Adriana's food and exercise journal

Your doing great. A bad thing here or there won't kill you. I especially like the great example you are setting for your children. They get mad at you now, but when they are grown they will appreciate that you taught them the importance of exercise and eating healthy. I wish my parents had taught me that lesson. Good Luck with your weight loss.
 
Thanks Pineola. It's funny you mention the kids thing. The kids don't have a problem... my 3 and 1 yo will eat anything I give them and my 7 yo would cut sugar out of our diet completely if she could. lol

I recently told Taylor (my 7 yo daughter) that we were switching cereals and snacks to heathier ones. She was really excited. We talked about sugar and how it turns into fat. Later on I let them have pudding and she said, But mommy, this has sugar in it!! :)

For her age/height, she's slightly overweight and when we talked about it, that wasn't mentioned at all by me - she actualy brought it up. She has thin arms and legs but is thick in the tummy and hips. Her biological mom is this way. She was so serious when she said, "My mom is fat and I'm afraid I'll be like her because she had me (gave birth to her). I want to grow up and be skinny like you!" as she was speaking of my husband's exwife... I was totally hooting inside, but with a straight face, I told her she didn't need to worry about it... that we were going to eat healthy and as long as she exercised she'd never look like her mom. :D Then she said "Yeah, I'm so glad God gave you to me, Mommy. He must have wanted me to get heathy!" You'd have to know Taylor... she's just the sweetest, most innocent girl you've ever met. I love her so much!!
 
Friday

Breakfast: granola with half a banana and skim milk 350
v8 fusion - 140

Workout- I'm realy sore, I think I'm going to take off a day... but I might do a fittv workout... hmmmmm. Is it best to take off a day when you're sore or work thorugh it??
 
Hey areagh, wow u are doing great. I know how you feel about being sore and whether to take a day off. I guess my advice is listen to your body, if it is really painful or you cant exercise it might be better to take one day off than to take several because you have injured yourself. Maybe instead go for a long walk or something gentle like that so you can get some exercise done but nothing that is too strenuous (sp). Hope you are having a good day!
 
Thanks Crayon. I ended up just working around the house a lot. That was an improvment on what I wanted to do.... sit on the couch all day!! :)

Yesterday afternoon was a little wobbly. I had a good lunch, lean cuisine and diet coke - and as a side note, my husband informs me that just one diet coke is negating all the calcium I'm getting from dairy... is this true?? I REALLY don't want to give up my diet coke!!

Lunch: 270

Midafternoon I was having the munchies. I had a smart ones icecream sandwhich - 140... still had the munchies and had a rice cake - 50. STILL had the munchies!! I should have distracted myself at that point, but I gave in, had 4 honey roasted cashews, and another smart ones!!! Those things are fine when you have just one, but I was abusing it and I knew it.

So anyways I didn't eat for the rest of the day. I know that was extreme, but I was so dissapointed with myself. I did pick a few crumbs off of the welcome home cake I'd made for my daughter, but that was it.

Sigh.

Totals come to about 1200... I didn't drink enough water yesterday either. :p
 
Hi Adriana,
You are doing amazingly well!!

I would suggest doing a google search regarding the effects of diet soda and weight loss. Surprisingly enough, they contradict each other. Giving up diet soda was one of the hardest changes I've made - but I'm happy I did.

I told myself that if I want a soda, to have the full sugar version, now I might have one once a week.

Your calories have been looking low, I'm not surprised you felt dizzy! You're so close to your goal, and you'll get there in no time at this rate :D
 
diet cokes..... my last diet I used them all the time and I didnt seem to lose alot. This time I quit them cold turkey. It seems when i have a diet coke I just really really want a real coke. Think if i break down and need that carbinated goodie. Think ill get a real one. Everytime i go to the store they call to me. Funny how they know your name lol............
 
Diet coke

I did research on it and the calcium thing my husband spoke of is a well circulated myth. However I did see other studies and articles that convinced me that my precious diet cokes are not helping my diet. :( I guess I'll take your advice, m2m and have a full cal coke if I absolutly have to have one. :)
 
Hey Adriana

Congrats on your loss. I was reading through your journal, when you eat a snack and still have the munchies, eat another and still have the munchies - it might be the type of snack or the ingredients. Anything with a fructrose syrup or a sugar imitation (which includes the diet soda) - your body has a hard time internally counting the calories, and the fructrose sends a message to your brain that covers up the 'i'm full message' that you are suppose to be getting. Try protein for your snacks. Good low calorie proteins like egg beaters (ham/cheese, chives or plain). Just take a bowl, spray it with a light non-stick spray, pour a 1/4-1/2 cup in - microwave for a minute or so - and they taste good! They have 35calories per 1/4c and 6g of protein. Or try beef jerky (depending on what your sodium restrictions are). 70cals with about 15g of protein - keeps your mouth busy for like 30 minutes and has enough protein to fill you up. I'm sure there are a ton of other low calorie but high protein yummy snacks too - those are just my favorite.
 
Saturday

Yesterday was a mixed bag for me. I did want to up my cals a bit, but I needed to go to the store, so I ended up making pretty bad food choices.

Breakfast: low carb yogurt - 60
baked chicken breast - 280

Snack: light cheese stick - 60
100 cal pack wheat crackers - 100

Lunch: sugar free ice cream - 100
part of an apple- 25

Dinner: stroganoff (1 cup)- 320

Snack: (this is where I went wrong) 2 choco chip cookes- 240
11/4 c 2% (!!) milk - 160

Ugh. Comes out to 1345... not horrible, but not good either. :)

I didn't workout again yesterday. I'm going to make up for it today though!!
 
