scout83
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Jasmine31 I walk a minimum of 11,000 steps/day. I don't average days so when I go past that number, great but it doesn't affect the next day. I had recently upped my steps to 12,000 but I don't know, my body just wasn't feeling it. Weird because I certainly average well over that but I guess using that for a minimum number put me just over where my body wants to be right now. I love walking, though! It's gotten me active, and I'm realizing it's important "me" time. I see you're using minutes to measure walking- how many do you do? I like to hear how other people use walking to lose weight.
This will be a quiet weekend for me. Lots of walking, reading. Some house cleaning My fridge is pretty much empty so if I'm going to resist the lure of takeout, I'll need to walk to the store in a bit. I'm still thinking about what to buy, though. I think I'll look around for a healthy recipe to get excited about. I have a couple social things next week so I need to eat well now to see 206 soon.
That sounds great! You are doing awesome!
What I tell myself is to aim for an average of 80 minutes per day. If I can go longer, then great, I add all minutes to my total.
I add all minutes up at the end of the month then I divide by however many days to get an average.
So say 1 day was 80, I was 120, 1 was 60.
= 260 minutes
Divide 260 minutes by 3 days = 86.66 minute average
I don't count time spent at stores.
So like if I walk to costco, 1 hour and 15 minutes, I may spend 2 hours there, but I dont count any of that time once I am there.
So average day is 85 minutes. But there are a few days that may be 2 hours and 20 minutes. Another day may be 60 minutes. I try to never go under 60 though.
I try not to purporsefully go over 90, cause my feet may really hurt the next day if I do 2 1/2 hours the day before.
Yes I really love my walks too. Sometimes the kids come with me if they are not in school.
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I have a couple social things next week so I need to eat well now to see 206 soon.
You can do it!
This summer we have been doing alot of marinated grilled chicken breast. Yummy!
scout83
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Checking in again (weekends can be tough!). I'm feeling very hungry this weekend. I resisted the temptation to stop for something quick on my walk to the store yesterday. I couldn't get the idea of pizza out of my mind so I decided to make my own. I was especially proud of taking a bunch of cherry tomatoes and stewing them with garlic, olive oil, and seasoning to make a great pizza sauce. Altogether, it was not the healthiest of meals but I could have done much worse!
That sounds great. I usually make home made pizza 1-2 x a month. I make the dough from scratch, sometimes I will use store bought sauce, sometimes I will get a can of crushed tomatoes and make a chunky sauce from that.
I just make sure I calorie count.
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I'm still feeling hungry, though. I had a smoothie for breakfast, and it's just not doing the trick. I have veggies I want to make sure to use so I'm going to focus on that today. I have potatoes roasting at the moment to use in a salad for lunch. And I'll use my extra tomatoes in something couscous based for dinner. I want to eat my meals at home the next few days because:
Make sure you get plenty of protein and fiber.
It will help keep you fuller longer.
moonkissed
WTG! You can do it!!!
scout83
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I am really struggling today. I wrote before that I just felt so hungry this weekend, and the same was true today. I don't know what's driving it- am I truly hungry? Do I need a "break" from how I've been eating? Is it TOM soon? Is it emotional/fueled by stress? That strange feeling of fear about losing this weight? Or ALL OF THE ABOVE?
I dont know what all your eating so please dont feel I am making any judgements. Also make sure you are eating enough calories. Sometimes if people restrict too much they wind up binging.
I find for me to avoid most processed foods and eat more whole foods seems to help me with hunger. More whole foods, protein and fiber, etc.
High fructose corn syrup turns on the hunger button for me. That and extremely cheap processed foods like hotdogs, etc.
Right now I am averaging 1717 calories daily all month. I am feeling full. My walking is also at an average right now of 1714 calories.
I was doing 1800 calories and adjusted downward.
The past few months I have been losing about 5 1/2 lbs per month.
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But today is better. I went to the farmer's market and got some food for the next couple days. I'm excited to make a veggie/feta/dill pasta salad for lunch today.
That sounds yummy! How did it turn out?
lizsp88
Welcome to the group. You are so close you can do it!
100 lbs since April, what plan are you on?
Well done!!!
worththeeffort2
Keep it up!!
worththeeffort2 , 07-26-2014 07:51 AM
cheddahcat , 07-27-2014 03:12 PM
I've been in the 200's for 2 decades. Funny when I was in the 100's (say 175) I thought then I was huge. Hopefully I won't think like that then. But old habits die hard. I was at a plateau between 216 and 211 F.O.R.E.V.E.R it seemed. Now I'm moving downwards again. I hope in 2 weeks time I will be onederlanding it lol 
3. No judgement taken. I'm not counting calories, though when I did (a couple years ago), I always stayed around 1600. In the back of my mind, I try to aim my portions/meals similarly as when I did 1600. I'm sure I go way over that as I don't restrict in the same way as when I was properly counting. I'm still figuring out what really fuels me throughout the day. I'm getting there!
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