Butterfly’s Journey to Health

[Julie3]

Ah butterfly, hope you are doing better.

 

[Butterfly88]

Thank you Julie!

Yesterday was not such a good weight loss day. Meals were healthy but snacks were not. Snacks consisted of chips with 3 servings of guacamole, 2 muffins, and frozen yogurt with candy toppings. And no exercise either.

Weighed in this morning, gained 2.5 lbs in one week. L

I’ll try to get back on track today.

 

[Cate]

Hope you are back on track today hon. We're in this for the long haul & you can do this xoC

 

[Butterfly88]

Thanks Cate. Unfortunately I'm not quite yet. But I won't give up. I'll write more later.

 

[Butterfly88]

Okay, a bit of a rant and then a question if anyone cares to answer.

I think my hormones are out of whack. In 11 days, I gained 6.9 pounds. What the heck?!? Yes, it's been a crazy 11 days with too much food and lack of exercise but I didn't think it was 6.9 lbs worth of bad. So I decided to check my blood sugar and it was low. Was 82 in between breakfast and lunch, that's more like an overnight fasting number. Why do I keep ending up back at the same weight? It's like I lose and it just comes right back.

Okay, question. So I often eat these frozen tofu scrambles or tofu scramble burritos for lunch. I decided to take a closer look at the nutrition labels today and I wasn't too happy. Should I give these the boot? What would be a better lunch? I've posted the nutrition labels below:


Nutritional Facts
Serving Size: 1 Meal (255g)
Servings Per Container: 1
Serving Weight: 1 Meal (255g)
Product UPC: 00-42272-00054-8

Calories: 320 Calories from Fat: 170

Total Fat: 19g

Saturated Fat: 3g

Trans Fat: 0g

Cholesterol: 0mg

Sodium: 580mg

Carbohydrates: 19g

Fiber: 4g

Sugars: 4g

Protein: 22g

Vitamin A: 30% • Vitamin C: 30%

Calcium: 15% • Iron: 30%

 

[Butterfly88]

Nutritional Facts
Serving Size: 1 Wrap (156g)
Servings Per Container: 1
Serving Weight: 1 Wrap (156g)
Product UPC: 00-42272-00807-0

Calories: 300 Calories from Fat: 120

Total Fat: 13g

Saturated Fat: 1.5g

Trans Fat: 0g

Cholesterol: 0mg

Sodium: 460mg

Carbohydrates: 35g

Fiber: 3g

Sugars: 4g

Protein: 11g

Vitamin A: 8% • Vitamin C: 6%

Calcium: 6% • Iron: 8%

 

[Llama]

I don´t think they look that bad, actually (although all those "organic"s make the label awfully hard to read). Certainly not a lot of calories if they fill you up enough to be a full meal. If that´s your only store-bought meal of the day I´m sure it´s fine to have. I don´t know a lot about blood sugar, but 6.9 lbs in 11 days is perfectly possible if you´ve been eating high-sodium foods (and that tends to be the case during crazy days). I´m guessing that two thirds of that is water weight. Try eating normal, healthy, lower sodium food for a couple of days and see how much that drops you. I can have a 4 kg (8.8 lbs) difference just from water retention.

 

[Butterfly88]

Thank you LaMa!

 

[Julie3]

Hi butterfly!

They look fine to me but if you are concerned about the salt, you could make the tofu scramble, it's pretty easy! I usually just mash up a pound of firm tofu in a pan with garlic powder, onion powder, and a little olive oil and salt.

 

[Butterfly88]

Thanks for the suggestion Julie. I should.

 

[Hana-]

It definitely sounds like a good portion of that would be water weight I always have the same issue whenever I've eaten a lot of salty foods (and noodles for some reason) and I can actually noticeably see the difference in my wrists for a few days afterwards

 

[Ankebuzz]

I don´t think they look that bad, actually (although all those "organic"s make the label awfully hard to read). Certainly not a lot of calories if they fill you up enough to be a full meal. If that´s your only store-bought meal of the day I´m sure it´s fine to have. I don´t know a lot about blood sugar, but 6.9 lbs in 11 days is perfectly possible if you´ve been eating high-sodium foods (and that tends to be the case during crazy days). I´m guessing that two thirds of that is water weight. Try eating normal, healthy, lower sodium food for a couple of days and see how much that drops you. I can have a 4 kg (8.8 lbs) difference just from water retention.

Exactly that! Dang water weight from high sodium food

Press your thumb firmly onto the skin on your forearm, notice the white mark left when you remove your thumb, the slower it takes for that part of skin to return back to normal (pink or whatever), the more water retention you have.
http://www.ehow.com/how_8394780_press-test-retaining-water.html

Don't let it get you down!

 

[Butterfly88]

Thank you both! I've been eating a little better and exercising a little again. So far I'm down 0.9 pounds.

 

[Butterfly88]

Craving cheesecake today and yesterday, but I won't have any.

 

[Cate]

Good for you

 

[Butterfly88]

Thank you! Was emotional last night and had way too many snacks. I'll try to do better today.

 

[Cate]

Hope you feel better today xoxo

 

[Butterfly88]

Thank you Cate!

I lost 2 pounds! Still eating too much but less salty food so I guess that's the reason.

 

[Hana-]

Congratulations I hope you're finding things a little better

 

[Ankebuzz]

Well done on the loss! Slow and steady is best