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Hi Dragonmama and Lazycat. Congrats to both of you! Excellent lab results DM and Lazy cat that is an awesome wt loss!!
My weigh in today and only down 1 lb, but 1.5″ off my BB measurement. I had expected more weight off, but the scales was fluctuating wildly this week. Obviously that day that I was 6 lbs down was a water shift, which is why I felt so weak that day. And now most of that water back with me.
Still I am moving in the right direction and will keep on keeping on.
Almost lunch time Monday here, fasting today so will break my fast with some vegetarian ratatouille and sprout salad.
I am curious about MOT too?
Fast day went well yesterday. Got to stay in my tdee today which I find more challenging than the fast day. I am avoiding breakfast and not eating til lunch time so that I can have a more substantial sized lunch and dinner.
BTW how do you track your calories? I use a fitbit and input food intake. It displays a cool graph which compares calories in to calories expended through exercise et al. I find it to be a good motivator when I am tempted to just have 1 more bite,piece,slice,serving etc. . .
Had a walk on the beach yesterday too dragonmama-but all bundled up with hat,scarf,mittens as it was cold. I imagine you walking in sundress and sandals, I’m only a tiny bit envious😂
Hi all,
DragonMama, you are doing great! We are being very disciplined. I hope that I can be the same.
In It To Thin It, congratulations on your weight loss and the reduction in inches. I have still to measure the initial shock of my weigh in when I recommenced this was enough of a shock. However, I will do it next weigh in.
MOT is when you put your car in the garage for it’s annual check up. Having a blonde moment too DragonMama as I can’t remember what MOT stands for.
Still cold in Scotland.
Enjoy your week.
Hi Both, I am very impressed with your stats DM – hoping I can duplicate your results! 6 kg and 25 cm smaller is something to celebrate.
i ended up doing a second fast day yesterday for 2 in a row, as was busy at work and didn’t feel hungry much when I got home. Tallying up my calories I found I was at 430 for the day so went to bed happy. Woke up hungry today,but scales showing 1.5 lbs lower. Some of that will come back on as I re-feed today. Maybe will try the spinach/feta/white sauce pancakes . . sound AMAZING!
FITBIT is a small exercise tracker that one wears as a bracelet. It tracks all steps plus exercise, sleep quality,tracks calories in, calories burned etc. It will sync with your computer to download the data and you can track your steps/mileage, input your foods and set goals. It displays all this data in some nice graphs/pie charts. It is waterproof so wear it for swimming. If you like to play with numbers, like I do you, can input all kinds of data to predict how long it will take to reach your goals.
The technology is wonderful and for me quite motivating. If I see I have not reached my 10,000 step goal in a day (5 miles) I get up off the couch and go for a walk after dinner . . . well sometimes,lol!
Hi all,
Sounds like you are both doing really well and very motivated.
Non fast day today and I had cheese toastie for lunch. It is my first taste of cheese in 2 weeks and it was lovely! However, I will need to view it as a treat rather than a part of my daily diet. Can’t trust myself to have it in the house. Aiming to be under my TDEE today and fast tomorrow.
In It To Thin It, 2 fasts days in a row. Well done!
DragonMama, very impressed with your measurements. I bet it feels great.
I’m still here DM. Last nite I woke up at 2:30 AM STARVING. Could not get back to sleep so finally got up and made some toast with butter. Have never eaten in the night before?!!
Feel pretty good this morning though and I think I can see a shadow of a hip bone as my belly seems to be getting flatter-yay!
Rain and more rain here. I am guessing you will be off to the beach again- you lucky thing.
I am through fasts for this week. Hope to be good through the weekend, weigh in and measure Monday am. It is Friday am here. You must be almost a full 24 hours ahead of me?
Hi all,
DragonMama, Please don’t feel disgusted with yourself, you have been so disciplined. If it is any consolation I woke up starving on my fast day yesterday . Not sure why I was starving but it resulted in 985 cals. Just need to have a couple of low cals day to try and make up the deficit. However, there is only so much damage that you can undo. Not optimistic about weigh in on Monday.
In It To Thin It, I have also woke up during the night on a fast and had something to eat. Easy done and as DragonMama said it was the early hours of the next day.
Well still freezing here but we have had a blue sky today which was lovely. I really like those cold crisp days. Although a bit more heat would be nice.
Enjoy the weekend!
Hey,hey,hey dragon mama- no self loathing allowed here. Obviously your body needed a refeeding day, so chalk that one up to experience and moving on- forgeddaboutitt.
