Eve's Making It Happen!

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Alright, here it goes... I PROMISE today to keep trying my best to eat right and get fit next summer 2011.
It has been a week since I started to eat healthier... little steps.
I went on my scale this afternoon and yey.. I am 166 pounds (lost 2 pounds in a week). This was just by eating whole wheats, drinking smoothies, eating figs or prunes as snacks whenever I craved something sweet, and tons of Water!AMAZING!
The good part is I did NO exercise!

This motivates me to keep going. I am planning to include some cardio soon.

My food intake thus far:

7.30 am- Whole wheat bagel with butter (my hubby brought this one from Tim Hortons and I had no time to make a breakfast). I am glad I had it- it kept me full till lunch- as I had to work in the morning. I also drank double double coffee (LOVE MY COFFEE- I don't think I can give this one up yet) with sweetner. Drank tons of water while working.

12.30- Another large size coffee- double double. Five figs for snack and some trail mix here and there as the baby was fussy and I had NO time to eat.

I will have a bigger dinner this afternoon as I didn't have much for lunch..

But I am hoping this log will keep me on track. I would love to hear any input or advice and although I am a beginner at this- I would love to offer any motivation to the rest of you. Lets all do it together!
 
My Picture 2 months ago

Here is a picture of me feeding my daughter, two months ago at 174 pounds. I am now 166. This is one of a few pics I have.. as I don't like looking at myself at my heaviest. I am planning to get down to 125 pounds as I am 5'5.
 
SNACK before Dinner- banana

I cooked a HUGE dinner today.. My eyes were more hungry then my stomache/
I had 2 tablespoons of mashed potatoes, beets, carrots, mashroom on the potatoes and a pickle. I also had one salmon.
I wish I could stay away from eating fish, meats, eggs... eggs really gross me out. My husband loves meat... and I don't have to clue how I'd combine it all.

I have to get used to counting calories, it is a tought thing since I make most of my food from scratch ex. mashed potatoes. I don't trust eating out.. who knows what the cooks season the veggies with. My husband is very happy that I've been cooking up a storm in the kitchen. He is eating everything I put on his plate.

I also went to the supermarket today before dinner and my husband was tempting me with pizza and luckily we walked out with bags of vegetables, fruits and potatoes. So yey to that! My next few days should be filled with healthy food unless I get tempeted by going out, or family relatives.
 
You are right immortalvampire I have no clue where to start. How would I eat at family functions when they are all carnivores? I will try to read your blog for ideas :=)

This morning the baby woke up at 6am. I endulged today a little more than usual... I guess I can give myself some break during the weekend.
My weight today is 166.6 pounds. I gained half a pound :((. I am hoping its just water weight.

Breakfast
1 pack of vanilla and strawberry Quaker oatmeal. It was a lot more delicious then eating it plain as I have been during the week. I had it with milk.
One banana and gave 1/4 of it to my dog.
A whole wheat croissant.
Double Double coffee from Tim Hortons

My husband took me out to a conservation area to do some trails. We walked 2 km and it exhausted me! I felt like an old lady... My husband laughted if Dr. Oz would do my age analysis I would have a body of an 80 year old. I am definately not what I used to be before the pregnancy. It looked like it was going to rain so we decided to head home and the baby was getting crancky by that time.

It was 1 pm and we both were starving for some food. So we had yesterdays dinner left overs for lunch.

Lunch
tablespoon of mashed potatoes, beets, and corn.
vanilla yogurt for desert.

It is only 2 and I know I still have a long day ahead of me.. my husband mentioned he wants some pasta for dinner- I will make it whole wheat.

I am planning to get on my bike this evening and burn off these extra calories!



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Well, usually there's always a veggie platter or something. Or if you have a nice family (I don't >.< My parents are so mad that I'm vegan), they'll provide a salad and leave the dressings out, so it's just veggies.

Or what I like to do is make a yummy vegan dish to share so people will be exposed to delicious vegan food and I have something to eat. =)
 
There are always salads at the table. I should probably start with those.

My baby was awsome today. She napped for three hours in the afternoon and so did I. I caught up with my sleep! When I woke up, the sun came out. I was feeling VERY hungry. Don't know whats wrong with me today... feeling hunger all the time and I am eating MORE then usual. I started off with vanilla flavoured oatmeal and put sugar in my coffee.. It must be the sugar. I will try to cut it out since the whole day I am walking around as if I hadn't eaten anything.

