Being less lazy and having less excuses

Cheeselover

Cheeselover

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As I believe most of the people here, I have some experience with losing weight as well. I have gone up and down several times – the last time I had almost my goal weight achieved was last year (2013) in May. Somehow during this year/year and a half I am back where I was before and this happens when I let all the food intake in a flow.

Last 2-3 months I am waking up and each morning starting more balanced food intake. 3 months have passed and I have done nothing in favor of losing the weight. This time I have problems to start, to get that first kick to get going. I create this diary hoping that it will help me to get that first kick and keep my healthier/balanced eating habits for more than 5-7 days :)

Overall I have rather good eating habits and I do sports. I have no problems with drinking lots of water and I am drinking NO soda at all. The only liquids I consume are water, coffee and white wine/champagne (Super healthy, I know :D). I like/enjoy eating vegetables, I am not addicted to fast foods (only exception is pizza from time to time). SO WHAT IS MY PROBLEM THEN? Seems I can be/I am quite healthy. BUT... ehhhh...

The major drawbacks for not having lower weight are:
1. Just being lazy – not paying much attention to food planning and as a result – eating not balanced, therefore eanding up eating too much;
2. I don’t eat many items, I am vegetarian/half vegan – I don’t eat meat, fish or any kind of sea food, eggs, mushrooms and some milk products (but I DO love looooove cheese :D) since I was 6 years old. I am not allergic to these foods nor do I have some other beliefs which are the basis for not eating them. The above mentioned food does not taste good for me (but the reason for this is a medical. Simple explanation – I do not have ferments (particles) in my body that break/crack these products, therefore my stomach hurts if I consume these products);
3. Considering that I am not eating the main sources of lean protein, it sometimes is challenging to get the proper protein intake;
4. And last but not least I enjoy wine. Which means that sometimes a glass here and there when having dinner or at the weekend is a common thing. But at the moment I should reduce (at best cut out for a while) my wine intake as I have discovered that it is major factor in successful weight loss for me.

I am 30 year old female, height 1.71 m (5’7”), currently weighting 77.2 kg (169.8 lbs). My goal weight is 63 kg (138.6 lbs), I should lose in total 14.2 kg (31.2 lbs). Arghhh.... sounds a lot.

The first goal is to lose 4 kg (8.8 pounds) in the first month. Maybe… maybe it sounds a bit unrealistic, as I do have 4 parties already planned this month– my birthday, boyfriend’s birthday, boyfriend mother’s birthday and one Wedding to attend. But on the other hand – the kilos (pounds) DO tend to drop faster on the first weeks/first month. So I will stick with this first deadline:
27.September – 73.2 kg
and I will see how that goes. :)

Have a healthy day everybody!
 
In the morning almost jumped on the scale. As if having one good day, would show me a great weight loss. Yeah right! :)

I am determined to weight myself just once a week on Wednesday mornings. For me weighting myself each day unfortunately does not work although I have the desire to step on the scale every morning. If I see the weight number fluctuate too much, it makes me sad and unmotivated. So that’s why weighting myself just once a week. :)

Yesterday was good – eating within the calories, had one-hour cardio in the gym, made a bit over 8,000 steps instead of daily goal 10,000 steps.

Lets have another great day!
 
Today was good calorie wise, but maybe I could have made a bit better choices as I had too many salty stuff (pickles and other marinated vegetables but still better choice than potato chips). It was not so good with the activities – I did not manage to go to the gym and had not that many steps either. Tomorrow will be both – weight training in the gym and 10,000 steps. I promise ;)

I did not mention before but I am trying to stay within 1,500 – 1,600 calorie range a day and trying to have the following proportions --> 40% carbs, 40% protein and 20% fat.

Not big plans for the evening – just watching a bit US Open (tennis) and then in a couple of hours going to sleep. Tomorrow is Friday and it could be a bit challenging I guess. I like to go out wining&dining and I usually go quite often (3-4 times a week). As I am counting my calories now then I have decided to reduce that to 1-2 times a week. Making a good choice in a restaurant is not the problem – mostly I take some salad or steamed veggies anyway and I don’t enjoy deserts (except from the cheese cake), the problem is wine. I usually have a glass or two, but I know even this amount will slow down my metabolism and I will end the week with no significant weight loss.. ehhh... should try to stay away from wine.
 
Good luck! It sounds like you have a pretty good game plan. I also try for 10,000 steps a day (and 5 miles and 10 flights of stairs). Sometimes it's hard to get that number!
 
Thanks! The plan is there, but unfortunately the implementation part sucks! :D

The last 3 weeks have been the same as usual, will not bother you with the excuses/details, but I must admit that nothing has happened in terms of losing the weight. Unfortunately.. ehh...
I have been as always – nothing too bad, but nothing too good either... Luckily the birthday parties and the friend’s wedding are in the past, and the very nice thing is that till the end of the October I have no special occasions or any close friends birthdays/parties to attend (at least at the moment there are no invitations). Basically what does that mean is that I have no reason, really no reasonable ground not to stick to my diet.

