Weight Loss Journal

I think making your own area with healthy snacks is a good idea. It will definately give you other options and you'll have ready-to-eat good stuff. I think in the end though Amanda, it all boils down to you. Every day we encouter those road blocks where it would be so easy to go the unhealthy way. Like the pizza party in the office. You just have to be strong and healthy, its on you and your own determination to stick with it. I always have healthy snacks around so I'm never "forced" to eat the unhealthy. Even when I am in that situation though, I usually make the healthy choice. It's just something I know I'm going to have to do for the rest of my life.
 
Oh I know it all comes down to me and the decisions I make. I am usually pretty good with my choices. I have just been slightly more weak lately. I think it has to do with 1) lack of being able to workout and 2) I noticed yesterday I have no healthy snacks. A couple of apples, but thats it (they are Granny Smith and I don't like those). I will probably be going to the store tonight to buy some good eats.

August 20, 2008

NO WORK!!! WOOOHOOOOO!!!! I couldn't be happier! So last night went really great in terms of eats and I am extatic! I came home and had half a can on chicken noodle and a slice of bread. 180 cals. Then at work they made this p'zone thingy and I had like a bite size amount. About the size of the first two joints of two fingers. Then I came home and had 2/3 of a chicken breast and some salad. Maybe working out to 250 cals?? My mom later got a boston cream donut and I had the tiniest bite ever. Just to get a taste. So I feel like I did really well. I went on the scale this morning and.......... 134.4!!!!!!!!! I am sooo happy. I was in some severe shock to see that number too. I just
Can't believe it.

I came home last night and rearranged my cupboards and the freezer. My cupboard looks so dull haha. I also noticed that I have NO snacks at all. Some yogurt and thats it. and my protein bars and fiber one bars. They are hidden so my brother doesn't get them. But I gotta fix that :)

I am going to the mandarin today and I have a came plan. I will have 1 PIECE of each item. 1 bite. If I really enjoy something, then I will have a little more. I plan to have a yogurt this morning and then nothing but the buffet for the rest of the day.

I am going to the neurologist today to figure out what we are going to do about my seizures. Then I am going to my school to pay for my tuition and get my schedule. I will then have a better idea of how my life will be until December. I am confident things will go well and I'll be able to workout a lot.

Anyways I'm going to get in a jog and stuff before I have to leave for the doctors. Have a great day everyone!!!!!!!:cheers2::waving:
 
YAY good job lady! I hope having your own space in the kitchen works out.

Good luck at the doc and with school stuff... Enjoy your day off!!
 
August 21, 2008

I wish I had all of today off too. Yesterday was just too good to be true. OK so yesterday went alright. I ate at the mandarin and was pretty controlled until dessert. I only had one piece of each meat, and I had a plate of salad before eating anything else. When I got to the dessert, I had the full portion of each item, unless I didn't like it. Left the buffet overstuffed but immediately began drinking water to flush the salts from my body. I didn't eat again for the rest of the day. Got on the scale this morning and it said 135.2. A gain of only 0.8. Could have been way worse. And today I'm back to eating healthy. I am going out for lunch with one of my friends from school, but I'm confident that I will make a healthy choice.

So I went to the neurologist yesterday and he said he doesn't know if what I have are seizures. My liscense was not revoked because I am not going unconscious and they are only about 1 second long. I was not put on treatment because, as mentioned, he is unsure if they are seizures and they don't really severely effect my life. I could have started treatment if I wanted. He wants me to have an MRI and another EEG and from there he will decide what to do and the correct diagnosis.

Highlight of my day. I went to my school and got my timetable. I've always been excited about school and what my timetable was. I love getting marks back for tests and assignments and I can't get them back fast enough. Anyways I wanted to show everyone my timetable and explain where I will fit my exercise in each day, so I attached it to the post.

ATEC 500 02 Project Management (Instructor: David Temple)
CHEM 303 01 Chemistry 1: Analytical (Instructor: Kar-Hing Cheng)
CHEM 510 01 Biochemistry (Instructor: Jack Najzer)
CHEM 511 01 Concepts Of Quality (Instructor: Denzil Desouza)
CHEM 516 01 Advanced Instrumentation
CHEM 517 01 Advanced Instrumentation Lab (Instructor: Denzil Desouza) HUMA 024 32 Humanities (Instructor: Nitin Deckha)
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Monday - I will go to the gym either in the 2 period break, or at 1:30 whenI'm done all my classes. This will be a cardio and weight training day.
Tuesday - Uhhhhhh..... that's a toughie. Either wake up real early or do it at 7 when I get home. This will be only a cardio day.
Wednesday - Class starts at 10 so I will go to the school for 8 or 9 and workout before class. Not sure if this will be cardio and WT or just cardio.
Thursday - I will probably go to the gym at my school before class and do cardio and WT.
Friday - That 5 period class is a lab and they always give wayy more time then needed. I will probably be out by the end of period 3 or 4 and I will go to the gym at that time. This will be a cardio and WT day.

