i’m spent almost all of my money on groceries, so now i have no money left to buy fast foods! LOL!
my goal is to eat food from home. i’m eating hot pockets, peanut butter & crackers, beef/rice bowls, chicken pot pie, homestyle bakes…it isn’t the healthy food that is going to get me to lose weight but it is my start to getting my mind out of the drive-thru. Once I know I can go without fast food then I am going to let those healthy meals slowly creep in.
Oh! I rode my bike about 2 miles yesterday! That was a lot of fun and I’m going to try to do that every other day! Go me!! 3 hours ago
I’m down to 203. Which means i lost 15 pounds, and i only have 30 pounds left to lose!! 5 hours ago
I moved the scale into the other bathroom today so I could hit it when I wake up every morning. 6 hours ago
“The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.” 10 hours ago
Hey, at the moment I am chubby with a prominent belly under a soft chest. I weigh 14 stone and I’m 5’6 1/2 inches tall. My goal is to lose two stone in three months becoming stronger, more muscular and fitter in the process. I also hope that getting my body in order will do wonders for my mind. 11 hours ago
I just want to throw in the towel and eat anything and everything. I am overwhelmed by cravings. I’m disappointed in myself.
Today the scale went back up to 145. That just makes me feel like I’ve made no progress since the start of the year (even if I am down 5 lbs, I WAS down over 8 lbs… losing 3 lbs is HARD work, gaining it is way too easy). I’m slipping back into laziness, too. Though I walked to work Monday-Thursday of this week, I’ve already decided I’m driving today (sick of stupid cold wind chills… even though I know they’re not THAT bad once I get outside… sigh, lazy) AND I haven’t done yoga or any other exercises since Saturday.
One of my downfalls is eating a balanced lunch. When I don’t pack a lunch, the temptation to pig out at lunchtime is that much higher. When I do pack a lunch, it’s usually very small and healthy… and then I end up pigging out when I get home. And then there are some days, like yesterday, where I eat an entire order of pad thai for lunch, then come home and eat cookies and candy. Really, J? Really?
Today’s focus: health. Making choices that make me feel healthy. Not to be confused with choices that make me feel good.
I can do it. 11 hours ago
That’s it. That’s good enough. I’m sticking with it. 13 hours ago
after a lot of reading and thinking and youtube videos i decided to go the atkins route and begin with the 3 day fat fast, starting with an atkins brand coconut bar. it was pretty good. then later..well i have a few ideas. my schedule is sporadic at best. i will make this work and not forget to eat every few hours. 15 hours ago
i wake up every morning thinking today is a new day. i will only do this this and this. i will not eat this or that. then i sabotage myself first thing by doing something crazy like having cake for breakfast. or i do well until i get home from work. why? because i’m scared. scared of change, or succeeding and seeing what will come with it. i LOOOVED it when i lost weight before. each and every time i have LOVED it. so why am i always afraid of it? afraid to start and to stick with it. afraid of not having my sugar. the fact that i call it ‘my sugar’, and when i notice i haven’t had dessert or a sweet the whole day i start to panic. this is truly an addiction. 19 hours ago
the mind is crazy. my will power is non existent. and stress is a bitch and a great saboteur. after reading how stress raises cortisol and promotes belly fat, i swear i feel my belly growing every time i get stressed out. 21 hours ago
So as you might be able to tell I’m STILL stuck at 196lbs. Have been since, oooooh before xmas?? Bobbled up the scales a wee bit then back down and then up a wee bit then back down, but here I am, still STUCK. GRRRAHMMGGGNRRRPPPPHHHHAAARGH!!!!!
It’s my own stupid fault, and I know it, I’m not being as good as before with my food choices. My exercise is going really really well. I now spin and zumba every week, plus try to fit in a power walk and a run and some light weight training. I do know I can step up the power walk to a run and the light weights can be switched to slightly heavier ones soon (or many more reps), but it’s these food choices that have to be gotten under control. I guess life + more exercise = less time. Less time = less foody organisation and forward planning which = eating convenience foods and chocolate to get energy. Not a smart plan.
