Greek Island Countdown

Today is kind of nerve wracking.
I MUST MUST MUST finish my paper for school, even though my boss is here today and I should be doing work for work :eek:

I was also invited to go out to dinner with my fiance's work/office at this super chic and expensive restaurant (for free!) tonight. I guess that's a blessing and a curse because I want to enjoy it since it's supposed to be a fantastic restaurant, but I also don't want to sabotage myself the week before I leave.

was 114 after the gym this morning! I really really want to be 113 by Saturday and 112 by the time I leave a week from Saturday. Do you think I can do it?

yesterday, eating went well. i had one donut hole for 53 calories as I was leaving work.
dinner was:
catfish 150
rue 180
1/4 c. rice 50
strawberries 45
Total calories : 1245
gym: ran 4 miles (35 minutes): burned 380
Total burned: 732

This morning I went to the gym, but I was pretty exhausted so I did 20 minutes elliptical (250 calories) and 15 minutes of lunges, dead-lift squats and side stepping squats.
probably burned a total of 300 calories?

Before the gym I ate:
1/3 banana 30
granola bar 120

At the gym:
gatorade 30

Breakfast was:
bran flakes 90
skim milk 40
1/3 banana 30
strawberries 12

So I'm at 350 now.
The lunch I planned would put me at 700.
Which leaves about 1200 to blow at the restaurant to break even.
I just have no idea how much I can eat at the restaurant to stay under 1200?!?
The food is all organic, so it sounds healthy, but restaurant food is never low calorie because of all the butter and sauces they put in everything.
Sometimes I wish there was a little buzzer in my stomach that would go off when I've eaten enough calories, because I can just go and go if there's good food in front of me and not realize how much I've ingested.
At least the menu is posted online, so I can try and figure out what the healthiest thing is.
At first I was considering skipping lunch, but my lunch is only 350 calories, so I don't even think that would help much. Plus I'm hungry :rolleyes:
 
Just do the best you can tonight and exercise like normal tomorrow. If you don't make your goal for Sunday, don't worry about it. It's a little upsetting, but the world isn't going to end.
 
She47441 said:
Just do the best you can tonight and exercise like normal tomorrow. If you don't make your goal for Sunday, don't worry about it. It's a little upsetting, but the world isn't going to end.
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thanks she4! sometimes i feel like the world is going to end for me if i don't reach these goals, but i know you're right. hope you have a great night :)
 
Definatly go and have a good time awaken, dont stress yourself out too bad. See if they have like grilled fish or chicken on the menu, most places do, just use your head and try to opt for something a bit more healthy than, say, pasta alfredo for example. You will definatly feel better about yourself afterwards. If you order dessert, order like half a slice of pie, or offer to split something with your fiance, that always helps. we know how much our bf's can put down;)
 
i am so upset with myself right now that i don't even feel like i can write here. i want to though, so i am going to try. i think i'm retiring my journal for now. i just can't handle dieting at this moment. i'm leaving for greece on saturday, and i just haven't gotten anywhere near my goals. i'm too embarrassed to write what i weighed this morning. i didn't think i went crazy or anything this weekend, but i just couldn't pull through. i gained everything back. but i guess that means i never really lost it either. it was all water...
i'm so stressed out right now. partly because of my weight but also a lot of other things, like work and this paper for school, and not being ready at all to go on this trip. i'm not packed and i need to get on that, but it's also that i'm not ready mentally. i have such hate for myself right now that i just can't see how i'm going to enjoy myself. i've spent so much money on this trip, it would be such a shame to be miserable, but what can i do? i think i'm depressed again...
i guess i could try really hard to get back on track, lose those 5 pounds of water again and maybe that would lift my spirits, but i just don't feel like i have the energy. i don't want to exercise, i don't want to diet, i just want to curl up under the covers of my bed and sleep until i lose 10 pounds.
my limbs feel so heavy and sluggish, my mind is all mushy that i can't focus on work, i hate feeling like this. what is wrong with me???
 
friday morning, i ran 3.5 miles and did 30 minutes of strength training. since then nothing.
i set my alarm for 7 this morning, but just turned off my alarm and went back to sleep :(
 
I'd say that's why you're feeling the way you are. Try getting even a small workout in and I'd bet you see a difference. Also, keep your long range goal in mind - you want a healthy lifestyle for the rest of your life, not just the short term. Like you said, it'd be a shame to spend all that money going to an exotic destination and not enjoying it because of a number on a scale.

