Ok, without confusing everyone, including myself, I'm going to attempt to do two days of logging in one log. Both days were fairly similar, except that I started increase yesterday.
This is from Wednesday and Thursday Activity:
Aerobic day #2(from "last" week) and #1 - first one this week (I start my new weeks on Thursdays)
Food: Wednesday that was supposed to be a normal 40/30/30 was far too low in protein and looked more like an increase day and Thursday looked much the same. High on carbs, too low on protein, a little high on fat. Ah well. Back on track today.
6pm-6pm
2108/2374 calories
76/70g fat
204/289g carbs
106/141g protein
Sleep: 8ish hours/9ish hours. Good night's sleep, but not enough since I worked so late on Wednesday night.
Water/Potassium/sodium: good.
Probiotics/enzymes/fish oil/multivitamin: Pretty awful both days. Things have gotten so hectic, I have spaced on everything. Mostly the enzymes are the worst. The probiotic and fish oil usually gets taken, except today that I totally forgot to bring them.
Emotionally: Ok. Tired and grumpy for the most part. Annoyed at having to work so much and slightly anxious - probably due to lack of sleep. Got home late (11:30pm!) on Wed. and it's pretty much ruined the rest of the week. I've been very emotional and had a short temper. Again, just lack of sleep. I'm fairly certain if I go home and take an hour nap like I did last Friday, I will wake up a new woman. I can't want to go home!
So, I guess I'm going to have to do a lump post again tomorrow, since I didn't get to Friday today. Oh well.
Today was very busy. I had Pilates class, ran to the farm to get the produce, and then we tailgated the Baysox game all afternoon and watched the game. Of course there was a lot of food involved, and I tried to be good, but the chips and dip got me. Plus it was a firend's birthday so there was (moderately healthy) cake and we brought cookies - giant cookies, and I had one of those. By the end I was feeling fatter than fat. Everything is kind of tight lately, and the scale was back up again. I feel enormous and very self concious. I'm guessing it's all the carbs, but I'm not particularly happy about any of it. I am retaining water from the carbs and it's also making me want to eat all the time. The more starch and carbs I eat, the more I want to eat in general, and I hate it! I feel like if this was stuff da' face week, I'd be good to go, because I seem unable to control myself to 2300 calories! Which is madness. Before this week, when I was eating 40/30/30 I was totally stuffed all the time and pretty content, but the shift up in carbs is rocking my world, and not in a good way. I'm not entirely sure what to do, either. I'm trying to do the plan, but eating this extra bit of carbs, is making hard for me to control myself around any food. I feel sort of hungry and miserable all the time. Like even when I'm full, I want to eat more. It's really frustrating, because eating a better ratio of calories makes me feel content and comfortably full, but this extra makes me eat the way I did before I lost the weight. This is the feeling that I had to fight and fight in order to lose the weight the first time and I am frustrated at eating so.much.food and then still being hungry or craving food in general afterwards. I'm also reaching for sugary things that never really did it for me before. Like I may have a small sugar craving after a meal, but nothing I couldn't get over, now boom, it's in my mouth before I know it. Awful. I feel so out of control.
Ugh, I'm going to stop bitching now and get some sleep that should help. Any suggestions on where to go from here are greatly appreciated
I know that for me, eating carbs leads to more hunger instead of fullness (not ALL carbs, but eating lots or processed carbs)... Could you maybe eat more veggies / whole grains kind of carbs instead of cookies (I know it was a party!)...???
I know that for me, eating carbs leads to more hunger instead of fullness (not ALL carbs, but eating lots or processed carbs)... Could you maybe eat more veggies / whole grains kind of carbs instead of cookies (I know it was a party!)...???
Hang in there!
Thanks. That is totally the problem. Since I increased my calories, I gave myself psychological license to go nuts. Which is not good. This is sort of how I got fat in the first place and how I yo-yo'd up and down all over the place. The mental with this diet is WAY more difficult than the physical. Worrying about gaining weight and trying to focus on all the different aspects is kind of overwhelming me at times. I'm trying to jump back on the horse today.
I did a psychological reset today, and just ate sensibly. I stepped away from the computer and ate pretty fine for the day, except not enough, which is typical for me on the weekends. Starting at dinner I started tracking again, and instead of tracking my dinner "tomorrow' in my daily plate log, I'm tracking my breakfast and lunch "yesterday". This is WAY better for me, because I can see how my dinner and evening played out and play around with foods when I have the calories left to "fix" my macros, instead of trying to get the % right when I only have 500 calories left (totally impossible some days). So, not tracking for three meals paid off for me in that aspect.
