Ashys Diary

i agree so much with having small targets it makes it easier to reach our goal!!!i weigh 200.620659 pounds~!!!!according to google as a friend adviced me to do!my first target is 194 lbs (88kg)---Thats how much i was before getting pregnant then is 185 lbs|(84kg)----thats how much i was when i felt nice
then 165lbs(75kg) and last 143lbs (65kg)...\Last two are so far away at the moment
So i keep focused on the closer target instead of thinking " god how am i gone to make this long journey!"
Also i want to say something else, if i think of it as a DIET i'm gonna fail so quick,i think of it more like HEALTHY EATING and it works for me!!!when i went on strict diets and said to myself "youre having NO SWEETS" i felt terrible , i was punishing myself.Now i allow myself to have a sweet once a week and you know what?i dont even have it or if i do i have very little!!Not because i MUST but because i allow my self to have!Strange isnt it>?

Are you planing on exercising at all?
 
That's awesome. I can't wait to be able to say I've met my goals. Good for you! Yes, its a change not a diet. Diet means punishment to me too. I do not like to think like that. I told my husband that is how I fail because I feel like I am punishing myself. He gives me great advice because he quit smoking almost a year ago and he felt the same way when he decided to give up cigarettes. So I turn to him a lot to help me work through these struggles. He pointed out that all the satisfaction that I get from eating certain foods can be found in other foods or activities. And he is right. You just have to pick it apart and anyalize every thing and admittedly he was right.
for instance:
Sugary drinks...
taste good, refreshing, easy to grab.
Water is refreshing and very easy to grab. After time it tastes better and better. There are zero calories drinks that can give me flavor if I truly need it, but that will be a last resort. I don't want to have too many chemicals in my diet.
And like I said to my husband I do not have to swear them off completely. Once I can prove to myself that I can moderate what I eat and have made some progress I can have a sweet treat on a holiday or celebration, but I must keep it limited. :)

As one person said "you are the only thing standing in your way of success." And I will not do that!

Yes, I will exercise. But I want to make it through a week of focusing on my diet first. I need to prove to myself that I am capable of accomplishing that goal.
 
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Snack: 2 large graham crackers with 1tbsp peanut butter
Lunch 1/2 cup tomato soup with red pepper, pepper, garlic seasoning, and pinch of chives
2 saltines, 1c yogurt, 1/2c applesauce.
and WATER!
:)
 
Dinner: Salmon with seasonings, 2/3 cup of green beans with seasonings, 2 pieces of reduced calorie wheat bread, & water. :)

Doing great!!
 
Good day.
So far I have had

Breakfast: english muffin with a tiny bit of peanut butter, a banana, coffee, 1c milk, and water.
Snack: 1/2 an apple with peanut butter & water
Lunch (soon): 1 grilled chz (light bread & cooking spray); 1c low fat yogurt & 1/2c applesauce.

When I was at the grocery store I was about to pick up some low calorie jelly, but I already committed that this week I am sticking to my planned diet and that was not part of it. So I put it back on the shelf. I acknowledged that even if I use it in the future it will have to be something I agreed to ahead of time. I made a commitment and I am sticking to it. Its not the end of the world to eat dry toast or dry english muffin. I should be grateful I even have those things in my life. Some people do not!
Time to go feed my crying baby, and myself. :)
 
good for you!!!You had a great day i see!
Super markets are soooo diffcult for me too...All those goodies around!especialy when i used to buy them and now not.I ve come to discover so many products i didnt know about before!!!
Works well for me when i shop AFTER having my meal!not so tempted!!!
 
Have either of you thought about shopping online? There are supermarkets in the UK who'll deliver to you for free if you meet certain conditions (spend over a certain amount and/ or at a certain time), and I find it very easy to stay on track if I'm looking at categories (I don't even go into the sweets/ biscuits/ chocolate/ ice cream categories- can't do that in the supermarket, where you have to walk past those things to get what you want!). I don't do it very often (the conditions aren't always easy to meet) but it's definitely a way to keep yourself in line.
 
I agree, keep away from newsagents and shops, ANYTHING but them when you are starting out!

I've been eating healthily for almost a month now, and i feel like i can handle shops a bit better, but until you get food guilt (which takes a while to kick in with me), just STAY AWAY!!!!

Its a good idea planning your meals out in advance. It doesn't work for me to say on monday i will have A, on tuesday I'll have B, but every week i get 7 healthy meals and I will just have what I fancy each night.

