Cory's Quest for a Healthier Life

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I feel ya Cory! I overate over Thanksgiving and have been ravenous since. I am trying hard to make today that first day of adjustment. Good luck to you and keep up the gym efforts.
 
Get yourself out of it sweetie. You can do it! One good day & then one day at a time. Good work on the exercise, xoC
 
I'm new here and just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Ann L. Crenshaw and I live in central Florida. I just turned 69 and grateful to bypass the only other alternative! Healthy Eating is a passion and sometimes can be a challenge. Learned to eat all those comfort foods from Mother's kitchen! Hope to make useful suggestions. Happy day.
 
I'm not doing so well guys. I haven't weighed in a while, but I think the holidays pretty much pushed me to the point where I've regained all the weight I lost. I'm basically back up to my highest weight again and it makes me sad. And angry at myself. Guess the only think to do is brush myself off and try again. Hope everyone else is doing well.

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It's a really tough time of year for most people I think Cory. Let's dust ourselves off & start over together. One thing I have learned is that I never stop learning!


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Thanks for the support guys. I'll admit I'm a little glad for the holidays to be over.

The last few days has been really good. Done well with food and gotten good exercise. I actually had a caloric deficit of like 1800 calories yesterday. I don't like it to be that big, but there was no way I could fill it unless I ate junk.

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Yay for healthy food and exercise! A deficit of 1800 kcal would have me craving ALL THE FOODS, so kudos to you for being smarter than me :) I´ll be happy to be in a more or less normal rhythm again too, by the way, even though my holidays were theoretically quiet.
 
Thanks Butterfly and Lama! Lama, when I have a huge deficit like that, cravings hit me the next day. I'm really wanting salty snacks today, like pretzels or potato chips.

I forgot to mention before that I've been doda free since Saturday.

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Nice to see you doing well. Getting back to a sane deficit will help, but the big deficit might make the adjustment quicker or at least seem easier after such a low cal day.
 
I did pretty well last night, considering it was New Years eve. I didn't drink any soda or alcohol. The soda was by choice, but the alcohol was on recommendation by the doctor. Had a blood test a couple weeks ago and my liver levels were very very slightly elevated so my doc said to avoid alcohol and acetomenaphin until I get a second test in a couple days. I skipped dinner to make sure I had room for party food and managed to be calorie neutral, even if I didn't manage a deficit. I was the only non-drinker, but it was mostly just nice to bring in the new year with my friends.

I had an idea today that I think will help me avoid cravings. I got a notebook and I'll write reasons I should make a good choice rather than a bad one. For example, tonight I made spaghetti and I ate a reasonable portion for dinner and then put the leftovers in the fridge. A few minutes ago I was really tempted to get in there and eat more spaghetti, but I got my notebook and wrote, "I won't eat the spaghetti because I am full." It helped. I hope it helps longterm.

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I like that idea. I find that writing, especially with an actual pen or pencil, makes things a lot more clear. And then you can reread it and remember your reasons. I hope you stick with it!
 
It tends to work for me, it really does, only at some point I always get cocky (or sick of being "good") and I "forget". Thanks for reminding me, I just bought a new (paper) diary and might just use it for just that!
 
Oaks and Lama: this diary thing has definitely been working the last couple days. It's seemed to especially help when those around me make bad choices.

Yesterday was good. Went horseback riding and did well with food. I did have a piece of cake, but that was actually to fill in my caloric deficit some. My deficit was still around 900, so I probably don't need to feel too guilty about it.

Also, this week I lost 6 lbs. I know most of it is probably water, but it still feels good to be going in the right direction again. Today will also make my 7th day without soda.

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Well done Cory on the 6lb loss. I don't care if it's water weight or whatever as it's just a good feeling getting off to a good start. Keeping a diary is a great idea.
 
6 lbs of water would definitely not make a person look more handsome, just more bloated, so good riddance!
 
Yeah, I definitely feel less bloated guys.

Also, normally I would do zumba tonight, but I'm going to skip in leu of cleaning. I'm also going to try to eat enough to be calorie neutral today and not at a deficit. The last three days have had 1000+ calorie deficits and I know I'll start to feel run down like that. Plus, I know tomorrow and Wednesday will be big deficit days too just because of the exercise I do.

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Good to hear you´re looking after yourself. Deficits are nice but energy and well-being are quite important too ;) Good work!
 
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