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I was not motivated at all last week or this weekend.
I told my wife my stretch goal of 215 lbs. and she was like "I don't think that's realistic. You've never been that weight since I've known you." (almost 18 years).
My lowest as an adult was 218 for all of a second, but I was able to maintain 220-225 for several years just before and 5 or so years into marriage (easily fluctuating 5 lbs. in a week).
My wife said I should just stick to staying around 230 lbs. She argued I was still healthier because I do (and sometimes lead) boot camp-style workouts 3 times a week and we try to eat healthier (when I don't cheat and sneak stuff).
I would love to be 215 to 220. I don't feel as bloated as often when I am lighter. I feel stronger and more lean. Plus, I think I look better. It's crazy to think I'm only about 10 lbs. off and am agonizing over 10-15 lbs. Is it worth it???
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105,3 kg
Perdu jusqu'à présent: 5,8 kg.
Reste à parcourir: 5,5 kg.
Régime suivi: Raisonnablement Bien.
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845 kcal
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Gras: 35,00g | Prot: 64,00g | Glu: 60,00g.
Déjeuner: Joseph's Enriched Pita Bread, Great Value Turkey Pepperoni, Fresh & Easy Liquid Egg Whites, Great Value Real Bacon Bits, Great Value Fancy Low-moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese Shredded. Dîner: Pei Wei Ginger Broccoli with Shrimp. Snacks/Autre: Joseph's Enriched Pita Bread, Dannon Greek Yogurt - Strawberry, Kroger Raw Almonds. plus...
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Prenant 1,5 kg par Semaine
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I had figured out how to eat and keep it off without starvation (which is never sustainable), but my weight wouldn't go down where I wanted to. This was years ago. I got so frustrated that I started eating everything, from frustration or in rebellion and soon regained half of what I'd lost. So, imo, the psychology of it is, for people with genetics or thyroid or insulin resistence or leptin resistance or whatever it is that makes us larger than skinny folks and the charts, get rid of the scale, and just eat how you now know how to eat. What happens with your size and weight will happen. Weigh at the doctor's every year or two. One year, maybe you'll be pleasantly surprised.
Mostly, congratulate yourself to getting to a better weight. Losing weight is simple. Maintaining it? Almost no one does. So listen to your wife. Get into maintenance mode, think of it as 'eating as I'll eat forever' and ignore the scale. Go by your fave jeans. If they start to feel tight, adjust your permanent way of eating. If they are getting loose, you're probably losing slowly.
It's the behavior that matters, in other words, and it has to be something you can do forever. The scale is unimportant. Your health (mental and physical) is crucial.
Good luck!
21 déc. 20 par le membre: lornaw
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Is there a way to "heart" a comment on here, lornaw? lol
That is a very thoughtful reply and I thank you very much for taking the time to write it to me. Being the "fat kid" growing up (was almost 300 lbs. in highschool and that proportion at various stages of life (age), most of my life, until around age 19-20)... it's almost a stigma and state of mind. It's what you were taught or have been told. It's taken me to now (age 38) to stop and see things differently. Thanks for a different perspective and light on things.
I did feel bad about what my wife said. I took it negatively until I realized she does exactly what you mentioned (having been around 200 lbs. when I met and fell in love with her to a year before we got married and she lost around 60 lbs. She is very much like me... 15 lbs from where she's like to be, but just maintaining (and okay where she is).
21 déc. 20 par le membre: Brian Revels
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