Step by step toward my goal!

I actually noticed they have classes on weekends as well. Maybe this will help me not being so lazy during weekends :D

I had lunch with a chicken salad and said NO to twix. My husband have a treat basically everyday (it is not a problem to him. He is very thin and in good shape. It was challenging to be honest, but I made it :) And I am very proud.
 
YAY! Good job saying no to Twix! I don't think I'd have that will power right now. I'm eating a bag of chips...and I can't stop...but should really make a sandwich instead...
 
Yes!! Today I did it again! I went to university to eat and they were giving a little cinnamon bun with cream and jam for free.
And I walked away!!
And the waitress asked me if I wanted one.
I said No and I walked away!! :jump:
It feels awesome!!
 
Nice job! Twice in 2 days you've faced down temptation. Sweets are a temptation for me. Free sweets are doubly tempting. It appeals to my gut and my thriftiness.

Since I've come to the realization that ALL of your progress or failures come down to individual decisions I've done much better. Don't think of it as a small victory, but as mounting evidence of real change.

You should stop by my running thread and post your results. It's not a contest or challenge really, but a place to discuss your running goals and achievements.

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/threads/61779-Run!
 
Thank you Quercus!
Yes! The change is done by single decisions, this is why I named my diary "step by step" :)
As soon as I will start running again, I will join you!!

I came just home from my second time this week in the fitboxing class. I felt amazing!!
 
AWESOME JOB! Good for you saying no! I do NOT have that willpower...can't even walk away from the random table at the bank when they have goodies like cookies and cupcake...evil bankers... Like Q, it appeals to my belly, taste buds, and it's free! I need to get my money's worth! LOL

Sometimes I'm good, and I just say no and walk the other way. I need to do that again but I think I'm too stressed and reason is not winning out lately.

And silly me, totally didn't even read your diary name, WTF! But I love it :)
 
I totally know how you feel.
So many times I have felt (and I am sure I will feel) the same.

The thing is that once I break my routine of eating "healthier" there is no coming back!! If I would have only one cookie or 1 chocolate I would not control myself anymore. This is the reason why I let myself go in the past and I left the forum.
With me is always all white or all black and sometimes I hate myself for this! :p

I have been checking around and I am intrigued by the Paleo diet. Have you eve tried it?
I recently discovered I am lactose intolerant and, since I was not sure what was causing me my bad digestion and my feeling constantly like a baloon, I quit all in once dairy, gluteine products and sugar.
Now it is been one week and I feel great. Even my skin feels softer and smoother.

I have been looking in the internet to check if this kind of diet has a name and the closest one I could get is the Paleo diet (even if I am not crazy about red meat).
I did not decided to follow it strictly for ever, but I want to give it a try as long as it makes me feel good. :)
What do you think?
 
Today I had for breakfast tea and fruits, for lunch tomato soup with zucchini and for dinner chicken salad.
Everything was jummy!!
 
I hated it!
I could not log in the forum for the entire day! I don't know why.
Am I the only one with this problem?

Anyway, today has been a really good day. I went running first thing in the morning. The day was lovely, so sunny!!
Then my hubby took me to a coffee place just because he loves me and he knows how much it makes me happy to go for a coffee with him. In there I was very tempted to take some danish, but I was strong and only ordered a tea. It was the first time I tried organic tea, it is really different and more tasty than normal "commercial" tea.
Then at home I had a lovely tuna salad and some resins for dessert. Then i found a little Kinder maxi and... this time I was weak. I ate it. But I guess it is ok. Anyway I was strong so many times lately and since tomorrow I have my first "goal weight" that I am going to achieve, I can have prize in advance. :p Can I?

Well, anyway now it is pretty late here, so I go to bed. Night night to everyone!
 
They're constantly giving away donut holes in the grocery store I go to. One little one won't kill me at this point, but I'm afraid I might become like a crackhead with those if I give in.
 
Well, my willpower did not last long. Yesterday I had some sweet again.
I am starting again over to eat clean. The thing that I love when I eat clean is that my skin feels better, smoother. I really want to keep my skin fresh and smooth, other than be fit and lose weight! :)
 
It has been a bit an hard weekend.
I have lost a LOT of work I did during the past 2 weeks and... I guess s**t happen.

I want to change. I HAVE TO CHANGE. Because I am not happy with myself. I won't give up this time. I will control my anxiety. For once I will win.
I made myself a plan. It should be 25 weeks of work, 175 days. I know that I will not lose weight in that stable way, but I will allow myself mistakes. But thinking that I have only 175 days of diet in front of me really motivates me. So... here we are at day 175.

