Weekly Social Weight Loss And Exercise Catch Up

[Recovery4Me]

@SheilaKathy ...somethings are a tradition and must be seized in the moment!

Happy Birthday but again my friend!:hug:

 

[Upside Down Eagle]

Have been at a steady BMI of 20,5 now for months in a row! Eating well. I eat healthy almost every day, usually whole foods. I started taking a omega3 fish oil supplement, I heard its good for brain and vision.

I've been preparing for a kidney stone cleanse. Have drunk one teaspoon of epsom salts (yuck!) on an empty stomach each morning for two weeks now. One week to go. After this initial bowel flushing I can start to flush my kidneys. I'll keep you up to date on how it feels and whether it feels much better after.

I started strength training two weeks ago at home, with this app by Mark Lauren. It's intense but not too difficult and pretty sweet. I've been at it just two weeks and I've built up some muscle in my arms, which makes me feel more confident. Also noticed a big difference when I went running, I had better endurance.

Oh and for anyone who likes yoga, this is a great site: doyogawithme.com. They have loads of free videos for any level.

 

[purgemeofthepain]

Checking back in at 185lbs, which makes it 92lbs lost now (started at 277!). I got down to 180 but I hover between 183 and 186 now. My main focus now is to gain some muscle cause at the moment I'm a bit of a mess with not much shape at all, so I want to change that. Plus, gaining muscle only helps the fat loss process.

I've been extending my self-help material hoarding habit to fitness now and I've gathered a HUGE collection of workout videos, ebooks and fitness programs that sometimes cost me a small fortune (considering I make minimum wage!) but somehow I don't feel it's money wasted.

@whserenitynluv I sort of play it by ear at the moment. I try to stick to at least two or three sessions of strength training a week and then two cardio sessions, with the remaining days dedicated to posture improvement exercises and Yoga/stretching. I have been slacking off tho and just doing cardio for a while, then I get bored and do more weights, and then I remember how much I miss Yoga if I don't do it often and go back to that. Like I said, totally by ear and a lot of variety cause as soon as I get bored or locked into a groove, I start just going through the motions and everything loses it's magic and usefulness.

I'm currently reading a program I purchased and waiting to finish it so I can put it to work. I still need to buy some more equipment because what I've got currently is not gonna cut it. The main thing I need to change is my diet tho, cause I am certainly not eating as clean as I should if I want to lose this stubborn fat.

I'm glad to see everyone is keeping motivated with this thread and checking in with their progress. We should all be proud of having the drive and energy to workout and stay healthy, considering how rough life is with PTSD! So yeah, keep up the good work everyone!

 

[Britt.f7]

Time to start over on the diet. Today is the last day of the third phase. Now two days of loading(which is anything bad, mostly high fats) and then back to the low calorie diet. I've lost 25.6 lbs on it, but I have more to go that is why I am starting over. I don't expect as big of a loss this time around. I think it was kind of a fluke that I lost as much as I did in the beginning. But I am looking forward to some loss. Slowly but surely this will work.

Great job everyone on your workouts, eating habits, and weight loss!

 

[Changing4Best]

I gained 2 pounds between yesterday and today, I'm not sure why. It could be water weight. I weighed 160 pounds yesterday and 162 today. This happens periodically, so I guess I should not be concerned about it. I wish I could get back down to 159 like I was about a week ago! (And keep on going down from there).

 

[Deleted member 12723]

I think I lost two more pounds. I am eating way less calories and doing more than usual to burn off the calories.

 

[Recovery4Me]

I seem to be going backwards and craving things again. I am trying to learn to balance little taste of this and little moments of that. I am six pounds lower than my original goal set, so I think it is a good place to experiment.

However, I seem to be way too hard on myself over my guilty pleasures. For instance, I eat two pieces of candy corn and I see myself in a visual blow up to my old weight again.:wtf: Goodness, guess I am anxious about the right balance of exercise, eating and living in order to stay at my new weight. Anyone else wrestling balance?

 

[purgemeofthepain]

However, I seem to be way too hard on myself over my guilty pleasures. For instance, I eat two pieces of candy corn and I see myself in a visual blow up to my old weight again.:wtf: Goodness, guess I am anxious about the right balance of exercise, eating and living in order to stay at my new weight. Anyone else wrestling balance?

