New Year, new habits

splodge

Is it terrible that I laughed. My ass off.

(hopefully less mean and more compassionate bit)

You poor thing. I know it sucks bad. But you are gonna feel so good what 9lbs come off and I reckon you should. Besides, weight is just a number. You still looked the same yesterday as you do today and you had just as much, but no more, motivation for getting healthy as you do today. I'm trying to think that because I know some of my weight is water weight but it still feels good to come off!
 
So a few things learned today

1. I definitely made the right decision in resting my knee. Is basically back to new so will go back to running tomorrow morning. Feeling good about it and myself. Instead of being crazy and over extending myself, I'm doing the right thing and listening and looking after my body.

2. Had a day of wall to wall meetings and thanks to being trapped in snow due to traffic, I missed breakfast and lunch. We had a buffet lunch provided but I didnt want to eat it because it looked really fattening so up to now (5.15 pm) I've had a raspberry jelly pot (140 cal), 2 satsumas, (70 cal) and a banana (100 cal)

So today I've had 310 cal! I feel ok actually. This is probably good because it keeps my body from getting used to 3 square meals. I want to eat a really high calorie meal then to make up the numbers for the day BUT last night I had a ready meal. Was only 300 calories but this morning (look away anyone with a gentle disposition) my urine was very dark. Basically not eating any ready made and drinking a lot of water had made my wee a lot lighter. Now I don't really want to put crap in my body but I also don't want to waste the opp to eat something high calorie. My fav thing is nachos.

Can I have them?

Ok had a bit of a look and tacos are the better deal. Portion control and if I get everything reduced fat I can get two tacos in for 500 calories. I will buy low fat cheddar or quark and mix it with a tiny bit of mature cheese, garlic and onion.

This is good because if I know I am not going to be hungry I can do this again. I don't want to start varying my diet much as I need to be disciplined but since I've consumed 310 calories today, I think I would be crazy not to try to eat up to at least 950 cal.

Wish me luck!
 
so eating 3 tacos.

1/4 tub of low fat guacamole 61 cal
100g lean mince 183 cal
taco shells, salsa and spice mix 78 x 3 cal
50 g red onion 18.5 cal
lettuce 30 cal
cherry tomatoes 20 cal
And cheese 140 cal

Total: 687 cal

(that means each taco is 229 cal)

IN for the day so far is 1017 cal. Can I afford another one? I think I will do. This is the problem with food like tacos - if you are not hungry they are fine but otherwise that is a lot of calories for not that much sustenance. Will prob try to freeze the guacamole so it won't go to waste.

Instead of a full other one I had half a taco shell and salsa (so max 39 cal) and some lettuce (10 cal) and cheese (35 cal). So another 84 cal.

Btw, in case anyone is wondering about the cheese it is Leerdammer light sliced cheese. 70 cal a slice. Cheese is soooo calorie laden but I won't give it up.

TOTAL

In

Bfkst: 0
Lunch: 0
Dinner: Tacos - 771 cal
Snack: Satsuma - 70 cal
Jelly - 140 cal
Banana - 100 cal

Out

Nothing which scares me a bit but it was definitely the right thing to do. My knee is all better! Not gonna weigh until tomorrow because I feel like without exercising I'm gonna put on weight.

On the other hand I have found some low fat cheese which is great (this will make no sense to Americans because in America you can get zero/low fat everything. In the UK it is much harder - couldn't even find any low fat sour cream). Am trying to find Quark as I have seen it in my local Sainsburys before but this close to Xmas, it's still wensleydale and cranberries in red wrappers. LOL.

Also I think I will post my 'before' picture when I have lost 15 pounds along with an update.

