5:23pm edit: I gave blood today, with no advance notice, and am doing good! It was my THIRD time and finally I understand the importance of eating well before and after. Meaning, do NOT severely restrict calories or sugar when you give blood!
breakfast: i actually didn't eat at home, picked up dunkin donuts eggwhite flatbread turkey sausage and huge tea 350 (and this worked out perfectly for when i gave blood an hour later after eating!!)
snack: after giving blood, cookies 140, juice 70 total 210
lunch: chips and veggie patty sandwich at subway 500
snack: starbucks light blended drink: around 200
dinner: I will NOT restrict today. although, i am i the mood for something healthy, at this moment...so healthy 500 cal. :)
total cal: 1760 and i am overjoyed with my success today.
exercise: weights and 15 min cardio. some abs. :) just lovely and what i needed.
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LOL. i soooo cannot sleep. Mr. Florida did in fact contact me and all is now well on that note...
i need to sleep bc it's going to cause bad eating...however, with this new goal of Nov. 14th, i think i can seriously overcome my emotions and not stuff myself with food tomorrow. i know i can, but i realize it may NOT be easy!
breakfast: can't even think about it at 3:01am now...
snack:
lunch:
snack:
dinner:
exercise:
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
edit:
i doubt mr. florida will call me to wish me a happy bday. I will be SO BUMMED if he doesn't. but moreso if my own sister forgets. and she SO WILL, unless someone tells her. totally not cool. when it's her bday, 9/20/09 you can bet i will not forget and i will AT LEAST text her in the morning. gosh! lol.
if mr. florida forgets, well, i will be so upset. first of all, i'm friends with him on facebook , maybe he'll check that. idk, if i knew it were his bday, which i can check on facebook, i would certainly wish him a very happy bday. if he doesn't, i'm texting him tomorrrow probably.
on another note, i must stay as positive as possible as it is NOT easy to keep a diet, not binge, until November 14th...and then hopefully onward, to reach my goal this year, 115. I'd love to reach it by Christmas. I have a major party to go to for my school and the entire hospital radiology department.
ok, progress so far!
early breakfast 5:45 : 340 cal
10am bday bagel breakfast which i enjoyed: 550
late snack: nuts:
snack 2: ices
total so far 1320
late dinner: microwavable 400, dessert 500
total cal: 2220, good.
exercise: 5 miles.
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up an hour early to study at school...haha, let me get off this computer then!
breakfast: NASTY and GROSS. coffee yogurt 90, and such a completely disgusting microwave breakfast sandwich, never again! blech! 200, coffee 50 total: 340 grossness.
snack: do i have to think about it now?
lunch: bday cake probably...and a yogurt....salad beforehand? lol. who knows.
i will have to work HARD not to binge today. I have a wedding to go to Nov. 14th. I want to be 120 lbs or less. :) (right now i probably weigh in the upper 130s)
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
I don't know if I should even say anything about Mr. Florida. Let me just say, that if he does NOT call, I do NOT want to be reading about how you BINGED because of someone ELSE's actions -- or INactions, rather.
I have a wedding to go to in November. And my goal is 120 lbs or less by that wedding, November 14 i think. It's one of my very best friends from college and i love her dearly. we don't see each other much for she is in another state. I am very excited and happy for her. and i would HATE to see myself with her in such a happy moment all bloated up with extra weight. No freakin way. I NEED to look put together at this wedding. It is very, very important to me. YOU HAVE NO IDEA.
a wedding, two months. 120 lbs or less. that is all....
Breakfast: cereal and soy milk and coffee 350
snack: sucking candies yeah, not the best. 100
lunch: 2 pcs bread toasted 220, with tofu heated up on top 100, yogurt 90, large tea w. milk and equal.
snack: large bowl of cereal, yogurt, diet root beer. 400
total so far: 1310. fine by me.
dinner: microwavable meal and 2 cucumbers w. dressing, maybe also a kombucha 450
total: 1760. *very* happy with this number...progress is my goal right now. and 1760 = progress.
exercise: EVERYTHING. I walk to the gym and back, did some elliptical 15 minutes worth, and did weights, finally! 30 minutes or so of weights. was WONDERFUL! i like weights, and i need to get a pattern going.....because....
