Here i GO!!!!

to be perfectly honest...it sounds like you have more willpower that I do.

you have constantly been bombarded by available food, and smells, etc in the past couple day......

I would have said F*** it, and eaten it...lol

especially that cheescake...arrgh! I love cheesecake.

"bad bad bad bad bad bad"

youre doing great, dont give into the hunger.....it doesnt control you, you control it.

tomorrow is going to be better. and is going to be another day closer to your goal. ;)
 
artmonster said:
to be perfectly honest...it sounds like you have more willpower that I do.

you have constantly been bombarded by available food, and smells, etc in the past couple day......

I would have said F*** it, and eaten it...lol

especially that cheescake...arrgh! I love cheesecake.

"bad bad bad bad bad bad"

youre doing great, dont give into the hunger.....it doesnt control you, you control it.

tomorrow is going to be better. and is going to be another day closer to your goal. ;)
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Haha I did read up on your little attack on the goodies there mister haha :p
Well I live with 4 other people, all family of course so I think they would just show me the hand if I suggested throwing out anything but believe me I WOULD if I could, so I'm left with two choices A) Eat and die soon or get sick or B) Eat HEALTHIER, control my body and live a long happy life and doing it being attractive.

There are times like (now) that I want to say screw this, I need my food but really I am a little scared, it's not like I weight only 200lbs, it's like at 5'8 being 270lbs is pretty scary, thing is I dont look 270, ppl dont believe me but I am, my height and body frame help me look under 270 but I feel like a tank if you know what I mean.

You can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Eventually we will get used to NOT eating all this junk that it wont matter wether it's there or not, so let's keep it up my buddy don't give up, let's fight together hehe!!!!!!!!
 
Still 2nd day, it's VERY late almost 12am I believe not too sure, and I'm hungry :(:(

I should go to sleep but I can't.

I hate this night.

*DON'T THINK ABOUT IT****

:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:
 
3RD DAY

10.30am

I woke up and I tried to have breakfast.
Yesterday I bought cereal called Frosted-whole-wheat, full of fiber cereal.
I tasted it this morning, and it's nasty.
4$ down the drain :( So I think I'll stick either Cherioos or eggs and stuff for breakfast. I am not hungry tho :S But I guess breakfast is a must, and I should since for the past two day's i've actually been under eating never quit reaching 1400 calories. I do have to admit that yesterday around 9.30ish pm I had a tiny portion of gulash with half a slife of white bread, since I haven't had dinner before that, so I hope that was ok. It left me hungry tho around 12am so I was having a hard time going to bed being hungry, almost shed a few tears but I didn't, so i decided on a plum 30 min later and water, it helped and I went to bed.

Hopefully today get's easier. I also work at a restaurant and today im workings ::gnorsi: so god help me because we have the BEST onion rings the world has ever tasted. Imagine being on a diet and smelling double cheese burgers, fries, onion rings around you for hours and of course you can't eat it, but you gotta serve it. I do have to say tho that i've fought the temptation at work before 2 days ago, it was hard no lie ,but i fought it and this was my first day too. I ate a grilled chicken salad at work.

So crosses fingers for self***:svengo:


1.08pm

Breakfast has passed and yes I have eaten it.
It was 2eggs, less then a cup of bits of smoked turkey, 4 slices of tomato, and half a size of my fist a whole wheat bun with seeds in it with less then a tbs of sourcream, which I checked is like 25 calories.

I never usually eat breakfast like that, but since I am being hungry at night I've decided to fix that by putting more healthy food inside my body during the day specially breakfast because that bread that I did eat I will go burn off now, I will go biking with my two and a healf year old through the woods for 30min or so, it has hills going up and those are KILLER my thighs burn afterwards, but I guess it's a good thing.

And because I am so proud of myself for making a healthy breakfast I took a snap of it lmao, not great quality pic coz it's take from my laptop camera but here we are.

:D
PS: I shared this plate with my son, so even less for me but I'm glad about that, makes me feel safer.

