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Post by Deleted on Jun 13, 2017 18:12:56 GMT
Hi everyone - Mind if I join in? I've just discovered this board. For the first time in my life I'm in a position to say I have 100+lbs to lose. Purely disgusted with myself as I spent all of 2014 transforming into a true athlete and then I became lazy and my diet has become horrendous. I'm trying to find my rhythm to get back to the person I know I am.
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Post by cj59 on Jun 13, 2017 20:50:57 GMT
Hello coloradolime - Welcome to the thread, we'd love to have you join and share in supporting each other I've lost over 150 pounds since 2015 and I'm using the old WW Momentum program on my own. I'm at my goal so now I'm working to stay there, something I was never able to do in the past. Posting and reading on these boards really help me. wwlurker - Hope your lunch went well today and it's good that you're already thinking about the challenges later this week. sunrose - I bet that weight gain isn't even really weight, maybe just fluid. I'm doing well today but really having to fight the urge to overeat. It's purely an emotional hunger, I'm not physically hungry. I think I'm going to have to do some work on figuring out how to deal with my emotions now that I can't use food to push them down. It's not something I want to do, but I really don't want to turn back to food for comfort again. Take care everyone!
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Post by wwlurker on Jun 14, 2017 11:52:55 GMT
Good morning everyone! sunrose49 - 0.8 in over a month isn't too bad at all! cj59 - I did some overeating myself last night. I feel like I need to do some figuring as well; not something I want to do either. @coloradolime - welcome! I've been plugging along. Last night I overate and I'm a bit disappointed with that. I'm getting a bit frustrated with the scale not moving too. I feel like I've been working so much harder and doing so much better that I should be seeing some movement. But there's been nothing. On the upside, I do feel better and I feel like I'm getting smaller. Something is bound to happen eventually! I'm a bit off schedule today so I'll just do the best I can. Hope everyone has a great, OP day!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 14, 2017 15:58:13 GMT
Thanks cj59 & wwlurker! I have been fully on plan for 48 hours now and have today's meals all planned out. Taking it one day at a time. I joined a brand new gym last month during their pre-opening sale. They just opened yesterday and I meant to bring my clothes with me to go after work today and totally forgot. Setting a reminder to pack them tonight!
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Post by cj59 on Jun 14, 2017 21:38:51 GMT
Hello Everyone - Hope you are all doing well today wwlurker - Hang in there, I'm frustrated for you too Maybe your body has changed even if your weight has stayed the same. You know you've been eating healthier too. coloradolime - I guess you're doing Smart Points? I hope you like the program, many people on this board are on that program and they seem to like it. I hope you like the new gym too. sunrose - hope you are doing well today I'm doing alright. I made a conscious choice to eat a lot of my weekly points today, so I'll have to watch them the rest of the week. I've also been using some activity points this week. I try not to use them too often, but sometimes it's nice to have a few points to use in exchange for the exercise.
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Post by sunrose49 on Jun 15, 2017 11:54:25 GMT
Coloradolime welcome! This is a supportive group.
wwlurker - I'm frustrated too. I do good all day and then blow the evenings.
cj59 hang in there. It should become a habit soon not to want to over eat. You are doing so good!
I got a not so good report from the cardiologist regarding a recent test. Need to get in 7k-8k steps daily, drink lots of water and lose weight. Well I am pretty faithful on the first two. The weight is another issue and I need to start taking that seriously. Off to the TM! It is still pretty hot here...ugh
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Post by wwlurker on Jun 15, 2017 13:17:22 GMT
Good morning everyone! sunrose49 - evenings are my problem too - I know that I eat as a stress-coping mechanism. Once everyone is down for the night, I just want to curl up with some snacks and wine! I need to work on finding other ways to cope with stress and also on allowing myself to feel negative feelings instead of trying to bury them with food. @coloradolime - it takes a few tries to get in the groove. I remember when I first started with the gym, each time I went, I would think of something else that I needed and had forgotten. Now it's super easy for me to pack everything I need. cj59 - it feels good to make the conscious decision to indulge or eat more, doesn't it? I hate the feeling when I eat unplanned food that isn't good for me, but when I make a conscious decision to eat something high-point, it feels like a treat and I actually enjoy it more. I always ate every point available to me - maybe that was part of my problem. Today we have two meals out, as well as an event. I can make healthy choices at lunch but dinner is out of my hands. I'm going to try to avoid carbs at lunch because it's almost certain that my meal tonight will involve carbs. I'm also going to avoid dessert at lunch (which I try to do anyway - but this place has amazing baklava) because it's almost certain that there will be dessert at dinner. I'm going to avoid alcohol as well - so that I can have dessert instead. I'm trying to look at it as a trade-off - I can't have all of the things all of the time and today is a day where all of the things are there - so I have to make some choices. I peeked at the scale this am (as I do almost every am) and I was actually down about 1.5 lbs! The scale is finally moving! It's not official until my next WI on Wed, but I'll take it! Hope everyone has a great, OP day!
