Want2Lose's Diary

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Hi W2L,

Hope you are doing ok. I've read back a few of your threads and am trying to convince myself to try the sweet potato and oatmeal thingy. I'll let you know when I do and how I make out.
As for keeping the sweet potatoes on hand, great idea. I kinda get my sugar fix from them....but I'm even lazier than you. I just poke and throw one in the microwave for a few minutes and thats it. Simple and sweet :)

Take care and lookin forward to your next food log :)
 
April 7, 2011

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, cinnamon, soymilk); apple with peanut butter
Snack: Clementine, Green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled eggs; carrots; green onions; green olives; apple
Snack: Coffee
Dinner: Risotto (tempeh, brown rice, cheddar, peas, onion, garlic, salt, black pepper, paprika); swiss chard
Snack: Pineappe, herbal tea

Exercise
10 push-ups
10,000 steps

The past months have been up and down. I regained 15 pounds from my low of 117, but am now at 129. I quit logging my food into fitday and can't summon the energy to start again. I have been writing down my food intake every day, and remembered how useful this online diary was, so I decided to start again.

I have been consistent with my exercise. Every time I fell off the wagon food-wise, I tried to get right back on. There have been days full of chocolate, chips, ice cream, cookies, pizza, pasta, sugared cereal, but I have never stopped trying to get back on track.

Maintenance presents its own set of challenges. It's not harder than losing, but it is hard in a different way. For one thing, the thrill is gone. People get used to how you look. The compliments dry up. The scale is not continuing it's downward trajectory. Life is one big plateau.

It's hard to find the right mix of calories and exercise. It's tough figuring out how to incorporate certain previously off-limits foods (candy, chips) without triggering a mini-binge or a binge. At first I kept my exercise the same (10,000 steps) and increased my calories to 1800. Then I wanted to eat more, so I increased my exercise (15,000 steps). Then either I was exercising too much for the calories I was taking in, or for some other reason, but I started to eat even more and increased my exercise (20,000 steps) as my weight started creeping up. It became a vicious circle.

For the past few days I have managed to cut out the late-night snacking. That has always been the trouble. I am back to 10,000 steps and no processed food. I need to clean out my system. I have had frequent colds this winter & spring and think my worsening diet is to blame.

I have also decided to purchase a CSA share. It starts in May and I am so excited about all the fresh vegetables I will be getting every week. I can't bear to waste food, so this will be a good way to get my vegetable consumption back up to where it should be.

I am glad to be back on this board and look forward to catching up on everybody's progress.
 
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Very interesting about maintenance. A plateu, huh? :( I find that setting a goal, maybe a 5k or 10k walk would be great for you? Or maybe progressing to running?

I think that it might be worth exploring the option of shifting your mentality from weight loss, to fitness? It just might keep you more motivated, and excited about doing things you haven't done before. I dunno. Just some suggestions. You'll get the weight off soon enough. Besides that's the fun afterall, right? ;) :grouphug:

You are the best! Remember it!
 
Hi i've read bits of your diary in the beginning, middle and end. You have come a long way, there's no doubt about it. Congratulations.

Its great to see someone making vegetables an important part of their diet.

I share some of your tendencies but have decided on slightly different solutions. YOu mention about how hard it is to bring back sweet and high fat foods. I know that one. I just can't maintain self control when i can have a little bit of those things so i plan on ruling them out for life.

Yes i know I will slip up from time to time but i don't want to be dogged by them for the rest of my life so i am willing to give them up for good. I think its the easiest way to maintain a low body weight and a healthy diet.

I don't know if its about blood sugar levels or if its about the taste. I normally find once i start eating sugary foods, i can't stop till i am more than full. Hence i binge a lot when i eat what i want. And at the same time i tend to eat almost no healthy foods. So if i give up the junk, i find cooking vegetables something i look forward to again.

I also have no self control with things like nuts and peanut butter and cheese. I am mostly vegetarian. Milk and natural yoghurt are safe foods for me.

