Frugaleers talk weight loss & food

[mammynowanauntyIRL]

Diff aims, diff gains ...
I follow iifym with Team RH, I'm struggling a bit with my health this year so progress isn't as fast as last year but it's taught me so much about myself, my body and why I'm important, most importantly because I'm satisfied with my food I don't binge
Goals:
Weights section of gym
Size 10 clothes
35lbs weight loss

Ok, still not doing what I should. Luckily maintaining

I’m doing pretty ok, apart from yesterday I’ve stuck to 1700 and got my 15,000 since Sunday. Yesterday was a splurge, totm madness but it’s done now. Average is down by 2.1 - hoping to maintain that by this Sunday. So yeah, dare I say it, in the zone! Have my dd birthday party on the weekend and I’m going to make myself a plate so I don’t go around grazing on party food.
life this is good practise for maintaining- how much more would you like to lose or have you a different goal (physique?)
How about you mammy, you sounded a bit low your last message - I know this plan does take a lot sometimes and when you’re in the zone it’s powerful but when other crap is going on it can feel so hard

Staying steady at 14.8.

Not2 going separation at the moment so that fight is taking my energy.

Well done on getting back in the zone when you're planning party like that you're definitely in it.

I've been hovering around my cals all week two days over by 80 but I've got a head cold so was being nice to myself.

Just home from work turkey burger in a bun with cheese & sriracha mayonnaise yummy

That looks delicious Mammy

It was wolf but because I'm all stuffed with headcold I'm as hungry now as if I never ate

Not sure not2. I don't have a goal in mind. I think I want to just be fit and healthy.

Defo Monday. My gym kit has been taunting me from my work locker

My friend has been suggesting I go back to boot camp next week a couple of times a week. I can see her point but not sure I can deal with it along with everything else at the moment

Life you're easing your way back towards being back in the zone too

I've been looking at cost of gym membership for myself & dc but if I was to get family membership with au pair it would cost €16.32 a week if she put €5 towards this I think it'd be viable for us to do. Current offer of 9 months for price of 12 but not something I could do right now until separation is agreed and housing sorted out. Au pair would definitely take them once a week at least and I could too. DC's part of membership is €270/€5.19 weekly surely this is something H should contribute towards.

Huge sympathies mammy, my best friend is going through a separation and I wouldn’t wish the heartache & stress on my worst enemy...actually in that case I would, I’d wish it on her f**kwit of an ex dh to be, using their kids as pawns. This country is a disaster with regards to marriage breakdown, the law is a joke. Anyway rant over, but just to say I get it

He should Mammy, whether he would is another matter.
Tough one re bootcamp. It's time for you which is important but maybe wait until after 27 th. Do you have to sign up for a block?

I don't really have to sign up life guy in charge is a childhood friend, he wants me to come for free as I had to bail out in March

Will see how my bills are following separation

Thanks not2obvious

Almost back down to last weeks lowest weight! 1lb gain overall though. I'm good with that. The smaller jeans I fitted into a few weeks ago still look good on me.

Good going mammy.
Re bootcamp: nothing lost if go for a bit too try it then and it doesn't work.
I understand the lack of head space to think about something else though

I’m going to do my weight in shortly, bed too comfy haha!

I have to say despite not being a great success story like many other team rh’ers, I’ve had great success in staying around my lowest weight for the last year. I haven’t shot up or had any mad gains. Obviously my bad behaviour is balancing out. I think that’s progress over any other thing I’ve tried. And I know if I follow it perfectly I will lose, just thinking out loud

Haven’t weighed myself for a few weeks. Don’t dare! I’m not keeping up with any threads either.

Definitely doing better on not giving the Caglets as much sugary stuff. Not so sure I’m doing well with myself though.

