Qjay's thread

Progress has been steady enough, give or take a couple of plateau periods. I tend to lose my sizes pretty steadily, when I'm losing, but when that stops, I wind up regaining an inch or two and hovering there, which RUINS my positivity about the sizes lost.

Well, I am still dropping the sizes, I'm working down into the 2x clothing pretty steadily now, and my 3x clothing is starting to look pretty oversized on me. This is a good thing :D

I can work with the knee thing (it's a little swollen, but I worked tonight) but it will take a few days to "recover" as much as it ever does. I had to skip out on Truffle hunting today because walking in the woods seemed like a pretty bad idea since I just dinged myself up yesterday. I've never been and was really looking forward to it, but maybe I'll get to go in a week or two, eh?

I have been pretty badly messed up in the past from knee issues; to the point of essentially being carried off. I've spent a few days laid up, and one wasted trip to the ER because of it. "Stay off your leg, give us $500."

Anyhoo, I'm okay, just on "light duty" or some crap like that.
 
Bummer about the truffle hunting - I hope you do get to go later. If people are truffle hunting, does that mean it's wet but not too cold now where you are?
 
It's still pretty cold, but overall, that might be a good description. I guess it depends on how cold it needs to be to be bad for truffles. We're still getting down to freezing fairly often, according my my window scraper
 
:) I don't know much about food that grows under the ground. I guess it grows by special rules.
 
Okay, not doing the best eating lately, but have put it all behind me. I ate "normal" food for a few days, and have been finding myself hungry at night, and craving cheese and mayo.

This is bad. I haven't had to add any inches back yet, but I am back on track (easy to say with a belly full of pita chips and brie, right? 800 calories worth...) *sigh* But, mid binge, I switched back to fruit and veggies, and am now eyeing that salad and those tomatoes I bought today. It's 3 in the morning, figured I would drop onto the diary, make sure I publish it to the web, and can move on.

Oh, depression-fighting comfort foods started it. Stooooopid mistake, eh?
"Gee, no salads here? Okay, just bring fries, extra crisp."

Now I'll just shake it off (mmm... shakes...) and get back on track; I FEEL pudgier and greasier after only a couple of bad days. The good news: I got a couple of good lines on extra work: I'll be following those up today, whenever I get up!


Enough for now, be back later. I might have to make this my home page, it really helps.
Does anyone else do that?
 
A mid-binge switch is an impressive feat. Nice one. Keep going!!! :D

I never thought of making any page like this my home page. I can see how it could have value. (I just have my User CP bookmarked, so when I click WLF the first thing I see is new posts in the threads I have an interest in.)

Good luck with the extra work.
 
I'm having a REAL bitch of a time getting out from under this. Woke up this morning with really bad blood sugar, for the first time in awhile. I think it is due to my crappy eating habits the past days.
Ah well, I'm already off on my "healthy" binge. I had a little cheese with my sandwich, but no mayo. Sandwich was about 6 oz turkey on 12 grain bread, sour cream instead of may, maybe an ounce of colby-jack, and a whole tomato (smallish). Had a bowl of sauerkraut (tried it with mustard powder, along with the basil and onion, very tasty!) an entire red pepper, sliced raw, and a couple glasses of grape juice. Oh, and a handful of blackberries.

Still hungry, the sandwich would normally have been enough to hold me over, but I am just feeling ravenous, so it's time to crunch some lettuce, I guess. At least I have plenty of "healthy" foods to much on, but I think I'll have to skip any dressing with the salad.
If this doesn't work, it's off to collard greens or pineapple or something, I guess.

Man, this really sucks. :(
I'm going to go do my TV workout for awhile, hand weights, movie on demand...
Yeh, then if I need it, I'll go for salad or other low-food-value munchies.

Yay for addiction!
 
Hey there I wanted to drop by and see whats going on in here lol!
I see you to having trouble getting started it just takes alot of mini
changes and not all drastic all at once like I just tried recently with
making that soup. I will say the soup is healthy and doesnt taste bad
so I am using it for snacking and using for a side item with my meals.

