Breakfast 450
Snacks coffee and other light drink 100, bar 150...mostly sugar
2 more bars 250
960
Fries 600, burgers from 450 White Castle drink low calorie
2050 excellent
2day
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
850 before lunch
1500 after lunch
Glass of wine 150
1650
Dinner: small amount pasta 100, salad with some dressing 50, small amount beef and mushrooms 200?, big roll with butter 200, squash and carrot dish larger amount 150, baked fish with breadcrumbs 200 tops... total 900. I guess today makes up for yesterday !? Fixing this soon. Food was healthy but I chose some extras for breakfast and generally just ate well. Food was extremely healthy but at dinner we were served and not a buffet so I sort of had to work with what I was given and a large appetite - if it were buffet i would have filled up on more of the carrot salad and squash.
2550. Eh. At least I new week.
This weekend has been a bit too socially out of my element and I'm so happy to be off work Monday to do laundry and drop off car and dentist etc and not deal with work also.
However I wanted to attend a class and I am so glad that I did because. It was a good challenge. I came bc I wanted to see this union getaway facility which is an unreal excellent and wonderful investment property for the education of our members and that is what I wanted most.
I socialized as best I could and just glad to be in bed....glad I brought a friend and her boys. It's been weird as heck though with that not for any bad reason just weird and I did get to meet her fiancé who is a really nice guy ! So that was good..
Food was actually way above par wit healthy options ....
And tomorrow is another whole adventure ....
I unfortunately will not see my mom on Mother's Day as I will still be with my friend and her boys for the majority of the day. Gym is a maybe in the late afternoon / evening.
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
The amount of socialization and being amongst people I don't know well was a big challenge as I prefer quiet time alone time and don't need tons of socializing ....the woman I went with planned to take her kids zip lining after the classes on our way home and it was amazing and also wine tasting was our own little adventure :)
On the other hand, I cherish time with friends / family / and those I care about (in limited amounts of time).
The classes I took were with members of my union and I do see some of them time to time - some as often as once a month others a hair more - some are important administrators and I tend to feel intimidated by them ....so I am never relaxed when I attend these types of events also bc I am not close with many of them but also don't desire all the chit chat ....also I don't want to be very involved in weekends and like I said I like alone time.... my dad is very active in the union and they all know him but I am not as much like my father as would be helpful in the union. I have a lot to be thankful for....taking part in the type of program I did this weekend was a challenge and I'm glad I chose to take a day off Friday to jog and take car of my needs as well as taking today off for a few activities (Monday today). I crave personal time more than most and when I feel too rushed I get very anxious. Glad I don't have to be around a thousand people at work today and that I can do my laundry, jog, get my car repaired which will be a big adventure in itself getting home .... anyways ..
7day: 1985 per day !!!!! Great!!!!
Friday total 1400 - no dinner except coffee at 7 and 2 granola bars before bed :)
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Today i slept in because I have the day off. I had a late tasty breakfast and plans to only go out and jog, pack for the weekend away as i'm driving with a coworker friend to a seminar about 2-2.5hrs out east for a seminar class/getaway, and then plans to go meet her at work at 2:30 as she's working and we'll leave from there.
10am breakfast on the big side: blackberries 50, oatmeal made with oats 150, protein powder 100, almond milk-cocoa powder-chia seeds 100, a truffle oil (got tons of oils in my apt that
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
A break might do you good - like a re-set. I know you've been struggling lately. So maybe a change of scene might help you recenter, refocus, upon your return.
Home: nothing got up with time only to shower and dress.... I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow.
Work: Overnight oats of oats 150, protein powder 100, chia seeds 50, cocoa 30, almond milk 30, stevia and cinnamon, toasted sesame oil 50.410...didn't feel full right away, but after i started digesting it after like 20 minutes, my stomach feels full. I still craved a coffee right after finishing, but the craving subsided bc the mix of oats and chia seeds has a lot of fiber. i added some oil for the healthy fats. I plan to take a break from my wraps in AM and make overnight oats as a change of pace but also i'll be trying to balance them out with healthy fat and protien. i have protein powder at home to use up, additionally. glad the expiration date hasn't passed!
