Tamara's Weightloss Journey!

Breakfast: N/A.
Lunch: Hot dog w/ mustard and a small salad.
Dinner: Hot dog w/ mustard and broccoli in cheese sauce.
Snacks: Celery, cucumber, bell pepper, carrots, 2 srv fat free ranch.
Smartfood cheddar popcorn.
String cheese.
1/2 English muffin with cream cheese and 1/2 cup of imitation crab.
English muffin, chicken salad type thing with cream cheese and bbq sauce
with cheese on top.
2 scoops of ice cream with chocolate sauce.
Drinks: Diet root beer.
Water: 4 glasses.

2659 calories.

I'm disappointed in what I ate near the end of my day, and my amount of water, and that I JUST ate dinner at midnight. AND... I'm tired and want to go to bed, and I didn't exercise today like I wanted to... I got distracted on my computer instead.. :(

Another problem I'm having is that I find myself OVEREATING to meet the calories I'm trying to meet (especially today).... what should I do?
 
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Thanks! The last thing I want to do is continue the bad habit of overeating. Whether it's to meet the calories or not.
 
This morning I did some exercise... :( I was able to do about half the 40 minute video, than I sat down, especially after I fell!! I wanted to cry, that's how horrible I felt... *sighs*... I guess I did ok for my first try. I did 20 minutes of it... that's pretty good right? And I did it pretty much exact to the lady in the video, minus the weights, because I'm beginning. I have no idea how to determine how many calories I burned... I even tried using one of those calories burned calculators. Anyway, my butt hurts from falling, but my back feels better than normal.
 
You did what you could. That's all that matters.

I am not an expert but "overeating", to me, is eating more calories than is necessary -- "necessary" being the number you calculated earlier. If you are having trouble meeting that number then perhaps try adding in some nuts or flax seed or healthy oils in there to increase the calorie count in a healthy way. That's just my $0.02.
 
When I do my grocery shopping next I'll try to pick up some nuts.

"Overeating" to me is still eating, even though I'm full.

Thanks for your input!! :D
 
Hello, I just wanted to drop in and say that it looks like your doing great! And Good job finishing half of a 40 min workout. I think thats great if your just starting out!! Keep up the good work!

~Tiffany~
 

Todays calorie break down...

Breakfast: English muffin, kiwi fruit, cottage cheese double. 306 calories.
Snack: Slimfast. 190 calories.
Lunch: Ground chicken patty with cheese and mustard on a hamburger
bun, some cheesy broccoli and cucumber on the side and some blueberry
pomegranate juice. 650 calories.
Snack: String cheese, english muffin with cream cheese and imitation
crab meat. 330 calories.
Snack: Chicken quesadilla w/ sour cream. 680 calories.
Dinner: Chicken gordita, and cheesy fiesta potatoes from Taco Bell. 580 calories.
Water: 3 glasses (I don't know what it will take for me to drink more water?).
Other: Diet root beer.
Calories: 2736 calories total.
 
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Breakfast: English muffin w/ "I can't believe it's not butter" off brand,
bowl of progresso split pea soup, string cheese, and blueberry
pomegranate juice. 560 calories.
Lunch: Ground chicken patty with cheese and mustard on a english muffin,
cheesy broccoli, salad with fat free ranch and fat free crutons. 582 calories.
Snack?: Peanut butter cup.
Dinner: Three cheese bacon cheese burger with some waffle
fries and fat free ranch (ate at work). 1331 calories.
Dessert: Watermelon sherbert on a sugar cone. 290 calories.

Total calories: 2853 calories.

Water: 5 glasses.
Exercise: 20 minutes of cardio.
Worked: 5.35 hours.
 
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In the order I ate it:

Breakfast: Everything bagel w/ cream cheese and blueberry pomegranate juice. 510 calories.

Lunch: Two hot dogs on a bun with mustard and one packet of ketchup. 850 calories.

Snack: Peanut butter cup. 90 calories.

Other: Lite lemonade. 100 calories.

Snack: Chicken quesadilla w/ sour cream. 680 calories.

Dessert: Watermelon sherbert on a cone. 265 calories.

Dinner: Chicken gordita and cheesy fiesta potatoes from Taco Bell. 580 calories.

Total calories: 3075. Yikes!! So I'm going to try to explain the calories, if I can. I planned on drinking a slimfast and eating a cottage cheese double at work, well I forgot the cottage cheese double at home, and someone stole my slimfast out of the fridge at work!!! So I ate a chicken quesadilla... So it doesn't explain the sherbert (maybe I should have had one scoop instead of three scoops of sherbert?) or the peanut butter cup or the lemonade, without those I would have been fine... I was a little naughty today. I feel bad because of it too.

Water: 8 glasses. Yay!! Even though I feel like crap about my calories today, I finally drank all my water!

Exercise: 0 minutes. :( .. I needed a day of rest? I wish I had done cardio before work, because I'm way too tired to do it now!

Worked: 6 1/2 hours.

My weighin is tomorrow morning!!! I can't wait to see if my weight changed at all this week, if not, I'm actually going to be really really REALLY upset at myself, mainly because I ate ice cream ALL WEEK!!!! From now on, only ice cream once a week, at the end of the week, after work, on Sunday. I know your going to say "that's the beginning of the week", but my work week begins on Mondays. It's weird.

