kelly's diary

Introspective--glad you're brainstorming your situation!

Hmmm, I think the weather change drove me to buy and eat more packaged/frozen foods--or my budget, haha. Either way I'm eating more fishsticks than grilled salmon lately, that's for sure. I also stopped eating as much fruit--gotta get back on that....
 
Happychubette said:
I fell back in to lazy eating habits - homemade bread and cheese and jam sandwiches etc. I totally quit eating vegetables for about two weeks it seemed like. I was filled with doubt about ever losing weight. I have continued to go to the gym and I'm doing mostly cardio because that is what I feel like doing. I am hopeful that I can improve my shape by exercising. I must say that at least I like to exercise because I know it is good to move and it makes my day better.
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Aye i was worried about you. I know what the home made bread and stuff is like. Been there and done the binges myself too.
I found 2000 is a normal amount to eat a day for the average person. That plus exercise will make you loose weight. Im struggling a little as well with rain outside and unable to do much.
Also nerves about that big race lol, so i eat and eat.
 
HC ...i had a wierd/bad weekend...it was almost a fukitol weekend..but i am doing better today..getting my brain back on straight...plus i started after 6 mo with NO period...so I think that was part of it.

Keep up with your exercise plan...just get back to whats been working for you!!!
 
My calories today were 2200.
Exercise 30 minutes on stair master.
I think in spite of "high" calories I am still slightly under maintenance (2500) so that's something positive considering that I am satisfied and not hungry (though I still feel like snacking on saltine crackers, I can resist).

Not a great deficit but I am satisfied. I do not require excessive calories to be satisfied. I kept track of my calories.
 
Hi Kelly, what's good?

Have you been doing a weight lifting hiatus? I've been kinda slacking on cardio compared to the cycling I was doing during the summer myself, weights I've been good on.

Ooh, fresh breads and cheeses and such are the death of me too. I love stuff like that. I'm allowing a major cheat this week with Thanksgiving and all, but hopefully it doesn't derail me too badly.

Sounds like you are back on track. Have a good one!
 
Out of my 2200 calories yesterday 100 came from cream and honey in my coffee, 80 in the form of a red licorice and 120 from a glass of red wine. So that's 300 I could do without. Not that a glass of wine is going to kill things but there were too many extras in my food yesterday.

I'm having my coffee black this morning. I mean I buy expensive coffee I may as well learn to enjoy it in its pristine form. Everytime I add cream and honey I think of the empty calories. I'll see how it goes. So far its good.

Leaving out the cream and honey in my coffee for a year is equivalent to 10.42 pounds

Today I will post my food on the forum and I will watch out for empty calories.

I liked someone's suggestion of eating 500 calories at 3 meals and 250 calories at two snacks for 2000 calories. That would satisfy me. Also I must make sure to eat veggies.

I really liked reading "Biggest Loser Success Secrets" and seeing all the before and after shots, although I know i can see before and after shots right here.
My confidence is a bit better today but weight loss seems to take so long and its also hard. I know its taking a long time because I'm just beginning and that once I find what works for me it will get easier.
 
Sounds great, Kelly!

one thing is, I never buy into the "you could lose/gain x amount of pounds in a year by not eating or drinking/eating or drinking THIS daily"--if I took out the 60 calories of agave nectar I put into my tea, I think my body would just make me eat something else to make up for it, unless I was diligently dieting. And we all know that I can't do that, LOL. I can only make lifestyle changes and diligently NOT overeat--I think that's my secret to weight loss....
 
Yeh, I found something that I love to do, well, I've always loved jogging even though I can't do much of it, but today on the treadmill I loved being able to jog for a few intervals. Most of the time I walked or climbed but when I lowered the incline and just jogged at 4 mph I realized I was doing something I loved and I hope to get better at.

Broke through my lifting hiatus and worked on shoulders and back today and then 50 minutes on the treadmill. Walked to and from the gym and went for a lovely walk uptown later in the afternoon to return library books. Something new for me is to be able to walk in jeans and casual shoes and not make such a big deal of going for a walk, rather its a pleasurable relaxed way to fight boredom and enjoy the outdoors. Tonight I noticed the wintery sky and some rose bushes with sprays of pinky-red rosebuds still blooming.

Tonight I'm going to a small meeting with a group of students of yoga philosophy.

It feels so good to know that my mission in life is "to move".

Watched Oprah yesterday about the "Blue Zones", four places in the world where people live the longest. There's a book by that title.
 
wow 50 mins on treadmill, very nice!
You should purhaps enter a small race or something like that. you know, the fun runs. Give yourself a goal :)
 
MIA, that's me, eating too much junk. Got out for a 45 minute walk today, New Year's Day, the snow made it difficult and I sweat a lot, but was glad I did it as I'm feeling crappy about all the sugar I've eaten lately. I've got to give up junk food and clean up my act.
 
Well here's me accounting for 5 pounds gained over Christmas.

But, I spent an hour on the treadmill burning 300 calories and I've made a huge pot of veggie soup and I'm getting back on track. I think I'm going to join TOPS like DairyQueen did.

I read a book called Chicken Soup for the Soul for Diabetics (I don't have diabetes), and I liked a story in there about a man who gave up sugar. Period. Then he went on to jog and run marathons. After having indulged in sweets over the holidays I think I could give up sugar at least for a while. One good line I've seen on tv by a girl trying to give up junk food was "YOU'RE JUST NO GOOD FOR ME" and I'm going to try using that when I see food I could do without. Hopefully I'll say it outloud and stop myself before I scarf it down.

I feel very frumpy when I go to the gym because of the clothes I have to wear and I am reluctant to do weights on my own. One girl there said she would work with me next time. She goes religiously three days a week and is super slender.

I sweat so much just walking....but my blood sugar is fine and my blood pressure is low and even though I've gained some weight I'm grateful not to be super-morbidly obese like the people I've seen on tv lately.

I hope to lose twenty pounds in the next four months.
 
Cold and rainy today, lots of snow leftover.

went to the gym and did an hour on the treadmill, at between 3 and 3.3 mph for a distance of about 3 miles. It was cold in there and I was wet and cold by the end and couldn't wait to get home.

Am going to continue reading Omega's diary.
 
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