size32someday
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how was the protein bar. ive been meaning to try one but there are so many
My Summer Weight-loss Diary
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Oh my goodness, I love protein bars!! I know they aren't the healthiest things, tons of sugar and goodness knows what else in them, but I find them really delicious. vv
I buy Zone bars, which have 14-15g protein and 190-210 calories, which is the best ratio I've found yet (as in, I'm looking for the highest protein for the least calories). There are tons of flavors and are so delicious. It's like my daily treat, honestly...as good as a candy bar, but at least it has some protein in it.
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Weigh-in: 60.2kg, 23.3%BF
So close to under 60 kg!! I don't know why I am so excited about a (somewhat) arbitrary number. vv
Schedule's the same today as yesterday...
9:00 gym, run some intervals and do an upper body strength workout
10:30- tuna sandwich
12:30- 3 eggs and V8 juice
2:30- protein bar
5:30- grilled zucchini and grilled salmon and rye crackers
Recommendation:
PhysicsDiet.com!! You guys should all go check it out if you haven't already. It's a site to plot your weight, body fat, calories, whatever, but it makes these really scientific plots for you with trendlines and such. It's really helpful, the trendline averages, because it corrects a lot of mistakes, like thinking plateaus and temporary gains are necessarily bad and huge losses actually mean huge fat losses. Instead, it averages all the weight out, and as long as most of your weigh-ins are below the trendline, the trendline will continue to go down. Even if you get stuck at a plateau for a while, it'll likely still be below your average, so you can still see the overall decrease! And then, looking at any spikes in the graph, where you had a higher weigh-in, it's very assuring to see that it doesn't really affect the average decrease going on. I dunno, I just find it very encouraging!
Question:
Do any other avid tuna fans get concerned about the levels of mercury in it? I've heard from lots of "official" recommendations things like no more than 2-3 tins a week. But I love tuna so much, I'm inclined to risk it....just wondering if anyone knows any differently.
Penguinita
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Wow running at 7mph is insanely awesome!!! Protein bars are good, I usually have something similar-- soy joy, not that high in protein as yours is but it keeps me full while I'm doing groceries.
The whole mercury in tuna is fuzzy. During a tough semester in college I had classes back to back with only 15 minutes of break in between from 8am to 8pm. The only thing I could really eat was something I brought from home, usually a tuna sandwich ready pouch, I'd have that almost every weekday and I didn't see any negative effects. But it is a good question to ask, I'm not really sure of the answer. All I can say is that I had a tuna filled diet and was fine. I also like tuna, but <3 salmon even more. Sucks that its high in fat and calories >.<!
The whole mercury in tuna is fuzzy. During a tough semester in college I had classes back to back with only 15 minutes of break in between from 8am to 8pm. The only thing I could really eat was something I brought from home, usually a tuna sandwich ready pouch, I'd have that almost every weekday and I didn't see any negative effects. But it is a good question to ask, I'm not really sure of the answer. All I can say is that I had a tuna filled diet and was fine. I also like tuna, but <3 salmon even more. Sucks that its high in fat and calories >.<!
I basically messed up big time yesterday....
After getting on the scales at the gym and for a brief moment seeing them read 59.8kg (after losing those last few tenths of a kg in sweat and clothing vv), I somehow decided that meant I should have a free-for-all break and eat whatever I wanted!
I don't even know how much I had.... a ton of fruit, yogurt, almost a whole box of oatmeal packets, pudding, corn on the cob etc, pasta, various cereals, etc etc, and ended with a trip to the dollar store to buy a bunch of nasty chocolates and other desserts and ice cream sandwiches, things I never eat. Hum hum.
I'm not worried about it though, strangely. I know it was more than my maintenance, but I'm also quite certain it was less than the 5500, 6000 calories I would need to take in to actually gain a pound in one day. And since I plan on going right back to proper eating today, it shouldn't matter all that much in the grand scheme of things.
Anyway, I'm off work today!! I'm simultaneously overjoyed that I'll have a day to relax and disappointed that I'll not be making any money today. Especially since I got a statement from the university bursar yesterday... ><
After getting on the scales at the gym and for a brief moment seeing them read 59.8kg (after losing those last few tenths of a kg in sweat and clothing vv), I somehow decided that meant I should have a free-for-all break and eat whatever I wanted!
