Default Julie's food & exercise journal

[Cate]

Move on, Julie, move on. We live & learn. Next time you have the urge to binge is there something you can do that will stop you in your tracks? Hop on a stationary bike? Read a book? Listen to some music & dance?

 

[aiminglow]

Good about the good news - only 5kg to go!

Sorry about the binge-attack, but as Cate says, that's over and done, and this moment now is where you start from in moving on!

 

[JuliePulie]

Hiya,

It's been a while! I haven't been logging for the last few days, but they were active ones, so no biggy This morning my scale said 62. Not bad, eh?

My food today
- oatmeal breakfast
- lunch: salad with chicory, cashew nuts and olives
- dinner: quinoa salad
- snacks: curry noodles and sesame snack

Exercise:
- one hour cycling to work and back
- 30 minutes run

I want to talk skinny boyfriends for a second. It's probably silly but normally in a relationship, I want to feel like 'the pretty one'. Maybe because of my own insecurities, I feel more comfortable seeing a guy who in general society deems less attractive than me. But nowww.... I'm seeing a guy who has a physical job and works out a lot and he also looks so young and youthful and... It makes me feel more insecure. And he doesn't help. Sometimes he mocks my 'healthy layer of fat'. The other day he was surprised I only weighed 62. 'Oh, that's as much as me. I thought your weight would be 65.' I don't think he says it to bring me down, cause other times he's calling me 'ridiculously beautiful' but it doesn't help with my self image. On the other hand I don't feel like telling him to back off with these comments cause I don't feel like showing all of my weaknesses to him. Or my vulnerabilities. I'm not comfortable with that yet. Not sure if I'll ever be, although I guess then our relationship is doomed. Okay, *end rant*

 

[alligatorob]

This morning my scale said 62. Not bad, eh?

Not at all, good for you!

...skinny boyfriend... he's calling me 'ridiculously beautiful' but it doesn't help with my self image. On the other hand I don't feel like telling him to back off with these comments cause I don't feel like showing all of my weaknesses to him. Or my vulnerabilities.

My advice is take him at his word, you probably are beautiful, and I am sure he means it. Rather than trying to figure out how to tell him you don't believe it I'd work on believing him. He's probably right. Not that you may not want to lose a few pounds for health reasons, but it doesn't sound like you need to to be beautiful.

 

[Llama]

Sometimes he mocks my 'healthy layer of fat'.

Is he mocking you? If he is, that´s not a good thing, but coming from a lot of people that would not be a negative or mocking comment. Hard to say from this side of the screen though, so maybe go with Rob´s advice: believe him when he says nice things about you!

 

[aiminglow]

About the

skinny boyfriends

Of course you want to be the pretty one in the relationship! I expect you are, too - as said above, if he tells you you're beautiful, lap it up (well, okay, no-one else actually said those exact words, but yes, you should believe him, and enjoy it! Humans DO need a "healthy layer of fat" to be attractive!

(On the other hand, if you begin to think he's trying to undermine your self-esteem at any time - then he certainly doesn't deserve you. But let's hope it's not that.)

 

[Cate]

On the other hand I don't feel like telling him to back off with these comments cause I don't feel like showing all of my weaknesses to him

On the contrary, I think letting him know that you don't like these comments is being strong & well within a wish to have healthy boundaries & respect for one another. I admit I got a bit upset when I read this. In my opinion, this sort of mocking is an unhealthy thing. By telling him how you feel you may be laying down a better base for the relationship.

 

[JuliePulie]

Hi guys!

Thanks for the kind words and pieces of advice on my last post. I still read them at the time, but didn't come around to answering to them. But they helped me! I'm not together with him anymore now, the skinny boyfriend. Not specifically because of his mockery, but I realized I didn't really love him. Or at least not enough, or in the right way, for a relationship to work.

