If there's no struggle, there's no progress!!!

1.4.2013
BM: 0
Weigh in 202.8 (total 4.2lb)

I started my menses!!!!!!!! No wonder I wasn't losing. You know that shouldn't have been surprising as I always try to lose weight when I'm about to start my period.

Food
Breakfast
Homemade cheese platter, 500cal
6 steamed dumplings, 300cal
2 gingerbread cookies, 80cal
Snack
Starbucks strawberry parfait, 300cal
Orange juice, 100cal
Lunch
One side of bagel with plain cream cheese, 175cal
Dinner
2 cups of Salad mix, 3oz beef, 5 dumplings, 2 boiled eggs, mushrooms, 650cal
Calories: 2100

Exercise
90min bikram yoga class

Positives
*went to bikram without a second thought
*did like 75% of bikram, whew didn't walk out!
*ate a healthy meal after bikram, huge bowl of lettuce
* found out I can lose 2x calories if I walk 2.7mph on treadmill rather than just sitting!
 
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1.5.2013
Bm: 1 large
Weigh in:200.2 (6.8lb)

Of course I was thrilled to weigh in. Period is slowly and surely coming. I am sore from yoga, my shoulder, right hamstring and bilateral calves. After breakfast, I thought I'd sit down and write this post, but why not walk, even in home slippers, at this seemingly decent pace? Make good choices without rethinking things.


food
Half cup of rice porridge, 2oz beef, 2 steamed dumplings, some mushrooms, 300cal
1 cup chow mein, 5 stripes of mandarins chicken, 5 pieces of pork rib, 500cal
2 cups of hot and sour soup, 150cal
12oz sangria, 3ozpork quesadilla, one 2" plantain, 1 cup rice, 1ozchicken thigh, 1ozpork, chocolate cake, 900cal
1 cocktail made from vodka strawberry and lime juice, 200cal
Calories: 2050cal

Exercise
10min Walking 2.0mph 3.0incline on treadmill while typing this post,
30min walking 2.5mph 3.0incline on treadmill

Going to go out tonight for my birthday, it's in the 7th but I'll be working. Didn't go dancing, just came home. Had tons of fun at dinner.
 
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When I get bored go for a bike ride. Do not hop in the car and drive around to find something to eat and waste money!!!!

When I get bored clean the bathroom and my makeup brushes.

When I get bored clean the garage.

When I get bored reorganize the bathroom cabinets.

When I get bored call a friend and make plans.
 
1.6.2013
Bm: 2

Food
Brunch: 2 boiled eggs, 1 cup homemade turkey black bean chili, 400cal
Linner: 1 boiled egg, 2 cups homemade chili, 1 slice double fiber bread, 650cal
1 Clementines
Calories: 1,100cal

I am done eating today. I have so much fiber in me, I am so full!!! Low cal but high sodium and fiber levels today!

The second meal of chili burnt my tongue, hate this feeling, poor tongue.

Positives
*stop eating when feeling full, drank water to wrap up the meal and feel really full
*enjoyed what I saw in the mirror tonight ;)

I'm excited to see 199, been trying to get down there since the summer! I didn't weigh myself because I didn't want to face the truth just yet! I hope to be 199 on wed.
 
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Today was a relaxing day....spent most of it in bed and did clean my bathroom.

I'm watching eternal sunshine of a spotless mind, found out that Kate Winslet js in it. Game overeat. Love it.

Signing up for a 12k to do in may. Did it last year, finished it 1:59, my goal this year is 1:15.

Yay
 
1.7.2013
Bm:0

Don't know if I had a movement today but I had two yesterday, so oh well.

Food
Breakfast: 1/2 cup chili, 1/2 double fiber bread, 2 Clementines, 250cal
Lunch: 3 slices thin veggie pizza, 1 piece foccacia bread, 700cal
Dinner: 4 slices thin veggie pizza, 700cal
Calories: 1,650

Exercise
15min treadmill interval .96mile
15min treadmill interval 1.04mile

Positives
*tried a delicious, high quality veggie pizza and loved it. Didn't miss meat at all!
*excited to go to yoga tomorrow
* bro said he can tell I lose some weight like in my neck and shoulders!
*walked home from work, short 10min walk
 
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1.8.2013
Bm: 2
Weigh in: 199.6lb!!! (7.4lb)

