I have had four really really high calorie/carb days ... needless to say, my fbs has been as high as 167 and my weight is back up to 167.8 today only .2 from my high so far on 5/13. I have done pretty well today with all of my planned meals on MFP dinner is the only meal I have left. I have decided that if I want something else to eat I will have a s/f gelatin and water but hopefully I will be fine after dinner
I just want to let y'all know that I will be checking in but probably not everyday. I've been doing some reading here on 3fc on other threads and I have a book someone mentioned reading and I have that book. I'm going to be taking time out to read. I've got this attitude that I don't want to eat and I am going to be using shakes while going through this because I just cannot let myself get so strong in the "diet" thinking to where I end up gaining again. It is just a phase that I have to work through on my own. I'll be okay and I will be back. Not gone forever.
I just have to find some answers for myself. I am determined to be a "success" story and win this battle.
Love you guys. May still check in daily, but if I don't I didn't want y'all worried about me. And I know you would.
thanks Kris I thought 2 meals a day were fine but then I had read that I shouldn't skip breakfast and that was my easy skip meal. But 3 works also.
Carol Sue and Trish
Shannon, Have a blessed, joyous and wonderful day
didn't eat the gelatin last night and Trish I love it with cool whip/rediwhip also My husband sat beside me last night and ate chips and it took a lot not to stick my hand in the bag but I didn't, yay me. My weight was down 2lbs and the I am grateful I thought it would be more but with the binge eating I think I have probably put on a few real pounds not all bloat. FBS was 120 this morning ... so you know what I think? when we finish (when I finish) my last meal at a decent time my fbs is lower.
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me! Well, thanks to being up alot during the night we overslept massively today and were 30 min late for preschool drop off, hubby wanted me to pick him up breakfast so I caved and ate a regular biscuit AND breakfast potatoes....YIKES! I am heading out to get a pedicure with a gift certificate I had forgotten about (and getting a massage on Thursday with my spa gift card). I am eating lunch out at Greek Fiesta (free birthday meal that will be low carb) and then will pick up Olivia. Tonight we will eat out at Moes (another free meal for me and Olivia since kids will be free, also will be low carb). Mark picked up a mini cake at Whole Foods (their bakery makes the best cakes.....got spoiled onto them last year when my BFF got me one for my 40th). I'm determined though to not let this day mess me up like last time though. Now that I know how powerful the carbs are I think I am better prepared for how to follow up a day like this where some off plan eating occurs. Oh, and my sneak peek today showed I have now met my 2nd mini goal of 10% weight loss!
Everyone have a great day!
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[B]Shannon HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! HAVE A GREAT DAY!!![/B]
Well, I didn't stay gone long.LOL I just have to share to you what I've found in this book and I haven't even gotten through the 1st chapter.
Rennie The title is Thin for Life by Anne M. Fletcher, M.S.,R.D. You Chickie who go to the library, IT IS A MUST READ!!! And it is well worth the money to purchase for reference.
I saw the book recommended I think on the recommended books to read thread on Chick in Control. Carol Sue You have no idea how much that thread has helped me. When I saw the title, I remembered having the book.
It comes from a whole different perspective. We always hear the downside of weight loss of how such a large percentage of dieters lose weight just to gain it all back plus more. What we NEVER hear is about the ones who not only successfully lose the weight, but have maintained for up to 3 to even 30 yrs.
This what this book is about. She tells just in the first chapter the statistics of how many people have lost 10 to 100s of lbs and have maintained for years. She tells how some of them "break the rules" or what she calls "myths" about weight loss. Example "It is harder to lose weight after 40". She has a story of a woman who started losing weight at 69 and has maintained her weight loss. Some follow diets and some make up their own plan by taking what they have learned from other diets they've done but couldn't/didn't maintain on. Most do some form of exercise, but some don't do any formal exercise at all.
One of the most important thing that I've really gotten so far in the book is to never allow yourself to have the attitude "I can't do this". You must realize that others have succeeded and "so can I'. One dieter said "If you think you can't, then you can't".
