Hi all! Weighed myself this morning, haven't lost an ounce since last week according to the scale. Yikes! Hope that it's just from a salty dinner and that I can record a loss on Friday.
It's probably going to be a rough 10 pounds to lose... on December 1st, my boyfriend and I moved in together. While I'm THRILLED to fall asleep with him every night and spend all of our meals together, I've found it VERY difficult to keep my calories low. I cook quite a bit of our meals, and I do my best to find healthy veggie-ful recipes to please a meat-and-potatoes kind of guy.
Last night was roasted carrots and steamed broccoli... with breaded chicken tenders.
I only had 3 SMALL ones and a teaspoon of steak sauce, plus they were baked, not fried. But still... salty and not diet friendly. Think I managed to stay around 1400 calories for the day, though.
Anyway, glad to see some familiar people!!
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Dianne042425 - Hey there! Yeah, it's a very conservative goal -- it just does NOT come off of me fast anymore. I can manage to lose maybe half a pound a week. I think because I'm already technically at a healthy weight and BMI, it's hard as **** to pry it off. I didn't want to set myself up to be disappointed. Plus, 120lbs is right smack in the middle of my original goal and I know I feel pretty damn good there. If you're losing well, then by all means, you should definitely set a higher goal!
Some days I feel like I have an all new hot body. Some days I feel bigger than I did at 150lbs. But those are few and far between now, and overall I feel tremendous relief that I can slide on my sexy jeans easily or grab anything out of my closet to wear instead of having to pick around the small sizes.
I hope Krampus pops back up, too!
Philana - I haven't been exercising either, and I just feel flabby. Blech. I need to at least start walking with the real Dorian (my pitbull/lab mix dog) -- he's getting particularly pudgy! Glad to see that you haven't gained back -- I know what you mean, I really didn't gain much at all but since I was bloated and inactive, I feel yucky. :/ But just being on plan I can already feel a difference in the way my pants fit since I'm not water-bloated anymore.
BalancedLife - Unless I actually have a bug where I throw up, I am ALWAYS up on the scale after being sick. Your body is holding on to all the water it can to keep you hydrated while it fights off the sickness -- don't stress it.
You definitely didn't eat an EXTRA 7,000 calories on top of your maintenance calories over the weekend, right? -- so there's no possible way to have gained 2lbs of fat.
I bet you'll be back down soon -- and I hope you're feeling better!!
KEEP IT UP, BEAUTIFUL LADIES! <3