Snack: coffee and almonds 200
Lunch from home: wrap 60 with avocado 160 and tuna 70 garlic and pepper and Israeli salad 150, matzah with cheese 150 600. i really enjoy these Sonoma Jack cheeses...very low cal and a big taste.!!!!!!!!!!!
Snack: coffee and maybe an apple 1350
Dinner before workout: Dunkin' Donuts egg and cheese on English muffin 360
After workout: bar ? Or ice cream not sure. prob ice cream.
2050 cals, excellent.
6day avg: 2083, fine.
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....i I could have ended yesterday much lower cals but I admit to lots of overeating when I get home with no activities planned. I have to work on it. I'm going to use calorie free drinks to help me.
I also have to admit i am addicted to overeating. i stuff myself to being very full and it gets me tired. usually i go to bed afterwards, even if it's only 6pm or 7pm.
and i am still having trouble getting outta bed, no matter what the time - but still happy to show up at work at 8 instead of 7.
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tomorrow in the later afternoon i'm driving out with a coworker to an event where there could be drinking at night and overeating. i will make choices and work my best to stay within a range of 2050 cals tomorrow.
same with saturday and sunday....as the event is all day and all night saturday...and sunday morning...then out for mother's day meal at 2pm sunday..
....so once again, it's my choice to either stay on the right path or get derailed. the woman i'm going with drinks a lot...i am not in a mood to drink at all...as i'm just getting into losing weight again.
Progress as of today: -0.6 lbs lost so far, only 4.6 lbs to go!
i used to drive home from work and pick them up along the way....now i just need to buy them on the weekend.
i def need to implement some changes and strategies to stop my destructive behaviors.
Home: kombucha 70
Breakfast 8am: apple 130, coffee 50 (goal is to not have a big breakfast anymore when i arrive at work...waste of calories and i'm always hungry a couple hours later anyways...) I am looking to lose 5 lbs and looking for ways to lower my calorie intake / spread it out better.
Breakfast: Dunkin Donuts egg sandwich (free one i got last night bc they keep having 2 for 1 deals!) 350
Lunch: chicken with skin 300 tops, Israeli salad with some dressing 150, matzah and cheese 150. 600 ? lunch is more cals, but gotta eat and not willing to lower this here.
1200...
Snack: almonds ? 100 / clementine
1250 before dinner
Dinner was too much food having a problem with sticking to my plan
Dark meat chicken with skin 200, my own lightly oiled and roasted eggplant 150, lots of something called Moroccan carrot salad it has oil though not overboard and I had almost 2 cups 350? And whipped cream 130. Diet Coke. 830 not good seems I have a lot of trouble with portions. Next time I will force myself to have less and start buying more calorie free drinks for home.
2050 today. Hopefully not more. Like I said, I eat big portions so dinner was at least 800. Overall 2050 is still ok.
5day avg: 2090/day..
Starting today, for one month i'm making changes in my breakfast i eat at work so i can make some changes so my calories will no longer be higher than 2000 per day/week. I want to see where I am come June 10! This is my real start to losing 5 lbs!
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Yesterday went well, workouts are strong lately. I am better at the leg moves, too. :) I am also very energized this AM!!! feeling good. An ode to JDonkey, I am wearing dress pants instead of jeans and trying to dress nicer for work to fit in more with how people dress in NYC (Manhattan). People dress up more here in Manhattan than in Queens, where I used to work. I actually need to stop wearing jeans..and switch to dress pants and nicer tops. I'll buy them little by little and already have a decent supply at home...Ode to Donkey bc she recently got new pants too.
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Tonight i'll take a longer walk home and since I am off on both Friday and Monday, i have planned JOG SESSIONS (not gym!) on those days to make sure they happen. I was going to jog tonight, but didn't want to do it late and then Friday have to jog earlier...i didn't feel the two workouts would be spaced out enough.
Progress as of today: -1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
CONFESSION: I would love to be the type of lady who could be comfortable in a suit (skirt suit or pantsuit) at work. But either it's either not who I am or the job is too stressful to get THAT dressed up for it. The higher the stress, the more comfortable I need to be, so that I can focus.
yes, i do get blood sugar problems but only an egg would be hard for me bc it's sooo small / no fiber EXCEPT it is a good idea to eat small when first coming into work. I can't believe how much of a struggle i feel like i am having. it's in my head mostly.