So thats my schedule. I am working at almost 150% workload this semester because I failed a class in 3rd semester ( CHEM 303) and I hate humanities and failed it the first time (HUMA 024). 27 credits instead of 20. I have a much better and head on my shoulders now and I feel that i am quite capable of achieving good marks in all of my classes. I am almost certain that I will stay on top of my assignments. I am not so into drinking as I was the last two years so it will be much easier for me to get my homework done and whatnot.

So todays eats:

Breakfast: Fiber One Honey Oat Clusters w/ skim milk and a yogurt - 315 cals
Snack: PB and Banana sandwich - 220 cals
Lunch: ???
Snack: Not sure if I will have this. Protein bar - 160 cals
Dinner: Chicken breast w/ salad - 300 cals??

Total: Before lunch its 1000 cals. If I find my cals high at lunch, I wont eat the bar.

Also wanted to mention a funny thing. I moved all the bad stuff in my freezer (waffles, ice cream, toaster strudel) to the bottom of the freezer and out of obvious sight. I think my brother thought that I was trying to hide all the good stuff from everyone so he ate all of the stuff, except the ice cream, in one sitting. I'm sure he did it to try to get under my skin, but he actually did me a favour! I'm putting the goods down there from now on!!!!

Anyways better get some shit done here at work. Ugh I can't wait till next Thursday.
 
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Also wanted to mention a funny thing. I moved all the bad stuff in my freezer (waffles, ice cream, toaster strudel) to the bottom of the freezer and out of obvious sight. I think my brother thought that I was trying to hide all the good stuff from everyone so he ate all of the stuff, except the ice cream, in one sitting. I'm sure he did it to try to get under my skin, but he actually did me a favour! I'm putting the goods down there from now on!!!!

Anyways better get some shit done here at work. Ugh I can't wait till next Thursday.
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If you complain about it, he will do it again. Put on a good show. :biggrinjester:
 
Yay for school! Are you excited to get back to it? I start next Monday and am all kinds of excited! I too plan to make a workout schedule that fits in with everything else. I'm sure your excited about getting back on a regular exercise routine!

I think that's great about your brother!! LOL Glad it worked to your advantage!!

PS I was the same way when I started college... I didn't take things as serious and had to retake general chem... but I feel the same way that I have a better head on my shoulders. Just goes to show you live you learn!
 
Just a quick update before I go do the last bit of work for this job for the day. I ended up going to a carribean restaurant (not my choice) and there was nothing but bad choices. I had the jerk chicken dinner which came with rice w/ beans and salad. I only ate half or less of the rice, all of the chicken and all of the salad. I don't think I'll be having my protein bar before work. I feel slightly guilty for my meal. So how many cals do you think that was? I think between 400 and 500.

Anyways gotta go.
 
Miss D sorry I didn't get back to your response yesterday. I am actually very excited (or like Borat would say - I'ma verry ecite!!). I think this summer I've developed quite an appreciation for school. I'd rather be in a more social environment full time than a lab full of snobby people full time. It's much more pleasant on the emotions :)
 
August 22, 2008

FRIDAY HAS ARRIVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is probably one of the best Fridays yet. I am just getting sick of working 7 hours a day at this lab where I have NO social interaction what-so-ever. I think it's really starting to take a toll on my head and my happiness.

Jumped on the scale this morning and it said 135.8. I guess my efforts to make that carribean a little less harmfull was not so successful. I didn't eat too much last night. I had two salads, so maybe thats why the scale was up 0.4??? I also had 1 small meatball, two rice cracker things (16 cals total) and one miniscule bite of a 100 cal cake thingy. I'm not too concerned with the increase though. I plan to run tonight, tomorrow, and Sunday. I should be down to at least 135 by monday morning. If I can just coast at 135 till school, I'll be content.

