momma6224's Journal, 28 Nov 18

How are your clothes fitting? Since you’ve been hitting the gym, some of your gain could be muscle. 

They still fit fine which I’m grateful for! Yeah, I’ve wondered if some of muscle gain but my eating hasn’t been good so I’m sure some is also fat  

I’ll just point out that you’re still within 5lbs of your goal weight AND we’re in the middle of holiday season. I’d be okay with that if I were in that situation. But... I’ve done this weight loss thing before and relaxed too much when I hit my goal. I stopped logging my food but kept up with my gym workouts. I gained 40lbs. This time when I hit my goal, I’m NOT going to quit logging my food. If your clothes get tight and you don’t like the number on the scale, you know exactly what to do.  

Thanks Glantzkar...I’ve regained lost weight before too so it scares me. Maintenance is much more difficult than losing in my opinion. I want to enjoy some foods but end up overdoing it. I get lazy with logging but I agree that is the key!  

I think that setting and keeping the “new normal” is challenging. While I’m trying to gain weight, rather than lose weight, I find the same thing. I get close to my goal, don’t log for a few days, and then start losing pounds. So then I enter my logs retroactively and see that I’m not eating enough calories again! (I have a significant TMJ/jaw joint issue, so eating is a lot of “work” for me, plus I maintain my own house...ah the single life...and have my own business so the day can zip by without realizing my food intake is down. I’m thinking the logging food/calories thing has to happen for a LONG while before our habits change for the permanent better.... 

Thanks Laugh at.cabbage for the support! I’m sorry eating is difficult for you—that would be a definite challenge. I hope we can both get better at logging our food🙂 

It’s only a pound, you know it’s nothing 

You got this 😏 

Thanks Rosio. It’s only a pound since I last logged but it’s over 7 pounds since August which is not good. I don’t want to see that number climb any higher! Back to being disciplined with my eating.  

I get exactly what you're feeling Momma...the fear of slipping into a steady upwards trend still haunts me too. Keep on track, you've got this!!! 

Thank so much Steven!  

chrisw77– disciplined for me means sticking to a low carb diet at least 90% of the time. The more carbs and junk I eat, the more I want them and the less control I have. Low carb also makes me feel better (carbs= bloating, acid reflux, lethargy) I lost 35 lbs in about 8 months (which was huge for me) eating low carb high fat. It works for my body but I get lazy and carbs are easy and fast.  

Momma6224---what are some carbs you eat which are fast? 

The way you eat doesn't matter as much as the calories and if you're lifting the gain could definitely be muscle. Your clothes fit the same so that would be my guess. 

Maybe when you start logging Pay attention to the quantity of food that your body needs to loss and to maintain. Pay attention to portions and my everyday rule, no snacking unless it’s plan or I’m giving up a planned snack  

Yesterday I new i was gonna eat out so I did not eat lunch and I’m sure that evens it out, have you tried planning ahead for when u eat out?  

Oh n if that snack on the weekday has more calories than a meal, mmm it better be good cause I I’m skipping that meal. Weekends it’s a different story 😋 I do have that extra snack 😉 

I’m back eating hot Cheetos everyday, n I just started a calorie deficit challenge for myself... it’s possible to eat junk n be in maintenance or weight loss 😉 

Terrapin: just about everything in my house is carbs with 5 kids and a husband haha! Bread, cereal, fruit, candy, cookies, crackers etc. it takes willpower to avoid it all.  

Thanks Diablo! For me, calorie counting was much less effective than hclf. I’ve done both. And I do think some of the gain is muscle because I do lift at the gym 2-3 days a week. I can eat 1800cals of hflc and lose weight but gain if I eat that much and include carbs. To each his own! 😉 I appreciate your support!