Project C

Summer Challenge Recap:
(1) - Portion control/low cal & low fat diet
(2) - Journaling on my Fitday account
(3) - Making sure I get 2.5 liters a day of water
(4) - Exercising at least 3x a week (most likely M/W/F and alternatively T/Th/Sat)
(5) - Must Eat Breakfast Everyday​

Week 2 Challenge: No Eating Three Hours Before Bed (Cumulative)

Current Weight: 270 pounds!!

Day Eight:
YES!! I lost FOUR pounds this week!! WOOT! Be astounded by the power of BREAKFAST people! FOUR POUNDS!! YAY!! *dances* I'm happy to have lost four pounds but even happier that I FINALLY passed through my plateau. And to top it all off, I have a pair of hip huggers that I fit into nicely again, that gently hugs my hips. Woot.

I had 2.5 liters of water today. But I lost my calorie count for the day. I'm guessing... it's about 1600-1800 at most though. I had about 3 peanut butter cookies. But what got me messed up was dinner. Chinese meals are very hard to keep track of on fitday.com. For breakfast I had cereal with milk and a piece of laughing cow. Then for lunch I had leftover steak (3-4 oz) on toast with some HP sauce. Then about a cup of spring mix lettuce with 5 cherry tomatoes and a quarter of a cucumber. That's about 800 calories on fitday. Then dinner was a cup of rice then an unspecified amount of broccoli & beef, tofu & beef, ginger & green onion stir-fry with shrimp. Think authentic Chinese version not the North Americanized versions so it's actually fairly lean and ungreasy. The problem with Chinese food is that it's communal so I can't measure how much food I actually had. But I ate alot of veggie. So I'm guessing my take for the day should be 1600-1800.

As you can see, my newest challenge is no eating 3 hours before bed. I stopped eating around 10pm I think... At the latest. So I'm rounding up. It's 11:30pm now. So I won't go to bed til 1am... *pinches herself and tries to stay awake. :eek: So I might FINALLY watch Dr. Strangelove after putting it off for awhile now. Heh.

Oh. Side note... Wanted your opinions on some things... Toronto has something called Summerlicious and Winterlicious. Restaurants sorta do a promotion as a group together during the Winter and Summer for a few weeks. And they have these restaurants have a set course for a set price. Anyways, most of these restaurants are all really nice high end restaurants. So one of my brother's friends wants to go to this place named Truffles. They have a set course dinner meal during Summerlicious for $35. Another friend offered to pay for my share as an early birthday gift. But I have another concern... I'm on a diet.
You think I should go?​
 
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I don't know what half those foods are, let alone how healthy they are! :confused:

Grilled Asparagus and Summer Bean Salad sounds delicious and healthy, as does Pan Seared Rainbow Trout... not sure about anything else though.
 
Awesome!

Way to go!!! That is awesome! You know, 270 is officially a part of the 260's. You know, like 1 - 10, 11 - 20, etc. :D
 
I think you should go. Part of changing the lifestyle is learning to adapt to these situations. Accepting that it will be a higher calorie day make sure you do some extra exercise. Maybe you could call ahead and see if you could get any sauces on the side so that you can control that aspect a bit. Enjoyong a night out with friends is something that yous hould not deprive yourself of! Just do what you can to make it part of your healthy lifestyle. You could also decide to have them bring out half portions, packaging your 'doggie bag' before you eat.

But most importantly, congratulations on busting the plateau!!! I'm cheering and dancing right now. Woo Hoo!!!!
 
It sounds delicious, and you can plan ahead and "save up" some calories from the rest of the day for this. I assure you it won't be light. The watermelon gazpacho won't be too bad (there will certainly be lots of oils in the bean salad, I'd go for the gazpacho myself), and get the trout, but don't eat all the chowder, it's loaded with calories. Of course, if you love chowder, just eat it and enjoy it slowly. Savor it. Then make sure you've cut back for the rest of the day (earlier and later). Go, enjoy, eat slowly, put down your fork or spoon between EVERY SINGLE bite, taste everything you're putting in your mouth. Make it an experience, not just a meal. It'll be worth it that way.
 
Missprincess speaks truth! In addition to making the food much more enjoyable by slowing down, you'll also give yourself lots of time to realize when you're full so you don't overeat more than necessary. Its very possible if you're cutting out lunch that day that you'll feel absolutely famished by the time you sit down for dinner, but be strong and take it slow!
 
Ditto on what everyone else said. Go, and just have a taste of everything. Bring home what you liked and make more meals out of it. Sounds Yummy!

Congratulations on your 4lbs!!!!!!
 
Oh. My. God........................

FOUR POUNDS!!!!!!!

That is so awesome!!!!! I am totally doing the happy dance for you and my cat is looking at me like I've lost my mind!!! I am so incredibly happy for you!!!
 
