sorry for being a loser and not commenting as often. i've been trying to stay off my laptop as of late. and i've been successful.
breakfast: around 280
vitamin waters: 80
lunch: maybe 450 or so.
dinner: maybe 650 or so.
nothing really had calories listed on them.
perhaps today's calories: maybe 1500. hopefully less! :)
exercise: good.
whole weekend: fabulous.
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
saturday entry: 1200 cal, good exercise, lots of fun. goodnight!
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
calories: approx. 1200 today. mostly healthy. lots of veggies.
total avg calories per day since I've been back home: 2,000 per day for the past 8 days. not great, for sure. not horrible. not enough to gain real weight, just bloat. possible weight gain of less than a pound. lots of rambling right now, lol. lots to do on the weight front, as well.... :) i will make it happen! i will i will i will! :) :) :)
with stretching at back/abs/pushups (and bike/elliptical) total exercise today was approx. 2.5 hours. wowzers. it felt SO GOOD. cardio prob lasted at least 1.5 hours.
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yesterday i slept like 12 hours. and i'm STILL tired. sheesh. what's going on with me!? ....i'll be fine, i'm sure...
breakfast: my stomach was so full from whatever it was i ate last night around 10 when i woke up. so i had coffee and chocolate italian ices. 150 cal.
snack: bar and drink: 170 cal
lunch: around 280 cal. beans/hot veggies/salad.
total here: 600...
snack:
dinner:
i'm sooo stupid for overeating the past few days bc weightloss took some determination while i was away. i ate right bc i wanted to. and it worked really well. i prob did lose at one point 5 lbs in just 10 days! and i've put a couple back on! careless on my part. so now i need to make MUCH bigger efforts. i promise myself continued success with my weightloss. it means watching calories. keeping them LOW. and walking/exercising much, much more. i am now able to exercise for longer periods of time without a problem....especially walking. i can do it for 6 miles no problem as long as it's not only on concrete...
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Any fun plans for the weekend? Doing something you enjoy and can relax???
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Are you keeping a food journal? It may help you figure out your triggers by questioning your choices as you're making them....... I think finding your "triggers" are your key to success - but hey, that's just an observation - I'm not a guru or anything & I don't claim to have the answers (I'm still searching myself). I just know that I had to figure out some of my triggers (notice I say "some" becus I've still got "some" to figure out) before I started making any significant progress.
Overall, you're doing a great job and should be pleased with yourself and how far you have come. If you must judge your success, try to look at how far you've come - not how far you "think" you have left to go.........
Thursday entry:
HOW am i this exhasuted!?
my stomach was so full this AM, but i knew i needed some carbs at least to balance out the sugar high i had yesterday. i had a chocolate flavored italian ice: 120 cal.
snack: kashi bar 150 or so. did have 7 grams protein...
lunch: 1/2 chicken cold cut sandwich, salad. 300 cal. and i feel like i could fall asleep right now! i think my binge wore out my body yesterday.
the good thing is tomorrow is ONLY a half day! wahoo! so glad. the second half the day i will be attending the senior Xray class' graduation.
total cal so far: approx. 550
snack after school: almonds, soda: 250. i am SO TIRED...why do i feel this way!?
dinner: eaten at 10pm after i got up from a nap. what on earth!? some cucumber salad, lettuce, tofu; total here around 300 or a little less.
total calories: around 1200. i am soooooo screwed up right now. my body is just fighting me in every way possible.
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wednesday entry:
stayed home, ended up binging as well today.
calories so far: 3450. hopefully this estimate is right and i'm not underestimating...
calories i've overeaten since my return from the trip last friday:
friday: 500 too many
tuesday 600 too many
today so far: for the whole day, around 2000 or so too many.
total too many: 3100 or almost one pound,
i need to stop this craziness. damn. AND, the last night of my trip i ate about 3500 calories too many also..
i am def not as thin as i was when i got home....it's amazing how fast i'm losing my momentum...
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
I think you (your body, that is) are still recovering from your vacation. That's part of the fatigue. If it's really humid by you, that could be another reason. Humidity wipes out any ounce of energy I might have. I'm guessing though it's mostly from the travel. PLUS, keep in mind that digestion takes a lot of body energy. When you consume a lot of food and then go to bed, your body needs to work very hard to digest all of that food instead of resting.
Travel, change of climate, eating too much ... maybe you're getting sick?