I guess I'm not leaving, because I suspect that as I learn that I will be sharing with y'all. It basically comes back to what we have all felt for a long time... WHAT WORKS FOR ONE DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK FOR ALL. I like the fact that some of the "masters at keeping it off" sometimes took a basic diet... example one lady didn't go to weight watchers meetings, but she took the basic WW diet and did it on her own. So this tells me that we can also take a plan that we like and tweak it to fit our lifestyle and IT WILL WORK for us.
Oh, she also mentions a chapter on when we hit stalls, but of course that is later in the book.
Trish I just said this on another thread --> WHAT WORKS FOR ONE DOESN'T ALWAYS WORK FOR ALL. I like the fact that some of the "masters at keeping it off" sometimes took a basic diet... example one lady didn't go to weight watchers meetings, but she took the basic WW diet and did it on her own. So this tells me that we can also take a plan that we like and tweak it to fit our lifestyle and IT WILL WORK for us I think that is what I typically do, it sure keeps the boredom away but it also makes for mistakes in between ... which I seem to fall into
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Shannon, Happy Birthday! You have made some big changes and you have a lot to celebrate!
Kris, the reason I think 2 or 3 meals is better than 5 small meals is because it's important to let your blood sugar go back down before you eat again. I found that out by the way I used to graze. I kept my BS up because I was always eating.
And Rennie, we usually eat dinner very early, around 4 PM. If I don't eat after than my FBG and my weight are good. It's very hard to do, though. You have to Just Say No! I was very surprised to hear that you went way over on calories for a couple days. That's not like you! That happened to me when I tried to do the one carb day per week. It was so hard to get back. I learned my lesson! You will get back down.
Trish, I can't give up breakfast. And I like lunch too because I get to choose what I'm eating and DH does his own lunch. When I first met DH and for the first 10 years of marriage I usually ate breakfast and lunch, and rarely ate dinner. I cooked dinner for them, then went to read the paper while they ate. My reasoning was that I was more active throughout the day so I needed fuel. I was more sedentary in the evening so didn't need fuel. But when it became just the 2 of us, DH didn't want to eat alone. He skips breakfast or lunch most days, only eats one or the other. I can't do that. My body wants food during my more active period.
I call my eating plan "low carb." It's not Atkins, not South Beach, not CAD....I just eat mostly protein and veggies and occasional carbs. So there isn't anything that isn't allowed.....unless I don't want it in my diet.
The scale shocked me today and said 194. I still feel fat, but numbers don't lie. I think it's all the beans I've been eating, plus being back on my kale. I didn't eat kale for lunch today, but I think I will make some with dinner. DH won't eat it, but I will cook some other veggies for him.
Rennie Great job not eating the chips. Glad is down 2lbs.
Carol Sue I do enjoy my breakfast most mornings although I didn't want it this morning. I had an Atkins shake with a banana.
We went to eat at Pizza Hut and I got a lunch salad w/Ranch dressing and ordered a Personal Pan Veggie Lover's pizza. Salad filled me up so much that I ate only half and brought the other half home. I took the other two small pieces and wrapped them individually and put them in the freezer for a quick snack sometime. I have eaten only what I wanted when I wanted and only as much as I wanted. Still calorie counting on MFP and ended the day with 1290 calories for the day. I am very happy with my day.
I have finished reading chapter one of the book and I am going to take on the attitude that "I can do this" and set my mind to it.
Carol Sue that made me smile, you being surprised that I would go over my calories. I wish I could stop eating around 5, that would be great, but my sons practice doesn't end until 6:45 and I prefer us to eat together. I am finding (though I have not done it but have come close) that it is easier to eat 3500 calories than we think. I think it's gonna get even harder to stay on point when all of the kids are out of school in a few weeks. I am so not looking forward to that. Prayerfully I'll be employed this summer
Thanks Trish I had a shake for lunch and it made me hungrier afterwards more so than before I drank it. Maybe I should have added some Greek yogurt.
