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06.07.20, 14:58 PM General Topics
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Ugh, I hit 150 this morning. 10 pounds since Marchh 11. This is the most I've weighed since I was pregnant with dc#3. I've never been a gym bunny and my diet hasn't changed that much since quarantine--no breakfast, salad or a Daily Harvest bowl for lunch (or sometimes nothing), maybe a piece of fruit around 2:30 and then family dinner, easy on the starch, and maybe share a bottle of wine with DH. When I log food I'm usually 1200-1400 calories. Even if I go no alcohol, no grains, no sugar I'm not sure I can cut enough calories. I don't know what to do. I feel absolutely disgusting. [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 06.07.20, 02:58 PM Flag
 

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I’ve gained a lot of weight but I have eaten way more than usual. Don’t think it’s going to come off very easy at all.... [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 03:18 PM Flag
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+1 [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 06:47 PM Flag
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You are not disgusting. You are alive! This is life. I don't know how tall you are, but something sounds off if you are 150 at that calorie count. Either you are not counting calories correctly (1/2 a bottle of wine is 400-500) or you need to change the way you eat. You should try eating 3 meals (300 cals. each) plus your piece of fruit (75), a Luna bar (150) and some other drink as a sub for the wine (hot cocoa, flavored iced tea, apple cider, Snapple, Gatorade) to wind down at the end of the night. IF is not for everyone. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 03:19 PM Flag
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^^And make sure you are exercising at least 4 times a week. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 03:19 PM Flag
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Pick a couple of these changes to implement until you get back to your goal weight: 1) have a hard-boiled egg white for breakfast to get your metabolism going; 2) limit yourself to one glass of wine at night; 3) make sure you are not eating or drinking any calories after 7 PM if possible; 4) move more, which you can accomplish by standing more, walking more, even fidgeting. Have two or three mini-dance parties per day to your favorite tunes. BTW, it seems like your eating habits are skewed to late in the day and are quite sugary in terms of the fruit and wine. Both of those things are probably hurting you. Can you focus more on lean proteins and greens for a few weeks and try to skew things earlier? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 03:23 PM Flag
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Read How Not to Diet. You're welcome! It'll work out [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 03:28 PM Flag
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I bought this book and found it fascinating - I wonder if you were the person who recommended it here. I am now eating Vegan-ish - but adding oatmeal turned out to be a problem for my waistline! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 07:46 PM Flag
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The grain phobia is unfounded, all high-carb populations are slimmer and healthier - read about blue zones. It's impossible to get your fiber just from fruits and vegetables - they are mostly water. You need whole grains and legumes. Whole food, no junk. And alcohol has to go [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 03:30 PM Flag
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That's true for people who have normal insulin responses (including I'm sure the blue zone folks), but so many Americans (myself included) are not diabetic but have really damaged responses to insulin, which makes grains really problematic. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 07:45 PM Flag
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And how do you know this about yourself? That you have a damaged response? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 08:01 PM Flag
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IF + booze only on weekends. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 03:31 PM Flag
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It's the alcohol. Try eliminating only that, weigh yourself in 2 weeks and see what happens. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 03:50 PM Flag
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this [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 10:57 AM Flag
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I am you but I was eating more than usual once the quarantine hit so started eating way less, exercising and stopped drinking alcohol. my weight has been yo-yo-ing up and down by 2-4 lbs daily but today it was the lowest I’ve seen since quarantine began. I still have 17 lbs to go but I feel like I’m headed in the right direction. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 04:25 PM Flag
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How is your sleep? Stress? Improving both of those may help. I found I lost weight when I dropped alcohol, but I think part of that was that my sleep got much better as a result. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 04:26 PM Flag
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I gained 10 lbs too. I tried Weight Watchers but it was too hard. I've gone back to a very low-carb diet (which worked for me when I was trying to lose pregnancy weight) and finally that is working. I crave food less when I eat low-carb. So I try to eat a lot of vegetables, berries, no sugar - except for alcohol! I am not giving up my glass of wine every night, that ritual with my husband is the best part of quarantine lol [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.07.20, 05:59 PM Flag
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A brisk daily walk [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 12:23 AM Flag
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