What I learned whenI lost over a 100 B4 I got pregnant last year lol was
you can eat basically all the foods you like just find the healthier versions
out there ,like I love sweets and pastas so I used to buy some of the frozen
weightloss deserts (cookie doe sundae,strawberry cheesecake brownie alamode) for those bad crave days they are all under 200 calories I love chicken fajitas so I buy low fat low cal shells reduced fat cheese and sour cream and yummmy just as good I see you like cheese and mayo well they both come in REDUCED FAT the fat free not so tasty but reduce fat pretty good plus i swiched from mayo to mustard which i love now and you knock off alot of fat and calories by swithing mayo for mustard or even low fat mayo. I also had the dont eat after 8-9 rule and if I was hungry I would snack on the lower calorie snacks,grapes,FF jello or a 90 calorie kellogs peanut snacky bars. ANYWAY I hope this helps and I am hoping I can redo it myself to lol..GL and ty for stopping by my diary,Tammy
 
Qjay said:
I'm having a REAL bitch of a time getting out from under this. Woke up this morning with really bad blood sugar, for the first time in awhile. I think it is due to my crappy eating habits the past days.
Ah well, I'm already off on my "healthy" binge. I had a little cheese with my sandwich, but no mayo. Sandwich was about 6 oz turkey on 12 grain bread, sour cream instead of may, maybe an ounce of colby-jack, and a whole tomato (smallish). Had a bowl of sauerkraut (tried it with mustard powder, along with the basil and onion, very tasty!) an entire red pepper, sliced raw, and a couple glasses of grape juice. Oh, and a handful of blackberries.

Still hungry, the sandwich would normally have been enough to hold me over, but I am just feeling ravenous, so it's time to crunch some lettuce, I guess. At least I have plenty of "healthy" foods to much on, but I think I'll have to skip any dressing with the salad.
If this doesn't work, it's off to collard greens or pineapple or something, I guess.

Man, this really sucks. :(
I'm going to go do my TV workout for awhile, hand weights, movie on demand...
Yeh, then if I need it, I'll go for salad or other low-food-value munchies.

Yay for addiction!
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It's cool that you're getting back into the healthy eating, despite the awkwardness of the changeover period. It's hard when you're appetite's still up - I know! Maybe some extra protein during the changeover time would help you feel more satisfied without messing up your blood sugar and prolonging the issue? (Is it really ok to have grapejuice - as opposed to grapes- while your blood sugar is an issue - cos I know not everyone gets the same advice, but I was told fruitjuice was a no-no cos it zaps the sugar into you too fast that way.)

I found that the crappy moments seem like they will be permanent while they're around, but we know they do pass. You can do this!! :coolgleamA:
 
Hey Felici,
The juice is not an issue, as long as I don't drink more than a glass or so; if I drank a bunch then it could be trouble, but I usually do better than that.

Spent the past several days eating lightly and/or well, so that's a good thing. I did go out to dinner tonight at a wing joint, so I had (probably) too many hot wings, about 15-18, which sounds like a lot, but it's the only meal I ate today, with a lot of celery. Had some blue cheese dressing with it, but only about a serving and a half. Other than that, I at a serving or so of cheese, and some lunchmeat, about what you would have inside a sandwich, but no bread or mayo included.

Had a pretty bad binge craving after the meal, but held it off for the 4 hours needed to get it to simmer down; but believe me, I could still go for more food.

Anyhoo, it was a great time, binge-thoughts aside, and I'm working a fair amount now, mostly in the evenings which is really damaging my social schedule, but I can live with that.
 
Nice to hear that you are keeping a controlled lid on things. Good for you. Cool about the fun night and about work too. I hope you can find a pattern you're happy to keep going with.
 
I'm really enjoying my new "Thin" me a lot, and I have been thinking about what a change it has made for me mentally, as well as emotionally.

1. I'm happier.
This doesn't mean I'm happy, just not down as much as I used to be.

2. I like myself better.
I spend a lot less time sabotaging myself, and I firmly believe I have a lot to look forward to in the years ahead.

3. I like other people better.
This doesn't mean I like most folks, but I spend less time being jealous or angry about how easy they have it.

4. Girls!
'Nuff said.

5. More fun!
It is easier to get out and have it! :D

There's more here, but I think the biggest thing I like about the changes due to my weight are all related to interactions with everyone else, and feeling a lot less self-conscious about being among other people.

Enough here; I am going to work out for awhile, then get some rest :willy_nilly:
 
That really sounds great. Also it fits, because you sound happier here too. (Not cos you sounded grumpy before - you just seem more lighthearted now. :) )

Girls too, eh? :D Nice!
 
