How Kathar Shall Regain Her Old Self Back
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It shouldn't be TOO much of a cheat if I watch what I eat and stay away from the bread basket.
Things are looking up. My stomach looked a lot thinner today, and I was proud of myself for switching after-dinner snacks based on what I needed, rather than what I wanted. I haven't weighed myself; I'll do it next Tuesday and make it weekly.
Things are looking up. My stomach looked a lot thinner today, and I was proud of myself for switching after-dinner snacks based on what I needed, rather than what I wanted. I haven't weighed myself; I'll do it next Tuesday and make it weekly.
Breakfast: Cereal, 200 calories
Lunch: Pita with edamame, field greens, and hummus, 250 calories
Lunch: Rice pudding cup with strawberries, 200 calories
Snacks: Pear, almond-flax granola bar, and hummus, 350 calories
Total so far: 1000 calories
Dinner (planned): Eggplant with either goat or cottage cheese, basil, and tomatoes, 300 calories
I'm getting worried. I'm grazing way too much and I don't look any thinner. My pre-dinner count is ballooning; at first it was 800, today it's 1000.
Lunch: Pita with edamame, field greens, and hummus, 250 calories
Lunch: Rice pudding cup with strawberries, 200 calories
Snacks: Pear, almond-flax granola bar, and hummus, 350 calories
Total so far: 1000 calories
Dinner (planned): Eggplant with either goat or cottage cheese, basil, and tomatoes, 300 calories
I'm getting worried. I'm grazing way too much and I don't look any thinner. My pre-dinner count is ballooning; at first it was 800, today it's 1000.
The eggplant didn't happen - mother didn't feel like cooking, so I just had cottage cheese (200 calories) and after dinner, 2 Wasa crackers (100 calories).
Tomorrow is Mother's Day; lunch/dinner is string beans, a sweet potato, and ostensibly steak, but I'm going to find a way to weasel out of that.
Tomorrow is Mother's Day; lunch/dinner is string beans, a sweet potato, and ostensibly steak, but I'm going to find a way to weasel out of that.
Today was OK. My mother almost bit my head off when I said I wasn't going to eat the steak, so I ended up eating a piece of steak after all. (It's Mother's Day. I was obligated.) So:
Breakfast: Cereal, 200 calories
Lunch: 2 Wasa crackers with tomatoes and goat cheese, 250 calories
Dinner: Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and 2 teaspoons mustard, 50 calories
Dinner: 4 ounces steak (filet), 300 calories
Dinner: 1 medium/small sweet potato, 100 calories
Dinner: Steamed green beans, 100 calories
(total up to now: 1000 calories)
Snack: Key lime yogurt, 100 calories
Snack: Strawberries, 100 calories
Snack: Peanut granola bar, 150 calories
Total: 1350 calories
Breakfast: Cereal, 200 calories
Lunch: 2 Wasa crackers with tomatoes and goat cheese, 250 calories
Dinner: Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and 2 teaspoons mustard, 50 calories
Dinner: 4 ounces steak (filet), 300 calories
Dinner: 1 medium/small sweet potato, 100 calories
Dinner: Steamed green beans, 100 calories
(total up to now: 1000 calories)
Snack: Key lime yogurt, 100 calories
Snack: Strawberries, 100 calories
Snack: Peanut granola bar, 150 calories
Total: 1350 calories
Fell off the wagon. Again. It's a lot of little things that add up. I'm not eating bad food. I'm just eating too much food and eating when I shouldn't. A few bits of cereal here, a few walnuts there, a little hummus, etc. I don't know how to stop, either. I do it because I'm bored, but there is nothing to do.
kotki
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sorry to hear that you fell off the wagon, i would suggest if you are craving certain foods try to incorperate them into your diet by having small amounts like i noticed that you like nuts well you could have them in your cereal, you might also need to think about having more healthy snacks during the day to keep your blood sugar up and keep you on the straight and narrow, doctors recommend that to keep blood sugars stable we should be eating 6 small meals a day as you are on around 1400 cals you could have 6 meals of 200cals each and then an evening snack of another 200cals.
i hope you get back on track soon!
i hope you get back on track soon!
thedarwinfish
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Graze on different things. Buy baby carrots or cut up some celery and other foods to have handy when you go into grazing mode. There's so few calories in any of that that it wouldn't affect you numbers enough to worry about. If you can't control the snacking, then control the snacks.
I'll try that. I'm out of green beans, unfortunately, and forgot to buy them.
Snacks: Two tablespoons of hummus in a pita with field greens, 150 calories; string cheese, 50 calories
Granola bar, 200 calories
Sugar snap peas, 100 calories
Total for today: 1000 calories
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My mother wants hot dogs and baked beans for dinner. I'm not eating that, so I guess I just eat cottage cheese. I really wish we would start cooking again, but there's nothing in the house and it's costing me enough just to buy my staples.
