Serge's Weight Loss Journal

Thanks Clarissa. I just have to be consistent and maintain some measure of willpower (I tend to waver after a while and slack off).

Have a nice weekend.
 
Breakfast: Instant porridge with butternut squash & melon.
Snack Cup A Soup
Lunch: Herring, Greek Salad & 1 pitta bread.
Snack: Fruit smoothie. Cup A soup.
Dinner: Stir Fry Veg (110 calories according to pack) 180g chicken & stir fry mix.
Snack: Slice (large) of cheese & 1 pitta bread.

Fell of the wagon as it were. Was no need for that after dinner snack and the one in between lunch and dinner was way too much. Bit stressed so think turned to food.
 
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I can't say I've EVER thought of putting butternut squash with melon or porridge lol, does it taste good?

Your diet is looking a lot healthier without the bread in it. You're probably right, its not so much the bread as it is what you put on it. I hope it's making a difference :) Keep it up!
 
It was ok but nothing amazing. I wish I could say it was my innate culinary creativeness but had bought some to try and make soup with, and lazily thought would throw some in.

With the bread it's two things (for me at least) there are more calories per slice than I realise. So having just a few and you are already up there in calorie count. Then add the half an elephant, a dairy's cheese output and lettuce leaf I usually add and that is almost a day's worth before I realise it. Moderation does not come naturally to me, stating the obvious of course.
 
I do a lot of "I have it so I'll just throw it in" cooking. When I decided to go vegan I had a ton of canned fish. I decided to open every can and mix it with crackers and oats to make a fish loaf. I've had a salmon loaf before and it was good, but a mix of sardines, herring, tuna, and salmon was VERY fishy. I ate a lot of it, but i made a ton and froze a few whole loaves of it. Somehow the freeze thaw made it even fishier and it didn't get eaten. Well it did, but by the dogs. The cats wouldn't eat it by the way.

Fortunately they sometimes go better than that. Porridge/squash/melon might have been awesome. There was only one way to find out.

Nice work sticking with the healthy diet and portions!
 
Today - 135.3 kg so a loss of 1.4 kg (thank you scale which measures in 0.0 something as at this weight every 100 grams is an ego boost. Goal was a 1 kg loss so managed that this week. Very pleased with that and looking back can see where I could make changes and why I ate at certain times.

Still have 45 kg to go to hit my target but feeling more positive about it, until I see a mirror or those reflecting shop windows!

Goals for the coming week - aim for 1kg loss, try and maintain the limited bread intake, be more physically active, eat healthier snacks and aim to cook from scratch as much as possible (as opposed to processed, ready made stuff).
 
Quercus said:
I do a lot of "I have it so I'll just throw it in" cooking. When I decided to go vegan I had a ton of canned fish. I decided to open every can and mix it with crackers and oats to make a fish loaf. I've had a salmon loaf before and it was good, but a mix of sardines, herring, tuna, and salmon was VERY fishy. I ate a lot of it, but i made a ton and froze a few whole loaves of it. Somehow the freeze thaw made it even fishier and it didn't get eaten. Well it did, but by the dogs. The cats wouldn't eat it by the way.

Fortunately they sometimes go better than that. Porridge/squash/melon might have been awesome. There was only one way to find out.

Nice work sticking with the healthy diet and portions!
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Thanks - had a few wobbles during the week where ate more than I should or wanted, out of stress/boredom I think. However, managed to stop myself from going completely loopy with it as I would have before. So that is progress and am really starting to think about what goes in as opposed to just shovelling into my mouth.
 
"am really starting to think about what goes in as opposed to just shovelling into my mouth."
That´s the main thing, everything else is just being patient and sticking with it.
 
There's a commercial out right now for Laughing Cow cheese that emphasizes sitting down at a table and enjoying your delicious snacks, rather than mindlessly munching chips in front of the TV. Your post reminded me of this, it's such a great message!
 
Oaks said:
There's a commercial out right now for Laughing Cow cheese that emphasizes sitting down at a table and enjoying your delicious snacks, rather than mindlessly munching chips in front of the TV. Your post reminded me of this, it's such a great message!
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That is something that Paul McKenna (he's a hypnotists and one thing he dealt with is weight loss) and a few others said is really important for weight loss. Eat and focus on the food and give it time - that way you end up feeling full because you do not miss the body's cues. Quite often I eat and eat really quickly and eat way too much because of it.
 
Breakfast: Instant porridge.
Lunch: Couscous with grilled pork and salad.
Dinner: Couscous & mince. Yoghurt (150 calories).

Ate too much at lunch today - second helping of couscous was unnecessary. A no bread day so far and going for another. If eat nothing else today hopefully that should balance it out. Hoping to really be strict with myself this week in terms of portion size, so off to a mixed start today!
 
Your thinking and habits have to evolve. You can't be doing one thing one day and have the opposite be natural to you the next. You are evolving a conscious eating habit and that's great. Wobbles are fine so long as your heading in the right direction. Great job!
 
And back. In the last couple of weeks I have moved house, temporarily staying with family and not been very good at writing things down (here or anywhere). But back to being organised. Hope everyone else has been doing ok and progressing well. Had a week last week where fell off the wagon a bit foodwise and did not really lose anything but seem to be back on track again..

As of this morning 132.2 kg. Which means since joining here on October 19th a loss of 6.2 kg which although could have been more I am pleased with. Prior to that lost 3 kg in the weeks before so that makes a total of 9.2 kg - those .2s and so on seem really important am sure as get closer to my goal will just focus on the kg rather than every decimal point!

My goals are to maintain a 1kg a week loss. My next 'goal' is to get below 130kg and then to reach 120 kg. Also really need to properly start calorie counting.
 
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Breakfast: 2 sachets of oatmeal, semi-skimmed milk and 5 dates.
Lunch: Grilled cheese sandwich.
Snack: sausage roll.
Dinner: medium bowl of soup & cottage pie with salad.

Overall not too bad, except could have done without that sausage roll. Had a look at the packet and was amazed at how many calories it had.
 
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