Weight Loss Progress Thread!
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I love stir fry without rice. I made beef and broccoli tonight and it was good ^.^ When I lived on campus (but had a kitchen) I pretty much loved off stir fry.
Today I have just not been hungry at all. I didn't eat until lunch, then had two bunless Arby's sandwiches (so basically roast beef, lettuce and tomato lol). Then a cup of coffee late afternoon, and just had some beef and broccoli for dinner. I'm sitting at 491 calories and I have NO IDEA how to even get close to 1200. I just don't want anything today. I was kind of craving beef, just because I've had mostly chicken and tuna since I started (hence the Arby's and beef broccoli lol).
Today I have just not been hungry at all. I didn't eat until lunch, then had two bunless Arby's sandwiches (so basically roast beef, lettuce and tomato lol). Then a cup of coffee late afternoon, and just had some beef and broccoli for dinner. I'm sitting at 491 calories and I have NO IDEA how to even get close to 1200. I just don't want anything today. I was kind of craving beef, just because I've had mostly chicken and tuna since I started (hence the Arby's and beef broccoli lol).
I usually find Fage greek yogurt on sale every couple weeks. It's usually like $6 a container, but goes on sale for $1 a few days before it expires. It's VERY tasty, and fairly low carb (I only eat plain). I can dip hot dog pieces, cheese cubes, chicken breast, etc in it for a tasty snack. Also on the rare occasions I do eat hot dogs, I eat the Hebrew National 100% beef hot dogs.
YES! My best friend was 170ish at the beginning of last year, and lost 50 pounds over the course of the year. She didn't look bad before, but now she looks GREAT! And everyone keeps bitching at her that she lost too much, doesn't need to lose mroe, blah blah blah. I even got bitched at by a coworker (a fat coworker at that who refuses to diet and then whines about weight gain) for losing weight too fast. That made my friend who lost all the weight PISSED - she's probably more excited about my weight loss than I am :rofl1:
YES! My best friend was 170ish at the beginning of last year, and lost 50 pounds over the course of the year. She didn't look bad before, but now she looks GREAT! And everyone keeps bitching at her that she lost too much, doesn't need to lose mroe, blah blah blah. I even got bitched at by a coworker (a fat coworker at that who refuses to diet and then whines about weight gain) for losing weight too fast. That made my friend who lost all the weight PISSED - she's probably more excited about my weight loss than I am :rofl1:
I think this is your issue as it was mine! 
I was doing WW for several months and could never get past a 7 lb loss. I was exercising as much as I could (4 mile fast walks at least 3 times a week, an hour on the bike on those other days, etc.), but I still cried everytime I looked at the scale. Some weeks I even gained.
After giving up for a while, it finally occurred to me that WW wasn't the issue. It was the way I was utilizing it. While I was counting points for the rice I ate and pasta I indulged it, it didn't hit home that those things just are not for me.
I started back on WW on Jan. 1st, and this time I'm doing my best to eat lots of greens (I LOVE cabbage and turkey sausage!), eat my "colors", and to do more lean sources of protein and make it a meal with sauteed bell peppers (I do add half an onion...gotta live it up some!) and various other veggies. I have not had bread nor pasta in the time I've started. And for the first time ever, I feel so much better. I'm surprised that I don't even crave them! I'm not as "puffy" (especially my face). I've also started forcing myself to drink as much water as I can (I have a natural tendency to stay dehydrated as I don't have a big "thirst" signal). I also haven't had any fast food (yet...lol).
I do my second weigh-in this Sunday morning, but for my first week I lost 8.5 lbs. I stepped on the scale on Tusday and was shocked to see another 2.8 lbs gone, so I'm kinda excited to see what it will be on Sunday.
But on top of the weight loss, I'm down two full sizes! And I mentioned that I no longer look bloated or "puffy".