Rest up, I hope you feel better soon :-(
i bought real food today at the cafeteria for lunch...more real than coffee and chips, anyway! but, i was famished bc i had no snack in the AM.
today was HARD. i was on my feet all day, but also had to wear a "lead apron." which is very heavy! it's to shield the workers from the xray equipment. my ankles were in pain bc of the lead, making my whole body extra heavy on my ankles...arg.
breakfast: 350 or so. coffee, sandwich, tomatoes, avocado.
snack, but not really and not helpful: vitamin waters 50
lunch: not sure but i guess 550: nasty but tasty (just too much rice in it) veggie burger, cooked and seasoned corn, large salad.
snacking: not great but whatever, 2 plums 120, ices 100, 2 servings pretzels 200 total here 420
total before my binge: 1380
binge: pizza 800???, small piece quesadilla 100?, small piece burrito 200?, yogurt 100, plum 50. approx: 1300
total today approx: 2680! blah....i'm so helpless....
no, actually, i was exhausted. i came home WIPED OUT. and i should have gone to sleep. ugh ugh ugh!
crappers.
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Were you at home when you binged? I can see it as sort of a "relief" or release: Now I am home, I can relax and eat. ??
Hang in there. That sucks about the lead apron. (I hope you are not offended by my language!) :-0
I hope you got some much needed rest this evening..
2680 is not too bad, especially for being tired and still recovering from your vacation. "Should have gone to sleep" -- yes, agreed. But easier said than done. Remember this for next time! In the months that I have known you (are we into years yet?), it seems to me that you let fatigue get the better of you, and you eat instead of rest. Remember: It's a learning process.
Still, I don't think you did nearly as much damage as you might think.
I remain hopeful that once you graduate and get a job in your field, that things will settle down.
if i had to guess calories, today was about 1750. hopefully no more!!!
exercise: moderate. 4 mi or so.
going to school tomorrow. first a shower.
goodnight all.
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good report: my weight has been steadily decreasing since May! :) so happy. last august my weight average was 123. hopefully i can at least get back to where i was? it will be a close call since that means i need to lose 12 lbs. but there is no rush, as long as i don't overeat and destroy the successes i make. i am doing this, the weight is coming off. all i need to do is look at my diary to see it. :) all i need to do is remind myself of this, whenever i feel weak at heart. :)
i'm taking today off from school to recover fully. i have some laundry to put away, some white scrubs to iron, some nasty work shirts that i should spary with fabreeze bc even when i wash them they still don't smell right haha. then, i plan on eating healthy - lots and lots of veggies with my meals and also i plan on preparing my own lunches for the rest of this week to come (or at least for tuesday bc this all sounds like way too much right now - the food preparation anyway).
i also have a therapist appt later today. first time i'd be going, in my adult life anyway. i did go a when i was about 6 or 7 yrs old. so i have NO expectations. it's my money and if it doesn't work, then i'll call it quits. however, i would love for the therapy to help me, especially with my binging as even on the trip i did it twice.
it's so hard to lose weight the second time! for two years i WAS in a rut but this trip lifted me out of it. i'm so glad. now i am just keeping with that momentum! :)
take care. more updates to come...
now trying to go back to bed, i've been up since 5, now it's 5:24. eh, and i have an appetite. but i'm going back to bed!
6am breakfast: yogurt, strawberries, coffee: 160
9:30-10am breakfast ugh: 2 pcs bread 260, egg whites 60, tomatoes/salsa 40, 3 light yogurts 240 total: 600.
total before lunch: 760 fine.
2pm lunch:stomach full still? bothering me. but i pigged out on healthy stuff...not sure why i had to eat all of it though: two cups fruit salad: 200 or so, soy chips 160, tomato/onion salad w. celery also 70?, sauteed roasted veggies much of it 300?? total here: 750 whatev.
total before dinner: 1450 at least - not great. (i hate counting calories and would rather just eat the way i did on vacation, which is not possible, it would be too expensive and weightloss wouldn't be guaranteed as i don't exercise as much here as i did on my trip...)...my stomach is so weird today.
dinner:
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Good luck with your therapy appointment today! Today should be just intake and assessment. She'll ask you a bunch of questions about your past and your objectives. Don't be afraid or ashamed to mention the binge-eating. I know that this is something that I have kept from therapists in the past.
Not to dictate your schedule, but I would think that after 2 or 3 sessions, you should be able to tell if your therapist is helping you. I'm not a big fan of prolonged psychotherapy. DO NOT be afraid to switch therapists if this one cannot help you.
