Weight loss and exercise #2

I’m back at 149.2. I’m not sure exactly on what I had today. I had an iced coffee at 260 calories and then 3 pancakes which I think were 100 calories each. Then I had a McDouble at 390 and then a couple small slices of London broil which I put at 160 calories total. My calculator says 1,100. I’ll see when I weigh myself tomorrow.

I had two buttered toasted crumpets,shortbread biscuit,chocolate mouse,two chocolate eclairs, a pint diet pepsi and a disarronio drink with pepsi yesterday,as well as a large breakfast with two eggs,two sausages,bacon,beans,tomato,mushroom and hash browns,two toast with butter and a vegetarian lasange for dinner.Also a packet cheese n onion crisps.Must be about 5000 calories in one day!I have a common cold today.I am going to try calm down my eating and cut right back to 1500 calories today.

147 exactly today. I haven’t been feeling the greatest lately so my appetite is currently gone.

159 yesterday, up from 157 the day before. Back at 157 today. But rounded up a couple of days ago and rounding down today...

Still 147. I’m still not very hungry. I had an iced coffee from McDonald’s for breakfast which had 260 calories, for lunch I had 2 medium tater tots which had 320 calories each and a diet drink which had 30 calories all from Sonic. Dinner is going to be a piece of chicken which has 110 so that leaves me with 160 calories. I’ll probably have a protein shake which is exactly 160.

I am down 2 more pounds this morning. I'm very pleased. I can see a difference in my belly.

Yesterday 156 and today 157, but that's rounding down yesterday (156.4) and up today (156.6) so essentially no change.

I gained weight,I have developed a lovely buddha belly!Nice,but got to get the scales going in the other direction now.

I've lost between 25-30 lbs in the last year, and that's with quite a few stops and starts and inconsistency. I'm starting to get to a place where I can be consistent and starting to feel consistently stronger and more active. It's very hard to do when you can't give it 100% of your focus and just have to shift things in your lifestyle gradually and deal with chronic health issues. But I feel like I will lose all the weight I gained starting with my first hospitalization in 2014 by the end of this year. Even my slip ups are not really slip ups, they just are slight deviations, like once a week having a higher calorie day or having a piece of cake or something very occasionally. I actually have gone down a size in my clothes, but I can't replace them all yet, so I'm just using belts, etc., to make things fit for a bit. One more size and I can shop in normal department stores again. Sometimes I can right now with some stores that go up to size 16, but one more size and I can shop pretty much anywhere because most places (aside from like high fashion) go up to a 14. I want to get down to a size 6 again, which is what I was in 2014. I'm getting there. It's kind of happening more consistently and faster now that I've moved and some things are better for me in other ways. It's a lot easier to get exercise where I live now. My daily walking mileage has gone from 3 miles to 5-6 miles a day, just with natural activity, not counting actual working out.

Right now my next goal is getting under 200. I'm really close, and I'm hoping by end of May to make it happen. It should happen before then but I'm giving myself some padding.

Seesaw

Nice progress, Seesaw. Hope you get to "onederland" soon!

156 this morning, rounded up. Good place to be in case I have a bit of Easter candy...

Over 1000 extra calories today. I might spike, but I have been steady around or just under 157, so I should stabilize below 158.

Boom - 159. I rounded up, but it's in the danger zone. I didn't start today off very well either. Should start paddling on Friday; shoulder is pretty well healed and rehab has gone well (surgery in January). When I start putting in long paddles regularly, it gets a lot easier to lose and/or maintain.

I've been struggling with a migraine since Friday, but it finally seems to be gone. Have to try and get in a workout today. I let myself eat more of a maintenance diet this weekend versus a deficit. And that's okay. Gotta be balanced and not go overboard. I hate trying to lose weight while managing an eating disorder, but c'est la vie. Feeling pretty good otherwise. Have a workout planned at some point today. And also, I am able to run at a 12 minute mile pace on the treadmill now. 5 years ago I was running a 7:45 mile, but that's okay. I'll get back there. I'm pretty impressed with myself that, even though my weight it still high, my cardio health and my endurance are still quite good. I know I can bring this back.

