Want2Lose's Diary

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May 21

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter and strawberry jam; green tea
Snack: None
Lunch: Salad (swiss chard, kidney beans, carrot, onion, cucumber, tomatoes, honey mustard dressing , lemon juice, black pepper)
Snack: Apple with cinnamon
Dinner: Salad (swiss chard, carrot, cucumber, honey mustard dressing), soup (tofu, shrimp, brown rice, eggplant, onion, garlic, dried parsley, black pepper, lemon juice, salsa)
Snack: Stewed rhubarb and blueberries with honey

Exercise
Walked 11,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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May 22

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter and strawberry jam
Snack: None
Lunch: Salad (kidney beans, mizuna lettuce, asparagus, carrot, two tomatoes, red onion, honey mustard dressing, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, black pepper), green tea
Snack: None.
Dinner: Salmon with bok choy, bitter melon, garlic, ginger, low-sodium soy sauce
Snack: Popcorn with sunflower seeds, salt, cooking spray

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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From the documentary, "One Nation, Overweight" on CNBC:

Phil Schauer, MD. Bariatric surgeon. Cleveland Clinic. Bariatric surgery the only effective and durable way to keep off 100 pounds or more. $25K - $30K per two-hour procedure. Removes 80% of stomach. Staples. Size of football to size of banana. Five surgeries per day. 500 per year. Man loses 50 pounds in 30 days but dies of heart attack at 62 yo 64 days after surgery.

Ken Thorpe. Health Economist. Emory U. "The Future Costs of Obesity". Expensive diseases.

Gene Kotolka, Principal, Orange County High, Virginia. Candy cart goes through school three times a week. Profit $500/week.

David Ludwig, MD. Weight loss program at Boston Children's Hospital. For children and teenagers.

Scott Faber, spokesman, Grocery Manuf. Assoc. Defends food manuf. role. Advertising to kids. Is interviewed against a backdrop with his website!

Patrick Doyle, CEO, Domino's Pizza. Defends presence in school cafeterias.

Revolution Foods. Small SF company provides healthy lunches to schools.

John Danner, CEO , Rocket Ship Charter School. Subsidies don't cover cost of healthy foods.

Michelle Look, MD. San Diego. Family Practitioner. Qnexa, new weight loss drug. Trials of Qnexa.

Leland Wilson, CEO, Vivus Pharmaceuticals. Qnexa. Phentermine. Only 2 weight loss drugs currently approved. Three new ones seeking FDA approval. Phenfleuramine deadly.

Eric Coleman, MD. Deputy Director of FDA.

Donna Ryan, MD. Clinical Researcher. Director of Obesity Society. No magic pill. No quick weight loss.

Jim Brown, Classic Auto, Chevy Car dealer. Encourages employees to join weight loss Cleveland Clinic. Lifestyle 180 program. $2500/employee. Employer pays for it. Health cost savings result.

Bill Weldon, CEO, Johnson & Johnson. Health care expenses dropped $20M over 7 years. Incentives.

Toby Cosgrove. CEO, Cleveland Clinic. Does not hire smokers. Would not hire obese people if he could help it.

Harold Schmidt, School of Public Health, Harvard U. Afraid employers go too far.

James Levine, MD. Endocrinologist, Mayo Clinic. Humans not designed to sit and be sedentary. Mobile workstation inventor. Combines desk with treadmill.

Biggest Loser Resort, Utah. Man made 5 visits in all. About $4K per visit. 8 week-visit.

Medical and psychological components.


Summary: Documentary not very sympathetic to the overweight / obese. Interviewer sort of incredulous every time he says "obese". Lots of pictures of fat peoples' bodies without faces shown. Lots of pictures of people stuffing themselves with junk food. Also, documentary covers too much ground in 1 hour. No subject really gone into in depth. Didn't learn much except in pharmaceutical segment. Also, didn't like that captions were not on screen with interviewees' names. Had to guess at spelling.
 
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May 23

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter and strawberry jam; stewed rhubarb and blueberries in red wine with honey
Snack: None
Lunch: Salad (baked tofu, lettuce, radishes, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, carrot, asparagus, red cabbage, dulse, balsamic vinegar, salt)
Snack: Vanilla soymilk with molasses; grapefruit
Dinner: Two corn tortillas topped with fat-free refried black beans (la prefirida brand), spinach, and salsa
Snack: Apple; 20 almonds; popcorn (salt, cooking spray)

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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May 24

Menu
Breakfast: Two corn tortillas with refried beans and salsa
Snack: None.
Lunch: Salad (red cabbage, tomato, cucumber, baked tofu, salt, green onion, balsamic vinegar, rice vinegar); kale (butter, salt, black pepper)
Snack: Mango, kiwi fruit, walnut
Dinner: Stew (shrimp, brown rice, zucchini, eggplant, parsley, onion, garlic, bitter melon, tomato sauce, cayenne, lemon juice)
Snack: Popcorn with sunflower seeds (salt, cooking spray); rhubarb and blueberries stewed in red wine with honey

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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Want2Lose, thanks for leaving a message in my journal.

