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Post by shaxper on May 18, 2019 21:00:59 GMT -5
That's fantastic, @bert! Congratulations!!
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Post by shaxper on May 18, 2019 23:25:40 GMT -5
Day 34
4/13: 278 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/15: 277 lbs, 51.5" diameter
4/16: 273 lbs, 50.5" diameter
4/17: 270 lbs, 49.5" diameter
4/18: 271 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/19: 268 lbs, 48.5" diameter
4/20: 267.5 lbs, 49.0" diameter
4/21 270.5 lbs, 50" diameter
4/22 268 lbs, 51" diameter
4/23 267 lbs, 49" diameter
4/24 265.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/25 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/26 263.5 lbs, 49" diameter
4/27 267.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/28 266 lbs, 48" diameter
4/29 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/30 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/1 262 lbs, 47" diameter
5/2 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/5 265 lbs, 47" diameter
5/6 262 lbs, 46" diameter
5/7 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/8 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/9 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/10 259 lbs, 45" diameter
5/11 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/13 258 lbs, 46" diameter
5/14 256 lbs, 46" diameter
5/15 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/16 259 lbs, 46" diameter
5/17 258.5 lbs, 46" diameter
5/18 262 lbs, 45.5" diameter
I really think I need to get myself a ton of dried prunes, as these night-time readings are getting less and less reliable, and I would really rather measure and take stock of the day at the end instead of the beginning.
I definitely ate a lot more than usual today (Amber and I attended an Asian cultural festival and absolutely felt the need to get into the cuisine!), but it was mostly pretty healthy stuff AND I got in more walking today than I've done in ages thanks to the nice weather, so I'm not reading into the weight at all. Gonna get prunes asap and (hopefully) watch the weight readings get a lot more reliable.
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Post by shaxper on May 20, 2019 20:53:37 GMT -5
Day 36
4/13: 278 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/15: 277 lbs, 51.5" diameter
4/16: 273 lbs, 50.5" diameter
4/17: 270 lbs, 49.5" diameter
4/18: 271 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/19: 268 lbs, 48.5" diameter
4/20: 267.5 lbs, 49.0" diameter
4/21 270.5 lbs, 50" diameter
4/22 268 lbs, 51" diameter
4/23 267 lbs, 49" diameter
4/24 265.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/25 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/26 263.5 lbs, 49" diameter
4/27 267.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/28 266 lbs, 48" diameter
4/29 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/30 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/1 262 lbs, 47" diameter
5/2 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/5 265 lbs, 47" diameter
5/6 262 lbs, 46" diameter
5/7 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/8 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/9 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/10 259 lbs, 45" diameter
5/11 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/13 258 lbs, 46" diameter
5/14 256 lbs, 46" diameter
5/15 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/16 259 lbs, 46" diameter
5/17 258.5 lbs, 46" diameter
5/18 262 lbs, 45.5" diameter
5/20 260 lbs, 47" diameter
I am definitely losing motivation. Between the weight gain last week (I'm starting to think it's muscle from all that walking I did), the end of the school year, allergy season, and the weather going through all four seasons in the past three days, I'm just not feeling well, and that makes me want to eat to feel better. I'm still sticking to the diet with no problem. As I've said all along, I LOVE my diet food, and that makes this all easier. But I'm also cheating liberally on top of it, and that's going to make it really hard to see any progress. Problem is, I don't really care right now.
I don't want to push myself. I don't want this diet to be WORK this time around. Diets like that fall apart as soon as you get tired of pushing. This is still comfortable. If I can tread water for now, so to speak, I can get back to actual losing when the sun comes out reliably and I feel a little more spring in my step.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 20, 2019 21:42:47 GMT -5
Hang in there, shax. Just start doing what you’ve done so far. If you’re hungry, eat more good food. Drink lots of water.
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2019 21:47:57 GMT -5
^ agreed. . LOTS of water.
and fruit, eat a "filling" fruit, like Bananas, or strawberries.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 20, 2019 21:56:26 GMT -5
Noooooo. Stay away from the sugar. It opens up the appetite.
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Post by shaxper on May 20, 2019 22:01:48 GMT -5
Natural sugar doesn't tend to get me into trouble. Processed sugar, on the other hand...
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Post by shaxper on May 21, 2019 21:48:07 GMT -5
Day 37
4/13: 278 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/15: 277 lbs, 51.5" diameter
4/16: 273 lbs, 50.5" diameter
4/17: 270 lbs, 49.5" diameter
4/18: 271 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/19: 268 lbs, 48.5" diameter
4/20: 267.5 lbs, 49.0" diameter
4/21 270.5 lbs, 50" diameter
4/22 268 lbs, 51" diameter
4/23 267 lbs, 49" diameter
4/24 265.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/25 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/26 263.5 lbs, 49" diameter
4/27 267.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/28 266 lbs, 48" diameter
4/29 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/30 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/1 262 lbs, 47" diameter
5/2 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/5 265 lbs, 47" diameter
5/6 262 lbs, 46" diameter
5/7 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/8 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/9 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/10 259 lbs, 45" diameter
5/11 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/13 258 lbs, 46" diameter
5/14 256 lbs, 46" diameter
5/15 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/16 259 lbs, 46" diameter
5/17 258.5 lbs, 46" diameter
5/18 262 lbs, 45.5" diameter
5/20 260 lbs, 47" diameter
5/21 259 lbs, 46" diameter
Baby steps. Baby steps. Honestly, I wasn't great with my diet again today. I was doing GREAT, and then my school was having an awards luncheon for our highest achieving students. A senior of mine told me he hadn't gotten a chance to get his lunch and asked to leave class to do so. When he came back, he reminded me it was Ramadan and he was fasting. He had gone to the luncheon, gone through that long line, and walked an entire plate of food back to the room WHILE FASTING in order to give it to me.
