TipsyToes Weight Loss Mission

6 hours walking....WOW!!! The wind was SOO cold here yesterday, but it was sunny. How hot was hot? I'm slightly envious of warmth atm, but wouldn't be in the middle of Summer I know.
 
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6 hours walking....WOW!!! The wind was SOO cold here yesterday, but it was sunny. How hot was hot? I'm slightly envious of warmth atm, but wouldn't be in the middle of Summer I know.
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It was intense and I don't recommend it! I'll be sticking to 4 hours max in future... :S It was about 18 degree's, so the perfect temperature to walk in the sun, with a little activity I was actually getting very warm. Can't wait for the warmer weather!!

31/7/16 - 47 days until weigh day
Feet are still covered in blisters, but hobbled down to the shops today anyway.

Lunch:
240kcal - JC, Vegetable Tortellini
Dinner:
315kcal - JC, Macaroni Cheese with Broccoli and Cauliflower
Snacks:
120kcal - 3x Caramel Chocolate
160kcal - 1 Tub Chobani Yoghurt (100kcal) + French Onion Soup Mix (60kcal) (low cal french onion dip)
90kcal - 4x Small Carrots
Milk:
125kcal - Tea & Coffee Allowance

Exercise:
200kcal - 1 hr Walking

Total: 1050/1600kcal = 550 + 200kcal deficit
NET Total: 31,090/134,300kcal
 
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LaMaria said:
Yay for walking! You´re doing very well.
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Thank you! :)

1/8/16 - 46 days until weigh day

The Water Conundrum:
So I read an article on drinking water for weight loss... As I haven't been drinking much lately and was wondering if I was shooting myself in the foot. It said our body needs water for bodily process, including breaking down fat when you're on a diet. So yes, very necessary. Apparently even mild dehydration can slow down weight loss. Ugh and it makes sense. I need to get back onto the water drinking!

Managed to get in 8 glasses of water + 7 teas + 1 naughty Hahn Superdry. Hopefully I'm back to being hydrated. I also read something AGES ago from Karl Kruszelnicki, wish I could find it, about how tea and coffee still counts as an intake of liquid despite them being diuretics. Goes against a lot of "diet advice" out there. While it isn't as great as water, it is still way better than no liquid and shouldn't be discounted or avoided. The amount of liquid going in (and staying in) is still greater than the diuretic effect. Something else I read about tea is that it's almost as hydrating as water, so I shouldn't worry about tea so much.

Who knows! I'm going to stick to 8 glasses of water and top it off with whatever additional beverages I like.

Beer and Chocolate Everywhere:
Ok so. Days at home really suck for me. I spend the entire day avoiding snacking and eventually it wears me down. This is fine ususally, as I try not to keep things in the house I can snack on (EVERYTHING needs cooking! Yay!), but lately we have had cases of beers (low cal beers thankfully) and several large boxes of chocolates gifted to us. The first box of chocolates came from my brothers almost-girlfriend and the other was a thank you from my workplace for running a big presentation in front of our NSW branch (I definitely deserved the chocolates!).

I seem to be struggling a lot with it all. Just need to get back to sticking with the food that I have. :(

Breakfast:
160kcal - Chia Seed Porridge (these things are really starting to grow on me!)
Lunch:
215kcal - JC, Cheese & Broccoli Baked Potato
Dinner:
315kcal - JC, Macaroni Cheese with Broccoli and Cauliflower
Snacks:
100kcal - Small Glass of Red Wine
100kcal - Banana
Milk:
175kcal - Tea & Coffee Allowance

Total: 1065/1600kcal = 535kcal deficit
NET Total: 31,625/134,300kcal = 9lb's down :party:
 
A lot of what those 8 glasses of 8oz a day people won't tell you is that a lot of our daily liquid intake comes from the foods we eat and even the "bad" things we drink like tea, soda or coffee.

People tend to want to just break something into good and bad categories, but even things we may consider bad for us can still provide some benefit (like hydration).

If you're getting in 8 good sized glasses a day, it sounds like you're doing fairly well on hydration -- I'd only worry about making up for the excess sweating you're doing during exercising.
 
Mowens1984 said:
A lot of what those 8 glasses of 8oz a day people won't tell you is that a lot of our daily liquid intake comes from the foods we eat and even the "bad" things we drink like tea, soda or coffee.

People tend to want to just break something into good and bad categories, but even things we may consider bad for us can still provide some benefit (like hydration).

If you're getting in 8 good sized glasses a day, it sounds like you're doing fairly well on hydration -- I'd only worry about making up for the excess sweating you're doing during exercising.
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It's a good point, but I was definitely getting worse. It was getting to the point where I wasn't getting more than 3-4 glasses of any kind of liquid, including from my food!

Today was good for water though! 3 teas and coffees, 5 glasses of water, 2 low-cal beers and a bowl of soup.

2/8/16 - 45 day until weigh day

Breakfast:
250kcal - Cheese & Tomato Toastie
Lunch:
80kcal - Piece of Toast
90kcal - Veggie Soup
Dinner:
310kcal - Vegetable Pappardelle
Snacks:
200kcal - 2x Low Cal Beers
30kcal - Milk Arrowroot
Milk:
100kcal - Tea & Coffee Allowance

Total: 1060/1600kcal = 540kcal deficit
NET Total: 32,165/134,300kcal
 
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Waist Update:
Woo! Down to 68cm!!! :D Getting closer to 65cm.

3/8/16 - 45 day until weigh day

Breakfast:
250kcal - Cheese & Tomato Toastie
Lunch:
200kcal - Cheese & Bean Burrito
Dinner:
295kcal - Linguine Primavera
Snacks:
200kcal - 2x Low Cal Beer
50kcal - Can Asparagus
Milk:
100kcal - 3 Tea & Coffee Allowance

Total: 1095/1600kcal = 505kcal deficit
NET Total: 32,670/134,300kcal
 
So today has been interesting - eating breakfast supplied on the plane on the way to a conference, networking coffee's left right and center, 4 free items from the hotel mini bar (amazing deal normally! Terrible for a diet haha), so many sugary conference freebies, packing my Jenny Craig lunches and dinners to get some control...

All came out on top today! My diet coffee choice is a long black with a dash of milk and two sweeteners, works out the equivalent calories of an instant coffee made at home. I also chose to take the pepsi max's from the mini bar, enjoy one beer and take the chocolate bar home to my brother. I'm also bringing home all the sugary freebies home for him.

4/8/16 - 44 days until weigh day

Breakfast:
100kcal - Tub of Yoghurt
150kcal - Nutrigrain + Dash of Milk
Lunch:
235kcal - JC, Pasta Verde
Dinner:
115kcal - Pumpkin Soup
80kcal - Slice of Bread
75kcal - Slice of Cheese
Snacks:
100kcal - Apple
45kcal - 125g Strawberries
150kcal - Beer
Milk:
50kcal - 2x Coffee's

Exercise: 400kcal - 2hrs Walking

Total: 1100/1600kcal = 500 + 400kcal deficit
NET Total: 33,570/134,300kcal
 
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