Keep Calm And Fitness On

A place for my thoughts on my health journey

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I brought myself a walking pad for work 🙈🙈

This may become my whole personality!

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Down 8lbs today!!

It is a win!

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Girls hike

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Week 2 update

It’s only 1lb… 1 freaking pound… but my body is finally letting the scale move.. and I feel good about this again! It is assuring, although freaking slow, that I am starting to see results.

My nutritionist team said to see what was eating for caloric intake, and drop it by 200 cals for 2 weeks to see what my body does, and if nothing, drop it again to 200 cals. Since I have only lost a pound in those two weeks, I am going to reduce my caloric intake down, and see what my body does from there.

That will bring me down to 1800 calories a day.

One thing I feel like I had issues with this week is I did not prepare enough food for the entire week. I had intentions to food prep all my meals, but ended up prepping all of breakfast and 2 lunches, and snacks was a daily decided item. I told myself “you will do it later”, and later came and I never did.

This next week will be more intentional though. I am going to research some meals I really want to try, and share with my friend @neverregretasecond .. and meal prep the crap out of my week. I want to see how different my body reacts when I am fully prepared and stick to the daily plan.

Fingers crossed I can lose some more weight!

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My new favourite way to get protein in!!

I am struggling to get over 100g of protein in, so this will definitely help get things going!

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So a quick update on where my life is right now!

Two weeks ago, I had a doctors appointment to talk about my weight and was referred to a weight loss clinic in our closest biggest city. Because I was recently diagnosed with PCOS and eating disorder issues, my doctor wanted a more comprehensive care for me and this seemed like the best fit.

After a week, I received a call from my doctor at the clinic and we went over the plan. I will be meeting with a nutritionist, sports medicine specialist, behavioural therapist, and medical doctors and create a full plan for me to help me move towards my goal.

By the end of June I will have met with the entire team and start working towards my goals.

This week I met with my nutritionist and we decided a high protein approach would be best for me. It will help with my snacking , and hunger I feel all the time. I have a goal of 100g of protein per day, and every 2 weeks bring my caloric intake down by 200 calories and see what my body does. If I am losing weight, I stay at that amount until I plateau. If I don’t lose weight, I will adjust it again by 200 calories. Eventually the goal is to bring me down to 1600 calories per day but it will be a slow process.

So exciting things on the horizon, and I am looking forward to what all of thing will bring into my life!

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Met with my new nutritionist this past week and he told me to drastically increase my protein..

In the spirit of more protein, I picked up some protein pancake mix that I want to make and freeze for the mornings where I don’t have time to make breakfast!!

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When you want to win your challenge, so you do multiple activities in the day for points 😏

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This is a lot more quinoa then I had expected..

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Did I let Chat GPT create a meal plan for me this week?

Yes I did! The guidelines I gave it were 1800calories and 180g of protein, and this is the plan it produced.

It feels daunting how much food this is, but I am trying to remind myself that I currently eat more than this in the evening… so I am essentially just shifting it for towards the day.

Groceries are bought, food is prepped, and we are ready to go!

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It has been a few years….

Man’s a few extra lbs later…

But I am back to talk about my health journey.

I feel like I have been in an emotional winter season for a few years and just surviving.

But with some changes in my life, I feel the spring coming and with it, the desire to heal and become who I want to be.

I have a long journey to where I want to be, and there is going to be many years, frustrations, and set backs but end result will be a better person than I am now.

And here in lies the beginning to the new me.

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I have started my vision board/ things I want to accomplish this year. Not nearly close to being done, but it's a nice reminder every morning what I am working towards.

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I had a good yoga practice today! I wish it was a but more vigorous but I don't think my legs would of handled it well haha! Plus Travis made me supper today!! Aren't I lucky! #ketolife #keto #ketodiet #ketogenicdiet #ketogenicliving #ketofam #ketocanada #ketoyxh #ketosisworks #lchfdiet #lchf #lowcarbhighfat

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Got another home workout in today!! It's a real love /hate thing with working out but it's all worth it in the end! At least I had vanderpumo rules to watch while doing the workout!! #ketolife #keto #ketodiet #ketogenicdiet #ketogenicliving #ketofam #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarblife #lchf #lchfdiet #workout

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This week's lunches are chicken salad with ranch and egg, blackberry, and cheese as snacks. It's almost the same as last week, but I bought 2 weeks worth of stuff for meals so I don't mind it :) next week will be different anyways:) #ketolife #keto #ketodiet #ketogenicdiet #ketogenicliving #ketofam #lowcarbhighfat #lchf

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This is the first time I have comfortably fit into a size L top!!! I am so excited!!!! #ketolife #keto #ketodiet #ketogenicdiet #ketogenicliving #ketofam #lowcarbhighfat #lowcarblife #weightloss #weightlossjourney

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And finished the night off with some yoga. I needed to really get some good stretching in after sitting at my desk all day for work. #yoga