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Originally Posted by kat999: I'm at 127.6 today-- which is exactly where I was last weekend. I was sure I'd gained weight this week because I didn't eat very well, so I'm happy to see the number hasn't gone up. Phew. Still hoping to have a good week and edge closer to 125. |
A couple NSV's here
I am really feeling great lately! Since feathers really can't share because we'll upset people, I can at least post my little joys here and you guys will understand.
1. I lost 17 pounds in a year 2. I am now at a great weight for my height 3. People are starting to make "you are so skinny" comments to me (which disappear into thin air around 125 lbs.) 4. My high school jeans, which I could not pull over my thighs last spring, are now loose! 5. I look thin in all except one honeymoon photo. In the unflattering one, i am wearing a dress that is billowing forward in the wind. 6. I feel like I can sustain my current eating habits forever. 7. We have started trying to have a baby! |
Kwinkle - awesome NSVs!
I now fit into some of the clothes from freshman year I thought I'd NEVER fit again... and more tellingly, I don't fit most of the interview skirts I bought for last recruiting season (spring & fall). Which means that even though I weigh 5 lbs more, I am about the same size as I was 16 months ago!! That for me is a huge victory. My eating has been all over the place today... already at 1300 before dinner, including a chocolate bar, lots of nutella, and crepes. No PMS and no real cravings, just SO hungry. I need to make better choices tonight, but I think I'm going to let myself "go" today... the calorie burn from yesterday does need to be replenished. Can't let the body think I'm starving to death. :) Edit: Okay, dinner was full of poor choices. At least I limited myself to about 2oz of orzo, but between bread, pasta, chicken AND salmon, and three mini-desserts, I am (1) STUFFED and (2) over 2,000 calories for the day. I'll chalk this up as my first semi-intentional "cheat" day since my intense workouts began three weeks ago. Hopefully my body will absorb this as a good thing and not go up by three pounds tomorrow... though I'm kind of worried that it will. |
To clarify, I have *not* had any vigorous workouts. I have seen my trainer, but since Im in a decent amount of back pain we have been taking it super light.
Yesterday I ate a little less, in a smaller eating window, only about 30g carbs, tons of water and <1000mg sodium. Today I weighed in down a little but still 129lbs. Applying same plan today as yesterday and hoping for the best. lackadaisy - glad to hear the hike went well, sounds amazing. Such endurance you have, rad! indiblue - 3lbs?! Love that you arent letting it get you down, I should learn from your example. Sodium can hide in sneaky places like pizza and you did mention soy sauce in your dinner… Dorian - I should try more home workouts and w00t on lower weight! krampus - Yay for healthy raw food shopping. And its cool you and your friends are on the same page with goals…that can really help. |
More incentive to make good choices with eating - I feel like garbage this morning and for a few hours had crazy carbs cravings. I ate a few unplanned crackers that were sitting out but they totaled less than 200 calories. Brought veggies and a bunch of plain chicken breast for a "detox" lunch - and it's noon and I'm not even hungry yet, so that might not get eaten for a few more hours.
I can't think of anywhere except here I can post this without feeling guilty, but dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe really drove it home for me - it's NO WONDER Americans are so fat! Nothing on the menu except for the side veggie/salads without dressing was even remotely close to healthy, and the portions were so huge and everything was slathered in butter or cream. We shared an appetizer of nachos and after one bite I felt a freaky kind of euphoric feeling that should NEVER be associated with food. It really drove home the "fat/sugar/carb combo = CRACK" point that has been made numerous times (often by kaplods) throughout the site and on health articles in the news. I have felt that euphoric feeling before...while fooling around with party/stimulant drugs in college. I couldn't differentiate between the first time I took ~drug A~ and that first bite of nachos last night. Luckily for me, we split a small order between 6 of us and I purposely went to the bathroom to avoid eating too many. Speaking of the bathroom, that meal really upset my stomach. That's a good sign in my book - means I've adjusted to healthier, cleaner eating. *** kwinkle One day, ONE DAY, I will make a post like yours. Congrats on your hard work paying off and on what sounds like a very happy beginning to your marriage! :) The photos NSV in particular is a very big deal! lackadaisy You'll be right back on plan in a jiffy, you're very disciplined and very serious about your lifestyle. I definitely relate to what you said about choosing interesting/unusual foods over played-out greasy staples. xty I read your post in Maintainers; really hope your back pain bites the dust ASAP and you are able to return to a pain-free existence without seeing more bad news on the scale. |
kat The splurge sounds really delicious. How did the hike go? I'm with you on that philosophy- I love the taste of food and there are times when the benefits of enjoying in a gastronomic experience far outweighs the vanity ounces I may gain from it. I don't subscribe to the "diet= deprivation" perspective; one splurge meal every few weeks is not going to impact my weight loss significantly.