LINK OF MY BREAKFAST BELOW:
 
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Finding the right things to eat can be VERY challenging at first, as well as the hunger pangs when you are learning portion control.

Do you mind if I make a few suggestions?

Look at not only the caloric intake, but WHAT you are getting with those calories.

Personally I'd recommend dumping bread, pasta, rice etc. altogether for at least the first few weeks, but if you can't, Stay far, far away from white bread, white rice. Go with brown rice, whole grain bread (that stuff full of grains in the health food store), whole wheat pasta. White rice has had the outer layer stripped off of it (which brown rice still has), white bread made with refined white flour... there's nothing keeping your system from converting it all to sugars right away, which if you don't use up the energy will convert to fat for storage later. Whole grains take longer for the body to digest, which probably helps you from feeling hungry that much sooner. That, and the whole grains have more fiber in them. Fiber is filling, and since the body doesn't digest it, helps keep you 'regular'.

Things like those packs of 90 cal cookies may taste wonderful, but there is absolutely no nutritional value. If anything, I noticed they make me hungrier.

I found that making sure I have protein for breakfast, above anything else, helps too. I had low fat cottage cheese for breakfast every day for a few months. Or a hard boiled egg and an apple. If you want cereal, try the Kashi brand. The Kashi 'Go Lean Crunch' is really good! Plus it has a lot of protein and fiber in it. These days for breakfast I'll have a 6 oz carton of Weight Watchers yogurt with some raw almonds & hazelnuts with a few cut up dried apricot halves, and 1/4 serving of the Kashi Go Lean. Very tasty, and filling.

A guideline I've been trying to stick with regarding food: The closer it is to the state it was when it came out of the ground, off the tree or off the hoof/wing/fin... the better for you it is. The fewer steps between the original state and your plate the better. Following proper cooking procedures with the meats of course.

I hope this helps.

You may notice at time goes on, you might end up finding the greasy smell at the place you work at revolting. I can't go anywhere near a fast food place right now because they make me nauseous.
 
Eat more!!!

Hi there,
Well, congratulations on your journey. Thank you for posting to my diary. We can keep eachother motivated since we both just started out. I am making sure to eat about every 2 hours. I definitely don't want to let myself get hungry.

Also, as I posted on my diary page, I have fallen in love with my juicer. Last night after my husband and I got home from the gym we made a veggie juice that contained radishes, red cabbage, rainbow chard, spinach, broccoli, and bean sprouts. We have been trying new concoctions every day. I have to admit, this one was a little potent (because of the radishes) but not bad, very manageable. Usually, we add a few carrots or a cucumber to add a sweeter flavor but we were out of both last night. It is just amazing how many veggies you can consume by juicing. My natural vitamin intake has definitely gone WAY up!

Well, stay motivated. This forum is definitely a great motivational tool. You deserve to look and feel better, just keep that in mind.
 
Yay ! we made it through another day!!

we are closer! ;) :)

what helped me was I pre-portioned everything I was going to eat today.....and I didnt stray....as I go along, I will adjust more or less epending on the hunger factor.

:biggrinjester:
 
Thank you Minus I would love for us to motivate each other :D
And Artmonster that is not a bad idea at all for myself, but I am glad we all made it, we have to keep in mind that as the days go by life should get easier for us, I am very proud of you two and the Juicer sounds interesting, I hate veggies lol but I guess I will have to learn to love em one way or the other :)

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Day 3 12.31am

Came from work around 11pm, at work I ate a grilled chicken breast no bun no bread, on a plane plate and I put lettuce on it, two pickles, onions and a tiny squirt of mustard, mayo and ketchup and sorry but I am human I cannot cut out EVERYTHING and besides they were fingertip squirt I doubt it will kill me, I cant go ALL hardcore on my human self by eating just grass and wheat all day u know???

I think I had under 1400cals again :( I came from work as I said and guess what I was HUNGRY like hell so I ate a plum and two peaches, didn't help much, I also drank a warm cup of milk to soothe my tummy.

