LSB Weight Loss Daily Goals and Accomplishments

It is REALLY hard to lose weight while lost in NRE... I'm around 130, which should be panic territory. But instead of working out, I'm spending every spare second with Castle. And instead of dieting, I'm lying around naked eating junior mints while my boy tells me I'm perfect exactly the way I am :rolleyes: When I return to reality there will be ten pounds to lose instead of five, and I don't care one bit :p
 
So... It's been a long time since anyone has posted here!

I feel awful. I went back to work so breastfeeding has slowed way down and my calorie consumption did not drop to compensate. I'm up to about 180!

Hubby has started keto. Boy and I are just making better choices in general - like not drinking beer every time we're together. Lol I'm also tracking my calories again and upping my water intake from about 75oz a day back up to the 95-105oz area.

I can join a few workout center through work so I have called to get my orientation set up. Hopefully I can schedule that for early next week.
 
I posted on this thread in August 2016. I am in exactly the same weight range as I was back then. Which I suppose is good. I don't think my electronic scale is all that accurate, or my weight can change 5 lbs in 24 hours. but reading that 2016 where I am saying I want to lose 10lbs is the same as now. My doctor told me at my recent annual that I am on the thin side. I don't know. I ask Roomie everyone and then and he says athletic to average.

I really watch what I eat, try to exercise, though mostly I get my yoga and cardio in at the weekend. I do have a yoga ball and hand weights at work so I bounce a lot but it is hard to type and do hand weights. My fit bit is set to 7600 steps. I don't make that target every day.

If the kids were old enough to leave alone I might do more. I have made attempts to work out at home with videos etc but it find it hard not to think about house work. I like going to the gym. I went a lot over winter break and when my folks were here. My kyptonite is chocolate.
 
Bump!

OK guys, seriously, I need to get rid of this belly.

I hit a new max last year and made it back down 5# (to my old max) - which was probably due to the decision that we are no longer keeping alcohol in the house, at all. I was hoping for more:(

New problem: I was never a "sweets" person - I always found it easy to turn down candy and cookies etc. I have always been a "salty snack" person. Since I have not been drinking my carbs in the form of alcohol I have developed a serious sweet tooth. WTAF!?!?!?:eek:

Ice cream. Chocolate. Donuts. Dude keeps asking "Who are you and what have you done with my JaneQ?":confused:

SLeW wants to try the BeachBody 2B Mindset - but I am not sold. I don't do the shopping or cook so I am not sure what I would be paying for. I think that the idea of Intermittent Fasting appeals to me but I also kind of feel that I already do that to a certain extent since virtually all of my eating is between noon and 8 PM.

Grr. I really just need to move more and eat less - why should this be so hard?
 
I hear you! Shifting weight is hard. I am a year on from starting this and seems to hover around the same weight. Goes up a little and down a little. My fitbit shows a pretty steady line.
 
I hit 40 this year so better start doing the things I know to do rather than just telling myself I will :/ I'm 92-93kg. I refuse to convert that to pounds. Nope. Don't wanna know. It's easily 20kg overweight.

Let the games begin.

Ugh.
 
Doing it this time - Dammit!

Starting weight: #171

Diet: Keto and Intermittent Fasting

Exercise: PiYo (DVDs ordered) + walking

Today: Walked 1.75 miles on the trail at lunch
 
Had the opportunity for a breakfast date with MrS since he had to drop me off at work - so my 8 hour window today was 7:30 to 3:30.

Breakfast was at First Watch - I got the Smoked Salmon Eggs Benedict without the bread, the greens instead of potatoes, and passed on the (oh, so yummy, fruit drinks). I did eat the (tiny) fruit cup that came with MrS's meal :rolleyes:.

No time at lunch for a walk (my schedule was awful today) so we did 20 sit-ups in SLeW's office before we ate the salads with grilled chicken that she had prepared for us.

Egg, cheese, sausage snack at 3:15 and now fasting until noon tomorrow.:eek:

PS. I am having a hard time thinking that planning to eat fats is a way to lose weight...on the other hand, I am more likely to stick to a diet that lets me eat HOLLANDAISE SAUCE!

PPS. If I lose a pound a week for a year I will be the same weight as when I graduated high school...WTF, how did I get this chunky?!
 
