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Tryingtostayfit

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10/27/05

Why can't I seem to stick to anything?!!? I lose, gain, lose, gain....
Anyway, I only want to lose a measly 8-10 pounds and can't seem to lose more than 3 or 4 at a time and then I feel good enough and I start eating more again and there begins the cycle. I'm 5'4" and around 128. I've never weighed more than 120 until now. I quit smoking and gained the 8 pounds. I know I'm still at a weight that shouldn't be concerning to me, however each year I've gained another pound or 2 until it turned into 8. If this cycle doesn't stop I will soon have a weight problem on my hands. Anyway, I feel like if I record my eating, I'll feel more accountable and might be able to actually fit into the majority of my wardrobe again.

Today (so far and projected):
Breakfast-
8 seed crackers (120 calories)
23 raw almonds (160 calories)
1 Coffee

Snack:
1 Small apple (60)
Nuts over Chocolate LUNA bar (180)
Planned lunch:
Salad with 1/2 egg and balsamic vinegar (150)

Planned Snack:
1 Small Apple (60)
Tea

Planned Dinner:
Spinach with carrots and celery (50)
Avocado (300)
Olive oil and apple cidar vinegar dressing (60)
Protein Shake- Whey protein, soy milk (170)

Planned Snack:
Protein Shake- Why Protein with water (100)

Total Calories: 1410
**Exercise, walk-about 4 miles, run-2 miles, stretch
 
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FYI,
I don't eat meat so I try to suppliment protein where I can. I often record my diet in here:
I recommend this site to anyone who isn't sure if they are getting everything they need from their diets.
 
Thank you for the welcoming! I was afraid people wouldn't be supportive because I have less to lose than a lot of other folks, but I want eveyone to realize I have the same hardships and problems with motivation as everyone else!!!!
 
1 pound to 100 pounds it’s all hard mate. I think you are smart to do something about it now. I hope you have a good week.
 
10/25/05

That didn't work out quite so well....had some apple crisp and the rest is sort of a food induced blur. Anyway, the only way to deal with these slips is to get back on the horse asap.

Menu:
Breakfast
Raw Almonds (35)-240 calories
Pureed Apples/Prunes-120
Coffee

Snack:
Trail Mix-280

Lunch:
Salad with 1/2 hardboiled egg and balsamic-150

Snack:
Apple-60

Dinner:
Salad (spinach, carrots, celery)-60
Olive oil, pepper, cayenne, lemon, flax seeds and apple cidar vinegar dressing-60
1 Garden Burger-90
2 slices whole wheat light bread-90
Protein Shake-Whey protein with water- 100

Snack
Protein shake-soy protein with water-100

Total: 1350

If the rain lets up I'll run....if not, I'll find a DVD. I have Taebo, Pilates and a few others. I'll probably do the short taebo (1/2 hour) combined with a yoga or pilates DVD. I'm going to try to not 'punish' myself too much today...that usually only inspires me to quit because I've made my objectives so impossibly hard that it its easier to veg out in front of the tv and feel guilty.
 
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10/26/05

Did well last night and felt very balanced. I thought I'd be tired and not feel like exercising or doing my chores because I had an appointment after work, but it seemed to really help. I think I've been sitting for too long at dinner after work and loosing motivation. The rain did not subside, but I did exercise. I didn't use any DVD's, but I did 25 minutes of cardio (jumping jacks, jogging in place, dancing, etc), 20 minutes of strength (focus on arms and abs) and about 10 minutes of stretching. I also stuck to the menu I had planned for myself.

Menu plans today:

Breakfast
23 raw almonds- 160
Puree- 60
Apple- 60
Coffee- 1 decaf, 1 regular

Snack
Luna Bar- 180

Lunch
Salad with egg, chickpeas and balsamic-150

Dinner
Spinach Salad-60
Dressing (EVOO, AC vinegar, cayenne, flax seeds)-70
Avocado-300
Protein Shake-soy protein and soy milk-170

Snack
Protein Shake- whey protein and water-100
Decaf Tea

Calorie total: 1310

Felt so good after yesterday that I'm hoping it will propel me through at least the first half of the day today. It feels good to eat well and exercise so I'm not sure why it's so hard to stick to it. If it feels good, then why isn't it easy? I think eating certain foods kind of makes you addicted to them (sugar and refined, processed foods). I know if I have a big scone for breakfast, I want a slice of pizza for lunch...whereas if I stick to a menu similar to this, I feel clean inside and don't want to muck it up with junk.
 
10/27/05

I had a pretty good night last night. I need to come up with a way to combat the "rest" I take after work because it extends itself. Often to the point where I don't get back up. Yesterday I did....mostly because I ran out of coffee for today and had to run to Dunkin Dounuts to pick up a few pounds. I decided since I had to go out anyway, I might as well go for my run.

