Daily food & exercise confessions #3
 

Echo - feeling better today? I get grumpy too, especially when I know I have to watch my servings. Grrr, why couldn't I have a raging metabolism and just eat and eat and eat? :lol:

Woohoo on thread #3! Man, I feel like we've been racing through these threads. It's great, I'm happy that this thread is still alive - it really keeps me on track and I don't think I would've gotten as far as I have if I didn't have to come on here and confess to my meals. :)

Angela - how're you feeling? Miss your regular posts! Red team misses you too. :)

Diane - yup, I hear you on the serving sizes. It really bugged when I used to eat cheetos from the vending machine. It's a "snack" sized bag (too big now, but back then I thought it was too small ;)) and it says 160 cals for a serving. I was all happy until I scrolled down and saw "servings per bag: 2". Boo to Frito-Lay. :p

So I lost 0.2 lbs from yesterday. Not too shabby! Calorie counting is my savior, for reals. So far, I've maintained twice. Once when I was at 160-ish and the second time when I was at 155-ish. Both times, I stopped calorie counting but still watched portions. Too bad my guesstimating skills are not that great because I would overeat calorie-wise. The minute I went back to counting calories, the weight drops consistently. I'm waiting for my lightbulb to switch on and keep this thought in my mind everyday. Especially when I reach for the whole bag of tortilla chips. :dizzy:

Alright ladies. I will be taking my walk/jog in another hour because I missed yesterday's exercise. I took a long nap in the afternoon and woke up 30 minutes before it got dark. Anyway, I'll workout today and take tomorrow off and the back to the grind during the week. :) Today I'm meeting my college buddy at Carrabba's Italian Grill and I'm excited about it but dang, those dishes are mucho caloric. I guess I'll have to cut whatever I order in half.

See you chicas later tonight. :)

Hey ladies, my weight was back up today, but I am on plan...plus, I stopped seeing 176's so I am happy. I agree, calorie counting is the BEST method I have ever used. I need to remember 3 weeks ago I was 180 lbs and be happy with the progress I've made so far.

I finished yesterday off at 1230 cs. I was hungry from working in the garden all day, and today I had a breakfast shake, but then worked outside until 1:30, got a little too hungry. I had a big salad, with deli sliced chicken, 1 egg, 1/8 cup cheese, and 1 tbsp ranch. And an egg roll to boot.

I wanted more, but stopped at that, and had 1 coconut macaroon before I go back out to dig the rose bed.

I did ab work and arm work today on the pull up bar before going outside.

I went back and read alot of the other posts...What happened to the Thesis?

I am a major binger too. The best way for me to cut a binge, is to see how the binge food incorporates into my calories for the day. Since I am at 1200 cs / day. Binging just will mess me all up. So I am very careful! If you go to binge, take your food journal with you and write down what you have eaten...it's painful sometimes--but it helps to see how out of control you look on paper.

Jendiet - AMEN to the journal!! I have written down what I ate when I had a mini-binge and wow, was it shocking. It was so embarrassing too. I felt like such a hippo.

Today wasn't that bad calorically -

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder, omelet (1 egg white, 1 whole egg, salt, dried basil & oregano), 2 flour tortillas, 1 tsp feta cheese (385 cals)

Lunch - 1/2 serving Pasta Carrabba (fettucine alfredo with mushrooms and peas and grilled chicken), 1/2 serving minestrone soup, 2 slices of bread with 1 tsp olive oil (770 cals)

Dinner - 1/2 serving pasta carrabba (450 cals)

Snack - apple (120 cals)

Total cals: 1725. I ate dinner really early for me (5:45 ish) because I was hungry after eating at noon. I'm guessing I will get really hungry in another 2 hours so I'll have an apple then.

Exercise: 35 minutes of walking with 1 mile jog. I forced myself to jog because I didn't want to feel guilty about my carb fest, haha. :)

hey Sunni, thanks for asking! yes feeling much better, now that i've recognised that i have a problem, i can take steps in dealing and controlling it.

thats awesome about the 0.2lbs loss! i totally agree, calorie counting is the best ! and it really works

im so glad that i kept a food journal otherwise i wouldnt have realised the binge days ive been having these past two months and why ive not been losing weight.

Jendiet, you're so right! i agree, its the best method ever!!

for me, i binge when i am really hungry and preparing my dinner, and i start eating everything cold cause im so hungry. so now that i've recognised that i do that. i make a conscious decision not to take even a single bite before i have made everything and everything is calorie counted for and im actually sitting down at the kitchen table


thanks for asking about the thesis. i have to go to the binding shop next week to get it bound and then can hand it into the powers that be, then i will be freeeeeeeeeeeeee

today i did not binge, 2nd day now. :cb:

my confession:

breakfast:

60g cereal 222cal
150ml semi sk milk 74cal
1 toast 120
light cream cheese 16g 25cal
total calories >> 441cal

then after 1 and half hours, i did cardio workout, biggest loser dvd hehe burned 500 calories.

then was starving. so i had a quick post workout snack, of almonds and raisens (54 calories)

then had lunch , a sandwhich and a banana and a treat (jaffa cake) >> total calories for lunch was 690 calories

then before dinner, i did my second workout of cardio, to burn another 500 calories. i did week 3 of c25k, and then i did interval sprints.

so cause i went over abit at lunch, i had to be careful with dinner. so opted for roasted veggies and yellow daal (lentil soup). with a few treats at the end of the meal - total calories for dinner was 391 calories

total calories eaten today was 1576 calories, went over my BMR calories by 52 calories.

calorie deficient today was: 1100 calories approximate predicted pound loss = 0.31 lbs.

i really want to keep this up everyday. no more binge days, so by the time my cousin comes, i want to be down to 150 :)

Hi Everyone:

I had set a goal of eating all the lettuce (at lunch) and spinach (breakfast) that I purchased for the week and I did it.

