The Lose Fat challenge

What the hell is the purpose of high fructose corn syrup in bread???? I'm so upset. I thought I was making a healthy choice by getting the seven grain bread...then I read the ingredients when I got home. Grrrrr.
Other than that...The day is going well. I went down to the mall with my boyfriend to pick up my pre-order of Sleeping Beauty. And, My diet has been clean today!
Food so far:
Meal one: Broccoli (i LOVE it, if you haven't figured that out by now)
Meal two: Apple
Meal three: turkey and lettuce sandwich (one piece of bread)
Meal four: Salad (iceberg, carrots, celery, chicken, pepper, light ranch, Parmeasan cheese. (it was delish)
Meal five: Broccoli and chicken :)
Meal six: 2 celery stalks w/ peanut butter

I feel so much better already from eating healthy. Plus I don't get pissed off at the dinky ass portions at fast food resturants when I'm not eating there!

Fit day:1219 cals (amazing how whole foods actually make me full)
 
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I think my body is adjusting to not having sugar. I've been getting headaches the past few days, and today, i can feel one coming, but it's not here yet. I'm drinking lots of water, and trying to fight it off. I have an atkins bar just in case it does come. I'll be keeping that with me during the day. Food is going pretty well too.
Meal one: apple w/ peanut butter & orange juice
Meal two: salad -iceberg, carrots,celery, turkey meat, chicken, pepper, parmesan cheese, and ranch dressing.

I'm working this evening. I'm going to take my dinner with me. 2 cups broccoli and 3 oz rotisserie chicken.
I'll also take carrots or something. just in case.
 
Good job Christi-you are finding your way, just keep the consistency and you'll do fine! Remember a day or two off course is only a day or two off course, you won't be that far away, don't let it discourage you and bump you into a week or more off course. It takes a long time to find your way back! Stick to your plan.
 
Good job Christi-you are finding your way, just keep the consistency and you'll do fine! Remember a day or two off course is only a day or two off course, you won't be that far away, don't let it discourage you and bump you into a week or more off course. It takes a long time to find your way back! Stick to your plan.
Slowly but surely. I'm trying to not think so much about being overweight and wanting to be thin. I mean that's there, but it's not the whole goal. I'm thinking more about the benefits, other than weightloss of eating healthy. Diabetes runs in my family. I have asthma, etc. Already, I can see a difference in the way that my stomach reacts to food. I'm kind of enjoying not getting the crampy feeling from oils in my tummy. :)
Plus, water quenches my thirst. Unlike sugary soft drinks that just make me want more sugar. :)
 
Today was OKAY. I kind of , REALLY gave into my sweet tooth at work, but it's not the end of the world.
Meal one: apple w/ peanut butter
Meal two: salad-iceberg, celery, turkey, chicken, parmesan cheese, ranch dressing, pepper, carrots
Meal three: 2 cups broccoli & six oz chicken
Meal four: Atkins Advantage bar
TRIGGER FOODS FROM WORK:


Half of a serving of tropical skittes, two fig newtons, 2 starbursts, one individual serving size bag of lays potatoe chips.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN WORSE!!!!!!!!
I'm not going to fret about it.


I haven't been drinking very many fluids lately, so I'm going to pick that up.
 
Eating healthy is really working for me. I no longer crave sweets before bed. I don't wake up hungry. I don't wake up in the middle of the night hungry, and I'm not getting stomach aches anymore either. It's really nice. I kind of had to force myself to eat something this morning. I didn't really want to, but I don't want my metabolism to slow down either.
The BF and I are going out to a late lunch early dinner later at this burger place. They have this terrayaki(sp) plate (chicken, white rice, side salad) that I'm going to get instead of the burger. Yuppp. Sounds good to me. I'll be drinking water as well.
I'll probably have a small salad between now and then.
Had an apple w/ peanut butter, and 1/2 serving of turkey lunch meat & orange juice for breakfast.
I don't even want to eat junk anymore. It just makes me feel like crap.
 
Today went astoundingly well. I love that I can eat out and still maintain the guidelines of my diet
Meal one: apple w/ peanut butter, five thin slices of turkey, orange juice
Meal two: salad (iceberg, carrots, celery, pepper, turkey, ranch.)
Meal three: 2 cups white rice, 6oz teriyaki chicken, salad, ranch, diet coke (MY FIRST SODA IN FOUR DAYS. I'M SO PROUD!)also munched on a few of the bf's french fries. no biggie right?





THOUGHTS: I need to drink more water. I'm drinking some right now. I didn't eat enough meals today, but I had enough calories. It was +/- 1500. That's pretty ideal for me.
I snuck in a weigh in today, but I'm not posting a weight until Thursday morning :)

Oh yeah, post comments so I know you're reading! :D
 
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Sad to say - EVERYTHING counts... which is why people who weigh and measure their food usually have more consistent success than those who don't. Keep up the good work.
 
