Spin Cycle Journal (Comments Welcome)

[C_leen]

Hi,

I am really proud of myself this weekend. Very few snacks between meals. Worked hard to make good choices. I tried to eat one plate and then be done. Not eating after dinner is getting easier. I think on Friday night I had a fruit popsicle before 8:30.

Sat: Spinning bike resistance gear frozen in easy mode. I did that for about 12 minutes then did LS for 20 min. Also walked dogs 1.2 mi. Did squats during laundry.

Sun: DH fixed spinning bike. Spun about 20 minutes, walked dogs about a mile. Also played ball in the pool so I didn't just laze around.

Wt this am: #176.4

Bx: Coffee (30 cal), 20 oz water, (180 cal) Luna protein bar.
Work: 20 oz water so far
Exercise: 8 extra flights of stairs so far today. Going for 8 each day this week.


I need to be patient that this weight isn't going to 'melt off'. To lose weight, I need to undercut 1500 calories a day and exercise. A lot of the changes I am making will just make me maintain.

Goals this week:

1. Walk up 4 flights to my office each day this week (doubling effort)
2. Spin 30 min T/R/Sat + walk dogs
3. Mon & Wed - walk 2 miles.
4. Sun - start C25K.

It is going to be hot this week.

 

[C_leen]

Lunch:

Amy's Teriyaki Tofu Bowl - 320 cal + 1/2 svg veggie sticks (65 cal) + 1 diet coke, + 1 cup sweet cherries (74 cal) + 6 oz V8 (30 cal)

This leaves 800 calories for remainder of day. I have to run errands after work, so I do have a banana to eat later.

I did lift some 10 pound weights for a bit of upper arm work after lunch.

 

[C_leen]

8/2
Pre Dinner snack while shopping: 20 oz water + 1/2 banana (55 cal)
Dinner: 4 oz ribeye (300 cal), 1 broiled tomato with parmesan cheese (60 cal), corn muffin (180 cal).

After Dinner: 1 glass wine (160 cal) I mixed with sparkling water for 2 drinks over a 2 hr period.

Late eve: very stressed for somethign sweet. ate one jolly rancher (23 cal)

Total: 778 (WOW right on the button!)

Exercise: Nada. Played Monopoly with DS.

8/3 No weight today.

Bfst: lf granola (100 cal) mixed into small activia yogurt (140 cal), coffee with 2T skim milk (10 cal)= 250
1.5 Liter Water, 24 oz diet Coke
Lunch: chicken with vegetables & cashews (300 est), 1 cup cherries (74) =374
Total 624

Exercise: 4 flights extra today.

 

[C_leen]

Dinner (on the run btwn guitar,school, voting): Wendys side garden salad (120)+ diet soda+Jr burger (280)+estimate fries shared + 3 spoons of frosty (80)= 480

Exercise: Did walk dogs in neighborhood just before dark. Maybe a mile.


8/4: Wt: 176.2
1 am: dry throat/insomnia-water + 1 jolly rancher (23)


Bx: 2 hb eggs (140), 10 oz v8 (65), 1 cup cherries (74)
Lunch WW eng muffin sandwich (210) + 1 cup cherries (74)
1 liter water so far, 24 oz diet coke. = 586 so far today. Leaves about 714 for evening...

Exercise: 4 extra flights + 15 min walk at work.

 

[C_leen]

8/4 Dinner
Alright. Clearly ate too much last night! Craving carbs & chocolate for the usual reason.
1 slice little caesar's pizza (280 cal), 4 breadsticks (400 cal), 1/3 antipasto salad (58)
Eve Snack: 2 fun size M&M packets (148), 1 fun size 1000 grand bar (95)
Total =981 + 586 = 1567 (Not horrific, but definitely over 1300 Goal)

Exercise: Swam around moderately in pool for 30 min.

8/5: Wt 176.2
Bx: Luna protein bar (180), water
Lunch: 1/3 anipasto salad (58), small steak sandwich with cheese (est 280), mashed potatoes (est 200), 1 cup cherries (74)

Total so far= 792: 508 for tonight

Exercise: 4 extra flights,

I feel pretty full still at 3:41 PM so maybe I need to eat a bigger lunch? We'll see how evening progresses...

