Adrianne

Hello!

So....uhm....*wrings hands* HI! I was active a few years back on and off. Since last I've been active I've moved once, had a baby, gone through sick leave for a burn out, left my job, had bariatric surgery and started a new job. Things have really changed in the last year and well...I'm back again.

So the surgery was because I couldn't stand it anymore. I was sick and tiered of ALWAYS fighting, always feeling like a faliure and even if this sure as hell isn't an easy way out, for ME....it works. I've gotten a reset of my body, can't eat sweets and don't even want them anymore (besides during my period ofc.....). I eat better then I have in years and I feel amazing. But. The whole situation about working out is a mess right now. I can't seem to get started no matter what I do. 

So because of this I've decided to go back to basics - doing the nerd fitness beginner at home workout. Do those twice a week to get into it and then the plan is to progress as time goes by. I really want to get back into crossfit but hey, as long as Covid has her claws in the worls I'll just have to work out at home by myself.

And I'm now in week 14. Damn times goes fast! Feeling better and better with each passing day, I still need alot of sleep but I tend to wake up once every hour or so. Don't know why, it just happens. I've started walking more also, getting in at least 45 minutes a day now during the work week, the weekend is a little harder. I need to work more on that I guess. Regarding swimming I'm doing so-so. I've gone now maybe three times now. I feels good when I go but I'm just so damned tiered all the time! It's hard having a full time job and then trying to get some working out in during the 4 hours I have awake after work. I also need to cook dinner and hang out with the husband a bit. But baby steps I guess.

Last Wednesday I went and got my first ultrasound. Holy crap it was scary to see that little thing move around! But also so exciting. I think this will turn out just fine. The midwife at the hospital said Everything looked perfect and that the little thing was doing just great. It was also a good sign that she was moving around as much as she was. No, we don't know if it is a she yet but it just....feels right.  No matter the sex, I will love this baby without question.

My weight is standing still right now. And that is good. I'm hoping that in the process of making this little life she is taking what she needs from me and that my depots of stored energy will go to feeding her. I'll try to update as much as I can. Talk soon. <3

Ok, so it's been a minute since I posted. Again. This thing with being consistent isn't really my...thing.  Or so it would seem. But anyways! Hi gais! I'm FINALLY doing better! Not as sick in the mornings anymore and I get to eat more now without feeling like I want to projectile vomit into someones face instantly. So that is a yay. On the scale things are pretty much at a stand still. Wich is good I guess! No gaining weight here so far, yay for that. 

Since I'm feeling better and better by each passing day I have decided to try to get back to working out again. I miss it. I think I need it so that I can sleep like a somewhat normal person again. So I'm on that right now. Ordered a foam roller and some resistance bands that will be coming around any day now. That way I can get some work done at home when I don't want to go outside because well...winter is coming and it's freezing! That was my plan. And then do body weight stuff at home during the winter, simple enough.  I've also packed a bag to go swimming today, just to move around some but not over work. I'm still not sure how much movement I can take without my body rejecting it's food so I'm taking it chill. 

And regarding food, I have some good news! I can't stand sugar anymore.  Like at all! I had ice cream two weeks ago and I got 2 spoons in and then I had to run to the bathroom and it came straight back up. So no more of that junk. Fatty foods are also starting to loose interest to me, like fries and fried food. Urgh, I just...can't no more. I do however crave broccoli and orange juice. Uhm. Ohkey. Well I guess I'll just have to roll with it. ALso cottage cheese with berries is da shit right now. I think I'm getting a jock-baby.....*sighs and does an eye-roll*

What's up besides that? Not much. Started a new job for a while, as a project manager. So that is exciting! I've also applied for a new job all together that is closer to home, right now I spend around 2-3 hours a day commuting and this other job would mean maximum 1 hour all in all. And that would be amazing. 

Lastly - I've ordered a new weekend bag/gym bag. Isn't she cute?!

On ‎2017‎-‎11‎-‎04 at 12:18 AM, Sylvaa said:

 

Is it too early to ask how the midwife appointment went? The great thing about being pregnant is that all of the things you should be doing are still the same! 

 

Being obese while pregnant can raise your risk level for a lot of common pregnancy issues, so it's important to do what you can to keep yourself as healthy as possible. If you don't have a regular workout routine now, focus on walking more. I also do not agree with worrying about being in a calorie deficit right now - focus on getting calories from whole grains, fresh fruits and veggies, and lean meats (depending on options available, you will need to limit / avoid certain fish while pregnant so talk to your doctor about this). Your body uses more calories while growing a baby, so you might find you lose weight anyway. 