Snacks: Two tablespoons of hummus in a pita with field greens, 150 calories; string cheese, 50 calories
Granola bar, 200 calories
Sugar snap peas, 100 calories
Total for today: 1000 calories
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My mother wants hot dogs and baked beans for dinner. I'm not eating that, so I guess I just eat cottage cheese. I really wish we would start cooking again, but there's nothing in the house and it's costing me enough just to buy my staples.
tinkerbella
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Hi 
Why cant you have the hot dogs and baked beans? Unless the hotdogs are fried or really full of fat then its possible to have a couple with beans and keep the cals low. Are you sticking to 1000 cals per day? That seems pretty low, I was given great advice about upping your calories now so that as your weight drops you can adjust the calories accordingly. This avoids plateaus and going into starvation mode. It also stops you feeling so deprived! You certainly dont need to live on vegetables and cottage cheese. It would be very difficult for anyone to maintain that diet for very long!
You dont sound very happy at all...maybe tracking your weight loss would be a good idea, like on a ticker? I like looking at mine cos even if im having a bad week it reminds me that i have at least lost some weight!
|Good Luck!
Why cant you have the hot dogs and baked beans? Unless the hotdogs are fried or really full of fat then its possible to have a couple with beans and keep the cals low. Are you sticking to 1000 cals per day? That seems pretty low, I was given great advice about upping your calories now so that as your weight drops you can adjust the calories accordingly. This avoids plateaus and going into starvation mode. It also stops you feeling so deprived! You certainly dont need to live on vegetables and cottage cheese. It would be very difficult for anyone to maintain that diet for very long!
You dont sound very happy at all...maybe tracking your weight loss would be a good idea, like on a ticker? I like looking at mine cos even if im having a bad week it reminds me that i have at least lost some weight!
|Good Luck!
I hate hot dogs and baked beans, and it's a nutritional train wreck besides.
I'm sticking to 1200-1500 calories a day; in practice, if I didn't screw up, it comes out around 1400. Today was closer to 1500. I'm probably eating too much as it is, which is horrible, because I feel like I'm not eating at all.
I don't like eating cottage cheese all the time, but my mother has not cooked anything since Mother's Day, and I don't know how to use the grill.
And of course I'm not happy. I'm not happy with the way I look, the way I have to eat, or the exercise I have to do.
Dinner was 1 cup cottage cheese (200 calories) with 2 crackers (100 calories) and dessert was a tapioca pudding cup.
And I haven't lost any weight. Last week I was 137; this week I was 138.5. So whatever I'm doing, I need to make WORSE.
I'm sticking to 1200-1500 calories a day; in practice, if I didn't screw up, it comes out around 1400. Today was closer to 1500. I'm probably eating too much as it is, which is horrible, because I feel like I'm not eating at all.
I don't like eating cottage cheese all the time, but my mother has not cooked anything since Mother's Day, and I don't know how to use the grill.
And of course I'm not happy. I'm not happy with the way I look, the way I have to eat, or the exercise I have to do.
Dinner was 1 cup cottage cheese (200 calories) with 2 crackers (100 calories) and dessert was a tapioca pudding cup.
And I haven't lost any weight. Last week I was 137; this week I was 138.5. So whatever I'm doing, I need to make WORSE.
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kotki
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I'am really sorry that you are finding it rough remember we are always here for you to offer support and advice!
Will your mum show you how to use the grill as then you can start eating a variety of cooked foods as i can imagine that you can get very bored with cottage cheese!
Good luck for tomorrow and try to stay strong!
Will your mum show you how to use the grill as then you can start eating a variety of cooked foods as i can imagine that you can get very bored with cottage cheese!
Good luck for tomorrow and try to stay strong!
tinkerbella
New member
Well thats me put in my place!!! You know I was only trying to help you feel better, my point being that you are making yourself more miserable by eating the same old boring food.
If you dont know how to use the grill then this is the best time to learn! maybe your mum will be happy to teach you abt it, then you can make her a nice dinner too If not then it cant be that difficult. Everyone learns to cook eventually (even if its just really basic stuff). You can eat soups, stir frys, sandwiches or even ready made meals that require very little cooking... once you're used to cooking the simple stuff then u can get more creative.
Whatever you do i hope you meet your goals and feel happier.
If you dont know how to use the grill then this is the best time to learn! maybe your mum will be happy to teach you abt it, then you can make her a nice dinner too
If not then it cant be that difficult. Everyone learns to cook eventually (even if its just really basic stuff). You can eat soups, stir frys, sandwiches or even ready made meals that require very little cooking... once you're used to cooking the simple stuff then u can get more creative.Whatever you do i hope you meet your goals and feel happier.