Weekly Weigh In

[Move.It.Move.It]

I am weighing myself every Monday morning and I am going to log my results each weigh for accountability and support. Please feel free to join in.

Start weigh                   125.5 kg 14/12/2015

Now                              124.2 kg 11/01/2015

Loss this week             200g

Loss to date                 1.3kg

"Slow and steady wins the race"

[SunsetRunner]

Thanks - let's hope so!

Had a massive pizza for lunch at https://www.anticapizzeriadamichele.co.uk/ today so need to restrain myself this afternoon / evening! (They say they are really thin so not as bad as they look, but I am unconvinced. 😂 ).

[Baltoscott]

Pizza is one of the hardest things for me to resist  @SunsetRunner. And that place looks great! A lot better than chain pizza!  I’ve got 4 or 5 favorite local pizza places in Baltimore that my wife and I like.  It is a Friday night dinner two or three times a month.   Even before COVID-19 we would usually pick it up and bring it home. I’ll add extra veggies to whatever I get and have some kind of salad before to make it easier to limit myself to three or four pieces (1/3 to 1/2 of a medium - 2 person - pie).  That’s REALLY hard with good pizza (as eating a whole large by myself was pretty common in my heavier days), but it means I get to have a couple pieces the next day too and that makes it easier to get by on two or three times a month :-).

[Madisony]

Starting Weight (4/21/2019): 203lbs

Starting Weight this Week: 162.2lbs

Current Weight (7/18/2020): 160.4lbs

Ultimate Goal: between 130-140lbs

[MarilynL]

Hello - I was wondering if you ever considered making pizza with a
cauliflower crust? That would save you a lot of useless carbs and the taste
is great too.
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[Baltoscott]

Starting Weight:   163.6 lbs (July 5, 2020)

Goal Weight:        159 lbs

July 12:                163.8 lbs

Current Weight:    163.4 lbs

Down 0.4 lbs this week.

[Glenda]

@MarilynL  Some of the vegetable suggestions have a rather shockingly higher than you expect calorie count.  Maybe before we consider any of those substitutions we need to figure the calories first???

[Jotex]

Starting weight 30.6.20: 65 Kilos

Current weight: 11.7.20: 66.7 Kilos

Goal: 60 kilos

I did manage to get down to 65.4 mid-week, but it has crept back up even higher than my last report 66.2)! I am almost ready to panic ... “desperate times call for desperate measures!” 

I am in a Catch22 position. To lose weight, in addition to watching carbs and calories, I need to hit 15,000 steps a few times a week. My knee sprain (over a month ago) improves then the pain comes back when I push myself to get steps in. Today my knee feels good, but that’s at least partially because I took it pretty  easy yesterday, getting up tp 8,000 steps. Not sure how much to try for today.... 

@MarilynL - I can also only Post when I hit Reply to someone else’s post. Maybe that’s how a discussion group works. Anyway, happy for you for your recent success. 

[Glenda]

@Jotex  I agree with Marilyn's comment to you on July 7.  Give your knee a break.  Exercise makes you healthy according to lots of studies and doesn't help you to lose weight.   Also 7,500 steps  for older adults is to top limit for benefit to your health.   I can't remember whether it was for people over 65 or older though.  It applied to me whatever it was but it could have been over 70 ???  

[MarilynL]

Why do you need to do 15000 steps to loose weight Jotex? 

[MarilynL]

Glenda- what vegetables are you referring too? I think that I have mentioned that I font really count calories so unless you are speaking of white potatoes I am unclear why you can’t eat vegetables. 
if you want to reduce calories then eat more leafy greens that you can eat till you pop and add root vegetables as a “complement “ instead of as the main deal. 
unfortunay I only get a summary from Fitbit once a week so can’t remember from week to week what we were discussing 

[Jotex]

Hi @Glenda and @MarilynL - thanks for asking about my previous comment about needing to hit 15,000 steps in my weight loss program. It was something I noticed in hindsight really, that I was able to lose when I did keto, watched calories (not just macros), and got more steps (15,000 regularly). Maybe   my body is an anomaly, but everyone has to find what works for them by trial and error. At least that’s my take on it.