Wish me luck on my weighin tomorrow!
 
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Good luck on your weigh in Tam! I hope ya see a nice number on the scale :)
Wish I had some advice for ya on a yummy snack without dairy, but I looovvvveee dairy. I would be freakishly upset if I were lactose intolerant :rolleyes: Before I started my thing, I could drink a gallon of milk a DAY, but ya know. thats lotsa calories, andddd my calorie budget can't afford it, lol.
Oh yeah- where at in MT did ya grow up?
 
Hey Jess, I grew up in Kalispell, MT.

Today was weigh in day! 304.

I lost 2lbs, I'm not super excited because I wanted to lose more than that this week. I'm actually tempted to drop my calorie intake... but I'll give it one more week, and try to drink ALL of my water this week, and ice cream ONLY at the end of the week.

Let's hope I can stick to that. Oh, and I'll try to drink all my water before anything else in the day, except for in the morning because I have to drink something besides water or I will throw up, I don't know why... just happens.

Anyway, I need to go do my cardio. Need to try to stick with it, even though I'm disappointed in my weight loss for this week.
 
Need to try to stick with it, even though I'm disappointed in my weight loss for this week.
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keep looking at the big picture and where you want to get to - 2lbs is a good stepping stone...

Consistency is what will get you results... just keep sticking iwth it.. and you will get to where you want to be
 
2 lbs is great! The slower you are losing the less likely it is that you are losing muscle. Remember, we're here to lose fat, not weight. The more calories you cut, the greater chance you run of losing what you should be trying to hold on to.

And congrats on those 2 lbs! You're doing very well!
 
Thank you both very much! I just finished the whole 55 minute workout! I am totally excited now!! :D 2lbs is something, that's what matters! I probably would have gained 2lbs if I didn't reject that cake yesterday ;), lol. Though I do need to go eat something because I haven't eaten anything yet today... which is a bad start of the day.
 
Meal: Imitation crab meat w/ lettuce, cheese, and ranch on top of an english muffin, a cottage cheese double, and a glass of blueberry pomagranate juice. 573 calories

Snack?:6 inch Subway sandwhich with ham, turkey, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, black olives, bell pepper, and red onion on wheat bread. 290 calories.

Snack?:6 inch Subway sandwhich with ham, turkey, lettuce, tomato, cucumber, black olives, bell pepper, and red onion on wheat bread. 290 calories.

Snack: Half of a banana. 61 calories.

Dinner: Lasagna with ground turkey and whole wheat pasta with a salad, garlic bread, and two servings of green tea. 1310 calories.

Water: 8 glasses.

Exercise: 55 minute cardio workout!

Work: 5.95 hours.

Daily total: 2594 calories.

I've stepped it up a notch! Good amount of water, and I finished the whole workout! If I would have had more time, I probably would have even done more! My calories ended up at a good place, though I couldn't finish my food, and I'm super full, ate a little too much in one sitting... that would be my only regret today, and also that today's calories look a little crazy and off balance, lol. :) All in all, today was a good day! This week is going to fly by and I'm going to be loving every minute of becoming a healthier ME!! :D
 
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Congrats on 2lbs!! Losing weight isn't the fastest process, but it gets ya ready for the whole "lifestyle change" thing... ya get to do it the rest of ever, so the healthier you get, the better things will be :)
 
Thanks Jess!! :D

Breakfast: 1 egg, 3 turkey sausage links with two packets of ketchup, english muffin w/ butter, and blueberry pomagranate juice. 548 calories.

Lunch: Leftover lasagna with parmeasan and english muffin garlic bread with a glass of green tea. 740 calories.

Dinner: Grilled breaded flounder (two wedges of lemon squeezed), broccoli with mozarella, rice, garlic bread, and lemonade. 1247 calories.

Water: 8 glasses.

Exercise: 30 minutes of cardio with 3lb weights.

Worked: 6.50 hours.

Daily calories total: 2527.
 
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Wednesday:
Meal: Chicken, whole wheat mac n' cheese, salad with crutons, almonds, and ranch, fruit salad with vanilla yogurt, and 2 servings of green tea. 1169 calories.

Meal: Leftover chicken, salad with crutons, almonds, and ranch, fruit salad with vanilla yogurt from earlier. 619 calories.

Meal: Whole wheat wrap with garlic and herb cheese spread, cheddar cheese, salami, mushroom, and a banana. 649 calories.

Drinks: 1/2 of a vanilla bean coolatta. 250 calories.
(which btw, totally disagreed with my body, and I'm paying the consequences now!)

Water: 2 glasses.

Exercise: None, but went grocery shopping for 2 hours.

Daily calories total: 2687.


Thursday:
Breakfast: 2 servings of blueberry pomagranate jucie. 240 calories.

Lunch: Whole wheat wraps with garlic and herb cheese spread, mozzarella cheese, salami and a banana. 809 calories.

Snack: Yogurt and a banana. 181 calories.

Dinner: Steak tips with mushrooms, bell pepper and onion, rice, broccoli, garlic bread and lemonade. 1070 calories.

Snack: Leftover steak tips from before in a whole wheat wrap with ranch. 190 calories.

Water: 6 glasses.

Exercise: Light cleaning for 45 minutes, 40 minutes of cardio with 5 minute break in between.

Work: 6.50 hours.

Daily calories total: 2490.
 
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