PaintedDaisy's weight loss diary

Hi Daisy! Good for you getting back on that bike! I used to love it when I was a kid, but now I find it a literal pain in the tushie. :D
 
Noticed something interesting

Ok, so still haven't lost a pound since I started really focussing on the calorie counting.

However, I was looking up information on calorie intake and figuring out a good gym routine when I saw a math thing on figuring out how much fat I should have a day. So i did the math, 79 grams max. I went back to Spark to see how I've been doing on that part of things and I've been eating low fat!

I'm also falling perfectly in the carbohydrate and protein intake, and also low cholesterol. So woohoo!! Maybe I'm not seeing any differences yet, but I must be doing something right! And I haven't even been trying. I've just been concentrating on calories and trying to find lower calorie snacks and meals.

I digress, still 158, though my waist has gone down by .5 inches since the last set of measurements I did a week ago.
 
I'm too much of a wimp to look at my fat intake. *covers eyes* In reality if I want to get serious about this fitness thing I should... but I won't *L*

Patience honey, once we make the gym thing regularly you'll start to notice a difference. Maybe not right away due to building muscle, but soon. Trust me!
 
maleficent said:
mike and daisy sitting in a tree - k-i-s-s-i-n-g... :D

you two are too cute..and listen to mikey - he's a wise fella :D
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Hahahaha rotfl Seconded!

mikelikes2bike said:
I'm too much of a wimp to look at my fat intake. *covers eyes* In reality if I want to get serious about this fitness thing I should... but I won't *L*

Patience honey, once we make the gym thing regularly you'll start to notice a difference. Maybe not right away due to building muscle, but soon. Trust me!
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You're lucky you were taken to the WLF clinic - dont worry! we'll take care of it!
 
There's a chapter in the children's book Matilda (by Roald Dahl... one of my fav authors growing up) where a boy is forced to eat a giant chocolate cake in front of a gymnasium of his school mates. He gets sicker and sicker, yet the evil principal forces him to finish it.

That, my friends, was what I thought of when this Triple Layer Brownie cake arrived here at the office yesterday. Actually, I didn't think of it until it was being cut up today for us to eat. It was so incredibly rich and well, just like something a small child would dream of.

I had half a peice (or alternatively called "a small peice"), estimating about 300 calories. And let me tell you, it was probably the best chocolate cake I've ever had. And went so nicely with my coffee.

There, that said- I worked my ass off last night at the gym (6 miles on the bike, and then about 10 minutes combined on the treadmill and elliptical- my shoes are currently evil and I can't really run in them, though did try again).

Yesterday ate 1508 calories, and after putting everything in I burned off about 300.
 
mmmm cake. be strong girl! let "J" have the last piece! Roald Dahl was one of my favourites too.... never read Matilda though
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I thought i did well limiting myself to a smaller peice. And haha, you should see the remainder sitting there. Not tempting at all though, as my tummy hurts now.

And you should read Matilda-such a great book! I think it'd still be great to read as an adult.
 
So I finally lost a pound- down to 157. I hope it lasts. If anything it reinforces that I want to go to the gym for the next 5 evenings straight. Just for cardio- do like 20-30 minutes each night.

Been eating pretty well also. I find on weekends it's harder to keep track of everything I eat as I seldom get to a computer. That's no excuse though, as I could keep a pen and pad of paper on me and scribble stuff down. My cheat days last week were pretty innocent though. Nothing extremely terrible. Had cake on few days (darn coworkers) but on those days it still worked out to my calories being 1500.

I'm excited about my lazy Sunday though. I'm off to have popcorn and watch a movie. Kind of a favourite Sunday afternoon activity :)
 
Urrg

I've been keeping track of what I eat and counting calories diligently for 2 weeks now. Yes, there were cheat days in there and I haven't been to the gym as regularly as I should be going. But it's just frusterating not seeing results- as I know I've been much more active and eating much better than I was in the summer.

I was afraid of this. I'm getting old. I remember a few years ago, if I ate like this I would be losing pounds. But now, now it's not enough. Now I have to get my ass to that gym 4 times a week and maybe, hopefully, I'll see results.

The hardest thing for me is trying to eat 1200 calories a day. I just can't do it. I look back at my Spark reports and see that although I'm averaging 1500 a day, I'm eating very low fat and everything is just, healthy looking. But yeah, I can't seem to get down to 1200 and I wonder if I should. With my desire to hit the gym more, and this new rediscovery of my pilates tapes that I can do on non-gym nights, i feel like 1200 is not enough. Then I wonder if that's an excuse, as surely other people eat 1200 calories or less a day and go to the gym.

