FMK's Online Diary
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Happy 4th of July 
FMK
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Lunch: Spinach salad, 1 C cottage cheese (skim), 1 T dressing, 10 baby carrots, 3 large strawberries, 1/2 chicken breast
Snack: 15 cherries, 1 can diet (0 cal) pop
Dinner: 1 chicken breast, salad (lettuce, spinach, carrot shreds, broccoli florettes, cucumber slices, 2 T dressing, 20 gr protein, 1 c skim milk (smoothie)
Started an excel spreadsheet to track daily weighings with an averaging of the previous 5 days to better see trends. Realized in looking back at day one that I started at 290.6, not 290.0. OK, so it's only 0.6 of a pound and not huge in the long scheme of things, but it counts! Changed my ticker to reflect it. LOL
Did get starting photos last week and have them saved. Think I will get photos every 10 pounds, should be a nice trend and allow me to hopefully see something. I'll add it to my earning of a belt. Heck, may even add a belt to each picture for fun.
Goals for this week: Begin my exercise regime - wish me luck!
Goals for the following week: Add calorie counting, need to figure out what I want to use for a system. Maybe I need a smart phone with apps!
Snack: 15 cherries, 1 can diet (0 cal) pop
Dinner: 1 chicken breast, salad (lettuce, spinach, carrot shreds, broccoli florettes, cucumber slices, 2 T dressing, 20 gr protein, 1 c skim milk (smoothie)
Started an excel spreadsheet to track daily weighings with an averaging of the previous 5 days to better see trends. Realized in looking back at day one that I started at 290.6, not 290.0. OK, so it's only 0.6 of a pound and not huge in the long scheme of things, but it counts! Changed my ticker to reflect it. LOL
Did get starting photos last week and have them saved. Think I will get photos every 10 pounds, should be a nice trend and allow me to hopefully see something. I'll add it to my earning of a belt. Heck, may even add a belt to each picture for fun.
Goals for this week: Begin my exercise regime - wish me luck!
Goals for the following week: Add calorie counting, need to figure out what I want to use for a system. Maybe I need a smart phone with apps!
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FMK
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Last night assembled the weight bench, cleared out the office (which since the boys has turned into a storage area, for the most part), moved my starter set of dumbbells in, should be ready to roll. I actually enjoy strength training, wish I felt the same about cardio but maybe that will come with time.
SW: 290.6
CW: 284.4 (up 0.4)
Back to work today, hopefully tonight the first workout! Never know if I'll be home before 10 (or midnight), so we'll see.
Breakfast - 1/2 C oatmeal 1 T brown sugar 1 C milk
Hugely embarassing, but I got some measurements as starter measurements. Posting them here, hopefully this will drive me on.
Bust - 54"
Chest - 46"
Belly - 51"
Hips - 59"
Arm - 19"
Wrist - 7 3/4"
Thigh - 33"
Calf - 18 1/2"
Ouch.
SW: 290.6
CW: 284.4 (up 0.4)
Back to work today, hopefully tonight the first workout! Never know if I'll be home before 10 (or midnight), so we'll see.
Breakfast - 1/2 C oatmeal 1 T brown sugar 1 C milk
Hugely embarassing, but I got some measurements as starter measurements. Posting them here, hopefully this will drive me on.
Bust - 54"
Chest - 46"
Belly - 51"
Hips - 59"
Arm - 19"
Wrist - 7 3/4"
Thigh - 33"
Calf - 18 1/2"
Ouch.
FMK
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Had a little minor surgery, so missed a day or so here.
CW: 285.6
Dinner tonight: 1 chicken breast, fresh spinach leaves, 1/2 c cottage cheese, 1/2 cup grape juice.
Lunch was a side salad at Denny's with co-workers, broccoli, and 2 small chicken breasts with BBQ sauce.
Breakfast was 1 C cottage cheese.
Can't lift right now, but hopefully can reinstate my fledgling exercise plan soon. Disappointed to have crept back up, holding at 5 pounds lost by the skin of my teeth.
Stupid curve balls life throws, but will keep working at it.
CW: 285.6
Dinner tonight: 1 chicken breast, fresh spinach leaves, 1/2 c cottage cheese, 1/2 cup grape juice.
Lunch was a side salad at Denny's with co-workers, broccoli, and 2 small chicken breasts with BBQ sauce.
Breakfast was 1 C cottage cheese.
Can't lift right now, but hopefully can reinstate my fledgling exercise plan soon. Disappointed to have crept back up, holding at 5 pounds lost by the skin of my teeth.
