DECIDED TO STAY LATE AND MAKE UP ALL TIME DUE BC OF THE CLASS :) NOW I CAN LEAVE EARLY THE NEXT TWO WEEKS ON WEDNESDAY AND NOT NEED TO MAKE UP TIME....BEEN LAZY WITH EXERCISE THOUGH.
left work at 6pm which means i actually made up a half hour extra to leave early next week i'm thinking...maybe.
kombucha 100
8am wrap 60, butter 40, egg 100, beans 100, coffee 50
10am Chickpea salad from coworker funny coincidence since I had chickpeas earlier in morning lol my beans were chickpeas actually...200..this wasn't satisfying...tasted nice but unsatisfying due to it being like all carbs.
11am 100 almonds
Healthy lunch: matzah whole wheat cracker 100, very oily but healthy indian okra 250?, egg and egg white 100, peppers 100 (a lot), small grapefruit 100. 650. good.
1:30-pm after lunch....ugh....sweet lara bar snack (high sugar but tastes great)...eating today. 200...giving into all temptations
I'm going walking / jogging this afternoon after work which means i must get my assignment done at work, and it is VERY time consuming....!...so let me get back to work...
Dinner after jog: Plan is for a big thing of leftover indian veggies 250, turkey 50, wrap 60, some saag 150? total here approx: 500
TOTAL TODAY: 2350, decent....i don't know what has come over me lately.
Skipped jog bc stayed at work and had apple 1850 before dinner ...I will go walking after I eat dinner.
7day: 2200 - i do gain weight from this high calories...i am getting too used to stuffing myself.... especially like at lunch here...and also evenings at home too much crap....i'm not going to buy any more sf jello or whipped cream for awhile (maybe not the rest of the summer).
Lots of bad cravings this week and indulgences.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
7:30am Breakfast wrap 60, avocado 160, egg 100...320, coffee extra milk 100, other coffee 50 500 (i was here early so was having extra coffee to keep my mouth busy/stomach busy)
9am Snacks from coworker big piece of turkey bacon 150? small pieces of home fries - Potato 50 700
...skin still very broken out but dinner bean wrap last night was excellent ! Thinking to have that before gym today
11am Almonds approx 50
1:30pm Huge lunch but healthy ingredients, just large portions including rice which was pretty tasty. also a bit oily lunch. it was indian last of the tandoori chicken drumsticks 150 tops, basmati rice with peas 250?, okra (very oily but so good) small serving 100-150, tons of veggies also some oil 200, some salad with some saag 100-150?...total lunch: 800-850.
The rest of the day will be in smaller portions is my plan. bar before the gym or a cookie is my plan...it hasn't been a weightloss week but the food choices have improved overall and i hope my skin will clear more...also this weekend i'll be active and looking to make good choices...i bought more indian to bring home for the weekend.
I will leave on time today - yes...not making up any more time for the day my bus was late ! It's too stressful and nobody is noticing and it makes me have a bigger appetite the later i stay and later i get to gym, and I wanna jog tomorrow which means i want to be out on time tomorrow too and everyone will be leaving before me tomorrow - so it will be easy to leave on time and not stay late!....today i'm planning to go straight to gym without having to stop home as my gym clothes are already in my car and i'm glad i am starting to put them there the night before now! doing good with that.
At work a nice half hour earlier today & that made people notice :)
Over the weekend i should be able to make better food choices - i'd like lower calories next week, today i weighed 116 on scale...lately it's high again....and i feel the fat on my lower stomach area coming back....time to watch it.
1650 after nuts And 2 bars. Total today is 2050. Tomorrow's a new day! 6day = 2150
I never made it to the gym & i'll be taking off the gym until Sunday. I will totally jog tomorrow after work - and will leave early at 4pm so i have some energy for the jog! Everyone will leave before me, so, shouldn't be a big deal tomorrow and i can say i worked late the day before.
i did work 11 hours though and made up enough time not to stay late or work any extra next week when i still have a class i leave early for - the time has all been made up :)
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
kombucha 100
wrap 100, egg 80, half avocacdo 170 salt and pepper, coffee 50 400.