4day: 2100...not as good as i like but def seems to be around the average the past few months..Will be trying to make tomorrow an 1800 calorie day.
6:30am Home: kombucha 50
8:30am Work breakfast: eng muffin 150, avocado 160, frank 150, coffee 50.
10am snacking: orange pieces from coworker 30, almonds 100
Lunch: from home: chicken with skin 300, grape tomatoes 100, matzah and cheese 150 550 or so...coworker asked if i'd make popcorn and i made it and ate it lol. it was sweet and salty! 150 cal or so.
1400
Snacks: coffee 50
1450
Dinner before gym: dunkin donuts egg sandwich 350
Snack: light ice cream or a cliff bar yes...approx 260-300..
total above 2100...GOOD on a gym day.
hunger: still very hungry thru morning, but was happy to get up later today and go to lunch after 4 hours instead of 5. still not staying particularly on track but def working on lowering calories. i'd be very happy with 2100 cals for today :-) and i'm looking forward to a strong workout tonight :) this weekend with calories should be decent being that i will be busy and occupied rather than at home :)
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I have a question regarding online morality in facebook groups...lol. More and more often, i find myself in strange predicaments over the past couple years. Maybe in fact it's my own wrongdoing..
Here’s the story, please be honest and tell me what you think:
I was in a friend’s online facebook private group. She made it and there’s no fee or contributions or sales in it. It’s just a page called “Hot Trotters” and it’s for both men and women to post about fitness or just be in the group and to like / comment on members’ posts that are in the Hot Trotters group. The friend who made the group, who I only know from the neighborhood and in my gym, invited me bc she knows I am into fitness as I met her at the gym and she I guess thought I’d make a good member of her Hot Trotters Facebook group page.
She posts a lot of videos of photos of herself working out – after all, it is her page! So of course it makes sense and since I like to motivate and inspire, I’ve always liked her stuff and made comments here and there. I also post in there, as she has invited us to do so – so I’ve posted some pics or just a post to say I was at the gym and i have enjoyed being part of the group of people who post and like/comment on my posts, etc…..
She recently invited a few more people to the group and said in a post “Let’s welcome these new guys” and she listed their names. Very nice. So I said welcome and I said I hope they post their workouts!
Well, when she saw my comment, that I hoped to see posts of their workouts , she called me out on what I said. I didn’t expect it. She used caps letters in her writing and wrote something like “no one has TO POST their workouts and it is up TO THEM!” …something like that is what she wrote to me in front of all members there. ..
I went on to comment back (maybe I shouldn’t have?) and wrote that I was just welcoming them and I wasn’t trying to be forceful just welcoming them in the group!
I messaged her privately asking her if I said something wrong and she said “Yes, you need to watch what you say…”to not be forceful to group members and that she had several members asking her why I was telling them what to do, she said!!!!!
Now, I continued and told her that it wasn’t my position to make anyone feel uncomfortable and I was just trying to be nice.
I thought the way she dealt with my comment was overboard and sort of bullying. I wasn’t making anyone do anything. I was just suggesting they post…it’s a facebook page! Isn’t fb all about posting and stuff? I didn’t say it was mandatory or anything…just I was interested to see a post! Is this so bad?
Is it because she’s the group leader and she just expects us to behave like animals and follow her without a brain in our own heads? Meaning, when she tells us towelcome them, does it seriously mean we cannot write more than welcome?
I told her privately that she embarrassed me in the way she called me out in that group page in front of people. I told her I expected more of her as a friend. She didn’t even read all my messages, simply saying that if I wanted to leave the group, that is fine. I was really shocked so was so concerned with what I wrote, except it is her page. But what I said was not demeaning or rude. I wonder why she couldn’t just respond to my message to everyone that posting is never mandatory, but instead she was rude to me..
I probably shouldn’t care but I do NOT like being told what to do. I’m in her group for fun and support. But when I’m being supportive and just using fine language and saying nothing “wrong,” I will not be told I am wrong all because she’s the leader and doesn’t expect us to say too much of anything other than a like here and a comment there and nothing that I guess comes across as having a mind my own?
This once happened before with me, yes, in a group where the leader was selling products but I was only interested in the motivational part. It made sense for me to leave bc that leader was interested in making money and didn’t like my posts on food outside what she was posting (fine).
