Slave to my Addictions. . .

Yesterday was a busy day! Got up at six, wrote my economics exam at 8:30 AM- well actually at 9 AM cuz the prof was late so we had to write it late and I was late for work since I had to go straight to work at 12 noon! Then I worked till 7 PM.

Atleast now all my exams are over and I'm freeee!!! Till january :party:

Food Nov 17:

1. 2 scrambled eggs with pepper.

2. 2 cups coffee with 1/4 cup 2% milk and 1 teaspoon sugar each.

3. 6-inch subway turkey breast sandwich with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, black olives, and light mayo.

4. 6 fries with dip @ work

5. A splash of fruitopia and iced tea in my large glass of water at work.

6. 1 bowl of spaghetti with homemade tomato/veggie sauce with ground beef.

7. 2 cans of beer (Canadian)

Could've had more fruits and veggies but I'll cut myself some slack cause it was a very busy day.

Weighed in at 200.6 today! Almost under the 200s woohoo! :D
 
Welcome back to the forum! I had to post because I like hearing from people who are in school and dealing with exams like me. My last final for grad school is Monday and I couldn't be more excited! Congrats on the weight loss so far! You'll get rid of that .6 in no time!
 
Hi there! I just read your diary, and well done on sticking to it, you've lost heaps of weight! I'm pretty new around here, but just wanted to show my support and say congratulations :)
Enjoy your freedom slickzchik!
 
Laura F said:
Welcome back to the forum! I had to post because I like hearing from people who are in school and dealing with exams like me. My last final for grad school is Monday and I couldn't be more excited! Congrats on the weight loss so far! You'll get rid of that .6 in no time!
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Thanks! :D It will be really nice to be out of the 200s for sure I can't wait! Your sooo lucky your almost done grad school I'm only in my second year of a BA so lots to go! What are you taking?
 
healthyjess said:
Hi there! I just read your diary, and well done on sticking to it, you've lost heaps of weight! I'm pretty new around here, but just wanted to show my support and say congratulations :)
Enjoy your freedom slickzchik!
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Thank you very much for your support! It feels nice to be well on the road to freedom :)
 
Food for Nov. 20

1. 1 cup of coffee with 1/4 cup 2% milk and a teaspoon sugar

2. 1 slice of homemade bread with cheddar cheese melted on it, 1 egg with pepper and ketchup.

3. 1 bowl of raw broccoli/tomato/baby carrots with 1 tbsp. caesar dressing for dip

4. Wrap with lettuce, cucumber, cheddar cheese, turkey breast and caesar dressing (around 1 tbsp, maybe a little more) and half a banana

5. Six fries with dip at work, 1 glass fresca with a splash of frutopia

6. Homemade burrito: whole wheat wrap, 1 tbsp low fat sour cream, 1 tbsp salsa, homemade roast beef, 1 tablespoon homemade chili, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, green onion

7. Half a piece of plain homemade cake with 1/4 cup 2% milk

8. A couple bites of my boyfriend's baked potato with cheese/sour cream.

Exercise: 1 hour of moderate/high intensity running on the elliptical trainer, plus 5 minute cool-down and stretching. Calories burned according to display: 820 :)

Ok so anyways, yesterday when I tried to weigh myself, my digital scale kept having errors and it wouldn't tell me a weight! :(

So today I tried again and it said I weighed 207! I know my weight fluctuates but I was like seriously? So I tried again and it said error. I went downstairs to use this really old needle scale I have and that one said 201, so I'm going to go with that. I really hope my beautiful glass digital scale isn't broken!

Not going to lie I was a little disappointed because I'm really anticipating being under the 200s and I was so close! But I'm not too disappointed because throughout this journey my weight has gone up and down on a daily basis and I know if I keep making healthy eating choices and going to the gym in the long run it will keep going down.

And I did have a small victory, because I worked a double shift and at the end of the night when I went home my bf wanted to order pizza which sounded really good and easy but I said we should eat something home-cooked and healthier. So even though I was tired I made us the above mentioned "leftover" burritos lol and they were actually really good! My bf was impressed and I was happy because we ate something healthier and delicious.

Even though I've only been keeping this diary for a couple days it has made me more aware of my bites of this and that and nibbles throughout the day! I need to keep an eye on that because I'm sure calorie-wise there really adding up (especially the fries/dip at work- gotta kick that habit!).

On the other hand, if I can have a bite of something and satisfy the craving, I feel a lot better about that than in the past when I would've eaten the whole thing!

I'll update with food for today later!

xox Slickzchick :beating:
 
I've always heard the needle scales are a little less accurate, but every digital scale I've tried to use gives me a different weight within 5 or 6 pounds, even just taking 10 second breaks in between stepping onto it. I don't trust them anymore!

