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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2017 0:51:13 GMT
Get ready to weigh in.
Tomorrow is the end of our second week on dieting or maintaining.First thing in the morning weigh yourself.Plan to wear the same weight clothing as when you weighed in last week.Beck suggests that we don't skimp on food today so we will lose more weight.
You may have sabotaging thoughts when you see the number on the scale.
1.If you loose a lot you may think you will keep on losing at that rate every week. 2.If you didn't think you lost as much as you would like you might be disappointed when you worked so hard,stayed OP all week and exercised. 3.You don't lose or you gain weight
What would be your responses to those thoughts?
Once I learn to use the scale as information to guide my efforts,dieting will be easier.
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Post by linda72 on Mar 28, 2017 16:55:18 GMT
I woke up this morning to discover my weight was in range to be at goal! It has slowly dropped over the last week and today was a bigger drop. I went to the WW center to weigh in and get my etools voucher! I'm good now for March and I'm hoping to keep this trend going so I can weigh in next week for April. Thanks for the encouragement this month. I wonder if the increase in activity with the Body Pump classes I started this month helped. Regardless, staying OP and drinking lots of water has helped too. I'm going to stick with the program! Also: Some of you mentioned keeping our etools vouchers and saving our confirmation emails. (which I've done) I just put the numbers in for this month's etools voucher and I noticed something new on the account status page. There is a link for "Print Billing History" that I've never seen before. When I clicked on it, my payment history was listed since December, 2012. I'm not sure why that is the starting date since I started earlier. But, every month was listed up to the current month. It's a great record to show all of the 2 month subscriptions I have received for free etools. I saved the document onto my computer. It's a 4 page listing and as long as I have a saved copy I don't need to print it. Has anyone else seen this? Is this a recent addition or have I just not noticed it?
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 28, 2017 17:09:44 GMT
Linda: Congrats on the good weigh-in. I don't remember seeing that on the account status page, sounds like a good idea though.
I'm up two pounds, ugh. It showed up at my meeting last night and was there this morning when I weighed at home. I already cut back my lunch I had increased it the last few weeks and I can't even remember why. I also need to cut back on a snack too. Blast it, I was getting use to the extra food. Reminding myself that this is my usual winter portion creep, that I've taken care of it before, and I can so that again.
The receptionist that weighed me in last night was more upset than I was. She told me to take off my sweatshirt but I told her I dress the same each week, I didn't have to pay so I was fine. Told my leader I had gained two pounds and she said: Judy is human after all.
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Post by linda72 on Mar 28, 2017 17:37:53 GMT
bbbearsmom As we are all learning, being at maintenance, even for years, means that gaining back weight can easily happen to all of us. It's a good lesson for all of us to stay mindful. Every day. Glad you're ok on your weigh in.
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Post by doordie50 on Mar 28, 2017 19:09:03 GMT
Congrats on being back at goal linda72 - I bet the activity did make a difference. Good for you. I'm up with Judy a bit. I've also been under the weather and the lack of movement didn't help any. Here's to getting right back at it.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2017 20:00:35 GMT
I'm going to wait until tomorrow to weigh in for this week's WI with the Beck book.Over the weekend when I was sick I lost 1.2# but only took half of it for my WW WI b/c I was having diarrhea.I went on the BRAT diet and with all those carbs as of this morning I gained it back b/c now the IBS-C is acting up bad.I'm not skimping on meals today like Beck suggested so will see where I am tomorrow. Congrats linda72 at getting back to goal and free e-tools. bbbearsmom,You will lose yours again in no time.Portion creep does get us all.
