Healthy living- 2014

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Fionich85

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I decided to start a new journal for the new year. I have another one on here somewhere but I wasn't very successful with it, so I'd like to start fresh. I gained 12 lbs last year and am now at my highest weight of 5 years. Although my bmi is still in the normal range, my clothes no longer fit properly and I'm not comfortable at this higher weight. A lot of it is in my stomach which makes sitting down uncomfortable. I also just feel like my body isn't at it's full potential with these extra pounds.

I have a pretty realistic goal of losing 13 lbs. I'm going to make it happen through clean unprocessed eating, 60oz of water per day, and good old exercise.

My biggest vices and contributors to the gain are: over eating at work due to being bored and wanting to pass the time, binging at night after consuming too much alcohol, alcohol calories them self (lol), going all day with out eating and then pigging out in the evening, and not consuming nearly enough water. I will write in here from now on when I have a craving or am about to go on a food binge and rationalize why it's a bad idea.

I also have a bad habit of starting my healthier eating, then weighing myself constantly (multiple times per day) and giving up if I don't see immediate results. I weighed in this morning and now the scale is going in a closet until this Friday.

Yesterday I planned out my whole healthy menu for the week and stocked my fridge with the healthy items. All I have to do is stick with it and I'll be headed towards my goals. I would like to lose 2lbs per week.

Current weight- 5'4 128 lbs (BMI: 22)
Goal weight- 5'4 115 lbs (BMI: 19.7)
Goal date- February 20th
 
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At most you should weigh in once a day, in the morning. During the day (as I'm sure you know) your weight fluctuates depending on food intake, water, exercise, etc. Mornings are the best and most accurate time to weigh. Good luck leaving the scale in the closet!

Good job on the weekly mean planning too :) Something I'm still needing to work on.
 
Yesterday I was great all day and stayed on track then I came home and instead of eating my healthy dinner that I had planned out, I ate a ton of large servings of my husband's UNHEALTHY dinner that I cooked for him. So angry at myself!!


I actually ate so much that I was scared I gained weight and whipped out the scale this morning- still 128. I hate my corporate America soul sucking job so bad that when I finally get home from it, I guess I'm kind of sad and I use food and alcohol to make me feel better. Very unhealthy and needs to stop- today!!!

At least I worked out before work and I'm actually on the treadmill right now as I'm typing this. I've seriously been over eating so badly every day that I just KNOW i'll lose weight fast if I can just stick to my normal eating plan that I made up on Sunday. Where the hell did my will power go- jeez. I'm so sick of wearing sweaters to work to hide my weight gain :(.

Yesterday 1/13/14:

Walked 2 miles
Breakfast- 1 banana and 2 egg whites
Lunch- Small salad with a low fat string cheese, almonds, raisins, and low calorie strawberry vinaigrette dressing.
Snack- Apple slices with a bit of caramel
Dinner- 2 ridiculously large servings of the cream of chicken baked souffle. Packed with sodium, fat, carbs, tons of cheese- awful!!!
Alcohol- 3 Vodka & water drinks


Today will be better.
 
Currently on my lunch break at work and fighting a major urge to eat something unhealthy. I already ate the nice little salad i packed for myself. Now im dreaming about driving over to mcdonalds for a mcchicken sandwich or a cheeseburger. I dont understand why i have these ridiculous cravings for unhealthy food. I had a healthy hearty breakfast and have already had 16oz of water too! Im so frustrated right now. I really think its because im miserable and bored with my job and i eat as entertainment and for enjoyment in an otherwise shitty work week. I need to power through this craving and not give in.. :(

Edit!!: didnt give into temptation. Ate my veggie chips instead. Woohoo.

So far today:
2 miles on treadmill
Breakfast- egg white wrap with tomato, spinach, and cheese 500
Lunch- small salad with balsamic vinagarette 200
Snack- veggie straw chips 130
 
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Yesterday was a great day. I followed my menu all day and didn't cheat even once- go me! I didn't get a chance to work out- but that's ok. I'm on the treadmill as I type this. Looking forward to weighing in tomorrow to see if there is any loss.