I'm going to try to get back on with the logging too. This week is pretty easy with work for me, so it's a good time to get back on track. The next four weeks after that, though, are a nightmare. I only have two and a half more weeks of Repair, though, so I need to get myself in order now, so I know where I'm going when it's over, or I will be a right royal mess.
Lastly, my half assed attempt at logging for the day.
Good on eats. Metric ton of chores done. I'm going to log in here, because I think it would be interesting to put into the daily plate some time and see what it adds up to. More than a half hour of DDR I'd imagine. Didn't get nearly as much resting or fun time in this weekend as I wanted to, but groceries needed to be bought, etc. With the fourth of July (my favorite holiday - aside from my birthday ) being this week, I will get a long weekend, which will be nice. Hubby is also off for this whole week, so hopefully he will be doing some of the cooking so I can have a chill week before I begin my decent into hell!
Anyhow, I hope everyone is doing well. Have a good week!
The chores:
2 loads of dishes
3 loads of laundry
Washed one stinky dog - plus nail trimming and brushing
Cleaned up bathroom after said stinky dog
Got groceries
Baked a pie
Cut up a watermelon
Dood, I'm tired just looking at this. Time to go to sleep!
Since I increased my calories, I gave myself psychological license to go nuts. Which is not good. This is sort of how I got fat in the first place and how I yo-yo'd up and down all over the place. The mental with this diet is WAY more difficult than the physical. Worrying about gaining weight and trying to focus on all the different aspects is kind of overwhelming me at times. I'm trying to jump back on the horse today.
I did a psychological reset today, and just ate sensibly. I stepped away from the computer and ate pretty fine for the day, except not enough, which is typical for me on the weekends. Starting at dinner I started tracking again, and instead of tracking my dinner "tomorrow' in my daily plate log, I'm tracking my breakfast and lunch "yesterday". This is WAY better for me, because I can see how my dinner and evening played out and play around with foods when I have the calories left to "fix" my macros, instead of trying to get the % right when I only have 500 calories left (totally impossible some days). So, not tracking for three meals paid off for me in that aspect.
I'm going to try to get back on with the logging too. This week is pretty easy with work for me, so it's a good time to get back on track.
Your reset sounds sensible... I know that, for me, attempts to be "normal" (my weird definition) have backfired because when I just decide to "be" and not use any caution, I don't do well. I eat badly and gain weight. Maybe there are some people who can naturally not think about food, but at least for now, I'm not one of them. The rationalization that works better for me is this:
When I was fat and sedentary, I knew where every drive-thru was, what time they opened or served breakfast, etc etc. I spent effort on hiding what / how much I ate (even though I never admitted that to myself at the time). Now, yes, I focus a lot of time and energy on food. But I was always focused on food. Now it's just a focus on being healthy instead of being unhealthy. Much of America is focused on food, so maybe that is normal - FOR ME.
I'm not sure I completely understand how you're using Daily Plate, but that's ok ... I might try logging dinner from the previous or next day and counting macros from dinner - dinner instead of breakfast - breakfast... Hmmmm... Food for thought (pardon the phrase!)
I totally agree that the mental is WAY harder than the physical. It sounds like your psychological reset really helped and that you did well eating sensibly. I agree with Bytsi about trying more whole foods, I stay satisfied a lot longer. Maybe you could try bringing your lunch or bring healthier alternatives to parties and stuff? If that doesn't work, maybe PM Leigh?
I'm glad the 6pm-6pm thing (or whatever) is working for you! Yay! And yay for a long weekend! I can't wait, either.
Hang in there, Girl! I am also a fan of the melatonin and take my 3 mg everynight. I seriously helps me get my mind shut down and get some quality sleep to support the workouts and everything else.
The mental part is so tough.
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
Your reset sounds sensible... I know that, for me, attempts to be "normal" (my weird definition) have backfired because when I just decide to "be" and not use any caution, I don't do well. I eat badly and gain weight. Maybe there are some people who can naturally not think about food, but at least for now, I'm not one of them. The rationalization that works better for me is this:
When I was fat and sedentary, I knew where every drive-thru was, what time they opened or served breakfast, etc etc. I spent effort on hiding what / how much I ate (even though I never admitted that to myself at the time). Now, yes, I focus a lot of time and energy on food. But I was always focused on food. Now it's just a focus on being healthy instead of being unhealthy. Much of America is focused on food, so maybe that is normal - FOR ME.