Stupid curve balls life throws, but will keep working at it.
FMK
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Forum must have been down part of yesterday, couldn't get on.
Yesterday's food:
2 eggs, water
Yogurt (low fat, strawberry)
3/4 c Cherries
1/2 a grilled cheese sandwich (1 slice low fat cheese, 1 slice low carb wheat bread, 1 tsp butter)
Lettuce salad with 1 T dressing, 1/2 c cottage cheese
3 eggs throughout the day (hard boiled)
CW this am: 283.8
First time I dropped back down all the live long week. Sheesh. OK, now back on our descent.
Breakfast - 1/2 C oatmeal, 1 c 1/2 skim 1/2 1% chocolate, 1 T brown sugar, 1/2 banana
Snack - 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch - 1 chicken breast, 1 can green beans, 1/2 c low fat cottage cheese
Snack - 5 pretzel/peanut butter bites, 1/4 peanut butter sandwich
Birthday Cheating: 1 small piece red velvet cake, 1 scoop ice cream. Happy First Birthday, Baby Boy! Can't believe how big you are!
Dinner - Lettuce salad with carrot shreds, cucumber slices, fresh broccoli, 1/2 C cottage cheese, 1 T dressing, 250 calories of chicken sticks
Exercise - weights (4 reps, quads, hamstrings, chest, biceps, triceps, calves)
Yesterday's food:
2 eggs, water
Yogurt (low fat, strawberry)
3/4 c Cherries
1/2 a grilled cheese sandwich (1 slice low fat cheese, 1 slice low carb wheat bread, 1 tsp butter)
Lettuce salad with 1 T dressing, 1/2 c cottage cheese
3 eggs throughout the day (hard boiled)
CW this am: 283.8
First time I dropped back down all the live long week. Sheesh. OK, now back on our descent.
Breakfast - 1/2 C oatmeal, 1 c 1/2 skim 1/2 1% chocolate, 1 T brown sugar, 1/2 banana
Snack - 1 hard boiled egg
Lunch - 1 chicken breast, 1 can green beans, 1/2 c low fat cottage cheese
Snack - 5 pretzel/peanut butter bites, 1/4 peanut butter sandwich
Birthday Cheating: 1 small piece red velvet cake, 1 scoop ice cream. Happy First Birthday, Baby Boy! Can't believe how big you are!
Dinner - Lettuce salad with carrot shreds, cucumber slices, fresh broccoli, 1/2 C cottage cheese, 1 T dressing, 250 calories of chicken sticks
Exercise - weights (4 reps, quads, hamstrings, chest, biceps, triceps, calves)
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FMK
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Back to work today...
CW 284.0 (yay, holding, now to go down!)
Breakfast 1 c milk, 1 T brown sugar, 1/2 c oatmeal
Lunch - 2 eggs (hardboiled), 1 small white cupcake sans frosting to celebrate co-worker's birthday
Snack - 2 eggs (hardboiled)
Dinner - Salad, 1/2 C cottage cheese, 6 taquitos
CW 284.0 (yay, holding, now to go down!)
Breakfast 1 c milk, 1 T brown sugar, 1/2 c oatmeal
Lunch - 2 eggs (hardboiled), 1 small white cupcake sans frosting to celebrate co-worker's birthday
Snack - 2 eggs (hardboiled)
Dinner - Salad, 1/2 C cottage cheese, 6 taquitos
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FMK
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I'm really trying. If I find I'm plateauing out, guess I'll have to buckle down to strict calorie counting, but really hoping to avoid that.
Need to get my behind to the grocery store and buy foods that fit what I'm trying to do, hard this week with what hubby picked up at the store. Out of my go-to foods.
Thanks for the encouragement, it always helps and is much appreciated. Going on week 4 now with a net loss of 6.6 pounds for the first 3 weeks, so a good rate I think. Getting used to my new lifestyle and can deal with what I've got. No major cravings/wistfulness/desire to break, but probably because I allow myself little "cheats" within reason (like my baby's first b-day party).
Back to work!
Need to get my behind to the grocery store and buy foods that fit what I'm trying to do, hard this week with what hubby picked up at the store. Out of my go-to foods.
Thanks for the encouragement, it always helps and is much appreciated.
Going on week 4 now with a net loss of 6.6 pounds for the first 3 weeks, so a good rate I think. Getting used to my new lifestyle and can deal with what I've got. No major cravings/wistfulness/desire to break, but probably because I allow myself little "cheats" within reason (like my baby's first b-day party). Back to work!
