Anna.banana Lose then maintain

anna.banana

anna.banana

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Hey Peoples, I've been here on and off before, so 'Hi" to anyone who remembers me.
I'm in a reasonably good place at the moment. My weight peaked during pregnancy in 2014(I'm guessing at about 125kg (275lbs), although i stopped weighing myself, so who knows). After weaning my baby i settled at about 105kg (231lbs) in about March 2015. I lost about 10kg by June 2015, and I've maintained that loss till now. Always going a little bit up and a little bit down. I've gotten back into losing weight again at the moment and as of this morning I am 92 kilos (202lbs). I thought i'd answer the 'diary' questions, to clarify things for myself.

-- How much weight do you want to lose? About 10kgs and then re-assess. I'm aiming for 82kg (180 lbs). I'm 5'11

-- What is the timeframe for reaching your target weight? As long as it takes. I'm not worried. I don't want to go up again!

-- How do you want to accomplish your goal (what methods do you want to use)? I'm calorie counting with MFP and I use instagram for motivation. I'm looking forward to interacting on here again.

-- Who or what can support you in reaching your goal? As above

-- How realistic is your goal? very

-- When will you start? I've already started!
 
So, end of the day wrap.

I'm up to 10116 steps, so should hit my goal of 11000 steps before bed, there is still another load of laundry to hang up, and some dishes etc etc. I got 67 active minutes so that is good. (includes a 5km walk)

My cals are at 1804, and I won't eat anything else today, so that is on target too.

B- 2 eggs and some baked beans
L- coleslaw (no dressing) with hummus and chicken and beetroot with a ciabatta roll (70g)
S- another ciabatta roll w oliviani spread (this was unplanned, but fit my cals so ok)
D- spaghetti bolognaise and a chocolate cookie after

I also spent an hour this afternoon scheduling my training plan for the next few weeks. I have a half marathon (walking) in 8 weeks, and I've been following a training plan, so I'm on track for that. I've also just decided to enter another in November, and I'd really like to be able to jog that one, so I'm starting to plan some running training for when the May half marathon is done. I'm pretty excited about it really!
 
So an up and down day for me, i met my fitness and step goals (11000 steps, and a small easy walk today). I've done some house work, and spent a nice couple of hours at the playground with my little girl (2 years old) this morning.

This afternoon I went to a workshop on fermenting (foods) and also how to make sourdough. It was pretty inspiring, all about eating locally sourced and organic whole food etc, just what I am trying to do more of. I'm going to make some of the sourdough on Monday, and although I'm not eating a lot of bread at the moment, I will have a small slice when I make it. I'll just be happy if my hubby and bubby eat it, because we just buy rubbish white bread at the moment.

When I got home a friend popped in and we ended up starting and finishing a bottle of wine. Not really on the plan, but I don't drink much at all, so I'm ok with an unplanned drink occassionally. My hubby made dinner and I probably overate slightly due to the wine...oops. Anyway I'll go log it now and see what the damage is.
Tomorrow I've got a long walk (8-10K) planned, so will be up early for that. My plan is to do it fasted (just some black coffee before hand) , and then have a pretty low calorie day. We are heading out for dinner for my brothers birthday, so I need to be mindful of that.

What fun!
 
Life is good. A bit too much fun for a successful dieting day though :( I must strategise a bit better!

My walk was 6km instead of 8, and I've been overeating a bit again. Boo

Well, will get back on track again tomorrow, and try for a better plan for next weekend!
 
Just popping in, because I've had such great start to the day, and want to share.

I went out this morning planning to do day 1 of the C25K, and as i left my hubby said he was taking Stella (bubs) out, so I didn't need to be home is a hurry, so I did the day1 as planned and went on to do an 8km distance (which i couldn't do yesterday because things didn't go as planned).

I've tracked my calories and planned the rest of my food for the day, so feeling in control and like I'm living the lifestyle IYKWIM.

I've also stopped my fitbit (charge hr) from syncing with mfp, because i think it was giving me to many extra calories each day. I dug out my old garmin watch and wore that for the exercise so I can more accurately calculate my calorie burn for exercise.

I'm off to work shortly and have my food packed! yay feeling good today!
 
Fantastic! Don't you wish we could bottle that feeling up and save it for those days when we've lost our motivation?
 
Well done Anna & thanks for sharing your good day. Feeling in control is a big win. Go you!
 
C25K is amazing! Are you enjoying it?

When I was doing Weight Watchers in 2013 pre packed work lunches helped me massively. It meant more preparation but it was that or having sandwiches or shitty canteen food for lunch every day.

Hope your day continues to be amazing!
 
The rest of my day was pretty good :)

I did the C25K last year Delsid, and really enjoyed it, I'm enjoying starting again. I pretty much always take my food to work, as our work cafe has very limited hours and the food is rubbish. I work shifts, so often there isn't anything available.

I've just worked out my plan for today, and I'm going to walk to work (and home) for my exercise, and I've packed a salad with coleslaw (undressed) 2 eggs and some hummus and cornichons. I've also packed a couple of crackers and cheese and an orange,. It means i'm having eggs twice today, but that just happens sometime. I haven't been shopping for groceries for a few days so that was my easiest protein choice.

I'm not particularly being low carb or anything, just counting calories, but I do like to eat lots of veggies and health whole foods.

I made some sourdough bread, from scratch, and it is all organic and half wholewheat and half spelt. So i had some of that with my breakfast so yummy! It is amazing bread and all it has is flour and water (no sugar or oil etc).

Hope you are all having a good one!
 
Oops here I am...got busy over easter, and this is the first time I've sat down at the computer since last week.

I've been achieving lots of my fitness goals and sticking to my plan, but the food has come a little unstuck again. I've had an on track day today, and will try for another tomorrow!

I did W2 D1 C25k today and that was pretty good. Not a difficult jump from last week thank goodness!

Anyway off to check some other diaries!
 
You sound a lot like me in your posts! I get motivated/high from being successful and it makes me so excited! And then some days it's just not working and I feel badly and tend to eat my feelings! Haha.

You walk a lot and that is great! We are in the process of moving and my Fitbit is packed up, but I'm excited to dig it out again and start using it. But agree with what you said about the fitbit synching and adding calories. I wouldn't like that... I use my activity as a safety buffer and I don't count the calories burned towards "extra" food allowances. That's a receipe for disaster with me.
 
Yes! Don't give up.

I decided to take the motivation of a new month, and set some daily goals to achieve for the month.

My goals are
1. eat and log my food accurately. Achieve a deficit (even if it is only small) every day.
2. Follow my fitness plan.
3. Drink 1.5 l of water (or more) every day.

The water is a new goal, because I don't normally track my water. The fitness stuff I've already been doing all year, so I just want to keep it up. The food is the big one. I've been trying to get a bigger deficit, and have ended up over eating often, so I think I'll do a month where I just try to eat at a small deficit. I'm in this for the long game, so there is no huge rush to get to goal. However, I haven't been making much progress, so I think trying a new strategy is a good idea.
 
Yes, I only drink water and coffee (2 cups a day), but have never tracked the water, so will do that for a bit.

My goals are
1. eat and log my food accurately. Achieve a deficit (even if it is only small) every day.
2. Follow my fitness plan.
3. Drink 1.5 l of water (or more) every day.

1/4 :Angel_anim:
2/4 :Angel_anim:
3/4 ?

I thought today might be a wash, because not much activity etc, but actually I met all my goals so there! haha
 
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