Of course I am still hungry but I didnt get this far to give up.
Food can wait, I am the boss here, I say when and what damn it.

3rd day and the days are easier but the nights are still torturing me.
 
You're right, you can't give up everything. It seems that when you tell yourself you can't have something, that's when you want it the most. Maybe if you plan to have half a cup of low-fat vanilla ice cream with sliced peaches, you will have something to look forward to when you get home so late from work. Moderation, moderation, moderation... (or so they say LOL)
 
woo hoo !

great job.


I've been trying this tip at night: "Brush your teeth earlier at night, so you can trick yourself into not wanting to get your teeth dirty before bed." Ive been doing it, dunno if it works or not since I got to bed at 9:30 or so.....lol.

Also I read somewhere that we should try not to eat at least 3 hours before bedtime....so Ive been trying to force that rule on myself too.



to change the subject, I am actually learning alot about calories..... watching and counting calories, and limiting high calorie food has actually left me feeling like I am eating about the same amount of food.....just a healthy thousand calories less....weird.
 
Yes Minus, I like that Idea :)
And yes I can't cut everything out, it's just not human you know.
And artmonster, the teeth brushing idea sounds great.
I usually always go to bed around 12ish even later sometimes and that's my biggest problem, I need to go to bed earlier, this is becoming ridiculous.
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Day 4 10.49 am

I'm going to go have breakfast very soon, don't know what I will have but something that is healthy and filling, since still i've been undereating.

I think my main problem is not eating proper dinner and that causes me to be hungry a couple hours later.

Today I am planning on another bike ride with my son. I got a cramp in my calf muscle last night but I was kind of smiling about it because I know it came from being active, so it's my body's way of telling me "wow u've actually gotten your ass to move". Plus I wil strech this time lol.

So 2lbs lost yayyy that's almost 1kg, 2.2 lbs in a kg, that's what we were taught at least, but that's what I look at. I look at how many kg I've lost and it makes me so much more happier.

Okey so Ima go see what I can make for BF.
 
Day 4 - 2.14pm

Had my breakfast, eggs + beef sausage, 2 glasses of water.
Now I'm snacking on my 0% source yogurt (vanilla Tango) ummm.

And i had 2 small glasses of water, and ill have more water later on until dinner. Dinner is at 5, so i still have time to think about what to eat then.

Came back from my ride bike, was 1 hour long.
Went with my teenage brother and cousin and let me tell you teens sure know how to make you work even at a simple thing like riding a bike.
Again I was pulling my little one so that added some more weight and resistance to my ride . They made me take little dirt roads, had to go uphill down hill numerous times and at some point I thought I was going to have a full blown stroke but I made it thru with theyr sweet encouraging words such as "Oh come on Alisa, you're so slow" or " It's a tiny hill, what are you talking about" better yet " Why are you slowing down, this is nothing". So yes hahahaha def take a teen if u can to work with u they know how to tell u things straight to ur face, it was very fun tho, I laughed the whole way with their funny talk and play, I had a blast and im certain I lost a bunch of calories :D:D:D:D.

So work today at 6, yesterday at work the temptation wasn't so strong, i ignored all the food I had to serve and punch in and it was easy until the end came but I was strong and pulled it thru never touched any of it only a plane chicken breast grilled on the grill, no bread just some lettuce and oninos and stuff on it, on a plate.

And we have the smoothiest chocolate shakes EVERRRRR and to be honest with u, they are not so appealing to me at all but now that i'm on a diet when I have to fill a cup of it up, i start to almost droll but I snapped myself out of it and said NO WAY!!!!!!!!!

*crosses fingers for another good day at work*
Thank god for helping me get thru these 4 days alive :D:D:D:D:biggrinjester::biggrinjester::biggrinjester:
 
Good luck tonight! You can do it. Don't let yourself get hungry at work. Take some snackies if you can, or go for the plain chicken again. Make something to have for a healthy treat when you get home.
 
minus86 said:
Good luck tonight! You can do it. Don't let yourself get hungry at work. Take some snackies if you can, or go for the plain chicken again. Make something to have for a healthy treat when you get home.
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Hello.
I will bring some snacks to dimmer my hunger if it comes up.
If i get a chance to eat dinner here at home by 5, I will not touch anything at all at work no sneaks , nothing. But if I dont eat at home then chicken breast it is again or possibly a veggie patty.
 
