Less excuses and more results
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Cheeselover
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A year ago on October 11, 2016 I decided that I will get rid of all the clothes that will not fit me within one year. The year has passed and although I am not at my goal weight, quite far from it honestly, some of the items that did not fit before are fitting now. But there are still quite many clothes that do not look good on me. Considering that most of the stuff that is not fitting is summer clothes, I have decided to give myself 6 month extension. 
I hope to be able to fit in all the clothes that I cannot fit in now by April 11, 2018. Usually around March/April I am doing my spring cleaning, by looking through all the stuff in my apartment clothes included. I am getting rid of the old and ''morally'' used clothes, so if there will be any clothes that will not fit me – I will throw away/donate without any heartache. So this is decided!
So far this week has been good – went to the gym 2 times already and the food was good. Today is cardio day - 20 min rowing machine, 20 min stairmaster + 20 min running My gym has bought a lot of new cardio machines and all of them are with very big screens attached, the screen is bigger than my lapto screen! It is awesome! I love to do cardio now - putting nice music on youtube, reading some articles on internet or watching some other stuff on TV, there are so many possibilities! The time passes by very quickly.
I have been very good in terms of drinking – there have been no wines/champagne (not even a glass by dinner) for almost 3 weeks now, that is great achievement. But it seems that I will not behave this weekend and will have some bubbly!
Food for today:
B: Coffee with milk, cottage cheese, veggie salad + oil
Post training: Protein shake
Lunch: Rice with veggie-feta-curry
Dinner: have not decided yet, but most likely it will be creamed peas and carrots + some protein (do not know what kind of yet)
I hope to be able to fit in all the clothes that I cannot fit in now by April 11, 2018. Usually around March/April I am doing my spring cleaning, by looking through all the stuff in my apartment clothes included. I am getting rid of the old and ''morally'' used clothes, so if there will be any clothes that will not fit me – I will throw away/donate without any heartache. So this is decided! So far this week has been good – went to the gym 2 times already and the food was good. Today is cardio day - 20 min rowing machine, 20 min stairmaster + 20 min running
My gym has bought a lot of new cardio machines and all of them are with very big screens attached, the screen is bigger than my lapto screen! It is awesome! I love to do cardio now - putting nice music on youtube, reading some articles on internet or watching some other stuff on TV, there are so many possibilities! The time passes by very quickly. I have been very good in terms of drinking – there have been no wines/champagne (not even a glass by dinner) for almost 3 weeks now, that is great achievement. But it seems that I will not behave this weekend and will have some bubbly!
Food for today:
B: Coffee with milk, cottage cheese, veggie salad + oil
Post training: Protein shake
Lunch: Rice with veggie-feta-curry
Dinner: have not decided yet, but most likely it will be creamed peas and carrots + some protein (do not know what kind of yet)
Cheeselover
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Unfortunately this week I haven’t been very consistent with eating, still cannot get into perfect eating after the last week’s drinking. Eating has been ok – no overeating or junk food. Just the eating itself wasn’t in a diet mode (which is around 1500 kcal a day). I was having calories around maintenance level (around 2000 kcal a day). Therefore this weekend I am planning to skip going out and having wine, instead I am planning to make healthy and low calorie meals at home.
But I am somehow not very worried about last week’s eating part. It is as it is. I am feeling good about my body even though there was no perfect eating this week. On a good note, this week the steps and the gym were in place and at least I covered perfectly being active part.
But I am somehow not very worried about last week’s eating part. It is as it is. I am feeling good about my body even though there was no perfect eating this week. On a good note, this week the steps and the gym were in place and at least I covered perfectly being active part.
That´s great to hear!
Cheeselover
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Overall October has not been as good as I initially planned in terms of losing weight. Instead of losing 2 to 4 kg during October, I lost only 1.1 kg. But I am only myself to blame – the diet was not as strict as in August when I restarted dieting. Besides this month I had way too many slices of bread and way too many glasses of wine. Activity level was good though.
At the beginning of August I set the first 3-month mini goal: to lose 8 kg (17.6 lbs) by October 30. The actual number of weight lost is just 3.9 kg (8.6 lbs) in 3 months.. Hmmm, not very promising, was really hoping for a lot better results. My weight is 78.5 kg (172.7 lbs) at the moment.
