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rashmi

rashmi

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Inspired by all those who keep a journal, i'm starting one too.
first the pep talk-
1. Eat right
2. Exercise regularly
3. Don't obssess about every gram.
4. It is perfectly fine if I never fit into microscopic clothes.
5. Food is just that-FOOD. Not a substitute for anything else.
6. A big bottom CAN be an asset. Just figure out how.
7. Treat yourself once in two weeks.
8. Don't moan about the past & all could-have-beens
9. Joking about being the right weight but being underheight doesn't cut any more.

Having got that out of the way, let me celebrate the fact that i've been a good girl for the past two months.
After losing & gaining weight a gazillion times, I hope this is the final & permanent time. Losing 44 pounds is emminently do-able.

yesterday

B/F- Very sensible.
Lunch- toyed with the idea of skipping it as I was going to a party in the night. Good sense prevailed. had a sensible lunch of Carbs, veggies & grapes.
Dinner- Very happy with self. Looked very nice at the party. Lots of comments on the weight loss. Ate some salad, carbs & veggies. No fried stuff or dessert!!!.

Today

B/F - Very sensible
Mid morning- 175 ml coffee latte with sugar substitute.
 
07/03/07

4pm to 5pm-Went to the gym. Sweated out sbout 450 calories. Wonder if that is enough? :confused: Anyway, thats the most i can do now.

Dinner - skipped it. BAD GIRL
 
08/03/07

B/F- 350 cals. I'm ca;culating to the approximate value. It is very tedious to calculate for indian food. There is no dedicated wesite for this.

mid morning- 1 cup coffee with milk & sugar substitute

Lunch????

Ok! I'm giving up!!!!:confused: Its waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too complicated to calculate calories. I'll just eat right & leave the rest to the higher powers responsible for weight loss.

3 pm- 1 cup tea with milk & sugar substitute

4-5pm- sweated out on the treadmill, elliptical & aquacycle. nearly died in the process! why can't we live in a world where being fat is mandatory! & all the skinny ones are banished someplace to fatten up??

Dinner- sensible. (i'm tired of being sensible. I want to be BAD)

Overall a great day. No indulgences, except for the carnal kind:cool:
 
09/03/07

I keep foregetting to log the 100 cal worth almonds & cashews that I chomp on every morning. I'M NOT GIVING IT UP! I'm fat not DEAD.

B/F- Masala dosa. Who would have thought that 1measley masala dosa would have 490 calories??? NOT FAIR.

mid morning- coffee latte with sugar substitute

Lunch- carbs+ beets+ sauted raw banana + sauted dil leaves + melons

3pm- tea with lil milk & sugar substitute

4-5pm- gymed. Lost about 435 cals.

dinner- rava idli + Chutney + water melon juice
 
10/03/07

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!! How could this happened? How could I have GAINED a kilo?????? How could I?How could I?How could I?How could I?
I don't think i exceeded my 1500 cal limit yesterday.
What strange power are at work here?:mad:
The abyss beckons me. It is so much easier to just give up. It is constantly uphill.Uphill i can handle, but like the proverbial frog 2 steps forward & 1 step back is doing me in.
 
Uppers!

If you want to forget all your other troubles, wear too tight shoes.
-- Source Unknown

Murphy's First Law: Nothing is as easy as it looks .
Murphy's Second Law: Everything takes longer than you think

Murphy's Third Law: In any field of endeavor, anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

Murphy's Fourth Law: If there is a possibility that several things can go wrong, then the one that will cause the greatest damage will be the one to go wrong.

Murphy's Fifth Law: If anything absolutely can NOT go wrong, it will anyway.

Murphy's Sixth Law: If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong and circumvent these, then a fifth way, unprepared for, will promptly develop.

Murphy's Seventh Law: Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.

Murphy's Eighth Law: If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.

Murphy's Ninth Law: Nature always sides with the hidden flaw.
 
Welcome! Looks like you're doing great so far! Don't worry about the weight gain, the body works in mysterious ways. You could always drop into the "Harsh Truth" forum and see what the professionals have to say. Maybe there's something you could change?

