Posts by bananc

For me it's after hours!  I'm too busy at work to be doing anything but work!

My face does not look like a balloon anymore and my butt is going back to a cute size.  The rest has to wait but I am optimistic that I will get there!

Being female, weighing myself in during that time of the month is too depressing so I avoid the scale roughly 3-4 days before and a day or two after it's over.

My weigh-ins are roughly 2 - 3 times a month.  I have a crazy ritual.  I go to the washroom first (before breakfast).  I don't wear a stitch of clothing!!  Then I haul out the bathroom scale.  Everytime, I have been quite pleased so I know that it is working.  I am happy if it is even one pound that I have lost.  What I know is what it has already accumulated to and that is all that matters to me.

As for how often should you weigh in?  My answer is as often as you feel the need to.  Everyone is different and you have to do what works for yourself.

Maybe it's just me but I return an insult if someone harrasses me.

Example:

He says:  You're fat & you shouldn't eat so much.

I'd say:  You're stupid & shouldn't talk so much.

I look the person right in the eye and that quite often silences them.  They don't expect you to speak back with confidence.  Often they aren't as tough as they act or they wouldn't feel the need to pick on a stranger.

I only log in my food and activity count every day.  The weight I never do daily.  Roughly 3-4 days before the time of the month, during and one day after I refuse to weigh in.  I consider this "the break from the scale time."

I only weigh in two days out of the month on average.  I like having "real results" to smile at each time.

If I were to do any of my exercising in the morning, I wouldn't be doing any of it at all.  I have never been an early riser.  Even cooking my own breakfast in the mornings (weekdays) will quite simply never happen.  I tried to change but found myself blowing my plan.  So, I accepted myself for who I am.

The first thing I corrected was breakfast.  I know I won't cook so I scoured the menus of places around my workplace to see what I can buy within a reasonable calorie count while still being filling/nutritous.  Problem#1 solved.  My blood sugar level will be stable until lunchtime.

Next was exercise.  My "appetizer" at lunchtime is a 10-15 minute walk..rain or shine, sleet or snow period.  There are a number of restaurants that serve nutritious lunches around my workplace so this was not a problem.  I walk home (20 minutes).  If I have to walk anywhere, I take the long way to everything.  This again helps me to burn off calories. 

I often have a herbal tea (specifically made for dieters) to ward off cravings throughout the day.

The remaining exercise (a lot of it) and supper is in the evenings.  I know that at this time of the day I burn the most calories from exercise.

Loosing weight is hard work.  When you reach a milestone you want to take a break.  I think what matters is how long the break is.  If it is a couple of days, no problem.  If it's longer you've got to force yourself to get back into it again.  The fact that you are logging into this site is already a good step forward.

We always like doing what we are not supposed to (self-sabotage).  All I know is that the more I exercise the less cravings I have had.  I also drink a herbal tea aimed primarily at cravings.  Sugar is addictive.  It takes a while to get away from it.

Yes depo provera started with my weight gain.  I craved a lot of junk food after that which did not help and lost my willingness to exercise.  A job change to a sedentary style one did not help.  I stayed on it for so long because I did not get any migraines on it.  It also made me really spacey and effected my speech in the last 6 months I was on it.  When I went off a total of 2 years later, most of the effects were cut in half but the remaining never really left.  I lost some weight but the majority stayed on.  The bad eating habits stayed behind and my brain was quite "foggy".  I would not recommend that shot to anyone.

I have since found herbs to help with the "brain fog" as that part is what hurt me more than anything.  I take "Estrosense" from Lorna Vanderhaeghe line of health products which is not birth control but is great for the side effects that stayed behind.  With mental clarity, came a willingness to a healthier lifestyle and now a steadily decreasing weight.

A lot of pizza....They make you feel if you get the whole wheat crust you are somehow doing yourself a favour.  What they don't tell you is that anything over one smaller slice can already blow your daily limit.

Honey crullers at Tim Horton's make me sick now.  Wendy's taco salad is a "blow-your-limit salad" (which I loved).  I eat Taco Bell in very small portions now (and rarely).

The best legislation the government brought in was the nutrition information requirement on products.  Now at least you can calculate what you eat.  A shame that it took this long to come into law.