Not making your goals sucks but that's the nature of the game - if they were sure things they'd not make very interesting goals. If you're going to dream, dream BIG. I'm reminded of Don Quixote (and/or The Man of La Mancha - could be in either or both) when Don Quixote is lying on the ground in the mud after just jousting with a windmill (that he saw as a giant). A man says that one should be careful of tilting with windmills, because one gets thrown down into the mud. Don Quixote replies, or up among the stars.
 
i got a little bit of work done and my boss is gone for the day, so i'm feeling a little of the stress fading away for the moment. i also realized that my hormones are probably partially responsible for my feelings this morning since it's going to be that time of the month very soon. i must seriously suffer from PMS because i get like down DOWN, not just a little mopey, but seriously hating myself for no real reason. once i realized that this could be what is really causing my feelings, i decided to suck it up and try to remember what i did actually eat this weekend and write it down. it ended up being nowhere NEAR as bad as i thought. i weighted 118 this morning and 114.5 on Friday morning, so that's really only like 3.5 pounds of water, which isn't that much really. shouldn't be that hard to lose if i get back on track, right?????

Friday TOTAL consumed: 1960 calories (burned 450 at gym)
BREAKFAST-
egg beaters 1/2 cup 60
tomatoes, onions 0
olive oil tsp 50
cheese 50
LUNCH- work party (a lot of meat and salad, tiny bit of dessert) 800
DINNER- wine/cheese, etc at wine tasting party 1000

Saturday TOTAL consumed: 2220 (no exercise :( )
BREAKFAST-
bran flakes w/ fruit, milk 200
LUNCH-
yogurt 110
2 granola bars 240
plum 30
ww bread 90
hummus 50
bunch of cereal out of the box (BAD BAD BAD!!!) 500
DINNER-
pho 750
light strawberry ice cream 250

Sunday TOTAL consumed: 1825 (no exercise)
no breakfast
LUNCH- salad from mcdonald's 220
croutons 60
dressing 45
DINNER- family style italian restaurant (asparagus, chicken breast, mashed potatoes, small serving of lasagna, bite of cheese tortellini, bite of veal, piece of cake, spumoni icecream) 1500 ??

Monday TOTAL projected: 1520, will go to gym to run 4 miles and do 30 minutes of strength training (burn 450)...back on track!!! yay!
BREAKFAST-
cream of wheat 100
honey bunchesof oats 3 bowls!!!! (oy) 480
LUNCH-
ww bread 2 slices 90
hummus 50
spinach/tomato 25
pear 70
plum 30
yogurt 110
balance bar 200
DINNER-
salade nicoise dressing 100
tuna 140
anchovy 50
lettuce, tomato, string bean 25
egg 50
 
stingo said:
I'd say that's why you're feeling the way you are. Try getting even a small workout in and I'd bet you see a difference. Also, keep your long range goal in mind - you want a healthy lifestyle for the rest of your life, not just the short term. Like you said, it'd be a shame to spend all that money going to an exotic destination and not enjoying it because of a number on a scale.

Not making your goals sucks but that's the nature of the game - if they were sure things they'd not make very interesting goals. If you're going to dream, dream BIG. I'm reminded of Don Quixote (and/or The Man of La Mancha - could be in either or both) when Don Quixote is lying on the ground in the mud after just jousting with a windmill (that he saw as a giant). A man says that one should be careful of tilting with windmills, because one gets thrown down into the mud. Don Quixote replies, or up among the stars.
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thanks stingo! such kind words :)
i really appreciate your support
you are totally right about the exercise. i'm going to make myself get back to the gym tonight. no excuses!
 
Yup, put on your training face and go do it - you might surprise yourself and have a really good workout. (I find that's the case with me - the days I hesitate/procrastinate from working out, I find I have the best sessions.) Good luck, and keep updating on your progress.
 
I second that. It's ok..little exercise is better than none. Don't waste all that money and don't go. Put on the bathing suit and go out there. Be proud of what you accomplished so far. Don't completely forget the failures, but remember them and when you get down and out, just tell yourself you don't want to go there again.
 