Food
.5cup chili, 1cup seaweed soup, 150cal
1 cup chili, 1oz mild cheddar cheese, fourth cup hot chunky salsa, 1 eggwhite, 1 boiled egg 400cal
2 clementines, 60cal
Post yoga dinner: rubios original fish taco, 4oz black bean, 2 cup salad with cheese and beef, 600cal
Calories: 1,200cal

Exercise
90min bikram yoga class

I am at Starbucks right now trying hydrate the heck out of myself before yoga at 430. I'm drinking passion ice tea unsweetened, ah reminds me of the days I studied for the mcat. Lol. I'm trying to prevent that awful headache that hits me right in the middle kf the class. I am also on my period, so fluids are a necessity.
 
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My right heel pain is obvious. I gotta lay off the sudden onset of running and exercise. Taking Advil tonight.

Trimming my calories to keep losing, but feel good I'm on track.

Goals
Jan 16 195
Jan 26 192
Feb 26 183
March 26 173
April 163
May 153.

I can't believe I've lasted12 days, and I those 12 days, I've had alcohol, greasy Chinese, Mexican, pizza, and chili. It apparently boils down to portion size.
This is a lifestyle change. I'm craving big portions, but I think it's the feelings I get after I eat a lot. Not good feelings. I guess I'm not used to feeling g good, happy, without food affecting my mood. I need to learn to love myself more. Why cause myself humiliation and pain? Looking at yelp reviews already feel wrong.
 
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1.9.2013
Bm:1...felt a little hard/dry....eck

Food
Breakfast 4oz o.j., half bagel with cream cheese, 2 gingerbread cookies, 350cal
Lunch 2 cups seaweed soup, 1 whole egg and white boiled, 200cal
Snack 2 pretzel sticks, 100cal
Dinner: 2 cups seaweed soup, 2oz beef, 200cal
Dinner 2: 1 cup chili, 2 eggs, half avocado, string cheese, 2oz beef, salsa, 700cal
Calories: 1550cal

I would be really silly not to eat a banana, but bananas are nutritious....including calorie density.

I keep waking up so late for work lol. I work 3 blocks away, but have my brother dropped off. No time to grab fruit this morning.

I've been accepted to a podiatry program, but missing a letter of rec from the podiatrist I shadowed. I emailed him yesterday and he hasn't responded. Gr....I don't have time to shadow another podiatrist and request a LOR. I'll give until Friday and then start my search. Sucks.

Still having a period, gosh never take it for granted lol! I do not have an ounce of heel pain, but no exercise tonight as I will be working the hospital tomorrow. I'm on my feet a lot at the hospital. So I'll weigh in the day after tomorrow. I know I'm doing everything right so I should expect a decrease.

I might ask my mom to go on a walk with me after she gets off work. My is in her feet all day, but I think she needs to do a bit more exercise a day, she has some belly fat going on. 15min tonight sounds good.
 
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Portion size is a big thing but nutrients are critical too, but as far as I'm concerned you're doing fine there too.

As a dude I have it a little lucky as I have a few more calories to play with. Keep up the good work.
 
I feel like I gotta eat more greens. Wait, seaweed is green right? Lol !)

So tomorrow for breakfast, I think I''ll eat beans, salsa Then for lunch, maybe.....banana and eggs and cheese...craps no idea. I will eat ice cream as snack tho in the afternoon...

If my heel feels fine tomorrow after work, I'll do a 2mile run on the treadmill and then immediately ice my heel. I'll definitely will be ready for a weigh in on Friday morning. Let's see 197! I'll probably yoga again Friday night...I only got 6passes left...I think.

I'm on a massage chair with a face mask, I got the good life.
 
1.10.2013
Bm: 2
Weighin: 200.8

Wow felt full and that weight is after I took a poo. I woke up and pooed. Then weighed.

Food
Breakfast, jack in the box supreme crossiant and hash brown, 700cal
Lunch, 2 cup of veggies from veggie bar with Italian dressing, 200cal
Snack 4oz mint chocolate chip ice cream, 200cal
Dinner, 4oz white fish, 1 cup broccoli, 200cal
Calories: 1, 100

I came home and weighed myself before dinner...weighed 200.6 so not bad.

Gonna eat dinner and call it a day. No run tonight, will tomorrow.