I'm not sure I completely understand how you're using Daily Plate, but that's ok ... I might try logging dinner from the previous or next day and counting macros from dinner - dinner instead of breakfast - breakfast... Hmmmm... Food for thought (pardon the phrase!)
Glad you're back on track Jess!!
Thanks! I love the pictures! The hamster with the I has a carrot, still makes me smile.
My problem on the weekends is usually that I don't eat enough. Before I started NROL4W I would actually not eat enough for days on end and then binge like crazy, then try to exercise it off, which is what got me into this mess. Then I went on NROL4W, but I wasn't tracking correctly, so I over ate a lot and didn't lose any weight. So, clearly I need tracking too, but if it's a weekend and I need to eat lightly, I just don't track, and it takes care of itself. This goes back to me getting obsessed with food when I'm dieting. Hence the needs for the breaks every once in awhile - which are becoming all too frequent now.
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Oh My God I love that picture!!!! So cute
I totally agree that the mental is WAY harder than the physical. It sounds like your psychological reset really helped and that you did well eating sensibly. I agree with Bytsi about trying more whole foods, I stay satisfied a lot longer. Maybe you could try bringing your lunch or bring healthier alternatives to parties and stuff? If that doesn't work, maybe PM Leigh?
I'm glad the 6pm-6pm thing (or whatever) is working for you! Yay! And yay for a long weekend! I can't wait, either.
Thanks. I got it back together today. I ate a lot of whole foods and I'm much better now. I should know better than to eat overly refined carbs and then bitch about it I was just being silly. I think that when I get to stuff da' face, I will be trying to PM Leigh. I'm worried about what to go on after this is over. I am going through some programs now looking at what I would like to do, so I want to get myself straight. Honestly, I seemed to be losing weight around the beginning of the program (even if some of it was water) and I think that I can stand to keep those calories again, but maybe not work out, so it's going to be tough for me to find a balance. I'm sure it will be a rocky start, trying to diet down the right way for the first time, I dunno', ever, but I will get there.
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Hang in there, Girl! I am also a fan of the melatonin and take my 3 mg everynight. I seriously helps me get my mind shut down and get some quality sleep to support the workouts and everything else.
The mental part is so tough.
Thanks! I am seriously loving the melatonin too. It's one of the only things that doesn't give me a hangover in the morning. I just need help falling asleep, not staying asleep, but most sleeping pills work on both. Hence the massive hang over I would have in the morning. I'm so glad to have found something that works!
Also, I don't know how you do it, Ginny. I was looking at your calorie counts and your workouts, and it seems to be what I should be doing too, but I don't know how you keep it up. When I started this and I was at 1600ish calories, I could barely get down the street to my office, let alone imagine working out. I would love if you would post a day of eats or PM it to me, so I can get an idea of how you're doing it!
The same goes for Bytsi - I dunno how your girls keep it up!
I am beat so the logging is going to have to wait. I did a very good job today of keeping up the good whole foods and I did DDR tonight, so I'm right on track. I think it will be a lifting day tomorrow, and I have most of my eats already planned out and my macros are on their way to being perfect. I wish I would have figured this out sooner, but at least I know now how to manage my food best to hit my cals and macros.
I'm so glad for this board and all you wonderful ladies (and gents - if any ever visit). You gals are helping me keep it together
30 mins of DDR and some stretching afterwards. I really need to do mobility and foam rolling. I like the rolling but I just abhor the mobility work. Not sure why, but I have the hardest time motivating myself to do it anymore.
Food: Back on track! Macros are a little off, but I've sorted out how to manage them better now. I was 70 cals under yesterday, though.
6pm-6pm
2310 calories
75g fat
298g carbs
121g protein
Sleep: 8ish hours. Had weird dreams of throwing up, and woke up with an upset stomach. It was very strange.
Water/Potassium/sodium: good.
Probiotics/enzymes/fish oil: Um, not so good. I keep forgetting the enzymes before meals. The multi is always a given, so I'm taking it out of here, but I'm just spacing on everything lately. I know if I can get back on track, I'll be fine. This weekend just threw me totally off.
Emotionally: After I got over the grumpy morning tummy, it was a pretty good day. Congress is in recess this week, so it's been very slow - which is a nice change. It's also a nice prep for next week. Otherwise I was pretty happy.
