So I lost 3.2 lbs in the month of January. Based on what I ate which wasn’t the best most of the time and the amount of exercise I was happy with that. I hope to lose 5 lbs in the month of February. I started the fruit/veggie cleanse yesterday. Day 1 went well. A coworker told me the one she did allowed 4 oz of meat each day. My goal is to not eat any meat. I will make sure I get some protein in though. My two cheats are green tea with organic honey. Otherwise it is all fruit and veggies. Here is what I had yesterday.
Day 1–2/2/10
BF–blueberry *pineapple* smoothie, orange*, green tea* with organic honey*
S–green bell pepper and hummus*
L–salad (spinach*,mushrooms,cucumber,tomato*,black beans*) and barely ate some grapes
S–raspberries*
D–mashed sweet potato* and asparagus*
I got some superfoods in there too. I gotta go and get ready for work. I will come back and mark the superfoods later. I will continue to do that on a daily basis.
The superfoods will be marked with * from now on.
Every year I seem to return and say it will be different. I started the year at 242.2 and I will weigh in again on February 1st. Intuitive eating is still working. Binging hasn’t been an issue *crosses fingers*. Thinking of doing a fruit/veggie cleanse starting on the first and will try to focus on Superfoods. Will plan to post daily during the cleanse. Not sure how long the cleanse will be. I want to do some research first.
As usual I need to check in here more. Since the last time I posted I have lost an additional 4.6 lbs. What’s been working? Intuitive eating and staying off the scale! I’m thinking of joinging an exercise challenge on one the forums I am addicted to. They have a lot of exercise challenges–C25K, Chalean Extreme, Jillian Michaels, The Firm, Turbo Jam, Insanity, and WATP. Right now WATP is right up my alley. I only have one WATP–Walk & Jog so I will definitely need to get more because I get bored. I think my supervisor has my Walk & Kick but I don’t care I will just get more dvds. Off to see what is available.
I am on staycation now so I will attempt to blog more the next two weeks. Last week went really well. I lost 1.4 lbs. Very happy with that. Still working on not getting on the scale multiple times a day. It’s been a good start to this week too. Exercise still seems it will be in the distant future but at least I’m starting somewhere with the food.
Things are going well. I have been on the scale too many times so I am working on that. Food intake has been good. My back is hurting more– I guess as a reminder I really need to lose weight. I’m still trying to talk myself into exercising. I may give up on running. I’ve given up on the Couch to 5K at least 2-3 times. I’m thinking maybe I don’t like to run.
and I did a great job. The cashier said “you eat healthy”. As I’ve stated before I do genuinely enjoy the good stuff. I’m just spoiled and want what everyone else eats too. I’m only doing fast food 1x/wk. That is already predetermined for this week. I’m going to happy hour with coworkers so I will drink. I will look at the menu to see what they have foodwise. What’s difficult for me is I don’t eat prepared salads. I make my own. Otherwise I would just be picking everything out. Okay off to unpack the groceries.
The magic number is 247…
ETA–When I started this blog 2 years ago I weighed in at 240. At least I’m consistent.
I’m about to eat breakfast and go to the grocery store.
I have been on this roller coaster my entire life and I am so ready to get off. I am so tired of lying to myself and letting me down. Starting Sept 1st I will try to conquer this beast again. I plan to post at least 1x/wk. We’ll see how that goes.
I am doing well. I have lost 12.8 lbs now. No exercise but eating what I like and enjoying it. I’ve been eating out more but still making good choices. Well let me rephrase that and say I’m just eating what I enjoy. No food is off limits. That does not work for me. I plan to talk to the girls at work to see if we can identify at least 2 days a week we can walk beginning in April. I’m thinking I may walk on my own with my ipod at lunch time if they don’t. Regardless of how crazy my day is I ALWAYS take an hour for lunch the others do not. So I may be by myself some days. I love the spring and summer and I am looking forward to getting out to walk.
I have been down in the dumps a little bit this weekend. I’m happy to say that I did not turn to food because of it. I just have so much weight to lose. It’s like my mirror at home protects me and then I catch a glimpse of myself out in public and I’m like WTH? I’m trying not to focus on that but focus on that. I will instead focus on that I have to donate two pairs of pants because they are big now. I am also able to fit in pants I wasn’t able to before. I will keep positive. I’m hoping to reach 15 lbs lost this week. We shall see.
My new goal is that I have to blog at least 1x/month. I do not want this blog to disappear. Although I don’t visit 3FC often anymore I do want to continue with this blog. So I’ve actually been doing well. I’ve lost 8.8 lbs since starting back on this journey. No bingeing. I have decided to stop counting binge free days it just seemed more stressful to me. I am losing by doing IE. Eating when hungry and stopping when satisfied. This includes fruits, veggies, whole grains, lowfat dairy, soy, lean meats, nuts, and seeds that are primarily natural and/or organic. Beverages consist of water, green tea, coffee, and 100% juices. No exercise to speak of but I’m getting there. We’ve already discussed walking at lunch when the weather is consistently nice which I think is anyday now. Spring brings such great things with it. The farmer’s market starts in April I believe so I am excited about that. I’m even contemplating walking there and back. It’s a decent little walk. I have a cart and my own bags so that wouldn’t be an issue. My only concern with that is going by myself and being a single woman. Where I live is great and nice but these days it doesn’t matter where you live. Crazy is everywhere.
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