No no, it's ok to ask! As it was I just went in to take a load of blood tests and such. I'm all good. Got a Little high blood preassure but I always get that when they take it in the hospital. I have that lovelly White coat syndrome...yay. But besides that I'm healthy.

Yeah, I know that being obese is making this much more difficult, or at least can make it more difficult. My midwife has forbidden me from dieting but she wants me to eat healthy and move as much as I can. We have also gone over what I can and can't eat and most of the stuff I can have. The funny thing is that I have more or less completely lost interest in sweets. I crave salty black liquorice like crazy but that I'm not really allowed to eat too much of. The plan is to walk for an hour a day and then start swimming again on tuseday and thursday just to get something else in. Besides that I need to take care of my sleep and make sure I get enough.

On ‎2017‎-‎11‎-‎04 at 10:32 PM, Trixie Falsae said:

First off, congratulations!

 

Be sure that you are taking care of your mental health. I gained much more weight during my pregnancies when I was depressed than when I was in a better place emotionally. Eating for two is a myth. You only need a few extra calories. Now is not the time to be worried about losing weight. Even if you are not consuming enough calories to maintain your own body, you are growing another one which is growing rapidly. You can always ask the midwife to not report your weight, just talk about nutrition and only bring it up if there is something to truly worry about.

With using a midwife, are you planning on a natural birth? I've been through some and holy cow is that a physically exhausting experience. You really need to be sure you have some good nutrition leading up so you don't start. I'm not saying you can't ever indulge, because sometimes the baby may demand you eat nachos. Just try to make most of the meals healthy. Also, I highly recommend a childbirth class and a doula or close friend/family that can be with you through labor. You can do this!

Thank you!  

Yeah, that is one thing I'm struggeling with to be honest. I feel like a faliure for getting pregnant at this weight and I'm worried I will kill the baby....I don't think I've ever said it out loud before but yeah. That is what I'm worried about. I've been feeling so damn sick in the mornings that I've been having a hard time eating all together but finally I might be able to start getting going again with a decent food-scheduel. Wrote down the whole weeks intake last night so now I feel more in control again.  

I'm back! Or at least I hope so.

The wedding in September was a smach, everything turned out amazing and I had the time of my life! So ok, the wedding came and went and a few weeks later I started feeling like shit honestly. Was always tiered, couldn't sleep properly and got more and more sensitive around certrain smells and stuff. And then came the puking.

So yeah....turns out we didn't even spend a week as proper man and wife until shit got super real. XD I'm preggers! YAY!

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I think....

To be totally honest it scares the living crap out of me. How the hell am I supposed to take care of a baby when I can hardly take care of myself?! Ohwell, time will tell I guess. But to the POINT! I'm still obese. And I know that being obese is a whole other lvl of shitstorm to add to the normal crap of being preggers. So now that I have stopped puking my gutts out every morning I was planning on getting my shit together and getting my groove back on. I have an appointment with the midwife tomorrow and then we'll take all the measurements. Not fun. But it is what it is. But now I need to figure out what kind of stuff I can do when it comes to eating and moving around with a baby on board without messing everything up. I'm happy for all ideas and input!

Monday again! Holy crap the weeks just run past us right now, it's almost a little scary.

Recap of last week: I did good regarding food. Had some 70% dark chocolate three times and some homemade banana icecream (banana, milk and vanilla extract) thursday and friday. But I've been struggling with getting my food in. Haven't been feeling hungry at all, I hope that passes. Made sure I got a few vitamins in during the morning though, made a smoothie with greek yoghurt, raspberries, banana, spinach, orange juice and a little bit of honey. It tastes amazing and gives me a boost when I don't feel like eating.

Working out I also did last week, like two times. First I spent 5 hours ripping up roots from the flower beds in front of the house and then tuseday I did a PR at the gym. Ended up being sore in my shoulders and back all week, so after that it was mostly just walking and easier things. Since the hubby to be needed to go in for surgery on thursday I ended up taking care of him and not wanting to be away from home more then I needed to. And that's fine too sometimes. I did however plant my new rhododendron bushes on friday, I just hope they will survive now. Yeah, fun sidenot - 8th of May and we had a small snowstorm this morning. YAY! not....*rolls eyes*

The weekend I spent together with my supportgroup (read: brides maids) planning the table layout for the wedding. We did that for a few hours and then we ended up talking about politics, the legal system in Sweden, childcare and so on and so forth for about six hours. Yeah, time just flew by and it was amazing. I needed it. Bad.