I have a wedding to go to in November which I am VERY excited for. One of my best friends from college! :)
I can definitely do this by November. This is the ULTIMATE goal....2 Months is nothing! it's so easy...just 2 months from now.
so my plan:
not to give up on weights, at least 2X a week minimum.
i just will not binge. no matter what. no more than 2,000 cal per day.
keep up the cardio, at least 2 or 3 miles per day.
to do this once and for all. no more stalling.
weight i'd like to achieve for the wedding 120 or less. That's it. I need this. 120 or less.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
Labor Day Monday:
BREAKFAST: 3 CUPS OF SWEET CEREAL 630 (NOT THAT I BOUGHT) WITH ONE LOUSY CUP SOY MILK 60 AND A LARGE PEACH. I AM JUST DOOMED. 800 CAL. RIGHT THERE..
snack: pineapple 50
lunch: pepper 50, sandwich 200
snack: pineapple 50
dinner: microwave meal 400, red pepper 50, yogurt 150, tofu 200. total: 800.
total: 1950. blah. at least no real binge or screw up today.
I NEED HELP.
MONDAY EXERCISE BEFORE BEACH: 4 MI, 3 JOGGING AND 1 WALKING, evening: 2.5 miles.
but if i look at my weightloss chart, i've been losing weight since May. Of course, I've gained about 5 lbs back, I refuse to get on a scale to check that out but i know its true.
but, I have lost steam and for no good reason. I was doing well, there's no reason I can't keep doing well. yes, it'll be challenging. but it also can be done. and as for the binging, it's even more important i work on it too, i know. lately, what was working, is when i let myself eat not as healthy as i think i need to. whenever i get on too much of a health kick, i almost always binge with bad things. yeah, i know that didn't make a whole lot of sense. but that's what i've been seeing. who knows anymore.
off to the beach, thank god. this weekend was very upsetting. i really didn't make any other plans other than today with my friend and i was bored. of course, i went to visit my grandmother during the day yesterday and get loads of exercise in, but i was still dissatisfied and upset for a good portion of the weekend. i think i'm PMSing. .
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sunday update:
yogurt150, pretzels240, cereal 420w. soy milk60, cereal 630and yogurt140, sorbet 320 = 1960. this was done at 1am. I couldn't sleep. terrible!
total calories today: 4100. wow.
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wow, time is flying! do you guys feel that way!? i guess as we get older, time seems to move quicker...
breakfast: large coffee 50, 1 ice cream sandwich 140, yogurt 150, jello 60: ...hmm, what did i forget!? arg...not sure..i'm gonna put down 400 (i hope i only had one ice cream sandwich - i can't seem to remember!)
snack: ice cream sandwich, yogurt: 240
total so far: 640.
snack: 100 cal pudding/yogurt
lunch: 420: fruit, yogurts galore.
dinner: with grandma, some bbq stuff. i was actually happy about it bc i had chicken and a burger lol...and i haven't had meat for quite some time...i feel i was eating all carbs this past month, especially past two weeks so dinner was a good change of pace tonight. 800 cal dinner.
late snack: soy chips and drinks: 140.
total cal: 2100. ok. i did walk 8 miles again, so alright.
avg cal: 2324 over the past 38 days.
exercise: approx. 8 miles. 4 in morning and 3.5 or 4 in the evening! :)
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
You are not "DOOMED". Please don't think that way. Just make the next meal lighter. It doesn't even have to be healthier, necessarily. Just a little less, perhaps.
I'm sorry you had a bad weekend. I know you were looking forward to just relaxing and having time for yourself. There's nothing wrong with that.
I encourage you to weigh yourself soon. Something about the whole denial aspect sits uncomfortably with me. Take care of yourself. You are young and have your whole life ahead of you.
check this site out> it gives you a list of cravings and why you have them and what your body is truely seeking
http://www.naturopathyworks.com/pages/cravings.php
I used to crave chocolate on a daily basis and then I found this site and switched over to putting more nuts and seeds in my diet which was pretty much non existent in my diet before and I no longer get chocolate cravings as much as I did before. I would say once or twice a month I get a bad chocolate craving... way better then daily.
i am actually happy in many respects with today. I started out in binge mode this AM, but recovered completely. I didn't leave the house till around 3, but that was a good move - as all i wanted to do this weekend was kinda chill out with my folks away and the house to myself. I watch a movie I had rented around 1pm....then, I finally headed out to the park! and how much do you think i walked!?
exercise: EIGHT miles at the park! wahoo! that is good. I wanted 9, i really did, but i knew that too much is not a good idea and i didn't want to pass out! lol, i haven't done 8 miles in a long time. so this was good.