Note the plural. :driving:

So I am working to eat more healthily, and avoiding TV as much as possible; I eat more when I'm watching, even movies, so it is extremely limited.
I need to get more Licorice tea, and am not going to buy more Chai anytime soon; I have all the spices anyhoow, but the Chai serving suggestion is with sugar and milk, and I realized I was going to down 500 calories of evap last night, so I quickly dumped about half a can before I could find a way to justify finishing it.

Doing some basic Korean food tonight (Kim Bop) and other healthy stuff; lots of rice, but I'm not having extra starches, so I should be okay.

Anyhoo, working to stay on top of my food, and getting some exercise (not as much as I want, but still doing my thing) while trying to balance an active social life and a slow professional life. One thing about being broke all the time, you learn how to find fun free and cheap stuff to do.
 
Well as a general rule that "s" is a good thing - many nice things come with girls but no calories :), so congrats! (There can be a downside to the plural of course, but I'm sure you know that.)

Chai tea. Wow, 500 calories of evaporated milk! Nasty recipe. I can't imagine chai tea with milk and sugar - more like a dessert I guess. I drink tea black, so chai is just aromas and deliciousness for me (like a girl I guess :).

Good to hear you're making the most of your time. :)
 
Still dropping inches, but no pounds. Getting a wee bit frustrated about that, but I am definitely (an inch or two) smaller in my waistline than I was a month ago.

I think the downside with the plural, is that they always want to go out to eat. :p
I also think I am not keeping it plural, suddenly. :O

I've had to develop some defensive tactics:
1. Tea instead of coffee or espresso drinks; I don't feel the urge to sweeten tea. Except Chai, which I consider to be a latte, I know it's a copout, but it is SOOOOOO tasty when it is sweet and blond.
2. "Desserts" like a fruit tart, or just a plain container of mixed fruit. Same price, much healthier. Investigations into yogurt, gelatto, and sorbet are beginning.
3. Road Trips! The rule is: No fast food, ever, at any point, for any reason. We can buy healthy snacks (dried fruit, jerky, nuts, veggies, etc) to eat in the car, or eat ONLY at restaurants that are local tradition, there is ALWAYS something healthy there, lol. Even the local diner. :D
4. Lots of exercise, I like getting out and DOING things, so we always make that a part of our activities.
5. Sleeeeeep.... I make sure I get it, and am busy when I wake up, which avoids long breakfasts (it's the starches I have to avoid).
 
Well, we always know that inches are more valuable than pounds, but I can see why that would be a tad frustrating! You have mentioned increasing your activity quite a bit - I guess the muscle not fat thing might be happening?

Losing the 's' eh? :D It sounds like that's intentional?

That's a nice list! I like the idea of it being "defensive tactics". Most changing times need some defensive tactics I reckon.
 
It is pretty intentional :D
I just can't let HER know that. :p

I've just finished a late-night "binge" which consisted of a couple servings (Half a bag!) of...


Wait for it...




Sugar snap peas! :D


I had a big dinner around 6, then a few bits of some gourmet cheese later in the evening, but I was reading, and got restless, so I wandered the house wondering what we had to eat. Tried a handfull of tortilla chips, not it. Tried another piece of cheese, not it. Found this bag of sugar snap peas and just started to munch. Before I knew it, I had eaten half the bag, lol.

Me = Pretty darn happy right now! I was craving VEGGIES of all the darn things you could think of... lol. Almost forgot my banana! See, there I am hiding food.. *faux sigh* Another binge trait...


:party:
 
Ugh! I think the secret food is almost the worst thing about it. Second to fatness I guess! :D

I think you're right about craving veges - sometimes they totally hit the spot - and they tend to stop wandering too - they never seem all that appealing to me during the scavenge - but that doesn't stop them being effective if I make that little effort to start eating them.

Yummmm.... sugar snap peas! :D


I suppose you have a good reason for the "can't let HER know" ...
 
Check your PM box, Felici :D

Still eating pretty well, had to go for some take out today, got really hungry/shaky while I was out and about, so I kept it to meat and veggies (and a deep fried spring roll.... mmm....) and discovered the veggies tasted like oil, and the meat tasted too sweet! :D
I wonder how much sugar was in that sauce, and how much oil they added to the cheesy broccoli!!!

Well, at less than 6 oz of each, the damage can't be too bad, and I felt pleasantly full afterwards. You should have seen the look of annoyance on the girl at the counter when I asked for 1/4 lb of each; she filled half of the smallest container she had with each kind, and it still came out heavy. I always enjoy the 'extra' I get when I do that, too. :D
 
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