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That's what it's about. Getting your feelings out. Does your mom know that you are trying to eat healthier and exercise to feel better about yourself?

It's hard when you can't do your own shopping, it's also hard when you do do your own shopping. Maybe share with your mom if she doesn't know and give her a list of things for the grocery store that you would like that are healthy.. maybe she'll get the idea and stop buying the junk foods.
 
photocrazed said:
That's what it's about. Getting your feelings out. Does your mom know that you are trying to eat healthier and exercise to feel better about yourself?

It's hard when you can't do your own shopping, it's also hard when you do do your own shopping. Maybe share with your mom if she doesn't know and give her a list of things for the grocery store that you would like that are healthy.. maybe she'll get the idea and stop buying the junk foods.
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Eh, probably not. I think as I get more into this I'm going to have to start sharing with the people in my life, at least with my doctor, who whenver she asks I tell her "no, I didn't loose weight on purpose." hehe

I think I might try taking over the shopping duties. :) I've gone a few times, but last time I didn't pay attention to the BOGO she wrote next to things on her list. But she never wrote it before, and i'm not an experienced grocery shopper! haha
 
nolabone said:
I plan on enjoying it by tiring myself out today!

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Lunch:
2/3 cup muesli cereal
1/2 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch

I would live off of cereal if I could. And I don't count milk in my calorie count with cereal, or else I'd never drink it.

I played DDR for about 40 minutes today. Would have continued, but today I actually have something to do! Har har.
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I agree with you. I can eat (and have eaten) cereal for all meals and snacks. Not in the same day of course but any time/any kind. I love it. I have to be careful what kind or it can trigger a binge.
Oh, and what is plain Jane oatmeal?
 
4me4good said:
I agree with you. I can eat (and have eaten) cereal for all meals and snacks. Not in the same day of course but any time/any kind. I love it. I have to be careful what kind or it can trigger a binge.
Oh, and what is plain Jane oatmeal?
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By Plain Jane oatmeal I mean regular oatmeal without any added sugar or flavoring. :p

Cereal... is just too good. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, it doesn't matter.
 
Ahhh, thanks. I don't know if I could eat un-amended oatmeal. I usually put some cinnamon or something in for interest. Did you always eat it that way or is it an acquired taste?
 
4me4good said:
Ahhh, thanks. I don't know if I could eat un-amended oatmeal. I usually put some cinnamon or something in for interest. Did you always eat it that way or is it an acquired taste?
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I like it just fine, but it is kind of blah if you aren't use to regular. I buy prepackaged, so it's only 100c oatmeal, and then add bannana or apple slices to it. I would usually eat them anyway, so by not eating the flavored kind I save 30-60 calories.

The banana or apple add a good amout of flavor, and make it filling.
 
Breakfast:
Regular Oatmeal - 100c
Large Banana - 125c
1% Milk 1 1/2 cup -154c
Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink - 130c

Lunch:
Saltine Unsalted Crackers, 8 - 104c
Peanut Butter - 166c
Celery, 2 sticks - 20c
Carrotts - 50c
Chewy Trail Mix Bar, Cranberry Apple - 150c

Snack:
Some other chewy bar - 130c
*I put down on sparkspeople a Nature Valley bar (140c) because I threw out the box for this already, and it was the last one.
Small Pear - 62c

Dinner:
2 slices Italian Bread - 163c
Caprese Salad (Tomato, mozzarella cheese, Basil) - 68c
Rosetto Stuffed Shells - 180c
*I guessed 180 for the shells because I squeezed all the filling out.

I went over today by 62 calories, but I'm not sure how accurate that is.

I think I want to try the grape fruit diet, but with out the bacon, obv. Haha, or just start eating grape fruit.

Tomorrow I'm not going to school. I went today, the first day this week because the rest of it was winter break. They added the school days incase of more snowdays. Tomorrow I'm hanging out with my boyfriend at a book store/the mall (meaning I'll be getting cappuccino, better eat lite) I hate school, and no, not because of gym. I love gym. And it's not because of the work, I do good, am in honor and advanced classes... I just can't stand the enviroment. Just give me my work and lemme do it.

This is us near a year-half a year ago:
 
I bet those calories are just right! You are doing great!! Keep up the good work!

Is school in tomorrow and you are just not going?
 
photocrazed said:
I bet those calories are just right! You are doing great!! Keep up the good work!

Is school in tomorrow and you are just not going?
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Ah.. yeah. But I do really well, I swear! I always make high honor roll. And it's not like I miss enough days so I get behind. If it was a normal school week I'd go, but they just added the days last week.

I really should probably go. But... the book store sounds better!
 
Bad Night

I've already had 717 calories today! It wouldn't be that high if I had a regular night, but I woke up and my blood sugar level was 30! I always panic when it gets under 40, so I ended up drinking fruit juice, eating this sweet sugary sticky bun, a take-5, and two chocolate easter eggs (they're really tiny). If I was at a normal state of awareness I wouldn't have eaten as much, but I just woke up. I also got up to go pee like five times, and was sweating horribly, so I bet I lost a lot of water... yet I weighed myself this morning and the scale said 153 again! Come onnnn.