Weight: 169.4 both days - I have to keep reminding myself that this is awesome. I have been eating a ridiculous number of calories and haven't gained any weight this week. I should be ecstatic. Waist: 35.5ish
Also, I don't know how you do it, Ginny. I was looking at your calorie counts and your workouts, and it seems to be what I should be doing too, but I don't know how you keep it up. When I started this and I was at 1600ish calories, I could barely get down the street to my office, let alone imagine working out. I would love if you would post a day of eats or PM it to me, so I can get an idea of how you're doing it!
The same goes for Bytsi - I dunno how your girls keep it up!
Just now seeing this. I will post a day or two of what I am currently eating in my log. I just need to go grab it from SparkPeople.
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
Thanks! I love the pictures! The hamster with the I has a carrot, still makes me smile.
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I would love if you would post a day of eats or PM it to me, so I can get an idea of how you're doing it!
The same goes for Bytsi - I dunno how your girls keep it up!
Ok... first my "confession" - I have rediscovered my Starbux addiction . But, I also have realized in the past 3 days of drinking it that I am SO much happier and active when I get my morning fix, it's worth the extra 110-130 kcals to me...
snack: laughing cow cheese on multigrain crackers, tuna
lunch - huge salad - lettuce, carrot, avocado, artichoke hearts, mushroom, red peppers, egg, shrimp, dressing (on the side, dip fork)
snack: greek yogurt (oikos) and diced fruit (watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries)
other half of crackers 'n' cheese
dinner: not decided yet, but I have 400 kcal left, which isn't quite as much as I'd like to get through the evening too (I might skip the crackers 'n' cheese this afternoon to make room).
This is a pretty typical day for me aiming for 1500 kcal... dinner is often chicken or tuna or even oatmeal... turkey burgers (I usually skip the bun), eggs or egg beaters... I'm a little low on veggie snax cuz I ran out of time to dice this morning.
I also love cherries, edamame, popcorn for snax... and I often have a fudgesicle for dessert.
Hope that helps! I've also posted other days of food in my log, but you'd have to go back a few pages to find 'em...
Just now seeing this. I will post a day or two of what I am currently eating in my log. I just need to go grab it from SparkPeople.
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Ok... first my "confession" - I have rediscovered my Starbux addiction . But, I also have realized in the past 3 days of drinking it that I am SO much happier and active when I get my morning fix, it's worth the extra 110-130 kcals to me...
snack: laughing cow cheese on multigrain crackers, tuna
lunch - huge salad - lettuce, carrot, avocado, artichoke hearts, mushroom, red peppers, egg, shrimp, dressing (on the side, dip fork)
snack: greek yogurt (oikos) and diced fruit (watermelon, cantaloupe, strawberries)
other half of crackers 'n' cheese
dinner: not decided yet, but I have 400 kcal left, which isn't quite as much as I'd like to get through the evening too (I might skip the crackers 'n' cheese this afternoon to make room).
This is a pretty typical day for me aiming for 1500 kcal... dinner is often chicken or tuna or even oatmeal... turkey burgers (I usually skip the bun), eggs or egg beaters... I'm a little low on veggie snax cuz I ran out of time to dice this morning.
I also love cherries, edamame, popcorn for snax... and I often have a fudgesicle for dessert.
Hope that helps! I've also posted other days of food in my log, but you'd have to go back a few pages to find 'em...
Thanks gals! This really helps. I'm always in the market for good ideas for snacks and meals. I can totally do the same thing every day for a couple of days, and then I freak out, so I try to mix it up as much as I can stand so I don't go crazy.
I haven't been very good at logging lately, which is kind of silly because work has been pretty boring this week (thankfully), but I shall log for today. Yesterday I did DDR 35ish minutes and was 8 calories over on my diet. Macros pretty good. Let's call yesterday logged now
Activity:
Resistance Day #2
Warmup - Mostly running up and down the stairs because I kept forgetting things!
Setsxrepsxtotal weight
Squats - 3x15x16 (lowered from last time)
Swiss ball jack knife - 1x15xpike 2x15 knees
Bent over row - 3x15x24 (higher next time?)
Rear Lunges - 3x15x16 barely!
Shoulder Press - 3x15x10 (go up)
Ball Crunch - 3x15x10 (go up)
Pushups - 3x15xknees
Cool-down - a little stretching, a little cuddling with the dog
I did this work out in bare foot because I'm still having issues with my foot. I got an awesome book that UConnJulie recommended for me and based on it I seem to have Morton's Foot. I got some supplies to roll my foot (one of those small bouncy balls like suggested in the book) and some inserts and some non medicated corn pad things. Apparently I need to put some padding right on the ball of my foot to balance it. It is interesting, and I'm hoping that just doing it in my work shoes and maybe sneakers will be enough, since I've gone nearly 30 years with no issue. You know how this goes, though, it comes out of the blue and never leaves you alone. I'm working on it.