IN:1151
OUT: 0
 
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This diary has TMI LOL

Anyway 'time of the month' meant I woke up at 4am this morning with agonising stomach cramps. I had to take painkillers, drink some water and wait for the pain to subside. So tired so slept through my 6.30am alarm and got up at 7.45. Still went for a jog but only 45 min. Was hard in the current weather but I had a hunch which turned out to be correct. Roads and streets that had been gritted and walked on = ice trap. Jogging trail which no one had gone on and had not been gritted = fresh snow. Jogging on snow is hard but not impossible.

45 min = 375 cal burned.

I'm going to run again tonight when I get home if I can. the only issue is that the jogging trail part is really most comfortable to jog in when it is light. When it is really dark, I like to jog on the street. Of course the street is a death trap so we will see. Depends a bit on my weigh in. If I have gained more than a pound from Tues (which is possible!) I will go out. I'm not expecting a miracle but I think exercise is the key for me.

Tacos yesterday = so yum. this is what I love about dieting with calories not with fads. I LOVE nachos but thinking back to my 2 plates of nachos - 1/2 bag of chips (510 cal), 1 tub guacamole (500 cal), heaping of sour cream (200 cal), 1 tub salsa (200 cal), prob 100g cheese (400 cal) Total: 1810 cal. My god. I didn't eat this everyday but I would have it as a treat or as dinner one night maybe every few weeks. Yesterday I had tacos which were just as nice and about a 1/3 of the calories. Tacos are also a million times better because the tacos are individual and not easy to fudge the amount. In fact, in future I would prob break them open flat and spread them like nachos and microwave them.

And little Chicago Town microwave mini pizzas - 456 cal each! - I would eat one or two as a snack!

So much about losing weight is about education. It really has to sink in about calories. Not about how 'lettuce' has less than 'pizza' but on how 'chocolate' has more than 'crisps', 'pizza' has more than other ready meals, sandwiches - my god, nachos have more than tacos - in other words, it's not about sitting in a corner being virtuous chewing on a lettuce leaf, it's about how lots of things are just choc full of calories in a way that is not intuitive. I only use 1 cal spray instead of oil, or none at all. that was prob adding 100s of calories to everything I ate - for what? Mayonnaise, butter - literally hundreds of calories - why?. 'Snacks' like a pasty or a mini pizza - I actually would have been better off eating two full meals.

When you know something bad has lots of calories in it, that's not a suprise. When you realise where where you are wasting calories (cups of tea, fizzy drinks, savoury 'snacks' etc) then it becomes shocking.

Hunger is of course and issues of it and snacking etc and crap and not exercising but so much of it is even snacking on the right 'bad things'.
 
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Weighed today in time for my first challenge - 208.0. I've gone up 0.6 of a pound since Tues. I feel absolutely great about it! I think I'm in the right place with what Steve calls the 'scale mentality'. I still lost over 5lb and I know I am really bloated and crappy since I'm on my period. My stomach feels uncomfortable and horrid. To still be 5lb down and to have kept exercising and not succumbed to comfort food and everything through this is amazing.
 
Oops cheated last night but it's all good. Had really bad bloating from my TOM - to the point where it was painful and stopping me sleeping. So had a piece of toast (105) with 10g of flora (53) (I weighed) and half a slice of (leedammer sliced) cheese (35 cal).

So

In

Bfst: porridge (267)
lunch: lamb and pumpkin stew (171)
lentil stew (130)
Dinner: salmon pie (378) + lettuce (10)
Snack: banana (100)
satsuma (35)
toast and cheese (193)

Out

45 min jogging (375)

07/01/10
IN:1246
OUT:375

Not great on snacks today but still kept close to the 1200 so happy.
 
Forgot - got up this morning with no pain at all and my bloating really reduced. Felt a ton better. Decided to weigh and my weight was 206.8!! I know that that is water weight... but I think that it was retained water due to my TOM. It felt like a heavy stone in my stomach.

Anyway I'll take any loss!

Then I went jogging for 1 hr 45 min. I need to start setting my alarm properly or I'll never make the 2 hrs.
 