How's everyone doing?
I miss the summer. I miss being active like I was then. In august I had an amazing experience walking the camino in Spain for 2 weeks (an old pelgrim's walking path to Santiago de Compostella). It wasn't just awesome on my body, but I could also really clear my head. And my stress levels were waaaay down. I was feeling awesome after. Now I'm craving to go back or do another hiking holiday. I really like the routine of walking each day, from town to town, carrying all you need.

I lost 2-3 kg from all the walking (25-30 k a day) while I wasn't even watching my food. But since I've been back I put it back on. I can find so little time for sports these days. I started a new job and it's not in my home town... So I have to take the train and when I'm back I'm tired and not in the mood to go to the gym. Annoying! But I should get back to it, cause sports really makes me happy. And I want to lose those pounds again. If anyone has some tips for motivating yourself after a long day of work...?

From now on until christmas I'm going to try a diet banning all refined sugars.
Did anyone try this yet?
So no chocolate (gasp), cookies, fruit juice, alcohol (sigh)... I'm doing this. Fuck yeah!

And from now on: hit the gym 2 - 3 times a week.

Let's get fit.

 

[aiminglow]

Just from now till Christmas, right? The no-sugar, no-alcohol regime? There are certainly people here who take that line, though I'm not sure who - but it sounds admirable to me!
All the best to you getting back into the sport - is your neighbourhood conducive to walking at all?

 

[JuliePulie]

Just from now till Christmas, right? The no-sugar, no-alcohol regime? There are certainly people here who take that line, though I'm not sure who - but it sounds admirable to me!
All the best to you getting back into the sport - is your neighbourhood conducive to walking at all?

Yeah from now 'til christmas I'm really curious how it'll affect me! I'll keep you posted..
My neighborhood actually is conducive to walking. I should do that more... There are some nice parks. But it's coldddd. No, I'm gonna do that more.

Today, I didn't exactly eat healthy (too much bread), but didn't eat any added sugar. Or wait, I did by accident because I had surimi spread and only noticed afterwards there's sugar in it. In a surimi spread! I checked my cucumber spread as well just now. Added sugar as well. But why? Maybe for conservation reasons? Anyhoo, I did give away my chocolate and my spiced biscuit spread. I'm still gonna finish that cucumber spread over the following days, because I don't like to throw away food.

Anyhoo: maybe it's just in my head but I feel like I already crave sweets less than I do when I do eat added sugars throughout the day. I usually start my day with sugar by the way. Oatmeal with chocolate.

 

[aiminglow]

Oh, cold is good! So much better than totally enervating heat. (Or will your paths be turning to slippery ice?)

I don't like to throw away food.

Ha! Nor do I, and that can be a real trap. As is added sugar in almost anything processed, but you knew that already! Thanks for the undertaking to keep us posted - sounds like a great beginning.

 

[JuliePulie]

I feel tired but that's due to my early shifts combined with late nights. So I just slept 5 h the past two nights.
But so far so good! I'm surprised I don't have massive sugar cravings by now. I do eat fruit and vegetables with sugar in them so maybe that's why...
Today I had...
- a banana for breakfast
- a salad with humus and beet
- bread with cucumber spread and a vegan thingie
- snack: oatmeal with milk

Exercise: too tired, but I cycled to work. Tomorrow I finally plan on going to the gym again.

 

[aiminglow]

Will your shifts tick over so that you get more sleep tonight, and nights succeeding? I hope so! Sleep is the secret essential of dieting (and of nearly everything else!)

 

[Cate]

I hope you get to catch up on some of that lost sleep. I don't function well without it. Julie, just a suggestion with your banana for breakfast- adding a little natural yoghurt will lower your insulin response & might help reduce any sugar cravings you may have. Protein helps stabilise your blood sugar levels and keeps you feeling full.

 

[Bflat]

Scales, Body fat percent tests, limb measurements, even BMI are all only tools. They can be useful but don't get dependent or addicted to them.

As for BMI, it was developed in the mid to early 1800's by Adolphe Quetelet, an astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist.