 

[C_leen]

Dinner: 4 oz italian beef with no bread (est 280). 4 oz wine mixed with no calorie sparking water (est 85), tortilla chips (150 cal).

Exercise: Walked rather slowly about 1.4 mi in PM with dogs & chattering DS.

Not feeling particularly great last night. DS ate pistachios in front of me for about 20 min before I finally gave in. Ate some pistachios about 9:30 PM. Dug out a lot of empty shells and also shelled for the dogs, so I estimate I ate about 30 kernels (120 cal).

Total = 555 = 1347 total for day. Not too bad.

8/6 - Wt #176.2 (ho hum)

My weight is pretty depressing. I need to up my exercise to start dropping. The only thing I realized today is I do have my period now and I haven't gained the usual 2-5 lbs.

Weekend goal:

Tonight - swim
Sat - walk dogs 2 mi in am
Sun - spin 30 min.
Mon restart C25K

I need to look at C25K and decide what week I am going to start on. It is going to be humid next week & I'm a little worried about my foot, so nothing miraculous.

 

[C_leen]

Friday: Breakfast & lunch were good. No exercise in evening.
Sat: Spun < 30 min.
Bx: coffee & Luna protein bar
Lunch: 1/2 BLT wrap, small cup tomato basil soup, iced tea, 1 slice strawberry rhubarb pie.
Snack: 1 cup cherries
Dinner: 3 fruity alcohol drinks, 1 slice fairly thick crust pizza, shared salad.
Snack: 1 cup cherries and 3 fun size peppermint patties.

Sun: 1+ mile walk in heat, C25K
Bx: 2 HB eggs, 1 60 cal yogurt, coffee
Lunch: 3 sm red potatoes, 1 svg BBQ pork, 1 svg corn, 1 svg green beans
Snack: 1 single butter pecan sugar cone
Dinner: 1/2 Oriental chicken salad, 2 raspberry iced T, 6 bites ice cream/cake.
Snack: 4 fun size reese's pb cups, 1 cup cherries.

Mon: weight 178.2

Bx: luna protein bar (180 cal), diet soda,
Water: 40 oz so far.
Lunch: 1/2 Oriental chicken salad, 20 oz diet coke.

Exercise: 9 extra flights of stairs today.

Tonight: spin 30 min.
Tues: C25K
Wed: walk 2 mi
Thurs C25K
Fri- spin
Sat- C25K

 

[C_leen]

8/9 Dinner
Lees Chicken (659 cal), green beans (60), 1 buiscuit (195), baked beans(300 est), sweet tea (70 cal)
PM: 1 bud light lime

CALORIES WAY OVER - around 1900

8/10
Bx: 250 cal Cliff bar, 20 oz diet coke
Lunch: 280 cal salad, 74 cal cherries
60 oz water min.
Dinner: Cracker Barrell:2 slices french toast (est 340 cal), 2 egg beaters (est 60 cal), 1 turkey saus patty (est 50 cal), 2 raspberry iced tea (est 120)
Snack: LATE!! 10:30 PM Scooby snacks (200 cal), sweet tea (90 cal est)
OVER - est 1464 (Goal is to be between 1200-1300 QD)
Exercise: Zippo.

8/11 Wt today: 178.8 (absolutely depressing)
Bx: 12 oz diet coke, 180 cal Luna Bar, 1 cup cherries (74 cal)
Lunch: 100 cal Breakstone Cott Cheese w strawberry, 12 oz diet coke, green giant healthy heart barley medley (140 cal/3 prot), 1 cup cherries (74). = 568

 

[C_leen]

Wt today: #177.2
Bx: 1 Luna bar (180 cal), 12 oz diet coke
Work: 40 oz water so far, 12 oz diet coke @ 3:30 PM
Lunch: Panera Classic salad (80 cal) + 1/2 chicken salad sandwich (340)
PM Snack: 1 cup cherries (74 cal)
Total: 674/ 626 remains for PM

 

[C_leen]

Weight on Sunday: #179.4

Man oh man do I keep stopping at that weight or what?

Here's my plan:

1. Drink water. This is an established habit already and not a problem.
2. Stop eating after 8 PM. (This is goal #1)
3. Exercise 30 min each day (I've had some real success here lately but I need to make it a habit).
4. Keep a food journal.

