Kyle's Diary

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jubilee said:
hope you recover from that sore fast!
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Jubilee: Thank you! I have been trying to drink as much as possible and as the dry mouth goes away, the tongue is getting less painful. I would still LOVE a cup of joe. Stop! Sorry.:angelsad2:
 
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I have been drinking water and green tea like there's no tomorrow. My mouth is much less dry and the canker sore is much less painful. I have also been eating a lot of rice porridge, although it is not part of my diet. I was afraid to weigh myself yesterday morning because I was afraid that I might have gained weight from going off my diet. This morning I weight myself expecting to have gone up, but in the past two days I had gone down from 262.8 to 260.8! Now I am only 10.8 lbs. away from my first goal weight of 250 lbs. I was hoping to reach this weight by July, but it looks like I am ahead of schedule.:willy_nilly:

Since my tongue is feeling better, I will probably get back on track with my diet tomorrow. One observation I would like to share is that even though I was not able to eat the recommended food on my diet, I still kept my portions reasonable and tried to stay away from too much salt or sugar. I think this tendency to control portions is a good habit I have picked up from this diet. After all, there will always be occasional situations when it is hard to eat exactly the kind of food I want to eat. I think being able to handle those situations reasonably is a very beneficial skill to have.
 
Okay, I have avoided this forum the last few days. I had a really crazy weekend and I ended up eating lots of things that I shouldn't have and my weight went up 6 lbs.! I knew it was due to the sodium, and it would go back down after I get back on track for a few days. Happily, this morning my weight was pretty close to where it was before the weekend (261.2).

The good news is that my wife has decided to eat the same thing I eat for dinner each day. It is very comforting for me that my diet is having a good influence on her. I also feel a so much support from her, which makes me happy.

I have to say that since I started this diet, my life has gotten much happier in general. I have started taking control of other parts of my life because of the success I have had with changing my eating habits. My relationship with my wife is better, and I am more focused at work. Also I feel much more comfortable about my appearance, and I have been getting positive comments about my apparent weight loss.

One positive change happened today. For some reason I woke up early, and I felt like getting out of bed to do some exercises at home before the commute to work. This has never happened as long as I can remember. I did a few pushups, crunches, and some stretching. I felt great about myself! I hope that this becomes a pattern.:auto:
 
There are many positive changes there & I think the words "I have started taking control of other parts of my life" are the key. I think most of us have felt out of control & it's good to get that back. So glad that you are feeling much happier Kyle. Cheers, Cate.
 
I had a kind of crises a couple days ago. I was very busy all day at work and I got some shocking personal news that my parents are planning to move across the country to live nearby. I won't want to take your time by getting too much into detail. The reason why I brought this up is that I decided to start doing Zumba to de-stress. I did Zumba a little while about 1 year ago, and I found it very fun. Last night I went to my first class. Phew! I felt so out of shape! Anyways I survived, and I am thinking of going to one class per week. I am sure that it would be good for my health too. Though my body is sore right now. Great news, this morning my weight was down to 256.2. I am getting very close to my first goal weight of 250. Today I wore some clothes to work that have been too small to wear, and it feels great! Also my parents are visiting next month, and I can't wait to surprise them with my dramatic weight loss. Kkkk.

This morning I stopped by McDonald's to treat myself to a hot caramel mocha. When I sipped it, I was shocked at how ridiculously sweet it was. I thought that if I let myself drink something so loaded with sugar, it would be really bad for my weight loss, and my health in general. I threw it away when I got to work.
 
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I don't know why, but I am feeling so tired and depressed today. One trigger of this feeling was co-workers being so rude to me today. I am so used to using food as one of my ways to deal with this emotional state, but I don't want to do that anymore. I feel like I don't have anything else do depend on. How do emotionally healthy people handle this kind of slump?
 
I noticed that since I have been really busy at work lately, I have not taken the time to prepare and drink enough water. I have been really exhausted, and I think it from dehydration. So I am really trying to push myself to drink more, even though it goes against my natural tendencies. I am already feeling better after upping my water intake.

