YES!!! THE SCALE BUDGED!!!
This morning I weighed 175,7 pounds!
Thank you all so much for your inputs!
2beautiful: I weigh myself every morning after numbers 1 and 2. My diet is consisted of mostly vegetarian food, almost vegan, actually, so every morning when I wake up, I do No1. Then I go downstairs, make my tea, and go quickly upstairs again, because No2 is ready. It's like clockwork. I do not feel bloated or constipated. I drink a lot of water, at least 2 liters - about 8,5 cups (that's just the water, I also eat soups and drink teas). I put vitamin C in it, because I'm a smoker (every cigarette uses up half of the daily required amount, 30 milligrams).
I track my calories and exercise with FitDay, I eat around 1600 calories a day.
When I started here about a month ago, I weighed 185 lbs. I lost the first 4-5 with almost starvation. There were days when I was eating well under 1000 calories. And then my weight stopped. I came here and told what happened. Some chickies were almost upset with me for doing that to my body, and told me that I should up my calories. After I did that, my weight budged again for 2 pounds. I stayed on these 1600 (one day I had 1800 and weighed less in the morning).
Yesterday I had only 1300, because I was tired and went to sleep early, and today the weight budged.
This experimentation is showing some confusing results so far.
But I will definitely get that measure tape!
JayEll and Heather: thanks for the encouragement. I do keep my calories somewhat narrow, I had 1800 only once, to see what would happen. The result was quite satisfying.
The PrettyOne and suitejudyblueeyes, my mood immediately changed, when I read your posts. I reminded myself that I did all of those “right things”. And I really do feel, like I’m making non-scale progress, because my clothes are looser. Thank you so much!
bruniQ, thank you for your input. However, my diet consists of mostly carbohydrates, tofu, veggies and fruit, and so far I l LOVE what it has done to my body. I feel more energetic than ever! I could try switching some carbohydrates with more fruit and veggies, but as far as meat goes… I’ll give that a try when I’m completely out of options. The CH I consume are mostly complex. I eat wholegrain rye and flaxseed bread for breakfast (the one that is so compact, that it comes in extremely thin and heavy slices) with a light cheese spread, or unprocessed muesli, which consists of oats, raisins, nuts and seeds, with 2 tbsp of honey and at least two cups of green tea (Temple of Heaven Gunpowder). For lunch I usually have some mixture of potatoes, rice or pasta (still trying to get my family to switch to wholegrain versions) with legumes or tofu, and vegetables. Dinner is usually either lunch leftovers or a sandwich with a tsp of mayo, cucumber, tomato and alfalfa sprouts. In between I have fruit. I get some movement every day, I walk a lot and have tai chi class twice a week.
Cbmare, 2old2quit, jasmine31 and archy, thanks for the support. We will get through this!