Bemused Loony

[azurelunatic]

270? Mkay. Looks like I'm going to have to be careful what I eat, and make sure I eat enough. I'm not going to argue with weight drops when they happen, but I've got to make sure that they don't get out of control. I'm to start watching it when I hit 200, and slow way the hell down at 180, and STOP at 160. Those are minimum figures there. My comfortable high school weight was around 195, and I looked damn good at that. I had padding to play around with, there; if I got myself toned as well as thin, I suspect... well, I don't know what the scale would say, but my pants size would tell all.

Am not being idiot: did eat apple and protein shake and vitamins, even though stomach still a bit on strike. Had a serving of popcorn chicken for lunch.

Will renew lease tomorrow.

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[amberfox.livejournal.com]

Was that supposed be *170*, dear? ^_^

[azurelunatic]

nope.

[amberfox.livejournal.com]

k. Just checking. =) See, that's what I get for reading LJ when I'm tired: I wasn't sure if you were saying the weight had snuck up on you or snuck away when you weren't looking. Mine has done both at various times, and either can be a bad thing, depending.

[azurelunatic]

My weight accreted during my depressive years after high school and before moving here to Phoenix; lately, it's been sneaking away, which is partially planned and partially not. High stress and illness either makes me gain weight or lose it; I've been programming myself to be losing it, because more is not what I need, and the results have been startling me a little.

170 would be a point to start raising my eyebrows and keeping a very, very careful eye on what I eat, because I have been known to go overboard with trying to lose weight. 160 would be the point where all my alarm bells about weight loss would/should go off, unless something very drastic about my body has changed since high school.

stress-based weight loss

[boojum.livejournal.com]

Watch out for that. When I lose weight due to stress, I usually lose muscle, not fat. It's really annoying: I want *more* muscle. Then again, if I'm losing weight due to stress, it's because I've basically stopped eating, so I can understand why my body panics like that.

Re: stress-based weight loss

[azurelunatic]

Even when I basically stop eating, I make myself drink the yucky chocolate-flavored diet drinks and/or protein shakes, pick whichever is closest to hand. My body just doesn't work if I stop eating.

Despite Monday, today I've been feeling strong and energetic. The fact that I'm feeling like I'm about to burn out for the afternoon at the moment is due to the cappucino, not to lack of eating, happily for me.