I CAN do this!

LillyTame

LillyTame

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I need a fresh start.

I'm disappointed that I can't seem to stick to the eating and excercise habits that I want to for more than two weeks.

But I do honestly think if I keep trying, sooner or later it WILL stick. I just gotta find the motivation and technique that works best for me.

So this Sunday I'll start again. I'll take it one week at a time.

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Quick reference of foods I eat alot.

Meat/Dairy:

3 slices of Hillshire Farm Turkey - 25 cal
1 Boiled Egg - 78 cal
1 slice of cheese - 70 cal

Bread/Grains:

1 Slice of bread - 60 cal
English Muffin - 130 cal
Oatmeal - 150 cal
Bread roll - 110 cal 2.8g


Fruit/Veggies:

Pineapple chunks - 70 cal
Peach - 38 cal
Frozen Fruit Bar - 80 cal
Applesauce - 100 cal
Orange - 86 cal
Banana - 105 cal
Watermelon - 90 cal
12 Cherries - 51 cal
Pickle - 10 cal
Nectarine - 60 cal


Drinks:

Snapple 8oz - 100 cal
8oz OJ - 110 cal
8oz 2% Milk - 140 cal


Snacks:

Cup o' Jello - 70 cal
Nutrigrain bar - 130 cal
Trail mix -132 cal
 
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Monday & Thursday Home/Gym Weigh-in's

Mon/Thu Home:

10/20 - 203.4
10/23



Gym Days:

10/19 - 210
 
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Daily Cals

Why are all the things that taste so good, so bad for you? Well, I'm trying to get out of the mindset that food tastes so good now, but weight loss takes foooooreveeer. Gotta find a happy medium because, NO, I don't think I'm willing to give up all the things I like forever. More power to the pro-veggie, soy-lovin, never-touch-another-donut-again people out there, but that isnt me and I don't wanna live a life that restricted. Boy o' boy, why couldnt I inherit the genes of my 74yr old granny and 54yr old aunt who have never been fat a day in their lives yet they eat whatever they want and dont excercise a whole hour in a month!

Diet:
Max cal/day - 2200, 73g

Excercise:
Gym/cardio - 3 days/wk



Week 1:

Sun Cal, g fat
Mon Cal
Tue (Cal)
Wed (Cal)
Thu (Cal)
Fri (Cal)
Sat (Cal)
 
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My personal Sit-up & Push-up Challenge

Push-ups: 100 in 7wks
(Following 100 Push-up challege format)

AND

Sit-ups: 100 by Jan. 09


Wk 1:
Initial Test -
Day 1 - P/U's Completed, Lev. 5 - 00 S/U's 00
Day 2 - P/U's Completed, Lev. 5 - 00 S/U's 00
Day 3 - P/U's Completed, Lev. 5 - 00 S/U's 00
 
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Of course you can do it!

i see that you have about 50 pounds to loose... me too! And i also doubt that i can go through it sometimes, but taking it one day at a time is the best advice i can give you.. also try to stay active and find activities that have nothing to do with food, like posting your progress here :p... hope to hear from you soon!
 
Day 1

0645

PB&J - 265 cal, 10g
Milk - 140 cal, 5g
Apple - 55 cal


1100

OJ - 110 cal
Greens - 35 cal
1/2 Chicken breast - 142 cal, 3g
1 Whole egg/2 whites - 135 cal, 7g


1430

Tortilla chips - 140 cal, 7g
Cheese - 80 cal, 7g
Salsa - 10 cal
Snapple/Vit. H2O - 150 cal


1800

Greens - 70 cal
1/2 Chicken breast - 142 cal, 3g
Snapple/Vit. H2O - 150 cal

The 1st day is always so nice lol. I wish I could win the lotto then I'd have all the time in the world to watch the cals I eat and prepare good meals. But nope, with school and work some times you just gotta get up and go, that's one of my setbacks. Even though I pre-prepare foods, some times I run out or just dont want what's already made. Guess we'll work on that this week.
 
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Day 2

0400

Cereal - 130 cal, 3g
Milk - 140 cal, 5g


0700

Toast - 60 cal, 1g
Oatmeal - 150 cal, 2g
Apple - 55 cal


1000

2 Boiled eggs - 154 cal, 10g
2 slices bacon - 120 cal, 8g
OJ - 110 cal

1300

Fruit bar - 80 cal


1700

Chips - 100 cal
Turkey sandwhich - 215 cal
Snapple - 200 cal


1930

Chips - 160 cal, 10g
Snapple - 100 cal


2200

Chicken Breast - 142 cal, 3g
Greens - 70 cal
Snapple - 150 cal

My fat intact wasnt too bad, but my cal intact is a lil high. I just had a Snack attack in the afternoon lol. I wanted to munch on something but I thought about why I was craving food and I think it was because I was stressed over having to study for a test and I was procrastinating. A couple things that crossed my mind that I avoided...Dutch apple pie (340 cal) from Burger King or McD's fries :drool5: I think we'll save that little treat for another time.
 
