Slave to my Addictions. . .

November 12/08

Today I weighed in at 266.4 and that made me very happy! Only 1.5 lbs away from my mini goal.

Exercise for Today:
1 hr 15 min fitness class called Body Sculpt. I definetly have never done so many squats and lunges! not to mention chest flys, tricep curls, hammers, reverse curls, deadlifts, crunches- it was hard, but I can feel my fitness level increasing after only a few days of working out, which is very encouraging :hurray:

Food for today:

1. Whey gourmet protein shake made with skim milk and a banana

2. Subway footlong turkey breast and ham on whole wheat with lettuce, tomato, cucumbers, black olives, light mayo
And I did have a few french frys and ketchup and a bite of my boo's Wendys burger. But I don't feel too bad about it because I wanted to go to subway, but he really wanted wendys so we said we'd do both. But we went through Wendy's first and I was looking at the burgers and really wanted one but I knew it wouldn't be as satisfying as I was making it out to be/or seeing good numbers. So yay! I stuck (mostly) to my subway and felt good n satisfied.

3. 1 cup of white rice with tamari, and stir fried veggies (brocolli, celery, green beans, ginger, carrots and sauce) and grilled chicken breast slices (120 cals) pan fried. I didn't have any teriyaki so I drizzled some A&W sweet n sour sauce on it. It was so good! I got this big box of grilled boneless skinless chicken breast slices glazed in soy protein. All you have to do is heat it up! It's from M&M meat shop and I love 'em! They're so easy, tasty and healthy. So thats my promotional rant for the day!

4. A handful of air-popped popcorn with margarine melted on and a cracker sized slice of low fat cheese
 
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Talk about Cabbies "rachet theory", you are gettin' it done. Tinysara pointed it out, but you are definately progressing well! You know what else is "clicking" down... your weight! Congrats. :)
 
I know exactly what you mean with not doing anything when the boyfriend is around. I did the same thing when my hubby had three days off. The first two I didn't do any exercise so I forced myself to get up off the couch on the third day and do it. I did feel better afterwards but it was hard to get motivated.

Hang in there.
DC
 
jzthedetermind - thanks for dropping by! And I haven't read through cabbie's diary just the last few pages so far- whats the "ratchet theory" ?

reluctantcabbie - yeah it seems to be kicking into gear! very nice to see results. During my workout today I could actually see drops of sweat on the floor in front of me- I was pushing it! And isn't funny how when you start exercising you have more energy throughout the day. Loves it!

daisy crazy - Here here! Can't live with em, can't live without em. Dropped by your thread earlier. Looks like your doing a great job of reporting everything. And from what I saw there looks like there is a lot of balance in your food- good work.
 
So tomorrow is sushi day with the ladies and I've been looking forward to it all week. I'm planning to go to the gym in the morning to do the Step 'n Sculpt workout class. Hopefully it has more emphasis on the Step than the Sculpt because my body is still a little sore from the workout today. Cardio time!

It's my day off tomorrow so i always find it tougher to stick to my healthy eating. But I'm definetly trying to overcome it! I will let you know how its goes tomorrow.

Thanks to everyone for dropping by! Seeing your comments helps keep me going :hug2:
 
reluctantcabbie said:
You have the right attitude. Small gradual changes work. Sort of a ratchet effect. Make one change - click -keep it for a bit then make another change - click - keep both and so on. eventually you've changed all of the things that need changing, without feeling like it was too much and giving up.
Click to expand...

Right here in your diary. :) Although, not to be sexist, but maybe that's a better analogy for guys???? All I meant was you are doing a great job... keep it up! :)
 
JZ's probably right, it is more of a guy's analogy I suppose (although I know a few women who can readily kick my butt around the tool room), but the theory works.

How ya doin' today Katie? Thanks for stopping in on me. I really appreciate all the support I get.
 
jzthedetermind - makes sense! should we have a female tailored analogy? Maybe like applying make - up. Ok, you put on the foundation, and then once you have your face fully covered and blended, then you add the powder, and once you have that fully applied and blended you can add the blush. It sort of works :p hehe

Food for Nov. 13

1. 3 cracker sized slices of low fat cheese and a cup of coffee with skim milk and 3 tsp sugar

2. Sushi - its AYCE and we shared. I just had the usual (same as I wrote before) and lots of water of course :D

3. 3 fruit candies and a sugar free redbull

4. Grilled chicken breast slices, spaghetti with tomato sauce and parmesan and mixed frozen veggies

5. 5 chicken strips from A&W with sweet n sour sauce, and a home-made caesar salad.


It could have been a healthier eating day, but my food demons were driving me pretty crazy so I feel ok about it. Even though I could've done better, I didn't feel like I was losing control of my diet. I stopped eating when I wasnt hungry anymore.

Also, my boyfriend didnt end up having classes this morning so I didnt end up going to my fitness class. But tonight I am doing a speed walk: it starts with a warm up down a long curving slope about fouréfive blocks. Then there is a huge 1 block hill back up that always has me panting like crazy by the time I get to the top of it. After that it levels out and so will I at a moderate pace for about a block. Then I will do intervals of intense high speed walking and moderate pace walking around the neighbourhood and loop back towards my house. Well Im off too it then!

xxx Slick
 
Hi,
I'm so glad I found your journal. Congratulations on your weight loss! Your doing so amazing and you always give great advice.

Elle
 
Elle - thanks! Its good to see you on here. I always enjoying dropping by your journal too!

Okay, so I figured my little speed walk plan would be a bit of a relief after all the intense classes. But I'm proud to say I was sweating, breathing hard and red-faced. I even got a cramp. Yay Cramp! <-- That would probably be the only time you heard someone so happy to get a stitch! I really pushed myself. I even ran the last block after I was tired.


