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Will be walking 4.4 miles today for the challenge bringing my weekly total to 22.1 miles and challenge total to 47.9 miles.....one more day and I'll be over halfway there at the midpoint of the challenge....so far, everything's right on target.
I've got 3.4 miles in already with one dog along, the other along for 2.6 miles. I'll do the final mile later this evening.
This little experiment with eating whatever low-carb item I'm hungry for does not work, so that's over and done with. Too bad, though, because it's the most satiated I've been since vacation. Not stuffed, or over-full, just satiated. If I continued on this path, I wonder just where my weight would settle in.....or if I'd just continue to gain and gain and gain.
I'm not happy that I'll apparently always have to feel a bit deprived in order to maintain a healthy weight, although I suppose I might eventually adjust. Just wish it were different, but wishing won't make it so. Have to deal with reality.
I KNOW that this is the range where I should be, health-wise, possibly even just a tad lower, so I have to make this work out. I knew I couldn't go hog-wild with food once I reached my goal, but I truly had thought I might be able to make a few more allowances - low-carb ones - than it appears I'll be able to do.
I had also hoped that I wouldn't have to keep working this WOE as closely as I had during the weight-loss phase. I had hoped to be able to take a bit of a mental break. That also appears to not be true. I'm tracking and monitoring everything as closely as ever. Again, maybe I'll get used to this as I go along....it's just that I had certain expectations of how Maintenance was going to be and at least a few expectations have been shot down rather quickly - LOL!
Today, I'm heading off to the jewelry store that will hopefully repair my mangled wedding ring. The main guy/shop owner should be back from a seminar and vacation. I'm also returning something to another store and shopping at a particular sale, so should be a busy afternoon.
View Diet Calendar, 16 October 2012:
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1142 kcal
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Fat: 81.34g | Prot: 76.88g | Carbs: 34.08g.
Breakfast: Sargento 4cheese Mexican shredded cheese, cooked ground beef, Heinz reduced sugar ketchup. Lunch: string cheese snacks, Endulge Peanut Caramel Cluster Bar. Dinner: Wishbone ranch dressing, romaine, Armenian cucumber, chia seeds (bulk), salad toppins, grape tomatoes. Snacks/Other: string cheese snacks, Jones cherrywood smoked bacon. more...
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1907 kcal
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Exercise:
Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 1 hour and 15 minutes, Resting - 14 hours and 45 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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Oh Sandy - I HATE hearing that you feel deprived. On my "successful days" I tell myself I've had enough food for the day, drink a cup of herb tea and I'm good for the evening. But on my "unsuccessful days" no cup of tea is going to fix anything. This is such an individual thing - somehow I have confidence in you that you will come through with your own solution.
16 Oct 12 by member: BuffyBear
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Sandy...I think you are going through a very healthy "reality check" in regards to coming to grips with the what we want vs what we need & moreover, that pesky portion control issue. I know I have a very skewed sense of what a portion should be vs what it actually is. I play the guessing game frequently. Eyeball a piece of meat, guess how much it weighs...then put it on the scale. Turns out I am horrible at it...same with measuring. I still struggle with coming to terms for myself...that I can't be trusted. If left to my own devices my portions grow, right along with the carbs & calories.
Finding the perfect balance to keep harmony within ourselves & our scale is why we are here, practicing everyday.
16 Oct 12 by member: gg-girl
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GG makes some excellent points. One thing you might need to reconsider is ... your body might not process carbs very well anymore. It's something I found out about myself this year. I have to live this way from now on. I hate you feel like you are being deprived. Hugs!
16 Oct 12 by member: Mom2Boxers
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Well its a good thing this is a life time thing..as we just have to keep it up..we know that if we go off the plans we are on..the weight will come back...Look at me...so I am getting back to what I know is best for me...its about time...:O)
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Buffy, I hate feeling deprived too!!! I'm beginning to think that less food overall is just one of those nasty side-effects to getting older - LOL!
17 Oct 12 by member: Sandy701
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GG, that portion control issue is very much at the center of what I'm dealing with. Like, on Sunday, I eat chicken and could eat even more! After weighing the chicken with bones and then the remaining bones after I'm done, I'm surprised to find that I ate 6, 7 or more ounces! I feel like I'm just getting started! So depressing! Of course, if I wait a bit and get involved with something else non-food-related, I'm just fine. Being a logical, reasonable adult about food is not easy. Wish I were a kid again.....
17 Oct 12 by member: Sandy701
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Sandy, you have a point I hadn't considered. I thought most of my learning had been done in weight-loss mode, but I guess it just goes on, well into Maintenance. It sure would be nice if one's body came with an Owner's Manual!
17 Oct 12 by member: Sandy701
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This IS a lifetime thing, Bren....I remind myself about that all the time because the last thing I want is to regain my lost weight. The longer we can persevere and go through holidays, vacations, and the ups and downs of life, still on our WOE, the better we "should" get at this. No time limits on progress!!!!
17 Oct 12 by member: Sandy701
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