Feenix's diary - This Is Sparta!

This weekend was "relax" weekend and given the fact it was also bunny weekend, I allowed myself a little indulgence. And boy did it add up. My meals were healthy ones (apart from a dolop of coleslaw at one of them) but my eating schedule was pretty bad as I stayed up pretty late both nights. Also, late nights on the couch = coffee urge = snack urge. I didn't do too bad, but didn't do too great either overall.

Sunday - 2100
Monday - 2700 (bang on maintenance)

It's all good though as I needed a relaxing couple of days so not gonna beat myself up about it.

Weigh-in today put me at 279lbs(ish. ish because my scales is old and pretty crap so I don't fully trust it). So that's about 4lbs down which is grand. Don't want to put too my emphasis on the scale as it doesn't tell the full story. Still it's better than no indicator at all (I'm going to avoid measurements for the time being as last time I tried it I just did it too much.)

For me, the first real test will be maybe in June/July when I take a good look in the mirror. If I see a small change then, I'll know it's working. Until then, I'll use Mr. Scale.

Can anybody suggest non-exotic sources of protein? I seem to be struggling to get a lot into my meals (usually comes out at about 25% of calories). I usually have fish or chicken at 2 meals, but is there any other source? Also, any suggestions as to a snack to go along with coffee? That is my biggest source of difficulty at the moment.
 
Falling behind a day on reporting these. Anyway,

14th
- Bran Flakes with milk
- Peppers, tomato, sweetcorn, tuna, brown rice stirfry
- Apple, orange, 2 slices brown soda bread with smiggen of cheese
Total: 1500

Doesn't seem like much. The calories in the bread, rice and (wtf) sweetcorn were pretty high tho. Was feeling a bit bloated after the slight splurge at the weekend so wasn't exceptionally hungry.

Finding it hard today resisting some form of snack with my coffee (starting to mix in green tea instead of always coffee). Motivation is a bit down from last week, but not in a danger zone. Guess the novelty is starting to wear out so the real test will be how I do over the next 3/4 weeks. Going to have to pay more attention to exercise in a week or so. Wanted to start on the diet and get into a routine with that and then worry the horrible E word.

Damn I sooooooooooo want something with my cuppa right now!
 
15th
- Stew with beef, carrots and potato (late morning so didnt eat until 2pm)
- stirfry with brown rice, chicken, peas and tomato
- 2 slices of brown soda bread with a bit of cheese, tomoato and sliced ham. Kiwi fruit
Total: 1900

Bit more than I would like. Was doing good until the last meal. Those two slices of soda bread were over 400 calories when I put them into fitday which sucks. Looks like I'm going to have to put all types of bread on the "try not eat list" which makes me a sad panda as there's nothing more I like than a coffee with brown bread. Really going to have to find something to go with coffee. I could cut it out completely but dang, one needs some enjoyment.
 
Other sources of protein (don't REALLY know what you mean by exotic, but I'll stay away from tofu and soy beans then???)

- beans/lentils of any kind
- Dairy (yogurt, milk, cheese)
- Nuts (only use very seldom as a protein because it's so high in fat)
- Eggs

Hope you eat some of those!

Oh, and with the coffee... I don't know what kind of biscuits you get where you are, but I would say get a packet of flat, thin, round, plain (flour, egg, sugar) biscuits and have one with each coffee. Then limit coffee to 2 cups a day. Problem solved :)

Welcome by the way.

