Silver Sonnet's Lines to Losing

So much damage did I do?

Just a few cherries for breakfast, and then no lunch until almost 2:00. When I got to the restaurant, I ordered a Philly cheese steak :p This is NOT the drippy, greasy kind. It's lean meat with a little Provolone, lettuce and tomato on a white po-boy bun. I had them hold the mayo and the chips, but, except for the two bites my hubby sampled, I ate ALL of it. It was SO good--the first greasy anything I've had in over a month.

NOW, of course, I'm feeling guilty--and scared of weigh in Monday AND scared that, now that I've eaten something like this, I won't be able to stop :p

I'm planning a super-light supper; maybe watermelon and/or steamed veggies. But I don't kow if that will fix it.
 
Here's a good tip I've learnt in all my dieting years (14 in total)..

When you eat something bad, even something as small as a burger -, which is weenie Silver Sonnet!! Do NOT beat yourself up. Excellent thing you enjoyed it! :D all you have to do to reverse it, is eat a salad with no dressing for your next meal. Even now, you can replace one meal with salad*.
This was suggested by my smart arse nutritionist and it works like a charm!:rolleyes:

Now you see? Poof! It never happened! :p

My love,
Sday~ xxx

*Salad can also mean grilled veggies and lettuce. Cucumbers and tomatoes. Grilled mushrooms!
 
Hey Silver!!
Congrats on the total weight loss - you are doing GREAT!!
Keep it up and DRINK THAT WATER!!

:)
 
Excellent advice, Sday; thanks :) I actually had veggie soup (a hot salad?) 210 calories total for supper and good bit of fiber from the beans, so I think it was all ok.

Val, I KNOW! The AWFUL thing is, that sandwich is always waiting right down the road for me; it's our favorite restuarant and one of the few that's been rebuilt since the storm, so I will be battling it every time I go there :p

M2M, thanks for the encouragement; I've been needing it lately. And, for the first time in several days, I AM drinking my water--33 oz so far and lots of time to get the rest in.

I've been feeling a bit down this morning; no idea why unless it was a reaction to the things I ate yesterday. But I'm feeling better now, so I'm ready to face the day!

Breakfast was organic whole grain pancakes (my grandson is here to "camp" with us, so foods will change some to reflect his tastes). No butter on mine, of course, just a bit of sugar free blueberry fruit spread.

Lunch for me will be a V8, some whole grain crackers and a wedge of Laughing Cow cheese.

And for supper tonight, we're doing an Asin feast (something Nicholas loves). We'll have brown rice, stir-fried veggies featuring onion, broccoli and baby bok choy, and home made spring rolls with lots of veggies and some rice noodles plus chicken for the guys. If I can still find nice asperagus, I may add that to the rolls, too. I'll looking forward to seeing just how low-cal I can keep it while still feeling as if I'm having something special.
 
Ok--lunch went as planned. I'm at just about 700 calories for the day so far, but I've decided to put the spring roll part of tonight's feast on hold. It's just too much work in my current living conditions; even boiling water is complicated here :p

The rest of the feast will go on as planned, however.
 
The feast sounds great! It made me hungry just reading it (I just typed "It made me hungry just eating it" Oh to live (and eat) vicariously! LOL!

You'll get through the down time, it passes, but you'll have the history of going through it and still being in control.

You can't beat that!!
 
Hi there,

All your posts about food is making me really hungry. And i hate it when i get cravings but i can't help myself.

Just a little friendly reminder: Drink More Water !! ;) And Drink Less Soda even if it is diet soda. Soda actually does a lot of damage to the body. I had a friend tell me once that drinking soda actually dehydrates your blood stream from the oxygen it gets from water. So next time when you want to pick up a soda remember its actually dehydrating your body.

Personally for me though, soda is so hard to fight cuz i'm so addicted to the caffeine. I actually get really bad cravings for soda if i don't drink it for a couple of months. It's like being addicted to drugs. Especially Coke. It's so bad.

We're all supporting you so don't let us down. NO MORE SODA :D
 
Oh my gosh your diary always makes me want to snack. You did really well at the Asian Feast. Nice to see you staying on track this week and Congratulations on the weight loss. Did you join the challenge?
 