And you have done SUCH an amazing job. I think you are the first person whose journal i've read who has gone so far down from their initial goal weight and has maintained. And you know what is so cool about you, you don't really care too much for the numbers. You write if you lose, but don't really obsess over them or make a very big deal when you lose (or gain, not that you hv gained after starting your journey). I really really like it. You are sooo totally zen about. I would loooove to be like you.

Good luck with the maintainance, you are such a motivated person. I am gonna come to visit you more often. I hope your coolness rubs off on me. :)
 
May 25

Thanks, juni, for the nice words! I like your idea of a zen approach to weight loss.

Menu
Breakfast: Two corn tortillas with almond butter; vanilla soymilk with molasses
Snack: Apple
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt, cayenne); sweet potato, brussels sprouts, two tomatoes
Snack: Herbal tea
Dinner: Salad (red cabbage, asparagus, cucumber, raisin, green onion, parsley, rice vinegar, lemon juice, honey mustard dressing); soup (tofu, brown rice, carrot, mustard greens, bitter melon, radish greens, miso paste, dulse, low-sodium soy sauce)
Snack: Popcorn with sunflower seeds (salt, cooking spray)

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups

There are some new vendors at our local open-air market this year -- hot dogs and mini donuts. It kind of clashes with the natural, organic vibe of the place.
 
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May 26

Menu
Breakfast: Two corn tortillas with fat-free refried black beans (la prefirida brand), avocado, salsa; mango
Snack: Apple, raisins
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg, sweet potato, brussels sprouts, two tomatoes (salt, cayenne)
Snack: None
Dinner: Salad (red cabbage, green onion, cucumber, rice vinegar, honey mustard dressing, cantaloupe, parsley, lemon juice); stew (tempeh, tomatoes, garlic, zucchini, eggplant, bitter melon, mustard greens, dulse, cayenne, low-sodium soy sauce)
Snack: Popcorn and sunflower seeds (salt, cooking spray)

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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May 27

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter and strawberry jam; vanilla soymilk with molasses
Snack: Apple
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg, mixed vegetables (corn, broccoli, carrots, red pepper, green pepper, water chestnuts, onion, celery), salt, cayenne
Snack: Diet pepsi
Dinner: Salad (red cabbage, green onions, cucumber, parsley, rice vinegar, Kraft light Asian dressing); two corn tortillas with fat-free refried black beans (la prefirida brand), avocado, salsa
Snack: Popcorn with sunflower seeds and nutritional yeast (salt, cooking spray); grapefruit; 20 almonds; three squares bittersweet baker's chocolate with almond butter and peanut butter

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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May 28

Menu
Breakfasat: Corn tortilla, three slices low-fat cheese, mixed Asian vegetables, apple
Snack: Hummus and corn chips
Lunch: Salad (lettuce, onion, vinaigrette), french fries, decaf coffee
Snack: One square bittersweet chocolate with peanut butter
Dinner: Salad (red cabbage, carrot, parsley, tomatoes); shrimp
Snack: Blueberries

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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How do you do 10,000 steps? I was inspired by you and wanted to do 10,000 steps yesterday when I went for a walk- mustve walked about 1 hr 15 mins and my steps were less than 5,000. When I run for about 35 mins and walk another ten mins i make about 8000 steps. Do you track your steps all day, or do you actually take long (2-2.5 hr) walks. I want to get into walking because I have always thought it is the best way to get fit. Would loove to learn more.

Great job on the pushups!! Hope you are having an amazing weekend!
 
May 29

Hello, juni. I try to make 10,000 steps my goal for all day. I take my first walk in the morning and get anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 steps, depending on how early I get started. I can usually count on another 2,000 steps at work, and then I just walk in the evening until I reach 10,000. I can walk about 1,000 steps in 10 minutes, so this is about an hour and a half total to make my 10,000 steps.

I dislike most kinds of strenuous exercise. Walking has been great for me because it's not too hard, but seems to keep the weight off.

Menu
Breakfast: Egg plus egg white (cooking spray) on two corn tortillas, salsa
Snack: Fruit (cantaloupe, kiwis, strawberries); green tea
Lunch: Swiss chard and bitter melon (garlic, ginger, cooking spray, low-sodium soy sauce); salad (lettuce, parsley, radishes, tomato, lemon juice, rice vinegar, honey mustard dressing)
Snack: Iced green tea
Dinner: Salmon; bok choy with garlic and tomates; baked potato (salt, pepper); rhubarb stewed in red wine with honey
Snack: Popcorn (salt, cooking spray); two pieces hard candy


Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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May 30

I had a couple bad days. Lots of processed foods, night binging. I am becoming convinced that it's diet sodas that set me off. Something about that artificial sweetener makes me so hungry. I have heard other people say the same, but I don't know how it works.

