This morning I was 189.4 but I've cheated all weekend pretty much, so only gaining .4 is pretty good, and it was probably mostly water bloat from drinking too much beer. lol. I did work it all off today because I went paintballing all day, I was sweating buckets and my feet and abs are SO sore.. my whole body hurts... lol. So I think i definitely worked off those beers :-) Tomorrow I am back in the calorie counting saddle, even though it's a long holiday weekend there will be no more "holiday" eating for me. tomorrow, lots of water and going biking with my kids for exercise :-)
It was nice to have a weekend "off" and eat like a normal person... i felt like I ate a normal amount (and not two or three helpings like the fat me would.) I tried to pretend I was skinny and imagined I was full after a small helping even though the foods were things I could normally eat like three plates of (burgers, pizza, etc).... I figure if I pretend I'm a skinny person that doesn't like to eat too much... eventually I will wake up one day and BE that person... lol... it actually worked out pretty well, i ate way less than I used to and I tried to listen to my body when it said it was full... and I WAS satisfied, without being so stuffed I felt sick... so I think i've made some major progress. I definitely want to practice portion control on my cheat days even though I can eat whatever I want (even high calorie food)... and practice listening to when I am full instead of counting every calorie. I mean calorie counting rocks but I would eventually like to eat like a normal person and not have to weigh my food all the time.... and be able to know when to stop and what's normal.... I want to be normal!!! ahhh!
I figure if I pretend I'm a skinny person that doesn't like to eat too much... eventually I will wake up one day and BE that person... lol... it actually worked out pretty well, i ate way less than I used to and I tried to listen to my body when it said it was full... and I WAS satisfied, without being so stuffed I felt sick... so I think i've made some major progress. I definitely want to practice portion control on my cheat days even though I can eat whatever I want (even high calorie food)... and practice listening to when I am full instead of counting every calorie. I mean calorie counting rocks but I would eventually like to eat like a normal person and not have to weigh my food all the time.... and be able to know when to stop and what's normal.... I want to be normal!!! ahhh!
cb - I think this is great! It's what I have been trying to do as well. I used to be the one who would get 3 or 4 plates at a buffet. Now i stick with one and maybe a half... That's still a lot of food, but half of the first plate has to be filled with green food, veggies. That has helped me too! I love that you pretended you were skinny! That's a great idea!
182.6 this morning. Hope to be out of the 180s by the end of the week. Just joined today, making a conscious effort to drink more water, less cokes (my nemesis), and try this new thing I've heard about called cooking. We'll see how that goes!
August 1st I was 189.8 but then I went to 190.4 yesterday. I didn't change my profile number because I knew I could get back to the 189.8. I was right because today I'm back to the 189.8!!! Yay!
So for 2 days I weighed in at 179, but wanted another solid day of being below 180 before I moved onto the 170's thread--- well today I came in at 178, so I think it's time! Excited that I finally got below 180, haven't been able to do that in a long time!
Congrats to those moving to the next lowest bracket!
184.8. Finally below 185!
I was stuck at 188/189 for over 2 weeks, so i'm really really happy to see that. I'm also already getting nervous b/c i really don't want my weight to plateau again, so i'm working hard.
(i also weighed post workout, but hey oh well. i think i'll try to stick to that time period b/c its seems i have better luck and i'm superstitious!)
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189.6 again this morning. Gotta say I was just kinda relieved I wasn't up! Not because I did anything to make the scale go up but that's just kinda how my weight loss goes...down then a little up and so on.
I had a great on-plan day yesterday with yummy, healthy food andexercise... today... not so much. I didn't sleep well, I woke up with a sore throat and coughing and headache. I didn't eat anything because my throat hurt so bad, and i sure as heck didn't feel like cooking up my standard veggie omelette....around 1pm i was just feeling weak from lack of food so I then had crackers, cheese and farmer's sausage, then I had a handful of teddy grahams and 2 tablespoons nutella. And those were because they were the only things in the house that didn't require cooking.
I hope I get over this sickness soon. It's not strep or anything, just coughing up junk and generally icky feeling!!! I am not over my calories today, but I am off plan because I ate junk instead of the healthy meals I had planned. I don't even feel like eating anything else... if i didn't have kids i'd just be sleeping the day away right now.
I'm just gonna try to not overdo it and avoid eating comfort food like ice cream, etc.... I don't feel like cooking so that should help.... ugh I hope this does not totally wreck my diet/exercise routines.
Freakin A. 185 this morning. I don't get it, what giveS?! I'm working out like a maniac, tracking my calories. I want to see a 7 as my middle digit already. URG. Sorry - rant over.
I'm hoping all this exercising and eating rabbit food pays off soon, I want to be out of the 180s by the end of next week.
