Want2Lose's Diary

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November 21

Menu
Breakfast: Two clementines; half banana; walnuts; soymilk
Lunch: Two eggs scrambled with mushrooms (worchestershire sauce, lemon, thyme, salt); sweet potato; parsley with dressing (TJ brand, cilantro flavor); clementine; honey
Snack: Popcorn (nutritional yeast, salt, cooking spray); celery with almond butter & raisins; oatmeal with almond butter & honey
Dinner: Baked tofu (TJ brand, teriyaki flavor) with dijon mustard; celery with hummus; cranberries and strawberries with honey
Snack: Carrot stick with hummus; two clementines


Exercise
Walked 15,000 steps; 20 push-ups
 
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November 22

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal with sweet potato, walnuts, raisins, molasses, cinnamon, soymilk; two clementines
Lunch: Garlic shrimp at Chinese restaurant (shrimp, mushrooms, red and green peppers, carrots, bamboo shoots, onions, sauce) with white rice; tea with saccharin; two clementines
Snack: Popcorn (cooking spray, salt, nutritional yeast); carrot & celery sticks with hummus
Dinner: Soup (tomatoes, lima beans, swiss chard, onion, garlic, lemon juice)
Snack: Dried apricots, walnuts; oatmeal with peanut butter, almond butter, & honey

Exercise
15,000 steps; 10 push-ups

I managed to stay away from the junk yesterday. I have been wondering if my bingeing on junk comes from the fact that I am taking in too few calories. I was losing weight on 1600 calories a day. When I began to maintain, I set my goal to 1800. However, I have increased my walking from 10,000 steps/day to 15,000 steps a few days a week. If 2,000 steps is approx. 1 mile, I am walking an additional 2.5 miles/day. And my speed has gradually increased. If I burn roughly 100 cal/mile, I am buring an extra 250 to 300 calories on the days I walk 15,000 steps. So I should need between 2,000 and 2,100 calories those days to maintain.

By trying to stay at 1800, I may be mildly starving myself and eventually the bingeing takes over. I am going to try upping my calories with healthy foods -- nuts, grains, olive oil -- and see if a higher calorie intake keeps me from turning to candy, crackers, etc.
 
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I think it demonstrates a lot of discipline to track everything that you eat, every day.
I feel that sometimes when people hit plateaus in their weight loss, part of it can be contributed for not taking into account everything that they eat; it's so easy to let small snacks slip your mind.

Congratulations on your success thusfar, and be sure to celebrate hitting your goal with something big!
 
Hey there! *waves* Looks like you're doing pretty amazing so far. 48lb lost is a massive milestone and I'm in absolute awe! :) Well done!!! Just wanted to ask... what do you use to track calories with? I'm keeping a diary here and listing foods etc but I really want to start tracking. I suppose it'll help more, huh? :)
 
Hello, cheesemisfit. I use fitday.com to track my calories. It is great because it breaks out your calories by fat, protein, carb and also tracks vitamins and minerals. There are other calorie counting websites such as caloriecount.com and thedailyplate.com. I have read good things about those too. Good luck!
 
November 23

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal with peanut butter; three dried unsulphured apricots; soymilk; green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt); sweet potato; broccoli; apple
Snack: Strawberries; clementine
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, cilantro dressing (TJ brand)); falafel (from a mix) (cooking spray); brown rice; asparagus; shrimp (lemon juice)
Snack: Two mint chocolate candies; one saltwater taffy; hazelnuts; 12 dried unsulphued apricots

Exercise
15,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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November 24

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Breakfast: Oatmeal with sweet potato, raisins, walnuts, blackstrap molasses, cinnamon, soymilk; two clementines; green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg (salt); broccoli; sweet potato; apple; decaf coffee with soymilk
Dinner: Falafel from mix (cooking spray); cauliflower & collards (nutritional yeast, butter, black pepper); salad (lettuce, balsamic vinegar); cranberries (raisins, honey, cinnamon)
Snack: Two clementines; almond butter & honey; meringues; four pieces coffee-flavored hard candy

Exercise
Walked 10,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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Doing great there!, grats on your loss so far, inspirational diary.

The meal plans look so nice :O

Best of luck with the rest of your weight loss, I shall keep a check on the progress!
 
November 25

Thank you DMR! Thanks for the encouragement.

