SaladMuncher is Burning It Off!

So I'm not proud of last night or today so far. I totally blew past my 1,200 calories last night and I have about 400 left for today (a snack and dinner). I went APE last night on icecream and bread, probably wound up around 2,000... apparently my mind has gone out of diet mode. Also not buying bread for a long while. I'm just so hungry lately! Need to start eating more oatmeal again.

Food Journal:

Breakfast:
Cereal - 150
1/2 Apple - 32
Graham Crackers - 65

Snack:
Peanut Butter on bread - 165

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine - 220
Rye Bread - 180

Yet to have dinner.

Went on my 5mi bike ride, lot's easier than a week ago. Gonna start training for a 5k and get my mile time under 13 minutes this month. In July I'll attempt to get it down to a 10 minute mile.
 
Up around 1,700 for the day. I have a weird stomach ache like hunger and I'm tired. Went to the store and after long hours of research and reaching out for new ideas, I think fish and veggies with one carb a day is a good plan. Victoria Secret models do it, P90x pushes a diet based on protein for people trying to burn fat, and I personally believe fish is a great food. I've just never liked the taste!

I bought tilapia, shrimp, and splurged on some grouper because dear old dad might actually eat healthily if I put it on his plate. He loves grouper. Tilapia is a fish I never heard of before, but after searching recipes to use it in (I got it because it's a great source of lean protein and cheap for seafood!) I'm getting more and more interested in eating it. It's known for it's not-fish-like taste... like chicken, it absorbs whatever spices you use.

I portioned off the large bag of shrimp into 4 separate, 160 calorie portions. I'll probably stir-fry them and have shrimp with a spinach salad (got bags on spinach today too, hehe); I don't understand why frying is so horrible compared to grilling and baking. I don't use vegetable or olive oil; both are high in calorie and in my book unnecessary.

The last note of my diet for now is I'm going to make a serious effort to stay away from snacks that aren't yoghurt, veggies or fruit (no cookies, crackers, icecream) and I am especially staying away from bread. No sandwiches. No peanut butter spreads. Cereals will be eaten in moderation; I have a ton of cereals stocked up and I won't let them just waste away, but I'll try to make cereal and lean cuisine my only processed carbs in a day. My lean cuisines are mostly pasta, I think they might actually be my weakness. They look so healthy (the packaging at least), but... my brain says otherwise. However they are still low calorie meals. My true conflict.

I just took my week 2 pictures and there is no real difference that I can see. Soo I lost water weight. Yay? There might be a slight addition to muscle in my legs. I won't be totally upset until week 8 if I don't see a difference. Now I'm sleepy and hungry so I'll go to bed before I chow down on the cherry pie my dad delightfully made for himself. I haven't had a piece yet. Yes, I admittedly do love cherry pie and know it, not gonna deny that I want some, but for my future-self's sake I will NOT have a piece. Bed-time.
 
I might not lose weight as quickly as I thought this first month. I'm deciding to go ahead and starting gaining muscle, which means I'll stay at the same weight if I continue to lose fat/gain muscle mass... but hopefully next month it'll pay off.

I learned something really heartbreaking/interesting/useful today; calories are not just calories!! Anything with a high GI index or anything that causes insulin spikes causes fat to be reserved, even if you blast your booty with cardio... UGH. So frustrating! After I just bought a heck load of lean cuisine pasta's. I'll eat my high GI foods this month till they're gone and then rid myself of them except for a few treats, of course, so I don't go totally bonkers. You know what else? Ice cream is not considered a high GI food. ~mindblown~ the catch is it still causes insulin spikes.

Besides the diet news, here's what I did today.

5 miles on the bike... in 29 minutes. BOOYAH! The feeling of seeing I BEAT my goal of 30 minutes, after I thought I'd for sure only made it in 35-40, was awesome. I'm going to try to whittle it down to 25, so that will be a 5 minute mile. Then I'll definitely be going at least 12mph which is what's recommended for fat burning. I think I got pretty close today considering the minute break I gave myself and slowing down in certain residential areas because of cars and what not. Not 100% though. Tomorrow we might go a little longer distance :) 35 miles is in my future baby.

