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It's funny, I specifically set myself baby goals that I could reach but still struggle. mostly with the food stuff. I found out I can "get away" with eating "normal" food and it has ruined me, I feel like, after a decade of having to restrict stuff and always say no that I am just going hell for leather drinking beer and eating pizza, it's fun, the symptoms of my IBS are low at the moment and I am JUST getting away with it but I am TIRED, my energy levels are all over the place and I KNOW it's not the best way to eat for the level of training I am trying to hit. Baby Goal...Get the low fodmaps list and print it out. That's it, just have it with me day to day for the next week. Ynabbing has been good, the budget is more or less on target for the first time ever and next paycheque I am looking at booking my drivers theory test to get my provisional licence. I've also expanded my reality somewhat and decided to ask my old class mates for help and advice. I am now applying for a paid internship in the field I studied which will mean my climbing and my work could become separate. After four years trying to work in climbing I have learned that I climb at my best when I haven't been working in the wall for a while. My climbing goals are looking good, I am building solid volume again on the ropes and my bouldering appears to be sneaking up a grade indoors and out i'll do climbing goals in the next challenge and take some pics of my whiteboard of justice

1: EAT A LOW FODMAPS DIET 2: Book my driver theory test 3: update YNAB and look at bank account every single day. update so far, low fodmaps is back in place I have been paid and budgeted already and am looking at a cheque coming in wednesday that will allow me to book my drivers theory test. My climbing training has been haphazard at the moment and I am thinking of focusing on power for four weeks starting in two weeks I'll update the research I do on power training. Im not the most interesting to follow but I will be in the coming year

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I came here MOOOONNTTHHHHSSS ago, got a neck injury, got my appendix out and tried to jump back in but couldn't focus. The removal of my appendix took longer to get over than I had thought it would and the change in my body was major. I lost LOTS of weight and muscle and my sleep pattern changed, I realised I COULD eat foods I hadn't been able to eat for years (the appendix has apparently been affecting me since my car crash 8 years ago!) and I went a bit off the rails eating pizza and drinking beer and being NORMAL for the first time in about a decade As a result I've had major stomach flare ups that have resulted in a clear IBS diagnosis. I did the 6 week FODMAPS protocol and then got bold straight after those 6 weeks I'd like to get back to a clean IBS eating pattern I've also gained weight but I know some of it is muscle so I'm not super worried I do have a few goals though - Get to 108.5 lbs (currently I fluctuate weekly through 109.5 up to 111.8, I have an app called happy scale which I like, it shows you your ten day low and your general trend) - eat a low fodmaps diet - this is my ACTUAL goal, I'm pretty sure 108.5 will happen organically from being low FODMAPS My climbing is going pretty good, I have increased my onsight indoor grade from 6a to 6c I've seen a few different physios, the most recent one is a female boulderer who has 15years experience with spinal injuries so I'm pretty happy to trust her with my neck she has me doing mostly thoraic mobility and basic injury prevention and I've "grown" half an inch! I do, of course have goals. My goals tend to be more "process" goals rather than "get here by then" as I find with climbing the majority of my goals at the moment are to stop injury and build mental strength! I've given up trad climbing for a year at least, it wasn't fun anymore! so I'm focused on getting my driving licence and getting outdoors bouldering as much as I can. The season starts in september - read vertical mind. One chapter a week, doesn't sound like much but my brain is fried recently with an enormous amount of personal stress. - book my driving theory test. YUP, in the next 6 weeks all I have to do is get the money together and book my test. It doesn't sound like a MAJOR OH MY GOD THIS WILL TAKE SIX WEEKS kinda goal. but man...I've been trying to do this for 6 months! - climb indoor routes at least once a week, working mainly on building ability to redpoint. Goals are specific and on my at home whiteboard Other than health and weight loss and climbing the other are of my life that needs assistance is my finances. 4/5 months ago me and my SO decided to share finances, 6 months ago I downloaded YNAB and was doing really well...together we are not doing so well. I actually can't even talk about it it's so stressful so my goals are really clear. - look at bank account and update YNAB every damn day. - stick to budget. no, seriously...do it..... This post will for sure be all over the place, I actually just blipped over to see when the next challenge was starting and it happened to be today. I might edit it to make more sense and flow a bit more but right now I'm slightly hungover and tired and I'm off to work a split shift! thanks guys! GOALS: 1: EAT A LOW FODMAPS DIET 2: Book my driver theory test 3: update YNAB and look at bank account every single day.

