Beyond 200

May 3

I've gotten on the scale several times in the last few days and that number is going down. I can't believe it. I'm not going to officially log it in my ticker for another day or two until I'm confident it's not just a fluctuation. I'm VERY psyched though. I'm going to keep sticking to the general eating plan from the last few days. This should be interesting for the weekend, when we tend to go out a lot. I'll log in to keep track of myself.

My exercise plan:
Th night: treadmill
Fri morning: 30 minute weight training at gym, biking or walking to gym, or maybe driving to gym & going for a swim before the weight training.
Sat morning: bike ride with family or I'll sneak in a workout
Sun morning: walk with Frank to gym, 11:15 am pilates class, walk home, maybe an afternoon bike ride
 
May 6

It's gorgeous today in Chicago. Frank& I left the house at 9:30 a.m. to take the el a few stops to one of my favorite playgrounds in our old neighborhood. After getting off at our stop and walking a few blocks, I noticed that Frank (13 months) had fallen asleep in his stroller, so I just kept walking. When he woke up @ 20-30 minutes later, I stopped for a coffee then took him to the park. The day just kept getting prettier, so once we were about done at the park, I decided to walk the 2 miles back home. So, we were out and about, walking and playing, from 9:30 to 1:15 - a pretty ideal Sunday in my book.

I thought of you Mal, while I was walking (just in case you read this). I'd gotten in the habit of taking a trip to the gym on Sundays during the winter, and I wondered if I shouldn't be getting my heart rate up more to consider this a real workout, but then I thought of your "walking somewhere" tag and I realized that I was getting a workout, and that I should lighten up and enjoy the fabulous time I was having being out for a walk. The fact is, 5-6 days a week I don't have this kind of leisure time to stroll around town. I'm going to soak it up when I can get it.

The scale keeps sliding down slowly. Today, for example, it's 201.8. I'm not going to officially log a change this big until my Tuesday weigh-in for the May challenge, but for today I'll give myself a 1 lb loss, 204! That's a loss that I'm confident is here to stay. 200 is getting closer and closer.

On Friday I had a big dinner, one that wasn't so unusual until I started this forum. I felt guilty after eating. Not, "I suck" guilty, but "I really didn't need that many calories" and "I do not want to spoil my progress" guilty. A few hours before the big dinner, I had a slim fast, thinking it would fill me up. Ick, not so! I won't make that mistake again.

On Saturday, my husband suggested that we go out for breakfast, one of my favorite things to do, and I turned him down! That's a first! I didn't want to load up on more calories - it just wasn't worth it to me. I'll save a yummy breakfast for some other time when I've been really active or I've been eating light. This is really really out of character for me, but it feels good. Reading about you all, especially reading over and over on this forum about the importance of calories and healthy eating, is making a big difference for me. My eating habits are shifting into something different, and it's really good. Thank you!
 
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Hey you Im just jumpin in here...I have read most of your diary enteries and you sound liek you are gettin gthis down and yah for turning down a fatty breaky out - I love going out for breaky as well....Oh and the scale going down slowly is a good thing
 
May 8

If you haven't read the "why is this hard" thread started recently by Steve, go read it, now. There are lots and lots of amazing entries in there. I'm falling behind in my reading of it, but I will try to catch up later today. Honestly, I'm so affected by it - positively - that I'm not sure what I want to say here, but I want to check in with my own diary.

I lost 2.8 pounds this week. Thank you May challenge, WLF, and thank you to me! I did I good job! On my mind is a mild concern that I'm not feeling really energetic and motivated to exercise. I've noticed that I get the most exercise in if I work out each day the first several days of the week, like Sunday through Wednesday, then, as I get more exhausted by weeks end (our family's weekend is Fri-Sat) I give myself a day off.

Today I will get on the treadmill after putting Frank down. I'm also going to go for a long walk at lunch. The meal changes, big breakfast, small lunch with several snacks throughout the day, small dinner and no alcohol except on weekends, are going well, but I'm a little nervous about keeping them up.

Today's food so far:
breakfast: omlette w/ 1 egg, 1 egg white, @ 1 c. steamed spinach, @ 2T feta cheese, 2 slices whole wheat toast with butter, @ 3/4 c. o.j. , coffee w/ 1% milk.
11 a.m. snack: Breakstone's cottage cheese w/ pineapple topping, 150 cal.

Plan for the rest of the day:
lunch: small soup, broth based w/ veggies
snack: banana, baby carrots

6 p.m. arrival home: glass 1% milk, yobaby yogurt
dinner: small plate flank steak with sweet potato, maybe 4-6 oz red wine to drink, maybe skim milk to drink
9:30 Early to bed!
 
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May 9

I had a good night last night, albeit a weird one. I know you're all holding your breath so I'll just be up front - no, I did not get on the treadmill last night as planned. BUT, I did something I think was equally healthy, I went to bed at 8:30. I felt really grumpy last night when my husband got home and I promptly picked a fight with him. Then, since I felt like I could go right to sleep, I did! (We made up first, he's a very patient guy).

Eating-wise, I followed my plan throughout the day. When I got home, my son ate none of his grilled cheese so I ate most of it. I prepared the steak as planned so my husband could have it for dinner, but I decided that the grilled cheese was my dinner. I'll have the leftover steak for dinner tonight. I had half a glass of milk, and went off to bed. I slept till 6 am - so last night was the longest strech of sleep I've had in a very long time.

