Tamara's Weightloss Journey!
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tamwalt
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Today was perfect! Except I could have eaten something better for breakfast.
Breakfast: 1 cup 1% chocolate milk, a banana, 2 snackaway yogurt creme oatmeal cookies. 9 WW points. 463 cal.
Lunch: 17 Special K crackers, 2oz tuna w/ sand. spread, string cheese, 1/2 tomato, fruit cup and 1 cup juicy juice. 9 WW points. 469 cal.
Snack: Vanilla soft serve cone w/ 1 tbsp of walnuts and a banana. 8.5 WW points. 415 cal.
Dinner: 2 servings Tai Pei Spicy Szechuan Style Chicken (chicken, rice, veggies, spicy chinese sauce). 6 WW points. 300 cal.
Snack: Banana. 2 WW points. 105 cal.
34.5 WW points.
1752 calories.
2265mg sodium.
41.72g fat.
25.5g fiber.
Water? 4 bottles of water.
Exercise? Work was really busy and tiring. I woke up too late to exercise before work and now I'm too tired to get on my elliptical.*Sighs*.
Breakfast: 1 cup 1% chocolate milk, a banana, 2 snackaway yogurt creme oatmeal cookies. 9 WW points. 463 cal.
Lunch: 17 Special K crackers, 2oz tuna w/ sand. spread, string cheese, 1/2 tomato, fruit cup and 1 cup juicy juice. 9 WW points. 469 cal.
Snack: Vanilla soft serve cone w/ 1 tbsp of walnuts and a banana. 8.5 WW points. 415 cal.
Dinner: 2 servings Tai Pei Spicy Szechuan Style Chicken (chicken, rice, veggies, spicy chinese sauce). 6 WW points. 300 cal.
Snack: Banana. 2 WW points. 105 cal.
34.5 WW points.
1752 calories.
2265mg sodium.
41.72g fat.
25.5g fiber.
Water? 4 bottles of water.
Exercise? Work was really busy and tiring. I woke up too late to exercise before work and now I'm too tired to get on my elliptical.*Sighs*.
tamwalt
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Childhood memories of being fat.
So I've always been on the heavier side, I was a pretty heavy kid, obese pre-teen, and a severely obese teenager. I honestly partially blame my parents. Good old fashioned "eat all the food on your plate" kind of folk, and of course, they had to over portion my food growing up, so of course I ended up learning to overeat, and as my stomach got bigger, it took more food to make me feel "full", and to me "full" meant over-full, I didn't learn until I was an adult what the feeling of full really is, which is truly sad, in my opinion. They weren't the worst parents in the world, they just didn't seem to notice that when I was 8, something should have been done about my weight, then... but, no, now it's my problem, and guess what? I'm taking care of it, educating myself the way they should have educated me about food. Though, what can I expect from a woman who doesn't allow her child to eat a whole banana because it's a "fatty" fruit, with only 0.39g of fat, lol, but let's her have toast with the 1/2 of a banana.... *sighs*.
One thing that will always stick with me about my weight is the cruel names I was called at school and at home because of it. I will always be emotionally scared by the kids yelling "earthquake" as I walked by, or my own father calling me "wide load", but still to this day says he never made fun of my weight (that's right dad, you were too drunk to remember saying it!). Though, hopefully I will heal in this journey, as food becomes my friend instead of my enemy.
Pictures below are me as a child, from 3 or 4 to 8.
Then age 15 and now.
So I've always been on the heavier side, I was a pretty heavy kid, obese pre-teen, and a severely obese teenager. I honestly partially blame my parents. Good old fashioned "eat all the food on your plate" kind of folk, and of course, they had to over portion my food growing up, so of course I ended up learning to overeat, and as my stomach got bigger, it took more food to make me feel "full", and to me "full" meant over-full, I didn't learn until I was an adult what the feeling of full really is, which is truly sad, in my opinion. They weren't the worst parents in the world, they just didn't seem to notice that when I was 8, something should have been done about my weight, then... but, no, now it's my problem, and guess what? I'm taking care of it, educating myself the way they should have educated me about food. Though, what can I expect from a woman who doesn't allow her child to eat a whole banana because it's a "fatty" fruit, with only 0.39g of fat, lol, but let's her have toast with the 1/2 of a banana.... *sighs*.
One thing that will always stick with me about my weight is the cruel names I was called at school and at home because of it. I will always be emotionally scared by the kids yelling "earthquake" as I walked by, or my own father calling me "wide load", but still to this day says he never made fun of my weight (that's right dad, you were too drunk to remember saying it!). Though, hopefully I will heal in this journey, as food becomes my friend instead of my enemy.
