Kristi's journey to a healthy lifestyle

[Kristi]

Day Fifteen 7-13-08

I slept at my mom-in-law's last night and her scale is way less than mine...so I guess I can't really count my weigh in (215) this morning! I'm pretty sure it's 8 pounds different so I'm guessing that I'm at 223. Poop. I know it's because I've been eating more than normal. Today was my worst day in two weeks as far as how much I've eaten goes. I feel sick.

Breakfast: half a pancake..No butter. No syrup. yay for me. 2 c. of orange juice.

Lunch: Bbq chicken =leg and thigh(seasoning and ketchup) baked beans. salad = lettuce carrots and tomatoes and buttermilk ranch dressing. 2 sm. rolls. potato salad. Milk to drink. (prob. about 2 and a half c.)

Dinner: Baked Salmon with lemon pepper, 1/4 of a tomato, 4 cheese cubes, baked beans, potato salad. Diet root beer. UGH! sooo full

Exercise: NOT ENOUGH! 50 sit-ups. leg exercises. (I did help my sister-in-law move in between lunch and dinner and I worked up a good sweat for a couple of hours)

There WILL BE an update on the exercises tonight!

 

[AmbaLove]

I notice you had NO protein at breakfast...that will often lead to overeating throughout the day.

For a quick fix, you could have smeared some PB on that pancake. Or had some skim milk. Or an egg...

I'm sure you know that.

(I'm not trying to nag, just help. I hope it comes across that way. The key to curbing appetite is PROTEIN!)

 

[Guest]

Hey girl I'm just checking in with you and my heart is going out to you. Stay strong, stay resilient, and keep being YOU. You are doing everything you can, and you care and it shows. Be strong, everything you are doing is above and beyond, you are an amazing woman. It is a struggle everyday to diet and this added stress is something that will not make your journey easy. Take a step back everyday and say to yourself "I CAN DO THIS!" Because I have so much faith in you and your diligence with posting is inspiring to me!!!

Stick with it lady, you are doing amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Kristi]

Day Fifteen 7-13-08

Exercise: NOT ENOUGH! 50 sit-ups. leg exercises. (I did help my sister-in-law move in between lunch and dinner and I worked up a good sweat for a couple of hours)

There WILL BE an update on the exercises tonight!

I kept to my word and just walked/jogged a mile on the treadmill in 19 min. 52 sec. My ears are even sweating! I feel SOO much better...at least in my mind. Some sit-ups are in order before bed, though!

 

[Kristi]

Re: AmbaLove

I notice you had NO protein at breakfast...that will often lead to overeating throughout the day.

For a quick fix, you could have smeared some PB on that pancake. Or had some skim milk. Or an egg...

I'm sure you know that.

(I'm not trying to nag, just help. I hope it comes across that way. The key to curbing appetite is PROTEIN!)

Please! I NEED all the help and "nagging" (which I do NOT think of it that way at all!) I can get!!!!! You are so right about the protein! It's like one weekend threw me off and I forgot everything!! Thank you Thank you Thank you! Tomorrow is back to square one.

 

[Kristi]

Re: Buckeye

Hey girl I'm just checking in with you and my heart is going out to you. Stay strong, stay resilient, and keep being YOU. You are doing everything you can, and you care and it shows. Be strong, everything you are doing is above and beyond, you are an amazing woman. It is a struggle everyday to diet and this added stress is something that will not make your journey easy. Take a step back everyday and say to yourself "I CAN DO THIS!" Because I have so much faith in you and your diligence with posting is inspiring to me!!!

Stick with it lady, you are doing amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Buckeye,
You have no idea what this post means to me. I keep reading it over and over and I'm all teary now. I needed that boost to keep me going. Thank you for believing in me and for letting me know. It feels good to have such special and awesome people on my side. You are def. one of those people! Please know that I believe in you too. I CAN DO THIS! ....WE CAN DO THIS! Thanks again!
~Kristi

 

[AmbaLove]

We all have those kind of weekends!

 

[Kristi]

Day Sixteen 7-14-08

....yeah...and I'm paying for it now...I'm up three pounds. Back to 223. hmph.

This week is crunch time! Next week is Florida vacation...dun dun dunnn! I'm a little nervous/anxious about it. I'm bringing my scale and weights with me so that I don't come back to any surprises. I'm reminding myself that this is a lifestyle change...there are no breaks! I can do this. I'm sure I will eat stuff that I don't normally eat but it's about portion control and exercising my booty off if I decide to treat myself. My dad and brother are great cooks and they are both going to be doing a lot of the cooking. yikes. I CAN DO THIS. I CAN DO THIS.I CAN DO THIS.


Breakfast: 2 pieces of double fiber wheat bread. 1 slice I put peanut butter and grapes and the other piece I ate had cream cheese and blueberries. 1 whole grain cinnamon waffle with peanut butter. 1 C. of milk.

