Congrats OddlOt!
Outstanding.
Having a very, very stressful year, but doing my best to behave myself. Averaging .5 pounds lost a week, so it is slower than I want. Down 14 in the last few months, at 229, but more importantly, buying work pants 2 sizes smaller this year. I wore my only pair of cargo shorts grocery shopping a couple of weeks ago, and was annoyed that I didn't wear a belt and had to keep tugging them up every few minutes to stay decent. Was in a snug 5.11 Taclite pant in 40x36. Now I can slide the 40s off without unbuttoning or unzipping them. 36x36s are a hair snug, but won't be in about a month or two. Reworking duty belt to snug it in a little.
Averaging 10k steps a day, my son likes going to the gym (yuk!, but he is a cross country runner at school), so I go with him 2-5 times a week. Lots of salads (I make a big veg salad and a big fruit salad each weekend and keep em in the fridge in half gallon zip lock bags to dish out whenever I am hungry) and lean protien (including meat, eggs and and whole or reduced fat dairy), water and caffinated beverages. Those things I can have as much as I wish most days. I toss in a fast or two a week, but a three quarter pound to one pound bowl of salad, with a bit of good dressing made with good olive, avacado or nut oils and maybe some lean protein (veg) or cottage cheese (fruit) is a really, really filing, but not very calorie dense meal. No counting calories or macros. No supplements other than specific vitamins and minerals. Days off from work I eat what I want with the family, but I make shakshuka, chilaquiles, or migas frequiently for breakfast, when I don't feel like fruit salad and cottage cheese, and dinner is wide open. Only a couple of servings of bread/starches/sweets a week. This week I had a hankering for loko moko. Riced cauliflower, 93% lean beef patties (would prefer grass fed, but money wasn't there), homemade gravy made with butter, potato starch, soy and sesame oil, and an over easy egg. Even two helpings didn't set me back.
Pulse, BP, are lower too. We will see what the doc says in 7 or so weeks.
Pretty clear why the weight isn't coming off quickly, but I tend to eat when I am bored or stressed. I am bored and stressed a lot, so starving myself, or counting calories/macros, will increase my stress and boredom. I don't feel like I am dieting, so stress and boredom are actually reduced. It takes me 10 minutes to an hour prepare a daily big meal, and I take 30-60 minutes to eat it. Hunger outside of my feeding window is met with a piece of fruit (or fruit juice, or low sodium V8), some jerky, some nuts, or a piece of cheese. My feeding window is defined by getting home from work, getting chores done around the house, and going to the gym, if I am. Then I eat my big meal, usually about 10:00 am. Try to get to bed by 11:00, but usually closer to 1:00 because of random stuff. Alarm goes off at 8:00 pm, and if I am hungry I eat. Most days I have slept poorly and am not hungry, so I don't eat. Once I get into the shower for work and put on my uniform, nothing but water, caffeine, and a light snack if necessary, until 10:00 am the following day. I only need a snack about once or twice a week or so. Most times I deal with the Tom Jones "you are going to be tired, hungry, and grouchy" by just being tired, hungry and grouchy.
I'll take slow and steady.
pat
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