I have not weighted myself, but I believe I am the same – around 77-78 kg (170 lbs). Not happy with that number, not happy at all! And no need to say that I will not reach my mini goal (as of 27 September) that I set for myself before. But I will weight myself in the next days and then I will set a new mini goal and will stick to it!! I will, I will, I will!!!! :)

The only drawback at the moment is that one of my feet is hurting, have never had problems before. Have no idea what could be the reason for the pain, but I hope soon it will go away and I will be able to go to the gym again. As for the exercise I am just walking now, but not getting my 10, 000 steps a day, as I am worried and do not want to put too much pressure on my foot. Due to my small injury even more I should be eating better to get some noticeable results at all.

Have a wonderful and healthy day!
 
Thank you very much :)

On Friday and Saturday I was very good with the eating. The meal plan was almost the same both days, with minor changes. I know I know it is not that good, but better the same foods as something unhealthy. And the daily food intake roughly looked like this (both days):

B: Quark (similar to cottage cheese) with raisins, cinnamon and a bit of honey
L: Pearl Barley with various vegetables and cream cheese (low fat of course :D)
D: Salad of vegetables and lettuce + cheese + honey/mustard dressing
S: Protein shake

As for the physical activities, just 10,000 steps each day. No gym unfortunately :( My running shoes are rather used, so I decided maybe my small foot injury could be connected with that? So today ordering new running shoes! Yay! I really want to get back to gym!

Yesterday evening (Saturday) I felt so weird that we were not going out in the evening. Not necessarily dancing, but at least on Friday or Saturday we tend to go to eat out somewhere and drink wine a bit, but yesterday - nothing! Habits, right? I was begging my boyfriend, but he was refusing to go. He knows I am losing weight, so I think he just wanted to support me. I was disappointed, but of course waking up today I feel awesome and I am happy that we were not out as it allowed me to be good with my diet! Yes! I might say that this is my small yesterday’s victory!

The fellow dieters – have a wonderful Sunday and those who stay at home - keep your hands away from the candy and the fridge! :)
 
Congratulations on your victory yesterday! :party: It's great that your boyfriend is helping you out. I trust that your new gym shoes will solve your foot dilemma. Don't push it too hard, or you might hurt your foot even worse, and no one wants that. I'm looking forward to your updates!
 
Thanks, chmia14 :)

You are absolutely right about the foot, we always have to be very careful not to injure ourselves even more. :)

I did order new running shoes yesterday, so I hope I will be going to the gym on Wednesday :) And my foot is much better, I cannot express how happy I am with that. I was already worried that I will have to go to the doctors, but no. Everything is good! :D yay!
 
Yesterday outside was so bad weather.. It was quite warm, but almost the whole day it was raining (till 6 pm) and was windy. Went for a walk in the very evening for about an hour and made just 5,000 steps. No other exercise. But knowing that I will not get my 10,000 steps, I was very careful with eating, did very good:

B: Quark with raisins, cinnamon and a bit of honey
Coffee + Milk
L: Vegetable salad + cottage cheese + potatoes
Coffee + Milk
D: Tomato cream soup
Protein shake

Today and tomorrow going for a trip, which means that there will be no home made food – lunches and dinners somewhere out as well as hotel breakfast (I loooove hotel breakfasts, there is usually so much choice). BUT I will be careful and will make good choices. Still have to finish packing and have my morning coffee and breakfast. No need to say that today and tomorrow the only exercise will be walking. :( Unfortunately the hotel does not have swimming pool, otherwise I always use one when it is available).

Healthy day everybody! :)
 
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Mmmm your breakfast sounds yummy!I wish I wasn't too lazy to get out of bed early enough to make a decent breakfast (I'm toast or a skipper :\)
Good luck away this weekend! Like you say, so long as you're careful with your intake it shouldn't be TOO bad. Remember to have fun though :D
 
LouLou86 said:
Good luck away this weekend! Like you say, so long as you're careful with your intake it shouldn't be TOO bad. Remember to have fun though :D
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Although it was work-related trip, I still enjoyed it :) I love traveling – doesn’t matter it’s work or holiday. Your wishing well helped me to stay on the track during the trip :D I think I did exceptionally well this time. I stayed within calories both of the days and mostly I chose dishes with vegetables in it. The only setback was one glass of wine, but only one. Although I could have easily skipped it, somehow the situation was that I had to take the glass. Everybody was chatting and once the glass was in my hands, then even without conscious thinking I started drinking it. Happens, I guess. I have to clap on my shoulder that each day I managed to get 25,000 steps.
 
