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Post by tracker on Feb 14, 2021 15:47:32 GMT
Good morning. I didn't post my weigh in yesterday because I had gained .9 during the week and was embarassed. I figured that I should own up to it and make a promise to do better this week. In my defense I did take a spill on last Saturday and hurt my already replaced knee. I spent Saturday and Sunday icing and sitting and didn't walk until Wednesday. Since Wednesday it has been frigid here and we are not used to that. Also we are having freezing fog in the early morning so there is a light glaze on things and tonight is freeing rain and then snow on top of it - a worrisome mixture. Walking is out because of the temps and icy surfaces. I am on my way back down and will be helped by Ash Wednesday, lent promises and no meat on Friday. I am also doing no meat on Wednesdays during lent and hope that will reinforce good eating habits. I have a lot of fish in the freezer and loads of frozen vegetables.
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Post by cj59 on Feb 14, 2021 21:28:54 GMT
Hello Everyone - Happy Valentine's Day tracker - We've all had weeks where we gained weight especially through no fault of our own I'm sorry to hear about your fall and I hope your knee feels better soon. Good luck with this week, sounds like you have a good food plan in place. I'm starting my 6th week back on track and I lost a point this week (on the old Momentum plan), so it will be interesting to see how I do with my points/calories. It does make me choose better lower calorie/point foods each time my points go down so that's good. I have my one piece of Valentine's Day candy to eat today. I was disappointed after I brought it home from the store last week because I thought I was buying a Milk Chocolate Marshmallow heart (Russell Stover), but it turned out it is Dark Chocolate. I really like Milk Chocolate better, but I guess eating the dark chocolate will make it more healthy Take care everyone
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Post by sunrose49 on Feb 15, 2021 12:00:44 GMT
Good morning
Tracker, sorry you fell. Hope your knee is better.
Cj, wow 6 weeks! Good for you.
Waning to all. I still need to catch up
I need to get off the couch today and move and drink more water
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Post by DotRen on Feb 15, 2021 12:43:59 GMT
A quick hello!
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Post by wwlurker on Feb 16, 2021 15:39:31 GMT
Hi everyone! I hope you are all doing well. I finally saw the loss I was looking for this weekend, so I was pleased with that. I even managed to stay within my points this week! Now, I was up this morning, but I'm not too worried about it. I did go overboard on Saturday and used most of my WPs (I'm starting to sound like a broken record). I now have 2 left for the week, with today and three more full days left to go. Just hoping to minimize the damage at this point. We ordered pizza for dinner Saturday and I overindulged. Then, I ate way too much in the evening. It was a bit of a response to finally having the larger loss and a bit of a response to stress. I did not do well taking care of myself this weekend. I need to reflect on that and try to do better. I honestly just did as little as possible this weekend. While I know that we all have times like that, especially after super stressful times, I need to be more proactive in managing my health (physical and mental). My activity seems to be way down; I generally burn 2300-2500 calories a day and I've not even been hitting 2000 some days. I aim to consume 2000 calories a day, so if I keep it up, I'll be gaining. I need to figure that out sooner rather than later. tracker, gains happen from time to time. I find that focusing on the behaviours is the best way to avoid letting the blips drive you crazy. sunrose49, DotRen, - hello and I hope you are doing well! cj59, here's to six weeks on plan! We got this! Have a great day everyone!