FMK
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Day has been discombobbulated, didn't get breakfast, didn't pack food for today.
I've got hardboiled eggs in the fridge at work, have my own chickens, so had hard boiled up a dozen for snacks.
Breakfast 2 eggs - hardboiled
Lunch 2 eggs - harboiled
(Doing well avoiding ordering out or being bad. Looking forward to this evening, planning some chicken and veggies, some salad, mmm.)
Only 2.8 pounds to my first "belt"..woot!
Dinner - chicken breast meat cooked in onion, garlic, and red wine, veggies.
I've got hardboiled eggs in the fridge at work, have my own chickens, so had hard boiled up a dozen for snacks.
Breakfast 2 eggs - hardboiled
Lunch 2 eggs - harboiled
(Doing well avoiding ordering out or being bad. Looking forward to this evening, planning some chicken and veggies, some salad, mmm.)
Only 2.8 pounds to my first "belt"..woot!
Dinner - chicken breast meat cooked in onion, garlic, and red wine, veggies.
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FMK
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Lunch: Work sponsored lunch - Q'doba bar
Ate chicken on lettuce, small amount of cheese, 1/2 c rice, 1 T sour cream, 8 chips. Calculated roughly 500-550 calories through Q'doba's calculator. Diet Coke.
Not too horrible, focused mainly on the protein/lettuce, minimized the carb load.
I want that first 10!
Ate chicken on lettuce, small amount of cheese, 1/2 c rice, 1 T sour cream, 8 chips. Calculated roughly 500-550 calories through Q'doba's calculator. Diet Coke.
Not too horrible, focused mainly on the protein/lettuce, minimized the carb load.
I want that first 10!
FMK
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Snack: Cherry yogurt, banana
Dinner: Had eaten a good dinner of chicken breast, veggies, 5 strawberries, then later Hubby cooked tacos. I had one.
Low-carb wrap, lettuce, onion, hamburger, black beans, cheese, cottage cheese (in place of sour cream).
7.14.11
CW 282.8 (didn't lose, but didn't gain...phew)
Breakfast - oatmeal, brown sugar, milk...really need to pick up some brown sugar splenda or some xylitol or something.
Off to work, today's my Friday. Woop!
Lunch - chicken breast over salad (lettuce, carrot shreds, ranch dressing, 3/4 c cottage cheese)
Snack - cherry low fat yogurt, hard boiled egg
Dinner - Salad (lettuce, carrot shreds, cucumber slices, 2T dressing ranch), chicken breast, broccoli, cauliflower.
Dinner: Had eaten a good dinner of chicken breast, veggies, 5 strawberries, then later Hubby cooked tacos. I had one.
Low-carb wrap, lettuce, onion, hamburger, black beans, cheese, cottage cheese (in place of sour cream).7.14.11
CW 282.8 (didn't lose, but didn't gain...phew)
Breakfast - oatmeal, brown sugar, milk...really need to pick up some brown sugar splenda or some xylitol or something.
Off to work, today's my Friday. Woop!
Lunch - chicken breast over salad (lettuce, carrot shreds, ranch dressing, 3/4 c cottage cheese)
Snack - cherry low fat yogurt, hard boiled egg
Dinner - Salad (lettuce, carrot shreds, cucumber slices, 2T dressing ranch), chicken breast, broccoli, cauliflower.
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FMK
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CW 281.6! 9 pounds lost, 1 to go til I earn my first belt and can take my first set of progress shots. I don't expect to be able to tell much difference the first 10 pounds here, but am looking forward to creating a series showing my 100 pound drop.
Breakfast - skipped, had to run in early for son's vaccinations
Snack - 170 calories bowl of cereal
Lunch - chicken breast, 1 c cottage cheese, 120 calories of corn
Just for grins, here's a partial screen shot from my little excel spreadsheet tracker system. The points are the daily weights, the dashed line is the 5 day average trendline. Good trend started for the first almost month...
Breakfast - skipped, had to run in early for son's vaccinations
Snack - 170 calories bowl of cereal
Lunch - chicken breast, 1 c cottage cheese, 120 calories of corn
Just for grins, here's a partial screen shot from my little excel spreadsheet tracker system. The points are the daily weights, the dashed line is the 5 day average trendline. Good trend started for the first almost month...
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FMK
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CW: 280.2
NEW LEVEL: WHITE BELT!
