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Superstar922

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Hello, its Christine again. I'm doing away with my old diary and starting a new one.

This time I'm on a mission. I have a set date and today marks the begining of my journey.

I hope to reach a weight of 125 pounds (I must lose 20 pounds) in EXACTLY two months from today, Feb 17th (hence the title).

I haven't deleted my old diary yet b/c I don't know how, and I'm running out the door to the gym, so I'll figure that out later.

What I ate today...

Breakfast:
- cup of raspberry yogurt with 3/4 cup of granola and 1 1/2 tbsp of fresh blueberries
- 1 cup of water

Lunch:
- 1 cup of wheat pasta with about 1/2 cup of carrots and an equal amount of broccoli, and about 4oz of shrimp (i think, I have no idea how much an ounce is)
- 1 orange

Afternoon Snack
- about 1 oz of salted almonds

Evening Snack
- Hot chocolate

* Post-Workout I will consume about 14oz of a Whey Protein shake.

Until tomorrow...

:waving:
 
20 pounds in 2 months? Seems a little like a stretch being that you're at a pretty normal weight already. It took me 4 months to lose 20 pounds (starting at 155, now at 135).

As long as you do it the healthy way, good luck. But realistically, you may want to change your goal date and push it back a little further. Or maybe set smaller goals for yourself, such as "I'd like to lose 5 pounds by March 15th" and then once you complete that goal, make a new one. Setting a big goal right away can often times set yourself up for disappointment. Take it easy!
 
skkroll said:
20 pounds in 2 months? Seems a little like a stretch being that you're at a pretty normal weight already. It took me 4 months to lose 20 pounds (starting at 155, now at 135).

As long as you do it the healthy way, good luck. But realistically, you may want to change your goal date and push it back a little further. Or maybe set smaller goals for yourself, such as "I'd like to lose 5 pounds by March 15th" and then once you complete that goal, make a new one. Setting a big goal right away can often times set yourself up for disappointment. Take it easy!
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Yeah, you're right...

It's a stretch, which means there's no room for mistakes. But the way I see it I've made enough mistakes, which is why I wanna lose this weight in the first place.

Thanks for the support!

:)
 
What I ate today...

Breakfast:
- ~1 cup of wheat pasta
- ~1/4 cup of broccoli
- 5 piece of shrimp

Lunch:
- ~1 1/2 cups of brown rice
- ~2 cups of broccoli cooked
- 2 pieces of salmon
(the reason why that is so much is because my fridge in my room is breaking and its not getting as cold as it should, so before the food went bad, I had to eat it)
- orange
- 2 oatmeal raisin cookies
- ~ 6 oz of coffee with ~ 1 tsp of creamer

* I'm not going to eat anything else for the remainder of the day because that right there ^^^ is already just over 1400 calories, which is a little more than what I want to be consuming daily (no more than 1300). *
 
Superstar922 said:
What I ate today...

Breakfast:
- ~1 cup of wheat pasta
- ~1/4 cup of broccoli
- 5 piece of shrimp

Lunch:
- ~1 1/2 cups of brown rice
- ~2 cups of broccoli cooked
- 2 pieces of salmon
(the reason why that is so much is because my fridge in my room is breaking and its not getting as cold as it should, so before the food went bad, I had to eat it)
- orange
- 2 oatmeal raisin cookies
- ~ 6 oz of coffee with ~ 1 tsp of creamer

* I'm not going to eat anything else for the remainder of the day because that right there ^^^ is already just over 1400 calories, which is a little more than what I want to be consuming daily (no more than 1300). *
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Hey there :)

I know when things happen that you don't expect it makes eating right or the right amounts hard to do! I would suggest though making sure to eat like every 2-3 hours before you ever get hungry. I noticed that I tend to reach for ANYTHING once hunger starts to kick in.

For me I eat some small stuff:

Breakfast: a wholewheat roll with peanut butter (300 calories)
a few strawberries (about 50 calories)

Snack: Light string cheese (50 calories)
Protein shake (90 calories)

Lunch: A whole wheat tortilla with some hummus spead on it with fresh romaine lettuce, and some grilled bell peppers and mushrooms seasoned with a very little bit of soy sauce. (About 350 calories)

Snack: Non salted, roasted nuts (130 calories)
small Banana (70 calories)

Dinner: Bowl of special K cereal and some non fat milk (Approx. 200 calories)

Which leaves me at about 1,240 calories a day. By eating small amounts all day I am able to sustain my hunger most of the day and avoid making bad decisions or fast food stops! :)

Good luck on your journey!

-Shawnna
 
planning to deprive yourself for hours on end is setting yourself up for failure.

Realizing that your fridge is breaking, what's to stop you from cooking your 2 pieces of salmon at lunch and then eating one of them for dinner. It won't go bad in 4 or 5 hours if kept in a cool place. It doesn't need to be in the fridge.

