Tamara's Weightloss Journey!

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Scale now reads 284!!! WOOT!! :D

This is a wonderful start to JULY!

I have to stick to it this month, just imagine if I had stuck perfectly to it in June! I would probably be at 275 already! Oh well, no point in dwelling on the past, now is my moment of glory, no fast food AT ALL this month, excluding last night... :(

I'm so ecstatic!
 
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Um, ok, now I'm swearing out junk food for this month, AT LEAST!!

No ice cream, candy, chips, soda, anything of the like!! GONE!!

I need to knock it off, and keep on going, I'm well on my way, I need to stop hindering my progress!!!!!!

I just ate like 3 scoops of ice cream and a handful of reesses pieces.. extra cheese and bacon on my whole wheat wrap...

I'm so freaking depressed right now and it's not even funny, what's wrong with me? *sigh* I don't know what to do about it right now.

I did 55 minutes of cardio earlier and drank all my water... 10 glasses actually... so exceeded it... but I still feel like crap.

I definitely went over 2400 calories, I roughly added it... but I don't think I exceeded 3000.
 
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Wow... I swore off fast food and junk food, and ate both of them in one day! I've never in my life eaten a double quarter pounder...but tonight, I did! I'm crazy...

Today at work totally sucked, I work at a resturant and we serve ice cream, well, I worked in the dish room for an hour and a half, almost killed myself running around like a mad woman, than worked fountain (where we keep the ice cream stuff), busy, busy, then closed fountain, then I also had to close the dish room! I'm exhausted!!!!!!

So, point was, no way I was going to cook dinner at midnight...yes, I know I shouldn't be eating this late anyway, but... that's another issue... so, well, I stopped by McDonalds... *sigh* ... I figured since I was popping reeses pieces at work anyway, it didn't even matter anymore... boy, I feel like crap, I'm super depressed... lots of stuff is going on... I hope I don't gain like 5lbs, I can't handle that on top of everything else!!!!
 
tamwalt said:
*sigh* ... I figured since I was popping reeses pieces at work anyway, it didn't even matter anymore... boy, I feel like crap, I'm super depressed... lots of stuff is going on... I hope I don't gain like 5lbs, I can't handle that on top of everything else!!!!
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Come on now! You've been doing this long enuf to know that even if you have a slip-up, it DOES still matter! If you were eating reeses pieces all day at work, then you know you hafta eat something healthy afterwards, trust me, even if you feel bad about the bad stuff, you still have a chance to redeem it with the good stuff. Maybe for those late and hectic nights at work you should have some lean cuisines or amy's organic meals in your freezer- they generally have a balanced amount of everything ya need, and THEN you can avoid the McD's and other places.
Your sig. line says- quitting is NOT an option. DOn't let a shitty moment turn into a shitty day.
 
So the weekend was pretty bad for me with everything, including weight loss. I need to try not to allow life to stress me out to my breaking point... I almost started crying at work a million times, and everyone kept asking me what was wrong, and I couldn't tell them the real reason, so I told them part of the reason, which was dumb and just to get them to stop asking "I'm upset at the schedule and wish someone would cover my Monday shift"... but what really is wrong?

I honestly really am upset that no one would cover my Monday, because I love spending two days in a row with my 1 year old... it's so great... but that's not just it... I'm super depressed about my food choices this week, and over eating in a sitting, and not exercising yesterday OR today... I'm tired of working so hard at work for minimum wage, when people who don't seem to work as hard as me make more than me, and started after me... *sigh*... I'm depressed that Hubby and me haven't been intimate in weeks... wow, I need to shut up...

I forgot this forum is for weight loss stuff... but aren't these things affecting that for me? I'm an emotional eater... when I'm emotionally everywhere, so is my eating habit... *sigh* ... maybe I should talk to Hubby, and schedule my week out entirely down to the time I wake up to the time I sleep, food, exercise, and times... I'll try to do that tomorrow, if I have time, I'm tired, need sleep, have to work tomorrow :(... though, it's possible I might get overtime this week :D... also..

