To think about for today...
This is a big issue for me. And I wish it wasn't.
Do you 'let yourself go' when you are unhappy with your weight (ex: hair in a ponytail, no makeup, slouchy clothing)? What do you think is the reason for this shift in self care and how can you combat it?
This is definitely an issue for me. I don't like how I look in pictures and so I stop taking care of myself because I get a what's the point attitude. What I need to work on is the difference between loving myself no matter what and being frustrated with my poor food choices.
I lost another 3.6lbs this week so I am way ahead of my goal which is awesome! 13lbs/10lb goal
Great job!
@Rose&Mike Weigh in day!
148.8, so 6.2 lbs down for the month. Thanks!
Congratulations!
QOTD:
I always let myself go. I just do it cuter when I'm skinny, which makes the fat me look awful. Haha!
In the same boat.
Sadly, I'm also not one who really works hard on my appearance, regardless of my weight. I've got thin, but curly, hair. If you try to control it with overstyling, you end up with a frizzy mess. So, I shower, add leave in conditioner, and let it air dry into it's curls, fluff and go. lol. I also don't wear makeup much because it's irritating to my eyes and skin. So, special occasions only and wash it off asap.
I wouldn't say my weight determines my style, but my style makes adding weight deceptively easy.
I tend to be less concerned about my weight UNTIL I really need to get dolled up (for a wedding or interview or whatnot).
Scrubs are pretty much pajamas so I'm frumpy, but comfortable, even at work.
At home, I tend to wear capris and t-shirts in the summer, yoga pants and sweatshirts in the winter. With clothes like that, it's easy to carry excess weight without paying much attention.
BUT, when I try to find something to wear for a nice dinner out or an interview, the damage I've done with my weight becomes much more apparent.
Fitted tops, dress pants and skirts are not nearly as forgiving.
I don't wear scrubs--but I have way too many leggings and legging like pants in my wardrobe right now. Covered with a big sweater it helps me forget I can't fit in any of the regular clothes in my closet. I really need to get rid of the stretchy clothing after I lose the weight this time!
Just a quickie today!
I wear a 12! And a large! I tried on a couple different pair/ brands to make sure it's not a fluke! I've come from an 18/20 and a 2x!
Super excited!!!
Congratulations!!
So, today I need to get started adding the exercise component to my plan.
Starting just before 3 12s was good for watching my diet since I'm too busy working and commuting and sleeping to really think about being hungry. On the flip side, it's not very conducive to working out. Luckily, I only get stuck with 3 shifts in a row about once very 4-6 weeks.
So, for the next week, I will have time to work out every day but Friday. I'll call my BFF today and see what days she can fit in for walking, then schedule biking or a video for the other days of the week.
My total loss for this week was 4 pounds. Hopefully I can keep it up next week when I will have a lot more time just hanging around the house with the dogs. I've got a couple projects to work on (painting my son's room and some serious reorganizing in my own room) which will help with the boredom munchies.
Good luck to everyone else this week! We've got this!!!
Congrats on the loss and good job thinking about adding in exercise!
I lost a little more. i am down to 220.9, so a total of 4.1 for month. Which I am happy with. I just want to keep going at 1 lb a week.
My chest cold is now in my head-over 2 weeks of feeling lousy. I can't wait to feel better and up to moving a little more. My DH is making me chicken noodle soup today. He is now convinced I really need it. I usually shake off acold in days with tea, airborne,...that type thing. I love homemade soup. We have recipes from his family restaurant and they are yummy!
I wear my hair up every day, for years. I have baby fine hair and in the humidity it just goes flat here, so up it goes. I wear under eye concealer every day and some lip stain no matter what. I cant stand to see the very dark circles, even in the mirror. It seems there is always somebody knocking on my door so I do that first thing even if I am still in my nightgown.
I wear dresses so much of the time, no matter the size I am. I love how easy and cool they are in Florida, so a simple dress and sandals is my everyday look. It has been the same for years even when I had been thinner. I still have a lot of favorites in my closet from smaller sizes. I cant wait to "shop" my closet!
Feel better! I had a nasty virus over Christmas. Not fun! I think a pound a week is great progress!
Hi everybody! I have been on vacation since January 3 and have not gotten caught up with all the posts yet. I was at WDW for the marathon weekend (YES! I completed my first Dopey!!!), followed by 5 days on the Disney Dream, followed by 6 more days at WDW.
I knew it was nuts to start a weight loss plan with this trip, but I really think it helped me to focus on portions and choices more than I would have. I didn't want to feel deprived on the trip, but I was happy to share portions with my daughter and split meals when possible/appropriate.
Sadly, I missed my goal of 4 pounds in January, but the good news is that I did not gain one single pound after 3 weeks of wonderful food! I still have some time left in January so maybe I will be able to post a pound or two. So, to Rose&Mike for posting, I have a loss of 0 so far but I have not quit!!