Uh yeah. So not a good night.

Today I'm shooting for 1,200-1,300 calories only. Good thing I like carrotts. Hahahaha, damn. :eek:

Breakfast:
1/2 grapefruit - 37
Iddy bitty pear - 62
Kashi Go Lean Crunch 2/3 cup - 134
1/2 cup 1% Milk - 51
 
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Don't worry about it - put your health first :)

You are doing great, just keep up the good work. It is one meal, not the whole day that counts as bad. You can always balance it off by eating less during the day.

It looks like that because of the time difference we can't cathc eachother on aim. I hope we'll get in touch tonight when I come back from school.

Good job in keeping such a good calorie intake so far. Don't be to hard on yourself. :)

Take care.
 
I think I've been doing good so far, with trying to keep my calories low for today. That late night splurge is killing me, I feel guilty about it, and am afraid of feeling guilty even more. I keep getting low BSL's now, because I'm not eating as much food/unhealthy food as before... but because of that I end up having to eat something sweet, so I don't.. you know pass out and have a seizure. Hahaha. Man, yeah, so I need to readjust my intake levels.

Also, I've still been having to pee like crazy. Like every hour - two hours! I've had aobut 7 cups of water today, is that result normal?

Snack:
Turtle - 82c

Lunch:
Large Apple - 125c
7 Baby Carrots - 27c
Celery 1 1/2 Large Stick - 15c
Peanut Butter 1tbs - 95c
Rye Bread - 83c
French Onion Dip - 30c

(my luch was pretty spread out)

Diner:
1/2 Grapefruit - 37c
Slice Italian Bread - 54c
Caprese Salad - tomato, mozzarella cheese, basil - 26c

Todays Total: 1295, including the late night snack and breakfast.

I'm having oatmeal later, so make that 1395.
.... without the late night snack my overall total witht the future oatmeal would only be 961. I'm feelin' pretty good.

PS - new favorite quote "It is one meal, not the whole day that counts as bad." Thannnnk you FreshStart!
 
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nolabone said:
Also, I've still been having to pee like crazy. Like every hour - two hours! I've had aobut 7 cups of water today, is that result normal?
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Your bladder will expand and can hold larger amounts of water, but yes, it is normal to have to go every hour or so when you first start increasing your intake! Don't stop though. Your body will get used to it and adjust. At least mine has.
 
Breakfast:
1/2 Grape Fruit (i looooveee itttt) - 37c
2/3 cup Kashi Go Lean Crunch - 132c
1/2 cup 1% milk - 51c

Snack:
Blueberry Special K Bar - 90c

Total so far: 310

I'd like to do my strength training right now, but my mom is in the living room, and I'd get embarrassed. It's the only place that's big enough to do it withouth my dogs up my butt. Whenever I go into my room (or anywhere) they follow, and if I lay on the floor in there they lick my face. It's really sweet that they like to be with me, but they get so close. In the living room they can sit on the couch, and be happy that they can still see me. Haha I love my dogs.

Except one of them flippin peed on my stereo again. ARGH.

So instead I'm going to bake. I found this "95 Calorie Carrot Ginger Muffin" recipe off of spark people... sounds alright. Took me a while to find a recipe on there that had low calories actually! I'm becomming very concious over what I eat, I don't want to bake brownies or eat cake... or even use oil or whole eggs anymore! It's like when I first started not eating meat, now the idea of putting it my body is enough to make me gag.

Ah, my mom just went to take a nap. Guess I can do some exercise! Then it's muffin time!
 
Lunch:
Banana - 125c
1/2 Cross Bun - 96c
2 sweet pickle slices - 16c
Take 5 - 75c
5 Unsalted Saltine Crackers - 65c
1 oz Mozzarella - 85c
2 Celery Stalks - 20c
1 1/2 tbs Peanut Butter - 142c

Snack:
Plum - 23c

Dinner:
1 1/2 Carrot Ginger Muffin - 152c (shared with my dogs)
Carnation Instant Breakfast Drink - 130c
1 cup 1% milk - 102c
Small Baked Potato - 128c
Lite Sour Cream - 20c

Todays Total: 1490

Ehhh, a bit higher than I would have liked.

I found out today that I can only do about two different strenght training things in a row. I'm so weak. And it probably only totald around 10 minutes worth!

Modified Plank - 2 sets for 40 seconds. And I had to take about a minute or longer break between, it killed.
Forward Lunges with 5 pound weights - 2 sets of 12
Leg Squats with Weights - 2 sets of 12+
Lying Abduction - 2 sets of 15
Wall Pushups - 2 sets of 15 (I have no arm strength)
Side Bends with Weights - 2 sets of 15

I need to do cardio still, and plan on burning over 200 for that.

