Physical Check-In

Oh my goodness! I didn’t realize you have anorexia that can be triggered or that you had come close to a feeding tube. Bless your heart. I truly mean that. I am so sorry.

You’ve made an excellent point that cutting out food groups may have potential downsides. I’ll keep that in mind and let you know how it goes.

I fell down HARD today on dieting. Started out good but then RS suggested sonic for dinner. I have had sonic for years! It’s so delicious. I couldn’t say no. So I had fast food for dinner with a dessert. Calories and carbs out the wazoo! Ugh I am beating myself up hard right now. But I guess there’s nothing to do but try try again tomorrow.

Does anyone else get embarrassed by dieting? I am embarrassed to tell RS that I’m trying to do low carb and trying to lose weight. I am not sure why. I always have been embarrassed by it. I guess it comes from my disordered eating days when I thought I was fat at a very low weight and would diet (aka starve myself). If people noticed I wasn’t eating I would immediately get defensive. It’s like now that I am overweight and do need to lose weight I’m afraid people will judge me for it.

I don’t know. If I could just tell him I’m watching carbs id be able to be much more successful.

I can relate. When I was overweight I had a hard time admitting I was dieting. I'm not sure why it was so hard. I also wanted to crawl into a hole every time someone said 'have you been losing weight?'. I think it bothered me because it proved they also noticed when I weighed more. I didnt like people taking note of those aspects of myself.

I gained weight when I was pregnant and I decided afterward that I wanted to get back into my normal clothes as quickly as possible. I started weight watchers and dropped the weight quickly. I was breastfeeding and that helped too. For some reason it was easier to explain to people I was losing baby weight and I finally got over my issues. I kept going and got down 3 sizes smaller than my pre-baby self. I finally made it to a healthy BMI and I was proud of it. I've been able to maintain it ever since. The meds I am on now caused me to gain again so that's why I am working so hard to fight it. I cannot imagine going backward after finally getting over myself and allowing myself to transform into the size I wanted to be.

I think it helped that my husband always loved and accepted me no matter what I looked like. I suspect RS will do the same. Just go for it and tell him and allow him to encourage you and love you along the way. This is something you're doing for yourself and it will feel so much better if you can rip off the band aid and own it. I found that people are really encouraging and supportive of you're honest.

I love Sonic. I haven't been in years. I pretty much only drink water and coffee, but a cherry limeaid sounds totally awesome right now!

I’ve been all kinds of sizes.. many people think “ Anorexia” and the imagine of a thin sickly teenager comes to mind, but it’s so much more than that.

Your trying to change 2 big parts of your life .. smoking and food.

It’s easier to diet if you can have a smoke instead of a cupcake... Trade one for another kinda deal.

RS is with you because he loves you.

My advice is ... stop saying diet , it’s the fastest way to gain weight tbh.

Focus just on a healthier lifestyle but ease into it or your going to feel deprived all the time and then your going to beat yourself up and so the cycle continues.

Who am I to give advice about food ??? Because I have had a love/hate relationship with food from the age of 8-9 and it sucks.

Maybe tell RS you just want to start eating more “healthy foods” there’s nothing wrong with cheating here and there. Regardless of losing actual pounds your going to feel so much better. Go by how your clothes fit and not a number, that’s so depressing if it’s not moving fast enough.

A dietitian once told me “ have dessert once a week “ but just have 3 bites. 3 bites isn’t going to ruin a week of healthy choices, but it keeps you from be denied All. The. Time.

Wise advice Christina as always! It is hard to quit smoking and try to overhaul eating habits at the same time. That’s why most people gain weight when they quit smoking. They turn to eating instead. But I still have the vape so I still have that hand to mouth stimulation, plus the nicotine.

I don’t have a scale at present so that’s easier, at least I don’t have to watch myself gain and lose the same two pounds like I usually do.

I bought low fat ice cream bars with only 80 calories and 9g carbs so that’s nice for a sweet treat. Thankfully the only desserts we have left over from the party are cake and cupcakes and I don’t like either of those things lol.

I had a scrambled egg bowl from the local convenience store (not just a convenience store, they sell lots of food too) and it was nasty. Not gonna spend money on that again. Just gonna mKe my own. Less carbs if I make my own too. I got a latte too made with skim milk and no flavor or sugar. It was delicious.