Went shopping yesterday and bought loads of good stuff and bad stuff. The bad stuff went in the other cupboard, and the good stuff went in my cupboard. The really good good stuff went on the top shelf so brosef wont see it. He might though. My cupboard would look dull to the mind of a junk food eater though. I bout mini bags of smart pop popcorn, herring fillets in a can, high fiber fruit granola bars, rice cracker things, hummus, beans, alll gooooooood stuff for the most part. Slightly processed but shit like what the hell am I supposed to do?! Everything these days is processed.

Anywhoozer, I have lots of fantastic things to eat now and so I should be able to stay on track in the healthy eating dept. Any my cupboard of health is segregated so I'm good to go. Oh and NO ICE CREAM was bought :D

Meals areeeeeee:

Breakfast: Fiber One Honey Oat Clusters and strawberry yogurt - 320 cals
Snack: Protein bar - 160 cals
Lunch: PC Blue menu spinach and cheese cannaloni w/ 10 rice cracker things - 290 cals
Snack: Fiber one Oats and Peanut Butter bar - 150 cals
Dinner: Meatballs and salad - 350 cals

Total: 1400 cals

I can't wait for this day to be over... day wise (3:00 ish) :)
 
Whoot Whoot! Rock out with those good eats lady!!

Glad you are back on track!!

And I agree about being excited for school... being at work this summer has also taken a toll on me and I am ready to get out and about again!
 
Just felt like popping in. I forgot to mention this morning that when school starts I will begin an interval training routine that will eventually have me doing 30 second sprints and 30 second rests.

I will start with week 1 and work my way up to week 8. The routine will be done on monday wednesday and friday. I am going to run for 25 minutes, with longer warm ups at first. I want to get back into the full swing of things right away.

I have found a new addiction. Chocolate flavoured coffee. I can't believe how delicious it is. I plan on purchasing some so I can brew it from home. Just gotta find it first.

I was kinda thinking of increasing my caloric intake. I would like some opinions on this because what I am doing now (when I have a solid workout routine) is working just fine. I worked out my Harris Benedicts equation and got 2253 calories to maintain my weight if I workout moderately for 3-5 days a week. I was thinking of going 500 below that to 1700 calories. Right now I have a deficit of about 800 calories then workout is about 500? so in total thats 1300 calories per day (saturday and sunday only 500 - no exercise and slightly higher intake). Works out to 2.1 lbs per week. Actually, now that I see it from this angle it looks fine. So 135 September 1st hopefully. 5 weeks to get to 125 provided my weekends are good and eats are stable.

Opinions???? Opinions????????
 
August 24, 2008

138.6 this morning. Horrible weekend. Bad eats and way too much alcohol. I don't remember a chunk of Friday night. Appearantly I kept taking off my top and shit. And I lost my underwear. My ex has them but I have no recollection of even doing anything sexual. Of course the hangover leads to craving greasy food and not caring if I eat it. Oh ya, I was 2 hours late for work at Swiss Chalet and showed up still drunk. My boss knew, but didn't make any comments.

Good news? Ummm... I'm being trained to serve this week. I'm excited to start making tips. I have 4 days left of my day job and then I'm done. I can't wait. I just want to workout regularly. Watching this weight gain is depressing. If I can be 135 when school starts I'll be happy. I'm probably going to go running after work tonight to make myself feel a little better about everything.

I am back to my good eats today though.

Breakfast: Fiber One Honey Oat Clusters w/ skim milk and strawberry yogurt - 320 cals
Snack: Smart pop popcorn mini bag - 100 cals
Lunch: Lean Cuisine cheese ravioli w/ rice crackers - 340 cals
Snack: Fiber One bar - 140 cals
Dinner: Probably 6" sub - 350 ish

Total: 1300 cals

I am hoping to have more control in the future. This is getting rediculous.
 
August 26, 2008

I'm not going to make this very long only because I don't feel like it. I left work really early today because I didn't have my card to access the floors I need to work on, and because WLF wasn't working and I had NOTHING to do at all. I was staring at a wall like a loser. Last night ended as meh. These people ordered pizza for delivery and when pizza hut showed up they had no idea what we were talking about. Genuinely and sincerely no idea. So we got free pizza and GB with cheese. I usually dont eat it, or I'll have just a smidge, but this time I indulged. I had 3 greasy slices and 1 slice of the bread. Scale still said 136.6 this morning, a loss of 2 lbs from yesterday. I am doing pretty well today. I wanted to workout but I had a granola bar so I didn't. I might workout later tonight. Maybe go for a walk.