 

[Kristi]

Day Sixteen 7-14-08

Breakfast: 2 pieces of double fiber wheat bread. 1 slice I put peanut butter and grapes and the other piece I ate had cream cheese and blueberries. 1 whole grain cinnamon waffle with peanut butter. 1 C. of milk.

Lunch: Went to a child's birthday party....ate snack food: almonds,dried cranberries, 2 pb&j Mini-sandwiches, couple cheese-its, couple pretzles...bottled water

Dinner: Was still at the b-day party: bread, half of a wheat pb&j sandwich, cucumbers, couple bites of choco cake ... Bottled water

Exercise: Walked/jogged half a mile this morning: 10 minutes (don't remember the seconds)

POOPED! Today was a LONG day, chasing around my toddler at one of my friend's kid's 1st b-day. FUN times!

Tomorrow I'm going to a play date with some of my friends and their kids and I'm bringing my own lunch and snack so that I don't have to worry about what kind of temptations there are going to be. I'm sure I'll do better than I did today.

 

[Kristi]

Lunch: Went to a child's birthday party....ate snack food: almonds,dried cranberries, 2 pb&j Mini-sandwiches, couple cheese-its, couple pretzles...bottled water

Dinner: Was still at the b-day party: bread, half of a wheat pb&j sandwich, cucumbers, couple bites of choco cake ... Bottled water


Exercise: Walked/jogged half a mile this morning: 10 minutes (don't remember the seconds)

POOPED! Today was a LONG day, chasing around my toddler at one of my friend's kid's 1st b-day. FUN times!

Tomorrow I'm going to a play date with some of my friends and their kids and I'm bringing my own lunch and snack so that I don't have to worry about what kind of temptations there are going to be. I'm sure I'll do better than I did today.

Need to add this:

Still hungry when I got home....had a lot of "empty calories" today at the party. I ate some whole wheat noodles and spaghetti sauce and some parmesan. glass of ice water with a lemon.

 

[Grits]

Hey Kristi ~

I too know about Mama issues. Mine is a "food pusher" and is one of my biggest obstacles! I too am having to make some hard choices.
Good luck!

Hey, thanks for the encourgement you gave me. I appreciate it!

 

[Kristi]

Day Seventeen 7-15-08

Hey Grits,
Good luck with your mom too...mine won't return any phone calls and I even tried going over. She wouldn't answer the door. I'm giving up for now. :/

Breakfast: none...not feeling good.

Lunch: Kashi frozen meal= sweet and sour chicken. 18 grams of protein. 3.5 grams of fat. 320 calories. 6 g. of fiber. 2%cottage cheese, blueberries, grapes, handuful of Kashi Go Lean Cereal. Water to drink.

Snack: 1/4 cup of Kashi Go lean cereal. blueberries. whole milk (at someone else's house and that's the only milk she had.) 1 slice "cinnamon raisin Ezekiel Bread" 1 tbl. natural peanut butter.


Used my friend's exercise bike: 4 miles. 16 minutes. weight exercise: 5 pound hand weights

I loved it!! and it went by sooo much faster than the treadmill. I'm going to talk it over with hubby about saving up for one.

 

[Kristi]

update on food journal

Hey Grits,
Good luck with your mom too...mine won't return any phone calls and I even tried going over. She wouldn't answer the door. I'm giving up for now. :/

Breakfast: none...not feeling good.

Early Lunch: Kashi frozen meal= sweet and sour chicken. 18 grams of protein. 3.5 grams of fat. 320 calories. 6 g. of fiber. 2%cottage cheese, blueberries, grapes, handful of Kashi Go Lean Cereal. Water to drink.

Snack: 1/4 cup of Kashi Go lean cereal. blueberries. whole milk (at someone else's house and that's the only milk she had.) 1 slice "cinnamon raisin Ezekiel Bread" 1 tbl. natural peanut butter.


Used my friend's exercise bike: 4 miles. 16 minutes. weight exercise: 5 pound hand weights

I loved it!! and it went by sooo much faster than the treadmill. I'm going to talk it over with hubby about saving up for one.

Dinner: 1/3 cup of cooked wheat spaghetti. 1/4 cup of spaghetti sauce(lean ground beef and sauce) 1/2 of a 2% mozzarella cheese stick. asparagus, butter, parmesan. small piece of bread from the bakery with red peppers,artichokes,eggplant. couple sips of pomegranate juice.

couple sips of coffee with 2 splenda packets and 1/8 cup of half and half.

 

[Kristi]

Day Eighteen 7-16-08

222 lbs. this morning.

Next month I'm getting an exercise bike and Wii-fit.