Breakfast - couple slices of turkey sausage
Snack - sugar free jello 1/2 cup
Lunch - Inlaws over for grillout - 2 brats with buns, but skipped the chips! Cottage cheese, Diet Coke
Snack - 8 pretzel/peanut butter bites, sugar free jello with strawberries, 120 calories of chips (shameful!)
Dinner - 1/2 cup corn, 1/2 chicken breast, 1 c cottage cheese
Tomorrow's weight in is not going to be good, but inlaws are leaving and tomorrow will be better eating!!!
NEW LEVEL: WHITE BELT!
Breakfast - couple slices of turkey sausage
Snack - sugar free jello 1/2 cup
Lunch - Inlaws over for grillout - 2 brats with buns, but skipped the chips! Cottage cheese, Diet Coke
Snack - 8 pretzel/peanut butter bites, sugar free jello with strawberries, 120 calories of chips (shameful!)
Dinner - 1/2 cup corn, 1/2 chicken breast, 1 c cottage cheese
Tomorrow's weight in is not going to be good, but inlaws are leaving and tomorrow will be better eating!!!
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FMK
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First 10 pound review: 1 / 10th of the way to goal!
Badges Earned: Two 5 pound stickers and my first belt - White Belt.
How do I feel? Can't really tell any difference in the way clothes fit at this point, though I do feel my energy level is rising and my overall attitude on life is more happy/satisfied. Though I do feel hungry here and there, I find it easier to just eat a 100 to 200 calorie snack and be totally happy with that. Today's lunch was the most calorie-packed meal I've eaten in a month now and quite frankly I felt sick to my stomach for an hour afterwards. Let that be a less to myself.
What could I do better? EXERCISE - need to work on that. Considering the C25K program, need a stopwatch or something. Don't have a smart phone to use the app.
What am I doing well? Have been pretty darn good sticking with my general plan, trying to eat breakfast and doing it most days (which is HUGE for someone who hasn't eaten breakfast more than sporadically ever.) When I start to creep up, that just motivates me to hit it harder and I stabilize and come back down. Very pleased with the overall trend. Happy with my motivation system, appears to be working.
Initial measurements - Current measurements:
ack2: Hate this part, but it's motivation for me...)
Bust --- 54" -------- 52" (2 inches down)
Chest -- 46" -------- 46 (No change)
Belly --- 51" -------- 50" (1 inch down)
Hips --- 59" --------- 59" (No change)
Arm ---- 19" -------- 18 1/2" (1/2 inch down)
Wrist --- 7 3/4" ----- 7 1/2" (1/4 inch down)
Thigh -- 33" -------- 32" (1 inch down)
Calf ---- 18 1/2" ---- 19" ?? (1/2 inch UP? Huh.)
Apparently I'm impacting my upper half more than the lower. LOL Positive trend, I guess. We'll see how the next set of measurements stack up at 20 pounds lost. Next Belt----YELLOW!
Badges Earned: Two 5 pound stickers and my first belt - White Belt.
How do I feel? Can't really tell any difference in the way clothes fit at this point, though I do feel my energy level is rising and my overall attitude on life is more happy/satisfied. Though I do feel hungry here and there, I find it easier to just eat a 100 to 200 calorie snack and be totally happy with that. Today's lunch was the most calorie-packed meal I've eaten in a month now and quite frankly I felt sick to my stomach for an hour afterwards. Let that be a less to myself.
What could I do better? EXERCISE - need to work on that. Considering the C25K program, need a stopwatch or something. Don't have a smart phone to use the app.
What am I doing well? Have been pretty darn good sticking with my general plan, trying to eat breakfast and doing it most days (which is HUGE for someone who hasn't eaten breakfast more than sporadically ever.) When I start to creep up, that just motivates me to hit it harder and I stabilize and come back down. Very pleased with the overall trend. Happy with my motivation system, appears to be working.
Initial measurements - Current measurements:
ack2: Hate this part, but it's motivation for me...)Bust --- 54" -------- 52" (2 inches down)
Chest -- 46" -------- 46 (No change)
Belly --- 51" -------- 50" (1 inch down)
Hips --- 59" --------- 59" (No change)
Arm ---- 19" -------- 18 1/2" (1/2 inch down)
Wrist --- 7 3/4" ----- 7 1/2" (1/4 inch down)
Thigh -- 33" -------- 32" (1 inch down)
Calf ---- 18 1/2" ---- 19" ?? (1/2 inch UP? Huh.)
Apparently I'm impacting my upper half more than the lower. LOL Positive trend, I guess. We'll see how the next set of measurements stack up at 20 pounds lost. Next Belt----YELLOW!
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