Health and Fitness Thread

Is it possible that my pants are fitting better? My work pants felt loose when I sucked it in today. Usually when I suck it in they're still tight.

And my gi pants... wow, the sides are split at the hips, and they never closed arounf my hips before and now they just about are. And there's more drawstring available to tie them on. I didn't think this would happen

And that to me is a really good gauge too because I've been wearing this gi for two years and they never fit like this before.
and they shrunk in those two years. Wow

So this week felt like I made no progress, or like any progress I made instantly disappeared.
just from one cheat meal. idk how that happened.

hey so I found a food scale at walmart for $5.
it's really cheaply made, and only holds about 2lbs, but it'll do what I need it to do, so that'll make measuring out my meals much easier

and I bought some more tupperware because the kind I have wasn't working. but I put some premade salads in there. Just two for now because I ate one of them for lunch
but you know, I always made salads super unhealthy by adding things like pasta and cheese. so I instead used sunflower seeds and dried cranberries (with reduced sugar) and it tastes pretty good. I'm proud of myself for that, I hope I can keep it up. now at least two days this week, I can come home to an already made meal that I can just pull out of the fridge and eat without cooking or deciding on going to wawa instead or something

I know I'd react the same way as you, but, the fact that you recognize you don't like how you feel is good. You can take those few days off, and use them as motivation to get back on track

Even though I was under my calories Wednesday and Thursday, somehow my cheat day yesterday caused my weight to go up like three pounds.
And I'm going out for lunch on Sunday, so that's going top be tough too.
I know I can start fresh on Monday, and do a good job today, but it's a little disappointing to face a setback like this

Posting because I don't want this thread to die


I have got to start losing weight again this week. I did last week but my cheat day went too far overboard. And I've had too many days where I came to close to my calorie goal, so I've really just been staying steady. Which is good that I'm not drastically gaining Mack weight, but I've had a taste of weight lost and I want to keep it up.

I just bought a jacket I used to have, and I gave it up because I couldn't zip it up well. That's going to be a physical goal I can work towards. Now watch, one day I'll lose so much weight it'll be too big.
I don't think I'm built that way though

And I've decided this week my cheat meal is going to be like so much lighter than usual
I've planned out all my dinners this week

So I'm definitely starting to see a change in the way my clothes fit. It's subtle, but I can tell some things are falling differently. (What's annoying is there's more of a change in my thighs than my waist but Que sera.)

So I had my bjj friend tell me she wants us to go shopping after I hit my first goal. And itmade me think, damn, I really want to lose weight, but I do have quite a few pieces of clothing I would hate to never be able to wear again. Good problem to have though. I just hope I can take some of them in

I honestly don't remember the last time I weighed this low. The last time I paid attention was before my sister's wedding. I was lower than when I started this year then, but higher than I am now. Before that I can't remember. I just know I lied on my graduation gotten order form. And that lie my current goal.

And I don't know if you've noticed but I'm not divulging my weight until I reach my November goal. I'll feel more comfortable saying it after I can say "but I've lost x lbs".
I'll get there though.

Well this week certainly isn't going as planned.
This would be so much easier if I didn't like food

Random related thought for the day: So I have this shirt in my closet that I love. And for that I never wear it. Like I was always saving it for a date or girls night out or something. Because I like the way it looks on me.
But now I'm losing weight, so I have to wear it now beforr it gets too big.

Ironically, when I first bought it, it was too small and I had to exchange it for a larger one. Imagine if I hadn't.

Basically what hollie said. One meal won't undo everything. But really it's just a matter of knowing how much you're putting into your body and how much you're working off. If you assume too much, it's easy to get it wrong, so keeping track really helps. Since I've started losing weight, I've had a day every week where i stop caring and I've still list 25 lbs.
Just last night I ate two chocolate bars and a hoagie, and it didn't hurt never I knew I had the space to allow them