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Post by cj59 on Feb 16, 2021 21:44:45 GMT
Hello Everyone sunrose - Good luck with getting your water in each day. DotRen - Hope you are surviving alright in the cold weather in your state. wwlurker - Congratulations on the loss! Hope you can make it through this week with your points and figure out the activity issues. It's so crazy how our minds think that since we did something good weight loss wise, that we deserve more food, isn't it? I'm so used to using food as a reward/treat, it's really hard to break that habit. I have done better with breaking my habit of needing to have something sweet after dinner. It helps that there aren't really any choices in the house to eat, but I want to work on keeping that habit gone. Last night I really wanted to binge eat, I think it was because I was feeling stressed. I did portion out a few chips and a fiber one bar and managed to not eat anymore than that and it was within my points for the day/week. Hope everyone is doing well and staying safe in the bad weather many of us are having. Take care
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Post by DotRen on Feb 17, 2021 4:04:18 GMT
Power just came back up about 10 minutes ago, it was 38 in the house. I'm making coffee lol
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Post by irisinnia on Feb 17, 2021 4:51:04 GMT
DotRen, Oh no! I'm glad it came back on. Good luck keeping warm! *Waves to everyone*
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Post by cj59 on Feb 17, 2021 20:52:42 GMT
DotRen - I'm glad your power is back on and I hope it stays on. I can't imagine 38 degrees in the house irisinnia - *waving back at you* Hope everyone is doing well today and staying safe. Take care
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Post by DotRen on Feb 18, 2021 12:52:00 GMT
It was on and off but it seems to be holding steady now. No water, but we had a few cases of water from hurricane prep, and I can heat some on the stove for washing hands and things.
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Post by cj59 on Feb 18, 2021 21:30:13 GMT
DotRen - I'm glad your power has stayed on and that you had some bottled water to use. I hope your water gets back to normal soon. Take care Hope everyone is doing well today
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Post by sunrose49 on Feb 19, 2021 12:01:40 GMT
Good morning
Once again I need to catch up
I hope all are doing good
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Post by DotRen on Feb 19, 2021 13:57:44 GMT
*waves* I'm here, just otherwise occupied! Hope you are all well
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Post by wwlurker on Feb 19, 2021 14:36:55 GMT
Happy Friday everyone! DotRen, - I'm glad you're ok. It must be hard when this type of weather is out of the norm for you folks. irisinnia, It's so good to see you here! I hope you are well. sunrose49, hope you are managing to get your water in (I struggle with this too). cj59, I'm a huge stress eater too. Eating is definitely a coping mechanism for me. Although, sometimes I think that dieting is also a coping mechanism for me. There is part of me that is aware that my dieting is really an attempt to feel like I actually have control over something in my life. I didn't get here by having healthy attitudes towards food, exercise and my body, that's for sure! It's movie night, and I still have some WPs left (only 3, but still). I was quite a bit under my DPs for the past few days, so I'm ok with going a bit over tonight. I give myself so many DPs, that I can be under by 10 or more and still have eaten a reasonable amount of food, so I don't worry too much about using all my DPs every day, as long as I have 22 or so, and as long as it doesn't happen every day. I'm feeling confident that there will be another good loss this week. I'm hoping to hit a milestone with this WI. If I do, I will be the lowest I've been in 3 1/2 years, and at that time, I was on an up-swing. I'm noticing a huge difference in my body, and I'm starting to feel a little more like myself. I remember when I first gained the weight, it felt so foreign on my body. I carry a lot of my weight in my belly, and I distinctly remember feeling like it was growing and getting in the way in a way it never had before. I grew accustomed to it, of course, but I definitely never felt at ease with it. I hope you all have a stellar day!
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Post by cj59 on Feb 19, 2021 18:28:39 GMT
Hello Everyone *waves* to sunrose and DotRen wwlurker - I hope you do well with movie night and enjoy the evening and I wish you luck with the WI. I sure hope you reach that milestone you are looking forward to seeing, please let us know. I'm happy to hear you are feeling better physically too I can always relate to what you are saying about emotional eating. Food issues are so difficult to deal with since they affect us in so many ways. I've been using food for emotional issues since I was a child. I was actually shocked when I got to my lowest weight a few years ago and started having issues with not wanting to eat. I didn't know who this new person was and it caused me a lot of internal anger. I just wanted to keep losing and losing weight to beat myself up, or something weird like that. That's why I had to step away from dieting for a few years. I'm kind of getting back in the mode where I plan out my meals each morning, that sure does help me. And I don't mind tracking again either, I'm used to it. I just need some way to motivate myself to start exercising again. I hope I can push myself to do that since I know that I need it for my health more than for losing weight. Hope all of you are doing well and that you have a great weekend
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