Meanwhile, there is a section on the forum for journals. Maybe you could carry your journal over there and you might get more responses from people :)

Good luck!! :)
 
Hi kino. Thanks for writing in. I took up your suggestion & move to "Journal".

I've hit aplateau & grown roots here.
I've been told to change my exercise pattern I only do cardio & burn about 450 cals per session(50 mts). I've supposed to incorporate weights a well. Here is the problem - I HATE WEIGHTS.
Does it really matter HOW my body loses the cals as long as it does?

There are a few mindsets that i need to work at
1. Salad is NOT cow food.
It may seem like it, but exercising doesn't really kill me!

10/03/07- Sat

B/F- 2 rotis (oil less) + sauteed veggies

Mid morning - coffee latte with sugar substitute(S/S)

1- 2pm
got rid of 493 cals. GOOD GIRL!!!!
Got into a conversation with a woman at the gym. moaned to her about my mysterious weight gain. She said that the trick was to give up dinner 3 times a week!:eek: It rests the stomach & flushes out the toxins & the body loses weight in the process!!!
Apparently this is how all the great ascetics who practised intense yoga could medidate for months without food or water on the Himalayas!!!!
Since I don't intend to meditate on the himalayas any time soon, i'm not giving up ANY meal.

Lunch- Rice & green curry. (Yummy)-well within 500 cals

tea- Tea with milk & S/S
Chilled water melon

Dinner- spicy hot & sour soup & chilly garlic noodles(BLISS)
very proud of myself. Ate very little.

As a wise man once said- why are all good things in life either immoral or fattening?
 

DIETER'S PRAYER

AS I WAKE UP FROM MY SLEEP
I PRAY MY DIET I MAY KEEP
BUT IF TEMPTATION MAKES ME SLIP,
I PRAY THE LORD MY PANTS WON'T RIP.

11/03/07- Sunday

Early morning- tea with milk & S/S
B/F- 2 idlis + sambar
Lunch- 2 rotis + 1.5 bpowls of baked beans in gravy
evening- tea with milk & S/S
Dinner- veggies & 1.5 rotis

Honest assessment- i don't think i exceeded 1600 cals today

gave myself a break from the workout today after 15 days.
 
What is happening? I weighed myself this morning & I’m STUCK at 176 lbs.
Do fat cells solidify over a period of time & the only way you can get them out is with a chisel & a hammer!!


I’ll venture out the “harsh Truth’” & seek some advice.

Total cal intake for 12/03/07 – within 1600 cals.

Sweated out 500 cals at the gym – lungs on fire. Wanted to curl up & die!!!!

God- If You can’t make me thin, make all my friends fat!!!
 
Hey
I saw your post about Fitday and you can actually add in your customized food. I had a big problem with it at first because I eat a lot of asian foods and they just didn't have all those things. So when I went to the grocery store, I saved the nutrition labels and used it in Fitday. Losing weight, as I've learned, it 80% Nutrition. Let me know if I can help you with Fitday or with any type of nutrition recording. There are a lot of websites that will help with getting calories of certain foods.
 
Thankyou mnexercise girl. U are an absolute doll!!:)
Yesterday I paid big bucks & consulted a dietician & a physio.
I was amazed at all the things i was doing totally wrong. :eek: It is a wonder how i go through life thinking i know best!!!

anyway, i'm all motivated now. Thanks again!!!
 
No more moaning!!!

Whether you believe you CAN or CANNOT-either way you are right!!

OK!!! Jolt of reality. After moaning for days about my stagnant weight despite me being perfect, I finally consulted a dietician and a physio.
Here goes-

Things I was doing WRONG!!!:eek:
1. Reading while on the treadmill. ( To take my mind off the pain)
2. Doing ONLY cardio. ( I hate doing weights!!)
3. Doing TOO much- hence the knee pain.
4. Though I’m eating a lot of cooked veggies-not much salad.
5. Combining fruit with a meal. Apparently- fruit should be a mid morning or mid afternoon snack.
6. The dietician fell off her chair when I told her that I take 12 tabs of sugar substitute!! It is WAY too much & I was having too much coffee latte & tea. She cut it down to 2 cups a day & only 2 tabs of sugar substitute. Too much could be carcinogenic.
7. I need more protein as there is hardly any in my diet.