I'm beginning to realize that work is my weakness. I tend to eat on my breaks and my lunch. But it's usually sweets, and salty snacks. That's not happening today. I've eaten breakfast. I'm eating lunch before I start work, I'm taking my dinner, and I'm taking two snacks. I can do this! I need to overcome these obstacles!
PROJECTION:
Meal one: 1 slice seven grain bread, 1 tbs peanut butter, one glass orange juice
Meal two: Foot long subway club w/ swiss cheese (sandwich only! with water)
Meal three: two cups broccoli, 3 oz chicken)
Snacks: (to be eaten somewhere throughout the day. Most likely between meals two and three, and after meal three: 10 baby carrots & one apple.).


This will put me at under 1400 cals for the day, which is good, and also leaves me some wiggle room if I need it.
 
You could try breaking those three meals up into more frequent, smaller ones. That way you won't be starving and won't be as tempted.
 
Today was good.
Food:
-pb on 7 grain bread, orange juice
-footlong cold cut (subway)
-broccoli and chicken
-drank water, had a bottle of diet coke at work.

I'm finding that I have to force myself to eat lately. The whole foods are filling me up :D

Note to self- don't get the cold cut at subway anymore. it has too much fat, and too much sodium :D

Total cals: 1415
 
Or, if Subway is your only option, check out the nutrient content of their subs and decide which is best. YOU KNOW THIS! Wait, did I yell that, lol. Yes, you are in control. Go back to Chillens post, read it, absorb it and take control. Best of luck. Nice to see you are sticking with it.
 
Don't be "Dancing in the Dark"

I woke up one morning and felt the lower back muscles squeeze and fell to my knees.

The pain didn't ease. My body told me I needed to provide the keys to remove this lower back disease.

Right then and there, I learned that my aging body was no longer going to tolerate my eating and exercise habits that my youth handled with biological expertise.

I was awakened, and started a fire with this tiny spark.

I was humbled, and I would no longer be "dancing in the dark".

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(A different twist to the meaning to an old favorite song, "Dancing in the Dark", by Bruce Springsteen):


This is Miss_Christi speaking:

"I get up in the evening and I ain't got nothing to say".

(Feel the smoldering spontaneous combustion.--wanting to start)


"I come home in the morning; I go to bed feeling the same way"

(Let it consume and purify your inner-being)


"I ain't nothing but tired; man I'm just tired and bored with myself. Hey there baby, I could use just a little help"

(Engage your tired mind to your irreplaceable spark and sparks fly from your hands and out of your mouth, and your heart becomes a flame-thrower no one can put out, not even yourself.)


"You can't start a fire; you can't start a fire without a spark. This gun's for hire---and I am no longer dancing in the dark"

(True friendship is this relationship caught on fire, realizing your mind can be a liar, and your hire your self desire)


"Message keeps getting clearer; radio's on and I'm moving 'round the place"

(You are trapped and locked "within" yourself, and "begin-to" realize you are the fire-hydrant to allow the spark to live or die out, and its beginning to move your soul)


"I check my look in the mirror, I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face; Man I ain't getting nowhere"

"I'm just living in a dump like this. There's something happening somewhere baby I just know that there is"

(The eyes can be a deviant thief, pale the mind, but the spark inside kindles fire, and she snatches the beauty from her inner sun, and this lights up her personal battlefield)


"You sit around getting older; there's a joke here somewhere and it's on me. I'll shake this world off my shoulders come on baby this laughs on me"

"Stay on the streets of this town and they'll be carving you up alright"

(Outside wind can sometimes attempt extinguish the inner candle, but it will only fan your fire)


"They say you gotta stay hungry; hey baby I'm just about starving tonight; I'm dying for some action"

(All you need is you)


"I'm sick of sitting 'round here trying to write this book; I need a love reaction; come on now baby gimme just one look"

(When the world seems to have ran out of lovers, the love and passion within you is so strong it is deep-burning and unquenchable, give it a look and write your book)


"You can't start a fire sitting 'round crying over a broken heart..."

(You have a quiet but mutual inner "understanding" and have little tolerance for your human weaknesses)



And, now a NEW Miss_Christi emerges

YOUR gun's are for hire......

And you will never again be dancing in the dark...........

You can't start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart....

Your INNER gun's are for hire.........

And you will NEVER..again be........dancing in the dark



You are awakened.........

And, you love yourself enough to do it.....



If your inner fire is ROCKEN' it will handle anything that comes KNOCKEN'

Got that?



Best wishes


Chillen
 
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What is the "message" being conveyed Miss_Christi? :luxlove:

Best wishes to your continued success,

Chillen

I'm doing it! I've wanted to change, but I've just sat around and let the world pass me by. NOW I'm taking control of my life! I'm going to lose this weight. I'm going to build a strong body. I'm going to change myself on the outside, but more importantly on the inside!
 
1,862-total calorie count for the day.

I'm happy!
 
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