You can't always get what you want (Athala's diary).

Tuesday, August 20, 2013.​

I'm updating earlier today, but the rest of the day is already planned.

No exercise today, I'm still debating if I should do cardio or strength tomorrow.

Weight of yesterday's night: 102.7 Kg.
Weight of today's morning: 102.0 Kg.

Food of today:

Breakfast:
2 slices of wheat* bread. (169.1)
90g of avocado. (174.8)

I made a chicken soup, around 157.76 calories per serving.

Lunch: I had 1 serving of my soup, but my family brought some burgers from McDonald's, so I had one too. The burger only contained 2 slices of tomato and some avocado, besides the meat, but since it didn't had the nutritional info, I used the info of a Big Mac.
1 serving of soup. (157.76)
1 burger. (554)

And now, they are having a BBQ, and I'm stuck with my stupid soup here. I'm trying not to make this day a "cheat day". I already had another serving of soup, and according to my calculator, I can have 2 more before hitting goal calories, I will probably eat those 2 servings of soup.

Summary of today: (Counting the other 2 servings of soup I will probably have)
Total calories: 1528.93.
125.43g of Carbohydrates (32.82%), 86.83g of Protein (22.72%), 69.51g (Burger alone was counted as 29g) of Fat (40.91%) and 18.10g of Fiber (3.55%).
 
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I'm going to check out those channels, thanks a bunch!
And about the video games I totally understand. There were 2 games I had to quit because I got way too addicted :)
I still play cod and aom sometimes :biggrinjester: It must be hard not to eat a lot because of your family.
But think about the fact that when you resist you can tell us and we will think you are really cool :coolgleamA: :)
Eating well is key and you are doing really well. I just thought of what will happen at thanksgiving or christmas.. I'm going to stuff my face probably xD
I wish you a successful and healthy day ! :seeya:
 
I had a really bad night...

Besides that, since my weight doesn't seem to be going down, even though I'm running a 1000 calorie deficit, I think I can try two things;

a) Decrease deficit by 250.
b) Limit carbohydrates to 50g a day.

Now, I could have started with a deficit too high, specially since I'm not supposed to go under 1800 calories. I could try increasing calories for two days and see what happens.
Or, I could simply limit carbs. I wouldn't have to increase calories on this one because hitting 1500 would be awfully hard.

If nothing changes on the next two days (Today and tomorrow), I'll try with one of those two.

Thanks for the support Cloudy. :)
 
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013.​

A rather interesting day today. I did 27 out of 30 minutes of a cardio routine, had to modify a bit on the end, though, since I couldn't keep the pace.
Again, some jumping here and there, but no problems so far. Is so nice being able to jump... :)

Weight of yesterday's night: 103.1 Kg.
Weight of today's morning: 102.5 Kg.

Food of today:

There is a burger sitting on the fridge from yesterday, there is also soda and a berliner* (I think they are called that way on English). I haven't touched them so far, but they are somewhat annoying.

So;

Breakfast: I had a nice sandwich and some tea;
2 slices of wheat bread. (169.1)
80g of chicken. (133.12)
1 tsp of olive oil. (41.4)
50g of avocado. (97.2)
3 slices of tomato. (24.6)

Lunch: Another sandwich, just avocado this time;
2 slices of wheat bread. (169.1)
30g of avocado. (58.32)

Third meal:
202g of apple. (130.7)
120g of banana. (127.7)

Dinner:
170g of red meat. (222.7)
80g of pasta. (282.16)
2 tsp of olive oil. (82.8)
2 tsp of mayonnaise (56)

I'm really happy with most of the day. Not so good on the dinner, but I love pasta too much :). I'm gonna try to reduce it a bit, though.

Summary of today:
Total calories: 1594.90
179.52g of Carbohydrates (45.02%), 84.70g of Protein (21.24%), 51.48g of Fat (29.05%) and 24.90g of Fiber (4.68%)
A bit too high on Carbohydrates, I'm gonna try adding some vegetables tomorrow, even though I hate them. A bit of oil should make them more tolerable...
:biggrinjester:
 
Thursday, August 22, 2013.​

Today was a strength training day. I did only one set, 8 exercises (15 reps per exercise), too tired to do another set. I'm gonna have to do some modifications, or maybe switch to more basic exercises that don't require a special emphasis on form, since I don't know if I got it right and I don't want to hurt myself.

Weight of yesterday's night: 102.5 Kg.
Weight of today's morning: 101.9 Kg.

Food of today:

Breakfast:
2 eggs. (140)
1 tsp of olive oil. (41.4)
2 slices of wheat bread. (169.1)
40g of oats. (164.96)
90g of banana. (95.49)

"Lunch":
40g of oats. (164.96)

Dinner:
80g of chicken. (133.12)
1 tsp of olive oil. (41.4)
80g of avocado. (155.52)
2 slices of light wheat bread. (153.1) (Even more disgusting than the other, but this one is a small package and I won't be getting anymore bread after this!)
100g of celery. (26)
50g of pickled onions. (24.55)
1 tbs of marigold oil. (124.2) (WAY too much oil, most of it was on the plate once I finished)

Summary of today:
Total calories: 1430.80
143.73g of Carbohydrates (40.18%), 55g of Protein (15.38%), 61.66g of Fat (38.79%) and 26.98g of Fiber (5.66%).

I was a bit hungry after dinner, it may be because I expended most of the calories on fats and ate less meat than usual. But with the exception of the bread, and the oil-overkill on the dinner, I'm happy with the choices today.
 
