My last official post about my weight was week 104 (I weighed 242.5 lbs) and then for week 105 when I held a contest to guess my weight, which was 247 lbs. But I have been recording my weight on my weighin summary page. Total gained since week 104 in seven weeks: 20 lbs.
I haven’t been “on a diet” for the past few weeks. For Week 105 I started out trying (again!) the Medifast Diet (protein meal replacement, total daily calories 800-900 a day), and gained a lot so gave that up after a week and half. So now I’ve just been having 3 meals a day, and still gaining but for me that is normal. If my calories go over 1000 a day I gain very fast.
So here’s a summary of the past few weeks.
Today - Week 111 262.5 lbs gain 1.5 lbs off
Week 110 261.0 gain 6.5 - off
Week 109 254.5 lost 1 lb - off
Week 108 255.5 gain 4 lbs - off
Week 107 251.5 gain 4.5 lbs (weighin early Thurs 12th vacation June 12-15) - off
Week 106 no weighin (from Tues. to Fri. Medifast diet)
Week 105 247 lbs, gained 5.5 lbs Medifast Diet all week (800 calories a day)
Not sure what I’ll be doing as far as an official “diet” any time soon. Teacherman (hubby) has some fun weekend plans for us this summer and a few little trips here and there which always mess me up foodwise since it’s hard to travel and keep calories down to 8oo to 900 a day. I will most likely wait until summer is over and after our anniversary (Sept. 1) since I know he will want to go out to eat the weekend. After that I will have to start looking into a official “diet” regimen, though right now I have no clue what “diet” program to since I’ve tried them all over the last 30 years, most I gain weight on from right the start, and those that I do lose weight with stop working and the weight comes back . At least for now, I’m not back up to my starting weight (yet) which was 293.5 lbs two years ago.
So until after our anniversay, I will stick with the 3 small meals a day, avoid snacking, not eating junk food, etc. etc. etc. For now I’m focusing on getting my house sorted and clear out the junk (estimated project of one to two years at least), studying and practicing Reiki, getting my emotional, mental and spiritual wellbeing in order.
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July 12th, 2008 at 2:23 pm
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Irish Mom wrote…
I struggle with weight loss as well!! I have been in a rut lately but want to get super serious now!! Good luck!!
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July 12th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
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mama kelly wrote…
Just stopping in to {{{{{ }}}}}
As soon as it is cool again Ill make you a batch of my miracle soup!!!
July 13th, 2008 at 9:10 am
3 Lucy Lopez wrote…
I’ll come clean - I actually came here to find out the name of this blog’s owner because I want to send her (I’m pretty sure it’s a female :-)) a message following her kind comments at the EC Forums re my other site being flagged by Google. (Did you get all that???)
Well, I haven’t found the name but I couldn’t help looking at the couple of comments here and so…here I am…leaving one myself!
What I was prompted to say upon reading the comment here about struggling with weight loss is something that you all probably know: the way we perceive something creates it.
Consequently, if we view a situation as being a ‘weight loss’ situation, it will be created in that way - a situation where there is weight to be lost. In other words, it doesn’t really achieve the end result we want which is less about ‘weight loss’ and more about ‘good self esteem/image’ and ‘great figure’ and ‘perfect health’.
The brain is not very efficient at processing ‘don’t do’s’ i.e. thoughts that reflect a negative instruction. However, an affirmative instruction like ‘I want to feel good about myself/body’ or ‘I am creating the health/figure/confidence that I want and enjoy’ is something that it can handle very effectively and it also leaves you feeling great.
I am not talking about affirmations here but affirmative instructions/intentions.
Anyway, I just thought I would mention this since I am here…
Love to all, Lucy
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July 13th, 2008 at 11:53 am
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Jolene wrote…
oh my gosh! How could you possibly get by on only 800 to 900 calories a day!?
I’m far from a diet or weightloss expert(lol, which is obvious by looking at me hehe) but from all the reading I’ve done on the subject it’s worse for your weight to eat too little calories.
Have you tried Weight Watchers before? I’ve never joined them but I did try it on my own one time. It didn’t work for me because I felt like I was starving all the time because I couldn’t afford all those good foods that were lower points, so my points would be gone quickly and I would be very hungry. But if you’re able to eat that few calories a day then maybe Weight Watchers would work for you, you would certainly be able to eat more then 800 or 900 calories a day.
I would love to do Jenny Craig, but the cost is absolutely insane! I would have to spend on food for just me for one week more then I spend on my entire family for a whole month of eating most months. Wanting to lose weight or not, that is just not practical. Easy I guess for these celebrities who don’t have to worry about watching every penny they spend LOL.
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July 13th, 2008 at 4:59 pm
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Lady Rose wrote…
Hi Jolene - yeah I’ve tried WW, too many calories for me - I gain weight on it, I can maintain if I bring the points down low but then it’s the same as counting calories for me I figure why bother looking up everything I eat because I don’t kow the points. I usually just stick the same low cal stuff I’m used to and keep it simple. Plus too much variety is bad for me - it kicks in my cravings.
July 15th, 2008 at 11:56 am
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Bailey wrote…
It sounds like you’re flip-flopping so much because you’re so consumed with the idea of going on a diet - rather than being consumed with the desire to get healthy for life! You HAVE to eat more than 1000 calories a day, in order to survive in a healthy way. You can eat BIG, healthy meals AND snack during the day - IF you’re eating the right things. Here’s some tips on how to cut out unnecessary calories - maybe it will give you an idea about how you can cut out some BAD calories so you can add in some GOOD calories:
http://www.diet.com/tip/CUT-OVER-100-CALORIES-OUT-OF-A-MEAL-OR-SNACK.html
And that site has tons of other healthy tips too. I urge you to check it out! Good luck to you!