Day 1: 2/24/14
Gender: Female Age: 28 Height: 5’3” Start weight: 145.0 pounds took thyroid medicine at 700
• At 8:00 I ate ¾ cups of Special K Protein cereal with Chobani non-fat blueberry Greek Yogurt 5.3oz.
o Between 8am and noon I had consumed 32 ounces of water.
• I ate lunch at 12:00. For lunch I ate a 4.0 ounce boneless pork loin chop and 12 ounces of Szechaun Asparagus (steam’able frozen package).
o I also took a multivitamin with my lunch.
o Between 12:00 and 3:30 I consumed another 32 ounces of water.
• At 3:30 I ate about 1 cup of fresh blueberries sugar free jello.
• At 5:00 I went to the gym and did a run/speed walk interval on the treadmill for 45 minutes. Then I jogged 10 flights of stairs. Then I did 100 crunches.
• I went home and ate ½ a cup add water only pancake with 2 tbsp of peanut butter and only 1tbs of syrup. I also had two over easy eggs and an 8 ounce glass of water.
? When I went to bed this night, Fitbit concludes I completed 9,346 steps, climbed 10 floors, traveled a distance of 4.25 miles, burned 2,219 calories, and consumed 87 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,045 in and 2,219 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 6 hours and 3 min of very restless sleep, I was awake 2x in the night. (my 2 Y/O had to go potty ?)
Day 2: 2/25/2014 I took my thyroid medicine at 7:00.
• At 8:00 I drank 16 ounces of water.
• 8:30 I ate ¾ cups of Special K Protein cereal with Chobani non-fat strawberry Greek Yogurt 5.3oz. .
• I ate lunch at 12:00. For lunch I ate Seasoned Steamers Mediterranean Blend by Green Giant.
o I took my multivitamin with my lunch
o Between 12:00 and 3:00 I consumed 32 ounces of water.
• At 3:00 I ate about 1 cup of fresh frozen peaches with stevia sprinkled on top.
• At 4:00 I ate 1 individual wrapped low moisture part- skim mozzarella string cheese by crystal farms.
• At 5:00 I went to the gym and used the elliptical and did a full body cardio workout for 45 minutes (5 min warm-up/ 10 min cool down.) Then I used the Helix, Helix’s patented motion tones your butt, core and inner/outer thighs better than old-fashioned cardio machines. After completing the Helix I did a speed walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes. I went home and I did P90x Ab ripper X.
• For dinner I ate peanut butter toast with ½ a banana sliced on top of it.
? When I went to bed this night, Fitbit concludes I completed 11,495 steps, climbed 3 floors, traveled a distance of 4.75 miles, burned 2,459 calories, and consumed 88 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,050 in and 2,459 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 6 hours and 9 min of semi restless sleep, I was awake 1x in the night. (I had to take my two year old to go potty. ?)
Day 3: 2/26/14 I took my thyroid medicine at 7:00
• At 8:00 I drank 16 ounces of water.
• At 8:30 I ate 1 cup of Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Two Scoops Cereal with Chobani non-fat blueberry Greek Yogurt 5.3oz
o Between 8am and noon I had consumed 32 ounces of water.
• I ate lunch at 12:00. For lunch I ate steam’ables Green Beans (only ¾ of the bag instead of the whole bag this time.) with salt and pepper. I also had a grilled chicken wrap. I was pretty hungry today so I thought I’d eat more than just a veggie medley for lunch so I added the chicken wrap from DQ at about 1230.
o I also had a sm.Strawberry Banana Fruit smoothie that I drank from 1230 to 3:00.
o I also took a multivitamin with my lunch.
o Between 12:00 and 4:30 I consumed another 32 ounces of water.
• At 5:00 I went to the gym and used the elliptical and did a full body cardio workout for 45 minutes (5 min warm-up/ 10 min cool down.) Then I used the Helix for 10 minutes, Helix’s patented motion tones your butt, core and inner/outer thighs better than old-fashioned cardio machines. I went home and I did P90x Ab ripper X (I struggled a lot with this 15 minute workout routine agian, I honestly had to stop in the middle and do simple crunches on the parts that I couldn’t perform as the instructor did on the dvd. But hey, I still completed 15 minutes of a variable Ab exercise. I hope to improve after a day of rest from Ab exercises tomorrow. I still feel I did better than I did yesterday.)
• For dinner I ate Baked Tilapia and a small iceberg lettuce salad with lite raspberry vinaigrette dressing.
