Lucy's 2014 Diary

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luzdafuzz

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Hey guys... I'm baaaack. Yet again.

Pretty much where I was when I left, no significant loss or gain. Determined for this to be the last year losing weight is a new years resolution though!!!

I'm 5"6 (169cms), 26 years old in a month and currently unemployed (which is making weight loss really hard, being at home all the time. Argh!) Other goals on the list this year- get a job, pay off all our credit cards and have some savings in the bank! I'm really sick of being unemployed, I have been since mid- Oct now. Really bad time of year to try getting a job, I don't know if I'll have much luck until uni goes back and all the students need to cut their hours. Here are my current stats and weight/measurement goals-

Starting stats as of 6th Jan 2014
Weight: 72.3kgs
Bust: 102cms
Waist: 82cms
Hips: 101cms

Goal-
Weight: 58kgs
Bust: 90cms
Waist: 65cms
Hips: 90cms

Current exercise is PT 4x a week and biking 1-2x a week. I haven't had PT the last few weeks though as she went away for Christmas, it's starting again next week though. So exercise is fine, it's really just food I need to get under control! I eat pretty healthy, just too much.

Anyway- I will get there this year!!
 
Todays food

B 1 1/2 chicken sausages, 2 eggs cooked in a tsp of butter
S 2 babybel minis
L "Fried rice"- made from riced cauliflower and stir fried veg, seasoned with garlic, ginger, tamari, hot sauce, salt n pepper, and served with 2 eggs
S Homemade frozen yogurt (made with coconut yogurt, 50g frozen blueberries, stevia) with 15g chopped almonds
D 2 eggs, 110g bacon, tomato

Total calories 1590 Total deficit 928

Exercise 45mins walking/ 90 degree step ups/ running up and down stairs
 
Thanks Mr Vee!

Had a good food day yesterday, ended on a deficit of around 820cals. This morning I'd planned to go for a bike ride but it's bucketing down so that's not happening- going to do a strength training session instead.

Still no luck on the job front, haven't really been doing much other than that!

Todays food

B 1 1/2 chicken sausages, 2 eggs cooked in a bit of butter
S 2 babybel minis
L Leftover cauli rice with 2 eggs
S Homemade blueberry frogurt- 100g coconut yogurt, 50g blueberries, stevia
D Turkey meatza

Total calories 1594 Total deficit 966

Exercise 30mins full body strength training
 
Ohhhh, I've missed your lovely food posts. You make the most lovely things. The cauli rice sounds amazing!
 
Mmm, caulirice is the bomb! I just cut up a head of cauliflower into florets, chuck the whole thing into a food processor till it's fine/ the texture I want, then cook it in a pan for a few minutes. Can use it as rice in any dish! When I make it into fried rice I take it out of the pan and put it on a plate, stir fry and season the veg then add the rice back in at the last minute before serving. SO GOOD! And the portion is huge!

Ate a bit extra yesterday, I was hungry after dinner. Ate another 1/2 sausage and a few laughing cow cheeses, ended the day on a 564 cal deficit, so I'm ok with that.

Husband has 2 days off work so today and tomorrow are likely to be super lazy day. Yay! Got a few movies and tv shows to get through. I might go for a walk later if the weather cooperates.

Todays food

B 2 eggs cooked in a bit of butter, 1 chicken sausage
S 2 pieces of pavlova (this recipe: only 200cals a piece and super low carb)
L Leftover caulirice and 2 eggs
S 2 laughing cow cheeses
D Turkey meatza (these are so good!)

Total calories 1666 Total deficit 669

Exercise I haven't counted any but I might walk later
 
Caulirice sounds...

Anyway, it's nice to have you back. Hopefully the job search turns up some good leads.
 
Thanks Angel!

And caulirice is awesome Mr Vee. Might not sound it but I love it!!

My stomach is being super weird today, had this really odd twitchy feeling start at around 11am this morning and it has been on and off all day. I'm a bit bloated too so unsure if it's from that or something else... it's like left of my belly button, kind of below. So weird. I kind of had this just over a week ago after a workout but I thought it was just from the exercise- today I've literally done nothing. I started going for a walk but it looked like it was going to rain so I was only out for about 15mins. Hmmm, guess if it's still there tomorrow I should call a doctor or something, it doesn't hurt but it's super weird and it's not something I can just ignore! Wonder if it's because I started adding milk to my coffee the last couple weeks, could be lactose related if it's indigestin of some kind.