Pictures below are me as a child, from 3 or 4 to 8.
Then age 15 and now.
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tamwalt
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Roastbeef sandwich w/ tomato, string cheese and 1 cup 1% chocolate milk.
Chilis for dinner.
Uh, yeah.
Yesterday was "feel like crap for eating at chilis for a second Tuesday in a row day".
Here's what happened...
I wanted to order in chinese.
It would have been $35 because I wanted lots of options "cus if I'm breaking my diet I might as well enjoy it"....
Hubby thought we could treat his parents and us to chinese buffet, for same price, problem is, it was 9:30pm, lol... they close at 10pm.
I, dumb me, suggested Chilis... I spent $65 instead of $35.... yeah, it was cheaper...
... AND I STILL WANT CHINESE. So it didn't fill the f-ing craving... which was the point... duh!
I f-ing hate this.
Chilis for dinner.
Uh, yeah.
Yesterday was "feel like crap for eating at chilis for a second Tuesday in a row day".
Here's what happened...
I wanted to order in chinese.
It would have been $35 because I wanted lots of options "cus if I'm breaking my diet I might as well enjoy it"....
Hubby thought we could treat his parents and us to chinese buffet, for same price, problem is, it was 9:30pm, lol... they close at 10pm.
I, dumb me, suggested Chilis... I spent $65 instead of $35.... yeah, it was cheaper...
... AND I STILL WANT CHINESE. So it didn't fill the f-ing craving... which was the point... duh!I f-ing hate this.
tamwalt
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8/13's food:
Banana and 1/2 cup chocolate covered almonds.
Turkey club (no mayo and 1 less piece of bread) @ work w/ fries and ranch to dip fries in.
Hormel rice/turkey/veg "compleats" (while waiting for it to microwave I had 1/4 cup more of chocolate covered almonds).
Trader joes blueberry/raspberry oat bran muffin (1 muffin = 2 servings).
32 WW points.
2458mg sodium.
48.81g fat.
34.1g fiber.
1632 calories.
Banana and 1/2 cup chocolate covered almonds.
Turkey club (no mayo and 1 less piece of bread) @ work w/ fries and ranch to dip fries in.
Hormel rice/turkey/veg "compleats" (while waiting for it to microwave I had 1/4 cup more of chocolate covered almonds).
Trader joes blueberry/raspberry oat bran muffin (1 muffin = 2 servings).
32 WW points.
2458mg sodium.
48.81g fat.
34.1g fiber.
1632 calories.
tamwalt
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This last week I really fell off, and we're suppose to be going out to breakfast at IHOP tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get back on the wagon on Thursday.
Scale said 255.6 last time I weighed in, but then again, it could really be the sodium because the day before it said 253.8.
I'm having a really hard time right now with life, so... yeah.
Foods I ate but shouldn't last week (no specific order, and only what I can remember eating):
Chilis again.
Nachos for dinner and loads of soda.
Binged on loads of soda and loads of pizza.
Binged on pop tarts and TGI Fridays potato skin chips and chocolate covered almonds.
Binged on brownie with soft serve with caramel and hot fudge and whipped cream and mcdonalds angus deluxe and 1/2 a large fry.
Today: Woke up at 3pm... ate chinese... will eat more chinese if I get hungry again.
Tomorrow... IHOP.
Those are all different days, not the same day....the rest of the day was ok, up until I ate those things.
Scale said 255.6 last time I weighed in, but then again, it could really be the sodium because the day before it said 253.8.
I'm having a really hard time right now with life, so... yeah.
Foods I ate but shouldn't last week (no specific order, and only what I can remember eating):
Chilis again.
Nachos for dinner and loads of soda.
Binged on loads of soda and loads of pizza.
Binged on pop tarts and TGI Fridays potato skin chips and chocolate covered almonds.
Binged on brownie with soft serve with caramel and hot fudge and whipped cream and mcdonalds angus deluxe and 1/2 a large fry.
Today: Woke up at 3pm... ate chinese... will eat more chinese if I get hungry again.
Tomorrow... IHOP.
Those are all different days, not the same day....the rest of the day was ok, up until I ate those things.
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tamwalt
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So here's what happened...
I wanted to eat things I knew I should not eat.
...and I ate them.
I have been gone for two weeks...
I was suppose to start back on eating better Monday...
...but we were suppose to go to the beach Tuesday (and IHOP for breakfast!)...
...we didn't go...
...but we were suppose to go to the beach Wednesday...
...we didn't go...
...we did go Thursday...
I kept telling myself "one more day...then... back on track!"...
That "one more day" never stopped...
Until today.
I am back.
