DW Community Catch-up Thread
- This topic has 11,820 replies, 97 voices, and was last updated 1 month, 1 week ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Yup!! The scale is just one indicator!
Woohoo on Whole 30! I love how it removes some common inflammatory foods and guts can recover. I remember my bloat was gone within like 2 weeks. It was amazing. I fell off the wagon but I eat more clean now than I ever have. I also eat a ton of carbs and thin out. But, if I eat one too many cookies I get all kinds of stomach bloat. Also meaning I have to limit my cheese 🙁
I’ve been NEARLY Whole 30 now for a week and good grief my stomach is hurting and crampy. Not awful but irritating. A bit bloated too. Hoping that passes soon. I say almost because oatmeal with peanut butter is my only deviation. I have lost a few lbs and am back on track with my yoga. I don’t usually jump right back into working out without about 2 weeks of yoga since I am so messed up from my car accident (heck multiple car accidents now) that I really need some time to stretch myself out well before I get into it or I’ll be in pain. Found that works best for me, plus it’s a bit of a slower intro. Back in my high energy not pain years I would do 2 a days for a week to get back into it. Anything less after that was a breeze and it got me back into working out full time real quick.
Meant to share a while back but just happened to be on Nordstrom and found it again so thought I would. Obsessed with this sweater:
Also now it is on sale from the already good price, although in more limited colors. Husband got me the oatmeal color for Christmas and I am living in it. Super warm but not too heavy.
I mean, I *know* weight actually means very little. Like six-seven years ago, when my workouts were almost exclusively elliptical, I was about 135 lbs. Fast forward a couple years, and I’d started running and lifting weights. My weight was a little lower (barely!), but I was two dress sizes smaller. I’m fine with the number I see on a scale, even a “high” (for me) one, when I feel good about my appearance/physique. Right now, a lot of my clothes are TIGHT, so the number on the scale will feel like a mindfuck. TL/DR: I avoid the scale altogether when I’m feeling pudgy, even though I know it’s not the end all be all, lower weight doesn’t mean better or leaner more fit, and my weight is my weight regardless of whether or not I choose to know it
@JD They say a lot of people bloat and have some GI issues in the first two weeks of Whole30 from the fiber they’re not used to eating. I am experiencing both! I was surprised my pants already feel better, because I still feel bloated. Will probably buy some probiotic pills soon.Wooooo gut health!
@LisforLeslie that’s what I’m dealing with right now. I’ve started working out more over the last few months and just started incorporating weights. I want to lose weight, but I’m likely gaining muscle as well. I’m at my heaviest weight ever but I’m also probably stronger than ever.
@Copa I wish I had your ability to avoid the scale. I still use it too often. I was on a weight loss journey this summer and it’s now habit. No better way to beat yourself up than weighing in when you are all fluffy and know it’ll drop off in a few days. I’m rolling my eyes at myself.
I decided to try that Noom app since it’s free for 14 days. Does nothing my Fitbit app doesn’t do with the exception of coaches. I don’t really want that. I’m going to cancel. Plus the Fitbit app has so many more good items loaded in their database and workouts. Also found most of Nooms food calorie counts are off. I’ll be staring at the package and it says 100 calories and Noom says 140 or something. Thought it was worth a try though. I can see someone benefiting from the coaching. Also they give you articles about health and the best way to avoid triggers stuff like that.
If I look right now, I know I’ll feel bad. I’d rather focus on how my clothes are fitting. Maybe in a few weeks I’ll be in a better mental space and see what’s up with my weight. Like a lot of people, I always claim weight loss is my goal, but that’s not actually true. I want to lean out/slim down, I want getting dressed for events not to be anxiety-inducing anymore.
Like I remember a couple years ago, when I was running and lifting, a friend of mine who was several inches taller was doing WW and a cardio bunny, and she insisted my scale had to be wrong because I didn’t look 135 or whatever, and how could I possibly 10 lbs less than her when I was so tiny? And I was like, BODY COMP GIRLFRAND! I squat and it shows!
Like I spent about half of the summer in a constant state of anxiety over my idiot amateur DJ neighbor and his clown-haired girlfriend, and I’d eat and drink about it, because apparently that’s how I cope with feeling like a loser. I started seeing my boyfriend over the summer, too, and he and I can spend hours talking over food and drinks. I mean, even some of our nights in, we’ll realize we sat down to dinner four hours ago, finished our meal, but then kept drinking because we were still talking. (And it’s been great! Ha!) I never stopped exercising, but the food and drinks caught up to me. I’ve apparently inspired him to do Whole30, too, but he’s not starting until after he gets back from a weekend trip with some of his guy friends this weekend. Because beer.
I’m thinking about trying it again too (though minus so many eggs like I mentioned before). But I have Crohns and to much fiber is actually hard for me to eat/not good for me to eat. Even though I have Crohns I am overweight 🙁 Probably because my meds are working and have been for about 1.5 years now. I tried the W30 a little over a year ago and all the fiber just pushed back my progress with Crohns. Sigh. So I’ll likely have to modify somewhat with easily digestible items – or at least cook all the veggies (some raw is ok but to much and oof, not good). But I tried on some dresses that fit just 2 years ago and they were way to tight to wear so i’ve got to do something!
Husband is sick. Hoping the rest of us don’t get it. Just a nasty head cold but as with so many men, he’s dying haha. So I’ve been up a while, for sure need a nap today.
@JD Does he have a headache and a sore throat? I guess that’s been going around. It’s what I have/had (still can’t quite shake it, but feel immensely better now that my headaches have subsided). The headache was brutal!
I had dreams about food last night, which I guess is common on Whole30. Super weird. I’m not sure if most people dream about cravings. I dreamt I ate yogurt and beer cheese, and didn’t realize until after I’d consumed them that they weren’t compliant. Not sure why those two foods. I like yogurt but don’t eat it often. I almost never eat beer cheese.