Finishing today on a 700cal deficit which I'm ok with!
 
Uhhm, accidentally double posted. I'll just put tomorrow's food plan here...

B 3 eggs, 110g bacon
S Pavlova
L Leftover caulirice with 2 eggs
S Leftover pav if it's still there
D 140g chicken breast with broccoli and cauliflower

Total calories 1460 Total deficit 997

Exercise 30min walk if it's not raining
 
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Going really well today, I got up and went for a fasted walk first thing for 30mins then had breakfast. Stomach finally stopped twitching last night but my stomach was really bloated and gurgly! I seem ok again today, I was a bit twitchy again after my walk but it's stopped. I was getting worried I'd somehow been gluten-ed over Christmas/New Year and had colitis or something nasty, but haven't had any pain... Definitely keeping an eye on it though! If I keep twitching I guess I should see a doc anyway, I'll give it a few days.

Husband has a killer headache right now so we are snuggling in bed watching tv shows. Another nice lazy day!! He goes back to work tomorrow though. Wade has the next two days off, don't know if we'll do anything though. He's just started seeing someone so he might already have plans!!

Food today has been right on, tomorrow I'm aiming for the same- got to get in my planned deficit!

Food for tomorrow

B 3 eggs, 110g bacon
S 2 babybel minis
L Tuna mornay with green beans and shirataki noodles
S 150g coconut milk yogurt with cherries (might make frogurt)
D 140g leftover chicken breast, broccoli, cauliflower

Total calories 1484 Total deficit 973

Exercise 30mins walk in the morning
 
Got through yesterday perfectly, yay! Went for a fasted walk this morning before breakfast. I'll get through today easy, I'm sure... then tomorrow is weigh in! I'll be finishing this week on a deficit of 4135 so should have hopefully lost 500-600g (at least!). Gym starts this week too, I'm only going to be doing PT 3x a week until my friend Sarah visits us mid Feb so we can afford to do a few things while she's here. I have gym Tue/Thu/Fri this week, so excited to get back into it!

I think this week I'll be aiming for a 700 cal deficit every day (or as close to a 5000cal deficit as I can by the end of the week!)
 
Good morning and happy Monday!

I lost 700g this week, yay! Now 71.6kgs. I'm setting a short-term goal right now, I'd like to weigh 69.1kgs by the 10th Feb, which is 600g 3 weeks and 700g for 1. Let's see how I go! Should manage to bust out another 700g week this week if I can keep my deficit at least 700g a day... we'll see!

Todays food plan

B Crepes I made from 100g ricotta, 2 eggs, stevia and cinnamon, topped with 50g frozen strawberries and 100g coconut yogurt sweetened with stevia
S 3 laughing cow cheeses
L Tuna mornay type casserole with shirataki noodles
S Frogurt with 100g co yo, 50g frozen cherries, 2 tbsp unsweeened cocoa powder and stevia
D 140g leftover chicken breast, cup each of cauliflower and broccoli with a tbsp of butter

Total calories 1531 Total deficit 793

Exercise None counted/ included, supposed too be going for a bike ride with Wade today but we'll see. If we do go I'll need to have an extra snack!
 
Yesterday didn't end how I wanted, finished about 400cals over maintenance. It's fine though, should be able to catch up without any problems during the week!!

Todays food has been a bit all over the place! First morning back in the gym with the PT- always forget how viciously hungry I can get after a big workout! Been snacking all morning but should still get the deficit I'm aiming for! Todays workout was legs and shoulders so had a pretty high calorie burn according to HRM.

Todays food As a list rather than as meals, as today I'm not really having meals. Oops

Cheese bread (as a pre workout, homemade and of course GF)
3 eggs, 1/2 avocado, about 1 tsp for cooking
3 pieces of homemade choc nut slice stuff
Another piece of cheese bread

And, to eat later:

Big stir fry with shirataki noodles and mixed veg
1 sausage

Total calories 1742 Total deficit** 818

Exercise 20mins walk to gym and back, 30mins PT.

**Quick note on my deficit, my HRM read 480cals burned after my walk and PT, however Fitday only estimates 280. I go with Fitday just in case, but on workout days I purposely won't have anywhere near a 1000cal deficit because of this. Just in case it is closer to what my HRM read!
 