In less than two weeks time I am going for a very long holiday and will be away from home almost for 6 weeks (!!!) and coming back just on 24th of December in time for family Christmas dinner. That’s way my next mini goal – the second one – is to be not more than +2.5 kg (5.5 lbs) on January 1 (after holidays and Christmas). During the holidays I have booked various kinds of hotels – rooms just with breakfast and rooms with all inclusive (as in most cases the difference between the price for a room with breakfast and AI was insignificant). Was trying to avoid AI as much as I could, but still ended up with too many AI bookings. Eating part I believe will be quite ok as I am not overeating that much there, but disadvatage will be alcoholic drinks/cocktails. I believe I should come up with some kind of plan how often or how much I am allowed to drink. I have already made plans with my bf that straight after each eating we are going to walk at least 30-40 min and besides I will have a lots of swimming therefore the activity will be there. A disappointing thing is that my gym here at home did not allow me to stop my contract while I am away and I will have to pay for the gym for the 6 weeks I will not attend.
Next 2-month mini goal – December 31 – weight not more than 78.5 kg (172.7 lbs) + allowed 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs) gain = 81 kg (178.2 lbs). Of course I will try to do as best as possible not to gain anything, but I will see how it goes.
Then when I come back I see where I stand and will set my 3rd mini goal for the months January – March and get back to dieting a bit more serious.
At the beginning of August I set the first 3-month mini goal: to lose 8 kg (17.6 lbs) by October 30. The actual number of weight lost is just 3.9 kg (8.6 lbs) in 3 months.. Hmmm, not very promising, was really hoping for a lot better results.
My weight is 78.5 kg (172.7 lbs) at the moment.In less than two weeks time I am going for a very long holiday and will be away from home almost for 6 weeks (!!!) and coming back just on 24th of December in time for family Christmas dinner. That’s way my next mini goal – the second one – is to be not more than +2.5 kg (5.5 lbs) on January 1 (after holidays and Christmas). During the holidays I have booked various kinds of hotels – rooms just with breakfast and rooms with all inclusive (as in most cases the difference between the price for a room with breakfast and AI was insignificant). Was trying to avoid AI as much as I could, but still ended up with too many AI bookings. Eating part I believe will be quite ok as I am not overeating that much there, but disadvatage will be alcoholic drinks/cocktails. I believe I should come up with some kind of plan how often or how much I am allowed to drink. I have already made plans with my bf that straight after each eating we are going to walk at least 30-40 min and besides I will have a lots of swimming therefore the activity will be there. A disappointing thing is that my gym here at home did not allow me to stop my contract while I am away and I will have to pay for the gym for the 6 weeks I will not attend.
Next 2-month mini goal – December 31 – weight not more than 78.5 kg (172.7 lbs) + allowed 2.5 kg (5.5 lbs) gain = 81 kg (178.2 lbs). Of course I will try to do as best as possible not to gain anything, but I will see how it goes.
Then when I come back I see where I stand and will set my 3rd mini goal for the months January – March and get back to dieting a bit more serious.
If you´d gained over a kilo in a month you´d be very annoyed, wouldn´t you? That might add up to 13 kilo in a year! Now you´ve lost over a kilo, that´s over two kilos difference I know we all want to be at goal weight yesterday but in weight loss slow and steady (without yoyoing) really does win the race. A 6-week holiday? How exciting!
I know we all want to be at goal weight yesterday but in weight loss slow and steady (without yoyoing) really does win the race. A 6-week holiday? How exciting!
Cheeselover
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So true LaMa, but we tend to forget and want the results fast and now!
Thanks Brawny and Cate!
Quick update on the holiday in terms of the food and activity. Unfortunately I came back with a bit more weight gain than I initially planned.
Even though in the first half of the holiday I was eating close to perfect, in the second half I allowed myself a bit more here and there. Overall food was good, but too many drinks I guess, which I assume is the reason why my weight was higher when I came back. Because I honestly can say that I did not eat that bad there + on average I walked a bit more than 17 500 steps per day and had quite a lot of swimming! But I am happy to report that as on Friday, 2nd February, I am back to my pre holiday weight of 78.5 kg (172.7 lbs). It is a bit of shame as I could have already had better progress if I did not have to lose the holiday weight, but ahhh… nothing I can do about it now.The next mini goal is to lose 7 kg (15.4 lbs) till 29th March (solid 7 weeks and a bit). I am planning to make a lent this year and to try to avoid certain type of foods, but will update that closer to the beginning of the lent.
