Daily Check In - For support & motivation

Hi Tiny, im back again. I joined this thread a few days ago but havent been back since as ive been away on holiday... it was great. I didnt give into major temptation, although had some crackers and dip at night. Im glad i bought up the topic of cravings at night and substitutions as im loving some of the ideas people are bringing up. Welcome all new thread followers :waving:

Didnt excercise while away, but will get right back into it tommorrow. Took my scales with me when i went away LOL just so i could make sure id keep on top of things... But sadly this mornings weigh in i only lost 0.88LBS last week. Never mind, will pick things up this week hopefully. I know people say to lose weight slowly but im just not the patient type!!!

I will keep checking in daily :)
 
Well had a good day today. Went for a 40min walk so thats better than no excercise at all. Its now early evening though and i just know im going to get the munchies tonight, as i only had soup for dinner.
Hows everyone else doing?
 
Hello all

I'm just going to have a snack in a moment or so. Just a nice chicken sandwich with a carrot and some spinach

In a couple of hours I'll then do a ride on my exercise bike. I have to build myself up for this, but I should burn off about 400 cals. Doing it in front of the TV

Only bad spot is some stomach cramps, and I'm not really sure were they have come from. Got them yesterday and thought they would be gone by tonight. Oh well

Best of luck everybody, what are you up to?
 
didnt have a good day yesterday. I had some extra calorie space so i ate 3 cookies thinking it would be ok. it wasnt. Im not really sure whats in cookies, maybe its a suger rush or something it made my weight spike alot. by almost 4 pounds in an hour.

you dont gain 4 pounds in an hour. so im thinking its some kind of sugar spike or water weight. typically i have 0 sugar in my diet besides natural sugars from berrys and other fruit. whatever im not going to let it get to me.

Better day for today. some of that weird weight came off and seems to be dropping fast. although it did screw up my weekly weigh in.

keep at it everyone
 
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didnt have a good day yesterday. I had some extra calorie space so i ate 3 cookies thinking it would be ok. it wasnt. Im not really sure whats in cookies, maybe its a suger rush or something it made my weight spike alot. by almost 4 pounds in an hour.

you dont gain 4 pounds in an hour. so im thinking its some kind of sugar spike or water weight. typically i have 0 sugar in my diet besides natural sugars from berrys and other fruit. whatever im not going to let it get to me.

Better day for today. some of that weird weight came off and seems to be dropping fast. although it did screw up my weekly weigh in.

keep at it everyone
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Wow!!! 4 pounds in an hour... It'll come off straight away so dont worry.
 
Hey! Just though I would say Hi. I just joined the website yesterday, and stumbled across this thread. I love this idea!

Anyway, I'm having a decent day :) Did a bit of biking in front of the tv, and worked up a sweat cleaning the house! I survived today without eating any junk food!! woooowhooo!

How is everyone doing out there?
 
I agree :) Great idea...I just started back on my journey so no hang ups just yet. I had to laugh about the donut and running a car over it though. I HAVE in fact found myself in the past buying fast food then chucking it out the car window (without wrapper) in a surge of self-control. I have to say it's very empowering to throw french fries out the window at 65 miles an hour and know that you DO have control over food! lol Felt very good. Next time I have something tempting in the house I may have to go for a drive....although we do have a dog now so maybe I don't have to be so symbolic :biggrinjester:
 
love this thread, might be exactly what I need. I've been having a good week so far. Todays challenge was to go for my workout after work. I actually sat around for an hour putzing on the internet trying to convince myself that it was too late to go workout now. I went anyways, felt great afterwards. Motivated me to have a reasonable dinner, even though my wife was tempting me with chinese takeout. mmmmmm, general tso's.

I saw someone mention coke zero earlier in the thread. That stuff has saved me. They even have cherry coke zero now :) My wife and I both love the stuff. I haven't drank a full caloried soda in a year and a half now. I used to drink up to 10 cans of mountain dew a day. Actually, a few weeks ago, a fast food drive through (I know, I know) accidentally gave me regular coke instead of diet, and it was so sweet and sugary I couldn't even drink it. I ended up dumping it out the window after a few sips. Mostly, I drink propel water more than anything else though.