Food: Gotten it more worked out. I have a hard time eating at 20% fat, though, at this level of calories. I do try every day.
2286 calories
69g fat
296g carbs
136g protein
Numbers are slightly askew because TDP decided that there were 110 calories in unclassified even though there was no food, and when it gets stuck like that, there's no getting it out. I just put in exercise to equal out the cals, but the macros are forever hosed. (I was 95 under for the day )
Pre-workout nutrition: maybe you could count the watermelon, but not really. I needed to eat more before and it showed in my workout.
Post-workout nutrition: Hubby made Kung Pao Chicken
Sleep: More insane dreams. Don't think I woke up one time last night, but I keep waking up at 6:30 to go to the bathroom (I miss lower carbs when I didn't have to pee in the middle of the night! - not that 6:30 is the middle of the night, but that is usually in addition to 2 or 3 am)
Anyhow, when I woke up it took me awhile to get that this was reality and not that dream I was having. Whew! It was weird. People I haven't seen in ages were in it. Biz-arre
Water/Potassium/sodium: Pretty good. I've been having banana in my shake so I'm covered there. I think I should be tracking magnesium too, but I keep forgetting. I need to check sources on that besides sweet potato. I think carrots have it, and I've been eating those since we get them from the farm. Not sure, though.
Probiotics/enzymes/fish oil: Man, have I been sucking with the enzymes. I remember, but it's always after I eat. I take them anyway, becuase I figure the food isn't going anywhere fast, but I do notice I do better when I take the correctly. Can't get my brain around it lately.
Emotionally: Pretty good. Got a little frustrated and stressed out today. Starting thinking everyone had it for me on the road. On the way to work two people tried to merge into me and the drive home was no better. Also in the afternoon, I got low on sugar and caffeine and started getting tired and a migraine. I believe I get it now why I used to get so tired on the way home from work. I would eat lunch and then nothing for the rest of the work day and I would just crash. It's clear that I need about two snacks in the afternoon to keep me going correctly, especially if I'm going to work out. I really, really didn't want to tonight, but I kicked my butt and did it, so I'm proud of that. I'm really looking forward to the long weekend, so that's helping. Will probably get out of work early tomorrow, which will be even better. Tomorrow marks the two week mark until I finish the program. I'm excited to move on. This has been great, but I feel frustrated by being unable to work on actually losing weight. It's great that I have found balance, but I'm looking for negative numbers here. My birthday bash is the first week of August, so I hope I can eek just a couple of pounds off so I can feel really comfy in my clothes again! Everything has been tight since the carb attack portion of this rodeo started. Can't wait to get back to 40/30/30!
Weight: 169.4 Holding steady Waist: Keep forgetting to measure!
I am sorry to have disappeared for so long but I was really wrestling with some issues. I hopped on the scale one day last week and (due to water retention I think) I was up to 171. That number really smacked me down. That is the number that I started the program at, and for some reason I could not deal with it. The number continued for three days. That whole time I was freaking out. I was hemming and hawing about quitting the program now, or maybe not doing the reset week, or just sucking it and it being fine. The number has since come back down to what it's been for the last few weeks (169.4) which has helped, but in the last couple of days I've had a very hard time following the program. Clearly I still have some major issues to work through, even if my body is repaired.
I am basically back on today. I have been tracking, but my macros are way off because I didn't really do any planning for today. I feel like I can get it back together now and since my calories reset at 6pm, "tomorrow" should be better.
I am still kind of depressed, and I'm not sure why. It started really lingering yesterday and it hasn't let up today. Work is and will continue to be very stressful, so I imagine that has a lot to do with it, but I don't think that's everything. I haven't put my finger on it yet, but hopefully the fog will clear soon. I had been so happy earlier in the program, and I'm hoping that feeling will return.
I am thinking that some of it is coming from feeling like a "failure" on the program. I feel like I haven't followed it perfectly so none of the work was worth it. That all or nothing attitude is what got me here in the first place. If I didn't kill myself with my workouts, I would try again the next time. That is certainly something I need to work on, and hopefully it's a mentality that I can change. I will certainly be pondering it a lot of the last week and a half that I have on the program, and likely be working on it for many years to come.