It's tough because we have a fridge full of diet soda at work, and on Thursday I was so tired I was falling asleep at my desk. Next time have tea!

I went to the open air market yesterday. I now have 8 kinds of greens in my refrigerator. I also got strawberries and radishes.

1. Mixed salad greens
2. Radish greens
3. Turnip greens
4. Chard
5. Rapini
6. Bok choy
7. Kale
8. Mustard greens

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with almond butter, vanilla soymilk with cinnamon, strawberries
Snack: Green tea
Lunch: Stew (tempeh, bitter melon, bok choy, rapini, garlic, tomatoes, cayenne)
Snack: Rice with salsa, 7 french fries, salad (lettuce, tomato, lime), raw vegetables, strawberry
Dinner: Smoked oysters, baked potato with salsa and broccoli
Snack: Pocorn with sunflower seeds (salt, cooking spray); honey
 
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Want2Lose said:
Hello, juni. I try to make 10,000 steps my goal for all day. I take my first walk in the morning and get anywhere from 3,000 to 6,000 steps, depending on how early I get started. I can usually count on another 2,000 steps at work, and then I just walk in the evening until I reach 10,000. I can walk about 1,000 steps in 10 minutes, so this is about an hour and a half total to make my 10,000 steps.

I dislike most kinds of strenuous exercise. Walking has been great for me because it's not too hard, but seems to keep the weight off.
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What a fantastic approach to fitness (as opposed to conventional work-out-all-you-can approach). I do not like strenuous fitness related exercise and have always been SUCH a big fan of walking (my dad lost a ton of weight walking when he was diagnosed with diabetes more than 20 years ago and has been able to keep the weight off by walking EVERYDAY since) I never thought about fitness that that way (although my father had successfully done it)--thank so much for answering my question. I think I'm gonna steal your idea and incorporate that in my daily schedule too. The key is to be consistent like you and 10,000 steps is no joke. You are burning a lot of calories and making your body really happy.

I love reading your journal. Keep up the good work. Hope you are having a lovely weekend.
 
May 31

Thanks so much, juni! That is an inspiring story about your Dad. I have heard that walking is good for people with diabetes.

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with almond butter; strawberries, orange
Snack: None
Lunch: Stew (lentils, turnip greens, tomato sauce, garlic, cayenne); sauerkraut
Snack: Cherries, green tea
Dinner: Baked tofu on two corn tortillas with tomato, lettuce, red onion, mustard; mixed fruit (watermelon, strawberries, banana)
Snack: Popcorn with sunflower seeds (cooking spray); two corn tortillas with almond butter and strawberry jam; two hard coffee-flavored candies

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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I was thinking about you today when I was running. I walked another 20 mins extra to see what happens on my pedometer and let me tell you both my body and my pedometer loved it. Successfully logged 8,100 steps. I am gonna break walking to two sessions tomorrow-- morning before the sun gets too hot and again in the evening. Hopefully I can do 10,000 tomorrow. :)

Looks like you are back on track with food today. Yay!
 
June 1

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with peanut butter; watermelon
Snack: Apple, green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg, butternut squash, Brussels sprouts, cayenne
Snack: None
Dinner: Two corn tortillas with baked tofu (TJ brand, teriyaki flavor), sauerkraut, red onion, lettuce, tomato; swiss chard; mixed fruit (cherries, watermelon)
Snack: Popcorn with sunflower seeds (cooking spray), half banana, 10 almonds

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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Hi Want2lose.

What kind of corn tortillas do you eat. ie brand etc.

I need to find a pic of them to picture this staple of your diet. They must be good...hope I can fit them in to my plan.

Have a great day!
 
June 2

Way to go with the pedometer, juni! Once I got in the 10,000 step habit it became almost second nature.

Hello, Flumes. The corn tortillas are the El Milagro brand. They are small, about 3 or 4 inches in diameter, and 50 calories each. I eat them because I am gluten-free and they make a good substitute for bread.

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with peanut butter; water melon
Snack: Apple with peanut butter
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg, butternut squash, cherry tomatoes, cayenne
Snack: Raisins and walnuts
Dinner: Salad (kidney beans, rapini, sauerkraut, red onion, olive oil)
Snack: Cherries, mixed berries (blackberries, raspberries, blueberries), 10 almonds

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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Hi! I noticed how far you've come and just wanted to say congrats! I would personally love to see before and after photos but I understand if you don't want to post your photos on the internet. Again, just wanted to say great job!
 
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