Yeah, I fell off the project for a while but now I'm back. I attribute two things to the falling off. I always have trouble around my birthday. I want to know why I can't just have a nice dinner and a piece of cake and call it a day. It seems I have to eat every treat out there and a lot of it. It's like if I let my self a little off the program...I just can't reign it back in...I go nuts. Secondly, I always have trouble when I get to a major milestone such as getting under 300 as I just did a short time ago. A long time ago I realized it meant "crap, I could really do this and then what would life be like?" I know it doesn't sound sane but a life without my protective layer of fat is a little scary. Third (ok, I guess there's three things) I was getting very burned out of biking everyday and logging/measuring food everyday. I'm proud that I stuck with it for almost 70 days, though. Here's to the next 70!
I weighed myself yesterday and I was 307 which is 6.8 pounds up from my last weigh in. Add that to the 1.2 I was up the previous week and I'm 8 pounds up. I didn't make my goal to lose 20 pounds and be under 300 by my birthday. I am very disappointed in this and in myself for giving up when I was so close to my goal.
But I'm here to recommit to my goals and not to dwell on past failures. My new goal is to be under 300 by the time school starts on August 23. I know it doesn't seem like that much time to lose 8 pounds but I'm banking on the fact that maybe half of it is fluid. We will see.
My goal today was to measure and track all my food and watch portions. I also took a bike ride for the first time in 5 days or so. I realized that without the exercise I felt so sluggish and blahhhh. Also because I was eating every rich food in site and a lot of it.
Breakfast was 2 poptarts and a cup of milk.
Lunch was leftover French onion soup and half a sandwich from Bread Co. I put a piece of baguette and one ounce of extra cheese on the soup and broiled it....so good. I also had two Chips Ahoy for dessert.
Supper was a chicken sausage on bread with barbeque sauce and some cheezits. Two cookies again.
Cals for the day were 2121/1930. Not great but I'm sure better that the 10,000s of calories I've had the past few days. And I did complete my goal of measuring and tracking everything.
Thank you for sticking with me!
Monday, August 6, 2012
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
73/365
Breakfast was a banana and 2 damm cookies.
Lunch was a big chicken sandwich with bacon and mayo and blue corn chips and hummus alongside.
Supper was 100 cookies. Or 6. I didn't really count. The good news is I sent the rest home with Dad. I'll try to have a better day tomorrow. I wonder if my birthday coming up on Friday has anything to do with this sudden downturn. I was on such a high when I hit 299, now I feel as though I'm so far from there and there's a little piece of me saying...what's the use. I'm trying to shut that part of me up.
I revised my weight in the calorie calculator and it says I can now only eat 1760. To me this means I'll be cutting it close everyday. I counted on those extra 200 cals for a buffer. I'm really losing enthusiasm for this project.
Lunch was a big chicken sandwich with bacon and mayo and blue corn chips and hummus alongside.
Supper was 100 cookies. Or 6. I didn't really count. The good news is I sent the rest home with Dad. I'll try to have a better day tomorrow. I wonder if my birthday coming up on Friday has anything to do with this sudden downturn. I was on such a high when I hit 299, now I feel as though I'm so far from there and there's a little piece of me saying...what's the use. I'm trying to shut that part of me up.
I revised my weight in the calorie calculator and it says I can now only eat 1760. To me this means I'll be cutting it close everyday. I counted on those extra 200 cals for a buffer. I'm really losing enthusiasm for this project.
Monday, July 30, 2012
69, 70, 71, 72/365
My internet has been down so I had no way of posting or tracking my food online. I promise you that Friday and Saturday held nothing unusual in the way of what I ate. I was actually pretty proud of myself for staying on track without actually tracking. Even so, Sunday showed my weight at 300.2 which is 1.2 pounds up from last week. I saw it coming since I still weigh everday (Yes, I know I shouldn't do that.) I have nothing to account for it. I still took my day "off" yesterday even though I gained. I didn't go too far off the books but I'm starting to get burned out on this whole process and I really needed that break. I'm sticking with the process this week and we will see what Lady Scale says next Sunday.
No breakfast today...it was just a weird day.
Lunch with my family at Arby's. I had that new turkey and asiago sandwich and apple slices. Their yogurt dip tastes like nothing to me. I also had a couple of Dollface's fries.
Dollface wanted to make cookies and I wanted to use my new Mexican vanilla that C and E brought me so we did and I ate far too many....maybe 6? Not too good for a Monday after a gain but I can't go back and uneat it so...
Even so, I still have 655 left for supper. Probably just a turkey sandwich.
No breakfast today...it was just a weird day.
Lunch with my family at Arby's. I had that new turkey and asiago sandwich and apple slices. Their yogurt dip tastes like nothing to me. I also had a couple of Dollface's fries.
Dollface wanted to make cookies and I wanted to use my new Mexican vanilla that C and E brought me so we did and I ate far too many....maybe 6? Not too good for a Monday after a gain but I can't go back and uneat it so...
Even so, I still have 655 left for supper. Probably just a turkey sandwich.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
68/365
Suddenly sick of posting but here I am...
B was granola and a banana.
Snack was a little apple.
For lunch, Dad took me to the Soulard neighborhood because he had to pick up a part for a mower. We strolled through the farmer's market there and then ate at a steakhouse called Tucker's. I had a house salad and it had a yummy lemon vinigrette on it. Also, a cajun chicken sandwich that was so good. Please note, no fries or potatoes of any kind. I had a lemonade to drink.
Snacks in the afternoon were a few M&Ms and some vanilla wafers dunked in chocolate pudding.
Supper will be a few spanikopita stuffed mushrooms.
If I have my usual ice cream treat cals for the day will be 1932/1930.
