Weight Loss and Exercise #4

I got to 156.6 yesterday. My lowest since before Thanksgiving 2020. I had a cheat day yesterday, my first in 10 days. Then today I was 159.6. But I feel like thats an improvement because often during a cheat day I'm already at 158 so then I go up to 161 the next day. So I'm hoping this means I'm out of the 160's. Today I ate what I could which wasn't a lot.

I really would like to get back into some kind of exercise regime, I was until last year very fit. I used to run a lot, then I got bad sciatica and had to stop.

I began to run again with the encouragement of my physio earlier this year then it transpired I was very anaemic, which could explain why I was struggling even on short runs.

Anyhow it’s knocked me out of the exercise habit, in the meantime I’ve turned 50 and psychologically I think I may be giving myself a get out because of that. Or maybe it’s wise to adjust my expectations idk.

I swim once a week and that’s pure pleasure, it’s so easy compared to running. I would like to run again…. I’m just lacking the motivation to get out of the door.

Today I took a 40 minute walk outside, then after that I did 30 minutes on the treadmill, and am going to also do some weights and resistance bands a little later today

I got down to 197, then some stressful things, have fluxxed up to 200. Not super concerned, it's a mild fluctuation, but I do need to get back on logging my meals daily and portion control. I've done some meal planning for the week so I already know what I plan to do. And my workouts are fairly well planned out.

I'm going to make sure I get to bed on time so I can get up and go running as planned too. I hope to get back down this week and continue the loss downwards.

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I think things will go off kilter this week as we’re on holiday, but I did at least have a salad last night. It’s good some places show calories on menus now because some choices are pretty high.

168.4 right now. Still obese (I'm 5'2"). See my dietician at noon and she will not be happy.

I was 157.6 today. I didn't have any soda or coffee today only an 80 calorie Gatorade. I quit with all the vegetables and started up again on my processed stuff. I started eating actual breakfasts instead of just drinking a soda. So today I had a piece of Eggo French toast and a Toaster Strudel scrambler. Then lunch was an Uncrustable and frozen burrito. I had a hard boiled egg for a snack and I just now had a pack of Uncrustable taco bites. The whole vegetable fruit diet wasn't working out very well. I was way too hungry on it and I wasn't losing weight. At the moment I'm at 1025 calories and 140 carbs. I have 275 calories left. If I were eating vegetables I'd have blown through all my calories already because vegetables just arent filling. My body just works on processed foods. It may not be totally healthy but I've kept off almost 80 pounds since Thanksgiving 2015 eating like this so it works.

Update:I had a second Uncrustable for dinner. My stomach has been off all day and I didn't know why. Then it hit me. The peanut butter in the sandwhiches are ****ing with me too because duh. Peanut butter=nuts which I seem to have developed an intolerance to. I could buy $6 sunflower or wow butter I guess. I feel like puking my guts out right now though. I was fine when I was avoiding all that though

Kinda freeform ate this weekend, stuff i dont often eat, like cottage cheese and peaches up the yin-yang. Weighed myself this afternoon and still the same, even though today is the day i take my diuretic. I havent exercised in a few days either. But right now i am out of cookies, so thats at least 100 cals/day, up to 500. So stopping those should put me into a deficit, right? Just gotta rev myself up again. Be careful not to overexercise, i did overdo it last week and was really exhausted for a few days after. Should be cool weather this week.

I feel like I've put on a ton of weight but I just weighed myself now without my pants on but my shirt on and I was 162. So I'm still maintaning in that 157-160 range. I think its this stretchy polo shirt I'm wearing. I think I'm just so used to T shirts but I had a pretty important appointment this morning.

Ug, I failed last night at staying on plan, but it's okay. Managed to be on track so far today and already went running this morning.

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Breakfast was cherry tomatoes and hummus, tuna and crumpets, and coffee. Just had 3 mini cukes with dry seasoning only. Not starving at 5pm like i usually am. Whats for dinner depends on if i get a timely amazon delivery.

I might buy a countertop ice maker. This might help keep me in fresh veg until i get a new fridge. Plus i like the idea of a small cold food cache. Otherwise i get carried away with what i "think" im gonna eat. This helps me be more deliberate. As do food prices!

I'm down 7 lbs in 8 weeks. I seem to be losing more quickly in the last few weeks though which is great. I have a medical issue making exercise really hard; I just emailed my doctor to see if it's treatable in any way so I can boost the weight loss.

I started at 230. I'm now at 223. My first goal is 220. Not that meeting that goal means much more than my goal switches to 210 but it feels significant.

