The Intuituve Eater

 One of my favorite movies, no idea why. I'm a grown woman and I love it.  I'm afraid I'll lose motivation and fall off the wagon and be back where I was, so Im considering another dietbet.  The other side is if I lost it might cause me to fall off. Blah...not sure what to do On the other side of life I had a Scale and non scale victory. I had oreos (6) yesterday and my ankles seemed like they were swollen which usually means a gain, but I didn't my usual after friday cheat and I did a fitness glo strength workout.  I didn't finish it, I wasn't in the mood for the floor work. Anyway, I assumed I had gained..nope down to 360.6. I think I'll wait till after this week to see how I feel about dietbet. I think I'm hanging out 3 days in a row.  Keeping my fingers crossed I had a realization about fitness glow.  I tried to do a level 3 workout and it wasn't horrible, but I felt like I had to modify too much.  I realized they don't have ...

Thoughts on Dietbet Ok it isn't dead, but my bet is over. I made my goal and I can finally relax and stop weighing myself like a heroin addict looking for my next hit...Blah. I was 361.8 this morning.  with clothes it was 362.6, .1 over my goal weight.  BOOOO clothes, then I realized you don't have to weigh in with clothes, just take the picture so you're not flashing people. Off went everything and I was back to 361.86.  It was verified in 10 min and I didn't have to workout or kill myself to try and lose a half a pound or whatever. I'm down 15.8 lbs since Dec 30 and my habits are way better than a month ago.  I don't think I would have been as focused without dietbet. Towards the end, once I hit my goal.  I hated the obsession with getting on the scale.  Even if I ate well I wanted to make sure I was under goal and didn't have any issues. So for right now. I'm going to just go it alone and if I fall off the wagon I'll do another dietbet...

Diet bet is over tomorrow.  As of this morning I was 361.8, I needed to be at 362.5 to win.  Nervous, but happy I finally got to win one.  With that being said, I won't be doing a dietbet next month. I feel like I have an unhealthy obsession with the scale and I was starting to try and starve myself to my goal weight (359). I was talking with a co-worker who said he didn't get on the scale just stayed focused for a month.  I was jealous.  I get up every morning and weigh myself 2-3 times to see how low I can get. I think dietbet was great at jump starting my journey again and keeping me focused, but I need to just leave it alone for a bit. For February my goal is 8 lbs, if did dietbet it would be 14, which would be awesome, but not sure how doable it is, or how scale obsessed I would become. The other issue is, I might be in a plateau from losing so quickly.  16-17 lbs in a month is a lot, even at my size. I've been sitting around 361 for a f...

So I have a little over two days until I weigh in for dietnet.  I've bobbing around 361 which is under my goal weight.  I'm still paranoid so still eating on plan and working out. In order to keep going I am working on my next round.  I joined pilates anytime and daily burn and then promptly cancelled both yesterday. I like pilates, but I don't need 300+ videos especially when I'm a beginner and have limited ability.  Also I felt like there was just too much talking in the beginner videos.  I'll revisit it when I get better. Daily Burn...sigh. I remember why I quit twice before.  I'm not a beginner but I still need to modify certain things (planks, push-up) other things squat with over head press I actually have moved from 5lb to 8lb weights.  This means I'm in a weird place.  I joined daily burn again really for the bob harper (black fire) work out.  I think I must have hit my head or something. I some how thought in all the vi...

I can zip up my boots It may not seem like a big deal, but this time last year I couldn't wear these because my feet, ankles and lower leg were so swollen the zipper wouldn't go up.  I grabbed them not really realizing until I did the first ziper with no issues.

So every time I did dietbet I failed.  I haven't been out of the 360s in almost 2 years and I'll be busting through both of those goals this week.  I'm 2 lbs UNDER my dietbet goal and unless someone forces rice and potatoes down my throat I'll be in the 350s by the end of the week. Just...stunned...and proud of myself...I stuck to it and did it.  It's funny my dietbet group has gotten quieter as we've gotten closer to the end of the challenge.  I used to see a ton of posts, now I can go a few hours and no updates. Anyway did The Firm: Cardio Inferno this morning and I was winded.  Means that while the beachbody cardio is good I think the firms continuous movement works better for me.  We'll see. I signed up for Daily Burn to do Bob Harper, but I"m going to save him for My next dietbet round. I'd like to try and do the first 2 weeks and see how I feel about it.

I live in the northeast and today was our first blizzard after not having a real winter.  I think mother nature if making up for lost time. I'm totally ok with that. I finished up my 21 day challenge with no issues.  I was supposed to hangout tonight, which might have been an issue with staying on plan, but since I'm trapped in the house it was east breezy. yay me. My cheat day was another interesting experience.  I had one donut. It tasted good, proud of myself since I was eating 2 or 3 at a time without blinking.  I had sushi for lunch, less than I usually had. Then I was on my way home. I was hungry and it was a cheat day so I had chicken nuggets from Wendy's.  It was that or a hamburger, but the bread would have stuck with me longer than the breading on the nuggets.  Anyway....My stomach was not happy. They seemed super salty and greasy. I kind of enjoyed them, but after about 20 min, it felt like I had an oil slick in my stomach...ugh....