BMI is a worthless, unscientific and extremely outdated tool In my opinion. When I worked in Orthopedics it drove me mad when some of the Doctors used it like it was some kind of unquestionable magic.

Just my 2 cents. Good luck on your journey.

 

[overlandflyer]

...From now on until christmas I'm going to try a diet banning all refined sugars.
Did anyone try this yet? So no chocolate (gasp), cookies, fruit juice, alcohol (sigh)... ...

aside from nearly all processed foods (nearly impossible to find any without some form of added sugar), two things i completely quit, milk by the glass (lactose) and fruit juice from concentrate (OJ, etc... high fructose). talking with my doctor a few days ago, he agreed that while my intermittent fasting certainly had a positive impact on my weight loss, he also noted that i should not discount my attack on sugar/ added sugar. fruit is a good adjunct to dieting, but only whole fruit and in moderation.

 

[overlandflyer]

...
As for BMI, it was developed in the mid to early 1800's by Adolphe Quetelet, an astronomer, mathematician, statistician, and sociologist.

BMI is a worthless, unscientific and extremely outdated tool In my opinion. ....

Quetelet was most noted for his application of statistical sciences to social conditions. his development of the Quetelet Index, noted the relationship of weight to the square of the height of average adults. it was the misguided researcher, Ancel Keys, who adapted Quetelet's work in developing the BMI tables 100 years later.

i would not call BMI worthless as it does retain its base statistical value for comparisons, though it should probably not be used as a absolute scale of fitness. in my case it was fairly accurate. at my worst, BMI=32, my waist was in fact getting into the 40" range. statistically, that is exactly what has been determined as a sign of obesity (in men... 36" for women). i would call my weight loss a change in eating habits rather than a diet and currently i seem to have bottomed out at a BMI=23.5. solidly in the healthy range.

 

[JuliePulie]

Will your shifts tick over so that you get more sleep tonight, and nights succeeding? I hope so! Sleep is the secret essential of dieting (and of nearly everything else!)

I'm combining two jobs right now, but not in a very good way... Next year it'll change so I won't have that issue anymore. Cause yes, like now, I already was home at 5ish, I had my whole evening ahead of me. But due to tiredness I didn't hit the gym. Too bad.

I hope you get to catch up on some of that lost sleep. I don't function well without it. Julie, just a suggestion with your banana for breakfast- adding a little natural yoghurt will lower your insulin response & might help reduce any sugar cravings you may have. Protein helps stabilise your blood sugar levels and keeps you feeling full.

I'll try that! Is soy yoghurt good too? 'Cause I don't really like regular yoghurt. Or otherwise greek yoghurt (that ain't bad either)?

aside from nearly all processed foods (nearly impossible to find any without some form of added sugar), two things i completely quit, milk by the glass (lactose) and fruit juice from concentrate (OJ, etc... high fructose). talking with my doctor a few days ago, he agreed that while my intermittent fasting certainly had a positive impact on my weight loss, he also noted that i should not discount my attack on sugar/ added sugar. fruit is a good adjunct to dieting, but only whole fruit and in moderation.

Interesting, you're doing a low lactose, low sugar diet and intermittent fasting all at once. Disciplined man!

 

[JuliePulie]

Soooo, my food for today:
- breakfast: bread & humus & salty greek pink stuff (TARAMA! that's the word). I know it's not a typical breakfast, but I was out of more 'breakfasty' food
- lunch: salad with salmon
- evening meal: salad with red pepper, chickpeas and feta cheese
- snacks: banana, mandarine, oatmeal

Exercise:
- cycling 30 min
- still planning on doing some abs & ass exercise

Oh yes, and maybe tomorrow I'll face the scale again. Wish me luck

 

[Cate]

I haven't tried soy yoghurt, but Greek is good. It's just to add some protein really.
Don't be disappointed if the reading on the scales is not what you want as there were a few salty things in your day's diet, especially the feta & Tarama. I love them both (& hummus).