An attempt to keep a diary!

I just got an idea... A gym near my parent's house offers cards that are like... 15 times, valid for 3 months. I'm considering buying one. I go there regularly for 3-7 days, I should be able to use it up in 3 months... But maybe the treadmill is enough. I dunno.
 
If you really want to lose weight and keep it off, pick a plan and stay with it. If you go to a party have a sm slice of cake and back off. I went to a party before Christmas they had a big cake, cupcakes, and lots of cookies, ice cream and pizza. I walked in everyone was eating. I got me a plate and put two sm slices of pizza in my plate and ate slow. I don't think anyone noticed that I didn't have cake. We had lots of fun talking with each other.

You can do this for yourself, but it takes control! We can fool others, but not ourselves.

Good Luck To You!!

AnnaG
 
Thanks, Anna!
Yeah I have managed to have just one slice of cake in these visits. I guess that's not too bad. I've got to find a way to control myself in the candy, as well.
Today will be the first time I drive to the city without a bag of candy next to me :)
 
Try and get people on your side when you visit them. Ask them before you go to not offer you fattening food. Unfortunatley most people want to feed people they love so you need to make it quite clear to them that they are harming you by doing it.
 
ecky said:
Try and get people on your side when you visit them. Ask them before you go to not offer you fattening food. Unfortunatley most people want to feed people they love so you need to make it quite clear to them that they are harming you by doing it.
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That's actually a good idea :) Thanks!

I'm feeling sick-ish today.. I didn't wake up until 1pm, been sitting down all the time since then - either working on my project or watching the game. Gonna get my ass on that treadmill in a bit.

I hadn't really set a goal date. I'm going abroad next fall, for 3-9 months - not really sure. I want to look good by then, and have fun buying new clothes at H&M (I <3 H&M and we don't have it in my country).

Food... I had two ham sandwiches for breakfast/dinner. I should've had just one, I just made two out of an old habit =/
 
Hi Frey, never posted on your therad but was just reading through... yeah, visiting the parents can be TOUGH!

One of the things that I did was set the tone up early. Even on the first day, my mom wanted to feed me bread-pudding and parmesean (fried) chicken. I told her thanks, but only had a bite of each and then loaded up on veggies.. I also hammed it up, and told her how utterly sad I was, I could not eat the food right now she makes that I love SOO much. She really understood, and the next day cooked a totally healthy (and unbelievably) awesome meal!

Gym is a sweet idea as well. I definitly did that 8 of 10 days I was home. It also helps counteract the calories that are unavoidable (mom's cookies, or whatever it may be).

Lastly, I set my expectations to maintain my weight, not just to lose. I changed my long-term goal to accomodate the 10 days I was home, and said... I will lose 50 poounds over 4 months instead of 3.5 since i knew I was going to wash this week+ with my parents.

Best of luck!
 
Hey, thanks Melancholy :)

The food stuff has been okay today, apart from the aforementioned 2-sandwiches-instead-of-just-one. I had oven-baked fish with rice and potatoes for dinner, really good!
I also walked briskly 3.5km on the treadmill, would've gone on further but I've had a headache all day.
 
Today was pretty good. I did have a couple of bites of chocolate, but I think I "could afford" it. Calorie-wise.
I didn't walk much today, actually I didn't leave the house - nor did I touch the treadmill. I'll make up for it tomorrow.

I made up my mind about the gym.. I'm not going to buy a card. I'm usually really busy when I do visit the city, so the treadmill's enough. I might drop by at the gym and see if they can calculate my fat percentage for a small fee. I'll probably come here once again before uni's over in April and then I could have it measured again, and then in May I'll come here for a few days before I move to another part of the country (another part that has no gym. Fantastic :ack2: )

My parents' scale doesn't work so I don't know my current weight. Besides, it wouldn't help much because it might be different from my scale. I'll know Sunday night then, that's when I go home :)
 
Today was okay. Been sliding down candy-late lately, though, gotta fix that!

This afternoon I went to visit a friend of mine. She lives in my town, but she's visiting her parents right now, like I am. They live about 50-60km away from me. We're working on that huge project together, so I stayed there for several hours. Her mom brought us a bowl of my favourite candy. I had two pieces, which I have to say is a personal improvement! I can down a whole box without problems. Then she cooked us delicious chicken+egg noodles.

I didn't count calories today (haven't since I got to the city, really), but I think I did okay. I didn't find time for running, unfortunately. So much for my plan of using the treadmill while I have the chance, eh?

But I've got 3 days in the city (with the treadmill) before I go back home.

I'm so motivated right now. Like I mentioned I'm planning on going abroad in the fall, to visit friends I meet once every 1-2 years. I want to look good. I want to feel comfortable.
 
Another day.

I used the treadmill today, yay! I put my laptop in front of me and watched a movie, while walking/jogging. Lasted an hour before I got blisters on my feet :( Wanted to walk/jog the whole movie.

I had pizza for dinner, but I didn't eat much else over the day. Just a yogurt. Woke up late and was awfully busy. Spent an hour walking/jogging, studied, then had to take my car to the repair place, took the big project to the printing place and had it bound in a nice book (YAY!!!!!!), then went to a café to meet a friend and go over another (smaller) project with her. Busybusy.