But in this group, where there’s no money or products involved, just support and KIND thoughts, I will not be told my comment is so bad when it was seriously a comment on what goes on in the group. And for the leader of that group to call me out and say I am demanding and pushing others around. I was far from it. She took my comment too literally. I defriended her and left the group, she further blocked me fully.
Nobody likes being bossed around or told they are wrong…I feel she took me on the wrong side. I don’t join groups just to like and comment and not be able to write my thoughts at all…
I know it’s not a big deal, but was I wrong???? She has invited us in the past to post…so why when I saw I look forward to their posts am I so wrong? It must be bc I am not that fb leader of the page…and she wants to be in charge? It’s all I can think of.
Basically, I had a problem with her calling me out on something i said that i intended as a nice comment and thoughful and welcoming. I didn't like how she kept saying i was forceful and making members do things, and that she said i needed to watch what i say. I thought she was rude, embarassing me, and telling me what is allowed and not - making rules for what is allowed for her members to say and not and i felt like instead of fun that she was essentially a bully towards me on her page. I thought it was so rude she called me out instead of just saying that posting is ok, but not mandatory. I don't know why i need to be so careful of what i say when the intentions are only to motivate, inspire and welcome people. And being told to watch myself, and being spoken to like i did wrong, it seems way overboard on her part and so i told her and left the situation. but i let her know - i'm not gonna take that crap and not tell her that essentially she was bullying and forcing me to adhere to her strange rules about what i can and can't write.
Perhaps you guys have a better view of this situation than i? (I doubt it though?)
Progress as of today: -1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
and yes it felt more like a chore. thanks again!
it will be interesting when i see her next at the gym...she goes to my gym this woman with the group page. i plan to say hi and wave - and that is all! she will probably be angry still or even may ignore me, but i just don't care anymore!
And now scale says 115. So since last week, it has moved from 113...to 114...to 115. If it's muscle, i'm ok with it....i may try to my best to forget the scale...more importantly is seeing improvements in strength and cardio...
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kombucha 30
7am Bigger Breakfast: wrap 70, avocado 160, sausage 150, garlic/pepper, orange 100, almonds 100, coffee 50. Like an actual big breakfast wow not what i needed but at least HEALTHY..
9:00AM Snack: almonds 140
lunch: chicken breast with some skin, a carrot, a pepper. 400. and a few pretzels bc i am not trying to low carb it and feel deprived
1250.
coworker gave out small chocolates from easter...i ate it! lol 60 cal. better than deprivation, sorry.
1310 :)
snack: asian pear type of fruit: 150...today it's about taking the long walk home from the bus, 1.5 mi. then dinner and cooking some veggies for the rest of the week..making salad, etc. almonds 80-90
1400
dinner: light ice cream 280 with accidentally too much whipped cream 250 lol. i did do pretty well today and plan to do well this week still ! had a wonderful walk home holding a heavy leather jacket / my bag had to be around 20 lbs at least! i was happy to be home, the walk otherwise was the best!!!! 550, tops.
1950 total, and this week i have a plan - keep cals at an average around 2000 or less. the good news is that i did very well calorie-wise...and i have to keep on doing good! :) by having a slightly smaller lunch, with fresh veggies rather than cooked ones, i am starting to do better again.
Sat 2200
Sun 2150
Mon 1950
3day: 2100...i'm working to bring it lower, def used to eating much more as of the past months.
i enjoy having treats over food sometimes. not changing that. i just need to watch portions at times in general and perhaps try for less in the mornings before lunch, but not much less ;)
I am sticking to this plan, will try to eat lunch SLOWLY so it feels more filling. I'm sick of gaining weight so i'm def sticking with this plan today - no extra grazing or meals...as donkey and i have discussed, i do feel that my eating as gotten a lot worse lately and i'm snacking and using food as a delay tactic and emotionally more and more.
And since this is a short week, i will def try to make it right and get the run in on Wednesday. I'm still a beginner at this point - only running up to 1/4 mile at a time (one time around the track then walking and so on). Once again, i think that starting work at a more optimal 8am is going to help me GREATLY...I do not have the big snacking problem in the afternoon, it's mostly a morning issue...and being able to sleep till a more optimal time seems more beneficial too.
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Bed early and smiling that my alarm clock is no longer waking me up before 5am.
