February Weight loss and/or healthy living

I will weigh myself on Saturday. I completed dry January. I am on day 5 of my detox.

I will weigh in tomorrow....
This week has been hard...ate the dreaded GS thin mints....putting them in the freezer does not deter one...they actually test better frozen🤣🤣🤣
Hoping I at least stayed the same.
I failed at Dry January....fell off the wagon last week...darn work event.
Still, I call it a win!! Although I thought not drinking wine would impact my weight loss...Not so....

I'll use freecharlie template...

Successes:
Completed training for, and successfully ran, the half marathon. Finished under my 2:45 goal in 2:40:32
Tracked food intake every day in 2023
Ate more for training, at the direction of my PT, despite how fluffy it made me feel **I admit that fueling well was the correct strategy**
Only had TWO alcoholic drinks all January. One margarita when I met a friend for HH and a shot of Fireball on the race course

Misses:
The scale, and my BF %, went up as expected so the other side to the success coin
Clothes are tighter and I do not feel lean like I prefer
Fueling was askew (met my cals and macros) because it included more processed foods than I prefer


Goals:
Full commitment to this new training phase
All scheduled runs outdoors regardless of weather
No more than 3 alcoholic drinks all month
Reduce the processed food intake

Hits:

Just had my well check and my labs came back great. I was dx'd diabetic about 18 months ago and my A1c is now smack in the middle of the normal range. Cholesterol was down, too, which I was worried about because I've been eating a lot of eggs and dairy.

Goals:

Still need to work in more cardio.

More plants, less dairy.

keithurbanlovinpea I really want your back and arms. My arms are getting close, but I'd really like a more sculpted back. You look great!

Yesterday I did a Zumba class then right into a spin class. Then 20 min of abs. That’s my new Saturday routine.
Today I did my barre class.

I’m feeling good doing more classes, I haven’t weighed myself lately but I think I’m in the ~3lb range I like to stay in.
I have a big vacation in March and I always like to ramp the exercise up before.

January was really good. I lost 17 pounds and have had some real success being purposeful about my food. I joined Food Freedom Society and it has been a game changer for me. It is helping me focus on the underlying issues that are leading me to over eat and while there are definitely some hard things about it, it is making a difference. I had a blood draw last week and go in for my diabetic check this Friday. I don't know how much 1 month will make a difference to my A1C but I am hoping that I will see a positive change there, even if it is a little one.

My goal for February is to get through the rest of the modules for the Food Freedom Society and be ready to take advantage of the 1:1 coaching I have the week of the 22nd-29th.

So I have been unhappy about my weight for quite a while. I’m the biggest I’ve ever been and truly could see no end in sight. There was a thread not to long ago about the very popular shots that a lot of people are taking and one poster made the comment about “silencing the food noise in her head”. In that moment I final felt like I wasn’t alone and that someone else understood what I meant. With that in mind I scheduled an appointment with my doctor.

I was declined any kind of GLP-1 shots. My doctor tried and it wouldn’t go thru. I even tried for Zepbound. No go

She put me on a pill that people took before all of these shots became the rage. It kills the cravings and appetite. Lots of crazy side effects……. Heart palpitations, anxiety, loss of sleep, dry mouth, bizarre dreams, insomnia……..yes, it really made me want to take it. I was super nervous and had a hard 2-3 days. I honestly feel this is my best chance so I held tight and tried to work through the side effects (they were strong the first 3 days) and now I’m down to dry mouth being the main issue.

I’m on day 12. I’m down to 11.3 pounds. Working my way through the best I can!! Doing intermittent fasting along with the pill. I’m enjoying that. My sleep pattern has changed. I used to be up until 12:30 every night. Most nights I’m in bed by 10. I am eating better, and trying to make lifestyle changes. My husband and twins (11) are super supportive and are cheering me on, and ranking all the new meals I’m making. We have found a few winners so far.

Short term goal -20 pounds by 2/26. I have a 1 month appointment.

Long term goal - 40 by May 17th. My nephew is getting married, and it is a black tie wedding. I just want to look nice for the event!

I need to add exercise. I hate exercise! With a big purple passion!!!! However……I hate being fat even more. I’ve been following this post for a while now. Hopefully o can find more success and we can continue sharing our journey to good health and slimmer bodies!

This training phase looked so innocent on paper and it is K I L L I N G me haha. But man, I feel these muscles getting a good workout and I am getting more confident that I will get my pull up goal. And even though the scale has crept up, I'm actually starting to see more ab definition. I am going to chat with my trainer about going on a mini-cut. I don't feel quite as fluffy as I did in the thick of half-marathon training, but I'd love to drop a few pounds before my vacation in April

I feel like losing weight is just impossible for me right now. I weighed myself this morning and am back up almost 3 pounds. I have not eaten enough food to gain 3 pounds. Every year I get older, the weight gets harder to lose. I am so miserable right now.

I am getting my calories in. I am focused on macros. I am working on protein. I am not eating processed sugar foods. I am cutting processed carbs. It doesn't matter. The scale just heads in the wrong direction.

Have you had a full hormone panel to rule out anything amiss?

Do you track calories and macros?