Now what I was doing RIGHT!!!:)
1. Correct potion sizes.
2. Eating lots of veggies & fruit.
3. drinking lots of water. I drink close to 5 lts a day.*smug*

I noitce that the 2nd list is way shorter than the first one!

What I need to do
1. Incorporate weight training twice a week to start with.
2. I need not refrain totally from meat. Chicken & fish is allowed in moderation. Forget red meat.
3. The fact that I’m a teetotaler is in my favour.
4. I can have a piece of chocolate once in a while!

So now, a new improved me is starting over.
 
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Hi there!
Good job consulting the experts!
I just wondered, what are you going to do to add protein to your diet? I've been doing just that for a while and I find that I need to eat loads and loads of fish, chicken, low fat cheese, cottage cheese and even red meat to get all the protein I'm supposed to get. Hard work..
I wish you the best of luck on your way!
Juliette
 
So great that you are finally going to do weights! I didn't want to say anything about the weights because I was just like you. Before this forum, I was a cardio junkie, seriously. I thought that if I could train for a marathon then I could lose my weight and be skinny like all my girlfriends. I would do 6 miles every other day AND 2-3 hours for my longruns on sunday. But I never lost the weight, I could run forever but my body just never looked the way I wanted.

The support here is really great. I've learned a lot from many people about little things to do with nutrition to how to weight train correctly to loss fat. I know your pain and so do so many people here. Don't ever give up!
 
A new improved me

Thanks a ton juliette and mnexerrcise girl for all the support.

At the risk of being a little dramatic, i'll count yesterday as a WHOLE new chapter in my life!!!!:)

I plan to get my protein from cottage cheese, yogurt & pulses. Occasionally i'll probably have chicken, fish & egg whites.

I'm supposed to start my weights today. all geared up!!!Wheeeee!!!*doing cartwheels*

15/03/07 was a gr8 day. Had carrots &tomatoes by way of salad & had water melon & an apple.

Work meeting ran into my gym time, so i opted to work out for 30 mts instead of skipping it al together. VERY proud of myself.:)
 
So glad to hear that you're doing so great and your attitude has changed so much also! Remember to give your body sometime to get used to all the changes. Results may not come right away or they might, but whatever the case just keep at it. This is a lifelong journey, as I've had to learn recently.
 
My diet plan

Thanks girls. :)
U guys are such pillars!(figuratively speaking)

My diet schedule

5.30 am – 1 glass warm water with lime. ( good for metabolism)

6 am - 2 almonds with 10 nos raisins

7 am – 150 ml coffee with toned mild & 1 tab sugar substitute

8.15 am – Break fast- 1 bowl of whatever I cook. Usually rice based.

10.30 am – ½ ltr of buttermilk

1 pm – lunch – 2 oil less whole wheat rotis ( Indian bread) + 1 cup cooked veggies + salad

3 pm – 1 fruit ( small banana, apple, orange, water melon or papaya)

5.30 pm - 150 ml coffee/tea with toned mild & 1 tab sugar substitute

7.30 pm – dinner- 1 oil less whole wheat roti + ½ cup cooked veggies + ½ bowl yogurt + salad

I drink about 4-5 lts of water throughout the day. I keep a 1 1/2 ltr bottle of water on my table & keep drinking from it.

I was told to eat my dinner at least 2 hrs before I sleep, coz eating & sleeping immediately slows down the metabolism.
Also to avoid meat for dinner as it takes longer (4-6 hrs) to digest! I don’t know how true it is-but whats the harm in following it?
Fried stuff & sweets should also be consumed during the day as the body has longer time to digest it.


Anyway MY personal mantra - Not to bother about my weight. It is just a number anyway. Concentrate on exercising & eating right & let the weight loss be a by-product of that

Living well is more important than fitting into tiny clothes
Sexy is in the mind & the attitude, NOT your weight.

I'm going to shed all my complexes, issues, resentments, guilt, embarrasement etc. I believe these hold me back more than my weight!
 
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