164.
Headed back in the right direction..... thanks Possegal!
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164.
Headed back in the right direction..... thanks Possegal!
127.4 today - I seem to be on a 2-pound swing right now.
I want to complain about my nutrition lately. Not only it hinders weight loss but it leads to weight gain :( I was invited to a lot of celebrations and going outs so I mix alcohol with sweets and fats :( Poor protein intake and minumim water...I keep training but today I feel wasted and the junk and alcohol mess my recovery. I intend to stop this vicious circle now starting from an hour ago :)
106.4
I spend all week trying to lose weight from the weekend, when I eat normally/healthy, but not strictly.
Going up north for x country skiing in a few hours, and there will be more carbs than usual this weekend. I feel like giving up the goal of 104, but since I did this last year, with a goal of 105, which turned into 104, I am not giving in yet. I've been experimenting with some different things to tweak, so I'll be back on the plan Sunday night.
111.2. Up a hair but still trending down. According to my trend chart I am losing a bit more than a half a pound a week. I am ok with that.
127.4 again - sigh...
121
I started this week at 121 and have held it there. Yay! The coming week is going to be tough, with several food events planned. Fingers crossed I can at least hold it here.
104.5 and holding.
Had to give up stair-climbing as I ended up with ball-of-foot pain (Metatarsalgia) in my right foot. Stairs are tile-on-concrete, and even with my good trail-running shoes with inserts, the pain afterwards is just not worth it. Our condo is tiled and living on a tropical island, I am usually barefoot or in flip-flops, so it's not a big surprise that adding something new to the exercise mix caused problems.
Still keeping up with 2x weekly yoga and lots of biking and swimming, so that seems to be doing the job without my having to restrict food too much. :)
This is a far better way of looking at this than my sighing over the same thing - thanks for the kick in the butt :) I know you didn't mean it that way, but you got me thinking. It is no small thing to maintain this time of the year, and I am working to actively build muscle...so I've no reason to complain. Thanks!Quote:
Originally Posted by Chile Pepper
165.
We spent the weekend with old friends in DC (complete with too much pizza/beer) and I came home with a nasty cold....I'm ok with basically holding steady after that weekend and limited exercise/not eating terribly well after we got home. Hopefully I can kick the cold soon and get off of the soup/mac'n'cheese/few other things that sound good diet.
Yesterday, I was 154.8 and feeling stuck over the past week. Today, I woke up to 158.4. WTH? I'm not even counting it, but will weigh again tomorrow.
I'm getting pretty discouraged. I keep reminding myself that my high weight is 2-3 lbs. lower than last year, but I am spending every week just getting my weight back down from the weekend. I didn't weigh myself yesterday, after our x country ski trip, but today I was at 108. I just haven't been able to fully commit to the 2 week total no grain plan and go for more than a few days without my glass of red wine. And I'm wondering if there's something I can do with my exercise to change this up. Still going to boot camp, but I've backed off of the running, as my hip is really not great with it. I'm doing the trainer or spin at least 2X a week, as well as nordic skiing, snow shoeing, hiking, too. Clothes still fit OK, albeit maybe a bit snug in the hip area, but I feel flabby.
It's not like me to not be disciplined, so I just keep trying.
Sometimes this stuff just doesn't make sense to me. As much as you exercise and as clean as you eat, crankin, it makes no sense that you are gaining weight. Even though you are still light, I know you feel the same as me at 108 -- not a happy camper! :(
You don't think that paradoxically you might not be eating enough and your body is going into starvation mode, do you? I know I've read/heard that sometimes eating a bit more can help in weight loss, even though it's hard to believe!
I, on the other hand, was at my lowest weight in a long time this morning, and there's no rhyme nor reason about it, but I'll take it, of course. I weighed 4-5 lbs. more when I was running regularly than I weigh now, and I'm not eating very differently. I did cut out my daily fruit smoothie in the afternoon (an extra "meal" I didn't need), but that was months ago. In my case I think some of it may be hormonal since I am in the peri-menopausal fluctuation time. I did add two bike rides to my weekly workout, but it's hard to imagine that making this much of a difference in my weight-maintenance efforts. If it's that, then good!
I suspect I'm going to be putting on a few lbs. soon as we'll be leaving Belize in either March or April (depending on whether the sale of our condo goes through or not), and towards the end we'll be going out to eat a lot more -- got to hit all our favorites one last time. And in the US too, I'm sure we'll be eating out a lot at first. So better to start a little lower if I can maintain now.
