Milestones (Amy's diary)

I’m putting my hand up Amy! I’m giving up chocolate bars for lent!! :) I’m not gonna bother with pancakes though lol I ate so bad all last year I don’t even crave em lol

Are you giving up anything for lent? :)
 
Lovely about the pants!

aiminglow said:
What I'd really like would be to get into the 160s before I left. Three pounds in a week - or ten days, maybe? Possible, but not easy.
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Weight goals are tough in general because the scale isn't in our control the same way other things are. We can make the lifestyle/diet changes but sometimes the scale can be stubborn and varies so much with water etc. I think just stay focused on the changes you can make and try not to worry about how quickly the scale changes.
I was wondering about Lent too. I don't really want to do any more changes around food at this point though...i'll have to give it more thought...
 
I'm ignoring Lent completely because more pressure just makes me binge. It's a useful excuse when people want to give me food I don't want though :p
 
I’m not giving up anything for lent because I’m not really a fully practicing Catholic right now . Sadly here in Ireland a lot of people use it as an excuse to do something for themselves in order to lose weight , save money by not drinking or smoking etc . I do include myself in that I suppose if I’m completely honest . It’s more self serving than a sacrifice . When we did do it the money we saved went to trocaire so the 1 Euro we would spend on sweets we put in the trocaire box which then was brought to church on Easter Sunday . Then went to the third world countries . Maybe I will get a box anyway and put a Euro a day into .
lol sorry Amy I got carried away there .
hope you enjoy the pancakes whichever way you have them . The chefs all on the radio today with different ideas .
 
I am not Catholic, but in Louisiana since we all, no matter religion, observe Mardi Gras I do think about Lent a bit. My uncle always used to give up watermelon, he said he didn't really like it and it was out of season so he was sure to be able to stick to it. Petal, maybe that describes some of what you are talking about.

I do know in Louisiana the price of fresh crawfish always goes up after Mardi Gras, I think that's a reflection of people actually observing Lent.

Maybe I'll go with the watermelon this year.
 
Good for you, Kate, in dropping the chocolate bars for the next while! :)
I don't tend to get chocolate bars, but I've got two caramels left in my bag of Reisen's Deadly Caramels - and I'm going to eat them! By Sunday or maybe on Sunday - Sunday night! Because I said one time I'd make the bagful last till the end of March - and I've decided that can be this end of March, not the other end of March! :p

And I'm laughing at Rob deciding to "go with the watermelon". :D And LaMa's cunning ploy of using other people's expectations to deflect the unwanted offers is pretty good, too! You clever pair!:rotflmao:

It's true people can fool themselves sometimes, Petal - telling themselves they're giving up for Lent (or on an Oxfam fast, or a political prisoner diet or whatever) for one reason, but really they have another agenda the whole time. So I can really see the point of taking on something as well as giving up something. I can see the point of trying not to have any more focus on food, too, Liza - the ideal would be to enjoy it as it comes, and then not to worry about it at all. Oh, roll on the day when we all are at that ideal!

And as for me: my doing-without won't be anything different over the next few weeks than it is now - the 100 grams of butter a week, the only two serves of bread-cracker-rice style carbs a day. (Is there a more succinct way of naming those carbs?) And having as much fruit and veg as I like, but going easy on potatoes. I think that's pretty much the outline of what I'm doing and doing-without. And I'm still up-and-down, but have slipped below the 173 mark twice this week - so I'm hoping I can make that stick by the weekend.
 
LaMaria said:
I'm thoroughly impressed you made that bag of caramels last so long!
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Me too . I am always amazed at the will power of people on here . Hope you see they drop sticking soon and I’m going to try and join you in a drop soon . Reset start today . Your a good inspiration
 
Well... it didn't stick. :( I can only suppose that it's as a result of my eating a normal human tea last night - up over 173¼ again.

And what did I do because of that? Why, ate a serving of crackers, of course! ie on top of my normal breakfast. with butter and cheese. Gloom, gloom, gloom.

Also stressing a bit because my planned travel next month... coronavirus... etc etc. I think it will still happen, but it will be more complex. Does anyone think that stress in itself, apart from what food actually goes in the mouth, can put on weight? I'm starting to feel that.

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But now I've reread all your wonderful comments up above, and feel more heartened, and back to being determined.
@Cate - "starchy carbs"! Yes! :hurray: Thank you! :) You've freed me from being stuck in the Circumlocution Office, and I adopted your phrase instantly!
And thanks, Cate and @liza and all, for good wishes for the slipping down to stick. :) Back to it, and maybe by Monday!

As far as caramels and "will-power" go, LaMa and Petal - I think it's more pig-headedness! :D (Is there a philosopher in the ranks? When does determination become pig-headedness?)

