Fat2Fit Chronicles

Stats Update: 
Weight 162.8
Waist 32.0

I’ve lost an inch and a half off my waist which is great. I’m getting all kinds of compliments so I guess that something is working. I’ve been on a steady downswing with my weight for a couple of weeks and have almost gotten fully back on track after a disappointing 8 pound gain/plateau.

Best of this losing phase — My (almost) daily diet:

• Apples — an apple a day keeps the pounds away! I carry an apple with me to work and it’s a great handy snack when I can’t eat on schedule.
• Avocados — avocado on my salads, in my morning protein shakes (can’t really taste it).
• Fruit + plain yogurt — my other work snack that helps me to keep on losing.
• Green tea — as soon as I get to work, I grab a cup of hot water and make green tea. Nice and calming.
• R-ALA, Chromium Picolinate — 1 each in the morning and right before bed seems to be helping to cut cravings and bloating.
• Reduced diet soda & using Truvia — seems to be helping.
• Salmon — perhaps it’s the good fats or the lower calories from salmon vs. beef/pork but I’ve been eating salmon almost daily and it’s great.
• Brown rice — I can eat this carb without a slow down in weight loss.
• Wendy’s — definitely not a daily thing but on a couple of days when I wasn’t prepared with a healthy lunch, a Wendy’s Mandarin Chicken Salad, side order of Mandarin oranges and order of chicken nuggets were a perfect compromise.
• Water — to make protein shakes instead of milk. I’m noticing that it seems like not using milk is better for weight loss for me — seems to be true whether I’m using low-fat cow’s milk, Hood milk, almond milk or soy milk.
• Travel flax — Hodgson Mill’s makes pre-packaged, single-serve ground flax. These are easy to use and carry around and very convenient.

Posted on March 27th, 2009 by fat2fit
Filed under: Miscellaneous Musings