Sunni Great job on planning your foods with the added obstacle of going to Carrabba's. :carrot:

Jen Please tell me about your breakfast shake.

Echo The other problem with cooking is that you have to taste for seasonings, etc. Those tastes have calories and it all adds up. Great job on recognizing these set backs and addressing them.


Confessions:

Breakfast
Spinach Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
honey 60
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 100 cal

Lunch (Panera)
1/2 Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich 340 calories
cup Broccoli Cheddar Soup 190

Snack: Few Nuts 90 calories

Dinner:
Boiled Jumbo Shrimp 6 100 calories
Steamed Spinach
Augratin Potatoes 150 Calories
Glass Sweet tea 100 calories (?)
Grilled Ribeye Steak approx 6 ounces 350 calories
Coconut Custard Pie slice 300 calories

Exercise:
No official workout. I went shopping and I bought a new pair of fitness shoes. Shopping counts, right? :o

Ouch! It looks like my calories were high today. They are around 2100. I hope I estimated some of these higher than they really are.

Diana, the breakfast shake is really simple. it is just 1/4 cup of Carnation breakfast mix in 1 cup whole milk in the morning. I found the shake to be the best method for me to get breakfast since I tend to have a sluggish metabolism in the morning, sluggish metabolism and sluggish bowels. (prob from eating dinner too late--don't have a choice too much there). Good job on your food intake, not being too far off despite a Restaurant meal? Plus, shopping does count, as long as you are moving!

Echo-good that the Thesis is still on it's way. I hope everything works great! I am a cook too, and I have found since I cook alot of veggies, tasting them is the easiest route when I get the "tasties". I made collards, and german cabbage tonight.

Well, I finished the rose bed. It was a lot of work. Apparently the equivalent of walking 11.08 miles and 23,385 steps. It is great though.

Now, in order from the road, I have a Mr. Lincoln (deep red), a Kimberlina (soft pink), the Crepe Myrtle (burgundy cotton), the Magic blanket (soft white-pink rose), The Knockout (hot pink), King Midas (bright yellow), and the other Knockout (pink). The bed is 10 ft by 2 foot, and is mulched with black bark.

I was so sad because I had 3 Prunus Subhirtella Pendulas (Weeping Higan Cherry) and I didn't know what to do with them--they are too big to put near the property. We have huge Poplars and Walnuts already, but my SO decided we could plant them near the creek! great idea. I really want to enjoy their beauty.

well, so today I was extra hungry (more activity) and finished the day with 1400 cs. Still 185 under BMR. I finished with a 1136 caloried deficit (I do the same thing Echo! I have used this plan with Excel in the past, I didn't know JM suggested it)--with a 1.8 lb equivalent from previous days -6609 so far). I calculate all that in the food journal now, and not on Excel--so it's in my face all day. I use the activity calories from my Pedometer watch only. I know there will be more activity--but I use only this, unless it malfunctions.

Well, so dinner was oven barbequed chicken, collard greens, german cabbage, and 1/2 cup butter noodles. dessert was a coconut macarroon, and my night cap was hotcocoa with a splash of liquor!

Echo, thanks for making the new thread!

I've been having a pretty chill weekend, trying to take care of lots of errands and cleaning before my husband and I head to Florida for Thanksgiving. Thankfully, that's meant being at home lots and staying very much on plan.

Believe it or not, I'm still waiting to hear from the doctor about the ultrasound. I called them literally six times between Thursday and Friday and still no one has called me with the results. At this point, I've just decided not to worry about it until after Thanksgiving, regardless of the results. I've stopped eating cheese (the only thing I can figure is directly causing the attacks, because I ate it both times I've had one in the last two weeks), and am hoping to control the symptoms through diet until I get back home next week.

My confessions for yesterday:

B: Got up late and missed it, whoops.

L: black bean burger with bun and 1 tbsp ketchup, mixed greens salad with 1 tbsp honey ginger dressing

S: skinny cow vanilla ice cream cone

D: 5 morningstar buffalo chicken wings, 2 cups green beans, 20 baked bbq chips

E: 10 minutes stationary bike, 16 minute mile on the elliptical, 20 minutes on the treadmill

Diana - thanks!! :) well done on eating all the lettuce and spinach :broc:

Jendiet - Thanks!! and well done on finishing the rose bed :flow2: i love the names of the flowers! so cute

i'm growing a sunflower at the moment, its indoors cause its so cold. its my little baby lol at the moment its just green leaves. i started with 4 pots but the others either didnt germinate or wilted. so i have one left.

hey thats awesome that you use excel. i dont think JM suggested excel in particular, she just mentioned keeping a journal diary. i like having an excel spreadsheet. hehe i like crunching the numbers! nice to have a fellow number cruncher hehe

like today, i ate 77 calories over my BMR calories, so i resisted eating a small chocolate treat, as it would have affected the decimal numbers lol and i didnt want to cancel out the workout i did today, especially cause i was feeling tired today.

taking a rest day tommorow. as i heard that its good to rest every 3 days of workout. JM is right, your body does need rest, and i've been working out intensely these past three days and today i felt tired during my workout.

hey awesome Jendiet, i use my pedometer aswell ! i use that to track my AMR calories and then add it to my exercise calories from my heart rate monitor, to figure out my total calorie deficient for the day. it just makes me happy to see the number at the end of the day.

