Brandy's Success Diary

I am having a great day. I am very conscious of everything that I am eating and drinking.

Breakfast: 3/4 cup of cheerios, 1/2 cup of 1% milk
Lunch: 1/2 Tuna sandwich and 1 pickle.

I am up to these:: 310 calories, 6.75 g of fat, 862 mg sodium, 42.5 carbs, and 21 g of protein.


I have no idea what I want for dinner. I am going to go eat some grapes to get my calories up (and to pleasure my taste buds! lol) since they have no sodium or anything else. NO IDEA what I am having for dinner. I need to think about that.
 
Way to go with your menu Brandy! I am having a rough time with the low sodium challenge! I had to put aside my smart ones frozen dinners and my flat out pitas which I love so dearly! Maybe I'll go get some grapes, you're diary is kind of making me want some :)
 
keepitoff83 said:
Way to go with your menu Brandy! I am having a rough time with the low sodium challenge! I had to put aside my smart ones frozen dinners and my flat out pitas which I love so dearly! Maybe I'll go get some grapes, you're diary is kind of making me want some :)
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I love grapes. A LOT. lol. I can eat a million of them, and not feel bad.


Here are yesterday's totals:

1090 calories 35.75 g of fat 2242.5 mg of sodium 125.5 carbs 45g of protein.

My calories were a little too low. :svengo: But after dinner I started having a miserable night and didn't want to eat anything else.

I didn't do any exercise either.

I don't know whats going on today though. I haven't even eaten breakfast yet. I think I will wait until lunch to have a real meal. Right now I just don't feel like eating much. Maybe I'll finish off my grapes. I have to go to the grocery store today. I have to get a lot of homework done today. I have to CLEAN like always, and I definitely need to exercise some today.

I didn't get eliminated from my challenge this week which is awesome. I thought I was going to. Lucky for me. :hurray:

The thing about my calories lately is they have ALL been too low. BUt I eat so much food. Just everything I am choosing to eat is VERY low in calories. Is that bad??

Well... I better go brush my teeth. I just woke up... and my breath smells horrible! lol. SOrry. TMI right? lol
 
Where are these pics people are talking about? I cannot find them. I did, however, see the one of you at 155, and you are GORGEOUS!!

Ok, now I'm going to mother hen you about your calories. :D Too low--way too low. It's ok to have a low day once in awhile, but not consistantly for two reasons. 1. A normal person cannot subsist on so few calories. It's not healthy to eat that low, as you cannot get all the nutrition your body needs. This will make you likely to binge at some point b/c it isn't a sustainable level. 2. Your metabolism will slow down and halt your weight loss. You should be eating at least 1400 calories a day bare minimum.

Good luck with the job search! What happened to the waitress idea? I thought that was a really good one, as it gives you restaurant experience and pays well. And, it shouldn't be hard at all to find a waitressing job. Go to a few mid-scale restaurants and ask if they're hiring. Nearly all of them are or will be soon. :) Not to mention, all the running about at work will burn lots of calories. :biggrinjester:
 
bikinibound- I am finding ways to get my calories up today and still work with the low sodium. I have some potatoes in the house that I will microwave. They are 278 calories a piece, and only 30 mg of sodium!
 
bmohearn said:
bikinibound- I am finding ways to get my calories up today and still work with the low sodium. I have some potatoes in the house that I will microwave. They are 278 calories a piece, and only 30 mg of sodium!
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Good for you! :) Frozen veggies are good, too--low sodium, and if you get them on sale they are very reasonably priced. I got bags of corn, green beans, mixed veggies and broccoli yesterday for 89 cents each.
 
Sorry to hear about the miserable night. I hope today's better.

Wtg on the low sodium foods and increasing your calories.

And a good one with another pound lost and staying in the challenge! It sounds like a great challenge - a great encouragement to eat food that hasn't been messed with too much before you get to eat it!!
 
1398 calories for today. I think this is perfect!!

I am going to go on a walk tonight even though it will be very cold, and in a few minutes I am going to go do some strength training exercises. tomorrow I am going to my dad's. And we'll be doing some walking then too. Today has been a good day.
 