breakfast: i forgot but lots of yogurt, puddings, large coffee, and ice cream things...i did calculate calories throughout the day, so i still know my overall total.
snack: packaged fried tofu thing and yogurt
late snack around 3/early dinner: fiber one and soy milk, 300 cal.
rest of the day: all sorts of diet drinks
total calories: 1950. very fine, very happy, definitely in my range. :)...plus a light ice cream sandwich (i was STARVING) 150 more = 2100.fine! :)
37 day avg calories: 2326...after sandwich = 2330. :) it's ok.... :-)
tomorrow i go to visit grandma. not super excited. I know i have to behave - as in not binge.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
thanks to me, i've been talking more often to my Florida, yeah, florida guy. he may be far away from here but it's still great to talk and we'll see where it goes from there. he likes the phone calls...
today's new calorie total: 3,000 on the dot. bleh. but i kinda just eased myself into this one! it's ok, and i have 3 days to both relax and eat right coming up: sat, sun, mon! i am excited to have few plans if any and just to chill. i needed a weekend like this and i am happy to relax. plans are to watch movies and exercise. i think i can pull that off! :)
(calorie average:2336, 36 day average. 3.5 lb gain if i had burned only 2,000 calories per day for 36 days. that is really crappy.)
exercise: 5 miles walking.
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edit: i'm in the midst of a "planned binge." i had many more calories after school (ate 850 before leaving school) and i wanted to use many more, eating whatever i wanted at the store. weird, but i don't care.
5:00pm planned sorta eating: popcorn, puddings, jello: 500, 3 ice creams 420, 6 pretzel sticks 240: 1160...and one more ice cream 140, yogurt 100
total: 2250 total. fine by me. i know it's a little high, but so the heck what!
soon out to the park to walk, then the gym. ooooh, right, weights....i think i'm saving it for tomorrow, not in the mood anymore for weights...
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whew, up early to study at school...
breakfast: fig 50, large peach 80, coffee 50: 180.
snacks: 1 tea w. milk over the course of the morning and a bar: 300, also a hardboiled egg 70
lunch: microwave meal? i want that, but i want to study at lunch, so i will have a BAR w. tea/milk: 300. i'll just have to have one of the new meals i bought for dinner tonight!
total so far: 850.
snack: probably popcorn, yogurt or something like that. probably a new type of yogurt i haven't tried (need to change it up!)
dinner: microwave meal, kombucha!
exercise: i WILL do weights, no matter what today and i am excited for it! bike to gym, elliptical, weights, abs, pushups, back.
tonight: watching a movie i rented, calling it an early night. so excited to rest up, rejuvinate these next 3 days, i need it bad!
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
avg 35 day calories: 2317, still.
total cal a tad high, 2300. not terrible though.
exercise: 3 miles walking, jogging.
breakfast: huge peach, coffee, diet sodas: 180
snack: powerbar, diet waters 250
lunch: microwave HEALTHY meal 400, lots of fiber and well balanced, tea w. milk and equal 50, AND birthday cake (strawberry shortcake) (i think 600 should be a good estimate but i could be SO OFF!, was a medium size piece) for a classmate. cake was worth having, it tasted great. total for lunch: 1050
snack: good, 4 cups diet soda, popcorn 240, yogurt 120: 360 :)
total so far before dinner: 1840...
dinner: not sure but i know i should not limit myself too much bc i'm in one of the moods where it's better to have a limit more than a little less and go crazy later on food.
dinner:probably a microwave meal and veggies for like 400 more cal...460 cal.
exercise: park :)
i will definitely do weights at the gym tomorrow, i miss them!
many tests tomorrow, 3 in total. but, i really don't care too much about studying too much. it really doesn't matter anymore.
this weekend i don't so much as want to limit what i eat, but i will also focus on me, relaxing, i want to watch a movie i rented last week, and i may rent one more movie. i don't have labor day plans, and i'm glad, i need to refocus on myself this weekend, badly...
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
well this day has started. and i must finish it. therapy tonight - good thing. and psychologist visit also. I was the one who asked for it bc i want to see the possibility of taking light antidepressants or something.
i just picked all of my nice long nails off last night after i ate my house. i should not be feeling this way. i am really, really feeling sad today. my 27th birthday is in exactly a week from today. and i am not where i want to be, again, another birthday...this isn't good at all! what am i doing? god, please help me. i do not know what to do anymore. my body and brain are completely against each other.
breakfast: 170 large peach, large coffee.
snack: bar, diet waters? 250
LUNCH: bar, tea w. milk 280
700...
snack: 420, 20 = 440., LOL, and ice cream 500 :) was good? 940 here
1640.
