Scrumbles' diary...life after losing a third of me...
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moonlights
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You'll be there in no time flat - going great guns. And any exercise at all in this weather is amazing. Splashing in a cool pool is the only thing I can think of that sounds appealing (just not putting on the suit to go).
Also I think being on Atkins and not eating chicken skin is criminal!
Also I think being on Atkins and not eating chicken skin is criminal!
coffeelover
Gold Member
Step away from the scales Scrummie- lol. Your doing great x
Scrumbles
Dancing Queen
Yikes...I shall be listening out for the Atkins Police at my door
Tbh, I'm not really the best candidate for Atkins in some ways - never liked fatty meat, and until I started Atkins I never ate chicken skin or even pork crackling
eek: I know...weird or what?!). I do enjoy it now, but it's taken a while!Told myself I wasn't going to weigh today, then did
, and I've lost another half pound . That will surely be the end of my losing streak for now because totm is right around the corner, so hello water weight gain . At least that should stop me weighing daily, cos I won't like what I see, lol.Breakfast today was almond bread with cream cheese and dinner will be chicken salad for the third day running (I ain't doin' no stinkin' cooking in this weather!
). In between I'll be doing my usual grazing on meat, cheese, peanut butter, bits of carrot and a couple of squares of dark chocolate.Have a great day, folks!xx
moonlights
Gold Member
I don't like fatty meat in general but chicken skin is gorgeous - only when crispy not soggy and bleh. I can't stand pork scratchings but sometimes like crackling if it's crispy and hot.
Glad you're enjoying the almond bread - I seemed to find it helped me lose. Perhaps a good combo of being high fat while also seeming to encourage trips to the park.
Sounds like you're doing fab. xx
Glad you're enjoying the almond bread - I seemed to find it helped me lose. Perhaps a good combo of being high fat while also seeming to encourage trips to the park.
Sounds like you're doing fab. xx
ladyfelsham
Back to SW again
Evening Scrummie - all sounds good, and I do like the sound of that bread. Do you make it yourself?
Scrumbles
Dancing Queen
Hi Susie, yeah, weight loss is going well at the moment - I'm certainly not complaining about that!
The almond bread is moonlights' recipe, and it's great! I don't really miss bread, but it's nice to have something with a bread-y texture sometimes, and this is a good substitute.
Copied and pasted from moonlights' thread:
40g ground blanched almonds
1 large egg
1/2 tsp baking powder
Small pinch of salt (optional)
I do this in the bottom of a bowl but using a square container would give an easier slice.
Mix the dry ingredients in your container, making sure the almonds aren't clumpy. Add your egg and mix it in as smoothly as you can (I just use a fork).
Microwave on high for 1 min 30 secs
Turn bread over. If damp on bottom microwave another thirty secs.
+1 on the crispiness - soggy fat/skin is disgusting
I don't know if the almond bread is helping me lose per se, but it's surely adding variety to my menu, and I reckon that's important to keep things moving (in all sorts of ways, lol). I was stuck in a pattern of having omelette for breakfast every single day, but I'm now alternating with the bread and throwing in the occasional salad, and I think that's a good policy - keeps the body guessing! If you have any other ideas for quick meals, I will happily nick those for breakfast too!
Did my 3 mile walk this morning, but not without a spot of bother. It's cooled down a fair bit today, so I thought I'd be fine, but I ended up with early symptoms of heat exhaustion about two-thirds of a mile from home (dizziness, nausea, shakes, weakness, brain fog) and had to collapse on someone's front garden wall for about 20 minutes while I tried to recover. Seriously embarrassing, not to mention a tad distressing at the time. I hydrated properly before I set off, and I had plenty of water with me and had taken a couple of breaks during my walk to drink it, but nothing seems to help. If it's even moderately warm and I exert myself a bit, I fall apart. So frustrating, because I want to exercise, and what I'm attempting is hardly taxing! I just don't get it.
coffeelover
Gold Member
Afternoon Scrummie, sorry to hear you were feeling poorly on your walk. 3 miles is quite a long walk, and with the heat I think anyone would struggle.