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Day 3

0100

Milk - 210 cal, 7.5g
Cereal Bar -


0200

OJ - 110 cal
Snack Cheese - 80 cal, 7g


0500

Apple - 55 cal
 
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Ha! You found me!

lol...like playing hide and seek around here, hopefully I'll settle into this little spot though lol.


Mamaz2ndbaby said:
Well excuse me...look at Lilly...Chica you surely are getting this eating thing down. You Go Gyrl! :party:
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I'm trying lady, just trying to be patient.
 
Just a thought....so far

Looking at my pattern - I try to do one cheat a week, but the next week I end up wanting the cheat earlier in the week and by the end of the second week, I have a "cheating binge"=several bad days in a row.

So I was thinking maybe if I tried a cheat meal every 3days and then hopefully next month wean myself down to once a wk, ultimately the goal would be that I crave the fatty stuff less and have better control over when I do go out.

Now cheating doesnt equal binging or oinking out :piggy:, just having something that is considered a cheat but in moderation.

I dont HAVE to have the cheat day of course. If I don't feel a craving or if I'm totally able to resist without still thinking about it 30min later than GREAT.
 
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Just try to eat as best you can as often as you can. That's the best you can do. If you want something 'unacceptable' then make a deal with yourself to cut back on something later or to do an extra 10 minutes of exercise or whatever.

It's been said a million times in this forum: Being healthy is a lifestyle. Whatever you do has to be sustainable. You'll have work parties, family gatherings, etc. coming up all over the place and they can't be avoided. Don't go out of your way to cheat. When you do stray from your plan, get back on plan as soon as possible.

You've got the rest of your life ahead of you. Having a treat now and then isn't the end of the world.

Good luck!
 
Well I'm back.

I've only been gone a week but it feels like at least 2. Anway, I had an unexpected personal business to take care of out of town. Well, I need to go grocery shopping again, which I have scheduled for this weekend, so I guess I'll start my recordings over on the 1st.

My motivation and energy level are totally tanking. I wanna eat what I wanna eat and I wanna sleep every free moment I get between work and school. I keep trying to change my routine (from strict to easy-going) in ways that I think will help me stay focused, but nothing is sticking.

My latest plan will be simply to go with the flow. My main goal is to cook most often at home and track cals. Excercise 3days a week.
 
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WELCOME BACK Lilly. I miss you when you are gone Chica!!

Sounds like a plan. You know Lilly, I challenge you to take it easy...day by day...don't try to do too much too soon cause you gonna burn yourself out and drive yourself crazy in the mean time.

Proud of you cause I can remember days when things in my life would go wacko and it would mean two weeks of crazy eating!!! It is defintely progress that you did not do that!! Do you find that exercise helps relieve stress?
 
Unfortunately I have not found that excercise relieves stress lol. It makes me feel good about myself, but if anything I think it adds stress because I have to figure out a time to fit it in and then to get rest so I'm not falling asleep in class or at work lol.
 
Once a year

It seems that at least once a year I go through a bad luck spell...last year my car was totalled (sp), my deliquent mad ass little brother came and stayed with me for awhile, my grandfather passed away and in the same week I lost my cousin in Iraq. This year so far the worse is I'm having financial issues, I dropped to classes so that's going to delay nursing school by another year, and I had car accident, totally my fault...*sigh* Weight is really the last thing on my mind right now, but I hope to gradually improve my mood and get back into the scheme of things.
 
:grouphug: Keep ya' head up Chica. Life can throw some stuff at us can't it :ack2:; but I bet you are one strong son of a gun having gone through so much. What better time to tap into that inner strength to keep going. It's like catching that second wind athletes talk about. I'm rooting for you and if ya need to talk hit me on the backline. :hug2:
 
Thanks sweetie for the kind words. I'm just gonna ride this wave out until things get better. For one thing, I'm trying to use the "things could be worse" method of thinking lol. Not wishing bad on anyone but there are alot worse situations that I could be in and there are plenty of real live dramas to pull strength from, just to name one, I think one of the most well known tragedies at this time...what Jennifer Hudson and her family are going through. I'll take my little car crash and count all my little blessings over that scenario anyday.
 
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