Geovicsha's Diary - New Years Resolution.

[Geovicsha]

Hey guys, Ross Noble was fantastic. Being away from town sorta screws things up a bit, although I don't have official calories and didn't eat as much as in a routine I did eat healthy. Haven't been able to go on the jogs/power walks either but will get back into it tomorrow on Monday, a brand new week. Tomorrow is also my appointment with the doctor and discussing my weight loss. Wish me luck!

Weighed in at 86.9kg today, the lowest ever. I'll post my offiicial diary tonight.

 

[Geovicsha]

I just got this on MSN from a friend:

you're in my periferins visual! says:
hey random question, have you lost weight?

 

[Omega]

Hi Shannon

Sorry that I havent popped into your diary in a few days. I did warn you not to feel abandoned - but I can never get round to as many people as I would like.

I am pleased to see that Mal has been looking in on you. She has lost as much weight as I aspire to lose and I know that she always gives good advice.

Congratulations on your new low! 86.9kg

You are doing really well!

Wow - jogging! That is something that I havent dared to do yet! I can therefore give no specific pedometer advice re jogging - but I do know that your trousers have to be staying pretty much in place - so if the are falling down a bit that may explain why it was not detecting all the steps. I suppose that you could do the same concepts as walking.
1/ Jog for 200 steps while counting and see how many steps it has gone up by.
2/ Jog for a premeasured distance (you can measure using the pedometer while walking) and see what distance you have jogged for.

As far as weighing through the day goes - remember the food that you have eaten carries a certain weight. If all the ingredients were put into very light containers in a shopping bag - the weight of that bag would mount up. As the day goes on and you eat and drink - that weight is going to increase things as your body gets round to processing it all.

Since you eat a lot of stir frys it is probably worth you and your father being aware that you can get a spray which you use instead of normal oil which means that the calories are reduced quite dramatically. It is called "Fry light" here - and I am sure that a similar product will be available there. It contains only one calorie per spray. Theoretically only about 4 sprays do a pan full of stir fry - but I will admit to using nearer 7 or 8.

Take care
Best wishes
Margaret

 

[Geovicsha]

Sunday, February 4, 2008

Tonight I was online on MSN when one of my friends that I saw last night (first time in 3 weeks) when she asked me online if I had lost any weight. I reply "why do you say that?" with her response being "you just look like you have". It made my day. Although I've only lost 7kg out of 20kg-25kg and I don't notice a major difference personally, I must be doing something right if I got that response!

Diet

Once again had my dad's spaghetti bolognese, however he didn't get the wholegrain spaghetti. Oh well, one more benefit of going back to university is having my own choices.

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One apple - 75 cals (Out of bananas, father got some more today)
1/2 glass of skin milk - 42 cals
Total: 229 cals

Lunch
Left overs from last night dinner (lettuce, onion, tomato, crab meat) - 350 cals
Total: 350 cals

Snacks
5 strawberries - 28 cals
One glass of skin milk - 84 cals
Total: 112 cals

Dinner
Spaghetti Bolognese
Mince Beef - 300 cals
Bolognese Sauce - 88 cals(Think this might have too much sodium)
Spaghetti - 400 cals
Sliced onion - 20 cals
Capsicum - 32 cals

Total: 840 cals

Water
3 litres+

Grand Total: 1,531 cals

Exercise

Normal Walking

Sunday was a very lazy day. Going back to full gear tomorrow, but I just had a quiet one at home unfortunately. Not good at all.

Steps: 1,503 steps
Distance: 1km
Calories burnt: 50 cals

Thanks for reading guys,
Shannon

 

[Geovicsha]

Hi Shannon

Sorry that I havent popped into your diary in a few days. I did warn you not to feel abandoned - but I can never get round to as many people as I would like.

Oh I didn't feel abandoned at all, I'm grateful you have taken the time in the first place to check it out, Margaret. It's great seeing you here.

I am pleased to see that Mal has been looking in on you. She has lost as much weight as I aspire to lose and I know that she always gives good advice.

She's been very helpful!

Congratulations on your new low! 86.9kg

You are doing really well!