On the other hand, just when you figure out your ‘magic formula’, life throws a curve ball and things change. 😂 Sooooo, I will probably set my step goals between 7,500 and 10,000 and be happy when occasionally I get more. 
Today I met friends for lunch and had some yummy shrimp summer vegetable rolls (no gluten), and though they were small and only 4 of them, I felt satisfied. Tonight I stir fried chopped chicken thighs with minced garlic, added a few mushrooms, some pineapple, coconut milk and green curry paste. No rice! Yum! 😋

@MarilynL - when you leave a comment, just before you hit Post, there is a little box to the left ‘Email me when someone replies’ you can :white_heavy_check_mark:. Then you’ll get the other comments the day they’re written.

 

[Linda17]

I agree. I am 5 feet short and 67 years old. I also find I need to walk
15,000 steps, or about 6 miles to lose weight.
Linda

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[Linda17]

I agree with the 15,000 steps. I am only 5 feet tall and 67 years old, so I find I also need to hit 15,000 steps, or about 6 miles to lose weight.

[Jotex]

@Linda17 - we’re very similar. I’m 5’2” and will be 66 this October. 

[Baltoscott]

@Jotex -- I agree that you kind of just have to know yourself to know what works for you.  There are certainly food swaps anyone can do to reduce calories (e.g., spaghetti squash instead of spaghetti), and some calories (beer/wine) are empty and may encourage mindless eating; but if you can get into a routine that you are happy with long-term a lot of these 'excesses' can be enjoyed and managed.  Me, I try to fill half of every plate with veggies, weigh myself daily to maintain awareness, and let the rest take care of itself.  Eating is not just nutrition. It's also enjoyment, and socialization, mood enhancing and so on. 

But on your initial comment, as someone who exercises a lot, I totally get how an injury can screw up energy balance.  It requires changing how much and what you eat, and it is just hard to adjust!  That's part of life.  I've known you on these forums for a while now and you do a great job staying mindful and managing it over the long term.  Keep it up.

[MarilynL]

Hi Linda:) I hear you BUT- there is always one 🙂

The proof of the pudding is that I tried for years ( like all of us) dieting and dieting. I had polio as a child so can't do lots of lower body exercise.  I was a personal trainer for years and am very interested then and now in nutrition and exercise. 

The bottom line is that I took this 'class' in the psychology of eating- Wildfit and while learning about why we eat what we do and fixing my nutrition optimally I lost 30 lbs in 4 months that was back in August last year. I hit goal weight in December and now with out stressing I am maintaining. All the weight loss was done with gentle walking i.e. no aerobic striding. I never do more than 10,000 steps as it hurts my leg.

These days I now also ride a bike for an hour and do Egoscue for posture, all to benefit my health. This is neither here or there- I lost the 30 lbs went from size 10-12 to size 4-6. I am 68 and 5'4

I agree that eating is not just nutrition but must be delicious and tasty. 

I am not a coach or trainer these days or anything but am happy to answer any questions I can to help if I can.

[Jotex]

Thanks for your encouraging comment @Baltoscott, I agree 100% with your comments about food. Limit or avoid empty calories, but TASTE is also a big factor in this ‘process’ of life balance. 

@MarilynL - I am SO happy you found what led to success for you that is still working. I’m glad you can get not only 10,000 steps a day, but riding a bike!!! I can’t do that, so get more steps and do exercises with weights (@ 10 mins.). 

[MarilynL]

Todays weight is 133.4lbs a pound down.. don't know why as I have eaten as usual but will happily accept that 🙂

As I mentioned I can't do a lot of stressing on the lower body but I worked out a way.

Yesterday I did my usual bike ride in the morning and decided to take a half hour ride in t he evening and see how it goes. Great! No repercussions so I am going to add half an hour every second evening and see if it still works.

Have a good week end all.

[Baltoscott]

Hey @Madisony @SunsetRunner 

Haven’t seen you guys post for a few weeks. Remember weight goes up and down, but one key of moving down and staying at a stable weight once you get to where you want to be is to remain mindful. Weekly check-ins help with that.

@MarilynL - bike riding is my main physical activity.  I’ve probably been on a bike around 70% of the days I’ve been alive and I’ve been tracking my daily bike miles since 1996. Are you daily rides outside or on a stationary bike?  @Jotex, I would have guessed that a riding a bike would be easier on your knee ... Is that not so?

[Jotex]

@Baltoscott - I don’t know, I haven’t got a bike. I have a treadmill though. And some good sneakers. 😎