Sara Maria's Weight Loss Journal

Thanks hon.

I try to plan ahead. I'm trying to eat less at night because I usually go to bed soon after I get home and since I'm not being active I don't want anything heavy. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.

I have a craving for fruit, seeing as I haven't had any yet. I'm going to do some shopping after I finish work. Get myself some tomatoes, some peppers, and a couple of peaches....and bananas...yummy..strawberries yesterday were very sweet and juicy....

At least I'm craving fruit rather than chocolate which is my usual craving...or pasta....ooooh...I want grapes too....grapes are good...

~ Sara Maria ~
 
I didn't eat a lot yesterday afternoon. I ate a pack of sushi I got at Dominion, went and did what I had to do, and went home and slept and then forgot to buy anything to eat for before I started at 5 pm. I was starving by the time I finished. I only ended up buying a bread roll from the bakery and eating that. I got home and went to bed and now I'm up again. Not a great eating day. One of the daycare mom's actually gave me a 20 dollar subway card for taking good care of her daughter!! That will be do me well. I'll definitely make a dent in it!! Hahahaha. It was a really sweet gesture on her part. I couldn't help but give her a hug! She's such a sweetheart and I adore her baby daughter :)

Today I have a slice of flax seed bread with a light margarine spread and peach yoghurt for breakfast and then for a snack I brought the rice pudding snack I did yesterday. Very good....sort of a treat. The plan for later today? Fruit salad and a ham sandwich on whole wheat bread with a little mustard, lettuce, tomato and onions. Yummy....

Oh well, no one has been replying to my diary....feels a little sad, but I'll keep at it I guess.

~ Sara Maria ~
 
I was waiting for u to come back.... dun wana hog yr diary lol:p

wow dat mum is sure generous!

now if only i can mail u my flax seed bread. i dun like the taste after i bought it.:( Hv to find something to hide the smell of it i guess.:p
 
I'm loving this flax seed bread. My problem has always been when I like something I go overboard with eating it but I've been trying to make sure I eat it in moderation. Just that one slice of bread has nearly made me full already and I have yoghurt to eat a little later after it has digested. My problem is dinner....by the time I get home its 8:30 and I'm usually in bed half an hour later so I have started eating at like 4:00 which throws off my schedule a bit.

~ Sara Maria ~
 
ChefAshley...delayed reply to your question- its getting colder in the mornings but still warm enough during the day!!

I am going to try and work out after I finish work today! I walked home yesterday so I could get my exercise in for the challenge, but I'm going to put in a good hour and a half of working out today. I worked out really intensely last time and was I sore yesterday. I don't want to overdo it, right?

I'm thinking of trying to figure out whether I want to start doing a meal plan for what I eat so that I don't buy anything extra. I don't know if it will work, but I can give it a try.

~ Sara Maria ~
 
Hey, I wasn't sure where to ask this but you seem to work out quite a bit. Sometimes when I exercise, I overdo it just a bit, and the next day my legs or arms ache. At this point, I sometimes feel that I can't do my exercise for that day and sometimes the day after that as well, and I lose motivation. What I wanted to ask is that when my legs ache, should I bear the pain and do my exercises anyway?
 
saramaria124 said:
Oh well, no one has been replying to my diary....feels a little sad, but I'll keep at it I guess.
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That stinks a little doesn't it? Sometimes the love just doesn't flow your way. I know how you feel. I will post in your diary.

saramaria124 said:
I'm thinking of trying to figure out whether I want to start doing a meal plan for what I eat so that I don't buy anything extra. I don't know if it will work, but I can give it a try.
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A meal plan sounds great - plan out a few days or a week at a time. I noticed you do try to plan by bringing food to work with you. That's an awesome effort. I know it will pay off long term. That's something I should maybe try.

BTW, high of 91 is forecast in Houston today. Tomorrow's high 94. *sweating*
 
awww sorry youre feeling down about the diary visits... I try to make it to everyone and believe me - I do read.. but some days I feel like a broken recond stuck on 'you're doing great' lol.. but you really are doing great. Good luck on the workout. Have a super day!! :D:D
 
A meal plan is good...I used to do one for my menus for 2 weeks. It sure helped out when it came to buying groceries. Saved me quite a bit of money and time, and it helps for not buying too many bad things. Just get what's on your list!
 
Flax seed bread, huh?! I've never heard of it but i'll look for it and give it a try. It sounds like it might be yummy. I LOVE bread but I am real strict with myself on it. No more than two slices a day is what I will ever allow.

Sounds like you are doing pretty good. You are moving right along on the weight lose. I read your diary often I just don't always have time to reply. I'm proud of ya girl. Keep up the good work.

Jess
 
I'll mail my flax seed bread to u if only u stay in Singapore lol. It's still stuck in my freezer.:(

Urgh....the missionary's wife started baking again:eek: and we've goodies in the pantry NOW!!!!!!!!!!! HELP!!!!!!
 
