My dairy

Well I rode my bike today for 30 minutes....wow, what a cardio workout! I had no idea it would be that hard. Surely it'll get easier as I go on..I just realized I didn't get a manuel with the bike, which is odd, but I don't think I can ride all the way back to the dealership, heh. One step at a time, I'm going to take this gradually and I think it will become easier as I get more used to it.

Today I weighed myself and I'm 233 now.
Breakfast:
water (0)
The usual quaker oats cereal with apple bits (150)
Yogurt (60)
2 slices of watermelon 172
Total cal: 382

Lunch:
Banana (109)
2 slices of wholewheat bread (140)
5 slices of lean hickory smoked ham (60)
A serving of carrots (35)
A small salad (no dressing 40)
2 slices of watermelon (172)
one serving of crackers (160)
Total cal: 384

Total so far: 1098
 
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Lost 7 lbs so far, I hope that is some fat in there and not all water weight!

:D

Anyway, I decided to ride my bike back to the shop , I had a few questions. It's about 2 miles total both ways..I thought there was something wrong with the cap, but he said it was fine. I got a warranty on it for 6 months I get a free tune up..I talked to him about the goo and tubes he uses to flat proof them. And I got a manuel for it..according to the manuel, I'm too big for it, but the dealer said It was the right fit so I trust him, plus it says on the bike from 5'7'' to 5'10'', and I'm 5'7''.

I probably got in around 45-50 minutes of cardio with the bike today. Man it is hot out there! I'm so glad I got most of it done in the morning.
 
So glad you are enjoying your new bike already. The 7 lbs you have lost is probably not water weight since it came off slowly. Water weight usually comes off fast, and you've been working hard and watching what you eat so it is probably a real weight loss. Great job!
 
Owl said:
So glad you are enjoying your new bike already. The 7 lbs you have lost is probably not water weight since it came off slowly. Water weight usually comes off fast, and you've been working hard and watching what you eat so it is probably a real weight loss. Great job!
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Thank you owl, you are so nice. And I appreciate the comment that if you lived nearby you would come bike ride with me, that means alot. My parents are upset I bought the bike because I paid alot for it, but I'm happy with it and it will last a long time.

I think I need to eat like 6 smaller meals throughout the day, every 2 hours or so. I feel so hungry right now..

Oh gah, I just figured out I spelled Diary as "Dairy", lol
 
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Dairy, I hadn't noticed that until you said it.. hah. It seems like you genuinely want to change your life and get healthy. That's a really good thing. You can do this. Plenty of new foods and new exercises to try along the way. 7 pounds is good. That's not just water weight. Good luck on your weight loss goal :).
 
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Dairy, I hadn't noticed that until you said it.. hah. It seems like you genuinely want to change your life and get healthy. That's a really good thing. You can do this. Plenty of new foods and new exercises to try along the way. 7 pounds is good. That's not just water weight. Good luck on your weight loss goal :).
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I do, I'm sick of being fat. But I also have to come to the realization I can splurge sometimes, seriously, I'm going to go insane, lol. One thing I love more than anything at a certain time of the year is girl scout cookies, especially the samoas or thin mints..gosh..when I say splurge I don't mean eat uncontrollably, but rather do something like kara is doing where I eat some junk but still stay - within the calorie limit...for example, there's a pizza in the fridge I'm dying to eat..its just a frozen tony's cheese pizza, 290 cal for 1/3 (2 slices I assume if you cut it into 6 sections, is that right?) or 580 for 4 pieces. I have enough space in my calories for the day to do it..
 
SparkErosion said:
I do, I'm sick of being fat. But I also have to come to the realization I can splurge sometimes, seriously, I'm going to go insane, lol. One thing I love more than anything at a certain time of the year is girl scout cookies, especially the samoas or thin mints..gosh..when I say splurge I don't mean eat uncontrollably, but rather do something like kara is doing where I eat some junk but still stay - within the calorie limit...for example, there's a pizza in the fridge I'm dying to eat..its just a frozen tony's cheese pizza, 290 cal for 1/3 (2 slices I assume if you cut it into 6 sections, is that right?) or 580 for 4 pieces. I have enough space in my calories for the day to do it..
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oh man.. I totally forgot about Samoas. Those are my favorite. I could eat several boxes of those myself in one sitting. See, it's things like that where I know I'd lose total control and overeat. Matter of fact, back in March when it was GS cookie time, I believe I did eat 4 boxes myself, then went back out the next day to get more- they were sold out, I FREAKED!!!
 