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You are eating so much avocados. I'm jealous because it is my favourite but I couldn't find any for a reasonable price... :drool5:
Try eating more fruit if you hate vegetables :) I have a huge sweet tooth so and apple or nectarine is a really great snack :)
And hurray for the weight loss !!:)
 
Just a quick note: Since I sometimes post after 12:00 Am, some of the dates were wrong, but I fixed them...
:biggrinjester:

Cloudy, I hate fruit as well... But I'm trying... ;)
 
I would suggest that you make a fruit salad out of some high quality fruit that you find the least offensive and then try it after an intense workout or after you have been out in the heat. I love carrying a fruit salad in the field kept on ice until mid afternoon when I've sweat and gotten tired. It makes you feel really good and I bet you will grow to like the taste more if you have a few similar experiences.

Keep up the good work!
 
I was so stressed today that I just burned myself (Cooking). I was on a hurry and worried about other thing, and now I have my thumb, index and middle finger of my main hand (Right) burned. :(
 
Well done with the loss,

For all you people who love fruit and veg....what's your secret?
I don't love fruit but I can eat it and as for veggies.... I love potatoes :-/ onions and garlic.. I love but I can't eat just a plate of onions and garlic lol
 
@ Quercus: I have been trying to increase fruit intake a little, I usually don't eat after workouts, but I'm gonna try a fruit snack sometime. Thanks for stopping by. :)

@ Nostalgic: Well, you can add garlic to a lot of things. What about pickled onions?
I think avocado is great because it only needs a bit of salt to taste good. Since I hate most vegetables, a bit of oil usually helps.
My family used to make a salad with potato, onion, carrot and lettuce. I guess spring onions would be a good addition too.
You can also make a great salad with just tomato and onion!
:biggrinjester:
 
Yep, nearly everything I cook has onions and garlic in it. Potatoes have to be limited though as my diet involves carbs but not a huge amount.

Spring onion! Oh how I would kill for some of that. I know the French word but can only ever find it in the frozen food section in a little box, not the same as freshly cut spring onion!

When I get back to Paris I will try a stir fry with carrots, bean sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower and chicken or beef, onions and garlic of course.
There is no other veggie I want to add as they are the only ones I can stomach.
 
*Yesterday's update*

Friday, August 23, 2013.​


Exercise of today: I did the first 22 minutes of Jillian Michaels BFBM workout. It got really hard after 10 - 12 minute mark.

Weight of yesterday's night: 101.9 Kg.
Weight of today's morning: 101.9 Kg.

Food of Today:

Breakfast:
1 egg. (140)
1 tsp of olive oil. (41.4)
1 slice of light wheat bread. (76.55)
40g of oats. (165)

Lunch:
150g of roasted potatoes. (201.15) (I didn't cook this, family did. I didn't wanted to cook so I just ate some of it)
1 tbs of marigold oil. (124.2) (And no, I didn't add even more oil, this is to calculate the oil potatoes may have had)

Dinner:
100g of red meat. (131)
50g of pasta. (176.35) (50g when uncooked)
2 tsp of olive oil. (124.2)

Extra:
70g of avocado. (176.35)
2 slices of light wheat bread. (153.1)
10 squares of chocolate. (223) (Just because I could and I was somewhat sad) :rolleyes:

Summary of today:
Total calories: 1580.59
170.48g of Carbohydrates (43.14%), 59.63g of Protein (15.09%), 65.94g of Fat (37.55%), and 22.23g of Fiber (4.22%).
 
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Saturday, August 24, 2013.​

Exercise of today: 25 minutes of Jillian Michaels BFBM workout. This time, I tried to improve a bit form and intensity. I had to take a break at 15 minutes, and then did another 10.

Weight of yesterday's night: 101.9 Kg.
Weight of today's morning: 101.4 Kg.

This is interesting; Ever since I had a way to measure my weigh accurately (Thursday, August 15, 2013), it was constantly fluctuating. Keep in mind that at this point, I was maintaining a deficit of around 1000 calories. I also did some strength workouts and low impact cardio.
But, It has been going down since Wednesday, August 21, 2013, just when I switched to regular (I.e: Not low-impact) cardio.
Now, I find this interesting because I didn't lost anything until I added a more exigent cardio (The average for this sessions is 25 minutes, so far).
I was on a 1000 calorie deficit and I should have lost some weight, even if it was a small amount.

Food of today:

Breakfast:
1 scrambled whole egg (70) + 1 egg white (16.1). (Don't worry people, I'm not wasting the yolks)
1 tsp of olive oil. (41.4)
1 slice of light wheat bread. (76.55)
75g of potato. (69.82)

"Lunch":
40g of oats. (165)

*Family strikes again: Yesterday, they brought fries, I was about to eat them, but I didn't. Today they brought fries again! My uncle also brought a sponge cake...*

Dinner: I made two salads, with onion between other things. But I ruined it! I didn't soften* the onion! What a stupid mistake... :willy_nilly:
Salads 1 and 2. (499.87) (That number is for the full salad. I ate a bit but didn't finish, around half of it was left)
*Since I ruined my beautiful salads, I just ate a bit of the sponge cake with some tea* :leaving:
90g of sponge cake. (300.15)

Summary of today:
Total calories: 1238.86
175.40g of Carbohydrates (56.63%), 31.82g of Protein (10.27%), 39.77g of Fat (28.89%) and 17.37g of Fiber (4.21%).

I'm thinking about calculating BMR and maintenance calories manually, and reduce a 20% of it, as opposed to a fixed number (I.e: 1000).
I'm going to try that for 2 or 3 days, and see if it works.
 
I had to soften them because they were yellow onions, the flavor was too strong and they ruined my both salads... :willy_nilly:

I resisted the fries of day 1, but the only reason I was able to do it on day 2 was because when I finally decided to go for it, it was already too late, so I just went with the sponge cake...
:biggrinjester::biggrinjester::biggrinjester:
 
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