I was so honored.
I tried to give it away after, but all the other teachers had already gotten food from the luncheon. And I didn't feel right throwing it out. So I ate it. And, of course, that led to more cravings. I ended up eating a lot I shouldn't have today, but the good news is my dried prunes finally arrived in the mail, so I went to town on those and, well, here I am a pound lighter.
Mixed day. Still lacking the total commitment to be great at this right now, but I still love my base diet, and that's why this thing is going to go the distance.
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Post by shaxper on May 22, 2019 20:56:31 GMT -5
Day 38
4/13: 278 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/15: 277 lbs, 51.5" diameter
4/16: 273 lbs, 50.5" diameter
4/17: 270 lbs, 49.5" diameter
4/18: 271 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/19: 268 lbs, 48.5" diameter
4/20: 267.5 lbs, 49.0" diameter
4/21 270.5 lbs, 50" diameter
4/22 268 lbs, 51" diameter
4/23 267 lbs, 49" diameter
4/24 265.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/25 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/26 263.5 lbs, 49" diameter
4/27 267.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/28 266 lbs, 48" diameter
4/29 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/30 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/1 262 lbs, 47" diameter
5/2 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/5 265 lbs, 47" diameter
5/6 262 lbs, 46" diameter
5/7 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/8 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/9 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/10 259 lbs, 45" diameter
5/11 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/13 258 lbs, 46" diameter
5/14 256 lbs, 46" diameter
5/15 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/16 259 lbs, 46" diameter
5/17 258.5 lbs, 46" diameter
5/18 262 lbs, 45.5" diameter
5/20 260 lbs, 47" diameter
5/21 259 lbs, 46" diameter
5/22 259 lbs, 46" diameter
Well, at least I'm consistent for once. I always knew the weight loss was going to slow down around 20 lbs in, but those wild fluctuations had me down. Here's hoping I'm in for stable but slower loss from now on.
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Post by shaxper on May 23, 2019 21:58:50 GMT -5
Day 39
4/13: 278 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/15: 277 lbs, 51.5" diameter
4/16: 273 lbs, 50.5" diameter
4/17: 270 lbs, 49.5" diameter
4/18: 271 lbs, 50.0" diameter
4/19: 268 lbs, 48.5" diameter
4/20: 267.5 lbs, 49.0" diameter
4/21 270.5 lbs, 50" diameter
4/22 268 lbs, 51" diameter
4/23 267 lbs, 49" diameter
4/24 265.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/25 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/26 263.5 lbs, 49" diameter
4/27 267.5 lbs, 48" diameter
4/28 266 lbs, 48" diameter
4/29 264 lbs, 48" diameter
4/30 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/1 262 lbs, 47" diameter
5/2 263 lbs, 47" diameter
5/5 265 lbs, 47" diameter
5/6 262 lbs, 46" diameter
5/7 261 lbs, 46" diameter
5/8 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/9 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/10 259 lbs, 45" diameter
5/11 261 lbs, 46" diameter
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5/14 256 lbs, 46" diameter
5/15 260 lbs, 46" diameter
5/16 259 lbs, 46" diameter
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5/18 262 lbs, 45.5" diameter
5/20 260 lbs, 47" diameter
5/21 259 lbs, 46" diameter
5/22 259 lbs, 46" diameter
5/23 258 lbs, 46" diameter
Progress. Slow, but steady progress.
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Post by Icctrombone on May 24, 2019 5:44:39 GMT -5
Just Curious shaxper, have you weighed yourself in the morning to see if the numbers are similar to the evening before? |
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Post by shaxper on May 24, 2019 8:14:35 GMT -5
Just Curious shaxper, have you weighed yourself in the morning to see if the numbers are similar to the evening before? Yeah, it's usually about a half a pound difference. Nothing too significant. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 8:38:30 GMT -5
Nice and slow progression and doing remarkably well ... excellent focusing and staying on course.
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Post by shaxper on May 24, 2019 9:29:05 GMT -5
Nice and slow progression and doing remarkably well ... excellent focusing and staying on course. Thank you, sir! I owe it all to the diet. Since I find the food so appealing and satisfying, it's really really easy to stay on course. |
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2019 11:52:51 GMT -5
Weight's not improving much, but I'm getting fitter - just finished my 3rd commute day of the week, for ~90 miles ridden. Not eath shattering, but it's my best week in 9 pretty fallow months, and I feel like my legs are getting stronger.
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