Menu
Breakfast: Crisped rice cereal with soymilk and sugar
Lunch: Hummus from a mix and vegetables (swiss chard, turnip, carrot, celery, lemon juice); apple with cinnamon & almond butter
Snack: Raisins and walnuts
Dinner: Salmon, baked tofu (TJ brand, savory flavor); two clementines

Exercise
Walked 15,000 steps; 15 push-ups
 
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Thanks for the tip with the calorie counter! :) Much appreciated. Also, LOVING your meal plans. Oatmeal and sweet potato sounds like such an odd, yet yummy concoction :) x
 
November 26

Thanks Cheesemisfit. I heard a lot of people say how good oatmeal with canned pumpkin was -- kind of like pumpkin pie. I always have a lot of sweet potatoes on hand. I bake them 6 at a time so there is always something for a quick meal if I don't feel like cooking. I thought, I'll just mash up one of the sweet potatoes in place of canned pumpkin and it turned out to be good.

Menu
Breakfast: Two eggs scrambled with collard greens and salsa; four clemetines; decaf coffee with chocolate soymilk, sugar, and splenda
Lunch: Salad (lettuce, cilantro dressing (TJ brand)); navy beans in low-fat pasta sauce (TJ brand) with shiitake mushrooms, garlic, onion, swiss chard, cayenne; stewed fruit (cranberries, apple, raisins, honey, cinnamon)

Exercise
Walked 15,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
November 29

The weekend was pretty bad. I stopped trying to track my food. Lots of cookies, candies, crackers, bread, cheese. However, today I am back on track.

Menu
Breakfast: Apple
Lunch: Soup (miso paste, brown rice, sesame oil, tamari, cayenne, tofu, shrimp, seaweed, garlic, chard, collards, onion, carrot)
Snack: Apple & cinnamon; decaf coffee & soymilk
Dinner: Vegetarian baked beans over acorn squash; yogurt with half banana and walnuts
Snack: Raisins and walnuts
 
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Fortunately, Thanksgiving weekend is the PERFECT excuse for cookies, candies, crackers, and all the other luxuries you have to cut back on when dieting :)

Congrats on stepping it right back up!
 
November 30

Thanks SoCoSideshow. I don't mind indulging, but I hate it when I overindulge!

Menu
Breakfast: Two clementines; yogurt with walnuts; half banana; decaf coffee with soymilk
Lunch: Tofu; broccoli; acorn squash (salt, cayenne); apple
Dinner: Shrimp; popcorn (salt, cooking spray, nutritional yeast); yogurt with half banana and walnuts

Exercise
Walked 15,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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December 1

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal with half banana, walnuts, soymilk; two clementines; black tea with soymilk
Lunch: Tofu (salt, cayenne), broccoli; apple
Dinner: Egg and two egg whites scrambled with spinach and garlic and salsa; acorn squash with fat-free spaghetti sauce (TJ brand, mushroom flavor)
Snack: Yogurt with half banana and walnuts; popcorn with salt, cooking spray, nutritional yeast

Exercise
Walked 15,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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December 2

My psoriasis is acting up, for the first time in over a year. I know it is due to the out of control eating over the past weekend. It always flares up when I eat too many refined carbs, in this case sugar and white flour.

Menu
Breakfast: Two clementines; Oatmeal with half banana and walnuts; black tea with soymilk
Lunch: 10 shrimp; half acorn squash; broccoli with fat-free pasta sauce (TJ brand, mushroom flavor); apple
Dinner: Stew (cannellini beans, black-eyed peas, carrot, celery, turnip, spinach, onion, garlic, fat-free pasta sauce (see above), nutritional yeast); apple with cinnamon
Snack: Popcorn (salt, cooking spray); cottage cheese with walnuts


Exercise
Walked 15,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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Hi W2L, you'r meals sound so interesting! You make me feel boring :)
Hope your skin gets better soon. I used to go out with a bloke that had it too, and the poor guy really suffered every time he had fruit.
 
December 3

Thanks Healthyjess. My skin is slowly getting better. That is a lesson to me to stay away from the refined carbs.

Menu
Breakfast: Two clementines; oatmeal with apple, walnuts, cinnamon; black tea
Lunch: 11 shrimp; lima beans; spinach; green peas; apple
Dinner: Carrot and celery sticks with hummus (TJ brand, horseradish flavor); two clementines; raspberries; smoked oysters; cottage cheese with walnuts
Snack: Peanut butter with crisped rice; popcorn with salt, cooking spray; three popsicles; two peppermint chocolate truffles

Exercise
Walked 15,000 steps; 10 push-ups
 
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December 4

The snacking was out of control last night. I am going to make today a no-sugar day.

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal, 3 oz. sweet potato, 1T. blackstrap molasses, 1T. peanut butter; 1/2 c. soymilk; cinnamon; half grapefruit
Lunch: Lettuce with tuna salad (tuna, hard-boiled egg, miracle whip); vitamin C drink
Dinner:

Exercise
Walked 15,000 steps; 1 push-ups
 
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