I don't even know how much I had.... a ton of fruit, yogurt, almost a whole box of oatmeal packets, pudding, corn on the cob etc, pasta, various cereals, etc etc, and ended with a trip to the dollar store to buy a bunch of nasty chocolates and other desserts and ice cream sandwiches, things I never eat. Hum hum.
I'm not worried about it though, strangely. I know it was more than my maintenance, but I'm also quite certain it was less than the 5500, 6000 calories I would need to take in to actually gain a pound in one day. And since I plan on going right back to proper eating today, it shouldn't matter all that much in the grand scheme of things.
Anyway, I'm off work today!! I'm simultaneously overjoyed that I'll have a day to relax and disappointed that I'll not be making any money today. Especially since I got a statement from the university bursar yesterday... ><
OH MY GOODNESS I don't know what's gotten into me!!
I could say that I spent another day off my eating plan...but the truth is, I've just been binging my face off! Eating non-stop, all manners of crap food, an entire half gallon of ice cream! I've still kept to my exercise routine, but for two whole days, I just lost it on the food front.
And now this morning I feel really awful. My heart rate is higher than normal and I'm just really gross-feeling. Bleh.
All I can think is that, old habits die hard. This wouldn't have been a strange occurrance back a few months, coming off one of my crazy crash diets. Why it just happened all of a sudden, I'm not sure... Where did all my rationality and will-power go? Did I only have a month's supply or something.
So, I feel like crap, but I think (hope) yesterday was the end of it. Probably gained a few pounds for real and many more in temporary water weight and bloating, so I'm deffo not weighing or measuring for a week or so! I know I haven't like reversed all my progress or anything, but I still feel pretty down about the whole thing.
I could say that I spent another day off my eating plan...but the truth is, I've just been binging my face off! Eating non-stop, all manners of crap food, an entire half gallon of ice cream! I've still kept to my exercise routine, but for two whole days, I just lost it on the food front.
And now this morning I feel really awful. My heart rate is higher than normal and I'm just really gross-feeling. Bleh.
All I can think is that, old habits die hard. This wouldn't have been a strange occurrance back a few months, coming off one of my crazy crash diets. Why it just happened all of a sudden, I'm not sure... Where did all my rationality and will-power go? Did I only have a month's supply or something.
So, I feel like crap, but I think (hope) yesterday was the end of it. Probably gained a few pounds for real and many more in temporary water weight and bloating, so I'm deffo not weighing or measuring for a week or so! I know I haven't like reversed all my progress or anything, but I still feel pretty down about the whole thing.
size32someday
Active member
dont feel down. it happens to all of us. all we do is get back up and try again. i know you can do it.
my parents love to lecture me about food restriction and how not to restrict to much. otherwise we explode one day and eat a whole box of cookies. so to prevent that from happening treat yourself to say 2 cookies every once and awhile or a small scoop of ice cream. just enough to keep the binge away.
my parents love to lecture me about food restriction and how not to restrict to much. otherwise we explode one day and eat a whole box of cookies. so to prevent that from happening treat yourself to say 2 cookies every once and awhile or a small scoop of ice cream. just enough to keep the binge away.
Well, that's just the problem. Ask me any random day if I want a cookie or some ice cream, and I guarantee I'll say no. Sweets like that never sound good to me in a regular context, probably just because I grew up never having them. The only time I ever crave them is in the context of a binge, it seems...
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Anywayyyyy, after the most horrible of weekends, I am SO ready to get back on this!
I hope you all haven't given up on me. I won't even attempt to document everything I've eaten, because it would take up many pages and is probably over 10,000 calories for the past three days total. vv
If anything, I've learned this: I much prefer a regular routine of healthy eating and exercising to days of eating tons of crap. I felt so awful the past three days, very listless and unmotivated and tired and sick. I'm sure some of that was because I had a lot of dairy and didn't always take my lactase, haha. But for real, I just did not feel half as good as when I was taking good care of my diet habits.
