Want2Lose's Diary

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March 5

Hi 2Skinny. I loved Misery, what a great movie. I may go see Shutter Island this weekend.

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with peanut butter, chocolate soymilk
Snack: Decaf coffee, apple
Lunch: Salad (cabbage, vinegar, light Asian dressing (Kraft); stew (kidney beans, olives, tumeric) over brown rice
Snack: Popcorn (cooking spray, salt), blueberries
Dinner: Baked tofu (five spices flavor) with mustard and tomato on two corn tortillas
Snack: Five prunes, tangerine, brazil nut

Exercise
Walked 14,000 steps (went to botanic garden); 5 push-ups
 
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March 6

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with peanut butter
Snack: Decaf coffee, popcorn (cooking spray, salt)
Lunch: Black beans cooked with carrot and celery over brown rice topped with salsa and five pimiento-stuffed olives
Snack: None
Dinner: Two corn tortillas with baked tofu (five spices flavor), mustard, kale and tomato; butternut squash
Snack: Baked rhubarb with honey and cinnamon

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; five push-ups
 
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March 7

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins, cinnamon, soymilk
Snack: Decaf coffee, popcorn (cooking spray, salt)
Lunch: Small red beans and quinoa cooked in tomato sauce (garlic, olives, oregano) served over baked eggplant
Snack: Rhubarb and tangerine baked with honey and walnuts, tea
Dinner: Tempeh, kale, red bell pepper, parsley, lemon juice and mustard on two corn tortillas
Snack: Five prunes; popcorn (cooking spray, salt)

Exercise
Walked 11,000 steps; five push-ups
 
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March 8

A happy day -- I weighed in at 125!

Menu
Breakfast: Two corn tortillas with peanut butter, half pear
Snack: Tangerine, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), sweet potato, peas, broccoli, two tomatoes
Snack: Apple
Dinner: Tempeh and brown rice (onion, ginger, garlic, hoisin sauce, salsa), bitter melon
Snack: Popcorn (cooking spray, salt), three prunes, brazil nut

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps, five push-ups
 
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How many calories are you going for? I've been going for 1500 calories, but I wonder if I should knock down to 1200?
 
March 9

Hi 2Skinny, thanks for the congratulations!

Hello Erin87, my calories are all over the place lately. My method is to eat as much as I can and still maintain my weight loss. I officially shoot for 1800 a day, but I have been under some work-related stress lately. Stress either makes me overeat (2,000 to 2,500 calories or even more) or undereat (on days I work, I often only get 1,600 calories). I recommend the BMR calculator to see how many calories are recommended for your age, weight, gender, activity level and height. You could start in the middle of the range they give you and adjust the calories up or down according to how satisfied you are with your weight loss.

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, almonds, cinnamon, soymilk), half pear
Snack: Green tea, apple
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), sweet potato, broccoli, green peas, two tomatoes
Snack: None
Dinner: Stir fry (bitter melon, eggplant, red bell pepper, ginger, onion, olive oil, soy sauce, vinegar); lentils and quinoa (salsa); kale
Snack: Tangerine, three prunes

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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March 10

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, soymilk
Snack: Apple, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), acorn squash, broccoli, green peas, collards
Snack: Orange
Dinner: Salad (bitter melon, eggplant, onion, parsley, kale, salt, mustard); black beans and salsa on two corn tortillas
Snack: Popcorn (cooking spray, salt), four prunes

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; five push-ups
 
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March 11

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, soymilk
Snack: Apple, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), broccoli, collards, acorn squash, two tomatoes
Snack: Two french fries, Sanka decaf coffee
Dinner: Stir-fry (eggplant, onion, ginger, bitter melon, bok choy, parsley, soy sauce); black beans and salsa on two corn tortillas
Snack: Popcorn (cooking spray, salt), raisins

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; five push-ups
 
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March 12

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (walnuts, raisins, cinnamon, soymilk)
Snack: Green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), sweet potato, broccoli, collards, two tomatoes
Snack: Apple
Dinner: Lentils and quinoa with salsa; stir-fry (gold beet, bok choy, eggplant, onion, parsley, balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar, low-sodium soy sauce)
Snack: Popcorn (cooking spray, salt), blueberries

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; five push-ups
 
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March 13, 2010

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal, raisins, cinnamon, soymilk; decaf coffee
Snack: None
Lunch: Baked tofu (soy deli brand, honey sesame flavor) on three corn tortillas with mustard, parsley, tomatoes
Snack: Rhubarb and tangerine stewed with honey and walnuts; tea
Dinner: Stir-fry (shrimp, bitter melon, carrot, shiitake mushrooms, red bell pepper, onion, garlic, lemon juice, rice vinegar, low-sodium soy sauce, cayenne)
Snack: Popcorn (cooking spray, salt); four prunes

First day of my period. Not as much bloating as usual, which is strange because I have been consuming rathor more sodium than usual.

Did my grocery shopping today. It was sample day at Whole Foods -- cookies, crackers, cheese, potato chips, cheesy puffs (my weakness) -- and there was a delicious roasting smell from the deli wafting through the store. Yet, I managed not to succumb. There was also a party at work last week with all sorts of good things to eat. I was able to limit myself to a small taste. But I can feel my willpower is about used up. It's easiest if one can avoid those situations. Unfortunately, that's not always possible.
 
