ILE Weight Watchaz

Well done deems. it is surprising how addictive sugar can be, but also how quickly cravings can subside if you avoid it.
rushomancy, there's nothing wrong with the odd nice big meal.
trayce, sometimes it takes longer than expected. cutting down drinking is something I really could do with doing myself, so your body is likely thanking you in other ways.
i do that myfitnesspal app, or at least I try to. it's not perfect for tracking calories etc but it is useful in monitoring how often you eat and what sort of stuff you're eating, even if you just do it for a week or two. it's surprising how, without even thinking about it, one can need up eating all sorts of extra things throughout the day.
one of the few advantages of having been made single again for a few weeks now, is that I've pretty much lost around 10lbs. the disadvantage is that I found I was having to pull up my jeans all day today

Boo to breakup diets tho :(

17lbs down

be skinny by christmas if this keeps up ffs

Well done!

I've just finished my third week of doing the 5:2 - 600Kcals on a fast day, your calculated (not unreasonable) allowance on a NFD, managed to squeeze in a third fast day this week so I'm going to try to do that as often as I can stand.

Fast days are not as bad as I thought other than that continuous internal buzzer of denial that sounds when you go to reach for the fridge door for the twelfth time.

Not weighing myself yet, I've got a lot to shake off so I'm holding off for a bit.

My exercise routine has gone to hell. I was doing a 100 mins a day on the bike previously and must have put about 30 lbs on since I stopped. It just feels so easy to drink too much and eat good food some days and getting back into a healthier routine feels impossible, without some trainer pointing a gun at me or something.

it's so effing hot and sunny outside that exercise and no booze are almost impossible

looked into fasting, decided if i really needed it, it would still be there...good luck tho

DL i always find that ive a summer weight well below my winter excess, more exercise and eat less

I find that gym sessions tend to help the best for me, since I've always eaten healthily. But the last place I want to be on a hot day is sweating out in a gym. But yeah, tend to find I migrate about 8-10 pounds between winter and summer

I'm far from healthy, but I've been doing the low carb thing for a little over a year now. I've resigned myself to this lifestyle for the rest of my years because: it's insanely easy for a lazy person such as myself to maintain; I'm never hungry; I can booze it up once a week without issue; and finally, I've lost and kept off 60 lbs of weight since a year ago. I'm back to my college weight again (I'm 39) but I rarely exercise though, so again, I'm not "healthy."

18 weeks in, 21lbs down, target weight for brother's wedding next week achieved

apparently it was mainly about not eating crap all day watch out for my book in stores this christmas

that's great deems, well done!

sugar - you must give up the sugar - its not mommy's littel helper - its the key to teh door of disease!

also good owrk!

otm

also otm B-)

I've lost a little over 30 lbs in the past year or so by quitting booze and most added sugar, as well as increasing my exercise.

My biggest milestone so far was just a couple weeks ago when I realized I could fit into a 38 waist (down from a 42 - for a year or so I was buying clothes from Casual Male XL). There are so many brands of trousers that top out at 38. It feels amazing to fit into a slimmer cut that's not swooshing around my ankles.

Also, at the same time my BMI (flawed system, I know) dropped from obese to overweight. I still have more work to do, but at least I'm heading in the right direction for the first time in years.

hi 5 lighter ilxors imo

starting to look old af is the only thing

So, I lost 8 lbs between last September and December of last year by cutting sugar and replacing w/ healthier nuts 'n seeds options. Cool, right? Except I ended up with major stomach cramps, yarfing frequently, and experiencing chronic, intense heartburn. I began an elimination diet and ... basically ended up eating only yogurt and nutrition bars and a few frozen Trader Joe's meals, then adding back 12 lbs, and more as I tried not to feel sick all the time.

By April I existed on bland crackers 'n stuff. Carbs, steamed veggies, and bland meat also didn't seem to affect me, but cooking stuff in a wok did. As did ordering food at every restaurant. Doctors baffled, skeptical, etc.

Around May, as a last gasp, I switched to a pseudo-paleo thing (– yes, I know paleo is bunk –) and instantly got better. After another month of analyzing food logs, I figured out that I have a semi-severe barfing/heartburn/cramping/etc. reaction to SUNFLOWER and SESAME oil. Which, as it turns out, is in (*many*) Trader Joe's products, the majority of nutrition bars, lots of fry oils, all of the salad dressings and stir-fry sauces I make, ingrained in my wok, etc.

Since late May, I've shed the twelve pounds I gained. I'm motivating myself using DietBet (app/website) and so far I've made $13. I plan to go for another two months, so my total lost from June 2017 (189) to October 2018 (160) will be a hair under 30 lbs. Deems OTM about looking older, though. But I think I look older in a good way?

did you find a new stir-frying oil that doesn't bother you?

Nothing brilliant –– any suggestions? I had to scrape out and sand-down and re-season my wok. I've been using canola for everything. Safflower and peanut oils are often cross-contaminated w/ sunflower, and my wife's got an anaphylactic reaction to avocado, so those are out. Otherwise open to suggestions.

i've seen that rice bran oil has a high smoke point but can't say i've ever knowingly seen a bottle of it.

i might consider rolling the dice with cheap light-grade olive oil.

Ugh remy that's brutal. I've been there. The butter flavor at movie theaters will have me in fetal position on the floor, feeling like I'm being stabbed in the abdomen. An ex-bf's family took me to their favorite family restaurant for special occasions and both times I thought I might have to go to the hospital. (I was fine. But it's awful.)

In my case it's probably soybean oil since that's what popcorn butter flavoring is made with. For cooking, I think I just use corn oil? Or whatever is in the cupboard. Is that bad? I used to have a huge jar of coconut oil but the flavor is so strong it ruins everything that isn't a curry.

