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Post by wwlurker on Mar 1, 2017 13:34:51 GMT
This is a monthly thread for those of us who have a lot of weight to lose. The definition of “a lot” is something that is determined personally, so everyone who feels they have a lot of weight to lose is welcome to post here.
Please join us in offering support, checking in for accountability, help with questions, etc. We’re in this for the long haul.
We’d also love to hear from those of you who are maintaining a large loss. We need those tips to help us to keep the weight off once we lose it.
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Post by wwlurker on Mar 1, 2017 13:39:23 GMT
Happy March everyone!
Today was my WI and I was down another 3.2 this week, even with all of the wine and snacky foods. I am very pleased with that. I'm now down 10 overall since I started my program on Dec. 15, 2016 (11 weeks). Slow, but respectable.
This week I am trying to work on cutting out alcohol and minimizing snacky treats.
I'm hoping for a 3 lb loss to put me in another "decade" but we'll see how that goes. I forgot that I'm planning a trip to visit family this weekend, so that will be a challenge.
Hope everyone has a great, OP day!
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Post by cj59 on Mar 1, 2017 19:31:31 GMT
Hi wwlurker - thanks for starting our thread for the month Congratulations on your loss!! You are really working this program and I admire that you've stuck with it for 11 weeks. Good luck with the challenges for this week. Today is my 2 year anniversary since I started back on a weight loss plan. This is the longest I've ever stuck with it and I hope it's because I don't think of myself as being on a diet. The way I think of it is that this is the way I have to eat for the rest of my life. There's no going back to the old days when I ate nothing but junk all day and rarely had a fruit, vegetable, or a glass of water. People tell me I should be proud of my weight loss, and I suppose I am in some ways, but I always think of what I did to get to the place that I had to lose so much weight and I'm not proud of that. I think I'm prouder that I realized I was in serious health trouble and that I took action to get better. Hope everyone else is doing well on their plans.
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Post by wwlurker on Mar 2, 2017 13:28:49 GMT
Good morning! I stepped on the scale this morning and I was down from yesterday, so that was nice. My family is starting to get sick. I'm not looking forward to that. Last night I skipped dinner and went to bed early. I'm still a little off today, but better. This weekend is going to be a challenge. I still want a good loss this week, so I have to be diligent when I'm visiting family. cj59 - you absolutely should be proud of your weight loss. Acknowledging what got you there is an important step and you seem to be doing that as well. Hope everyone has a great, OP day!
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Post by cj59 on Mar 2, 2017 20:01:33 GMT
Hi wwlurker - Congratulations on the continued weight loss! I'm sorry to hear that your family is getting sick, hope you don't get sick too. Good luck with the challenge this weekend.
I made a conscious decision today that I would overeat from what I normally eat in a day. I went to an Amish Market and there are several bakery items there that I like so I bought some of them. I knew that I was planning to go there today, I just didn't really plan to get as much as I did.
But I figure after 2 years of almost daily sticking to my diet/plan, I can take this one day and just eat some junk food. I have to believe that I'm strong enough, and care enough about myself, that having a day like this will not derail me and I'll be right back on my normal eating plan tomorrow.
I know at this point in my life that letting myself have a day like this sometimes (but not very often) is someting I want to be able to do and enjoy. I've made sure to get in my fruits/vegetables/dairy/protein today too and I've had lots of water and done a lot of walking. I don't feel like this is "cheating" because I'm still tracking everything I'm eating and I've made the decision to do this. I hope this is a behavior that I can carry into my future.
I wanted to post that I'm doing this today, because I want to be "real" about how I'm dealing with eating now. Keeping it secret makes it something to be ashamed of, and I'm not ashamed of this choice. It's nice not to feel guilt about eating a food I didn't plan for. It's just not worth it to treat myself like that.
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Post by wwlurker on Mar 3, 2017 15:05:46 GMT
Good morning! cj59 - I hope that yesterday worked out for you. You seem to have a good idea of how you want to live long term. Did you end up going over your WPs, or was it just a high point day? I think it's important to make sure that you still get the good stuff in when you are indulging - I like the idea of crowding the unhealthy food out of my diet with healthy stuff. I made it to the gym this morning, but I didn't feel like going. Today I have lunch with a friend then we are going away for a long weekend. I'm hoping to stay mostly on track while I'm away; I will be taking snacks with me, so it will mostly be meals that I'm worried about. I want so bad to have a loss this week; since I've started this program, it's been very up and down (every week). I think that the last two weeks were the first time that I had two losses in a row! I don't want to lose my groove! I hope that everyone has a great, OP day!
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Post by cj59 on Mar 3, 2017 22:16:09 GMT
Hi wwlurker - Hope you have a wonderful time this weekend, and I'm sure you'll do your best to stay on your program. Good for you going to the gym even when you didn't feel like going. I often make myself exercise when I don't want to I'm doing well today and very happy that even though I ate a lot yesterday I don't have any desire to eat like that today. With the food I ate yesterday I will go over my weekly points this week, and I'm O.K. with that. I got right back on track with my normal eating today. I had been thinking about having a "free day" or "free meal" for a couple of months, so maybe it helped that I'd been preparing in my mind for this. I did learn from it that I wouldn't do this for a whole day again. It was just too much food. But I will think about having a "free meal" once or twice a month. That way I can plan for it and look forward to having something that might be high in points/calories and just enjoy it and get right back onto my program. I really wanted to be able to control food now that I've lost so much weight. I didn't want food to control me. This is something I still need to work at from time to time, but I feel like I do have better control over food than I did in the past.
