How Kathar Shall Regain Her Old Self Back
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LandonsBaby
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honey helps too. for the throat.
Just now got my laptop set up again. So:
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Breakfast/lunch: Blueberry yogurt and raisins, 300 calories. (I woke up at 12; breakfast was a bit out of the question by then.)
Dinner: Went to Ruby Tuesday because I'm back from school. I had the Asian glazed salmon with string beans and mashed cauliflower, but I only ate half the cauliflower because it had way too much garlic. That comes out to 650, according to their site, but I'm saying 700 to account for calorie bloat.
By this time, it was 8:30 and I'm in the position of not having eaten enough at all, so I had a rather large dessert/snack. I also realize I haven't eaten nearly enough vegetables today; that'll be rectified tomorrow when I have time to make a proper lunch.
Dessert: Strawberries, and a Joseph's pita with two tablespoons of sugar-free orange marmalade, 200 calories.
Snack: A bowl (one cup) of shredded wheat cereal, 200 calories.
Total: 1400 calories, but I'm pretty sure I'm overestimating.
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Exercise: You've got to be kidding me. Not only did I just move out, but I'm sick. I'll try to find my sneakers tomorrow, but I'm not making any promises, both because there are dozens of bags in the garage, and because I may still be sick.
Morale: Decent, actually, other than being sick. The only problem is that I have this nagging feeling that I overate today. I know I didn't. The numbers don't lie. I think it's from eating so much in a short time span, but if I ate anything later I'd never get to sleep.
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I also took the time to assess the house's groceries. My grandmother and I are going shopping tomorrow, so I'll have a say. Here's what I found:
Bread - The only breadlike products in the house that I can eat are the Joseph's stuff. I like it OK, but it isn't technically bread. I'll try and find some actual bread that's OK.
Cereal - There's that shredded wheat, which is safe, probably because I bought it. Nobody else will touch it because everyone else in the house hates it. I'm still going to pick up a box of Kashi cereal, because it tastes better for the same calories. More sugar, but it's less than yogurt.
Yogurt - Corn syrup. I'll buy my own.
Peanut butter - The kind with lots of sugar. Also, it's creamy. I'll have to buy my own. If they ask, I'll say I prefer crunchy. (Which I do.)
Jelly - Surprisingly, everything we have is safe - either sugar-free, or the expensive stuff that's made with just fruit.
Snacks - Didn't bother to check. I buy my own anyway.
Sauces/condiments - The only thing that is going to be a problem is the barbecue sauce. This is a problem because barbecued chicken/pork loin is something they eat at least once a week. Luckily, they seem to be receptive so far to my saying I can't have things.
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Breakfast/lunch: Blueberry yogurt and raisins, 300 calories. (I woke up at 12; breakfast was a bit out of the question by then.)
Dinner: Went to Ruby Tuesday because I'm back from school. I had the Asian glazed salmon with string beans and mashed cauliflower, but I only ate half the cauliflower because it had way too much garlic. That comes out to 650, according to their site, but I'm saying 700 to account for calorie bloat.
By this time, it was 8:30 and I'm in the position of not having eaten enough at all, so I had a rather large dessert/snack. I also realize I haven't eaten nearly enough vegetables today; that'll be rectified tomorrow when I have time to make a proper lunch.
Dessert: Strawberries, and a Joseph's pita with two tablespoons of sugar-free orange marmalade, 200 calories.
Snack: A bowl (one cup) of shredded wheat cereal, 200 calories.
Total: 1400 calories, but I'm pretty sure I'm overestimating.
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Exercise: You've got to be kidding me. Not only did I just move out, but I'm sick. I'll try to find my sneakers tomorrow, but I'm not making any promises, both because there are dozens of bags in the garage, and because I may still be sick.
Morale: Decent, actually, other than being sick. The only problem is that I have this nagging feeling that I overate today. I know I didn't. The numbers don't lie. I think it's from eating so much in a short time span, but if I ate anything later I'd never get to sleep.
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I also took the time to assess the house's groceries. My grandmother and I are going shopping tomorrow, so I'll have a say. Here's what I found:
Bread - The only breadlike products in the house that I can eat are the Joseph's stuff. I like it OK, but it isn't technically bread. I'll try and find some actual bread that's OK.
Cereal - There's that shredded wheat, which is safe, probably because I bought it. Nobody else will touch it because everyone else in the house hates it. I'm still going to pick up a box of Kashi cereal, because it tastes better for the same calories. More sugar, but it's less than yogurt.
Yogurt - Corn syrup. I'll buy my own.
Peanut butter - The kind with lots of sugar. Also, it's creamy. I'll have to buy my own. If they ask, I'll say I prefer crunchy. (Which I do.)
Jelly - Surprisingly, everything we have is safe - either sugar-free, or the expensive stuff that's made with just fruit.
Snacks - Didn't bother to check. I buy my own anyway.