I don't need chinese, pizza, brownies and ice cream, soda, and such...
I want them... I don't need them... what I NEED the most is to lose this weight... once and for all! I've come so far, I am NOT going back now! I simply can't do that to myself any longer! ...and I WON'T.
Today, after breakfast, I stepped on the scale @ 261.2lbs. Ha! That's so inaccurate... I know it is. I have been drinking can after can of soda most of the time I was gone. I still have some left, but will only drink 1 in a day if I "have to have it!"...and it must be in my daily points, or I can't have it.
Anyway, the scale is not lying, but my body is. I'm retaining water badly... I'm constipated... and I just know I don't weigh that much, lol. So, I am going to stay on track and not weigh myself until Tuesday! (even though I have a weigh in tomorrow for a challenge, I'm going to wait til Tuesday!)
I wanted to eat things I knew I should not eat.
...and I ate them.
I have been gone for two weeks...
I was suppose to start back on eating better Monday...
...but we were suppose to go to the beach Tuesday (and IHOP for breakfast!)...
...we didn't go...
...but we were suppose to go to the beach Wednesday...
...we didn't go...
...we did go Thursday...
I kept telling myself "one more day...then... back on track!"...
That "one more day" never stopped...
Until today.
I am back.
I don't need chinese, pizza, brownies and ice cream, soda, and such...
I want them... I don't need them... what I NEED the most is to lose this weight... once and for all! I've come so far, I am NOT going back now! I simply can't do that to myself any longer! ...and I WON'T.
Today, after breakfast, I stepped on the scale @ 261.2lbs. Ha! That's so inaccurate... I know it is. I have been drinking can after can of soda most of the time I was gone. I still have some left, but will only drink 1 in a day if I "have to have it!"...and it must be in my daily points, or I can't have it.
Anyway, the scale is not lying, but my body is. I'm retaining water badly... I'm constipated... and I just know I don't weigh that much, lol. So, I am going to stay on track and not weigh myself until Tuesday! (even though I have a weigh in tomorrow for a challenge, I'm going to wait til Tuesday!)
tamwalt
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Food for today:
Caramel delight w/ milk.
Tai Pei Szechuan style chicken.
Cheddar jack chicken w/ garlic bread and broccoli.
Banana and an apple.
31 WW pnts.
2111mg sodium.
43.68g fat.
31.2g fiber.
1501 calories.
Water: plan on drinking 8 or more 8 oz glasses!
Not the best restart, but I did not go shopping this week and have to wait til Tuesday, it will be fine...
Caramel delight w/ milk.
Tai Pei Szechuan style chicken.
Cheddar jack chicken w/ garlic bread and broccoli.
Banana and an apple.
31 WW pnts.
2111mg sodium.
43.68g fat.
31.2g fiber.
1501 calories.
Water: plan on drinking 8 or more 8 oz glasses!
Not the best restart, but I did not go shopping this week and have to wait til Tuesday, it will be fine...
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tamwalt
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Well... 8/23 WAS going ok until I ate mcdonalds deluxe angus meal w/ 1/2 mediun fry and a sweet tea for dinner... why am I so weak!?! I'm too lazy to figure out the calories and points... I know it's bad, so... yeah. How do I stop doing this to myself!?!
I don't know myself right now... I'm falling so hard right now... not just when it comes to weight loss... I'm so damned depressed....
I don't know myself right now... I'm falling so hard right now... not just when it comes to weight loss... I'm so damned depressed....
tamwalt
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8/24:
1c caramel delight
1/2c whole milk
1/2c strawberries
1 sm banana
2oz tunafish w/ 1tbsp sand. spread and dijon must.
17 special k crackers
kraft twistable string cheese
1 sm banana
1 sm apple
mcdonalds soft serve cone
lean cuisine steak/cheddar/mushroom panini
2 trader joes breaded chicken breast
1 serv instant mashed potatoes
sm salad w/ ranch dressing
asparagus
peas
greenbeans
serv fruit/vegs: 8.
weight watch points: 32.
calories: 1717.
sodium: 2328mg.
fat: 50.31g.
fiber: 35.6g.
water: 6 glasses.
today was perfect...
my hip is really bothering me lately... *sigh*...
and...i fell at work yesterday, so now my knee hurts...
...and my ankle is in agony and i dont know why.
so, i did not exercise... but i need to get my food situated again first, anyway.
1c caramel delight
1/2c whole milk
1/2c strawberries
1 sm banana
2oz tunafish w/ 1tbsp sand. spread and dijon must.