500...healthy. i only have half container of whip cream left and planning to not buy it anymore after i finish it. :)
snack: apple / almonds 200 skipped bc doing work with one of my bosses :)
lunch: indian and sald: drumpstick 100, salad greens 50 so good fancier greens, curry cauliflower/potato 200 tops, also some saag (lots of indian this week and LOVING it) 200 at most. total here: 600 tops.
snack: might go for cake and decaf coffee :) yes - and someone gave me an expresso with sugar :( and it tasted like candy! so good! 400 at most?
dinner: i may finish the whipped cream with ice cream - so sue me! will try for no sugar: apple 100 (healthy!), 2 egg whites 50, wrap 60, half avocado 160, chick peas130: 500, decided on chips, 200 - craved the carbs / salt. it's totally fine bc i am happier with this dinner than all the ice cream and whipped cream i've been having.
overall 2200, decent.
5day:
bed early..
someone's bday is tomorrow and i hear it's going to be an amazing cake today...i may try to have it and work it into my day & not have such a low day just to enjoy the cake...big possibility. i know i'll at least be tasting the cake..and maybe follow the tastes up with coffee :)
my skin has one really deep breakout...because of my horrible eating habits so the inflammation hasn't gone down a lot ...but it's not getting worse thankfully.
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i was late today bc they closed a road!!!!! the bus had to take a longer detour to the train. i was late by 20 min. i have to make it up friday :( but people have said don't worry...so i may just not worry and only make up the time for the class..last night i made up half hour and tomorrow a half hour to make up for leaving an hour early today...ugh! i will make today's time up on friday , i think. i have to make up 20 min for today...UGH!
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
Just a thought - who knows, you might try it and hate the taste or texture. Right?
i do love fage greek yogurt, it would be a good switch once i finish what i have at home.
kombucha 100
wrap 100, half avo 160, black pepper - skipped garlic, turkey 50. coffee 50.
snack: almonds? 200
lunch: indian...but i'll watch portions :)...TBD (it's in fridge from yesterday!) chicken drumstick 100, salad 50, tons of tasty (with oil) veggies 350. 500-540
snack: butterfinger pieces 100, maybe coffee 50 TBD ...100
California roll around 400 hopefully not much more .... After exercise will be lighter
dinner: was a total binge/splurge not cool. i had it late, around 9-9:30pm after staying a half hour more at work to make up for today's leaving an hour early. i'll make the other half up on Thursday...today should be better as it's very structured. 600 cal in sweets and whipped cream.
total tuesday = 2450. lately too many very high days.
4day 2140
gym was good.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
but when i google food that's gujurati, it didn't look very healthy...
gujurati looks like a lot of fried / grains / bread / dessert.
but yes, the marathi looks very healthy.
Marathi is amazing.. Totally different than the greasy trans fat laden pakistani and punjabi places. They have wonderful salads and things for summer. Harder to find in a restaraunt. Look for yoga centers having parties and cooking classes. Bitter melon is an acquired taste but has amazing fat burning and cancer fighting properties and the mathi recipes for it are actually tasty. Here is an easy protein packed salad. I like to add cut up orange for the salad. The secret to mung bean sprouts is a drop of grapefruit extract every time you change the water to get all the bacteria off and have no black spots or bitterness.
http://poonambachhav.blogspot.com/2016/05/moong-sprouts-salad-recipe.html?m=1
I've worked insoftware forever. Tons of Indian people in that industry.
nothing at home, out of bed late but ready on time.
wrap 100, turkey 50, avocado 160, coffee 50 with stevia. 360.
snack: almonds...200, fruit 50
lunch from home: yellow pepper 50, half avocado 160, matzah cracker 120 salt and pepper, egg 80. 410.
snack: apple? 90 coffee and a chocolate 90
Almonds and small piece chocolate 100 1200.
saag and cheese in it 350 tops, wrap 50, egg 100, blackberries 100, ice cream (yup!) 150. 750
2000, tops. - good!