I think for the long term, not to miss the sweet things, its important to make our vegetable dishes delicious.

Also leaving out high fat foods like nuts, i can eat more food. So i am more satisfied after a meal.

The challenge for me is to maintain his program for a year, writing down all my food, good and bad. After that i hope i can do it without have to diarise. I hope i will have a new habit.
 
April 8, 2011

Hi Alta, thanks for the encouragement. That is good advice about thinking about fitness as opposed to weight loss. I am not naturally athletic so this will not come without a struggle.

Fortyfour, you are so right about sugary, fatty foods being impossible to eat in moderation. They do crowd out the healthier foods. Thanks for the encouraging post!

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with peanut butter; apple; coffee with soymilk and splenda
Lunch: Garbanzo beans; collard greens (onion, garlic, balsamic vinegar, apple cider vinegar, coriander, celery seed, cayenne, salt, black pepper)
Snack: Half apple with cinnamon; almonds
Dinner: Lettuce salad with lemon juice, blue cheese dressing, black pepper
Snack: Popcorn (salt, nutritional yeast, cooking spray)

Exercise
10 pushups
10 cruches
10,000 steps
 
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April 9

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with peanut butter; half apple; egg and egg white; coffee with soymilk and splenda
Lunch: Two corn tortillas with baked tofu (cooking spray), avocado, tomato, carrot, green onion, lettuce, mustard, blue cheese dressing, lemon juice, black pepper
Snack: Almonds; yogurt with protein powder, blueberries, splenda
Dinner: Pasta with marinara sauce and cheddar; broccoli; spinach
Snack: Popcorn (yeast, salt, cooking spray)

Exercise
10 push-ups
12,000 steps
 
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April 10

Menu
Breakfast: Three corn tortillas with peanut butter; two mandarin oranges; coffee with vanilla soymilk
Lunch: Two corn tortillas with baked tofu (cooking spray), avocado, tomato, lettuce, black pepper, mustard; cole slaw (red & green cabbage, carrot, green onions, red bell pepper, apple cider vinegar, dry mustard, celery seed, splenda, black pepper, salt)
Snack: Dates rolled in coconut; almonds
Dinner: Nonfat greek yogurt with protein powder, blueberries, splenda
Snack: Two corn tortillas with peanut butter

Exercise
10 push ups
16,000 steps
 
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April 11

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, cinnamon, soymilk); clementine; green tea
Lunch: Two hard-boiled eggs, half avocado, apple
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, cucumber, red bell pepper, blue cheese dressing, lemon juice, black pepper); rapini (celery, garlic, tamari, bitter melon); yogurt (protein powder, soymilk, blueberries)
Snack: Popcorn (pumpkin seeds, salt, cooking spray, nutritional yeast)

Exercise
10 push-ups
10,000 steps

Period started yesterday. Bloated. Should lose some water weight soon.
 
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April 12

Menu
Breakfast: Four corn tortillas with peanut butter; clementine; green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg; celery, carrot, green onion; apple
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, cucumber, red bell pepper, lemon juice, blue cheese dressing, black pepper); refried black beans with brown rice and salsa; rapini (bitter melon, garlic)
Snack: Blueberries, plain yogurt, splenda

Exercise
10 push-ups
10,000 steps
 
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April 13

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, cinnamon, soymilk); clementine; green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg; carrots; celery; green onions; apple; coffee with soymilk & splenda
Dinner: Salad (lettuce, cucumber, red bell pepper, light ginger dressing); kale (bitter melon, garlic); pasta with sauce and cheddar (marinara, tempeh, onion, dried basil, garlic herb blend)
Snack: Blueberries with yogurt & splenda

Exercise
10,000 steps
10 push-ups
 
April 14

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, cinnamon, soymilk); clementine; green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg; carrots; celery; green onions; apple; coffee with soymilk & splenda
Snack: Almonds
Dinner: Stew (marinara sauce, tempeh, kale, onion, garlic, dried basil, garlic herb blend, nutritional yeast)
Snack: Blueberries, yogurt, splenda