? Fitbit concludes I completed 9,335 steps, climbed 7 floors, traveled a distance of 3.88 miles, burned 2,254 calories, and consumed 90 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,010 in and 2,254 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 6 hours and 30 min of very restless sleep. (I was awake twice taking my two year old to the bathroom and restless all night.)
Day 4: 2/27/2014 I took my thyroid medicine at 7:00.
• 8:00 I ate a banana,
• At 1030 I had a bowl of Kellogg’s Special K fruit and yogurt cereal with 2% milk.
o So far today I’ve only consumed about 16 ounces of water. (1:20pm)
• I finally got to eat at about 3:00pm I ate 2 cups of homemade fried rice with very little soy sauce.
o I took my multivitamin at this time.
• Today is my day of rest due to a busy schedule so I will not be exercising at the gym today. I will walk, but no intense cardio workout.
• For Dinner I ate: 1 cup strawberries and 1 cup of baby tomatoes and 1 piece of grilled chicken
When I went to bed this night, Fitbit concludes I completed 4,540 steps, climbed 2 floors, traveled a distance of 1.86 miles, burned 1,900 calories, and consumed 51 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,290 in and 1,900 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 5 hours and 47 min of semi restless sleep, I was awake 2x in the night. (I had to take my two year old to go potty. ?)
Day 5: 2/28/14 I took thyroid meds at 730.
• At 8:00 I drank 16 ounces of water.
• At 8:30 I ate 1 cup of Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Two Scoops Cereal with 2% reduced fat milk.
o Between 8am and noon I had consumed 32 ounces of water.
• I ate lunch at 12:00. For lunch I ate salad with light ranch dressing and fat free cottage cheese
o I also took a multivitamin with my lunch.
o Between 12:00 and 4:30 I consumed another 24 ounces of water.
• At 5:00 I went to the gym and used the elliptical cardio workout for 35 minutes. Then I used the treadmill and did a speed walk for 40 minutes.
• For dinner I ate a 7.0 oz flat iron steak, ¼ cup of fat free cottage cheese and a small side salad with light ranch.
Fitbit concludes I completed 9,921 steps, climbed 2 floors, traveled a distance of 4.11 miles, burned 2,318 calories, and consumed 72 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,310 in and 2,318 calories burned throughout the day. I forgot to allow fitbit to calculate my sleep pattern, but if I take a guess, I would say I got about 7 hours of sleep and only woke up one time.
Day 6: 3/1/2014 I took my thyroid medicine at 7:00.
• I was very bad this morning and I got really busy at the hospital and didn’t eat breakfast.
• At 1200 I took 5 slices of Deli Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, 3 slices of swiss cheese, and french’s classic yellow mustard (0 calories), put it all together and made little rolls out of them for a healthy lunch choice.
o So far today I’ve consumed about 50 ounces of water. (1:20pm)
• I had a snack at about 300, I ate about 1/3 of a cup of Honey Bunches of Oats Honey roasted cereal with 2% reduced fat milk.
• I finally got to eat dinner at about 8 I ate Chunk Light Tuna (in water), baked tilapia fillet, shrimp, and a claussen kosher dill sandwich slice pickle, with classic mustered.
o I took my multivitamin at this time.
At 230 I worked out in physical therapy and did a run/jog interval on the treadmill for 45 minutes (5mph). I got a patient and had to stop for about an hour, then started up again for another hour at (5mph). After my run, I slowed down to a fast pace (3.6mph) walk for another 30 minutes.
When I went to bed this night, Fitbit concludes I completed 16,045 steps, climbed 3 floors, traveled a distance of 7.39 miles, burned 2,813 calories, and consumed 68 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,390 in and 2,813 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 7 hours and 8 min of very restless sleep, I was awake 3x in the night. Sleeping at a hospital doesn’t allow the best sleep schedule or comfort either.
I weighed myself first thing this a.m. excited and anxious to see what my hard work and effort had done for me this week. I was shocked and amazed to see that I’ve gained 3 pounds!!!!! Why have I not even lost a single pound or even ½ a pound on this type of schedule/workout routine/ diet? I just don’t understand why I’m working so hard and seeing no improvements!!! It’s so hard to stay motivated when I work so hard and don’t even lose ½ a pound after so much hard work, sweat, and effort…. Please Help!!! I don’t know what to do and I don’t want to give up!! I need encouragement and advice! :,( Is my thyroid causing this problem?