Loading up in the early part of the day and then eating nothing for 18 hours, guarantees that when you wake up in the morning you'll be ravenous - which leads to eating more than you want.

Some people can do it, but when you already have issues with eating like most of us do, "punishing" yourself for eating too much early in the day can backfire badly.
 
shawnnam said:
Hey there :)

I know when things happen that you don't expect it makes eating right or the right amounts hard to do! I would suggest though making sure to eat like every 2-3 hours before you ever get hungry. I noticed that I tend to reach for ANYTHING once hunger starts to kick in.

For me I eat some small stuff:

Breakfast: a wholewheat roll with peanut butter (300 calories)
a few strawberries (about 50 calories)

Snack: Light string cheese (50 calories)
Protein shake (90 calories)

Lunch: A whole wheat tortilla with some hummus spead on it with fresh romaine lettuce, and some grilled bell peppers and mushrooms seasoned with a very little bit of soy sauce. (About 350 calories)

Snack: Non salted, roasted nuts (130 calories)
small Banana (70 calories)

Dinner: Bowl of special K cereal and some non fat milk (Approx. 200 calories)

Which leaves me at about 1,240 calories a day. By eating small amounts all day I am able to sustain my hunger most of the day and avoid making bad decisions or fast food stops! :)

Good luck on your journey!

-Shawnna
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Yeah, that is an eating method I would love to adopt.

But as of right now I'm on my school's meal plan, but I'm doing an internship from 9-5 everyday off-campus, so its kinda hard to have small amounts of food around to eat every few hours, unless I was to buy my own food (which would be a waste since I have a meal plan). So for right now it's easier for me to do the 3 squares a day. But when I start buying my own food, what you suggested is exactly what I'm going to be doing.

My eating patterns are probably going to change a 100 and half times over the course of my college years, b/c i eat differently when I'm at school taking classes vs when I'm doing internships off campus vs when i'm at home. Then next year when I move into the apartments it'll be a whole other eating "regimen" LOL.

But regardless thanks for the suggestion!
 
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KaraCooks said:
planning to deprive yourself for hours on end is setting yourself up for failure.

Realizing that your fridge is breaking, what's to stop you from cooking your 2 pieces of salmon at lunch and then eating one of them for dinner. It won't go bad in 4 or 5 hours if kept in a cool place. It doesn't need to be in the fridge.

Loading up in the early part of the day and then eating nothing for 18 hours, guarantees that when you wake up in the morning you'll be ravenous - which leads to eating more than you want.

Some people can do it, but when you already have issues with eating like most of us do, "punishing" yourself for eating too much early in the day can backfire badly.
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Hey Kara,

Yeah you're right I shouldn't eat everything at once, but that food has been sitting there for the past 2 1/2 days, not just a few hours, and each day my fridge is getting warmer and warmer (it's actually gotten 2 degrees warmer since this morning when I last checked it ...ugh...and I have milk in there!! I hate that thing) so I was getting kinda nervous. But that's a one time thing....never again as long as I'm in the process of losing weight.
 
Okay, I was thinking about going out for a stroll tonight for about 10-20 minutes, but here in Albany, NY we're having cRaZy wind gusts of like 30+ mph (not to mention the freezing temperatures)! Perhaps I should put it off till tomorrow and actually get some work done tonight??
 
Omg I can't believe it!

It's says I'm a Junior Member!!!

WHOO HOO!!!!

So do I get some sort of "special privileges"?? Lol j/p...

:party:
 
Well, it seems as though people also post their exercises for the day as well as the food they eat. I figured I'd follow suit.

Today I didn't work out, but yesterday I did. So for Fed 17th, 2010, this is my workout...

- 10 min warm-up on the treadmill walking at 4.0mph at a 4.0 incline
- 30 mins on the elliptical going at intervals of b/t 65-67, 70-73, 79-82 rpm (I think it's what that measures)
- 30-40 minutes of strength training (I seriously need to time myself so I'm not guesstimating) doing arms, legs, abs, and a little bit of back (I really don't know what they would call the exercises I do...lol) working with anywhere from 15-60 pounds, or just my own body weight.
- 10 minutes on the Stride Machine (it should have been 20 mins, but i was running late and i had to be up early in the morning)
- then a 10-min cool-down on the treadmill walking at 3.5 mph with a 3.0 incline

The exercises that I did on the machines totaled 666 calories burned. Idk how much I burned doing strength training. If I had to guess, I think I burned a total of ~700 calories.
 
Okay, I'm back!

So I haven't been here since Thursday I believe. I can't remember exactly what I ate, so here's a brief overview of how the weekend went...