Thank you Margaret! Your help and support has come a long way!!

Wow - jogging! That is something that I havent dared to do yet! I can therefore give no specific pedometer advice re jogging - but I do know that your trousers have to be staying pretty much in place - so if the are falling down a bit that may explain why it was not detecting all the steps. I suppose that you could do the same concepts as walking.
1/ Jog for 200 steps while counting and see how many steps it has gone up by.
2/ Jog for a premeasured distance (you can measure using the pedometer while walking) and see what distance you have jogged for.

Yeah I'm thinking it might have something to do with the trousers too. I'm going to count in my head up to 200 tomorrow on the next jog and see how that goes, I'll let you know.

As far as weighing through the day goes - remember the food that you have eaten carries a certain weight. If all the ingredients were put into very light containers in a shopping bag - the weight of that bag would mount up. As the day goes on and you eat and drink - that weight is going to increase things as your body gets round to processing it all.

Indeed. It was really weird because I was on a steady 89kg (moving up and down slowly) and then I slept for 12 hours and went to a shocking 87kg, and I thought it would go back up the next day but it's continuing to go down! Woah!

Since you eat a lot of stir frys it is probably worth you and your father being aware that you can get a spray which you use instead of normal oil which means that the calories are reduced quite dramatically. It is called "Fry light" here - and I am sure that a similar product will be available there. It contains only one calorie per spray. Theoretically only about 4 sprays do a pan full of stir fry - but I will admit to using nearer 7 or 8.

I'll tell dad about that or wait until I move.

Thanks Margaret,
Shannon

 

[allyphoe]

I've been averaging about 1,200-1,250 steps every 10 minutes, allowing 7,200-7,500 in an hour. When I had my jog and checked from the last 10 minutes I realised I only gained 1,050. Wouldn't I have gained more because of the jog, moving faster and thus my feet? Maybe the pedometer wasn't able to keep up?

I think Margaret's suggestion was a good one. I'm currently wearing ill-fitting pants (too loose around the waist), and that makes my pedometer miss lots of steps. I'll often make sure the clip has a good grip on my waistband several times a day, since it doesn't count when it works loose.

Also, the faster I go, the fewer steps I generally have in a given distance. I'd think that covering the distance faster (since you're going by time) would counteract that, but it may be a stride length issue. My steps-per-mile have ranged from 1,919 to 2,855 over the last month, depending on whether I was walking mostly fast and outdoors or mostly indoors (so limited both in speed and stride length).

 

[Geovicsha]

Yep I am quite certain it is the pants, but I'll let you know more when I go on my jog tonight. Thanks Ally!

Weigh in today was ANOTHER low, even though I haven't exercised properly for 3 days. 86.6kg/190.9lb. Whooo!!! I'll be in the 180s club in no time, and soon enough, the 70kg club!

 

[Geovicsha]

I went to my family doctor today (being my doctor since I was 2) and said I seem to be on the right track and that he is very proud of me (he said my mother would be as well). He said my ideal weight should be about 74-75kg, I'll see how I go and if I still have a bit more fat I'll continue to lose to about 70-72kg.

I forgot to ask him how to maintain that weight once it's lost, as I'm scared that if I continue my trends I'd still lose more and more.

He said I'm naturally big built as well, something I wasn't sure of, so I won't ever look like a 'twig' due to my bone structure but I'll still look and feel much healthier. I'm cool with that!

He said not to worry about protein shakes and just to eat healthy.

Afterwards I went shopping at Coles and found a health section and bought some 'Go Natural' bars. I just had a 220 calorie Macadamia and Hazel nut bar which contains 3.12g of fibre, 6.08g of protein, 13.33g of carbs, 18.08g of fat and 47mg of calcium per serve. Does that seem healthy?

Whoo.

 

[Geovicsha]

Monday, February 4, 2008

Again had another weight loss today with 86.6kg! It's been so good lately, but I won't be surprised (nor disappointed) when I see a bit of a rise sooner or later.