Oh yay!! Good for you Brandy!! And low sodium too - so it must have been really healthy food!

wOOt!!
 
Thanks Felici. It was really healthy. And I felt great about it!! I had a little "telling off" to my boyfriend though. He kept putting icecream in the freezer and saying it was for me. So I kept taking it out, and putting it back upstairs...but he'd just repeat himself.. and eventually I said:

Me: "Do you really want me to have a low self esteem forever??? I want to feel good about myself, and this isn't helping me! Sure..I want icecream...but its not worth seeing the numbers go up tomorrow, and its not worth feeling bad about myself for one more minute. I work hard to lose weight, even if it doesn't really happen that fast... I try HARD. And you are just showing me that you don't care about something I am working so hard at."

Him: " I'm sorry Brandy. I like to see you happy, and I thought ice cream would make you smile."

Me: "It would..but its not worth it. Not now."

Him: "I'm sorry. I know you work very hard, and I am so proud of you. But remember that I love you no matter how you look."

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That made me happy to get off my chest.

Today has been great so far. I have lots of cleaning, and exercising, and homework to do though. So I better go get started.

Its unbelievable what healthy choices I have been making so far. Fruit, fruit, fruit. No chips, No sweets, NOTHING bad. Every time I wish for fast food... I hit up subway. And get healthier filling food. I'm very proud of myself.
 
Im so proud of you for standing up for yourself....

It takes courage to stand up to your enemies, but even more to stand up to your friends/family, etc...!

way to go!!
 
I have my meals planned out, and everything totaled for today:

Breakfast: 3/4 cup of cheerios with 1/2 cup of 1% milk

Lunch: Bagel, bacon, cheese

Snacks: 1 granola bar, 1 plum

Mini-meal between lunch and dinner: Baked potato

Dinner: Smart Onces 3 cheese ziti marinara.

Totals for the day:: 1413 calories, 24.15 g of fat, 1962 mg of sodium, 214.7 carbs, and 50.5 g of protein.

YAY. Again... a great day. My calories are up, and thats awesome. Mostly due to my bagel with bacon and cheese.

Exercises for today: 20 push ups, 2 sets of 12 of the weight bench ( I think 60 or 70 lbs.) 25 sit ups on the ab chair, 25 side sit ups on the ab chair for each oblique, 20 lunges, wall sit 2ce for 30 seconds each time.
 
Oh yeah... I forgot to mention something. I went to the store yesterday and bought some Wrigley's gum to hold over my cravings to munch. Just like in BL. And its really motivating because they are one of the people to sponsor the challenge that I am in. It really works too!
 
lol Yay for the gum. We have a basket of it in the living room to snack on if we want! I am so glad to see your calories up. I am struggling with the same thing but for the long term it is what is going to lend a hand to our success! I am glad to hear that you stood up to Dan. He sounded supportive too which is nice. My mom used to bring me pies, brownies, and candies and it took some time but she eventually got the message. When you have used food to make yourself happy for so long ppl who are around you pick up on that and sadly it's one of the first things they tend to think of to cheer you up.... lol it's the first thing I think of to cheer me up too:p Good for you staying strong!
Hope you have a good rest of your weekend:)
 
Thank you mishi. Food does make me feel good. And I'm just trying to stay happy so I don't feel the need to resort to food to bring my mood back up. I understand what Dan was doing by giving my icecream... but I didn't want to cave. You have a good weekend too!
 
So much good news in your diary! Repeatedly! You are doing so well!!

What a great convo you and Dan had - kinda great on both sides don't you think?

Are you saying a gum company is sponsoring a challenge here? Is this the one where you had to have the newspapers to show dates and things? Very cool.
 
felici said:
So much good news in your diary! Repeatedly! You are doing so well!!

What a great convo you and Dan had - kinda great on both sides don't you think?

Are you saying a gum company is sponsoring a challenge here? Is this the one where you had to have the newspapers to show dates and things? Very cool.
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Yes. Thats the challenge. I think the convo between Dan and I was pretty good. I definitely got my point across.
 
Hey... I didn't cheat at all this weekend!! I just realized that!!

Hopefully it shows during my weigh-in on Tuesday.
 
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