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So the Keto+intermittent fasting started last Monday - I lost 5# in 5 days and then gained 2.5# back (I knew it was too good to be true :D).

Yesterday we added the 5:45 AM PiYo (which messes with my daily weigh in since I roll out of bed and into the car without pooping - so i don't weigh myself). In addition to PiYo, today we walked 2 miles on the trail despite the fact that it was so hot and humid (I feel like my fat should have melted under those conditions!) I think I will go with weekly weigh-ins at the gym on Saturdays from now on.

SLeW (who does the shopping/cooking while I foot the grocery and BeachBody bill) made keto "Shepherd's Pie" yesterday (with leftovers for lunch today). OMFG it was delicious (not just "not bad for keto" but really, really tasty). Instead of carrots/peas it had zucchini/eggplant; instead of mashed potatoes it had mashed cauliflower. Add the meat and sauce and it hit my "lasagna" buttons!

I took the plunge and re-activated my gym (i.e. Wellness Center) membership. Not the cheapest gym around, but they have a pool, which is the only cardio I can bring myself to do on my own, without a work-out buddy.

I am committed to doing it this time. 1.) for SLeW - she really needs to lose the weight she regained, for medical/physical reasons; if I (an avowed morning-hater) can show up to her house at 5:45 AM there is no fucking way in hell that she will let herself slack. 2.) for me - I am heavier than I have ever been - if I don't fix it, it will only get worse, then my joints will start to hurt and I will feel old, fat and unattractive.

MrS is soooo supportive - Dude has the other working vehicle on an out-of-state errand so MrS has to drop me off at SLeW's at 5:45 if he wants the car for the day. He does the shopping and stocks Keto snacks for me. He has, on his own, decided that he will not eat foods in front of me that I can't share with him. (He has all day when I am at work to do that).
 
I keep bouncing between 190 and 200lbs, which makes me overweight. However, I actively try to stay fit.

I bike to work (in South Florida) amounting to 6 miles a say, plus I try to get in a good 40 minute brisk walk with sections of jogging, in the morning.

In addition, I've started to ride the Critical Mass ride once a month, so that's a 15 to 20 mile ride once a month. I have friends threatening to get me mountain biking as well.
 
Two year update. Still in the same weight range I was. Still would like to lose 10lbs.
 
So my work-out buddy, SLeW, has some seriously awful respiratory infection - we did PiYo on Thursday AM and it did her in - I put her on medical leave until she can breath.

So this morning, instead of heading to SLeW's I used my gym membership and went to the 6-7 AM "Power Hour" (cardio + strength) class. I was certainly the slowest and fattest person there (but not the oldest by any stretch). But I sweated through the hour, I modified where I could, but basically just did my sweaty sloppy best, rested when I had to and chugged water. I used to be embarrassed in a situation like that, but now I am pretty good at telling myself that I am probably getting more out of my workout than the people who make it look easy. I know from personal experience that in a few weeks I will notice a significant improvement in my strength and endurance (and, even though I will still be sweaty and clumsy, I may be slightly less fat).

At lunch today, I walked on the trail with another co-worker who is also doing Keto+IF and exercising. We did 1.15 miles before we had to head back to the office.

Tomorrow I am doing the Saturday morning 1+ hour Yoga class (which I am considerably better at than cardio). I considered starting swimming tomorrow too but decided to wait until Monday, so I am only adding one new thing a week instead of overdoing it by trying to do everything at once. (I want to be skinny NOW, damn it!)
 
I am happy to report that our diet/exercise/weight loss plan is going well! :D

I went to the gym 5 days this week (SLeW was still recovering from illness).

We walked or I swam 6 days this week (today is planned rest).

I have lost 7.5# in 3 weeks, I don't feel so bloated an I am sleeping better.

The Keto + Intermittent Fasting is actually easier than I thought it was going to be. I've never been a breakfast person and am used to eating at random times. I never really ate a lot of sweets (except for that 1 week a few months ago), so it is really the starches that I have given up. I am wondering if this is why I didn't experience the "keto flu" that SLeW went through?