But...last night after I posted I actually had sliced strawberries and a few vanilla wafers instead of ice cream....it was so good. Maybe I'll do that again.
B was granola and a banana.
Snack was a little apple.
For lunch, Dad took me to the Soulard neighborhood because he had to pick up a part for a mower. We strolled through the farmer's market there and then ate at a steakhouse called Tucker's. I had a house salad and it had a yummy lemon vinigrette on it. Also, a cajun chicken sandwich that was so good. Please note, no fries or potatoes of any kind. I had a lemonade to drink.
Snacks in the afternoon were a few M&Ms and some vanilla wafers dunked in chocolate pudding.
Supper will be a few spanikopita stuffed mushrooms.
If I have my usual ice cream treat cals for the day will be 1932/1930.
But...last night after I posted I actually had sliced strawberries and a few vanilla wafers instead of ice cream....it was so good. Maybe I'll do that again.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
67/365
Goals:
A while back I did make a small goal of losing 20 pounds and getting under 300 by my birthday which is next week. So it looks like I'm going to make that one..yay me!
My other small goal was to bike 1500 miles by the end of this calendar year. I've just closed in on 600 miles so far so I don't realistically think I'm going to make that one since biking is over by about September in the Mid West. I'm riding as far as I can without my back being in pain for the rest of the day. But I am slowly able to ride a little longer and longer.
I guess if I meet my weight loss goal on the next weigh in I'll reevaluate and make some new goals. I don't really have a big goal as far as what I'd like to get down to. I've been on tons of diets tons of times and probably collectively lost tons always to gain it back in times of stress so for now I just want to ride this wave as far as I can.
Breakfast was Kix, sliced 'nana and milk.
My aunt took me to lunch at CBW, it's new in our community and neither of us had ever been there. I'm pretty proud to say I actually looked stuff up before I went. I was surprised to see the cals and sodium in some of those yummy looking wraps. I ended up with a Santa Fe salad with chicken and chips on the side. Total of 684 cals.
Snack was a lil' apple.
And supper is going to be spanikopita stuffed mushrooms and some garden potatoes sauteed along with an onion in (whispered)butter. But it's just a little butter.
Total for the day so far 1659/1930. So I can still have some ice cream in a little while if I want it.
A while back I did make a small goal of losing 20 pounds and getting under 300 by my birthday which is next week. So it looks like I'm going to make that one..yay me!
My other small goal was to bike 1500 miles by the end of this calendar year. I've just closed in on 600 miles so far so I don't realistically think I'm going to make that one since biking is over by about September in the Mid West. I'm riding as far as I can without my back being in pain for the rest of the day. But I am slowly able to ride a little longer and longer.
I guess if I meet my weight loss goal on the next weigh in I'll reevaluate and make some new goals. I don't really have a big goal as far as what I'd like to get down to. I've been on tons of diets tons of times and probably collectively lost tons always to gain it back in times of stress so for now I just want to ride this wave as far as I can.
Breakfast was Kix, sliced 'nana and milk.
My aunt took me to lunch at CBW, it's new in our community and neither of us had ever been there. I'm pretty proud to say I actually looked stuff up before I went. I was surprised to see the cals and sodium in some of those yummy looking wraps. I ended up with a Santa Fe salad with chicken and chips on the side. Total of 684 cals.
Snack was a lil' apple.
And supper is going to be spanikopita stuffed mushrooms and some garden potatoes sauteed along with an onion in (whispered)butter. But it's just a little butter.
Total for the day so far 1659/1930. So I can still have some ice cream in a little while if I want it.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
66/365
I can't believe how the days are flying by! 66 already.
For breakfast I had a banana here at home. Later I met a friend at The Bread Co and had a blueberry bagel with hazelnut cream cheese. So good!
Lunch was a few spanikopita stuffed mushrooms which were awesome. Along side I had hummus and blue corn chips.
I had a few m&ms for a snack...I just CANNOT keep those things in the house!
Supper will be half an Italian chicken sandwich with provolone bubbly on top. And I don't know what I'll have with it. But at only 1512/1930 I good for pretty much any side dish.
Still over 100 in the Midwest...we're melting.
For breakfast I had a banana here at home. Later I met a friend at The Bread Co and had a blueberry bagel with hazelnut cream cheese. So good!
Lunch was a few spanikopita stuffed mushrooms which were awesome. Along side I had hummus and blue corn chips.
I had a few m&ms for a snack...I just CANNOT keep those things in the house!
Supper will be half an Italian chicken sandwich with provolone bubbly on top. And I don't know what I'll have with it. But at only 1512/1930 I good for pretty much any side dish.
Still over 100 in the Midwest...we're melting.
Monday, July 23, 2012
65/365
For breakfast I had an almond nature valley granola bar.
Lunch was with Mom while we were shopping. We went to Red Lobster and I had broiled flounder with tartar sauce, steamed broccoli, and two cheddar biscuits. I am very proud of this order because in the past even when I was trying to lose weight I still would have ordered a baked potato but it was ok to have just the broccoli.
No real supper...kind of a snacky evening. I had some cheetos (left over from my day "off", they're gone now) and later I might have a little ice cream. If I do have the ice cream I'm at 1700/1930 for the day....what a difference some broccoli can make!
Lunch was with Mom while we were shopping. We went to Red Lobster and I had broiled flounder with tartar sauce, steamed broccoli, and two cheddar biscuits. I am very proud of this order because in the past even when I was trying to lose weight I still would have ordered a baked potato but it was ok to have just the broccoli.
No real supper...kind of a snacky evening. I had some cheetos (left over from my day "off", they're gone now) and later I might have a little ice cream. If I do have the ice cream I'm at 1700/1930 for the day....what a difference some broccoli can make!
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