Hey guys! Yesterday was not the best day for me. I usually go home and make myself lunch at home, to save money and to eat healthy because I know I don't have junk food stocking up the cupboards at home, but I went to meet a friend yesterday and we ended up misunderstanding each other and walking around the shopping center for an hour and a half missing each other and when we finally did she asked to go to lunch and said she would buy me lunch due to the misunderstanding, but asked that it be fast food because she was low on money so I ended up getting Taco Bell, eating the taco itself and letting her eat my fries. I had iced tea for the drink. Then after work I worked out for an hour (to answer your question Bobby Brown, if I am sore and achey from the day before I tend to just go a little lighter intensity the next work out. Instead of doing 3 reps on some weight machines I'll do one or I'll do a set of 1 per machine and do a circuit. And I'll cut the treadmill down from 25 minutes to 15 at less intensity.)

I'm hoping to do better today. I feel like I still fall off the wagon but in general I am making an effort to make sure I only do it once in a while. It's hard sometimes but I make sure that I don't keep any of the crap that I used to in my cupboard and fridge, like the Kraft Dinner, pre packaged pasta. I do still eat plenty of breads, but when I used to eat breads, I would eat like 2-3 slices at a time and I've limited it to 1 slice or 1 slice and a half at a time. I'm trying to make small changes. I know that if I wasn't indulging occasionally, I would be slipping up a lot more often because that's always been my MO. I try and stick to a diet really strictly and then I start craving things like CRAZY. And then I start to really binge, overeating and big portions. I'm still trying to figure everything out. I sometimes feel like I'm failing when it comes to this, but I know that I am trying harder to make sure I prepare my own meals and pre plan which is more than what I've done in the past.

Gosh...so many issues I've had with food.....

Ok, so away from that topic....today I brought with me a breakfast sandwich on the flax seed bread, 1 egg cooked in the Pam cooking spray, 2 thin slices of lower fat cheese, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of mild salsa. To snack on an Apple Cinnamon Nutrigrain bar. For lunch I am going to try making a low fat pasta salad recipe with some wholewheat pasta that I have in my cupboard. Dinner, I might grab Subway but a six inch low calorie sub. I will use the subway card the daycare mom gave me. She was in last night and I told her I was very happy that she felt comfortable with me, and confident that I could take care of her daughter, and that I appreciated the gift she gave me.

Ok, one last thing I need to work on.....keeping my water intake up. Ok, this is already a long enough entry!! Hahaha.

~ Sara Maria ~
 
To avoid long post, i just log in many short ones lol:p
But i guess u r not as free as me.

It takes lots of self-control n discipline. But hey we're all here for one another. Take heart and move on to a brand new day even if u fotw.:) I already fell many times... still pressing on! :D
 
When I was trying to lose previously, I would binge for a week at a time (literally all 7 days) and then go back to being good. Two weeks later, I would binge again and then be good.....I'm sick of it. Now I may have a day or two where I cheat a little, but I don't go back to doing it 7 days a week and then trying it again. I'm working on the self control. Slowly but surely.

~ Sara Maria ~
 
Hi Sara Maria, I noticed you were in the forums, so I thought I'd wish you a cheery :) :) :) Good Morning.

A crunchy taco with meat, lettuce and cheese is 170 calories at Taco Bell. Really not so bad.
 
I'm thinking of looking up the nutritional information for different fast food chains and seeing what is the best to go with calorie wise and keep it with me like what one of the other members does. I can't remember who exactly it was, but I thought it was a good idea for if its one of those times that I decided to splurge. When I go to Tim Horton's with my friend Sam, I get the chili with one bread roll because its less calories and I give her the donut and I get the bottle of water. I get this after I looked at their nutritional info.

How are you doing Patty? I'm sitting here 20 minutes after I'm supposed to be finished because my boss is late! I'm hungry and really want to go grab a brekkie sandwich from subway with my card, but will have to wait until she gets here!

~ Sara Maria ~
 
I think I did well food wise yesterday! I had my breakky here at the front desk, and then went home and had a small pasta salad from a recipe I found online. And then I went for a half hour walk before heading home, having a brief nap and then on my way back to the gym I brought a bag full of sweet juicy green grapes with me as well as a nutrigrain bar. When I got home I made myself a green salad with avocado, onion, tomato, mushroom and spinach leaves with my own dressing. Before I left the gym though I did a 40 minute cardio workout and some weights, making myself very sore in the process. Yay me!!

Right now I have more of my juicy grapes.....addicting taste...I love it. And I brought a beatrice fat free fruit bottom cherry yoghurt and a bottle of water.

The plan for the rest of the day:
Tuna salad sandwich with lemon pepper tuna, light mayo, lettuce leaf, onions, salt and pepper with a small side salad.
Nutrigrain bar as a snack.
Going to buy myself a roast chicken and add some chicken to my usual salad.

And drink lots of water is the plan!! And another 40 minute cardio work out after I finish work at 12.

~ Sara Maria ~
 
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