I’m starting over. I know that I sound like a broken record, but it’s true. I am starting over. Today is day one.
Yesterday, I ate enough food to feed myself for a week. I was out of control. Sandwiches, a bagel, cheez-its, cereal, cookies ….. I couldn’t stop. That’s over.
My official starting weight is 132.5 lbs. I know that I am not overweight, but I am almost 20 pounds heavier than I was last summer. I want to fit in my clothes again. My goal is 125 lbs by April 1st and 120 lbs by May 1st. I think that’s entirely realistic.
I usually am stocked up on healthy cereals, and that’s always been an easy way to start a diet for me. But right now, I have Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Lucky Charms, and Cocoa Pebbles in the house. But even if the cereal is sugary, the calorie count isn’t too bad. So, I don’t really feel too guilty starting my day with those cereals. My method for weight loss is counting calories. Of course I want to eat healthier foods, but when it comes down to it, I can eat anything as long as I keep my calories in check. I plan on using The Daily Plate like I did last summer. It really worked for me!
Breakfast: (370 calories)
- 1 1/2 cups Cinnamon Toast Crunch cereal (260 calories)
- 1/2 cup 2% milk (60 calories)
- large iced coffee with skim milk and one splenda (50 calories)
Lunch: (420 calories)
- Lean Cuisine Chicken Ranch Club (330 calories)
- apple (90 calories)
Dinner: (275 calories)
- Green Giant: Terryaki Broccoli, Carrots, Cauliflower (175 calories)
- Yoplait Blueberry Light Yogurt (100 calories)
Total: 1065 calories
Hopefully I am done for the day. We’ll see. I will probably be up for another 4 or 5 hours. I’ll try to stick with water. But I can’t promise ….
So …. how’d I do???
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WTF!!!! ………. I just ate a PB and J sandwich and 3 cookies. I suck! I’m about 1800 calories for the day now. I have no sense of control!!!! I’ll figure calories out exactly tomorrow. I can’t think about it now!
I used to do that all the time too. One method that I found that kinda helped me not eat complete junk after dinner and before I go to bed is but some healthier “snack” type things (in my case, string cheese, honey wheat pretzels, etc) and then sometime half way between dinner and when I go to bed, I have that snack. I only eat the “1 serving” of whatever I’m having, but generally that’s enough to stave off my usual habit of pulling out a bag of chips and eating half of it at 8pm.
Good luck!
March 1, 2009 @ 10:04 pmIf you have dollar stores around, go get a cheap pregnancy test. I used to work at one, and we tested them. It worked correctly twice. Plus I have used them for my last two pregnancies and they were accurate as well as the times I wasn’t pregnant. I don’t think it’s too early to check. We (I) never waited for a certain day. And it’s only a dollar. Also that being said, it could come out wrong, but I think if it were wrong it would show NOT preg.
You might be anxious and that’s why you’re eating? You might be pregnant or PMS… there’s a ton of triggers. It’s sometimes hard to know what it is. It could be the foods you’re eating (even the healthy ones). I’ve read that diet foods with sweetneer in them actually make you hungry.
I don’t think it matters how many day ONES you have as long as you just keep going. I saw this PBS thing, You on a Diet. It was saying something about a GPS system in your car that gently but firmly tells you to make a U turn at the next possible opportunity, cuz you made a wrong move. On a diet, when you make a mistake, a wrong move, or get lost, make a YOU turn. Turn it around. I’ve also read, it doesn’t matter how many times you fall down, as long as you get up one time more than you fell.
Last but not least, maybe no need to start fresh again and set yourself up for feeling like a failure when you don’t keep your self imposed rules. I like to look at it as a learning experience, a trial and error experience.
I did pretty good all week but today I’ve had marie callendars pie, mcdonalds, pizza and atleast 3 cokes. Who knows what my weigh in will be tommorrow but my official weigh in is on Sunday so I have the rest of the week to fix it. I USUALLY don’t do this (anymore) This is what I used to do before my quest began 5 months ago. I may not like what the scale says tomorrow but I’ve been through enough ups n downs, fails and successes in the past 5 months to know that I can still continue my quest
Wishing you the best
March 1, 2009 @ 11:32 pmHI again. I just spent I don’t know much time reading over your blog, back to last October I think. I don’t know why. It was interesting even though it was sad to see you unhappy most of the time. You probably already know what’s bothering you and what’s causing you to eat and give in. I think if you make yourself the priority, maybe you’ll enjoy eating healthier and exercising regularly.
It’s really great the way you went from 160 to 114. A size 2? Wow. If you did that with eating right and exercise, you certainly know what to do. Your photos look superb. You’re not far off, you can certainly do this. Relationships are tough. Take care of yourself first.
March 2, 2009 @ 1:03 am