It really is harder when you have an endocrine disorder/metabolic disorder such as PCOS. I believe that all the fertility meds I took also have caused issues with my metabolism. And in many ways it's harder for me because not only did I have 3 c-section births, one being a vertical incision to get the baby out NOW, but the MRSA infection after baby #1 absolutely destroyed my lower obliques, the tissue, other muscle tissue, and even damaged my uterus. It's so weird to try and do crunches or other exercises to work the abdominal muscles because I have no feeling there. However, I do have the hope that once I lose all the weight I want to lose, that my insurance will cover surgery to finish removing all the damaged tissue and do a "tummy tuck" to get rid of the damaged skin (the skin on my tummy is actually bumpy and scarred from the infection that raged on the inside especially where the infection busted through the skin).
I use to be that girl that ate a dumptruck full of carbs and weighed 105 lbs with 10% body fat. I also use to work out 6+ hours a day. Staying thing and very muscular was not hard for me.
And while I understand that so much has changed, it's not as simple anymore as just saying "eat fewer calories and you'll be skinny again". Now the type of calories play a huge role. Weight loss is sooo much slower. And any kind of hormonal flux can affect the body. And stress....! My cortisol levels are super-high...very abnormal. Cortisol can actually make your body store fat and it usually does so in the abdominal area. So now it's an issue of doctors' visits, bloodwork, eating properly and exercising, and then more bloodwork and maybe even medication.
Right now I'm not on Metformin nor any medication for my low Thyroid level. I know that things might be easier if I was, but I personally want to do this drug-free and not have my body create any more of a medicinal dependency that it has in the past.
And the biggest thing is getting my brain to understand and come to grips that this may be and probably will be a year-long process. I didn't gain 50 lbs over night, and I sure as heck ain't going to lose it overnight. And it's ok to not be a size 0 again. lol There's no competition with all the super-skinny moms out there. The only competition is between me and my health so that I can be here on this earth as long as possible to be here for my boys.
Whew. A grilled chicken salad with 2 tpsp of low-fat honey mustard dressing for everyone who made it through this.
I was doing WW for several months and could never get past a 7 lb loss. I was exercising as much as I could (4 mile fast walks at least 3 times a week, an hour on the bike on those other days, etc.), but I still cried everytime I looked at the scale. Some weeks I even gained.
After giving up for a while, it finally occurred to me that WW wasn't the issue. It was the way I was utilizing it. While I was counting points for the rice I ate and pasta I indulged it, it didn't hit home that those things just are not for me.
I started back on WW on Jan. 1st, and this time I'm doing my best to eat lots of greens (I LOVE cabbage and turkey sausage!), eat my "colors", and to do more lean sources of protein and make it a meal with sauteed bell peppers (I do add half an onion...gotta live it up some!) and various other veggies. I have not had bread nor pasta in the time I've started. And for the first time ever, I feel so much better.
I'm surprised that I don't even crave them! I'm not as "puffy" (especially my face). I've also started forcing myself to drink as much water as I can (I have a natural tendency to stay dehydrated as I don't have a big "thirst" signal). I also haven't had any fast food (yet...lol).I do my second weigh-in this Sunday morning, but for my first week I lost 8.5 lbs. I stepped on the scale on Tusday and was shocked to see another 2.8 lbs gone, so I'm kinda excited to see what it will be on Sunday.
But on top of the weight loss, I'm down two full sizes! And I mentioned that I no longer look bloated or "puffy".
It really is harder when you have an endocrine disorder/metabolic disorder such as PCOS. I believe that all the fertility meds I took also have caused issues with my metabolism. And in many ways it's harder for me because not only did I have 3 c-section births, one being a vertical incision to get the baby out NOW, but the MRSA infection after baby #1 absolutely destroyed my lower obliques, the tissue, other muscle tissue, and even damaged my uterus. It's so weird to try and do crunches or other exercises to work the abdominal muscles because I have no feeling there. However, I do have the hope that once I lose all the weight I want to lose, that my insurance will cover surgery to finish removing all the damaged tissue and do a "tummy tuck" to get rid of the damaged skin (the skin on my tummy is actually bumpy and scarred from the infection that raged on the inside especially where the infection busted through the skin).
