Hope4Loss' Weight Loss Diary

Glad to be back on this forum and back on my weight loss path. I moved across the country (driving), then went to Europe for 3 weeks, so eating healthy and working out have been harder than ever. We were in Scandinavia, and it amazed me how many grain-based carbohydrates they eat! They even have a word for it - fika - and they eat it every day several times a day. (Fika is food like cinnamon rolls.) Food there is expensive, especially healthy food, of which there is relatively little. It's not like the USA where most grocery stores have a deli, meat counter, fish counter, and huge produce section. Most of the grocery stores we went to had none of that. Instead, everything was prepackaged and a lot of it frozen. It was tough!

Despite all this, I weighed myself and somehow managed to only gain 2 to 3 lbs since the move began. I tried to walk a lot in Europe, we went on a couple hikes, and I didn't forget myself and totally pig out on unhealthy junk. After all, since my food changed in March I don't really like the taste of unhealthy food as much anymore.

It's weird to me that I've only gained 2 to 3 pounds, though. I wonder if that can be right because I am noticing my flab a lot!

Well, getting back on track and back to my goal of getting down to the 130's. Can't wait to join that club. Will keep trying!
 
The Scandinavian countries have a rather shorter growing season. This means most greens are imported and has historically meant relying on meat and grains a lot. Plus the standard of living is high, so absolutely everything is expensive for people coming in from abroad.
All the more respect for pretty much keeping your weight!
 
Hope4Loss said:
Despite all this, I weighed myself and somehow managed to only gain 2 to 3 lbs since the move began. I tried to walk a lot in Europe, we went on a couple hikes, and I didn't forget myself and totally pig out on unhealthy junk. After all, since my food changed in March I don't really like the taste of unhealthy food as much anymore.
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I love this! You have done very well. You will like the taste of unhealthy food less & less as time goes on. What country are you in now & how is the food situation there?
 
cate said:
I love this! You have done very well. You will like the taste of unhealthy food less & less as time goes on. What country are you in now & how is the food situation there?
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I've been back for about 2 weeks now. I was just back when I wrote the post. So, back in the good 'ole USA ;)
 
Well, I weighed myself this morning and am back to 140.8. I can hardly believe it! I'm excited that my weight has not ballooned (and in fact is right back to where I left it before moving and traveling). However, I can't help but notice that I never seem to dip down into the 130's!! It's so close, but I never cross that line. It's curious that my body seems be plateauing at 140.
 
Mine is the same. It is frustrating, to say the least, but still better than being obese, which I once was.
 
Hey Everyone, long time no see! I have been gaining a few pounds lately, and am looking for support. I feel physically poor due to the lack of exercise, which I'm sure accounts for the weight gain. Well, that plus stress (started a new job) plus my eating has been getting loose. It's amazing - you slip up on a couple of things a few times and BAM!! I'm amazed at how quickly you can gain back weight! SO hard to lose, so easy to gain!

Where I really struggle the most is at dinner. Now that I'm working full time, the last thing I want to do is cook dinner when I get home. That means I can blow a LOT of calories and let's just say it's not all celery sticks. Luckily one of my new co-workers has offered to give me her slow cooker. She hates to cook (she is thin as a pole and eats total crap - so unfair! Haha). Even though she offered to give it to me, I said I'd just like to try it out so I'm just going to borrow it. Also, drinking has increased with stress plus meeting new people the standard is, "Let's get a drink." And no, we can't go out for coffee instead.

Besides the slow cooker my other method of defense has been to commute by train twice a week, which means a 50 minute walk each way from the train station to my work site. That's 100 minutes of walking twice per week. It's still not enough, but I was down to practically zero so this is better!

Hope I lose the new pounds soon. For me, it's more a battle of discipline and self-control than anything else.
 
Weight is SO hard to lose, but SO, SO easy to gain. Welcome back H4L.
Discipline & self-control.....sounds easy, doesn't it? We all know that is the battle, but we also know we can do it. Welcome back, hon xoC
 
I feel you on the "no we can't go out for coffee". Alcohol has a strange kind of stranglehold on the social parts of our culture.
 
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