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Usagi.Love

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Alright.
Nobody knows I'm going back into the weight loss world. It's a secret.
I am Pinch. I was a member who was going strong for a little while,but then slowly lost motivation. I decided to start a new beginning, which meant getting away from the old one. Huzzah.

In recent months I've finally hit the age 18. I can join weight loss sites and be eligible for the plans now. Great! But I'm not going to. My tools currently consist of Fitday, and Weight loss forum.

When I originally started Fitday, my highest weight was 275lbs. I then in the next few months got up to approximately 290. Today I am back down to 255lbs. I've found that ever with the very little effort I do put into it lately, that I am still slowly taking the weight off. Why? Because I've already been made calorie aware,so even without counting I've been reducing slowly.

Anyways. I am a female. I'm not sure if I listed that yet. I am from :eh: . I am ready to start turning my life around. I've gotten a few comments on my weight loss,but I haven't really seen it yet...so I'm ready to start going and get to a point where I can notice :)


So.
I'll start with today.
No.I don't want to list off what I've eaten today. But anyways.


Day 1:

1500 calories.
No exercise.


Oh. And my biggest motivation right now? My friend is leaving for military training stuff over the summer. He'll be back at the end of August, and I want to surprise him with a little bit of weight loss.
 
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Well,after completely bombing yesterday's life style change (it does happen occasionally) I've gotten back on track with my eating styles today. Huzzah. There are still a lot of days I just want to rebel, but I'm okay with that because those days are becoming less common then my calorie counting days.

So let's see how today went.

For Breakfast (9:05am):
1 piece of bread
Mustard
-80 calories.

Now let me just explain my breakfast a bit. Generally I try to aim for 250 calories atleast in the morning, because I've heard that's what it takes to get your metabolism going. This morning however, I woke up late so just grabbed the fastest thing.

Also, I realize that you're probably gagging at the thought of mustard alone on bread. And no,it is not a diet craze, I just like that.


For After School (1:55 pm):
2 pieces of bread with mustard
1 banana (not together mind you)
1 cup of milk
-420 calories


Somewhere between dinner and After school:
8 tatter tots
Chicken A La King
--432 calories

Dinner (8:30pm):
3/4 Cup broccoli with cheese sauce
approx. 3 oz of cooked ham
---392 calories

+2 extra cups of milk somewhere in there
-260 calories

And lastly snack (8:40pm)--Gold Fish Crackers
-140 calories.

So total today:

Around 1750.

My tools: Measuring Cup, labels, fitday and of course a food scale. These items of business have been portionized, so I do believe I have a very accurate estimate.

But wait!!
What else?

Why yes, I did go for a bike ride today. How long? We'll say to keep hopes short, around 15 minutes. According to fit day, this took about 100 calories to complete.

So.
I am happy with today.
No, it's not 1300 calories a day.
However, it's realistic. This is what lazy person my height,and my ideal weight should be eating for calories, so it's still a lot of progress.
 
I had to chuckle at your mustard comment. I will admit it, I was cringing at the thought of mustard on bread. And for breakfast! EEK!

I'm glad today was a better day for you than yesterday. And I'll hope we each have a good one tomorrow.

Michelle
 
The past four days have been absolute hell.
I haven't been able to keep track of my calories at all, and I've been eating a lot more than on my normal days.
I've had a family crisis,and realized that I deal with stress through food. I'm going to aim to get back on track for tomorrow,but it's so much easier to eat the stress away it seems.
Hopefully things go better.
 
I hope things go better for you, too and that the family crisis is resolved.

Tomorrow brings a new day.

Michelle
 
Thank you michelle.

Well,it took about a week to resolve things,but slowly things are getting back on track...

So today.

Breakfast
Weetabix Cereal
(2 biscuits)

Lunch
more Weetabix Cereal
(2 biscuits)

Snacks:

Grapefruit (ugh,it's so bitter, I hate them,but ate it anyways)
Watermelon --8.9 oz
Popcorn-- 2 cups

Dinner:
4 hard boiled eggs
3.55 oz of minced ham


Exercize Today:

20 minutes of biking.

Total Calories eaten: Approximately 1500.
Not too bad.

Look!! No bread! It's amazing how much easier it is to control your diet when you don't eat bread. However, it just so happened I ate the last piece of bread last night, so there won't be many breadless days I'm sure.
 
Don't even say bread... my mouth waters :drooling:

I'm with you on the grapefruit. They're terrible. Even if it's in juice form, I hate it. And cranberries, either way as well.

I'm glad your family crisis is clearing up even if it's taking a bit longer to resolve. Less stress is always a good thing!
 
Well.
Today I broke down and ate a staggering 1900 calories?!?!
Zomg!!!!

Actually. I'm not too heartbroken over it. It's about what my goal weight should eat, so...there's a huge deficit. I'm good to go.

SOOOO
today.

For Breakfast:
Weetabix :D

For Lunch

Weetabix :D

For Snacks(multiple..at different times)

Grapefruit
Gold Fish crackers (many many many)
Croutons
Cucumber Slices+Ranch Dressing
2 pieces of bread
2 cups of milk


so...I never really got a meal, but this brought me to roughly 1700 calories and I was still starving. I will explain why after...but I was starving...gut wrenching pain...

so I whipped out a massive piece of watermelon to make up for the no official dinner, and that brought me to 1900 calories.


