114.8
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114.8
Roxy- feel better!
201 wrong way, wrong way!
I'm not supposed to do anything strenuous that might put pressure on my sinus cavity, so no heavy breathing, for about a month. Four to five weeks, until it's fully healed. I can walk, slowly, but that's about it. Honestly, today's the first day I've had enough energy to even think about it. (And really, the twice-daily neti pot irrigations are pretty brutal.)Quote:
Originally Posted by Blueberry
I have some protein powder. I just keep forgetting to mix it in, but that's a great tip. Thank you.
As I type this, I'm enjoying a bowl of chicken noodle soup. Thank goodness for mushy veggies and Kings Hawaiian Bread, which soaks it right up. The celery is a little course, but the carrots and the little bread chunks slide right down.
I can't help cringing a bit at all the white flour, but oh well. I'm getting burnt out on acai bowls and applesauce.
:)
Roxy
178.5# still
Making some updates!
https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spr...UE&output=html
Finally a scale unpacked again! :)
Update: 138
Thanks Possegal
Looks like I forgot to mention my goal. It's about 132 me-thinks. :)
140 down to 138 yay!
151.5 :eek: It looks like the past few weeks of overeating at every opportunity have finally caught up to me...with a vengence. Oops.
No matter. Next Saturday starts my 14 week summer challenge to finally get to my goal, so there will be no more gluttenous/slothful weeks in my future. ;)
Is it too late for me?
I just found this forum today and just got my first bike last week.
I've already lost 15 pounds but I would like to lose another 15 pounds.
5/6 I was 149.5 and 5/13 I was 149.9
My goal weight is 135.
Never too late and all are always welcome!
https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spr...UE&output=html
Have to laugh at myself, clearly showing my profession, as I typed your name as analgesic. :)
136.2
#165.0
136 lbs :) :confused:
158.8 this morning, which is .6 pounds down from last week.
It's odd how things change now that my weight has come down or close to [still overweight but] never-been-as-low-in-my-adult-life levels. Suddenly the number on the scales bounces about from day to day a lot more. Until 2-3 weeks ago, I lost 2 pounds+ nearly every week like clockwork, but it stands to reason that this needs to slow down, especially given I'm also working on fitness and strength.
So after thinking about it hard, I think I need to revise my goal to 1 pound/week, that is 154 by the end of June. The 140s can wait a little longer.
224.6
damnwhiteflour
161.8
3rd week in a row. To the ounce. I had gained 2 lbs earlier in the week, so I guess it's good that it's not more.:rolleyes:
Oops, I just saw I mistyped -- 159.8, not 158.8. Freudian typo?
Possegal, could you disregard the first one on the spreadsheet.
Today was better than yesterday, so I'm going with 114.6 from this morning;)
I'm still on a water rollercoaster. Watching the numbers bounce up and down has actually become my daily morning entertainment. This morning: 218.2
I'm late and it is not good news, 201, but in good news I have not had any sugar in two days which is huge for me.
179#. Dang
More updates.
https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spr...UE&output=html
150.7 for Saturday's weigh in. Totally forgot to post it!
Hello - I haven't been connected until today. This was my weigh-in:
150.5 :confused:
So I'm going up....but my clothes are fitting looser? Some sort of plateau maybe - but it's been a month since I've lost weight.
I have to admit, I haven't been as strict with my diet because I figured my body needs the fuel for these long rides....However - I need to drop the last 15 pounds and I know I need to go back to being very strict with my diet.
So - I've made a decision to start logging my food again on the Livestrong web-site. It has a great database of foods and it's free and pretty easy to log food and exercise. I do eat really healthy foods but I tend to mindlessly eat things....like nuts
I will cut out the coconut yogurt and stop snitching my boyfriends chips....those Whole Foods wheat tortilla chips he buys with the cilantro jalapeño hummus is amazing but I know it's taking away from my calorie deficient and preventing me from losing the weight..