But on the topic of over eating, I have found the best way to stop a binge is to eat raw macadamia nuts. Not the chocolate covered or roasted and salted ones, just the plain unadultreated kind. Eat 10 wait 15 mins,repeat,repeat if necessary. Using this method I’ve never gotten past about 16 nuts. Because they are so high in fat, one will feel full for hours.
Ha ha yes I wondered which day to add my post midnight calories to. Glad to hear I am not the only one to have done a fridge raid. I couldn’t stop thinking of Fred Flintstone as I was eating my toast- as I recall those middle of the night fridge raids were one of his regular shticks.
Hi Dragonmama, I am fasting today too. Hoping to undo my overindulgence at last night’s dinner.We were having a family celebration and ordered in Indian food (my favorite yumm!) and than followed with home made chocolate cake. I only took a small slice of the cake at first, but the sugar monster that lives inside me was awakened and I had 2 more pieces over the evening- arrrgh. Oh and 2 glasses of wine as well. Will sit down now and calculate the calorie count. Though not sure how to value the restaurant food? Scales show 3 lbs heavier today from yesterday. Official weekly weigh in tomorrow- may be a disappointment. Sigh. . . live and learn.
The remainder of the cake still here, but thankfully it holds no appeal for me this a.m.
Off to the pool now to get some exercise.
Cheers,have a great day!
Hi all,
The weekend didn’t go as planned as I did not manage any low cal days. I am sure that the scales will be brutally honest and then I will fall out with them for a couple of days. I am also taking a couple of days of work this week so I will find fasting more of a challenge. Anyway, I can but try.
Hope that you have enjoyed the weekend.
DragonMama, sorry I forgot to say that I think that you can dowmload myfitnesspal on to your computer or laptop. I am aware that you were unable to put the app on your mobile. I really like my fitnesspal as it not only count your cals but also breaks down how much carbs, protein, fibre and so on that you have eaten. It also estimates your exercise cals burned however, I am not sure how accurate this estimate is. Thought I would mention it when it was in my head and then if you want then you can check it out. Although there is nothing wrong with the good old reliable pen and paper.
Hi lazycat and dragonmama, seems like we are all struggling this week to eat on the straight & narrow. Oh well, tomorrow starts a new week and i’m sure it will be better.
Dragonmama baboons really!?? That must have been pretty thrilling to see up close and a bit frightening too. Especially when you are 300′ off the ground. I will google that park and see where you are near to. Nothing wild like that around here but a few bears, but all are hibernating at this time of year.
I have used myfitnesspal.com too and it is very user friendly. Easy to put in your own recipes as well.
Calorie king is helpful too,thanks.
I did have a look at Google – you live in a beautiful area. Also noted your temperature at 27C today. I am envious of your weather as we are in the winter grey here. Stormsriver looks pretty amazing with the wild crashing surf. Would love to travel there one day . . .
Good news on my weigh in today, here are my stats:
Beginning:
Weight: 154.2
Ski pant measure: 5.5″ between the snaps!!
Week 1:
Weight 153.2
Ski pant measure: 4″ between the snaps
Week 2:
Weight 151.2
Ski pant measure: 3″ between the snaps
Hoping that I can keep the momentum going and fit into my ski pants in time for my ski trip. 150 lbs has always been a stumbling weight for me – where I seem to fall off any diet I am on and head back in the wrong direction. Will be “Keeping the Fast” this week in hopes of finally breaking the yoyo cycle.
Good luck to you both DragonMama and LazyCat.
Hi all,
Weigh in today and 1lb down. Am very surprised but happy. Will post measurements later as I have still to do that.
DragonMama, 27c sounds very warm but very inviting. Stormsriver sounds wonderful and I will google it tonight. I would be in heaven just looking at all the animals around you. The baboons sound great and very mischievous.
In It To Thin It, I am sure those ski pants will be hanging off you in no time.
Fasting today with Fajitas for dinner.
Good work on the 1 lb down lazy cat!
Let’s keep our downward momentum going ladies. I AM DETERMINED TO BREAK my old stumbling block wt of 150 lbs in the next couple of weeks. If I get stuck again it will have to be at a different stall wt,as really hate that number!!
Fajitas sound yummy, i’ll be having Shirataki noodles with marinara, hold the garlic bread.
Hello DM & LC,
39 degrees is too hot- wow. Is this the hottest time of the year for your area? Must be hard to sleep at night or does it cool off after dark?