krampus We have a Hard Rock here too and it's really crazy to look at the menu. Fortunately since I'm in India the menu includes veggie burgers (many Hindus are vegetarian) so that's good. Still, I have to ask for no sauce and remove the bun when it arrives. Every time I go into a big chain restaurant back in the states I think the same thing you do... how can most Americans NOT be fat with these kind of restaurant choices available...? My parents taught me common sense nutrition growing up- no junk food, homemade most of the time, fruits and veggies are the only snacks allowed except on special occasions, etc. I'm grateful for being brought up in that kind of household. But a lot of people are not modeled good eating habits, do not have health or PE classes in schools, and grow up with meals at Ruby Tuesdays, Chili's, TGI Fridays, etc galore. It's a set-up for health disaster. Also I love your new avatar pic!!! You look so lovely! lackadaisy Mmm your breakfast sounds awesome. It seems like you needed a higher calorie day after your all-day intensive hike. Even if the weight spikes tomorrow it should level out after a couple of days. kwinkle YAY!!! You sound truly happy about where you are in life. It's a good reminder for the rest of us that you lost 17 lbs in a year. That's a very healthy steady speed and we who are only looking at week-to-week gains/losses need to keep the bigger picture in mind. It DOES take a long time to lose the vanity pounds and we need to be patient. Thanks for modeling that for us! Is this going to be your first baby?? xty Nice job on the eating yesterday! <30 carbs is impressive. I ate that and more in just one apple yesterday ^_^ -- I don't know what happened yesterday with my wonky 3 lb gain, but it's now gone. 127.0 now. It may be a problem with the scale, or just a fluke (xty, I did have soy sauce in my salad but it was only < 1/4 tsp, so I'm still not convinced yesterday was water weight). Whatever, it's gone now. My birthday is this Friday (25!) so I'm hoping so much to be back at 126 (I know, I said I would change my ticker... I'm still dragging my feet :() and have at least one job call me back for an interview by then. Most of the jobs I've applied for close this week or last so it's reasonable to expect to hear something in the next few days if I'm selected for interviews. It's been a difficult last month or so I really, really would like both of these badly... |
Well, most Americans ARE fat, so there you have it. I grew up with a fairly average American diet...lots of meals out at chain restaurants (my parents are on a first-name basis with the wait staff at Ruby Tuesday, haha!), takeout, and some of my fondest memories are of eating Hershey's Miniatures after dinner in a motel room by a lake on family vacations. I don't blame my parents - growing up they ate plenty of processed food but were too poor to eat out, and they were both thin or athletic all the way into their adulthood. It has been hard watching my dad go from musclebound athlete to sad and obese; he has a real problem with food addiction and restaurant overindulgences.
Hope you get your birthday wishes indiblue and thank you for the compliment! I know you won't be posting your face up here any time soon but I'm sure you are a stunner :) |
Weekly weigh-in: 120.8 today... Sigh.
It's only a number, but what a demoralizing number... definitely staying on track today. I have a run planned later, and I just know that after last night, I wil have no problem staying off dessert and refined carbohydrates for at least a week -- the hot, full, almost-feverish feeling of a sugar high was a lot less fun than I remembered. So maybe that's the lesson to gain from this. |
I hope you don't feel *too* demoralized, lackadaisy. Spikes happen after bigger calorie days, restaurant meals, etc. You needed the calories and there's nothing wrong with a bigger dessert every now and then. I've just started to brace myself for at least a two-pound gain when these happen, expecting them and recognizing that they are temporary and not an undoing of the work of the last month or so.
Understandable that you don't like the physical feelings associated with eating too much refined carbs/sugar and want to modify that behavior for health reasons, I just hope you beat yourself up too much for the number you see on the scale. You're doing so, so well! |
Hike yesterday was amazing! It was short, but I tracked it on my new hiking app (am nerd!) and had a blast. I think DH had a tougher time, because he gets a little tired in the sun, so I think I may try to find him a hat. ;)
Krampus, your new avatar is so cute! Interesting stuff everybody's talking about the American obesity crisis and restaurant food. Our big splurge night on Saturday included dessert at the Cheesecake Factory, and it was kind of amazing noticing (not judging, just noticing) other diners' choices relative to their apparent physicality. Contrast that with a pre-hike stop at a healthy smoothie/juice bar for breakfast yesterday, and we saw tiny people in fitness gear. There ARE delicious healthy food options out there. We're just not trained to look for them. |
Awww, that's really sweet of you to think about finding a hat for your husband kat999! I'm glad you had a good time hiking and enjoying dessert out. I went to the Cheesecake Factory last summer with a couple friends and we were literally the only people seated on the patio who weren't overweight or obese...