I might be buying an elliptical trainer tomorrow or Tuesday, and a hand weight set for my cardio vids, I'm happy about that because that way I can get a wider range of exercise, and when I don't feel like doing cardio, that way I'll have another option, and maybe be able to do cardio in the morning, and elliptical after work, that way I can burn off some of my dinner so I won't feel so sluggish when I go to sleep.... wow, this post is long... sorry if anyone actually read it! LOL... thanks if you did though.
 
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I forgot this forum is for weight loss stuff... but aren't these things affecting that for me? I'm an emotional eater... when I'm emotionally everywhere, so is my eating habit... *sigh* ... maybe I should talk to Hubby, and schedule my week out entirely down to the time I wake up to the time I sleep, food, exercise, and times... I'll try to do that tomorrow, if I have time, I'm tired, need sleep, have to work tomorrow :(... though, it's possible I might get overtime this week :D... also..

I might be buying an elliptical trainer tomorrow or Tuesday, and a hand weight set for my cardio vids, I'm happy about that because that way I can get a wider range of exercise, and when I don't feel like doing cardio, that way I'll have another option, and maybe be able to do cardio in the morning, and elliptical after work, that way I can burn off some of my dinner so I won't feel so sluggish when I go to sleep....
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:( I'm sorry Tam! My earlier post probably seemed really bitchy, lol, it wasn't suppose to seem that way, but re-reading it, I can see where already being down would just make that look worse...
But hey, this site is for EVERY issue- obviously if your an emotional eater, then you need to get out the emotions that cause the eating. I think you've been to my diary before- I'm a mess! All over the place. But thats ok, cuz I feel better after saying it, having people tell me whats up. Vent away girl!
Lucky for the eliptical! I want one in my house so bad, but lack of money and space is an issue here :rolleyes: mayyybbbeee one day...
Have a better day tomorrow Tam. And about the job thing- you should seriously have some words with the boss about the little pay. Thats not a cool place to be.. I think we all go there now and then :(
 
At first it sounded a little bitchy, but I reread it a couple times and read it to Hubby too, he said "I think that's good advice". So I took it as a good thing, don't worry. ... and I will be talking to my boss about money at my 3 month review, at the end of the month... wow, how do I even ask for a raise when I've been working there for 3 months? :p ...a plus though is one of the supervisors think I should be making $9 a hour (the guy who was there when I closed both areas of the resturant)... maybe he'll put a good word in for me.

I LOST ANOTHER POUND!! :D
 
Good job persevering, Tammy and congrats on losing another pound. Already you've lost over 30lbs! That's so awesome.

Keep it up and good luck with that raise!
 
Thanks Darwinfish! :D

So this is how yesterday looked... not too shabby... you know, minus the mcdonalds.

Total Calories: 2146

Chol(mg)----Sod(mg) ----Fat(g)----Carbs(g) -----Prot(g) -----KCals
349---------2997--------107.84----224.75-------84.03 -------2146


Breakfast
1 medium apple
2 tbsps Peanut butter

Lunch
1 serving 4 piece mcnugget
1/3 serving French Fries (Large)

Dinner
1/2 oz bacon
1.95 servings Classic Whole Wheat Tortillas
1 serving Kid's Chicken Strips
1 slices mozzarella
2 servings Ranch salad spritzer
1/2 medium whole tomato

Snacks / Other
1 serving Bagel
1 serving Dole Iceburg Salad Mix
1 large Egg
1 serving Fruit & Walnut Salad (Snack Size)
1 tablespoon Ranch
2 servings Strawberry Preserves
1 serving String Cheese

Water: 8 glasses or more.
No exercise, except for running around at work.

And today is going ok, except for the fact that I'm just now eating my first meal of the day....
 
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Oh, I wanted to mention that I find it AWESOME that I "lost a pound", and am on my period... so that would mean I lost more than I think I did, which is even more AWESOME, I usually drop like 5lbs on the scale when my water weight goes away.
 
Breakfast
1/2 serving All-Bran Crackers
1/2 serving almonds
1 medium apple
1 medium carrot
1 serving String Cheese

Lunch
1/2 serving 2 pops Fudgesicle

Dinner
3/4 serving ground chicken
1 serving pepper jack
2 slices , thin/small tomato
2 servings Whole wheat bread

Snacks / Other
1/2 cup blueberries
1 serving Chocolate Almond Biscotti
1 serving light whipped cream
1/2 cup, halves strawberries
1 serving String Cheese

Water: 5 glasses :(...