And promising myself a renewed resolve to get more and more into jogging - weekends i have no problem doing it, and now i'm resolving to do it, 1x during the workweek, preferably WEDNESDAYS and outdoors. If it rains, i am going to just do the steps in my apt building, for like 15min or less. The end :)
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My Boss was in and he said somethng that totally led into who i'm assisting now (and she comes in at 9) so i kindly offered to come at 8am instead of 7am so i'm working with her for a bigger portion of the day...! DONE! I feel better. Even though many people are beginning work in NYC at 7am, I have personally chosen to NOT CONTINUE being one of them! :)
I am really happy that today is my LAST day of 7am start for awhile! cheers. I just hated starting at 7...starting at 8am may take a few more minutes in commute, but, as we all know, things are give and take...nothing is a perfect deal!
But now my meals and eating are more in line also with a more normal schedule - like not having dinner like an early bird special anymore at 4:30-5:30..but a tad later...i hope for this to give me less stress.
Progress as of today: -1 lbs lost so far, only 5 lbs to go!
honestly, if it were mostly muscle i'd be ok with it - just buying a bigger size clothes is what i'm not as happy about.
114 on the scale so still working to bring that number down as I used to wake up in summer and winter with it saying 110.
Not the best Breakfast but also not the worst in calories or even nutrtional fat/protein/carbs ratio: protein cookie and whipped cream 500. Quick extra snack: peanut butter 100. 600. diet coke
lunch: english muffin 150, avocado 150, lox 100, celery 50. 450
snacks: banana and light ice cream 300 and some bites of chicken i was putting together for lunch this week..of course lol.
1400
Dinner: over at a friend's house...she'll have veggies and cooking meat, she asked me to bring the fruit...sounds like a plan :)...had pretzels 200, very small frank and so tasty in a bun 300, lots of veggies 150, fruit 100
overall cals around 2150
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I also know that i have to better plan my jogging - but i will say that i've done it EVERY WEEKEND so far. I just now need to implement a weekday for it. Now i fixed my bike, i can ride it to the running track and not even need to use my car, which is great. This will help me TONS with getting to the track...so now, I just have to make a plan and stick with it. It's been like a month of just getting into running and if i can manage one more day at 2x per week, i'll improve. Right now, i'm happy i do it again, but now it's about trying to improve.
At the gym, i wasn't improving for a long time since Winter as i was sick a bit in January and also was taking a class and def had a hard time with being consistant. Now, after being consistant for around 2 months, and probably even more than that, I notice some improvement again at the gym. Such a wonderful thing!! So, once again at age 35, I can say i see improvement with dedication and hard work.
I hope i can say the same for running. If i could manage it 3x per week, that would be best...but that's pushing it. So, the goal now is to do it 2x....meaning that Wednesdays i should reserve as running days after work!!!! :-) Will try this approach for the rest of the month of May.
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I know it's weird i want to adjust my work hours to start at 8 instead of 7am bc i feel i'm gaining weight, but, as nobody will have a problem with my difference in work times, i may as well do what feels better for me.
I think the extra sleep / later wake up will be healthier for me as waking up just before 5am doesn't seem right anymore....and is very difficult to do day in and day out - it seems i just really got used to it now after 2.5months of doing it, but i know my body and i know it'd be better sleeping later..
i also think that waking up later will be healthier for me with producing results with exercise...this is also why i am thinking to go back to 8am. also with hunger - i was thinking that i'd be eating less thru the morning if i am at work at 8 instead of 7...for all these reasons, i may ask to work at 8am-4:30 instead of 7-3:30. there are advantages and disadvantages to both situations, but like i said, things need to change for me and i think i'll just deal wtih a later dismissal time and more crowded busses lol bc i don't think 7am is doing be particularly any good.