Breakfast:
water (0)
The usual quaker oats cereal with apple bits (150)
Yogurt (60)
2 slices of watermelon 172
Total cal: 382

Lunch:
Banana (109)
2 slices of wholewheat bread (140)
5 slices of lean hickory smoked ham (60)
A serving of carrots (35)
A small salad (no dressing 40)
2 slices of watermelon (172)
one serving of crackers (160)

Dinner:
A serving of jello (35?)
A bowl of spinach with 10 calorie spray (45)
Some pepperjack cheese on 2 slices of crispy bread (white)
yeah I kind of messed up here, but I was hungry and didn't want to cook any salmon. It was a mistake and I'll do better tomorrow, going to cook up some salmon tommorrow.
I don't know the calories on this, I know the cheese is 100 calories per cubic inch, we used alot of cheese. 140 calories for the bread..I'll be gentle and say at least 600 cal~
I'm still within in my limit, so I'm going to do some research and perhaps have a bud light lime beer to relax.


Total so far: 1778

OK, I'll do it. 1 bud light lime, 116 cal...for a total of for today:
1894

A little over the 1700 required for massive weight loss, but still in a healthy range and not enough for any weight gain. So I guess I didn't do too bad today..
 
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I'm kind of on the same track as you. Into this lifestyle for over two months now. I started out consuming too little calories but Ive changed things around since then.

I was always a very skinny kid (skinny enough that my parents worried about it) and then before I even noticed it.. I gained alot of weight. I also quit an online game recently. It had my hours and meals all messed up. Now I'm staring down the 200 pound mark :). What does your exercise plan look like?
 
I do at least 30 minute's of cardio a day (That is, if I feel like getting up at 4:50 in the morning when it's cool), if I don't do that I do 1 hour of cardio on the bicycyle (stationary) at home. Every other day I do 30 minutes of strength training using my own body (no weights, pushups, v shape sit ups, lunges, etc) with my wii fit. It's great, it makes exercise fun and interesting.

Here's what I've had to eat today:
Woke up at 1:20 pm, had trouble sleeping last night and went to bad late, unfortunately was way too tired to wake up at 5 am to ride my bike, so I'll use the bike at home instead for an hour.

Target cal range: Slightly less than 2000
Breakfast:
Honey, vanilla and almond quaker cereal. (Guessing the cal is the same as the apple cinnamon, around 150, so ~150)
Some milk in it (less than one cup, 40 cal, half a cup of frozen raspberries (45)
Serving of carrots (35)
60 cal yogurt (60)
Cal for breakfast: 330
 
So I did about 50 minute's of cardio on the bicycle in front of the TV until it broke (second time this has happened). I also then did 30 minutes of strength training on the wii. I have to say, I feel great, especially after what I ate.

After the workout I had a protein shake with skim milk (shake 116 cal + 80 cal milk = 196)
2 pieces of watermelon (172)
A bowl of spinach (40)
A stalk of celery (20)
Cal: 428

Target cal range: Slightly less than 2000
Breakfast:
Honey, vanilla and almond quaker cereal. (Guessing the cal is the same as the apple cinnamon, around 150, so ~150)
Some milk in it (less than one cup, 40 cal, half a cup of frozen raspberries (45)
Serving of carrots (35)
60 cal yogurt (60)
Cal for breakfast: 330

Total cal: 758

+160 cal for crackers
Total: 918
 
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Well I just did my measurements on my waist...haven't even lost a half of inch. Still at size 48 inch waist...I measured by the belly button. I'm upset, but I'm not going to let this stop me, I'll keep going. Hopefully I'll see a difference at 15 lbs..:(
 
