PaintedDaisy's weight loss diary

Gotta get more aggresive

Ok, I haven't made any progress here. My caloric intake is fine- so what it boils down to is exercise. I need to get more active. I need to donate at least 30 minutes a day to being active.

So that is my goal this week- to put in at least 30 minutes of active time. Whether it's a walk (it's freakin' cold out there, but I shant let winter win this round) or two 15 minute walks, or whether it's my pilates video or better yet a session at the gym- this week i vow to rack up 210 minutes of physical activity.
 
Yesterday-
Ate 1560 calories.

Hit the gym at 6:45 and biked 4.62 miles (13 minutes including warm up and cool down) and then jogged for .86 miles in 13 minutes.
 
This week hasn't been good for me at all. I've gained 2 lbs since my last official weigh in last week.
However, i did some weight resistance exercises (a belly dancing video as well as various squats and tricep dips while cooking dinners). So I'm thinking this sudden gain may very well be muscle.
I didn't accomplish my goal of 30 minutes of physical activity yesterday- but did do some little things (like running up the stairs at work instead of walking and two reps of 12 tricep dips while waiting for my rice to heat up in the microwave last night).

I digress, this is a difficult journey. I keep motivated by:
1) seeing the results on this forum and knowing that I can accomplish my goals too.
2) Knowing that this journey has definitely become a lifestyle change for me. So results will come, but not in any quick fix kind of way.

You know what, I haven't had any chocolate bars (er, cept some Cadbury Thins on days when I really need a bit of chocolate) or chips in forever. And I don't want to.

Yesterday morning I was very hungry at work. I was extremely close to going next door and buying a Passion Flakey or something evil like that. INstead, spent the same amount of money and calories on a Subway egg and cheese sandwich. I figure if I'm really hungry I mise will get some protein and actual food in me instead of some processed crap.
 
Munday

What a good day for food! I believe the word I'm looking for is "practically a saint." (er, 3 words).

Breakfast- oatmeal w/ 1 tbsp brown sugar and some milk
Lunch- 6 inch turkey sub on whole wheat with light mayo and a bit of southwest sauce. 2 cookies.

Dinner- A pita stuffed with 30 grams of provolone cheese, lots of lettuce and some balsamic vinegrette.

Snack- one after eight chocolate and a cup of herbal tea

Drank lots of water as usual today also.

Tonight I plugged away at cleaning my room and also talked with my roommate and sorted out things that have been a great deal of stress for me over the past few months- which may be attributing to my lack of weight loss as I have been carrying around a lot of unresolved conflict and anger stuffed deep inside.

Anyway, great day.

And my waist is actually one inch thinner than it was a month ago. No weight loss or other inches lost, just that inch. But daggnabbit, it's a worthy inch!
 
I said NO to birthday cake. This is a first and oddly enough, wasn't that hard.

At my mother's bday party last night there were a lot of tasty food choices. I had 4 fried fish balls, 1/2 cup white rice, 1 cup steamed veggies and a dinner roll, oh and half a devilled egg. Then for dessert- had a peice of lemon pie made with splenda and some fat free cool whip on top.

So eating at the birthday party did not make me go over my caloric intake. I ended up consuming 1530 calories yesterday.
 
wow nice self control
i think i had something similar on my birthday
Only thing i ate was lemon mirangue(sp?) and went out to curry with some friends.
 
Thanks Pequin and Wishes :D

I'm again feeling proud of my willpower today. Yesterday my total calories... 1230!
I didn't even feel that hungry. On dinner I filled up on salad with light ranch dressing and kavil crackers with a bit of lower-cal cheese.

I then went tanning (not in my character, but figured I'd try to get a bit of a shade to my skin.. instead of fluorescent white) and went for a 25 minute walk through this windy & snowy town.

Needless to say, I weighed in at 157.4 this morning and know now that I CAN see results and don't have to starve myself, just fill up on lower calorie and high fibre things.
 
indeed its amazing on how much you can eat if you do away with a few items in your diet eh :)
I found i can eat pretty much what i used to minus cheese, mayo, sugar, and butter. Oh yeah and cutting the fat off meats.

Congrats on finally loosing some lb! it had to come off sooner or later :D
 
Well, I've promised myself on Spark that I'd journal every day. Often I go to my extrapounds page, other times I write a bit in here.

I gained back the 2 lbs this weekend. But I don't know, I'm really not that concerned. I guess that's the best way to put it. I mean, I want to lose weight, but I also know I eat fairly healthy these days and make earnest attempts at doing little things throughout my day. For instance, when the office is quiet, I'll do 10 squats while waiting for water to boil for my green tea.

Last night I was going to do a workout video, but instead did some strength training for about 30 minutes (crunches, pushups, lying hip abductions, donkey kicks, lifting dumbbells, etc- 2 sets of everything, cept the pushups which I managed to do 15 of).