Emily- you're so welcome, my pleasure :) aaww have a lovely time in florida. thats a good idea not to worry about the result till after thanksgiving.
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my confession for today:

breakfast:

apple and blueberry porridge 229cal
raisen toast 96cal
cheese pickle and mini toast188

>>513cal

lunch:
1 banana 105cal
1 walnut (6g) 43cal
toast - 93cal
strawberry jam 8g 21cal
peanut butter 10g 60cal

>>322cal

dinner:
2 rotis 448cal
4g butter 22cal
saag (curry made of mustard greens, spinach and brocoli) 250g 270cal

>>740cal

dessert
30ml chocolate milkshake 26cal

total calories eaten 1601

went over calorie limit by 77 calories.


caloried burned through exercise (jillian michaels no more trouble zone workout)= 297calories

my current estimated BMR (basal metabolic rate) = 1502 calories

calories from daily activity (pedometer) = 623 calories.

estimated raised BMR ie my AMR (active metabolic rate) = 2422 {my bmr + daily activity (pedometer) + calories burned through exercise}

calorie deficient = 821 calories (2422 (AMR)-1601 (calories eaten)]

predicted pounds loss -0.23lbs

todays weight = 155.8lbs. Tomorrows predicted weight = 155.6lbs. :goodscale
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yesterday i predicted a calculated pounds loss to be 0.64lbs and this morning , i had an actual loss of 0.3lbs.
i really like tracking my weight with the digital scale. its helping me to stay within my calorie limit.:cb:

Hi Everyone, it's back to work tomorrow! I never get everything done!

Confessions:

Breakfast
Egg McDiana ;)
High Fiber English Muffin 100 calories
1 Piece precooked bacon cooked to remove more fat 25 calories
Egg 70 calories
2% American Cheese 50 Calories
Juice 100 calories
Coffee w/cream-sugar

Lunch We ate lunch at a locally owned restaurant. I think my meal was very similar to one at Panera, so I am using that info.
Grilled turkey, bacon, cheese sandwich w/lettuce tomato 720 Calories
fruit cup 60 Calories

Dinner
Sesame noodles w/shrimp & snow peas 420 Calories

Exercise:
30 Minutes to Fitness Weights (Premix Total Body plus active rest)
TJ 20 Minute Workout

I swear today was terrible. I was HUNGRY all day. I think it's hormones, I can feel them shifting...I had a terrible time staying under 1500 but I am proud to say I did it!

At least it is a sign my metabolism is increasing--I learned that from someone else. I know I got alot of muscle to repair, but I really wanted to eat the fridge!

I took in 1485 cs, ONLY 100 below BMR. And I did 830 cs in activity. so -930 today. Since I cut back that should equal 2 lbs. Although I know if I am putting on muscle I need to look for the body change too. I ate alot of salt today too though. Trying to drink a little extra water to flush it.

My stupid knee is acting up again (And I really must learn that twisting motions are my enemy and to be careful when I dance) so I've had to stop my treadmill and aerobics work for a few days. And of course, that put me on a plateau. Hoping for a "Whoosh" next week when I can do more than weights again!

Yesterday's confessions:

Exercise--20 minutes weights, 15 minutes stretches

Breakfast: 1 cup plain 0% Greek yogurt, 1 cup strawberries, 1 tsp. Stevia; coffee, 1 Tbs. lowfat 1/2 and 1/2

Lunch: Salad with veggies and 1 sliced chicken breast, sauteed mushrooms, balsamic dressing; water

Snack: Low Carb tortilla rolled with goat cheese, chutney and lettuce; water

Dinner: 3 oz. grilled tuna with 1 Tbs. olive tapenade; grilled string beans; sauteed escarole; 1/2 roasted sweet potato; 1/2 glass red wine; water

Sorry I didn't check in yesterday. I was goofing off in the morning, then took an early afternoon nap, then Mr. Sunni's woke me up and took me out to lunch to a mediterranean place and after that we spent 3 hours at the mall at my request. :D I can't wait until I get a job so I can buy new clothes. Hee.

I tried on jeans again and Mr. Sunni said that my hips are a sz 10 but the rest of me is a sz 8. He says proportionally my hips will always be bigger than my waist and thighs so I shouldn't go starve myself to fit. He said this as I got a crazy look on my face thinking about how I could skinnify myself. I am SO impatient. :p

I posted this in the BL challenge chat thread and I thought I'd share here as well:

Back in '07, I was dieting the unhealthy way (really stressed out so barely eating) and as my mom had just gifted me a brand new digital scale (I asked for one) I decided to play with the settings. One thing it could do was calculate a 10% weight loss from your current weight. At the time, I weighed 169, so a 10% loss would leave me at 152.2. I hadn't thought about that goal in a LONG time and just yesterday I hit "user1" on my scale just to see my progress in the last 2 years, haha. Turns out, I am ONE lb away from that 10% goal!! It was SO excited because at the time I remember going *huff* "I'll NEVER get there, that's SO much weight to lose!!!" and here I am - within a lb. Cool. :D

Today's planned confessions:

Breffix - 1 cup skim milk + 1 tbsp cocoa powder, instant oatmeal (300 cals)

Snack - 1 banana, 1/4 cup raisins (250 cals)

Lunch - chickpea curry, veggie curry, 2 rotis (520 cals)

Snack - 1 apple (120 cals)

Dinner - Spiced peas and tofu curry (I'm in a curry mood), 1 cup cooked white rice. hmmm, rice is 200 cals, have to figure out how many cals are in the curry

Dessert - Dark chocolate truffle (140 cals). I bought about 6 yesterday at Godiva's. Yum. :D

Total cals: 1530, not counting the tofu and peas. I think that will come out to 200 a serving, so my total cals for today should be 1730.