Thanks for the support.

@UpDownAround just keep monitoring it. And yes, regular, low-key activity is a great way to maintain. Paddling sounds fun! I should try it.

My paddling isn't all that low key, though it might be until I feel confident about pushing it with the repaired shoulder. I often did 3 hour non stop paddles last year. Sometimes as much as 5, but with short break or 2.

Oh well, I may not understand what you mean by paddling. But definitely take it easy with your shoulder until you're ready.

My scale said 154 today. I had a ton of water last night. I’ve been eating a lot of fast food these past few days. Yesterday I had 6 slices of Papa Johns pizza for dinner. It’s probably a bit of stress eating. Today I’m not very hungry and everything I’ve eaten will equal to around 1200 calories. So I’m back on track.

Rounded up to 159 this morning and having a really bad start to the day. I have to turn this around pronto! Still (barely) in maintenance range but the recent upward trend is not good.

Still maintaining around 205. It's been a rough week work wise, and haven't been able to squeeze in a workout since the weekend, but my activity level is still where it needs to be by getting my miles in. And diet wise it's been all good. My calves are killing me from walking yesterday, because I wore ballet flats and I guess walking nearly 5 miles in next to no sole makes my calves sore, lol. I'm taking it easy on the steps today and wearing well soled shoes. Going to rest, ice, heat, stretch, etc., and I'm sure it will be okay tomorrow.

I may or may not try to work out. I also thought I might try to go to a yoga class down the street instead of a gym workout.

It's going well. It's not intense, but I'm not intending it to be. This is about shifts in my habits, and weight loss over time. So anything drastic would not be the goal.

The low cost gym scheme turned out to cost a fortune for very little time and attention in the gym,so I vented my fury at the people who pushed the scheme to me,it's not low cost why didn't they say that and not waste my time.I am seeing the diabetic nurse for a weigh in on May 2nd,I will start a serious diet then and start exercising on my own at home and try to walk 30 mins a day.I prefer to do yoga anyway so when I can afford I will join a yoga class.

I was 150 yesterday. Yesterday wasn’t good. I didn’t weigh this morning. So far today I’ve had around 860 calories. I think I’m just going to have soup for dinner. I am in a pattern of one day at 1200 calories and one or two days at 2000 or so calories. I am just maintaining now.

I didn't weigh this morning. I suspect I was at or very close to 160. I went to the gym early AM and earlier tonight plus only had ~900 calories today, trying to cancel out a recent day or two of over eating. I will weigh in the morning and see if I can't get back on more of an even keel...

Lost another pound. The scale is definitely moving in the right direction. I'm glad. I ordered out a couple of times this past week but I made healthy choices. It was wonderful cause I had great meals and I didn't have to cook. Will try to do that more often. Got another FitBit to replace the one that was broken. This one seems to have a few issues. I'll remain hopeful that I can work with support to resolve them. Plan to focus on hitting my step goal every day.

157 this morning; very happy to see that. Now to see if I can keep from having wild swings in what I eat for a while...

Rounded up to 158. Instead of Friday being the first day paddling again, tomorrow will be. Probably not very intense as I should ease into it and my son, who hasn't paddled SUP yet, is going with me.

I ate at the cafe and pub today,and I bought chocolate from the newsagent.I overate I felt bloated and sick and unwell.In fact when I got home I kept feeling unwell ,until I was sick,only then did I feel somewhat some relief but I am still bloated,my stomach hurts and is swollen and I feel very unwell!I have got to start a 1200 calorie a day diet and stick to it.I have gained weight,I don't know how much I gained,probably quite a bit,I will find out next wednesday May 1st when the diabetic nurse will weigh me.No more days of over indulgence like today,not healthy!