So that's all I have right now - just trying to pick myself up and dust myself off. I seem to be falling down a lot lately. I guess this is the make or break part of the program that Leigh talks about in the book. It has been incredibly hard for me, but I'm almost there. My body is loads better than I was when I started this and that's what I need to remember. I did this to make it so I could get to the healthiest me there is and that's what I have to keep working towards. The world does not end because my fat is 10% too high today, neither will it end if I don't kill myself in the gym when I go back to working out normally. It's the same "issue" over and over with me, even if scenarios are different, so at least I have a point at which to start working on the issue. No one is perfect, so get over it. Day by day, just got to make it through.
I am right there with you so I understand... I've been frustrated with the scale and it was up and staying up and I let that make me feel like "why even bother cuz nothing I ever try works"... But I truly am at the point where I know I HAVE to just be consistent and continue to improve compliance...
This WILL work. For all of us. Baby steps, ok????
Glad you posted... I was wondering if you were ok...
So I totally hear you on feeling like a failure if I haven't done things "perfectly" - I am so an all or nothing girl. I beat myself up over everything. I've started actually telling myself to chill out and have a sense of humor about things. (I have conversations with myself in my head. LOL)
I know how hard it is not to get upset over the scale's fluctuations, too. I was pretty anxious about my weight yesterday - which was dumb because I *knew* I was holding water, and then I magically lost 4 pounds overnight.
Like you said, your body is in better shape than when you started. This is an incredibly hard program and you're doing great.
Maybe the scale isn't telling the whole story? How do your clothes feel? Is your waist smaller? How do you feel?
Try to measure smaller victories than all or nothing. For example: I did all of my exercise for the week. I have stayed on my diet today. I am getting stronger and stairs are easier to climb.
I am right there with you so I understand... I've been frustrated with the scale and it was up and staying up and I let that make me feel like "why even bother cuz nothing I ever try works"... But I truly am at the point where I know I HAVE to just be consistent and continue to improve compliance...
This WILL work. For all of us. Baby steps, ok????
Glad you posted... I was wondering if you were ok...
Thanks. I really need to just get over it. I need to get through a little over a week of this and I can get to the losing weight part. I am better and that's what's important.
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So I totally hear you on feeling like a failure if I haven't done things "perfectly" - I am so an all or nothing girl. I beat myself up over everything. I've started actually telling myself to chill out and have a sense of humor about things. (I have conversations with myself in my head. LOL)
I know how hard it is not to get upset over the scale's fluctuations, too. I was pretty anxious about my weight yesterday - which was dumb because I *knew* I was holding water, and then I magically lost 4 pounds overnight.
Like you said, your body is in better shape than when you started. This is an incredibly hard program and you're doing great.
Thanks. It's good to know that I'm not the only one that went through the mental issues with this program. I'm so proud of you for finishing and I want to get this finished so I can be proud of me and happy with the weight loss that I will finally be able to achieve now.
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Maybe the scale isn't telling the whole story? How do your clothes feel? Is your waist smaller? How do you feel?
Try to measure smaller victories than all or nothing. For example: I did all of my exercise for the week. I have stayed on my diet today. I am getting stronger and stairs are easier to climb.
Besides, the BaySox are worth a good tailgate!
Thanks for the support!
This program is about repairing my metabolism and not about losing weight, so I really shouldn't even be looking at the scale, but it's a
tough mentality to break. What I should really be focusing on is that I can eat nearly 2400 calories now and not gain weight! Taking the weight off now should be so much easier - read actually possible - and that's freaking amazing. One more week, and I can start working on getting the scale down.
So life has been completely overwhelming lately. I've had two late work nights and nothing but stress since the long holiday weekend ended. It's seriously taking a toll on me and I feel like crap. I had to go to a vendor fair today and I was totally not physically or mentally prepared to do it. I didn't get lunch until 4:30 and didn't want to eat when I got home. I think I did ok with calories for yesterday, but ugh, the macros and food quality is a mess.
Rest
Rest day - I can't count how many rest days this is. I did some workouts last week and I got a ton of NEAT in over the weekend, but the last couple of days have been a disaster. Ah well, can't win them all.
Food: See above. Total mess.
Water/Potassium/sodium: Actually ok today. Had part of a banana with a shake this morning and I tried to get enough water in. I think I'm doing ok with this.
Probiotics/enzymes/fish oil: I'm not sure if you realize this, but you run out of these things if you don't buy more! What I'm trying to say is that I ran out of fish oil and I'm running way low on the probiotics and enzymes. I'm doing ok about taking stuff, but I've been a little lax. I tell you I feel it when I don't use it tho!