Congrats to all who are losing and congrats to those who haven't lost but are still trying! We can do this and spring will come someday making it easier to get outside and move.
Lynda
Not gaining while at Disney and on a cruise is a victory!!
Congrats on completing Dopey!
I feel like I'm slacking off checking in. I try to make it here at least every other day, but tonight is just a quick check in. Tomorrow is a crazy busy day and DH works, so i don't think I'll even make it to the gym. I'll have to go Tuesday instead. Anyhow, I hope to check in tomorrow sometime.
My weigh in today was 165.1. I need to keep this up! If I could only lose this much a month every month...
Have a great night!
Jill
Great job Jill! Hope you are having a good week!
My laptop died an unfortunate death today. It was way past it's use by date
so not the end of the world. But I lost our chart. I have a jpeg copy, so give me a day or so and I will be up and running again.
If someone could post a question to think about for Monday and Tuesday, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks!!
Still no news on whether they are going to retrieve anything from my laptop, so I will start recreating the chart today.
I've sucked as of late. I've not counted anything, and I've not weighed. I'll weigh in later this week and post. I'm sure it's probably around my starting weight, but that's ok.
Oh, and a small victory for me--I've had 0 potato chips since start of the year. And I love me some potato chips.
It has been a rough January for me too. I am sorry you are struggling.
I consider no potato chips a huge victory. Now you just need to keep adding in those healthy habits!
I've definitely slacked this weekend. But I knew that I would, it was DS's 8th birthday and we had a good time, eating all kinds of stuff that I shouldn't have. Back on the wagon today. So i'll wait an extra couple days to weigh in
Hope it was a good birthday!
I slacked this weekend too. I ate CAKE! My mom made these amazing cakes for 2 of my kids birthdays do we ended up with a Darth Vader cake and a sorting hat cake. How do you resist those? Sigh. I didn't count the pieces I ate. But I'm back on track today! No scale for me!
More birthdays! Those cakes sound great!
Happy Birthday to all the kiddos!!!! Sounds like a lot of fun this weekend.
I went over a bit on my points yesterday also. We generally eat Sunday lunch at my IL's house and never know what she's making till we get there, so it's a bit difficult to plan ahead, and even harder to count points. She had homemade chili, and homemade cherry pie. I just had to have a slice of that pie. lol. I did keep it very small (1/12 slice). But I'm sure I went over on my points. I'll just be more careful over the next couple days to make up the difference. I'm really wanting to do things different this time around and find a way to LIVE while losing weight. So, trying not to let one higher calorie day ruin my week or derail my plans.
I don't think this is the type of question you are looking for, but it's something I was thinking about while watching football last night.
We typically have a 'dinner' of appetizers during the super bowl. We have relatives over and I know the husband and kids will still want to do this. And that's going to be a big challenge for me. So, I'm trying to think of some "skinny/lite" options to make for myself to enjoy. My SIL is typically pretty health conscious and would probably enjoy some healthy options as well.
So, does anyone have any LITE TREATS/APPS you use for these types of occasions???
Two things I found on pinterest that I may try are a Skinny BBQ chicken flatbread pizza and Skinny jalapeno poppers. They looked possible, but I'm going to go through the recipes and try to figure out the calorie/fat counts before I make them or if I could make them even lighter.
I figured shrimp with cocktail sauce is another decent option, which we don't have often.
And of course veggies with dip.
Any other ideas???? If you have nutrition information to include with recipes that would be wonderful as well!!!
I think planning ahead for events by thinking about healthy choices is a great question.
Good idea! I'm going to struggle through the super bowl too. Maybe some homemade guacamole and organic blue corn chips (but watch portion size). Could use veggies with it too. Hmmm...I'm going to have to go peruse the web over this.
What about homemade guac with veggies only? The chips are where I personally get into trouble.
I like Hummus(mixing in some chopped black olives and a little lemon juice) with pita chips we make. Cut like a pizza, then cut each wedge in half, a sprinkle of garlic salt or powder and you can you a dab of oil, butter, spray pam or whatever you like , place under broiler to crisp up.
These are a big hit every time we make them.
Another i do for the kids( but all the adults like as well) are chicken breasts cut into strips and shake and bake extra crispy mix and bake, not the healthiest but probably better than fried wings which are really good but all the frying and margarine in the sauce...
I also have different olives and veggies, cheese cubes, then take sliced turkey and slices of muenster and just do a roll up and put on tray.
The big thing right now seems to be cauliflower buffalo 'wings'. I really like roasted cauliflower so this is on my list to try.
Here you go....... but since I don't follow along here every day, I'm sorry if this is a repeat!