Have a nice holiday!
 
SoCoSideshow said:
I've always heard the needle scales are a little less accurate, but every digital scale I've tried to use gives me a different weight within 5 or 6 pounds, even just taking 10 second breaks in between stepping onto it. I don't trust them anymore!

Have a nice holiday!
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I've heard that the needle scales are more accurate! But that was just word of mouth so it could be wrong. I like how the digital scales tell you 200.x pounds so you can celebrate even a small loss hehe. But as you say you can step on one minute and it says this and then five minutes later it will show you will have lost or gained five pounds!

I know the most accurate ones are those ones at the Dr.'s where you adjust the little slidey things but don't have one of those kicking around my place hehe !

Its nice to track your weight numbers on the scale but I guess your just as good off measuring how you look/your clothes fit and whether you can truly say to yourself, did make healthy choices?

I'm going to see if I can get my Dad or boyfriend to look at the scale and see if there's something wrong. I recently changed the battery for the first time not sure if that has something to do with it- don't know why it would.

Food for Nov. 21

1. 2 cups of coffee with 1/4 cup milk and 1 tsp. sugar each

2. 2 scrambled eggs, fruit smoothie made with half a banana, 1/4 cup strawberries, 1/4 cup blueberries, 1/4 cup 2% milk, and 1 tablespoon probiotic yogurt.

3. 2 slices of cheddar cheese, 1 multigrain cracker

4. 1 small piece homemade banana bread with scraping margarine

5. 7 honey garlic wings at the pub, 1 tbsp ranch. :piggy:

6. 1.5 beers (Canadian)

I know that wings were definitely not the healthiest choice. Possibly the worst part is I told myself after I would eat a salad or raw veggies at home and I did not :(. But at least I didn't eat anything else at the pub. I had a nice time out with my friends and they were suggesting sharing some other stuff but I said no, I think this is enough crappy food for me!

I was craving wings and they were satisfying when I ate them but after I really didn't feel too good my stomach felt heavy and kind of crappy. So I'm going to try to remember that next time! When I make healthy choices, my stomach thanks me!

When I don't, it usually gets its revenge!

Exercise for yesterday: 20 mins on treadmill, 40 on elliptical of moderate/high intensity running. + 5min cool down and stretching. Calories burned according to display: 814. :D

Tonight I am getting together with my best friend to have dinner and watch our favorite Christmas movies! We are both picking one movie to watch and I am choosing White Christmas for mine :D I loooove White Christmas. I love Christmas movies in general lol! Sooo I'm really excited for that and looking forward to making us a nice healthy dinner before hand!

I'm off to the gym now! I'll check in later with food.

Merry Christmas to All!!! :santa:

<3 Slickzchik
 
slickzchik said:
Thanks! :D It will be really nice to be out of the 200s for sure I can't wait! Your sooo lucky your almost done grad school I'm only in my second year of a BA so lots to go! What are you taking?
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I'm getting, well, no, I GOT my Masters in Taxation. Took me three years, haha.
 
Laura F said:
I'm getting, well, no, I GOT my Masters in Taxation. Took me three years, haha.
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Wow nice!!! Very impressive. I'm in business school and just took my first accounting class last semester. I was dreading it but I actually somewhat enjoyed it- as much as you can enjoy school lol!

So yesterday was my Christmas movie watching night and I indulged in some holidays goodies and paid for it on the scale this morning - 202.6. My short-term goal is to be in the 190s by Jan 1st and I'm going to have to be very good if I wanna get there!

At least I don't really have anything else planned that involves Christmas goodies except Christmas Dinner which can be a pretty healthy meal if you're smart about it.

Good news: when I weighed myself on the scale this morning it didn't have any errors and i weighed myself three times in a row and got the same result :) - seems to be working again!

Food for Nov. 22

1. 2 cups of coffee with 2% milk and 1 tsp sugar

2. 1 piece of homemade bread with cheddar cheese melted on it, 1 egg, pepper, ketchup and a fruit smoothie (half a banana, 1/2 cup strawberrries, 1/4 cup blueberries, 1 tbsp. probiotic yogurt and 1/4 cup 2% milk)

2. 8 yam fries with dip @ work, 1 bite of my friends chicken strip.

3. Roast beef sandwich - 1 piece homemade bread, reduced fat mayo, mustard, pepper, roast beef, cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato and 1 bowl of campbell's vegetable soup.

4. 1 hot wing, 4 honey garlic wings, 1/2 tbsp. ranch, large tossed salad with greek dressing, half of a whole grain roll.