Today’s food:
B: Coffee with milk, Oats with peanut butter and raisins (normally putting banana instead of the raisins, but forgot to buy them)
S: Protein shake
L: Veggie curry
D: Tomato cream soup + cottage cheese & yogurt
(will be around 1550 kcal)
+ Upper body weight workout
+ The usual 10 000 steps
Cate
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Well done & welcome back. Hope the holiday was wonderful
Cheeselover
Member
Thank you Cate! And yes – the holidays were wonderful (are there be any other type of holidays? )
You are very in right LaMa, this is very challenging goal. There is basically no room for error, but I am quite confident that if I stick to my established meal and exercise goals, I should be able to achieve this loss! So I will really really try my best to do this!
I am very proud of myself today (on Saturday) for being in the gym already at 7 am! How great is that?
Normally I don’t go to the gym on the weekend at all, but as I have a party planned today (and because of my challenging goal), I thought that it would lessen the damage done later today + I have decided that I will make my cheat day tomorrow together with hangover in that way avoiding one extra fast food meal! Yes, I believe that is good plan!!
Have a wonderful weekend everybody!
)You are very in right LaMa, this is very challenging goal. There is basically no room for error, but I am quite confident that if I stick to my established meal and exercise goals, I should be able to achieve this loss! So I will really really try my best to do this!
I am very proud of myself today (on Saturday) for being in the gym already at 7 am! How great is that?
Normally I don’t go to the gym on the weekend at all, but as I have a party planned today (and because of my challenging goal), I thought that it would lessen the damage done later today + I have decided that I will make my cheat day tomorrow together with hangover in that way avoiding one extra fast food meal! Yes, I believe that is good plan!!Have a wonderful weekend everybody!
Cheeselover
Member
Several years ago I was fasting and I remember how nice it felt and what a satisfaction I had that I was able to stay away from or reduce the amount of certain foods that I normally include in my meal plan. I have tried to fast the last couple of years, but somehow didn’t stay committed to my own rules. I guess I was just lazy and did not have enough of motivation.
But it’s a new year and I’m quite committed to fast this year and will try all my best to manage my 44-day Lent (other sources show that the lent can be up to 46 days). I will end the Lent on 29th March which is also the day I’m flying home to meet my family and friends for Easter. Yay!
So here I go with my lent and the rules are as follows:
1) No alcohol
2) No white flour (pasta, pizza etc.)
3) No sweets (cakes, biscuits, chocolate etc.)
4) Not more than 3 cups of coffee per day (my cup of coffee is small – it’s just 240 ml together with milk)
5) Not more than 50 g of cheese per day
6) No sugary drinks (although this is not applicable to me, I don’t drink them anyways)
7) No fast food or processed foods
I will be eating:
1) fruit
2) veggies
3) peas, beans, & alike
4) rice, oats, quinoa & lentils
5) nuts & oils
6) cottage cheese, greek yogurt, cheese (but limited amount)
I will be eating other stuff as well that goes within my rules, I just pointed out some of the foods, so you have approximate idea what my diet will consist of the next 44 days.
Day #1 – eating was according to the plan, but I was so so lazy to go to the gym . At the end I did force myself to go and managed to get 45 min cardio.
But it’s a new year and I’m quite committed to fast this year and will try all my best to manage my 44-day Lent (other sources show that the lent can be up to 46 days). I will end the Lent on 29th March which is also the day I’m flying home to meet my family and friends for Easter. Yay!
So here I go with my lent and the rules are as follows:
1) No alcohol
2) No white flour (pasta, pizza etc.)
3) No sweets (cakes, biscuits, chocolate etc.)
4) Not more than 3 cups of coffee per day (my cup of coffee is small – it’s just 240 ml together with milk)
5) Not more than 50 g of cheese per day
6) No sugary drinks (although this is not applicable to me, I don’t drink them anyways)
7) No fast food or processed foods
I will be eating:
1) fruit
2) veggies
3) peas, beans, & alike
4) rice, oats, quinoa & lentils
5) nuts & oils
6) cottage cheese, greek yogurt, cheese (but limited amount)
I will be eating other stuff as well that goes within my rules, I just pointed out some of the foods, so you have approximate idea what my diet will consist of the next 44 days.