I went back through my diary here and noticed an important trend: I started weighing/measuring/photographing myself more, and simultaneously started going more and more off track. Not sure why, but it's a real correlation! So the new mandate is this: no more measuring or weighing or progress-picture taking for the next month. That's perfectly reasonable, much more so than expecting to see changes every day!
In fact, I think one of the things that happened was, as I was checking progress every day, knowing I'd be frustrated if I didn't see improvement, I was going to some bad measures, like skimping on my fluid intake close to bedtime, eating my last meal earlier and earlier, to make sure I was as small as possible in the morning. vv So no more of that!
So for today, my plan is...
-hit the gym after dropping my charge off at school, run if I can (still feeling a bit queasy
) and do UB weights)-10:30 tuna wrap
-12:30 2 eggs, small salad
-2:00 until 5:30 be sipping a protein drink (got some great whey protein)
-5:30 grilled tilapia, cup of broccoli
-7:30 1/2 cup cottage cheese
Penguinita
New member
Sorry to hear you had a tough weekend. I like the reassessing you did. Only you knows what motivates you best and what works best. Right now I'm trying to have one cheat day a week were I don't exercise much and don't care about going over loosing weight calories, but make sure not to go above. Maybe that kind of leeway will help you get control when ever another binging craving comes up.
juni
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I soooooo understand what you mean. When I think tooo much about weight-loss I tend to totally lose it. I start checking my weight everyday, taking pics more often and measuring myself more often. When expectations don't match the way my body looks (in terms of losing inches/lbs), I get really frustrated and then go off track. Good idea not to take pics/measuring for a month.
You had a really good suggestion a last month when I wasn't losing anything- you said you have put your ticker in kgs so that it doesn't look as dramatic when you lose weight. I followed your advise and changed my scale to Kgs (although in ticker it is still in lbs)- but I have to go the extra length to convert kgs to lbs and then when i am actually losing it makes such a difference to see them in lbs. Don't know if what i am saying makes sense, but weight in kgs sort of has kept me sane (so thank you!). You will get past this rough few days. I have a feeling this week is gonna go really well for you.
Good luck!
Hey everyone!
Thank goodness, I am feeling like I'm back on it again.
I've actually started a new program, utilizing cyclical training and dieting...basically alternating low-carb/low-calorie days with carb loads and high intensity workouts with low intensity ones. Hopefully it'll keep me from getting bored, and work better for me since I'm already relatively lean-ish...
Anyway, today's plan:
workout- just cardio for 30 mins or so
10:00- tuna wrap, celery
12:00- 4 hard-boiled egg whites, cucumber
2:00- protein shake
5:00- 5-6oz grilled chicken, grilled squash
7:00- 1/2c cottage cheese, some vegetables
Thank goodness, I am feeling like I'm back on it again.
I've actually started a new program, utilizing cyclical training and dieting...basically alternating low-carb/low-calorie days with carb loads and high intensity workouts with low intensity ones. Hopefully it'll keep me from getting bored, and work better for me since I'm already relatively lean-ish...
Anyway, today's plan:
workout- just cardio for 30 mins or so
10:00- tuna wrap, celery
12:00- 4 hard-boiled egg whites, cucumber
2:00- protein shake
5:00- 5-6oz grilled chicken, grilled squash
7:00- 1/2c cottage cheese, some vegetables
Reason to lose weight #116938: Bargains when clothes shopping!!
Did a lot of great shopping today with my sister, tons of fun. I'd been planning to save up money all summer and buy a bunch of stuff right before school started, but Kohl's was having a super sale or something and I couldn't resist. I know you guys all want to see, right? Well, even if you don't care, I'm going to put up pics anyway. Hah.
I ended up with some super bargains. The shirts were all XS, and whether because no one else could actually wear them or just didn't want to try, they'd been kept on since last winter and marked down 95% to just $3 each!! And same with the skinny jeans- hello, size 2!- only $5! The skirt was a bit more expensive, but it was just too useful to pass up.
Needless to say, my workout and eating did not go as scheduled, but it went great nonetheless! I actually tried running outside this morning, tried to get out there as early as possible to avoid some of the massive heat. Went a little crazy with broccoli and cauliflower at dinner, but whatev. It was so delicious.