Exercise: It's raining pretty heavily outside now. I'll have to wait and see if it changes or do some indoors exercises. Hate that, because I can never get myself to do them. :dz:

aww thats so awesome Sunni!! its nice to go back and see how far you have really come! congrats!

- Diana - what are McDiana eggs ;)

good job in staying within your calories Jendiet!

im feeling hungry and im already at 1475 calories. but i'm going to have a small dinner as i get grumpy and cant sleep if i go to bed hungry.

today was my rest day. but did plenty of house work. had window glazers around so after they left, had to tidy up, hoover etc etc. so that burned a good calories hehe. which probably raised my AMR

so today i will take as a non-losing day and maintance mode, so i can have a nice small dinner meal. tommorow will go back to "losing weight" mode and eat within my calories and exercise.

will come back for my confession.

Just finished a good workout (the daily crossfitmom.com), 1/2way through my new eating plan (2100-2200 calories). It rocks!

Breakfast:
Protein pancakes + sugar free rasberry jam, 1 black tea

Snack:
1 large whole wheat wrap with 1 tbsp natural peanut butter, 1 whole apple

Lunch:
1 chicken breast, 4 cups spinach salad, 1-2tbsp oil dressing, 1 cup brown rice

Snack:
Raw veggies assortment, 1 scoop protein powder

Dinner:
Ahi tuna, 1 cup brown rice, 1-2 cups steamed veggies

Snack:
175g greek yogurt (coconut for now), 1/2 cup berries (tonight, blackberries)

my confession:

breakfast
granary toast 120cal
cheese 26g 106.6cal
1 small potato 43cal
fruit fibre cereal 40g 148cal
100ml milk 98cal

total calories 515.6cal

lunch

toasts 186cal
date 23cal
i cant believe it not butter 10g 54cal
choc milkshake 40cal
yogurt 1 tsp 8cal
1 fried roti in 1 tsp of olive oil 257cal
cream cheese 2g 3cal
ketchup 4g /mustard 4g 8cal
chicken kebab 60g 142.8
cheese 65.6
saag 160g 172.8cal

total calories 960.2cal

dinner 1 fried roti 257cal
16g cheese 65.3cal
100g saag 108cal
100g daal 104cal
1 tsp yogurt 8cal
1 chocolate digestive biscuit 70cal
1 jaffa cake 46cal

total calories 658.3 cal

Monday weight 156.8lbs

BMR calories 1506

total calories eaten 2134.1

caloried burned 0 - rest day

daily activity (pedometer) 670calories

total AMR 2176

calorie deficient 41.9calories

predicted pounds loss 0.01lbs ~ 156.79lbs

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today was a maintance day. i didnt get much sleep, and i was very tired today aswell.

i sooooooooo wanted to binge at dinner, i wanted MORE cheese and i wanted to eat loads of chocolate digestive biscuites and jaffa cakes, but i resisted, and did not succumb! instead i will just fantasise that i ate loads of them hahah im so weird.


heading to bed now. i am wiped!

see you guys tommorow! :)

nice to have you back Angela!! we missed you! :hug:

Hi Everyone, It was a long day! I think I got caught up with everything at work, so now I won't have to worry with it during the Thanksgiving Holidays.

Echo An Egg McDiana is my take on a McDonald's Egg McMuffin. It just sounds more exciting than it really its ;)

Cape Breton Chick It really sounds like you have been through alot. :hug: Hopefully next week you will have some answers. Health issues can really wear on you.

Confessions:
Breakfast
Spinach Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
honey 60
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 100 cal

Lunch
Lunch
2 Slices of bread 90 Calories
thinnest swipe of mayo I could do
4 Slices Hormel Naturals Ham 60 Calories
1 Slice 2% Cheddar Jack Cheese 60 Calories
Romaine Lettuce
Cape Cod 40% less fat chips 100 Cal

Dinner Panera
1/2 Napa Almond Chicken Salad Sandwich 340 calories
cup Broccoli Cheddar Soup 190 calories

ETA: I had a few almonds before bed 80 calories

Exercise
~I Want Those Buns
~Long Fit & Fab Walk (50 Min) From Debra Mazda's Walking Fit & Fabulous
~50 Jump Ropes

Debra Mazda kicked my butt!

Angela - poor you!! :hug: Hope this gets sorted out quickly! You know, it's so frustrating when stress is the root of your problems. Um, hello, how are you supposed to live a stress-free life? :dizzy: Are there medications you can take to prevent the flare-ups or is it just diet-controlled for now? Good job on the 2 lbs!! Seriously! That's amazing that with all the health issues you've had, you've only gained 2 lbs. Most likely it's water weight and will come off once you've had a chance to heal. Yay! So glad to have you back!!

Echo - mmmmm, chocky biscuits. :drool: I just looked up jaffa cakes online and man, they look good. I love chocolate covered cookies. I refuse to buy them because I would eat all of them in one sitting. [insert shameface here] :) I made a mistake buying those godiva truffles the other day but oh well, it's only 6 and at least there's someone else to eat them too. Hee. :D

Diana - good job on yesterday with the food and exercise!! Woohoo! Way to be on plan!! :carrot:

Alright so yesterday's plan was major fail because hubby wasn't in the mood to share my curry obsession. Blah. Although I did try scallion pancakes last night and they were GOOD! Will make them again as they're not too caloric.