Ate well yesterday. Really have to go grocery shopping as I'm not entirely sure what to fashion up for me and Mike for lunch today. I must have some food in my fridge- possibly soup.
 
PS- I'm not putting my +2 lbs on my weight ticker, as I am firmly holding to my Thursday weigh in and will weight (haha) until then.
 
lol good idea
i find making an average of a weeks worth of weigh ins works for me, or if you're game the lowest weigh in that week :D
 
What I wrote in my extrapounds journal today:

When I joined up on the weight loss forum, I put my weight in that day as my starting weight- 158. However, on here I realized I started at probably around 160. According to my weight loss forum I haven't lost any weight- while according to here I've lost about 2 lbs.

The lesson in this: be completely honest and don't sell yourself short.

So this month, I did lose 2 lbs. I haven't fully recognized that or honoured it. But yay me!

My goal this month, this glorious month of March, is to lose 5 lbs.

Sometimes the journey seems endless but I read something today on the weight loss forum that jogged my inspiration/motivation: It's not the destination, it's the journey.

It's a simple cliche, one I've heard over and over again, but finally I'm thinking of it in a new way. It's not being 140 lbs that is what's important... it's maintaining a healthy lifestyle and treating my body like a temple. It's about taking care of my heart and having more energy. It's about the little steps that eventually add up to a thousand miles.
 
Great, weighed in at 162 today.

You know, it's getting exasperating. I can be soooo good for days on end, and then I have a peice of cake at work (a really small one) and ok, pizza for dinner (but didn't overeat, just 2 peices of a Delisio).. then played racketball for about 30 minutes.
Mike and I had some chips last night, but here I am thinking "well, i ate a couple of bad things today, but didn't go over my calories at all and also went worked up a good sweat."

Anyway, i know it's no excuse to eat some bad things, but I look back at a year ago, when I was 10 pounds lighter, and I had way less control over portion sizes and indulged almost daily (chocolate bars at work, etc).

I know i need to get more active, but this calorie counting thing is getting really exasperating.

I picked up a book yesterday though about fat and weight loss. And I'm starting to realize that calorie counting is a joke. It's not an exact science at all (considering I eat 1400 a day yet never lose when my BMR is 2100). It's full of nuances- like starvation mode problems, stress levels, activity levels, etc.

I have a feeling my birth control pills are also doing things to me. I've been on them for years but am on a new brand and well, let's just say i was down to 157 last week when i was off the pills, and 2 days after going back on I was at 160.

I digress, frusterated right now but have decided "screw it all"- I will continue to journal my food and all that, but I am more than ever determined to get in 30 minutes of scheduled exercise every day. More walking, more running, more playing, etc. I will continue to eat my whole grains and get more veggies and fruits. I will continue to drink lots of water.

I also vow to do more relaxation in my life- more yoga, more long walks in the evenings, more baths, more meditation. I think stress has been playing a big part in my weight loss prevention, and stressing about weight loss also isn't helping.
 
Sizes

You know what ticks me off? Sizes of clothing in stores like Target and Walmart.

Now, I'm about 160, 5'5. I wear a size 10 at the Gap and usually wear medium sized underwear and shirts (though occasionally go up to larges for certain styles of shirts).

However, I pulled in a variety of clothes at Walmart and couldn't even squeeze size 13 pants past my hips. I would have had to go up to a 17. And bathing suits? Don't get me started on those- as apparently they are created soley for small-busted women and when I do find a top-peice that fits my bust, the straps and waist are extremely baggy on the rest of my upper half.

Gar! So needless to say, my time shopping this past weekend was sort of depressing. I felt like a giant in those change rooms and wished I had some other stores to check out that were just, nicer.

Anyhoo, that's my rant.
Weighed in at 161 this morning, although my bladder was extremely full.
 
Ummm...just a hint...
pee first - then weigh
;)

And I hear ya about different sizings and stores - they're all over the place!
 
I started my strength training last night on the new weight bench at home (aka Mike's cabin, my new unofficial home).

Did my upper body and wow, loved it. It's nice to have the equipment at home, where afterwards I can change out of my workout clothes, into my jammies and watch some tv and relax. I have no excuses now, everything I need is right there.

My goal: 2-3 times a week.

I've gotten some good workouts from various websites. Did ones I could remember last night, such as the dumbbell fly, tricep extenstion, pushups using my exercise ball, bicep curls and then ended with 20 crunches on the ball and then 10 reverse crunches with the ball.

Tomorrow I shall do the lower body with such exercises as squats, lying leg curls, seated leg curls, standing calf raises and then finish off with abs again. I also expect I'll incorporate some yoga moves into my stretches, just to work my hip muscles a bit.
 
After supper we head to the cabin...

word of warning... it'll be cold there... I turned the heat down so call it added motivation to work up a sweat :)
 
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