Why was I starving?
Over 600 of my calories were made up of crackers,croutons and ranch dressing today.Not cool.

Anyways, that's all for today.
I did drink some way but I'm having a hard time continually drinking it.
 
Usagi.Love said:
The past four days have been absolute hell.
I haven't been able to keep track of my calories at all, and I've been eating a lot more than on my normal days.
I've had a family crisis,and realized that I deal with stress through food. I'm going to aim to get back on track for tomorrow,but it's so much easier to eat the stress away it seems.
Hopefully things go better.
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yea i deal with stress through food as well. but it's gotten better as I munch on healthy celery, salsa, fruits and such.....

hope yr day went well!
 
pinkydolly said:
yea i deal with stress through food as well. but it's gotten better as I munch on healthy celery, salsa, fruits and such.....

hope yr day went well!
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It did Thanks.

Salsa!!!!! I'd have never even thought of that for a side dip thing!! Thanks for the idea!
 
I must ask, what is weetabix? I was guessing some sort of cereal. Am I right?

Today, my only real meal was lunch. I think some days just end up that way even if we plan accordingly. Crap happens and seems to mess up plans just when we thought everything was going smoothly.

We went to see Pirates of the Carribean tonight so my dinner was tons of movie theatre popcorn and twizzlers. Definitely not a good dinner! I'll be posting spoilers in my diary soon :).
 
Weetabix is a kind of erm..wheat cereal. It's probably one of my favourite cereals, I don't know why but I like the taste a lot.

Today I decided it was going to be "all you can eat friday", so needless to say, my calories got screwed up and I ate horrible foods today. :D But. Here goes anyways.

Breakfast

Weetabix


Lunch

Weetabix

Snacks (different times of the day)

3 glasses of milk
3 personal bags of gold fish crackers
2 TBSPs of low calorie ranch dressing (don't ask)
1 Piece of toast
Cookies


Dinner

Fries

No exercize again. :(
But more water than usual :D


Grand total for calories: 2025

Overall..despite the very little nutrition I got today,I'm not terribly dissatisfied with the amount of calories.
 
Now, I have to ask. What's up with the Ranch? LOL. I like ranch, too, but definitely not on goldfish crackers, toast, or with cookies...

I figured that would be what weetabix was.

Now dinner... I'd definitely have had to have melted cheddar cheese on those! (or dip them in ranch... with some seasoning salt).

A free day is a free day. Definitely can jump right back in tomorrow with working out :).

See you later!
 
Just remember its not about staying on the wagon as much as it is about getting right back on when you do fall off. Keeping the calories in check is most important, but don't forget the nutrition. That's a key part of things too.
 
Allo Allo.
It has occured to me today that I am still a teenager. Emotionally,and physically, in every way. I still have the urge to rebel. This weekend I was sick. I ate constantly to try and relieve my headache :D so. Needless to say this weekend was shot.

I Got the Results to my Blood Tests
I had them done two weeks back. Got the results finally today. Only two things wrong :DDDDD

a.)Not enough Vitamin D.
b.) My thyroid levels are still too low.

Everything else ( I took allll the tests) are in check. The doctor was rather surprised..he made a comment, saying how it was weird that I was overweight but showed no real health problems (of course,that's a big,yet).

So, of course these problems will be rectified.I'll be taking Vitamin D supplements. He increased my thyroid intake (I was already taking it) to twice what it was before, so it'll give me a good boost for energy I'm hoping.

As for Today.

Breakfast

Weetabix :D of course.

Lunch
=/ well.
Orange Juice, and a banana (I'm not even sure if I really ate the banana though).

Snacks

Pistachios.
Onion Ring Chips** (Atleast I counted them out this time :p)

Dinner
Chicken Strips
Milk.

Total today: Just over 1700 calories.

Exercise today: 20 minutes of biking .


Overall, I'm happy.

:D Thanks for the motivation btw.
 
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Just read abt the ranch dressing... lol. U make me laff.
What happen to salsa?! Did u try?

Anywayz, good on the health report. Reminds me to go to the doc myself to check-up soon.

Seems like a good day! Stay happy! :jump:
 
I have gotten up to 500 pounds without noticable health affects. Some people have great genes that let them stay fat without as many ill effects. The problem is those same gense make it harder to lose the weight. Its great that you're under care and able to keep tight watch on that thyroid.
 
Usagi, it's been a bit since I saw you and it seemed like you were struggling a bit to stick to your lifestyle change. Let me know how things are going for you! I miss ya!
 
:D Ah,thanks for the concern.
I've been kind of lazy, busy in school,struggling in the past weeks to get my credits this year.
Nothing to report yet today, except that I'm down to 250,from 255. Woot.
I've had a lot of weight flectuations lately,but I seem to be back on track.
 
5 pounds is good! You're doing great Usagi. I hope your school work is going okay. I had days where I just wanted to drop out because of soooo much homework! To think I'm going back again... EEK!

I'm glad your back on track :).

See you again soon.
 
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