Weight Loss Journal

Hey! You're doing great. You just keep going. I'm impressed. Don't stop now. Don't give in to McDonald's. It's gross. You don't want that food in your body. It wouldn't make you feel good. Just keep doing what you've been doing. What is the Ab DVD you have? Do you like it? I've been thinking about getting one because I haven't been doing that much stuff on my own.
 
Wow, your measurements look great!
Hold off on McDonald's, the craving should go away. Do you think you're thinking since you had a high calorie day that you might as well as keep it going? All your work outs and great choices at the restaurant are going to pay off.
 
Hey, Amanda. The loss of motivation is a toughie. I gave in to the fast food craving and when I checked out what the calories were it turned out that I'd eaten ovwer 1500 calories in one meal. Talk about a calorie dense meal. I think I could have eaten a half gallon of ice cream for less. Stay strong.
 
Hey guys thanks for the motivation and the kind words. Gonnagetabs I'm super jealous of your 132. I've yet to see that on the scale. I have the Billy Blanks Bootcamp Abs DVD. It's part of his bootcamp series and it's pretty good.

I wouldn't really say that I've got a lack of motivation, but I haven't got much time in the day to workout, and I think the falling off the diet and no exercise go hand in hand. When I workout I want to eat well and control my portions and it's easier to do. When I don't workout then I don't feel so obligated to eat well and I overeat. And I think the reason for the lack of working out has to do with two things. 1) The transition of now working 3 jobs from one. I have to start work at 7:45 which is my usual workout time. I can't workout after my first job cus I have to go to another job. and 2) I am super busy in the lab now so I can't really workout during my lunch break and stuff. I just need to modify my routine (which I've yet to do) so that the workouts are possible. I've mentioned waking up at 4:30 before. I think I will do that tomorrow. Once the workout is done for the day, everything seems to fall into place in terms of eating right.
 
I feel the same way about how my workouts effect my diet. If I'm working out I consider my food choices a lot more seriously. Why waste my workout and eat McD's? Just seems like the two are tied together. When I don't work out I don't eat right, and when I do workouts the eating is good as well.
 
I'm exactly the same. My diet is at its worst when I'm not doing my exercise as I should. But when I'm doing it, I want to fuel it right and that means I eat much, much better.
 
Well at least now I know that there is a trend with the theory, and therefore it must be correct to an extent. So the answer is obvious... I won't get anywhere as fast as I'd like to (or at all) if I don't begin to fit a workout into my busy schedule everyday. I wouldn't mind walking each day on the weekend as well just to get in some exercise and give me the "eat right" vibe. So, I know that people say the "starting tomorrow I will/won't......" a lot when they F up just to kinda get their minds back on track (or attempt to), so I may as well try this "declaration" shinannigans. Starting tomorrow: I will workout 5 days a week minimum and I will make any sacrifices necessary to do so.

Hopefully the eating right will fall back into place. :coolgleamA:
 
August 13, 2008

Oh man I am so confused and frustrated. Mainly frustrated with my eating. Yesterday was going great really. For dinner I had corn on the cob w/ salad and a steak kabob (oh yea I've pretty much given up the veggie thing but just limit my meat intake). I still felt like I wanted more to eat and I had intentions on eating a bit of the veggie pasta they had made the previous night, but just a small side serving. Well my dad prepared it for me and when he set it in front of me it was a mountain of pasta. An entire second dinner. I could have stopped eating it but nope... just ate the whole thing. After dinner I had some chocolate frozen yogurt. 90 cals per 1/2 cup which is wayyy better than ice cream, but my dads gf gave me a lot. Like a cup. so 180 cals there. When I got home I was very full and I didn't need to eat anymore. But I saw some goulash (macaroni, hamburger, and tomato in tomato sauce) and I had like 3 bites. Then I had a rice krispy square and after that I had two crackers with PB and honey on them. Then I went straight to bed.