I hope you will let us know how it goes!
i exercised too hard this morning. could hardly breathe bc i am sick. was not so great and didn't eat until later...felt like i was going to faint. ok, i need to care a little bit more about myself i think! not sure if i'm going into school tomorrow. i have 4 sick days left and i really am sick. lol, it's not like i'll be missed!
still sick. ugh.
yesterday i treated myself like a princess - haven't done that it a LONG TIME. i got an hour facial (haven't had one in years!) and a massage (second time in my life!). lol, why do i feel the need to rationalize and explain myself. lol. but, i look back on the website when i got home, and i couldn't believe it! i could have gotten a free manicure and pedicure if i bought the package! same price, just more services along with the massage and facial. definite oops. oh well, i enjoyed it all. too bad nobody told me beforehand.
my body was in so much pain and now i feel a bit better. i'm still sick. i was around many smokers all trip and i think that added to my cough and congestion. also, the lack of good air supply on the 12 hour flight probably did me in. and lack of sleep each day i was there...going to bed at 2, waking up at 5 or 6. i just want to be feeling 95% better by monday. i haven't felt this way in at least a couple years.
again, a 4am breakfast today (that's like 10am in Israel so my body is still adjusting...): 2 servings pretzels, yogurt, low cal vitamin water: 320.
8am or so breakfast: 1.5 yogurts, strawberries: 200 or so.
flavored water during exercise (very difficult to breathe, perhaps i'll HAVE to lay off exercise :( approx. 80
total so far: 600 cool.
snack at lunchtime before i almost passed out: 3 munchkins from dunkin donuts 150
LATE lunch: celery and microwave eggplant meal: 400
total before dinner: 1150
dinner: plum 50, pretzels 2x = 200, salad 100, microwave meal 250 (prob more) total here = 600 eh. today's eating wasn't well planned. more fruit 100 more...
total cal 1850., exercise: great.
feeling like garbage...
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
Anyway, glad that you are home safe and sound, but sorry that you are feeling like crap. Be kind to yourself and don't push too hard while your body is down...
i've broken my weight goals into what i hope is more managable. by the end of this month, i hope to weigh 130.
1st breakfast around 4am: pretzels 200, yogurt 100, fruit 100: 400
2nd breakfast after i woke up the second time, lol, around 10 or 11: oatmeal/egg white mix, yogurt: 320
then just drank diet drinks rest of the day...
dinner at 7:30pm: salad 90, lots of celery sticks 80, yogurt 80, microwave meal 350: total: 600 great, actually.
total cal today: 1350 wonderful. nice job to me.
exercise: 2 mi in AM and 3 mi in the afternoon.
still exhausted but HAD to get out and move around a bit...
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
good evening all! i'm back from my 10 day vacation. on the eating front, i did well for the majority. but, i did BLOW it royally on two separate dinner occasions. (yesterday's calories, on our last night right before the flight at a restaurant with unlimited food, probably added up to 4000-5000. not so pleased with myself, but i've moved on and i've been eating quite normally today despite last night.
so, out of like 30 meals or so, i messed up only two of them. i wish i hadn't, of course. i am actually not eager to write a whole lot right now about my trip as i'm feeling very sick. going to sleep around 2am and waking up at 6am really did me in!
i am certain i can continue to succeed in weightloss. but, when i weighed myself just now, i weigh the same - 136 - that i did before my trip. lol. but that's ok. i will keep on working for my goals as i know they are reachable! :)
i was one of he older ones on the trip of 40 or so people. so at times it was really hard to fit in with them. many were 18 to 20 years old and I am turning 27 in a coulple months. i am thankful for the opportunity to go to israel, free, but i doubt i will EVER go on vacation again without knowing the people i will be going on vacation with. many times i was stressed during the trip. many people were "hooking up" and even sleeping with each other, to put it bluntly. and this was just something i was NOT interested in. i am past that stage of my life, and it's been ages since i hung out with many college kids, and high school kids for that matter, for 10 days straight.
i'm exhausted and sick. and i hope to feel MUCH better by Monday when i am back in school. the flight was 12 hours back.
yes, this is a negative entry. yes, i am working to improve my outlook...
ugh.
breakfast on plane: probably around 350 healthy calories.
lunch at home: probably around 750 healthy calories.
snack/dinner: baked chips 100, grapes 100, pretzels 120 (i've been craving carbs the past hour or so...)
total so far: 1420...
more food: two rolls with butter, yogurt, pizza 900. fine fine fine. not upset about this. my body feels sick and i'm not counting this as a binge.
total calories today: 2320.
Progress as of today: 4 lbs lost so far, only 16 lbs to go!
Take Care!
I'm very impressed that you are at the same weight. Very good! (I did not do so well while you were gone.)
i'll be in Israel till the 17th. See you when i return!
breakfast: oatmeal/egg and yogurt: 340
snack: pita w. little eggwhite and avocado: 220 :)
total so far/for the day as i won't update again: 560.
see you!
:)
Progress as of today: 4 lbs lost so far, only 16 lbs to go!
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Good for you HOP!!!!!! Yay!
halley on 07/27/2009:
Sounds like you are doing great!!!
grumpy on 07/27/2009:
wow, what great news! no worries about not commenting, i am doing the same! xoxo