Menu:
Puree and almonds- 220
Seed crackers-120

Snack
Apple-60

Lunch
Salad-150

Snack
Luna Bar-180

Dinner
Salad with lettuce and carrots with raisins and soy burger-140
Dressing (homemade) 70
Soy Shake- 178

Snack
yogurt and oatmeal- 175
Whey Protein and water- 100


Total Calories-1393

I'm not going to plan any formal exercise tonight because I have a ton of chores to do. My sister is visiting (from Florida) and I"m picking her up at the airport after work tomorrow. So I have to do all the cleaning tonight to be ready. I also have to decorate for Halloween. I have boxes of decorations that I haven't put up yet. I'm excited for her visit, but the prep is always a bit of a pain. This is the time I'm glad my condo is fairly small and doesn't take very long to clean. I only have a few loads of laundry and have to vaccume and dust.
Hope everyone is having a good week.
 
Hi! I can relate to your weight loss issues/concerns. I am 6' tall and currently weigh 157. My goal is to get back down to where my closet full of clothes fits (139 - 144). I gained 20 lbs on steroids (for rhematoid arthritis) and have had a hard time losing. I am also a vegetarian and am interested in your food plan. Your food plan sounds much healthier than mine and I am going to start incorporating some of your foods into my diet. What kind of protein shakes do you drink???? I have lots of other questions for you too...what is puree and almonds? how do you consume whey protein? mix with water? I love the sound of the dressings you make! I must get more information soon. I'll check back in later. Love and hugs, Julia
 
Tallgirl,
Good to hear from you. It's nice to know someone is reading and even getting ideas. I'm trying to learn more about the protein shakes because I'm also not sure which is the best. The soy one I mix with soy milk (in the magic bullett....I love that thing) and I mix the whey just with water (only to reduce calories-instead of having two with soy...but the whey mixes well with water actually, just tastes a bit thin). I heard from someone on another site that you should have about a gram of protein per pound, so following that model I'd need about 128g a day...and I wasn't getting nearly that without the shakes. It's very hard to get enough protein as a vegetarian unless you use the "faux" meat products which I'm not particularly fond of in general. I eat the garden burgers which look like mashed vegetables...I don't like the kind that are supposed to look/taste like hamburgers.
Anyway, I'm embarrased to say that the puree I was recording is actually an apple/apricot mix...it's organic babyfood that I buy at Whole Foods. I wasn't going to admit that...but since you asked. I get the almonds there as well. I like to get the raw organic ones because they maintain their nutrients the best and have a softer texture than the very crunchy toasted ones. I like to mix the two things together for breakfast and have the crackers for grains.
I use the magic bullett to make my own salad dressings as well...at least you know what's going into them. I often use olive oil or flax seed oil as a base with apple cidar vinegar. Then you can add whatever spices you like....ginger, garlic, parsley, cilantro, lemon, lime...whatever.
Once I get on a kick I'll keep the same diet for a long time. I like to read other people's diets as well because it gives me good suggestions for variety. You'll probably notice I eat the same things daily...or at least weekly since that's how often I shop.
Anyway, feel free to email me privately if you'd like to talk about more. It's great to get people from all over together to help each other like this!
 
Tryingtolose said:
had to run to Dunkin Dounuts to pick up a few pounds.
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I had to laugh because I always pick up a few pounds when I visit Dunkin Donuts! LOL! Took me a few minutes to realize that you meant coffee!
Totallyscrappy
 
10/28/05

God I love Fridays. I'm on vacation M-W next week which will be a challenge...diet wise. I can go either way. Often times on vacations I lose weight because I don't have time to eat and I'm running around a lot more since I'm not in the office or on the train for 9 hours a day. I'll have to report back on the 3rd when I return. last night I cleaned like a mad woman and was impressed with how clean everything looked in the end....and got a pretty good workout to boot. To celebrate Fridays I always get a "treat" in the morning. Today I got a croissant from Au Bon Pain. I've made mistakes in the past at ABP...last month I got a pecan roll and noticed on their website (that includes nutrition info) that it's 750 calories! Oh Mamma. Anyway, the croissant is a nice treat and is only about 250 calories. I can compensate for that for sure.


Menu:

Breakfast
Croissant-250
Almonds-160

Snack
Apple-60

Lunch
Small Salad-100

Snack
Apple-60

Dinner (at Houston's)
**couldn't find menu on line
Large Salad with Dressing on side
Appetizer to share with group (small amount)
Red Wine

Dessert later (at Zodiacs)
Coffee
Share dessert with boyfriend


Anyway, that's my plan. I'm going to share food and try not to go overboard. Thankfully the restaurant everyone else picked primarily focuses on meat and some seafood so I won't have much to choose beyone salad. Good thing too that we'll be walking most everywhere as well. I'm just going to focus on keeping it light, eating slow and talking rather than wolfing down my food (which is a bad habit that I have).
 