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Post by Tammy on Mar 28, 2017 21:38:15 GMT
linda72, WhooHooo! Even if it takes a little extraordinary effort, I think there is some momentum in thinking "It's been x years y months since I've had to pay" - keeping the streak going. BUT, you don't want to be doing this again next month. Now, is an excellent time to assess, maybe do the 7 question technique on some STs you might be having or had. You really need a "What do I do now?" list. If you have been extra strict (most likely you have), it might be appropriate to schedule a *reasonable* period of being less strict (maybe a day?). You need to ponder this carefully. If you don't make a plan, this can get out of hand. Then try to make a plan that allows you to make progress toward a cushion. Try for a plan that is not too stressful. If you don't find what you did this past week too stressful to continue, then that is fine. But if you felt a bit deprived, it is very reasonable to make a plan that will have you losing 1 pound/month. Remember that it isn't worth risking your maintenance by being too strict, but you don't want the monthly stress of being too close to the top of your range either. bbbearsmom, Judy, LOL at your leader's comment. I get it. The cafeteria workers remark all the time about how I am NEVER going to select the unhealthy options. Most of the time they can guess what I will order. Good job taking action. Having a plan and the conviction to follow it when this happens is the key. This was a hard area for me. I WI daily at home. But I will never be a once/week WI person at WW. Once/month is plenty, just less stressful. I do see that monthly WI as my lighthouse to keep me on course. I like that monthly number as level as possible. I deal well with the home WI, though. I did WI once/week before I made LT. Beck did help me to deal with the discouragement of being a slow loser close to goal. I wouldn't have made it without Beck, I don't think.
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Post by linda72 on Mar 28, 2017 21:48:41 GMT
Tammy I absolutely am evaluating what happened this month. I really want to lose 3-4 pounds to get safely under goal so I don't have this stress. I'm hoping the new weight lifting classes I've started this month will help me. I will continue these classes and to be strict about my points. I've almost decided that 30 SP may be too much for me, unless my activity level increases. I double tracked most days this month and I've averaged 1100 calories/day on 30 SP. For an older, shorter woman, that is enough calories to live on but not to lose in any sort of timely fashion. So, I have to increase my activity and hopefully these Body Pump classes help. I do feel the effects of the classes including hunger afterwards so I know I'm exerting some effort. But, I don't want to be so strict that I can't enjoy an occasional treat or drink with DH. So, now that I'm at goal again, I'm not letting up. Thank you again for encouraging me last week. It was the extra push I needed to really focus and it helped a lot.
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Post by linda72 on Mar 28, 2017 21:50:18 GMT
@beckyw2016 I hope you feel better soon.
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Post by Tammy on Mar 28, 2017 22:08:51 GMT
linda72, Here is how it was for me when I made goal. I was WI in a 1/2 pound tankini. I did not consider this a good permanent option. I ate my points using a Wendie distribution (one super-high day, some medium days, and some low days). Using this distribution, my weight was usually lowest on my WI day, and about 3 or 4 pounds higher at the highest during the week. So, I was living with the knowledge that I could not WI at WW on some days of the week. This was not a permanent solution. I was losing maybe .4/week on losing points. I knew that if I stayed on losing points during the entire 6 week maintenance period, I couldn't lose more than the weight of a solid set of clothes! I decided to not add any maintenance points during maintenance. I knew that if I stayed at losing points it would still take me months to get a 5 pound cushion. And I knew that it would be months before I wasn't worrying about being over at my monthly WI. I decided to stay at losing points for a while. Once I got a 5 pound cushion, I was willing to start looking for a stable place. Basically, at some point, I started plateauing. Every time I would stall out in weight loss, I would add a point or 2. Finally I settled out. At some point (maybe 6 months to 1 year) after making goal, I noticed 2 things: 1) losing points felt stressful 2) if I had too many low days in a week, I felt a little depressed and overwhelmed. The goal is to walk that fence between depressed, stressed, and overwhelmed and gaining. And to find the level of eating that allows you to stay there. By the way, at the last LTer meeting, the leader shared that SP was "designed" for you to get all your nutrition (solid food) in 24 SP and to have about 6 points for small treat. Depending on my thyroid, there have been times where I couldn't have the small treat. I can eat a little extra with fencing, and I try to eat about the number of calories that I burn fencing. (One tournament, a teammate was wearing a fitbit and burned 2000+ calories in an event - about 4-6 hours.)
