<p>I am SO dreading weighing in tomorrow. I know it’s going to be bad. I haven’t been horrible this week, but after the huge loss last week I think my body is just trying to compensate. I’ve been STARVING all the time and just not able to get filled up. So I just keep eating. Small amounts but all the time. I’ve dipped heavily into my WP’s for the first time in over a month, I think.</p>
<p>And I only managed to get one day of C25K in. We had a HUGE plumbing disaster yesterday that just took all day to deal with and I ended up not feeling like it by the time we were done. Thursdays are too busy so I couldn’t do it today. I’m GOING to do it tomorrow even if I have to do it in the middle of the day and all my neighbors see me. (That’s part of the issue. I want to do it really early in the morning or after dark so no one sees me!)</p>
<p>I’m so sorry! Sometimes I get mixed up and forget which board I’m posting on! Weekly points is a Weight Watchers term. (WP) you use your weekly points (or not) at your discretion after you use all your daily points.</p>
<p>So everyone has the hungry horrors this week? What’s going on? Well, I read a while back that some diet experts think a day of bingeing is actually good now and then because it kicks the weight loss up somehow. That’s my story and I’m stickin’ with it.</p>
<p>Aaaaaaannnnnddd…just as expected, I was UP 1.8 pounds! First week I haven’t lost since I started December 9. I’m so sad. But not upset, really. I truly was expecting it because frankly, I think last week was a mistake! I think their scale was off or something. There was simply NO WAY I should have lost 2.6 pounds last week. So, if you think about it, if I had kept going the way I NORMALLY have been going, it’s as though I had lost .4 each week. And that makes sense!</p>
<p>EPTR, I completely agree with those diet experts. I’ve seen it happen, actually. In fact I’ve read somewhere that you should vary your caloric intake every day so that your body doesn’t settle into starvation mode and think it has to slow your metabolism way down. So within limits, of course, you would eat less for a couple of days, then have a higher-calorie day. Then lower for a couple of days, etc. I don’t know, but it sure seems to make sense to me!</p>
<p>After almost two weeks back, I’m just starting to get back into my prime weight loss eating routine. I’m barely dropping but hopefully it will start to get back on track. I will say that as long as I kept up with my eating regime, I lost regularly all fall and winter.</p>
<p>Oh - my temperature dress fits beautifully now! (Hadn’t tried it on since December.) Very thrilled and even though it’s about 14 years old, it’s very close to some of the current styles (simple sheath sleeveless dark turquoise with big navy flowers as the print).</p>
<p>And another oh - I’ve been very clear with DH that I don’t want to advertise the actual weight I’ve lost. My theory is that if they don’t know the number, they can’t try to figure out how high I went. Well - apparently my 94 year old MIL has been guessing my weight loss based on photos and DH confirmed! Then failed to tell me she knew during a conversation where I was reminding him not to tell. I learned this when my SIL called to talk to DH and mentioned, “I heard you lost 40 pounds.” I was steaming - MIL is one of the original meanings of the old joke on how to communicate - telegraph, telephone, tell a woman. This is something she easily could mention to my mother or other SIL during a conversation. MIL thinks any topic relating to health is open season, so I never tell her anything. She told me more about my FIL when he was alive than I had any right to know, or was comfortable knowing.</p>
<p>I DO NOT WANT TO DISCUSS NUMBERS!!! I DO NOT WANT MY FAMILY TO KNOW NUMBERS. Except with you, my virtual friends, of course! If not for you, I wouldn’t be where I am today.</p>
<p>So sorry, Marilyn. ARGH, right?! We leave for the weekend to see S2’s junior recital. There will be a lot of walking and eating in restaurants–I actually do pretty well in restaurants, since I’m grateful (a) that I didn’t have to fix the ultra-fattening things the boys can eat and (b) that I didn’t have to chop all those veggies for my salad If we didn’t have to fly to get there, things would be perfect!</p>
<p>Woo hoo, Marilyn. I don’t have any trouble telling anyone my age or how much weight I’ve lost. Saw two people today that I hadn’t seen in a while and both were excited about my weight loss. </p>
<p>I gained 5 pounds last week as I ate my way through Miami. Thank goodness it was only a one week vacation! :eek:</p>
<p>So I just got back on the horse this morning and started again! I did Day 1, Week 1 of Couch to 5K…22 minutes of walking with 8 minutes of running. Rain is forecast for tomorrow; I’m hoping that Sunday will be clear enough for Day 2, Week 1…</p>
<p>Yep, I tell the world how much I’ve lost because I figure it helps keep me accountable. Of course, then I have to deal with the “food police” all the time but that’s okay! (I don’t feel the need to tell everyone about my gain this week, though! ;)</p>
<p>Great job getting back in the game, elle! I did W2D1 on Monday, but we the plumbing disaster of Wednesday threw me off, so I didn’t do D2 until today. I ALMOST didn’t do it today because I didn’t get out there early enough in the morning, but this afternoon I just decided to do it on the treadmill. I was surprised at how much easier it seemed, although I think I was both walking and running a bit faster. It helped that I could watch Dance Moms while I walked/ran. </p>