My alarm went off at 4:30 to run.... and my body was like NO F-IN WAY!! So I didn't get up. The scale said 135.6... same number as yesterday. I know it WANTS to go down cus its saying that when I've gone to bed on a fullll stomach, but I just wont let it. I need to have portion control and not feel like I have to eat everything in the house.

I've also come to realise that I'm not superwoman and if there is not enough time in the day for me to workout then I just can't, and I need to rely on portion control to maintain my weight or shed at least a lb a week till I can workout consistently again. School is 2 and a half weeks away and it will be much easier to workout 5 days a week then. Right now I'm just pushing myself to the max with 3 jobs and then I try to get up at 4:30 and my body's like Fuck you give me a fuckin break already. So for 2 and a half weeks I will workout when I can. I will try my fucking hardest to workout 5 days a week though. I'm going to have to really kick my ass into gear with the portion control and good eats and try to make the best of it for the next little bit. Just till school starts.. Just till school starts.

I know I don't have a full hour to workout in a day anymore, but maybe two halfs?? Today I decided that since my run didn't happen this morning I will make an effort to do SOMETHING as I mentioned yesterday. On my lunch I plan on going to the gym and weight training and doing my abs. This will take half an hour. Then after work tonight I WILL run. Half an hour. Boom. Done. One hour of workout. Any maybe I can try to get into a trend of the half hour on lunch and half hour another time in the day. Cus 1 hour sure ain't fuckin happenin.

I'm done ranting. Sorry for whoever read that.

Eats:

Breakfast: Fiber One Honey Oat Cluster w/ skim milk - 300 cals
(I had a chocolate chip cookie... today is the bake sale - 120 cals??)
Lunch: I plan to grab a sandwich and salad from Druxy's - ????
Snack: Might eat a nectarine - 70 cals
Dinner: I plan to have a 6" Veggie sub (Subway) and a side salad (Wendy's) - 320 cals
After that I'm not eating a fuckin thing!!!!!!!

Total: ???? Hopefully around 1500 cals.

So we got that bake sale and I mayyyyyy make a trip down there.. How often are there bake sales? come on!!!

Oh I forgot about my new worst enemy that has been beating me down lately. Chocolate. I hate it and LOVE it all at the same time.

I'm out.
 
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I hear you about not having the time. Someone once told me that saying that there isn't time is just an excuse and that you can always find an hour to do something. I call bullshit on that one. Some times there just isn't enough hours in the day.

Me and chocolate have a good understanding. I add chocolate Ovaltine to my coffee in the morning and it doesn't bother me the rest of the day. I could easily eat a pound of chocolate a day, but that just isn't going to happen any more. Keep strong.
 
Ya you know, I would have time if I didn't have to put in a certain amount of hours a day at my first job and have to leave early to go to my second job. I'm up at 5:50 right now and I don't stop (on nights I work) till 9. At that point I'm just drained. Thats 15 our of 24 hours of my day gone. and then I sleep for 8. 23 hours. 1 hour remaining. Thats my ugh I'm so exhausted hour.

Ya I was drinking those chocolate protein shakes which cure my chocolate craving, but they are soooo sweet. I am actually starting to have a hard time drinking them. Chocolate ice cream and cookies have a more milder sweet that is less shocking to my mouth and brain. And I don't quite think that chocolate in my coffee would do it for me. I just need to either get a low cal chocolate yogurt, frozen or not, or maybe learn to like dark chocolate.

Dunno... I'll figure it out. I'm just having a hard time with suddenly not having any time in the day to do anything. I'll figure it out. Just gotta maintain till I do.

Speaking of maintain. I went to the bake sale. enough said.

I got a chocolate m&m cookie, a mars bar rice krispy square thingy, and this nasty chocolate cream puff pastry thing that was much like an eclaire. Didn't quite enjoy it, but ate it anyways. Not sure the cals but I'm not even gonna try to guess. If I don't munch out tonight and I get a decent workout in, then it will be like they never existed. Not to mention its not even 10 in the am so they wont have much effect on my weigh in tomorry.
 
