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That's the thing about bets, of course: you generally have to risk quite a bit to have a chance of winning anything worthwhile. These sites wouldn't exist if the majority of people wouldn't lose money on them.
Don't drop your calories unless you really have to, please. It gets harder to meet your nutritional needs the lower you go, which gets more important the longer your journey lasts.
 
davisgirl said:
If my scale doesn’t move in the right direction soon, I’m just going to start eating what you do. Seriously, I might need recipes!
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Sure, anytime.

Your scale has and will continue to move, in my experience women tend to lose weight more slowly than men, I am not sure why but I think it is true. So don't compare our weight loss, be happy and proud for what you have done, I think you are doing every bit as well as I am! We're both headed to the same place together.
 
Yup. Thanks guys. Feeling blue today about it. Walked a couple miles with the dogs and took to mfp to carve out the macros for the day. Here’s what I came up with —

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Sorry I know it’s hard to read. The time on the snack is wrong, I’ll probably eat that when Nate gets home from school. Nutrition wise I do pretty good and take a multivitamin for the holes. I stopped drinking crystal light in favor of plain water, maybe that will make a difference. I sure miss my peanut butter. :confused:
 
Sorry you are feeling blue, but with what you are eating it shouldn't be about that. You day looks great.

I honestly know nothing about depression, but I do know that eating right will make things better for you. May not cure the blues, but I suspect the blues will not be quite as bad.

We have a jar of peanut butter on the counter, I see it every time I walk through the kitchen. At first it was hard to resist, but its gotten easier. I am sure it will for you. I guess mine is kind of like the bottle some alcoholics in AA keep as a reminder. Except ours is for dog treats and kids, not sure they'd like whiskey.
 
I'm sorry you're feeling glum. Any chance you could have a quick visit to the pool and splash around a bit? Bobbing up and down in water can be very soothing on a glum day. :) (This doesn't work if the whole pool is taken up by grim-faced persons ploughing up and down, each one "owning" a lane - I hope your pool's not in that position!)
 
I hope you´re feeling better by the time you read this :grouphug: I´m curious about your breakfast though: is it really cream with oil and salt?
 
Hi Pam just saying hello. I don't know how true it is but I heard when you start working out in the gym you won't show a loss in weight for a week or so. Something to do with fluid and muscle. Ah peanut butter it was the one thing I had to remove from my house . Was thinking of getting some for a satay recipe but I think I will skip it .
 
Meh. Just getting used to the reality of dieting this 50 year old body. My attitude yesterday was damnit how can I do everything right and lose no weight?

Breakfast is organic coffee with cream oil and fake sugar. Monkfruit though so not so bad. The lite salt I add a small amount to my big water jug I have going all the time.

I must not be doing EVERYTHING right. I walked or ran 16 miles in the past week and lost zero pounds. There is a point where my body will let the weight go, and I will get there.

Yesterday I forgot the avocado so final calories were 1042. I won’t go below 1,000 — if I have to, I will instead introduce a fast day or two into each week. I feel amazing though a bit overworked-out the past couple days. I’m not particularly hungry either, maybe a bit in the morning. Today I’m back down to 215.6 to be exact. I’ll feel better when I see 213 in the next week thank you.

My sister years back started chemo and gained weight. With everything else going on, she was especially upset to gain weight during chemo. She joked she was the only person to get cancer and gain weight. I feel like I almost know how she felt.
 
The bright side of yesterday —

- switched over to organic mayo. I LOVE my tuna fish salad and the organic mayo was incredibly delicious — I savored every bite.
- yesterday enjoyed a snack of frozen strawberries dusted with monkfruit sugar — Oh I savored every one and the satisfaction was as large as the best peanut butter treat at less than a quarter of the calories. So that was a win...
 
davisgirl said:
I feel amazing though a bit overworked-out the past couple days.
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That could indeed be a reason why you didn´t see a drop on the scale this week: unaccustomed (levels or kinds of) exercise stresses out your muscles and makes them retain water. Which will go away either when you stop exercising again or when your muscles get used to it (usually after a couple of weeks). The good news is: water weight in muscles doesn´t stack. If that extra water is the reason your weight stayed the same this week you should see a normal drop next week.
 
davisgirl said:
switched over to organic mayo. I LOVE my tuna fish salad and the organic mayo was incredibly delicious
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I like tuna also, but gave up mayo when I went on this diet. I use mustard instead, mustard is a great condiment according to the label it has zero calories. I doubt that is really true, but it can't have many. It only works if you like mustard, my wife thinks tuna salad made with mustard rather than mayo is disgusting.
 
alligatorob said:
I like tuna also, but gave up mayo when I went on this diet. I use mustard instead, mustard is a great condiment according to the label it has zero calories. I doubt that is really true, but it can't have many. It only works if you like mustard, my wife thinks tuna salad made with mustard rather than mayo is disgusting.
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I could get behind a mustard/mayo mix, maybe dilute the mayo just a little bit. I actually like that idea and I might try it!
 