Oh, do I ever know what that's like! Living healthy and doing what it takes to get to an ideal weight and fitness status takes a lot of motivation and energy, which at some point seems to just run out with me and then it becomes a major struggle to keep doing those good things day by day.

Right now I'm just being carried by the momentum I gained this year, losing all that weight and exercising, but there are MANY days where I definitely give into the pleasure of eating whatever pops up into my field of vision and or skipping workouts. The weekends are specially hard. Those "cheat meals" or cheat days, usually lead to about 2 to 4 pounds gained, which I have to work later on to lose again.

I've learned to not beat myself up about it all, because I do take steps to correct it afterwards, but letting myself go to the point of gaining more weight back, is not something I plan on doing EVER again. I've worked too hard to let that happen.

So yeah, if you find yourself indulging in a few guilty-pleasure sort of foods, don't stress too much over it and just maybe take a few steps to still remain on track in spite of those minor slip-ups. If we don't insert at least SOME sort of pleasure, comfort foods into our diets, we'd go insane and lose all motivation to carry on. Just as an example, ALL throughout my weight loss journey, I've made it a point to eat a tiny amount of something sweet for dessert, like two small chocolates or a small cookie. I then make adjustments to my diet for the rest of the day, to compensate. I've lost 94lbs and I didn't do it by depriving myself completely.

Moderation and timing are key, of course. Good luck @Recovery4Me and everyone else!

 

[Recovery4Me]

@purgemeofthepain Thanks! I really appreciate the feedback. That was some weight loss! How long did it take you to loose that amount?

Congrats to you on your arriving and maintaining your goal set btw! Awesome job!

 

[purgemeofthepain]

@Recovery4Me I lost it all the hard way: diet and exercise. I had LOTS of help tho, or else I couldn't have done it. I had the guidance of a nutritionist and also someone that prepares lunch and one of my other meals every day.

Just cutting junk foods netted about 15lbs lost in the first month! And the rest was achieved by eating smaller, more frequent meals. 5 or 6 total. Breakfast, lunch and dinner with snacks in between each. Around 3 hours between every meal. Cutting sugar almost 100% with the exception of the sugar in fruits and such. Avoiding food around 2 to 3 hours before bed time, etc. Well balanced meals, with plenty of veggies and complex carbs. I cut almost all simple carbs (white bread, processed flours in cookies, etc)

I went on a 500 or so calorie deficit and slowly but surely, the weight started melting off. At first I was losing with diet only, but that slowed down and I started Yoga very gently, as it gave me a lot of dissociation issues at first and I was so weak and out of shape that it was pretty difficult.

The main thing I would say helped me, was the fact that I could still eat things I liked. Diets that are very restrictive are no good because you end up giving it up sooner or later, even if you were successful at first. And also, losing weight in a flash, with ANY method, is not recommended from what I've heard cause it only sets you up for a rebound as soon as you go back to more normal activity and dieting habits, and you gain it all back and then some.

With exercise, the main thing is to enjoy it, because that's the only way you will keep it up long enough to see any benefits. Doing something that doesn't "feel like exercise" helps. Yoga felt different to me at first. It was more of a way to get in touch with my estranged body than a way to sweat off the pounds. Walking helps a lot too, specially in nature or beautiful locations. But I wouldn't know firsthand, since I AM housebound after all and I barely set foot out the front door!

Oh man, to answer your question tho @Recovery4Me, I started this journey last December. So it's been almost a year by now. I reached my current weight about a month ago tho and now I'm focused on improving body composition more than just weight loss. I want to gain muscle and shape my body, while losing the stubborn fat I still have.

It's much harder to do this than just losing weight, and I can get discouraged. But yeah, slowly but surely I will get it, wish me luck! And sorry for the long winded response! And thanks for the support :)

 

[Recovery4Me]

wish me luck

Yes, I do!!! :tup: And thank you so much for the share!!! :happy: I am not sure, but I do believe that is what this site is for to encourage the -

long winded response

:clown: So glad to meet ya! Keep on keeping on!

 

[ms spock]

I am walking each day. I am eating quite healthily.