As for my weight, it has not gone down in the last few days. I am at 256.4 today. One setback was going to Mother's Day dinner with my In-Laws. I gained a pound that night. My first 30-day round of the "20/20 Diet" is going to be over this Thursday, and I am going to re-start the diet the next day. So I am sure my weight loss will get a boost from the stricter diet of the first 10 days.
 
I know its too late now, but when your stressed or depressed I find that actually doing some exercise instead seems to help a lot. At the very least when your done you can have that chocolate without feeling overly guilty about it. lol.

Oother than that congrats on the weightloss! This must be some awesome diet your on!
 
@Paladin-Cleric Thank you for the compliment about my diet! I really love this diet because it is all about do-ability and long-term lifestyle improvement. I am down to 255.4, one pound less than yesterday. This morning when I got to work it hit me, I am 255! I was in the 270-280 range for such a long time I really was worried that I could never get this low again! But what I am doing is working! And the best part is that I am actually enjoying this new lifestyle.

One big improvement today! I have been cheating on my diet because I kept adding sugar and creamer to my coffee. I tried not drinking coffee for a while, but I gave in recently and have been drinking everyday. But today when I made my coffee, I felt that I would be okay drinking it black! That is a big step forward for me because I never liked black coffee before. But now I can actually taste the subtle deliciousness that was blocked out before from my generally over-seasoned food intake. Yay!
 
Yesterday was the last day of my 30-day "20/20" diet. I lost about 22 lbs. during that time. Today I restarted the diet. For breakfast I had an apple parfait and boy was that hard to eat! It took me 2 hours to nibble it away.

I want some advice. My friend and his wife invited our family over for dinner. I want to be prepared when I go, so that I don't end up sabotaging my diet. Does anyone have advice how to keep to your diet while still being polite when going to someone's house for dinner? Obviously I also want to be able to eat something so that I am not starving the whole time.
 
You're doing so well :) I struggle when having dinner parties and stuff too...My best idea so far has been to eat a ton of healthy food just before I get there so I'm *actually* quite full, instead of pretending to be, and then explaining that I'm a chunky girl and I'm on a diet so can my portions be smaller! It sucks going and being hungry the whole time because that makes me grumpy as hell and then that carries over to my whole evening so I go feeling full of healthy veggies (usually a ton of carrots, celerey, etc, all no calories practically!) and then can go, knowing that I can have a little bit of what I fancy & it isn't going to tip the scales.
 
Sunflower said:
My best idea so far has been to eat a ton of healthy food just before I get there so I'm *actually* quite full, instead of pretending to be, and then explaining that I'm a chunky girl and I'm on a diet so can my portions be smaller!
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Thank you so much, Sunflower! I have asked some other people advice about this, but when I read your explanation, I find your idea to be by far the best one I have heard. I think I will do just what you said. I too would not enjoy it if I had to go hungry the whole time. I really like these folks who invited us over. So I want to be in the best mood possible. Now that I know what to do, I can't wait to go have dinner with them!

By the way, do you know what it takes to become a regular member of this site? I really want a signature so I can post a counter.
 
Yes my love, you have to have a certain amount of posts I believe! So keep on posting! let us know how the meal goes!
 
Thanks, Sunflower. I will try to build up my post count. The dinner is this Saturday. I will definitely recount it on here afterwards. So the second round of my diet is starting to drop my weight again. Mostly eating apple parfaits and cod and spinach with some other veggies and seasoning for flavor. I recently started doing Zumba every Monday, including last night. I always sweat bullets at Zumba, and it is so fun. This morning I was at 251.2 lbs., 3 lbs. down from the day before! I am only 1.2 lbs. away from my first goal of 250 lbs.! I have to prepare a way to celebrate my first success. One thing I want to do is throw out the slacks that I have been wearing for over a year now (they are worn out anyways), and either fit into the ones that I bought but was never able to wear due to weight gain, or get some new ones. I also might go to the various Good Wills in the area and try to find some extra articles of clothing. Does anyone have any cost-efficient ideas how to celebrate reaching one's weight loss goals?
 
