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Well done on cutting down on sugar & well done to the scales reflecting that. You'll miss the rootbeer less & less with time. Tomorrow sounds like a good balance.
 
I stayed away from it for 18 months one time. It's as close to an addiction as I have lol. I don't use antianxiety medication and the rootbeer will literally cut off what I'm feeling. I can do the same with mindfulness but it takes effort.
 
Managed nearly 5600 steps today. Foot did okay. The pills work so much better than the gel.but I've only got maybe a 5 out of 10 pain where last month would have been an 8 or 9.

350 short on calories but maybe that will work in my favor tomorrow. I think it's time to add daily walking back.
 
Down to 262.6. Only half a pound up from where I was on July 22. Two weeks to get back to 262.1 is aggravating. But I get it. All part of the process.

I had an amazing breakfast. Made protein pancakes and added chopped up strawberries. Omg. A new favorite food! I then went to sit in for my cousin at the art fair for an hour. That turned into five bc her 99yo father had a minor emergency. No food so I decided to fast for a while. I'm doing okay so may take it through till morning. Got to be back at the show at 10am so I can eat early tomorrow.

Met an interesting woman who chatted most of the afternoon. I am plum worn out but have a few errands to run that can't wait. Hoping tomorrow the scale will show 261 as the first three numbers.
 
Another Facebook discussion about lower calories automatically equate to lower weight. In healthy people yes. But in people who have traumatic emotional experiences not resolved, the nervous system does insane things totally against physics as we understand. I'd love to post about it but the responses are so harsh to other respondents I just don't want to bother. Just wish people wouldn't negate others' experiences.

Rant over.
 
Traumatic experience can mess with a lot of the bodies normal systems, and hormones have a lot to answer for. What some perceive as too low calories for most people can be perfectly fine for someone else with hormone issues or slow metabolism. It takes more effort to meet nutritional needs on super low calories, but it is possible with a bit of dedication. The obsession with calories for the general population is an easy response to what is a complex problem
 
262.8. When I get into the fifties or even under 262, I'm going to do a happy dance.

Had to skip breakfast to get to the show but I went ahead and ate supper last night so no worries really. My body is hanging onto fluid bc I need more rest.

Can't wait to get home and eat my cabbage soup! Still haven't had a rootbeer or chocolate. Only processed foods I'm eating are the protein pancakes, butter, and rice. Everything is whole food.
 
Your body will thank you for eating unprocessed whole food.
I'll do a virtual happy dance with you when you get into the 250's :)
 
The dancers make me happy.

Just plugged in my data from Thursday through Sunday. Last week's average daily intake of sugar was half of the total for each of the previous three weeks. Carbs were at least 50 grams under the lowest week and protein was highest. Cholesterol was higher because of more eggs and fat is staying steady right around an average of 50 grams per day. All resulting with 2.4lbs decrease on the scale. Numbers don't lie. 149 grams isn't low carb but I had been getting a daily average of between 198-210 in the past three weeks. So keeping the fruits but ditching the bread and rootbeer seem to be working.

The other thing that helps is I have a weightloss graph that plots from now through next November so when I zoom out to see the whole chart, these little back and forths trying to get out of the 260s is minuscule.

I'm liking the new only eat for eight hours lifestyle. For the most part I live a not very social life so it works. And knowing there is no food intake after a certain time each day is such a relief at night. It's not me trying to decide if this or that will make a good snack or eating supper at 10pm. And of course there's flexibility. If the craving has that different energy and wants a few grapes when I wake from a nightmare, so be it. But I'm not downing whole pizzas or bags of chips every night.

I think another six months and this eating style will be near second nature. I think I will forever track my macros. So much good insight for whole body.

Yay Monday. In office today and tons of people here. Very unusual. I weighed this morning but had already put on my foot brace so I'm not sure how much it added. 264.7 from 262.6 yesterday. Tomorrow I'm hoping to walk in the morning. I got up to feed the cats with full intention of going back to bed but I felt good enough after a few minutes to come on into work. That's progress.
 
I love the above post. You are well & truly making lots of progress. It sounds like 16:8 is really going to work for you :)
 
.1lb over that dang 262.2! LOL.

I discovered that pickled jalapeno peppers have insanely high sodium. A few pieces only have 5 calories but 300g sodium. Sad.....but happy I have that knowledge now.

I started drinking apple cider vinegar water last night. The turmeric tea wasn't doing much. But that acv is amazing. No joint pain this morning and my kidneys seem to be working more efficiently. I'll work turmeric tea into my morning or afternoon. I may just go back to pills.

I slept in today. That day in office wears me out. Cooked breakfast again. I would have never dreamed from where I was this time last year that I'd be capable of cooking breakfast several days a week. Astounding the healing that happens when ya just surrender and stop struggling to claw yourself out of the hole. That hole just seems to disappear. Simply miraculous.

Another tight budget week. The beautiful thing with this experience is very little food waste. I usually procrastinate cooking so long, things go bad. I have thrown out six slices of bread and seven blueberries in the past two weeks. That's it. Not $100 of food.

I'm getting excited looking forward. Myfitnesspal says I'll be at 255 by beginning of October and my self-created graph says the last few days of October. When I get to 240 I'm going ziplining. My graph says that should be in January but I think in reality it may be middle December. And starting in November, I'm going sledding every week at a local park. It'll be fantastic to be able to get up from the sled easier. I love sledding when it's in the 70s!
 
I have ACV each day now too & it sure helps. I stopped taking it because of worry that it was eating away at my tooth enamel, but my joints ached again, so now I drink it diluted in water every morning.
I'm excited for you hearing about all of your plans for the future. It is excellent!
 
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I have ACV each day now too
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That is so good to hear. I think I imagine things sometimes.

I realized I stopped my 3k minimum steps weeks ago when my foot froze up and I never got back to it. I'm still figuring out this creme stuff and foot placement but 3k shouldn't be too taxing. I took tylenol last night - just the normal stuff - and my bp shot up and got those sharp pains in my head. No idea what that is about but blah. I cannot take ibuprofen anymore bc of the cream.

Whatever. I have food for me and the cats. We're all relatively healthy with low pain. So I'm going to sleep just fine tonight.
 
So ready! And today I surpassed 25lbs. Very happy. 74.5 to go!

NSV of sorts. I noticed my boobs are not resting on my belly anymore. So very cool. I'm happy weight seems to disappear there first.

Long day. Going to bed soon. I'm down to one dollar bill and some change until Monday. Hopefully the last of these pay periods.
 
Clarification....I'm wearing a bra. At 13 I was called "little Dolly Parton" so never leave the house wo one.
 
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