I use to be that girl that ate a dumptruck full of carbs and weighed 105 lbs with 10% body fat. I also use to work out 6+ hours a day. Staying thing and very muscular was not hard for me.
And while I understand that so much has changed, it's not as simple anymore as just saying "eat fewer calories and you'll be skinny again". Now the type of calories play a huge role. Weight loss is sooo much slower. And any kind of hormonal flux can affect the body. And stress....! My cortisol levels are super-high...very abnormal. Cortisol can actually make your body store fat and it usually does so in the abdominal area. So now it's an issue of doctors' visits, bloodwork, eating properly and exercising, and then more bloodwork and maybe even medication.
Right now I'm not on Metformin nor any medication for my low Thyroid level. I know that things might be easier if I was, but I personally want to do this drug-free and not have my body create any more of a medicinal dependency that it has in the past.
And the biggest thing is getting my brain to understand and come to grips that this may be and probably will be a year-long process. I didn't gain 50 lbs over night, and I sure as heck ain't going to lose it overnight. And it's ok to not be a size 0 again. lol There's no competition with all the super-skinny moms out there. The only competition is between me and my health so that I can be here on this earth as long as possible to be here for my boys.
Whew. A grilled chicken salad with 2 tpsp of low-fat honey mustard dressing for everyone who made it through this.
I also want to mention that had gestational diabetes with all 3 pregnancies, both grandfathers had Type 2 diabetes, my dad's mom has it, and both parents had it (mom is only one left & she still has it). So to say that I have a high risk of developing full-blown Type 2 Diabetes is quite an understatement. At this point in my life, it's about health and not size 2 jeans.
Soooooo...today I cheated like crazy (shark week bleh). I mean I had aa burger, chicken nuggets, fries, cake, juice, corn chips, you name it. I felt like crap after the cake and could only eat a few fries, but I went to town on the corn chips. I probably ate a week's worth of carbs and a couple day's worth of calories.
AND...I still lost a pound :rofl1: Now I'm down to 249 yay!
I also restarted C25K. Found some nice natural slightly sandy trails about 3 miles from home and just had a blast. I also saw a Gavroche lookalike, natural tail and all...just more spotty and more muscular!
AND...I still lost a pound :rofl1: Now I'm down to 249 yay!
I also restarted C25K. Found some nice natural slightly sandy trails about 3 miles from home and just had a blast. I also saw a Gavroche lookalike, natural tail and all...just more spotty and more muscular!
I lost 2.4 lbs this week. I thought it would be more, but my addiction to baked potatoes killed me. I had three this week. To a borderline diabetic, I could've just shot up with tablespoons of sugar. But I also only exercised twice this week (other than scopoping the pasture....if that counts). Alas, P90X has been found!
I wish one of y'all lived down here by me. I'm outof the era of solitary working-out, and I'd love a walking partner. My dogs especially love walking the 6-mile trek around LSU's lakes and hiking at Tunica Hills (the place in Louisiana that actually hits an elevation of 10 ft above sea level....lol). I don't do either of those things any more.
I wish one of y'all lived down here by me. I'm outof the era of solitary working-out, and I'd love a walking partner. My dogs especially love walking the 6-mile trek around LSU's lakes and hiking at Tunica Hills (the place in Louisiana that actually hits an elevation of 10 ft above sea level....lol). I don't do either of those things any more.
I wish one of y'all lived down here by me. I'm outof the era of solitary working-out, and I'd love a walking partner. My dogs especially love walking the 6-mile trek around LSU's lakes and hiking at Tunica Hills (the place in Louisiana that actually hits an elevation of 10 ft above sea level....lol). I don't do either of those things any more.