Go-go-gadget Megadeuce!
(I don't do it myself, but it's a tried-and-true system!)MegaDeuce's Weight Loss Journal
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(I don't do it myself, but it's a tried-and-true system!)
alligatorob
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Yes you are, and I am sure it will help. You can decide as it goes.
Keep up the good work!
alligatorob
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!!
I think most of your loss is likely fat, not water weight. Its the water than has kept you "stuck".
Cate
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That is excellent
Oh, cheers! Go, you - down, down, down!!
Yup! And happy to be here My scale shows pounds so I just convert to kg. You know, for anyone who might prefer a more scientific measurement system.
Update for today:
Almost wrecked it when I had a pb&j sandwich for lunch with some chips. I've always thought of that as a perfectly normal-sized lunch, but it was over 700 calories, more than my dinner from the previous night! Went for a smaller dinner tonight and kept it under.
My scale shows pounds so I just convert to kg. You know, for anyone who might prefer a more scientific measurement system.Update for today:
Jan 14, 2020
Weight: 238 lbs / 108 kg
Goal: 1820 cals / 15 mins walking
Result: 1814 cals / 20 mins walking
Almost wrecked it when I had a pb&j sandwich for lunch with some chips. I've always thought of that as a perfectly normal-sized lunch, but it was over 700 calories, more than my dinner from the previous night! Went for a smaller dinner tonight and kept it under.
That´s where calorie counting at least for a while is SO valuable: we often have no idea how much energy is in things. Which would probably work out instinctually if we only ate unprocessed stuff out bodies know but add refined sugar or fried stuff and the brain just doesn´t know what´s what.
alligatorob
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LaMa is right this is the reason we count calories, you will learn a lot about what is good and what isn't. No need to fret over yesterday, you did the right thing and learned from it. Keep up the good work!
Weight & goal for today:
I'm adding in a random gym trip to my goal today just because. My apartment has a decent gym. I plan to go sporadically at first and eventually (within a few months) go an average of 5 times per week!
Jan 15, 2020
Weight: 238 lbs, 108 kg
Calories: --- / 1820 cals
Exercise: --- / 30 mins exercise bike
I'm adding in a random gym trip to my goal today just because. My apartment has a decent gym. I plan to go sporadically at first and eventually (within a few months) go an average of 5 times per week!
Ooo, a change of pace there! Did the bike feel better than walking?
Well... more used by scientists generally, I guess! Oh, and you asked me
i.e. instead of calorie-counting.
I don't count calories, because I don't want to get to a state where I'd be denying myself a good, fresh apple because it was an extra 70 calories or whatever. I feel as if eating healthy food and not eating more than I need ought to be good enough by itself, so that's what I try to do.
So:
For eating healthy:
I eat mostly home-cooked or fresh food, with stacks of fruit and vegetables - I do go easy on rice and potatoes, though.
Fast food is a rarity, as are bought cakes or biscuits. (I do continue to eat bought bread and crackers, though - they're a bit of a trap for me.)
I don't drink alcohol much, but I'll have it if I feel like it.
I try to listen to my body, and eat what my body wants, not what happens to catch my eye when I open the fridge!
And I keep my cynicism at high alert in terms of commercial food manufacturers' claims.
For not eating more than I need:
I have been working on identifying and changing patterns of behaviour which have led to over-eating. Examples are: cooking things as treats for others and then eating some myself to be sociable; taking one of everything when there's a choice, and not just taking the one or two things I like the most; "eating up" things to prevent waste; eating both when it suits me, and when it suits others (for sociability). Oh, there's lots of behaviours I noticed, and am changing!
When I need to, I tell myself I don't have to eat everything right now - like "Take it easy; this food will still be around tomorrow."
It's a ramshackle system, but so far it's been working for me.
Wow good for you! You say you eat lots of fruits and veggies- are you a vegetarian or is meat a part of your diet? Once I get down to my target weight I'd love to have a system like yours, just sort of addressing the habits of overeating instead of rigidly adhering to calorie counting forever. How do you "listen to your body" and tell "what your body wants"?
Update for yesterday:
I'll be color coding the updates for now green = on target, yellow = slightly off, red = way off target.
Goal for today:
No bike today, walking instead. I invented this sort of sporadic schedule for my cardio this month. I go again on Friday, then next Wednesday and Thursday. Between those days it'll be walking.
Update for yesterday:
Jan 15, 2020
Weight: 238 lbs, 108 kg
Calories: 1807 / 1820 cals
Exercise: 30 / 30 mins exercise bike
I'll be color coding the updates for now
green = on target, yellow = slightly off, red = way off target.I love the exercise bike! My only issue is boredom- if I have nothing to while using a cardio machine, wow does it really drag on! Yesterday I had my phone and was reading up on some computer stuff
Goal for today:
Jan 16, 2020
Weight: 238 lbs, 108 kg
Calories: --- / 1820 cals
Exercise: --- / 20 mins walking
No bike today, walking instead. I invented this sort of sporadic schedule for my cardio this month. I go again on Friday, then next Wednesday and Thursday. Between those days it'll be walking.
Too right. I can do about 10 minutes before I start to die of boredom. But then when I change to another kind of machine (bike, treadmill, elliptical, rower) I can go for another 10
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