AnnSparks
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Another week has been completed. Or close enough anyway lol. I usually like to do these updates on Saturdays, but with everything that's been going on for me, I figured I'd post a day early.
Well, due to my car continually breaking down and needing to get fixed, I ran out of money. So I managed to ration out my food so to speak until my next paycheck (yesterday). But that meant, every day I was only eating about 1,000 - 1,200 calories roughly. I know that's low, but it's the best I could do. Even on payday morning, I ran out of cat food after giving them breakfast. So ya, things got pretty tight for a bit. My boyfriend did surprise me though, and ordered us pizza on the weekend. It's something I've been craving for nearly 2 weeks lol. So there was a day or two where I hit my calorie goal and may have gone over it slightly. But I made sure to not stuff myself, and purely eat till I was full like I've been working on. So the pizza even lasted to the next day and I didn't eat the whole thing then either, only having two slices and my boyfriend at the rest lol.
Something else I've become aware of since starting to take a more long term achievable way of eating for weightloss, I notice the way other people eat a lot more as well. For example, I have a coworker who is very overweight. I'd say she's easily in the 300's if not in the 400's weight wise. She used to drink nothing but diet coke all the time, but then she got sick and now drinks water all the time, but allows one regular coke a day. But quite often, she has a bag of chocolates or chips near by that she snacks on throughout the day.
Then there's my boyfriend. He eats everything all the time. He's not horribly overweight, but it's quite something to see how often he's apparently hungry and just has to have frequent meals and snacks. It seems almost more like a boredom tick for him to go for food, rather than him actually being hungry (grew up with someone who was a HUGE boredom eater so I've seen it before). I once made dinner, a shrimp stirrfry, and while I have been getting used to only cooking for me, I did end up making enough that I could have my own controlled portion of food (only 1 bowl). Meanwhile, he piles his full, almost more than full, and gets another 2-3 bowls like this and wishes there was more.
I'm not upset about any of this, it's just surprising to see how differently different people eat. Especially when you take into account if they're someone trying to get healthy, fine with where they are, or complain that they're fat but still go back for several more servings to the point they've eaten 5+ meals that day, or people who are already at a healthy weight.
It really makes me step back and look at the way I've been eating myself a lot more clearly. It's shocking to think of some of the behaviors I've had and how I now have to deal with breaking out of that cycle and work on new habits. But so far, I'm managing to stay on track and feel like I can actually keep this up. I'm not restricting myself from any foods. If someone brings in donuts at work, I have one (within reason of calories I'm allowed), if I want to splurge on a chocolate bar, I have one. If someone offers me cookies, I can take one or two. I keep in mind what I've already eaten that day and what I have planned for later meals, but I find I'm always able to squeeze in these "treats" when they pop up and they're not slowing down my progress. Makes it a lot easier to not worry about grocery shopping or other things since I know to just go for the healthier stuff and watch the portion sizes.
Oh, and seeing as this is week 3 of being consistent, I'm back down to 210 lbs. So another 2 lbs have been lost! I also have only gone on the stationary bike a time or two for 10 mins. Reason why I didn't keep up with the workout is because of how little food I've had this week. With being in a large calorie deficit due to my situation, I didn't want to over do it and make things worse for my body by adding a big ol workout on top of everything. But now that I got paid and got food again, I'll be starting back up on the workouts again on Monday.
To finish things up, here's a pic of the scale this morning with the happy news. As well as a pic to show off how funny Melody looks right now as she's going through a growth spurt lol.
Well, due to my car continually breaking down and needing to get fixed, I ran out of money. So I managed to ration out my food so to speak until my next paycheck (yesterday). But that meant, every day I was only eating about 1,000 - 1,200 calories roughly. I know that's low, but it's the best I could do. Even on payday morning, I ran out of cat food after giving them breakfast. So ya, things got pretty tight for a bit. My boyfriend did surprise me though, and ordered us pizza on the weekend. It's something I've been craving for nearly 2 weeks lol. So there was a day or two where I hit my calorie goal and may have gone over it slightly. But I made sure to not stuff myself, and purely eat till I was full like I've been working on. So the pizza even lasted to the next day and I didn't eat the whole thing then either, only having two slices and my boyfriend at the rest lol.
Something else I've become aware of since starting to take a more long term achievable way of eating for weightloss, I notice the way other people eat a lot more as well. For example, I have a coworker who is very overweight. I'd say she's easily in the 300's if not in the 400's weight wise. She used to drink nothing but diet coke all the time, but then she got sick and now drinks water all the time, but allows one regular coke a day. But quite often, she has a bag of chocolates or chips near by that she snacks on throughout the day.
Then there's my boyfriend. He eats everything all the time. He's not horribly overweight, but it's quite something to see how often he's apparently hungry and just has to have frequent meals and snacks. It seems almost more like a boredom tick for him to go for food, rather than him actually being hungry (grew up with someone who was a HUGE boredom eater so I've seen it before). I once made dinner, a shrimp stirrfry, and while I have been getting used to only cooking for me, I did end up making enough that I could have my own controlled portion of food (only 1 bowl). Meanwhile, he piles his full, almost more than full, and gets another 2-3 bowls like this and wishes there was more.
I'm not upset about any of this, it's just surprising to see how differently different people eat. Especially when you take into account if they're someone trying to get healthy, fine with where they are, or complain that they're fat but still go back for several more servings to the point they've eaten 5+ meals that day, or people who are already at a healthy weight.
It really makes me step back and look at the way I've been eating myself a lot more clearly. It's shocking to think of some of the behaviors I've had and how I now have to deal with breaking out of that cycle and work on new habits. But so far, I'm managing to stay on track and feel like I can actually keep this up. I'm not restricting myself from any foods. If someone brings in donuts at work, I have one (within reason of calories I'm allowed), if I want to splurge on a chocolate bar, I have one. If someone offers me cookies, I can take one or two. I keep in mind what I've already eaten that day and what I have planned for later meals, but I find I'm always able to squeeze in these "treats" when they pop up and they're not slowing down my progress. Makes it a lot easier to not worry about grocery shopping or other things since I know to just go for the healthier stuff and watch the portion sizes.
Oh, and seeing as this is week 3 of being consistent, I'm back down to 210 lbs. So another 2 lbs have been lost! I also have only gone on the stationary bike a time or two for 10 mins. Reason why I didn't keep up with the workout is because of how little food I've had this week. With being in a large calorie deficit due to my situation, I didn't want to over do it and make things worse for my body by adding a big ol workout on top of everything. But now that I got paid and got food again, I'll be starting back up on the workouts again on Monday.
To finish things up, here's a pic of the scale this morning with the happy news. As well as a pic to show off how funny Melody looks right now as she's going through a growth spurt lol.