We walked yesterday morning, then headed to the Y after lunch. I felt worn out and skipped any type of workout in favor of frolicking in the pool with my boy. Also had a nice soak in the hot tub. Came home and had dinner, then gave into cravings in a major way — 3 tbsp of peanut butter and almond flour later and I topped the day off at 1,664 calories — a feast day for me. All that bitching paid off though, this morning the weight loss gods blessed me with 214.6, my lowest weight in years. 13%!!!

Back on the wagon, I’d like to keep that number and see 213 this week. I have my day already planned at 1,050ish calories which is low so I’ll be looking for an extra hundred calorie low carb something to add into the day at some point.

We have a 2.5 mile walk planned for this morning but it promises to be rainy off and on all week, we’ll see what Mother Nature brings. After that, Nate goes to his Dad’s and I head to the gym for a monster session. My move to add to the routine this week is this little maneuver at 5:00 in —
 
davisgirl said:
We walked yesterday morning, then headed to the Y after lunch. I felt worn out and skipped any type of workout in favor of frolicking in the pool with my boy. Also had a nice soak in the hot tub. Came home and had dinner, then gave into cravings in a major way — 3 tbsp of peanut butter and almond flour later and I topped the day off at 1,664 calories — a feast day for me. All that bitching paid off though, this morning the weight loss gods blessed me with 214.6, my lowest weight in years. 13%!!!
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Yes, yes, to frolicking in the pool! And I absolutely love that a cheerful day - splashing and feasting - paid off with the lowest weight in years!
Ah, the human body - can surprise and delight when we least expect it. I'm feeling that delight right along with you! :hurray:
 
davisgirl said:
All that bitching paid off though, this morning the weight loss gods blessed me with 214.6, my lowest weight in years. 13%!!!
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Great news!!! But I suspect it was neither the weight loss gods nor the bitching that you have to thank. Its your new diet and exercise, you, Pam gets the credit!

I know that 1,664 calories are above your target, and the peanut butter thing was something you were trying to avoid, but that kind of eating didn't get you where you are today. You may not lose weight as quickly at 1664 calories, but you won't gain either. So forget about yesterday and eat right today, you'll be fine.

And just what are the weight loss gods? Ancient Greek maybe? Is there a temple somewhere I should know about?
 
Congratulations! That exercise you show is one I quite enjoy sometimes but please be careful because it's hard on the back and shoulders if you don't control it perfectly. Doing it the other way around (face to the machine) would be a lot easier to start out with. Also: ask your knees if they're ok with it.
 
Weight loss gods: “we’ve come for your boobs”
Me: but my belly! My back fat!
Gods: Boobs

Haha! Silly joke. Got up this morning at this ungodly hour (I go to bed at 8pm), pranced over to the scale and ... 212.6. Not once, twice, but 3x. That is a crazy good number! I’m not going to do the percent thing because I want to see what it says tomorrow. But I feel thinner and dammit this is going to be a helluva dieting week. What did I do or change? Well I switched in the past week back over to full fat options. Also, I quit the Crystal Light:

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I used to have a gallon a day of this, now just consuming plain RO water, sometimes with a bit of lite salt. I’m convinced dropping the crystal light made this change. I have to tell Nathan — he loves it as much as I do. I have 6 boxes still I’m going to throw in the trash. This stuff is some voodoo shit!

Had a great workout, it felt wonderful. After the regular fitness room I went to the free weights room for the cable machine and pumped out that move. I only went with 40 pounds to start though I work that big muscle at 50 pounds in the other room. It felt great! No problem with the knees, I used a pad they had laying around. Thanks for checking out that move LaMa! I will try it facing the machine next time and see how that feels too.
 
Congratulations Pam :party::party::party:
 
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