Chol(mg) 162
Sod(mg) 1416
Fat(g) 45.82
Carbs(g) 124.29
Prot(g) 56.50
Kcals 1076

My calories are too low, I know, but I'm not hungry... :ack2:

Got to get some sleep though!
 
I know I've bugged you before, but I'm going to again anyway. :p

Calories are way too low and fat is quite high (38% calories from fat). You should really put some effort into finding a better balance that meets your caloric needs. 1000 calories is about half of what your body requires for functioning if you didn't lift a finger for the entire day. You're starving yourself which is only going to lead to your body burning muscle and storing fat. Even checking back a few days you rarely go over 2000.

At 21, 5'4" and 283, you should consume no less than 2100 calories/day. That's what your body uses at rest... if you laid in bed all day. When you add in exercise, work, chasing kids, etc. then you should probably be consuming no less than 2500.

Eating less than that might show you a smaller number on the scale but that number is meaningless if it's at the expense of muscle. You're here to lose fat.

Try to plan ahead a day or two to make sure you meet your needs. Tweak as necessary. Allow yourself a little wiggle room for unexpected things. But you have to fix your diet up.

Don't be scared about eating 2500 calories. It's what your body needs.

Hope I didn't sound like a dick. :D
 
I'm gonna disagree (alas, what a disagreeable person I am).

First off, you're carrying a *lot* of excess weight, and someone with substantial fat reserves can "afford" a much larger deficit (both in absolute terms, so number of calories in the deficit, and in relative terms, or deficit as percentage of maintenance calories).

Second, what you do on any one day doesn't matter so much, and that's as true of "under" days as "over" days. One day at 1k calories isn't going to do any long-term harm. Everyone has days where they don't get enough food, for one reason or another - illness, stress, too busy, what have you.

Third, on average, you aren't eating too little. I notice you don't post exact numbers for the "bad" days, but even averaging the numbers for the days you have posted since 6/27, you're at a bit over 2,000 calories a day. Without yesterday's low day, you'd be nearly at 2,200, and assuming that one of the days you said you went overboard but didn't post a total was 3,000 calories, you'd be at nearly 2,300. Maintenance for you if you're sedentary is in the 2,400-2,500 range. While you do have a deficit even before calculating in exercise, it's a *small* deficit.

If you were in the "normal" weight range, exercising like crazy, and eating 1,000 calories every day without fail, I'd agree that you need to eat more. But that's not you, not yet.

I will say that IMHO you need hugely more protein. You weigh 2.25 times what I do, and I eat nearly twice as many grams of protein. Enough dietary protein helps preserve your lean muscle mass. Loss of lean mass isn't as much of an issue when you have lots of fat reserves, but there's no downside to giving yourself the best possible shot at keeping the muscle you have.
 
Other than now being slightly confused.... I'm entirely pissed off at this protein thing, when I try to add more protein, I go over what I want for sodium and I'm distressed over the amount of fat I should or shouldn't have. Right now I'm half way through my day, planned the rest of it, and I don't have entirely enough calories... yet the fat is up to 38.86, sodium is at 1696, and protein is 83.31. I wanted to have more cottage cheese for to boost my protein up more, and because it's filling... but I can't because it has like 459mg of sodium! And even then my calories are still BELOW 1600. I want it at least no lower than 1800! *sigh* To get one thing higher, everything I want to stay lower goes up with it! What do I do?

Though I'm excited about my measurements! :)

May:
Neck: 16
Bust: 45
Waist: 55.50
Hips: 59.50
(I don't have the rest for May).

July:
Neck: 16
Bust: 50
Waist: 48 1/2
Hips: 58
L Bicep: 16
R Bicep: 16
L Lower Arm: 13 1/2
R Lower Arm: 14
L Thigh: 30 1/2
R Thigh: 31 1/2
L Calf: 22
R Calf: 22

But...why is my bust bigger???
 
Congrats on the measurements!

As for getting protein without sodium, does your grocery store have any low sodium tuna? I buy a low sodium tuna that is 140 calories, 2g fat, 100mg sodium, 32g protein. How about whey? One scoop of whey (for me) is 117 calories, 2g fat, 75mg sodium, 24g protein. Eggs? 90 calories, 6g fat, 75mg sodium, 7g protein.

