Weekly weigh in - Fridays

[LeafyArts]

Thanks Prancy, it does feel awesome, yes, I am very happy indeed.

Well done on losing 5lbs since the last doctor visit, that is good progress and I am sure you will be at goal soon. Good luck with the plastic surgeon consult, that will be very interesting to think about.

Have a great time with your friends!

 

[Prancy]

Thanks Prancy, it does feel awesome, yes, I am very happy indeed.

Well done on losing 5lbs since the last doctor visit, that is good progress and I am sure you will be at goal soon. Good luck with the plastic surgeon consult, that will be very interesting to think about.

Have a great time with your friends!

Thank you! My doctors can barely believe it. I’m surprised too. It’s hard to imagine sometimes that this happened to me.

The birthday celebration was awesome! We went out for dinner and then a comedy show. It was so much fun and therapeutic to spend this time with my besties. Exactly what I needed.

Funny story. We encountered several series of steps in the garage and the venue. I managed with no difficulty. They did ok, since they are avid runners and tennis people, but I was the best at the stairs. Likely due to my stairstepper routine 5-6 days per week. It gave me a boost to further my fitness routine. It felt good! Just over a year ago, I wasn’t able to navigate things like that and stayed behind when they took hikes or steps. Now, I at the front.

 

[filly]

Weight 213.3 down 5ozs on last week.

 

[Prancy]

Glad you‘re going down Filly! That’s encouraging.

I’m the same! Lol. I actually met with a new nutritionist this past week. We discussed my progress, diet, meal plans, weight, etc. She thinks my calories are too low. So….Idk. I may take her advice and eat more calories even though that sounds counterintuitive to me. She says I definitely need more protein with my weight training.

Hope everyone is doing well.

 

[LeafyArts]

Yay, that is great, well done @filly - every ounce helps!

How interesting to meet with a nutritionist, @Prancy and sometimes it does do the body good to have more calories and yes, I agree about upping your protein now that you are weight training.

I stayed the same this week, it is really hard now. My calorie deficit is just 300 calories/day (averaged out) and I am loathe to lower my calories because I just get too hungry and I am also working on building some muscle now. I am hoping more muscle will increase my metabolism in the long run.

Anyway, nothing for it, but to keep going!

 

[Rab51]

I’m just weighing myself 1 a week as on steroids for lung cancer and weight is up and down

 

[IanBish]

I stayed the same this week, it is really hard now. My calorie deficit is just 300 calories/day (averaged out) and I am loathe to lower my calories because I just get too hungry and I am also working on building some muscle now. I am hoping more muscle will increase my metabolism in the long run.

Anyway, nothing for it, but to keep going!

It should help by increasing your metabolic rate, that's the theory. And maybe ease up on the restrictions for a few days, to confuse your body into giving up the extra weight. Good luck, and keep on keeping on!

 

[Prancy]

I’m just weighing myself 1 a week as on steroids for lung cancer and weight is up and down

That’s understandable. Hope you’re feeling better.

 

[Prancy]

Yay, that is great, well done @filly - every ounce helps!

How interesting to meet with a nutritionist, @Prancy and sometimes it does do the body good to have more calories and yes, I agree about upping your protein now that you are weight training.

I stayed the same this week, it is really hard now. My calorie deficit is just 300 calories/day (averaged out) and I am loathe to lower my calories because I just get too hungry and I am also working on building some muscle now. I am hoping more muscle will increase my metabolism in the long run.

Anyway, nothing for it, but to keep going!

I agree and relate. I splurged tonight and got a decadent dinner of a Greek gyro. I checked for nutrition content, so I could bolus for the carbs and omg! High in everything that I don’t want! Lol. But, it was rather tasty. I won’t be having another one this year. I did work out though and spent over an hour in tne gym with cardio and strength training.

 

[LeafyArts]

Hi @Rab51 that sounds very tough, steroids can mess up your blood sugars and your weight, they have caused me issues in the past when I have taken them for my asthma. I hope you are doing well all things considered.

Thanks @IanBish yes, that is great advice, my body has certainly become very efficient at what I am doing already, so I do need to confuse it a bit. So far so good - my muscles are aching like mad, so something is happening!

Oh, I can imagine you enjoyed that Greek gyro, @Prancy they are so tasty, we deserve the odd treat here and there otherwise life would be too boring, but yeah wait a few months until you get the next one, LOL.

I hope everyone is having a great week and staying safe and warm in this cold snap!

 

[Prancy]

Hi @Rab51 that sounds very tough, steroids can mess up your blood sugars and your weight, they have caused me issues in the past when I have taken them for my asthma. I hope you are doing well all things considered.

Thanks @IanBish yes, that is great advice, my body has certainly become very efficient at what I am doing already, so I do need to confuse it a bit. So far so good - my muscles are aching like mad, so something is happening!

Oh, I can imagine you enjoyed that Greek gyro, @Prancy they are so tasty, we deserve the odd treat here and there otherwise life would be too boring, but yeah wait a few months until you get the next one, LOL.

I hope everyone is having a great week and staying safe and warm in this cold snap!

I’m consulting with plastic surgeon about skin surgery today. So, that’s motivating.

 

[LeafyArts]

I’m consulting with plastic surgeon about skin surgery today. So, that’s motivating.

Oooh! Let us know how it went.

 

[filly]

More hungry this week and it showed..... up 2.4lb 215,7

 

[LeafyArts]

More hungry this week and it showed..... up 2.4lb 215,7

I blame this cold snap, Filly, it does make us extra hungry.

 

[LeafyArts]

At last - the scales are moving - I managed to lose 1.5lbs this week. Exercise outside has been a bit of a challenge due to so much snow on the footpaths, but I have done my best.

How has this week gone for you?

 

[Outlier]

@LeafyArts - Certainly the cold does make me hungrier. A mug of Bovril helps, and Marmite similarly if vegetarian/vegan.

 

[EllieM]

71.6kg. Struggling to keep under 72kg. Still trying to reach 70kg.....

Just to make the rest of you jealous, it was a beautiful Spring day here today and I did lots of gardening....

 

[LeafyArts]

@LeafyArts - Certainly the cold does make me hungrier. A mug of Bovril helps, and Marmite similarly if vegetarian/vegan.

That sounds tasty, I will do that, thank you!

 

[LeafyArts]

71.6kg. Struggling to keep under 72kg. Still trying to reach 70kg.....

Just to make the rest of you jealous, it was a beautiful Spring day here today and I did lots of gardening....

Well done, Ellie - and yes, I am very jealous of your beautiful spring day. Spring seems a long way away in this part of the world right now...

 

[May Mic]

Down 3.4.
I started Ozempic last Saturday. I wanted to improve my numbers. If I lose weight they should improve and I can get off some of them or reduce them. While my A1C is good at 6.5, it's still diabetic.

The Dr. was supportive of my taking the initiative even though she was OK with where I was with A1C , but other numbers had jumped up.

It took me a while and research and peer input to reach the decision.