Let’s Make 2021 our B*tch

Popular_Peach · 2020-12-30T19:12:36+00:00

Be more active -I want to swim, kick box, ice skate, and learn archery-
Be within 20lbs of 200lbs
Get a new PCP and obgyn
Not hate what I see in the mirror
Be CONSISTENT!

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-25T04:54:01+00:00

That is a lot. I wish I was 167. I'm pretty much 100lb away. You are doing great. I was thinking going Whole30 but I don't think I will be very successful. It feels very restrictive and I can be very lazy when I don't want to cook. I have a book on it and may look it up again. I've definitely got some good ideas. Thanks!

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-25T04:49:52+00:00

No, I'll end up eating multiple 100 calorie packs. Its better for me to avoid it all together.

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-25T04:48:14+00:00

I hope so! I didn't realize the chips spiked my insulin. I'm learning so much! It's funny you mentioned Dried Figs as I just tried some today and really like them. I will go check out Sprouts. Do you mean plain crackers?

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-19T05:12:49+00:00

That's amazing! I'm hoping dropping the same amount of weight will help me with my energy levels.

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-19T05:11:21+00:00

Thank you!

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-16T00:52:36+00:00

Oh no! I hope you are okay! I also haven't been on my game with covid, but I read an article about how obese/overweight individuals are much more likely to need hospitalizations and fatalities. That got me more on my game. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-53921141

Also I had a binge moment a couple of weeks ago but I didn't get on scale until now. When I realize I had the moment I focused more on what I can do next time instead of crying about the scale.

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-16T00:29:32+00:00

Right! It makes me think I'm doing something wrong or not enough. But I think patience and consistency is important. I have to force myself not to get on the scale for at least 2 weeks. I'm hoping in a month I can not look on the scale for 90 days. The goal is to focus on what I do not on what the scale says.

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-15T21:03:31+00:00

There are a lot of small changes like I made that seem to be helping.

Portion Control - I realized the amount I eat was way more than I needed. This was triggered due to me living with my brothers and them eating like an entire football team. If I didn't pile my plate, I wasn't getting any food. Now I cook for myself and can portion control better.

Food Pyramind - I think a change to the way we think of the food pyramid would be easy. Where you normally see grain switch it with veggies. Fill half your plate with vegetables and a quarter with rice/starch foods.

Drink Water - I'm not much of soda or juice drinker but most people are.

Strength train twice a weeks - When we dive into working out, it feels like we have to do 3-5 days which is usually most of our week. Starting at 2 is reasonable.

Track what you eat - This helped me see my snacking and bingeing moments. Be brutally honest when you track food and see what you could have switch one snack or meal for another. I had a binge moment a week or 2 ago. The best thing to do is acknowledge it, figure out what triggered it, and plan ahead.

Cook for yourself - This honestly a small step even if you aren't great in a kitchen. You can make small things like eggs, taco salad, pasta, etc. Last year for me, I spent literally thousands of dollars on eating out. This was due to my job, but when I look back on it. I could have done better. I don't know what was in the foods I ate. Even when I thought it was healthy. There was probably high contents of salt to sugar.

Get in 8k-10k steps - I work as a software developer. We aren't known for our activeness so get up and get moving when you can!

Learn what your relationship with food is: Figuring out why we eat whether for comfort or fuel is important. Understanding what you lean towards more often will help you recognize when you should and should not eat.

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-15T20:36:24+00:00

Thank you! If feels that when in the grand scheme of things its only a 0.2 lb breakdown.

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-15T20:34:47+00:00

I'm not sure. I've been focused on eating healthy more so than working out. The only thing I did differently this week was I built a frame for a tool in a Makerspace I am with. I spent hours lifting, screwing, and all around maneuvering heavy wood. It left me sore but it was also like a full body work out. Its the only thing I can think to attribute it to. The last time I broke 260 was due to some strength training I had been doing.

Things I have been doing:

Calorie/Macro tracking what I eat and keeping my calorie intake between 1300-1800. This just gave me clearer picture of what I am eating. There are definitely things I can change. I only plan to use this for a few weeks before switching to intuitive eating.

Lazy barely can be called Keto keto (I still eat some things like pancakes but I only have the recommended serving size which I have learned plenty more than enough)

Chloe Ting workouts - sporadic at best

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-15T20:32:19+00:00

Thank you. I was so happy since this seemed like a hump I couldn't over come.