I'm just in the mood to relax tomorrow (have to finish the smaller project, too), but I've got to meet some people that I won't meet for weeks or months. I'm going home on Sunday and I'm not sure I can afford another visit to the city soon. Well, I'm getting away from my own topic here :p
 
w00t, finally back home! The journey home was awful, there was lots of wind and snow and icey road and pitch dark. Took much longer than it usually did, I had to cross one of the mountains at 40km/h instead of 90. Geez.

Today was fast-foody. Sigh. I had a chicken burger and a few french fries, but the burger wasn't deep-fried or anything. Just a chicken fillet. Then... ice cream... sigh...
For dinner I had a chicken salad at a gas station restaurant (sortof like a diner). Not too bad.

Tomorrow morning I'll weigh myself. I'm afraid I won't like what I'll see... I feel sortof bloated now, but maybe it's because I was sitting in a car all day. Or not. My life will get into a better routine now, thankfully.
 
Well... i didn't like what I saw.
I'll work harder now.

So far today I've eaten a bowl of yogurt with muesli for breakfast (not really a yogurt, I just don't know a better word for it. The texture is similar, it's got acidobacterium-something something in it. I usually buy the low-fat version but it was out, so it's the normal one. Still, pretty healthy.

I ate lunch at school, so it was a bowl of mixed veggies and some pasta with it, and soup.

Now I'm home and i'm drinking green tea with some apple cider in it. The apple cider is supposed to be really healthy, detoxing and stuff. Gives great energy, too!

In a bit I'm going walking with a friend, and I think I'll have a protein shake for dinner :)
 
Today's been okay food-wise, horrible in other aspects.

I had the same yogurth-thingy with muesli this morning (the muesli actually tasted like paper, I almost threw up. I was also hungover).
For lunch i had pasta and vegetables at uni.
For coffee I had a bread-thingy with cheese and some seeds.



I should be thinking of dinner now but I'm just mentally exhausted and just want to sleep... which I can't do because I've got a meeting tonight. Fudge.
 
Try and have a little something hun, even though you're tired :( I hope you feel better soon and the meeting goes okay xxx
 
Yeah I'll have some in a bit... I'm not stressed about the meeting, it's going to be a good one. I'm just having some issues with a professor - I'll have a meeting about that next week, with the dean. I'm going to go well prepared, and the dean will have received comments from around 50 other students about him.
The meeting tonight is an unofficial student council meeting (the president is at the city, so it'll just be the rest of us), basically talking about what we're going to talk about at the next meeting :p
 
Geez, what's been going on with me?? I've been super busy lately and have had no time to think about this all. Time really flew. Well, I need to get back on track.

today I went on a short walk with my friend and her dogs, then we went snowboarding! That was really awesome, my first time ever!

I'm out of money now, so it'll be herbalife shakes + school food (have some food tickets left) for the rest of the month. That's a good thing, I guess!

I hope I don't lose sight of this all....
 
So far today I've had one herbalife shake (I only woke up at noon so I skipped breakfast) and had a light stroll with my friends and two dogs. It was whopping 4°c outside so I only wore my t-shirt - typical Icelandic behaviour ;)

Has anybody noticed how tempting homework is when there's housework to be done? I really need to clean today, and wash my clothes. But I'd rather read ecology.

My muscles are sore from the snowboarding yesterday! I like that :) Oh and I've had sore abs for a couple of days now, I think it's from all the hiccuping I did when I was drunk last Wednesday night. Seriously. Goodtimes ;)
 
Gaaah this isn't working. I need to do something drastic. I'm going to the gym. It's far far far away and I'm pretty much broke, but f* it. I can't live like this. I'm only buying a 10-time card, I'm moving temporarily in 2 months and I don't have much time what with the uni and the opera project. But I hope this'll help at least a bit.

I'm going in an hour. A friend of mine is going with me.

I'm angry about this. I feel like I'm failing. Yesterday I put on trousers I haven't used in a bit, they didn't fit. I bought them in August. Less than 7 months ago. What's up with that?? *growl*

My diet hasn't been bad. I've got the candy craving under control, finally! I usually eat salad w/ a bit of pasta at uni, and soup. I always have a protein shake for breakfast, and dinner varies. Sometimes it's another shake.

I really hope the gym helps. This summer I'll be living even further away from a gym, it's about an hour's drive each way over a 4x4 road (yeah I'll be living literally in the middle of nowhere). I won't be arsed to go there regularly.
 
Just a thought, you could maybe start to do hiking in the summer. That would be really good exercise if you live "in the middle of nowhere". And in summertime the nature would be beautiful, I think. :)
 
Yeah, I probably will hike :)
I'd do more outdoor exercise now but it can be really difficult... it keeps snowing, then melting, then freezing again etc, so it's always really slippery around here.

I'm back from the gym... It was so nice! I bought a month-card, I better use it!!
I've got an appointment in fat-percentage thingy on monday. Gonna do it again by the end of april to compare, and then again when I come back from the middle of nowhere :)
 
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