CONGRATS ON THE 4 #!!!! Way to go! :D:D

Lets see.. the dinner at Truffles.... The veggies and quail eggs sounds good and healthy as does the Grilled trout, corn, and chowder (IF its a cup not a bowl). Enjoy yourself and savor every bite :D

As for breakfast ideas, there's oatmeal, fruit and a bit of low-fat cheese, an egg white "omlette" between two slices of light wheat bread w/ LF cheese, umm..... I make Protein shakes with lite coconut milk, frozen fruit, a bit of OJ or other 100% fruit juice, and protein powder - it holds me over for around 3 hours or so and is quick and portable :D Hope this helps :D

Have a great day and keep up that awesome work! :D
 
Beagle - Thanx for the extra ideas Beagle! :) And... heh. I don't even know what half of those are either! Hence why I'm a lil hesitant. As for slow and steady wins the race... I'll try.

Twinmom - Heh. Thanx. :) I can't wait to be part of the 250s then. ;)

Sillygirl - Thanx for the cheer Sillygirl. I kinda agree with you but I'm also quite hesitant to give up control like this. In truth, it scares me a lil. I like making my meals cause I can see how much fat, sodium, sugar, etc is being added in. Though I do sometimes feel deprived like you mentioned at times.

MissPrincess - Eeep. Oily bean salad noted. Watermelon gazpacho good. Checkmark. What you're saying is true I guess. And trust me... I will savour it if I go. Truffles is pretty uh... high class restaurant apparently I'm told. (ie: high price, small servings). I better savour everything if I go. ;) Thanks for the advice. :)

Pineola - In all honesty, I don't expect to see much on the plate for my $35. lol. :p And thanks. I'm quite happy with the 4 pounds myself.

Hyppo Hippo, Scarlett - Thanks girls. I'm excited too. *joins in the lil dance*

BizeB - oooh. Thanks for the breakfast ideas. :) I gotta try the omlette thing next week.

Maleficent - Thanks Maleficent... Now to just keep it off. ;)
 
Week 2 Challenge: No Eating Three Hours Before Bed (Cumulative)

Day Nine:
This morning I woke up early to go to my Career Exploration Orientation. Bleh. I am NOT used to getting up at 7 in the morning at all. In retrospect I should have gone to bed earlier. Oh well. I listened to the facilitator talk and if I am accepted (I'll find out in the next few days), I'll be going every day 9:15 - 3:15 and well... Try to find out what I wanna DO with my life. Before I went I had a bowl of cereal with milk and 2 slices of smoked turkey breast. Later my best friend came over to help me finish the leftover lasagna. She had a slice and I had a slice. I drank milk with mine. I also made for her 18 deviled eggs (to share with my brother). She missed out on the big Canada Day eat out so I made some just for her and Kevin to cheer her up. We ended up going for a stroll later in the day cause it was a rather nice day with a slight breeze. We ended up going to the convenient store where she bought a small ice cream cup with a small wooden spoon. I went with a Del Monte fruit bar. It's like a Creamsicle but it's made with real fruit juices and the inside is yogurt instead of ice cream. We then walked some more before going home. After she left, I was gonna start making dinner. But I was so tired that I actually fell asleep and didn't wake up just an hour ago. :eek: Originally I had planned to make chili which would have been a 3 hour cook time. So no chili for me today. :( Maybe tomorrow. I'm not even gonna eat anything for dinner cause this week is to not eat anything 3 hours before bed. And I do NOT plan to sleep at 3 or 4am tonight. So I'm just gonna drink some water and crawl back into bed and call it a day. Right now, I'm trying to guzzle the last liter of water. I will finish the day with about 1050 calories. A lil low and probably unhealthy to skip dinner but ah well... I fell asleep. :rolleyes: :p :rolleyes:

Tomorrow is Wednesday. I'm gonna have dim sum with my parents. Don't worry though. I don't plan to overindulge like I usually do. Dim Sum can be quite greasy and oily in my opinion despite alot of its food being steamed. I guess cause it actually sits in its own fat while it steams. Plus it's not exactly lean. And the only other options are deep fried types. So I'll have to be careful what I eat. Likelihood, I'll just try to eat a few steamed dumplings and then call it a day. And have a real lunch later at home. Eeep. And I guess chili is back on the menu tomorrow!​
 
I won't bother telling you that you should never skip a meal (my finger is wagging! ). Be careful with the dim sum. Maybe have a salad before you go so that you aren't totally starving. Let us know how it goes!
 
sillygirl said:
I won't bother telling you that you should never skip a meal (my finger is wagging! ). Be careful with the dim sum. Maybe have a salad before you go so that you aren't totally starving. Let us know how it goes!
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yeah... I know I shouldn't have.... but I slept right through dinner. heh. :rolleyes: Oh well. As for the dim sum... heh. I tried my best! :)
 
Week 2 Challenge: No Eating Three Hours Before Bed (Cumulative)

