It took FOREVER

[bill_schubert]

My slicing equipment got here.  I don't have any bread to slice but figure I'll fix that in a day or so.  It is a great concept well executed.  I ordered it at 9:15 and got it at 15:15.  Six hours.  Not much longer than it would have taken me to make the bread.

Which I'm not eating much of at the moment.  Yesterday, I weighed in about 2 pounds over the maximum I will allow myself.  It is just water and has gone down a couple of pounds today but I thought I'd take the opportunity to shoot for my real goal which is 13 pounds less than I was yesterday.  It is way less than the WW 10% so it should be doable.  But I plateaued at 210 and never went much below that.  So we'll see what happens now.  

I've never gotten any good with My Fitness Pal and Noom removes their most useful tools when you don't pay.  So I'm testing Lose It.  I just really need a good calorie counter with a solid database that is easy for me to use.  If it integrates Google Fit, then fine.  Lose It does that.  And gets all kind of points for already having my Dinnerly meal from last night in its database so I just cut and pasted it and voila! it was there.  I haven't checked today's meal yet.  But I will go back to what I was doing on Noom.  I eat breakfast and enter it into the counter.  Then I enter what is on the Dinnerly menu for the evening.  The result is what I can consume during the day.  Makes life so much easier.  We'll do that tomorrow.  And throw in a bike ride.

Comments

[mrdreamjeans]

I find food journaling really helps when I'm serious about losing weight. I'd like to get down to the same goal weight as you.

[bill_schubert]

Yeah, so far I'm pleased with Lose It. I think I'm going to drop the paid version (even thought it is not too pricey) at the end of the trial. I don't need the rest of what they are selling and they do have a very good database so far.

[maisydaisy]

I absolutely respect your decision to lose weight with Noom. So i hope you don't mind me telling you i did very well with the 5 2 diet which also has many health benefits. It was recommended by my GP who said it was the most successful weight loss program in his practice.
If you take a look at how it works it could be a simple option to shift those last pounds. It really is easy when you get used to it.
Once again huge respect for Noom. It's just a little option from me !

[bill_schubert]

It's a good option but I'm nearing 70 and only need to lose, and maybe not really that, 10 pounds. If I were younger and/or heavier I'd look at an actual diet. But what I love about Noom is that at least for me, it isn't a diet but a consideration of a lifestyle and focus change. I'm eating pretty much what I always ate but a little less and more conscious. If I become unconscious about it and overdo it shows up. I weight myself daily just to be sure but really, I know. I want to eat today as I will five years from now adjusting a bit down to lose a few pounds and back up to maintain.

What it really comes down to for me is logging. I do think fasting is for some people but not for me. Nor is super protein nor low carb or veggie this or keto that or whatever. Noom worked for me as it just made me think about things and log what I was doing. And now with Lose It I'm back to doing that. I'm probably going to dump the paid version after the trial as I just don't need all their complexity and goal setting. Just the tracking. Once I lose whatever I lose and get wherever I end up I'll stop tracking again unless/until I gain some of it back.

For me it is all about the 3000. If I eat 3000 calories less I lose a pound. If I do that over a one week period or a ten week period I still lose the pound. I'm patient and not desperate. I'm here for the duration.

Thanks for the thought. I do respect what works for other people.

[taz_39]

Yay slicing guide!
I hope it works well for you.

I just realized yesterday, mine has narrower slice slots on one side, and thicker ones on the other, so I can choose the thickness of the bread. Even if I don't use the slicer like i'm supposed to, using only one of the bamboo guide grooves and inching the bread up as I cut, that's still a big improvement over how I was slicing on my own. I blame being left-handed but I know other lefties who manage it better than me :p

Hope that Lose It works well for you! I haven't heard of that one.
It is my hope and dream that someone will make a better calorie counter than MFP. The database is just such a mess and so difficult to navigate, there has got to be a better way but I haven't found anything else yet.

[bill_schubert]

Didn't read the directions, huh? It is a really nice piece of engineering. Simple and versatile. I've been gardening today so no bread. Maybe tomorrow.

Take a look at the free version of Lose It. It is a lot cleaner and, so far, has a great database.

[taz_39]

Welp, had a look at Lose It and I won't be able to use it (that rhymes! yessss)

The free version has no way to adjust macros or calories, or change settings to "maintaining weight", or really to use anything other than the base profile.

It looks really user-friendly but I wish there wasn't a paywall for so much of the functionality.

[bill_schubert]

I've not devolved to the free version so it may not do what I want. If not I'll likely pay the $39 for a year. It is so much cleaner than MFP and has more features than the Noom app unless you are enrolled in Noom.