Well then... concluding the dreaded bake sale. We got to grab shit for free at the end. I obviously took another chocolate chip cookie, chocolate m&m cookie and one of my raspberry cheesecake bars. Then someone gave me donuts, but I dont really like donuts so I think I'll take them home. I have about half of my bar left and I'll eat it after lunch. I guess that bake sale didn't go so well after all. Oh well... what can ya do. Move on. It's all in my stomach now lol. That's my only "allowed" splurge. No more allowed and certainly no more not allowed.

Ok gotta go make liver puree yummmm.
 
I love bake sales, but at this point I'd rather give them the money to keep the stuff. All that processed sugar and fat is so tough to get past.

Liver puree? :puke: is that punishment for the bake sale?
 
Actually I'm not eating the liver. It's for analysis. It's actually human liver of someone who has died. No punishment here. It's actually very very interesting.

Went to Druxy's for lunch and grabbed a veggie and hummus sandwich on multigrain ans a medeterranian salad. I should have only said one slice of swiss though. I think I am going to start making those sandwiches at home. They are soo easy and it would be much cheaper to bring my own. Went to the gym on lunch and did some weight training. I increased all my weights all around by at least 5 lbs (I am lifting 35 now instead of 30). When I got back to my office I immediately threw out my remaining bar. See what the workout does?!?!?! So thats pretty much where I'm at now. I'n debate with the Sub for dinner. Maybe, maybe not. I might find something else thats healthy to eat.

I just realized that I am full and so I will STOP eating my salad and save it for later :)
 
August 14, 2008

I was on my way to such a good day yesterday and then it got ruined. I forgot that the train I was on only went to the station before where my car was parked and then I had to transfer onto a bus. I didn't have time to grab something healthy when I got home, so I just went and got a slice of cheese pizza. I ate one and a third of it. And I dabbed it with a napkin to get off all the grease. Then I started my job at Pizza Hut. My boss made a pizza and I had one slice, that was it.... but I still shouldnt have ate it. Pizza Hut has the greasiest pizza around. Anyways I had full intentions on running when I got home, but I noticed some yummy spaghetti that my mom had made.........after contemplating for a while I had a small bowl. Then we went to DQ and my mom got a blizzard and I had about half. So yesterday was anything but good.

The bake sale is over now, and I have no where to rush to tonight and I brought all my lunch which is pretty healthy. Tonight I need to have portion control. I will leave my house once I notice myself searching the cupboards. I have to refocus my diet, and today is the day. I am glad that I managed to get in some form of workout yesterday though. I went to the gym the morning as well and only did my weight training and my abs. On my lunch I'll go and run for 25 mins to get in a good solid complete workout today.

Meals:

Breakfast: 2 packets weight control oatmeal - 300 cals
Snack: vanilla yogurt cup w/ 2 strawberries and granola - 150 cals
Lunch: Leftover spaghetti w/ whole wheat noodles - 400 cals
Snack: Nectarine - 70 cals
Dinner: Salmon steak and salad - 300 cals?

Total: 1350 cals

Hopefully tonight goes better than last night. I may start X-ing off the days on the calender till school, so I can take my diet more day by day. I really have no intention on eating anymore bad food. I don't like what I'm seeing in the mirror. I hope I can get myself refocused... I really do.

I can definately sense a bit of depression coming on in my last couple of posts.
 
August 15, 2008

It's FRIDAY!!! Not like it really matters since I work all weekend. I just want to take a second to write down my schedule for the next 7 days so everyone has an idea of how little free time I have:

Today: Work day job 8:30-4 work Pizza Hut 6-9
Saturday: work for dad 9-5... need to leave early to work at Swiss Chalet 5-8
Sunday: Same as Saturday
Monday: Work day job 7:45-3 work swiss chalet 5-9
Tuesday: Work day job 7:45-3 work Pizza Hut 5-8
Wednesday: Work day job 7:45-3 work Pizza Hut 5-8
Thursday: Work day job 9-4 off for evening.

