Lisa's Final Countdown, The Good Days, the Bad, & the Ugly

I have the next three days off! YAY I took Brandy's advice and went a few places used places this morning and found a tv same size as the other one for only $125.

I also went to breakfast again with a friend....I really wanted another one of those spinach omelettes. Unfortunately it did not agree with me and by the time I got home I felt very sick and it all came back up. How do ya count the calories on that one? lol
 
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Food today:

spinach & feta cheese omelette-450
hashbrowns-250
toast-250

banana & grapes-130
cheese popcorn 1oz-160

beef rump roast 6 oz-356
baked potato w/ butter-400
steamed carrots w/ butter-150

Total-2156


Very easy to see where I went wrong today. If I'd made one different choice anywhere like either no hashbrowns, no popcorn, or no butter. Omitting any one of those would have put me in range. Like I said though breakfast did not stay down and I was seriously hungry this afternoon when my stomach settled. Guess we'd definitely call this an "ugly" day, what with the puking and all, lol.

Anyway I have two choices. I can either watch my calories better and stop having them go over 2000. Or on days when I do go over I'm going to have to start purposely doing some exercise to offset the difference.
 
Ahhh, I HATE :puke:!!!!

I hadn't since 3-29-04, then last August, out of nowhere, I upchucked a bunch of Round Table Vegetarian pizza for no apparent reason! It was really weird.....

Enjoy your days off, WOW 3 days. Must be nice! :coolgleamA: And good thinking on the calorie-watching. I almost give up on it when I go over, but realized that when I give up, I start to get a "fuck all" attitude and then gain weight. SO it's better to track than it is to not, if weight loss is your aim. I think now I'm currently maintaining. I have a habit of yo-yoing and it needs to STOP and STABILIZE! :smash: Best wishes to you and thank you so much for the kind words in my diary, it really touched me :beating:
 
What are you going to do for those three days!??!?! Whenever I have a day off I literally nap all day. And go to the gym, but mostly nap. OMG I love napping...........sigh...

Congrats on finding a new tv so fast, that is awesome! I hope you're feeling better since the "incident."
 
Yea I hate it too :/. I broke a blood vessel at the corner of my eye too because of it, which I've never done before. My hubby was worried somebody is going to think he gave me a shiner cuz it's so bruised, lol. Oh and I normally get 3 days off :) I work four 10 hour shifts so it's nice. If I could just ditch the two that are midnights I'd be happy.

Curvie Girlie said:
And good thinking on the calorie-watching. I almost give up on it when I go over, but realized that when I give up, I start to get a "fuck all" attitude and then gain weight. SO it's better to track than it is to not, if weight loss is your aim. I think now I'm currently maintaining. I have a habit of yo-yoing and it needs to STOP and STABILIZE! :smash: Best wishes to you and thank you so much for the kind words in my diary, it really touched me :beating:
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I agree...I'm just like that. That's why even if I know I'm cheating I make myself keep track. That 2100 would have been 4k otherwise, lol. So I still count it as a semi-win situation compared to just going willie nillie.

And like I said, I meant every word :) I'm embarrased to admit that when I started in this forum I stayed more to talking to people in my same weight range at first. Or I guess more that I didn't talk much to all the skinny people I was so surprised to find here. I didn't see how they could understand what I was going through.

And while I still think there are some differences for people who are as obese as me compared to people who have only a little to lose, it was after talking to you that I realized we also go through alot of the same battles. I'm just glad I DID get to know you because you are such a great person. Thanks for being there :)
 
:grouphug: We're all in this together. We suffer through the same shit. And we all ultimately want to be happy, healthy, and feel good about ourselves--too bad STRESS screws it all up for us! I was never obese, but I have been overweight and miserable with myself and it's NO FUN. We all need some support :hug2:
 
I'm about 15 lbs overweight so yeah there are areas where we can't exactly relate, but honestly I am routing so hard for our forum's larger members..especially the ones I'm friendly with like you :). Its so hard on the body to carry around all that excess weight and I just hope so much that you will keep succeeding with your goals. I cannot wait to see you at the end of this journey..except as you now see it is NEVER ENDING. Ya can never ever be less than vigilant for more than a few days..let go for more than a weekend screwup and your dones. Back in my slimmer days I would binge out on the weekends and then make up for it during the week just eating 3 meals and no snacking. It was a good way of managing weight and enjoying my food at the same time :D.
 
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Yea I hate it too :/. I broke a blood vessel at the corner of my eye too because of it, which I've never done before. My hubby was worried somebody is going to think he gave me a shiner cuz it's so bruised, lol.
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omgosh 0___o that was from vomiting?! eek i would hate if that happened....
i hope you are doing well^^
 
Food today:

Kashi cereal w/ 1/2 cup soy milk-250

bananas x2-200
nectarines x2-124

carrots-60

veggie thin crust pizza- 1450

Total- 2104
 
Thanks but I don't know about that ;/. I came back to edit because I forgot about the skinny cow ice cream I had today for 80 cals and I also gave in to temptation and ate two more pieces of pizza ;/.

