Had a Dr.'s appt yesterday! She said my results so far are amazing and that my skin is contracting really well. She even asked me if I had lost weight! I told her 16lbs and she couldn't believe it! She was really pleased. I don't have to go back until the beginning of October which is nice because the office is like a 90 minute drive from my apt.
I didn't do so well with the small meals thing yesterday... I had my big bag of food that I brought for the three mini meals, but I ended up eating one mini meal, and then two hours later I ate everything else. I still ate the same amount of calories, I just DID NOT feel satisfied with my first small meal. As soon as I ate the first part, string cheese and almonds, for the next two hours all I could think of was eating the rest of my food. Until finally I was annoyed with it and I just ate everything else. Then I was content for the rest of the day. So I will have to work on that. I still haven't bought protein powder.. I tried to last night but the GNC near our house was actually out of business. I will find another one.
Things I am proud of today:
-NONE of my work pants fit. They are all at least 2-3 inches too big in the waist.
I tried on a tight-fitting skirt today (high-waisted) instead of work pants, and it didn't fit... too big! either. So I am going to get some interim still-chubby-but skinnier-than-before pants after work.
-A retired Marine LtCol that I work with called me "skinny bones" yesterday.
He used to ask me when I excersise (PT - physical training) and stuff when I was fatter, and I felt like he was trying to motivate me to make a change. (Marines are really into being fit and healthy for duty, but also appearances). Hellooooo change!
-Yesterday I got home from my Dr. appt around 730pm after I stopped and got a rotisserie chicken (healthy without the skin) and I was STARVING!!!! I had two tacos with lots of fresh veggies and a measured amount of cheese WITHOUT THINKING. And after they were gone, I didn't think about going to get more.... I kind of just subconsciously accepted that it was all I was getting and I felt FULL!!!! IT'S HAPPENING YOU GUYS!!!!!
- I weighed 155.6 this morning. I haven't weighed that much since the beginning of my senior year of college when I cut out all carbs and worked out for 3hrs per day, every day. IT'S TAKING LONGER THIS TIME, BUT IT'S HEALTHIER AND I AM NOT MISERABLE OR FEELING DEPRIVED!!! I could even have a beer if I wanted it (I don't, but still!))))!!!!!
I'm going to start tracking protein as well. I'm not so interested in fat and my carb intake is already fairly low in comparision to what most people eat.
Breakfast -
2 servings multi-grain cheerios - 220 (4g protein)
1 cup skim milk - 90 (8g)
B total - 310 (12)
snack 1 -
string cheese - 80 (8)
yogurt - 120 (16)
Lunch -
big bowl of mixed salad greens- 20 (1)
half a tomato - 15 (1)
chicken - 125 (21)
dressing, 1 serving - 40
carrots - 30 (.5)
snack 2 -
string cheese - 80 (8)
almonds, 12 - 80 (3)
lunch and snacks - 590
day total so far: 900 exactly! (70.5)
dinner was kind of a not-dinner dinner. My BF just got braces so his mouth is really sore. So I made smoothies, and they were DISGUSTING. I used soy protein and it tasted like sidewalk chalk. I didn't even finish my glass; I had to choke it down.
I'm going to estimate that I had 200 cals worth of smoothie. It was mostly blueberries and light and fit yogurt with skim milk. But that chalky taste just overpowered everything. So now I'm munching on 35 cals of carrots and 1tbsp peanut butter, and I will probably have 2 string cheeses just to bring my cals up...
smoothie (bleh) - 200
carrots - 35
peanut butter - 100
2 string cheeses - 160
dinner total - 495
day total - 1395
had some sugar free pudding.. 30cals
day total:1425
now off to buy new work pants, get some protein mix and hit the gym!
Bought BSN's Dessert mix (Brent says it tastes really good) and went to an hour and 45 mins of yoga.
