grrr, weight is 131 today. hoping it's mostly bloat. we all know that our weights fluctuate. it's true i've had a bit high calories this week as well as last Sunday. My calories do balance out well, but I haven't balanced out last sunday's approx 2900 calories. so i probably have an extra 1,000 to relieve myself of. lol.
it's not good to think of dieting though, and think of balancing calories. it's better to take each day at a time, forget about what is passed, and try to make each day a good one. otherwise, you're constantly stuck in a diet mentality "if i have this, i can't eat that, too many calories yesterday, need to be good today" and these thoughts are not ones i need right now!
4AM Breakfast, can't sleep bc i know i have to visit my grandma in Queens today, before some other errands, before I meet my friend for the remainder of the day for her bday. I have a lot in store! And crossing my fingers it doesn't rain Sunday or Monday when I get my hair semi-permanently brazilian straightened!
4am Breakfast: soymilk 100, pretzels 220, plums 100: 420 good.
exercise: walk in AM. over an hour.
7:30am second breakfast: plum #3 50, fiber one and soy milk 200.
long day only 2:30 and already 1800 cal :-( grrrrr.
with dinner: 2300?
with snack: around 2600. not too bad.
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UPDATE Midnight:
binge at home at midnight: 2 very large plums 160, crackers 120, 2 bags chips 260, large bowl cereal and soy milk 400: 940 whoa....and then even more...........ice cream, chips, etc.
total: 3240 can't help it. 5000 total calories. ugh. full. i know exactly why - my parents were coming home after 8 days of being away and i was still alone in the house, also i was very emotional after watching The Help (movie). very emotional reasons to binge and i couldn't stop.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
calories through work: 1100. (peanut butter cheese crackers 190, protein shake 210, little bit of coffee, almonds150 or so, chinese for lunch some wanton soup total maybe 500 for the whole soup/some hot and sour soup total maybe 300 for the soup, lays potato chips100 )
dinner: 100 (rest of wanton soup, hot and sour soup, two plums)
1550...
snack: granola bar, some bran, big grapefruit: 300
total 1850...good.
exercise: will take a nap then head to the gym, hopefully. so pooped still!
exercise: hardcore weights, pushups, a little cardio (around 20 min elliptical)
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
good day.
i binged on sauteed broccoli with my dinner: 3 full plates worth! LOL. was so good, i ordered 3 because i was gonna eat it tomorrow as well...lol. all tonight and then a microwave meal on top of that. hopefully i will not have too much gas tomorrow lol. haha.
total: around 2000, hopefully less. lol and single serve size of pumpkin pie. total = 2370 lovely ones (calories). I do not regret these calories, because the big picture is that they are not astronomically high at all. they will not cause weight gain with appropriate exercise and calories in the following days. it's the season for pumpkin pie and it's awesome that i found these little haha 370 calorie suckers. yum.
50 min cardio.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
exercise: short bike ride, under a half hour to and from the gym combined, weights 1.5 hardcore hours! wahoo.
calories: around 1750 or so. very good.
dinner was big: lots of tofu heated up on dried seaweed 2 packages and two small bags of sun chips. was tasty.
I ended up not working any O.T. today. I asked my boss if I could leave and it was the BEST decision. I dropped my pants off at the cleaners and went to the gym. HARD CORE workout, I tell ya!
I have had a few comments on my weightloss. But funny part is, as you can see on my chart and listed in my entries, I haven't even lost over 5 lbs! It must be because I'm also weightlifting and getting stronger that way. The extra muscle, even if a little bit, probably enhances the weightloss I have achieved.
I love the comments. And my boss seems to think I am in decent shape - he commented saying he'd like to have a body like mine haha...he is trying to lose weight. But, in my mind, I do not feel like i'm in good shape. I actually feel very fat. According to the healthy weight charts, I am indeed at the upper end of healthy, so, it's true I can stand to lose some lbs. (i am short.)
I will keep up my exercising. and I will NOT have any particular weightloss goals, like to be any certain weight. I will let my body lose weight as it wants, trying not to binge and keeping with my exercise routine. Limiting no particular foods and still eating what i want and like. Nothing is off limits. (nothing has been off limits, i'm just saying this is the BEST approach for me for weightloss).
I will be very happy when I reach 125...that's a long ways away though. I am also happy at where I am at now. :-)
My true goal, way down the road, will be to weigh in the teens, like 115. that's probably my end goal. I remember feeling pretty good at the weight - BUT if I feel good in the low 120's, i may stop there! I don't have a goal to be a skinny and weak woman.
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i would like to stay home today....feeling so tired this morning.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
feeling nauseous.
2250 cal.
30 min walk.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
calories before dinner: 1450.
dinner: nice butternut squash souflee 300, lots of lite corn cakes. 200? perfect, exaclty what i wanted. 500
total: 1950. perfect.
goodnight
exercise: half hour bike, hour weights/pushups.
I'm gonna do it. I'm gonna lose the extra weight this time. I'm already in the 120's! yay. soooooo awesome. I've done it, I'm doing it! I need to realize that I'm making progress. I've accomplished so much. I will continue. I will be thinner and thinner, healthier too. More toned. More everything. Just what I want, what I like. I'm gonna make this happen. I have to.
I am going to go on a cruise (i want to, it's not planned or anything) and i'm going to look good. there isn't such thing as "perfect." I will state this: I DO NOT want to look perfect. I want to LOOK GOOD FOR ME. for my body, for what i can do, what i can accomplish, as long as i make the effort, i'll be proud of how i look for who i am. for my efforts and accomplishments.
yes, i am unhappy with a lot of my life: work and relationships as well as a lack of positive feelings of security and success. but it's ok. i'm working on this, too. I will be ok. I am hoping that i do get into the police academy. It will be another (good) change of lifestyle. It's certainly what i NEED.
what else? hmm, i don't know. i will just keep up the good work. and lack of binges. I am doing good, let me just keep reminding myself of this. and get some sleep. and think happy thoughts even when i don't think anything is going my way, bc it is going more my way than i think. other people have it SO MUCH WORSE. i am lucky. thank god. i am so lucky. for so many things that i forget about. a house i can live in. a free car to drive. parents who get so frustrated but really only want the best for me.
i am lucky. i cannot forget this. i am so lucky.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 1 lbs to go!
late night edit: i was gonna be in bed by like 8:30 but my friend stayed late and i helped her get gas and stuff. so it's a little later, but i should still be able to manage a decent amount of sleep for tomorrow.
calories before dinner: 1100.
dinner: big buffet, but mostly healthy. probably 1,000 for dinner. killer was the dessert though. maybe also 800?
so maybe 2900 at most. not terrible. without dessert would have been better. but i don't regret it bc the dessert was all kinds of tastes of different cakes. bite sized pieces and also some green tea ice cream. nice to splurge now and again....plus, i still weighed 129 this AM. doing good. maybe 128 by the end of this week!
I LIKE IT HAVE MY CAKE & EAT IT TOO! HAHA.
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(i still weigh 129 :-) )
10 hrs of sleep and i could sleep more!!!!!!! haha
breakfast: fruit 100, cereal and soy milk 300, corn cakes 40. total: 440.
snack: healthy wheat cakes (lots of fiber - COCO Lite multigrain cakes - look 'em up online!) http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=10052&catalogId=10001&productId=723642 120 (i didn't purchase from Wegman's, but this is what i had. 6 of them. they are huge and fun. 6g fiber for the multigrain, the corn ones of no fiber.
560.
i think i'm gonna fall back to sleep now.tempted to eat one of the single serve 370 cal pumpkin pies i bought. i bought 2 of 'em. grrr, but what i probably am is tired, not hungry....(or maybe i'll actually clean up, fold and do laundry, empty the dishwasher, and cook....) too much to do this AM because later i'll be leaving the house in less than two hours to drive out to the the outlets on Long Island (1.5 hrs or so away.) I am good with just relaxing here for a little. i guess i can do only what i can and not rush. i really don't wanna do any rushing today. and i plan to sleep a lot tonight. maybe be in bed before 8 if i can. last week i had such a lack of sleep (waking up several days around 4:30am for work and going to bed around 11pm) that i'm still exhausted.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
today: breakfast: 100
snacks: bar 150, bar 150, coffee 50: 350
lunch: cooked salmon (maybe around 300?), also some salad with a little fruit, croutons and chicken. 150 more?
total so far: 800...snack 900 total.
BIG dinner: cucumber salad 100, squash souflee 300, chicken and salad 250, chips 220, fruit 100....let's say 1,000.
total: 1900. fabulous.
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yesterday, friday: maybe less than 2500 cal. went out to dinner and had dessert and drinks. so it added up. it's totally OK.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
sorry not to comment on your entries, but i'm so exhausted....soon ladies! i promise. thanks for cheering me on even though i've been absent from the cheering section!
calories till end of workday: 1200.
calories in car after: veggies and fruit: 200.
calories at dinner: healthy! sauteed veggies and chicken, but a ton! 450?
total: 1850.
exercise: not much. half hour walk on treadmill.
work: only from 7am-4:30pm. less than the past 3 days. good! i hope to do similiar tomorrow and not end at 5:30. i find that two hours overtime is pushing it when i'm sitting at the computer all day long with no movement.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
wahoo. today, after a very light dinner last night so hopefully this number will stick, I weighed in at 129!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (of course after breakfast i'll weight more lol) I plan to lower my goal on here now...
First time i'm in the 120s since I believe Sept 2008. 3 years.
I do NOT feel healthy though. I've been sitting for hours on end at work and my ass is beginning to feel majorly mushy....also this could be bc of weight loss...i may have to do some lower body weights work soon!!!!!!!!!!! :-) happy about my weightloss progress though. I have not been rushing the weightloss and calories are usually pretty high, around 2000.
1850 calories.
45 min exercise.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
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I like the idea of having a certain number of calories for the week. That way a couple of high days are balanced out by a couple of low ones and you don't feel as if you are a failure on a high day. I hope the weather holds for you and that you have a good rest of the weekend.:)
V on 09/25/2011:
Sorry you had a rough start this morning :( I know you will turn this around..