No more failed attempts!!

ajcarloz

ajcarloz

New member
Helloo everyone!
I don't know if anyone is actually going to read this but I hear it is good to write down everything I eat anyway so here I go!

I've been overweight my entire life and it has held me back and controlled my life so much, but for some reason I just let myself stay that way. Well, I am reading to wear a bikini! I really hope that I don't look back at this, like all my other diary entries, and see that I have failed again. I do feel like I am way more determined and have more tools to make this work! I want to lose 40lbs! My goal is to lose 2 lbs a week, hopefully more this month to start.

So I am trying South beach diet. I already went through phase one and am not in phase two. It was a huge shift for me being that I loveee pasta and potatoes, but I have surprisingly not found it too terribly difficult. I am also trying to change my portion sizes and the speed at which I eat!

So here goes for today;
Breakfast: (as i was running out the door)
- handful of almonds...maybe 10
- part-skim cheese stick
- apple
- coffee and water

lunch- salad with cucumbers, green peppers, onions, sundried tomatoes, black olives, cheese- pesto ceasar dressing
- palm sized steak
- crystal light

dinner- turkey, swiss cheese, lettuce, zuccini, onions, green peppers on wheat bread
- apple
- about 10 cucumber slices
- water

Gym- 30 minutes cardio- about 350 calories and 3 miles
- ab work
-arm free weights
- leg weight machine

Now time to actually do some studying! Night everyone!
 
Today I had:

Breakfast: 2 eggs
- water
- apple
- sugar free jello

lunch:
(almost same thing as dinner last night! I need to go shopping!!)
Turkey, swiss cheese, zucchini, pepper, onions, lettuce on wheat toast
- low fat cottage cheese- 1 cup maybe?
- 10 cucumber slices
- i slice of honey dew mellon
- water

dinner: same thing as lunch yesterday haha
-salad with cucumber, sundried tomato, black olives, egg, cheese, green peppers and pesto cesear dressing
- crystal light lemonade

- arizona diet green tea

Gym: 20ish min playing bball with the boy (i made a 3 pointer!!)
- 30 min on elliptical (365 calories, 3.15 miles)

about to do sit ups, leg lifts, push ups

Question for any people with experience out there if you are reading...

I have read not to eat after 6 pm, but then i have also read that if you go to bed really hungry it just slows your metablism and if you are really hungry have something with high fiber or something. I ate dinner at 6, worked out from 10pm-11pm and it is now 12 pm and i am so hungry. I still have some exercising to do and a little bit of homework. Prob be in bed by 1...is it really bad if i have a small bowl of cereal or some carrots or nuts or something?

night everyone!
 
Hey :)

Welcome to W-L. I'm Jes :)

This diary is a GREAT start. You'll be amazed and just blown away from the support and kindness on here. :)

I'm happy for you for making this big decision to a better, healthier lifestyle. It is definitely not something you will regret :)

BTW, love the title, very positive :)

I think the 2lbs a week is totally feasible. I started my journey about 3 months ago and that's what I've been averaging so far.

Your eating so far looks great. Awesome job with eating those veggies and fruits :) AND great job on all the exercise. You are seriously off to a great start!

In regards to your question, you shouldn't eat after 6PM if you're planning on being in bed by 8PM :p I wasn't really sure at first either but I talked to my trainer. He told me eat your last meal, 2 hours before the time you're going to go to bed. So far it's worked great for me. I time my dinner so it's around 2 hours before my bedtime and I don't get the hunger pains any more.

Anyway, you're doing awesome so far :) Keep it up!
 
ghome thanks for the info! good to know! Yea that was really hard not eating after 6 especially since I am usually up pretty late!

So today wasn't all that great...I'm visiting my friend for the weekend!
Breakfast:
- 2 cups cheerios with 3/4 cups milk
- water

snack- 8 almonds

lunch- salad with hard boiled egg, 3 slices grill zucchini, fruit bowl with mellon and apple
- water

snack- apple
- crystal light fruit punch

dinner- grilled chicken with portobello mushroom, tomato and tomato sauce on a whole wheat roll
- steamed mixed veggies
- 2 cocktails

played bball for 30 min (wasn't feeling too hot)
 
So I didn't have a chance to post yesterday since I was at my friends place but here is what i had

Breakfast:
- 2 cups cheerios (no milk)

Lunch- Panera
- cup or chicken tortilla soup
- half of a greek salad
- apple
- coffee with skim milk
- water

snack-
10 almonds

dinner-
- large salad (with ranch dressing eek bad.)
- steamed mixed veggies
- tofu with buffalo sauce
- water

snack- 3 slices of cheese
- andre wine
- about 4 chips

Made my friend do 25 min of pilates with me :)

weekends are always hard...especially when i am not at my place because then we go out to eat a lot. I have definitely been resisting bad food more than i would have in the past but it is still hard. I feel pressured in a way. like my diet restrictions make where to go to eat more difficult for everyone else or they think i am being weird or something. Guess it is just something I will have to get used to. I think I did pretty well though.


Then so far today

breakfast:
- peach tea
- south beach meal bar
- apple

lunch
- chicken breast with peppers and onions and tomato sauce
- 2 low fat cheese sticks
-sugar free jello
- crystal light fruit punch

going to have to have a light dinner! and i have a paper and an exam tomorrow so I may not make it to the gym. I went mon-thurs so i still got in 4 days this week. I'm going to try to go at least for 30/40 min cardio tonight though too.
 
dinner:
1 pickel
1 low fat cheese string
2 cups heart to heart cereal with 3/4 cups skim milk

dessert:
- 1 no sugar added fudgcicle
 
Wow, it seems like you're doing really great with your eating. I'm breastfeeding right now so I'm not cutting calories really, just trying to cut out the junk food and eating after dinner. It is so hard to really be accountable for what I eat. I haven't been putting what I eat in my diary, maybe I should start......
 
ajoy: i find the diary really does help, but I would definitely cut myself some slack if I was in your position! You just had a baby!! Congrats :) but I'm sure you have enough on your hands and don't you need some time to recoop?
 
