size 8 pants and M in basic shirts at H&M and have worked myself up to doing 35 pushups in a row
I love what my body can do right now and I do wonder if the increased hunger is because I'm pushing it fitness wise. But it's worth it to me!
