Weight Loss Journal

Oh no no purple. No real treats for me. I had my share of treats last weekend. From now on its moderation on the weekends, and pure healthy eating during the week.

July 19, 2008

I don't usually post on Saturday's but I'm up at 7 so why the hell not? I should really start making my official weigh-in days on Saturday. I have mentioned before my touchy toilet issues. They are around till Saturday and I think it's cus I wake up slightly later and things are ready to go. With that being said I jumped on the scale this morning and it read 134.8 lbs. Then I went on it two more times and it said 134.8 lbs. So I'm changing my ticker to reflect this and I don't give a rats ass if Friday has passed. Not sure if anyone recalls, but I said earlier this week that I wanted the scale to say 134.X by the end of the week, and alas it has.

I did pretty well last night. Had some watermelon for dessert. I also had two chips and then "didn't want anymore". Then I had a tiny bite of my moms mini crunch bar. I also went to the bar and had two pints of beer with my mom (seem to be doing a shitload with her lately). But we walked to the pub to even things out. Its and hour there and an hour back. Our pace was no power walk, but we were still pretty sweaty when it was done (Probably had a lot to do with the humidity).

Yesterday I planned out all my meals pretty much for the weekend because I am just that addicted to food and I love my weekends for this reason. I had intended on having pizza for lunch today and a veggie burger tomorrow but I'm going to my little cousins bday and they will be BBQing so I'll have my veggie burger today. The patties are only 160 cals each, and I will find a small low cal bun. There will also be potato salad and pie and cake. I will not eat the potato salad or just have a tablespoon of it, and I will have a small sliver of cake and/or pie. I mean SMALLLLLLLL.

Breakfast today will be and egg sandwich on my 160 cal bagels... this will work out to about 350 cals. I wont have snacks and my lunch may work out to about 600? So thats 950 and then I'll have a nice healthy dinner. My cals will probably be closer to 1600-1700 today but thats fine.

Breakfast tomorrow is PB and banana probabaly cus I'm craving PB lately. Pizza for lunch and something healthy for dinner. Possibly snacks inbetween but only fruit and maybe like yogurt or fiber one bar.

I know I wrote a lot and I'm sorry. Have a good day everyone!
 
Oh my god, I just realized that that puts me at under 10 lbs to lose!!! Fuck ya bitches (I'm not calling anyone in here a bitch, it's just a saying kinda thingy)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 woohoooo!!!
We all be dancin!!!!!!!!:party::party:
 
Hey Nat, thanks a lot for your comment :) I'm glad you are never offended by my impulsive thoughts!

July 21, 2008

This weekend was far from what I was hoping it would be. I ate soo much and it was all bad and I just didn't care. I really need to set some ground rules for my weekends if I can't control myself. The barbque was going great. I had a salad, and some watermelon, and a veggie burger. Then there was banana bread, and cake, and pie. We didn't have the pie, but I had 3 pieces of banana bread and a small slice of cake. And then I got into the chips. I went back to my cousins house and got drunk on vodka and lime juice, and munched out on chips alll night. Doritos, tostitos and salsa, BBQ lays, and I also had some pie. It was just brutal. I also had some beers that night too. Then in the morning I had about 2.5 pancakes cus my little cousins couldnt eat them all and I was still drunk and had the munchies. For lunch I went to Montana's and got a veggie burger with feta on it and a poutine on the side. Oh and there was spinach dip as an appatizer. For dinner I had ice cream. I am not even going to attempt to work out the calories for these two days. Horrible horrible horrible. I can't let this happen again. Got on the scale this morning and it was back up to 138.6. I have a goal of being 130 lbs by august 15th on the birthday challenge, and I fully intend on meeting that.

I went to the gym today and I had a great workout. Did my HIIT and reached 300 cals burned on the mill again. I plan on doing my ab tape when I get home from work.

Meals:

Breakfast: Packet of weight control oatmeal and a protein bar - 290 cals
Snack: 90 cal bag of special K treat thingys - 90 cals
Lunch: Brown rice w/ peas, carrots, 2 egg whites and 1/2 a yolk - 320 cals
Snack: Red delicious apple - 125 cals
Dinner: Lobster and salad - 400 cals

Total: ~1400 cals

Gonna have a great day and a great week and a FANTASTIC weekend with NO BINGES!!!
 
adeon said:
Then in the morning I had about 2.5 pancakes
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GAH! I can't escape pancakes. I was craving them all weekend. Only reason I didn't get them was because dear wife kept telling me to go eff myself. Glad I didn't now that I did... ended up in weight and bf this week. D'oh! Like you, back to being good.

Have a great week.
 
