The Intuituve Eater

It's been a bumpy few days Monday I was up to 361.8 Tuesday I was up to 363.0 Wednesday - 360.8 I ate on plan both days and Monday I worked out.  I was discouraged to say the least, but I just stuck to my eating plan. My knee is still a little wonky so I haven't do much, tonight I'll do some strength. I got up this morning I was 360.8.  I was stunned to say the least. What have we learned boys and girls?  It takes 2-4 days for my body to deal with whatever crab I through at it.  Saturday was the rice dish my mother made and Sunday was a hamburger from burger king (and chicken fries and a hershey pie).  Funny how you don't remember all the bad when you're trying to understand why the scale went up.  Day 3 and I'm back on track.  Normally this would be a semi cheat day (orange juice, a bagel), but I reallllllllly want to be in the 350s and life isn't that horrible. With all of this I realized if I was doing dietbet I would be stressing righ...

So I binged over the weekend.  I started out as ok I get to have some of the stuff I missed while doing diet bet, but eh it was really a binge 3 donuts 3 sushi rolls 1 pint of ice cream (actually wasn't that bad but couldn't resist) potatoes while I was out and an onion bloom By sunday it wasn't so much a binge as just eating crap.  I gave myself a day before I got on the scale and I'm up 5 lbs. I also ate an entire thing of smoked salmon because I was hungry and didn't have anything prepped for dinner.  That was monday. So yeah no smoked salmon in the house...blah. Its low carb, but too much salt. I did food prep for the week, and no lingering need to eat crap.  Anyway, I also don't think I'll be doing dietbet.  14 lbs in a month while doable, isn't sustainable for me.  I pretty much was doing anything to make goal and then kind of burnt out at the end.  It was a good jump start and I might do it again, but right now my goal is 8 lbs for ...

 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 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.

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 ...

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 ...