There's a few. By the way, eat that cottage cheese! It's way too good for you to not eat it!

Don't spend too much time worrying about sodium. Limit it as best you can but don't let it stop you from eating something that is otherwise very healthy. Just drink more water. No worries.

As far as fat goes, on a 2000 calorie diet you should try to limit your fat to 67g.
 
Thanks Darwinfish!

Well here's what today looked like:

Breakfast
1/2 medium banana
0.67 serving Brown n' serve beef sausage
1/2 serving Lowfat 1% Milk
1 serving Total Honey Clusters

Lunch
1/2 medium banana
1/2 cup blueberries
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 serving Light Garlic and Herb Cheese Spread
2 servings Wasa Multigrain Crispbread

Dinner
2 1/2 oz bacon
1 serving Classic Whole Wheat Tortillas
0.67 serving Kid's Chicken Strips
1 serving pepper jack cheese
1/4 cup Salsa

Snacks / Other
1/2 serving Almonds
1/2 cup cottage cheese
1 tbsp Peanut butter
2 servings Wasa Multigrain Crispbread
1 serving Dole Salad Mix
2 Large Eggs
Ranch

Total Calories: 2158.
Water: 8 1/2 glasses.
Chol(mg) 581
Sod(mg) 4159
Fat(g) 113.69
Carbs(g) 188.28
Fiber(g) 25.6
Prot(g) 105.20
 
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tamwalt said:
when I try to add more protein, I go over what I want for sodium and I'm distressed over the amount of fat I should or shouldn't have.
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Ah, sorry - wasn't meaning to stress you out. It is hard to balance too many things at once.

Sodium doesn't bother me (doesn't affect my blood pressure and I don't care about water retention from the odd late-night salty snack), so I ignore it. (FitDay says I averaged 3338mg of sodium over the last two weeks, and I don't even record salt I add to things.) I worry that I get my calories and macronutrients in the range I want them every day, and that I get 100% of my RDA of vitamins and minerals averaged over a week. And that's pretty much it. Otherwise, I'd go insane.

If you have some specific reason to restrict sodium (or anything else), then yeah, you have to make that a priority. But don't try to set too many priorities - better to be successful at good enough than to fail at perfection due to overload, you know?

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the fat is up to 38.86, sodium is at 1696, and protein is 83.31.
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FWIW, I have no issue with your level of fat intake. Your target of 1800 calories is about where I've been for the last 2 weeks (which surprises me - usually it's higher, but who am I to quibble with the computer?), and it looks like I run about 59g fat, 200g carbs (40g fiber), 131g protein, averaged over those two weeks.

I'm not saying that you should use those numbers as a target. Your protein needs are pretty much a fixed number (1g per pound of lean mass [if you know it] or 0.5g per pound of total mass [if you're very heavy] is a decent place to start) - I eat more than the ~90g I need because when I get less protein, I tend to eat a lot more junk and do a lot more mindless snarfing. Then you can split the rest of your calories however makes you happy between fats and carbs - there's some minimum of fat you do need, but I suspect you aren't going to aim for a fat-free diet, so you don't need to worry about that. I personally do better with more fat and less carb; your mileage is going to vary.

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I can't because it has like 459mg of sodium!
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And it doesn't have much calcium, either. I still eat a lot of it, alas. For me, I'd worry more about processed food sodium than about cottage cheese sodium, but like I said, sodium doesn't bother me.

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To get one thing higher, everything I want to stay lower goes up with it!
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Yep. Sucks, doesn't it? It does get easier over time. When I first started figuring out where I wanted my macronutrients to be, I always ended the day needing protein and carbs, and over on fat. It is *hard* to find something to eat that has 30g of protein and 20g of carbs and no fat. :p Now I try to get a big chunk of my protein in early in the day, so I don't have to worry about it later.

tamwalt said:
May:
Bust: 45
Waist: 55.50
July:
Bust: 50
Waist: 48 1/2

But...why is my bust bigger???
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Wow, that's some redistribution! Different bra between measurements, maybe? I know I sag more in some than in others, so maybe you were feeling perkier in July? WTG on the waist - that's a huge change!
 
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