Re: Claire's journal

herbsgirl Fri Nov 15, 2013 5:17 pm

A new low for you! Keep it up! bounce

Being good with eating plan= lower scale weights= more motivation and it just keeps repeating! Very Happy

ElleBella Fri Nov 15, 2013 6:02 pm

Claire you Rocked it.. fruit instead of cake.. Great!!!! Very Happy

claire1 Sat Nov 16, 2013 2:46 pm

Weight today: 141.7 lbs. Yesteday I ate popcorn, cashew nuts, 1 big apple, 1 Snickers bar.

herbsgirl Sat Nov 16, 2013 3:09 pm

So encouraging to keep stepping on the scales and it goes down, huh? cheers

It helps with motivation!

katya Sat Nov 16, 2013 4:26 pm

You will be down into the 130s before you know it!

Snow White Sun Nov 17, 2013 11:38 pm

Claire! I am soooooooooooooooo proud of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
bounce

You are going where you want to go! Keep on going!!!!

claire1 Mon Nov 18, 2013 11:26 am

Thank you so much girls!

Yesterday I was at 141.5 but today I'm back at 141.7 lbs. On Saturday I ate popcorn and 1 Snickers bar and yesterday 1 piece of persimmon and instant noodles (120 grams -too much,I wasn't even hungry after eating half of it, but as usually I couldn't put my plate away).
Today, I'd like to go back to pasta and soup, I'm not sure. I'll let you know tomorrow. Smile

katya Mon Nov 18, 2013 2:07 pm

My scale went up .2 this morning also. Must be something in the air... Very Happy

blaqpepa Mon Nov 18, 2013 4:42 pm

Don't worry at all about the .2! You've been doing so great thus far, and have been losing nicely!!! Don't sweat the small stuff, you're doing great!

herbsgirl Mon Nov 18, 2013 6:00 pm

Keep on keeping on! Consistency is key! the scales will go down if you are faithful! I have weight flucations too. That's why I like to enter my weights in a graph with a moving average, it levels out the ups and downs and tells you your true predicted weight.

I use Happy Scale app, its free
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/happy-scale-weight-loss-tracker/id532430574?mt=8

ElleBella Tue Nov 19, 2013 7:06 am

I find the .2 gain is fast gone love.. you are doing so fab!!!!

claire1 Tue Nov 19, 2013 11:02 am

Weight today: 141.1 lbs. Yesterday I made pizza and madeleines but I only ate around 10 bites of pizza. So I'm happy that I stayed away from the cookies. Yay! I also had 1 big apple and 2 mandarins.

Thank you for the link Herbsgirl, it's very kind of you but I don't have an iPhone. I'm actually against this brand of smartphone after watching several television coverage on how Chinese people are exploited in Apple factories.

blaqpepa Tue Nov 19, 2013 4:48 pm

Great job on the weight loss!!! I knew that .2 wouldn't last!
Do you not count fruit as part of the 10 bites? Maybe i should allow myself 1 fruit outside of my 10 bites. I've been trying to eat dense food to help not be too hungry, but i really miss my fruit.

claire1 Tue Nov 19, 2013 5:29 pm

Blaqpepa, I actually haven't counted my bites for several weeks now. I only do it when I eat very calorific food. I try to eat less...somewhere between 500-700 calories per day. I really encourage you to eat fruit, it helps you fill your stomach. I try to avoid citrics late in the evening because 5 minutes after I feel like I could empty the fridge. Laughing

ElleBella Tue Nov 19, 2013 10:48 pm

Lol.. Me too.. I do my best to not eat citrus also..You are doing so wonderful. I look forward to being 141 lbs one day. You really rocked it .. mandaline cookies are sublime.

Have a great night..xo

claire1 Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:39 am

Weight today: 140.8 lbs.
Yesterday I had soup (350 ml) + pasta (75 grams), 2 clementines and around 30 unsalted peanuts. Late at night I wanted to cheat so I had peanuts to stop my cravings.

ElleBella Wed Nov 20, 2013 9:11 pm

You did a great job girl. It is awesome you did not cheat. bounce

Yay 140 Wahooooo!

Snow White Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:17 pm

140 is fabulous!!!

I was going to say that the popcorn was probably the culprit for the .2 that day....sodium. When you know you are going to eat something high in sodium, just flush it out with plenty of water. Keep calm and carry on just as you did!!!

herbsgirl Thu Nov 21, 2013 1:41 am

WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! cheers

140's WOW you are so far ahead of me! Im still in the 190s~ I guess it takes time though!

claire1 Thu Nov 21, 2013 10:58 am

Thank you so much ladies!
Herbsgirl, with your motivation you'll be in the 140's much sooner than me, I'm sure of that.

Weight today: 140.2 lbs.

Yesterday I had 2 persimmons (260 calories), 1 Snickers bar (242 cal), 1 big apple (150 cal). The apple I ate late in the evening when I wanted to cheat again. I really have a problem with cheating at night.

So far I've lost 16 pounds thanks to you girls.Thank you so muck for your kind words and encouragement. Overall I've lost 40 lbs. It has been such a long and difficult road and it's not finished yet (20 lbs more to go).

katya Thu Nov 21, 2013 2:13 pm

16 pounds is awesome - can't wait to reach that point!

herbsgirl Thu Nov 21, 2013 5:13 pm

16 lbs!!!!! That is over 3 5lb bags of flour/sugar!!!!!! Just think of lugging all that around everyday! We don't realize how much it helps our bodies to lose this fat!!

What has helped me with motivation this time is stickk.com and also losing weight fast. I just put a commitment on myself to eat no more than 80 bites per day for the 1st week, 70 for the 2nd week, 60 for the 3rd week, and 50 for the 4th week. I figured that one month would be enough time to get me into it enough that I wouldn't back down quite as easy. Im sure it wont always be so easy for me!

ElleBella Thu Nov 21, 2013 6:40 pm

Great to see your plan is working so well for you. keep going to your goal love..xoxo

claire1 Sun Nov 24, 2013 3:18 pm

I didn't feel very well yesterday and before yesterday, so I took a short break from the diet. That means that I ate without paying attention to calories, fat or sugar. I really needed to do it. I have no idea of how many pounds I've gained, but I don't care. I'm back on the plan again and hopefully, I'll lose 2-3 lbs next week.

herbsgirl Sun Nov 24, 2013 7:47 pm

Like you said, taking a break is important. We have to allow ourselves a bit of slack so we can keep up with this long term!! flower

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