Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

and i didnt do that well this weekend, so I really need to stay on track today! and this whole week really. especially cuz its TOM and i need to keep my cravings and unplanned eating in check. I really hope I can maintain healthy eating and on track eating this week, and also keep up my water. keeping up exercise shouldnt be a huge problem. i think im officially in that routine.

ok well:

Breakfast: 1 activa yogurt (70), 1/4 cup kashi go lean crunch (35), and 1/2 a banana (55)-total 160

Lunch: chicken cesar salad with half a chicken breast and 1/4 the dressing they gave (250)

snack:  100 cal sbd snack bar

Dinner: some small potato latkes (220), some veggie lasagna (230), some ants on a log (45) and some almonds, walnuts and chocolate chips (130)- 645

after dinner: iced skinny vanilla latte ( 60), some cheese and whole wheat crackers (150) and some almonds (65)-total- 275

total @ the end of the day- 1430… so i kinda went over my limit.  nothing crazy obvious, but definitely higher than normal.  i think one of the big things about my dinner, is i didnt eat at my normal dining hall, but at my friends house where someone else cooked.  im really going to have to practice eating well no matter where I am and not just at certain places.  basically i need to exert more self control.  well each day something new learned.  ill try harder tomorrow.  also tomorrow, im eating at a different friend’s house, so that will be a true test to see if i can do better tomorrow. yay.

workout 45 min elliptical and 15 min weights and abs

i woke up at 1:30pm today. therefore my eating schedule etc was all weird.  here it is anyways:

lunch: 1 activa (70 cal), 1/4 cup of kashi go lean (35), and 1/2 a banana (55) -total 105

dinner: i had a lot of stuff at dinner that i normally wouldn’t because it was inside my calorie range woohoo!: some tortilla chips and fake nacho cheese (200), chow fun (400), some french fries (150), 1 piece of tofu (15), and some salad and egg white etc (65), and some frozen yogurt (75) -total 905- i know its a lot but it was basically 3 meals in one for me.

snacks ill be eating tonight: 100 cal bag of popcorn (100), 1 green apple (35), 1 string cheese (60), and 1 pudding cup (60)

total for tonight: 1265

workout today: 45 min elliptical and 30 min weights & abs

ok woke up way late today, but still managed to do 45 min elliptical woohoo.

ok food journal:

breakfast: 1 string cheese (60) and 1/2 cup of kasi go lean (70)- total 110, im already loving having measure cups. i really dont think i would have thought a 1/2 cup of cereal was that much, but it was  a lot, and really filling

lunch: 6inch turkey on wheat (280)

snack: sbd nut medley bar (150)

dinner-thai pad see ew with egg and chicken (660)
dessert, some bites of fried banana and icecream and some mango and sticky rice (300)

workout: 45 min elliptical

total- 1500- i might have estimated a bit low, but oh well. kinda sucks cuz my day could have been lower if i had stayed away from the dessert, but oh well it was really good. back on track with full workout plan and food tomorrow.

today was one of those days where you stay on track as much as possible, but you just dont count the calories.

last night i stayed up finishing an application until 5 am and had to get up at 8 for work. therefore, i was tired all day, low energy and pretty cranky. i stayed pretty good about my food etc and didnt do anything tooo crazy (but did a bit), but i just couldnt count calories. not today.

anyways,

here’s the food journal with no cals:

breakfast: sugar free oatmeal, string cheese, sugar free red bull

lunch: spinach and lettuce salad with some kind of vinagrette dressing with mandarin orange, chicken breast, grapes and walnuts

dinner: some whole grain pasta with cheese, a bit of tofu, and 2 small pieces of water melon, 5 french fries

movie: one small popcorn with no butter and a couple twizzlers (they’re low fat, right?)

no workout, i was too exhausted and napped. but im going to sleep now, so that i can get up and go gym tom and sunday so ill at least have 5 workouts this week.

tonight i went and got my measuring cups and teaspoons! they’re pretty cute! im so excited to start measuring out cereal! woohoo! there were also some good sale items at target, and i got them a few, and even though they fit, i know that they could fit better, especially the sleeves on one shirt and the underwear i got. im really looking forward to using them as motivation pieces, and also as ways to gage if my arms are getting smaller, or my stomach butt, thighs etc etc.

also, my bicep muscles are getting really strong. and i cant stop touching them, cuz i have muscle! woohoo! cant wait to go and get a great night’s sleep tonight and then have a great workout tomorrow. and get totally back on track.

ok so tired! nighttt

I did my official weigh in this morning and I was at 215.2! Woohoo! I’m so excited! It’s funny because I knit pick my food and snacking every week, but I guess it’s kind of working, because my weight loss has been great. I guess it pays off to be obsessive/dedicated. I’m sure my intense exercise has also been helpful. For me personally, I know I coudn’t be doing one(changing my eating), without the other (exercise) and be getting these results. Next week’s results will probably suck, cuz you know, its THAT week of the month. Blah. But at least this great progress should motivate me not to lose track of my goals next week, and also not be tempted by bad cravings, etc.