The most important thing right now is not to make yourself miserable about the diet. Think happy positive thoughts. Bad foods are treating your mind, not your body. Your body is screaming Nooooooooo every time it sees a high cal food. It won't be long till your mind is screaming noooooooooo too!

I will be checking in and nagging you on a regular basis :) x
 
^ I'll add that an alternative to "on Monday I'll have, on Tuesday I'll have..." is "I'm going to have these meals during this week. Here's my shopping list so I know I have everything I need". I like this approach because I get excited about finding new recipes and I look forward to getting the stuf in and eating it :) (but maybe I'm just a dweeb)
 
Yes, what I did was use this list:


To get an idea of what I will eat from Sunday to Saturday. I wrote down everything in a spreadsheet then I went to the market. So far this is really working out because I have taken all the counting and guess work out from a day to day basis.
When I walk into the kitchen I say to myself "what am I eating now?" Then I look on the fridge and see what I have typed out and eat it.

In the US there are only a handful of online stores and they deliver to very few places. I have checked into it before. It would be wonderful to have my groceries delivered! Especially since I have a 9 month old that needs my attention 24/7. Unfortunately, I am stuck doing the shopping in person! However, if I do as you suggested just make a list avoid certain aisles I should be ok. :)

What gets me the most is that here we have a ton of tv adverts for Pizza Hut, Olive Garden... Just a lot of restaurants that have yummy things and that's what makes me start thinking about it. Other wise its out of site and mind. I have started muting the tv and looking away briefly till it goes off. lol I feel like I am constantly being begged to go eat food. Thanks a lot commercial tv.

However, I did do great today. Day 3 of my diet! I stuck to my plan and now its just time to chill out before bed.

Again, thanks for the input.
 
I think a lot of people get sucked into the fast food adverts on TV especially kids.
 
omg! I LOVEEEEEE Desperate Housewives. I do need to play catch up on this last season though!

Other than a few shows I don't watch television very often. I'm usually taking care of my son, cleaning & cooking, and on the computer.


So, today I had to take my son to the pediatrician for his 9 month booster shot. He did great. He cried but it didn't last very long at all. He was a champ! I was sad to see he graduated to the larger needles though. He still has baby legs. Ouch!

So this morning I was going crazy trying to get everything together to make it to his appointment. I didn't have time to eat. So on the way home I was starting to feel a bit hungry and my mind instantly started to think about all the fast food places that I was going to pass on the way home. I really wanted to stop and get a chick-fil-a spicy chicken salad. By this time of day I would have already had my first snack in addition to breakfast so I was like ooo I have 550 calories I can play catch up with. The problem was I didn't know what the exact calories were for any fast food chains and I didn't want to get off of what has been a great week for dieting! So I convinced myself to just get home and eat as soon as I could. I am so proud of myself. :hurray:
That would have been a very easy screw up for me. But it did make me realize that I am not perfect (doesn't take much to help me realize that, lol). So, I think I will have to generate some kind of back up plan for events like this. I can't go anywhere unarmed!!

I hope everyone is doing swell today!
 
So, I did excellent tonight. I didn't go over my 1500. I stuck to my diet plan. Yep. Doing good. I'm keeping in mind my goals and how I long to have a fit body to carry me through the years as I watch my child(ren) grow up. I really hate how I wasted my 20s being a fat girl when I know how beautiful and strong I can be. I'm really thinking of the day that I will hit 199 pounds. It has been years! I remember when I was younger I told myself that I would never ever let my body get to 200lbs and then it happened. I did nothing about it. Now I am. Now I must while I am still somewhat youthful. It only gets harder with time. Got to keep on this journey. I need to look ahead and not ever look back. I will. I can!
As I write this I find myself thinking about how I am going to celebrate my break the 200lb barrier break. I used to celebrate with food!! I have no idea how to celebrate now. I need to come up with something. I guess I could still go out for a nice dinner as long as I planned ahead and get my husband to agree to not order something I'd give into. He would do that for me because he is just that kinda guy. ;-) A great husband. Anyways.. I am still curious as to ways to celebrate that aren't over doing it or consequential to my diet.
 
Well done :)

Something to decorate the house with? Put some money aside for a trip or something? (I'm putting a little money aside for every kilogram I lose, but a larger chunk at a milestone would work too) Beauty treatment? Is there anything you want that you could probably afford (as in, don't get yourself into debt here) have wanted but haven't quite been able to justify? (Or any way to leave your husband hints so on a certain day once you're sure you're going to be there he surprises you with flowers, if that's your thing?)
 
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