17 special k crackers
kraft twistable string cheese
1 sm banana
1 sm apple
mcdonalds soft serve cone
lean cuisine steak/cheddar/mushroom panini
2 trader joes breaded chicken breast
1 serv instant mashed potatoes
sm salad w/ ranch dressing
asparagus
peas
greenbeans
serv fruit/vegs: 8.
weight watch points: 32.
calories: 1717.
sodium: 2328mg.
fat: 50.31g.
fiber: 35.6g.
water: 6 glasses.
today was perfect...
my hip is really bothering me lately... *sigh*...
and...i fell at work yesterday, so now my knee hurts...
...and my ankle is in agony and i dont know why.
so, i did not exercise... but i need to get my food situated again first, anyway.
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anna.banana
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Sorry to hear about the sore joints, I agree with putting emphasis on getting the food sorted first though.
Well done for not falling of the wagon after having the maccas. I was reading an article that was saying its not the lapsing from the eating plan that is the problem. THe biggest problem is how you respond to the lapse.
Sounds like you've done really well!
Well done for not falling of the wagon after having the maccas. I was reading an article that was saying its not the lapsing from the eating plan that is the problem. THe biggest problem is how you respond to the lapse.
Sounds like you've done really well!
tamwalt
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8/25:
Healthy choice fresh mixer teriyaki chicken.
1/2 can of rootbeer.
D'angelo small roast beef and cheddar on wheat.
Trader joe pizza with salad w/ raspberry vinegrette and croutons and a vitamin water.
1/2 Trader joe ginger carrot muffin.
WW points: 37.
Calories: 1767.
Water: 6 glasses.
Over WW points... but I feel that if my calories are with-in my personal range of 1500-1900 calories, then I'm ok, I'm using WW points as a general guide.
I need to drink more water.
Stepped on the scale earlier and it was 5 pounds less than 2 days ago, so I'm definately getting my body back to normal... but I'm waiting to record my weight until the swelling from the sodium overload the past two weeks fully goes away... might not make sense to some - but it makes sense to me and helps me with drawl emotion from the scale...
Healthy choice fresh mixer teriyaki chicken.
1/2 can of rootbeer.
D'angelo small roast beef and cheddar on wheat.
Trader joe pizza with salad w/ raspberry vinegrette and croutons and a vitamin water.
1/2 Trader joe ginger carrot muffin.
WW points: 37.
Calories: 1767.
Water: 6 glasses.
Over WW points... but I feel that if my calories are with-in my personal range of 1500-1900 calories, then I'm ok, I'm using WW points as a general guide.
I need to drink more water.
Stepped on the scale earlier and it was 5 pounds less than 2 days ago, so I'm definately getting my body back to normal... but I'm waiting to record my weight until the swelling from the sodium overload the past two weeks fully goes away... might not make sense to some - but it makes sense to me and helps me with drawl emotion from the scale...
tamwalt
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Ginger carrot muffin.
Rootbeer.
Lean cuisine chicken fettuccine.
Chocolate covered almonds.
Side of fries @ work w/ ranch dressing to dip.
An apple.
Chicken fajitas on two whole wheat tortillas w/ 1 oz cheddar and 2 tbsp sourcream ... so yummy!
1725 cal.
33.5 WW points.
2106mg sodium.
51.68g fat.
25.5g fiber.
Water: 6 glasses.
Today looks awesome!
We have a scale at work cus people are starting a contest and putting $50 each in to a pot (I can't afford to join in, lol), whoever wins, gets like $400 or more, depending on who else joins in....so anyway.. I weighed myself on that scale today in work clothes with shoes, my apron w/ stuff in the pockets.... and it said 250lbs!!! Wait...what!?!? I need to find a flatter surface in the house to weigh myself!!!... and I had just eaten literally right before I weighed in!!! That gave me some motivation, even if it's wrong... but I doubt it is though...
Rootbeer.
Lean cuisine chicken fettuccine.
Chocolate covered almonds.
Side of fries @ work w/ ranch dressing to dip.
An apple.
Chicken fajitas on two whole wheat tortillas w/ 1 oz cheddar and 2 tbsp sourcream ... so yummy!
1725 cal.
33.5 WW points.
2106mg sodium.
51.68g fat.
25.5g fiber.
Water: 6 glasses.
Today looks awesome!
We have a scale at work cus people are starting a contest and putting $50 each in to a pot (I can't afford to join in, lol), whoever wins, gets like $400 or more, depending on who else joins in....so anyway.. I weighed myself on that scale today in work clothes with shoes, my apron w/ stuff in the pockets.... and it said 250lbs!!! Wait...what!?!? I need to find a flatter surface in the house to weigh myself!!!... and I had just eaten literally right before I weighed in!!! That gave me some motivation, even if it's wrong... but I doubt it is though...
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