Weight Loss and Exercise #4

I'm going to try and participate in this thread once again.

I want to lose this weight before the national conference in November. I am considering getting a new scale because mine is analog and it can be inconsistent if I don't check that it hasn't edged off of zero when I step on.

I have been very good the last couple of weeks staying within my calorie allowance, particularly not going overboard at night time.

Today I decided to have a big breakfast after my run instead of oatmeal and granola. Then tonight when I made turkey tacos, I was proud of myself for forgoing the tortillas and did it lettuce wraps instead. I am considering going a step further with this and doing tofu of meat substitute instead of the turkey.

I also have curtailed my delivery orders. I actually went back to doing my own grocery shopping, and I went 2 weeks without doing my usual sushi delivery. I did do it over the weekend. But I have a new rule if I want restaurant food I either go eat it there or go pick it up.

I'm struggling tonight to not want a big snack. I made myself tea to drink while I watch Jurassic World. I still get a snack but I'm waiting until halfway through the movie.

I also went for a 3 mile run, walked 1.5 miles, and did some agility training with Andy today.

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I'm still just maintaining my weight loss. I haven't been very hungry lately due to medical issues. I don't work out but I don't look bad. I'm what you would call skinny fat. Someone who looks fit and muscular on the outside but is kind of a mess underneath their clothes.

I succumbed to a couple of cookies last night and even though that's not like a disaster, it made me feel yucky.

Today I had my oatmeal and granola for breakfast, turkey tacos fo lunch, then I was feeling kinda yucky so I did a cardio ballroom dance workout and then had sushi for dinner. I feel pretty good. I have to do some more work tonight, and I'm full, but if I do want more thana just tea I am cutting up a banana and tossing with some blueberries and topping with a drizzle of chocolate syrup. Mostly healthy with the right amount of sweetness.

Hit over 11k steps and managed a workout (sort of surprised that I pushed myself to workout).

Shower, tea, editing, tea, bed.

Oh and I put the cookies in the very back of the pantry. If I put them out of sight I won't have them unless they are actually on the dessert menu.

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I'm the opposite. I am fat but actually quite physically fit.

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My doctor told me based on my blood work I have a high chance of getting a heart attack or a stroke and I asked him if any life style changes would lower the level that is causing the issue. He said no eating healthy or excercising wont lower the level. Often times doctors just tell you to lose weight and your problems will be solved. Mainly I was asking because I had inhaled a Mexican pizza from Taco Bell in the car on the way to the appointment and I was feeling a bit guilty that maybe my eating habits were causing the issue. But he told me they werent. He is super skinny so its not like he was being biased or anything.

I was stressed with work today and tired from all the nonstop days of exercise. Today might be a "rest day" meaning no vigorous exercise but I'll still get my 10k steps in.

Big breakfast of eggs, bacon, and toast, but that's fine as long as I modify meals the rest of the day to match. Lunch and dinner are on target so I should be around 1500. Making dinner now then taking Andy on a 3 mile walk to close our evening. Chopped up banana and blueberries for dessert then crashing into bed, lol.

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Sorry if this was already posted but snacking on tic tacs in between meals to curb hunger is bad? I saw it on a TV show and I didn't get that it wasn't a healthy thing to do. I like the orange ones and the buttered popcorn Jelly Belly jelly beans. But my mom told me this was bad to do. Today I ate 67 grams of protein and 121 carbs. I ate cheese and london broil which was 0 carbs. I did have a Little Debbie turtle brownie at 1AM and a Pepsi nitro and a cup of instant mashed potatos. The majority of my calories were eaten before noon since I wasn't feeling good for most of the day because of non food related medical reasons.

I accidentally gained weight!!!! Now I weigh 263 lbs. This is ridiculous. I weighed, last time I wrote it down in here, 243 lbs. I gained so much weight!!! This monster is going down though.

Went from 166 lbs to 163.8 lbs, working out and eating healthy is paying off!

I stayed on point Saturday and Sunday with diet and exercise. I couldn't figure out for the life of me why not only am I not losing weight but I seem to be gaining! I was so upset, but I still talked myself out of fastfood on Sunday and stuck to my healthy diet. Good thing I did because I started to get cramps and realized I've been pre-menstrual and that's why I'm not seeing a drop yet. So I'll stick to my plan and keep it up with the diet and exercise and when I get through the cycle I should see a result.