5. 4 crackers with cheese, 1 serving of tortilla chips with salsa, 4 pieces celery, one piece homemade banana bread with scraping margarine

6. 1 vodka paralyzer, 2 hot chocolates with baileys. :angelsad2:

Exercise: 1 hour on elliptical @ the gym, 5 min cooldown and stretching. Calories burned (display) - 806

So when I asked my girlfriend if she would wanna come over to my place for dinner and then go to her place to watch the movies, she told me she already had a dinner planned and it was wings! :p So wings again although these were home cooked so I'm hoping they were a little bit better than the pub ones which I'm sure are deep fried. (Btw, her wings were better! :D) Atleast she made a delicious green salad with tomatos, cucumbers, onions, peppers and celery. . .

So I succumbed again to the fries at work! :( I just get hungry at work and the fries are free so someone will punch in a basket or two and we will all go back and have a few when its slow. It's just not a good idea because they are unhealthy deep fried and it's not like they truly fill me up. So I've decided I'm going to start bringing a healthy snack to work :cool: so I can eat that when I'm hungry.

2 more sleeps 'till Christmas! <3

xox SC
 
Bouncing back from my all the excessive eating/drinking of Christmas and New Years!

Jan. 03:

Weight - 206.8

Exercise: 35 mins on elliptical trainer (460 cals) and went through the 30 min speed zone cirucit, a couple minutes of stretching.

Food:

2 cups of coffee - 1/2 cup 2% milk and 1 teaspoon sugar each

Homemade burger - whole wheat bun, extra lean portion controlled hamburger patty, 40 g of low fat cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, onion, mustard, ketchup, relish

Salad - large bowl of mixed field greens with cucumber, tomato, carrots, and kraft calorie wise italian dressing

1 mandarin orange

Sandwich - 65 g oven roast turkey breast, 46 g low fat ched cheese, 2 slices whole wheat bread, mustard, dijon, pepper, lettuce, tomatos, cucumbers

Half of a can of Campbell's veggie soup

1 ripple chip

The gym is sooo busy with all the new years resolutioners ! It's crazy
 
Jan 4th:

Weight - 202 :)

Back to school today! Can't believe the winter break is over. It seemed so short. And my first class today is calculus . . . :eek: Oh well back to reality!

I like being busy and it find it easier to stick to my healthy lifestyle when I'm in the grind. Hopefully this will change as I keep moving forward. . .

Exercise: 35 mins on eliptical trainer, 30 minute speed zone cirucit training, stretching

Food:

2 x cup of coffee with 1/2 cup milk and 1 teasp. sugar

2 scrambled eggs with pepper

Fruit drink - 1/4 cup 2% milk, 1/2 cup strawberries, 1/4 cup blueberries, half a banana, H20

1 and 1/2 pieces of whole wheat toast with 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of reduced fat peanut better

Salad: Mixed greens, tomato, carrots, cucumbers, lo cal italian

Homemade pizza: whole wheat tortilla, tomato sauce, low fat cheddar cheese, 1 slice smoked turkey breast, onion, tomatos, black olives

4 Triscuit crackers with low fat cheddar

1 all beef smokie on a whole wheat bun with ketchup, mustard, relish, onion

Crown of brocolli with 1/2 tablespoon 3 chz ranch dip

10 ripple chips

1 huge bowl of post cranberry selects cereal with 1 and 1/2 cups 2% milk

1 hazelnut chocolate

2 cans of beer (kokanee)

:( Ate so much today! Not good for my goals. I felt so hungry throughout the day but looking back I see its more than I need in one day.

On the upside for me, the Gym was way less busy. I guess not a good thing for my community but it was difficult to get a machine when the gym was jam packed with new years resolutioners!
 
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Jan. 05

Weight: 202.2

Exercise: 35 mins on elliptical trainer, 30 minute speed zone circuit, stretching

Food:

1 Large McDonalds coffee with 1 sugar and 3 milk

2 scrambled eggs with pepper.

Fruit drink - 1/2 banana, 1/2 cup 2% milk, 1/2 cup strawberries, 1/4 cup blueberries

Salad - mixed green, tomato, cucumbers, carrots, 1 tablespoon sundried tomato dressing

Homemade spaghetti - whole wheat spaghetti, 6 smalll lean italian meatballs, low fat cheddar cheese, tomato pasta sauce

1 bottle of beer (rickards red)
 
Jan. 06:

Weight: 200.2 . . . flirting with the 190's :beating:

Exercise: 35 mins on elliptical, 30 min circuit speed zone, stretching

Food:

1 cup coffee with 1/3 cup 2% milk, 1 tsp sugar

Sandwich: 2 slices whole wheat bread, smoked turkey breast, low fat cheddar, mixed greens, cucumber, pepper, mustard, dijon

1 mandarin orange

Jersey Shore season premiere tonight! Doooin it biiig!!!:party:
 
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