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Post by linda72 on Mar 28, 2017 22:30:27 GMT
Tammy Very interesting post and I appreciate hearing how you approached maintenance. I also was intrigued that your LT leader mentioned 24 SP as the number for nutrition and the extra 6 points was for a "treat". That makes sense to me. Some days I only get 26 SP and I don't force myself to eat something at 8 pm to hit 30 SP. Also, I received this link in my FB feed just now. It confirms my need to increase my exercise. Harvard Publications articleThanks, Tammy. ETA: you can really burn a lot of calories with fencing!
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Post by bbbearsmom on Mar 28, 2017 22:53:03 GMT
Tammy: Thanks for the great posts.
Linda: Thanks for the link to the article.
I figured out my portion creeps and added up the calories. I had started to eat an extra 200 calories per day. If that is over the amount my body burns each day that is about a two pound gain per month. I worked on my lunch today and will work on the two snacks the next few days.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2017 23:11:31 GMT
linda72,I figured since you walk 2 miles at the mall everyday that would be sufficient exercise.I guess it depends on how fast you walk?I go to Curves 3 days a week(which is just moderate exercise)and on those days I try to get in 1 walk on our country road.On the days I don't go to Curves I try to get in a walk in the morning and one in the afternoon.I am not what I consider a fast walker by any means.You think you still need to up your exercise?My afternoon walks are more for my IBS-C b/c moving seems to help that most of the time.Yesterday I got in 24 SP and so far what I have tracked is right at that same place.I am like you.I will not eat all 30 SP if I'm not hungry.I do eat after 8 some evenings but it's usually b/c I have been busy. I started WW Online the last time with Points Plus.What was Winning Points(not that I would want to try it but I am curious)? Tammy,I have seen the Wendie Plan on the old Pro Board but that's not something I think I could ever do.
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Post by linda72 on Mar 29, 2017 0:04:38 GMT
@beckyw2016 I thought the 2 mile walk would be enough too but I think my body is so used to it so I need to shake things up. We walk briskly but not too fast. 2 miles in 38-40 min. so about 3 mph. When I had an active link (with WW) I got no credit for my daily walk because it came first thing in the morning instead of later during the day. That early walk became part of my base line. I walk a very fine line between calories eaten each day and my metabolism. I've also been trying to vary my points each day so it's not exactly the same daily. Since my breakfasts and lunches are so similar, my only variety comes with dinners. I wish we had our big meal at noon but that schedule doesn't work out for us.
My doctor told me last month I have lost 2" in height since my 20s. I'm still using the higher height for my goal so I guess that is probably cheating a little. But, I'm not lowering my goal because I would never make that! She recommended the strength training as a way to rev up my metabolism. I hope it works!
ETA: I think I was on 29 PP when I started in 2011 and a few months later, they dropped it to 26 PP. Everyone howled about that but it really increased weight losses.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2017 2:20:41 GMT
linda72,If I were you I wouldn't change your goal either.I'm short so my goal range was lower too.My goal range is from 113-141 lbs.I cannot imagine any 62 year old wanting to weigh 113.When we cook for dinner we usually make enough meat for at least 3 nights and I eat the same thing for breakfast every day and usually lunch is the same when we eat at home.I made a taco salad without the shells tonight and that's as big of a shakeup we have had for dinner in awhile.DH won't eat chicken so we are pretty much stuck with beef or mostly pork but that can get old fast.I need to figure out something to buy for dinner tomorrow night for the next few nights.I wish we could have a bigger lunch too but I'm not usually hungry enough to have a bigger lunch than dinner.When I started WW online at my weight I got 36 PP.When I got down to 26 PP I thought I wouldn't have enough to eat but I had no problems then but we didn't eat out as much back then as we do now.I try to limit us going out to eat lunch to 2 x week but DH does love his fast food.I normally get a grilled chicken salad when we eat out even at fast food places but I never eat the whole salad b/c I don't think they are all that healthy either. Are you expecting the bad storms they are predicting for after midnight?I saw on the local news where 3 storm chasers were killed near Spur,TX today.There would not be enough money in the world to entice me to do something like that.If you get hit stay safe.
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