Daily Maintenance Weigh In - Saturday 1/5

So glad you're back in range!

122.5.  feel good. hope you all do too!  diane

144.3 down over two lbs from yesterday, it's finally starting to leave- yay!

Going out for Korean tonight for a friends bday, so the salt content may mess with my numbers yet again..

Staying btwn 1000-1200 until I am back under 140, then back to my maintenance cal range as 1000 cals this far out is harder to stay within. 

Checking out some fitness facilities with my husband tomorrow, bad timing yes, with all the other post NY resolution folks.. I had planned on doing this months ago, but got wrapped up in the holiday crazies. I want to start throwing the $$$ I'm spending on my trainer at a really nice facility that has a few amenities like a hot tub & sauna instead.. plus I have the itch to get going a bit more for stress relief- bonus is the cost is less, and we both would have someplace to work out. One of the places we are visiting (the one I'm leaning towards) is right across the street from my job.

I am glad to see you are dropping a few pounds.  You are right, the restaurant food does play havoc on our water retention.  The Korean food is delicious, but the sauces are really loaded with sugar and salt and most of the cuts of meat are fatty.  Consider maybe getting chicken and the yummy pickled veggie sides.  I know they have quite a bit of salt, so drink like crazy. 

I just did the complete opposite of what you are doing, I gave up a gym membership at a luxurious gym in order to be able to afford two hours a week with a great trainer.  I joined one of those $10 a month gyms for just the basic equipment.  Could not really justify doing both, I do miss my sauna at the gym.

I do not avoid the fat, but the sugar is off limits for the most part.. the salt gets me every time though!

My macros have almost always been a bit different than most here though, but my body runs best on a higher fat/moderate protein/low carb spread.. low fat and me- hormones, energy, skin wise & GI wise do not get along well, not even addressing appetite. It ranges depending on where I set my cal goals from 45% fat/40% protein/15% carbs (now, at 1000-1200cals/day) to my maint range of 55% fat, 25% protein/20% carbs at 1600-1900cals/day.) I do get 100g protein min, and 25g fiber in there, and eat really well to boot. 

The grilled mackerel is calling me, that or the cod in spicy sauce.. I will have a nibble of my husband's bulgogi though for sure.. and hopefully they have the dried anchovy banchan.. love those. No alcohol (dropping that for a while, had plenty on our vacations last month..) and will otherwise drink like a fish! I have 500 cals to play with, I will spend them wisely 

I didn't weigh today until after eating. Post breakfast weight was 180.1, so I suspect my actual weight was a little less.  I got busy with laundry and making breakfast for the family, and never got to my usual routine.  Took my youngest and a couple of her friends snowtubing - I stayed in the lodge as it was way too cold for me.  I was starved, as it was dinner time, and found myself munching on one of the kid's fries.  I ate about 8 or 9 before I forced myself to stop.  Thank goodness DH had dinner ready when we got home at 7:15. 

Hi all,

I sure wish I had the whole thing figured out as to what works best for me, both for losing, and for maintaining, but I just haven't had enough experience with the ups and downs yet.  My weight is up a little to 166.2.  What I don't understand is that I was at 166. something about a week ago so I did a day of full liquids (mostly protein shakes but a bit of soup) and my weight went down to 163.6 within a couple of days so that must have been water weight.  Now I am back here at 166.2 again and I don't really know if I should try a different approach than the day of full liquids to get it down.  It was going down nicely until today so it may just be a bit of water gain but I just don't know.  I want to get back to 164.4 where I have been for quite a long time now.

HELP!? Please........