It's been a while since I checked in so a big to everyone. I hope that you're all doing well and having a good start to November. Work continues to feel like I'm on a . Last week I spent most of the week making my way through life like a zombie. I came down with a head cold Wednesday and it only really started to drain (and drain, and drain, and drain ) on Saturday. Only now am I feeling like my old self again. Weight is up a bit to 209 but I'm expecting TOM early next week so I'm thinking that's part of it. I joined the Delicious for Christmas challenge hoping to maintain and even drop a few pounds through the holiday season. My goal is 10 pounds and reaching under two-hundred pounds for the first time in
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Here I sit, experiencing why I hate daily weighing. I ate at a buffet last night. Normally, I would stay off the scale until I felt that it went back down, but I committed to this and will stick with it and be honest.
I sure didn't expect to see this much of a gain. Hope it's water and comes off over the rest of the weekend.
So, November 15 is my official "get your chunky butt back on track" day. My surgery is Monday, so that gives me a full week (plus a day) to recover, which should be plenty when it comes to recovering from oral surgery. If I'm wrong, and it took you significantly longer, let me know. Looking forward to the relief from the pain, not looking forward to the anesthesia, and really not looking forward to the pain during recovery. I'm kinda nervous, actually, since I've never been put under before! It's a scary thought. But it will be over soon, and I can get on with life, FINALLY!
I got all kinda goodies in so I can start making overnight eye cream that - according to the recipe, and the various things I've read about the ingredients - should help with eye bags and puffiness, as well as the appearance and prevention of wrinkles! And it's much cheaper than a little jar of the stuff at the store. SO, I'm excited to make it and try it! I got enough stuff to make a dozen. Just waiting for the hubby to get home from his work thing so I can make it. Woo!
Dinner's in the crock pot smelling yummy, chicken boobies in my super secret braising liquid, and will be pulled to become a chicken pot pie casserole thingy and tex-mex chicken wraps, and probably bbq sandwiches (it's a lot of chicken!). Tomorrow I'll be making a big pot of spaghetti, and all the chicken stuff and spaghetti should provide enough leftovers for my husband to eat well while I'm living on protein shakes, pudding, and applesauce after my surgery.
I'm late to join this thread this month. I was swamped at work last week before starting my two-week staycation and I had not even weighed in until this morning. Thank you once again Rennie for starting this thread which helps us all in the good and bad times.
A friend of mine who works in fitness gave me some new goals and ideas to help me get 13lbs off by xmas, this will mean I hit my 50 lbs off goal for the year. He wants me to really concentrate on what foods I am eating and be specific about my macros. He also wants me to start working out a little more than usual, as well as starting Intermittent Fasting to kick start a loss. I have been kind of maintaining and not really losing my 1 lbs a week for a few weeks now, so I feel I need to step things up a little bit.
If I hit the 50 then I will of smashed passed my first big goal that will bring me into new territory
This week I really need to pull my finger out and find the motivation to start exercising.
Hey Carol Sue! I understand the daily weighing frustration, it's not necessarily for everyone. Hang in there! <3
I weighed in at 154.8 today, in the lower-mid portion of my maintenance range. I just finished the smaller of my two big shows for the year on Saturday, and I'm tired. I have Christmas orders to get out and some stock to replenish before my ginormous show in 2 weeks. I'm (admittedly unhealthily) existing primarily on coffee with chocolate protein shake these days. The food apathy that often accompanies WLS is a real pain the butt sometimes. I know it *sounds* like a good problem to have, but living off of coffee and protein shakes is not a healthy way to be. I'm looking forward to business being totally shut down for a few weeks this year (I take my machines into the shop for maintenance and don't sew from Dec. 15th - Jan. 5th or so), not only for the break but so that I can work on getting my eating back on the rails.
For now, I shall continue on in my caffeinated state of being.
I feel like I got smacked in the face with a baseball bat, but other than that I'm doing alright. I have to go back in a week for a follow up and such, and one of the wisdom teeth came out in chunks, but overall everything went well... So they say, and then tell me I was screaming while I was under anesthesia.
I'll be sharing in the "protein shakes and coffee" diet for a while, because chewing is hard. Maybe it will provide the weight loss boost I need to get back into doing things the right way! I'm also hoping to take part in a little local craft fair in early December, so I'll be in the same boat of making lots of stuff to sell. (Fingers crossed I get invited!)
Nov 1: A million
Nov 2: A million and one
Nov 3: 2000 - better, but mostly bread and mini-chocolate bars. Sigh. At this rate I'll be lucky to end the year where I started it at 195
Nov 4-6: ??? ...bad
Nov 7: 1450. PHEW. May this be a step back onto the right track.
So yesterday was my first day of really concentrating on my Macros on My Fitness pal, I really struggled to get my target amount of protein into my meals. I ate 1365cal yesterday which was a little more than I wanted but it was high in protein. Well it worked.... I went from 286.5 yesterday morning to 284.9 today Its my lowest weight I'm super excited to hopefully see a boost in weightloss this week.
Fera I'm glad your op went well, I hope you see some progress with the liquid diet I had to do that this year as well and luckily the 3 days was enough to boost a loss.
I hope to see us all make strides toward less weight and more health! We have so much to be thankful for in this country. That is important to remember in the face of this contentious election cycle.
to everyone. I hope that you're all doing well and having a good start to November. Work continues to feel like I'm on a 
. Last week I spent most of the week making my way through life like a zombie. I came down with a head cold Wednesday and it only really started to drain (and drain, and drain, and drain 
) on Saturday. Only now am I feeling like my old self again. Weight is up a bit to 209 but I'm expecting TOM early next week so I'm thinking that's part of it. I joined the Delicious for Christmas challenge hoping to maintain and even drop a few pounds through the holiday season. My goal is 10 pounds and reaching under two-hundred pounds for the first time in 
Normally, I would stay off the scale until I felt that it went back down, but I committed to this and will stick with it and be honest.
pain in the butt!
