bongabonga's diary

So far so good?

Justagirl, I can totally relate to eating healthy at work and going home and eating an entire package of biscuits or crisps (I am American but I love responding to you so I have an excuse to say biscuits and crisps!) I truly love your idea of accepting moderate alcohol intake for now and using that as my secret weapon when I hit the dreaded plateau around 175 lbs. I have never heard of weight watchers wine, how intriguing!

Jennifer, you know I think it would really help both my husband and I to have small, preportioned snacks that we could grab and not think twice about. Thank you!

mmm.. baked Lays.. those are so fantastic, I don't know if I could have them in the house without eating the whole bag, as is my custom. Those are the only chips I can finish an ENTIRE bag in one sitting! Wow I can't believe I just admitted that, I can't believe how "fat" it sounds.

jen_renee, I am literally in shock over the fact that someone else has crushed up saltine crackers and poured milk over them. Though with me it's more like I have a little milk in a bowl and I would crunch up 2 or 3 crackers at a time and eat them. So they stay crunchy. So delicious!

Yesterday I did about 20 minutes of cardio on a rowing-type machine and holy cow can I feel it in my shoulders today. I have to say I think it's good to be on this forum looking around and reading up on people because I had a lot more mindless cravings yesterday when I stayed away from the forums. I was really good about not giving in to them, but it is such an addiction, in a way I never realized until I seriously decided to change it.

I broke the 210 barrier yesterday and stand this morning at 208.2. I need to celebrate these small victories, as ridiculous as it feels to be happy about still weighing over 200 pounds. 9 more pounds and I can kiss the 200s goodbye.

I also looked around eBay last night for size-small dresses. Clothes look so much better on thin people.
 
hey bonga bonga :D - Loving your name still hahaha
anyway...for me - on the rare occasion i have cravings (since i eat the right things - i m hardly ever hungry - well only the obvoius time of the month)
It helps me if i go around shops - looking at some dresses, jeans...or if i dont have time to actually hit the shops - then online! that doesnot only stop my cravings but makes me motivated too :D
another tip is i m making myself a nice cup of tea - i have a tea shop in my cupboards lol :D - sometimes when you are craving food - maybe you just need some water.
if i really cant stop my cravings i just eat some nuts ot goji berries or something like that.
well done on going under 210!! :party:
thats something i wanna do this month too - in fact i wanna reach 200 by the beginning of April. :)

Good luck lady
hugs :grouphug:
 
I def. think preparing snacks is necessary, if I don't do this, it makes it a lot easier to slip up. Little things do make a difference.
Congrats on getting below 210..def. a goal of mine this month!!!
 
Wow - good on you for getting under 210 - sooo sooo pleased for you :0)
Yeah check out the weight watchers wine - I have a bottle chilling as we speak :0) it's really tasty.

I stayed the same this week - but at least I didn't put any weight on.

So tonight is Saturday - this is Mega treat day for me. I weighed myslef this morning and won't weight myself until next Saturday which suits me down to the ground after having some nice food and wine etc tonight :0)

Can't wait to read more x
 
bongabonga said:

I broke the 210 barrier yesterday and stand this morning at 208.2. I need to celebrate these small victories, as ridiculous as it feels to be happy about still weighing over 200 pounds. 9 more pounds and I can kiss the 200s goodbye.
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Yay for small victories! :hurray: They should definitely be celebrated... Congrats!
 
Justina, I am so glad my name makes you smile! I thought it sounded pretty funny too :D I have gotten much better about getting a glass of water when I'm craving food. It really does help. As a last resort, I will get toothbrush and toothpaste and brush my teeth, so that any food I may want to eat would just taste awful, so what's the point?

I am struggling with wanting to take up some of the old habits I would use to avoid eating. Like making a plate of food and taking one bite and pouring dish soap all over the rest to make it inedible. Or (so yuck) taking bites, chewing them up and spitting them out into a ziploc baggie, going through the whole meal that way and throwing away the gross baggie of chewed-up food at the end of the meal. I did that every night for almost a year in high school. It isn't healthy, and it doesn't translate into reasonable, sustainable dietary habits, and it certainly doesn't help with the root of the problem - my psychological dependence on food.

Last night I went to visit my mother and I ate a bowl of angel-hair pasta with a little olive oil, freshly grated parmesan cheese, and a shitload of salt. It was the worst thing I could have possibly eaten, and this morning the scale reflected that. 211. THREE POUNDS from a bowl of pasta? I guess that goes to show. I did NOT practice moderation. I could have gotten myself an actual serving size of pasta, and limited myself to a few teaspoons of grated cheese, no oil, and the barest sprinkle of salt. But no.