I'm sure you will start seeing results very soon! You've been doing so great with everything!! I'm not going to do measurements myself until my pants start feeling looser :)
 
After the workout I had a protein shake with skim milk (shake 116 cal + 80 cal milk = 196)
2 pieces of watermelon (172)
A bowl of spinach (40)
A stalk of celery (20)
Cal: 428

Target cal range: Slightly less than 2000
Breakfast:
Honey, vanilla and almond quaker cereal. (Guessing the cal is the same as the apple cinnamon, around 150, so ~150)
Some milk in it (less than one cup, 40 cal, half a cup of frozen raspberries (45)
Serving of carrots (35)
60 cal yogurt (60)
Cal for breakfast: 330

Total cal: 758

+160 cal for crackers
Total: 918

Dinner:
Kara's recipe for apricot glazed salmon (Used redhot instead of tabasco)
It was incredible! Thanks Kara Cooks.
No clue on the calories, I know 100 for the salmon. I'm guessing 200 for the glaze?
~300

Pea's - ~70

Some rice meledy with veggies - 220

sugar free chocolate pudding - 70

Total cal: 1578

After I had my bowl of spinach and celery with my shake, I felt freaking awesome. I'm a little hungry right now but not too bad. Can't wait to do some biking tomorrow morning...and the weigh in. Can't wait to see some inches go. And confuzzledwife, you are cute! I like your picture!
 
Well unfortunately today I didn't feel like getting up and riding my bike..so it's 1 hour of the bicycle at home again. I'm definitely riding it tomorrow because I have to go to work, gives me a better reason to get up early.

Weighed myself and I'm 232.5. So 7.5 lbs total lost...
Breakfast:
2 egg omelet with cheese, chicken, onion bell pepper, spinach, black pepper.
Not sure on the cal, I'm guessing 300
~300
60 cal yogurt - 60
2 serving of carrots - 70
Total cal for breakfast: 430

Update: I did the bicycle in front of the TV for an hour.
Lunch:
Salmon with karacooks sauce
(Salmon = 100 + 150 = 250?)
Bowl of spinach (20)
5 slices of lean smoked ham (60)
2 slices of pineapple (140)
Total cal (including breakfast): 900

Dinner:
Leftover crackers (160)
Soda (35)
1/3 pizza frozen (330)
Egg roll (150)
Total cal: 1575

Yeah I ate junk for dinner, but we gotta have some junk in our diet! :D
 
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Got on the scale today, back up to 235. I gained 2 lbs...i'm thinking it could be from the water I drank in the morning before I weighed myself, as I did bike riding for 30 minutes, drank water, and then weighed. Gotta do it right when I wake up. Hopefully it's not fat gain, I doubt I gained 2 lbs of fat in a day.

Anyway:
Breakfast:
Quaker cereal with raspberries
(150 + 45 = 195)
Medium apple (70)
Serving of carrots (35)
yogurt (60)
Total cal for breakfast: 360

Not bad, I ate alot and I feel full.
 
Hey spark,

Just stopping by to see how youre doing. Everything looks pretty good. Regarding the water in the morning, I find that I get a much more consistent weight if I weigh in FIRST thing when I wake up. No water/food nada. After you take 15 seconds and find out, you know where you are for the day. Drinking water while working out adds a lot of weight on a scale. Undoubtedly your weight gain was from just that.

You also mentioned how your waist measurement hasn't gone down yet. This happened with me, especially the first month I started. The way I think about it is imagine 15 pounds in weights that you lift at the gym. You have taken that off of your body! Feels pretty good eh? Although the waist may not be seeing a reduction, its gotta be coming from somewhere.

Keep up the good work, if you keep up this routine you'll hit your goal in no time.
 
1 gallon of water weighs about 8.5 lbs.

That means that 8 oz of water = about .53 lbs. So if you drink a bottle of water (normally about 20 oz), that's 1.4 lbs of water sitting in your stomach.

People don't think about the fact that what they put IN their body also has weight - and until it's digested and either metabolized or eliminated, the weight of it also counts on the scale.

This is why you need to be VERY consistent with your weighing, if you're planning on using the scale as your primary measuring tool.
 
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