Ate OK today, not great. Did not have any bread or cereal today :D will not be having shrimp for breakfast again though. Had some white rice, but I had chinese food. Could have been avoided... should have been avoided, need to crack down a little more. Having too many slip ups lately.

Breakfast:
Shrimp - 80
Egg Whites - 30
Grapefruit - 60

Snack:
Yoghurt - 60

Lunch:
Chicken basted in honey - 230
Spinach - 20

Snack:
Banana - 100
Apple - 60
Almonds - 200

Dinner (chinese food...):
Shrimp and mixed veggies - 230
Soup - 170
White Rice - 240

Snack:
Ice cream - 200

Total Calories: 1,680

Might go do some circut training, or just lift some free weights, depends how I feel. I'd like to end up seriously "cut" by Christmas, and I'm going to find out how one way or another. -insert evil doomsday laugh- I shall find this coveted secret... muahaha.
 
Lost absolutely nothing, gained absolutely nothing... weird.

Breakfast:
Grapefruit - 60
2 eggs - 180

Snack:
Yoghurt - 60

Lunch:
3 oz Tilapia - 80
Corn on the cob w/ butter - 120
Apple - 60

Another snack and dinner are yet to be had... probably going to be lean cuisine and a banana. Kind of beginning to feel stress, lots of schoolwork, don't WANT to be stressed so I'm gonna find a way to get rid of it.
 
I am totally with you on the high GI foods, its the only way I can stop my cravings and actually stick to a diet!

I've been trying to eat more fish as well. So far its only been the basics like cod, prawns and cooked sushi, but I would LOVE to find some fish dishes that I love, rather than tolerate. Think I might give tilipa a go.
 
I got curious so I compared fish meat to other meats; thought I'd share the info :) I think 100 calories for 20g of protein is AMAZING. That's 300 calories for 60g of protein... o-m-goodness.

3 oz Grouper - 100 calories, 21g protein
3 oz Tilapia - 81 calories, 17g protein
3 oz Cod - 89 calories, 19g protein
3 oz Shrimp - 84 calories, 17g protein

Compared to...

3 oz lean chicken - 94 calories, 19g protein
3 oz turkey - 88 calories, 14g protein
3 oz ground beef - 115 calories, 17g protein
3 oz ham - 120 calories, 15g protein
3 oz roast beef - 180 calories, 26g protein

My favorite source of protein at the moment is shrimp but it doesn't have the health benefits of fish fillet's I don't think. Not sure. Tilapia is OK, but... you do need to season it well unlike grouper which just needs some light butter, salt and pepper to taste alright.

Food journal:

Breakfast:
Shredded wheat - 240

Snack:
apple - 60

Lunch:
grouper - 150
string beans - 30

Snack:
yoghurt - 60

Snack #2:
Light protein shake - 150 calories

Planned dinner:
Chicken Parmesan - 460
Milk - 90

Calories planned: 1,230

Got a snack and dinner left. Will be back for real, unlike yesterday. I ate well over 1,200 again yesterday. >_< gotta stop doing that.
 
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I totally threw in the towel as far as diet goes the past couple of days, and today. It's kinda heart breaking. I have kept exercising though! I'm not sure if I'll get a bike ride in today because I'm so swamped with courses. :/ excuses come too easy when you're feeling kinda unmotivated.
 
SaladMuncher said:
I totally threw in the towel as far as diet goes the past couple of days, and today. It's kinda heart breaking. I have kept exercising though! I'm not sure if I'll get a bike ride in today because I'm so swamped with courses. :/ excuses come too easy when you're feeling kinda unmotivated.
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OK time to get back on the saddle again! :waving:
 
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