115 this morning. I really don't know if that is accurate though. My old scale stopped working and I finally bought a new one yesterday. I really think it is weighing me too light as I didn't get as much exercise or really watch my food intake when I was without a scale. Plus, my clothes are not fitting any differently to reflect a weight loss. :( Since the scale seems to be weighing me light I'm going to change my goal to 110 by March 1. I wish my old one didn't stop working. It was always spot on with my both of my doctor's scales.
I'm back to logging all my food again as I always see results when I log everything I eat. It's amazing how quickly the calories can add up if you're not careful.
Emily, there's no way I'm not eating enough. Even if I took out the factor of being less strict on the weekends, my portion sizes are not super small. They're not huge, but I could not exist on some of the portion sizes recommended. You are right that my eating is very clean, but it doesn't seem to be enough. I suspect a couple of things. One, is that I naturally gain a couple of pounds in the winter, which sheds as soon as I start more outdoor cycling, even though I am exercising just as much. The other is that my body seems to be exquisitely fine tuned to whatever changes I make. And, the fact is, I get ravenous when I do outdoor winter stuff, even more than when I do hard rides. I also am going to try to do some different stuff with exercising. Not more stuff, maybe just doing some different things once in awhile.
Sitting here, trying to not have a glass of wine :mad:.
I think it makes a lot of difference to our bodies to mix up our types of exercise - that is one thing I've really learned in the last year. Also increased stress of many kinds can raise cortisol levels which doesn't help. It is important to get enough sleep (I could take more of this advice), there are just so many things that can make a difference in this area...
I've also been trying to get more sleep. Given that I get up at 4:50 a least 2x a week, it's hard, as I work later hours now. If I get in bed at 9, I'm OK, even if i stay up until 10:00.
Stress, yeah. I am getting sick of my job; not the work, per se, or even the burnout that comes in my profession, more the driving all over to go to my client's homes and the fact my office is further away than almost all of my clients. Yesterday was my first drive home in a snowstorm since 2007, when I was teaching. Of course, I was at the office, 26 miles away and I was not happy. I keep telling myself only a few more months, which is true, but somehow everyone has the idea I am there for the long haul, when really, almost everyone comes here to get their requisite experience for their full license, whether they are social workers or professional counselors.
Crankin, if it helps at all, I am usually at my lowest weights when I drink wine daily. When I was in the 101-102 range a few years ago, I had a glass of wine pretty much every night with dinner. Here, because wine is so expensive, I usually drink a beer or rum drink, and I figured that was why I had put on a few, but I am still doing it and have now lost those few lbs., so who knows?
I have really upped the intensity of my biking. I did 560 miles in January, by far the most miles I ever have done. Even though my weight loss is minimal, about 2 pounds in a month, it is in the right direction. But like Crankin, I am having trouble getting enough sleep. The old dog wakes me up at 5:00 am to pee and she urgently has to go. We go to bed about 9:00 pm but I just cannot get to sleep. I've been averaging only about 6.5 hours a night. I've tried taking the dog out and then going back to bed but I can't go back to sleep. Tonight I am taking the dog out later and will try to ignore her between 5:00 and 5:15 to gradually try to get her to sleep later. I don't know how much luck I will have as she always has been an early riser.
Because of lack of sleep and lots of biking I am spending too much time on the couch being tired. I sure need balance.
I'm sleeping OK, I'm just trying to get more sleep (as I say on a day when I woke at 4:50 for the third day this week, to go to spin).
106.0
Less than last week, downward trend, but I have been really scrupulous in my eating. No wine since Monday. Smaller snacks. Absolutely no grains since Monday, not even Ezekial bread or quinoa. I can do this for about another week, which will, hopefully, get me into the 105 range. We have no plans this weekend, so I will cook tomorrow night, but Sunday might involve going out with my son and DIL.
We are going on another x country ski trip Feb. 14-17. That is pretty close to the end of this challenge and I am afraid it might ruin my goal for me. Last year, our trip came right at the end of the challenge; I gained back all of the weight I had lost, but it was gone a week later.