I ate basically just carbs today. 250 carbs. But I'm only at 1,190 calories. I need to eat better but I didn't feel good mental health wise so my appetite was low and I just wanted soda and Uncrustables and a bagel. I got some more fruits and vegetables though. I weighed in at 160.

I was 158.2 today. My new therapist works with people with eating disorders and thinks theres some dysphoria going on. Especially when I voiced my concerns with my hips. I told her I was already a 32 in pants, kinda indicating to her I was already a small size, and she said "excatly" so I know I don't really need to lose anymore. I would at least like to get to 150. She wasn't telling me not to lose anymore or to lose more. She just said guys have a lot of different body shapes too not just women. She does want me to up my calories by 50. Today I had just under 1500 calories but 290 were eaten at 1AM and I'm never sure how that works into things when I eat at that time. I don't know what else I'll eat today.

Basically I'm only going to lose weight if I completely starve myself. I was 159.2 today. I had a Pepsi, 2 small pieces of london broil, a lunchable without the drink, a small Fanta float from Sonic, a pastrami rueben sandwhich without saukerkruat or thousand island, which I guess then doesn't count as as pastrami rueben, and a bit of cesar salad, and it seems like my weight is already up. And yeah I'm still hungry.... so basically I need to be super super strict or I gain easily. I messed up my metabolism somehow at some point.

I'm wondering if my new med will do the work for me. I can't eat and in 2007 after starting Lithium I went from 160 to 145 in 3 weeks. Though no one believed me I was having a med reaction back then as a 14 year old and now my team would lose their **** if I went from 160 to 145 in 3 weeks.

I’ve fallen off the wagon somewhat with holiday last week, then this week heatwave. My food intake has been sensible, a lot of salads, but exercise dropped off and heatwave made it impossible - got to swim today but school holidays mean the pool will be no go zone for next 6 weeks. I will try to do better and get out for a run.

Making a stir fry tonight and that’s fairly healthy.

I was 159 excatly today. So far I've had 620 calories and 680 left and no desire to eat. I did get some stuff today I can hopefully stomach. Everyone is telling me to quit with the weight loss, and I'm not saying I don't agree with them its that a lot of the time I'm just not hungry, either due to stress or anxiety or frustration or my meds. Its not on purpose all the time.

My adult son started a fitness regime and this has helped motivate me this week, so I got a run in this morning and although I hadn’t run in a while did manage a slow 5k (very slow but that’s okay) followed by some gentle yoga. I just need to keep up the momentum!

He’s paying a lot of attention to his food intake and that’s good so he’s asked for fish, I’m not a big fish cook so I’m going to check out some Mediterranean recipes today.

I’ve done really well avoiding sweet stuff recently which is good progress. I’m not looking to lose weight but my blood sugar was only just within okay range last time and want to get that down.

I've had about 900 calories today. I know that is bad. My weight is still around 157.8-158.6. I've stayed hydrated at least.

I was 157.4 today. I had around 1200 calories and I ran a lot of errands so I wasn't just sitting around all day.

I've been holding at 200 after I got down to 197 then had a bunch of stressful stuff happen. But I managed to hold it at 200 while I couldn't commit to a calorie deficit, and I continued running a few times a week. I'm almost consistently running every morning now. And I'm trying to add a daily yoga practice - I'm trying to build myself back into the very active/athletic person I was, but I have to add a little at a time. My body is used to running in the mornings now, and I like it. I am trying to now add an evening yoga practice, but from enough starts and stops, I know that I can't just add it every day of the week. I'm trying to do it in the evening a few times a week until it feels just part of the routine, then it will happen nightly on it's own.

My weight has been dipping a bit - I think the muscle swap for fat has it fluctuating up and down, and I can feel physically smaller, so this week I'm also focused on healthy meals and portion size so I keep the calorie deficit. I think I've figured out that what works for me is a week or two of being somewhat "strict" (no junk or treats, etc.) so that the weight comes off, then I can spend a week or two in maintenance. Then repeat.

I've just been maintaing at 157 since I last posted. My therapist is being a bit controlling and being very stubborn regarding my weight loss and is adamant I don't need to lose anymore.

My weight is holding at 242. It was a little higher recently, so i am happy. I have been a little hungry but not hard core. I have a meal when i want one, seconds sometimes (and then im usually sorry!). I exercise sometimes.

I just had a blueberry streusel muffin from the health food restaurant in my apt bldg - omg it was sooo good.

I think pepcid makes me hungry. I was on my strict diet for 2 weeks and then today I took a pepcid at 4AM for bad heartburn and I got hungry and had a cheat day. I ate 2 slices of pizza and some of a churro milkshake. It was a much needed cheat day though. I didn't over indulge and I do feel a ton better physically since I had been restricting for so long.