Something to think about today.............. cheat meals. How do you handle them? Are you trying to schedule a "splurge" into every week? Or maybe just once a month? Or are you trying to eat a more BALANCED diet so that you can fit splurges in on a more regular basis? Or perhaps you have an initial goal to avoid splurging until you've lost a certain amount of weight?? DO you believe that NOT giving into the occasional treat/splurge will make you crave things more? Or do you think that avoiding those possible trigger foods entirely is the way to go?
Thanks Pamela!
I am trying to plan in healthy(ish) cheat meals. I did this over the weekend and hit Monday morning only up one pound, which I think would have disappeared quickly if I had gotten back on track immediately.
I have mixed feelings about this topic. On one hand, I think we need to be able to fit all foods into our diet.
On the other hand I think--maybe it is this thinking that keeps getting me into trouble. Maybe we have been brainwashed to think we can do this. And that in reality we have to change our thinking about what we should be eating. Does this make sense? For instance....I love potato chips. And if I counted calories I could probably fit potato chips into my daily allowance every day. But is that really a good choice? The sodium in them contributes to high blood pressure and while I know they do have a few vitamins, nutritionally they are a waste of calories.
Anyhow, working on my thinking on this issue.
I think giving in moderately isn't an issue. I don't keep temptations in my house on purpose. I do my best to not be around temptations but sometimes it's really not a big deal at all. I try to keep the cheats small in portion and really, after eating healthy for awhile, I find I didn't enjoy the treat quite as much as I thought I would. Or, in the case of my cupcake splurge, about 2/3 of the way through, I was done. That NEVER happens with cupcakes! I don't build them into my plan, and I definitely don't want it to happen more than once or so a week. But not something I stress over when it happens.
I found with sugar especially, the less I eat, the less I want.
Right now I am avoiding planning "cheat" meals or "splurge" days. I find it so hard to stay on track by doing that. I am just trying to manage living everyday like I could for the rest of my life. If I know I am going to need extra calories for and event I will plan for it but not make it a regular thing.
The last few days have been mentally tough. I made the mistake of stepping on the scale yesterday after alot of sodium (not calories) this weekend with a little bit of water so of course I was up a bit. I almost derailed after seeing that but am pushing through my usual negative talk and working on have a decent "official" weigh in on Friday. Hockey has also been stressful. I don't understand why some kids and parents have to be such bullies and have zero respect for fellow players and families. I am hoping karma bites them in the a**
Anyways I think I will have to plan some down time today to clear my head of all the negative thoughts. I also have to drink some more water. I drink water everyday but not the amount I should when trying to lose weight. Winter time makes it so much harder to drink the amount I should.
Great job on not letting the scale derail you and working on that negative thinking!
Forgot to put in my status on weigh in Sunday. I was up 1.6 lbs. I was sad. I'm not quite sure what happened with that but I know I skipped a few days of food tracking and had less dance game time in. I also missed one strength/lifting routine. This week will be back fully on plan so I can make up that amount and hopefully reach 5-6 lbs at least for this month on the 1st's weigh in.
You can do it!
This has always been a difficult balance for me. Splurge meals turn into splurge days turn into untracked weeks.
So, this time, I'm trying to look at this as a "way of life" and something I can live with day in and day out for years...
So, I'm allowing myself some treats, but am trying my hardest to fit them within my daily calorie allowance. If I know there is something I'm going to want that will put me over on my calories (like birthdays or Christmas or whatever) my goal is to be extra cautious in the days/week leading up to the event, and to make sure I go back on plan immediately following.
I also am focusing on keeping the extras smaller in portion size than I would have in the past, so I can feel as "in control" of my "bad days" as I do my good days. Finally, I'm forcing myself to track even my worst days. I want to force myself to be honest about what I'm doing every day, even the days when I'm choosing to eat over my calorie allowance...
Hopefully this will create patterns of eating that will make maintenance more of a lifestyle and help avoid the pitfalls I've fallen into in the past...
I think this:
Finally, I'm forcing myself to track even my worst days. I want to force myself to be honest about what I'm doing every day, even the days when I'm choosing to eat over my calorie allowance... is one of the keys to success!
I hope you find these inspirational....."Winners are not people who never fail, but people who never quit" and "Weight loss is like driving. If you ever veer off the road, just make a u-turn and head back in the right direction".
Great job on the loss! I love precut squash. Makes life so much easier!
Thanks for sharing the quotes!
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After having a good Friday and Saturday, I fell so far off the wagon. Hugely disappointed but life goes on and I am not quitting. I think it was a combination of exhaustion (our foster puppy had to be dropped off at 4:45 am Monday), emotions, and frustration. But I am ready to end January on a positive note.
I will be working on recreating the chart. Just might take a day or so.
But i'll just have a small piece and fit it into my calories for the day. I feel like I might've gained weight this week, after cheating every day last weekend. Been good on the weekdays. I'll probably get out of denial and weigh myself later today 