THIS ISSSS SPAARRRTAAAAAAAAAAAAAA :hurray: ehe, always wanted to do that! :)
 
Feenix said:
15th
- Stew with beef, carrots and potato (late morning so didnt eat until 2pm)
- stirfry with brown rice, chicken, peas and tomato
- 2 slices of brown soda bread with a bit of cheese, tomoato and sliced ham. Kiwi fruit
Total: 1900

Bit more than I would like. Was doing good until the last meal. Those two slices of soda bread were over 400 calories when I put them into fitday which sucks. Looks like I'm going to have to put all types of bread on the "try not eat list" which makes me a sad panda as there's nothing more I like than a coffee with brown bread. Really going to have to find something to go with coffee. I could cut it out completely but dang, one needs some enjoyment.
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what time do you get up? breakfast is what starts the fat burning process for the day. you need to get that metabolism going man! eat something in the morning, even if its just a sandwich, a bowl of cereal or oatmeal, with some protien added, is what i do, takes about a minute to prepare, and you'll be on your way.
 
@Anke - Hey there, thanks for popping in and suggesting those sources. I didnt consider lentils at all, I should look up some easy meals using them as I tend to love nut/bean type foods (had to cut down on walnuts due to fat/calorie levels in them, sob sob). Hmm getting a craving for some lentil type soup now.

@Kur - Usually I'm up anywhere between 6 and 10. Hadn't planned on skipping breakfast that day, was just a case of "oh I need to pop out for 30 minutes will eat when I get back" turning into being gone for the whole morning. Breakfast is a weird one for me. For years I've gone through periods where I just don't want to eat in the mornings to going straight to the kitchen when I wake up. Trying to be good this time around and getting something into me within an hour of getting up.
 
To go with your coffee:

Have you ever tried Ryvita crispbreads? They are only around 30-45 kcal each and taste great. A couple of those might go well with a cup of coffee. Fairly high fibre, too.
 
Good call Cord, just picked up a pack in the shop so shall use those from now on.

16th
- Bran Flakes, milk, kiwi
- Lamb chop, peas, cauliflower, potato
- same as above (made too much so decided to use leftovers for tea)
- small fruit salad
- 2 gingernuts, 4 multi-grain crackers to go along with coffee (gotta start keeping an eye on that so it doesn't get out of hand)
Total: 1700

Keeping a close eye on my snacking and coffee. I'm working the snacks into the calorie count so far but it's the type of thing that can easily get out of hand (the usual "ah just a couple of biscuits won't matter" type effect). Housemates have stocked up on a lot of bad goodies. Pies, biscuits, drool inducing cream cake i.e. exactly the type of stuff I'd usually reach for when I'm making a cuppa, so the willpower is getting a good workout today!
 
17th

- Chicken breast, carrots, onions, mushrooms, oxtail soup
- Ryvia with tomato, 2 gingernuts, slice of oh so good fruit and cream cake
- Wrap with tuna, olives, beets, tomato
- Banana, orange
Total: 1700

Decided to work the slice of cake into the calorie allowance as it's my favourite and I was getting fed up craving a slice. Glad I did as after the slice I was satisfied (tho in all honestly I could easily have had one or two more). Won't have to worry about being tempted tomorrow with it as my housemates finished off the whole thing (yes, its THAT good)
 
In a rush so a quicky

18th
- Omelette with peppers and bit of ham, slice soda bread
- Kiwi fruit, 2 bits ryvita with low fat cheese spread thingy
- Fish, potato, broccoli
- Small cookie, 2 oranges, slice pineapple, few olives, few wlanuts
Total: 1500

19th
- Bran flakes with milk, pear
- Chicken, carrots, peas, potato
- Pint and half of beer, few walnuts, slice of applepie
- Prob some fruit before bed
Total: @2100
 
I notice also that your diet is really balanced. Do you get cravings for overeating at all, and if so, how do you deal with them?
 
Cheers Cord. It's varied enough I suppose. I've a pretty simple taste in food so I'm not overly fussy with "fancy" meals. Just throw some things together and I'm a happy camper.

Anke. Main cravings I get are to have something with my coffee. Usually I just try ignore it, or get some Ryvita (which are surprisingly really tasty). The very odd time I do have something not so good but I try work it into the calorie allowance. I do think it's important to have the odd "treat" as totally banning yourself from them only makes you want them more.

