JennBuck61's Journal, 30 April 2015

Today I got on the scale and I lost another 2 lbs! I am down to 194. This week has been a completely out of the box experience when it comes to weight loss. I am still riding the wave even though I know it has to peak soon and get back to a normal pattern. I am going to document what has been different about this period so that I will be able to reference it as a reminder in the future. I think I can attribute some of this streak to my trip to Disney. It seems that it jumpstarted an unprecedented drop due to the incredible amount of walking I undertook every day including the day we arrived. We walked for many hours every day. I am sure it played a role. The other thing I did was to go immediately back to my IF eating. It was not hard to do that because I was not that far off base at Disney. Before I got to Disney, I ordered groceries to be delivered at our resort, with low carb items so that I could be sure to have choices. While there, I started every morning with a very large coffee serving (about 2 1/2 cups with my cream). I ate 4% cottage cheese for breakfast. I consumed a huge amount of water. I snacked on cheese. I had coleslaw and my coconut salad oil - almost every day! I had some huge protein hits while I was there (Polynesian bbq dinner at Ohana, meal at Be Our Guest and Tony's Italian). I guess it was a good thing that I did not freefall into carb-dom on vacation - I dabbled! All my meals since I got back are very low carb. My macros have been on point with my fat percentage hovering in the high 50s/60s mostly. My carb is about 10% or less. The rest is protein. My calorie intake is less than 1400 and I had a one day blip where it was much less than that. The biggest thing I am experiencing since getting back is that after I have my BP coffee, I have no need to eat until approximately 2 pm or sometimes later - I am listening to my body rather than eating at certain times out of habit (physical hunger trumps mental/emotional hunger). If I eat much later than 2 pm I often don't eat a lot for that day - it's just worked out that way since I am not planning my eating times in my window - just listening to my body. My plan basically is to stick to eating within my 8 hour window and ensure that I have enough LC food at the ready. The other thing I have done consistently this week is to start my day with a glass of water even before I have coffee. I keep the water consumption going until approximately 5 pm and try to have about 6 glasses. It has kept me focused to keep documenting my food too. Since coming back my meals are very simple - I've had mostly eggs, cheese, veggies and one day, I had fish! I am having a BM every day consistently - that was not always the case before my vacation but when I was on vacation it became consistent (don't know why). I think that helps a lot - I have always had problems in that area (enough said). Last night I had a loooong walk, up and down hills in my sister's neighbourhood. I have to keep my activity level high I think - that's not always easy. I will add Jillian's 30 day shred back into my post-vacation routine and get back to my yoga. 1 hour of walking 3 times a week would be a good start in terms of walking - I really would like to make it a daily activity. I am sleeping very well and feeling great. Clothes are getting very loose - it's great to see that but I am resisting the urge to buy anything right now! Well, I am off to work now. Have a great day friends and be golden!

194.0 lb Lost so far: 19.0 lb.    Still to go: 39.0 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1302 kcal

Fat: 116.97g | Prot: 33.64g | Carb: 29.17g.   Breakfast: Sugar Twin Liquid Calorie Free Sweeter, Nutiva Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, Beatrice Whipping Cream (35%), Folgers Classic Roast Instant Coffee. Lunch: President's Choice Deluxe Mixed Nuts, Nutiva Organic Extra Virgin Coconut Oil, President's Choice coleslaw (commercial). Dinner: Butter (Salted), Cream Cheese, Baby Spinach, Egg Omelet. Snacks/Other: Beatrice Whipping Cream (35%), Driscoll's Blackberries, Sugar Twin Liquid Calorie Free Sweeter, Stash Vanilla Chai Tea, Water. more...