Fleur's Diary

Hey everyone,

Had a bit of a busy weekend so wasn't able to give any updates. My fiance was sick, so I was taking care of him.

I thought I had did a great job this weekend on my eating, but I'm not so sure. I checked the scale this morning(I know weighing myself before the weigh date is stupid, but I can't help myself.) Scale said 167 or 168, it's hard to read sometimes. I'm hoping however, that it was attributed to me being a bit bloated. I noticed my ring was very tight on my finger this morning and it usually isn't like that. I did have I think two cokes yesterday, way more than normal and didn't drink as much water as I normally do.

Saturday:
bran flakes-110
2 homemade pizzas on wheat pita bread with light prego sauce and fat free skim milk mozzarella- 350 calories
6 inch veggie patty from subway on wheat-I'm estimating high because I don't remember the exact number but know they where a bit less. 500 calories
homemade choc. milkshake with lower cal vanilla ice cream- again estimating higher. 500 calories.

total:1460cals

I didn't go for a run on saturday.

Sunday:
bran flakes-110
cookout at my parents: small burger and bun, small amount of bbq chips. 1/2 can of caffeine free coke. Not sure the calories for this, but I know I was proud because I would always try to get a big burger, have way more chips and then also have either a second burger or a hot dog.

Later I had a small bowl of ice cream- 300 cals

dinner was two hotdogs on two pieces of 35 cal wheat bread. I'm not sure on how much the hotdogs were.

I ran sunday morning.

So sunday wasn't the best, but I was very proud of my portion choices. Even when i had the icecream I made sure if was within the serving amount of ice cream and choc. syrup.

Anyways, here's to a new week! I'm going to start it off with a run, which I'm really not in the mood for at all, but I need to do it!
 
Fleur...I also notice when I have my diet soda and don't get enough water..my bloat is pretty bad too....I force 90 ounces of water in me at work with no issues then another 50 at home during the week..but come the weekends..I.forget to hydrate and it always catches up to me in water weight gain!
 
thanks tetemcg, that puts my mind at ease. I know I drink a lot of water when I'm at work. 3-4 bottles of water. But the weekend I always forget!

Not gonna let this discourage me!
 
I know, it's so much easier to drink water when you're in one place and it's sitting right there in front of you. I always used to let my bottle go empty and then I would get sidetracked instead of going to fill it up, so now I keep a gallon jug under my desk. I started out only being able to drink one gallon per week, but now I'm up to almost two and a half!!! And that doesn't even include the water I drink at home, since I don't take the jug home with me. I like the idea of making mini pizzas on pita bread - that's a good one! Or deli flats might be good too. Also, Subway has calculators on their website where you can see how many cals are in each sandwich. I looked but I didn't see a veggie patty!?!? I've never heard of that - is it like a morningstar burger or something?
 
It's Monday, the start of a new week. I already can't wait for it to be Friday! lol

Breakfast:
Bran Flakes-110

Lunch:
homemade pizza- 450

Dinner:
Turkey slice-60
2 pieces wheat bread-70
grapes- 124 (2 cups)
apple-90
Will probably add a bag of chips (baked)- 120

Snack after work:
bran flakes-110

Total for day: 1134

I'll probably try to grab another snack at work just so I can get over 1200 calories, but we'll see how the night goes.

Gonna use a pedometer when I go running tomorrow to find out how far I'm running. I want to start running a mile a day, but I don't live near any running tracks so I'll just do it this way.

Will walk 2 miles tonight at work.

Just realised the only exercise activity I did this weekend was run on Sunday. Need to make sure I at least run both days as I don't get my 2 mile walk in as usual.
 
chelsea_morning said:
I know, it's so much easier to drink water when you're in one place and it's sitting right there in front of you. I always used to let my bottle go empty and then I would get sidetracked instead of going to fill it up, so now I keep a gallon jug under my desk. I started out only being able to drink one gallon per week, but now I'm up to almost two and a half!!! And that doesn't even include the water I drink at home, since I don't take the jug home with me. I like the idea of making mini pizzas on pita bread - that's a good one! Or deli flats might be good too. Also, Subway has calculators on their website where you can see how many cals are in each sandwich. I looked but I didn't see a veggie patty!?!? I've never heard of that - is it like a morningstar burger or something?
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Yeah, they don't have it listed on their site for some reason. I think it comes it at around 260 per patty. Then you add in the bread which I think it around 2 something. I put a little light mayo and some sweet onion sauce on it, oh and also prov cheese. So I just guess at 500. The veggie patty or veggie max as it's sometimes called is a compressed patty of veggies and soy(I think) I used to work there, and would answer this question all the time but it escapes me at the moment! lol. It doesn't look great, and for the longest time I thought it was nasty, but when I tried it, it was really good!

If I had my very own desk I would do that gallon jug thing, but the desk I used is shared between like 4 people. I'm a security guard and someone is there 24/7. I don't like to leave stuff of mine behind for fear of it being tampered with by some of the immature people who work there. lol So I'll just stick to trying to drink as many bottles of water as possible. Maybe on the weekends I should ban my coke zero, since I know I won't be drinking as much water?
 
Good day so far. Went for a run with my pedometer. Ran exactly 1/2 mile!! Pretty excited about that. Then my fiance came over and we went to shoot some hoops.

Lunch:
two homemade enchiladas with whole wheat tortillas. I'm not sure on the calories, but I didn't put as much meat as I use to. I also had a banana.

Dinner:
two grilled hotdogs on two pieces of 35 cal bread. Again not sure on the calorie count on the hotdogs, were leftovers from the cookout. Also have some grapes and will get a bag of chips.
 