lackadaisy, sugar high is an awful feeling - the headache is the worst! I hope you don't let this morning's weigh-in dictate your mood for the whole next week; like you said you'll be back to business, which is not a demoralizing thing at all! *** Today I blew about 400 calories on empty carbs at work, but lunch and dinner were fairly clean and healthy - I wound up starting and finishing a big bag of broccoli. Legs were screaming at me just walking home from work so I did a Tae Bo cardio DVD, pushups, crunches and situps when I got home instead of running. Total food calories are around 1350, and I am absolutely loading myself up with water and noncaffeinated tea to try and flush out the salt bloat from last night's feast. I have my health check at work tomorrow and I am really, really afraid of what my weigh-in will be. I know there's no possible way I am going to be heavier than I was last July, but I feel like an absolute manatee! |
Everyone is making me want to take a hike! :lol:
Up about .8 lbs today since the boyfriend insisted on cooking dinner for me last night. He was so excited to pull out the grill and show me that he thoughtfully picked out turkey bratwurst at the store for me instead of regular bratwurst because he knows I'm trying to be healthy. I didn't point out that they were still *PEPPERJACK CHEESE FILLED* *SALTY* *STILL HIGH CALORIE* turkey bratwurst. I just smiled and kissed him hard and told him he was wonderful for thinking of me and ate 2 of them loaded with relish, onions, and mustard. ;) Determined to make good choices today!! I'm averaging .4lbs of weight loss a week lately, would definitely like to see a little bit higher number. krampas I know for a fact you couldn't possibly LOOK like a manatee! I know what you mean about those kind of weigh ins, I swear that my doctor's office scale always weighs me heavier, it sucks. I hope you see a great number! Also, I like your new avatar as well. kat999 I always notice things like that now! I take note of what each person orders when I go out to restaurants and calculate the nutrition in my head, then see if it jives with their weight. Not in a judgmental way, just in a oh-my-gosh-why-are-we-even-given-the-option-to-eat-that-kind-of-stuff kind of way. indiblue happy soon-to-be birthday!! lackadaisy, like indiblue already mentioned, I also see a significant gain after a high calorie day, I hope it doesn't bring you down: I'm sure you'll be back down in no time. I always make sure to drink lots and lots of water the day after a high calorie day. Good luck everyone, hope your Mondays aren't too hectic. :) |
Krampus, if you had said something like that in real life, I would have glared at you and said something to the effect of, "STFU BIOTCH YOU SOME HOT STUFF." :P
Super stressed out about oral exam tomorrow. I think that had something to do with my overeating yesterday, to be honest. I would be really tempted to do the same today but the memory of how crappy that made me feel is still strong in my mind, so instead I've been eating like clockwork, 350 calories at mealtimes, 200 calorie snacks, in my go-to meals and meal replacement bars, hardly tasting my food at all. TMI: While I usually have lots of constipation problems, I've also been BM-ing like a champ today -- too much so -- three times already. So this is actually horrifying. I wonder if it's related to eating about twice as much yesterday as I usually do -- could I be having problems absorbing nutrients? I just don't know. |
krampus - 100% agree on the sugar/fat/salt/carb combo = crack. It wreaks havoc on your insulin levels too. And eek they weigh you at work, Id be sooo unhappy about that as a ritual. Im sure you will be fine though. Can you not look? hehe
indiblue - so glad to hear your mystery weight disappeared. and best of luck with the interviews. the job market in general seems to be steadily improving, im sure something will work out for you. here's to hoping you get 126 and an interview for your bday :) lackadaisy - I empathize with the scale demoralizing you, but dont forget you just had major, major workout session via that hike and it is likely causing a false high reading! And dont worry about the frequent BMs either, it would be abnormal for a daily thing, but for one day Im sure its not causing absorption issues. And just remember to breathe, exams will be fine. Deep, even breaths, you will do great. Dorian5 - wow you are a good gf for providing positive feedback. Hope they were at least tasty! Well yesterday was going so, so well. I made a new smoothie recipe (1 slice silken tofu, 1/2 cup blueberries, 1tbs apple cider vinegar, 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk, 1/3 bunch mint, truvia) and it was delicious! I made a sensible dinner and post-dinner snack that rounded out my daily eating well. And then…about 1am I ate a bunch of crap I should not have eaten. I wouldnt quite call it a binge. Only because when I got really full, I stopped eating and there was still quite a bit of binge worthy food in the house. Usually with a binge I literally cant stop if anything remotely desirable is around. However, my cal intake for the day was ~2000cals, carbs were barely under 100g, and sodium was…*gasp* almost 3000mg!! Weighed in this morning well over my redline of 130lbs at 131.4lbs. Oddly I am not that upset. It at least makes sense. Middle of the night eating 1000cals and insane sodium is not so bright. But Im looking on the upside…my overeating didnt turn into a binge AND I didnt overeat carbs by very much at all….it was almost all protein actually. Which means today I dont feel hung over or cracked out. Just a little bloated. So Im doing very low carbs again today and drinking tons of water and I think tomorrow and the day after should stabilize. btw - I cant remember which of you was asking for a review of the spa treatment I had last Friday…it was phenomenal and I wrote an entire blog post (linked from my footer). Already want to go back, haha. |
Today I feel like more of a gazelle than a manatee. It's amazing what one day of on-focus eating and exercising will do for your ego. I woke up and relished the "thin" feeling and then stepped on the scale and saw a 1.2 kg drop from yesterday's abominable weigh-in. Did 100 pushups before coming to work - I can't remember the last day I did 100! I have to do them in sets of 15 or so and my form is probably god-awful but that's OK.