So maybe it's a plateau and maybe I'm overdoing it on the snacking....maybe both. Either way, I think using the Livestrong web-site will help me be more concious of what I am eating.
Good Luck! I found that logging food made it easier to stop snacking on the bad stuff- knowing that even if I only had a 'little' bit I would still have to log it at the end of the day was enough motivation to not have any :)
If you're dropping sizes though it's quite likely that there's muscle gain there!
Missed the last weigh in - have ben curled up in a ball on the couch with flu :( Just starting to come good now though! (But oh goodness have I eaten some terrible things this last week!)
Muscles are itching to get back out there - as soon as my sinuses clear enough for me to breathe standing up I'll be back on the bike.. It's taking ForEVER....
I totally forgot to check in last week.
Scale finally dropped. 129.6. Woohoo! Nice to be out of the 130s, even if barely
164.4....slow but steady I guess, so no complaints here.
Ready for the weekend! I'm hoping exercise will counteract some junk food I plan on eating while out camping. Heading of to yoga this am, then hopefully a run this afternoon, then golfing this evening. Tomorrow I'm hoping for short ride before heading out to float the river and camp. Got to love Alaskan summers when the days go on and on!
Hoping everyone enjoys the long weekend and has beautiful weather too :)
136.4
I know there is a diet/calorie and exercise imbalance going on here - though with the weather as it has been there is little surprise I haven't been able to get out there as often as I need/want. My diet isn't bad, by no means, but have probably gotten a little lax...
Well...logging food the last couple of days but I haven't been able to train since Saturday...I pulled a muscle in my right calf- or over streched it?...not sure but it hurts....even walking has been painful...cycling and stairs are very painful.
I weighed in at 149. At least I am back into the 140's....but not by much.
158.0
Slow and steady, though there's still a lot of day-to-day bouncing. Clearly my water retention fluctuates widely, but then I've been leading a hectic life, including fishing trips starting at 11 pm (it's not getting very dark any more at night and sunset is now at 11:50 pm). I have no complaints -- one pound a week would be ideal if it's steady (revised goal for the July 1 weigh-in is 154 right now, by the way, in line with a 1 a week goal).
back to 138, quel domage
201
I'm really embarrassed to post this: 227.4.
Apparently I'm not one of those people who can eat whatever they like and not exercise and not gain an ounce.
I'm really hoping this is just my body's coping with the onslaught of white flour and other less-than-ideal...okay, really bad...food choices I've made the last two weeks. My first actual salad I've been able to get down my very sore tongue/throat (post-surgery) was Tuesday.
The last couple of days my face and chest have been breaking out everywhere I got a little too much sun last weekend. I'm breaking out in these tiny little red bumps, some of which have pinhole white heads. Yesterday I couldn't even wear my usual powder foundation because my face actually hurt. My chest, too. Everywhere that was sunburned. It's like my body is purging toxins, but I'm not sure what they are. Unless it's all the bad food that I'm not used to eating.
I'm wondering if it's some medication that I'm on and I'm not supposed to get into the sun.
I'm also very bloated. I practically slosh when I walk.
So I go from 218 and feeling hot, to 227 and feeling like a slug in the matter of three weeks or so.
argh.
Roxy - I can get back on the treadmill now, but nothing too strenuous, per the doctor. Nothing that would make me breathe very hard -- my nasal passages are still raw from the surgery on the 6th. Gross and gory details from the follow-up visit on Thursday have been omitted. :)
I have to say, as a doctor of pharmacology (ie, drug doctor), that was what was going through my mind when you said it.Quote:
Originally Posted by channlluv
Hope you are feeling back to your self soon!
Thanks, Possegal. You know, I was on a really strong antibiotic up until a week ago. Augmentin or something like that. Is that an antibiotic?
