Lucy's Fit Life (Contains large amounts of nut butter and coffee)

Thanks Brawny... Unfortunately the rest of the weekend was a giant fail and I need 3 perfect days to undo the damage. Grrr! I know I'd get there faster if I didn't keep doing this to myself but I can't seem to help it. Missing my husband like crazy! Kinda stressed about starting school now too even though its something I've wanted for so long.

Really got to change my mindset. I'm aiming for 3 1600cal days then I'll weigh in Thu- then I'll be upping my calories daily. Really only want to lose 500g a week and I eat really light a few days to blow out crazily on others. So planning to eat 1600 on days off both work and exercise, 1800 on days off work with a workout, 1900 on work days with a workout. Going to test this and stick to it next week after weigh in!
 
Blah feeling bloated and yuck this morning. Going to get my 3 perfect days and get rid of this fluid!

todays food

b 2 eggs cooked in butter, 1/2 avocado, 1pc homemade bread, 2 decaf coffees with cream
s protein ice cream
l 200g Greek yogurt, strawberries, 2 sunflower seed crackers with cream cheese
d homemade beef and veg pie

Total cals- 1600. Exercise today is a 30min workout plus the walk to work and back. I'm only working 10-4 today.
 
Just keep fighting back and the very worst that can happen is fighting it to a draw. The big danger is letting everything go (that's how I got to 375 pounds), so it's great you're still fighting back despite the stresses of a big change in your life.
 
Thanks for all the comments everyone, have literally been too busy yesterday and today to write!

Mr Vee Exactly how I feel, as long as I'm working hard and trying I know I'm not gaining. Maintaining is definitely better than nothing!

BeHappy Protein ice cream is so easy to make, it's a protein shake with an added tsp of xanthan gum (I make it with water and add a tbsp of cream) then I freeze it solid overnight and blend it in my vitamix- comes out like soft serve. SO good!

Mystic ah stress is awful for weight loss! The hormones aside, just makes me want to eat everything!! Bad! Lol

Brawny Yay, glad you like them! They are sooo addictive. I've been adding a tsp of cinnamon to the mix too for extra yum. Hahaha good to know everyone likes them!

Well I've had 2 really awesome days in a row, today will be the third and tomorrow I'm weighing in. Tomorrow will be the day I'm eating up to maintenance for the week and then the rest I will stick to the plan I outlined above. Food today is really scattered...

Homemade protein pancakes
1 decaf coffee with cream
Leftover 1/6 homemade beef pie
200g yogurt with strawberries
Decaf flat white

Day will end on around 1500ish cals. Done a crazy amount of walking, we grocery shopped, got a cat tree (my cats were delivered yesterday! Yay!) Then I walked to the shops, and around, walked home and had lunch, then walked to uni to see if I was in time for any orientation stuff... was told nothing for a couple hours so walked back to the shopping centre nd tried on clothes, right now I'm sitting down for coffee and I'll be walking back to uni soon. Also have to walk home tonight. Pretty sick of walking haha!
 
Thinking about trying to add some more protein the diet and try and add some muscle (which is hard to do at a calorie deficit, but the deficit is no longer as large as it used to be). Maybe I'll give the protein pancakes a try, or the protein bread from earlier.

Don't like the way the powder tastes, but maybe in a mix with other stuff the taste will be masked.
 
Its been agesssssssss Lucy:( I am just popping in before I head to the shops. I just wanna say how I love how consistent you are with posting on this hun. You put me to shame. I love your positive attitude:) xxxxx
 
I love your Facebook page Lucy. I went looking for the recipe for your protein bars & got sidetracked by some yummy looking recipes! Good for you having 2 good days, Stress is awful. Hope things settle down for you soon. Having your cats should help a little, xo Cate
 
Thank you everyone for the replies! Really want to try getting on here every day but it seems impossible right now lol. Been working and studying a lot. Had one bad day over the weekend but have been good since then. Found out yesterday that my husband has to stay an extra week where he is so that was a pretty shitty end to my day. The bakery managers fiance ran off with the store manager (she has 2 little boys with the bakery manager, he is married with two little girls) so that was a huge drama and they all packed up and left town immediately and my husband was appointed store manager and asked him to stay permanently... the state manager didn't know he was trying to leave the state. He still can't get a job here but now the state manager is looking into it so hopefully there's a positive here.

food today

b 2 eggs cooked in butter, 1/2 avocado, 1pc homemade low carb bread
s protein ice cream
l (at uni) homemade pb muffin, peanut butter quest bar
s homemade cinnamon roll
d 200g yogurt with strawberries

Total cals are around 1640. No exercise today apart from the walk to uni and back. Ill try catching up on peoples diaries on Thu or Fri! Not forgetting you all!
 
Modified your recipe a bit for round 2 of the protein bars. I added about a cup of crushed up rice krispies (if I remember my Aussie trip I think they are called rice bubbles there). Added a few carbs but I like what they did for the texture
 
Yumm Brawny, that sounds awesome!!! I have been desperately searching for whey crisps here to get the same texture, can't get them in Aus apparently. Also there's issues importing whey/dairy products into Aus, it makes customs pretty upset. Makes me a sad panda. Glad you're enjoying them though!!!!

K guys, I'm going to catch up on diaries and make a post n stuff. Haha been pretty busy, I worked all day Mon then crammed in study Mon night/Tue morning, uni on Tue, Wed the weather was AMAZING so Wade and I went and hung out at the beach and went out for coffee, worked all day today and same again tomorrow. Really loving life right now but still missing my husband SOOO bad, and everything is going wrong for him back in that awful town. I feel so bad and I can't do anything- also because everything is going so well here I feel guilty. Argh stupid brain! 19 days till he gets here...