pretty amazing actually (warning, lots of french sport grades below ) When I was in recovery I got myself a whiteboard to have daily, weekly, monthly,short term, long term and lifetime goals. my goals at the beginning were "sit out of bed for an hour", or, "go a whole day without pain killers" and then I got back climbing and decided to ramp BACK the training that I used to do and instead focus on building a solid pyramid. and hitting small goals indoors. My plan was for Jan-Feb-March to climb; 16 x 5+ 8 x 6a 4 x 6a+ 2 x 6b 1 x 6b+ I got ALL of that done and then sprained my ankle in march lol so I lost a few weeks. I started getting angsty about not getting outside climbing in the week that it was dry (I live in Ireland) as I have a tick list for the local crag for the season. I managed to get out for ONE hour and I got the first route on my tick list done in April I climbed indoors; 16 x 6as 8 x 6a+ 4 x 6b 2 x 6b+ 1 x 6c I have been bouldering in general and doing routes once a week but in april i got a bunch of routes done basically I am hitting ALL of my monthly goals which is pretty psyche inducing My goals for May-June-July are a mix of indoor and outdoor. daily goals tend to be just "strength every damn day" unless I have a something hard to try, my goal for the short term is to climb "every damn dry day" and my indoor goals (which are way more predictable and easy as it doesn't rain indoors lol); 16 x 6a+s 8 x 6b 4 x 6b+ 2 x 6c 1 x 7a My onsight and my redpoint grade has improved and my grade is going up outdoors as well. SO HAPPY I'm screwed on the auld money front but when I get paid again I am buying a new training diary for the next three months

Hey Guys I was here for a bit last year but ended up with a neck injury and then appendix surgery! I had to rest up and do hardly anything for a while obviously. In the new year I got back running and climbing but never came back here. I made three new years resolutions that I want to keep working away at. 1: create a life that means I can have a dog 2: get debt free and start saving 3: Live Mindfully and Happily These are my non physical goals. I have a bunch of climbing related goals, I have hit my goal every month and want to keep the momentum going. I have daily, weekly and monthly goals as well as long term and life time I'm committing to a few things at the moment and one of those is to read here on the assassins page so if you see me around you know who I am

TBH most related alternatives have a similar effect on your body. Synthetic sugars have been found to cause weight gain as they trigger your body into expecting high calorie rewards from the sweet taste and then the body goes looking for that high calorie reward. Other alternatives like honey, date syrup, agave syrup etc etc all have the same effect on the blood sugar. Personally I just use fruit, if you look on radiantrecovery.com there's a lot of info on how to balance blood sugar over time so that your body stops looking for the sugar

this is one of those times I wish I actually saved articles I read eating after your workout has pretty much no basis in science, like, in terms of how your muscles etc react to food. BUT...here's where it is interesting for me. If you leave it too long after you work out your body releases beta endorphin which makes you feel NOT hungry, this SPIKE of beta endorphin followed by a SPIKE in blood sugar does lead to feeling low, hungry and HANGRY If I don't eat within 30minutes of exercise I will be nibbling on stuff at night and feeling a bit odd

I'm 5'1" female, 105 lbs and 19% body fat. I had to KEEP increasing my CARBS in order to stop losing weight, when I eat high fat, high protein I lose weight. I am in a weight maintenance phase and have to keep increasing my carbs