So I'll hardly have time to breathe!! I plan to run tomorrow morning and Sunday morning before work.

I didnt run during lunch yesterday but I ran after work. There was some chocolate cake in the cafe that I was eyeing quite a bit, but managed to resist. My cousin came over for dinner and I made salmon steaks w/ salad and green beans. I would normally only eat the salad but I felt the need to add more because I didn't want her searching the cupboards cus she was still hungry. I feel this was a much better choice than a heavy carb though. My cousin wants to lose weight, but has very little willpower and doesn't much care. She was like DAIRY QUEEN!!! and wouldnt shut up about it for 2 hours. So we went to Dairy Queen and my mom, sister, and her all got something.... I got NOTHING! I had a couple bites of each ice cream. Still bad but a huge step forward from my recent binges and much less cals than if I got my own treat. I weighed-in this morning at 135.4. Yesterday I weighed in at 136.4 so though its higher than my ticker, it's still a loss anda step in the right direction. My stomach looked tighter this morning after only one ab workout. A great feeling.

I went to the gym this morning before work and did some weight training and my abs. My whole body feels numb. Like kinda sore but not really. It's a great feeling. I am not too busy at work today so I will go and run on my lunch. I bought some more of my protein bars to help satisfy my chocolate cravings. It's chocolate delight, the same kind I got last time. Now I just need to find a peanut butter bar to satisfy those cravings as well lol.

So meals today:

Breakfast: Fiber One Raisin Bran Cluster w/ skim milk and a yogury cup - 320 cals
Snack: Protilife Chocolate Delight protein bar - 160 cals
Lunch: Veggie sandwich (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, mustard on whole wheat) - 250 cals?
Snack: Nectarine - 70 cals
Dinner: Chicken breast w/ green beans and wild rice w/ lentils - 350 cals?

Total: 1270 cals

I might try to buy a low cal chocolate dessert tonight for me to snack on when the craving set in.

Have a good Friday!!:party:
 
Good work, Amanda. The salt from those wings the other day is still with you most likely, so don't be surprised if you have a loss over the weekend. So much for the Friday weigh ins, huh?

I got a box of frozen YooHoo bars. Really tasty and 100 cal each with 1g of fat. I'll use that for a chocolate fix from time to time, especially in the summer heat.

Have fun with the work this week. I'm with you on that one. Very busy here for the next two weeks. This weekend I'm working 10:30 tonight till 4pm tomorrow, then again the following night. Monday and tuesday I should get away with just 8 hours, but Wed and Thurs I'll be back to 15 hours. I don't mind the overtime, but it's giving me very little time to be with the kids on there last two weeks of vacation. (I know that would be a plus for you, but not for me :D)
 
Lol Trops you got the wrong thread with the wings. I remember reading someones thread on wings and then beer, and I remember seeing you comment on that. It wasn't me though. I'm not ready to order a completely meat meal after just coming out of veggie-ism. The weight gain is just from my binging. Constant binging and overeating latey. No excuses at alll. But I know if I just try to make healthier choices and smarter portions that my weeks weight gain will be shed. I really want to see 132.X next Friday. Thats 7 days to undo my errors. Plenty of time IF I don't screw this weekend up. I CAN DO IT!!!!!!!!
 
Sorry, Amanda. You are right. That was Gonna that had the wings. That's what I get for keeping all you people in my head like that. There's too many cobwebs there as it is.

A good friend of mine stopped being a vegitarian after 8 years with a huge steak au puave and never looked back. Glad you are doing your part to rid the world of all those pesky meat ridden animals. :biggrinjester:
 
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Sorry, Amanda. You are right. That was Gonna that had the wings. That's what I get for keeping all you people in my head like that. There's too many cobwebs there as it is.

A good friend of mine stopped being a vegitarian after 8 years with a huge steak au puave and never looked back. Glad you are doing your part to rid the world of all those pesky meat ridden animals. :biggrinjester:
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Hey well, you know, I do what I can :D
 
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