I hear so many different schools of thought on calories too. Things like how 1700-2000 a day is what an active woman should eat. So i think "well, here I am eating 1500 a day, and nothing is happening." Then I have my Spark site telling me to go between 1200 and 1500.

So well, I'm going to keep at it of course. I just have to remotivate myself. But it gets tiring of thinking about what I eat all the time and worrying about my weight. It's not healthy for me and I know that, but I just can't find a way to stop thinking about it. Maybe when I see some results I'll feel better. I worry now that losing 10 lbs by April 1st is an impossible feat.

I guess what bothers me is that I thought if I just concentrated on going to the gym and increasing my energy and working on running and endurance, then I'd see results without having to obsess about things. But with the mono and recovery time, I sort of started with the calorie counting and well, now I feel just dragged down.

ps- this means that the lb I lost was quickly gained back, twice.
 
Hump day

Breakfast:
1 cup Orange and Grapefruit peices
2 peices rye toast
1.5 tblsp peanut butter
1 cup skim lactaid milk

1 cup coffee w/1 creamer and sugartwin- at work

Snack:
Box of raisins at 10 am
bag of Thinsations 100 cal Oreo at 10:30

Lunch:
Chicken salad wrap and tossed salad on the side with 1 tbsp oil&vinegar dressing

Note: I did NOT order onion rings or fries!! This was hard- as the onion rings at this restaurant are so darn delicious. But I knew it would just be wasted calories and I'd regret it later.

I now keep considering the amount of time it takes to burn the calories I injest- which is keeping me from slipping into old habits like running across the street to get a chocolate bar to have with my afternoon green tea. Instead- i'll enjoy my green tea and if by 3:30 i'm reallly wanting sugar, i'll have a 100 cal chocolate snack that will satisfy my sweet tooth (which gets quite verocious at around 2 or 3 pm.)

I guess I'm proud of myself about the eating out for lunch thing today. I wasn't anticipating eating out, but had a last minute business meeting (my first client for freelance copy editing/copy writing, woohoo!) and well I think I did very well with the salad instead of a greasy side.
 
haha thats the good thing about counting cals, you soon realize the cost of what you're eating. Makes you think twice eh
 
February Running

My goal this month: to run 15 miles.

Let's see if I accomplish this and if I also accomplish the 2 lbs a week challenge I signed up for.
 
Of course you will - particularly if you do that much running!
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Aw, thanks Wishes! That makes me feel like I can actually accomplish these two things!!

On a side note, I wanted to put my measurements up on here. I've been trying to measure myself every week and am keeping track of that on a peice of note paper by my computer. So going to log it in here now- seems like the logical place to put such progress reports.

2 weeks ago (Jan 17?):
Waist- 32"
Hips - 43"
Right thigh - 24"
Right upper arm - 12"

February 1:
Waist- 31.25
Hips- 43"
Right thigh- 24"
Right upper arm - 12"


My ultimate goal for measurements? Not really sure. I'd love to be a 29" waist again. Maybe 40" hips and 10" arms. Thighs, I have no idea, let's say 22". Bought thought I'd jot that in here, as wouldn't it be wonderful to read this months from now and see that I've lost inches and maybe even have 10" upper arms?
 
So I got this icky 24 hour bug thing.I hope it's only 24 hours and that it's gone. Basically I couldn't eat anything on Sunday without feeling nauseous. Then Sunday night I had this craving for this particular type of pizza (Ristorante four cheese) and so picked that up...
well big mistake- let's just say it was very much like a scene from the Exorcist.

ANyhoo, so ate nothing but soda crackers and ginger ale yesterday (in the afternoon and evening when i was starting to get hungry).

At least I've lost a pound in all of this- though you'd think I'd lose more considering eating nothing for 24 hours.

So I'm back to normal today I think. I had a bagel and a few sips of grapefruit juice for breakfast. Right now i'm having hot chocolate. It's sooo cold out there!
 
she didn't have what I had... she had a different strain. Mine was like an alien was trying to burst out of my colon... I didn't recreate any scenes from the exorcist either.

Glad to see you're eating again. A healthy painteddaisy is much more fun than a near dead one.
 
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