Had another appointment with the endocrinologist. He is still wanting me to go on metformin. I’m really struggling with the decision. I am not diabetic. HbA1c was 39 several months back. But with the history of GD, and now it seems more of a family history as my DM is now prediabetic as well as my DGM having T2... he also reckons I have (mild) PCOS and thus metabolic syndrome 🤔

Anyway he is discharging me as my thyroid results are normal 👍 but at my request he has just written to the GP to ask for another HbA1c. In an ideal world I’d have that one, then in another 3 months have another one to see if I can get it down myself.

Food wise not been doing great but I have batch cooked a reasonable amount as from tomorrow we are back to all the after school clubs etc. So hopefully using that will help in that I won’t have an excuse to get a takeaway or something.

I need to prioritise having a decent lunch though. I’ve been too hung up on the fact that the Caglets will only eat sandwiches but I think I need to just leave them to that, as long as they have veggies with it, and make myself something nice and healthy and nourishing. It’ll be my chance to have food I actually love rather than having to cater to fussy DCs as in the evenings, when our meals are very repetitive.

Hmmm not sure about bootcamp, but if it’s free then it could be worth a try! Family gym membership sounds great.

Weigh in done, down 2.3 on my average. I had gained 2.7 over the last 2 weeks so I’m delighted to see it turn.
Seems like you’ve a lot on your plate cagliostro, trying to manage kids diets is tough going and then worrying about your own & health concerns, it’s a lot.

Cag i don't understand anything about metformin, has it any other function other than treating diabetes?
Sounds like you've a plan for food going forward too which is great

Not2 being back in the zone has rewarded you, keep it up

It seems to be the new go-to drug for any insulin resistance even when not diabetic. I don’t know if it’s a cost cutting exercise or something? In a “stop it before it gets worse” type thing. Or it may be just this particular doctor is pushing it in the same way others may push ADs more than average etc. Not wrong, just different views etc.

I know lots of women with GD go on it (only going on insulin later in the pregnancy if sugars are still uncontrolled). But I managed to stay diet controlled the whole time (bloody hard going mind). So given that I don’t know much about it it seems a bit crazy to just go on it straight away. I need to find out more for sure.

Low carb high fat worked brilliantly for controlling my sugars and losing weight in pregnancy but it is so much harder to stick to now I don’t have regular tests and an unborn baby to protect. My self care is almost non existent ATM and I find it so hard. Plus I ended up with gallstones, it was only mild but I feel a bit nervous about it.

What it really comes down to is cracking my sugar habit. As clearly the ol’ pancreas isn’t liking it much 🤔🙄😳

cag you're right not to take a decision like that lightly.

Sugar is a drug like any other, the more you have of it the more you want.

I suppose food is a bit like spending, you've to think is it a need(hunger) or a want(craving)?

For me yesterday it was definitely hunger in the evening, because I'd wasted loads of calories on a scone in the morning. Not happening today.

Thanks mammy yes my mum is on it and knows fuck all about it frankly, she feels quite worried and frustrated. She’s getting a lot of symptoms and I’m pretty sure they will say she is diabetic at some point. Bit of a wake up call.

I’ve done well so far this week. Started the food diary again (having stopped due to the virus) and am making many more good decisions and having decent lunches as well. I’m not going totally without chocolate etc but having a small amount to look forward to in the evenings (hotel chocolat do various flavours of ‘nano’ slabs which I got on sale so I’m having one an evening) and instead of still having chocolate throughout the day as well I’m reminding myself I have that to eat later.

I should probably weigh in at some point.

Day 3 was ok but didn't get my steps in as got a lift home from work. .
Woken up hungry though.

Life your body adjusting to extra calorie burn or totm or just adjusting to not eating above calories?

I went spectacularly over my calories on Monday & fine tues & wed.
I've not introduced a step goal yet as energy levels still low from headcold and emotional overload.

Scales is doing good

I'd half a twirl last night watching tv with kiddos as that's what I'd left in my calories

Don't really get totm. Probably adjusting. Not quite got macros either

Not sure what you meant by totm comment life? Adjusting to what? Havre I missed something or is that potentially something to worry about?