1.8 lbs to go!
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
November 2, 2020 8:35am CST
I weighed myself this morning. If I'm being honest, I weigh myself every morning though I know our weight fluctuates day by day. This morning after I entered my weight into my fitbit app it told me that I was 1.8 lbs away from my goal. That's just my first goal though as I want to lose a further 35 lbs.
I walked this morning, though admittedly not as much as I had first intended. It was just too cold. I will make up for it by walking extra around the house.
Yesterday I managed to eat under 20 carbs all day. I don't always have days like that, some days I eat around 50 carbs in a day. I am going to try to eat under 20 carbs at least twice per week now and see if that helps me with my second weight loss goal.
It might seem counter intuitive to diet around this time of year (because of all the sugar laden, fattening foods) but I find that I don't crave those things at all anymore.
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16 responses
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
I hate to admit it, but I am in the Obese category. I'm inching towards the overweight category according to my BMI though. Just a few more lbs and I'll be in that category instead.
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@marlina (154131)
• Canada
2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Sorry about that, try to do your best
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
I've lost around 30 lbs in total since I've started the ketogenic (low carb) diet.
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@GodServantme (1541)
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2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum how many months u shed that pounds?
I don't exercise but I lose 20 pounds
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@GodServantme It's taken me around two months. I exercise by walking atleast 1 mile every day.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
2 Nov 20
I do not crave for garbage food and this is a good thing. I lost 14 pounds last year and I did not gain back one ounce, eating normally and everything I like, but nothing ready made from the stores and NO garbage food. I had gained those 14 pounds when I had to go to Milan for my Mom, I had to eat out twice a week... that was the result.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Lots of stuff here have garbage ingredients in it. Even the things labeled as "low carb" or "keto" have some ingredients that do not make them truly low carb.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@LadyDuck Corporations care about nothing but what will fatten their pockets. It's sad but true.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I know, this is why I buy nothing ready made, cheap ingredients are used to make more money.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Nov 20
You are right, I don't crave sweets, as I did before eating lower carb. meals. I love being able to eat whatever sounds good, without including unhealthy sweets and snacks! Congratulations, you are very close to your goal weight:)
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
I did not expect for my cravings to change so drastically. I am pleased that they have though!
After eating those sweets at tea, my stomach started to hurt! Not bad, but enough to let me know that it didn't like the sweets!
Thank you. I still have 35 lbs to go to get to my ultimate goal, but I am very pleased with what I've seen so far!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@kobesbuddy I do have some things that are sweet but they are keto sweeteners. Those I can tolerate more than regular sugar.
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@kobesbuddy (78871)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum I didn't eat sugar for about 6 years. When I tasted it, the overpowering sweetness was offensive to my revised taste buds!
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum
That is good that you are very close to your first goal. Good luck with the total you want to lose.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Thank you. I appreciate it.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@Hannihar I will admit I was nervous about walking around because of the virus. I did a lot of my walking indoors before I finally decided to walk outside. I do not see a lot of people on my walks but I will cross the street to avoid them if I do.
It was hard for me to give up things at first too, but it slowly got easier and easier. I don't crave sweets anymore.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum
You are very welcome. I know for a fact how hard it is to lose weight and keep it off. I finally did my own personal journey a little over 3 years ago and am proud to say I have given up stuff and can look at food and not want it now. It took me a long time to get to that point. I have lost lots of weight and never want to gain it back again. I hope I do not. Before this virus came into my life I did a lot of walking but now I am in a hurry to come home to my cat. I hate being out now.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
5 Nov 20
Thank you. I have an update post that I am going to do today on it. It's great not craving that junk food, isn't it? I smell it and my stomach starts to rebel.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
6 Nov 20
@nela13 Thank You. I still have a little ways to go to get to a healthy weight for my age and height, but I know I can do it.
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@nela13 (58720)
• Portugal
6 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum yes, our body rejects it. I am glad for you.
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@snowy22315 (181991)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Good for you. Keto is a good diet, but it was driving up my BP so I had to quit. Just plain ol' countring calories seem s to work for me...but it is slow. I cheat a lot.
