Hope you had a lovely weekend. Mine seemed so abbreviated, especially because of Halloween, but it was nice, overall.
It's been a weird weekend overall. I drank way too much on Friday night (food wasn't that bad, but also not great) and remembered why I don't really like to drink more than a couple in an evening. The more I drink, the less I sleep. I don't get hangovers (ie. upset stomach) but yesterday was almost a complete waste of a day. It was nice to not actually do much, and it was a horrible windy day out, so staying inside was a good idea. I just had zero energy. We had around 20 kids to the door last night in 2 hours. So we've got 22 bags of chips/doritos left to use up. I admit that I'd hoped for less leftovers.
I weighed myself this morning and still found I was down 3.4 pounds for the month which means it was probably a little more than that. I took pictures for the challenge, hate them, as always... and I'm still not sure if I'll continue or not. I have until tomorrow night to figure it out.
I think I'm having one of those 'not sure I can keep going' moments. I'm pretty sure that I can, but I feel like I'm losing momentum. I know that if I stick to what I plan then I can adjust what I'm doing. I'm just not sticking to it as much as I used to when I look back at the past little while. I know that this month has been a pretty unusual one, so I should just keep on going and see what next month brings.
For those that like to see the charts, I have:
Six months - which shows some progress
One year - which show the major 'screw dieting' month of April
Two years - which just reminds me that I'd planned to be a lot further ahead by now
(I know, it should make me feel better, but it doesn't)
So, that's me today... whiny feeling sorry for myself mood, that I just can't shake.
I finished my lab report, and I could do some math... but I'm not going to. I'll catch up either tomorrow afternoon or Tuesday when I have lots of free time at the college. Now I'm off to do some lifting and then colour my hair.
ETA: Just because I've been tracking them for a bit as well, waking temps:
Looks like an excellent month to me.. also once again, that April month can also be seen as a good learning experience in how you were not yet ready for eating intuitively.
As for your temps.. they do fall back once you resume dieting. I suppose that's what happens when you go for a larger deficit = 1 pound a week or more.
I see what you're saying, but at the moment I'm not losing more than a pound a week (although who knows if this month is skewed from a bad Friday night). Part of me wants to see those steady 2lbs a week, but I know that my life has changed since that point (ie. being in school mainly). I'm not willing to put more into the diet/exercise than I am my school work, so I shouldn't be surprised. I think one mediocre Active Citizenship quiz (33.5/40) and a bad feeling about my Statics midterm (seriously I changed a right answer to a wrong one on it as well) has left me feeling that I should be doing better in school at the moment than I am. I know, it's my 'have to be perfect' mentality that I'm fighting against.
Turned out to be a better workout than last week. I think getting the cardio in first helps me warm-up better. I'm still wearing the band-aid on my heel when working out but it's almost to the point where you can't tell (and there's definitely no pain.)
Finally got the hair coloured before dinner tonight. It's probably about a week later than it should have been. I've been playing 'hide the white' all week, but just didn't take the time to do it. I really should have done it before going out on Friday... but again, the time just didn't seem to be there.
I've really got nothing else to add today. I did not go back and work on homework, so tomorrow and Tues I'll play catch-up. I don't know if I want my exam results early in the week or later. Statics will be Tues or Thurs, but the Measurement Systems will either be in the lab on Tues or the lecture on Friday. Well, that's assuming that both of them stick to the new 'one week' department policy. The class I got the exemption from he's already over the week, which is no real surprise. He was complaining to the class about how busy he was (with non-college stuff). I mean really, if you don't have the time then don't agree to teach.
~7800 steps today
(I really should do some walks this week as the weather still isn't too bad.)
Breakfast - egg/egg white, salsa, roll with jam, half grapefruit (285)
AM Snack - none (0) <--- not on purpose, just pulled lunch early so I could lift after
Lunch - beef barley mushroom soup, rolls, apple (454)
PWO: protein shake with frozen berries (150)
PM Snack - hummus, flatbread (164)
Dinner - sirloin steak, corn, butter, salad w/dressing (686)
Evening Snack - chocolate zucchini cake, fruit salad (174)
Anne... I know you're having a down on yourself day, but your progress is amazing. Really.
I think you're inspiring.
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You can't compare your journey with anyone else's, or measure your success based on someone else's measuring tape.
If I showed you a graph of my last three years, you can bet your bottom dollar the line would mostly be headed in the wrong direction. lol
Also, one thing you have to consider (and I know you do) is what is the option? Reverting to habits that made us unhealthy in the first place? Putting back on pounds that you have tried so hard to shed?