[COLOR="#FF0000"[/COLOR]
Gender: Female Age: 28 Height: 5’3” Start weight: 145.0 pounds took thyroid medicine at 700
• At 8:00 I ate ¾ cups of Special K Protein cereal with Chobani non-fat blueberry Greek Yogurt 5.3oz.
o Between 8am and noon I had consumed 32 ounces of water.
• I ate lunch at 12:00. For lunch I ate a 4.0 ounce boneless pork loin chop and 12 ounces of Szechaun Asparagus (steam’able frozen package).
o I also took a multivitamin with my lunch.
o Between 12:00 and 3:30 I consumed another 32 ounces of water.
• At 3:30 I ate about 1 cup of fresh blueberries sugar free jello.
• At 5:00 I went to the gym and did a run/speed walk interval on the treadmill for 45 minutes. Then I jogged 10 flights of stairs. Then I did 100 crunches.
• I went home and ate ½ a cup add water only pancake with 2 tbsp of peanut butter and only 1tbs of syrup. I also had two over easy eggs and an 8 ounce glass of water.
? When I went to bed this night, Fitbit concludes I completed 9,346 steps, climbed 10 floors, traveled a distance of 4.25 miles, burned 2,219 calories, and consumed 87 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,045 in and 2,219 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 6 hours and 3 min of very restless sleep, I was awake 2x in the night. (my 2 Y/O had to go potty ?)
Day 2: 2/25/2014 I took my thyroid medicine at 7:00.
• At 8:00 I drank 16 ounces of water.
• 8:30 I ate ¾ cups of Special K Protein cereal with Chobani non-fat strawberry Greek Yogurt 5.3oz. .
• I ate lunch at 12:00. For lunch I ate Seasoned Steamers Mediterranean Blend by Green Giant.
o I took my multivitamin with my lunch
o Between 12:00 and 3:00 I consumed 32 ounces of water.
• At 3:00 I ate about 1 cup of fresh frozen peaches with stevia sprinkled on top.
• At 4:00 I ate 1 individual wrapped low moisture part- skim mozzarella string cheese by crystal farms.
• At 5:00 I went to the gym and used the elliptical and did a full body cardio workout for 45 minutes (5 min warm-up/ 10 min cool down.) Then I used the Helix, Helix’s patented motion tones your butt, core and inner/outer thighs better than old-fashioned cardio machines. After completing the Helix I did a speed walk on the treadmill for 20 minutes. I went home and I did P90x Ab ripper X.
• For dinner I ate peanut butter toast with ½ a banana sliced on top of it.
? When I went to bed this night, Fitbit concludes I completed 11,495 steps, climbed 3 floors, traveled a distance of 4.75 miles, burned 2,459 calories, and consumed 88 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,050 in and 2,459 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 6 hours and 9 min of semi restless sleep, I was awake 1x in the night. (I had to take my two year old to go potty. ?)
Day 3: 2/26/14 I took my thyroid medicine at 7:00
• At 8:00 I drank 16 ounces of water.
• At 8:30 I ate 1 cup of Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Two Scoops Cereal with Chobani non-fat blueberry Greek Yogurt 5.3oz
o Between 8am and noon I had consumed 32 ounces of water.
• I ate lunch at 12:00. For lunch I ate steam’ables Green Beans (only ¾ of the bag instead of the whole bag this time.) with salt and pepper. I also had a grilled chicken wrap. I was pretty hungry today so I thought I’d eat more than just a veggie medley for lunch so I added the chicken wrap from DQ at about 1230.
o I also had a sm.Strawberry Banana Fruit smoothie that I drank from 1230 to 3:00.
o I also took a multivitamin with my lunch.
o Between 12:00 and 4:30 I consumed another 32 ounces of water.
• At 5:00 I went to the gym and used the elliptical and did a full body cardio workout for 45 minutes (5 min warm-up/ 10 min cool down.) Then I used the Helix for 10 minutes, Helix’s patented motion tones your butt, core and inner/outer thighs better than old-fashioned cardio machines. I went home and I did P90x Ab ripper X (I struggled a lot with this 15 minute workout routine agian, I honestly had to stop in the middle and do simple crunches on the parts that I couldn’t perform as the instructor did on the dvd. But hey, I still completed 15 minutes of a variable Ab exercise. I hope to improve after a day of rest from Ab exercises tomorrow. I still feel I did better than I did yesterday.)
• For dinner I ate Baked Tilapia and a small iceberg lettuce salad with lite raspberry vinaigrette dressing.