Regarding the challenge I'm doing together with @Sometimes_gypsy I had my second weigh in this morning. Talk about me being nervous. And not having to be. I've lost 2,4 kg/5.2 lbs! In a week! I'm stunned. I guess I've found a good way to do things, my body seems to like it at least. Always a good thing! So that means I've lost 4,3 kg / 9.4 lbs in two weeks! Wtf is going on?!

Starting weight: 143,8 kg / 317 lbs

Current weight: 134,7 kg / 296.9 lbs

Goal weight: 110 kg / 242 lbs

Lost in total: 9,1 kg / 20 lbs

1 minute ago, Sometimes_gypsy said:

 

Yeah we got this! That first weigh in was awesome for you! Go team! I think we're on a good track for progress, not perfection.

 

Also this is my new favorite, maybe a little aggressive for you   but it cracks me up and makes me want to hit the gym and stick to my plan to reach goals, get up early and start biting stuff. 

 

Not too agressive at all! I love it!

Let's go bite som stuff!

Urgh, my head hurts. Too little sleep due to cats having some kind of race all night. In the bedroom. Under the bed. I'm glad they are having fun and playing with each other but OMG! Let me sleep! I'll be buying earplugs omw home this afternoon because I really need to get a decent nights rest.

Things are, besides that, looking good. I'm in constant pain due to working my body hard (it's not a bad pain, just some light post workout pains) either at the gym or in the garden. The house we've bought has this amazing garden but the previous owners got too old so they didn't have the energy to take care of it as they should. And I totally get that. But it ends up working my ass instead, which I kinda love tbh. As an example: At the front of the house we had this old flower bed with some random bushes with thorns on them. Roses I thought and decided to work on them and see if I could get them to perk up again. It turned out that most of them were already dead and the other ones were so far gone with growing out of control that they had taken over what was left of the flower bed. And after a few tries of cutting it down, getting stung by the thorns, getting the branches stuck in my clothes and so on I gave up. Or more like it, I did a rage-quit. I cut them all down, to the ground, and then I dug them up. Roots and all. Well....most of the roots. When I was about a meter down I stopped. So that is what I did monday, it was a national holiday here. 5 hours I spent, shovel in hand and cutter, and dug up all those roots and tried to make the front lawn look better. I'm sore, I can tell you that much. On friday my new plats will arrive, 3 rhododendron bushes that will look amazing there. I would love to have hydrangea but I don't think they can handle the cold climate unfortunatly. I'll have to look into it I guess.

So the garden needs a lot of love and I loooove giving it to it. I've planned on getting redcurrant and blackcurrant, a bush of each, and then a plum tree and a cherry tree. I love fruits. I'm also looking into getting a elder berry bush to put in the far corner of the garden. They smell lovely and the drink you can make from it is delicious! I'm also thinking about renovating the greenhouse so that I can do some fun stuff in there next spring. This spring and summer will all be about getting the garden back in shape, or at least into the shape I want it to.

When it comes to working out I'm doing three times a week constantly now. I'm very very proud of myself. We upped the weight yesterday regarding my kettlebell workout, used to do 12 kg but we tried to do some squats and tricep moves yesterday with 16 kg. It was heavy as fuck but it worked. I'm proud of myself. I had thought about going to the gym this afternoon but after yesterdays session and this weekends garden-haul I don't think so. I'll take a little rest day today and go for a long walk instead when I get home. The weather is perfect for that anyways.

And speaking of perfect! Me and @Sometimes_gypsy started a challenge! Over the following 60 days we will both do our best to drop 10 kg. It will be hard work but not impossible. I had my first weigh in yesterday and in the first week I was down 1,9 kg. Starting weight 139 kg (I had gained some again, let's not talk about that...).  So that is awesome! I'll try to post more often also here. But it feel really good, we have this accountabilibudy system that means we text each other every night with a recap of the day. The goal is to have someone that you know will listen and personally I feel that if I have someone I need to tell about how my day went I want to do much better. So there is that.   Life is good. Like really good.

On 2017-04-21 at 5:40 PM, LaScozzese said:

Heh I'm new and just found your post - we have something in common that we are both getting in shape for our weddings! I just wanted to say it sounds like you are doing amazing things and also to wish you so much luck.

