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Legendary Wise Elder
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#481
I never have low swings. Never. It’s always high swings. That’s why I have to be very strict with my 1200 calories a day. A few months ago I gained 12 pounds in 10 days. I gain like crazy. I really have to watch it and weigh regularly.
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#482
And I never eat above 3000 or 3500 calories even on my bad days.
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#483
I did bad today.I ate fried chicken,chips,corn on the cob and drank a whole pitcher of cocktails with coke in it.I also ate a snickers bar and a bag of crisps a sandwich with cheese and tomato.All of that is over 2000 calories.So today is a write off and I definitely overate.I am going to start my diet again tomorrow and aim for 1300 calories.I am not going to feel bad,every now and then getting a day where I eat wrong is bound to happen.
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#484
Aloha!
I will have consumed about 2000 calories by the end of the day. My weight a couple mornings ago was about 173. Aloha. PS As everyone probably knows, this word is used both as a greeting, and when departing. __________________ Dx: Bipolar I, ADD, GAD. Rx: Fluoxetine, Buproprion, Olanzapine, Lamictal, and Strattera. |
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#485
151 this morning - about the lowest I have been and about as low as I want to go. I may go a a few more just to see the 140s on the scale but ~150 is a good weight.
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#486
I totally overate last night. I’m not feeling the greatest today. I had an iced coffee and a couple waffles with syrup. For lunch I had a slice of pizza and fries. For dinner I had a cookie. I’m drinking unsweetened herbal tea now but I didn’t have a ton to drink to drink today. So I may be dehydrated. I’m not sure what the scale will read tomorrow.
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#487
I overate also. Not a big deal since I was 151 this morning; about as low as I need to go. That's a BMI of 23.0. A few sweets and carbs today, including pizza for dinner. 154 tomorrow would not be surprising. I hope to keep it in the low 150s now that I have *maybe* gotten there. "Maybe" is because it was after a few days of really low sugar and carbs that kind of shocked the system. I will do another really low sugar and carb day tomorrow the go to the gym tomorrow night, trying to take care of whatever damage I see on the scale in the morning.
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#488
Rounded up to 154 this morning. I hope to get to the gym tonight, but I may do a long walk (as in 5+ miles) today instead as it is supposed to get up to 60.
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#489
keeping my calories at 2000 and under but what I am eating are bad choices,fried chicken and chips,burgers,chips,pizza,ready diet meals,all are unhealthy,even if I count the calories I am not going to lose weight and get healthy eating such junk.I have got to eat lean protein and vegetables and no fried foods,chips,cheeses or crackers and lessen the carbs!
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#490
I was 149.8 today. I had half of a bakery cookie which I think was around 150 calories. Then I had a 25% bigger can of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup which was around 210 calories. Then I had a lean cuisine at 340. Dinner will be a mini lean cuisine pizza at 400. It will equal to around 1,120 or 1,150 calories. It depends on how many calories the cookie had. And soup. I didn’t feel like doing the math.
I had a lot of sodium today. That can of soup had 2,670. The the lean cuisine had almost 600. So I may gain a couple pounds in water weight. __________________ Ridin' with Biden |
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Went a little crazy late yesterday and bumped up a little. I rounded up to 155 this morning. The rounding is a nit that is important to me because I am trying to stay under 155 now that I have made it into the low 150s.
It's funny how I play these mental games with myself, but it does help. I am still considering the 150s as my maintenance range but I have 3 lines in the sand now. 155 is a warning and a call to action or to at least be alert about whether it is a reasonable exception or altered general day to day habits pushing me over. I will likely allow myself to cross it for holidays. 160 is my scream weight - red alert calling for extreme action to start trending down even if I am pretty sure it is a spike. I would consider going over 164, giving me a BMI of 25+, a major life event - failure to keep the weight off. Recovering at that point would mean a 10+ pound loss to get back in my preferred zone. I am committed to never let that happen. If I start shrinking and get shorter as I age, I will adjust according to stay below a BMI of 25, with a preferred range of 23 to 23.5. __________________ | |Up and down |And in the end it's only round and round |Pink Floyd - Us and Them | |bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD |lamictal, straterra | Last edited by UpDownAround; Mar 03, 2019 at 11:09 AM.. |
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#494
I had alot of apple pie and ice cream around 10 last night. This morning I was 149.4. So maybe I do get low spikes or whatever they are.
Today I had a couple string cheeses for breakfast and then carry out from Denny’s for lunch. My calculator says 935 calories. I plan on just having soup for dinner. I’ve been having issues with hunger after taking my night medications at 6PM So I’m going to try taking my meds at 8PM and then immediately going to sleep. __________________ Ridin' with Biden |
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It's not healthy though!Food has to be nutridense to be healthy it has to be nutritious,you can be thin and be unhealthy and have a heart attack and stoke from eating fast food and processed foods.Eating more vegetables is what is healthy not fast foods and processed!I don't just want to lose weight I want to stay cancer free,I had cancer before in 2016 and became cancer free from eating lots of vegetables and totally overhauling my diet,I want to get back to that.Only this time I am going vegan too. |
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#496
Yeah, your probably right. I’m skinny but I’m getting sick every few weeks. I can’t tell if it’s my stress and anxiety or my diet. I eat zero fruit and hardly any vegetables. I had a small piece of a green pepper yesterday but that was the first actual vegetable I had in over a week. I do feel like crap most of the time. But healthy foods just don’t fill me up the way unhealthy stuff does.
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#497
I eat a lot of fresh fruit and veggies but also a fair amount of processed and some fast food. I think it can be part of a balance. I miss about a day of work a decade from illness, so my immune system is pretty strong.
155 this morning. Even though I kept to goal yesterday, all that calorie dense late snacking from Saturday probably averaged to maintenance of over. I will go to the gym tomorrow AM and weigh next on Wednesday. __________________ | |Up and down |And in the end it's only round and round |Pink Floyd - Us and Them | |bipolar II, substance use disorder, ADD |lamictal, straterra | |
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#498
You can be in your 20’s and be at a healthy weight but still be very unhealthy. You can still have a heart attack. It’s not just about losing weight..it’s about living a healthy lifestyle. Also, weight melted right off me too when I was in 20’s..not so much now that I’m 40. I also think my choices that I made when I was in my 20’s caught up to me now that I’m older. Well that mixed with some hormone issues. I do tend to eat some convenience foods but I tried to get in the habit of doing some meal preparation on Sundays so I have some healthier go to options especially during the week with work. What I learned especially for me on my journey towards better health is that no matter what diet you are following or what lifestyle changes you are making you have to eat at a calorie deficit to lose weight. Unfortunately for me that doesn’t include McDonald’s because I’m trying to instill healthier choices in myself. I’m not perfect and do give into cravings for the unhealthy stuff..but I go by progress not perfection. Yesterday I had 1/2 cup of ice cream at 9 but I tracked the calories and won’t eat it again this week. Moderation is key for me. I also have to pay attention to sodium. If I eat a can of soup for dinner or a lean cuisine -I’ll weigh 3 more pounds tomorrow morning. Everyone is different. Marilyn, you are doing good. Keep going. It’s not easy but our bodies are worth trying to save. I wrote an apology letter to my body for feeding it crap. It helped.
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#499
I think the takeaway is that there is a lot more to a healthy lifestyle than making the optimum choices at every meal. Eat less and move more - both are important. A well rounded diet does include some fat and some carbs. As far as sodium. water retention spikes only bug me a little as I set up my range to include them and I know weight bounces up and down. It's the trend I worry about.
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