Not sure what I’m gonna make for dinner yet. Maybe Cajun chicken and rice. We use the rice mixes like zatarain’s. Only problem with those is they’re full of sodium. But they’re easy and I can’t cook dinner every night if it’s not easy.

I stayed under carbs but not calories yesterday. I just get so hungry, especially when I can’t sleep. But it’s ok. We have plans this weekend to go to another bbq and I’m going to attempt this time to stay low carb. I’m going to eat a snack before we go so that I’m not starving by the time we get there. That way I won’t be tempted to eat everything in sight.

Today I’m going out to lunch with my sister in law but I’m not sure where we are going so I don’t know what I’ll have. I’m feeling a big chicken Caesar salad. I’ve been craving one for days now. I can always get one at the convenience store but it’s not as good as getting it at a restaurant.

I didn't want to exercise today. I was tired after being in the heat at the park with my kids and a trip to the grocery store. I pushed through though and I'm glad I did.

I don't think I've lost any weight this week even though I'm staying on target with my calories. I haven't gained anything though, so I'll take it. I'll weigh myself tomorrow and will see what happens.

I went out to eat with a friend today. Had fried food. Before that I had a small bowl of ice cream. Feel blah now mentally. Nice conversation, though.

My pain has been terrible ! So I fed it turkey with gravy and a brownie !! I’m certain the brownie helped a lil bit! lol

Sounds like good therapy to me! Lol. I'm sorry you're hurting.

I am down another pound. 4 more to go! I'm sticking with my eating plan and I'm finding it easy to manage so far. I haven't really given up anything and I'm eating plenty. I've found some really satisfying breakfast and lunch options that are low calorie and leave me with room to eat pretty much whatever for dinner. We rarely eat out, so most of the food I make is fairly healthy. I made fresh pesto from the basil I grew this summer last night and had it over pasta with grilled chicken and veggies. It was awesome and I'm looking forward to leftovers for dinner tonight.

Hugs to everyone working on or struggling with their physical health.

That's wonderful that you are doing so well and almost to your goal, fern. I would love it if you would share a few of the breakfast ideas you mentioned. Breakfast is my favorite meal of the day, and yet one I find hard to plan when I'm on an eating plan. I tend to wake up very hungry in the morning and like things that are either prepped the night before, or quick to put together. I do tend to prefer "sweeter" breakfasts, but I should try to add a few savory ones just for variety.

I've been off my eating plan since we lost our pet. At first I wasn't off it too much, but these past few days stress has made me overeat stuff I wasn't even buying before.

I like sweet breakfast too. I've been making a yogurt parfait several mornings a week. I use Greek vanilla yogurt. Some brands are higher calorie than others. You can also mix half plain and half vanilla to cut the sugar even more. I do 2/3 cup of that and add strawberries, blackberries or raspberries. I also found a granola that adds crunch, but is lower calorie than most granola. It is made by Kind and it is the dark chocolate whole grain cluster variety. I use 1/3 cup of that.

I also like multigrain or wheat English muffins with peanut butter I make from the chocolate PB2 powder. PB2 is only 50 calories compared to 190 for regular peanut butter. I usually pair that with a cup of grapes.

I like the Simple Truth Honey Almond Flax cereal with light vanilla almond milk on cereal days.

I like breakfast burritos for savory days. I make them with whole wheat or high fiber tortillas, egg whites, turkey sausage and salsa.

Just a couple of ideas...

Thanks so much for sharing your breakfast usuals! I will look for the Kind cereal you mentioned. I need to buy the smaller high fiber tortillas. I only have big ones I used for dinners.

You're welcome! OLE makes a high fiber tortilla that is 50 calories and smaller than the burrito size, but a little bigger than a soft taco. They do not make the best quesadilla tortillas, but I use them for tacos, wrap sandwhiches and breakfast burritos.

Killer of a sore back and my plantar fasciitis is killing my left foot. Other than that I'm good.

I went to a cemetery today, and just walked around. For some reason, visiting a cemetery, and just spending hours around the place makes me happy.

I'm glad you were able to get outdoors to do something you enjoy.

I had a healthy lunch and dinner but had ice cream twice today! And I also way over slept. Got up at noon and also took an hour nap! Im a squishy slug.