Weight Loss/Maintenance
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I buy the groceries. Mr X bought me a large-sized beautiful outfit. Its too small. Since 2016, I've lost weight on keto. Fifty lbs in 2016.
Time for a diet. I should lose 20 lbs. I don't exercise enough, sit a lot, and buying crap food like cheesecake.
I'm disgusted with myself.
Duncanpup
(13,646 posts)Hugs to you.
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)About five years ago I fell and broke a number of bones including leg and serious spinal fractures.
Needless to say I sat around for quite sometime and gained 20 lbs!
I have always been small so it was a lot for me. I got disgusted too
and resumed walking almost every day. I enjoy that.
And worked on eating fruits, veggies, and protein.
I have a dairy allergy so protein means fish and meat.
I still have the occasional sweet and I eat some carbs every day.
I still have a Coca Cola drink every day.
But I don't keep many high calorie things in the house or I will eat it.
PS I lost the 20lbs. And feel so much better back to my old weight.
XanaDUer2
(13,485 posts)Long overdue
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)I hate the idea of making salads by hand.
But the salads come all prepared these days.
All the fixings including the salad dressings.
I also love the big bag of chopped salads.
I add chopped meat to them.
I also love strawberries and watermelon in the summer.
And in the winter I drink a fruit smoothie almost every day.
Which is weird because I am not a fruit and vegetable person at all.
But I found a few things I like and stick with it.
Also I always have meat or fish of some sort in the refrigerator I can snack on.
And I eat those thin sliced pretzel snacks if I am hungry for carbs.
I also stop eating about 6 pm in the evening.
I also walk almost every day. I like getting out in the fresh air and walking
around the neighborhood. At first I just did a short walk, a block or so. Now I do two miles
in less than a half hour. Not bad for someone who has a lot of pins and rods in my legs, ankles and back.
They say sitting is the new smoking and drinking. So I get off my behind once and day and take a walk.
Aussie105
(6,174 posts)And lose the self-critical self-defeating attitude!
And lose the cheesecake too - just on birthdays perhaps.
(If you don't buy it, you can't eat it.)
We are out of chocolate and lollies, and I'm loving it! And cheesecake. lol
XanaDUer2
(13,485 posts)liberal N proud
(60,916 posts)My fault, I was doing so well, lost 45 pounds, had a workout routine, then I changed jobs, less people stress but more project stress, work later hours and then time changed. I have not worked out for months.
XanaDUer2
(13,485 posts)From not eating due to stress.
Ocelot II
(120,110 posts)to lose the weight in the first place. Ditch the cheesecake, go back to keto, take a walk every day and you'll be able to fit into the new outfit, or even a smaller one.
XanaDUer2
(13,485 posts)Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)I weigh myself about every other day.
It is much easier to lose one pound as opposed to many more.
Some days I over eat so then I have to cool it for the next day or two.
I also want to say that I don't like diet food. I would rather have the real thing
in a smaller amount than fake or bad tasting food.
I also go out to eat and have what I want, but only eat half and save the other half
for another meal. It is about portion control.
XanaDUer2
(13,485 posts)I love those bagged salads, too
Irish_Dem
(55,825 posts)I buy prepared meat sometimes or cook it to add to the salad.
I love the Costco tenderloins, so I will cook those and add the beef to my salad.
I feel like Queen for the day eating that salad.
You don't feel deprived at all.
Instead of reaching for something bad I will eat some of the meat for a snack.
Hard to feel sorry for myself with that.
I eat a boxed or bagged salad almost every day.
Marthe48
(18,754 posts)I lost weight, too and it stayed off for a couple years. I thought I could ease off my food plan and start eating things again. But no. I might think I was on a low carb food plan long enough, but my body lets me know it is life-long.
You'll get back into your routine