Yesterday I received my running shoes. Finally I have comfortable shoes again! Today I went to the gym and had decided to run 6 km (as I have not been to the gym for quite a while, as to say – start slowly), but ended up running 10 km. I am blaming my new running shoes! :D
 
Wow, well done you!!! I couldn't even run 1km if my life depended on it lol. First time back at the gym and you smashed out 10k! Next time you're feeling low or lack motivation just remember that!! Onwards and upwards :D
 
Good morning!

I am doing rather good. On Friday my weight was 76.5 kg (168.3 lbs), which is a bit of a loss, although I am not sure what the exact previous weight was. Friday I had weight training – today, two days later my muscles are still sore. Love it!

On Saturday there was no training, just much of walking (around 14,000 steps). Eating was good, but I had champagne yesterday. A bit too much I guess. I even don’t know how many glasses, but I must say – quite many. But I think that I did not go over the daily calories too much. The accomplishment is – while I was drinking, I did not eat anything. I already made a promise to me before drinking that if I will have a drink then I will not snack. And I did it! Yeah! :) Today in the evening I plan to go to the gym to run a bit. Hopefully I will eat properly as the next day after drinking my body demands some junk. But I will try my best too eat good. Going to have my morning coffee.

Enjoy the Sunday!
 
You seem raher focused on food but dont forget that exercise is the most important part if you want to keep the weight off, healthy eating only doesnt work, especially cutting calories!!!
 
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Cheeselover said:
. Hopefully I will eat properly as the next day after drinking my body demands some junk. But I will try my best too eat good. Going to have my morning coffee.

Enjoy the Sunday!
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Ha, I have struggled with this exact thing today! Hangover eating is the devil!!!
Sounds like you are doing well and it's good to see you are taking stock of your intake and keeping active along with it :D Keep going!!!
 
VincentC said:
You seem raher focused on food but dont forget that exercise is the most important part if you want to keep the weight off, healthy eating only doesnt work, especially cutting calories!!!
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Maybe I haven’t mentioned before or I haven’t clearly written that, but I do sports. I am going 3-5 times a week to the gym – doing both weight training and cardio (mostly running). From time to time – cross fit training and swimming. I am exercising more or less all the time (my whole life). Even when I gained the weight I was going to the gym.

But knowing my own body, for me the eating part is more important (than exercise). Of course, I am not saying that exercise is not important – it is! Maybe eating part for me is important due to the fact that I am vegetarian and it is quite hard to collect protein. When I am not focusing on the food, I tend to eat way too many carbs (therefore very little/no protein) and lets be honest, too many calories. :( Partying contributes to the weight gain as well. And it means, that I have to (I am forced to) put much emphasis on the food part. It doesn’t matter how much I train, if my food intake is not proper, I am not losing a gram of weight. Unfortunately.

But what works for one person, does not work for other, right? ;) I would wish that I could eat without thinking about food intake so much and just do the exercise part though. :)
 
LouLou86 said:
Ha, I have struggled with this exact thing today! Hangover eating is the devil!!!
Sounds like you are doing well and it's good to see you are taking stock of your intake and keeping active along with it :D Keep going!!!
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I must say that I am nicely surprised about myself. Although I had cravings for something greasy yesterday, I managed to keep my hands off the unhealthy food. Oh, but I wanted to get some though!

Whilst drinking on Saturday, I was very careful. With each glass of champagne, I had one glass of water. I have noticed that sometimes I am thirsty and if there is no water, then I tend to drink the alcohol as to get the thirst away but of course the thirst is still there. Therefore I was having much of water on Saturday and that means – less tipsiness, less calories from alcohol and less hangover! :)
 
Yesterday I did not want to go to the gym soooo much. But I forced myself and of course I felt awesome! It is unbelievable how hard it is sometimes to push yourself to go out of the house but once being in the gym – the motivation and energy just appears! Was very good weight training, I am happy that I forced myself and overcame my laziness!

The food yesterday was:
B: Quark with cinnamon, honey and banana
Slice of bread
L: Pumpkin cremesoup
Slice of protein bread with light cheese
After-training: Protein shake
D: Salad (rukola, tomatoes, cucumber, pepper, corn) with olives and goat cheese covered with olive oil/vinegar/mustard dressing

Yesterday I got an invitation for New Years Party! The first thought was: ‘Oh, it is still so far away in the future’, but from the other hand, Ladies and Gentlemen, we have exactly 92 days left till we can get to fit in those evening dresses and tuxedos. Just 92 days, from the diet point of view it is not much at all, not at all. So we have to make the best out of that time.
I believe I should make a goal. Now I weight 76.5 kg (168.3 lbs), my goal is to weight 73.0 kg (160.6 kg) till the 31.Oktober, which would be a loss of 3.5 kg (7.7 lbs) in a month. Doable!

Today I plan to make a bit of cardio in the evening. About the food I haven’t decided yet, but breakfast is the same as yesterday and actually the same as the last days. Not sure how good it is to have the same breakfast for a longer period of time...
 
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