We had health check today at work - apparently my blood pressure is quite low at 86/54 and the doctor suggested I eat more salt. I got a weird thrill from seeing that I had the lowest BP of all my coworkers. The best part though was having my height taken and seeing that I "grew" 0.9 cm in the past year, which puts me 1/4 inch away from my dream height of 5'5!!! *** xty Good to hear you didn't wind up in a carb binge and stopped eating when you were really full. I know how hard it is to stop once you've started so that's a victory in itself! lackadaisy Hahaha thanks for the mental health check ;) Sorry to hear you're stressing, but it'll be over before you know it! I don't really go #2 unless I've binged or overeaten either; after the Hard Rock Cafe I went 3 times in 24 hours - I know how you feel. MiniFluffy Thank you *blush* Dorian5 MMM turkey bratwurst! Isn't it sweet when our menfolk try to do "healthy" things for us? My boyfriend got me individually wrapped/small sized packages of cookies for Valentine's Day because he thought I wouldn't eat as many if they were in smaller packages. Hope you can take a hike soon! |
Dorian that is really, really sweet of your boyfriend! Mine did that too- on Valentine's Day he wanted to cook dinner and did a shrimp tossed in a light sauce with a fruit salad and bruschetta on the side. I was so happy. It's really thoughtful when they want to be supportive, even though their idea of healthy and low-fat my not correspond exactly with ours ;)
lackadaisy I went twice yesterday too, it was weird. I've never heard of a correlation between number of times to the bathroom and nutrient absorption, but let me know if you find out. I have however always heard that more nutrient-rich food is heavier/more dense, so even though we're eating less of it we have more mass to pass, so to speak. Maybe that's it? No idea. xty thanks for the kind thoughts :) Glad you were able to keep the overeating from turning into a binge. Sorry that the weigh-in was higher than you want it, but at least it's attributable to something. krampus Nice job on the pushups. Good grief- 100? Doesn't matter if you do them in sets of 15 or sets of 2, that's still a lot and it's impressive. -- 126 again today, finally! Good grief, that was a long bumpy ride over the last week. Gotta hold on to this number and keep powering through. My eating yesterday was good until my boyfriend came home with chocolate ice cream. I only had about 1/4 c but it's a trigger for me, so I need to just forget that it's there... |
indiblue I ate lots of un-nutrient-rich dense-with-calories food yesterday, though. Crepes! Salmon! Eggs! Chocolate!
Oh wait, now I remember... that was high-fiber chocolate. Okay. Things make sense now. So anyway, I was very stressed out all day today (and still am... this exam is going to be a disaster), and thus didn't work out at all and ate about 1,500 calories with two extra pieces of toast late at night. It's not a binge -- only 150 over what I usually eat -- but 500 over my daily budget because of the skipped workout. I will have to do a long run tomorrow to make up for it, but that's okay. I am refusing to feel guilty for eating under maintenance calories on a rough day. |
lackadaisy, good attitude! On a tough day, we have all GOT to be more forgiving of ourselves!
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krampus & indiblue - boys can be so nice when they want to be. ;)
xty - I didn't want to make him feel bad cause he tried soooo hard! :lol: Next time I'll have to gently steer him in the direction of just grilled chicken breast for me when he wants to grill out. And YES they were AMAZINGLY tasty! I could have eaten 4! lackadaisy Way to have a very healthy attitude towards food! You shouldn't feel guilty about it -- in all it sounds like you had an excellent day, food wise! My rough day would include doughnuts, ice cream, pizza with ranch sauce... hm, I gotta stop talking about what I would eat, haha. But you get the idea! No one should be chastised for salmon and eggs! I was shocked to find myself on the scale this morning with it reading 131.4lbs! WOW! I guess eating more calories for the last week (or two, lol) kick started me a little. Stoked this morning, and looking damn good in my work clothes! I've started bringing my lunch to work -- I was getting a salad at the Whole Foods salad bar each day, but at $8 a pound, I figured I should start watching my actual budget as well as my calorie budget. I went over the weekend and bought lots and lots of fresh, whole foods. Now I get excited when it's almost lunch time because I know I packed something totally awesome and healthy the night before. Have an awesome day everyone! |
lackadaisy Keep your head up and I hope you have a better week!
Dorian5 I think packing a healthy lunch is one of the most awesome things you can do for yourself. Ive done this 95% of the time over the past 2 months or so it really gets addicting and makes you aware of what you are eating. My lunches used to consist of a lot of fast foods and eating out and various restaurants with my coworkers. Now that Ive given that up Im almost appalled at the way I used to eat and think nothing of it. Good for you... it takes an effort and planning but well worth it. krampus and dorian5 I agree men can be sweeties when they want to be.... and sometimes more supportive and encouraging than our female friends... Case in point last night I hung out with some friends from college I havent seen in a while. The nite consisted of tacos, making smores, mixed drinks, and games. I had just come from a spinning class earlier so I didnt feel so bad indulging a little. I think the final calorie count was around 1800 by the end of the nite and about 89 grams of carbs. I was actually relieved I thought it would be much worse. Anyway my girlfriends, despite being aware of my healthy eating and weight loss attempts ( and having some of their own), kept encouraging the fatty-food intake. And I, feeding into the peer pressure, indulged. But I guess comfort foods and drinks are common way that women bond when we get together. Didnt weigh today, but didnt feel heavier or bloated this morning so I guess thats good. A coworker stopped me and asked " what did you do to get so thin?!" Even though I know Im far from "thin" and certainly nowhere near my goal weight its good to know things are moving in the right direction. Hard work and consistency is not going unnoticed.... or being lost to the occasional late-nite, fatty get-together with the girls :0) Have a lovely day feathers! |
Ate too many carbs while studying from 2 am to 9 am today (I can't even call it "last night" because I slept 3 hours in between, so I'm just calling it "April 12th"). At 700 calories for the day already... YIKES.