Anyways, I guess it’s time to set a new 10lb mini-goal. It’s so funny, because never in my weight loss journeys before, had I ever thought about doing mini-goals, and now it seems so ridiculous that I was saying, ok I’m going to lose 100 lbs startingggg…. NOW. Yeah, right. Looking back, that was stupid. But I’m glad I came here and learned about the beauty of mini goals. They really do work. Well im so happy with what’s been happening the past few weeks, so at this point I’m not going to adjust my calories or exercise, because why fix what isn’t broken?

Ok so Five weeks from this Thursday is: March 13-New Mini Goal -205! Woohoo! Then I would be totally out of the teens, and 5 lbs away from my first reward!

Ok. So on to normal daily life:

Breakfast: 1 string cheese (60)

Lunch: (i had a pretty big lunch today because i know im having a small dinner (aka a subway sandwhich) due to time constraints tonight…so

chicken souvlaki (200), 1 cup of white riceish (205) and a bit more than half a piece of pita bread (100)- lunch total 505 (in the future though, on days where it is a regular day, and I plan on having a regular dinner, I think I should enforce only having half the rice they give me and only half the pita, or cutting out one of the two, entirely.

snack: sbd lifestyle bar, it was So good (150), and a clementine (40)-190

dinner: subway turkey on wheat with provelone (330) and a 100 pack of cheetos (100)

snack: chicken and stars soup (70)

and later on tonight i’ll be having one green apple (35)

so total for today:  1290

yay! btw, my mini goal reward is buying measuring cups and teaspoons, tablespoons etc so i can start measuring out my cereal etc.  woohoo! i think i’ll either go to target or safeway if i can find some (maybe) cute ones.  but i guess most important is that they are accurate.  anyways im super excited to buy them! woohoo! im also interested to see if my estimations have been accurate.  we’ll see!

Breakfast: 1 pack of sugar free oatmeal (100), 1 activa yogurt (70) and 1 sugar free redbull (10)-total 180

Snack: 1/2 a Banana (55)

Lunch: 1/2 cup of wild long grain rice (100 cal), tofu broccoli stir fry (~140), steam green beans (~30), 1 egg white (15), 3 medium strawberries (20), 3 french fries (~10?), about 1/4 cup of frozen yogurt (50)- total: 365 (im not complaining, I really enjoyed my lunch)

snack: sbd snack bar (100)

Dinner: Salad with : spinach (4), lettuce (6), carrots (8), cucumbers (6), broccoli (8), balsamic vinegar (7), a teeny bit of shredded cheddar (15), some sunflower seed (~50), and some of those crunch asian noodles (20) -Salad total 124
1/4 a cup of brown rice (45), some chicken satay (75), some peanut sauce (50), and some tofu (75)- Dinner total 369

Total So far Today: 1069

Workout: 45 min super intense elliptical and 30 min abs and weights. tom’s rest day! woohoo

Woo Hoo I’ve got some snacking room for tonight, but I have to be careful too, because tomorrow a.m. is weigh in morning, so it might be better to stay low tonight, and then if I need to go over tomorrow.

snacks for tonight:

1 green apple-40

1 clementine-35 (i’ve been wanting to eat it, but i wanted to see where my calories were are first)

1 sugar free pudding -60

19 salt and pepper rice crisps (not as good as the sour cream and onion, duly noted) 60 cal

anyways, I wont calculate those into my total, until I actually have them, but things always change.

TOTAL for the day:  1264! ok goodnight!