Recipe:

1 cup all purpose flour
1 cup water
1 egg
salt & pepper
1/4 tsp sesame oil
4 green onions chopped
2 tbsp chopped cilantro
oil for cooking

Mix all ingredients to form a relatively thin pancake batter.
Heat 1/2 tsp oil in a frying pan and pour 1/2 cup of batter into the pan. Fry until golden brown. Makes about 4 pancakes. Cut into quarters and serve hot or at room temp.

The recipe called for 3/4 tsp of oil PER pancake, which just looked super greasy to me, so I dropped it to 1/2 or less actually. It tasted just fine.

Calories per pancake for my recipe: 620 (including the oil to cook them). Each pancake comes out to: 155. Not bad, huh? :)

Yesterday I did manage to go for a 4.8 mile walk even though it was sorta raining. You know how it's not really raindrops but just kind of a mist and then your sweatshirt ends up all damp after you're done? That. :p

I'm not going to plan out anything today, I'll confess as I go. :^:

I weighed in this morning at 261.7, down 2.3 pounds from last week, which is a miracle considering the week I've had.

My hope is to maintain that over Thanksgiving - I'm going my mom's in Florida and don't anticipate being 100% on plan. I plan to take our dogs for a long walk each day, so I get some exercise, and make smart choices with my food intake, but I won't be calorie counting since I won't have access to a computer.

Cape Brenton, I hope you are feeling better and the doctor can help you get the situation under control!

My confessions for yesterday:

B: 1/2 orange, 1 piece whole wheat toast with 1 tbsp ICBINBL

S: 1 cup mixed fruit

L: 1 cup tomato soup, 1/2 piece of zucchini bread

D: morningstar chik patty, 1/2 cup kidney beans, 1 cup green beans

E: 10 minutes stationary bike, 35 minutes treadmill

my confession is that I a have been working out, on plan (eating 1200 cs, an occasional 1500 cs splurge, but my BMR is 1585). And for the past week been going UP! Now that is frustrating. I started spotting, so I think I am going to have a second TOM this month, probably due to the hormones. Well, at least that explains why I have been so hungry the past 2 days, it took lots of will power not to eat chips, chocolate, or cookies.

I can be hopeful that after this TOM, I will see at least a 3 lb drop. So I am going to stick with it, and not give up. I just don't know if I should see a weight gain/loss with multiple TOM.

I did not work out yesterday, had a huge headache and mental fatigue from my first care plan ever. Took 5 hours non-stop to do. It was due same day! I did stay at 1200 cs though.

I used the coping mechanism of a shot of liquor, and a hot soak to cope with stress instead of food!

hey everyone!

lol Diana at those mc diana eggs.

aww im so sorry to hear about your troubles Angela and that stress is causing the flare ups :hug:hope the docs can help you.

and please dont apolagise, you're not whining, you're sharing with us :) glad to have you back :grouphug:

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lol Sunni, you're so cute looking up the jaffa cakes. thanks for the recipe! you're such a great chef!! :chef:

Emily, congratulations! 2.3lb loss is fantastic! :celebrate:

Awesome Jendiet! i hear ya on those pesky hormones making us want the munchies!! am so impressed that you stay within 1200 calories. as i know how hard that is! great job on finding non food things to destress you!
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my confession today.


so i was like ugh its 9pm, i cant be bothered to workout, but then forced myself to workout, even though i felt i had no energy and funny enough during my workout, i got this burst of energy and was able to workout hard. no idea how! as all i wanted to do instead was veg out and watch tv and EAT :drool: and it was jump training plyometrics p90x which is the hardest workout i do out of all the different workouts.

but i was sort of curious to see what my heart rate would be, as i've never had my HR monitor when i did it last, so that was kinda motivating for me. and wow that workout is GOOD ! my heart rate was constantly jacked up in the 80% zone!

in 57 minutes i burned 570 calories. and at the end a few beads of sweat fell off my face. i went into the kitchen half way through, cause i had to refill my large glass (which is 600 ml and had already drank that) and mom was like, wow you're working out hard!

my stats from my heart rate monitor (sorry i'm being a total dork hehe)

maximum heart rate 175/93%

average heart rate 154/81%

i've never been able to have an average heart rate of 80% during a workout, usually its like in the 70s%. so i'm happy about that! :dance:

gonna hit the showers, and then go to bed. as i dont want to get hungry and then raid the fridge and wipe out my hard workout! cause it was tough.

i'm at a good calorie deficient for today and want to keep it at that. i've eaten just under 1400 calories.

its about 100 calories less than my BMR calories. but means i get better calorie deficient, and its nearly midnight now.

actually am feeling peckish already, i will have 6 almonds. 42 calories. almonds are a great source of protein, carbs and fat. and 12 raisens (24 cal)
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hehe just went downstairs to get them , eating them now :)

my goal for this week, is to see 153.8lbs! the lowest i have ever seen on my digital scale is 154lbs -2 weeks ago. so want to beat that :)

today i weighed in at 154.4lbs. so i lost all the water weight i had gained cause of TOM. feel less bloated aswell now.

my confession for today:

no breakfast or lunch. had early dinner at 4pm.

1 date 23cal
1 banana 105
2 paratha 827cal
cheese 32g 131cal
daal 22g 22.88cal
1 fried egg 109cal
ketchup 10cal
choc milkshake 87cal


>>1315.28 cal



snack:
6 almonds 42cal
12 raisens 24cal

>>66cal

total calories eaten 1381

calories remaining 115

caloried burned 570 calories :flame:

(pedometer) daily activity = 711calories

total AMR 2777 calories

my BMR calories 1496 calories

calorie deficient 1406

predicted pounds loss 0.40lbs :flow2:

tuesdays weight - 154.4lbs
predicted tommorow's weight = 154.00

Wish me luck!
 