Actual total-2604

That's the last time I order two pizzas just because my husband doesn't like veggies. I'll pay extra and do half and half. I guess the problem with my eating is I honestly don't think the calorie range I'm hitting is all that bad or I'd stop doing it. Initially I'd set my range to be between 2100-2200 based on my bmr and calculations for a deficit but I wanted to lose weight and was finding 1900 to be plenty. But dang it this week I'm hungry all the time. I try and hold myself off eating healthy earlier in the day and by evening I'm eating too much. I think tomorrow I need to start off the day with a bigger breakfast with more carbs and that'll slow my butt down. I'm still in a deficit though so I guess if this is how I am one week a month that's ok.

Oh and I know I said I wasn't going to weigh myself until after TOM came and went since I know I'm going to retain water but I did anyway. My weight is the same...no loss or gain so I wasn't too freaked out. I still had hoped to see a loss though because my clothes DO feel so different the last week. My shirts have been hanging longer and pants falling down non stop (and underwear :X). Anyway I may be back later but I'm finally full so it won't be to add anymore food to my log, lol.
 
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I just started a diet a few days ago and one of the requirements is that you eat a lot of protein in the morning, supposedly it causes you to burn 30% more calories throughout the day. The guy who created the diet is a clinical nutritionist and I must say I am finally having some success so this guy's word is bond for me at the moment. Besides when you eat a large protein breakfast it has you filled up for so long, rather than being hungry and holding off til your starving and then diving in. But one thing is for certain, the higher protein diets do take off more weight in most studies so I think you were on the right track before, only a lot of people (including my current guru Byron Richards) think you should have some carbs, like 30%. Anyway, I'm not trying to get in your business just noting that with me I finally seem to be losing on MORE calories than the last 6 weeks when I ate healthy but what I wanted and just counted calories. Plus I was always starving, unlike now. Why'd you decide to give up entirely on the low carb thang?
 
I stopped doing low carb because I'm taking metformin and my blood sugar was dropping too low. When I attempted to just stop doing strict low carb and add fruit and other healthy stuff in it just got too complicated to count both carbs and calories. I ended up not doing it at all so I went for the more simplistic approach. When I found lost more weight just counting calories I kept going with it. I'm still trying to make sure I get alot of fruit and veggies while keeping low on the breads and starches though. Just a bit tough sometimes because of my husband I'm cooking things to keep him happy that I wouldn't normally have alot of like potatoes. I don't always eat them when I cook some for him but this week I've been a piggy, lol.
 
I got to thinking about what you said Blancita about the protein and just remembered I have a huge can of whey protein I bought for baking when I was on Atkins. I think I can make a shake or use it in stuff in the mornings to help without having a huge amount of extra calories
 
Oh I hear ya Lisa, I dont count the protein and carb grams either! I just make sure to get a lot of protein and also the other stuff too and I can tell I'm getting it right cuz I am so much more full than I was before and I shed a few pounds of water weight right away. Supposedly if you have a plate with a portion of rice or potatoes that's the same exact size as the meat portion then you're good, and then you can have unlimited non-starchy veggies along with that (according to this nutritionist I'm following). The shake idea is perfect, then you can have whatever else along with it that's carb since you know you got your protein in with the shake. But hey, if you're losing with what you're doing then maybe a change isn't needed. For me, the calorie counting worked for about half my excess weight and then stopped working so as you know I've been trying different things in the hopes something will finally move my resistant fat LOL. TTYL
 
Well I'm just starting out so sooner or later I'm going to hit wall too so I'll keep that in mind. I'm sure I'll have to switch stuff up too. And I've read for my insulin resistance I should be eating protein with my carbs like you said anyway. This morning I had hashbrowns and eggs for only 500 cals and haven't eaten again since.

Oh and so much for the not weighing thing but I weighed this morning again and I've lost a pound :) So since I've hit the 30lbs lost mark again I think I can handle putting the scale away for a bit and just upping my efforts, doing what I know to do.
 
Food today:

Hashbrowns & eggs(2)-500

Banana-100
grapes-60

corn on the cob x2- 240
baked potato-161
sour cream-60
butter-300
teryaki chicken breast (grilled)-260

Total- 1681
 
Today for work I ended up taking the girls to a birthday party I had no clue we were going to. There was a really cool spongebob cake somebody had made and I'm proud to say I didn't touch it. I'm too tired to retype my food so just posting my total, 1921 for today. Hope everyone is good. I'm off to crawl in my nice comfy bed :)
 
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