Milestones (Amy's diary)

Amy I think it’s good you are getting ready for the next step too. I am also although I am going at it very very slowly and not getting too bogged down .
 
LaMaria said:
Excellent. Let's step!
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Petal001 said:
Amy I think it’s good you are getting ready for the next step too. I am also although I am going at it very very slowly and not getting too bogged down .
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Oh, cheers for steps in solidarity, including the slow steps! :) :) Thanks, both!
Not that I'm quite ready to declare that I'm into the next stage of the quest, but I can dimly see it forming through the mist. I've pledged to go swimming by (end of?) February - I might plunge into both challenges at the same time. Or maybe hit the three month-maintenance mark, first. Hhhmmm... :rolleyes:
 
:iagree: with Em. I think you are doing great too Amy. You have given your body a chance to adjust & can decide the next phase when you're good & ready.
 
aiminglow said:
I didn't ever think of myself as potentially having a lack-of-blood-sugar reaction! Probably because I've a couple of times found myself being carer for people who had serious problems that way - to the extent that I was carrying emergency energy bars etc for them, and having to help them to find a place to sit, etc. Thanks for giving me a nudge to think about this!
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Yes I've seen plenty of people with that more serious issue too. Mine's never gotten there. I would just get crabby and not be able to think properly.
I even had my blood sugar measured when I'd be feeling low but it was fine. but food always resolved the crabbiness!
 
Thanks for the encouragement, @Emilyrose and @Cate . :) Bolstered by all the lovely voices here, I think I'll take another two or three weeks of focussing on balance, core-strength and skin care before I start thinking of setting a new weight goal in concrete!

@liza - food as anti-crab device! :D I like these straightforward, basic home remedies.
 
aiminglow said:
I think I'll take another two or three weeks of focussing on balance, core-strength and skin care before I start thinking of setting a new weight goal in concrete!
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Those sound like really good areas to focus on. Core strength's so important as is balance!
 
alligatorob said:
I like your sane, and well thought out strategy!
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Thanks, Rob! Your encouragement is much appreciated. :)

No face-masks, @Emilyrose - just lots of nice-smelling moisturisers on my body - I've almost finished the grapefruit one. :) And a different one - an expensive one - on my face. It promises all sorts of wonders, but when I look in the mirror, it's the same old face. :(

Thanks, @petal - I'm working on spoiling myself a bit, too. I went and bought a dress yesterday - just marched into the shop, looked at a few, checked out one, and bought it! As you noted re: the jumper-buying, shopping is a lot easier a few kilos lighter. :)

Thanks, @liza! I went public with the balance thing at the morning exercise group, so now I'll have lots of people watching me, and hopefully keeping me up to the mark. I'm working on core strength more on my own, using some advice from @Trusylver

Adventures in Maintenance
I'm being bold! If I'm probably going to go for another step down in a few weeks, now is the time to be going for broke on eating "normally" - so in the past few days I've eaten: delicious chocolate caramels (not eat too many, because the bag has to last till March!), stacks of fruit, including stewed with sugar!, a bread roll with brie cheese (actually, I ate up the whole brie wheel, over about three days), hearty helping of rice with vegie curry, a good handful of dates (maybe about twelve all up), icecream with stewed fruit, wine!

And so on. Nothing truly appalling, but things I wouldn't be eating if I were trying to lose weight. This is to see if I can truly maintain, and also I guess, sneakily, it's giving myself things to cut back on (the rice, the cheese) when I try for the next step.

But there's another couple of maintenance challenges I'm facing. I've mentioned elsewhere that one thing I think is a trap for me (and maybe for others) is making treats for others, and then sociably having some myself. Okay, well, this week I'm making a banana-walnut loaf by request, and I want to have some myself, but be able to not have too much. Just putting it out there, for accountability - I'll report back.

Also, another trap is the avoiding-waste trap. I really want to avoid "using up" that yoghurt that's in the fridge now, either by eating it, or cooking it into something and then eating that. Putting this down here, because I think spelling it out like that will help me stay away from that trap.

Thanks, whoever's got this far, for reading this long screed! :) Hope your weekends are all going beautifully, and all the best for the week to come!
 
aiminglow said:
...But there's another couple of maintenance challenges I'm facing. I've mentioned elsewhere that one thing I think is a trap for me (and maybe for others) is making treats for others, and then sociably having some myself. Okay, well, this week I'm making a banana-walnut loaf by request, and I want to have some myself, but be able to not have too much. Just putting it out there, for accountability - I'll report back. ...
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since i missed the traditional holiday season this year, i made shortbread a few days ago to give away for the upcoming Lunar New Year. i've already burnt through the few pieces i put aside, but the bulk of it is still wrapped up well enough that it would take more than a minor effort to defeat. while i can ignore most temptation, i have to acknowledge that different levels of weakness definitely exist. the next 5-6 days might be tough.
 
aiminglow said:
Okay, well, this week I'm making a banana-walnut loaf by request, and I want to have some myself, but be able to not have too much. Just putting it out there, for accountability - I'll report back.
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It is tough but you can do it, I was able to manage it recently when I made shortbread with my 2 year old who seems to love cooking.
 
Congrats on the buying a new dress and treating yourself.

All the food you've eaten sounds delicious. If you can maintain and still eat all those nice things, then why not?
 
alligatorob said:
I like that, it would make a good thread title.
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Thanks, Rob! It might be an interesting and useful thread, but I'm not sure how many people here are actually in maintenance - I am, and @Petal001 is, and @LaMaria - but all of us are teetering on the verge of taking another shot at weight-loss - in fact, the other two might have already started! Maybe @overlandflyer is?
And speaking of Flyer... it's so good to read of someone else who's challenged by cooking for others, and then having some of what's cooked! I love shortbread, but haven't made it for ages - at least three years. But courage, amigo!
overlandflyer said:
the next 5-6 days might be tough.
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but you are tougher!

LaMaria said:
Erm... Where I come from a brie wheel is ~50 cm across. That kind?
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:rotflmao::rotflmao:
It's a wild idea! But no, that's the kind of brie that comes from the cheese shop - mine was the kind of brie that comes from the supermarket, and only just scrapes in to be called brie, I expect, dodging the appellation contrôlée police by virtue of being of French origin anyway - it was about eight centimetres across.
Trusylver said:
It is tough but you can do it, I was able to manage it recently when I made shortbread with my 2 year old who seems to love cooking.
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Thanks, Tru! The encouragement from a fellow-treat-cook is very welcome - and I love the mind-picture of your two-year-old helping to make shortbread!
Emilyrose said:
Congrats on the buying a new dress and treating yourself.
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Thanks, Emily! It's all oddly linked - allowing myself a frivolous new dress, and allowing myself the fresh, delicious, healthy food, not the rubbishy stuff. Puzzling, but true. As for
Emilyrose said:
If you can maintain and still eat all those nice things, then why not?
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it's that "if" that's the question! :D We shall see!
 
That's a really positive post Amy. Lovely that you got a new dress and that food all sounds great. I like the idea of enjoying yourself before taking the next step. And yes, the food doesn't sound overly indulgent. One thing I've noticed on my present over-indulgent days is that they are probably still less food than I was having on any given day pre-diet.
Good luck with the baking and just having a bit. It's very empowering when you can manage it!
 
What's your dress like, Amy?
 
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