I am about to do battle with some Ribeye steaks & wine. I worked out for 45 min earlier and burned 500 calories. Problem is, I have not eaten anything so far today and I know that is a big no-no. I totally set myself up for binging and overeating at dinner time when I do that. :mad:

Today was a goodish day, even considering I had a double hamburger from a fast food joint.

Breakfast was a serving of oatmeal with 1/4 cup milk, banana, and 4 tsp of brown sugar (330 calories)

Lunch was a turkey sandwich...Meh, it's not even Thanksgiving yet, and I'm eating left over turkey. Anyway, that was basically just turkey thigh/breast meat, mustard, and low-calorie bread for a total of about 320 calories.

Then I had a snack of turkey lunch meat (30 calories).

Dinner was a double burger from a restaurant called Steak N Shake. I passed on the cheese and only had it with mustard and pickles. It was delicious and worth it...and oh so very satisfying. According to a third-party website, what I had was 510 calories (though Fit Day only calculates a double burger on a bun as 365...meh, I'm going with the higher estimate). I didn't have any french fries, which made me super happy! I also resisted having a pastry at Starbucks when my mum asked if I wanetd one.

According to FitDay (I adjusted the burger to an amount of 1.4 so the calories would be correct), I've had 1200 calories on the nose today. WOOT!!!!!!!!!! And I'm pretty full. I'm glad that I have a few more calories to play around with, though. Maybe a pear? Maybe some turkey breast? Maybe both?!

I walked for only 45 minutes today, though I had planned to go for an hour. I really just wasn't feeling it. That's my confession!

Hi Everyone!

Angela I wanted to PM you and I couldn't find where I could do that. I'm not exactly sure what you have going on with your stomach, but I noticed that you mentioned stomach and stress. I have had some stomach issues in the last couple of years. It started off when my Dad was diagnosed with with Cancer. My stomach would literally fill up with acid. I had to start taking 2 sometimes 3 Prilosec a day. The Dr. approved 2, but at times I would have to add an extra one. My Dad passed away 6 mos. later. I knew my stomach issues were from the stress I felt from that situation and some craziness going on with my Mom. I knew in my heart that my Dad would not want me going through this. I decided to try some natural remedies and everything helped, but did not fix the problem. I searched the internet for something that would help me and I came across something called Holy Basil. I have gradually changed from Prilosec, to Zantac 150 twice a day, to now Zantac 75 two in the am and 1 pm. I am thinking about taking Zantac 75, 1 AM and 1 PM. Holy Basil has made such an improvement in my life. I'm not sure if we are allowed to talk about supplements here. If there is a problem, please let me know and I will delete it. If you have any questions about Holy Basil you can just ask here or PM me. Also, you may have a different problem than what I have.

Jendiet The last couple of months I have been having TTOM every 3 weeks. There must be something in the air. :dizzy:

Everyone Ok, I'm curious about these Body Buggs, or whatever they are called, that you are using. You say you ate X calories and used X calories, so you have lost .25 pounds. Is this really showing up on the scale every day? I have always been curious about that whole idea. If you over eat, how long does it take to show up on the scale (and your butt ;))

Confessions:

Breakfast
Spinach Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
honey 60
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 100 cal


Lunch
2 Slices of bread 90 Calories
thinnest swipe of mayo I could do
4 Slices Hormel Naturals Ham 60 Calories
1 Slice 2% Cheddar Jack Cheese 60 Calories
Romaine Lettuce
Cape Cod 40% less fat chips 100 Cal

Dinner
Baked chicken leg quarter 250 Calories
Turnip Greens 50 calories
Okra & Tomatoes 30 Calories
Cabbage 30 Calories
Green beans 40 Calories
Small Bran Muffin 150 Calories

Exercise
~I Want Those Arms
~Standing Abs From Walking Fit and Fabulous
~WATP for Abs 2 Miles

Diana, the thing I use is a pedometer watch. It has a couple of nifty features. The avg. calorie burn per step is around .049 for me. I know I burn more calories per minute. it should equal the amount of true weight/fat loss. Of course if your water goes up from sore muscles from workout, or from TOM. OR lots of salt. You won't see it exactly. But it will be close. If you don't see it right away, you should. It keeps number crunching/analytical people tied up so they eat less! :P


Echo: I need to figure out the burn when my heart rate is in the 65-75% zone. I also don't get into the 80% unless I go for a walk around the hills of my neighborhood.


Angela, IT could be a food allergy. I have never liked pork products. Being analytical and stuff, it really grosses me out. But my SO likes pork. So for a while I was cooking pork chops pretty regularly. I noticed my tummy would be jumpy and spastic like. I could feel wierd things. (Of course this made my parasite phobic self even more nuts) but, I went to the doctor for stomach problems and they suggested IBS.

Well, finally I said. You know what. I don't like pork. I don't want to cook it, and I don't want to feed it to anyone (personal opinion here) so if HE really loves me, he can get pork products at home. I stopped cooking/eating it. and voila. My tummy settled down.

Boobs, I 've been wanting a little thick burger for I don't know how long. I think it has to do with TOM too. I might splurge on one, but not today. Tomorrow will be a high calorie day. I will try to keep it to 2000. heh.

alicia, I work out on an empty stomach alot too...there are benefits according to clinical studies, but not eating all day--actually doesn't hurt, you probably will binge a little, and take in a good amount of calories...but then you'll stop and be satisfied. I did this on Fast 5 and lost 20 lbs when the other methods just wouldn't work for me. Another good thing about the method is you will not have any insulin/blood sugar spikes.

Sunni, yummy scallion pc recipe. Good job on the 4.8 miles too!