After work today I got in some baking, made up these: Chocolate brownie chip protein muffins. They are AWESOME! Knocked out one of those bad boys after dinner. TOM is due and my cravings are driving me up the wall- but I WON'T BREAK!! Aiming for a calorie average of 1800 this week!

Food today

b 2 eggs cooked in butter on 2 pieces homemade almond meal bread, 2 decaf coffees with cream
s protein ice-cream
l 200g Greek yogurt, strawberries, homemade peanut butter muffin
d bowl of homemade clear green vege soup, 2 chicken sausages
s homemade chocolate brownie chip protein muffin

Total cals today are around 1871.

Exercise was just over 10mins of super intense crazy boxing this morning, then about 30mins walking (to work and back).
 
Morning all!! Posting quickly before I do my workout.

Food plan for today

B Hot cereal made with almond meal, peanut flour, egg, cream, cinnamon. 2 decaf coffees with cream
S Protein ice-cream
L 200g Greek yogurt, strawberries. Homemade choc brownie chip muffin
D 2 chicken sausages, homemade green vege soup

Total cals are 1641.

Exercise- 30min workout this morning and 30mins walking to work and back.

I work 10-5 today!
 
Wow I keep letting the days get away from me! Had a much better week than any other this month, still not expecting a good weigh in though. TOM is due, I feel bloaty and yuck. Ending the week on a deficit of around 3500cals.

Uni is going well, chem is getting harder every week but I'm staying on top of it. Got 26 out of 30 on our first review quiz so I'm understanding the majority of it.

Work is going well too, only working a couple days a week at the moment. Thinking of finding a 2nd job to work every Sunday, see how I go when my next 2 subjects start in a fortnight.

Aaaaaand my husband gets here in 6 days! He doesn't have to stay the extra week any more. Also he still doesn't have a transfer but he's thinking of quitting now anyway and finding similar work for a different company, he's been treated so badly where he is currently so I don't blame him. He has 16 weeks of holidays saved up and his bonus so we will be fine till he gets work.

food today

b homemade bacon and egg pie, 2 decaf coffees with cream
s homemade protein ice cream
l 2 pieces homemade almond meal bread, 1/2 avocado, bowl of green veg soup
s peanut butter Quest bar
d 200g Greek yogurt, strawberries

exercise around 40 mins of walking

Total cals for the day- 1614
Total calorie deficit for the day- 825.
 
So after my incredibly good week (by my standards anyway lol) I have gained 1.5kgs. I have no idea why I'm holding so much fluid right now!! It usually happens if I've eaten something with gluten in it but I can't think of anywhere I have along the way in the last few days. Arrgh. I know it'll go really quickly but I'm just annoyed expecting to see something good and then see a really big number! Could also be TOM related, guess I'll see. I know I can still get a really good number before I go on holidays in 8 weeks so I'm not freaking out just yet.

Food for today

B- Homemade bacon and egg pie, 2 decaf coffees with cream
S- Homemade peanut butter protein bar
L- 200g Greek yogurt, strawberries
S- Homemade peanut butter muffin
D- Protein ice-cream

Exercise today is just the 20mins it takes me to get to work and back.

Total calories: 1594
Total deficit: 808
 
I haven't caught up in here for a while. Bummer about the scale,. but you've been doing really well despite being so busy. The scale will catch up. Nice work!
 
The scale wants to be a pain the arse lately for me too. Maybe it's a conspiracy. Eventually they'll get their act together if they know what's good for them.
 
I secretly came and gave y'all the same scale that I was stuck on for 2 weeks...oh drat that's like an impossibility of physics to give it to both of you....crud...caught in my own lie!
 
Aww, so feel loved coming on and having so many replies after a day haha!!! I am sooooooo tired, our furniture finally arrived yesterday but I was working (9-5.30) so didn't start unpacking or doing anything with it till I got home. Was unpacking and cleaning kitchen stuff until after 10pm, then I decided to make my bed and try sleeping but had the worst hayfever from all the dust flying around. Had a staff meeting at 8am this morning so got up early too, then was unpacking all day. There's only computer stuff left now so I'm leaving those last boxes for my husband to unpack when he gets here on Tue! (Not long now!!!) The house is trashed though, so dirty from all the dust, boxes everywhere, also have so much trash but can't get to the tip till Tue so it's just going to have to sit there. Argh.

Had another good food day today!! I baked this morning, think I was procrastinating... So much unpacking to do so I decided to bake instead (weird how my mind works!) I made a no-bake chocolate cake which tastes awesome but I need to work on the texture a little, and I made a strawberry cake (was planning on making cupcakes but out of patty pans) which had the same issue- tasted awesome but the texture wasn't where I wanted it. I have a lot of treat/snack food for the freezer now haha! I might have another go at the no-bake cake in the next couple of days though, I made it to use up some avocadoes as I have SO many (9 more in my fridge right now) and it froze really well too so no issues making more.

Food today

B Homemade peanut butter protein bar, 2 decaf coffees with cream
S Homemade protein ice-cream
L Piece of no-bake choc cake, piece of strawberry cake (haha, tasting the baking)
S Peanut butter chunk muffin
D Clear vegetable soup with cabbage, leek and celery with shirataki noodles, bacon and egg pie
S Quest bar

Exercise today was a 20min walk to work and back for the meeting this morning, then around 5 hours of unpacking/ crushing boxes/ folding clothes. I'm so ready to crawl into bed and stay there till tomorrow.

Total calories: 2036
Total deficit: 778
 
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