1/15/14 Intake
Breakfast- Apple and 2 egg whites
Lunch- Chopped salad with low fat strawberry dressing
Snacks- Grape fruit, veggie chips, and yoplait popsicle
Dinner- Boiled chicken, brown rice, Green beans, and almond slices

There's this new sandwich shop near my work. Coworkers have been getting sandwiches from there and they look/smell so good. They use Boars head meat- which is more natural and less sodium. I might splurge and get a turkey wrap for lunch with just veggies and mustard. We'll see. :)
 
Umm.. Not sure why the above poster copied and pasted my exact text in his reply and just added smiley faces- that's kind of odd. Maybe it was a mistake.


Anyway- I've lost 1lb. Down to 127. I know smaller people lose weight slower, but JEEZ, this is real slow lol. I suppose I may have lost more by now. I weighed in last Friday. So I do have two additional days of healthy eating under my belt.

Also, my period is due any day now and I'm one of those unfortunate girls who literally gain like 5lbs in water weight- so that will be fun. It may confuse my dieting a bit, but I just need to really try hard to not get discouraged and stay on course even if my weight temporarily goes up.

I'm writing this before I head off to work. Breakfast, lunch, and snacks are all packed up in a lunch box.

-raisin, walnut, and dates in oatmeal
-sliced cucumbers & cherry tomatoes
-1oz almonds
-1 orange
-1 apple

My hubby and I went to the produce stand yesterday and got all sorts of yummy and healthy things. Last night we had baked cornish hen with spaghetti squash. OMG..the spaghetti squash was SO GOOD. It was my first time having it and WOW. So tasty, low calorie, and easy to make. I will definitely be eating that often until I get sick of it :)
 
Fionich85 said:
Umm.. Not sure why the above poster copied and pasted my exact text in his reply and just added smiley faces- that's kind of odd. Maybe it was a mistake.
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Sometimes spammers do that in order to increase their posting count. I suspect that they think that mods are less watchful of people once they get more established with more postings...
Healthlife actually did the same thing in someone else's diary too... They already had acquired an infraction for spamming a blog too so I have banned them and deleted out all their postings...
 
Ah, thank u omega. That explains it. :)

So. I am currently more motivated than ever. I have a wedding that ill be attending with my husband on feb 22 and i want to look hot! Still stuck at 127, but also still waiting for my evil time of month. So in reality im probably holding a few lbs water weight. I will update later tonight with my food and exercise for today
 
Yesterday turned out to not be a horrible day food wise. Yet, somehow I gained a lb and am back up to 128 this morning ..:(. The stuff I ate was all pretty unhealthy (which is unlike me). However I stayed within my calorie range. Period is so late and that's just screwing me up big time. I get cravings and retain all the water in the ocean!!

I decided I plan to be 120lbs by the wedding. That would mean losing 2lbs per week which is perfectly healthy. I have to force myself to do this or i'm going to be SO depressed on my friend's big day. A lot of people will be there who haven't seen me since I gained this weight and it's just going to make me feel like crap.


Sooo happy that today is Friday. Also, I am lucky enough to have a maid every other Thursday. She came yesterday and my house is sparkly clean. Everything in the world just seems better with a clean house :)..hard to explain.

Tomorrow I have a really big day ahead of me. I'm driving to Orlando (3 hours from where I live) for a live massage convention on eliminating neck and back pain. I have my massage license, but I don't really use it- although I plan to start this year. Anyway- the class is from 8am-9pm. I'm leaving the house @ 5am, driving there, then driving all the way back after the class @9pm. There probably won't be much time for over eating and drinking alcohol won't be an option, so tomorrow should be an easy day to stay on track!!

I would like to ideally wake up at 4 so that I can run on my treadmill before hand. Is that crazy? lol I just feel so much better during the day knowing I've gotten in my work out. Plus- every day really counts right now with the wedding in 1 month.

Treadmill time!!


Yesterday's Intake:
2 mile jog
Grilled chicken honey mustard wrap- 260
4 Chicken nuggets w/ barbeque sauce-225
Chips-240
Veggie meat loaf, corn, mashed potato dinner- 310
1 Vodka and diet sprite- 100
Chocolate- 200
Total- 1,325 calories
 
Been too busy to update but...excited to announce that I am down to 125!!!!!!!!!!!! Yay :). Will write more later- on the treadmill right now.
 
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