 

ps omg your proposal story is the cutest most perfect thing ever

WELCOME! I'm glad you've decidec to join us, we are a happy bunch of wierdos. Kick ass, chew bubblegum and be awesome bruh! Oh, and thank you for the adorable comment on the proposal, it went wuite well I belive.

On 2017-04-24 at 4:30 PM, turboseize said:

Kettlebells are amazing.Not only because of their versatility and the unique way traditional kettlebell exercises work the core and all stabilizer stuff, but because you can put a kettlebell next to your sofa. It is nearly impossible not to work out, when you have a kettlebell at home, staring at you... "Hmmm, I'm not feeling like going to th egym today. Too tired. And... oh, hm, I have akettlebell. Perhaps I just do two sets of snatches, I'll survive a few minutes..." And this you get a workout done (albeit a small one= that you would otherwise have skipped. 

Oh yes, I know this. I'm still on the fence about getting them but I think I will with the next paycheck. The hubby to be doesn't think I'll use them if I get them so I'm not sure. I mean...he does know me quite well. I might put that money into a clip-card at the local gym instead, that way I can go there on sundays and get some stuff done. My problem is that I'm kinda lazy around the house and I like the action of moving myself to another location. Changing of mindsets and all that jazz. I'll have to look into the cost at the gym but maybe it is a good idea. I also need to get a card for the pool, friday mornings they open up at 6.30 and I could, theoretically, squeeze in an hour down there before work. The problem is I love my sleep way to much sometimes.... Hmm....I'll have to think about this.

21 minutes ago, Sometimes_gypsy said:

Started a new 1 on 1 challenge w/ @adrianne !  10kg (22 lbs) by June 24. We're off to the races now...

BÄM! Done! Let's do this!

9 minutes ago, Sometimes_gypsy said:

 Also still need to work on cooking fish at home. Other than tuna and shrimp salad and swordfish nuggets I'm not so great at it. Must teach myself soon. I love fish, just love it when someone else makes it, lol.

 Fetacovered salmon! So yummy! Take 1/2 cup of fullfat greek yoghurt, 200 g of feta cheese, mush these together in a bowl, add some black pepper and a little salt, spread out on top of salmon filets and into the oven they go for about 20-30 min 390 Fahrenheit and enjoy with brown rice and steamed veggies! YUM! I'll be making it tonight. And it also freezes really nice Good luck!

So I didn't have a date with my trainer on tuseday, I had mixed up the days. And yesterday I was home with migraines and didn't do shit. I still feel like not doing shit but I need to work. Thankfully I can work from home so that is awesome. Cooked real food yesterday for the first time this week, the rest of the time I've been living out of frozen lunchboxes that I made earlier. Wich was amazing, not having to compromise good food for not giving a fuck. Yay that.  

So saturday tomorrow. We are heading into the city to have brunch with a friend and I'm going to take a look at some weights to bring home. I want a kettlebell and some dumbells to have around the house, that way I can still do workouts on weekends and during holidays even if I'm not going to the gym. I think it is going to me smashing.  

9 hours ago, Oramac said:

I agree with both of these.  I was thinking the same thing as Adrianne.  The shitty thing about our bodies is that they tend to get used to a certain amount of intake, so if we go too far below that, regardless of how much other fuel it has, it'll go "I'm starving! Time to hibernate!".   Which is stupid, but it is what it is.  

We are so damned conditioned to thinking that eating less will make us lose more it's scary. I'm the exact same way. It takes some serious willpower to NOT starve myself when I see a hippo in the mirror. The interesting thing is that we tend to cut out calories when trying to wake our body up, why do we never add more? I mean...it's just as big of a wakeup call for us as cutting. A friend of mine was always super strict with her intake, was almost never over 1000 kcal per day and working out....HARD! But she never lost weight. Almost instantly when she started eating more she lost weight. Magic I tell you! But it is also important to note that she didn't just go and shove a candybar in her face extra per day but she had normal good food. And it was a challenge. But it worked.  

So hang in there Gypsy! I'm rooting for you. ^^ 

Adrianne sighs and sits down at the end of the corridor and stretches out her legs. Man those torches was high up! But now they are all lit and she can almost see her hand when she holds it up in front of her face. Progress, right? She decides to catch her breath a bit and wait for anyone else that might be coming down another corridor.

LE DONE! 250 calf raises finished, these were fun!   

1 hour ago, Sometimes_gypsy said:

Macro calculators online give me an estimated TDEE ranging between 1900 and 2500 daily. Over 3000 on work out days. I'm eating an average of 1500/day. Somedays as low as 1200-1300. 

