Angie - Clothes were flying everywhere and lots of four letter words were said. It wasnt a pretty sight.
Laurie - That's not bad at all. Just a 3lb gain? I can deal with that. I can't imagine trying to do this right at Thanksgiving time. I'd go nuts. But hey, you're right about at the 60lbs lost mark, too. Very awesome. Long hard road, eh?
As for me, I'm doing it very strictly. Every day, only eating things off the list, taking the supplements, no exercise and all that jazz. For me, I'm set for 85g of protein a day and right now that's about 500-600 calories. Which makes it sound like I'm starving myself, but I'm really not. I am starting to feel pretty tired though. Not sickly feeling, but not as much energy. I guess that's to be expected. For me, though, the tired doesn't compare to how awesome it is to wake up in the morning and see that damn scale go down. That can set me in a good mood quite easily, despite an utter lack of wardrobe.
Oh, and I read part of that forum and apparently Lyle actually comments on it, which on its own is very cool...but most of the time he kinda comes off as an a$s. I mean, i see where he's coming from since people ask things that are in the book, but jeez. He gets down right snippity.
I am so happy you are rolling through it! Just to be clear, I don't attribute the 3-pound gain to coming off of RFL. I attribute it to the 64-ounce Coke, the ice cream, the cookies, the high-sugar cereal, etc. I ate terribly on Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday. Lots of extra, high-calorie, carby food equals temporary crazy weight gain, no matter the plan, at least in my experience.
Laurie - your Thursday/Saturday/Sunday sounds like my today. Today I just felt like eating...and I went ahead and gave myself permission, with the promise to myself to not do it again until my weigh in two months from now. I mean, a couple extra calories here and there is fine every now and then, but I added a WHOLE LOT of extra calories...like an additional 1,600 on top of the 1,400 of my on plan food. I usually don't have the urge to eat a lot but today it's like my body wanted FOOOOOD LOL! It was mainly carbs too. I hardly ever do this so I don't feel too bad.
But on a positive note, I went to try on some clothes today to see what size pants I'm in now. On July 2, I was a 24W. Today, I fit into size 14's! They were a very comfortable fit too (no muffin tops). I had room in them. So I went home to try on the 12's in my closet and they zipped and buttoned but created too much of a muffin top for my taste, so I'm not ready for them yet. I also bought some spanx to help with my loose skin on my stomach. Ugh. I've never been this loose before having kids and being obese, but it is what it is. I'll just have to deal. I still look good.
I don't know why I feel the need to correct this, but Friday and Sunday were good days, cuz they were lifting days, and exercise keeps me on track. So, Thursday, Saturday, and Monday were my bad days.
Woot! Angie, you are ROCKING this. I love that you know you look good. :-)
angie - wow! that's a remarkably smaller lower half! But don't get me started on Spanx! lol
I finally stepped on the scale yesterday after not weighing myself since before Halloween. I expected that I had gained back the weight I had lost (8 pounds, so not a big deal). But surprisingly I had lost a pound. I've given it some thought and decided to try more of a 'habits based' approach. Basically just clean eating without following a specfic program or counting calories. I'm going to give it a month and see what happens. Very long story but I'm also a binge-eater and my doctor has put me on a low-dose of Prozac and from past experience I know that this reduces the binging. Strict diets increase the amount of binging so...I'm just going to build clean eating one habit at a time.
Angie - That's awesome! Both the fact that you were able to give yourself a much needed break without feeling guilty AND that you're in a comfortable 14. That gives you the leeway to be able to shop pretty much anywhere you want, which is pretty exciting if you ask me.
Coffeelover - Congrats on losing instead of gaining! During the holidays that's an even better accomplishment...you should be proud
Laurie - Sounds like moderating your 'bad' days to every other day really helped out. That might be a tactic I use to taper off of this thing in a few weeks. Though in NYC, moderation will be out the window for sure. Bakery's are planned on a daily basis, h*ll yeah!
243.4 - I have to admit, I'm getting addicted to this scale dropping business. At the rate I'm going, I'll have hit my first RFL goal (and subsequently my first NYC goal) by midweek next week. Only four pounds away from that one! And so far, I'm sleepy but still not feeling crappy, so that's good. From all that I've read, though, the second week is much much harder.
I did come up with a few 'recipes' for the plan that are making it easier to not get burned out, so that helps. If any of you ladies decide you want them, let me know!
241.6 this morning!! So freaking close to the 230's and my 'acceptable' goal for December 21st/NYC. Going to shoot for 235 once I hit the 239 goal.
