Hi 👋 sticking my head back in. Three camping weekends in a row done, which involved not enough sleep, not enough water (I pee in the night a few times at the best of times; outraged by a trip across a field to do so), and booze on 5 of the 6 nights away.
I stayed on the low carb plan (bar booze), and avoided all smores, ice creams, crisps, brioche etc and stayed under 1400 cals. In those three weeks I lost 1.5kg - a dramatic slow down in loss, but this morning have had a whoosh taking total loss to 16.1kg. I will finish week 12 on Sunday.
BMI is 25.9 (so close!) so the plan is to carry on with 800, TRE, no booze, no snacks, two meals a day, until I get under 72kg, which is healthy weight. Then reassess the plan for transitioning to ‘normal’ - not carbs eating, but more than 800 cals a day. The holy grail of maintenance. I’ve written out my plan for maintenance - which includes weighing myself every day. I cannot ‘see’ myself so must stay religious about letting the scales tell me. Even two and a half stone down I can’t really see THAT much difference.
I think I will try a couple of weeks of 3:4, then 4:3, then 5:2 and see what happens. By 72kg, I also have another 7kg to lose to get to goal, so I do want to carry on losing.
In non scale news my disaster area of a belly is improving. I’ve lost 8.5inches from my waist and the c-section pouch seems much better. Although it’s still total carnage - am taking that it’s all relative!
Onwards and downwards and feeling good that I can navigate holiday without falling off the wagon food-wise. That’s a massive win. The booze is another story. I think that’s my next hurdle. 5 days drinking in nearly 12 weeks and I do wonder why I bother - it’s not much fun any more. And like I used to be with carbs, one is never enough. The hangover isn’t really worth it. I’m putting that one on a Back burner to address once I’m at a healthy weight!
Have good days everyone.