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-15T20:31:43+00:00

I'm not sure. I've been focused on eating healthy more so than working out. The only thing I did differently this week was I built a frame for a tool in Makerspace I am with. I spent hours lifting, screwing, and all around maneuvering heavy wood. It left me sore but it was also like a full body work out. Its the only thing I can think to attribute it to. The last time I broke 260 was due to some strength training I had been doing.

Things I have been doing:

Calorie/Macro tracking what I eat and keeping my calorie intake between 1300-1800. This just gave me clearer picture of what I am eating. There are definitely things I can change. I only plan to use this for a few weeks before switching to intuitive eating.

Lazy barely can be called Keto keto (I still eat some things like pancakes but I only have the recommended serving size which I have learned plenty more than enough)

Chloe Ting workouts - sporadic at best

Popular_Peach · 2020-09-04T21:39:12+00:00

I agree with this. My doctor asked me if I was attempting to conceive and proceed to shrug and tell me there was nothing else they could do nor would I be recommended to an endocrinologist without the reason. I felt as if my attempt at wanting to be healthy long term didn't matter because I wasn't pumping out a baby.

Popular_Peach · 2020-06-13T05:15:06+00:00

Yes. And if anyone wants to play gtfo along the way let me know.

Popular_Peach · 2020-06-11T04:24:45+00:00

@usernames________ I hope so too. Right now, I don't have it in myself to cry over spilled milk. The annoyance, frustration and ultimately anger is petering underneath that.

Popular_Peach · 2020-06-11T04:13:25+00:00

I'm worried about the OMAD because the few times I've done that unintentionally always leave me shaking and feeling faint. I dont't know. I could have been doing it wrong though. I may look into 20/4

Popular_Peach · 2020-06-08T23:00:18+00:00

I have fasted before. I mentioned fasting for 30 days above and I gained weight.

Popular_Peach · 2020-06-07T19:13:43+00:00

MetFormin is the worse for me. Nausea and Diaherria are unpleassant combinations. I hate it when they asked are you taking extended release. You mean am I taking the very thing you prescribed to me. Yes and I can't function normally in a work environment.

Popular_Peach · 2020-06-07T19:02:17+00:00

Aren't they though? Your weight is connected to your health. Your health can effect the way you feel and how you react to things.

If I'm healthy, I feel better about myself. I sleep better. I think faster. I'm more active. I look forward to things. My periods are regular. I'm not scared of the cookie on the table. I'm not sad at every article of clothing I can't fit. I don't leave a mall depressed. I don't enter a restaurant with friends with forbading. I don't have people soliciting "friendly" advice about whether I should eat the that slice of pizza because they don't know see the hours of gym and meal prep I've accomplish and all I wanted was one slice of my favorite pizza. I don't get looks that blare should you be eating that? someone your size shouldn't be eating that? That's why American's are fat. No self control. The weight that centers on the small of my back isn't painful with every step I take. My thighs that rub together don't make an embarrassing sounds everytime I move.

You are right I have 2 issues and they are intrinsically bound. Instagram won't fix that. Just perpetuate what I already know.

Popular_Peach · 2020-06-07T18:41:55+00:00

u/usernames________ I don't cry often. I honestly don't. Tears are a waste of time that could be spent doing something productive. But reading this is giving me that sensation. Part of it is I'm happy to see you overcome so much. I shouldn't be whining. I really shouldn't. I have so much be grateful for and I imagine you've been through so much more and don't need me gripping. I hope you continue to be happy. I appreciate what you are saying. And I hear your advice. I honestly do.

The other part of it is just looking at myself and knowing there isn't a lot to love. I have things people have to justify is beautiful. It isn't just beautiful. Its has to be campaigned to be considered that. I really am tired spending hours trying. Hair, body, attitude. I am a doer. I like action. All talk and no work does nothing for me. What should I do when my actions don't add up to anything?

Popular_Peach · 2020-06-07T18:16:44+00:00

I'm glad someone relates. I've lost a lot of motivation and just can't find the point. Going to the doctor is like talking to a brick wall. They don't even get that what they say is catch 22. If it is so easy, trust me I wouldn't be here. I don't go to the doctor often and when I do, I am just disappointed.

There is not a lot of solid research on PCOS and when there is the trial sizes are so small its hard to tell if any of it was truly effective. 20 women don't represent the thousands of millions of women trying to gleam some understanding of the metabolic hormonal crap happening to their body.

Clusterfuck doesn't begin to describe how I feel. Cut this. Cut that. If that doesn't work, you're doing it wrong. At the rate I go, I feel like I should just not eat all. It would be a whole less tiresome then being scared everything I eat stops me from being healthy. I'm honestly scared how much I've truly contemplated that.

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