<p>Still struggling with being STARVING today, but I’m really trying to fill up on fruits and veggies (“free” on WW). Just sitting down with a huge bowl of cut up strawberries and blackberries, sprinkled with a bit of Spenda just so it feels more like a “dessert.” Hoping that does the trick! I also think I need to drink more water.</p>
<p>I’m very nervous because we have a 7-day cruise coming up in 2 weeks and I KNOW it’s going to be impossible to stay on plan. As a matter of fact, I really don’t want to try. One of the joys of cruising is all the delicious food. I guess I’m going to hope that doing a LOT of walking and taking the stairs everywhere will mitigate some of the damage.</p>
<p>Oh, age I don’t mind - can’t control that as far as I know! I turned 60 last September. But I was really ashamed of how much weight I’d gained over the last 25 years. Still have 20 pounds to go to get back to pre-baby. </p>
<p>Actually, we found all sorts of senior discounts starting at age 60 in San Diego - February was BOGO museum month and senior rates started at age 60 so we got into, for example, the Birch Aquarium for a total of $10 instead of the $28 two regular adults would cost.</p>
<p>tracy - this isn’t your first cruise, is it? I thought I’d eat a ton on our cruises in the past but it turned out not to be the case. One thing I noted was that the portions in the dining room were right-sized; like from 30 years ago. If you stick to one helping of each course you’ll be in good shape. And depending on the size of the ship there is a lot of walking! Not to mention shore excursions - I swear in St. Thomas that we had to walk a mile to get from the ship to the snorkling excursion. Those piers are loooooong!</p>
<p>DEFINITELY not my first cruise! I’m SO excited about it, though. We’re going on the Maiden Voyage of the new Disney Fantasy. And it’s twice the size of the other ships we’ve sailed so I expect to get lots of walking in just exploring!!</p>
<p>I actually probably eat less on a cruise than I do in real life because I don’t snack all day on a ship like I do at home. BUT the food I do eat tends to be higher in calories because I go for all the bread with BUTTER, desserts and CHEESE!! Not to mention those fruity, fatty drinks! But I think I’ll be okay, and even if I have a gain, I know how to get rid of it and I am hereby promising NOT to beat myself up over it!</p>
<p>Plus I’ll be away from the computer and the cell phone for most of the time with no way to obsessively check to see if D has received any more acceptances or gotten in off of any of her FOUR wait lists! That should curb the nervous eating I’ve been prone to this month!</p>
<p>Way to go Marilyn!
Add me to the wanting to eat anything in sight list. The last two weeks I have found myself craving sugar in the afternoon. Add to that also letting myself have carbs during the week and I have gained about 3 lbs. Also my hips have been bothering me and I have not been exercising. Clothes are still fitting but my stomach is not as flat.
I need to get back on track.</p>
<p>The only time I get hungry is late afternoon–I find that Greek yogurt or a handful of pistachios will hold me over until dinner and I often schedule a snack for that time–I like to be proactive. </p>
<p>I eat a lot at lunch and at dinner–but a lot of it are salads and veggies, in addition to lean protein. I find that the only time I feel hungry (except for my daily hungry time) is when I have done a lot more physical activity than usual.</p>
<p>Thanks to the extraordinary weather, I was able to have one of my favorite spring lunches - two egg whites whipped into a froth, then made into an omelet with a little emanthal swiss and fresh snipped chives. The extra volume from the whipping makes it look somewhat substantial even though it’s mostly air.</p>
<p>Egg white omelets (with fried veggies) are a favorite lo cal breakfast, lunch or dinner for me also, Marilyn! Add lots of fruit on the side–perfect!</p>
<p>Day 2, Week 1 of C25K done during a lull in the storm today. I was pretty sore after day 1, but day 2 wasn’t bad at all.</p>
<p>A new week. Time to get back on track. I have never made an egg white omelet, will have to try it.
My first order of business is to throw out the bag of Trader Joe Molasses Chews that I bought on impulse last week. I am the only one eating them and I can’t stop at 1.
Marilyn seems to have taken the excellent Ca winter weather back to the Midwest with her and left us cold and windy. It makes it hard to want to get out and move.</p>
<p>So sorry! I was sure we’d come back to blizzards. It’s actually been 15 to 20 degrees warmer here than it is in San Diego. Our daffodils are up, the magnolia trees are blooming, the forsythia is full yellow, the birdies are all out and about, and as noted the chives are up.</p>
<p>I am still just hanging at the same weight - not that it’s so bad where I’m at nowadays, but I Believe that I can go lower so will have to pick up my game.</p>
I’m so sad. But not upset, really. I truly was expecting it because frankly, I think last week was a mistake! I think their scale was off or something. There was simply NO WAY I should have lost 2.6 pounds last week. So, if you think about it, if I had kept going the way I NORMALLY have been going, it’s as though I had lost .4 each week. And that makes sense!</p>
If we didn’t have to fly to get there, things would be perfect!</p>