I'm sure I'll be back to this thread frequently, at least until I'm fully back on the wagon.
 
Well I said I'd be back. It IS a daily checkin afterall.

Today was a good day so far.

Breakfast was a banana, a dannon light and fit yogurt, and 2 hard boiled eggs.
Lunch was a Whole wheat pita and hummas, a whole package of starkist tuna creations herb and garlic with a serving of wheat thins, a string cheese, and a special K pretzel granola chocolate snack bar thing that my wife thinks is healthy because its only 90 calories :)
Dinner tonight will be a cheesy chicken and zucchini casserole that my wife and I both like and a couple slices of whole grain bread. I like caserole night because I can really load up on it and fill myself up, as its pretty low calorie. AND it will be tomorrow's lunch :)

Being 370lbs means I should be able to eat 3700 calories a day and still lose weight, but I still need convincing thats true in my mind. Somehow I feel the very obese like myself, the "formula" for determining how much you should eat needs adjusted. It doesn't seem possible that I could've eaten 4000+ calories per day to get me to this weight, but I suppose it has to be true. But I'm one of those that tend to think of calorie counting as tedius, and I also tend to run into OCD when I eat something that can't be calculated because I don't know the weight or its something I prepared and can't figure out how to calculate the total calories in the portion I ate. So I just figure losing weight at 1% bodyweight per week is a good indicator that I'm doing things right :)

I get off work in about 15min or so and will head over to the fitness center to do my 35 min on the exercise bike. I think as of today, I've convinced myself that starting next monday I will head to the fitness club for weight lifting 3 days per week and maybe some cardio after if I feel up to it (because I'm cardio obsessed), tuesdays is golf league night so I count that as my workout, and then that leaves just thursdays for cardio at my work's fitness center. Next monday, I'm sure I'm going to need support convincing me to head to the gym to lift weights. Its been like 8 months since I've been there, and I had an abdominal surgery since then, so its going to be a challenge to accept that I could have very regressed quite a bit during my time off :(
 
Hello all,

I will agree with the crowd and say what a great idea this thread is.

I've had a good day so far, just going to have a snack somewhere between now and when I go to bed in about 3 hours. May do some light weights as well.

I'm sort of counting the days down of being on quite a strict diet, I've got about 21 days left. Every morning I tick another one off. I'm going for a really good June of losing weight, then spending the rest of summer building up muscle.

It was great to hear about the Diet Coke. I think these diet drinks are a life saver for diets. I drink all sorts of different flavours. A massive bottle is usually under 60 cals. And you can just have it with you and sip from it during the day. Great for when you are bored and would normally munch on something.

all the best guys and girls
 
Just checkin' in, cuz its the daily check in ;)

Today I'm feeling motivated and inspired. I've had a great week. Kept to my exercise and my food intake to what my idea of my "plan" should be. First week back on the wagon so the challenge will be getting through the weekend and then starting my weight lifting routine back up on monday.

So, here's a short little story that shows how I know I'm really back on the wagon. First, a rant:
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My company has decided to initiate a wellness initiative. On paper, it sounds good - they encourage to make healthy eating choices, work out, stop smoking, stuff like that. One thing that really pisses me off as that as part of their initiative, they have decided to raise prices on food items in vending machines that they deem are "unhealthy", while offering slightly lower prices on the "healthy" choices. I don't get it. I shouldn't have to pay more if I decide to treat myself to a twinkie. If they wanted to discourage unhealthy snacking, they could choose not to carry the "unhealthy" choices at all. If that weren't bad enough, the hypocritical bastards decide to bring in "hot prepared lunch options" requested by the workers, which consist of 2 days of chik-fillet, 2 days of subway, and 1 day of pizza for purchase, in the same vendeteria where the unhealthy vending machine prices were raised. Somehow, I don't think fast food was what everyone had in mind, and I fail to see how these food choices allign with the company's "wellness" initiative.
:rant:

Anyways, that being said, friday has come to be known as "pizza burger day". This pizza joint takes 2 slices of square pepperoni pizza with cheese and sauce, and sanddwiches them around a square patty of italian sausage that is also covered with cheese. I'm not going to lie, these things are the best invented food item I'd never heard of. I've had one every friday the last few weeks, usually in addition to whatever lunch my wife packed for me for the day. They're THAT good. When I got back on the wagon this week, that didn't mean I was going to cut myself off from my new favorite junk food. In fact, I had been planning on all week that I would get one, and adjust my other meals accordingly.

However, when today rolled around, I just didn't feel like getting one today. Maybe I felt I didn't want to wreck my progress this week, but I just didn't have the craving for one this week. Maybe I'll get one next week though, if I feel like it. I WILL be having some popcorn at the movies tonight though. No biggee, lost 150lbs while eating movie theatre popcorn at least once but sometimes 2 or 3 times per week. But I just felt like I must be doing domething right if I didn't even have a craving for something I've been planning on eating all week, and thus not eating one.

Hows everyone else doing today? Any big weekend plans? I'm going out for a nice dinner with my wife and her family on the top of Mt. Washington in pittsburgh this weekend. I'll probably try to pick a somewhat healthy meal, but I'm not going to be so restrictive that I don't enjoy myself.
 
Wow Matt, way to go! Although I'm seriously going to have to stop reading this forum while hungry, lol. It's enough to make me clean out the kitchen in one fell swoop. Anyway are you going to make a journal so we can all come pester you? Or just post here mainly?

As for me, I'm doing good so far but I can already tell even though I'm meeting my calories that I'm going to need to do better planning. This half-assing it is not going to work in the long run. I'm going to run into problems being hungry or eating wrong foods not because I want them, but just because I'm hungry and there's no variety. But this is week one so yea....just had to start, not start perfect. Oh, guess I should mention, this being my first week and all that I weighed in today. Started Sunday and yea....like my ticker says....I've lost 5.6 pounds. I'm sure some is water weight but hey, was glad to see that number go UNDER 350.
 
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just checking in. going to really have to force myself to the gym today. ive had all kinds of appointments all week and it has just demolished my workout. its almost tempting to just start over next week. about the only thing that is good is my diet has been really solid.

got up this morning had 1/2 cup egg beaters. 2 pieces of wheat toast. (180 calories)

i had weighed myself at 9 am and got 213. then later after breakfast i laughed and said i wonder how much my breakfast weighed. got on the scale and it said 212.woot. its just water weight. but its much nicer to see it go down rather then up.

4 days until my next weigh in. hopefully my weight will drop another 3 pounds by then so i know what ive lost isnt more water. its been fluctuating 3 pounds all week.
 
jello: I think I may start a journal. I find myself doing a lot of rambling in threads like this one and others that might better be suited in a journal thread. Don't worry about needing to be perfect. Nobody is. Last night, I wasn't able to say no when my wife offered me a slice of chocolate peanut butter pie, and the night before she practically force fed me a cookie AND a cupcake (I think I was under maintaince both days still, but thats because I don't have a good idea of what calorie level my body needs, and I can easily undershoot without feeling hunry or deprived). But its ok, I accepted my treats and moved on. Don't feel like you are half-assing it and that thats a bad thing. It doesn't have to be all or nothing. For some people, giving up full caloried soda is a big step that leads to lots of weight loss. Of course, I'm a big hypocrit, because if I'm not actively trying to lose weight and eat right, I go completely off the reservation because "well I didn't work out today so my days shot, sure I'll get a cheeseburger and shake", and then "My whole week is basically blown, so no need to work out tomorrow" and "oh I'll just start again next week". nah, thats balogny and I know it, but my mind can justify anything when it doesn't have to report to anyone for accountability.