Tuesdays are my new weigh in days, I hope I've lost something by then. I'd love to just get back to my original starting weight of 145, that was just a few weeks ago.
 
get HULLLLLKEDDD

I wont be eating McDonalds French Fries anymore. They were never my favorite anyway, but still... French. Fries. <3

Ingredients:
Potatoes, vegetable oil (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, natural beef flavor (wheat and milk derivatives)*, citric acid...

What is the point of adding beef flavor to french fries? o_O

Looking up nutrition information is making me hungry. I don't eat after 7, but am beginning to want to! ...Not because I think it will help me lose weight, but because if I do I wake up in the night with stomach cramps, and can't sleep. Maybe I'm thinking this because of a few bad experiences, but I don't want to risk it. Besides, I've already had more than enough calories for the day.

I have a question if anyone could answer?

? I read that because of my body shape (pear/hourglass) I should "hold off on adding weight or resistance training" to my exercise routine until I "lose weight and mass," because I'm more likely to hulk up. Is this a good idea?

My sister *use to* have close to the same body shape as me (when she was younger), and she would exercise/weight train and end up looking like this:

Except with a flat middle and huge knockers. hahaha But yeah, she would build leg muscles very easily. I don't want that, I want to get slim, and moderately toned.

What do you think? When I feel my legs and arms now, they feel more firm, but maybe thats me being paranoid. (but firm is better than flabby!)

It's aerobic time for me, been putting it off.
 
I calculated my BMR using this website:

According to it I burn at least 1,500 calories a day. If I eat slighly less than this, plus exercise for over 30 minutes (usually over an hour) every day I should see results... Right?

Also, I don't think I was eating much more than 1,500 calories a day before I decided to lose weight. A few websites I went to said inorder to maintain my weight I should be consuming near 2,200 calories a day! That is crazy.

But maybe I was eating that much, and just didn't realize it... heh.

Anywho.

Breakfast:
Egg whites - 38c
Egg - 76c
Onions - 20c
Mushrooms - 3c
Broccoli - 14c
Potato - 28c

I made an omelet, and used a greater quantity of food than this, but only consumed less than 3/4's of it, so I divided the calories. Shared with my dogs. Haha. They probably eat more vegetables than most people...

Snack:
Banana - 125C

I ate a slice of rye bread last night, too - 83c
And a pear - 62c

This was near midnight, I can't believe I ate that late! Probably best to not stay up, so this doesn't happen!

Exercise time! I'm starting earlier so I can work on a school project the rest of the day.
 
I found out today that my ideal weight is about 120-130. I think if I reached 120 and stopped losing I'd still be happy, so eh, not bad.

Would much prefer to go down to 112 again. :)

I've only done 40 minutes of cardio today, around noon. In 40 minutes I can burn 200 calories going at a pace that doesn't kill me on DDR. Haha, I'm actually thrilled with that.

I feel like a fat slob today. ...Because I've been eating junk. My calorie intake is about 1,700. I bet I'm eating more because I'm getting nervous about going back to school tomorrow. Being overweight has made me so much more anti-social. I like talking to people, but I'm having a harder time missing them, where as when I was fit I couldn't get enough. Eh, maybe that's just being a teenager too.

Most likely not healthy comparing everything I do now to when I was slim.

I hate always having excuses.
 
I feel sick, and very cold. I haven't been drinking that much water, probably only 4-5 cups. Blehhhh.

Breakfast:
1/2 Grapefruit - 37c
Kashi Go Lean Crunch, 1/2 cup - 100c
1/3 cup 1% milk - 34c

Lunch:
Carrot Ginger Muffin - 101c
2 Celery stalks - 20c
Banana - 109c
Pear - 62c
Peanut Butter 2 tbs - 190c
1/2 Grapefruit - 37c

Snack:
Kraft Cheese Nips - 170c

Dinner:
Mashed Potatos - 194c
Pillsbury Biscuit - 110c
Salad - 8c (what?)
Pear - 82c
Plum - 23c

Total - 1276c

Cardio...
20 minutes DDR - 197c (i did more but stopped keeping track)

Strenght training...
4 sets of crunches (normal and twists)
15 Tricep Dips with bent knees, 12 with straight

Should have done more, maybe will. I am so bummed today. Didn't go to school, might not tomorrow either. I'm not even that sick, just in the wrong mind set. I need to get out of it, and I don't want to subject other people to my funk until I am.

I made my mom cry today. I didn't mean to! We were talking about bad food, and I said we should eat healthier. She replied that she's gotten to the age where she doesn't care what she eats. I said back that maybe if she did and had practiced it before she'd live longer. And she just started shaking her hed, saying nope, nope, then burst into tears. I feel like a jerk.
 
I lost my first pound! I thought it might be more, but I'll take what I can get.
:p

Breakfast:
1 cup Kashi GoLean Crunch - 200c
1/2 cup 1% milk - 51c
Skippy Peanut Butter 1 tbs - 95c

Total so far - 346c

I still feel like crap.
 
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