Late breakfast: half cup of cooked whole wheat noodles and half a cup of tomato sauce with lean beef-sprinkle of parmesan. Half a stick of 2% mozzerella. 5 cinnamon raisin bagel crisps-130 cal. for the serving of crisps. 1 c. of 1% milk to drink.

Late lunch:Protien shake=1 scoop of powder mixed with 1 C. 1% milk. 1 piece of wheat bread with pb, 1 strawberry and a couple of blackberries. 10 almonds, 3 almonds that had dark choc. on them, and 2 dried cherries.

 

[Kristi]

Fit Day

222 lbs. this morning.

Next month I'm getting an exercise bike and Wii-fit.


Late breakfast: half cup of cooked whole wheat noodles and half a cup of tomato sauce with lean beef-sprinkle of parmesan. Half a stick of 2% mozzerella. 5 cinnamon raisin bagel crisps-130 cal. for the serving of crisps. 1 c. of 1% milk to drink.

Late lunch:Protien shake=1 scoop of powder mixed with 1 C. 1% milk. 1 piece of wheat bread with pb, 1 strawberry and a couple of blackberries. 10 almonds, 3 almonds that had dark choc. on them, and 2 dried cherries.

I joined and am going to start counting calories! SCARY!!!!!!

Breakfast: 532 Calories ....AHHHHHHHHHHH! omg. wow.
30 g. Protein

Lunch: 487 calories........ eye opener....
39g. Protein

Totals so far:
1,109 Calories
46 g. of fat
112 g. carbs
70 g. protein (They must round up b/c it was 69 when I calculated..)

Anyway, big eye opener... Didn't do incredibly bad but I haven't even eaten dinner yet and it just seems like a lot when you really keep track of it!

 

[Kristi]

Fitday-my weight loss goal

copied from Fitday:

Weight Goal Stats
Current Weight
Your weight is 222 lb as of 07/16/2008.

Weight Goal
Your goal is to weigh 199 lb by 10/25/2008

Goal Progress
You are currently 23 lb above the target weight.

The deadline for your goal is 101 days (14 weeks, 3 days) away.

To meet your goal you need to lose about 1.59 lb per week.

 

[dawnkyung]

Fitday totally surprises you with how much you eat. I thought I was eating like 1400-1500...but i was eating like 1800!!! I was like omg.

Exercise bike is fun! I use it sometimes to switch it up from the treadmill. I think it's good to go back and forth between running/other type of cardio. Have you tried the elliptical? I didn't think I saw it in there reading back through your diary. I loooove me some elliptical!

You're doing great and fitday helps a ton with the calorie management!

 

[Kristi]

yesterday's dinner

I joined and am going to start counting calories! SCARY!!!!!!

Breakfast: 532 Calories ....AHHHHHHHHHHH! omg. wow.
30 g. Protein

Lunch: 487 calories........ eye opener....
39g. Protein

Totals so far:
1,109 Calories
46 g. of fat
112 g. carbs
70 g. protein (They must round up b/c it was 69 when I calculated..)

Anyway, big eye opener... Didn't do incredibly bad but I haven't even eaten dinner yet and it just seems like a lot when you really keep track of it!

Dinner: Me and Hubby and our little boy went out to eat. We decided on Apple-bee's since they have the low calorie menu and I would know exactly how much I was eating. I ordered the Tortilla Chicken Melt= Whole Wheat chicken wrap with chicken,veggies,reduced fat cheese, and fat free ranch dressing. Grand total of 450 calories...BUT I only ate half. Go me. 225 Calories for dinner. I got a glass of ice water with lemon....I did sneak a couple of my son's fries. I was going to order him some apple sauce but forgot..:/

 

[Kristi]

re: dawn

Fitday totally surprises you with how much you eat. I thought I was eating like 1400-1500...but i was eating like 1800!!! I was like omg.

Exercise bike is fun! I use it sometimes to switch it up from the treadmill. I think it's good to go back and forth between running/other type of cardio. Have you tried the elliptical? I didn't think I saw it in there reading back through your diary. I loooove me some elliptical!

You're doing great and fitday helps a ton with the calorie management!

I know! I was totally surprised about the calories! It's def. a helpful tool. I cannot wait to get my exercise bike!! I'm pretty much working on having a home gym. I already have a treadmill and as I'm typing this I found out that my mom-in-law is GIVING us her weight machine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It has a few hundred pounds of plate loaded weights! I am sooo excited I guess the next machine I buy after the bike will be the eliptical...if I'll have the room! Maybe after I lose 20 lbs. I'll save up for one.

 

[Kristi]

Day Nineteen 7-17-08

222 lbs. this morning. I found out today that my mom-in-law is giving us her weight machine!


Breakfast: 1/2 c. of 2% cottage cheese. 1 c. of Go Lean Crunch. Half a banana. couple grapes. handful of blackberries. spoon of flax seed. Arizona Diet Green Tea with Ginseng.