Tomorrow DIET

lyndahh75

lyndahh75

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I am 31, well soon to be. I have three biological daughters ages 11,8,and 3 and a stepdaughter age 8. I am married and have a supportive husband. I battled diets most of my life. I weighed 250 in 1996. I got pregnant with my second child and developed gallstones which forced me to eat fat free for my pregnancy. I lost 95 pounds and felt awesome. I promised to never get off the wagon and then I found myself divorced, then pregnant again. After the birth of my last daughter, I had my tubes tied and battled weight with my new husband. I got up to 240 pounds and lost 40. After I dropped 40, stress entered my life. I was a full time nursing student with a father sick with cancer, a mother ill with heart problems, and a step daughter with a basket case mother bringing my husband to court every month! I went on Atkins, south beach, and binged and low fat. I gained 40 pounds doing that...So my husband was quite frank with me and told me that my obsession with diet and not sticking to it, complaints of self image was really taking a toll on his feelings about me. He said he loved me but couldn't handle the roller coaster ride. I love him for his honesty and that is when I dropped the 40 pounds. Now as stress is still quite prominent and I have lost 10 pounds here, 15 there and gained 20 here...I have maintained a stead 198 pounds. I want to set a mini goal to at least 175 for now. I will establish an exercise routine but my trouble is, " I'll do it tomorrow," then stuff my face with what ever craving strikes. I procrastinate! It sucks.
I am my own worst enemy!

Today is a new day. I am sore from doing some outdoor work last night so I did not exercise. I did do some heavy cleaning...
For breakfast I had chinese chicken soup
Cals 320.
I had two cups of coffee with sugar and cream 120 cals
Lunch was a cup of raisin bran cereal 240 cals
Snack
raisins 124 cals

Dinner is a garden burger 100 cals
bun 120
green beans 50
baked beans 120

Snack 1/2 cup canteloup 120 cals
 
Hi Lyndah,
Welcome to your diary!

When I first started losing weight, I didn't tell anyone. I didn't want my family to hear I was on a "diet" for a lot of the same reasons you just outlined.

And, I don't think of this as a "diet". This is how I am choosing to live.

And each and every meal presents a new opportunity to 'start over'. No need to worry about procrastination when you can start now, from where ever you're at and move forward.

My thoughts on diets is they simply don't work for maintaining weight loss. You have to find a way to eat what your family is eating, with what works in to your life and what you're able to live with after you've reached your goal weight. For me, that involves calorie counting.

It looks like you're off to a good start, it's a matter of sticking to it, and making it a regular part of your life. That's not always easy, and falling off the wagon is no excuse to stay off - you CAN do this!

It's nice to have you here :D
 
thanks

for encouragement.
I've done it before, though younger, I shall do it again. It really stinks to see how age does place a damper on ones weight loss
 
Good luck Lyndahh75, I'm rooting for you to make your goal. I'm starting about the same as you, I think. I have a mini goal too...I want to make 180 for sure. That's what I was before I had my first child, and the last time I felt good about myself.
 
and I'm rooting for you

Yeah I was 184 after the birth of my third and last child. I was 156 before I got pregnant with her...But 180 was about what I weighed before I had ANY kids. I'd be happy to see that alone!

Yesterday I was at my in law's house. My father in law made me a mud slide. I drank it, and so that wasn't the best choice for my diet. When I have something like that I feel I blew the entire day (need to deprogram my mind) and then I throw caution to the wind and eat crap just because, telling myself I'll diet tomorrow.
I am also an emotional eater....
Interestingly though I am noticing a pattern of mood swings when I dive off the diet wagon. I am irritable and cranky when I eat crap foods, lack energy. When I am eating healthy even if I am not exercising regularly, I am filled with energy, feel good and actually WANT to exercise. It takes me about three days into a diet to reach that point....

My biggest down fall is my mom. I visit my parents once a week and she always prepares a meal that is not so healthy. I express to her I will bring my own meal and she gets so deffensive and tells me "I love to cook for people and do it out of love..." Well she is in dire need of some serious weight loss herself...and I usually cave into her and eat her food! That's what gets me off the wagon.
She claims to be on a diet now..so this week will be interesting. I tend to be compulsive and that is not very healthy! She will cook with a little oil and I think it is bad ....I am now realising the body needs some fats....So I need to deprogram myself from trying to eat 10 grams of fat a day and nothing more! That is tough!
Wrapping my brain around fat and eating healthy fats. Fat gave me gallstones but that was when I was eating a frozen pizza for myself, an entire sub, half a dozen donuts!
Yep, I've come a long way in retrospect!
 
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