Now, I stole this from Icychic, who lost from Loch. Having this it will force me to come to the forum and be even more committed.

1. Write your current stats: height, current weight and goal weight. Why are you losing weight?
2. Describe your dream/goal body.
3. Is your UGW in an unhealthy range of BMI?
4. Have a vegan day today. No meat, no eggs, no dairy, no animal products whatsoever. Give it a try!
5. What is your favorite healthy food?
6. What is your favorite unhealthy food?
7. What is your least favorite healthy food?
8. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
9. What is your favorite type of cardio?
10. Do you count calories? If so, what is your daily limit?
11. Today you will be cooking for your whole family. Find a healthy recipe online that they will also enjoy and show them how tasty healthy food can be!
12. What is your least favorite type of cardio?
13. What is your favorite type of strength exercise?
14. What is your least favorite type of strength exercise?
15. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
16. Which part of your body do you wish to change the most and why?
17. Do you have a special event/date you want to lose the weight for?
18. Try to use as little salt as possible today or maybe even none! Don’t buy microwave meals and don’t eat foods high in sodium.
19. Are you losing weight the healthy (<2lbs/week) or the unhealthy (>2lbs/week) way?
20. Who is your biggest weight loss inspiration and why?
21. Do you focus more on getting lean and mean or tiny and fragile?
22. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
23. How much water do you usually drink in a day?
24. Have you ever had an eating disorder?
25. Today you will try a new smoothie. Find a new healthy recipe online and mix & match fruits and veggies and enjoy! But it must be totally new and adventurous!
26. Do your friends know about you wanting to lose weight? Do they support you?
27. Does your family support you in your weight loss?
28. What is your favorite type of snack?
29. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
30. Are you a vegan or a vegetarian?
31. What are your favorite workout clothes you own?
32. Try a new fruit today. Learn how to cut/eat it and enjoy! How was it?
33. Are you on a diet or are you making this a lifestyle?
34. Do you take your meals from home to work? If so, what do you usually prepare?
35. Have you ever fasted? What was the reason for it?
36. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
37. Have you ever purged? If so, how did you feel afterwords?
38. Have you ever binged? If so, what is your binge food?
39. Try a new veggie today. Learn how to prepare it and enjoy! How was it?
40. What is your body frame? Small, large or medium?
41. Where are you from? Is your country’s diet healthy or unhealthy in general?
42. How many meals do you usually have a day?
43. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
44. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend? Does (s)he know about you losing weight? Does (s)he support you?
45. Do you have a rest day when you don’t work out? Which day is it?
46. Try changing your routine today. Don’t do the same exercises as the week before, learn a new move to cinch that waiste or to tone those thighs!
47. Have you forbidden yourself any type of food?
48. Do you reward yourself when you reach your short-term goal? What are your rewards?
49. What do you usually have for breakfast?
50. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
51. Do you have a cheat day?
52. What do you enjoy the most in your weight loss? What makes you happier than ever before?
53. Try to eat nothing but raw food today. No cooking, no baking, no grilling. Eat raw carrots, canned tuna or smoked salmon, maybe even sushi! Just eat fresh, non-termal processed food. It might be weird and unnatural but that’s actually the healthiest way to eat. Enjoy your healthy day!
54. What is your favorite weight loss blog?
55. Will you continue to write your blog after you reach your UGW?
56. Have you ever been on a low-carb diet? How was it for you?
57. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
58. Do you believe in restriction or in moderation?
59. Describe your dream outfit, the one you imagine yourself wearing once you reach UGW.
60. Ditch sugar and ALL sweets today. For just one day promise yourself you won’t eat any candy, sugar, sweets or any similar food.
61. Write your usual meal plan for one day.
62. watching TV, do you usually watch the „food channels“ or movies/TV-shows/series?
63. What are your fitness goals? (Splits, hand-stands, push-ups…)
64. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
65. Post a picture of your goal body or a person you strive to look like.
66. Do you have short-term goals too? What are they?
67. Today is no Internet day. That’s right, you will try just one day to be off the Internet, post your progress/food log/training schedule
tomorrow, because today, you are going back to basics!
68. What is your least favorite unhealthy food?
69. Which part of your body do you like the most and why?
70. Were you ever obese or underweight?
71. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
72. Do you eat the same meal as your family or do you eat specially prepared food?
73. What do you usually order when eating out in a restaurant or at someone else’s house?
74. Today you won’t count calories. You won’t look at food labels. You will try to eat intuitively. What does that mean? Eat when
you’re hungry, don’t look at the clock! Eat whatever your body desires! Just make sure it’s healthy. If you crave anything sweet, eat it! But a healthy amount. And remember, today you must forget all about calories!
75. Do you have a trigger food? A type of food that is impossible for you to say no to or stop eating?
76. Do you drink smoothies? If so, what is your favorite recipe?
77. Do you enjoy eating healthy or do you find it being too expensive or that it takes too much of your time?
78. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week?
79. What was the most recent compliment/comment about your body?
80. Write your current weight. Have you lost anything in the past week? If not, what are your plans for this week? + Today is the last
day of this challenge. After writing your stats, describe how you’ll continue eating/exercising from now on!
 
