Weight loss and exercise #2

Yup. 149 still. I don’t get why I’m not losing on less then 1200 or at least getting back to the 147 that I was at on Wednesday. The 149 just seemed to come out of nowhere and it’s not going away.

I just weighed myself without shoes on and I was 156. I did have a couple bad days but I don’t understand why a couple bad days causes the scale to go up 5 pounds but 2 good days and the scale doesn’t budge.

I always do the weigh ins I pay attention to early AM before breakfast (sometimes well before if I get up during the night to use the bathroom and it is past 3 am or so) after going to the bathroom with nothing on. It is surprising how much difference there is in some clothes versus others and how much difference there is during the day depending on what you eat. It's not just how much the food weighs; some foods make liquids move through slower even if they don't cause retention across days. I didn't weigh this morning. I am planning to go to the gym tonight and weigh tomorrow.

This past weekend I had a couple bad meals but I wasn’t over eating or even eating all day. Today I weighed myself in the morning and I was 152. I’m gaining fast and I really have no idea why.

157 this morning. Kind of pigged out today.

I’m back at 149.2. I’m not sure exactly on what I had today. I had an iced coffee at 260 calories and then 3 pancakes which I think were 100 calories each. Then I had a McDouble at 390 and then a couple small slices of London broil which I put at 160 calories total. My calculator says 1,100. I’ll see when I weigh myself tomorrow.

I had two buttered toasted crumpets,shortbread biscuit,chocolate mouse,two chocolate eclairs, a pint diet pepsi and a disarronio drink with pepsi yesterday,as well as a large breakfast with two eggs,two sausages,bacon,beans,tomato,mushroom and hash browns,two toast with butter and a vegetarian lasange for dinner.Also a packet cheese n onion crisps.Must be about 5000 calories in one day!I have a common cold today.I am going to try calm down my eating and cut right back to 1500 calories today.

147 exactly today. I haven’t been feeling the greatest lately so my appetite is currently gone.

159 yesterday, up from 157 the day before. Back at 157 today. But rounded up a couple of days ago and rounding down today...

Still 147. I’m still not very hungry. I had an iced coffee from McDonald’s for breakfast which had 260 calories, for lunch I had 2 medium tater tots which had 320 calories each and a diet drink which had 30 calories all from Sonic. Dinner is going to be a piece of chicken which has 110 so that leaves me with 160 calories. I’ll probably have a protein shake which is exactly 160.

I am down 2 more pounds this morning. I'm very pleased. I can see a difference in my belly.

Yesterday 156 and today 157, but that's rounding down yesterday (156.4) and up today (156.6) so essentially no change.

I gained weight,I have developed a lovely buddha belly!Nice,but got to get the scales going in the other direction now.

I've lost between 25-30 lbs in the last year, and that's with quite a few stops and starts and inconsistency. I'm starting to get to a place where I can be consistent and starting to feel consistently stronger and more active. It's very hard to do when you can't give it 100% of your focus and just have to shift things in your lifestyle gradually and deal with chronic health issues. But I feel like I will lose all the weight I gained starting with my first hospitalization in 2014 by the end of this year. Even my slip ups are not really slip ups, they just are slight deviations, like once a week having a higher calorie day or having a piece of cake or something very occasionally. I actually have gone down a size in my clothes, but I can't replace them all yet, so I'm just using belts, etc., to make things fit for a bit. One more size and I can shop in normal department stores again. Sometimes I can right now with some stores that go up to size 16, but one more size and I can shop pretty much anywhere because most places (aside from like high fashion) go up to a 14. I want to get down to a size 6 again, which is what I was in 2014. I'm getting there. It's kind of happening more consistently and faster now that I've moved and some things are better for me in other ways. It's a lot easier to get exercise where I live now. My daily walking mileage has gone from 3 miles to 5-6 miles a day, just with natural activity, not counting actual working out.

Right now my next goal is getting under 200. I'm really close, and I'm hoping by end of May to make it happen. It should happen before then but I'm giving myself some padding.

Seesaw

Nice progress, Seesaw. Hope you get to "onederland" soon!

156 this morning, rounded up. Good place to be in case I have a bit of Easter candy...

Over 1000 extra calories today. I might spike, but I have been steady around or just under 157, so I should stabilize below 158.

Boom - 159. I rounded up, but it's in the danger zone. I didn't start today off very well either. Should start paddling on Friday; shoulder is pretty well healed and rehab has gone well (surgery in January). When I start putting in long paddles regularly, it gets a lot easier to lose and/or maintain.

I've been struggling with a migraine since Friday, but it finally seems to be gone. Have to try and get in a workout today. I let myself eat more of a maintenance diet this weekend versus a deficit. And that's okay. Gotta be balanced and not go overboard. I hate trying to lose weight while managing an eating disorder, but c'est la vie. Feeling pretty good otherwise. Have a workout planned at some point today. And also, I am able to run at a 12 minute mile pace on the treadmill now. 5 years ago I was running a 7:45 mile, but that's okay. I'll get back there. I'm pretty impressed with myself that, even though my weight it still high, my cardio health and my endurance are still quite good. I know I can bring this back.

Thanks for the support.

@UpDownAround just keep monitoring it. And yes, regular, low-key activity is a great way to maintain. Paddling sounds fun! I should try it.

My paddling isn't all that low key, though it might be until I feel confident about pushing it with the repaired shoulder. I often did 3 hour non stop paddles last year. Sometimes as much as 5, but with short break or 2.

Oh well, I may not understand what you mean by paddling. But definitely take it easy with your shoulder until you're ready.