3day: 2040 - very good!
Dinner: will be leftover saag (from last week and planning to buy more soon) on rice cakes and i guess some of the cheese that comes in it...for fat / protein..i'll possibly buy more fruit for dessert on way home from work - like berries.
i promise myself that i'm laying off ice cream and sf jello and cool whip during the weeknights this week so that my face can clear up...instead, i plan on bars after the gym and indian food on rice cakes during nights i eat a full dinner at home.
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tonight is bed early, and cleaning hamster cage. no other plans. not really happy about the weekend...i just spent it driving around to hair appt, bridal shower, dinner with family...i felt like i was just going thru motions but not getting anything out of it.
workout was good last night. and jog/walk was good on Saturday.
I am planning to do a jog during the week, but def not tonight as i'm beat and want to go to bed early. Wednesday is the class....I guess Friday i'll jog. no other time and i'm not skipping my gym sessions.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
haha....
i'll be happy to be back home tonight...more and more i'm starting to want to push myself after work more...once this class is done i'll be good :)
but i went, ate some tasty stuff despite it being stressful to eat so much and all that, it turned out well at least...and at least i went to the gym and stuck with my goal to go straight from the party which made me happy bc i was actually out of the gym around 7pm so it wasn't a late night last night...
i just didn't know many people there and the people i do know i wasn't so close with. so it's awkward....like you said.
one great thing....the bride at the bridal shower was very nice to everyone there...and she was thankful for me being there...she actually thanked me. great personality she has...and for that, i'm thankful i went bc she was so appreciative and spoke to everyone there. now that's a happy lady.
Kombucha 100 Wine 100 Potatoes 300 egg 100 eng muff 150, veg 200, more veg 100, cheese 100, bacon 100 ravioli 150 1400-1450
Bridal shower was boring as *uck.
My sister got mad bc I asked her to repeat a something she was talking about. I am not close with anyone here .... I have nothing to say to anyone ... I ate a lot but it was good tasty food but I am socially done .....just not enjoying this weekend or even my hair really 1500 bite of cake and coffee ;)
was going to make a wrap after gym but i'll have that in the morning instead...and stick with my guilty pleasure tonight.
jello 20, whipped cream 250, ice cream 100, and had a drink before at gym 25 cal. total around 400. good.
1900 today, excellent.
2 day is good again: 2050.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
Glad to see you had cake at least, right? So it wasn't a total bust, LOL....
I'm sorry the shower wasn't a better time. Were there games? Are you invited to the wedding too?
yes, there was def cake!
yes, a couple games.. and DEF yes for wedding...i was hoping to be invited with a guest but just me. so it will be more of the same :( i would have brought ricky and would have been able to chill with him the whole time, oh well.
I did once go to an all-women software development event. I really liked that. It gave me a glimpse into why other women think this **** is "fun".
Breakfast healthy was rice cakes 150 topped with saag 200. Afterwards I gave into whipped cream having half a af tub 250.
Wanted to get highlights but hair is too short so I am bleaching my hair again instead
Small coffee and Rice Krispie treat 150 750
small 1/4 bagel with little cc 100 850
Will buy a small wrap maybe if there's a Starbucks
made a wrap at home before jog: wrap100, 1/2 avocado 150, turkey deli meat 50, yellow pepper 50. 350
1200, good
out to dinner tonight with family...Asian, hoping to enjoy a lot of veggies. i looked at the menu....its stinky...just lots of sushi and fish. hardly any veggies...literally. but the ones that are on the menu, i'll def be ordering!
2200
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me figuring out the day...
and go jogging after this and cutting it close time wise I should have jogged this morning possibly instead of laundry but hopefully I'll fit it all in .....salon is far from me around 40 mom with traffic so it's eating up time and driving to my parents need to be there 5:45 and takes 45 minutes..... I think I'll be done here at 2-2:30 so home by 3:30 and jog until 4:30 change fast and drive home for dinner - prob a waste to dye my hair but it is what it is..