Sauces/condiments - The only thing that is going to be a problem is the barbecue sauce. This is a problem because barbecued chicken/pork loin is something they eat at least once a week. Luckily, they seem to be receptive so far to my saying I can't have things.
Uh. Wow. Remember how I said I was 145 and possibly 150?
I'm not, I'm 137.
I was surprised too. I came home and weighed myself and it said 137.5. I thought "this can't be right" and did it again: 136. The third time it said 137, so I figure that's close enough to the average.
Not sure how much of this is from the past few weeks, but I'll take it.
I'm not, I'm 137.
I was surprised too. I came home and weighed myself and it said 137.5. I thought "this can't be right" and did it again: 136. The third time it said 137, so I figure that's close enough to the average.
Not sure how much of this is from the past few weeks, but I'll take it.
Oh, right, today:
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Breakfast: 1 cup of shredded wheat with 1/4 cup of walnuts, 370 calories. (170 for the cereal, 200 for the walnuts.)
Lunch: My attempt at a healthier version of a sandwich I really love:
1 Joseph's wrap, six slices of turkey (rinsed to get rid of some of the salt), sugar-free orange marmalade, a sliced roma tomato, and some mixed greens. 250 calories.
Lunch: Strawberries, 50 calories.
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Breakfast: 1 cup of shredded wheat with 1/4 cup of walnuts, 370 calories. (170 for the cereal, 200 for the walnuts.)
Lunch: My attempt at a healthier version of a sandwich I really love:
1 Joseph's wrap, six slices of turkey (rinsed to get rid of some of the salt), sugar-free orange marmalade, a sliced roma tomato, and some mixed greens. 250 calories.
Lunch: Strawberries, 50 calories.
Snack: A pita with a few grape tomatoes, and more strawberries, enough to bring the day's total to 800.
Dinner (planned): Apricot-mustard glazed chicken and grilled vegetables. The chicken is 200, according to the recipe. Basically, I can eat almost as much of the vegetables as I want (well, not 500 calories' worth, but how am I going to eat 500 calories of grilled vegetables?!)
Dinner (planned): Apricot-mustard glazed chicken and grilled vegetables. The chicken is 200, according to the recipe. Basically, I can eat almost as much of the vegetables as I want (well, not 500 calories' worth, but how am I going to eat 500 calories of grilled vegetables?!)
thedarwinfish
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Glad to see you are sticking with this despite the trouble you were having in the beginning. I hope things have started looking up.
OK, after reading more horror stories about muscle loss, I ate another piece of chicken. This brings dinner to 400. (8 ounces of chicken = 240; the apricot-mustard stuff, probably about 60 (not much of it stayed on the chicken); vegetables, 100 (an overestimate, but it makes up for any possibly underestimate with the apricot-mustard stuff.)
Total for the day so far: 1200. This doesn't leave me much after-dinner wiggle room. I hate whomever came up with the 1 gram of protein per lean body mass figure. It's damn near impossible to do.
Total for the day so far: 1200. This doesn't leave me much after-dinner wiggle room. I hate whomever came up with the 1 gram of protein per lean body mass figure. It's damn near impossible to do.
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thedarwinfish
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You should not obsess over muscle loss. Not losing muscle is pretty much impossible. Bodybuilders lose muscle when cutting for competition they fine tune their diets far more than most people.
All you're doing is trying to prevent as much of it as you can. According to my scale I've lost about 2 lbs of muscle since I started tracking my weight/fat% and since I've started tracking my diet on FitDay I've averaged 133g/day, about 7 grams/day shy of my estimated lean mass when I started tracking it.
Can you buy some whey protein powder? A little bit of that/day should be able to put you up into your desired intake.
All you're doing is trying to prevent as much of it as you can. According to my scale I've lost about 2 lbs of muscle since I started tracking my weight/fat% and since I've started tracking my diet on FitDay I've averaged 133g/day, about 7 grams/day shy of my estimated lean mass when I started tracking it.
Can you buy some whey protein powder? A little bit of that/day should be able to put you up into your desired intake.
I could, but I looked at the grocery store and couldn't find it. To be honest, that's even more scary.
After dinner, I had a Kozy Shack no sugar-added rice pudding (90 calories) and some more strawberries. Total for the day can't be any more than 1400-1500.
I drove to the gym only to find it closes at 6 PM on the weekends. Oh well.
Not to say I'm not happy. I lost 8 pounds from when I left for college; that's great. I just want to do this *right* and not lose all my muscle.
After dinner, I had a Kozy Shack no sugar-added rice pudding (90 calories) and some more strawberries. Total for the day can't be any more than 1400-1500.
I drove to the gym only to find it closes at 6 PM on the weekends. Oh well.
Not to say I'm not happy. I lost 8 pounds from when I left for college; that's great. I just want to do this *right* and not lose all my muscle.
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thedarwinfish
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What is more scary? I don't understand. And nicely done on those 8 lbs.
Weighed myself this morning, and I gained 1.5 of it back (I'm 138.5 now.) I know it's fluctuation, but then, what if it isn't?