I went to my family doctor today (being my doctor since I was 2) and said I seem to be on the right track and that he is very proud of me (he said my mother would be as well). He said my ideal weight should be about 74-75kg, I'll see how I go and if I still have a bit more fat I'll continue to lose to about 70-72kg.

I forgot to ask him how to maintain that weight once it's lost, as I'm scared that if I continue my trends I'd still lose more and more. Can anyone give me some tips for that?

He said I'm naturally big built as well, something I wasn't sure of, so I won't ever look like a 'twig' due to my bone structure but I'll still look and feel much healthier. I'm cool with that!

He said not to worry about protein shakes and just to eat healthy.

Diet

I went shopping at Coles and found a health section and bought some 'Go Natural' bars. I just had a 220 calorie Macadamia and Hazel nut bar which contains 3.12g of fibre, 6.08g of protein, 13.33g of carbs, 18.08g of fat and 47mg of calcium per serve. Does that seem healthy?

The health section was like health heaven.

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skin milk - 42 cals
Total: 292 cals

Lunch
Two tomato and lettuce sandwiches, wholegrain - 350 cals
One apple - 75 cals
ne glass of skim milk - 84 cals
Total: 509 cals

Snacks
One 'Go Natural Macadamia and Hazelnut' Bar - 235 cals
Total: 235 cals

Dinner
Lettuce - 12 cals
Tomato- 30 cals
Onion - 30 cals
Cucumber - 20 cals
Crabmeat - 350 cals

Total: 442 cals

Water
3 litres+

Grand Total: 1,478 cals

Exercise

Normal Walking

Walked to the doctors and around town today, a great day.

Steps: 6,242 (And counting!)
Distance: 3.932km
Calories burnt: 229.8 cals

Power Walking / Jogging

Well at least we can confirm that when I jog the steps aren't in place, and I am damn sure it's because my shorts keep slowly falling down and I have to pull them up again.

I jogged 200 steps, it recorded 137.
I jogged 50, it recorded 37.
I jogged 20, it recorded 14.
I jogged 10, it recorded 7.

How irritating!!!

Besides this annoyance, it was a great day with the exercise and my jogging is becoming more consistent. I visited my mothers and grandfathers graves as the graveyard is SO close and I haven't visited since the health kick. It was nice.

Steps: 8,226 (Inaccurate as the pedometer does not record all steps during the jog )
Distance: 5.182km
Calories burnt: 302.9 cals
Duration: 68 mins.

Total

Steps: 14,468 (Inaccurate as the pedometer does not record all steps during the jog)
Distance: 9.114km (wow!)
Calories burnt: 532.7 cals

Thanks for reading guys,
Shannon

 

[India1]

Don't worry about maintaining right now. Just think about losing. When you've reached your ideal weight then you can go to the doctor and ask him to help you calculate how many calories you need to maintain that weight. And if you keep eating healthy and having exercise you'll have no problems at all.
I think your doctor's right about protein shakes. You don't need them if you eat healthy.

Have a great week and thanks for stopping by my diary.

Hugs

 

[Omega]

Hi Shannon

Congratulations on the continued weight loss.

You had a very positive visit to the doctor. It is nice that he told you how proud of you he is. I am convinced that your mother would be very proud of you too. So many young people make unwise decisions regarding their health. Many people that want to lose weight go about it the wrong way too. By eating a healthy balanced diet and taking up exercise you are doing this the right way.

It is great that friends are noticing that you are looking slimmer. It makes all the effort worthwhile.

Maintenance is something we all worry a little about. I do not think that losing more and more will be much of a problem for me. I think that the body has a setting that is pretty right for it and it will be quite difficult to lose weight to go too far below it. My maintenance fears are more associated with me taking my eye off the ball and piling weight on! I think that we would be sensible to keep on doing what we are doing until we get somewhere near our goal weight and size / shape and not worry about such things. I think that I saw some very similar questions being raised in the expert advice area of the forum.

I get similar problems with my pedometer. I have some new jogging pants that I need to take up because I really think that I am currently losing steps. The new jogging pants are a smaller size.