And resets, and onwards for the win! on to the ideal as outlined! :)
Emilyrose said:
Definitely not there yet.
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But on the way! If we can conceive of it, we can do it! :hurray:and :grouphug: everybody!
 
aiminglow said:
When does determination become pig-headedness?
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Probably one and the same for me...

Hey are the same Amy who so often, and wisely counsels people not to worry about the past? Your little bounce should be soon forgotten, and you are still doing a pretty good job of maintaining in the 170s. And if you decide to restart the downward trend I'll be happy for you and enjoy following it. If you don't I'll still be happy to see you maintaining. Whatever makes you happy and healthy is right by me.
 
aiminglow said:
Also stressing a bit because my planned travel next month... coronavirus... etc etc. I think it will still happen, but it will be more complex. Does anyone think that stress in itself, apart from what food actually goes in the mouth, can put on weight? I'm starting to feel that.
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That's too bad that's weighing on you amy (interesting--that phrase seems to confirm your instinct that stress can cause one to put on weight!) The coronavirus is really throwing a lot of people for a loop and yes I can imagine how it could get pretty stressful trying to figure out how to work around it. I hope something clicks that works for you and doesn't cause stress.

Scales are finicky things...or maybe our weight is...what with water fluctuating and everything. The scale will move down and stay down soon enough if you stick to your plan. I know I've watched my scale not move for a month while reducing calories, but eventually it's got to move!
 
If you´re a healthy adult with a properly functioning immune system there´s not a lot of reason to worry about the corona virus as far as I can tell - or no more than you would about good old influenza. Not sure if that helps but it might.
 
I’ve been worrying a bit about the virus too Amy as due to travel again soon . It’s not vital I go and I’m between two minds although LaMa makes sense . I’m more dreading the crowds and germs which are bad at the best of times . Thinking on it.
Regarding you sticking it will drop eventually and you are doing fantastic and eating good food .
 
liza said:
The scale will move down and stay down soon enough if you stick to your plan. I know I've watched my scale not move for a month while reducing calories, but eventually it's got to move!
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Oh, I hope you're right, Liza! I am feeling gloomy about the chances of being any lower by Monday. To spur myself on, I've joined @Nelly in a three-day challenge - to just go all-out (undefined) on a weight-loss effort Friday-Saturday-Sunday. (How does this fit with eating the last two caramels? I'm not at all sure!)

Thanks, LaMa. It's not so much that I am worried about catching it (though I'd hate to find out I'd been a carrier) but it's more that I don't want to take the risk of being bailed up for two weeks - or even longer than that - just one other person on a plane, could do it. :( It's not easy to predict how things could develop, when there's obviously politics in the mix (and profitability, too! the economics of the Olympics, for example) as well as plain medical and public health issues.

So I'm starting to think my travel will have to be put off - for a month or two, or longer? It's not vital I go, either, Petal - but I was really looking forward to beautiful Adelaide and swimming (okay - "swimming" :blush5: ) in the sea - and hoped to get to Melbourne (where there's a huge warehousey shop full of swimsuits!), and other places. But I think I have pretty definitely put it off - that is, I didn't snap up the cheap ticket this morning.

Well... there's weight, and there's waist! I still don't seem to be getting any closer to the magic 35", and I find it hard to tell if I'm really getting a correct waist measurement anyway (a little bit tighter, a little bit tighter again, maybe...). So this morning I wildly, recklessly, squandered fifteen dollars on a pair of trousers with a 34" waist. There! I might be able to fool myself, but there's no way I can fool those trousers. It may be that I end the year making a present of them to whoever wants them, but it may be that the hoped-for six-kilo drop does the trick, in which case I'll wear them for Christmas. :)
 
aiminglow said:
but I was really looking forward to beautiful Adelaide and swimming (okay - "swimming" :blush5: ) in the sea
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I love swimming in saltwater, Sea, Gulf, or Bay. How warm is your water? I grew up in a house just 6 blocks from the bay, went down to the water most every day for years.
aiminglow said:
Well... there's weight, and there's waist! I still don't seem to be getting any closer to the magic 35", and I find it hard to tell if I'm really getting a correct waist measurement anyway (a little bit tighter, a little bit tighter again, maybe...). So this morning I wildly, recklessly, squandered fifteen dollars on a pair of trousers with a 34" waist. There! I might be able to fool myself, but there's no way I can fool those trousers. It may be that I end the year making a present of them to whoever wants them, but it may be that the hoped-for six-kilo drop does the trick, in which case I'll wear them for Christmas.
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I liked this, and I am sure you will be wearing them for Christmas if not before. Interesting 34" is also my magic number, that's where I was when I was 16 at the end of the wrestling season, my lowest as an adult (well quasi-adult anyway). But I doubt my body can get that small now. I am sure you will!
 
I try not to buy aspirational clothing but to have ONE pair of future jeans is excellent motivation!
 
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