Friday: HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE day. Me and my friends went to the bowling alley, and I was having crazy strong craving, which I unfortunately succumbed to. I cringe when I think about what I ate, so I won't rehearse it, but let's just say it involved more than one serving of fried food!! Even the fact that I walked for 20 minutes and burned about 150 calories really makes the difference b/c if what I ate.

Saturday: I worked out for 2 hours and burned about 800 calories, and consumed about 1576 calories (<-- not too great)

Today: I did a BUTT load of laundry that took me about 3 hours, and I had to haul my clothes up and down 3 flights of stairs. The total amount of clothes I washed, folded, and put away piled (in my hamper) up to my waist, and I'm 5'6" (not exactly short). I have consumed a total of about 1374 calories (<-- now that's more like it). Here's is the breakdown....

Breakfast:
- N/A

Lunch:
- a plate of salad with romaine lettuce, green peppers, carrots, sunflower seeds, sprinkle of grated parmesan cheese cherry tomatoes, broccoli, hard boiled egg white, tuna, and balsamic vinegar. (I only ate about 1/2 the plate)
- blueberry bagel with cream cheese
- 1/2 (small) bowl of creamy vegetable soup
- 10 oz of water

Afternoon snack:
- hot chocolate
- apple

Dinner:
- one turkey burger topped with cooked mushrooms, romaine lettuce, and some ketchup and mustard
- one veggie burger (<--I never had one, so I really wanted to try one) topped with the same things as the turkey burger ^^^)
- one s'more cookie
- a small portion of "blueberry cobbler" (i don't know what my school really makes that stuff out of. It looks like its some blueberry jam with granola and a dollop of whip cream)
- 10 oz of water

Until tomorrow...

:)
 
Ok so I haven't improved as far weight-loss is concerned. Still remaining around the 145 mark. But to better help me control what I eat for a more effective diet, I have begun planning out up to a week in advance what I will be eating. I do this so I have time to revise over and over what I plan on eating on any given day to ensure that my food consumption is balanced (tho everything I write down is subject to change, based on food availability, schedule change, etc).

Also, every morning I weigh myself and take a picture of my body, which I am recording on my computer (when i lose the weight, I'll make a slide show and show everyone :)). That way it'll keep me motivated b/c I want to see the scale continually drop and my body gradually tighten up. (that is the plan, I hope it works out)

So the past few days before yesterday I was eating on OD mode, sad to say. When I weighed myself yesterday morning, I was up to 148.4lbs (yikes!) but this morning when I weighed myself I was down to 146.4lbs so I'm thinking the weight from the previous morning was partially the food still left in my stomach (I ate after 11 pm at night) and the water weight that carried over, b/c, tho I wish it was I could, I can't lose 2 pounds in one day.

Anyway, I will post what I ate today at the end of the day.

BBL...!
 
P.S. Idk if I've mentioned earlier, but I have changed my caloric intake goal to 1400 per day instead of 1300. B/c even on days when I do actually follow through with my diet, I consume closer to 1400 calories than to 1300 calories. To keep from fighting with my body about the amount of calories I consume, I'll let it have it this time and stick 1400 calories per day. That's sufficient enough.

:)
 
B/c I'm lazy I'm going to copy and paste what I put in my livestrong.com account for today's consumption....


Breakfast:
-1/4 cup Kashi cereal (Manual) (<-- I jus wanted to try it) with skim milk
-Land O' Lakes Healthy Lifestyles Pasturized Liquid Egg Product (<--don't -know if thats the brand but when I asked the lady that works there she said it's "liquid eggs ... it says pasteurized" )

Morning Snack:
-Energy bar (Manual)
-Coffee, Fat Free Coffee Mate, Splenda (2 cups)

Lunch:
-Chicken, Thigh - Skinless
-Cooked Skinless Chicken Breast
-Iceberg Lettuce
-Lite Italian dressiong (Manual)
-Blueberry Yogurt
-Cabot Whipped Cream (<--idk what brand it was really)

Dinner:
-Arugula, Raw
-Sunflower Seeds
-Raw Broccoli
-Green Pepper (sliced)
-Perdue Ground Turkey Patty (<-- idk what brand... again it's from my school)
-green beans, frozen, drained and cooked without salt
-Sliced Cooked Carrots
-Sue's White Pesto Pizza (<-- not Sue's tho, from my school ... it was the closest thing to it)
-Hard Boiled Egg Whites



Daily Intake Totals

Cals
1405.6 (<-- that's roughly what it is)
Fat
48.77 g
Cholesterol
213.75 mg
Sodium
1039.95 mg
Carbs
59.3 g
Sugars
17.34 g
Fiber
9.1 g
Protein
94.02 g
 
And as far as exercise goes... in addition to the miles (it feels) I walk everyday at work and such, I walked on the treadmill for 20 minutes after dinner and burned 151.1 calories.
 
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