Crunched my calories and discovered that cronometer has been padding my calories burned from Fitbit by about 300 calories... so I have been looking at Cronometer thinking I am at a deficit and should burn a pound this week and break my plateau... and UGH! I'm not. Because I have been eating almost exactly or a little more than what Fitbit says and weigh about what I should weigh based on the calories I ate. If anything it's a miracle I don't weigh MORE than I do right now. UGH. All this struggle and nutritionist assistance and I'm sabotaged by the tool I paid money for. Sent an email to their tech support but BUMMER.
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
Up early, day 4. Alarm was set for 5 but I was up at 6, Fitbit says I took a long time to fall asleep last night and was up for a bit... But I got 7 hours and was up on time so Yay me. Plan is to do chores and dog walk till Costco opens at 10 then be first through the doors to get my prescription. I'm planning on checking out a Boba place by there to do homework... ALL DAY.
Except what I really want is a nap. Everything hurts. All I did was drive 3 hours yesterday. Neck is killing me. Maybe I'll use a hotwater bottle for a bit before I get started. I thought about it last night but was too tired to get out of bed.
It was nice to eat the costco rotisserie chickens at the table last night as a meal instead of picking at it until everyone had eaten and putting it away at midnight. Much more human and my portion control was better.
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Chores ran over to 11AM. At least I made progress on sorting things out. Oi. Time management.
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Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
Totally not a fan of long drives either!
The costco chickens are great!!!!!!!! My sister buys organic chickens (not even cooked!) for $20!!!!!!!!!!
Survived the meeting with the EDD and the school. I lucked out and the other student showed and backed me up. The case manager was very helpful and supportive. The owner of the school was a loud mouthed jerk who kept talking over me and trying to get me to lose my cool. I just kept hammering away and eventually we came to an agreement that the instructor would provide a minimum list of competencies and portfolio content for myself and the other student to demonstrate by the end of class, since he taught almost nothing on the syllabus. It's all I wanted... a list of what work I actually needed to complete, a plan for when classes would be held, and what topics I actually needed to learn.
Argh.
Went to bed at 7 last night... Well... Stayed up looking at shoes online till 9. Fitbt says I slept 10 hours. Feels like it. I must have been super, super stressed.
Found a really cute pair of rubber shoes shaped to look like vans in pink from Native shoes... which are nicer than crocs because they protect your toes and your heels. A little heavy for backpacking, but good for camping and day hikes.
Another day where I got up early and walked my dog to the park. 3 in a row!!!! Build on success.
I have a lot of homework but the big priority for the day is to take my dad to see friends i town and have some lunch.
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
Ooo, your shoes sound so cool! I do love my Crocs but I understand wanting/needing more protection. Crocs definitely do not offer much in that, especially the classic style, which leaves the heel unprotected.
I hope lunch was a success! Keep on doin' yer homework - get 'er done! ;-)
Miracle of miracles I was up at 5:30am, took meds and a shower, then washed dishes till my meds kicked in and I made coffee, ate oatmeal, then walked my dog to the park. Fitbit says it only took 30 min for me to get to sleep last night. Also my sleep cycle is more effective... Slept for 7h and was only awake for 30min. Normally I sleep for 9h to get 7.
8am time to do homework
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
Went to a nutrition class today on counting carbs and balancing with protein. Interesting tidbit... vingegar in your water before you eat can reduce your carb absorption by 20%.
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
for me it would be overboard! good tip.
Not sure where yesterday went, but I went to bed on time for once and got up on time at 6 today . I just wanted to put that here so that I can mark the momentous occasion of incrementally getting my **** together... because we must celebrate our successes.
Grrr get after it!
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
Not sure where today went. I slept in. Woke up at 12... made up for the nights of 4h sleep this week. I made some chili which was complicated the first time through the recipe. I need to find more 1 pot meals.
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
chilli is a fantastic 1 pot meal! do you had any meat? turkey? why was the recipe difficult???
sleeping in helps the body so much....i did that yesterday. love waking up without an alarm!
Chili was white bean, chicken thighs, poblano peppers and onions.
Recipe was difficult because it wasn't written in order of operations to be a one pot meal. It should have said roast the poblanos first, then transfer to stovetop to toast the cumin in salt, then brown the chicken, then acc onion, then add peeled seeded chopped poblanos. Instead it had you brown the chicken, then roast the poblanos, then toast the cumin. Ah the wonders of recipe blogs.
OMG. no idea how I got all my homework done by start of class, but I did. Minor miracle. Ate offtrack today but that can't be helped. Stress and exhaustion. After class I treated myself to a walk around the mall to get some extra steps in... I tried on some stuff at Hand M and felt a little "mutton dressed as lamb". Or maybe I need more makeup. Still shocked to be a size L.
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
224.3... back to plateau weight. Just have to keep logging and tracking.
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
I checked out www.cronometer.com -- that looks so cool! I think for me, with being OCD, it might be a little too much for me, but I can totally see why someone would LOVE using this.
I also like that you're giving yourself "80% or better daily" - because we should give it our best when we can, but be forgiving to ourselves when we can't (for whatever reason).
Yeah, 80% or better... (munch... munch...)
A corner has been turned. I discovered a fitness tracker that tracks all the micronutrients and has a decent UI for building and using your recipes. https://cronometer.com/
Unfortuntely I spent too much time on it today and put my class at risk. Time management 101.
Progress as of today: 92.7 lbs lost so far, only 18.3 lbs to go!
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OK, that really sucks. I'm so sorry.
How do you know that Fitbit isn't wrong? Mine is not the most accurate when it comes to a lot of measures, but I still love it because it does tell me, relative to others and to other days, how I'm doing.
I totaled up the calories burned from Cronometer and from Fitbit against my calories consumed... Calculated the difference and divided by 3500 (calories in a pound of fat). Fitbit says I should be about .7 lbs more than when I started on Friday 6/15 and I am about 1.1.. You know, a glass of water difference. Cronometer says I am supposed to have lost 1.3lbs... I'm assuming that Fitbit is correct because my current weight is about what their reports say it would be.
bearcountrygg on 06/22/2018:
That cronometer is a bummer
Better their app than my endocrine system.
But I have been obsessing on weight loss because I feel like it is the thing I can control when everything else is out of control and push myself forward and I felt like I could expect a reward this week, but there is no reward coming. Just forcing back some of the panic and reminding myself that this is one small thing and that I need to focus on my homework.
Hugs to all.