Nourishing November

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Right here's the new thread. Thought I would find a kind title as October has been a challenging month for so many and at the risk of sounding pessimistic, November is likely to be to. I'm starting at 9st2.75, my aim for the end of November is to get into the 8s.

In thanks Honeybadger, I doubt I'm much fitter as you are very consistent with your workouts and swimming. You also seem to work out for a lot longer than me!! My peak should be max so I reached 85% of that over that peak part of run. Who knows what that means but I'll keep going! Off out for walk now with a friend follower by early night.

Early days though heygirl. My fitness had plummeted after being ill and inactive for ages after surgery and trying to get 14st of mostly fat on the move is hard going on the heart and lungs

Well I'm impressed anyway! Night night all, I ended up doing 16:8 today as it happened! See you all in the AM!

When I had a few group sessions with a PT she wanted us to eat 40% of our cals from protein. On 1400 cals it was way over 100g and was quite hard work! I did do it for a bit but found I was eating so much chicken and had very few cals left for anything else (like an evening Kit Kat!)

Haven't bothered since I finished the class.

So I braved the scales... 10st2 this morning which is 4lb/5lb gain over my week off. My smugness that I was maintaining despite eating cake has bitten me in the arse 😁

I am day 1 of period so hoping, if I stay on track this week, a couple should disappear quickly. Not too fussed as I did enjoy a lot of treats - thinking back I actually did go a bit wild! Chinese & an Indian in one week, all the coffee & cake etc.

@Monochrome4 re clothes I think I'd be tempted to get rid and reward we some really well fitting items. I've kept some in my bigger size and they are in a box in the loft but I mostly gave to charity, especially as a lot of stuff I didn't love anymore. Well done you - it's a great feeling.

Evening all,
Busy day cooking and prepping. Filling up the new freezer. Funnily not been hungry at all. Also no idea of the calories today as keep tasting stuff but can't really keep track of everything.
I weigh at 63.1 this morning so maintaining the weight last week. Even with the Halloween sweets.

Well done for being so sanguine over the gain hangover. Period will help I'm sure

13:13 today. Miraculously.

9st2.25 this morning. Had a medium Sweet Chilli Chicken and rice from Kokoro for my lunch yesterday. Couldnt find the calories on line, but I left a bit of the rice and was actually full all afternoon which is unheard of. Dad's last day today so got Chinese for dinner, ate a plateful but wasn't tempted by more. Yes, its a gain today, also didn't do enough steps yesterday, but felt in control. Hope everyone is ok in these wierd times

Bugger, I forgot to weigh myself before breakfast.
I've decided to concentrate on the 16:8 thing with no eating after dinner this week before I start reducing calories. Ease myself back into it.

That was really interesting about the protein. I never meet my protein goals. I have no issue exceeding the carbs though!

The other thing with the protein is-can you imagine how expensive it would be?

No move for me, 9st despite 20k steps and a burn of 2400cals yesterday but not too bothered. Nice food ahead for the day and another planned run.
B: 2 weetabix and a banana
L: carrot and chickpea soup, mandarin and apple
D: cod, ratatouille.

To be honest, with all the weighing out etc meat and chicken is starting to turn my stomach a bit.. I am upping my fruit and veg very much and it definitely fills you.
F&V portions today: 3&6, not sure if I'm to count onions!

Americans count ketchup so you can have your onions if you want them

Back from giving blood and a decent walk there and back. Not doing gym today.

Haven't eaten yet and rebuilding blood uses lots of calories so I'm going to eat a big plate of pasta guilt free this evening.

You definitely deserve that pasta Honey! Good for you donating. I'm booked early December and always reward myself with chocolate

10st1 this morning so 1lb has disappeared. Been sensible today but not planned dinner yet!

Final workout class tonight before lock down. Have really enjoyed going, not sure how motivated I'll be doing it online!

Not the same at home is it! I will miss my treadmill at the gym. Glad another pound has dropped off.

Think I'll try and book my next donation now before I forget.

Enjoyed my carb attack. Pasta pesto with crumbled mackerel, olives and cheese. Obscene amount of calories no doubt but it allegedly takes 3000 calories to replace the lost blood after a donation and I'm choosing to believe that lol.

I've cheekily booked another restaurant meal tomorrow, just getting it in before lockdown the reboot. We managed to get out for a walk this evening which was great just to get out of the house.

This waiting for Lockdown 2.0 is so weird. It is and it isn't lockdown.

I've cheekily booked another restaurant meal tomorrow, just getting it in before lockdown the reboot. We managed to get out for a walk this evening which was great just to get out of the house.

This waiting for Lockdown 2.0 is so weird. It is and it isn't lockdown.

Lockdown light. Had nice supportive chats with the nurses comparing COVID working conditions in our respective underfunded public sectors. Won't make much difference to me except the gym.

You did well to get a table. I'd imagine lots have the same idea.

I know people bemoan technology but these days I'm very glad has his PS4 and plays with his friends on there

I've gone well over today, sigh. I seem to have lost confidence both in being able to keep away from snacks, and in moderating my portions. I need to concentrate harder because I know I can do it! Just before half term I managed 6 days in a row within budget! This is so hard :-(

Sorry to hear that you're struggling Monochrome. What seems to be your downfall?

Thanks marmite.

My downfall today was sneaking in extra snacks when I knew I'd had enough. Not even high quality snacks. Mainly just sneaking in handfuls of breakfast cereal here and there when I know I don't want to. Sneaking in extra snacks at the end of lunch, rather than stopping when the numbers told me I'd had enough. I also had a much bigger portion of dinner than I needed, and I knew that at the time, but by that time I felt really defiant and just ate it quickly before I could stop myself and before I calculated the calories.

I need to learn to stop and think whenever I want to raid the cupboard. It's a mood I get into. Do any of you have this habit, and if so, how have you got out of it? I have been doing pretty well generally since August, but the habit always seems to be there lurking in the background, waiting to take me over as soon as I drop my guard.

Panic not, you'll get back on track. It's so easy to slide isn't it and say tomorrow I'll start again then 6 months later you're still saying the same thing and eating chocolate syrup bedtime in my case 😩 sometimes you just need to give in I think. We've got covid on the rampage, lockdown coming, Christmas, nothing is the same and snacking is a comfort. Don't be hard on yourself.

I have done 23,000 steps today and 138 active minutes. I'm hungry again tonight but I'm refusing to eat after dinner. I did so well last time and know I can do it again.

Well done on giving blood especially walking back home afterwards!

It's easy to get the steps in when the school run looks like this we are so lucky to live in such a lovely place. We never leave in enough time to walk through the woods on the way to school in the morning but we anyways walk back this way and it's so pretty.

It's a tough one. I did have this before and for a while it helped me to ask myself if this was the choice I wanted to make? And to remind myself that the treat/food/whatever will still be there tomorrow and I can have more then. I tend to have a panic that I must eat it all now as if it's going somewhere.
Also, someone once said that being hungry is a sign of how soon you should eat, not how much you should eat. Just slowing myself down because of this panic think i get, helps.

I don't know if that will be helpful if your feeling is defiance rather than panic like me. Can you get to the bottom of that? Where does it come from? Who are you defying? What are you feeling defiant about? Depriving yourself?