I wasn't surprised about weighing 200.8 cause I did have late second diinner....

let's see 192 on Jan 26!!

Exercise goal
11: 2.5miles treadmill, 1400cal
12: hospital work, 1100cal
13: bikram yoga, 1200cal
14: 2.5miles treadmill, 1400cal
15: hospital, goal 195
 
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I am so hungry.......you wouldn't believe. I'm in bed yelping restaurants.....chicken fried steak...waffles and fried chicken....hmmm....Chinese food...

Does skinny taste better than food? If so, I better love how I feel in the morning!!! Grrr....

Breakfast: 6 steamed dumplings, 2 boiled eggs, salsa
Snack 1 banana, gingerbread cookies
Lunch ? Look in the cupboard for soup or beans....
Dinner 2 chicken thighs?

Laura....look forward to the yummy dumplings tomorrow morning.....I better weigh less than 200 tomorrow!
 
If you are feeling overly hungry, I think you may be overdoing your diet - such negative feelings will get to you eventually, and may cause you to binge (and with that damage your diet). It may be better to start eating slightly larger portions of vegetables to fill up, or eat a healthy snack every now and then.
 
^ good point mrxian. I think I need to eat smaller meals. The idea of eating cottage cheese and oatmeal does not sound appetizing as of right now. A good carne asada burrito sounds so good, with some green salsa please...por favor..

Anyways, made it last night after looking at yelp reviews. Gosh, it's called food PORN for a reason.

1.11.2013
Weigh-in: 199.2
BM: 0

My ankle feels a bit funny, so I may just go for a walk on the treadmill, not a full out run like the other day.

Food
Breakfast: 5 steamed dumplings, 4oz homemade protein whey/kale/fruit shake, 300cal
Snack: 1/2 banana, 50cal
Lunch: Carl's Jr grilled jalapeno chicken sandwich w/o 1 bun, 1/2 small fries, 500cal
Dinner: 3cups spicy bean sprout soup, 4oz steak, 350cal
Calories: 1,200cal

Drank 2 cups of water at work and 3 cups of tea....not so much fluids. I got work tomorrow, but going to get a Baja Fresh burrito before going in...yum-o. Looking at the menu right after I save this post. The soup was pretty spicy, I feel my small intestines squirming at the spice! Woohoo, I'm going to drink some more water to neutralize some of this spice.

Tomorrow
Go to consignment store
Go to CVS
Go to work
Get starbucks! my shift is 1600-0000

Positives
*I see some changes in my neck/double chin area.
*What heartburn????
*Didn't eat carbs for dinner, just soup.
*Listen to my body, ankle don't feel right. Rest up, sugar cup.
 
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1.12.2013
Weigh-In: 198.8 (Total loss: 8.2lb)
BM:1

Surprised by that, only because I went to bed starving. You guys, I have addiction to porn. Food porn. Yelp reviews, PDF menus, Italian, Mexican, Chinese, American...mmmmmmm fried chicken and waffle with a double cheese burger and steak fries?! No no noooo... I think I need to lay off the computer when I try to fall asleep, it actually distracts me, duh.

It's been somewhat easy eating around 1,200 (until that night time!)but I guess it's totally worth it! Eating around 1,500-1,200 (approximating) makes me constantly losing without exercising...but in terms of my strength and cardiovascular health, I definitely need to do some moderate exercise everyday. I'll make that an attainable goal.

Food
Breakfast: 1 whole and white boiled eggs, 3oz beef, 5 steamed potstickers (like the size of your thumb!), 1/2 cup spicy soup, 450cal w/ 4cups of water
Snack: 3 clementines, 100cal
Lunch: 1/12 of costco fresh pepperoni pizza (1 slice), 1/2cup thai papaya salad, 400cal, 3 cups of water
Snack: goldfish, tortilla soup, turkey sammie SAMPLES, 100cal
Dinner: 2oz beef, 1/2cup refried beans, 1cup spicy fish soup w/ noodles, 350cal w/ 3 cups of water
Calories: 1,400

If I can last 30 days on this lifestyle change without binging...it would be a miracle and the reality of things...Whether I lose 5 or 10 pounds...making healthy lifestyle changes a sticky habit would be wonderful. I don't agree with the idea of cheat meals because my current state of thinking is that portion control overrules everything, especially the emotional aspect of losing weight. I can't feel deprived or else I'll be really sad. So I'm not going to plan a cheat meal "when I lose 15,20,30 pounds" because I should and will still eat a cheeseburger, but only eat half or so.