Sunday

I'm so full right now. I was making a nice breakfast for my family since we stayed home from church due to horrible allergies that is due to having the house all opened up that is due to our air conditioner dying on us yesterday!! So you can imagine the frustration of all of that combined.... and yes, we live in Texas. This is NOT the time to be without air!!!!

ANYWAY!

I was making a nice breakfast... pancakes in the shape of bunny faces, flowers and stars. :) Scrambled eggs and hubby was frying up bacon. I said nice, not healthy!! lol So in my mind I thought, ok, I'll eat with the family, I'll only have three small panckaes, have jam over it instread of syrup, no bacon and a few eggs. Sounds ok, right?? WRONG!

I ate my alloted food, couldn't even finish the pancakes, I was so full and then went to tally up the cals. My nice breakfast with a glass of skim milk had cost me 700 calories!!!!! I am in shock and a little ill due to my overstuffed tummy.

SO, I'm about to start a marathon fittv workout.... at least 3 hours to burn all that off.... whew.

Tom is no help whatsoever! I was telling him with so much guilt about how many cals I'd consumed in one meal.. He was like so? there's nothing wrong with that once and a while. Agggghhh! I'm thankful he's not condeming, but I want him to help me keep on track! :)

Thanks for listening. :)
 
Adriana Howdy texas neighbor. The air always seems to go out as soon as it hits summer. Till you get it fixed go to walmart alot and soak in all the free air lol. Tell your husband,"Hey we havent grilled anything in awhile go outside and fire up the pit." dont need to use the stove inside in this heat. Living w someone thats not on a diet is rough. you wish they would understand but it seems like your just talking to a brick wall. On the breakfast you have to get creative. Look for different style pancakes. Look at the buckweat and some of the others. Not sure if they are better calorie wise but there are always options. Try a low cal syrup or a no sugar one. Try honey. It has just about as many calories as the syrup but it just seems more natural. You can try mixing a sugar free syrup with the one you use now. In theory it would cut your syrup cals in half.(just dont use twice as much lol) another trick is make your own syrup. pick up a bag of splenda put some fruit in a sauce pan with water and add the splenda. Reduce it down till it gets thick. instant sugar free syrup/topping. well except what was in the fruit. Most berries work well for this. Keep up the fight and tell the ac man to hurry...........lee
 
Don't worry about the breakfast, it a week you will have worked those calores off and more. You had a good breakfast with your family. You're working out (3 hours not in my wildest dream) and you have the rest of the day to cut back a little so at the end of the day, you're still close to your daily count.
 
Epi

Thanks for the high-protien snack suggestions. I'd looked at the egg beaters last time I went to the store, but my husband talked me out of it. Guess he's outvoted. :)

I love jerky... especially on a long hike. Brings back memories of a certain canoe trip with my sister and dad and being lost on top a large hill we decided to climb. We ran out of water and all we had was beef jerky. I kept telling them all we had to do was abandon to so called markers that it took forever to find and just head straight down the hill in the direction of the river. They finally listened to me. :) Great memories. :)
 
Hey Lee! Where in TX are you located? I'm in Longview. I'm actually not a Texan... I'm Oklahoma born and very loyal to my beloved OU. ;)

Tom always has been very fit, though he eats crap and doesn't workout. Sometimes I hate him. lol j/k But he doesn't want me to lose weight... he thinks I look fine. I try to tell him that what he calls vanity lbs are actually very imporant to me and the way I feel about myself. I do think though that he appreciates the changes in my body lately. He says I'm getting to skinny, but I think he really likes it. :)

Thanks for the suggestions. I think I should have listened to my instincts and gone with my low fat whole grain waffles. sigh.
 
Thanks smaller! I've finished with one hour... I have another one I want to do and then a really long walk at the highschool track tonight. :) Cheers!
 
Don't beat yourself up about the breakfast too much. Load up your supper with lots of veggies and you will still be on track. As for the non-support from the spouse, remind him that your children deserve parents who are as healthy as possible. It may encourage him to join you in the Egg Beaters if he sees it as less of a weight loss and more of a health thing. Don't forget to drink more water in the summer heat. You can do this!
 
adriana----I'm about 30 miles east of houston in a lil hole in the wall called dayton. Don't worry about not being born here, You got here as fast as you could. Your husband sounds like my dad, He can eat a whole cake and lose 5 pounds. Just keep going and sneak in healthy food to him once in awhile. Just remember hes a man and dont know no better lol..............
 
Oh, I try and sneak healthy food into my chip crunching, ice cream loving, yesterday-3030-calorie-in-one-meal eating man, and he NOTICES ;)

"What are trying to do woman?? Kill me??"
;)

Adriana, those extra pounds are for YOU - you need to be where you feel good and comfortable in your own shoes - your dh isn't wearing them ;)

You're doing a GREAT job!!
 
Thanks for the encouragment, guys. I'm keeping on track.... though the last two days have been shaky... Saturday was the big breakfast day, and I totaled 1300 cals... Today, just under 1200. Sigh. I'm too tired to post the food... maybe I'll get around to that tomorrow. And maybe I'll just skip it and pick back up with tomorrow's food. lol

G'night!
 
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