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Post by cj59 on Jun 15, 2017 19:14:26 GMT
Hello Everyone sunrose - Hopefully you can do the things your doctor recommended. Sometimes that can be motivating - good luck wwlurker - Congratulations on seeing the scale down! Sounds like you are doing some good planning for your meals today, hope it works well for you coloradolime - Hope you are doing well today I'm doing alright and trying to stick to my food plans. Eating for me has always been about emotions - using it to deal with tough ones, using it to reward myself for feeing good. I don't think I'll ever be able to change that relationship so I have to work hard to not use food that way.
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Post by wwlurker on Jun 16, 2017 12:51:33 GMT
Good morning everyone! Checking in for accountability. cj59 - I hope that you are able to continue to manage as you have been - you seem to be doing ok with not using food that way. Last night I did not stick to the plan, but it wasn't terrible either - I ate what was served and there was no extraneous overeating. I did miss the gym this morning because it was a late night though. But scale was down again this morning. Hopefully that will continue. My plan for this weekend is to stay the course. I have a goal in mind for next WI and I really want to make it - just to prove that I can do this and be successful at it if I put my mind to it. With 10 days between this WI and my last, I want to see some real movement. I hope everyone has a great, OP day!
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Post by cj59 on Jun 16, 2017 22:24:27 GMT
Hello Everyone - Hope you are all doing well today wwlurker - Congratulations on the scale being down again. It sounds like your body is finally catching up with the hard work you've done for several weeks. I hope you have a successful weekend - good luck! I did some overeating last night and ended up using all the rest of my weekly points, so I'm going to stick to my daily points for today and the weekend. I shouldn't have brought some of that food into the house, since I obviously can't control myself around it. I'm going to have to decide whether I can buy food like that again and control my eating, or maybe I just can't buy it at all. I think some foods are just more tempting for me than others, so I'll have to choose more wisely. I've found that when I am in an out of control mood if there isn't any junk in the house I just don't eat. But when there is junk I eat all of it Have a great weekend!
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Post by sunrose49 on Jun 18, 2017 13:21:09 GMT
wwlurker - congrats on the scale moving in the right direction!
cj59 - it's hard to have certain foods in the house for me. Wheat Thins/Swiss Cheese are a tough one me. Good luck with not having the junk food in the house. You are doing so good!
coloradolime - hope you are doing well
I did a 2 mile WATP workout yesterday. I'm headed to the treadmill now. It is humid out and hard for me to walk in.
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Post by cj59 on Jun 18, 2017 15:18:58 GMT
Hello Everyone - Hope you are enjoying your weekend I'm working at staying on track this weekend and keeping to my daily points. I won't be surprised to see a gain at my weigh-in tomorrow, but I don't feel out of control so I'll be O.K. with that.
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Post by wwlurker on Jun 19, 2017 12:21:07 GMT
Good morning everyone! I did some overeating this weekend (Saturday and Sunday). Saturday was completely a conscious stress reaction. Sunday was a carry over from Saturday and was a conscious, "I'm going to eat what I want today" decision. I'm not happy with either decision but I was well aware of what I was doing at the time. The scale was right back up this morning but I really don't think that I did that much damage - some, but not a whole 3 pounds or so that the scale is showing. Today I'm recommitting to getting right back to my good habits. I was up very late last night and I skipped the gym this morning, but I'm ready to get back down to business. I have two days left until WI and I'm hoping for a loss over the 10 days since my last WI. I'm trying to look at it as though these types of things are going to continue to happen from time to time. My goal is to try to minimize the frequency and control the damage by getting right back to my new healthy lifestyle. sunrose49 - you seem committed to getting the activity in! cj59 - I hope your WI goes well this morning! Hope everyone has a great, OP day!
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Post by cj59 on Jun 19, 2017 19:01:44 GMT
Hello Everyone wwlurker - You have the right attitude and thinking about dealing with your eating. I try to think the same way. I hope you can stay on track and have a good weigh-in this week. I weighed in today and had gained a few pounds. I don't think it was all from food either, maybe some fluid retention. But it made me realize I'm not being entirely truthful with myself about what I'm eating. I'm going to work hard this week to track better. I've also come to realize that I think I've gone a little bit overboard with my activity requirements. I tend to get obsessed with meeting a certain number of steps or minutes of activity and really I don't need that much to be healthy. I'm going to try to scale back this week and keep my steps and activity at a more normal level. I'm hoping that will get my mind back on track too. Hope everyone else is doing well on their plans.
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Post by wwlurker on Jun 20, 2017 12:42:24 GMT
Good morning everyone! cj59 - I think it's a good plan to try to be moderate in all things - food and activity! The scale was down 1 this morning, so that's good, but it's still not back down to where it was pre-weekend and WI is tomorrow. Yesterday was ok food-wise but I still haven't made it back to the gym - there's a cold running through our house and I've caught it. I'm just going to keep on keeping on! Hope everyone has a great OP day!
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