It's more scary to know that whatever I do, I'll end up losing muscle and I can't stop it.
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Breakfast: 1 cup of Kashi Good Friends cereal, 200 calories.
Lunch: A wrap with a piece of last night's grilled chicken, the rest of last night's eggplant and squash, 1 tablespoon of Chavrie cheese, and 2 tablespoons of baba ganoush, 450 calories.
Snack (planned): A peanut butter granola bar, 140 calories.
Dinner (planned): More grilled chicken and grilled vegetables.
It's more scary to know that whatever I do, I'll end up losing muscle and I can't stop it.
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Breakfast: 1 cup of Kashi Good Friends cereal, 200 calories.
Lunch: A wrap with a piece of last night's grilled chicken, the rest of last night's eggplant and squash, 1 tablespoon of Chavrie cheese, and 2 tablespoons of baba ganoush, 450 calories.
Snack (planned): A peanut butter granola bar, 140 calories.
Dinner (planned): More grilled chicken and grilled vegetables.
I don't know what I'm going to do about cardio anymore. I went to the gym and they have these HORRIBLE, unresponsive touchscreen treadmills. It takes one minute of frenzied tapping just to get it to budge 0.1 mph.
So, exercise:
Normal strength training with fewer machines because their machines are old, creaky, and have no instructions. 10 minutes on the treadmill at varying speeds before I quit in absolute fury.
My mother won't switch gyms. I asked already.
So, exercise:
Normal strength training with fewer machines because their machines are old, creaky, and have no instructions. 10 minutes on the treadmill at varying speeds before I quit in absolute fury.
My mother won't switch gyms. I asked already.
I think I'll try the other cardio machines next time. They had one room with the new (not good) ones; maybe the other room has better ones.
Dinner: One and a half pieces of grilled apricot-mustard chicken (6 oz.) with grilled squash - 300 calories
Dessert/snack: Nonfat banana yogurt with 2 Wasa crackers, 180 calories
Total for the day: about 1380 calories, no more than 1500.
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Morale: Decent. Having good food on hand helps a lot.
Dinner: One and a half pieces of grilled apricot-mustard chicken (6 oz.) with grilled squash - 300 calories
Dessert/snack: Nonfat banana yogurt with 2 Wasa crackers, 180 calories
Total for the day: about 1380 calories, no more than 1500.
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Morale: Decent. Having good food on hand helps a lot.
Gained another half-pound. 139 now. I don't get it.
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Breakfast: 1 cup Kashi Good Friends cereal, 200
Lunch: One pouch of smoked salmon, 120 calories
Lunch: 1/2 cup edamame, 100 calories
Lunch: Strawberries, 50 calories
Snack: Nine Stacy's white cheddar soy crisps, 65 calories
Snack: One Roma tomato, 40 calories
Total so far: 600, rounded up
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Breakfast: 1 cup Kashi Good Friends cereal, 200
Lunch: One pouch of smoked salmon, 120 calories
Lunch: 1/2 cup edamame, 100 calories
Lunch: Strawberries, 50 calories
Snack: Nine Stacy's white cheddar soy crisps, 65 calories
Snack: One Roma tomato, 40 calories
Total so far: 600, rounded up
one of the objectives behind cardio is to get your heart rate up - you don't need a machine do do that...
Stairs can be your friend
Step ups - on a single step - even better if you've got some dumbbells in your hands
Walking
Jogging
Jump Rope
Dancing in your bedroom
you really seem to stress over this way too much... If option 1 doesn't work for you - plan on something else...
Stairs can be your friend
Step ups - on a single step - even better if you've got some dumbbells in your hands
Walking
Jogging
Jump Rope
Dancing in your bedroom
you really seem to stress over this way too much... If option 1 doesn't work for you - plan on something else...
I like the treadmill because I know exactly what I'm doing and how effective is. I guess I'll have to use the bike or elliptical, but I can't control the speed on those as well. It's subject to my laziness. With the treadmill, if I set it at 5 miles an hour, I go 5 miles an hour.
I just want to do this *right*. I'm already gaining weight as it is.
Anyway.
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Snack: Peanut Kashi bar with some jelly and fruit. 250 calories. Total for today so far: 850 calories.
I just want to do this *right*. I'm already gaining weight as it is.
Anyway.
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Snack: Peanut Kashi bar with some jelly and fruit. 250 calories. Total for today so far: 850 calories.
effectiveness is really relative to where you currently are -I wouldn't count on the calorie counters being accurate on the machines -they will give you a rough estimate at best...
You might be gaining weight, that doesnt mean that you're gaining fat... There's a big difference between the two - your weight will fluctuate on a daily basis.. could be based on sodium, fiber or lack theree of, water, anything... try to do bi-weekly measurements and see how you're doing there...
You might be gaining weight, that doesnt mean that you're gaining fat... There's a big difference between the two - your weight will fluctuate on a daily basis.. could be based on sodium, fiber or lack theree of, water, anything... try to do bi-weekly measurements and see how you're doing there...