At least your aware of how much you are drinking. I am so bad at drinking water as well, I totally exist on coffees. Naughty me!
 
I've had a crummy day today at work. Ruined my day a bit. Hoping I'm still doing everything right and will be on track to lose something this week.
 
Oh no! Bad days suck. Sometimes my bad days affect everything about my life... I get crabby and pick fights and sometimes I'm even annoyed by my dog - how can you be annoyed at a dog? They are there for one purpose: to love. And I get annoyed!?!?!? Moods and emotions are so pervasive. I guess it makes life, life. But of course I never remember that when I am feeling crappy and ornery. I only think about how I want to go to sleep or get rid of a headache.

On the coke zeros - I have a friend who is basically a fitness god. My fitness god test: anyone who can jump from a standing position onto a body ball (the big huge bouncy balls that you do situps on) and balance perfectly without moving and without falling, is a fitness god. And this friend of mine can do it.

Anywho, he advised me back when I was on my no-carb thing (it was about a year and a half ago, I went from 183 down to 155, and then could not maintain that lifestyle and went back up to 173 over the course of a year - and here I am today, back down at 157) - that the more sweet-tasting things we give our body - sugar, cakes, cookies, etc - or even fake sweet things - chewing gum, diet soda, sugar-free candy, etc - the more we crave it because our body desires that super quick energy when we are trying to lose weight. (I realize our bodies do not get energy from sugar-free things like they do from real sugar, but we are programmed to recognize the sweet taste as super quick energy, and we are not programmed to differentiate fake sugar taste from real sugar energy.) So, although I no longer practice the super low carb lifestyle, I do agree with him. The longer I go without sweets, the less and less I crave them. In the beginning of July, when I started to lose weight, I would think and think and think about this office in our building that keeps bulk bags of candies out by the microwave. And I would think think think but luckily my willpower was strong enough that I didn't have the candy. And now, I don't even THINK about it. Even when I'm standing in front of the candies using their microwave, the idea of eating something sweet doesn't even cross my mind. And I'm not trying to avoid it. It just doesn't happen. I don't know if it's a sweets thing, or if it's just a habit thing, but I definitely think that avoiding sugars and fake sugars all around is good for forming good habits. My two cents, but some people really look forward to their sodas or diet sodas or cookie at night or whatever. Whatever floats your boat!!!!
 
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Yeah, the night got worse. Now I'm home and really wanted to blow my diet. Just eat whatever sounded good. Talked to my fiance and he encouraged me not to. Reminded me how well I was doing. I just realised that I use to eat according to my emotions. Sad- eat, happy-eat, tired-eat. Ugh. I don't want to do that again. So while all these cravings have flown through me today, I haven't given in. I don't know why I think a chocolate milkshake from mcdonalds will make me feel better... It'll taste great, but I would regret it the whole time and feel like total crap afterwards..

This is so difficult...

I think this is the hardest day since I've started losing weight...
 
This morning I backed into someones car when I was leaving for work. Hooray for bad days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Remember: Moods change, chocolate milkshakes take 5 200-calorie workouts to burn off. I agree with SweatDaily. Go to bed! It's good for stress AND you won't be eating any milkshakes ;)
 
I did go to bed earlier than normal. I think it really did help. Woke up feeling good this morning and went for my 1/2 mile run. I'm not sure how today will go at work. We'll see if there are any repercussions from yesterday. I sure hope not.

Got up around 9:30 then went for my run. Got back, cooled down, then fixed my lunch. Which was basically breakfast.

2 eggs, 2 pieces whole wheat toast, chocolate milk, and small amount of syrup on my eggs.

snack: banana

Not sure yet what I'm going to take for dinner.
 
Well, tonight has turned into yet another craptastic night. Just realised that my financial aid for school is way less than what I got last year. I'm only gonna get less than $300 this semester. Which will hardly cover books. Usually I get around $800. I was really counting on that money, since I had to get my car fixed a few weeks ago and it sucked my savings dry.

Really upsetting.

Dinner was turkey on whole wheat and a bag of sun chips.

Then I had a mm cookie, 10 skittles, and a small piece of chocolate. Ugh. Feel terrible.
 
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I seem to have gained a pound. I'm now sitting on 166lbs and tomorrow is my official weigh day..

I think I tried to get away from counting my calories. I just thought that maybe I could eyeball the portions and still be ok. Guess I can't. The other culprits could have been the ice cream I had this week leftover from the weekend. I'm clearly not ready to house my guilty pleasure foods yet without eating more than I should.

Such a bummer.

Just had a bowl of bran flakes for breakfast. 110 cals

Gonna go pick up some groceries today before work. So that should restart me on the right foot.
 
Thanks guys, I will!

Lunch-
Michalina's mach and cheese-300 cal
cottage cheese-110 cal

Dinner-
Michalina's pizza roll type things-375 cal
cottage cheese-110

Total for day-1005 cal

Will be have a few glasses of wine tonight with the fiance
127 cal per 5 oz. Gonna estimate high saying I'll have 4 glasses of 5oz which would be 508 cal

Total: 1513 cal for the day.

We love wine, but I've tried to stay away from it. I will probably move my weigh day to Sunday, since I know the wine tonight is really going to dehydrate me and I'll just have added weight for tomorrows weigh in.

Been looking forward to tonight all week. We haven't had a wine night in while because of his schedule so tonight is going to be great!

Didn't run today because I had to meet my best friend to have her try on the bridesmaid dress I selected. Going to walk 2 miles tonight though and resume running tomorrow.
 
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