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March 14

Such a beautiful day today. I went for a great walk.

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, walnuts, cinnamon, soymilk)
Snack: Decaf coffee
Lunch: Three corn tortillas with pinto beans and salsa; soup (tomatoes, porcini mushrooms, spinach, garlic, cabbage, parsley, Italian seasoning blend, balsamic vinegar, lemon juice, salt)
Snack: Tea, cantaloupe
Dinner: Walleye; kale and bitter melon with low-sodium soy-sauce and lemon juice
Snack: Popcorn (salt, cooking spray); three prunes; three squares 85% dark chocolate

Exercise
Walked 11,000 steps; five push ups

When I was in my late teens or early twenties, I joined a diet plan. It was called, Diet Center or Weight Loss Center or Diet Clinic, some name like that. You paid a fee and got a special diet, a list of foods you could eat. You were supposed to check in weekly to be weighed and have your blood pressure taken by a lady in a white coat. You kept a food journal and the person would comment on it and make recommendations. The diet was 1,000 calories a day -- 250 each for breakfast and lunch, 100 for a snack and 400 for dinner! Yet, that was how one was supposed to lose weight when I was young. All the diet books recommended between 1000 and 1500 calories a day and 1500 was considered extreme. There was no discussion of the different kinds of carbohydrate and fat. "Eating clean" was not a common term. There was no internet and nothing like fitday to accurately log calories and get a picture of a meal's nutritional profile. Needless to say, I failed the diet. I was cranky and irritable. I became too embarrassed to go to the weigh-ins, and forfeited the fee-- $89 or $189, somthing like that, a lot of money to me at the time. I barely lasted a month. There was no follow-up call from the diet company. I now wonder if their business model was to deliberately put people on an unrealistic diet so they would quit and forfeit the fee! That was my last attempt at serious dieting, which is probably good because it kept me from yo-yo-ing. When I started my weight loss program last year, it was a real eye-opener to see how much all the weight loss advice had changed in 20 years.
 
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Aw that's nice you had a good walk today. It rained where I am but I walked with my umbrella to the grocery store.

Good for you for resisting the food at the office party. Have a great dedicated week.
 
March 15

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter
Snack: Orange, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), two tomatoes, broccoli, collards, butternut squash
Snack: Apple, black tea
Dinner: Lentils and brown rice with salsa; kale and bitter melon with reduced-sodium soy sauce
Snack: Popcorn (cooking oil, salt); baked tofu (soy deli brand, honey sesame flavor)

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; no push-ups
 
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March 16

Menu
Breakfast: Three tortillas with almond butter, cantaloupe
Snack: Apple
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), butternut squash, broccoli, collards
Snack: Decaf coffee (sanka brand)
Dinner: Tuna salad (celery, egg, 2 tablespoons Miracle Whip, red bell pepper); cannellini beans; kale and bitter melon
Snack: Popcorn, five prunes

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 14 push-ups
 
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looks like you're eating pretty healthy with the almonds and raisins for the fiber and salads, if you keep it up, im sure you can hit your goal
 
March 17

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (soymilk, raisins, cinnamon)
Snack: Apple, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg, sweet potato, broccoli, collards, green tea
Snack: Red seedless grapes; two baked corn tortillas and salsa
Dinner: Stew (lentils, rice, garlic, tomatoes, shiitake mushrooms, salt); bitter melon
Snack: Cantaloupe and blueberries; popcorn (salt, cooking spray); five prunes; three squares 85% dark chocolate

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; no push-ups.
 
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March 18

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter; soymilk
Snack: Apple, mint tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt), sweet-potato, broccoli, collards
Snack: Black tea
Dinner: Stew (lentils, split peas, quinoa, shiitake mushrooms, tomatoes, garlic, salt, black pepper); salad (cabbage, red pepper, bitter melon, mustard, apple cider vinegar, light Asian dressing (Kraft brand))
Snack: Popcorn (cooking spray, salt), orange

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups

Last night's snacking put me at 1,900 calories, but I think I needed them. Except for the chocolate, it was clean eating.
 
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Nice eating as usual :)
I'm walking up the stairs at work to my 9th floor. We moved to a new office building so now I have no excuse. lol
Have a great day tomorrow.
 
March 19

Thanks, 2Skinny. Let's hope I can keep it up. All sorts of treats seem to be calling my name lately. 9 floors is an awesome cardio workout.

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (soymilk, almonds, raisins, cinnamon), decaf coffee
Snack: Cantaloupe and blueberries (lemon juice)
Lunch: Small red beans over brown basmati rice cooked with carrots, onions, garlic, topped with 5 pimiento-stuffed olives and salsa
Snack: Jasmine tea, popcorn (cooking spray, salt, black pepper, tumeric)
Dinner: Stir-fry (shrimp, cabbage, broccoli, onion, low-sodium soy sauce, lemon juice); stewed rhubarb with walnuts and honey
Snack: Five prunes; one piece toffee (cafe rio brand)

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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