Putting away the cereal now: I did amazingly well on my oral exams considering I was just making things up, and I am SO HAPPY to be done with them. SO HAPPY. No time for a big workout during the day today, but I've changed to running shoes and will try to run about an hour or so to and from classes & meetings. Fasting until a planned carb-free dinner so my calories work out under budget. |
Hi, kind of new, but I've been lurking around the forums here :)
Lackadaisy, good job on your exams :carrot: Yesterday was hard for me since I got a migrane...I couldnt work out and I was abnormally hungry, so I ate some veggies at like 9pm ish, and that hurt me. Got on the scale this morning to find that I am back at 130.4. So I am going to workout extra hard today, but I am pampering myself also...buying my 2 piece today, since I lost my 20 pounds, I still have more to go, but I figure my hips arent getting any smaller (bones :p ) so it should still fit when I get down to my gw, at least. And I am going to wear it on Friday :D |
I feel amazing today. Down over a kg overnight, morning weigh-in was 60.0 kg exactly, or 132.3 lbs. I'm finally not embarrassed to post my weight on here! Started today off great with a 30 minute jog in the lovely crisp spring air through rice paddies and hills looking at cherry blossoms. And TMI NSV alert - I had my first "soft" BM in weeks, no more rabbit pellets for me.
Yesterday was perfectly on-plan with eating. I cooked sashimi grade salmon with sides of spinach and pumpkin, and it came out wonderfully considering it was the first time in my life that I ever cooked fish! I also think I have found the ultimate snack - dried seaweed. It's crunchy and salty (but not too salty) and you'd be hard pressed to eat more than 100 calories' worth of it in one sitting as it's not a "bingeable" snack. |
Everyone seems like they are doing really well and are happy with their progress!! I'm so happy to see that
krampus I have been raving about nori on these boards for months... every time someone asks for a good snack I want to shout from the rooftops DRIED SEAWEED! It's so tasty, high in nutrients, and so low in calories. I'm such a fan. lilmonstervictoria Welcome!! Congrats on your two-piece! skinnyelle I hate turning down snacks when getting together with friends. I'm overseas right now so when someone serves wine, cheese, chocolate, etc I know they went to great lengths and expenses to get it. Even at home it's such a bonding thing and I know it's annoying to a host when someone refuses food that's provided. I always save calories for gatherings like this for that very reason. It's not worth disappointing a host or friends or appearing rude/ungrateful, as long as it's in moderation. I hope you had a good time! dorian congrats on your scale and non-scale victories!! It feels amazing to look good in workout clothes ^_^ lackadaisy Wooho kudos on the orals! What a relief for you I'm sure that they are over. And I'm with dorian, when did salmon and eggs get to be considered non-nutrient dense?? Selenium! B12! Iron! Phosphorous! Nom nom nom. :D Hope you had a wonderful run this evening. -- I'm feeling great on this end too. 126.2 this morning. Had a wicked lifting workout yesterday and am feeling it today, which is always fun. I also learned how to use a pressure cooker this week and I feel like I've been given a new life... these things area amazing! I've been making beans galore and am going to try barley today. Anyone have any good barley recipes? |
Finishing on-plan at ~1300 cal, 20 min running, and a power yoga class today, despite all the carbs in the AM -- but I already feel the bloat from carb crazy yesterday and today... I can feel my cellulite again! Gross. I want to do a (relative) low-carb cleanse to kickstart all the damage I did by going off-plan while stressing out about my exam this morning.
Just had awful email exchange with parents... I want to travel in June after graduation, but they strongly oppose (1) my being away (2) going to India. It's not my first time in a "non-Western" country and they go to China all the time, so this concern is absurd, but it seems to be just a load of passive-aggressive BS, to be honest... my mom just wants me to go home, and she is using any kind of argument (including "your dad is unemployed right now") to tell me I should travel. It's... I don't know. If this were a friend I would be able to understand and process and deal with the unreasonable passive-aggressive tone she uses, but with my mother, I am nearly crying with frustration. Makes me proud that i'm not reaching for the cookies right about now. And concerned that if she wants me to spend the only six continuous weeks I'll have off in the next two years home in the suburbs with her, and is telling me I "don't have permission" to travel on my own, I can only look forward to a life of constant guilt-trips, manipulation, and passive-agressive ploys... |
indiblue - congrats on 126!!! victory :) and way to resist a trigger, double victory.
Dorian5 - love your attitude about bringing lunch…I still have the mentality that it is a bit of a chore, but it does usually taste better (and sets me up for success because it is protein dense)…going to try to reframe based on your comments though. lackadaisy - yaaaaaaay for exams being over. I feel relieved for you! and moms can be a tough subject, you are at that age where you get to fully assert your freedom. if you are on your on dime, I say do what you think is best. India sounds awesome. lolmonstervictoria - welcome to the thread, Im relatively new to the thread myself. and migraines suck, oi. krampus - yay for weigh in and feeling so on top of the world. Yesterday I had a very high protein/low carb/low sodium day and weighed in today (slightly) under my redline, whew. Still high, but down from 131.4 to 129.8. Worked out with a short walk last night + trainer this am + short walk after. Pain is easing up a slight bit, but workouts are still at low/moderate intensity. At least Im feeling up to doing them I suppose :) Was feeling hungrier than I wanted to feel today, but did pretty well with a 'normal on plan day'. ~1350 cal, 65 total carbs and kept the sodium low (man that is a real struggle! cant believe I never monitored before). Fingers crossed the scale will stay below redline weight tomorrow. |
Good morning feathers! I'm at 131.2 lbs this morning -- down .2 lbs. As long as it's down, I'll take it! :D Bikini shopping is in order in a month or so, I hope I'm feeling confident enough by then to buy one! I don't ever recall having a good time shopping for a swim suit.