Hope your feeling better and I'm so going to try that bread, thanks for posting. x
Hope your feeling better and I'm so going to try that bread, thanks for posting. x
ladyfelsham
Back to SW again
I agree, maybe do the walking - just not quite so far.
Are you needing some iron supplements, hun? Just a thought.
Are you needing some iron supplements, hun? Just a thought.
Scrumbles
Dancing Queen
Afternoon!
Don't think exercise will be an issue for the next few days unless I actually manage to detach myself from the Olympics coverage. With all the multiscreen stuff on the red button, I don't know what to watch half the time - too much choice doing my head in!
Thanks for the suggestions about my little problem. I do take iron from time to time so I'm doubtful it's that tbh. Salt might be an issue, though whenever I check my sodium intake on FitDay I'm always over the RDA. Perhaps it's the timing that's the problem? Maybe I should be sure to have something salty before I set off? It's not something I've ever had to do in the past which is why I'm a bit baffled.
Did some googling last night and low blood pressure might be something to do with it - we have testing equipment so at least that will be easy to rule out.
Anyway, I'm eating to pretty much the same plan as I have been for the last couple of weeks, so nothing much to report there. It seems I haven't had alcohol now for over 2 months...possibly a record for me, lol. I'm no longer thinking about it at weekends the way I used to, so clearly it's a habit I can break if I try.
Hope everyone's having a great weekend xx
Don't think exercise will be an issue for the next few days unless I actually manage to detach myself from the Olympics coverage
. With all the multiscreen stuff on the red button, I don't know what to watch half the time - too much choice doing my head in! Thanks for the suggestions about my little problem. I do take iron from time to time so I'm doubtful it's that tbh. Salt might be an issue, though whenever I check my sodium intake on FitDay I'm always over the RDA
. Perhaps it's the timing that's the problem? Maybe I should be sure to have something salty before I set off? It's not something I've ever had to do in the past which is why I'm a bit baffled.Did some googling last night and low blood pressure might be something to do with it - we have testing equipment so at least that will be easy to rule out.
Anyway, I'm eating to pretty much the same plan as I have been for the last couple of weeks, so nothing much to report there. It seems I haven't had alcohol now for over 2 months
...possibly a record for me, lol. I'm no longer thinking about it at weekends the way I used to, so clearly it's a habit I can break if I try.Hope everyone's having a great weekend xx
Alpaca
Gold Member
Perhaps it's got to do with quantity of carbs... You're not having enough for too much exercise unless you call on fat reserves... Converting from carb energy to fat energy might be causing your body some stress... Or am I just making that upas if it's a fact!? Lol. I can do that quite easily! Lol x
Scrumbles
Dancing Queen
Hmmm. If I were only just starting a ketogenic diet, then that could be true, but I've been back in ketosis for a couple of weeks now, so the conversion from carb-burning will have happened by now (I think, anyway!).
OH suggested it might be to do with salt as well, so I reckon I'll try that as a fix first and see what happens. Or just make sure I don't lift a finger if the temperature goes over 24 degrees (that ain't so bad, I guess)
OH suggested it might be to do with salt as well, so I reckon I'll try that as a fix first and see what happens. Or just make sure I don't lift a finger if the temperature goes over 24 degrees (that ain't so bad, I guess
)
ladyfelsham
Back to SW again
Sounds like a plan!
moonlights
Gold Member
If it's low BP salt should help with that too. Although I have permanently low BP and mainly notice it in that I can't stand still for too long or sometimes pass pit if I stand up too fast. Walking about gets the blood pumping which seems to help - but maybe after 3 miles that's a different story. If it's low iron the main symptom would be breathlessness. BP dizziness.