Oh my... what a sad thing. I overate for dinner. Didn't have any bad food, but just ate way too much. My stomach is hurting. In addition to my lobster and salad, I also had a small bowl of whole wheat pasta with a veggie tomato sauce with beans in it. Whats worse is that I didn't workout tonight because I had some bad cramping going on. I may go for a jog later though. I contemplated making myself throw up, but I can't go to that extreme.... just take is as another small mistake and not eat such a huge dinner again.
 
Yeah, don't compound a mistake by making another. You over ate, so now digest it and get on with it. Trying to go bulimic for health reasons, well, you know how crazy that sounds. :willy_nilly:
 
It does sound very crazy. I hovered over the toilet then got up and said theres no chance in hell I'm sticking my fingers down my throat cus I had a bit to much to eat for dinner. Instead, I did my ab workout DVD AND went for a 50 minute power walk. It's like I never ate the pasta :)
 
July 22, 2008

I am at work super early this morning. I have a job interview at 2:30 today back in georgetown (about a 50 minute drive from Toronto) so I wanted to try and get as many hours in as I can. I am terrible at interviews. I get really nervous and I can't find the words to say. My worst interview was a behavioural panel interview. "Tell me a time when...." I am not able to remember a specific situation on the spot, so I go blank, freeze, and say "I can't answer that question". My last job I got through an agency, and this job there was no interview for THANKFULLY. So I'm pretty nervous.

As I mentioned in the previous post, I did some hardcore working out after I ate all that food. I just couldn't let myself live it down if I didn't. I definately burned off the pasta completely. Scale this morning: 136.8. Much better than Mondays, but I know it could have been much lower if I didn't have that pasta. Would have been much higher if I didn't workout last night. So I guess it's acceptable. I hope I don't reach a plateau this week like I did last. That was brutalllllllll. I haven't worked out yet today, but I intend on doing it after my interview. I will probably do one of my tae bo tapes with the resistance bands.

Meals:

Breakfast: Whole wheat oatmeal bagel w/ light herb and garlic cream cheese - 200 cals
coffee - 50 cals
Snack: Fiber One bar - 140 cals
Lunch: Whole wheat pasta with a veggie tomato sauce and beans - 470 cals
Snack: ??? Maybe some all-bran w/ yogurt or something - 120 cals?
Dinner: Salad and haddock fillet - 300 cals

Total: ~1500 cals
 
Amanda, if you freeze up during interviews it looks really bad. I'm not saying that to put pressure on you, but saying I can't answer that is a big red flag. Do a google search on interview questions. This is where these guys get them. Have some answers ready so you don't get stuck. "Name one time when you had to deal with stress." At my present job, there was this deadline and I did this or that. Just having something ready shows you are prepared and did your homework and that you are serious about the job.

Another trick is to turn a question that you don't want into what you wished they asked. "What do you consider your greatest weakness?" What I do to overcome my weakness of organization is to carry a notebook at all times and then transfer to my computer, blah,blah,blah.

Make sure that you have a bunch of questions for them, too. Even if they answered your questions before, ask for an elaboration. "You said that I'd be in the lab doing X,Y, and Z. How much time can I expect to be doing X as compared to Z?" Stuff like that.

Good luck.
 
Hey Trops thanks for the advice. I did manage to read it before I left for my interview. It went alright. Much better than interviews have gone before. Apparently it is a two step process and then they will decide. They have already interviewed 25 PEOPLE for ONE POSITION!!! Holy shit man. I am not even going to expect the position at alll.

Anyways, I am home now and I am just about to do my FAT BLASTING CARDIO tae bo tape. I havent done this thing in ages, I just hope that I'm sore tomorrow. If I'm feeling good enough, I'm going to try to do my ab workout after the first dvd. That ab workout works wonders. If I werent so lazy, I'd take a pic today and another one in a week and show everyone what an instant difference this tape makes. Oh well, I'm off to workout. Byeee:hat:
 
Did my one DVD and it was pretty freaking intense. My hamstrings are sore so I know I'm going to be feeling it tomorrow. My snack after my workout was a banana and a tiny portion of all-bran (I threw most of the milk out). Maybe like 160 cals in total.

I'm still going to try to get in my Ab DVD later in the evening.
 
July 23, 2008

As I had expected, my hamstrings are pretty sore today. So is my back. I got my TOM today which I'm not quite used to. I've got it once in the last 3 months or so because I intentionally skip it. Oh the joys of birth control :D So I have some pretty shitty cramping going on which really sucks. And after doing that DVD yesterday my asthma really started kicking in (hasn't done this in over 6 months) and I have been getting pains when I take a deep breath ever since. I think its because I had like 7 cigarettes on Saturday/Sunday when I was partying. I quit smoking in September, but started smoking occasionally when I drink, but I've never had more than 1 full cigarette in a night. Despite the cramping and the asthma, I went to the gym this morning and ran for 30 minutes. I will do my ab DVD tonight because I took it easy at the gym today. I did still burn 330 cals though.