I honestly think this is your problem. 1200 kcal a day? When you are working out again?! I think you are putting your body in starvation mode. Didn't your trainer at the gym tell you to eat at least 1700 kcal per day? Don't starve yourself. I get that you want to eat low carb but you can't cut out all the nutrition that your body needs. And we bigger ladies and lads need more energy to keep us going. And even more so when we work out hard and push yourselves. Try to stick to the number your coach gave you for a while, a few weeks at least, and then see what happens.  

Tuseday and I'm tiered. Or no, sorry, I was tiered. Got woken up by cat at 5 am, gave her some kibble, took one look at the clock and decided to sleep in. We have something called flex-time, it's like a counter that keeps track of our hours at work. We are allowed to have 20 h+ in the bank or 15 h-, that's the span. And hey, since I had like 6 h+ I decided to take a little sleep in. I needed it. Right now I feel fresher and more focused and that is super duper.

So I skipped dancing yesterday. Didn't feel like it at all. I did however spend the afternoon and evening out in the garden cleaning that up. I'll probably be more out there during the week also if it doesn't get super cold again. I've realised that I love working in the garden. Digging around in the dirt, cleaning up. Yeah...it's my jam. So I managed to get alot of time out in the fresh air and I needed it.

Today however I have a date with my trainer! Looking forward to that, like alot! And I also realised I had forgotten to add my weight for this month yesterday, so I'll add it now instead.

Starting weight: 143,8 kg / 317 lbs

Current weight: 135,6 kg / 298 lbs (YAY! Under 300 lbs!)

Goal weight: 110 kg / 242 lbs

Lost in total: 8,2 kg / 18 lbs

I did gain a little a few weeks back but I ain't mad at it. Slow and steady and with the gains I've been making in the gym I can't wait to see where this takes me! But heeey, I'm under 300 lbs now!

Hey ho pepuls. I hope you are all doing OK. Personally I'm sore. Did my first at home workout session yesterday (about 45 min workout and then an hour long walk up and nd down sand dunes) and I feel it in my body. I feel great. ^^ I just wish I had had an easier time sleeping this weekend because I'm tiered as fuck. We'vespent the weekend and the dudes parents summer home down in the south of Sweden, and it's so damn beautiful down here it's insane! I mean....800 m to the ocean! I'm in love. 

Food is going better and better I feel. I've downloaded an app that helps me keep track of the kcal and even if I'm not trying to be super duper hard on them I've added in my numbers and how often I work out and it calculated around 1700 kcal per day for me. And that feels ok! So i might as well give it a try and see if I can get a better control of the food intake. I've noticed that I've started slipping again, ever so slightly, over the last period of time and I don't want that. Not when I'm doing so damn good in so many other places! Because I AM doing good! I mean...Come on....did bodyweight squats, low ones, yesterday. About 50 of them. I'm awesome.

Other then that not much is up. I'm trying to enjoy life and not get too stuck up in things and relax more. That is goals.

Adrianne comes trodding along, a little later then everyone else. But eventually she gets there and starts tossing stones. 

Walking done and stones tossed! May I die now? 

I did my first deep squat today with weights. I'm so happy I could cry! I did it! I DID IT!!!! 

I agree with the statements above saying that the diet is 95% of the struggle. But I also want to chime in about mental health. As someone who used to have food as a comfort for EVERYTHING I can safely say that when I managed to eat something, anything really, without feeling shame or anxiety about it was the biggest win in my life. So remember to be kind to yourself and to give yourself some slack. Sure it's a mental game but you'll lose instantly if you start beating yourself up about every little misshap that takes place.  Be kind to yourself, show yourself love, and try to take some time to mend your mind. Trying to lose weight for many many years is a huge stress on the body and mind and sometimes just letting go and tracking what you eat and in the beginning not judging yourself might be a super good idea. You got this. I'm rooting for you. 

Adding myself very late to this party but I'm game!

I'll start tracking instantly!