It explains a lot. I'd made a medication change that affects my cycle, yet hadn't come to fruition yet so it finally has, which is good to get back on track.

Today I am going to a BBQ at a friend's house and my goal is to only eat a serving and no wine or alcohol.

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My weight has been redistributing like crazy lately due to my meds being at a too high of a level and I look kinda sick at my current weight of 158. I just took some pictures yesterday. My face is also guant like due to the meds and my eyes look like somebodys eyes do when they have Chrons disease. Its just a medical issue but nothing to be alarmed over I don't think. My doctor should tell me tommorow what to do. If I have to explain to him I'm starting to look like Pete Davidson I will. I'm pretty sure he knows who he is and what he looks like so he'll know what I mean. I just haven't been hungry for one thing but I'm still getting my calories in they just haven't been the best quality but at least I'm eating. I'm working with my therapist as well on this. My shorts have started getting really big so I'm wearing jeans in 90 degree heat but at least they still fit.

I had mostly soda today if I'm being honest. And a Reeses and a hunk of London broil and 2 scrambled eggs. I didn't have the energy to really eat. I did stay under my carbs and my sodium goal though and my protein wasn't terrible with the all meat and the 2 eggs. I am at 1,223 calories. My mom claims my weight loss is intentional and I mean can't weight loss be both intentional and unintenional at the same time. Like I want to lose weight but I'm also just not very hungry and I don't excercise.

Trying to stay at around 1200 calories during my cycle because I wasn't planning on being able to do vigorous exercise due to cramps and bloating. But what do you know, this morning I felt in the mood and did 45 minutes hard on the bike trainer, and then a fast paced 3 mile walk with Andy. We did about 4.5 miles total today walking. I was hungry for a snack but didn't want to eat dinner until after my 7pm therapy appointment, so I had a can of chicken broth, which is only 15 calories.

I am stressed that I haven't seen a loss yet, when I have been so on point with my diet and vigorous exercise daily, which I haven't been able to do in the past. I know my cycle and hormones are screwing things up right now. I made a deal with my therapist to stick with it a few more weeks and just stay consistent and if nothing happens to my weight then we will re-evaluate the strategy.

I don't want to see a doctor - don't anyone even bring it up. I have too much medical related PTSD, and doctors tend to never have much empathy or compassion - at least the ones I've seen.

But I do think once my hormones settle down it will resolve. I mean, even though I feel crampy and bloated, the waistband of my shorts felt looser when I put them on yesterday. So I really think I'm just retaining water right now - I mean, did I mention I'm feeling bloated? Lol.

I ground up tofu with southwestern spices, mixed it with a little cheddar cheese and some hot salsa and spread it on romaine lettuce leaves for dinner. Sort of a healthy vegetarian take on tacos or southwestern lettuce wraps, whatever you want to call them. They were really good, actually.

I did 45 minutes on the treadmill today plus some resistance bands exercises and weights. Been eating a lot of vegetables and cut out a large amount of sugar

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I was frustrated a few weeks ago because my weight stalled even though I had made massive healthy changes to my diet and was exercising a lot. That was during pms and then my period. A few days after that all went away I weighed myself again and my weight had gone down, hopefully it's the same for you. You're doing a great job with the exercising and eating healthy by the way

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Ive loaded my pantry with canned veg, beans, rice, potatoes, and tuna. Well and cookies, and those little cans of chef boyardee. Everytime i think of ordering pizza or subs, i pat myself on the shoulder for eating beans instead (which yeah makes me toot!). Oh and low carb tortillas.

Seesaw, hang in there! You cant "lose weight" unless you do surgery - lipo, cut off a limb, whatever! Its about being consistent. I think of myself as the Queen Mary - i are trying to turn this ship around. Dont be a pontoon boat so easy to flip. I like this better than the marathon/sprint metaphor - less sweating!

Before I had my hystrectomy there was only like 11 days of the month where I could make weight loss progress because of my period. I had PMS for 2 weeks straight and my weight would just stall and then like 3 days before my period or my supposed period I'd get really hungry.

I've eaten today, kinda. I had a lunchable and a poptart for breakfast and a 100 calorie pack of almonds for lunch. I had one full calorie soda a couple minutes ago and then a couple diet cokes with cream in them early this morning. Dinner will be some london broil. I'm still really low on calories but I'm not too hungry because of my procedure. I've had a ton of water though. I read doing phlelbotomy burns like 600 calories I'm not sure if thats true or not.