Dinner : Steak with sauted mushrooms
Mashed potatoes
Red leaf lettuce salad with tomatoes and light Italian dressing
* I checked the dressing there is a lot of sodium in there, but that's the only dressing I bought* If anyone has any suggestions as far as salad dressing go , please do tell me. I like em yuumi and a little salty.

This should be good for the day, hopefully this will cause no hunger pains at night but since I'm only on day 4 I don't expect the night to be just a breeze yet, I'll pull thru it either way.
 
in the nutrition or recipes forum there is a thread about salad dressings...

If you're a little more adventurous -I've posted a couple of recipes in the recipes section for a thai beef salad and a thai chicken salad that had wonderful dressings with 'em - that were fish sauce as an ingredient...

Creamy dressings you can use low fat yogurt or sour cream mixed with some vingegar and/or a citrus juice like a squeeze of l emon, lime, orange or grapefruit juice... then add in some spices...
 
Salad Dressings

Hi there,
I agree with the citrus. I like to squeeze lemon or lime on my salads. I also add low fat feta & walnuts (instead of croutons). Maybe this will help with your salty craving.

The other thing I really, really like is to make some pico de gallo with my food processor. I add fresh jalapeno, onion, tomato, garlic, cilantro, and a little salt. This is great on top of salads and also good to use as a veggie dip. I have also used this as a marinade for chicken and steak. YUM!
 
Well thank you guys for those ideas, I will make sure to try them out :D


11.40pm

So...I suffered a lot this evening.
It was brutal. I had a good dinner, I was nicely full and comfortable, drank plenty of h2o.

When I arrived at work I was fine, I was happy and things were going great.
About 2 hours into the shift I started to get hungry, now huge picture menus of onions rings, hot dogs, burgers, chicken strips, poutines, and so on did not help my situation one bit. I of course ignored it all and went on with my work. Time started to pass and I could feel depression comming on.
It was the type where things started to get so hard that I just felt like crying, and what I was mostly upset about was the fact that simple JUNK can make me go crazy and all sad. My stomach we telling me GO GET A BITE, JUST A LITTLE and my mind was telling me ARE U CRAZY!!! THATS FAT WORTH FOR DAYS!!!!!! So i was in a struggle I pulled thru but my mood went from :D to :banghead::drool5::nopity::banghead: It was real bad.

I didnt touch anything but I did crack *tear*.
I came home and I couldn't do it nemore, I made a bologne sandwich with mayo and ate it but the thing is after I ate that I wanted to more but i quickly stopped myself and said NO WAY!! That was not right to do in the first place.

It really scared me, that feeling of being happy once I had something crappy to eat, its so scary.

I am so mad at myself now tomorrow I will work out until i pass out, thats it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
That sucks that you had a bad hunger day

Im going to get a lot of exercise tomorrow too.....this is my first Saturday, and weekends are usually the eating days for me.....so I gotta keep busy.

You can do it ;) I have faith in you. We are in this together, we can do it.

Sleep on it, tomorrow is a new day....a better day.

one day closer to the best rest of our lives.

:driving:
 
Thanks a bunch :) Yes today was a crappy night but I cannot give up now, even tho it's been only 5 days since I started this, it's still TOO far to give up.

Tomorrow i will have a run on my treadmill in the am and then later I will go have a bike ride for about a hour.

PPL here told me that I should be eating about 1800-2000 cals a day coz ive been undereating with my 1400-1500 cals, sooo yay for a diet that requires u to eat more lol.

God I cant now imagine stuffing more of course healthy foods in me im kinda used to having my 1400 calories now.

Darn!!!!!!!!

K tomorrow is a new day, my adventure continues :D

:driving:
 
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