104.0
Very happy with that as I have a sore ball-of-foot and have been unable to do stair climbing or any walks other than short ones. I think the stair-climbing (tile on concrete) brought it on, so I won't be doing that again. And I'm wearing shoes inside our tiled condo all the time now, as it hurts to walk barefoot. Even yoga hurt on Wed. At least riding doesn't bother it, since on my beach cruiser bike I am more behind the ball of my foot on the pedals. Hoping I don't start gaining again due to less activity!
110.2. Happy with continuing back in the right direction.
117.4, and that is even with a trip to Vegas and minimal exercise.
Bah. 156.6. I'd been dropping steadily for the past couple months. The past week and a half, I've been struggling with any loss, and even had a couple pound gain. I'm weight training three to four days a week, and have started to do some slow riding back on my bike, but my ankle injury has really been affecting me (stood on it for too many hours at a blues festival a couple weeks ago), so I'm wearing a boot most days and need to avoid putting weight on it. I really should use my Concept 2 rowing machine that's just sitting in a corner of my house to get some cardio in, but I'm being really resistant for some unknown reason.
I don't know if this is true, but I have a fuzzy memory of reading somewhere that if you were at a certain weight for a long period of time, it's like a set point, and you tend to plateau at that weight while trying to lose. If that's true, my current stuck point would make more sense to me as I was between 154-158 for years in my early 40s.
I seldom answer here, simply because I know lots of people here are trying much harder (than I) to lose/maintain their weight. As for my weight I am not totally sure: 96-98 lbs. My scale has not been totally accurate. But I have been surprised I haven't gained more weight up to now. Now, I've had a cold for past 2 wks., it's been snowing off and on with melting in between for past 2 months. So not sure what's going on with me.
I got my Well Fed cookbook today. I love most of the recipes I've seen.
I probably won't be into cooking for 2 hours every Sunday; to me, that would seem like work and would cut into my play time! I don't mind cooking when I come home, actually. It's relaxing for me. DH will often start veggies roasting or cook during the week, so except for a few things, I doubt I'll be making large batches. I always plan my meals and buy accordingly for the week, anyway. I also don't like eating the same thing a few days in a row, as in left overs. Maybe one lunch after a meal, but that's it.
I like the fact there's different ethnic dishes in this cookbook.
The recipes are awesome :) I do a lot of pre-cooking on the weekend, but only because I get home from work <3 hours before bed. The "hot plate" approach allows me to really mix things up, and I like that. I steam-saute a wide variety of veggies and protein in advance so I don't have to eat the same thing each day.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
It isn't so much a set point but it is very tough to lose weight and to keep it off for a number of reasons. Hormones that regulate appetite end up out of whack, at least for a period of time. Genes are a significant both in weight gain and weight distribution. Conditioning is a factor. Etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by murielalex
Catrin, I get home pretty late, too (6-7 3 days a week and 7:30 one day), but somehow, I've adjusted. I am home later in the AM now, so sometimes I get some part of dinner ready then. On the days I don't go to the office, and just see a couple of clients, I have more freedom to make things that require more work. We started eating later when I quit teaching; it's been 5 years, and if anything, I'm thinner now. However, I think I eat less at dinner now.
It sounds like it works well for you :) I leave home at 4:50 am and get home at 6-ish pm (sometimes much later), so I don't have much time at either end of the day for cooking. For years I just ate the same thing which wasn't much fun, THIS way I get the calories and nutrition I need, and a nice range of variety. I've also found I enjoy my cooking time during the weekend, there is something relaxing about it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
Glad someone else thinks cooking is relaxing. I always have.
Funny, once my friend we ride with came over for dinner during the week, when her DH was away. She was incredulous when she saw what we were making and asked if we always ate stuff like this! They mostly eat sandwiches/salads during the week and she saves her cooking for one-two days during the weekend. I've always seen good meals/cooking as something important, probably because my mom did. It didn't matter to me that I was working; it still seemed important. I remember once my grandmother expressing shock that I didn't just feed my kids hot dogs because DH was often away on business during the week when they were little :eek:.Like that would make a difference! Both of my boys and my brother are also great cooks, so I think it really does depend on your family's view of food, unless, like you did, you decide to change it.
I do find cooking mindlessly creative and relaxing. I always have. But then I'm either cooking for myself or for both dearie and I. I even sometimes like the hunt at the grocery store, since sometimes I shop at ethnic supermarkets/stores ...Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Middle Eastern. I don't consider grocery shopping totally boring..it's like seeing things differently ...to me.