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@snowy22315 (181991)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum It works, it just isn't as fast as some of the other methods.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@snowy22315 As long as you are losing and the diet works for you that's all that really matters. I think it's recommended to lose 1 or 1.5 lbs per week anyway when you are dieting.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
I feel like I would do a lot of cheating if all I did was count calories.
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@RebeccasFarm (90294)
• Arvada, Colorado
2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum You are on your way!! I did OMAD for around 6 months..that was one meal a day and it worked but stopped working..guess my metabolism adjusted. Anyhow I lost 20 lbs with it. Then I gained back 10 of those. Now trying to just watch calories somewhat but its hard just to lose back the other 10 I put back on.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@RebeccasFarm I have tried the 16:8 fast for a week and that worked pretty well until it didn't. I haven't yet done the OMAD but I really want to.
Maybe you could count carbs for a few days on top of the calories and see if that helps? Might be water weight that needs to come down.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Thank You. This has been a long time coming.
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@Marilynda1225 (83074)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Sounds like you adapted to your new diet prett well
Congratulations on reaching your first goal and heading to goal #2
It's good that you aren't craving sugary foods
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Thank You. I'm still 1.8 lbs away from the first goal but I'm hoping to lose that pretty quickly and be ready for my second goal.
Yes, I'm glad I'm not craving the sugary garbage.
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@Courtlynn (67081)
• United States
2 Nov 20
You're doing so good! Congratulations.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Thank You! I am already the smallest I've been in four years. I'm aiming to be the smallest I've been in twenty!
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@LindaOHio (181320)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Eating less carbs should help you. Congratulations on the weight loss.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Thank you! I am so proud of myself.
I should have taken pictures of myself when I first started so I could see the little parts that have changed and are harder to notice.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@LindaOHio This is true. I may wait until I've shed this last pound first and then take a picture.
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@LindaOHio (181320)
• United States
2 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Take a picture now. You can compare after you've lost the next 35!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
2 Nov 20
Congratulations!
You can do research now to determine what kind of diet you will reasonably be able to do once the baby arrives.
I once saw a video of a woman who was pregnant and continued to do workouts including ab workouts. A lot of people thought she was being irresponsible.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84183)
• Rupert, Idaho
3 Nov 20
Well that is great work! Best of luck with losing the rest.
I got a long way to go myself (almost 100 pounds ) But trying out different carb amounts sounds like a good plan.
That's great you don't crave those things, that helps a ton!
) But trying out different carb amounts sounds like a good plan.
That's great you don't crave those things, that helps a ton!2 people like this
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
4 Nov 20
Thank you. I've only lost a fraction more, but I'm going to keep walking and trying to get up and moving a lot more each day. I was close to 80 lbs over my recommended BMI when I started this journey.
We will both get there. That's what I keep telling my closest friends too.. Our bodies are all different, but as long as we are losing, that's all that matters.
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@MommyOfEli2013 (84183)
• Rupert, Idaho
4 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum Well losing, even if it's slower, is good...and that sounds like a good plan to keep walking and such.
Yes we will...just got to keep at it. Well in my case, get back on track lol
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@Hkity1217 (24)
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5 Nov 20
I weigh myself every morning too. I have been doing low-carb but I have not lost any weight for the month of October.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
6 Nov 20
I lost a lot when I first started and then it stalled for a bit. I did the 16:8 fasting for a week and it helped kickstart more weight loss.
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@popciclecold (39471)
• United States
7 Nov 20
Hey. yoi are doing good, if you don"t crave holiday foods anymore.
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@popciclecold (39471)
• United States
8 Nov 20
@ScribbledAdNauseum As they say baby steps, you'll get there.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Nov 20
@popciclecold Right. Nothing worth doing is ever done in one day.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Nov 20
Yes! I am so glad I don't have those cravings. I want to be healthy and I am getting there, but I have a little ways yet to go.
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@lovebuglena (44717)
• Staten Island, New York
2 Nov 20
I don't weigh myself so not even sure how much I weigh these days. My mom and someone else I know told me I lost weight. That's flattering. But if that's true i wonder why I could not fit into a pair of jeans.
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