Emotionally: I'm totally wiped and having a hard time. I think that's pretty clear through the last couple of posts. I'm trying to keep my sanity, but that was already pretty thin to begin with Once July is over, I should be good to go. I'm going to try to take it easy the next couple of days and take care of myself.
I also got Power Training in the mail today, so I'm going to start building my program for after the program. I'm still trying to figure out what calorie level to move down to, but I think I've decided to do it in phases. I will probably take a couple of days of eating "naturally" since I tend to eat way less than what I have been eating. I'm going to log it, but not get stressed about it. I'll see where I'm at after that, but I think I'm looking at the 1700 calorie range. Obviously I'm going to need a lot of tweaking, but the more I track the better I'll be.
I have Power Training - haven't read it all the way through yet, but I will probably use it for my next program... although lifting 2/week, I'm going to be a while finishing off NROLW! I haven't 100% decided about stage 7 yet, only because if I'm still in the fatloss (don't overstress the body) phase, I may not be able to do it. Not committing to anything yet!
What I should really be focusing on is that I can eat nearly 2400 calories now and not gain weight!
WOW!!! That's wonderful!! This is a great accomplishment, resetting your metabolism like this. DEFINITELY something to be proud of - don't sell yourself short; remember that you have different goals at different times and you've obviously met your current goal with stars. Nice going.
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Yes, Like DM says, congrats on the goals that you have reached!!! That is awesome. And some seasons of our lives are just crazier than others. You are right to just ride this out and do the best you can. You are going to be okay!!!! Keep it up!
What I should really be focusing on is that I can eat nearly 2400 calories now and not gain weight! Taking the weight off now should be so much easier - read actually possible - and that's freaking amazing.
Haven't check in on you for a bit and I am sad that you have been having such a rough time. Just know that you aren't alone in these struggles and it will get better. Hang in there.
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"The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start." ~ John Bingham
What I should really be focusing on is that I can eat nearly 2400 calories now and not gain weight! Taking the weight off now should be so much easier - read actually possible - and that's freaking amazing. One more week, and I can start working on getting the scale down.
It's amazing though isn't it, to know how much we're capable of eating without gaining. I'm only doing a break for a week (and eating more than your 2400) but the scale is pretty much staying even, something it never does for me. Confirming where our bodies maintain though is a good way of figuring out a lot of things. Good luck on the next stage.
I have Power Training - haven't read it all the way through yet, but I will probably use it for my next program... although lifting 2/week, I'm going to be a while finishing off NROLW! I haven't 100% decided about stage 7 yet, only because if I'm still in the fatloss (don't overstress the body) phase, I may not be able to do it. Not committing to anything yet!
Hang in there Jes... you're doing great!
Thanks! I'm through the first part of PT and I really like it. I definitely think it's the way I will go!
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WOW!!! That's wonderful!! This is a great accomplishment, resetting your metabolism like this. DEFINITELY something to be proud of - don't sell yourself short; remember that you have different goals at different times and you've obviously met your current goal with stars. Nice going.
Yeah, I'm almost done here and it's pretty cool what I have done. One more week and we'll see what this "new" metabolism can do for me
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Yes, Like DM says, congrats on the goals that you have reached!!! That is awesome. And some seasons of our lives are just crazier than others. You are right to just ride this out and do the best you can. You are going to be okay!!!! Keep it up!
mel
Thanks! I cannot wait for this zoo of a month to be over. It has been non stop stress! with more to come. August is going to be the best month evar!
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That is so incredibly cool! Congrats!!
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Haven't check in on you for a bit and I am sad that you have been having such a rough time. Just know that you aren't alone in these struggles and it will get better. Hang in there.
I'm feeling better now that I'm on the last week. I can't wait to get rolling with losing tho!
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It's amazing though isn't it, to know how much we're capable of eating without gaining. I'm only doing a break for a week (and eating more than your 2400) but the scale is pretty much staying even, something it never does for me. Confirming where our bodies maintain though is a good way of figuring out a lot of things. Good luck on the next stage.
It's definitely something I needed to do, and will have to do again when I finally make it to my goal. It's good to know that my body works now and I can manage my weight instead of it controlling me.
Almost done! Yay Jes! Have you decided what you're going to do next?