So yesterday I experimented with eating and I'm reminded there is no one size fits all for weight loss.  Yes at the end of the day it calories in vs calories out, but my body does different things from others and something from what I think it will do. Anyway, so I had gained 1.6 lbs in a day after staying on plan.  I ate late in the night, so Thursday I did pretty much the same thing except I didn't eat after 4pm. I usually weight myself as soon as I get up a 4am so that is a solid 12 hours for my body to deal with everything. I had my usual breakfast, tunafish for lunch.  I had a hunger headache again, which I thin is related to my homemade ice coffee. Its made up of 3 cups of coffee.  I think its supressing my appetite and then when it finally wears off all the hunger comes shooting back.  I am going to try and go back to the star bucks stuff I can buy at the super market. I didn't eat lunch till 1 or 2 and then I was ravenous.  The tuna fish took ...

So yesterday I hit my dietbet goal. I figured from here on in, it was going to be smooth sailing and as long as I didn't binge I would be ok.  yeah, not so much. Yesterday. I had sort of splurged and had eggs instead of egg white, 2 sausages and toast (i always have toast in the morning, without it, I'm hungry again in a couple of hours and I am not totaly against carbs).  For lunch I had a spinach salad.  at about 4 I was hungry again, but fought agains having a snack pack of oreos. On the way home I realized I was starving and actually got a hunger headache. I didn't do the easy thing and stop at Wendy's for nuggets.  I waited til I got home and had a big bowl of cabbage. I was still kind of hungry so I baked some chicken thighs I had marinating.  I probably finished eating at 10.  I was satisfied, not full. I got on the scale today and went from 362.2 to 363.8.  1.6 lbs up.  I think if I had cheated I would have beaten myself up, but I di...

For the first time ever I made my dietbet.com goal. I started at 377.6 and weighed in at 362.2.  I still have 8 days to go, so as long as I don't binge or go out to eat I should be fine.  I am hoping to finish at or below 359 which would be icing on the cake.The weekend will be kind of interesting, but I'm focused.  I wanted to cry.  It's been a while since I really was able to stick to my plan and reach a goal. I have to say I learned alot.  I also did alot of things I have complained about or hate doing. -Got on the scale almost everyday.  The scale is really just a tool now to tell me how I'm doing.  I used to hate it and secretly I wanted to see a big lose so I would weight a week, but getting on everyday or every other day helped me see how certain food or lack of exercise effected(sp?) me.  I knew rice, pasta and potatoes weren't great, but beans, any alcohol and eating out even on plan also are a problem.  Eating out is pretty ...

It took about a day to lose the weight from the weekend, add on my tilt off the wagon( more on that later). I think weekends will always be a weird time, the goal tho is to stay mostly on plan unless it is a planned cheat meal. Anyway, so I have a slight cold, my period is coming and I had a sugar craving.  I waited till after lunch realized part of it was just being hungry. I bought two pack of 6 oreos.  The craving lessened after I ate lunch, but it didn't go away.  I probably could have just not ate them, but I don't want it to grow into a binge. So I ate them With all of that i'm down almost 2 lbs this morning, which is my total for the weekend. I did work out yesterday and I stayed on plan except for the oreos.  Dealing with my eating and how I deal with food is the war.  This was a small skirmish and I don't take as a loss.  I made a concious decision after hours and comtemplation to eat the cookies.  I don't have any desire for anything els...

The goal this weekend was to not each out as much with the assumption it would help in my weight loss.  I think I gained a lil over 2 lbs. Yeah that was myself too. Normally I would panic, beat myself up, workout super hard, but I didn't.  I had a sandwish and a big bowl of soup from panera while waiting for my oil change saturday.  They might be organic, but I still have issues with white carbs.  I didn't take my usual vitamin D and apple cider vinegar. I didn't workout Sunday.  I'm pretty ok with all of this since it was the weekend and honestly I don't know if one thing or a combination of things caused the gain. I also weighed myself at 3:30am.  My bladders not my friend..blah...Anyway, I've learned if I had waiting till 7-8 my body would have probably processed another half pound to a pound. I went to the bathroom and had went down .4 of a lb.   I did my usual workout today and it just means I'll need to stay on plan this week.  Which...

So I was at my highest weight (again) and I would start and lose motivation after a week.  Just like everyone else I resolved to do better with the start of a new year. I just know I wasn't going to stay motivated, so I decided to join dietbet again.  I've tried 5 times in the past and never completed a round successfully. Anyway, I am 3 lbs from my goal weight. I am making decent choices and trying to find a balance behind healthy eating and not feeling deprived.  I think typically in the past I would do something like no carbs, squash any cravings and then after a while just cheat which led to a binge and falling off the wagon.  Something similar happened with exercise.  I would start out with walking, try and push myself and do more...and then fall off the wagon. So this time, I have made some allowances.  I did my usual no rice, pasta or potatoes.  I also added in donuts, sushi and alcohol (except 1 glass of wine). So basically I stay on ...