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Post by lennylou on Mar 4, 2017 18:29:54 GMT
I guess this is the thread/group for me -- I'm down fifty pounds, with another fifty-five to go. Seems like a lot to lose. wwlurker, I hope you enjoy your weekend with family and feel good about the food choices you make. It can be so dratted difficult to enjoy visiting while also keeping a grip on what meals we eat. I love when we have family get-togethers, but boy howdy, it can be tricky, especially since so often the "plan" is to go out to eat at a place that is *not* wise for my diet. Heh. Sometimes, I manage to stay on track, other times, I eat way off plan, but even when that happens, I just chalk it up to a splurge, and get back on track with my next meal. Sometimes, I see a brief bump upwards on the scale, but it usually only lasts for a day or two, as long as I maintain my equilibrium and get back on track right away. That's kinda like what you're working on, cj59. It's a nice feeling, knowing that you really can have those occasional splurges and not have it derail you, as long as you pop right back on the plan instead of allowing one splurge to turn into a slow slide of noshing on goodies every day. Heh. I've done that a few times, usually related to the holidays, and it makes it a lot harder when I do finally get my bum back in gear. Your approach seems like a wise one, to me. Making this a healthy and controlled indulgence as a normal part of your life, an occasional thing. This weekend is pretty much like all the rest of my days. LOL I don't get out all that much, and don't do anything exciting. I like a quiet little life. Right now, I'm on the loveseat with my laptop, covered in cats and with a mug of tea beside me. I plan to fritter the day away with reading, knitting, puttering about the house (doing laundry and dishes and grilling chicken for the guys to have in their salads for supper tonight. I'm having beans and blue cheese and chopped oranges and spinach in mine.) Will watch some tv tonight with hubby and son, do some more reading, and probably go to bed early. Thrilling huh? LOL
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Post by cj59 on Mar 4, 2017 22:22:28 GMT
Welcome lennylou - it's really nice to see you posting. We all try to support each other here through the process of losing a lot of weight. Congratulations on losing 50 pounds - I'm sure you can lose that other 55 Sounds like you have the right attitude. I've lost over 150 pounds and have been working on losing this weight for about 2 years now. Many times in my life I've lost 100 pounds and then gained it back. When I started having health issues a few years ago I knew it was time to get serious and lose the weight for good this time. It has really helped me to be able to post on these boards and have the support of others. I like a nice quiet life too I'm doing well this weekend. I feel strong about staying on track because of knowing how much I ate on Thursday. It's really a relief that I was able to get right back on track with no thoughts of going of my program. I sure hope I can continue to stay strong and still be able to work in a few "free meals" from time to time.
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Post by cj59 on Mar 5, 2017 22:11:18 GMT
Checking in for the day. I've really had to fight the desire to overeat today. I know the only reason I want to do it is for comfort, not for hunger - so I'm trying to fight it off. Hopefully I'll be successful - if I can make it through the after dinner time when I often want to eat and not count what I'm eating. Hope everyone did well on their plans this weekend
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Post by hiker on Mar 5, 2017 22:58:51 GMT
Good afternoon, CJ59 you have a great attitude for having your day and getting right back OP. I had a blip last weekend and saw a gain on Tuesday, I got right back on program and the gain is gone. A friend at work who is also doing WW reminded me that 'normal' people have days where they eat a lot more and might put on a few pounds, but their bodies regulate their eating and they eat less and do not have long term gains. Life happens and as long as we don't quit, we are going to be ok and make goal
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Post by cj59 on Mar 6, 2017 22:08:34 GMT
Hello Everyone - checking in for the day and it's a day I'd rather forget as far as my eating plan goes I did have a gain when I weighed-in today and I let it make me feel bad and then I overate today. I can really feel myself slacking from my program after staying on track for 2 years. I was afraid this would happen, so I'm really going to give myself a talk this evening and get myself right back on track with my eating tomorrow. I need to make up a food plan for the rest of the week and stick to it. I did get in my fluids and exercise today, so it wasn't a total loss. But I can't allow myself to have days like this, or I'll go back to my old ways of eating. I hope everyone else is doing better today than I did
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Post by wwlurker on Mar 7, 2017 13:58:36 GMT
Hi everyone! I love to see that more people are chiming in; this is great.
My weekend was great but completely off plan. I'm back and getting back on track today.
I'm trying to look at it like an isolated event and not letting it derail me completely. I fully expect a gain this week, though. Disappointing, but it's part of life. I'm always going to have weekends when I am with family and not completely in control of my own food. I need to deal with that.
I also forgot my tracker this weekend and used that as a bit of an excuse to eat more than usual. I'm going to try not to do that again.
I hope everyone has a great, OP day!
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Post by hiker on Mar 7, 2017 14:36:19 GMT
I went a bit overboard the last weekend in Feb, but I have done great ever since. I weighed in a week ago and was 2 lbs up, I deserved it. Now I am 100% accountable and back on track. Really looking forward to weigh in tonight, home scale is in sync with the one at WW and it looks very very good!, according to that, the 2 lb gain is gone as well as 3 other lb,s just have to see if that stays tonight at 5, fully dressed after eating and drinking all day
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Post by hiker on Mar 7, 2017 23:21:11 GMT
just back from weigh in, and I am down 4.6 lbs, although I was up 2.2 last week, so this brings my total to 16.8. I am thrilled with this, I can do it, my goal is to lose a total of 95 lbs, I am 17% of the way there
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