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basically been thinking i may hit my goal weight at some point, and the way my weight can fluctuate with intermittent fasting, i think i need to hit either my goal weight or below it for a weigh-in daily for a week, to truly be at the goal weight. Weighed in Tuesday evening and was like 223, weighed in at the end of a fast today and was 226.8. So weight does move around a bit more then it did when i didn't care about my weight at all.
I’m sure I was real close, but yup. It was during quarantine (last December) where I’m sure I would have had to but was now my shorts and sweatpants
Monday weigh-in of 257.9, so 5.4 pounds last week, 18.1 so far.
251.7 today, guess the only benefit of being a land sea cow is the first few come off quickly. 6.2 pounds last week and 24.3 in total.
Had the same challenge traveling to Kansas City and Minneapolis.....got to get back to using MFP app more consistently. When I use it, the weight stays off.
I mentioned it in Otis' thread but I got somewhere in the 240-250 range and got down to 160 at my lowest 2 years ago. I had numerous people ask me if I was sick
- it's a great feeling when folks you haven't seen before see you after a huge loss.
It's great when you get to this point where you feel like you're just living a lifestyle and can still indulge in things you enjoy once in a while. Well done.
How low are your carbs? You mention fruit so I’m assuming things like berries? I won’t tell anybody to not eat fruit or nuts but if you are committed to Keto that’s where I would start.
The message board itself freaked out (not the posters but the actual board) and went a little crazy there for a while. Typically this is what I have been eating . . .
Not sure what happened to the board . . . but it triple posted my post for some reason.
great call, or at least it was for me. setting it up like that with drawing a line in the sand was nice for me to kind of not sweat weight a ton. try to lose here and there, but no biggie. but one i crossed that line my entire mindset flipped the switch and basically said "no mas!".
My uneducated, not a doctor or dietician opinion is that’s too many carbs to get you in to ketosis. I think the benefit of some quick weight loss and having hunger go away (body burning fat for fuel) won’t kick in until your carbs are lower.
Just be careful if meds on an empty stomach really make you feel awful. I’ve been there, it sucks, and honestly my experience was that it’s better to have an extra 2-3 lbs to lose later than it is to be miserable or do damage to your stomach lining.....
To be fair I've definitely put some weight back on this last two months after 100 days of hard dieting. That was the plan and I have picked up other good habits during that time like increasing my running, but I've eaten way more than I should. So I'm not at the point where maintenance mode is second nature and I'm only indulging once in a while... I'm actively indulging, a lot, and when I half heartedly tried getting back on the diet a little while ago i realized that I need these times to get my head back on right. I could probably lose every pound I have left to lose in one shot but I'd be miserable - at the end of my last big push it was taking a real toll.
Went on much longer walks yesterday and ate a little less. The scale claimed I lost 5 pounds in one day. I'm guessing that was probably mostly water weight, but less weight is still less weight. It's been way hotter than usual in these parts, so been going overboard on the fluids to stay hydrated.
Hola Ms. Clown Car. If I may share a YouTube video on making homemade salad dressings... After I watched this (and tried it), I swore off ever, ever buying pre-fab dressings again. It's drop-dead easy, and quick and inexpensive, and you have complete control over a very limited list of ingredients (I typically use olive oil in lieu of sunflower oil as demonstrated in the video).
247.9 today, 3.8 pounds last week and 28.1 in total. Down 10% of total body weight and start a new goal of 10%, so current target is 223.
A neighbor of mine has brain cancer in remission and she swears it's due to ketosis and fasting. She lives on an 18/6 IF, with one 24+ hour fast a week and a 5 day fast every month. No idea where her energy comes from, but it's worked for her. Good luck with your fasting.
Good luck to your neighbor. There's some studies and folks who believe that doing ketosis can help with cancer - I know nothing about it but the idea, I think, is that eliminating carbs/sugar helps the cancer not grow and I think autophagy can help. It could be totally wrong, I have no idea but it's a working theory from what I understand. I do know from experience that doing Keto and getting in to ketosis allows your body to get it's energy from fat on the body - whehter you are doing it for fat loss or something else, most people report that they see no issues with energy levels. Insert all of bfred's disclaimers here - I can't endorse it from a medical standpoint but any time I've ever used it as a dieting tool I've lost weight, felt better, slept better and to me the best thing about it has always been my blood numbers improve dramatically. Just don't eat a bunch of junk/crappy protein.