I do now try to eat before 7:00 pm or earlier. It helps that I live close to work..a 20 min. bike ride away. :) That helps with managing my weight..by not eating supper too late.
It's funny. Growing up, my parents tried to have a hot dinner on the table every night. They'd cook two big batches of whatever over the weekend and then reheat it, and make the veggies and starch while it was reheating. When it came to actual cooking, though, my mom views it as a chore, though I think this has changed somewhat since I left home. My dad looks at it almost as a hobby. He likes playing with spices (he who wouldn't eat garlic or onion until he met my mom!). I...do a bit of both. I like playing with food, so I'll make up a big batch of chicken breasts with different seasonings, spaghetti sauce, soup, stew or whatever over a weekend. If it's winter and I'm not doing much at work/school, I cook quick stuff (eggs with spicy tomato sauce, stir fry, pizza...) but I have fun with it. (Of course, there are days I'm too tired to eat anything other than cereal, but...)Quote:
Originally Posted by Crankin
It's actually the same in my boyfriend's family. His dad LOVES cooking. If it stays still long enough, he tries to grill it. He loves experimenting with veggies. His mom, on the other hand...she says she likes cooking (and she's not a bad cook!), but she doesn't have the energy. Doesn't help that she's an incredibly picky eater. BF takes after her.
122, so up one this week. I'm actually quite pleased it wasn't more. I was traveling last week, so the diet was sidelined.
I love to cook, and I do a lot of it. My boys are 14 and 11, so I bake a lot for them, and my DH and I love good food, so dinners are generally fairly elaborate. I tend to eat more on the weekends, but I also have my longest bike ride on Sundays. I also compensate for the heavier dinners by eating mostly fruit and yogurt for breakfast, salad for lunch, and veggie juices in the afternoon. If I need something more, I try to eat lean proteins.
Wow! That is a long day! What kind of work do you do? Do you have some breaks during the day?Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin
My work day is only 9 hours not counting my lunch - I work four 9-hour days and one 4. My day starts at the gym 3 days a week however...and when I am not headed to the "iron temple" at 5am I seem to always wind up at work earlier than I have to on the other days. I need corrective/mobility exercises prior to my group training and then of course I need to shower/get ready for the office. I am a travel demand modeler (here is a Wiki link that gives a VERY abbreviated description of what that means). The next few months are going to be very intense for me so my days may well get a bit longer. Hopefully not...but we will see. Thankfully I like what I do, very much.Quote:
Originally Posted by Chile Pepper
The problem with my schedule comes when I want to do something at church or elsewhere in the evening - by 6 I am ready to go home and stay there...
164 this week.
Not thrilled with not losing, I've bumped up the weights/squats/etc and off-bike exercise and still put in 70 miles this week. I know it's probably all in the diet but I'm not willing to meticulously track/count calories so maybe this is where I stay (I'm 5'10", broad shouldered, so I'm not massively overweight, but I've lost ~35 in the last 18 mo and would like to lose another 15-20).
The BF is a chef and I love to cook and weighing/measuring ingredients isn't either of our styles....it's a rare day that either of us use a recipe for anything other than yeast dough. There's very little processed food in the house and most meals start with fresh produce, bulk beans/grains, good meat/fish, etc, etc. I do have a sweet tooth and there was a box of thin mints that disappeared too fast last week (unfortunately for the girl scouts today, I'm not buying any more...), but don't drink many calories-- a little 2% in my coffee, 1-2 beers or glasses of wine/week, no soda/juice/etc, really just coffee/water. I'm just kind of annoyed at this point...
Cooking is relaxing for me if I'm not starving. I try to spend a few hours cooking on the weekend, just to have the fridge stocked up for the week. I'm getting concerned about how I'm going to keep this "weekly cook-up" process going once the weather warms up and group rides and races start. Any ideas?
Cook on Sunday evening? I am starting to think about this as well. Right now it doesn't impact my outside schedule since I don't really HAVE one right now...Quote:
Originally Posted by Becky
That could potentially work, if I'm not racing on Sunday that week. I think it's going to come down to a week-by-week decision about when I have time to cook. Any ideas for paleo-friendly foods that don't require much prep? I would kill to find a company that makes paleo frozen foods, just to have as a back-up plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catrin