One thing I can say that is probably the fairest thing about trying to lose weight, is that a lot of people see huge results right away, this water loss that you've seen, and it is encouraging and motivating and makes you want to lose more. On the flip side, it can also be discouraging and frustrating when the effect wears off, such as only losing half as much than the previous week when you feel you've worked harder, or not losing or even gaining when you feel like you did everything right for the week.

size32: weight fluctuates a lot daily and weekly, as you've shown. I hypocritically weigh myself sometimes twice a day, but I also know not to worry or get too excited if the scale jumps too far in either direction without a known calorie increase or decrease to cause it. Mostly, if I gain, I can usually attribute it to something I ate high in sodium, and I know if I drink a lot of water over the next few days, it will disappear and go even lower to represent some fat loss. (unless I keep eating junk :p )

As for going to the gym, well, just go! Ask yourself, what reasons do I have to not go? Not going all week isn't a good excuse. Your body doesn't no nor care what day of the week it is. I currently work out monday through friday and take the weekends off. No reason I couldn't do Thursday to Monday, and take tues and wed off.

Again, I say this hypocritically, because I mean to start a weight lifting routine on monday. Why not today? Well, couple reasons. I like a 3day per week routine, and its most convenient for me to do mon-wed-fri. I'm going out of town this weekend, so I don't want to lift for the first time in a long while and then not be able to lift again until monday. I also don't want to be sore with DOMS all weekend. This doesn't mean I'm not going to workout - I'm going to my workplace fitness center as soon as I finish this post to do my excize bike cardio like I've been doing all week. On Monday, I shouldn't have any good excuse to not go lift weights. But I'm sure I'll need someone to kick my butt and tell me so.
 
just doin my daily check in. my diet has been perfect all week and i lost alot to show for it. to bad the weight turned out to be fake. i was down 6 pounds. after a high sodium intake my weight spiked up 6 pounds. im seriously so tired of this fluctuation crap. i can deal with 1 or 2 pounds, but when you spike like 6 that just pisses me off. when the hell am i going to start losing real weight. the crap that doesnt go away...logging just to pissed right now
 
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I totally understand your frustrations size32. My weight fluctuates a lot too. The important thing is not to let it get you down. Fluctuations are normal. If you can pinpoint it to a high sodium meal, thats a good thing because you can expect it, rather than be caught off guard. weekly or monthly trends in your weight won't really show those fluctuations. Remember, we didn't gain all this weight overnight, and we can't expect it to come off overnight either.

Well, today I'm getting back into a weight lifting routine for the first time in 8 months or so. I'm hoping I didn't lose too much of the strength I gained last fall, but I'm not going to try to overdo it either. Today should be the easy day, being the first day. Tomorrow and wednesday I'm expecting to be sore, and then wednesday afternoon is when I'm really going to have to be motivated to go in for my second workout of the week. Wish me luck.
 
Thanks Size32! Got through my workout - Squats, bench, and seated cable row today. threw in 20 minutes on the recumbent bike as well to end my workout. My legs burn and my arms feel like they weigh 100lbs each, but I feel good and I'm looking forward to getting back in there on wednesday. I also had a great dinner, a shrimp and broccoli stir fry with brown rice, and its low calorie so I could really eat a ton of it and stay within my daily calories... I feel stuffed! And it tasted great as well.
 
My day was horrible. :(

I know I should walk like I promised myself but I haven't been. It keeps wanting to rain out and during the day, it's so hot I can't even stand it. Not just like wow, gonna get a sunburn sorta hot but almost like there's no oxygen, it's just too much. But when I wait for it to cool down, it gets cloudy out and it is so miserable.

And I've been anxious for days so I keep binging and instead of purging, I follow it up with panicking. So now I feel totally trapped in my body and I'm sick of being surrounded by all this food with almost nothing that I can eat so I keep going back to junk and then I spend most of the night panicking because I know I wasted yet another day eating trash. :(

Tomorrow has to be different...but I always say this. :(
 
Ghstgirl have you thought of joining a gym. then it doesnt matter what its doing outside. there are lots of places now that charge 10 dollars a month. then you could walk the treadmill all you like. some treadmills even have built in fans that blow on your face while you walk.
 
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