I decided to have some bran cereal with milk. It kept me full until evening.
I went out with my hubby for a 15 minute walk by the lake. We took the baby along.. doesn't help that our dog barks at every living dog that passes cutting our trip short. Plus we both had to use the bathroom really bad.
I treated myself to an iced coffee with milk...ouch!
I don't want to deprive myself but now the calories will pay off.
I breastfeed and heard that breastfeeding mothers can loose up to 800 calories a day...??? Not sure how true this is .. if so.. having an iced coffee shouldn't hurt too bad once a week :)!

We stopped by WalMart to pick up some photo albums for the baby. We have been taking her to Superstore to have her baby picture taken every month. I was born during a communist time 1983 and my mom has no baby pics of me. Well there is one- a baptism photo but my face was covered in a white bonnet and frills and I can hardly tell if that is actually me in the picture. The next picture of me is when I was 4/5 years old. So yes, my baby has tons of pictures! I picked up some trail mix at WalMart not looking at the calories and amount of fat it had. When I got home I realized it is loaded with sugar, carbs, calories... I asked my husband to take it to work and not leave it around the house. I noticed WalMart has a lot of processed food and learned to always the check the label. I got some vitamin water, and coconut water to try.

I got home, but Julia (my baby) to bed and decide to make a dinner for tomorrow. I boiled some brown bow-ties and made my own pasta sauce from the scratch.. using tomatoes, a lil bit of wine, olive oil, mushrooms, onions etc... and had a plate of it. OK I didnt have pasta for a LONG TIME... but at least I didnt come back for seconds.
I packed the rest in a container- one for my husband to take to work for lunch and one for my dinner tomorrow. It hit me right there, that if I pack my left over food right away and store it in the fridge I won't be pigging out throughout the day on it. It is all about portion sizes and not eating until I feel I am too full to do anything.

My husband is making me some green tea with lemon.. it has been an hour.. where is my green tea??? Hopefully I will get it soon!

Tomorrow is Monday and I am going back to more healthier eating for the next five days.
 
Today I woke up at 6 am feeding to feed and change the baby. I had a croissant and some vanilla yogurt for breakfast. I felt exhausted and took another nap with her until 9 am. I made myself coffee with milk and a sweetner. After two hours I had a small whole wheat bun plain.
I went to take a shower and spend the rest of the morning tending to the baby. At about noon I had a strawberry vanilla oatmeal with milk. By 2pm I got hungry again and got had half a cup of whole wheat bow-ties with homemade pasta sauce. I made myself green tea with lemon for work.
I finished work at 9 and felt super hungry so decided to have a pickle as I was making myself a strawberry banana milk and vanilla yogurt smoothie.

I am exhausted after work and put the baby to sleep. I think I will just relax for the rest of the evening and maybe read some other diarys for inspiration.
 
This morning I am feeling very upset, loosing motivation and have no idea if I could continue trying....

I went on the scale today.. and I wish I didn't... I saw 168.2 pounds!!!
I was 166 a couple days ago... and now I went up again.. it feels like a rollercoaster.. I felt like crying. I know I have been eating a lil more calories then usual lately but its still better than before.. I used to eat pizza, icecream and donuts.

I am tired since yesterday, all I want to do is sleep..have no energy.. I am not sure what is happening. My mom is coming over for lunch this afternoon and hope my spirits will be lifted.
The most depressing part was looking at myself in the mirror knowing I went up two pounds. To make things worse, I have a family function last time they saw me I was 172 pounds.. and I really didnt lose much weight since.

I woke up at midnight last night, SUPER hungry and I saw a box of cereal my husband left out on the counter.. and had that with milk! UGH.. I so let myself down.. and this morning.. I ran out of whole wheat bun and grabbed my husbands cheese bun! It really sucks seeing his food around.
I am feeling hunger all the time.. and things like cucumber, or pickles make my hunger worse. I am hoping its just a stage and I will get out of it soon..

To get my mind off my weight I am going to set up my baby's Einstein gym/play thingie...
 
My mom came over for lunch and I made mashed potatoes and frozen vegetables which were delicious. I left some for my husband.
When my husband got home we ended up going out looking for a snowsuit for our baby. We ended up in Costco as my husband needed to buy some new underwear and picked up some veggie burgers, whole wheat buns, yogurt and cheddar cheese. On our way out my hubby got a hotdog for dinner and I got a veggie pizza (2 slices) it was delicious.
I am done with my calorie in take for the night and don't feel as hungry as yesterday. Maybe I just needed few extra calories to keep me going - breastfeeding makes me super hungry.

I am just put my baby to bed and hopefully will jump on my bike tonight!
 
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