Day #1 – eating was according to the plan, but I was so so lazy to go to the gym . At the end I did force myself to go and managed to get 45 min cardio.
Cheeselover
Member
Forward to day #44….
Wow! The time flies... of course I can say it now when the days have passed, but during the whole process of Lent it doesn’t seem that way
Today is Day #44 (the last day) of my Lent. I’m happy and proud to tell you that I have managed to proceed with my Lent by following the rules. As I was determined it wasn’t as hard as I expected it to be. Well, don’t get me wrong it was not a walk in the park, but somehow it seems I had the right mind-set and therefore it wasn’t that much of the struggle to go through with the Lent overall. There were a few days when I would have liked to drink more cups of coffee or have a bag of chips, but I didn’t. Yay! I believe that another reason why I was able to stay so focused is that actually there was no possibility to restart the Lent in case I screw it up. I couldn’t restart from the next Monday or from the first of the month, I should have to wait for the next year to do it.
During the fasting period I have managed to lose 6.3 kg (13.9 lbs), which is awesome. However, to be very honest, I’m a bit disappointed that I didn’t manage to lose the initially planned 7 kg (15.4 lbs) as I was doing everything correct – no cheating, good and healthy eating, lots of exercise – in terms of simple math (if we calculate kcal in and kcal out) I should have lost those 7 kilos… of well, nothing I can do about it now. But the positive thing is that there is quite a visible change in the proportions of my body, I’ve lost quite a bit cm all over my body and the results are very satisfying.
Today in the evening I’m flying back home for Easter and I’m very much looking forward to it. Haven’t been back home for quite a while. I believe that I’ll be able to come back without any weight gain as there are so many things to do and I’m usually running around to meet everybody, which gives great exercise and I’m making at least 20 000 steps a day.
So what comes next? Slowly I will be incorporating some of the food back in my menu and to be honest I’m looking forward for my family’s Easter brunch with champagne… This year I drank alcohol just on 2 occasions and I feel that I’ve totally deserved drinks (many drinks may I add) on Sunday.
When I’m back home here where I live now, I have to set my next goal, but about that I’ll think after the family/friends visit.
So I’m off to packing and then squeezing in a quick gym session. Clap on my shoulder for being so devoted!
Happy & wonderful Easter everybody!!
Wow! The time flies... of course I can say it now when the days have passed, but during the whole process of Lent it doesn’t seem that way
Today is Day #44 (the last day) of my Lent. I’m happy and proud to tell you that I have managed to proceed with my Lent by following the rules. As I was determined it wasn’t as hard as I expected it to be. Well, don’t get me wrong it was not a walk in the park, but somehow it seems I had the right mind-set and therefore it wasn’t that much of the struggle to go through with the Lent overall. There were a few days when I would have liked to drink more cups of coffee or have a bag of chips, but I didn’t. Yay! I believe that another reason why I was able to stay so focused is that actually there was no possibility to restart the Lent in case I screw it up. I couldn’t restart from the next Monday or from the first of the month, I should have to wait for the next year to do it.
During the fasting period I have managed to lose 6.3 kg (13.9 lbs), which is awesome. However, to be very honest, I’m a bit disappointed that I didn’t manage to lose the initially planned 7 kg (15.4 lbs) as I was doing everything correct – no cheating, good and healthy eating, lots of exercise – in terms of simple math (if we calculate kcal in and kcal out) I should have lost those 7 kilos… of well, nothing I can do about it now. But the positive thing is that there is quite a visible change in the proportions of my body, I’ve lost quite a bit cm all over my body and the results are very satisfying.
Today in the evening I’m flying back home for Easter and I’m very much looking forward to it. Haven’t been back home for quite a while. I believe that I’ll be able to come back without any weight gain as there are so many things to do and I’m usually running around to meet everybody, which gives great exercise and I’m making at least 20 000 steps a day.