Take care
Best wishes
Margaret

 

[Geovicsha]

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Diet

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skin milk - 42 cals
Total: 292 cals

Lunch
Chicken Salad roll take out
Carrot - 45 cals
Lettuce - 12 cals
Tomato - 15 cals
Beetroot - 15 cals
Cheese (I think I've got to stop eating cheese) - 50 cals
Lean breasted chicken - 250 cals
Roll - 85 cals
Total: 572 cals

Snacks
One 'Go Natural Macadamia and Hazelnut' Bar - 235 cals
One apple - 75 cals
5 strawberries - 28 cals
Total: 235 cals

Dinner
Roast chicken, skinless - 350 cals
Salad (cucumber, lettuce, onion, carrot, tomato) - 110 cals
Total: 460 cals

Water
3 litres+

Grand Total: 1,559 cals

Exercise

Normal Walking

I didn't get to power walk as I was helping my friend move out and thus heavy lifting, so I guess that counts for something. Right?!

Steps: 6,242
Distance: 3.932km
Calories burnt: 229.8 cals

Thanks for reading guys,
Shannon

 

[Omega]

Doing heavy lifting as part of "normal life" certainly counts as exercise.

You are doing great!

 

[Geovicsha]

Thanks Margaret, your support and regular visits in my diary has meant so much.

 

[Geovicsha]

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Diet

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skin milk - 42 cals
Total: 292 cals

Lunch
Two tomato and lettuce sandwiches, wholegrain - 350 cals
One apple -75 cals
Total: 425 cals

Snacks
One 'Go Natural Macadamia and Hazelnut' Bar - 235 cals
Total: 235 cals

Dinner
Mixed vegetables (Green beats, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower) - 80 cals
Two rissole - 500 cals
Total: 580 cals

Water
3 litres+

Grand Total: 1,532 cals

Exercise

Normal Walking

Steps: 1,198
Distance: 0.742km
Calories burnt: 43.8 cals

Power walking/Jogging

Once again figures are inaccurate due to the jogging not counting the steps. man I'm able to go a further distance lately though, it's a slow and gradual build up.

Steps: 8,018
Distance: 5.051km
Calories burnt: 240.8 cals
Duration: 70 mins

Total

Steps: 9,216
Distance: 5.742km
Calories burnt: 284.6 cals

Thanks for reading guys,
Shannon

 

[Geovicsha]

Thursday, February 7, 2008

A new low today, 86.2kg!

Diet

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skin milk - 42 cals
Total: 292 cals

Lunch
Two tomato and lettuce sandwiches, wholegrain - 350 cals
Total: 350 cals

Snacks
One Go Natural peach and apple 100% fruit bar - 95 cals
Total: 95 cals

Dinner
Chicken Caesar Salad - It's so hard choosing a healthy option when eating out.
Three beers - 330 cals
One tablespoon of caesar dressing - 77 cals
Chicken breast - 250 cals
Lettuce - 12 cals
Minced Ham - 50 cals
Minced cheese - 50 cals
Two small eggs (boiled) - 114 cals
Croutons - 30 cals
Total: 913 cals

Water
3 litres+

Grand Total: 1,650 cals

Exercise

Normal Walking

Steps: 6,766
Distance: 4.262km
Calories burnt: 203.2 cals

Thanks for reading guys,
Shannon

 

[Omega]

Congratulations on the new low! We all love them!

86.2kg!

 

[Geovicsha]

Thanks Margaret!

Friday, February 8, 2008

Diet

My step-mother got some other bread today, which has a 525mg sodium level every 100g and 234 cals or so each 100g. The former bread I was having didn't have specified nutritions but I had an estimated guess from reading internet sites.

An average slice is 75mg, and since four slices is 300mg that would mean I am having 1,575mg of sodium and 702 cals of bread alone. This shocked me and since the bread isn't much different, I would assume it's been like that the whole time.

Thus I am considering cutting out bread altogether, or at least reduce it from 4 slices to 2 and making the same amount of sandwiches by cutting the slices.

Anyone with recommendations on bread would be greatly appreciated!?!?