I was so proud of myself today !! I weighed myself for the december challenge and I was 164.5! Yayy last week i was 168/166 so I'm super happy :). I love doing a challenge and setting goals...I work so much harder. I also made myself go to the gym, which i really didn't want to do but once I got there I felt great and now instead of being disappointed in myself I am super proud.
Food for today:

Breakfast- 2 cups heart to heart with one cup milk

lunch- palm size steak
-edamame with salt
- low fat string cheese
- sugar free jello

snack
-7 almonds
-2 sugar free peppermint pattys

dinner
- 16 small shrimp with saffron, cumin, olive oil
-2 cup heart to heart 1/2 cup milk

dessert- no sugar added fudgecicle

i have also been drinking a lot of chai green tea. I hope that is just as good as normal green tea. Its definitely more tasty.

any thoughts on caffeine's effect on weight loss? I love coffee but have heard caffeine is not great.
 
So i said i went to the gym, but i forgot to say what i did. I ran/walked on treadmill for 30 min, 2.5 miles, 300 calories. Then i did some crunches/side crunches with weight and leg machines. Arms tomorrow!!
 
Today:
breakfast: heart to heart cereal with skim milk
coffee-black

lunch: yogurt parfait- low fat vanilla yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, granola
1/2 sandwich with calamata olive bread, grilled chicken, swiss, sun-dried tomato spread
1/2 salad with spinach, salmon, pine nuts, onions, 1 cherry tomato

dinner- stir fry that my boyfriend made :)
- white rice
-broccoli, sugar snap peas, carrots, onion
-ginger teriyaki sauce
- green tea w/lemon

gym- 34 minutes elliptical 3.5 miles, 410 calories
 
eek so today was not a great diet day... I woke up super late too

breakfast/lunch at 1pm: south beach meal bar

lunch at 4:30: whole wheat paste with low carb tomato sauce
- 10 small spanish olives
- 2 low fat string cheese
- 1 pickle

dinner at 9:30: steak tips with onions and peppers (over ate though...:/)

dessert: sugar free popsicle

gym: swam for 50 minutes

will do some sit up and leg lifts/squats.
 
Today:
breakfast
- 2 cup cheerios with 3/4 skim milk- 260
-apple-55

lunch:
- chicken breast- 230
-1 cup tomato sauce- 140
-1.5 cups green peppers and onions-25?
-lite olive oil- 120

snack:
clementine-35

dinner: unos
-walnut gorgonzola side salad-280
-french onion soup- 300

crystal light- 10
candy cane-60

1515

Gym- 30 elliptical, 380 calories, 3 miles
10 min treadmill walking, 100 calories

1515-480=1036 calories...Does this seem right?? or should I be eating 1200-1400 before the gym?

Uhh I'm totally graving chocolate! stupid girl-ness.
 
so i know i just posted but i had to give in to cravings :/
-2 home made cookies
-1 bag of 94% fat free popcorn.

I am going to do some sit ups and leg exercises to make up for it.
 
So i didn't post yesterday and I was a bad girl!

Breakfast: 2 cups cheerios with milk (i think...eek)

Lunch:
- salad with green peppers, oil and vinger, salt and pepper, walnuts

dinner: (banquet with a group i am in at a thai place...:/)
- massaman curry (vegetables, potatoes, peanuts, white rice)

dessert: blondie made by a friend

late night- alcohol with lots of fruit juice

I knoww baddddd. Bad choice to make this my day off from working out too.
 
Ok so today I think I made up for yesterday's badness...i hope atleast. I'm getting really confused about food. At first I was going to do south beach, and I still am trying to stay away from white bread and pasta and stuff, but not as strictly as south beach says (like I am eating whatever fruit I want and eating more the one service of whole grains). I am trying to watch calories but I am just guestimating so maybe I think I am eating less calories than I am...esh I don't know. I think I am going to go to a nutritionist and see what they say. Everyone at school gets one free visit :)

ok so today
breakfast: woke up kinda late
- apple

lunch- not all the much later
-smart choice turkey with lettuce and craft single cheese on wheat bread

dinner- beef with green peppers and onions
-8 small stuffed spanish olives

i was still hungry so- 1 cup cheerios with 1/2 cup milk

dessert: sugar free popsicle
-candy cane (my weakness!!)

Gym: 45 min eliptical and 7 min on bike (then the stupid gym closed early because of finals week!) ~ 540 calories
at home: sit ups, pushups, leg lifts.
 
Ok so my internet is on the frits which is why I didn't post yesterday.
12/14:
Breakfast- cheerios with skim milk

Lunch- Salad with walnuts, oil and vinegar
16 olives
low fat string cheese
apple

dinner- low fat string cheese
-beef with peppers and onions and teriyaki sauce

dessert: 1/2 edys slow churned ice cream

gym: 35 min elliptical, abs, arms, leg weight machines


Today
Breakfast: 2 eggs with 1 slice 2% cheese

lunch: cheerios with skim milk

snack: 1/2 bag of 94% fat free popcorn
- 2 sugar free peppermint patties

dinner: salad with onions, pine nuts, gorgonzola
sandwich with olive bread, mozzarella, tomato, basil and sun-dried tomato spread
-apple

after gym snack: cheerios with skim milk

gym: 30 min stationary bike, 15 min stair-master, 15 min walking on treadmill

ahh i was so hungry today! Between finals and the fact i am about to get my period, all i feel like doing is eating! gahhh!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top