I don't know how you feel about Bible quotes, but I am big on them, and one that my Dad always told me (when I was aggravated with myself) was that the Bible says "A good man falleth seven times in one day"
Daddy always said that, it's all about picking yourself up, and making sure you are at least headed in the right direction
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Anne you are surely and inspiration to me and so many others here...I just finished having one of those...f-it months...didn't wanna track, didn't wanna log, didn't wanna go to the gym. I know sometimes you feel like you're running against a brick wall...but you have come so far...and you have what it takes to finish your journey...even if it is a little slow at times. You can still get there. We know you can!
Anne... I know you're having a down on yourself day, but your progress is amazing. Really.
I think you're inspiring.
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Yeah, what she said! Keep on keepin' on!
Thanks to both of you. It's funny that you should post together. There was a Olympic Lifting seminar this weekend (aimed at women) in Toronto at one of the gyms there. I was so tempted to go, but before I even consider that I have to be at a point, financially that is, where I can join a local (ie. closer) gym.
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What you see as "not good enough" (:confused looks amazing to the rest of us!
I think that when I look at the charts I see more of where I need to go than where I've come from. I have to admit to myself that (at the moment) I'm not willing to commit more effort/time to keeping the deficit as high. So when I look at the recent trends (a pound a week is being generous) I can't help but think it will be around a year before I make it out of the obese category (and that's not thinking about getting out of the overweight one).
I know, the solution is to either do more, eat less, or not whine about it.
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Daddy always said that, it's all about picking yourself up, and making sure you are at least headed in the right direction
Sigh... true.
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x100000 You have always been an inspiration to me.
Thanks Karla (as you have for me).
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Anne you are surely and inspiration to me and so many others here...I just finished having one of those...f-it months...didn't wanna track, didn't wanna log, didn't wanna go to the gym. I know sometimes you feel like you're running against a brick wall...but you have come so far...and you have what it takes to finish your journey...even if it is a little slow at times. You can still get there. We know you can!
I hope so. I guess some days I just doubt it a little.
I think you're kicking butt and taking names. What I see in your charts is long-term focus and consistency. If you have that, then one off-month is no big deal-- you have so many excellent months to counter it.
Good workout this afternoon. I probably should have pushed up the bent over row, but didn't. I'll still probably do Wed/Thur for the other two days unless I get home early tomorrow.
I think you're kicking butt and taking names. What I see in your charts is long-term focus and consistency. If you have that, then one off-month is no big deal-- you have so many excellent months to counter it.
To put things in perspective.. while it may seem your progress is no longer as good with 'only' 1 pound loss a week , as a % of deficit relative to what your maintenance is, it's probably equal to your previous 2 pound loss .
With lower BW your maintenance simply is going down & winter always enforces less activity on us. Unless you're going to be able to do slow TM walking and your computer work at the same time.. (can't imagine writing, reading would be OK), I don't really see how you can up your burn.
With all those factors, your wt loss is really very very good. Am actually surprised you do so well on <2000kcal/day.
To put things in perspective.. while it may seem your progress is no longer as good with 'only' 1 pound loss a week , as a % of deficit relative to what your maintenance is, it's probably equal to your previous 2 pound loss .
I know the solution is probably to suck it up and start using the treadmill a bit. All things being equal it should help make up for the lower activity levels for fall/winter. Or I could just learn to be happy losing a little less each week. I don't know why I can't convince myself to get on the treadmill. Last week I had the heel problem, but it's definitely pretty close to 100% healed.
I'll have to think about that tonight when I get home. Even today, with a three hour break I could have gone out for a walk... but didn't. I'm just hating the colder weather this fall.
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We all have our days of the fukitol mentality. I sure have lately. (I blame the season/time change )
Keep on keepin' on!
Thanks Bree
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Well, I've managed to kill about 90 mins in the computer lab. I didn't want to hang out in the cafeteria as I knew I would just be picking at my snacks/lunch etc. I'll take off now (as I'm starving) and that doesn't give me as much time to kill before my 1pm lab class.
That's true. I'm actually thinking that what I'm doing now (generally set breakfast/lunch/snacks and just varying dinner) is more about how I would live my life at maintenance. It really does seem a more intuitive thing to do. Then, when looking at new recipes (at the moment) I know they should fall somewhere between 450 and 700 since that's what I'm doing now... with the aim to doing less of the 700 meals of course.
I should have probably lifted this afternoon, or walked, but I ended up working in the garden. We still likely won't have a hard frost until Friday night, but we pulled out the geraniums (after taking cuttings) and have bagged them up as well. Both methods will likely get us some geraniums for next year. Either that or we'll have way too many geraniums.
Anyway, worked out well, lots of walking around and up/down the stairs ~11500 steps for the day.