Going out with a friend tonight for drinks. I haven't seen her since I weighed about 140, so I'm a little worried about it -- she's one of those friends that tries one up everything (once I got 3 free shots from people in a bar and she didn't get any and the threw a drunk tantrum about it later, I had no idea we were competing) Anyway, I'm hoping we're not doing dinner, I hate ordering food in restaurants because I can't figure out the nutrition. And hopefully she doesn't put a burger into her skinny face just to spite me. :rolleyes: --- skinnyelle Exactly! Girlfriends can try to sabotage! Case in point above! I hate that sometimes, some girls try to beat each other down to feel better. I am so guilty of it too, I have definitely pressed another female trying to eat healthy to eat Taco Bell with me so I would feel better about myself. :o lackadaisy I think the worst thing would be for you not to do what you truly want, and then wonder how it would have been if you had. You can only live for you, not anyone else, and vice versa. My mother is also very learned in the ways of guilt-trips and passive/aggressive behavior, so I understand. We're each separate adult human beings and are free to make our own choices/mistakes/decisions. Kudos for not de-stressing with cookies! lilmonstervictoria Welcome! YAY two piece! Can't wait to be there with ya! Hope you feel ridiculously hot in it on Friday! indiblue I bet 126 is feeling awesome! I have only had barley once, in soup. I was not digging it, but it could have just been the soup. Haven't given it another try -- let me know if you find a good recipe! xty 129! Awesome!! Nice job with the workouts -- And I hear you about the sodium! It's disgusting how much you cna consume in a day if you're not paying attention! krampus I am totally intrigued with your seaweed snack. I'm wondering if I can find it in Whole Foods? Maybe the Asian Market? Off subject, I went to the Asian Market last weekend and got a bubble tea from the cafe and a box of Pocky. The boyfriend had 1 (ONE!!) stick. I offered him another and he was like "No, one is good." ...when he said that I had at least 6 in my mouth. :o Not to mention, we got back home and as I was finishing the bubble tea I looked up the calories in one and nearly choked on the last tapioca pearl. It was like a 400 calorie drink, might as well have bought a pint of Ben & Jerry's! Oi. /rant |
Yet another on-plan day, not totally sure of calories but I'm guessing ~1400 for the day. I had a bit of dessert today - 2 bite size mini chocolates from a coworker and a soft ice cream cone - and it didn't make me feel like a psycho, which was nice. I have gotten awfully stodgy with calories/nutrition though; tomorrow I will aim to get the most possible bang for my buck.
I know throughout the journey it's normal to feel hungry sometimes, but is it normal to feel almost light-headed? I can handle the hunger/empty stomach feeling, but at some points it feels impossible to multitask and my thinking seems a bit foggy. Lately I have had a very small breakfast and lunch and dinner at ~600 calories each, without much in the way of snacks. Yesterday at my checkup my blood pressure came in pretty low, 89/54, so I have been wondering if I need to worry. *+*+*+* Dorian5 What's your fav Pocky? I like "Men's Pocky" and all the ridiculous whip-dessert concoction ones. Dried seaweed/nori should be available at mainstream U.S. grocery stores in the "Asian" section, but as expected you'll find more choices at Asian markets. I buy "Korean style" nori which is cooked in corn oil and sesame oil and tastes a little richer than regular sushi-rolling sheets. xty Feeling hungry sucks; I hope tomorrow is easier for you. Good news that weight is going down and pain is ebbing away. lackadaisy While it's great that you didn't stuff down the stress with cookies, that's a drag that your mom is trying to pull guilt garbage on you. There's legitimate worrying about safety, and then there's just plain passive aggressive manipulation. Have you had these kinds of problems before? indiblue No barley recipes, but I'm glad you are finding new life with pressure cooking things and lifting. Beans are great but I find whenever I eat them I really need to be alone in the evenings...haven't found Japanese Beano yet... |
krampus I unfortunately don't see very many different choices here in the market in NC. I've never had the Men's Pocky but I know it would be one of my favorites. We usually just have the regular chocolate in the red box generic Pocky, and strawberry, and the almond. I like ALL Pocky! But my favorite was once I had a strawberry shortcake kind of Pocky and it was just.. omg. A religious experience or something. On my last trip to the asian market I also bought a couple of small boxes of those Koala's March cookies, they only had strawberry but I'm big on the chocolate ones. My boyfriend hates them all but insists that he gets to see each koala picture before I eat them. Which I guess helps me not cram all of them in my mouth.