Breakfast
Oatmeal - 112 cals
One banana - 138 cals
1/2 glass of skin milk - 42 cals
Total: 292 cals

Lunch
Two tomato and lettuce sandwiches, wholegrain - 350 cals (Or 715 cals!?!?!?)
Total: 350 cals

Snacks
One Go Natural peach and apple 100% fruit bar - 95 cals
One apple - 75 cals
Some peanuts and plain biscuits at cousins - 60 cals (Probably high in sodium too?)
Total: 230 cals

Dinner
Quiche - 550 cals
5 strawberries - 28 cals
Lettuce - 12 cals
Cucumber - 20 cals
Total: 618 cals

Water
3 litres+

Grand Total: 1,490 cals

Exercise

Normal Walking

Steps: 792
Distance: 0.5km
Calories burnt: 24 cals

Power walking / Jogging

Very weird today. Maybe it was due to the cold, maybe it was due to the fact I lacked prior consistent walking, warm-ups and stretches or maybe a combination of all but my ankles and feet hurt a lot, especially when trying to jog.

Also, my shorts were falling down much faster despite having the belt as tight as possible. So annoying. I thus became very self-conscious today, but still managed to get in a fair bit of steps.


Steps: 8,452
Distance: 5.324km
Calories burnt: 253.8 cals
Duration: 70 mins

Total

Steps: 9,244
Distance: 5.824km
Calories burnt: 277.8 cals

Thanks for reading guys,
Shannon

 

[Omega]

Hi Shannon

It would appear that I am very sensitive to sodium but I never knew it.

I think that I mentioned to you that for me a major advantage to weighing every day is that I keep an excel spreadsheet where I plot pretty much everything associated with my weight loss project. It means that I can look at the relationship between the things that I eat and my weight variation between that day and the next day.

I do not count calories but keep to a very repetitive diet and occasionally check the calories which makes sure that it is pitched at the right level.

Quite a long time ago I noticed that whenever I ate cheese or bread my weight went up. After observing this a number of times I axed both items from my diet. Whenever I have something that has a spicy marinade my weight goes up. I keep doing this every now and again and tend to see my weight rise as a consequence. I suspect that all these gains have a sodium origin.

If you do make the decision to axe bread - make sure that you have enough cereals (I have lots of cereal) because we get nutrients from bread and you do not want to depleat your diet.

While your weight is going down it may not be really worth bothering too much. It may be that you do not eat too much other sodium.

If your ankles hurt - try making little circles with your feet in the air. Curvy girlie (Valerie) recommended it to me a couple of weeks ago in my diary and it really helped a lot.

Take care
Best wishes
Margaret

 

[Geovicsha]

Hi Shannon

It would appear that I am very sensitive to sodium but I never knew it.

I think that I mentioned to you that for me a major advantage to weighing every day is that I keep an excel spreadsheet where I plot pretty much everything associated with my weight loss project. It means that I can look at the relationship between the things that I eat and my weight variation between that day and the next day.

Yeah you did, I've being doing a similar thing but simply in my mind, knowing what foods have caused me to gain slight weight. Oddly enough, I thought last nights 4 slices of bread, quiche and some biscuits/peanuts would indeed make me gain weight today.

Not at all. A new low again!!

85.8kg! / 189.2lb

I'm now in the 180's club!!

If you do make the decision to axe bread - make sure that you have enough cereals (I have lots of cereal) because we get nutrients from bread and you do not want to depleat your diet.

The cereal I have I get excellent nutrients. I'm thinking of cutting it from four to two slices, but then again, either way, I'm recording a weight loss so it might not be too bad.

While your weight is going down it may not be really worth bothering too much. It may be that you do not eat too much other sodium.

It doesn't really seem so.

If your ankles hurt - try making little circles with your feet in the air. Curvy girlie (Valerie) recommended it to me a couple of weeks ago in my diary and it really helped a lot.

I've been doing that for years, since when I was a kid. The outcome for me now is my feet crack and it might make them weaker as a result and for the past few months I've tried to stop cracking my bones.

I could/can crack my fingers, feet, toes, knees, arms, neck and back. And just talking about this makes me want to crack them all again! Nooo!

Thanks Margaret!