Exercise
10,000 steps
10 push-ups
 
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April 15

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, cinnamon, soymilk); clementine; green tea
Lunch: Hard-boiled egg; carrots; celery; apple
Snack: Almonds
Dinner: Red beans, brown rice, green onions, salsa, swiss cheese; mustard greens with bitter melon
Snack: Popcorn with nutritional yeast, salt, cooking spray; grapefruit

Exercise
10,000 steps
10 push-ups
 
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April 16

Menu
Breakfast: Two corn tortillas with peanut butter; black tea with soymilk
Snack: Mandarin orange; nori
Lunch: Soup (garbanzo beans, onion, garlic, mustard greens, kale stock, tomatoes, salt); quinoa salad (quinoa, raisins, almonds, green onion, orange juice, lemon juice, olive oil, salt, black pepper)
Snack: Apple with peanut butter
Dinner: Swiss cheese; tortilla chips
Snack: Blueberries with soymilk & splenda; three gummi candies

Exercise
10 push-ups
14,000 steps
 
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April 17

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, almonds, cinnamon, soymilk); herb tea; mandarin orange
Snack: Black tea with soymilk and splenda
Lunch: Soup (leftover from yesterday); cole slaw (red & green cabbage, carrot, green bell pepper, green onion, apple cider vinegar, celery seed, dry mustard, salt, black pepper); omelet (two eggs, swiss cheese, soy milk, olive oil, green bell pepper, onion, spinach, salsa, black pepper)
Snack: Apple, cinnamon, almonds, popcorn
Dinner: Brown rice and red beans; bok choy (garlic, sesame oil, tamari) stewed rhubarb, blueberries, raisins, with honey

Exercise
10 push-ups
10,000 steps
 
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April 188

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal, raisins, cinnamon, soymilk; green tea; clementine
Snack: Chocolate, 1.5 oz.
Lunch: Two slices swiss cheese; cole slaw; apple
Snack: 1 chocolate cupcake
Dinner: Steamed veg (bok choy, carrot, garlic, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, salt-herb seasoning)
Snack: Blueberries with soymilk and whey powder


Exercise
10 push-ups
20,000 steps

Party at work, which caused me to overindulge a bit.
 
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April 19

Menu
Breakfast: Oatmeal (raisins, almonds, cinnamon, soymilk); mandarin orange; green tea
Lunch: Swiss cheese, carrots, celery, apple
Snack: Coffee with soymilk
Dinner: Pasta with sauce (marinara, tomatoes, green pepper, onion, garlic, dried parsley, dried basil, garlic herb salt blend, salt); brussels sprouts & bitter melon
Snack: Blueberries with protein powder & soymilk; almonds

Exercise
10 push-ups
10,000 steps
 
April 20

Menu
Breakfast: Two corn tortillas with swiss cheese & salsa; almonds; mandarin orange; decaf coffee with spenda & soymilk
Snack: Chocolate, 0.7 ounce
Lunch: Two slices swiss cheese; carrots; celery; apple
Snack: Walnuts & dried cranberries; 1 piece bubblegum; clementine; coffee with cream & splenda
Dinner: Cole slaw; steamed veg & tofu (brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, bitter melon, garlic); decaf coffee with soymilk & splenda
Snack: Popcorn (salt, nutritional yeast, cooking spray); cheerios; 2vmandarin oranges; hard-boiled egg

Exercise
10 push-ups
Walked 10,000 steps
 
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April 21

Menu
Breakfast: Two corn tortillas w/ refried beans & salsa; apple; walnuts; green tea
Lunch: Carrot; celery; apple; mandarin orange; hard-boiled egg; decaf black tea
Snack: Half grapefruit
Dinner: Refried beans with brown rice, tomatoes, salsa; broccoli & cauliflower (butter, salt, pepper)
Snack: Popcorn, cookies, chocolate

Exercise
12 push-ups
10,000 steps
 
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AWESOME effort on those pushups, 2 more is a good jump :) well done.
 
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