bluehats diary

yesterday--
family meatloaf (i cant ask about ingredients to figure calories- they dont think i need to
count calories yet still eat chips and other bad foods too)
dq banana split 550

weight 255
it doesnt want to stay below the 250 i guess
because ive been there so many times already
i'd throw away the scales but they arent mine lol

today maybe i can do better
 
Unless you ate the entire meatloaf you definitely didn´t overeat. Shame about the scales but no surprise given that you´re probably bloated from what you ate yesterday. Weighing after a heavier eating day can be very frustrating!
 
alot of things happened all at the same time
it was just more than i can deal with
im actively seeking support but
so far the finances hinder it
plus im having to deal with the
lack of medical and dental care
in my area so thats difficult
and i finally picked up one of
my old hobbies only to find
that my eyes dont support it
despite new glasses
and the absess doesnt allow
for exercise so i fear getting
out of that hard won habit
its all way too much at once
(sorry forgot to put that with LaMaria's quote)
 
Never mind the quote, I get what you mean. A person can be forgiven for binging when everything comes together like that - shame it doesn´t make things better. Could it be helpful to come on here and rant next time things get too much for you? Or, if you don´t want to give away personal stuff and you don´t want to be too cryptic either, write it down in a paper diary? The good thing about all that exercise you´re doing is that some time in the near future when you get overwhelmed with all the crappiness life sometimes throws at us you´ll be able to grab your coat and just walk it off. That may not seem like a real solution now but physical activity can really help to deal with stress.
I hope you´ll feel better tomorrow :grouphug:
 
2 cups cottage cheese 480
3 cups chickpea salad 720
1/2 cup ham 210
1410

the 15 min. leslie happy walk
 
2 slices pizza 600-800
2 cups soup 200
hot chocolate 190

15 min. 1 mile happy walk
10 mins. bike
 
i'd really like to see if i can eat
1600 calories a day and not gain weight
but i'm afraid to eat that much
i know lots of days i do eat that
but to do it on purpose
seems different
like something bad will happen if i do

maybe to try it i can weigh in the AM
then wait a week and weigh again
and try to not change other things
- variables like increased exercise-
so that i know any weight changes
were due to the calories
so just doing my 10 to 15 mins.
exercise every other day so it stays consistent
then at the end of 1 week decide if i need
to make any new changes
its worth a try
scary tho
what if i gain a ton
 
I think that would be an excellent idea and I definitely don´t expect you to gain a ton of weight. In fact I expect you to lose at least a little bit. I can understand that it feels scary though: after being bombarded for years by messages that we´re worthless lazy slobs if we don´t eat perfectly every meal of every day many of us feel like we need to restrict our calories by as much as possible or we´ll be failures. Whereas in reality many people who binge do so at least in part because they´re simply not eating enough at regular meals and our poor bodies are just scrambling for any way to get calories in.
I don´t know if it helps but in order to gain or lose a pound of fat in a set amount of time you have do overeat or undereat around 3500 kcal during that time. 7 days of eating 1600 kcal means you take in 11,200 kcal over the week so even if you were in suspended animation in a vat of green goop somewhere and didn´t burn a single calorie you couldn´t gain three and a half pounds of fat in that week. That´s not a ton by anyone´s reckoning! In reality, of course, an average youngish woman uses up around 2000 kcal a day - short, slim, sedentary, youngish women may only burn 1700 or so, so let´s go with that lowest number just to be on the safest side. That´s still less than you´d be eating that week.
I hope you will give it a try and I hope it won´t be as scary as it looks. I think you´re very brave for stepping this far outside your comfort zone :grouphug:
 
& I think it is an excellent idea too.
LaMaria said:
I hope you will give it a try and I hope it won´t be as scary as it looks. I think you´re very brave for stepping this far outside your comfort zone :grouphug:
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:iagree: with Lama & here's another hug for good measure :grouphug:
 
so day 1
starting at 253.6 lbs

did the happy walk 15 mins.
while i still have today's energy

not sure about the food menu yet
 
day 3

15 minute happy walk


and a confession
food to add from after
i posted yesterday

4 cups chickpea salad 960
cheese ( not sure how much i had)

so i already failed
not even 3 days
 
I think it´s hard to get through the day on only 4 sausages, no matter how many calories they have. It´s just... boring. I know eating the same things feels safe but it does make it harder to feel satisfied.
Could it be you overate yesterday because the idea of doing this for a week felt like a lot of pressure and "ruining" it would break that stress? That´s the kind of thing I used to do: ruin the project so I don´t have to deal with the stress of maybe not doing it perfectly. There´s no shame in that, we all deal with things the best way we can, but if it is what happened it might be helpful for you to know it for the future.
 
10 oz green beans 34
10 oz yellow beans 34
10 oz peas 114
1.5 cups shredded cheese 740
1.5 cups beans 494
hot chocolate 190
 
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