*groans and drags herself to her desk*

Like REALLY?! Why isn't it friday yet? Uuuuurgh I can't stand this week! Soo tiered! So damn tiered! I do belive this is because of Aunt Red that came around, I sleep like shit, I eat like....well...a little less good and I feel like I have uncomfortable clouds in my head. HAH, MYEAH, there is such a thing as uncomfortable clouds! Prickly ones. Nothing that destroys your brainfunction all together but fucks it up enought that you can't think straight. I had to ask a colleague yesterday about something I've known since I started working, 9 years ago! Blergh, I don't want this. My belly is swollen, my feet are swollen, I feel like a pregnant elephant, my hair is revolting against me and my skin is all kinds of messed up. But somehow, wierdly enough, I still manage to look kinda cute! I wrangled my hair into submission in some kind of messy half-up doo, I put my favourite highwaisted jeans on, paired that with a white top and a dark green lace croptop over. Yeah....I can do this. OH! And not to forget, since swelling in feet I'm going for compresion socks today. But rainbow-colored ones! Uhu!

The ones on the left, yes Sir! I do own both pairs just because.....you know.....colors! Don't mind the text...couldn't fint a pic besides the one from the website that I got them at. I think I can do this. I just want more sleep. But we are going away for a bit this weekend so I guess I'll get enough sleep anyways.

OH! And working out yesterday was haaaaaaard. We always slap a pulse-watch on me as I work out, just so my trainer knows where I'm at for the day. Usually I'm around 120 for medium hard workouts, like flys, bench press, step ups, battle ropes and that kind of thing. Yesterday I was peaking at 145 after 5 min on the treadmill. o.O So that was a thing! I do want to add in that my pulse also goes down as fast as it goes up. So after about 30 sec of rest it's down again to about 130. And that is apparently a good thing. We did however managed to get around that, did small bursts of movements, did aloooot of abwork, backwork, chest and arms. That way I can lay down and still get a good workout. Those russian twists thou.....*groans*. They hurt sooo good! Plus she didn't push me yesterday to go up in weights even if I should be doing that, but yesterday just wasn't a good day. But I feel the burn in my back today and a little in my abs. So it's all good. Next meetup with her is thursday morning and then I'm off for the weekend. I've promised to take a 45 min walk every day for the weekend so I'm thinking about downloading Runkeeper or something like that to be accountable. 

19 hours ago, DyDy said:

Ugh, I hear you sister! Never been properly introduced to vegs, my mother like the boil everything out of the vegs, so only mushy stuff remained. That is not very yummy.

 

I'm considering fasting as well. Problem is, that I having trouble getting a good idea what to do for lunch. I'm also waiting for a doctor's appointment to find out which foods my body does like (and I'm scared for the unknown).

Oh I hear you about mom making mush out of the veg! Tasted like nothing, and I still can't eat boiled broccolli to this day. *shudder* It's disgusting! Thankfully there are a ton of other things we can eat then! I CAN however recommend oven fried brocolli with some seasalt and freshly squeezed garlic on top. It is suuuper good! Love that crunch.

How do you find out what foods your body likes? That sounds super interesting! Fasting for me works just fine. But as I said in the above post - sometimes I do a 16 hour fast per day and sometimes I can't make it that long. Like right now, I didn't eat anything after 8 pm last night and now it is 6.47 am and I'm so darn hungry my stomach is making noises. Therefore I'll shove some quark down there and a piece of bread with ham and cheese together with some white tea. So I don't do the fasting suuuper strict, I'm just trying to learn what my bodys signals for "GIEF FOODS!" is, ya know? Plus I recon, why eat if I'm not hungry? *shrugs* I'm giving it a try and we'll see where it takes me.

20 minutes ago, turboseize said:

That is brilliant.

So far so good! If it works, use it right?

5 hours ago, DyDy said:

You are, indeed, not a failure. I also nowdays start out planning with the vegs.

 

BTW: are you only eating three large meals a day or do you have other snacks (crackers, ..) inbetween?

Yeah veg is hard. I just have like NO imagination when it comes to veg. I tend to get vegetarian meals when we go out to eat and I have many friends that are vegetarians. But yeah....I just need to try more stuff out, that's all. There is only so much you can mix into pancakebatter without making it gross.

I do intermittent fasting at the moment. Or more I guess when my body tells me it want's food. Sometimes I don't eat over 16-18 hours and sometimes I wake up hungry. I do try to keep an eatwindow of 8 hours and fast the rest of the time but as I said, I try to listen to my body more. I struggle with cravings and this is a great way for me to figure out if I'm hungry or just have a craving. I've started asking myself if I could imagine eating a chicken breast with some veggies instead of that chocolate. If the answer is no then it's probably a craving. But regarding to how many meals I eat it's usually lunch and dinner with two to three snacks inbetween like cottage cheese, fruit or a piece of bread with some protein rich topping on it. And tea. I drink alot of green and white tea.