Butterfly’s Journey to Health

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I love Italian markets Butterfly. I hope you found some yummy new things. Well done on the 1.1 lost!
 
Thank you everyone! I'm not certain I'm doing everything right. The Italian market was so busy I caused me anxiety so I couldn't get myself to go in. Oh well, next time.

I tracked calories Friday and I consumed about 2,665 and burned about 120. Too much since 2,610 is maintenance for me. I goofed because I had chips and French fries, I shouldn't had both. I wonder which is healthier, not that either is healthy. Also realize my "snacks" average 800 calories each, which is more than my meals. I've got to change that. But my snacks have been lower in sugar, less poptarts (none last week!), not an over amount of fruit and haven't had any frozen fruit bars or fruit snacks that have added sugar. One other very small change I've made recently is switching from regular ketchup to reduced calorie reduced sugar ketchup. I haven't gotten weighed again, I'm going to try to make some changes before I get weighed again.
 
Yay for small, sustainable changes! There´s an awesome farmer´s market near where I live where I usually go every Saturday but... I have to go before 8:30 or it becomes too horrible and busy and horribly horrible. So well done on trying the Italian market and then realizing "self-care" meant putting it off till another day.
About the chips/fries dilemma: I´d guess fries aren´t as bad because a smaller surface ratio should mean less oil being absorbed. Thickly cut fries are the best anyway!
 
Thank you LaMa!

Did well eating eating yesterday, only had about 1,300 calories. Maybe that's not enough, 2,600 to 1,300 seems like a big jump. Didn't exercise. I think I'll have a little more food today.
 
I googled it, and it seems as though fries are better than chips- almost half the calories for the same serving size. I love poptarts too, but where i'm from they're super expensive so thankfully I don't have the liberty to buy them too often :D
 
Unless you're short and thin (or 90 years old) 1300 kcal is not an amount you should go for on a daily basis. 1500 would be ok for an average woman trying to lose weight.
 
Thank you for looking that up for me nyzeh.

Thanks for the info LaMa. I'm not really average actually, I'm obese so maybe even more than 1500 calories for me at least to start. I've been eating more.

Thank you Brawny, skipped the morning snack today.

I decided to weigh-in today. Still exactly the same as 6 days ago at 297.2 lbs.

Yesterday had 7 servings of fruit and frozen yogurt, so that was probably too much sugar. Oh well.

Having Taco Bell for dinner but it's not as bad as it sounds. It's a salad. The dish is normally 480 calories but I'm holding the chicken, cheese, sour cream and ranch dressing so that should knock off enough calories. I'll probably add some of my own dairy-free cheese though.

Thanksgiving is coming. Last year I ate too much. Going to my aunt's house and I'm bringing a tempeh dish and chocolate avocado pudding, which should be low gylcemic index since the only sweetener is agave nectar, and possibly also bringing flourless cookies. Cranberry sauce is my Thanksgiving weakness but I'll try not to eat too much.
 
I didn’t end up making them yet but here is the recipe.


Flourless Chocolate Almond Cookies

Sugar and egg whites make this rich, fudgy crisp chewy on the outside and crisp when you bite into it.

The recipe is simple and adaptable, so use any nut and just about any flavor you like, from coffee to dried fruit- see box for ideas.

Total time- 45 minutes


3 cups confectioners’ sugar, plus more for dusting

½ cup cocoa powder

½ tsp salt

5 egg whites, at room temperature

1 tsp pure vanilla extract

3 ½ cups almonds, toasted and finely chopped


1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Whisk together the sugar, cocoa, and salt in a medium bowl.

2. Whisk the egg whites in a large bowl until foamy; add the vanilla and beat for another minute, stirring until a loose, sticky dough forms.

3. Line baking sheets with parchment paper, since these cookies can be very tacky. Use a spoon to drop tablespoon-size mounds of dough onto the sheets about 3 in. apart; keep the cookies small, as the dough spreads quite a bit. Bake until hardened on the outside, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool the cookies completely on the sheets, then remove with a spatula. Dust with confectioners’ sugar before serving if you like. Store in an airtight container.

Make about 3 to 4 dozen cookies.
 
Update- Well my med increase should be in full effect and I’ve noticed it’s made me unsteady when walking. I was walking down the steps and fell down the last two steps, partly because of shakiness and partly due to poor lighting. I was going fast or anything. And I’ve noticed I’m overall more clumsy, almost tripped a few other times, and I’m beginning to waddle a bit instead of walk like the last time I was on a higher dose of meds. May need to decrease. Haven’t been exercising much, and I’m kind of scared to to be honest. I guess I should be lifting weights but I’m not sure dancing is in my best interest right now.

I’m beginning to be a morning stress snacker. I used to just have a small snack or no snack at all. But lately I’ve been eating much larger morning snacks 4 days a week. Class has been very stressful, my current professor who I have 4 days a week is not very understanding of my anxiety disorder and is commonly calling on me even though he is not supposed to and I end up coping by eating. Today’s morning snacks were worse than usual and consisted of 2 snack bags of Ritz cheese crackers, a snack bag of cheddar cheese combos, and 2 poptarts, which is 1,080 calories total (just for these snacks, not counting my breakfast).

Fired another therapist so without much support. She wasn’t making much sense to me. Hoping to find another soon, because I seriously need someone to help me learn to cope better.

Gained 0.6 lbs, probably due to the snacking. This semester is over in a few weeks and I’ll make sure I don’t take this professor again. Then just one more semester and I’ll be a graduate. I’ll be self-employed after graduation so I should be less stressed. In the meantime, I’m going to try to limit myself to 2 morning snacks. I wish I had better news to report.
 
Hope you find a therapist that suits, at least youve got the right idea looking for one that you connect with. Is there a good habit you can swap the morning snacking for that will at least distract/relax you a bit?
 
Hey lovely - do you see a therapist for your anxiety? Sucks you don't have a new one yet - it can be such a support. We are always here if you need to vent or talk about your day. A few of us lovely gals and guys have anxiety to varying degrees so we can relate a little or offer some support. Not the same as professional help but maybe of use to you on bad days <3
 
If sympathy is any use to you I have loads of that... I hate my anxiety. Especially if I can´t drown it out with sugar and fat.
 
Thank you both! Made appointment with a new therapist, I see her in a little under 2 weeks. In other news don't feel so unsteady walking around anymore for some reason so I feel I can start exercising again.

Had an especially bad episode of stress eating a few days ago and ended up shaking and feeling like I was going to pass out due to high blood sugar. Was not fun. Lesson learned, hopefully.

Logging everything in My Fitness Pal today. So far with breakfast, snacks, and lunch, had 1,080 calories, 127 grams carbs, 43 grams fat, 39 grams protein, 1,750 grams of sodium, and 44 grams of sugar. Not too happy to see that.

Goal for these last few weeks of classes and finals: less carbs and sugar and weight maintenance.
Goal after that: less calories consumed and/or more calories burned.

previous weigh-in- 297.8 lbs
today's weigh-in- 296.5 lbs
difference- -1.3 lbs
Not sure how I pulled that off but certainly not complaining.
 
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