Today's calories higher than yesterday but much lower than the days prior to yesterday so I'm good there, however the sodium may be the thing that kicks my scale numbers up a notch, smh
[B]Thanks Trish I had a shake for lunch and it made me hungrier afterwards more so than before I drank it. Maybe I should have added some Greek yogurt.
Today's calories higher than yesterday but much lower than the days prior to yesterday so I'm good there, however the sodium may be the thing that kicks my scale numbers up a notch, smh
I've learned that I have to "want" to drink a shake. If I drink it with the idea that I'm going to start drinking shakes, it just makes me hungry. I think I just have to think of it as a treat. I have also found that too much sodium also causes m scales to go up. I sleep with a pillow under my knees for a few hours at night and it does help some besides taking a mild fluid pill especially when I know I've eaten too much sodium.
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I have a container of Whey Protein that I bought after I got out of the hospital. At that time I was drinking a cup of skim milk at each meal. I started adding a bit of the Whey Protein to the first cup of the day to get in some extra protein to aid in healing. I was still able to lose with drinking that with my meal, but my meals were very small then. I would get nauseated halfway through eating and never could finish anything. Unfortunately, that eventually stopped. I'm thinking that had to do with healing, and once my body healed, it stopped.
Good Morning Chickies I've been with you guys too long to leave here. Y'all are like family to me. I would be lost without y'all.
Carol Sue I have thought many times about the time that I ate oatmeal and my blood glucose sky rocketed over 200. I had made it like always did with my yogurt and blueberries, but that day I had put powdered whey protein in it. I've never tried eating a normal serving since then because I just thought that much oatmeal raised my blood sugar. However, I've been thinking lately that perhaps it was the whey protein that caused it to go up. I just may have to test a normal serving the old way again and check. I have been thinking about taking instant oatmeal on the trip because it is easy to make, but haven't decided as of yet.
Well, my pizza eating didn't hurt me at all. I think it was all the veggies that I ate. My weight was us 4 tenths of a lb which isn't too bad for eating out and my fbs was 114. I think the trick for me is that I ate only when hungry and ate only what I wanted and what it took to satisfy me. Even at Pizza Hut, I remember saying to DH, "I guess that salad filled me up, because I can't eat all of this. I'll have to take half of it home." I used to always eat half of my food and bring it home when I was thinner and we had 1st married. It was easy to do back then because his Mother was home bound and lived with us and I always thought about her having something a little different to eat if I shared it with her.
My Daddy had to go to the ER because his blood pressure went over 300 the other day. Daddy had had Chinese food that day. The doctor told him from now for him to eat half at lunch and save the other half and eat it later for dinner. I thought that was good advice. However, I think some things you can bring home and maybe even freeze depending what it is. Actually, DH and I get one order of Chinese food and half the meal and even then we never eat all the rice. It is just too much.
Well, I want to work at getting another chapter read this morning so I will check back with y'all later today.
Have a nice day. It is pretty here. Hope it is where y'all are.
I had a nice birthday....thank you for all the birthday wishes! I had a super duper pampering pedicure yesterday.
I (unintentionally) lied about eating low carb the rest of the day. You really do not want to know what transpired but suffice to say, the carbs, for me, are just gateways to uncontrollable eating regardless of hunger. Once I let them in it's like they need friends to come with them, lol! And I'm still thinking about them today after eating my solid low carb breakfast.... They are ridiculously powerful. Some have written how they act similarly to drugs and I really do see that. Anyway, with God's grace, I will say no to the "drugs" and get back on track today.
I thought 2 meals a day were fine but then I had read that I shouldn't skip breakfast and that was my easy skip meal. But 3 works also.
Shannon, Have a blessed, joyous and wonderful day 
My husband sat beside me last night and ate chips and it took a lot not to stick my hand in the bag but I didn't, yay me. 
You have made some big changes and you have a lot to celebrate!