11/03/05

Back to work. I'm so tired today and didn't follow a very healthy diet over vacation like I promised myself I would....but I am happy to report that with the added activity I did not gain any weight. I weighed 125 this morning as usual....FYI, I weigh 130 at night so I sort of averaged the two for the weight in my signiture. Anyway, back on the horse today:

Menu:
Breakfast
Almonds- 160
Seed Crackers- 120

Snack
Apple-60

Lunch
Luna bar- 180

Snack
Apple-60

Dinner
Salad (Arugala, baby spinach, carrots)-50
2 Garden Burgers- 180
Protein Shake (w/soy milk)- 170

Snack
Frozen Fruit (lime)- 60
Protein Shake (w/ water)- 107

Total- 1147

I realize this is less than I usually eat and probably not enough...but I'm trying to compensate for all the extra calories over vacation. I have enough reserves at the moment so that I barely even feel hungry today.
 
Looks like your doing really well. Your sticking to your diet and excersing. I agree that 8 pds is probably just as hard to loose as 60 pds is. Your doing great, keep it up!
 
11/04/05

I followed the plan...well, pretty much. I had a wine class last night that I attended and forgot to account for. I tried 7 different red wines (a small sip or two of each...probably totaling a glass together) and 3 peices of cheese and 3 wheat crackers. I have no idea how many calories that would total, but at least another 300 I would assume. Tonight I'm going to the movies with a friend and am a bit broke and over fed from my vacation so I'm goign to try and talk her into a salad from Au Bon Pain for dinner. The one I like (dressing included is 420 calories)....at least I know what I'm eating.

Menu Plans:
Breakfast
Almonds and crackers- 280
Coffee

Snack
Luna-180

Lunch
Small Salad with Egg- 150

Snack
Apple-60

Dinner
Salad (with Gorganzola and Walnuts and lite Raspberry Vinegrette)-420
Small Coffee

Snack
Protein Shake-200

Total Calories-1290

I think that will be easy to stick to today. Since I'll be working and with a friend (otherwise, preoccupied) I can get away with eating less. Seems I have a bad habit of eating when I'm bored or just sitting around. Have a good weekend everyone and good luck with your goals!
 
11/07/05

The dreaded lunch with co-workers today. It's terrible how trying to diet can make you avoid social situations. I got together with some old friends from high school that I haven't seen in quite some time for a dinner. It was really nice and I had a great time, but I was so depressed getting ready. None of my cute clothes fit and I felt all swollen and ugly. A few glasses of wine later my confidence returned, but I could tell they'd noticed my weight gain and I left feeling a bit beaten down. I'm resolving to try harder until the weight is finally gone. I've really been sort of slacking by letting myself slip up over the weekends and returning to my plan on Monday. It doesn't seem to be working so I have to be more strict...at least for a while. Once I'm back to maintaining it will be easier again.

Menu:
Breakfast
Almonds and puree-190

Snack
Apple-60

Lunch
(at Laurel) Salad and iced tea-300

Snack
Crackers-120

Dinner
Salad with dressing-120
Garden Burger-90
Protein Shake-170

Snack
Protein Shake-170

Total-1220

I'm going to try and stick to a low calorie diet today to sort of make up for weekend indiscretions. I'll suppliment with decaf teas and water to help fill me up.

Happy Monday everyone!
 
Stupid bread at the restaurant. See why I don't like to go out? I had one slice of what appeared to be whole grain bread with some butter. I can't even estimate the calories....lets say at least 100 but potentially as much as 200 depending on how dense the bread roll was and how much butter I actually used. I will try to be very good tonight!
 
11/08/05

Thank you for the encouragement! It's great to know that people are supporting me and it really does help to keep me motivated. Well...I wasn't able to follow my goal plan yesterday anyway....besides the bread I had one peice of dark chocolate (55 calories) and another apple (70 calories). But I did walk to the common, run two miles, walk home and do some ab and arm work on the exercise ball. For some reason I feel very bloated today, though, and usually the exercise helps me to feel good in the morning. I'm just going to double up on the water this morning and see if that helps. Goals for today:

Breakfast
Almonds and Puree-220
Seed crackers (6)-90

Snack
Luna-180

Lunch
Small Salad with Egg and balsamic vinegrette-150

Dinner
Carrott and spinach salad with homemade dressing-150
Protein Shake with soy milk-180
Garden Burger-90

Snack
Protein Shake-180
Apple-65

Total: 1305

I'm going to stick to the same exercise routine tonight as I did last night. Only I will focus on the legs instead of the abs. I have another installment of the wine class Thursday and a chiropractor appt on Friday so I'd like to exercise M-W. I'm happy if I get 1.5 hours 3 times a week of focused exercise. I do a lot of walking as part of my daily routine. I take the train into town (Boston) and then walk to work from the train station (1.5 miles) M-F and I walk home from the train station after work (1 mile). That much walking, however, only helps me to maintain my current weight and I'm interested in loosing and toning up so I need to keep up my running and strength routines. I enrolled in a gym for the winter, but it doesn't open until later this month. Once that opens I'll visit there during the week after work (at least 3 times, but hopefully I can step it up to four). I think if I go after work and don't go home first it will be easier. Sometimes when I get home and eat dinner, I have trouble finding the motivation to get back up and go for my run. Plus there will be more equipment there for a more varied workout. Once they open I'll be given a trainer who will assess my fitness level and my body fat, etc, then they'll develop a routine to meet my goals. I'm really excited about that.
 
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