Progress as of today: -1 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
for me, it's KNOWING that my body is NOT burning 2100 cals per day, but that i continue to eat that way, and i'm facing the facts that i will gain weight.
it seems that i'm not burning as much as i used to when i was running last Spring/Summer/Fall and i really need to stop eating as much as though i were burning more...if you get what i mean.
also, even though most people wouldn't consider this option, part of my reason to start work later is the fact that i hope to not be eating all morning like i do now. i feel my eating habits, hunger, and work hours aren't going well together. and since we all know 7am is early, and not everyone at work starts then, i'm going to ask for 8am going forward.
one reason i don't eat a lot of pizza and those types of products is that it's really hard to estimate those calories due to huge variations of pizza due to crust thickness, type of sauce, amount of cheese, etc....and also that food never satisfied me...anyways...yeah. i appreciate your comments :)
i think my problem is basically eating too much for my calorie burn. the weight has come on slowly but surely. meaning i NEED to cut calories again. working at 8am could help, as i'd still eat lunch at noon but have less eating going on in the morning hours.
Happy Saturday!
Easy breakfast: protein cookie and Diet Coke 360 - will shower and go out to jog soon at the track.
Snacks before lunch and all healthy 200, peanut butter and samples in supermarket
Healthy lunch at home with parents: big piece salmon 550?, chips 100, cooked kale 100, cabbage salad 50. 800 I think.
1350 and all healthy...
300 granola bar and coffee and later before gym banana
1650 will keep today around 2000-2050.
2200 lol this must be why I am gaining !
I just slept and slept last night - seems the older I get, the more important sleep is! I didn't get good sleep Thursday into Friday and really suffered at work bc of it - also I am considering starting work at 8 instead of 7 bc I am not sure 7am is doing me any good...
Saving jog for Sunday and was productive Saturday doing errands before seeing parents and gym will be later this afternoon.
Jogging is still not an ingrained activity at all but I have been at least doing it on the weekends :)
Progress as of today: -1 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
6am Home: finished off a kombucha 30
7:30am Breakfast: banana 120, coffee 80,...wrap 70, 2 eggs 150, some cooked roasted squash leftovers 100.
9:40am Snack:protein bar 210, 2 girl scout trefoil cookies...i guess i'm tired. just so hungry. oh and had another coffee...that's probably the problem here!
HOW DO I STOP GETTING SO HUNGRY IN THE MORNING AT WORK!?
Lunch: from home: wrap 70, roasted squash 100, frank 150, celery 50: 400.
1300
Dinner: TBD ...craving a big veggie meal...we'll see....ah yes, i have veggies at home, will make a dressing at home, with some popcorn and some lox on an english muffin with butter and jello for dessert. done.
Around 2200 bc ice cream def had lots of extra pecans !
Weekly avg: 2110 very little exercise bc came home and didn't go back out
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My weight on the scale this AM was once again higher than it's been in perhaps a YEAR. 115 right in the morning. no good. def gained like 5 lbs now...been very hard getting it off.
i def need my averages i guess to be lower, not more than 2000 cal a week. also, my stomach is showing gains too...hopefully hormones will be back in check also in a couple days or less...bloating has been very bad this time around!
lately i wonder how to change back to lower cals...and also i don't think starting work at 7am has been good for me...that i'd rather start at 8...considering this...but that also means that i'll be getting out later, which may not be such a bad thing.
honestly, i'm not even functional the first hour at work, at all, unless you consider drinking coffee and going online productive - really...but then again, getting out of work early is great.
Progress as of today: -1 lbs lost so far, only 7 lbs to go!
Calorie-wise, maybe just switch up a few items that you're eating daily to lower calorie equivalents. For example when I was craving hotdogs awhile ago, I went with Hebrew National 97% fat-free without a bun since they're only 45 calories each.
i guess i have to find it in me to be satisfied on less somehow...i'm thinking delay my breakfast, somehow.
For me, I have to have a black and white plan set out to be successful. My food intake has specific rules that I try to adhere to daily. The plans change, but I've been trying to give a plan 4 weeks in a row to see if they're worth continuing. My workout plan is written out and I do certain things in a certain order on certain days. While I'm working towards a goal currently, my food & exercise are more robotic than fun (thankfully the rest of my life doesn't have to be that way).
Maybe consider setting up a strict daily plan of what and when you're going to eat and drink for the next week while at work. Drop the simple sugars for a week? (banana, cookies, protein bar unless it's extremely low sugar)
I usually try not to mention specific foods, since everyone is different, so please don't take offense by any specifics I mention here. Some people do fine with carbs (my wife). Other people fall off the wagon when they just catch a glimpse of a cookie (me).