Tonight, the treadmill :)
 
May 10

I had a good day yesterday. I walked my son down to the park yesterday instead of getting on the treadmill. That walk, combined with my earlier half mile walk from my office to the train station, adds up to a mile and a half. I ate alone, after Frank was asleep and long before my husband got home, but I made a big salad to go with our leftover skirt steak so I had a real meal. It felt much better than munching on my son's grilled cheese or easy-to-grab goldfish crackers or something like that.

The scale read 201.8 this morning. I'll log the change if it sticks over the next few days. I'm actually not nervous about the mother's day brunch I'm hosting. I'll have small portions and take a long long walk later in the day.
 
Hey there! It looks like you've been having an awesome week. Congratulations!

It must be hard trying to balance weight loss with the family's needs. I can't imagine myself being able to lose any weight if I had a baby to tend to. You should be proud of yourself for what you have accomplised so far. Don't give up, these things take time.
 
May 14

Thank you Jeff! Your encouragement was right on time. I thought about not logging in today because I haven't been doing very well. But, when I'm not doing well is probably when I need to log on the most.

I did well at the expected challenging time, our mother's day brunch, but then I had an unneccessarily rich dinner that same night and I'm still feeling bad about it - it was really rich (fried calamari and a big brownie dessert, which I ate half of, but it was a huge half). I want this weight off of me so much more than I want that food.
 
May 14 - food diary

I'm embarrassed to write this out, but I need to clear my head . . .

8 a.m. at home, after 1 hour pilates lesson:
light string cheese

9:15 a.m. at work:
Cosi omlette sandwich: everything bagel, egg, cheddar cheese, spinach, roasted red peppers - 600 calories
medium latte with skim milk

lunch 2:30
bologna sandwich on wheat w/ cheese & lettuce (from home)
baby carrots
yobaby yogurt (110 calories)
light string cheese

plan for dinner
spinach salad w/ feta

walk to park with Frank
 
you got in both a walk and pilates so you're doing well - and the calories don't look terrible... sometimes ya just gotta splurge :)
 
Hi hello slimmom!

You're making progress, yahoo!

I hope you don't feel too bad about your mother's day meals. It sounds like you've been doing a great job with food choices, portion control and exercise.

Good job!

I know what you mean about wanting the weight off right now. I feel that way right now ... Oh how I wish I had gotten serious about myself when I had 30 lbs. to lose and not 130

Alas,


Soon you'll be in the hundreds :)
 
May 15

Thanks cshani and hi! I makes such a difference for me to know that I am not alone in this. I'm rooting for you too!

I followed my meal plan for yesterday fairly closely, all though I added a few things, some of which I'm o.k. with, some not so much. After I fed my son I ate the 2-3 mini-eggos he left behind. I wish I had thrown them about instead. That was probably about 100-150 calories. I also had two tootsie rolls as I left work, and I had a banana baby (Diana's chocolate covered banana baby) and 4 oz wine after dinner. I'm fine with that. I walked Frank to the park as planned, which is just over a mile round trip, so, along with my walk to the train station, and lunch time trip to Macy's, was probably about 2 miles of walking yesterday.

Meal plan for today:
8 a.m. omlette w/ 1 egg, 1 egg white, 1.5 oz bacon, 1 oz cheddar cheese, 1 c. spinach, 2 slices wheat toast w/ butter, 6 strawberries

10:40 a.m. snack, yobaby yogurt

noon small moroccan lentil soup w/ 1/2 slice bread from Cosi

pm snack baby carrots

6 pm, protein shake if I'm starving, strawberries

dinner whole wheat pasta carbonara (cooking light recipe), 4 oz red wine

exercise: walk Frank to park. If raining, treadmill hill routine.
 
Thanks a lot for the reps Mal. Your contributions on WLF have already made a huge difference for me, and I've barely been here a month! Looking forward to many more months of Mal in my life :)
 
Oh my gosh! I just noticed that my ticker now says that I have under 40 pounds to lose! 39.4, that's less than 40! That is SO awesome!
 
May 16

I'm doing o.k.. I had more pasta and more wine last night than planned. The pasta was whole wheat and VERY satisfying. I'm not too worried about it.

Because of the bigger-than-planned dinner I didn't have my morning omlette and instead had a small bowl of shredded wheat & cheerios with berries and a piece of whole wheat toast with a little peanut butter. I really like having a satisfying breakfast - I feel like it sets me up for a good day. I've had a banana as a midmorning snack, I'll have a salad for lunch, and I'm not sure about dinner . . . I made a yummy bulger with feta & grapes salad last night so maybe I'll have that over some lettuce. I didn't do the treadmill last night so I'm absolutely doing it tonight. I can feel my legs itching for some exercise.

The pants I'm wearing fit better than they ever have before. I've only lost @ 4 pounds, but it already feels so good.
 
May 17

I'm doing o.k. but I had some slip-ups yesterday. After lunch I jumped at a big, frosted home-made sugar cookie when a friend offered it, and at dinner I had some white wine despite my alleged no-wine-on-weekdays policy. But, otherwise I ate really well.

Today I'm back on track. No unplanned-for cookie and no wine at dinner. I've also been slipping on my evening cardio. But, I'm working more walking into my day and going to bed earlier, so again, I'm not going to beat myself up about it. Tonight, the treadmill for sure, since I haven't done a work out since Monday morning pilates. Good luck to you all out there!
 
Hey you thanx so much for droppin by...Im sorry I havent been keeping up with you lately...Iv ebeen a little busy...Im here now :):):)

Indulging once in awhile isnt gonna screw you up you are intitled to treats and such in moderations and life always jumps at us ... I will be by again soon :):):)
 
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