Eats:

Breakfast: Blueberry bran muffin from Tims - 300 cals?
Snack: Watermelon and blueberries - 120 cals?
Lunch: 6" Turkey sub on whole wheat w/ cheese and mustard and veggies - 400 cals approx
Snack: High fiber apple and almond granola bar - 140 cals
Dinner: Tuna burger - 400 cals

Total: 1400 cals

No F-in up today. And I hope to workout. I want to see 135.x tomorrow.
 
Hey girl,

Hang in there! You've been doing great. Remember not to dwell on the negative. Tomorrow is a new day and there is nothing holding you back from getting that 135.x on the scale! Best of luck!

On a separate note ....school starts next week...eeek. I'm sorta torn between looking forward to classes and dreading them!
 
Hey lady just wanted to say hello! I am knee deep in homework already and its only the second day!!

No worries about your weekend... sometimes you just gotta let loose!! And that includes taking your top off!!! I'm sure you looked HOT even in a drunken stooper!!

I am interested to see how your interval training goes! Keep me posted!

Cheers! :cheers2:
 
Hey Misty. Yes school is next weekend. I'm in the same boat as you as far as excitement, and dreading. I think that I'm probably more excited for now, but once the workload comes I'll be dreading it. It's my last year though so I'm very excited to be almost done :D

And thanks very much for your advice and kind words! I know I can get through this rough patch. I need to stay positive.
 
August 27, 2008

Yesterday went pretty well. I didn't really cheat at all. When I came home from work, I had a couple strawberries, and a couple rice crackers. And I jumped on the scale this morning and it said 134.6 lbs. WOOT WOOT!! I don't understand this fluctuation but I don't really care. Now I just gotta get my ass to workout. I didn't workout at all yesterday though I had the opportunity to.

I started my training for serving at Swiss Chalet yesterday. I served one table from beginning to end by myself, and it was a disaster (not my fault). I took the drink order and the food order and as soon as I took the order in the kitchen guys like "15 minutes for chicken". I went back and told them, and they waited OVER HALF AN HOUR for their meals!! I was soo embarassed!! We didn't charge them for their drinks and I thanked them for their patience, and they still gave me a 3 dollar tip. I wasn't expecting anything! So ya, that was my excitement for the day.

Today's eats:

Breakfast: Whole wheat bagel w/ light herb and garlic cream cheese and 4 strawberries and a handful of blueberries - 300 cals
Snack: Apple - 100 cals
Lunch: Beans w/ whole wheat bread - 300 cals
Snack: 10 rice crackers - 80 cals
Dinner: Tuna burger on whole wheat bread w/ light havarti, fat free mayo, and BBQ sauce - 400 cals

Total: 1200 cals (I didn't include my coffee. I dunno why)

Two more days at my day job and I'm done!! Oh ya, I searched for every yesterday for my scan card and I couldn't find it ANYWHERE!!! I'm in serious shit man!! Not too happy about that one.
 
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August 28, 2008

WOOHOOO today is my last day at my day job!!!! I am soo stoked! I bought donuts for my whole department. I've yet to have one but, but I'm sure I will eventually. I did buy them after all. I'll search Tim's website for the lowest cal donut. I also bought all my the coworkers I worked directly with 10$ Tim cards, and my boss a candle lamp thingy. Spent a lot of money, but it's ok, everyone will love me and have a good last impression of me :)

I served at Swiss Chalet again last night. They gave me my own table to look after, then asked me if I could pick up another one. I was running around like crazy and trying to remember everything and punch it all in and check on everyone all at the same time. Serving is freaking crazzzzzy. I made 12 dollars in tips (I only had 3 tables of customers in total). When I came home there was salmon and rice in the fridge and I wasn't going to have some, but I remembered I couldn't have any today so I just had a bit. Thennn things got ugly.....as usual. I had a couple pieces of watermelon and a few blueberries. From there I had a fiber one bar. I was trying to stay healthy. There were some cookies that I knew were in my sisters room and they were calling my name severely. After hesitating for EVER I made my way up there, took a cookie, and a couple ketchup chips while I was at it. That was all. I don't know whats with the lack of control lately. It's annoying! So I got on the scale this morning and I'm 134.6 again. No loss and no gain. I know I'd be in the 133's today hadn't I ate that crap last night.

I also know that the reason why the number is low is because I'm losing muscle from not working out. The number will probably go back up to 136 or 137 before it drops when I start back up again.

My boss is taking me out for lunch today and I'm really hoping there are some healthy options on the menu.

Can't really say what todays eats are because I have no clue what they are!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!!
 
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