AMAW/CAMAW - Day 6

I couldn't stop laughing when I saw this picture. It is me to a T.

Day 6 - I don't know about you guys but at this point I'm white knuckling this.

How often do you workout? What's your regimen of exercise?

Yesterday I was in a funk, worried that because I haven't been able to work out I might have wasted a whole week of AMAW. I usually work out 6 days a week and with my chest wrap/heart rate monitor I know I burn between 300-500 cals during these workouts. Now that I've been sidelined since Tue I'm worried that there is no "burning" cals so all I eat is sticking to me.

So today, instead of worrying I'm getting on the elliptical. It's a vertical position and it doesn't have anything to do with my rib area. At least I feel better if I do it.

Any major plans for the weekend? It's supposed to be stormy (meaning big waves) so DH and DS will be out in the ocean surfing. That leaves me plenty of time to finish a couple of projects around the house and catch up with work.

Accountability : cals:915 protein:99 carbs:8

Have a great weekend my fellow warriors. Hang in there. We are almost at the end.

Yesterday was good, we went out to dinner at a philly place and I just ordered a double side of the philly meat. I got strange looks but it was actually pretty delicious :P

i am breaking AMAW today to do lunch with my cousin at Panera and I'm getting a cup of soup. I'll stick with the turkey chili if they have that on the menu today.

i am actually on my way to the gym now. I usually go about 4-5 days a week for an hour of cardio. I mix up what machines I do each day. I do resistance and weights 2-3 of those days as well.

How was phantom?

Hey Sheila, I am sure you saw on the menu post that I am a CAMAW Dropout. Whomp, whomp...

My life is just too busy right now to put the time and effort it takes into planning and prepping, and it is not something you can just "wing" so I failed by Day 2. It helped me be more cognizant of my office environment, though. I have lots of low carb approved snacks but most are nuts and cheese. I realized pretty quick that I can do better.

Thanks for organizing. Hope to catch another one when I have my sh*t together.

We loved having you part of it anyway, even for two days. Miss seeing you regularly.

WELL... Yesterday was good until the 3 dozen homemade chocolate chip cookies arrived in the mail. Not good. I put them in the freezer and am taking at least a dozen (or more) to a party tonight to get rid of them. My tummy is not happy with me today so my weight is actually down, but I figure a bounce back up tomorrow is likely.

So today I plan to stay on plan!!!!

Good job Liz. One day at a time, that's all we can do.

my weight was the same today as it was the last couple of days - one lb below from where we started (I dropped down 2 lbs right away, but then came up a pound - and have stayed there). Although given I'm only eating c. 200 kcal fewer than normal, and I'm not doing ultra-low-carb (which tends to make you lose water), that's probably not surprising. But a lb is a lb. If I keep up with that, it could eventually turn into 5 lbs.

I did very well calorie-wise yesterday (c. 1400) but went way over on carbs (I'm trying to keep it under 80, but was up over 100 yesterday). I was in an eating mood in the evening, so I ate two small bowls of TJ's high fiber cereal - thus, carbs. Although at least it filled me up and stopped the cravings/eating.

this afternoon we went to a hockey game, and as usual, DH got popcorn. I'm over my limit calorie-wise right now, but it's not awful, but that fiber and salt will probably show up on the scale tomorrow.

still, I'm glad I did this. Overall, I've been more on track than I have been in awhile. I'm going to keep up with it for a few more days, esp since we have lunch out tomorrow and dinner out on Tuesday. I need to keep up with the plan all the rest of the time to avoid problems. I have surgery on Friday. At least I won't eat much next weekend, and then I'll have a slight metabolism boost for a couple of months...

The whole purpose of this challenge was to be a reset button. If it has helped you to be more mindful then you succeeded. And you are right, one pound at a time and it will add up.

Didn't have time to post before now. Been gone since this morning. But I stayed on plan today even though there was cookies and brownies. I ate my keto lasagna, cheese cubes and some summer sausage .

Yesterday I had cottage cheese at work. Then last night I had to get up and eat or I was gonna throw up since I ate too early for dinner. I had a small ham and cheese omelette. It took care of the problem.

yesterdays Calories were 1371 carbs 23 protein 165.

i haven't exercised since July due to working now and the dr messed with my antidepressant. Now that my meds are back to where they were, I just don't have the motivation to do it again. I was walking at least 30 minutes or more 5 days a week.