SPEAKING OF BURNING CALORIES!!! I went on this website yesterday and punched in 45 minutes of moderate tae-bo and it told me I burned 555 CALORIES!! Holy shit man!! I think I will try to do that tape once a week maybe. Once school starts again in September (2nd) I will be cancelling my gym membership and I will hopefully get the chance to do these tapes more often. Also, I went on the scale today, and I am not at a plateau which is nice. I'm not sure how this TOM and water retention thing works but I will look into it today.

Meals:

Breakfast: Protein bar and 1 packet of weight control oatmeal - 310 cals
coffee - 60 cals
Snack: 1/2 bag of Smart Pop popcorn - 130 cals (I'm not burning it this time!)
Lunch: Whole wheat pasta w/ veggie and mixed bean tomato sauce - 440 cals
Snack: Watermelon - 50 cals
Dinner: Haddock and salad - 300 cals

Total: ~1500 cals
 
Well finished off the day (though its not quite done yet) with my ab DVD. I realized that my obliques are very sore from yesterdays workout. Also, the insides of my thighs AND my shoulders. It's such an awesome feeling. :D

Anyways I had a very light salad, lighter than usual. Skipped the olives and nuts or feta (I don't usually use both) amd I only used 2 tbsp of low cal dressing. This allowed me to have a bit of room for about a tsp each of two types of ice cream and one watermelon chunk. Oh and I had this Crispy mini which is like only 8 cals and I had a green tea w/ a little milk and just under a tsp of honey. So I am sure that 1500 cals is still what I had.

Been having some serious cramps in and out all day. I forgot how bad they can be at times. I just hope the next couple of days are better.

OH another thing!! I found out that I was at a plateau last week because of my TOM coming. I don't know how my body knew that since I usually skip it, but yea.. any water retention should be gone after the first few days of TOM.

Hope everyones having a great night :)
 
Hey Adeon,
I was gone for a few days, so I just wanted to stop by and say hi. I didn't get a chance to read your journal, but I will. Hope everything is going well. Do you know we're only 3 days apart too. We just keep getting more and more similar. What year were you born?
 
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Hey Adeon,
I was gone for a few days, so I just wanted to stop by and say hi. I didn't get a chance to read your journal, but I will. Hope everything is going well. Do you know we're only 3 days apart too. We just keep getting more and more similar. What year were you born?
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Hey girl. Please, call me Amanda :)

Wow I didn't know that we are only three days apart, but I see that now. Well we'll be celebrating together. Maybe now we can keep each other in line (not too in line) when our B-days roll around in 3 months. I'm sure we'll be at our goals by then though. I was born in 87, so you are 5 years older than me. Nice to see you still losing weight. I've been dropping nicely too regardless of my terrible weekend eats.
 
July 24, 2008

Oh man I am full from breakfast haha. Probably the coffee that did me in. Anywhoozer, I woke up this morning full of energy and ready to do my workout. When I got out of bed I realized that my hamstrings are even sorer than yesterday. Therefore, I am taking it as my body telling me to give it a break, and I decided not to workout this morning. I may go after work if I am feeling any better. I still plan on walking tonight, and I will workout on Saturday if I don't today. The only thing that concerns me is that tomorrow is my weigh-in and I want to have a decent loss from last weekend. I want to see 133.X. I would definately be able to work my upper body today, but I just think that running and lower lifts are out of the question. Again, we'll see.

I am feeling pretty good today. Hopefully I will have a nice fast paced day at work and I can get the hell out of here so Friday can come. I got paid today and I think I am going to buy myself a new article of clothing. I didn't last pay, and I think it may be well deserved.

OMG I forgot to mention. I am pretty sure I found the solution to my constipation. PROTEIN. Every friday I would have fish with my meal and saturday things would be much better, and then they would suck during the week. I have had fish every night with my salad and my digestive system seems to be much happier with my decision. I am buying some whey powder tonight and plan to have a protein shake with every breakfast.

Meals today:

Breakfast: Fibre One Honey Oat Clusters w/ skim milk and strawberry-banana yogurt - 320 cals
Coffee - 70 cals
Snack: Smart Pop popcorn - 130 cals
Lunch: PB and Banana sandwich on rye and a 90 cal crispy delights thing - 400 cals
Snack: Apple - 125 cals
Dinner: Haddock and salad - 300 cals

Total: ~1500 cals
 
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