Hey Joy thanks, Girl you maxed out the posts and the weight loss you go girl
Breakfast
2 bacon 90 cal 0 carb
2 fried eggs 140 cal 0 carb
1 piece rye toast 75 cal 14 carb (guesstament no label)
butter 100 cal 0 carb
total 405 cal 14 carb
Threw some out got full and quit eatting
Tummy is back to normal and feel pretty normal.
Been working on getting the sugar and artificial sugar out of my life.
Today also only drinking coffee in the morning. I am a big time all day coffee drinker and from what I read it drops your blood sugar and makes you hungry. So we will see if that has any impact on the munchies later.
Still playing it by ear on the eating and will weigh at the end of the month. Trying not to even think about food. I remember when I had lost all my weight food was the last thing on my mind. I had a life without food lol
Gm everyone. Dropping in to log my weight 175.2 going down again. And I think this is because I am not focusing on food 24/7 and not reading all the weight loss boards and books and recipes. I have been doing other stuff that does not include food, and basically trying not to eat till I feel truly hungry. Wow my stomach growls and gets empty instead of staying full all the time.
I do kinda add calories in my head but don't write them down. My may goal is not think about food. So will continue on and check back in a week or so.
Hey all. Well yesterday I started Ifing (intermittent fasting) Waited till noon to eat and then stopped at 8pm. Today I am going to go for the 5-10pm window. So fasting all day and break the fast at 5pm and close my eating by 10pm.
I know this well work for me as I am getting or have gotten to the point that I am truly sick of thinking about food, Not having foods to do this diet or what am I going to eat today. Counting calories, carbs and god knows what.
It has gotten to hard to stick with eating plans. I use to normally only eat a meal a day until I fell for the concept that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. That is a load of crap to sell cereal and pop tarts.
So I well be re-training myself to go back to my own eating pattern. I well still more then likely be mindful of calories as that has been part of my life forever and can do the math in my sleep now lol.
I am looking forward to Ifing as it is very freeing, like a get out of the food jail card. feels good
I have been doing other stuff that does not include food, and basically trying not to eat till I feel truly hungry. Wow my stomach growls and gets empty instead of staying full all the time.
This. I just started this today. I have big, big issues with wanting to eat as soon as I get home from work. I work 7-3:30, and I would eat breakfast at 8ish, because its time! Not because I was hungry. And my lunch break is at 11, so I would eat at 11, because its time! Sigh. I'm eating today, and tomorrow (baby steps!) when I'm hungry. It's 10:03am right now and I havent had my breakfast, and I JUST started to get hunger pangs, so... Now I'll have breakfast. Hopefully I wont have lunch until 1, 1:30? 2? and then hopefully I won't be hungry when I get home from work, and can make it till 6ish when we eat dinner.
That after-work snacking is KILLING ME. Ugh. Fingers crossed.
Joy your are the best cheerleader anyone could have. And it always makes my day when you stop in.
kateleestar I got into the routine of eating breakfast, lunch snacks, cause I was told to from diets I tried and a doctor (6 meals) which I did think was great but I ate not from hunger but cause it was suppose to be the thing to do. So now I am trying to get back to what I use to do and that was eat when hungry (mainly dinner)
This whole out of control eating started when I wanted to loss 5 more vanity pounds, and eating as the program said and not from hungry, plus menopause didn't help. So all I am trying to do now is get back to what was working.
Yesterday went great, broke my fast around 12:30pm still working on extending it. Well more then likely have a 8 hr eating window. I found yesterday my tummy can't do large meals anymore. (that's a good thing)It really amazes me on the changes I have gone through since going through the menopause thing. Its like learning a whole new body (working wise).
Since I am **** bent on eating later in the day I thought I would start adding some structure to my eating. Looked up some meal plains that are calorie controlled or rather exchange plains. That's what I was on in 3rd grade lol. The biggest loser has a simple one. Prevention magazine has it online so anyone can look it up.
basically its 4 servings fruit and veggies, 3 protein, 2 grains,1 extra up to 200 calories. A serving size is 1 cup or 8oz's. easy just break it up into meals or snacks. Roughly 1200 calories. (now this would be easy to ajust to your calorie needs by adding extra serving of xy or z.
Well its been awhile since I posted, Still not giving up. God I'm a glutton for pain lol. Started back today doing just calorie counting nothing else. No more fancy magic stuff here. Plus I think I ran out of diets to try lol.
Plus time is zipping by and I am pretty much wasting the year away. With less then 6 months from the end of the year, I don't think I'll make the 50lb mark, but if I just count the calories and stay the course then I can still make a dent.
current weight as of yesterday was 177.2 Well at least I know I can somewhat maintain lol
kk feel better now lol
went and re-figured my calorie needs so will be in the range of 1200 to 1400 daily needs. Won't sweat it if I go up to 1500 - 1600. I think need to re read my own thread I was lossing on 1500 so will double check.
Had me a nice bowl of oatmeal and a little milk for 165 calories at noon. love oatmeal
I won't be posting my food daily, I have a notebook that I write down in. But will post calorie totals and weekly weight which will be on Tuesdays now. So enough rambling for one day lol
Glad you are hangin in there! I truly think that 1500 cals/day (counting) will get you where you're tryin to go. Remember...consistency is key, so if you have a bad day....just pick up and jump right back on the horse the next meal (not day).
Joy love your new pic, Bet you have heads turning girl. So happy for you.
yep 1500 calories are a good choice. Well just need to see as I am not real active. A few weeks at that level will tell me if I might need to go lower. Got to have a starting point.
Well not a scale hopper, but jumped on this morning and down a little 176.4 hummmm maybe I should weigh daily then I will be aware of whats what even if I have a water gain
Made me up a big bowl of oats to have on hand for the hungry's Hubby, even tho diabetic still brings crap in the house to snack on. I eat it even tho not impressed by it. Well pick me up some low cal real food snacks today or tomorrow.
Joy love your new pic, Bet you have heads turning girl. So happy for you.
yep 1500 calories are a good choice. Well just need to see as I am not real active. A few weeks at that level will tell me if I might need to go lower. Got to have a starting point.
Well not a scale hopper, but jumped on this morning and down a little 176.4 hummmm maybe I should weigh daily then I will be aware of whats what even if I have a water gain
Made me up a big bowl of oats to have on hand for the hungry's Hubby, even tho diabetic still brings crap in the house to snack on. I eat it even tho not impressed by it. Well pick me up some low cal real food snacks today or tomorrow.
Thanks!
Don't worry about being active. I'm truly a couch potato. Other than run, I really don't move very much. I'm down to running once a week. What can I say???...I love my couch very much! That said...abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym!
Completely feel your pain on the hubby bring stuff into the home. I live with my skinny lil' 12 yr old who lives off sugar! It became clear to me early on in my journey that I would have to have to confront sugary goodies HEAD ON as I was not going to avoid it. I approached it like therapy. I baked her fresh goodies every week and bought her favorite treats all while having NONE! This was like confronting a fear of heights by going on the steepest rollercoaster you could find! It WORKS!!! I'm totally desensitized to it now. I can take it or leave it. I'm around it 24-7 so...
Eventually...once you get well into your "learning your body" process...you WILL be able to add those things in moderation. For now...I'd persecute myself by making homemade goodies for the hubby. You may be able to trick him by adding some splenda secretly helping both of you!
DO IT!
That said...abs are made in the kitchen, not the gym!
It WORKS!!! I'm totally desensitized to it now. I can take it or leave it. I'm around it 24-7 so...
