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15 May 2019 - Diet Diary - Goal day Made the goal with .6 lb to spare. Now have less than a month to get to the next one. May have to buckle down just a little. When I started this process, 2 years ago on June 11, 2019, I didn't now how long it would take. I didn't plan for it to be fast, I wanted it to be slow and deliberate enough that I would learn in the process, how to maintain the loss when I'm done.

In all honesty, at the time, I wasn't sure I would get this far. I was more committed to the process than I've been in a long time but I've made many false starts at dieting in the past. At this point, I have to admit I am rather proud of myself for sticking with it this far. My motivation was medical/health driven and at this point it seems the loss has had positive results. Time will tell how much but I'm hoping I will avoid chronic Afib by taking off 65 pounds.

I am 3.4 lbs from my "final goal" of 140 lbs. Charts put that in the "normal" range for my age and height, with a BMI slightly under 25. I'm hoping for additional health benefits from this accomplishment. I have significant arthritis (diagnosed when I was in my 40's) and while there has been no noticeable improvement in my hands, I hope it will lessen the likelihood of major joints, like hips, knees, becoming compromised in the future.

Pics: me in middle of 4 generation picture, me a couple months ago (sweats & slippers. I don't do pictures well)
Oh, and count for the day, unusually low, ended at under 850.

DotLewis 7 May 16
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So nice to see the pictures of you! Well done on achieving your target. I am full of admiration and jealousy. I am sure you will achieve your final goal now. You are so determined and it is great that you are likely to gain health benefits too. Keep up the good work - you are an inspiration.

CeliaVL Level 7 May 16, 2019

I don't take pictures gracefully. Many years of avoiding pictures because I always hated how I looked in them. Oddly, I seem to have always had a distorted image of my appearance, in my mind. I once asked a psychologist if there was an opposite to anorexia, where people look at themselves in the mirror and see a thinner person than they really are. I had read that anorexics would "see" a fat person when they looked in the mirror, seemed to me that if that was the case, a fat person might see themselves as thin.

The "shrink" had never heard of such a thing but I'm convinced it exists. I was always able to look at myself in a mirror and not see myself in the same way as I appeared in pictures. The exception was occasionally, catching a kind of sideways glimpse of myself in a window/mirror I would see a more realistic reflection of my body. Pictures never lied though, which is why I hated them so much. Needless to say, I have never gotten into that "selfie" thing that so many people these day seem almost addicted to. I tend to look rather stiff and uncomfortable in pictures and cannot seem to get past that.

I do fully intend to reach my goal, even if it does take longer than my goal date. I almost said "I hope" to reach it but realized that is the kind of self defeating talk I need to avoid. As Yoda said "Try not, do or do not!" Good advice. I will get to my goal, I would just like it to happen before too much longer but right now I'm on one of those "stuck" spots. When I get on them, they can last a week or more and weight just won't come off, then it will shift. I sometimes think my body and I are in a power struggle. 😟 I'm stubborn, I'll win! 😉

@DotLewis I know exactly what you mean about not seeing youself as you are. I have the same experience so rest assured that it exists even if it doesn't have a name. I am frequently surprised when I catch sight of myself in shop windows. I hate phots to. I never feel they show the real me. One way I have found to convince myself of my size is too look at my sideways reflection. Front on I don't feel I look so bad but sideways you can really see how big I am. I realised this looking at my husband who is painfully thin. He looks more or less okay from the front but look at him from the side and he disappears!

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Wow! Only 3.4 pounds away! Awesome.

I had a good diet day yesterday. I have to resist the chocolate still laying around from Easter left-overs - and my muscle brownies. When I resist them....I lose weight. Of course, the problem is....

Robecology Level 9 May 16, 2019

Nice being close but it is the most stubborn few pounds yet. I'm in that stuck mode again, weight has stayed consistent for a week, despite some tight limitations. Sometimes, just NOT going up is as good as it gets.

Chocolate..... is the devil! 😉 Chocolate is seriously addictive. I pretty much limit what is in the house to some dark chocolate covered coffee beans (no more than 3 in one day and sometimes a dark chocolate bar. I sometimes buy a 70% dark bar, the large ones,(3"x6-7" ) and I break it into very small pieces, 1/2x3/4" maybe, and put them in a container in the fridge. When I really need a chocolate fix, I have one piece which I let melt in my mouth for the longest enjoyment. Sad, when it is so complicated. However, that seems to curb my chocolate cravings when they hit.

@DotLewis LOL! When I finally decide to "toss" this chocolate (or mix it in my next batch of "muscle brownies" ) I'll feel better...and the weight decline will begin.

My "muscle brownie" recipe is simple; any brownie mix, but fortified with pecans, dried cranberries, papaya, and pineapple, chocolate laying around, a cup of oatmeal (pureed to a flour) and a few scoops of protein (whey) powder. I also use only egg whites....pure protein....not the yolks (far more calories in the yolks...and little protein). Once done I cut the results in to one-inch "cubes" for diet control.

@Robecology Sounds like a nutritious way to.get that little taste of chocolate. Sometimes we NEED a little "fix". It may provide a little exercise in self control as well. I think it is good for us to know we can indulge in something we crave at times, without losing our minds and eating a whole load of it. That said, I've really been wanting to make a waffle. 😉

@DotLewis OK...then make that 'muscle waffle...use a high fiber flour, or oat/wheat combo. Use just egg whites; it's bound to be higher in protein, lower in carbs. Use real maple syrup and butter....just go easy on the amounts.

I'm a portion-control-focused dieter.....I can't be bothered with estimating calories. I'm betting one waffle stretched out over two to four mornings...a quarter/half "Muscle-waffle" with syrup and butter....ok....my mouth's watering now.....

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