? Fitbit concludes I completed 9,335 steps, climbed 7 floors, traveled a distance of 3.88 miles, burned 2,254 calories, and consumed 90 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,010 in and 2,254 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 6 hours and 30 min of very restless sleep. (I was awake twice taking my two year old to the bathroom and restless all night.)
Day 4: 2/27/2014 I took my thyroid medicine at 7:00.
• 8:00 I ate a banana,
• At 1030 I had a bowl of Kellogg’s Special K fruit and yogurt cereal with 2% milk.
o So far today I’ve only consumed about 16 ounces of water. (1:20pm)
• I finally got to eat at about 3:00pm I ate 2 cups of homemade fried rice with very little soy sauce.
o I took my multivitamin at this time.
• Today is my day of rest due to a busy schedule so I will not be exercising at the gym today. I will walk, but no intense cardio workout.
• For Dinner I ate: 1 cup strawberries and 1 cup of baby tomatoes and 1 piece of grilled chicken
When I went to bed this night, Fitbit concludes I completed 4,540 steps, climbed 2 floors, traveled a distance of 1.86 miles, burned 1,900 calories, and consumed 51 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,290 in and 1,900 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 5 hours and 47 min of semi restless sleep, I was awake 2x in the night. (I had to take my two year old to go potty. ?)
Day 5: 2/28/14 I took thyroid meds at 730.
• At 8:00 I drank 16 ounces of water.
• At 8:30 I ate 1 cup of Kellogg’s Raisin Bran Two Scoops Cereal with 2% reduced fat milk.
o Between 8am and noon I had consumed 32 ounces of water.
• I ate lunch at 12:00. For lunch I ate salad with light ranch dressing and fat free cottage cheese
o I also took a multivitamin with my lunch.
o Between 12:00 and 4:30 I consumed another 24 ounces of water.
• At 5:00 I went to the gym and used the elliptical cardio workout for 35 minutes. Then I used the treadmill and did a speed walk for 40 minutes.
• For dinner I ate a 7.0 oz flat iron steak, ¼ cup of fat free cottage cheese and a small side salad with light ranch.
Fitbit concludes I completed 9,921 steps, climbed 2 floors, traveled a distance of 4.11 miles, burned 2,318 calories, and consumed 72 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,310 in and 2,318 calories burned throughout the day. I forgot to allow fitbit to calculate my sleep pattern, but if I take a guess, I would say I got about 7 hours of sleep and only woke up one time.
Day 6: 3/1/2014 I took my thyroid medicine at 7:00.
• I was very bad this morning and I got really busy at the hospital and didn’t eat breakfast.
• At 1200 I took 5 slices of Deli Oven Roasted Turkey Breast, 3 slices of swiss cheese, and french’s classic yellow mustard (0 calories), put it all together and made little rolls out of them for a healthy lunch choice.
o So far today I’ve consumed about 50 ounces of water. (1:20pm)
• I had a snack at about 300, I ate about 1/3 of a cup of Honey Bunches of Oats Honey roasted cereal with 2% reduced fat milk.
• I finally got to eat dinner at about 8 I ate Chunk Light Tuna (in water), baked tilapia fillet, shrimp, and a claussen kosher dill sandwich slice pickle, with classic mustered.
o I took my multivitamin at this time.
At 230 I worked out in physical therapy and did a run/jog interval on the treadmill for 45 minutes (5mph). I got a patient and had to stop for about an hour, then started up again for another hour at (5mph). After my run, I slowed down to a fast pace (3.6mph) walk for another 30 minutes.
When I went to bed this night, Fitbit concludes I completed 16,045 steps, climbed 3 floors, traveled a distance of 7.39 miles, burned 2,813 calories, and consumed 68 fl oz of water. Fitbit calculated a total calorie intake of 1,390 in and 2,813 calories burned throughout the day. Fitbit calculated a total amount of sleep this day as 7 hours and 8 min of very restless sleep, I was awake 3x in the night. Sleeping at a hospital doesn’t allow the best sleep schedule or comfort either.
I weighed myself first thing this a.m. excited and anxious to see what my hard work and effort had done for me this week. I was shocked and amazed to see that I’ve gained 3 pounds!!!!! Why have I not even lost a single pound or even ½ a pound on this type of schedule/workout routine/ diet? I just don’t understand why I’m working so hard and seeing no improvements!!! It’s so hard to stay motivated when I work so hard and don’t even lose ½ a pound after so much hard work, sweat, and effort…. Please Help!!! I don’t know what to do and I don’t want to give up!! I need encouragement and advice! :,( Is my thyroid causing this problem?
[COLOR="#FF0000"[/COLOR]