So now I feel much better about my day! Tomorrow is cardio circuit class. Better get some rest. . .

. . . ok i'm really done for tonight now :D
 
I know its been a long time since I've been on here. A bunch of stuff happened and i didnt go on for a few days so I came on her and wrote this huge ranting post explaining everything... the next day i came back on and my post wasnt there! i was so annoyed that it took so long i didnt wanna retype it so i yeah... i kind of stopped posting for awhile. Things have been very busy what with christmas and work and im starting school again.

But i just wanted to let anyone who cares know that i didnt fall off the band wagon. Happily my weight loss is still coming along steady :D

I've only got about 20 lbs left till I'm at my goal for part 1 of my weight loss journey. I'm pretty excited about that.

Well i'll check in with the board soon

xox Slickzchik aka Katie <3
 
Katie I'm glad you came back, and I'm glad you didn't fall off the wagon. Rant anytime you want...

You can even come by my place and rant if you need to. I'm good with that.

Glad to see you back, hun!
 
Ok this is pretty depressing after my last post about how everything was still going good but I'm sad to say I did fall off the band wagon :(

After I started school I had early morning classes so I stopped doing my workout classes and even though I said I was going to keep working out four times a week I haven't stuck to that

Eating wise wasn't so bad but not good I hadn't been losing weight at all I'd just been hanging in around 250 but recently I've been seeing old habits sneaking back in eating crappy food alot always dining out and not exercising and now im back up to 260 :( :( :(

So I really want to get back into the groove of things. It feels like my whole life I just keep pushing things off till "tomorrow" always dreaming of being fit and healthy and happy and not actually doing anything to get there. I really don't want to be like that anymore. I'm worried about my how crappy, crappy lifestyle is affecting my health or how it will affect it in the future.

So I'm going shopping today to buy healthy foods for my house and I'm really going to be aware of what I'm putting into my body. I'm going to start exercising even If its just a walk I should be sticking to my goal of exercising a minimum of four days a week.
And I wanna start coming onto the board again because it really helps me stay on track realizing that I'm not the only one involved in this struggle . . .and knowing that even though we may be miles and miles apart we are all doing this together :beating: hehe

much love ~ xox SC
 
:) I know what you mean about falling off the bandwagon. I had a hard time getting myself back on track when I lost it too. Try slowly eliminating the trouble foods from your diet... but if you are REALLY craving it, give yourself a little bit. Count it. It really depresses me if I can't have something I love...

I've kind of lost track of myself too... I'm blaming it on my TOM... (damn you, mother nature, leave me the hell alone!), but just make sure you hold yourself accountable for everything that passes your lips. Exercise will come when you're ready to make more changes and you are happy with your diet.

I'll be watching your thread! You seem to have similarities to me that I didn't expect.

:D
Annie
 
Hello!

Welcome back!

I joined this forum way back when -- and, tried several times to come back and start all over again.

Hang in there! :)
 
Thanks for the positive words guys! It's nice to hear coming back on :)

So the weekend went well for me I've been holding myself accountable to what I eat and I am happy with the choices I made. The weekend is easier for me because I'm busy with work and going out as opposed to the weekdays where I spend more time at home I find myself eating out of boredom which I know is bad.

It seems like when everything is going good I just start to slip a little back into bad habits and then gradually my diet goes from being reasonably healthy to absolutely horrible again. I just need to focus on not slipping back into those old habits at all. . .
 
word slickchick....word, a good step is accountability, then next thing i know i dealt with was that word addiction....there is no such thing, does your body have a dependancy on those things? YES, because we trained our selves to crave food like that but its all a choice....instead of calling it an addiction lets look at the real problem. which is making a choice, its just a weakness we give in when we are weak...we fight and push through when we are strong....if we train our selves to like and crave the right foods (which is very hard) then we kill that weakness (or addiction :D) and have now trained our selves to be strong....its a commitment just like marriage a guy can think with his penis and go after this object of lust that will only defeat him mentally or he can think with his head and heart and care and love for the woman he is with....same thing here we can think with our stomaches and choose the whore lol or with our brains and make the right decision and every battle you win is a step closer to becoming the food athelete we desire to be
 
Hi Slickzchik,

I just found your diary and wow... after reading your first diary post where you gave us insights into you and your past, we have so many similarities.
I really look forward to reading more of your diary, and hope you come back and write often!
Keep up the good work :seeya:
 
Wow really haven't posted in here for a looong time! But I want to start keeping better track of my food and exercise again and I may as well continue this diary instead of starting a new one!

It's crazy looking back over this diary and seeing my food choices and how much better they are now :)

Slow and steady gradual changes is definitely the way to go!!!

Today I weighed in at 203 pounds. It's hard to believe I've lost 85 pounds since my heaviest weight! :D I would ultimately like to get down to 150 pounds but right now I am focussing on reaching a healthy body weight and having a BMI in the normal range. Once I get there then we can see about tightening things up even more and going for the goal. Also I want to wait and see how I look once I get down to 160-170 pounds because I haven't been there for soooo long I'm really not too sure!

Anyways, Food for today . . .

1. 2 cups of coffee with 1/4 cup 2% milk and a teaspoon of sugar (each)

2. 2 scrambled eggs with pepper, fruit shake made with 1/2 cup frozen strawberries, 1/2 cup frozen blueberries and a tablespoon of probiotic yogurt.

That's all so far! Today I am on house arrest studying as I have my last final exam (and the hardest- economics) tomorrow morning- Yay!!!

3. 1 bowl of homemade pea soup and 1 slice homemade bread with cheddar cheese melted on it.

:patriot:
xox Slickzchik
 
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