I haven't eaten anything yet, I'm going to do advanced step on the wii for 20 minutes, then have my breakfast shake. I got alot to do today. I will work out again later probably for another 20 minutes. ONE GOOD thing..I have finally decided to up my work out time from 30 minutes to 40 minutes. I did raise my calories to 1500 last night, was very hungry again. but today's weight came right back down from 176 to 175.2.

I found one from a pretty smart person! Calories burned based on HR.

http://www.triathlontrainingblog.com/?page_id=483

Advice for Thursday?
 

Does anyone have some advice and motivation on how to navigate Thanksgiving and the gorging to ensue the remainder of this week? We are going out of town to my husband's family's house. Surrounded by tons of food for days. Smelling it, cooking it, and eating it :?: What to do? It would be easier if I was here at home and could at least get a workout in every day. I know that is not really an excuse. But I usually find any small reason to skip exercise and traveling to my in laws seems like a good one. I know I could "take a walk"...but that doesn't even seem worth it.

well, the approach I am going to use coincides with the Fast 5 plan. Don't eat anything until the big meal. When the big meal comes, eat what you really like! I know it seems contradictory, but you will take in less calories,

This would be a typical day for me if I ate breakfast and lunch on Thanskgiving.

Breakfast 300

Lunch 400 cs

snack 200cs

Dinner 800-1000 cs. (I'm being realistic).

This will be my calorie intake if I wait until dinner to eat. But even if I stuff myself silly if I don't eat until dinner ( I likely won't be able to eat as much as usual, because my stomach will have shrunk a little.) I am not kidding I lost 20 lbs eating like this. I am also going to follow up the next day with a low carb (typically 30 g total carbs for the day).

I may stuff myself with 1500 cs for dinner, but that will be only 1500 cs for the day. well, that is what I plan on doing. I will be busy helping out, and I have done it before, so hopefully I will be able to do it.

I love to eat Big meals with family, so I know I can't try to keep it light for the dinner--that is why I am choosing this method. It will not work for everyone though.

On the exercise, do whatever, help clean up. Help decorate for Christmas--just DO something.

I hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving tomorrow and stay on track as much as possible. What ever you do, please enjoy it!

Confessions:

Breakfast
Spinach Omelet
spritz olive oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% cheese 40 cal
high fiber english muffin 100 cal
honey 60
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 100 cal

Lunch (Soup and Salad)
Lettuce
Cucumbers
Garbanzo Beans 50 Calories
Bacon Bits 30 Calories
Blue Cheese crumbles 50 Calories
Ranch Dressing 150 Calories
Cottage Cheese 80 calories
Mixed fruit 60 calories
Chicken Noodle Soup 120 calories

Donated Blood - Orange juice 80 Calories

Dinner
Cracker Barrel Grilled Chicken tenderloin sandwich (no mayo or butter on the toast) Grilled chicken tenderloins are 160 calories
2 slices of sour dough bread 220 calories
Sample of Coleslaw 50 calories
Cup Vegetable Soup 60

Exercise:
~I Want Those Buns
~Walk Your Belly Flat 3 Miles
~50 Jump Ropes

That's a good question!

when im not retaining water weight due to TOM , or water retention due to muscle soreness, and i'm being "regular" than the calculation pretty much is in the ballpark. and Jendiet nicely put it, it does help people who love number crunching and analysing, keep on track.

let me give you an example of this week. i also dont have a body bugg, so use my pedometer that i wear all day, at my hip to calculate my daily activity calories, then if i do exercise, i use my heart rate monitor. but in the past, i used this website, which gave me rough estimate of calorie burns for particular exercises. http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/cbc

and then i use my food journal to calculate the calories from food (i have an excel spreadsheet).



eg:

Tuesday:
I ate 1381 calories.

my BMR calories is 1496
(calculated by http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/)

calories burned through exercise = 570

daily activity calories (from my pedometer) = 711

total Active metabolic rate (my raised BMR) = BMR calories + calories burned through exercise + calories burned through daily activity (pedometer)
{1496+570+711 = 2777)

to calculate calorie deficit= AMR calories - calories eaten .
{2777-1381} = 1406 calorie deficit

calculated pounds lost = 1406/3500= 0.4 lbs.

So tuesday starting weight was 154.4lbs.
so predicted weight for the next day would be 154.4 - 0.4lbs = 154.0lbs.

on wednesday my actual weight was = 153.8lbs. so lost an additional 0.2lbs of water weight with 0.4lbs of fat. (maybe! hehe)
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then yesterday: my calorie deficit was 1518, predicted pounds lost = 0.4lbs
yesterdays weight was 153.8lbs. so predicted weight for today would be 153.3lbs

but today i weighed in at 153.6lbs. so in reality i lost 0.2lbs (less than the predicted 0.4 lbs)

OR you can look at it another way. cause my body lost an extra 0.2lbs on tuesday, it compensated for wednesday weight loss.

so in reality, if we take the calorie deficit over the 2 days. which is = 0.8lbs in total.

starting weight on tuesday was = 154.4lbs. and todays weight is = 153.6lbs = reality loss of 0.8lbs.. which matches the mathetmatical predicted loss (of 0.8lbs (2924 calorie deficit over 2 days).

so in reality, thats why they say to look at your overal calorie deficit for the whole week and your weight loss for the whole week.

as you can see, its in the ballpark. :) gives you a rough estimate. and as Jendiet eloquently put it, its not always very accurate, cause of water retention due to TOM, muscle soreness, salty foods etc etc. but definately gives you a rough estimate.

