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Wow. I lost another 2 lbs last night! So, I had gained 7 lbs over the last week, but in the last two days I lost 6.4 and I'm almost back to where I was!!!
Now, before you get all honked about that... being 100% honest, I wasn't being great over the week I was away working on that big work project (I had cheese popcorn with far more frequency than any self-respecting soul ought to), but I really wasn't all that bad either. In fact, my daily calorie intake was still below the number of daily calories I'm anticipating to be my maintenance RDI (right around 2300/daily, I think; and I was still coming in below 2,000 every day).
My eyes kind of bugged out when I weighed in that one day, and I was up 7lbs! I knew then, and I know now, it had to be mostly water weight not because of the calorie totals, but rather the quality of the calories I was eating. The quality of those calories weren't the best, there is no doubt.
Anyway, it feels great to be right back at 213, and now onto the actual weight-loss. 212.4 is my official low, just need to get past that, and I'll be back in business! :D
To answer anyone that was wondering what I did (sorry it took so long to get back to you on this, TIC!), I really just buckled back down with the original plan I've been working for months (with the addition of the 16:8). For a week or so (Jan 9 through Jan 17), I was trying to adjust my calories and bump them up a bit, because I think they are too low at the moment. But even though I was only around 1500 cals / day, I got a GAIN of 0.4 lbs in that time. Grrrr. Of course, that bummed me out, and that combined with the stress of the work project, convinced me to relax a smidge. Ok. I know that doesn't fool anyone here. "Relax," of course, is a buzzing code word for "cheat". Which I did. And quite well, thank you very much.
Anyway, after all that mess, as I said, I skipped that experiment I'd tried Jan 9 through Jan 17, and this Weds (the 29th) just went back to my original plan. The original plan: At least 2 protein shakes a day, Hit 80+ grams of protein every day, keep carbs low (esp simple carbs), keep daily calories low, stay away from snacks (esp the ones that are easy to grab a small handful just walking past). I've recently added that 16:8, but I was kind of doing that before anyway. I'd never stressed about skipping eating till I was hungry--which was usually right around noon anyway--and I told myself not to eat after 8PM. So that's basically the 16:8 anyway. Recently I've been trying to add fiber reqmts and sodium reqmts, but no great shakes there. Also, trying to workout at least 3 or 4 times a week. Hah! I've been averaging 2 times a week in these last few weeks. Have to bump that up.
Anyway that "original plan" has worked miracles for me, so why drop it now? The big drawback to all this messing around is I've almost lost a month of progress. For all intents and purposes, I'm where I was on Jan 8th (ok, marginally lower, but not by much).
Oh well. What's three-weeks to a month? Especially compared to where I've been the last twenty years. As long as I'm back on track now.
Which I am. Did I mention that?
Anyway all, I hope you're doing great! I'm still trying to get caught up reading journals. I'm not sure I can do it all... esp since I've got yet another deliverable by the end of the week next week for work. But I'm trying!!! Miss you all, and hope you're doing FANTASTIC! Keep smiling, and best wishes to you all!
-R
Oh I totally forgot. Today marks my six-month-iversary (does that make any sense?) from when I started. Ok, let me try that in English... I started this journey exactly six months ago today (July 31 2013). As of today, I'm down 127 lbs, axed my CPAP machine, stopped smoking, feel better all around, and feel sooooo much better about myself. Ok. Enough of that.
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213.0 lb
Lost so far: 127.0 lb.
Still to go: 33.0 lb.
Diet followed 100%.
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Diet Calendar Entry for 31 January 2014:
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342 kcal
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Fat: 9.75g | Prot: 36.23g | Carb: 24.72g.
Breakfast: Universal Nutrition 100% Beef Aminos, Syntrax Micellar Creme Chocolate Milkshake Casein Protein, Silk Pure Unsweetened Vanilla Almond Milk, Syntrax Matrix 5.0 Cookies & Cream, Splenda No Calorie Sweetener Packets, Coffee-Mate Sugar Free French Vanilla Powder Coffee Creamer, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Milk, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Spring Valley Omega 3 Fish Oil, Vitafusion MultiVites Gummy Vitamins. Lunch: Chef Boyardee Overstuffed Italian Sausage Ravioli, Universal Nutrition 100% Beef Aminos, Splenda No Calorie Sweetener Packets, Coffee-Mate Sugar Free French Vanilla Powder Coffee Creamer, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Milk, Coffee (Brewed From Grounds). more...
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losing 14.0 lb a week
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