ugh...i have not been doing good. i haven't been keeping track of what i eat, though i went to my parents for dinner last night and had portion controlled salmon and baked potato and squash since they are on weight watchers. i went to the gym yesterday morning and had a great workout (3.5 miles + 30 minutes of strength training), but i think i just got tired of focusing so hard on dieting. it was really torturing me, i was hating on myself so much that i exhausted myself. i kind of feel like i'm already on vacation since i'm leaving SATURDAY! i bought my bathing suits. i'm not happy with the way i look in the them, but i realize it could be a lot worse. i have definitely toned up a little because of exercise even though i'm not as skinny as i'd like to be. one of the problems, i think, is that i'm on birth control pills, which make you kind of soft and squishy instead of firm and toned...i bet if i went off those pills, i'd lose a bunch of weight...but then i'd gain it all back because i'd get pregnant! so that won't work...
anyway, this'll probably be my last entry since i'm going to be so busy getting ready for my trip. i'm glad i put in all this hard work, it wasn't all for nothing, i didn't even weigh myself the last couple days, so whatever, i'm just going to relax and enjoy my vacation. good luck to the rest of y'all on your various endeavors, whatever your particular goals might be, i wish you the best. i'll check in when i get back and maybe i'll start a new plan for myself.
i know for next time, i'm not going to focus on eating so much because it drives me crazy, i'll focus more on the exercise (especially strength training).
peace out!
 
Happy vacationing and talk to you when you get back. Don't worry about the bathing suits, you did the best you could. Just remember that.
 
I'm sure walking around all the wonderful antiquities in Greece will give you plenty of exercise - lots of hills/mountains there. And you're right - focus on gaining ability, a positive goal, rather than what you can/can't eat (a negative goal in my mind). And don't forget to tip the bouzouki player on the way out.
 
hello everyone!
it's been 4 months since i've posted anything. hope everyone had a happy thanksgiving! and i hope all of your pursuits for fitness have been going well too! i just finished reading back through my diary and found it really interesting to reflect and to see where i am now. the good news is that i've been much less obsessive about eating over the last 4 months. i haven't kept a diary or counted calories, but have just been trying to eat sensibly. school started up again full-time in august so i'm not working anymore. it's always easier for me to eat less when i'm in school because i eat breakfast before i leave in the morning (6:45 am) and eat my packed lunch (usually yogurt, sandwich, fruit) at the library. By the time I get home at 6 or 7, my bf is in the process of cooking a healthy dinner so I'm not tempted to snack if I know a wonderful meal is ahead. So in some ways, I'm really happy with my current weight (116). I've managed to maintain that for these 4 months, sometimes getting down to 113 without even really trying, but always bouncing back. The thing that has been lacking since I last wrote is EXERCISE. I have been doing some weight training, which is great(!), but I haven't really done cardio. It's sad because I look back and see that I was almost ready to run a half marathon and now I've only run ~5 miles about every 2 weeks. The other thing is that Xmas is coming up and I know I'll be eating a lot, so I'd just like to make sure I stay healthy until then, maybe even lose a couple pounds beforehand. but if i DON'T, i'm not going to stress about it, because 116 is a good weight to be. 116 looks even better on me with lots of tone in my butt and thighs from all the strength training! i've definitely got to keep that up.
I did start to count up my calories at the beginning of this week, just to see how I was doing and it looks like I eat about 1600. I'm not going to try and plan out meals or anything, I'm just going to try to eat sensibly and up the exercise and see what happens.
can't wait to read through some of your diaries and see what ya'll have been up to!

peace.
 
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tonight went great! i got on the elliptical for 30 minutes and read my fitness magazine to get some ideas. afterwards, i tried this pilates workout they recommended, which felt really great for my abs. i also tried these 6 moves that supposedly work ALL your muscles. my biggest stuggle is with push ups and other exercise that involve using my upper body to support myself, so i'm going to focus on those moves in the future.

my fiance cooked penne al vodka for dinner which isn't the healthiest, but i had a reasonably-sized portion, so i'm guessing it was around 550 calories. i'm up to 1370 for the day, so i think i'll have a scoop of cookies and cream ice cream for dessert. edy's light (thick and creamy) is the BEST THING EVER INVENTED. only 130 calories in 1/2 cup and it tastes like heaven.

so i'll finish up the day eating 1500. oh no! i think i'm calculating calories again! i think it'll be okay if i don't try to be too extreme about it.

anyway, i'm feeling very healthy...
 
it's been a long day, but i'm PSYCHED to watch the season premiere of scrubs tonight! (my favorite show)
plan is to do work until 7, then go to the gym for 1/2 hour, strength training for the next half hour, eat a healthy dinner (fiance is making indian curry), then relax and enjoy my marathon tv night of the office, scrubs, gray's anatomy, and ER. think i like medical shows much? i don't watch that much tv, i swear! it's just thursday nights...
i was 115 this morning, yay! i love when the numbers go down...makes my world a brighter place.
680 calories so far today so there's plenty of room for dinner.
have a good night all.
 
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