Fat ---- Eat more of it My breakfast is 600 calories. Bacon and eggs. Easy

I haven't eaten sugar for about 7/8 years. I followed the radiantrecovery.com method to reduce and eliminate sugar in my diet slowly over time. When I took it out it was easy. afterwards...well, I took out ALL sugars, that meant hidden sugars in sauces or even fruit. it was impossible to eat out or to travel as I was SO controlling about my food. I ate out one day and there was honey on the carrots and my brain exploded, I felt like I was drunk. So, after a few years I started adding back in fruit. I had fruit at each meal and felt WAY better. Now, I left radiantrecovery.com actually to join nerdfitness and start going paleo. But I still know what part of that program kept me from EVER craving sugar 1: eat breakfast within an hour of waking (high protein, high fat) 2: eat regular berries and bananas with meals (I also eat 100% chocolate) 3: eat every 4/5 hrs, a high protein, high fat meal with loads of veggies. No unplanned meals or snacks, no grazing. Dr Kathleen recommends a high carb diet with lots of grains and my body just can't do that at all. I don't have sugar at all, ever. But I do eat out, I do eat *dirty* as in, a pasta sauce with sugar in it won't stop me any more. But I don't see the point, my life is WAY better without sugar so why would I want it?

I'm saying that it's unclear as I don't track my carbs and am not super psyched about tracking carbs with a history of eating disorders. I know there are some things that trigger certain feelings that I can avoid, like running in the morning. If I run in the morning regardless of how well I fuel that run I will be grumpy and irritable later in the day, so I run in the evenings now.

I don't need to lose weight at all, I actually stopped weighing myself cause it got real weird real fast. I am 98lbs at 5foot1 I don't feel hungry or drawn to sugar really but I do feel tired and emotional. What's holding me back from keto is the extremely low level of carbs, i can't eat cream or cheese (lactose intolerant) I'd be worried I'd lose all my veggies that I love. I'll have to check which veggies are high and low in carb

Hi All About 6months ago I left a community that focused on the biochemistry of addiction to move towards paleo. I had to do this as the community does not go in for paleo AT ALL and would have considered me not eating all the carbs to be a manifestation of my eating disorder. Thing is, all those grains were making me feel sick. BUT the recovery model (7 steps using food to heal biochemistry) worked real well except I can't eat the quantity of "browns" (what they call carbs) that they require without feeling real sick. This, along with my aversion to AA and being an Athiest meant that I really didn't fit in. I was a part of that community for 7 years and it was hard to leave. My body has felt better since I went paleo, my digestive issues are clearing up, I am sleeping well and my weird unfounded bouts of sadness and anxiety seem to be mostly gone. BUT I find it real hard to get enough carbs on paleo, I notice when I am low carb i feel anxious, emotional and short tempered, life feels difficult. To be fair, I haven't had a great 6 months, a neck injury followed my appendicitis and surgery have left me just starting to get back into activity but when I eat well I feel balanced, my life feels easy and fun and when I am low on something life feels unmanageable, I worry about my weight and my brain explodes in worry and stress. Most of my carbs come from veggies and sweet potatoes, I eat carrots, bananas, potatoes, sweet potatoes but have started adding in gluten free wraps just to fill a meal. I have wondered should I go FULL low carb, maybe the up and down of the carbs is reflected in the up and down of my mood? Does anyone understand what I'm talking about at all?

Hi I know this is an old thread but I've been looking at IIFYM as well, I am 5foot1 and 105 lbs and looking to maintain for a while. I have been tracking on MFP a low carb kinda paleo (high fat, high protein but I don't try and go keto). I am eating anywhere between 1800 - 2300 calories a day for maintenance and have been for a fair few months with no weight gain and no weight loss. When I put my stats into IIFYM my total for maintenance came out REALLY low. I am recovering from surgery so I am sedentary, just getting back into activity and it had my maintenance somewhere around 1300 / 1400 calories a day. Personally if I eat that few calories I feel emotional / reactive and worst of all...hungry! Just wondering how you have gotten on with IIFYM since this post?