at the end of the day as Jillian Michaels says losing weight is an calorie deficit, its all maths. although its gets abit complicated when you're down to your last 20, 15 or 10lbs. thats why you should then eat your BMR calories and get your calorie deficit through exercise and daily activity, and have to really UP the intensity of your workouts. but not workout for more than 2 hours a day. and take 1-2 days of rest days. and avoid processed foods. and drink 80oz of water. get 8 hours of sleep. but also at the same time, dont sleep more than 9 hours, or less than 7 hours. dont eat after 9pm. stuff like that.

and in relation to how long it takes to see it on the scale. i see it the next day!

its not advisable to weigh yourself everyday cause people get discouraged and your weight during the week will go up and down cause of water retention and losses. but i've detached myself and use it more as a mathematical experiment. so it no longer affects my day. and i just like to monitor it cause i am making a graph and like Jediet said, it helps me to NOT binge, and distracts me, so if im number crunching and analysing, im not tempted to eat X, Y or Z. so whenever i get tempted to go over my calories or binge, i do my energy deficient maths. its like a coping mechanism for me.

Thanks for the info on the heartrate monitors and pedometers. That's so interesting. I'm a number cruncher, too, so maybe one day I will get me one.

I have another question. This is about rest days from exercise. Someone here mentioned about working out for three days and then taking a day off. I am a member of VF and people talk about having a rest day, but there is no particular explanation of how often, etc. I looked on my calendar and I have only had one rest day this month, so far. Any info on this subject would be helpful to me. TIA

Confessions

Breakfast:
Kashi Heart to Heart Cereal 140 Calories
1/2 cup 2% Milk 65
Coffee w/cream & sugar

Lunch:
A little bit of the items I wanted. I did not stuff myself. I won't even attempt to figure out the calories. ;)

ETA: NO DINNER

Exercise:
Punch Up Your Walk w/weighted gloves 4 Miles

Breakfast, 3 boiled eggs with soy sauce (245)
3-5 grapes, a very small piece of pork loin for tasting (about the size of a finger)

Lunch/Dinner...(these are all estimates...but it all fit on one very small plate and I didn't get seconds!)
Lots and lots of collard greens
1/2 cup of scalloped potatoes
1/2 cup cornbread stuffing
2 oz turkey, 2 oz pork loin
1 roll

That puts me at about 1200 calories for the day! WOOOOOT! I'm so proud of myself for not losing it. I got what I wanted, didn't go crazy on the portions...and I didn't deny myself. Sure, I could have had 3-5 rolls like normal. I could've had ALL the desserts. I could've had more pork and stuffing and definitely more of those deliciously cheesy scalloped taters. But I resisted. Yay me!

ps Diana, what is VF?

since kept getting error server messages yesterday, my confession from yesterday.

hope you all had a wonderful thanksgiving, i was so jealous, would have loved some turkey and cranberry sauce yum yum. heheh

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Thursday
no breakfast.

lunch:

1 onion bagel 210cal
butter 2g 11cal
boursin cheese 4g 16cal
cheese and onion spread 10g 35al

3 almonds 21cal
3 raisens 6cal
>>total 299cal

dinner:

2 parathas (194g) 854cal
1 fried egg 109cal
cheese and onion spread (60g) 212cal
70g baked beans 60cal
1 tsp halwa 50cal

total dinner>> 1285cal

dessert
2 oreo cookies 104 cal
50ml semi sk milk 25 cal

i hadnt had oreo cookies in over a year, and i sat down, turned the tv off, and ate in peace and quite to really savour the taste, but funnily enough they tasted quite salty!! weird. and not as tasty as in the past, or my imagination maybe hehe when i would have eaten 4 sitting infront of the tv. but still was nice :)

Thursday morning weight 153.6lbs
BMR calories 1492

total calories eaten 1713 calories

went over my BMR calories by +221calories

caloried burned 487 :flame: (cindrella workout- basically scrubbed wood floors for 2 and half hours, boy was i sore afterwards, wore my heart rate monitor to see my calorie burn hehe).

(pedometer) daily activity = 666 calories :devil: lol

total AMR 2645

calorie deficient 932calories


predicted pounds loss 0.27lbs

actual loss = 0.2lbs

weight today Friday = 153.4lbs

Echo Thanks for the info. I don't really know how intense I workout. Maybe I will try the 3 days of working out and one rest day. I tend to be an all or nothing person. :o Not necessarily a good thing. I probably need to work on that, along with everything else, LOL. VF is Video Fitness. The website is videofitness.com and their forum is forum.videofitness.com The site is based on exercising with videos, although some people go to the gym, they do regular walking, or some type of exercise equipment. On that site, diet talk is prohibited, although we know in order to see results the two go hand in hand. Diet talk, religion, politics, etc are off limits because they tend to get really heated there.

Thanks Diana!

yah definately take at least 1 day off a week. doesnt matter how intense you workout, your body still needs 1 day off minimum from exercise :)

enjoy your rest day! :beach:

Alright, my confession is Thanksgiving dinner was sooo delicious. We ate at 1:00 pm. and again at 6 pm. so my plan didn't work out so hot. I ate 1800 cs. with a +225 cs deficit. But my pedometer registered -494. So totaly I ended up with a mere -269 for a deficit.

I did not work out yesterday either. However, I did get good news! I made my goal to lose 2 lbs. I set a goal on 11-20-09 at 176 lbs. To lose 2 lbs by Thanksgiving. Yesterday my weight was 173.8! yeah!!!

I can only hope I at least maintained that over the Holidays.

I had Thanksgiving stuff again for lunch and I am already at 1200 cs. I will workout out today. And I will eat only 1500 cs today.