Two weeks have passed since I started Operation drop 10 lbs (#OpDrop10). In order to hold my feet to the proverbial fire, I’m checking in here every Wednesday until this mission is accomplished. So let’s get to this past week. I’ve stuck with the plan. Chalk it up to persistence.
What went well:
- I’ve been logging every freaking morsel of food and every minute of exercise consistently on My Fitness Pal now for 10 days. By far a food journal PR for this non-tracking kind of girl.
- I’m off the crappy, mindless snacking and make only quality, nutrient-dense foods available.
- I’m sugar-free, except for some protein bites I made that have honey and a few dark chocolate chips in them
- I love, love, love the calorie burn I get (and the extra calories I can eat) when I have a good workout.
- I totally passed up the most amazing cupcakes we had at the ice rink to celebrate our skaters who headed off to Nationals.
- Still spanking my water before coffee goal.
- Still keeping my paws out of the kids’ cereal boxes, although the Cinnamon Toast Crunch calls to me.
Not so much:
- We ate out a lot over the weekend. Even if I make better choices and don’t eat a ton, the fat and sodium adds up SO quickly with restaurant food.
- When I don’t workout my metabolism grinds to a halt and I feel like I don’t need to eat a thing…although I want to. This makes rest days extra hard.
- It’s difficult to log HIIT workouts or plyo intervals into My Fitness Pal
- I feel like I’m thinking about this weightloss thing constantly. Way more than I want to. I suppose once I figure out what works, it’ll become more automatic.
- Meal planning is better but still not where it needs to be.
- I’m still eating dinner too late and getting hangry beforehand
So let’s head over to the trusty scale and see how I did:
Week 1 Week 2
Weight: -0.3 -0.2
Fat: -0.2 -0.1
Muscle: +0.1 No change
BMI: -0.1 No change
Two weeks and I’ve lost a whopping 1/2 a pound. Sigh. Color me frustrated. I could sit here and make all kinds of excuses or guesses but I won’t. I’ll just press on. Stay tuned.
Are you sticking with goals you set for the New Year?
You are rocking it, even with the little struggles!! Have you looked into a basic HRM for tracking calories in MFP? That should help a lot and they are fairly inexpensive!
I’m sorry you’re frustrated. 🙁 I can’t remember from reading your workout recaps, but do you lift? When I started to do that consistently I really saw a change in body comp and metabolism!
I think once you hit 40, losing weight is even harder as a woman. One trick I learned after LOTS of trial and error, is that I don’t eat back the exercise calories you get in MFP. Once I stopped doing that, I finally started to drop a few lbs. I still have a few to go, but baby steps, right? Keep your chin up, and know we are all supporting you! xoxo
Ever since I got my fitbit I’ve been trying to log meals, but it’s such a pain with home cooking and recipes. It’s quickly sliding by the wayside.
Eating out is so hard when you’re watching what you eat – those foods are so full of things we wouldn’t normally eat at home. But taking some of those moments and not worrying helps 🙂 Enjoy life at the same time! You’ll get there 🙂
You’re doing great! I can’t imagine training and dieting at the same time!
Thinking about it all the time is one of the downfalls of trying to lose weight.
1/2-1 lb a week is normal. It’s actually better when it comes off slowly, as frustrating as that is.
I tend to yo-yo a lot, and usually it doesn’t really seemed to be tied to how I eat. Talk about frustrating!
Never, ever give up — that’s the key. That & a lot of patience!
That’s right press on! I find that when I don’t work out I want to eat everything bad. I mean why can’t this happen after I’ve had a great workout! I know too my body tends this time of year, pretty much every year too to hold onto extra weight. Maybe it’s a pattern, maybe not. But I’ve noticed this even before I started running. Unless I fall off the wagon, it usually works itself out by Spring.
1/2 a pound sucks. When you’re really working hard and making sacrifices it’d be nice to get quicker and bigger results. They will come though. Just keep persisting.
So first, did you measure yourself since many times inches do not show up on the scale. Second, it will become second nature over time. I stopped logging years & years ago since I learned enough to make changes without logging BUT I do make not of all stats on food when I add in something new & If I add then I have to subtract somewhere else depending – I think you get what I mean.
On non workout days, I do eat a lot less than workout days & that is fine with me. One of them is a cookie day! 🙂
Hang tough, slow & steady wins it in the weight loss journey!
You are doing great eating quality foods is in my opinion the est way to lasting weight control. It is going to be slow bc you don’t have a lot to lose. Hang in there and look for non scale victories!
You are doing great. Are you feeling better? Do you feel less tired at night? Are you clothes looking better on you? I know its hard not to concentrate on a number, but try. Good luck, hang in there
I’m so impressed that you’re still logging food. I try to do that every once in a while and I last maybe a week. It does stop me from mindless snacking though because it’s too much of a hassle to log things. 😉
Slow and steady, you’ll get there!
It always feels like it takes me a few weeks into something before my body catches on…
Hang in there, I bet you will see more results within a few weeks 🙂
Great job at at sticking with it. My weight wouldn’t budge after MCM in October until I saw my nutritionist. I was shocked at how long it took to figure out the amount of calories I needed to lose…I had to go down to 1400 a day to lose weight, even with exercising! I was so surprised. Could it help to see a nutritionist? Mine helped me tremendously in choosing the right types of food to eat at certain times! And I agree about MFP and HIIT and plyo workouts!
I have to put my body into fat burning mode to lose weight. I cut out carbs & sugar, and replace with healthy fat. My body learns to use fat for fuel and not sugar / carbs. I can only log food for about 3 days then I get really fed up.
Great job in sticking with it! The cereal boxes are evil things at my house. I’ll throw a handful in my mouth without thinking! Yes, we have Cinnamon Toast Crunch too. What about Kellogg’s Chocolate Krave? Oh my!
It sounds like you’re doing everything right. Hopefully, the weight will come off a little more to your liking soon. Are you taking girth measurements to compare? Are your clothes feeling looser? Keep up the good work!
Thanks for linking up!