(Did I ask you this already? LOL...)
Go for the dye job! I never thought about hair having to be long enough for highlights... I don't think of it as a waste -- it's nice to change it up a little :-)
you did ask....i eat cool whip either light or more favorably the sugar free one. 20 cals per serving and like 25 servings for full a container is the 500 cal - generally i'll eat either half a container 250 or 1/4 container 125 cals. i got into the habit this year, never really bought cool whip in the past.
i admit i'm socially awkward in the workplace ...i love my personal space and quiet time...and in this room with 4 people (5 including me and sometimes 6) it's not like that at all. lots of dumb chatter about nothing and really sometimes it gets annoying to me a little bit (not a major annoyance). i am just so not a major people person or need to socially be entertained..so it's sorta stressful to sit surrounded by talking and be anxious (just slightly) from it as i work. also someone i know has headphones on her neck and i hear the music (clubbing music and also pop) and it's truly hard for me to work this way...
still i'm happy....just admitting my social akwardness.
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home: kombucha 50
Work: coffee 50, piece of amazing tiramisu cake best cake i had in over a year i think! from italian bakery coworker brought it bc she's a grandmother again! and a cookie it came with also (lady finger?) 400, fruit later on 50.
snack: almonds?
lunch: probably my breakfast sandwich which was wrap 60, half avocado 160, turkey deli meat 50, veggies 100. 400 apple 100
snack: coffee and cookie 120
before gym: tbd i think just caffeine and sweet bar of some sort 100-200 half a small egg and avocado wrap i think with some chicken? from coworker 300 and strawberries 50. some caffeine. and a bite of chocolate to taste a sample on way home from manhattan. 50
1700 approx
after gym: maybe just a protein cookie. not sure, maybe indian on rice cake with tofu. getting sick of so much sugar and sweet things i think. 400
2100 APPROX - HIGHER THAN PLANNED BUT HEALTHIER AT END OF DAY.
7day: 2100 DECENT EVEN IF A BIT HIGH! . ...AT LEAST I ATE SOME HEALTHY AVOCADO.
my face is very broken out due to lots of caffeine, too much light whipped cream, too much light ice cream, and being constipated for a few days this week. ... it's clearing up bc i'm using honey on my face which is good for antibacterial properties it has! but my face would be clear if i'd cut down on the jello, etc. i do plan to take a break this weekend from at least the whipped cream, ice cream & jello. i'll also refrain from energy drinks, except i will consume coffee.
truth is, i need better meals again at night and evening after work. def too much whipped cream, ice cream. i bought saag the indian spinach dish which is delicious to eat over rice crackers this weekend. that is a healthy option and nutritious. i'm planning to buy Indian often as it's on my way home. It has healthy oils, healthy veggies...even the cauliflower mixed with potato is good for me. potato in general is so healthy and good for digestion. i was too tired this week partially from ****ty nutrition. so i'm at least knowing in my mind i must strive to change some things still.
but overall, i'm happy.
and when i eat avocado, things like my skin improve greatly too.
i'm happy...have a good day, all.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
I'm glad you stick with your goals, you are a true inspiration.
being in NYC, there's so many food options and light ones and ways to balance calories, with all my knowldge and the fact i live alone, it's not a problem to eat to maintain my weight...though my choices aren't the healthiest i know.
we have great indian food and the spices are strong yes, as a kid i hated strong flavors, now i love it.
my face is a mess due to hormones, the junk i've been eating, caffeine...ugh.
I liked Happy's idea of wearing headphones just so people leave you alone, LOL...
home: nothing, got up and ready in 10 min and glad i packed food last night. amazingly, i was only 4 minutes late to work. wow. bus was extra fast this AM since there was one right ahead of it it actually didn't stop at all the stops, lol...and of course the train was typical time. but i think the bus cut down on 5 minutes at least of my commute helping me this AM...lol.
coffee 50, wrap 60, half avocado 160, salami 100, garlic/pepper (no need to add more salt if i'm using salami!) 400 tops here.
Snack: almonds probably 200
lunch: from home and will def eat the yoke, donkey haha...thinking to buy some nice hot veggies or a veggie salad today. rushed this am..need to poop so badly but blocked up again...tmi.
L: egg and matzah 200, half avocado 160. 360..later on i had two gs cookies 140. 500.
yes, taking the night off...except for a long walk home - gym tomorrow night.
snack almonds 100
sf jello lots 100, indian curry cauliflower and potato 300, tastes of indian palak 100, ice cream 150. 650.
1850, good!!
6day 2100, good
found a groupon and made an appointment to put highlights in my hair...Saturday!...right before a bridal shower i am going to on Sunday :)
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plan was to go to gym but i'm soooo not in the mood. I may just take a long walk home and call it a night...really...and go to gym tomorrow instead. we'll see. very bloated and want to use the bathroom but can't...and also my shouders are still sore from Tuesday.
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
Home: minimal kombucha 20
coffee 50, wrap 60, avocado with seasonings 160, salami 100, gum lol thru morning.
almonds 100
possibly more almonds later 150
Pint of cherry tomatoes and a whole pepper 100,: apricot 50, egg white bc the yolk fell on floor 20, matzah 130, half avocado 150 salt and pepper 450 and filling!
coffee heavy milk 100
leaving work early for class (stayed late monday to make up the hour)
class ends 6pm...
dinner out after classwith a friend - sauteed mushrooms with garlic 150 big serving, bread 150, some minestrone soup 100, 400
dessert at home: whipped cream 250, icecream 150. 400
2000excellent.
5day:
2150plan is come home after class, enjoy dinner, bed early again. no extra exercise today. i was thinking to maybe jog after class, but, it's pushing it in regards to personal time i'd rather relax before bed and not be out late bc thursday is gym and a late night. friday i do plan to jog/walk after work & sunday too. that'll be good for my 2x a week cardio that i'm making sure i do each week now :)
Progress as of today: 0.5 lbs lost so far, only 3.5 lbs to go!
I had to LOL when I read your egg calorie count - because the yolk fell on the floor. Oh my how many times have I been saved extra calories because of a spill or accident like that?
and for the 1.5 hours that i sit there, the teacher is GREAT, so interesting, has so much knowledge to share, the class is somewhat like a debate class about politics and current events which is INTERESTING and good for almost anyone to be part of. Overall, the content and structure of the class is PERFECT for me. I'm glad to use my free time there. I try to participate a bit in the class...to expand my mind. I'm not a big talker, but i do speak up a little bit rather than not at all like most people. for i have a masters degree, i've been in many classes, i will use the class to my advantage - to expand my horizons and my mind! it's a gift.
it's also just a commitment, no exercise extra or anything else. but it's worth it, to attend a good class especially due to who is teaching. it's thanks to a very smart, engaging, socialable teacher. we are all lucky in this class. he's not boring.
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What are your maintenance daily calories?
Around 2000.
Donkey on 06/15/2018:
Oh I LOVE chickpeas - garbanzo beans - YUM! They are very calorie- and carb-dense, though, so I have to watch my portions.
I know that you truly intended to jog/walk today. I'm sorry that it didn't work out. But it isn't a great feeling knowing that your hard work NOW will make next week easier? That's the #1 reason why I stay late at work -- to make tomorrow a better day for myself. (Sometimes it works, most of the time it's just another set of frustrations, LOL...)
Amazingly I actually did a nice walk late after dinner and after even just relaxing .... glad I walked at least - lately my ankle is so tight and even my 30 min walk I feel it but also realize it's prob in my best interest to keep moving -
I tend to overeat on days I work later but in general my eating is screwy - I am very happy that I have made up enough time this week to be able to leave the hour early for both next week and the following week for my classes :) that decreases a lot of stress
I've been falling back to bad habits and also eating too much volume and too fast and I'm ready to make some fixes - this coming week will be slower I know with coworker and she's also my boss away :)
Yeah BEans don't satisfy me.. but are healthy