Yep, almost done. I had my first stuff my face meal today (technically I should have started yesterday, but I have had no interest in food lately) and it's tough. I'm really glad for the enzymes right now, or else I don't think I could ever eat all this food. I think I'm just going to take a break from tracking this week, because I know there's no way I'm going to hit my top number without killing myself, and I can't stuff my face that much without barfing
Anyhoo, I'm trying to finish up Power Training right now, because I'm pretty sure that's how I'm going to work my lifts. I know I need to work out my cardio, and I'm not sure what I'm doing in that department. I will definitely be keeping up the DDR, but I don't know that I can do that often enough to make it work. With the late nights I have to pull at work anymore, it's going to be seriously hard to get up and workout in the morning (I can use the gym at Hubby's work which is right by my office, but I gots to get up early in order to have enough to change and all that jazz). We are working on getting away from the late nights, so I will have to see how it goes this month and play it by ear. I also still have my Pilates class and I bought a dvd (that is still in the package ) that is supposed to be really good - so I could do Pilates a couple of times a week - once with that and once with class.
I am also thinking I'm going to have modulate my calories based on what I do that day. Somedays I just sit at my desk all day and some days I'm running around like an idiot, so I'm going to go down to around 1700ish calories and see how I do to start, but I might try to hit closer to 1600 on the non workout days and do 1800 on the days where I am really busy. Right now, I really have no clue what my body can actually do, but I know there's no way that I can do Leigh's 1530 calories and workout like she recommends. I will pass out. I am willing to lose weight a little more slowly in order to survive happily.
So that is, roughly, a plan, I suppose. I am sure I will be doing a lot of tweaking once I actually dive into the thick of it. It is easy to say what I can and can't handle from the lofty goal of over 2800 calories, but to do it, is quite another thing altogether. I am hopeful that this will be "easy" now, in that I was trying to lose weight at 1800 calories and I was actually barely maintaining. Now that I'm repaired, everything that I was doing before should actually work. Whether it does or not, is another story. I guess we'll just have to wait and see.
Wow, such a short question spurred such a long post! You should be a therapist!
So the stuff the face challenge seems to be going well. I ate pretty heavy yesterday because I had Pilates in the morning and then I helped hubby mix cement to amend an existing foundation so our new shed will fit. He was doing most of the work, but I was weeding and such in between mixes.
Anyhow, I logged my calories today for yesterday, just so I could see how I'm doing, and I fell right in the middle of where I needed to be, so I'm getting pretty good at this gauging calories thing. I'm going to try to stick towards the bottom of the ridiculous 2800 calorie minimum on the days where I don't work out or don't have very physical work days, but I don't think that should be too hard!
I am also definitely feeling this "real" hunger that Leigh talks about. I woke up this morning around 6 am and my stomach hurt so bad because I was so hungry. I had to go and eat a fruit cup or there was no way I could have gotten back to sleep. I haven't felt like that in a LONG time. I guess that's a good thing, but it's not fun!
Also, I am so hot now! (not like that ) Literally, I'm constantly checking the thermostat and throwing off the covers because I'm burning up. I sort of gather this is what it's like when you're pregnant. I hope I'm not this hot and then hotter still when I'm preggo, tho. Good grief, my husband will be wearing a coat around the house because I have to keep the air conditioning on so high!
Anyway, my temp was 98.2 this morning which is a couple tenths closer than I have been to 98.6 in a long time. I haven't really been super low in a few months, but it's good to see that I am continuing to approach normal.
So I guess that's it for now. The weight was 169.8 this morning which isn't up too far and is pretty good considering I had fries yesterday and bagels last night. I think tomorrow or Tuesday will be better gauges of whether I'm actually gaining or not. I had a very healthy, but high volume, dinner tonight, so I'm not worried about excess carb or sodium water right now. We'll see.
And to end with a cool note....I went for a massage on Thursday with the same person that was giving me massages when I was going through NROL4W and she said at the end that I felt more muscular now than I did the last time I saw her (which was when I was in stage 2)! This woman is a personal trainer and not really doing the massages for the money, so it's not like she was working me - hence I really trust her opinion and was very happy to hear that when I needed it most. I just thought that was super cool because it means that everything must be working again now that I'm feeding myself right and working out at a healthy level. I'm so proud and happy! I think I'm finally on the way to doing this the right way since I lost the weight the first time (almost 7 years ago! )
How about a real log for once!
. But, I also have realized in the past 3 days of drinking it that I am SO much happier and active when I get my morning fix, it's worth the extra 110-130 kcals to me...
) Literally, I'm constantly checking the thermostat and throwing off the covers because I'm burning up. I sort of gather this is what it's like when you're pregnant. I hope I'm not this hot and then hotter still when I'm preggo, tho. Good grief, my husband will be wearing a coat around the house because I have to keep the air conditioning on so high!
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