Crystal's Dailies

Counting carbs/calories is a drag. Obsessive scale stepping is a recipe for despair. If you want to count something, "days on habit" is a much better metric. Checking off days on a calendar would do just fine, but if you do it here you get accountability and support. Here's how. Start a new topic in this forum called (say) "Your Name Daily Check In." Then every N day post a "reply" to that topic as to whether you stayed on habit. A simple "<font color="green">SUCCESS</font>" or "<font color="red">FAILURE</font>" (or your preferred euphemism if that's too harsh) is sufficient, but obviously you're welcome to write more if you want. On S-days just register that you're taking an S-day. You don't have to do this forever, just until you're confident you've built the habit. Feel free to check in weekly or monthly or sporadically instead of daily. Feel free also to track other habits besides No-s (I'm keeping this forum under No-s because that's what the vast majority are using it for). See also my <a href="/habitcal/">HabitCal</a> tool for another more formal (and perhaps complementary) way to track habits.

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Post by CMThib82 » Wed May 22, 2013 12:36 pm

I was on the forum a bunch last year, but to be honest I fell and got ran over by the wagon this year!

I wish I could be depressed about the weight gain, but I enjoyed the hell out of it. Now I am just looking to get back into a healthier routine.

I wasn't sleeping or feeling well when my weight was under 130 which is crazy because I am only 5'2". I was also binging a bit. I found a ton of research about weight set points and I think 130 is mine because I maintained it for 6 months easily before I decided to REALLY enjoy some junk on a daily basis and quickly put on 4 pounds. I have gained all the way up to 134 so I am going to kick the 3 meals back in with occasional treats on the weekends to the 4 pounds back off.

Breakfast:

Grande Cappuccino and Turkey Breakfast sandwich from Starbucks

Lunch:

Carrots, Chicken Sausage, Cheese, Pear, Iced Coffee

Dinner:

Chicken Sausage sandwich, chips, pear, cheese, peanut butter
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Post by CMThib82 » Wed May 22, 2013 5:52 pm

was responding to someone who dropped their profile
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Post by CMThib82 » Thu May 23, 2013 12:52 pm

Well I am going to stick a mod in pretty early! I really wanted to get back to NO S so I could get rid of the sweets during the week and make sure to eat 3 solid healthy meals. I have been snacking throughout the day and not eating 1 whole meal!! I was having ice cream EVERYDAY! lol

So I counted yesterday as a SUCCESS because my mod is 3 meals and a snack. I will use this even on S Days - but the snack will be some kind of sweet.

I am on my feet through most of the day with my little boy who is autistic (his most domineering trait is staying super busy and climbing everything)
so I can't sleep without that extra snack before bed.

On to Day 2!

Weigh in: 133.6 - down a little water weight - 3.6 pounds to get back to maintenance

-----Well today didn't end well---FAIL---so much for dumb mods---going to go back to NO S Vanilla.

I don't binge anymore - so I am not beating myself up -- I really want to get hold of my diet most days so I eat more healthy than I have.

Looking forward to tomorrow.

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Post by CMThib82 » Wed May 29, 2013 1:34 pm

I have been working on pulling it back to 3 meals. It is slowly but surely getting there.

133 this morning -- 3 pounds to go. Feeling good and sleeping good.

Breakfast -- same as everyday - cappuccino and a turkey bacon sandwich - I will have to add something to this because I am having a hard time making it to lunch

Lunch -- Yogurt, Fruit, Nuts, Muffin, sunflower butter, apple butter, omega 3

Dinner -- Chicken Sausage, Avocado, Carrots, kombucha

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Post by CMThib82 » Sat Jun 01, 2013 3:53 pm

I have been an antibiotics and feeling pretty shitty.

Still at 133 - can't say I have stuck to the plan, but I am still trying!!

Today is an S Day thank goodness. I can only eat sweets with a messed up tum!!

I am still going to keep Vanilla -- the mods always hurt me.

I want to make exercise a pass or fail too. I just want 20 min. a day on N Days of weights/walking.

I had a cheescake brownie with breakfast and a big bowl of cinnamon crunch for a snack.. it's lunch time and I am tired and stuffed!! Too much sugar kinda stinks - was humming along after the brownie, but ate the cereal and crashed. Will keep it in mind for tomorrow for sure.

Breakfast: Cheescake brownie, Cappuccino, Turkey Bacon Sandwich

Snack: Gigantic bowl of cinnamon toast crunch, gigantic iced coffee

Lunch/Dinner: Curried chicken, sauteed veggies, new potatoes, pecans

P.S.- Well it is around 3pm and I honestly can say I am so stuffed I won't eat again today.

I had really crash at 2pm and I thought it was all the sugar --- no no I drank way more coffee than usual. I felt like crap!!

I jumped on the pull up bar and did a few sets and feel like brand new. It is amazing what exercise can do. I have been having hip pains and taking antibiotics so I missed out on workouts this week.

I am hoping for a smooth week next week. 3 meals a day.

Ok--finished rambling.

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Post by CMThib82 » Tue Jul 02, 2013 1:49 pm

B: Protein Bar, Iced Coffee

L: 3 fried eggs, bacon, potato, coffee

D:

I have to get back in the habit. No better day than a Tuesday, lol.

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Post by CMThib82 » Sun Sep 01, 2013 3:07 pm

I am the absolute biggest I have been in 10 years. I had my son and weighed 144 at 5'2" and that s was almost 11 years ago. I got down to 120 and even 110 through starving and then lost my mind. I enjoyed eating food over the last couple of years too much and I was fine with 130 or even 135. Now I am back to 144 and I am not so happy at this weight.

I know logically this is the best plan, but I get SOOO hungry. I have a ton of personal stress with a disabled child and I use that as an excuse to eat whenever I feel like it.

Friday was Day 1 - I stayed on track, but I felt like I was going to eat my arm off!

I ate a good bit of cereal and ice cream yesterday on my S Day, but I am not in the mood for junk today so it will probably look like a N Day.

B: Coffee and Milk, Turkey Bacon Breakfast Sandwich.

L:

D:

I am just going to concentrate on doing whatever it takes to stay on track. So my meals may be really big at first. I haven't had the willpower to stick to it so that is all I care about - sticking to habit.

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