I did try to eat steamed broccoli this morning, but it was NOT going down at all. Pretty gross because it wasn't freshly steamed.

I feel like I'm making better choices, but need to remain patient!!!

I didn't go to work today. I took my brother to a doctor's visit. He hasn't seen a doc in like 3-4 years, with history of hypertension, diabetes, and high cholesterol. Doc said he's a ticking time bomb w/ a BP of 220/110. He needed the wake up call.

Exercise
20minute 2.2mph 3.0incline treadmill

Positives
*Only ate half of the slice of pep pizza. It was fresh out of the oven so super hot and delicious!! If I were to eat pizza, that is how you eat pizza! Cheat meals out, portion control is my methodology!
*Even if the exercise was only at 2.2mph, it was some movement rather than sitting on the couch.....like i am doing right now....hehe
*Excited to go to yoga tomorrow. :)
 
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I ate 9,100 calories (+/- 500 calories) the past 7 days. WOW! Not bad at all, I think!

Last week, I was at 202-201 and today I saw 198. Feeling good.
Next week, hoping to see 195! Let's go!

Goals for next week (starting tomorrow)...
+Go to Yoga tomorrow and Tuesday
+Do Cycling on Thurs
+Do a run on Wed
+Follow up on my to do list
+Go to work at the hospital this week (3 shifts)
+Clean garage

I'm purchasing a ceramics livingsocial deal to make a few pottery pieces! I am very excited to do this activity. Why not?!

Positives since making changes...
+ healthy BMs!
+ no heartburn!
+ no worry of gaining weight, now worry of losing weight ;)
+ feeling my collar bones
+ drinking tons of water
 
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1.13.2013
BM: 3 <-- two of these were not very healthy. I think the fish soup was bad! =/
Weigh-in: 199.4

Food
Breakfast @ 1030: 1 english mcmuffin, 1tbsp strawberry jam, 2.5oz beef, 2 boiled eggs, 1 cup spicy fish soup, 600cal, 4 cups of water
Snack: 2 cups of fresh cantaloupe and honeydew, 100cal, 2 cups of tea
Lunch: 1 cup refried beans, 2oz beef, 1oz jack pepper cheese, 550cal, 2 cups of water
Dinner @6pm: 4cups of dduk bokk ki (rice cake, boiled egg, beef, ramen noodles), 1 chicken thigh w/o skin baked, 1 hout duk (sweet rice cake), 950cal, 4 cups of water
Calories: 2,200

Exercise
3mile round trip walk around the lake, but didn't break a sweat

I definitely indulged at dinner tonight. Homemade spicy rice cake soup is my favorite, it was so good! Eating chicken was refreshing after so much beef this week. I am excited to have a positive week this week....I definitely needed to indulge tonight. I was dreaming of food too much!
 
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1.14.2013
BM:0 :(

Food
Breakfast: 2 cup dduk bok ki, 400cal
Lunch: 1/4 of 9" Togo's Italian sub w/ everything, so 300cal
Snack: 2 cups honeydew and cantaloupe, 100cal, ~4cups of water
Dinner: 2 cups dduk bok ki, 1/4 of togo sammie, 1 chicken thigh, 800cal, 2 cups of water
Calories: 1,700cal

Exercise
20min, 1.2 mile treadmill

Got work the next morning at 5am, so will be up at 3:45. So gotta be in bed by 9pm!

FIGURED OUT A GOAL REWARD!!
WHEN I GET TO 159, I'M GOING TO GET A SIZE 7 WEDDING BAND RING! the style is a wedding band, but i'm not getting married...i just want a ring on my finger! yes!

I feel so doughy eating carbs this morning and then a sammie. I can't go anywhere near that scale! =( Well, I weighed myself tonight at 201.4 with my clothes on after work, but before dinner. I definitely ate dinner, thank GOD no more dduk bok ki in this house! I definitely need to eat more veggies, I'll try that for tomorrow. :)

For the rest of the night, i'll drink 2 cups of water and go to bed.

I hope for 197 on Wed AM and 195 Fri AM by eating plenty of fruit and a salad each day.
 
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