Well done Kyle on being so close to your first goal. The best celebration is when you start to get genuine compliments & when you start to feel slimmer. Getting clothes from goodwill stores & then being able to discard them when you lose weight is a great idea. Enjoy your dinner. There is nothing wrong with saying no to something at a dinner party or asking for a smaller serve. Wanting to be healthy shouldn't offend anyone. Taking the edge off your appetite before you go, by eating some fruit & veg is a great idea.
It won't be long before you can add a signature to your posts. Keep your posts coming & keep trying. There are so many spammers out there & our mods do well to keep most of them at bay. . I'm sure it won't take long for them to know that you are a genuine & trusted member of the forum. Cheers, Cate.
 
Thank you, Cate! I agree that getting compliments is a great reward. One of my goals is to stop refusing compliments, since I usually have a hard time receiving them. By the way....

I REACHED MY FIRST GOAL! 250.0 LBS.
My timeframe for this first goal was actually to reach it in July, but I ended up reaching it way faster than expected. I am really excited to celebrate and reward myself for the hard work. :party: I am going through a lot of emotions inside, and I want to show myself my gratitude for the hard work I did. Being able to post my success on this website is one form of reward for me. But I also want to do something really fun to celebrate! What could that be? (rhetorical question)

Now I have to set my next goal. I think I will take baby steps from here on because I want to enjoy each benchmark and feel the success. I want to make my next goal 240. For a timeframe, I want to reach it by June 12, 2015, because that is when my parents are visiting my family. I can't wait to show them how much weight I have lost. I know that they care a lot about me and they would be happy for me to see that I have lost weight. But I have not told them. So it should be quite a surprise to them. Kkkkkk.
 
Good news, I thought of a way to celebrate. My wife and son and I are going on a road trip this weekend! This will be the first overnight trip since we moved to LA. Yay!
 
It's my second day after I got back from the road trip. We ended up inviting my parents-in-law, they took us out to dinner both days. The first day was a Japanese place. I got the sashimi (raw fish, no rice) place and I didn't use any soy sauce. That was a little uncomfortable because I am used to eating sushi with rice and soy sauce. I was proud of myself for resisting all the yummy Japanese food I could have eaten. The next day we went to a fancy seaside restaurant, and I ordered the grilled salmon, which was probably the healthiest thing on the menu. It was so good! I could have easily ordered 2 more of the same dish and packed it in. Then yesterday I got off work early for my wife's doctor appointment, and we went out for Pho afterwards. Sodium city! After all this, I am glad that I only gained 1.8 lbs. I thought it would have been more. But yesterday I went back to my diet, and in addition I went to Zumba last night. I ended up losing 4 lbs. in 1 day! I was so happy when I weighed myself this morning. I am at a record low of 247.8 lbs.

As I get closer to my goal weight, I started to consider the sustainability of this lifestyle:
1. I have been saving a lot of money by eating out less.
2. I have been getting sick less than before.
3. My wife is happy because my meals are simple and easy to prepare and because she is losing weight by eating the same dinner as me.

There isn't really anything to complain of from this diet system. I eat regularly, and my hunger is satisfied pretty much all the time. The only hard part is saying bye-bye to all those naughty foods that I used to hold so dear. I really hope that I can keep a healthy lifestyle after I am done dieting.
 
Well done Kyle. The benefits you get from eating healthy should be sufficient to motivate you to keep going when you get to goal weight. If you stop "dieting" & go back to your old way of eating most likely you will end up regaining more than you lost. You can incorporate some of what you call "those naughty foods" but, instead of eating them every day, set limits. Now is the time to learn more about nutrition & exercise & find a sustainable balance. You are only young & by changing your lifestyle now you should be able to stop the yo yoing & be doing your future self a huge favour. Cheers, Cate
 
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