Had my first free meal and it was glorious. Hummus and Gyro on pita from my favorite Greek restaurant, and half a brownie and a cupcake (red velvet with cream cheese frosting from a bakery down the street...oh. my. god.) for dessert. Might have stretched it with the dessert, but it was WORTH it. Definitely helped with the deprived feeling and gives me an even greater will to keep going. I am curious as to how it will effect tomorrow's weigh in though.
I have been so busy. I am sorry for not checking in. I just feel guilty about posting but not reading all your post. I will try to do that soon. I am doing OK. I still have not made it back to the gym. DH even commented tonight. I will try and get over there Monday. No childcare on the weekends and DH works all weekend (nights). We see him about an hour each day when he works.
I think I broke my plateau. I lost only 6lbs in November. Not great but I guess its better than nothing. Keeping on plan expect for the exercise. I reduced my calories to compensate.
243.2 this morning. That free meal set me back a couple of days which has upset me, but I shouldn't be surprised. 7 lbs in a week is still pretty great.
I was back on plan yesterday and will continue for the rest of the week. I was planning another free meal tomorrow or Wednesday since I'm allotted 2, but I don't like how much it set me back. I'm fine with not having another til Saturday. Hopefully tomorrow shows some more progress.
Checking in. My dad came to town nd my daughter had a birthday. Got chaos at work and things at home. My food and exercise choices have suffered. Plus,I have sort of got the 'new relationship and that's where I want to focus my time' thing going on. Back on it today, baby. I am at 213.0 as of this morning. Going to lift, eat right, and hike some trails this evening.
I finally got back to the gym today. I forgot lunch so we had to come home. My husband volunteered to take the kids back for the afternoon while I went to the gym. He can be sweet. I was able to walk 3 miles in an hour not great but I did it. So that is what matters.
I made the best dinner. Crockpot roast beef with asperagus and Yorkshire pudding for the family. I had a sweet potato. I love yorkshire pudding. I might have a slice or two on Christmas.
LaurieDawn my DD birthday was Monday. I hope things settle down for you.
LebenAlles I hope you get back to where you want to be. I have been up a pound or two since my drop last week.
I've totally blown the diet out of the water. I guess that's the problem with these quick fix diets. You can be bee-boppin along, doing well, and then BAM, the cravings strike. I'll do fine until dinner and sometimes even through dinner, but right before bed I just SNAP...and end up ending something I wouldnt eat normally. Like putting ice cream on a chocolate graham cracker and calling it an ice cream sandwich. WTH? And today I bought my kryptonite...those little debbie christmas trees. And Cheetos. I havent eaten either of those in a long long long time. I have lost my mind.
So right now my plan is to just not gain ALL of the weight back in the next few days and to start back up again with RFL on Monday. I think I started it too many weeks before my vacation and psyched myself out or something. And I also think that the free meal might not be a good idea for me. At least not the way I did it. Cuz man, I was ROCKING it before that free meal. Durn! Oh well, lessoned learned. Now I've just gotta reign it in.
Laurie and Lishar, glad you guys checked in. Wonder how Angie is doing? Holidays are tough.
Hi ladies! Sorry I haven't checked in. Last thursday, after my chalean extreme workout, and after having ate all my calories for the day, my body wanted food soooo badly. Or maybe it was my head? Either way I was hungry as crap so I binged. I ate whatever was in the house (cookies, chips, cereal, etc). I counted every calorie though. I stopped at around 3,497 calories for the day. My carb intake was massive....522g. Oddly enough, I didn't feel that bad about it...so I went to bed. But when the morning came (last friday), I was supposed to exercise and I didn't even feel like doing that...and I was STARVING when I woke up (damn carbs). So right then and there, I decided to start my fast. I was away from the boards because I know fasting isn't supported here on 3FC so I didn't want to post, but I do it for internal healing, both mentally and physically (I've improved my health quite a bit). Anyways, I had one planned for next week (which was planned back in July as part of my 1 year health & fitness journey), but I started it early. I'm not exercising right now, but just focusing myself inwardly. My food demon is very much still alive lol. I've kept him at bay for a good while, and I wonder if I'll ever be able to rid myself of him completely. I never want to go back to going crazy with food...or losing my control completely. But I admit...I love food! I'll check back in several days ladies! Keep pushing! And I am NOT giving up!
Last edited by angieand2girls; 12-06-2012 at 12:07 AM.
Lenbenalles I hear you about cravings. My DD Loves cheetos and I had a few from her bag last week.
Angie hugs about your binge. I have never fasted but I know people who do. How long will you do that?
Not much new here. Keeping on keeping on. I was down to 223 but that did not last long. Trying to get back there. I ate before being about to weigh this morning so oh well no weight today. I have not decided if I will check in the morning.