Day Ten:
Welp, my plan to eat a breakfast failed. :( I woke up at 10. Ha! And we went to dim sum at 10:30. Yeesh. I gotta set my alarm clock more often. No worries though. I showed ALOT of restraint and only ate the steamed stuff that DID NOT sit in it's own fat. Ended up only eating 2 shrimp dumplings, 1 beef ball, 4 shrimp & veggie dumplings and some 2 rice noodle rolls or so. My brother ordered deep fried wings and my Mom had deep fried taro & beef balls and I didn't even touch those!! :D So I did fairly good. And I drank alot of water at the restaurant. Since I didn't have breakfast and it was 10-ish... I figured this was a brunch. For dinner, I made chili con carne with a LIL beef and ALOT of veggies. I got some leftover for lunch tomorrow too. And ate it with a toasted bun and 2 glasses of milk. My water intake is down today. Only about 2 liters. :( This rounds out the day to a fairly good 1360 calories today with less than 8% saturated fat. Woot. No worries in the NO food before bed department. It's 2:30am and the last time I ate was around 9pm. ;) As for my exercise, today I took a lovely stroll in a mall. ;) Heh. Don't you just love window shopping? :D

Which actually brings me to a more serious topic... I posted at the 200 Pounds Club and all online groups I belong to... :rolleyes: Cause I'm indecisive. Okay, so...

Today, I've been on an Summer Cleaning Spree. Basically cleaning out closets of things I don't wear anymore, things that don't fit, things that don't look good on me and so forth. I have two huge bags I'm donating to the Salvation Army or Value Village or whoever's donation bin is nearby. Some of these clothes goes as far back as when I was in elementary school which was about 10 years ago (my Mom trained her children to be pack rats but I am rebelling.)

Well, as I was cleaning out some things... I found some items of personal significance to me. For example, one was a shirt with all FOUR signatures of the ORIGINAL Canadian Royal Air Farce which I will not part with dear life. The other... I'm a lil more perplexed about what to do with it...

Y'see, I've always been fat. I was badly ridiculed when I was a kid by my classmates because of it from having gum and spit ball spat into my hair to being snowkicked (they push you down and the kids surround you and kick snow on you) to just... Well, horrible things. It's probably taken me years to build up my self-esteem to this level now. And although I wouldn't say I'm 100% confident I think I've taken great strides in the last couple of years.

Now my dilemma is I stumbled onto this Class of '95 shirt. At my elementary school, we got shirts with everyone's signatures on it and it was printed and given to everyone. Now I have one of those shirts. I'll never wear it. I know that much. A part of me wants to grab a pair of scissors and cut the entire shirt up. Another part of me wants to just donate it and try to forget about it and hopefully one person will put that shirt to better use like keep them warm or whatnot. Despite all this... A part of me wonders if I should just keep it because I worry I might regret getting rid of it. My brother already told me he's keeping his and proudly showed me his Class of '93 shirt. And he reminded me it's a momento of my past... Getting rid of it so easily... Well, I might regret it later. So, I dunno...

What would you do in my place?​
 
Intital_C, that is absolutely horrible how you were treated as a kid. I am so sorry and I am sending you a huge, warm hug full of love and kindness right now.

Wait, I'm still hugging you......

Okay, as for the shirt. I would say it depends on the memories you have associated with it and how it makes you feel. If it only brings back the memories like the ones you mentioned I say do a ceremonial burning. If you attach happy memories to it, and happy memories only then I say hang on to.

But anything that brings you sadness or makes you feel melancholy...well if it was me....I'd be lighting the fire pit!!!!

Wait....another hug......okay I'm done now.

XOXOXOXOXO
 
I agree with Scarlett.
If you have happy memories then keep it. no use of keeping it with negative vibes. no child desrves to be treated like that nor adult. And I am glad you have come this far to move on and feel better about yourself.

Have a GREAt Day and keep up the Great Work. Don't forget you WATER;)
 
Hiya C,

I got rid of my bad memory clothes, I always had a self-esteem problem too (not so bad anymore, I've been working on this for years though, I'm much older than you). I have always been very tall, and every time I was overweight (which was about every other year for all of my school years, and then all the time once I hit college) it was really noticeable and people called me names, the "nicest" of which was just "big". And they think it's OK, because fat people don't have feelings, right? So as I make changes to my lifestyle to become healthier for MY OWN SAKE, I get rid of all the "fat" clothes (anything that's noticeably too big for me - I'm never going back there, I promise) and I get rid of the things that make me sad. I agree with Scarlett's assessment. When you look at it, if it makes you smile, keep it, if it makes you sad BURN IT! Don't just cut it up into rags, destroy it. I'm serious! Don't start any major fires though, be careful. Just make it go away completely and forever. It's quite liberating. Who cares if your brother is proud of his? Let him keep his. He's his own person, you're yours. Do what's best for you. I'll join that hug too, it's a group hug! Take care, OK?
 
Hey C! I have a shirt like that. I wasn't overweight (or not much) when I was younger so I wasn't teased about that but my family was very poor so I did not fit in. I had my small group of friends but most of them were not in my grade, so most of the people's names on that shirt are not people that I like. I have kept the shirt, never worn it, never will. I'm not really sure why I keep it, except maybe I reminder of where I've been and where I am going. Some of them are still in that small town working as manager's of fast food places and I will soon be an attorney. You are now losing weight and working on your self esteem. In my opinion, I think you should keep that shirt as a reminder of where you were then and where you are now and how those people cannot hurt you now. :D
 
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