I know, the solution is to either do more, eat less, or not whine about it.
Or to whine around people that get that some whininess isn't always a bad thing. Fat loss is hard stuff and it's human to complain or be down sometimes.
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I see you've gotten the words you deserve and that I am late to this. BUT, it needs to be said again that you are SO inspiring and when I am feeling a lack of motivation, this is one of the first places I come. You rock, plain and simple.
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
Or to whine around people that get that some whininess isn't always a bad thing. Fat loss is hard stuff and it's human to complain or be down sometimes.
Yeah, I suppose. I'm just not into the whining all that much. Or at least I feel that I'm not. Maybe I'm just kidding myself.
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I see you've gotten the words you deserve and that I am late to this. BUT, it needs to be said again that you are SO inspiring and when I am feeling a lack of motivation, this is one of the first places I come. You rock, plain and simple.
I honestly don't get it. I know people have said it, but part of my feels I'm not a great inspiration until I'm done... and have maintained for a while. I'm not sure how long a while, but we'll see.
I don't know why, but when I did this workout last week I didn't use any weight for the lunges. Silly me. I was going to use a barbell, but ended up using dumbbells instead. It was a good workout overall though. I was going to go for a walk as well, but ended up doing lots of homework as well.
I'm also late with my thoughts here, but Anne,you've made such tremendous and consistent progress. And what I really like about your approach is that you don't deny yourself the pleasures of good food. That's a major mistake I did early in the weight-loss game.
You're entitled to a mopey moment here and there. And besides, it's not like you whine, ask for people's advice, and then turn around and reject it, lol. (I've seen that happen in quite a few places).
I'm also late with my thoughts here, but Anne,you've made such tremendous and consistent progress. And what I really like about your approach is that you don't deny yourself the pleasures of good food. That's a major mistake I did early in the weight-loss game.
You're entitled to a mopey moment here and there. And besides, it's not like you whine, ask for people's advice, and then turn around and reject it, lol. (I've seen that happen in quite a few places).
So true! I agree - you are living your life normally, and enjoying it while losing weight...not many people can do that successfully.
Here I am again...late for another post. I think I need to change my name to Late_For_Life.
Anyway, I'm jumping on the bandwagon and letting you know *kudos to you* You are sticking with a plan and doing the best for you. You are not 'dieting,' but living your life. I believe more people need to adopt this attitude (myself included), and they would be a lot more successful. Not just with losing weight, but more successful in other areas of their life as well.
You're entitled to a mopey moment here and there. And besides, it's not like you whine, ask for people's advice, and then turn around and reject it, lol. (I've seen that happen in quite a few places).
I do that from time to time as well though. I think we all do.
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So true! I agree - you are living your life normally, and enjoying it while losing weight...not many people can do that successfully.
I just want it to be over though.
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Here I am again...late for another post. I think I need to change my name to Late_For_Life.
Anyway, I'm jumping on the bandwagon and letting you know *kudos to you* You are sticking with a plan and doing the best for you. You are not 'dieting,' but living your life. I believe more people need to adopt this attitude (myself included), and they would be a lot more successful. Not just with losing weight, but more successful in other areas of their life as well.
I'm pretty behind on my reading myself, so don't worry about being late to answer posts. I do still tend to think of myself as dieting, but you're probably right. It's more about finding a better way of living, which seems to be a good thing.
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I had a french fry today (and it was good). I snagged it from one of the guy's lunch. It was steaming hot, and nice and crispy. Seriously yummy. Stolen food doesn't have to be counted, right?
I missed last night's post. I was watching TV and dozed off on the couch. I slept until about 5am, then went back to sleep for a couple of hours.
Food for yesterday:
Total: 1981 calories (25% fat, 31% protein, 44% carbs) 1831 before protein shake
Breakfast - egg/egg white, salsa, protein waffle with mulberry/cherry syrup, half grapefruit (368)
AM Snack - none (0)
Lunch - multi-grain tortilla, mustard, roast chicken, lettuce, apple (418)
PWO: protein shake with frozen berries (150)
PM Snack - potato chips (150)
Dinner - beef/turkey burgers(2), multi-grain sandwich thin, piccililli, ketchup, salad w/dressing (722)
Evening Snack - chocolate zucchini cake, fruit salad (174)
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I got my statics test back today. It wasn't as bad as I thought it could have been. I ended up with 35.5/40 (so just under 90%). What's sad is the question I changed the answer to lost me 3 marks, so it would have been a great test if I'd just trusted my instincts. Oh, and the guy I tutor... got 36.5... what's wrong with this picture? Well, at least I got a better mark on the Math test than he did - and I've helped him way more with Calculus than Statics.
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