So I’m going to make sure I tackle this properly with a little by little approach (like I have done with everything else to do with losing the weight – this works for me). My goal this week is to food shop on Sunday night so there are healthy choices in the fridge for Monday breakfast, packed lunch and then to cook a pot of something Sunday night for Monday’s tea as well. That is it. That is my goal. To shop for food. Seems simple to do, especially since I have a supermarket at the end of my street, but for some reason this basicest of basic steps has gone out the window. I’m bringing it back, baby, with BELLS on. :)
Keep up the good work you lot, you all seem to be doing a tad better than moi! 1 day ago
You know, the hardest part, really, is the workplace. I say that because there ALWAYS free food around. FREE. How does one say ‘no’ to free food? 1 day ago
Today has been a mix day. I started the day really well.
Ate breakfast (250 calories)
Worked out (burned 250 calories)
Snack (100 calories)
Lunch (150 calories)
Then it all went downhill. After lunch I went to mall for some errands. I was passing food court and my mind started making all kinds of excuses, oh you have been so good, one junk meal can’t hurt, you barely go out these days…so cant hurt to just enjoy something you like while you are out. I walked into the food court and out a couple of times before gravitating slowly towards cheesy fries and a glass of pepsi. Felt good while I was eating it but now I feel so bloated and fat. Yuck.
Pepsi and small fries/cheese (estimating it to be 500 calories)
Net calories for the day-750 calories.
I am aiming at keeping it to 1200 calories a day. I can still save today! Going to have some fruits, when I am hungry later afternoon and then a bowl of veggie soup for dinner.
Any tips on how to resist the fries and soda? 1 day ago
I think 20 lbs lost would be a good goal for this year.
I weighed-in at 185 lbs yesterday afternoon which, I believe, is kinda at the bottom end of being overweight for my height (5’11”).
I’d like to get back down to my junior-high weight of 165 lbs, which is more within a healthy weight range. 1 day ago
I have to lose about 9 kgs in about 60 days to reach my ideal weight. I am in a diet and I do lose weight but my resolve is weakened by snacks.. I lost a lot of this weight a year ago but I gained it all back during Summer vacation 1 day ago
Yesterday was a bad food day. I had a dinner planned but R came down with the stomach flu and I didn’t feel like making said meal just for myself. Instead, I developed my own illness – a case of the bingies.
I ate a LOT, and most of it was crap, but there was one point where I was ready to stuff my face with cookies and candy and instead said, “hey, how about a clementine first.” And that’s exactly what I ate. It inspired me – my next food choice was much healthier – a toasted english muffin with egg, cream cheese, roasted red peppers, and cucumber. Delicious and under 300 calories! I still ate two mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups before bed and I definitely didn’t have a calorie deficit, but it could’ve been so much worse.
I’m still feeling temptation today. I am craving all sorts of bad-for-me goodness. Pad Thai, meatloaf, gyro meat… yum. But I just ate two more clementines and it’s making me feel healthier than I did this morning. Maybe it’s all in my head, but I hope it’s enough to inspire me to make smart choices at lunch! And if not, I’ll get back up and try again at dinner. 1 day ago
“I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.” 1 day ago
Day started off good..
breki – 2toast with banana and cinnamon on top and a mug of coffee
snack – 2small apples
lunch- sweet and sour prawn and mushroom stir fry
dinner – chicken pitta
snack- greentea chai, 2oranges
then at midnight i had some serious cravings and i binged! __
had a bowl of cereal 2toast with honey a twix cake slice and a penguin chocolate
urgh i feel so :( i really hate binge eating!
i think tomorrow im going to go out and buy Paul McKenna – i can make you thin book..ive read alot of reviews about it and alot of people had the same binge eating problem i have and found after reading the book it helped them overcome their binge eating problem..so i guess it wont hurt to give it a read
heres hoping it will work :( x 2 days ago
Cw 136.5
Gw 132 2 days ago
I’ve purchases protein shakes from CostCo as a meal-replacer. The numbers are amazing: 30g protein and only 160 cals. I’ve been drinking them instead of having lunch for 3 days now.
So far, I have tons of energy and I’m not hungry!
We’ll see how this works. 2 days ago
“That which we persist in doing becomes easier,not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved.” 2 days ago
but there is a long way to go 2 days ago