163.8 WTH???v:mad::confused::mad: Awesome- I gained 2 lbs. Super.
grrrrr... I am NOT happy about gaining 2 lbs this week. I didn't eat that terribly.... but I didn't workout as much as normal (2 days less than normal). Some days I swear I just want to take diet pills and say to hell with the consequences of damaging my heart. I'm SO sick and tired of fighting this weight battle- I want to scream. Why can't my weight be a non-issue instead of an all-consuming issue all day, every day of my life since I was a teenager? I know it could be worse, but still...just feeling frustrated. ;) Just so sick and tired of fighting this battle and so sick of the emotions that darn scale brings out in me. I'm down I'm happy for a week. I'm up I get cranky. And everyone of my naturally thin friends keep trying to tell me tips and tricks the last few weeks (and I'm not even asking for their help) and I want to punch them because they've never struggled with weight and they don't know what it's like to eat well, deprive yourself and still struggle to lose poundage.
Sorry for the rant. I actually feel a little better.
Rant over- back on the wagon...
I'm not a naturally thin chick, so don't punch me. :D Especially since I'd punch back.
Are you doing any weight training? Seriously, I think my weight training work with my trainer is the best thing for keeping my weight down.
Veronica
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Originally Posted by Veronica
I won't punch you (mostly because I KNOW you'd punch back and I know it would hurt). :D
I stopped weight training about a year ago. I know that it helped when I lost weight before, but I was starving myself back then and when I started eating again (but still weight training), the weight all came back +10.
It's not that I don't know what to do, it's just that I'm so tired of counting every bite. I just want to eat healthy and maintain a healthy weight. I have two extremes:
1. I'm either being SUPER strict and watching/counting every bite and losing weight or
2. trying to eat normally and gaining.
I have NO idea how to maintain.
I'm just uber frustrated lately. Less than a month ago I was 6 lbs lighter right before my marathon. I gained 5 lbs in 2 weeks, without much change in anything. And now I can't lose 1 lb to save my life.
Bring on the phen-fen
I know, I know... I should start strength training again, I'm just being pouty...:p Thank you for trying to be helpful (and not telling me to just get more sleep and I'll lose weight, or only to eat out once a day and you'll lose weight- not that I eat out at all- or just drink green tea the weight will melt right off.... grrrr skinny chicks)
So my next question...:D
What's your ratio of carbs/protein/fat? What's worked for me is a 40/40/20. I'm not super strict about it, but it's my general goal.
What I'm hearing is that you're restricting what you eat instead of finding a way to incorporate what you like into your diet. For example I love Trader Joe's cinnamon bread - 390 calories of carby goodness! plus the butter Totally throws my carb ratio out of whack. I eat it on days I run, have a race or a long bike ride. If it's a swim, weight training, yoga day, forget about it. I swear the stuff makes me run better!
I HAVE to have a sweet after dinner drives me crazy if I don't. Drives me crazy that I need it. Right now it's Trader Joe's chocolate covered frozen banana bits. A serving is 4, I eat 2.
Life sucks when you don't eat what you like, but you have to figure how to make it work. Depriving yourself isn't going to work. Which I know you know, but I wanted to say it anyway. :D
And you know, how many IM and marathons have you completed? You rock girl and you can do this.
Veronica
Thanks for the encouragement, V. When I incorporate what I like to eat, I go back to gaining. Maybe when I eat what I like I eat too much and that's the reason for the gain. I have to find that perfect medium of eating what I like, but maintaining. I think it all comes down to me being incredibly frustrated that I lost 35, gained back 45 and am struggling like heck to just lose 20. I don't need to be a size 4 like last time I lost: I would be slap-happy with an 8/10 (I'm almost 40, my body doesn't lose like it did when I was 30).Quote:
Originally Posted by Veronica
I guess I want it to be easy and I know it's not. I was so determined to NOT race as athena this season, and with my first two races next weekend, I'm still WELL above the athena cut-off. I'm disappointed that food rules my life and that the scale rules my emotions. I just want to be normal (not that I have ever been that way, but I can dream).
Thanks for the tips. I'll jump back on the wagon and get this thing taken care of. I WILL be 150 or less by the IM in late September. I might kill me, but I WILL do it!!!