That Asian Feast sounds delicious- I think stirfry has been one of my favorite new meals now that I'm trying to eat healthier. Do you just have veggies?, or do you use chicken or shrimp or something as well?
 
I use--well, whatever I have on hand--in my stirfry. The other night was chicken tenders marinated in some reduced sodium soy sauce, ginger and garlic. I use pork tenderloin when I have it, or sometimes a little bit of very lean beef. But I'm also just as happy with just veggies. It gets served over brown rice or whole wheat pasta--or, if I've been over my calories for the day, I like it just on its own, too :)

Yes, Changing, my diaries tend to be about food. I love food, eating it, thinking about it, cooking it, everything. Because it's such a big part of my life, the majority of my weight-loss efforts center around learning to deal with it. I'm a big water drinker usually. I keep diet root beer in the fridge for when I need a jump-start, but it's rare for me to drink more than two or three a week. (I get my caffine from good, old-fashioned coffee--the ONE "vice" I refuse to consider giving up!)

Pineola, no, no challenges for me. I am not competitive, and when others lose weight faster than I do, I tend to feel like I'm failing--and I don't need that! I'll join a challenge if I ever get to the point that I believe this is actually happening and that I am in control of it :)

M2M, thanks for the encouragement. My sister (the nurse) thinks my electrolytes might be out of whack. I have awful bruising up and down my legs even though I have not bumped them or anything, and I've been having some other weird "symptoms," too. Since I can't drink Garotade (they don't make a sugar-free version), I'm taking things very easy for a couple days and significantly upping my potassium and magnasium intake. HOPEFULLY that will improve my mood, too.

I've been at my daughter's helping her move, and my eating has not been great. I had macadamia nuts, chocolate-dipped macadamia short bread cookies and McDonald's chicken selects (I KNOW, but that's where my grandson wanted to eat!) Supper was better: had half a chicken breast cooked on Carrie's George Foreman grill, a tiny bit of mashed potatoes (about one tablespoon) and some brussels sprouts. But then I had two sugar-free Eskimo pies. I've stopped keeping them at home because I can't leave them alone when I need to, but Carrie thinks she is doing something nice for me by keeping them on hand.

Tonight is weigh in, so I'm working hard trying to offset the damage I did yesterday. I had a wonderful fresh peach for breakfast and just really didn't want anything else after that (I've noticed that *really* fresh, natural food often has the effect on me). About 2:30 I had 200 calories worth of minestrone. Working on my second 33 ounce bottle of water now.

I'll check in here after weigh in--have to get a shower and start getting ready now.
 
Weigh in: lost two more pounds! Hubby says, "Well, it's beeter than nothing," but I'm so pleased I don't care that he still doesn't get it. I really didn't know what to expect this week since I've been trying to count "points" rather than calories. I've had no sense of where I was--but I'm back to counting calories and I'm happy :)

I keep expecting to wake up and realize this is all a dream, but every week, I've gotten rid of a little more weight and I'm closer to the real me.

I hope to start some VERY gentle exercise this week; we'll see how that goes.
 
2 lbs is WAY better than nothing!

If you lost only 1 lb per week, that's still 52 lbs after one year. Nothing to sneeze at.

Keep it up.
 
Hey, Silver.

Congratulations on the weight loss. You are doing great. I hope you are feeling more confident with your losses soon because you really are doing fantastic.
 
WOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOO ON 2 MORE POUNDS LETS ROCKKKKKKKKKK GIRLFRIEND i AM BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Still losing (down 1.2 pounds this week), but still desperately depressed. I'm afraid I'm not able to post here much, but I want to keep a hand in, at least. After a talk with my WW leader and nurse sister, I think the problem may be that I tend not to eat enough. Many days I stop at 800 calories; I have to force myself to eat more. Trying to change my relationship with food is so hard. If I could just stop eating altogether, I think it would be easier. I can't do that, though. I have to find a way to eat enough to stay happy and healthy WITHOUT eating so much that I don't lose. I don't know.
 
Heya Silver Sonnet :D

Why don't you try upping your calories gradually by adding more salads? With vegetables the rule doesn't shift- the more you munch, the more you lose.

Make the addition gradual and why not take a blood test to see what it is you are lacking. It could be something you didn't think of. Like inadequate vitamin/s of something.


Let us know how you're being ;)

Sday~
 
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