The very odd time (usually at weekends) I'll get a "screw it, I want FOOD" craving. For example, yesterday I overdid it, had some chicken at night and had a packet of crisps. As long as I dont go crazy, once a week for that extra 300-400 calories on a Sunday is no biggie in my mind.
 
20th
- Bran flakes, milk, pear
- Ryvita, cream cheese spread, orange
- Brown rice, peppers, onions, tuna, carrots
- 2 Gingernuts
- Mushroom soup, ryvita w/cream cheese, handful walnuts
Total: @1800

Today was weigh in but it's hard to tell exact loss as the scales are naff. They only go up to 280 and between 279 and 280 is a big space, so I don't know if that is actually "pounds" or doesnt effect the readings. It seemed like I lost a couple, but because of that space, I'm not updating my ticker until I get down further as it's kinda pointless at the moment. Was hoping to lose enough this week to get be properly into the 270's so I could make more accurate readings but no such luck. Tiny bit disappointed but on the whole, not too worried it's only been two weeks and I ain't gonna get fixated on where a needle lies.
 
i could not find your thread for the life of me last night! i just wanted to come in and say thanks for the support and keep up the work. it seems like you have everything on the right track, so don't stop. I ahve a cheat meal every week and i also have my starbucks every tuesday (can't wait til lunch today!). so don't sweat it. chat you soon.
 
Not going to bother writing down food details anymore, no real purpose as I already have them in fitday, so just calorie totals from now on (which I view as ballpark, I don't think it's possible to get totally accurate totals without weighing every portion and researching its actual calorie amount, so I always view totals =/- 150 or so)

21st - 1500
22nd - 2000
Today - 1200 so far, prob will get it up to 1500 before bed

Yesterday I wore a pants I haven't wore in 3 weeks or so. Was a bit looser which gave me a boost that this is working. Nothing major or anything, just a slight "hmm i think this might be fitting me a tiny bit better". Unless it was in my mind. Was nice to have it as was a bit bummed I hadn't dropped much this week.

Also found this interesting article, was a good read
 
haha yeah dude, i keep showing my ass to people at work, not that i do it on purpose, they just keep slipping off now. i wear a belt as well, so i dunno how thats possible. but hell yeah to that!
 
Hey, well done on that NSV (Non-Scale-Victory!!!)

Don't doubt yourself. You are doing well. And ANY loss means you are doing the right things, you won't always have big losses. Be kind to yourself!
 
First the boring stuff
24th - 1700
25th - 1800
26th - 2000
Today - 700 so far (had a decent bit to eat but it was mostly lettuce/peppers/olives so had feck all calories)

Anyway, firstly apologies to the diaries I normally poke my head into, haven't been interwebbin a whole lot last few days so shall catch up with everyone soon.

Myself, for a couple of days I eased off on my self spanking and let too many treats get past (tho still managed to do okish apart from the 2000 day). I think I was a bit miffed at a seemingly zero change on the silly scale through the week (and last week). From a point of view it looked like 2 weeks with bugger all change even though I've been doing ok on calories. I was more pissed/confused at the (apparent) failing of the "science" of it rather than the weight loss (i.e. I was annoyed that the equation "Calories Out > Calories in => weight loss" seemed to be broken in my case).

Anyway, after couple days I tried the scale again and it seemed to have moved a tiny bit (utterly shite scale, I can put on a pound or two instantly my moving my feet!), so I'm refocusing again properly.

I've started focusing more on my projects as I need to make some decent progress with them soon, so I'm in the process of moving the whole diet thingy into "automatic" as opposed to having it forefront in my head.

Well enough random drivel, I'll leave you with this funny vid a friend e-mailed to me. If anyone visits Digg or YouTube a lot, you'll see it's a funny and totally accurate summary of what one normally reads there. It contains tons of curse words and phrases so if you're easily offended do not watch (and for those reasons its nsfw) . I found it hilarious (mainly because I use Digg a lot and they got it oh so right). It's really a good commentary on Internet communication these days.
 
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