So if I was HOP, my at-work plan for next week would be:
* no coffee or any other beverage other than plain regular water throughout the work day
6am - kombucha
8am - wrap, 2 eggs, squash or other lower-sugar vegetable
10am - 100 calorie bag of microwave popcorn
lunch - wrap, meat and/or cheese of some sort, lower-sugar vegetable
2pm - 4 different flavors of sugarfree jello
end of work - pop another 100 calorie bag of popcorn and a coffee to go for the ride home (if that works on public transportation)
dinner - whatever you want to eat / drink as long as you end the day around 1900 calories (I'd still skip the bananas, granola bars, cookies, and other sugary carbs.)
Again, the above is just the plan that I'd try for a week. The first few days of change for me usually suck, but then you adjust.
the popcorn will derail me, but great idea for the sf jello to maybe bring to work as snacks.
overall, i DO need a revised plan for weightloss bc the current one is not working out!
and yes, the coffee is screwing with my appetite i think, but maybe i can try decaf. we'll see..i need a slight overhaul.
thanks again, Gains. seems i need some little fixes!
You are hungry in the am because you don't get enough fiber. Try my overnight power oats:
1/3 cup steel cut oats 1 scoop vanilla protein powder 1 tbsp cinnamon 1 tbsp maca 1 tbsp flax meal 1 tbsp chia 1 tbsp hemp hearts 1 tbsp coconut oil 2 tbsp fresh shredded ginger (i make bulk ice cubes in trays) Add water and cover the night before. Becomes probiotic. Stir and nuke 1 min in the morning. You will force yourself to eat the rest of the day and poop enough to break the plumbing.
the oatmeal sounds good...it's nice it is not meat based as most of my breakfasts are these days..either eggs, lox, sausage, salami. maybe i need a more liquidy meal like oatmeal...
I think you did do better when you had a later starting time to your workday. So make sure you're not eating because you're actually tired. If you're going to stay with your early start time, then keep in mind that it does take time to adjust, especially if you're more of an afternoon or evening person.
Also, you had mentioned a week or two ago that you found yourself using food as a delay tactic at work. So just make sure the "morning hunger" isn't that.
I start my day at around 5:30a but start work at 9am. I don't eat breakfast until I'm at work, but I do have coffee w/cream and water (I aim for 24 ounces - 3 cups) before then. The coffee gets me started (in more ways than one) and the water keeps me full until I can eat at work. Maybe you could drink on your way to work, so that you arrive fuller? IDK...
Alls I'm saying by what I do is that I delay eating as long as I can.
Oh, and I have oatmeal as my breakfast most days. In a container I can cover: 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1 cup almond milk, 1/4 cup walnuts, 1 TBSP of dried cranberries. Put in the microwave for a minute. Cover, and take it with me, so that the oatmeal continues to cook, while covered. When I get to work, pop it in the weak microwave oven we have at work for another minute or so, just so it's hot, and eat.
I remember when I went to interview at the place I am now, I had gotten to the point where it was very hard to wear my interview suit for too long because it was too tight. My wedding ring was also too tight -- I could only wear the ring, not the engagement ring too -- so thankfully the interview was only 20 minutes or so. Ugh....
I started the unhappy job at around 135 and left it just under 150.
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Clearly you need more coffee!
i actually had a good amount...breakfast had real coffee and i had decaf coffee too...now i need water bc i had too many diet and caffeine drinks, my face broke out! my fault!
bearcountrygg on 05/13/2018:
Getting home today?
yes, got home around 8:30pm and very happy to be back home, although overall the seminars were great and my time today with my friend and her family were good too....i just really love my alone time.
Donkey on 05/13/2018:
It's nice how you can incorporate "junk food" into your day and still stay on track. I'm not sure why or how or what, but I do find that reassuring.
because it was a busy day and we were kept occupied...and away from all food for lots of periods of the day....this tends to occur once in awhile for me when away from my usual life... :)
Happy Mother's Day to you...i'll be catching up soon with everyone!
Like you, i'm not good with lots of socialization all day or large loud families / crowds, so some of this weekend was quite uncomfortable for me - but - i'm glad i went and checked it out and really am not sure if i'll go again....but at least i did it once.
it's an annual thing where there's a treat at a very acamodating place to stay and classes we partake in as well as socialization..personally, i can't take so much socialization bc i like to be alone more than most people.