Scrumbles
Dancing Queen
BP seems the more likely culprit, then. I don't have breathlessness, nor do I have the fatigue that usually accompanies my anaemia episodes, so I think my iron's okay. We seem to have misplaced our BP unit at the moment, so I haven't been able to test, but I will as soon as we find it.
I scrapped my July walking target over the weekend - had two cr@ppy days with totm, so I decided to call it quits and set up a new ticker for August. I am mildly annoyed about it - I don't like failing - but I mustn't let it derail my fitness efforts as I don't think diet alone is going to get me to where I ultimately want to be.
I've lost another half pound over the weekend, so I'm now 180.5lbs - soooo close to the 170's! The scale was flickering between 179.5 and 180.5 and I was willing it to stop on the lower value, but of course it didn't, lol. Maybe in the next few days...fingers crossed...
I did some number-crunching while I was sitting around feeling sorry for myself the last couple of days, and apparently for the past 3 weeks I've averaged 1369 cals and 18g carbs per day. I've been under 1300 cals 7 times and over 1600 twice, so there's been a reasonable range. I'm happy to carry on like this until it stops working, but not sure what I'll do then. I may try keeping cals roughly the same and increasing carbs since that's something I haven't really tried before (I feel my lab rat whiskers a-twitching, lol). If that doesn't do anything, it'll be diet break time again
Onwards and downwards...
, so I haven't been able to test, but I will as soon as we find it.I scrapped my July walking target over the weekend - had two cr@ppy days with totm, so I decided to call it quits and set up a new ticker for August. I am mildly annoyed about it - I don't like failing - but I mustn't let it derail my fitness efforts as I don't think diet alone is going to get me to where I ultimately want to be.
I've lost another half pound over the weekend, so I'm now 180.5lbs - soooo close to the 170's! The scale was flickering between 179.5 and 180.5 and I was willing it to stop on the lower value, but of course it didn't, lol. Maybe in the next few days...fingers crossed...
I did some number-crunching while I was sitting around feeling sorry for myself the last couple of days, and apparently for the past 3 weeks I've averaged 1369 cals and 18g carbs per day. I've been under 1300 cals 7 times and over 1600 twice, so there's been a reasonable range. I'm happy to carry on like this until it stops working, but not sure what I'll do then. I may try keeping cals roughly the same and increasing carbs since that's something I haven't really tried before (I feel my lab rat whiskers a-twitching, lol). If that doesn't do anything, it'll be diet break time again
Onwards and downwards...
coffeelover
Gold Member
Lol on the twitchy whiskered lab rat. Your plan sounds great. X
Scrumbles
Dancing Queen
BP machine has been located, and my BP is in the normal range. I remain baffled
Oh well. If it's still an issue when I get to a healthy weight, I'll go see a quack - if I went now, they'd just say "You're obese...what do you expect?" (and they'd have a point, I guess! :cry
Still 180.5lbs this morning, darn it. So wanting those 170's...hmphfff
Might be a bit off plan tomorrow 'cos we're out most of the day, but I'll try and limit the damage.
Today has been/will be sausages with broccoli and carrots, salmon with lettuce, tomato and beetroot (<- that's your doing, Di), plus some bits of turkey and edam. Should come to 1230 cals or thereabouts, and that's okay since I might overdo it a bit tomorrow
Oh well. If it's still an issue when I get to a healthy weight, I'll go see a quack - if I went now, they'd just say "You're obese...what do you expect?" (and they'd have a point, I guess! :cry
Still 180.5lbs this morning, darn it. So wanting those 170's...hmphfff
Might be a bit off plan tomorrow 'cos we're out most of the day, but I'll try and limit the damage.
Today has been/will be sausages with broccoli and carrots, salmon with lettuce, tomato and beetroot (<- that's your doing, Di
), plus some bits of turkey and edam. Should come to 1230 cals or thereabouts, and that's okay since I might overdo it a bit tomorrow 