I weigh 157.2 I told my mom I want to lose 17 more pounds. She said "from where?" I'd like to lose it on the sides of me. I saw my pdoc today in person for the first time in almost 2 years. He just complimented me on the weight loss and said I looked good. He didn't say I looked too skinny or anything. I ate a totally unhealthy sandwhich for lunch but nothing else for the day because I just wasn't hungry mainly. I don't know how many calories that sandwhich had but it has to be less then 1200 because what sandwhich has more then 1200 calories?

So, I still weigh above 245 lbs. I weighed in at 248.0 lbs just a moment ago. I tried some weight loss mechanisms years ago and I weighed in at 180 lbs. I would walk to a Dollar General and back to the house, and also walk to the park around it twice and back, and some yoga. I would love to start doing that again. I feel like I'm in the current state I'm like feeling in my body the illusion that I am incapable of anything and that I couldn't ever do this one thing call exercise and lose weight. My legs I mean they go wonky....It's just this true feeling I'm incapable of anything physical or physical labor. It's probably an exaggerated Schizophrenia even that I am not able to move past these things sometimes.

I was 159.4 today. My scale got off caliber when I moved it yesterday. That or its stress. My mom moved it again today so it could be off again. Yesterday I had 1053 calories. Today was 1210. 140 calories I had at midnight. 160 calories was at 3AM. So it wasn't the best but I'm not going to fight it with how I've been feeling physically and the stress I'm under. My goal is to get to 150 pounds by October. 140 by the end of the year. Anything below 140 and I will look sick.

Sorry it's been a few days since I checked in! I was at an agility trial with Andy through most of last week and weekend and too tired to recap.

I'm down almost 5lbs since I started posting again and getting through my menstrual cycle! Yay! I can feel my body changing, my range of motion is improving, my strength is improving, and making better food choices is becoming much easier.

My goals this week are to continue to stay at around 1500 calories or less.

I've grown bored with oatmeal breakfast, so I am switching to fruit for a while. I do find it easier to go through stints of having the same meals so I can easily prepare, and then when I feel I'm getting bored with those meals I switch them up. Sort of a balance between making it easy and keeping it fresh and a variety at the same time.

Let's all celebrate with a dance party!

Oh yeah, they dont really mention Tin Man Syndrome re PMS, do they? You just think, wth is WRONG with me?! Then you wake up as baby again with your big toe in your mouth, no problem!

Well i walked from my dr appts to the bus stop today and monday. Today was a longer walk than monday's, but it felt shorter. Plus i was wearing better shoes today - boots instead of teva sandals. Still i love how fast i can see even a little improvement.

My dr is starting me on insulin. He thinks i can start feeling better, i.e., more energetic. My depression pretty much seems to be in the past. I am very excited to have reached 141 cholesterol. It seems i am always striving but never achieving, and that is utterly frustrating.

I bought Arctic Cool brand men's tees and shorts (women's dont come in my size). I love them! They do keep me cool. They have a baseball type cap too, also very cooling. It may be my imagination, but i feel like my androgynous presentation is more accepted by the strangers and acquaintances these days. I dont know if it's MY own attitude that has changed, or if more people have just become educated about the agender agenda (little play on words there). Just because im not all femme, doesnt mean i want to be a boy. Leave me alone about all that! Turning 70 doesnt hurt either.

I was 158 exactly today. So far I had a full calorie dark berry Dr. Pepper, an Amys burrito, and a large Diet Coke with cream from Sonic. I'm currently at 580 calories. I'm not sure what else I'll be eating besides the other Diet Coke with cream I have. My stomach is queasy today. I also have to stop eating after midnight and I can't eat again until who knows when. So I plan on saving some of my calories for 11 tonight. If I actually remember to wake up at 11 unlike all the other times this has happened where I've forgotten to.

I think its just a bit of loose skin. But phantom limb syndrome has me freaking out right now.

What gives? This is the second time this week where I have made it to 158 excatly and then the next day shot up for no reason. Right now I'm at 159.6. 161 with clothes. I'm trying my hardest to make it 150 by October but its been tough getting and staying under 158. I feel super fat right now because I'm wearing gym shorts.