You people all starting new diaries so I can't find them!! Haha.
You are always so good with the exercise stuff with having a personal trainer. I wish I could afford one as it forces you to go or your paying a lot for nothing!
You also always make new and creative dishes! I usually make the same thing over and over and eventually get bored out of my mind! Then have the arduous task of finding new dishes to make!
 
There's no way I'm miss a session with my trainer!! Actually the first reason being that I love it haha. We strictly do all weights, I never do cardio with her at all. Just keep trying to get new PRs.

Actually I might list a few of my lifts for comparison later on, as of now my PRs are:

Squat- 60kgs x4
Deadlift- 70kgs x4
Bench press- 45kgs x4
Leg press- 180kgs x6

Hmm, those are the few I can think of right now!

Yesterdays food wasn't great, went over maintenance again by about 250cals. Today is looking much better!! I was not hungry at all when I woke up so made myself a shake which was pretty refreshing, I was also desperate for fluid so I felt awesome afterward! Here's the rest of today:

Todays food

B Choc PB shake with 30g PB, 1 cup homemade almond milk, 1 tbsp cocoa, 1/2 scoop choc whey, stevia, vanilla, HEAPS of ice
S 3x laughing cow cheeses, ice coffee made with almond milk, ice, stevia, vanilla and decaf coffee
L 1 sausage, giant cabbage and mixed veg stir fry with shirataki noodles
S 2 babybel cheeses
D 2 sausages, caulimash, broccoli

Total calories 1379 Total deficit 1026

Exercise Went for a 30min walk to shops and back
 
Today has been a perfect food day, YAY! Stomach has started being weird again though, I'm wondering if it might be because I've been replacing all my snacks with cheese... and drinking my daily coffees with milk again. Going to do dairy free a few days to see if it helps, if I'm not fairly normal by Friday I think I'll have to suck it up and see a doctor. Argh. It's just really gurgly and I'm super bloated. Going to have some extra glutamine too. Actually come to think of it I haven't had any today, wonder if that has anything to do with it.

Husband works tomorrow then has 2 days off, yay!
 
Diary will cause bloating and gas for sure. Most people have some form of Lactose intolerance ranging from minor to serious. Im pretty confident that getting off of it you will feel better almost instantly. I don't eat cheeze, never have been into it, but do put milk in my coffee and know for a fact that the more coffee I drink the greater inflamation I get in my throat, so simply keeping it to 3-4 cups a day I don't suffer it at all. Once you cut all the cheese out of your nutritional quotent and feel better simply introduce it just once a day (as it seems that you enjoy it) and I think you will feel fine. But having said this, if your really allergic to it then even just once a day will cause inflmation so just give it up, unless you want to take digestive enzymes to help digest the lactose but you'd be better off just staying away from it.

One other thing to consider is the quality of the cheese that your ingesting. If you want to eat it get good quality organic cheese if you can afford it and it is available in your local grocery store.
 
Be very cautious about having such high caloric deficits... your body will rebel and you will be here looking for advice to restart your stalled fat loss. If you want to do this properly safely and not stall your fat loss then you should only be varying your caloric intake by 300 - 500 calories a day. Firstly as I am sure your trainer has told you, you should calculate your daily caloric intake based on your LBW, lean body weight. If you need a formula that you can use yourself to calculate a pretty accurate bofyfat level let me know and I will post it for you. This is one that you can do yourself and not need others to take skinfolds etc. The other thing is that you also want to increase your muscle mass as much as you can, as this is the most effective way of elevating and keeping elevated your metabolism and burn up more fat 24/7. This means that you also have to on 2 days a week increase your daily caloric intake... this is called the zig zag method of fat loss... and it is the same as losing fat. For 3 days keep your caloric intake to 300-500 below your daily maintainence levels, based on your LBW and on the 4th day increase it to 300-500 above your daily maintence levels. Keep in mind that as your muscle mass increases then you will have to continually adjust your caloric intake.

This is not a fad nutrition plan, it has does and always will work for everybody as it is based in sound science and has been implemented by all good trainers, nutritionists who have their clients best interests at heart for a very long time so it has a proven track record. You can research this by googling Dr Fred Hatfield aka Dr Squat or just zigzag diet. He is an old man now but was and still is a pre eminent researcher and trainer of olympic athletes, professional athletes and everyone inbetween. There is no difference in the nutritional rationals for athletes or sendetary members of the public.
 
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