OK off to clean my room and shower. and then do work.

gosh these weeks are flying by.

ok

Breakfast: 1/2 a banana (55 cal)

Lunch: about 3/4 a bowl of creamy turkey soup (220) and some sour dough bread (130)-lunch total 350. well, to be honest, i thought the soup was lower cal, before i bought it but oh well. at least i realized the cals before i ate the whole bowl. still trying to stay away from the late night snacking, but i’ll def have a good snack before the gym.

snack: 1 SBD snack bar (100) and some rice crips (80) and some curve cereal (60) -240

Dinner: 1 small chicken cesar salad 315

Snacks: 1 (100) calorie pack of cheetos, 1 pudding cup (60), 1 clementine (40) and 1 string cheese (60) -total 260

Total for the day: 1220

workout: 45 min elliptical, 30 min weights and abs, and a bit of walking and biking to get places.
I never intended to have such a small dinner, and snack so much afterwards, but voting here was crazy and I stood in line for over an hour, so I missed dinner and had to run to the cafe, and everything there is super fatty and fried etc. But I was able to find a to go cesar. so i took it. but i knew id still be hungry so i let tonight be a snacking night. still under my calories, which is good. hopefully back to normal meals etc tomorrow. though ive realized i do like having some calories saved so i can snack at night

hi all,

my biggest problem has been with snacking.  ive really been able to successfully portion  out my meals and pick the right foods at meal times, but im having a really hard time not snacking.  (especially at night)

like im able to have low cals during the day, but at night my willpower kind of collapses. this especialyl happens because at night im in my room and generally working on the comptuer, and for some reason my stomach (or head?) is dying to eat while i work. and for some reason my body (or head?) isnt satisfied with the portioned or pre-chosen snack that i picked.  and i cant just go to bed, cuz i have work to do.  ive tried the water and gum thing, and i love drinking water (i probably drink over 100 oz a day) but, once my head wants to snack on something, its hard to get it out of my thoughts.

what do you guys do?

thanks!

ok really trying to stay on track this week, because im reallly wanting my ipod nano and to look really good in the spring! so ive really been trying to show control! lets see:

Breakfast: 1 packet of sugar free oatmeal (100), and 1/2 a banana (55) total- 155

Lunch: Cup of chicken and rice soup (100), 2 pieces of sauteed tofu (130), salad w/ one egg white (70), 1 piece of water melon(30), and 1/4 cup of puffins (30)-360…i like when you can eat a bunch of things for lunch for little cals..perhaps my lunch should have been a bit lower, but oh well, i had a small breakfast

snack: 1 clementine (40) and 1 light string cheese (60) -100

dinner: 1 grilled chicken breast (130), 1 piece of tofu(70), broccoli in some sauce (60), 1/2 cup of brown rice (130), salad (25)=415

snacks: 1 small green apple (35) 1 sugar free pudding cup (60) and some curves cereal (175)-snack total 270

Total for the day: 1300 .perfect.

workout: 45 min elliptical, 30 min abs and weights

ok off to do work… ta ta!

ok so last night, i kept on pretty good track with my dinner, but then i went to a party after where there were a few goodies that I couldnt resist. i did however resist any alcohol, so thats good. i definitely didnt go crazy, but i did go over 1450! oh well nothing terrible and I’m back on track today.

So Sunday:

Before gym breakfast: one light activa yogurt (70) and 1/2 cup of kashi go lean cereal (70), so total of 140

Lunch: Subway 6inch turkey on wheat with American Cheese 320 cal

Snacks: 100 cheeto calorie pack! its amazing how many little cheetos one gets with that!. one apple (36 cal) 1 sugar free jello (10 cal) and 19 rice crisps (60). annoyingly im in a snacky mood which often happens when im writing papers, etc, which is what i’m doing. but at least im snacking on low cal things. hopefully these rice crips will tide me over till dinner. (snack total = 206)

Dinner: some asian-ish bbq chicken (250), green beans (55), some brown rice (150) and about 3 curly fries (100), and salad with 2 egg whites (30). also swiss miss hot cocoa w/ some nonfat milk (100) and one chocolate covered pretzel (25)- dinner total-710

total for the day- 1376.  argh. i really went over what i had intended for the day. i really wish i had stayed away from the curly fries, and hot cocoa, and had one less snack.  i guess i was hungry. oh well, nothing terrible still. well tomorrow’s another day. just hope i can stay away from snacking tonight.

Workout: 45 min elliptical and 25 min weight trainig and abs

I’m really excited because I think I’ve just reached that point where I’ve gone to the gym consistently enough for the last few weeks, that I wont not go, unless I have an actual time schedule conflict (ie thursdays). which means I should be going 5-6 days a week from now on and my body or mind isnt fighting me on it. woohoo
Souvenir Darling: Some subway sandwhichs are really low cal and low fat. like the 6inch turkey sandwich on wheat for example, is under 300 cal, and I sometimes add cheese to it for some calcium. if you go online to their website they have a ton of nutritional info, and i think there are at least 3 sandwiches that are under 300 cal. and then you can put veggies on them and get a serving of veggies too!