breakfast: 1 tangerine and some heart to heart cereal
lunch: salad, 2 cheese raviolis, 2 small square pieces of pizza and a 100 cal skinny cow fudge bar (YUM!)
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!
Woke up before my alarm, dont know why but I did get about 7.5 hours which isnt bad.
I did my first morning weigh in on the new year…could be much worse, but it is going to be a bit of a challenge to get to 189 by Friday. however, theres a chance i can make it as long as i keep my food on track the next three days, and do good/hard gym workouts. we’ll see and hope for the best.
today:
breakfast: 1 clementine (35)
lunch: small salad (115), some chicken and turkey breast (140), some mac and cheese (120), tomato soup (65), and a bite of a cookie (40?)- (480) (lunch was a bit bigger than i had planned, but i’ll adjust my food for the rest of the day)
dinner: a bit too much food! blagh! 1 piece of ham (60), some latkes (180), a bit of mushroom pasta (160), green beans (50) and some bread pudding (100)- 550
total so far: 1065
2nd day in row at the gym! woohoo!
workout: 47 min elliptical, 40 min weights and abs! im sore from yesterday, an excellent sign!
ugh im still jetlagged so I havent been getting enough sleep, but nothing I can do about it at this point..
Breakfast: danactive light (35)
lunch: salad (150?), steamed rice (145), grilled tofu (65?), 2 raviolis (40?), and some grapes (60)-460
snack: a few pretzels (45?) and a large gala apple (80)-125
snack: 1 mini twix (oops..) (42)
dinner: 1 piece of bread (150), tiny bit of mashed potatoes (100), small bit of meat loaf (100), and 1 veggie turnover (100)-370
snack: 1 clementine (35) and 1 yogurt (100)- 135
total so far:1167–>DONE FOR THE DAY!
on plan! yay!
workout: 47 min elliptical, 45 min weights and abs! i have a gym buddy who lives in my house! we’re going every night at 7:30-8ish for 1.5 hours mon-thurs and then i’ll go at least once fri-sun. he’s a huge gym buff and doesnt let me off the hook!
WOOHOO
OK, I’m back and it’s time to get serious! My trip was super duper fabulous fantastic wonderful etc etc. I had a great time, but obviously (ha!) I didnt lose weight….of course.
Funnily enough, it was exactly this time one year when I came back from vacation, saw photos of myself and said “hey fatty, time to lose weight!”. well, I saw the photos this trip and I’m so thrilled i’ve lost weight and look so much better than last year, but there’s still work to be done. time to get on board the weight loss train. i dicked around last quarter, but now it’s time to get serious.
plan:
-gym at least 5 times a week 1.5 hours: 45 min cardio (elliptical or treadmill) 45 min weights and abs
-estimate calories between 1100-1250 per day. Blog ALL food and caloric beverages drunk in a day. every morsel and sip: IT’s what has worked before.
-daily check-in weigh-ins in the morning, weekly official weigh ins every friday. record weight every friday whether it’s positive or negative.
-say no to all the obvious bad foods. eat healthily, i’ve done it before and it works!
-lots and lots of water everyday, as always..
okay, i’m off to bed, all of this starts tomorrow.
ooh: two very short term goals, once these are reached, I will put more goals out there:
Goal for Friday January 16: 189 (i have no idea what i weigh now, but i should be able to reach that after 4 days at the gym this week)
Goal for Friday January 23: 187.
see you all tomorrow! back to full blogging with all food and exercise!
glad to be back, ready to get the scale moving down!