Dinner: one red pepper 70, microwave wrap 180, large peach 90: around 360 or so....
total: 2,000. that is good.
exercise: bike to the gym, gym elliptical (no weights, no in the mood, at all.)
2317, 34 day average.
i will stop the count as soon as i get to 2250. then, my goal will simply be to lose 3 lbs. well, maybe not a simple goal but not an impossible goal either!
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
Please take a nap when you get home instead of eating. The same post-lunch fatigue hits my husband like that too. And me, to some degree. For me it happens when I have too many carbs at lunch. Most days, my husband comes home from working (7a-3p) and takes a nap right away.
2327, 33 day average.
Since my return from vacation, July17th, i've gained about 3 lbs. I am setting out to lose them, and to reach 130. That is the goal. I weigh about 135 now. and I will reach 130 by the end of this month.
Dear God, give me the power to overcome these terrible binges.
binge, after school: total today 4500.
4.5 miles, late at night.
cereal, 2 yogurts: 540, chinese food 400, chips/fish 600, bread and cream cheese 250, cookies 260, milk/cookies 700, ice cream 250: 3,000
today is a new day. but, is it really? because, you know, all of our actions affect us in the future. treat your body badly and it will not feel good in the future. everyday is a brand new day but we are not invincible.
breakfast: filling bowl of cereal and coffee diet cream soda: 350.
snack: vit waters and strawberries: 150
lunch: hot pretzel, ketchup/mustard and tea w. milk/4 equals. : 550 or so.
total so far: 1050 (the sugar highs/lows today were terrible...) all my fault for eating so many carbs and sweets yesterday.
snack: yogurt and diet soft drinks galore: 120
1170
dinner:veggies and packaged fried tofu (has weird amount of fiber and 200 cal. mostly healthy fats) and that is it no matter what. maybe a kombucha for good measure. 400 at most.
1570 calories. good.
exercise: goal: 4 miles.
:)
getting through this.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
so my life is a little bit out of wack. not eating right. sleeping a little better but not great. and talking to people in florida that i shouldn't be. haha.
exercise: ended with 5 miles, walking.
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1st breakfast: peach, coffee w. soy milk.sweet and low 120
2nd breakfast: not satisfying. dunkin donuts grilled cheese flatbread, tea: 420
lunch: cottage cheese flavored lightly 130, dunkin donuts egg white sausage flatbread 290: 420
4:30-5pmsnack turned into dinner: grapes, cup strawberries, diet soda, fiber one and soy milk 300, large peach 90, three english muffins (luckily with lots of fiber) 300 and fried tofu 200....and popcorn 250 more.
2200 total. fine with this for sure.
ok, i binged. 500 on ice cream, 500 on fried rice.
total: 3200....
calorie average: 2228, 32 day average....now 2259.
i wasn't going to exercise. but now i think i must.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
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I know I shouldn't be eating 1200cals a day which I sorta stated in my post. Its stupid and a lot of girls get sucked into that number. I am aware of the starvation mode our body has. I was just stating its what others say. (as silly as it is) The truth is I am confused because even 1800cals is too low. So I was looking for a higher number. Whats a good number between 1800cals to 2300cals. I am doing lots of exercise. Its confusing because so many hype diets and what not sorta muddle the true numbers women with high activity levels should be in taking each day. Its frustrating.
kzirkle on 09/10/2009:
Thanks, you too! I have a HUGE sweet tooth so honey is an easy way for me to get just a hint of sweetness without overindulging and going too far. Just a spoonful will do it. OK, have a good day today! :) You can do it.
lafemme_loca on 09/10/2009:
Thanks ! Yeah, the red velvet bar is a new one point bar from Weight Watchers which you can get at meetings... Soooooooo goooooood ! I am happy with just having one at a time rather than the mint crisp ones or the peanut butter bliss ones which make you want to sit and eat the whole box... :-) Yum ! :-) I hope you had a rockin' birthday !!! :-)
mskitty on 09/10/2009:
You are sounding really positive. The foods looking good and you seem to be well on your way to reaching your goals good for you.
lafemme_loca on 09/11/2009:
:) The last time I gave blood, I passed out due to not eating well... oye ! Not good. I haven't tried to give blood since. heehee...
Donkey on 09/11/2009:
A good day for you!