Today - lentils and tuna (252) for lunch. Really really filling. Also had a satsuma (35) and a chocolate snack (78 cal). Also 3 jellies (20 cal)
 
LOL today has been a 'naughty' day but I think I'm still within range.

In

Bfst: porridge (267)
Lunch: Tuna salad (122)
lentil stew (130)
Dinner: Salmon and prawn cheesy pie (349) (made on a whim - one pack of fish with 100g prawn covered with 100g mashed potato with no butter or milk - crumble half a leedammer cheese slice over it)
Snacks: 2 satsuma (70)
chocolate snowball (78)
quavers - on way home and looked amazing (87)
Jelly (20)

Total: 1123

Out

1 45 min jogging (875 cal)

08/01/10
IN: 1123
OUT: 875
 
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I really love porridge as breakfast on a weekday but some reason it doesn't cut the mustard on the weekend. Today as an experiment I added a tsp of honey (22 cal) as it's suggested all the time and I thought it might taste a bit better. It was absolutely disgusting. Like hideously sweet but also tasteless. Ate about 2/3 so (178 +22 = 200 cal) but really have to rethink the weekend breakfast. I also rarely eat lunch on a weekend so can probably stand to eat a bigger breakfast than normal.

Inspired by the success of the taco experiment, I'm going to have a healthy cooked breakfast on the weekend

Breakfast

2 softboiled small eggs (they ended up hard boiled as I'm a doofus) - 54x2 = 108
2 chipolata sausages, grilled = 145
2 pieces of weightwatchers bread + 4 sprays of 1 cal spray - 53x2+4 = 110
5 cherry tomatoes + 2 cal sprays = 22
1 portabella mushroom + 2 cal sprays = 32

Total breakfast: 417 cal

Also bought some Irish potato cakes but forgot to cook them (90 cal each)

Delicious.

If I continue the trend of no breakfast tomorrow then up this breakfast to 600 cal by doubling the tomatoes and mushrooms and adding another egg and piece of toast.

This diet rocks!
 
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lol

so today in total

In

breakfast: porridge with honey (200)
lunch: cooked breakfast (417)
dinner: 2 pieces of weightwatchers bread with low fat cheese slice (170)
snack: trifle (242)
2 flakes (270)

Out

Zero!

09/01/10
IN: 1299
OUT: 0


LOL appalling. Will jog tomorrow and definitely do better.
 
Today was a weird day and definitely a lesson that I have to get my calories through real food not crap. I kept to my calories yesterday but was pretty tired today and think that's because I didn't eat dinner last night. Ok body, lesson learned. Also even though eating crap is within my budget of cal I still felt like I needed to eat less today.

In

Bfst: Nothing as didn't have time. Was quite hungry but survived til lunch
Lunch: Went to restaurant with friends. Chose low fat healthy option that according to menu was 500 calories. Damn pizza!
Dinner: 2 pieces of low fat bread (108) with two grilled sausages (110) = 218
Snack: low fat cheesecake (155)
Cooked dinner for week and snacked (200)

Total: 1062

Out

2 hours of morning jogging = 1000 cal

10/01/10
IN: 1062
OUT: 1000
 
Made lots of dinner for the week

Lots of fish/potato combos

1. Cheesy spinach fish pie - 338 cal
2. Salmon lentil casserole - 365 cal
3. 2 x Sausage casserole (pie) - 305 cal
4. 2 x Beef and lentil cottage pie - 305 cal
5. Prawn & fish pie - 352 cal
6. Fish cakes (1 portion) - 300 cal
7. Pumpkin cakes (one portion) - 130 cal
8. Lamb/lentil cheesy pie - 240 cal

Tons of leftover stuff still left to cook but feel great!
 
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I feel like my weekdays are really great but then my weekends are terrible. This weekend was bad. Kept in my scale but felt really crappy. Need to eat my cooked meals over the weekend as well and bring some fruit home. Keep my satsumas in work to snack on so prob low on sugar and stuff.
 
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