This tdee business is a bit confusing,such a wide variation from site to site. I am trying to stay at the tdee for my goal weight so that I won’t rebound back up the scale once I get to goal. It is no wonder I packed on the pounds when I think of the mindless snacking I have been doing over the last several years. I think it all started from a diet book I had that encouraged 6 small meals a day. That got translated into 6 snacks a day plus meals- good grief! 52 WOE is such relief to my gut, that had been working overtime. I feel so much better eating this way.
However, my youngest daughter loves to bake and had made maple syrup cupcakes yesterday. The house smelled so good when I came home from work,succumbed to the temptation and ate 2, plus some more of the icing yikes. Once that sugar monster is awakened it is hard to quiet it down again.
Hi all,
DragonMama, that level of heat would kill me or make me a bit crazy. 22+ and I struggle. Am glad that your calculations are spot on.
In It To Thin It, I agree TDEE has vary. According to the calculator on this site my TDEE is just over 1400 so in reality I should be eating around 350 cals on a fast day. Certainly not doable at the moment. To lose 1 lb/week myfitnesspal has estimated that I have 1200 cals/day. I try for 2 fast days with 500 cals, 3 days under 1200 cals and at least 1 day slightly over 1200. Well that’s my plan and we will wait and see how it goes!
Hi LC & DM, I like your plan too LC and will try it this week and report back.
Sorry about the long distance temptations. My daughter is really testing my resolve, she made lemon meringue pie yesterday. Oh my! Strangely it held no appeal for me yesterday, but this morning it looks delicious. I have covered it with a tea towel in hopes that out of site, will be out of mind and out of my tummy. She is 18 and can eat anything without putting on an ounce.
DM good work on nailing the fast day yesterday i’m sure you will be off your plateau in no time.
And LC, IMHO, I agree 350k is not enough,despite what your tdee is.
Hi all,
DragonMama, I love bread too and it usually goes with cheese.
In It To Thin It, You have done well to resist the pie. Yeah, 350 cals are absolutely nothing in a day. Especially when I am just getting back into the swing of things.
Am struggling today with fasting as at home so may have to count it as a low cal day.
Good morning, managed to avoid the pie yesterday so feeling good about that but ruined my fast day by scarfing down some granola,followed by cheese and crackers after dinner. Not a total blowout as I stayed under tdee,but I have gut grief this morning so will try and straighten myself out by fasting today. Dairy and grains are not a good combo for me.
My 2 daughters love to bake. I think because I never would buy cookies,cakes they learned at a young age that if they wanted a baked treat they would have to make it themselves. Neither wants to be a chef, but would be nice to have 1 in the family😃.
Thinking about tdee, it is quite a revelation how little cals one should be eating, compared to how many I was previously taking in. And oh so mindlessly…eating while driving,eating while watching tv, having a bag of cookies in my drawer at work and munching all day long! No wonder I was packing on the lbs.
Equally amazing to me is how in such a few short weeks my apetite seems to be reset and i (dare I say I it) seem to be regaining a modicum of control. This WOE is a great!
Hi dragon mama, hope your eye is better, made me cringe to read about it.
All is well here, but fell to the call of my daughters banana bread yesterday at breakfast. That started a bad day of struggling for control af my appetite. Ate some bread and felt terribly bloated-blechhh!
I have 2 social functions this weekend where I am hoping there will be some lo cal food choices. Not feeling confident about the upcoming weigh in this week . . .
Following your excursions on google, how lovely to be near so many interesting spots. Stay cool today!
Hi,
DragonMama, I love your positive attitude. I could be doing with some.
I have totally struggled for days due to being at home in this week and studying. The two send me into overdrive with the munching. Thankfully, I am back at work on Monday so hopefully next week I will be back on my plan.
In It To Thin It, social events can be a killer. I have one tonight but I have decided to drive (for many reasons) so hopefully, it will not be too calorific.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Wow very impressive loss DM -your persistence and hard work is paying off! Off that plateau and sliding down again- hooray!
Are you planning to sell/move house?
LC I too find it really hard to avoid grazing when at home. Too many easy ways to access foods. Even when I don’t keep store bought treats I will find myself scarfing raisins or having a spoonful of honey. All those little amounts do add up after a day at home. What are you studying?
Struggled with my fast days this week, did 2 days in the mid 600s,1-700,2-1200,2- 1600 cals. Not quite according to plan which you had laid out LC and I wanted to follow, but still good enough to lose 1.2 lb. So will be satisfied with that. No change on the waist measurement.
Found this great saying for weightloss “it’s a slow process, don’t make it slower by quitting”. Love it!
Sunny Sunday here today so off now for a long ramble with my Irish setter, Ruby. Thankful not to have to wear my gumboots!
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