Healthy Weight Loss

Ginger · 04-01-2012, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gemme

The scale is messing with me.

Day one: 169 and change
Day two: 170 and change
Day three: 169 and change
Day four: 170 and change
Day five: 169 and change

I'm about to hop on it again. If it says 170 and change, I'm going to give it Juney's evil eye.

Day to day changes aren't indicators as much as long-term change.
Comparing day 1 to day 2 might say a lot about where you are in your cycle, retaining fluid, and foods that cause bloating—temporary changes—but comparing day 1 to day 10 could say something about permanent change.

I gain as much as four pounds before my period. I can start out with comfortable clothes in the morning and while eating sensibly, experience bloating that makes my waistband pinch by the end of any given day, and I can have a difference of two pounds from day to day.

It makes me feel crazy, like I'm not in control. But if I compare numbers over the longer periods of time, I feel reassured that my efforts are making slow, healthy, long-term change happen.

That's also how I get myself to stop beating myself up, if I binge on any given day. I tell myself, It was a bad day, but it was a day out of ten good days. That often (but not always), makes me feel better.

I think it sounds like you're in a good place. What's your goal? Are you fairly close to it?

Zimmeh · 04-02-2012, 08:01 AM

Good Morning Everyone,

This is what I will be having today:

Breakfast:
Chobani Greek yogurt
8oz Chocolate SoyMilk
8oz of French Roast coffee
2 coffee mate creamer tubs

Lunch:

Southwestern corn
Alexia French roll

Dinner:
3oz chicken breast cutlet with bread crumb and Parmesan cheese sprinkled on top-baked-
Southwestern corn
Alexia French roll

Snacks:
Small slice of apple pie-I will eat the apples out of it-

Fruit

-Red-Flag- · 04-02-2012, 09:13 AM

Ugh, worst 5 days ever.. I threw my back out and I guess the diet followed ..
I've gained 4 f'n pounds ... I can't stand long enough to cook. I can't sit long enough to eat... So blah .. I'm just bitchy thank you for listening

JoSchmooze · 04-02-2012, 09:34 AM

Monday morning....ugh!
Some of us are lucky enough that we don't
have to deal with the "lady business" any
longer......

This weather is crazy!
One day it's 90 and the next 60.....
I know, I know.....some people would really
relish seeing 60 degrees...but it is a 30
degree change.....
I have not yet made it out to the bike on the patio....
A client from NJ had me up and testing at the butt crack
of dawn.....

Hang in there all.....
One way or another we will all get through this...
and reach our goals!!
Have a good week!

:cowbooy:

Ginger · 04-02-2012, 02:59 PM

I got on the scales this morning and found I was up a pound a half. So that's four down, one and a half up—or I can look at it as, two and a half down.

I was telling someone else, it's the long-term changes that matter, not the day-to-day. So I'm trying to heed my own sage words... grrrrr....

I'm going to try and eat less bread, more carrots; less yogurt, more turkey cold cuts, etc. this week.

And I'm going out to dinner tonight, always a challenge; it's one of my favorite old restaurants in the West Village, with very, very good food—blackened salmon, that kind of good.

I will not fill up on bread before the meal.
I will not fill up on bread before the meal.
I will not fill up on bread before the meal.

Wish me luck!!!

04-02-2012, 08:01 AM	#2
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04-02-2012, 09:13 AM	#3
-Red-Flag- Member How Do You Identify?: .Butch. Join Date: May 2010 Location: .Maine. Posts: 1,254 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,777 Thanked 3,610 Times in 930 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Ugh, worst 5 days ever.. I threw my back out and I guess the diet followed .. I've gained 4 f'n pounds ... I can't stand long enough to cook. I can't sit long enough to eat... So blah .. I'm just bitchy thank you for listening __________________ You will always be fond of me. I represent all the sins you never had the courage to commit.--Oscar Wilde Everything in the world is about sex, except sex. Sex is about power.--Oscar Wilde I want to fill my mouth with your name.— Pablo Neruda

04-02-2012, 09:34 AM	#4
JoSchmooze Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Stone Butch Preferred Pronoun?: He, hym, mister or "sir", like I get called by strangers! Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Right here, surrounded by technology Posts: 1,830 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 19,267 Thanked 10,989 Times in 1,627 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	*Monday morning....ugh!* *Some of us are lucky enough that we don't* *have to deal with the "lady business" any* *longer......* *This weather is crazy!* *One day it's 90 and the next 60.....* *I know, I know.....some people would really* *relish seeing 60 degrees...but it is a 30* *degree change.....* *I have not yet made it out to the bike on the patio....* *A client from NJ had me up and testing at the butt crack* *of dawn.....* *Hang in there all.....* *One way or another we will all get through this...* *and reach our goals!!* *Have a good week!* *:cowbooy:* __________________ *Live your life in such a way that* *when your feet hit the floor* *in the morning,* *Satan shudders and* *says, "Oh God, he's up!"*

04-02-2012, 02:59 PM	#5
Ginger Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme lesbian Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: East coast Posts: 2,416 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 5,829 Thanked 12,295 Times in 2,057 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	Doing the math... I got on the scales this morning and found I was up a pound a half. So that's four down, one and a half up—or I can look at it as, two and a half down. I was telling someone else, it's the long-term changes that matter, not the day-to-day. So I'm trying to heed my own sage words... grrrrr.... I'm going to try and eat less bread, more carrots; less yogurt, more turkey cold cuts, etc. this week. And I'm going out to dinner tonight, always a challenge; it's one of my favorite old restaurants in the West Village, with very, very good food—blackened salmon, that kind of good. I will not fill up on bread before the meal. I will not fill up on bread before the meal. I will not fill up on bread before the meal. Wish me luck!!!