Anyway, just feeling really good in general. Have forgotten all about the crap weekend of binging. In fact, you know, for all it may have set me back, I at least enjoyed it while it lasted. Hope everyone else is well, too!
Did a lot of great shopping today with my sister, tons of fun. I'd been planning to save up money all summer and buy a bunch of stuff right before school started, but Kohl's was having a super sale or something and I couldn't resist. I know you guys all want to see, right? Well, even if you don't care, I'm going to put up pics anyway. Hah.
I ended up with some super bargains. The shirts were all XS, and whether because no one else could actually wear them or just didn't want to try, they'd been kept on since last winter and marked down 95% to just $3 each!! And same with the skinny jeans- hello, size 2!- only $5! The skirt was a bit more expensive, but it was just too useful to pass up.
Needless to say, my workout and eating did not go as scheduled, but it went great nonetheless! I actually tried running outside this morning, tried to get out there as early as possible to avoid some of the massive heat. Went a little crazy with broccoli and cauliflower at dinner, but whatev. It was so delicious.
Anyway, just feeling really good in general. Have forgotten all about the crap weekend of binging. In fact, you know, for all it may have set me back, I at least enjoyed it while it lasted. Hope everyone else is well, too!
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amsterdam1
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heyyyy!!
awww great shopping frenzy!! You look fantastic!!
We're having the summer sale here too, but Im all hesitant as to whether I should buy anything or not...or wait until after miracle weight loss hahahaa
Anyways, great job for getting right back on track!
awww great shopping frenzy!! You look fantastic!!
We're having the summer sale here too, but Im all hesitant as to whether I should buy anything or not...or wait until after miracle weight loss hahahaa
Anyways, great job for getting right back on track!
Penguinita
New member
What a great reason to keep motivated! I always notice that in stores as well, that smaller clothes cost less. Like, at retail price let's say an XS is 10.50, a L would be 13.50. So happy you had fun, great outfits too!
Thanks to everyone for the kind comments!!
After doing everything, like, perfectly all this week, I finally went off the diet path a bit. Drove down to the city of my university to stay the night with one of my friends, and we decided it would be fun to go to a couple liquor stores and try out a whole bunch of different liquers and some pink vodka concoction. xD It was quite enjoyable.
Also am taking a day off exercising, as I actually haven't done in a while. Probably it was about time for that anyway!
Anyway, will be going out with friends and stuff today as well, so no real diet plan for today!
After doing everything, like, perfectly all this week, I finally went off the diet path a bit. Drove down to the city of my university to stay the night with one of my friends, and we decided it would be fun to go to a couple liquor stores and try out a whole bunch of different liquers and some pink vodka concoction. xD It was quite enjoyable.
Also am taking a day off exercising, as I actually haven't done in a while. Probably it was about time for that anyway!
Anyway, will be going out with friends and stuff today as well, so no real diet plan for today!
Penguinita
New member
That's a good mindset for going out with friends. Forget about calories and excercise. Just be mindful of what you are eating, in terms of healthy vs unhealthy. You don't want to spend your fun days with a stomach ache!! Also beware of super sweet cocktails, go for things like mojito's and diet coke and rum and bloody mary's . I <3 Mojito's, also Wine is always ok. Of course this is all in moderation! XD Lol you don't wanna wake up with a massive hangover
Sooo, just no one thinks I've up and abandoned this: I think I'm going to take a short hiatus from trying to so actively lose weight, just for a bit. My initial enthusiasm has waned a bit, and that just makes it incredibly hard to get anything done.
Plus, I've just noticed that I think I have some catching up to do as far as body image goes...still am finding myself increasingly dissatisfied with how I look. It's almost like, the closer I get to my goal, the more frustrated I am that I'm not just quite there, yanno?
Just so that I don't look like another person who's just come here for a month and then mysteriously disappeared, haha. I'm still around, just won't be updating regularly!
Plus, I've just noticed that I think I have some catching up to do as far as body image goes...still am finding myself increasingly dissatisfied with how I look. It's almost like, the closer I get to my goal, the more frustrated I am that I'm not just quite there, yanno?
Just so that I don't look like another person who's just come here for a month and then mysteriously disappeared, haha. I'm still around, just won't be updating regularly!