so-weight loss is hard.
i did my unofficial weigh-in this morning, and was up a pound, which basically put me in a bad mood all day. and since I felt like I had worked hard at eating on plan, i did not eat as well today cuz i was mad! arghhh. everytime I try to eat on plan, I feel like it doesnt pay off, and then i get bitter and eat off plan. agh! anyways, obviously I know that’s not the way to handle it. but the good news, i guess, is that I’m still going to the gym tonight. the bad news, besides the fact that I ate too much and off plan today is the fact that I definitely wont reach my goal of 189 on friday.. that’s disapointing…
Today, in my pensiveness I thought about some things.
1. Even though yesterday I blogged my food, I realized that in my situation right now with where I live, etc, I don’t think I can accurately do calorie counts. I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I live in a house with a fully stocked kitchen and a chef that cooks lunch and dinner monday-friday. so, that presents two problems: 1) I don’t necessarily get to pick the foods I eat or that are available to me, and b) since I don’t cook any of the food, I really feel like at this point, I can’t really do calorie counts, because I basically estiate/make them up, which is completely inaccurate and clearly i underestimate calorie values. so, as much as a I really love calorie counting, and it worked for me this summer when I was cooking, buying and preparing all my food, I dont think it works with my life right now.
So that leads to the question: what CAN i do right now? I shouldn’t just give up, but something obviously needs to change. the questions is how. (i’m open to any suggestions!!), but here are some thoughts.
One idea is to just plan on having 1 carb serving, 1 protein serving and 1-2 veggie servings for lunch and dinner and plan on NO or a very small bite of dessert. maybe, 2 low-cal snacks a day, one in the afternoon, and one after the gym, and I’m not sure what to do about breakfast yet…i havent decided if i should do breakfast, or just do a piece of fruit, or a yogurt, or a small bowl of cereal. I read somewhere that people who eat breakfast do much better losing weight and managing their snacking throughout the day. so, ill still figure out what to do in the mornings, and also see what i can to curb snacking throughout the day…
-the other main thing will be to make sure that I keep lunch and dinner to one portion each of carbs and protein, and to really keep dessert to a special occasion and not a nightly thing (even though there are fresh desserts everynight).
-the other thing will be to make sure my serving sizes are appropriate (the size of my fist) and not larger, especially of carb portions, lean proteins can be a bit larger.
-the last and most important thing will be to really curb snacking throughout the day and evening and keep it to my two permitted snacks per day which should be something like a string cheese, some pretzels, almonds, apple or tangerine.
So, ideally, my new plan should look like this:
Breakfast: either yogurt, or cereal or banana or something light but filling, probably not more than 200 cals, and i dont have time to cook something because I have to rush off to class. (suggestions?)
lunch: 1 fist size serving of carbs, 1 serving of protein and 1-2 servings of veggies. maybe some grapes or small piece of fruit?
snack: piece of fruit or one of the other snacks listed above.
dinner: 1 fist size serving of carbs, 1 serving of protein and 1-2 servings of veggies
after gym snack: piece of fruit or one of the other snacks listed above.
any thoughts or suggestions about this proposed plan? any suggestions/tips on portions and serving sizes? as always and thoughts or help are welcome.
and of course, I’ll be going to the gym 5-6 times/week.
so, thats my new plan, all I can do is hope for the best.. le sigh. tomorroww’s a new day, and maybe i’ll aim for a perfect one!