I am definitely going to try out the nori, I crave salty and sweet snack equally. It's all fair game. :D Nom nom. Also, the lightheadedness is a little worrisome? I feel like you would have to be really, really hungry before you started to get lightheaded, but you seem to be eating enough calories? :/ |
Not quite caught up reading as I was mostly absent from computers yesterday, so I wish everybody success and good luck! :)
I'm back and forth between 117 and 118 right now, despite doing a lot of long-distance (well, long for ME :D) running the past two days. I think perhaps my training is making me more hungry than usual. Considering just staying "maintenance" until after my race, or at least not stressing about not losing right now. |
Hi everyone!
I'm new to featherweights, but I thought a daily thread could be a good motivation! I don't calorie count or weigh myself with any regularity (i'm shooting for once a month) to get myself out of the obsessively tracking everything / falling off the wagon / eating everything in sight trap. I do try and eat mainly healthy choices (nothing is banned anymore), and only when I'm hungry. Today was a good day! All my meals were really healthy, but I ate a few too many black bean brownies mid-afternoon when I wasn't really hungry, just a bit peckish and fancied a snack... Will have to work on that! Exercise wise, I am doing a 1/2 marathon on Sunday, so I'm resting. I might go for a 5-10k run tomorrow to get my legs in motion. I rode my bike to and from work (40mins round trip) though, which was good. daisy - well done for the exams! I've got one on Friday :D Krampus - mmm I love dried seaweed! Cool name by the way. I live in Austria and the kids love Krampus more than St Nicolaus. Always a hit when he comes into school and chases the naughty ones (and a useful discipline tool for me ;-) ) |
Morning feathers! I feel like a spaced-out zombie from not getting enough sleep, but I'm pleased to report I've dropped 0.3 kg, putting me back in the 50s kilo-decade. 59.7 kg is 131.6 lbs and it feels great to be back here. Hopefully this will keep up - I can't expect such big losses daily for weeks straight of course, but it is very encouraging for now.
*** MiniFluffy You haven't undone everything and you can get back in control! Don't weigh if it will make you feel worse; sometimes I think that can perpetuate "bad" cycles. claire Ahh man I love Austria...have only been once for a couple days but I am so fascinated by the country. I went to Salzburg a couple years ago and actually went around asking shopkeepers if there was anywhere I could buy Krampus-related baubles, but it was August and festival time so I had no luck. Are you a native English speaker teaching there? I dream of going back and eating an entire Sachertorte by myself. Glad you're feeling sane about food, it's the best way! Dorian5 Ah those koala things! I know it would be counterproductive but I'm so tempted to mail you a selection of the "best" snack food from Japan, haha. Yeah I dunno, maybe I just need an adjustment period to get used to eating so little. It's quite rare for me to eat under 1500 for more than two days in a row... |
Krampus, awesome job!!
Minifluffy, I think I'm starting to face the same problem as you... albeit at a higher weight... Right after making it past 120, sticking to my daily limits started to be difficult again. I feel like I've burned out, somehow... I'm eating way too much in the morning, leaving no calories for the evening at all... eating when not even hungry... resentful for the first time that I can't eat muffins, and then eating them, and suffering the consequences. Today I binged on Fiber One bars and a dinner of so much beans, corn, chickpeas, and spinach (of all things) that I exceeded 500 calories. Yeah, that makes me the queen of impractical binges, and I completely failed at being low-carb. So my food intake was 1700 today, and I feel full and gross. I actually hurt just looking at that number. It's not even that my appetite has grown -- I'm not even enjoying the food -- I just want to eat more as if to prove to myself I can. At least I ran ~2 miles and did 30 minutes on the elliptical just now. I'm planning another 30 minutes elliptical at least and maybe another run before bed if the weather clears up... I have to atone for this ridiculousness somehow. |
With all due respect lackadaisy is it really healthy or normal to do 4 cardio workout sessions in a day just because you overate a bit? I can smell your perfectionism/ambition from halfway around the world; do you think taking the "can't have X" out of your plan would make it any easier for you? For example, telling yourself you can eat 1500 calories per day of whatever you want? 1700 is probably just maintenance calories, maybe even under, for you - I think it's normal (if scary) to simply require more food on some days than others.
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I see your point, but the way I got those calories was scary -- I just kept eating stupid fiber bars I don't even like that much, finishing almost an entire box in the space of an hour. And I definitely may have undercounted all the beans at dinner because I didn't weigh them.
The running/elliptical I should do quite apart from weight loss because I haven't done cardio since hiking... I have a race next Monday, after all. But you're right, I'm losing perspective a bit... it's just really scary to be all over the place this week after two weeks of perfectly level 1300-1400 eating with awesome macronutrient ratios. Today was not only too much, it was definitely too many carbs. |
lackadaisy I think the red-flag word you used was "atone" and it comes across as a little disordered when people use it in the form of exercising off calories -- I know what you meant though. That out-of-control, why-am-I-shoving-this-into-my-mouth feeling is god awful and doing something to help undo it is reaction #1. I hope that the binge doesn't stress you out -- you've been doing an excellent job! And I hope all of that fiber doesn't affect you negatively.