So what comes next? Slowly I will be incorporating some of the food back in my menu and to be honest I’m looking forward for my family’s Easter brunch with champagne… This year I drank alcohol just on 2 occasions and I feel that I’ve totally deserved drinks (many drinks may I add
) on Sunday.When I’m back home here where I live now, I have to set my next goal, but about that I’ll think after the family/friends visit.
So I’m off to packing and then squeezing in a quick gym session. Clap on my shoulder for being so devoted!
Happy & wonderful Easter everybody!!
Cheeselover
Member
Thanks LaMa I know it's not a huge difference, but still a bit disappointing considering I was perfect and there was no cheating! But I know, it's still great result!
Easter went well, without eating too much or drinking too much. Actually eatingwise the whole trip back home was good (although I was dining out a lot) & especially meeting everybody was great and gave me lots of positive emotions and lifted my spirits. The awesome thing is that I will fly back home for a week after a month and a half, therefore it was not as sad to say bye to everybody as most of the people I will be seeing soon!
Came back home even with 300 gram loss I know it could be just some water weight and not actual fat loss, but still nice! I have been thinking a lot what my next weight loss goal should be as I want to make a realistic one and achieve it. At the moment there is another trip planned before flying to my home country. In two weeks I'm going to Rhodos (Greece) for a beach holiday. So my next month and a half look like following: 2 weeks home, 2 weeks beach holiday, 1,5 weeks home, 1 week mother country. Therefore, my main goal the next month and a half is to maintain the current weight. If I will lose something then great, but it will be not my main target. I will try to eat without counting calories and see how that will go! Basically I will restart my diet in terms of weight loss around 10th June, when all the holidays are finished. Still need a bit of kg to lose till my goal weight!
Ahh, and another thing I noticed after my Lent is that my stomach is not that happy about me reintroducing wheat products as well as cheese in higher amounts in my diet. After eating wheat and cheese I feel my stomach being heavy and full, basically I have a feeling like I have overeaten although in reality I have not. I love bread and I love cheese and sometimes it is so hard to stay away from these products, but in order to feel better I should restrict these in my diet in future to keep my stomach happy.
Today's training: 45 min cardio
Food:
B: Banana, strawberries with Quark, Coffee + Milk
Post training: Protein shake
L: Veggie curry & potato salad
D: Lentils & cottage cheese, maybe some yogurt as well
I know it's not a huge difference, but still a bit disappointing considering I was perfect and there was no cheating! But I know, it's still great result! Easter went well, without eating too much or drinking too much. Actually eatingwise the whole trip back home was good (although I was dining out a lot) & especially meeting everybody was great and gave me lots of positive emotions and lifted my spirits. The awesome thing is that I will fly back home for a week after a month and a half, therefore it was not as sad to say bye to everybody as most of the people I will be seeing soon!
Came back home even with 300 gram loss
I know it could be just some water weight and not actual fat loss, but still nice! I have been thinking a lot what my next weight loss goal should be as I want to make a realistic one and achieve it. At the moment there is another trip planned before flying to my home country. In two weeks I'm going to Rhodos (Greece) for a beach holiday. So my next month and a half look like following: 2 weeks home, 2 weeks beach holiday, 1,5 weeks home, 1 week mother country. Therefore, my main goal the next month and a half is to maintain the current weight. If I will lose something then great, but it will be not my main target. I will try to eat without counting calories and see how that will go! Basically I will restart my diet in terms of weight loss around 10th June, when all the holidays are finished. Still need a bit of kg to lose till my goal weight! Ahh, and another thing I noticed after my Lent is that my stomach is not that happy about me reintroducing wheat products as well as cheese in higher amounts in my diet. After eating wheat and cheese I feel my stomach being heavy and full, basically I have a feeling like I have overeaten although in reality I have not. I love bread and I love cheese and sometimes it is so hard to stay away from these products, but in order to feel better I should restrict these in my diet in future to keep my stomach happy.
Today's training: 45 min cardio
Food:
B: Banana, strawberries with Quark, Coffee + Milk
Post training: Protein shake
L: Veggie curry & potato salad
D: Lentils & cottage cheese, maybe some yogurt as well
Cheeselover
Member
Of course the unhealthy stuff I forget to mention
Had a small bowl of Tortilla Chips with Salsa. Was worth it
Had a small bowl of Tortilla Chips with Salsa. Was worth it
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