I'm motivating myself using DietBet (app/website) and so far I've made $13.

best thing I've found is to find another fat friend and do a weight loss bet, then tell everyone you know. people get real interested in that sort of thing. plus if you tell everybody and you're still fat after the bet's over then everyone knows you're a weak failure. idk it worked for me, though the first time I did it I wound up going down like 23 lbs in a month and rebounding real hard

", I figured out that I have a semi-severe barfing/heartburn/cramping/etc. reaction to SUNFLOWER and SESAME oil."

sounds like food allergy to me

remy - grapeseed oil?

my wife has corn allergy, of all things. She gets similar results.

and sesame is like the 9th top most common allergen

I had a roommate in college who was allergic to sesame seeds and puked all over the table once at the Yaffa because the hummus she ordered had tahini in it even though they said it didn't. TBH I kind of thought she was making it up at the time.

Making up the allergy, not the puking.

Anyway - Remy that's all very interesting. I've been having issues forever and I also did an elimination diet recently but I didn't follow it quite as strictly as I could have and didn't really get any conclusive results except for that I think I might have an issue with dairy and that I def feel a million times better when I cut out all the major allergins but I need to repeat it. I just hope that some day soon I can eat without being worried I'm going to feel sick afterwards.

23lbs but not bad considering the aul fella was home and we ate out most nights the last fortnight.

look old now. ill take it.

Good going if you've been eating out a lot.

I'm incredulous at how many calories restaurants can pack into their food. It's not uncommon for me to weigh 2 - 3 lbs more the next morning after eating out: a fairly impossible 7000 - 10,500 calories.

i try not to map each meal to an immediate change that way (nb i am not a food scientist or etc) but ime a few days of rich food without a commensurate increase in physical activity is when i start to see/feel real effects.

if i overindulge (and i do) then i have convinced myself that if i can make up for it while the grub is still in my system then its gonna count less.

no doubt oversimplistic but its working for me.

I was at a dismal 241 (not my heaviest but not very far from that) on 08/16. I'm now exactly 20 lbs later. Amazing what no booze, smaller portions and a little more exercise'll do. Only real goal is to get sub-200 by year's end.

*lighter lol

Lost another 10 since my last update. So far the score is 270-ish in March of 2017 down to 227 yesterday.

I'm incredulous at how many calories restaurants can pack into their food. It's not uncommon for me to weigh 2 - 3 lbs more the next morning after eating out: a fairly impossible 7000 - 10,500 calories.

eh 2-3 lbs is a pretty standard weight fluctuation. even on my worst days I don't think I can put down 7000 calories worth of food and drinks

yeah it's not from the calories it's from the water retention. a bad restaurant meal (e.g., cheesecake factory) could be 2000 calories, not enough to gain a pound even if you burn off 0% of it

i ate a lot of cookies last week and gained 3 lbs. probably not all cookies. i will return to my normal weight on or about october 1? i'll check back lol

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In theory, it should be quite difficult to gain weight because it takes a hell of a lot of calories to put on even a few pounds. In practice, I put on weight really quickly if I eat out (unless it’s something completely untampered with, like sashimi).

13lb - 14lb down since mid-August, on the d-mac 'not eating crap all day' plan. Hopefully can put in place a healthier permanent non-snacking lifestyle and appreciate the food I eat more.

Great job. Snacking is a non-necessary evil.

im putting together a copyright obv

kiu

it is past oct 1 and as promised i returned to average. i'm going to eat pumpkin pie today.

Restaurant dishes 'contain more calories than fast-food meals' http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46540132

Down 26 -27 lb now btw. I think I’ve reached the target weight I want to maintain.

yea I remember going to Cheesecake Factory once and being astounded how many calories were in some of those dishes. it seem physically possible.

I mean, doesn't *

I've put on like 9lbs in a week and a half what the hell? Winter is definitely coming

congrats LS

Oh hello again, my many-chinned brethren and sistren.

So... in terms of work and family, I had a very stressful autumn. I decided that I wouldn't attend too closely to dieting while I was dealing with other things. Consequently, I buried the scale under the bed and resolved not to look at it until January 1st. An hour ago, I stepped on it for the first time since August. And guess what? I've gained 21.2 lbs. I'm aghast/depressed/frustrated. I signed up for a sixth month Dietbet, which has me losing somewhere on the order of 19 lbs. Even if I'm successful, I'll still be heaver than I was a year prior. I should console myself with cheese.

What are your dieting rules this year? I've determined to be free of added sugars (like usual), processed starches, alcohol, and to cook from scratch more than half of what I consume.

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remy

its literally the worst day in the year to weigh yourself

obv not 21lbs worth but be fair to yourself too!

ive not been in weigh-myself/watch-myself mode all december and ive put probably 5/6 lbs back on. back to focus mode tomorrow

vague rules, really obvious:

nothing between mealtimes- huge struggle for me, behaviourally

prep for working week:
decent cereal breakfast
elevenses of fruit/grain/yoghurt
lunch sandwich

coffee and tea whenever i want, have dropped sugar from each

we p much always cook dinner from scratch, ive not changed much here except maybe keeping an eye on portions.

no eating after 8pm, which im now well used to

i said it was all really obvious stuff tbf

now that im back in focus mode, ill weigh myself before breakfast every morning. ive an excel tracker because im nerdy that way, it gives me weekly/monthly trends/milestones that keep me motivated for those shitty days when the number went up despite yr best efforts, ie if im up this week i can still have lost weight on a monthly avg, etc etc

graphs and tables the lot by god