Ok, so today I created a weekly plan for eating healthy.
Everyday I have tons of veggies and I will avoid dairy and processed food as much as possible, just for the first phase at least. I really need to detox my body. :)

In my plan there are 8 new recipes I never tried before, but they look delicious and easy.
Today I already tried paleo egg muffins which were delicious. The idea is very basic, in theory you have the same ingredients of a frittata, but you bake it in a muffin cup. It was fun to make and they were very good. I made this version with broccoli, mushrooms, onion and some ham. The recipe made 12 muffins. I had 4, my husband had 4 and I am going to have 4 for dinner later today. :)

I am also back in drinking all my daily amount of water.

I am sure the sun and the coming spring will help me with this getting healthy project, as last year ( lost 10 kilos last year, then gained some kilos back in winter).
 
1. Write your current stats: height, current weight and goal weight. Why are you losing weight?

Heigh= 165
Weight= 63. As I told I had a very bad weekend and I had binges. I supposed that at least 1 kilo of that is water anyway.
My Goal Weight= 50. But I guess that everything that is below 55 is great!! Let's see when I am there.

I want to loose weight because I have wanted it for all my life and I just want to get there. It is most like a challenge with myself. Plus in summer I reached my lower weight in ages, it felt great and now I feel I have attached a super weight on my belly that doesn't belong to me. I am serious. I know there is a little and sporty girl inside me and she is struggling to come out. I want to free her.

***
According to my "plan" (the table I have in the first page), it should take me 25 weeks to get me there. I know that the journal is not going to be so smoothly, but I will try as hard as I can to make it happen!!

25 weeks equal to 175 day. It doesn't seem very much if you think in this sense. So... I will make a count down of these 175 days. In this perspective I should keep myself motivated.

Let's the 175 day challenge begin then! :)
 
Hello guys!
How are you today?

Here it is pretty cold, but at least it is sunny and light.
Yesterday I went to Fit box and met this woman, she was very nice and outgoing and SO inspiring. I am not sure how old she was, maybe 40 or something. At first she asked me if I go to fit box classes every Monday, I said yes. I thought she just started. Anyway we started to talk a bit more and it turned out she goes there EVERY TIME she can. Her schedule is unpredictable as mine. Sometimes have to work in evenings or weekends, so as she can she joins the classes, even many times a week because she doesn't know when she can join the next time.
I don't know why, she inspired me very much.. maybe only because she was smiling all the time.
I want to do the same, no excuses anymore!! :) It is only positive anyway.
Ohh, the sun and good weather gives me so much energy. I cannot wait the spring to come!!

Well, yesterday was a good day after all, I ate at university for lunch and so I do today, so I cannot keep with my meal plan. It doesn't matter. It is good to be flexible, but I need to give myself small roles to follow. :)

So, let's see.

1. I am going to follow my meal plan as much as I can, especially for the amount of time I eat. Sometimes it is hart to keep away from "snacks" when I am following an healthy living. For example I would eat 5 oranges between meals. It is good because when I am determinated to follow a diet I usually eat a lot of fruits, but maybe 10 oranges a day is too much after all. :p
So, 5 meals per day (3 main + 2 healthy sneaks).
2. No sweets or what's so ever. At the end of a meal, if I really have a sweet tooth I will take a fruit, without abusing.
3. Reduce as much as possible processed food.
4. No lactose for me, as I discovered that I am lactose intolerant.
5. Drink a lot of water daily.

These are "roles" concerning my diet. About exercise I will:
1. Go as much as possible to fit box classes, every time I don't have work. This includes twice in the weekend + Mondays for the next month or so.
2. Walk the dog at least twice a day.
3. As the temperature is warmer than 0 I am going to run again!

Here you have, my precious 8 rules for an healthier life.
I know this is going to feel rigid at the beginning, but I can do it!! :) And it is only 175 days after all!!!
 
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