I went ahead and updated my ticker, even though it breaks my heart. I am thinking it would be helpful to have a separate spreadsheet with my daily weight, and only update the ticker every week, when I do my photo.

Photo day is coming up. Monday evening. Oh I dread it. I don't think I look any different. I know that's no way to think, but I can't help myself.
 
hey lady - your pasta wit olive oil and parmasan doenst sound unhealthy - i think its the salt that letting you down - High consumption of salt results in temporary weight gain as it causes your body to retain water- i was my problem last month - when i ate out in restaurants - and couldnt control salt intake - it was driving me mad - bc i ate ok (calories were well controlled) and excercized well - and yet i didnt lose weight.
So it could be that.
Hope it helps
:grouphug:
 
Pasta is my downfall, all carbs call to me but pasta is the worst, and I had a way-too-big serving. Although the salt is the next big thing to tackle.. I figure I'll knock out one horrible habit at a time :Angel_anim:
 
Yeah it is sooo easy to eat too much pasta. A serving of pasta is about 80g dry weight. I weigh my pasta now and when you weigh 80g it looks like nothing - not much at all. But when you cook it and add in whatever it is your making it with, For example I oven roast some veg maybe put a cajun spice on it and then toss them into the pasta with a sauce and it really is enough. Sometimes I can't believe how much pasta i used to eat lol!
 


I have had this recipe bookmarked forever.. I would love to add a tiny bit of oven-roasted chicken and maybe some other sliced vegetables or maybe some grated carrot.

The other day I had chicken salad for lunch, and I grated a few carrots and mixed them in with the meat and a small amount of mayonnaise and at it off a slice of whole grain bread. It was freaking delicious. Raw carrots and canned chicken and starchy carbs and MAYONNAISE [tiny bit, but still] for under 300 calories, amazing!

Weighing the pasta seems like a really good idea. Especially since I am usually cooking it for the family, if I decide that the pasta is going to be pre-portioned then that's it - I can weigh it, cook it, add the extras, and serve individual servings instead of offering a huge bowl that everyone can take firsts, seconds, and thirds from.

In fact, last night I cooked dinner with portion control instead of "using up the package" in mind. So everyone had a set serving of chicken and there were two choices of vegetables on the table, and the rice was brought out as an afterthought! Sure there were no convenient leftovers for the next day, but let's face it, in this house, leftovers never make it to the next day - they make it to the midnight snack. No leftovers? No snack!

Tonight I am trying some basic oven-roasted chicken legs [skins removed] with the leftover rice from last night on the side, as well as roasted asparagus and some more salad. I am cooking and eating the legs that would otherwise have been cooked and eaten last night. Saving money and losing weight, what a beautiful thing :D

209 this morning, thank goodness.

Justina, I love, love, love the hugging smiley. It makes me so happy to see! Thank you! :grouphug:
 
I only eat my carbs (whole wheat pasta, brown rice, sweet potato) at dinner/noon hour. None at supper time. Gives my body time to process it.
I measure mine out after it's cooked and eat 3/4C, it does't seem like much but with my chicken and 2C of veggies, it's enough.

congrats on the loss so far!!
 
hey - happy my smiley can make you happy :)

you are doing really well with the food thing...
this is something i stared doing lately....with pasta dishes - add less pasta and more spinach, feta, cherry tomatoes...etc - in the end there s big bowl - and it s just enough!! i dont even notice there s less pasta!!
well done!!!!

209 lbs!! we weigh the same!!!! (as per my official sunday weigh in)

Keep up the good job!!!! :grouphug:
 
I have to say, the side-by-side is pretty encouraging. Hopefully next weeks will be even better! 11 pounds in a week isn't anything to be ashamed of ^_^

Shooting for 3 pounds this week. So hopefully next Monday I'll be sitting pretty at 206.

Hi Justina! :D
 
yay! i can see the difference!
Keep taking the pix - and it will keep you going!
3lbs sounds good - thats my idea for this week!! 206 for me too!!!
lets do it!! :hurray:
 
:(

I have been avoiding this website and my diet for days [weeks?] and BOY DOES IT SHOW.

Holy shit. It is truly incredible how quickly you can pack on 8 pounds [YES, bongobongo, 8 POUNDS GAINED]

All of my hard work lost.

I haven't felt truly hungry or truly full for a week or so again.

I am not updating my ticker till tomorrow morning.. hopefully I can recoup some of the damage.

I am sick of living like a fat person.
 
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