The boys are supportive and proud of me!:)
 
So, I said I had friends who wanted to take me mountain biking. So, they did. Having a great time learning, but I went down hard on a descent yesterday... Got a decent shiner, swollen and cut lip, and some entertain road rash on elbows and knees. At some point, the bruises will show up...

Oh well :)
 
So, I said I had friends who wanted to take me mountain biking. So, they did. Having a great time learning, but I went down hard on a descent yesterday... Got a decent shiner, swollen and cut lip, and some entertain road rash on elbows and knees. At some point, the bruises will show up...

Oh well :)
 
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So, I said I had friends who wanted to take me mountain biking. So, they did. Having a great time learning, but I went down hard on a descent yesterday... Got a decent shiner, swollen and cut lip, and some entertain road rash on elbows and knees. At some point, the bruises will show up...

Oh well :)
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Ouch! For me the bruises show up almost instantly, it's the stiffness and soreness that always surprise me on the 2nd morning. I'm really clumsy, so have a fair amount of experience with this sort of thing. Half-way through the first morning of learning to snow-board I went into the ski shop and bought myself a helmet (repeatedly smacking the back of your head off the hardpack is not fun). The second time, I wore MrS's old skateboarding pads under my snow gear. For roller-blading I added wrist guards. (This may be why I prefer swimming as exercise, I am less likely to FALL DOWN!)

We've been good at doing PiYo every morning and yesterday we went to the gym for yoga class - it was awesome! Only 3 of us showed up so it was like we had a private instructor. The teacher was one that I previously wasn't a fan of when she was new - she has really improved as an instructor, more confident, more patient, stronger. I am sore today but think it was actually the sex last night - I was experimenting with incorporating some yoga flow into the mix and may have gotten a little excited!

Down 9# (it was 9.5# but my scale is mean:p)
 
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Week started off with a better-than-expected weigh-in - down 11.5 # in 41 days! (Woo-hoo!) Everytime Dude hugs me he's like "Wow, honey!" as he notices that his (giant, orangutan) arms envelop me and over-lap more and more (I have been carrying all my extra weight in my belly so that is where I am most losing it from). I can see little bits of muscle definition popping up!

We advanced to the next set of PiYo DVDs and did decent on a first time workout this morning, and then did a "personal best" 2+ miles on the trail at lunch. I may not be able to move tomorrow but today was great.:p
 
So, the diet (keto + intermittent fasting) is still going really well. For some reason this "diet" is much easier for me than others I have tried. Not calorie-counting. Not logging foods. Just avoiding carbs and only eating during a (max) 8 hours out of the day.

Today I made myself a salad from the salad bar at work (with chicken and hardboiled egg) for breakfast at 10:30 AM. Lunch at Red Lobster around 2 with SLeW and MrS - non-breaded shrimp, lobster tail, salmon, crab legs, asparagus, caprese and caesar salad (no-croutons) - we like to eat "family style" everyone orders something different and we all get a few bites of everything.

Exercise hasn't been nearly as consistent - scheduling and weather conditional. Yesterday SLeW and I did PiYo in the morning AND walked 2+ miles at lunch. Today we tried to go to the gym but I forgot that it closes at 5 on weekends and we got there at 4:25 - so it wasn't worth $15 to get her a visitor pass (especially when the pool closes 15 minutes earlier and that was our planned activity!) But I think that we burned more calories laughing hysterically than we would have actually exercising! (I'm sure the lobby lady thought we were nuts but we have tried to go to the gym 3 Saturdays in a row and have been thwarted!)

So we went home and rearranged her garage so she can get her car in now that winter is coming. That had to burn a few calories, right?!? Anyway, down #15.5 in 2 months is not too shabby!
 
Keto + IF still going strong. Down 17.5# since August 20 - I have lost 10% of my bodyweight! Failed to get up in time for PiYo this morning, but tomorrow is another day.

It occurs to me that this is the longest that I have ever tried to "diet" and the most weight that I have ever lost intentionally. Something about this midlife crisis is going really well.
 
Jane: Really good work!
Glad you are feeling good about it all.

You are inspiring me to do more.

I had to give up my gym membership due to budget restraints and I am struggling to make up the lost cardio and weights. At the end of the day it is Calories In Calories Out ( CICO ) but the exercise really works for me. Being toned and flexible make me feel good on so many levels. time to hit the youtube videos.
 
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