krampus I just looked up what krampus is, and that is totally interesting, if not slightly terrifying. :lol: I also looked up a sachertorte and wish I had not. Um, yes please. I think the candy I would binge on the hardest in Japan would be kit kats. I love them so so much, and from what I hear there are some crazy flavors over there. claire Welcome! I am intrigued by these black bean brownies you speak of? (I sound like a 100% fat kid today, harassing everyone about their snacks, haha) I don't ban anything either, I try to eat whole foods but sometimes you just have to scratch an itch, you know? If I can fit it into my calories for the day, it's in. :D minifluffy you get back on that horse! Would happen to be close to your TOM? I have particularly bad sugar binges when it's about that time and try to forgive myself a little more. :hug: --- A quick NSV before bed. A little background - I am covered with tattoos everywhere that my clothes cover. No sleeves or leg tattoos cause I have an office job, but my back and torso I have at least 30 hours of ink. Anyway, I have a red tailed hawk tattoo on my ribs, it spans from my armpit to below my hip bone. I weighed about 120lbs (at most) when I received said tattoo about 3 years ago. Now, back in January (150lbs) I was looking at my tattoo. I noticed that the hawks belly is exactly on my (rather jiggly) love handle. It looked less like a hawk and more like... well, a chicken. A chunky chicken. Mortifying! Anyway I caught a glimpse in the mirror before jumping in the shower tonight and it's definitely back to looking more like a sexy hawk and not a chunky chicken. Yay! :carrot: |
dorian big kudos on the NSV! Your tattoo sounds pretty impressive- would love to see a pic of it you ever feel like posting!
Krampus congrats on the 50s kg decade and for your awesome perspective on weight loss expectations... slow and steady and all that. Minifluffy :hug: sorry the last few days and such have been challenging. No need to beat yourself up and no need to weigh yourself if you don't want to. You already know what you need to do to get back to your healthy diet again so go for it :) lackadaisy I hear you on being scared about the manner in which food was consumed- the out-of-control binge aspects. But exercising like a madwoman isn't a step towards normalizing that behavior- it's taking it even further to the extremes. You seem to usually have a very balanced and rational approach towards health, which is admirable. Hopefully that rational side will kick in and remind you perhaps you ate larger portions than you had hoped today but that in the larger scheme of things extra FiberOne bars and beans one day are not going to sabotage your overall health goals :) -- So the bad news is I feel like a complete IDIOT because I just reviewed a few cover letters I sent out over the last week and I had at least 2-3 typos in a couple of them. One was egregious- the wrong date :(. One was extremely embarrassingly egregious- the wrong organization mentioned in one place :(. How awful. There's no excuse for a typo on a cover letter, especially ones that bad. I used to hire entry-level staff and interns and that was one of my biggest pet peeves when reviewing apps. UGH. I may try to resubmit the one with the wrong organization mentioned. I can't believe I did that- it's been one of my worst work-related fears and it actually happened because of nothing but carelessness. ARG!!! Good news is I've been feeling wonderful about where I am weight- and health-wise. My body feels smaller and leaner, my clothes fit a bit better. My boyfriend said he couldn't really tell a difference, but he said he noticed I have a lot more energy these days, which is wonderful. Yesterday's eating was very on-plan, even including a lunch out at a Thai restaurant, until I ate about 1/2 c extremely unnecessary chocolate ice cream. Still 126 today, but I can NOT eat ice cream again tonight. Made pumpkin bread and pumpkin protein cookies yesterday so I have no excuse for curing my sweet tooth with full-fat ice cream. |
lacksadaisy be careful about overtraining... Especially before a race! I have a 1/2 marathon on Sunday and haven't done any cardio at all this week, except for cycling to and from work (about 45mins a day) and a gentle 5k this evening. If you do too much, your legs will be tired on race day! I know hwo you feel about carbs though. I've spent the last 3 months on Atkins or South Beach, and the idea that I can now eat carbs seems a bit strange. I do need them this week though, a bit of carboloading before Sunday!
Dorian - Black bean brownies are the best things ever! Here is the link http://www.nomeatathlete.com/black-bean-brownies/ I halved the amount of sugar they suggest (which is completely not necessary!), 1 cup of sugar and added 100g of chocolate and 100g cherries. I didn't use hazelnuts, I used walnut halves. They turned out great! I will take a pic next time and put them on my blog. Obvs I can't now, my boyfriend scoffed the lot! Krampus - yep i'm British, teaching English in a primary school here in Vienna. I'm going back home to London in September to finish my teacher training (primary with German). I'll end up here again though because I love Vienna and my boyfriend is Viennese. We might go via California though, he has a potential job there after his Phd. Sachertorte is good, mmmm! The kids bring it to school when they celebrate their birthdays, I love birthdays at school! Here it is raining :( I'm trying to learn about international management for an exam tomorrow (I study alongside teaching). I want to kill myself out of boredom though, I study History and Politics so this Economics stuff does not interest me at all! Still, I've got some lentils with goat's cheese for lunch (when it is finished cooking), so something to look forward to! Smells yummy! Have a nice day :) |
Claire the brownies look great. I tried to make chickpea brownies once and was not really happy with how they turned out. However it was a gluten-free recipe so the chickpeas were substituting for flour, and yours look MUCH better :D. Love me some flour...
Are you vegan? |
No, i'm not even veggie! I love me some meat! I just wanted to find a recipe to sub the butter for something healthier. I tried baking with apple sauce, but it didn't really work with brownies! One of my fav hobbies is healthy baking, but it is very hit and miss! No meat athlete has cool recipes though :)
Chickpea brownies sound good, what went wrong? |
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