And I ate junk yesterday (Again I know-bad me bad!) and I had a Sonic regular sized shake (Which is pretty big actually) so I screwed up so bad. But hey it was just one day and it was a treat and I'm okay. I'm just happy I'm not bloated! I ate my shake WAY past my no eating time and it was big.
I actually weighed a little UNDER 169 (168.8) but I round the number to the nearest half or whole. I'm so happy that shake last night didn't cause the epic bloat!
Last edited by wolfgirl69; 05-07-2013 at 12:05 PM.
I was a bit surprised (in a great way) at the scale this morning. I had expected my somewhat indulgent (meaning food wise and wine wise)
Ignore the wine. It will not add jack. If you drink and that makes you eat more then that is the problem. But you can drink as much red as you like and it won't make a difference. Alcohol calories work diferently to food ones. I am the proof!
Just avoid the munchies!
I am gonna lose 100lbs without giving up a drop of beer OR wine. And, trust me, I drink A LOT!
Ignore the wine. It will not add jack. If you drink and that makes you eat more then that is the problem. But you can drink as much red as you like and it won't make a difference. Alcohol calories work diferently to food ones. I am the proof!
Thanks for your post, Ian, I was reading with lots of interest your recent posts about beer and your approach of limiting food at the time. I knew that alcohol calories are "special" and are quite problematic when combined with food, but I hadn't thought of the flip side and its impact (or lack thereof) without food! I will most definitely keep this in mind. That said, nights out of drinking followed by lots of eating is the main reason I'm here, so it is an area I try to monitor closely now!
Way to go on your accomplishment this week, its especially impressive given you are not in your normal routine being away from home!
Beer was a red line for me that would have broken my diet "if I had to give it up".
What I noticed was that if I drunk (sometimes a lot, seriously, tons of the stuff or regularly) it did not affect my weight loss if I avoided ALL the bar food and junk I used to eat while drinking or, more commonly, after drinking.
So drinking on an empty stomach works for me. I get the social, without the gain. I miss the food, but heck who cares at a bar? It could just be me, but I truely believe there is something more to it. I have consumed 1000+ calories of "alcohol", on single nights, without the same effect as food calories.
So try drinking without eating. The absolute opposite of what we are told!
For example, with colleagues I have just sunk five glasses of red wine and a beer tonight.
Check my ticker tomorrow. Gain?...it ain't gonna happen.
05/01- DNW
05/02- 153.4
05/03- xx
05/04- 151.0
05/05- xx
05/06- 153.1
05/07- 150.0
Week Total:
Not going to lie -- there might be something to Ian's plan, cuz I stopped restricting my drinks and drank when I felt like it, and it like kick-started me out of a plateau. Either way, I am SO hoping for the 140's soon!
Go Ghostly! I know that pleateau has been getting you for some time.
Down another 0.4lbs this morning. About to hit the gym for a big one!
I think I need to add an extended goal....a crazyass one. ONE-DERLAND by June 1. MAD.
4/30 - 223.4lbs
5/1 - 225.0lbs (OMG)
5/2 - 224.0lbs
5/3 - 222.0lbs (Whoosh)
5/4 - unable to weigh in
5/5 - 219.6lbs (travel scale says 218.6 lbs but it measures 1lb less than my main scale so adjusting for that)
5/6 - 218.8lbs (travel scale says 217.8 lbs but it measures 1lb less than my main scale so adjusting for that)
5/7 - 217.8lbs (travel scale says 216.8 lbs but it measures 1lb less than my main scale so adjusting for that)
5/8 - 217.4lbs (travel scale says 216.4 lbs but it measures 1lb less than my main scale so adjusting for that)
Week One:
5/1: 173.4
5/2: 173 (not much, but it's going in the right direction!)
5/3: 172.6
5/4: 172.2 (hmm, 4 oz a day so far--my body is welcome to keep this up!)
5/5: 172 (I'm like the tortoise in the fable, which is great, but I'd love to see a little whoosh!)
5/6: 172
5/7: 173 (One day of poor eating and I have a whoosh in the wrong direction!)
Week Two:
5/8: 172.6 (Oh, come on!)
5/9:
5/10:
5/11:
5/12:
5/13:
5/14:
