Keeping on :)
Home: kombucha 30
AM1: cookie 100, banana 120, coffee 50
AM2: DD egg sandwich since he gave me an extra last night with ketchup 350-400, fruit if i want it
Lunch: tomato broth based vegetable soup with tons veggies and some potato 200?, sausage 150, pretzels 150. 550.
PM: coffee ? and bar.
1350
Snack: IDK
Dinner: TBD
1950 total.
.....2050 today. Close!
6day: 2095 - excellent - i want this!
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Things to do: hardboil eggs tonight...
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Good Morning!
Home: kombucha 50
Breakfast: banana 120, cookie 80, coffee 50.
Breakfast 2: wrap 60, avocado 160, sausage 150: 370. and maybe a small kiwi, couple cookies 150
Lunch: again from home - but must take a walk at lunch unlike yesterday! egg/white 100, trying out these protein pretzels 120, veg and nuts 300. 520
Snack: more kiwi 30
1450..not the best but enjoyed the taste of these cookies..soon they are done!
dinner before gym: dunkin donuts egg sandwich 350
1750..
After gym: TBD maybe similar to before gym meal!
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...no day off Friday but hoping to come in late and work later so i have less of a gap between when work ends and when the show starts that i paid for :) I signed up to see a Broadway show, by myself, on Friday. excited..reason i don't wanna take the day off is bc plans changed, i no longer am getting my car
Total today is 2100 I can do even better yes....but satisfied!
5 day avg around 2110 also. Good.
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Morning: kombucha
Work: Very sweet banana 120, coffee with extra whole milk bc i used it up since there wasn't much left to be used after me :) 100
300
Breakfast: wrap 60, avocado 160, turkey type of tasty sausage 150. 370...clementine later if hungry 30
700.
Lunch: from home, matzah 120, 1 egg and white 100, green beans 100, some eggplant mix 150 500 tops...
Snack: TBD maybe a couple of the cookies 150? - had one in morning after breakfast sandwich. and will have one in afternoon with green tea.
Dinner: not sure yet...but want it lighter like 1 california roll sushi and miso soup which adds up to approx 500-550.
2000 :-) today! SUCCESS.
4day 2120 - good!
I stuck entirely to the plan above today for food...and it feels GREAT!
I hope to see more of hammy Teddy Lady tonight :) So far, she's GREAT at hiding!
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So i'm doing this work, very slow process, and got hungry all morning and now i realize right now that i'm not hungry but totally wanted food as a delay tactic....so glad i'm not reaching it....and waiting till noon to walk and then eat. i'll be working on sticking to my gut these months...and not reaching for something as often at work throughout the morning i'm going to try to have less snacks...like 2 but not more than that in a 5hr period from 7am-12pm.
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I have a union meeting tonight at 6pm...i think i'll come home to eat before it? or maybe just eat out before it? beause i want to again go to sleep early after this meeting so i'll be ready for a good gym session tomorrow night...once again, i'm planning for a LONG walk home tonight, 1.5 mi. I'm really trying to get my walking up during the week...I don't think i'm ready to jog during the week yet or want to yet as the walk is 1.5 mi which is simiar to me trying to do my 2mi walk/jog...i'd rather keep walking after work until May, unless i have a day off (FRIDAY afternoon i will plan a jog bc i am off from work - unless it rains!) then, i'll actuallly go to the gym and use the treadmill / bike / stairs, i've decided maybe i can do like 10 min on each one :)
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I got GREAT sleep & actually woke up & GOT OUT OF BED from my alarm. I changed the music from a light Jazz station (which was playing for perhaps a month) back to pop last night bc the signal was coming out fuzzy not for any other reason...but...the pop is better for waking up, I realized! NO MORE LIGHT JAZZ in morning to wake up to!
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Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
however, now that i've realized it the past couple of days and wrote it here / admitted it to myself, i notice lately in the afternoon a lack of hunger when i used to be...i think i'm starting to notice a few differences of real hunger vs not...still learning myself.
7am crappy Breakfast (forgot my banana): 2 girl scout cookies 150, peanuts 100, kombucha 50, coffee 50: 350.
9am Snack: turkey burger 150, wrap 60, avocado 160: 400., piece of clementine, more fruit :)
Lunch: from home: matzah 120, eggplant mix big serving 250, my fried tofu 150-200. 550-600, good...and planning to step out for a 10 min walk or so before i eat.
Snack: blackberries 100
1500
Long walk today from bus is my exercise - over 1.5 miles :)
Dinner: tons of healthy food at home, bed early.
Indulged for dinner 850 - fine ! 2350.
2150 3day.
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of course, my face is a bit broken out from what i've been eating...makes sense :) so i'll be working on improving it this week!
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Hamster, a tan short haired female named Teddy, is hiding a lot in its tubes, but i see it also running on wheel, eating and drinking. So, we're off to a great start with my Teddy Lady. This one can run FAST - as in WAYYYY too fast to catch...i cannot right now take her out to play...and when putting her in a ball prob on weekend, i'll have to do it over the cage or she WILL run and i will not be able to catch her. She's only around 2in big right now, very tiny, and cute.
2050 weekend avg, very good.
I texted Ricky although i said i wouldn't...he seems fine...like usual, he overreacted with me telling me never to text him...he said he could get together to talk over things so i'm not confused, but i'm not eager to see him today or this week, really...i should make him wait.
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
She's FAST!
A good day - in spite of the bump in the road with breakfast. Well done!
Yeah, she's just a little baby thing. very small and cute.
Breakfast strawberries 50, whole grain cream of wheat 150, chocolate stevia, cocoa 50, almond milk 30, Extra powder stevia, butter 70, kombucha 80. Approx 450
Going to Unveiling of grandmas stone at cemetery only 5min away and a brunch after with family at diner just the immediate family for all of this - 5 of us total for all. I am thinking to buy a new hamster after And gym after that.
Brunch around 11:30-noon: big english muffin with butter 250, half a huge turkey burger 150, cooked mushrooms a lot with ketchup 100, piece of lox 100 at most, tastes of other people's food 50, some cole slaw 50, pickle, coffee 50.750, 800 tops.
1250
snack: ice cream and peanut butter (not the best snack and too much ice cream). 450.
1700, fine.
after gym: will try to make it light...no need to eat more than 2050 today, really.!!!
if i had a lighter snack it would be better. the ice cream was 330 calories, but a whole pint. not really necessary. it's breyers, they sell low calorie pints.
2100 i think.
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
It's funny how reading something gets your mind thinking. Now I'm seriously considering looking into buying a hamster and cage system for my girls.
Hamsters have got to be one of the EASIEST pets...and cheaper pets compared to most...the bedding has a tendency to get around on the floor a little bit, but otherwise not a big deal really.
it'll be nice for your girls to take care of some of it - my dad used to clean the cage for us, but i wish he made us help him a little bit.
i got a hamster bc i enjoy have something living in my apt with me! and it's cute to hold when on the couch, however, this one jumps out of my hand really fast...i probably will not get into holding it for another week...i'll let it get used to its cage first.
i clean the cage with vinegar and water mix which is very natural and cost effective. instead of paper towels, i mostly clean with washable clothes. and use very little actual paper towels since i used to waste a lot of paper towels in the past :)
if cleaned weekly or every 10 days, the cage will not smell :)
you may know most of what i wrote :)
A new hamster - WOW!
and while we were there, my grandmother's mother and father (dad's grandparents) were also buried in the same cemetery so we walked to visit their stones as well...i'm glad we could support my dad and do it as a family.
yup, a new hamster. this one is fast...leaving it alone for now bc it was extremely scared once i got it out of the box and into it's cage....they say to let them be for a week or so, so this is what i'm doing for now. I'm not even sure where it's hiding...bc i cannot even see it at the moment.!!
Today's plan is 2050.
9pm 250. Late night fruit and whipped cream sf
7:30am 330 whipped cream and protein muffin 250 blueberries pint
9:30am Almonds 180
12:30 plum, whipped cream, peanut butter 250
1250..
1350 before 2mi jog walk in warm sun at a track at another much nicer college - this one if private and the other is public and there's a huge difference aesthetically with a better maintained running track! Picking up some veggies and going jogging after !
After jog was a huge meal of mostly veggies but huge serving.
Cabbage cold salad 50 Cooked green beans 100 Cauliflower risotto with cheese 250 Eggplant dish 100 500
1850. And later in evening I broiled sausages.
2000- very good - perhaps tomorrow I'll try for even lower calories - really I wish to not have to lower them - hopefully extra cardio will start to show!!
Relaxing tonight instead of the gym.
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
250 sat
Happy Friday!
Home: kombucha 50
7:30 Work: banana 120, cookie 80, coffee 50
300..these girl scout cookies are simply amazing...the have crunch and two layers of cream in the middle...science has proven that the best treats are crunchy and soft in the middle..now i see why.
9:30 Breakfast: wrap 60, avocado 160, egg 80: 300..healthy..perhaps one two more cookie. 150..450
late 1pm Lunch: protein and veggies: nice salad 150-200, 3 halves of rice paper filled with veggies, avocado, protein 500? not more than 700 total. and 1 cookie. 800
1550, indulgent but decided the week would still be perfect with 2050 cal today...!
Walking 1.5mi home today from bus :) to jog tomorrow at noon.
Dinner: leftover fried tofu 150, wrap 60,peppers 100, mayce 1/2 pint of light ice
dinner was peppers (a ton!) 100, wrap 60 with mustard and salami 110, ice cream 170, and whipped cream 130: 570.
2120
7day: 2070 which is good!
stick-to-it attitude can bring me back...and help me lose 5lbs!..still sticking with it, but a 2050 type of day.
now that ricky is giving me hell and told me not to ever call him lol...it doesn't bother me but i miss having this close friend to hang out with (he was annoyed i didn't want to be a girlfriend / didn't do certain things he wanted....not important right now...)
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anyways, now that i'm fully single, on weekends i plan to pay closer attention to what i'm eating and stay on track...i want to actually have a little bit of a deficit both tomorrow and sunday as well as next weekend of which i'm taking a 3 day weekend at the end of next week...Friday off to get some things done. last time i did this was just a month ago and it feels REALLY GOOD to have another day off just a month later..so i plan to stick to this, it seems to work right now. gives me an opportunity to make sure i try to also fit in exercise around the times i take off...moving forward...
so for tomorrow & sunday, for calories i have a goal of 1800 per day...let's see how i hold up....! slowly but surely i am getting back on track.
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
kombucha 30
banana and coffee 170
8:30am/9am Wrap 60, avocado 160, egg 80 300, 2 smores girl scout cookies 150...strong craving for sugar...maybe this is just OK! not trying to do any heavy dieting here...trying to be moderate..
LUNCH: salad greens/meat/small amount grains/starch - moderation :) need to work on moderation. something called a poke bowl..very good. sushi grade tuna in it..400 and an apple 100.
i need to keep lunch at lower cals again..so it doesn't ruin calories for the rest of the day...
I would prefer not to diet under 2000 per day...i am hoping that by adding in jogging / walking 2x per week, the weight will come off. I am soooo not ready or wanting a full fledged diet...or a big change. Like Graindart, i have a month goal too - to see where i'm at in one month, see if by adding 2x a week of cardio that i start to lose weight...i'll know easily in the morning...see if the scale overall changes a bit from the 112-114 range to 110-112 range!
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afternoon Snack: coffee and 1 cookie! 100
1250 :)
i need to work on the next portion of the day - what happens after work needs work:
snack 2: granola bar type thing 200 ?
Dinner: Dunkin donuts egg and cheese on an english muffin with ketchup or light ice cream :)
1850, tops, excellent..if i stick to eating less, i can do it!...
6day: 2060 - excellent..
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I do attribute part of my weight gain this year to changes in my job, schedule, sleep and activity. I'm now getting up over close to 1.5-2hrs earlier than i used to a few months ago. I am changing my eating plan to work with my new schedule by trying to wait to have my breakfast sandwich till 9am at work, not around 7am when i first get in. When i first get in, i'll stick with a nice sized cup of coffee with milk and a banana or other simple carb. This way, it's like a full breakfast but broken into two separate meals and times to eat which should curb my hunger and also allow me to eat often still...when i eat everything all together, i'm still hungry 2 hours later, so, i might as well eat a little bit and then eat the other stuff at 9am...rather than eat it all and then eat MORE and other things at 9...it's simply turned into wayyy too much eating and calories. and it's tiring me out and slowing me down. i need to make these changes.
as well, for lunch, i am going to go back to veggies and protein, and allow myself a carb snack in the afternoon - for now. like an apple, etc..trying for fruit approach would be best.
Now, for gym and exercise, i'll put my clothes in my car for all weekdays and NOT have to stop back home anymore...i'm going to make this change and it will solve many issues...going up to my apt before exercise isn't working out well at all..and hasn't since end of December when i started doing it bc i now take public transportation so i have to get my car no matter what - but it doesn't mean i have to stop home for full blown meal!
Before the gym or exercise, i'll probably opt for a sweet snack like cookies/bars, etc. carbs.
Progress as of today: 1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
I had some open time around noon today and got the exercises completed. I can feel that I pushed it more from the beginning of good soreness that I can feel in the muscles.
Like you suggested, I think doing the exercises before my one meal a day was the smart move. I may have been down a little on energy, but I wasn't feeling full and sluggish like after I've just consumed 1800+ calories at once. Ideally in the future, I think I'd like to do the exercises right before dinner (today that wasn't an option).
Feeling good now that the first day of the new exercise regimen is out of the way.
sticking to it is what the pros do best.
kombucha 30
Breakfast: coffee 50, wrap 60 with avocado 160 and salami 100, banana 120:
Snack: part of a scone, from coworker 150 small piece. and some clementine.
Lunch: chinese sidewalk noodles large serving 500, small amount calamari 100, roasted cauliflower 150, salad 50-100, coffee 50: 900
Snack/ dinner TBD - i think the rest of the whipped cream 120, strawberries 50, tofu 150, avocado 150, wrap 60: 500, good...eating a lot of fat has been good, but really, i'm gaining weight...i know i need to dial it down...but it's been really enjoyable lately eating most anything and everything i want!...and some ice cream: 170. total: 700.
2300 today.
2150 5day...
i'm in a rut and only i can get myself out of it! :)
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Plan is to do a little jogging tonight when i get home, right around my community (not at a park or anywhere but locally right outside my apt..). at the college track - i will drive there. - and only do ONE MILE...walk half and jog half.
not in exercise mood.
Progress as of today: 4 lbs lost so far, only 3 lbs to go!
i have now to go back to work on my portion control.
i have NO desire to skip carbs or have any real restriction - but i'm going back to mostly veggies at lunch with just a little meat and grains...and watching the size of all portions once again...and trying to not eat a big breakfast right away when i get to work anymore:
first a banana and coffee...and i plan to try to wait until 9am for my wrap with egg/avocado...trying to space out my meals...not eat the whole meal at once because i'm up so early...i realize i'm getting hungry more often...and if i can space everything out, i can continue to eat often, but i have to break up my meals more...so i'm not just eating tons all day.
watching the size of all portions once again...and trying to not eat a big breakfast right away when i get to work anymore:
first a banana and coffee...and i plan to try to wait until 9am for my wrap with egg/avocado...trying to space out my meals...not eat the whole meal at once because i'm up so early...i realize i'm getting hungry more often...and if i can space everything out, i can continue to eat often, but i have to break up my meals more...so i'm not just eating tons all day.
i hate when i get like this...but i haven't been on track jogging since the fall and i didn't walk so much in my commute then...i'm still navigating all the changes that have occurred in my life since the fall..
also, this is the reason i cannot fast...i get too low energy and unmotivated completely...i don't mean to derail you, but i just know it won't work for me...
however, i DO know that i need to be more moderate with my meals...and to not have to fill myself up to the brim if i'm a little hungry...i'm going back to portion control and making one meal into 2...seeing how it works for me that way - especially breakfast at work the plan is only a banana and coffee..and to wait some time before eating the rest..holding off is always something that worked for me - grazing....but it requires lower cal meals, somehow.
If I was already effectively at goal weight like you, I highly doubt I'd be trying the intermittent fasting at all.
I'm leaning towards doing my exercising before dinner tonight, maybe this afternoon since I've got some spare time open.
Home / Breakfast: banana 120, whole grain cream of wheat 150, peanut butter 100, some milk 50. coffee 50. 470, satisfying.
Snack: small piece of a "healthy" ..healthiest i've ever had of cake! it was basically lots of nuts and raisins!!!! so tasty. 200-250 at most. great change of pace...later half a container of blackberries. 50.
750.
Lunch: TBD right now..STILL craving fats and carbs...going with it. i know i need protein, so i'll get some, but still craving other things.
Good size piece for f baked salmon 450?, roasted cauliflower 150? Salad 50, garlic bread 200, 850. 1600, healthy and def not hungry.. Whipped cream sf and jello 250 1850... going up to 2250 today probably ..
Dinner before workout: TBD -
Not sure - chocolate I think and a drink
Snack: TBD
bar? 250
2250.
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I have more energy today than i have in awhile despite some interrupted sleep.. Tonight the gym is planned for my evening..looking very forward!
Tomorrow I do plan to go to the track in the evening and jog - pretty much one of the first times i'll go during the work week trying it out to start up again the during the week running training. I just have to make sure not to stress over it..
Progress as of today: 3 lbs lost so far, only 4 lbs to go!
Lately your weather is very different from mine!!
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Looks like you have cut your quantities quite a lot.
lately still averaging 2050 or more calories per week, but seriously trying to snack less and eat more at specified times than all morning or all day...it feels much better too :)
1500 is not the total ;) for today!
but boy does it feel better to not eat always to the point of bloating...this was a great week overall!
Maria7 on 04/26/2018:
Coffee? Yes, of course!
it's available 24/7 at work with milk pretty much always there too....i call that a GOOD DEAL!!!!! yes, please!
Donkey on 04/26/2018:
I boiled eggs this morning, after reading your post (and after donkey daughter said she just took the last egg)!
Looks like a good day!
OK, NOW IT'S BEEN TWICE THAT I STICK THEM IN THE FREEZER TO COOL AND FORGET TO TAKE THEM BACK OUT....SO IN TOTAL, I'VE THROWN OUT A DOZEN EGGS NOW!
LOL, i learned a lesson, no more putting eggs in freezer bc i seem to forget to take them out after a few minutes! lol!
and guess what, i left late purposely so i had time to boil more again this morning <3
great minds think alike :)
enjoy your day, Jdonk!