So I'm working on 2 & 3.
I do keep food journals a lot. This has discouraged me in the past as my calories are in the range where I should lose weight, but it doesn't happen fast enough or it doesn't happen. Then I give up. I'm still concerned that hormones or some ongoing yeast infection is wreaking havoc with my system.

I will keep a food journal for a month and just see what happens.

 

[C_leen]

Hello, I've been here numerous times. Each time I just keep gaining weight back. It is pretty evident that I can't eat and cheat when I was younger.

So I picked something tough to draw a line in the sand. Something I thought would be simple to follow and would cut out my cravings. When this first 43 days are over, I will continue to eat 'clean'. I will now weigh myself every day. If I want to be a slim person, I cannot eat like I did before. If I don't believe my own body, I only have to look at the women in my family to see further evidence. Also, I eat emotionally. I feel like a lot of this weight is 'left over' from a crisis that happened in fall 2007 and I've been struggling ever since with my weight even though emotionally I am in a good place emotionally.

So today is VLCD Day 1. It is 9:30 am. I finished loading last night. I was very lucky to start loading in New Orleans. I had a lot of fun with my DH for a long weekend. I also exercised 30 minutes each day in the gym in addition to the tons of walking we did.

Goal #1 Follow the Diet
Goal #2 Exercise 30 minutes each day

Since I'm not eating too much, I can't exercise too heavily. My exercise plan is to walk at work this week for 15 minutes qd, then walk the dogs about 20 minutes in the evening or do some Leslie Sansone with 2 lb handweights. Sat and Sun I hope to walk further with the dogs, but the weather has been icy. If I can't walk outside on the weekends, I'll do a 30 minute spinning session.

Starting Weight: terrifying # 185.8

 

[C_leen]

1/17 Food Diary
1 orange - 62 c
cottage cheese with 2 cups lettuce - 95 c
lean ground beef (185c), 2 c salad, 4 radishes (1 calorie each)= 204
2 grissini bread sticks (25 c each) = 50
1 orange - 62
Total calories: 473
Ooops. A little under.

Water/tea: 90 oz.

I did walk 15 min at work (approx 1 mi) and 15 min LS @ home.

Attitude: Trying to visualize how changing how I eat permanently will help me be more healthy. Being this restrictive to lose weight is fine, but afterwards I am still going to have to portion control and track what I eat.

Wt this am: 182.6

 

[C_leen]

Food Diary for 1/19

1 large apple - 116 c
cottage cheese with 2 cups lettuce - 95 c
lean ground beef (185c), 2 c salad, celery(1 calorie each)= 210
2 grissini bread sticks (25 c each) = 50
1 orange - 62
Total calories: 533
Ooops. A little over.

Water/tea: 90 oz.

Exercise: Walked with a friend for an hour @ work!

Attitude: Still amazed that I am not particularly hungry. I'm a little worried about eating out as DH loves to eat out. I know I can make it work, but for some reason I seem to miss the idea that I can have a glass of wine more than anything so far. Also really missing my sugar free Extra gum. BUT, when I weigh in, I decide it is worth it!

Wt this am: #180.8

 

[C_leen]

Well just as I thought, DH would be my undoing. Took me to an Italian restaurant for a nice meal out without DS last night. I faltered a little.

1/20 Food Diary
1 coffee with stevia
1 large orange - 86 c
cottage cheese with 2 cups lettuce - 95 c
3 small shrimp - estimate 112 c
1/2 stewed tom - est 14 c
2 spears asparagus - est 10
4 0z orange roughy - est 120
Italian bread, 2 small pieces dipped in olive oil! 260 c est
1 piece of gum at work due to stress!
84 oz water
Total cal 697!

Walked 30 min @ work yesterday!

Weight this am: #180.8 (sigh)

I do have some notes for myself. One, my TOM is starting. Two, even though I wanted chocolate at work due to stress, I settled on a piece of gum and was actually pretty satisified with that. I did make it through a nice meal without a glass of wine. DH adorable in splitting an entree with me. I could not resist the bread when they put out the olive oil. I did savor the pieces and not suck them down like before. Also, I resolved to not have my second fruit to offset last night. I marched upstairs and brushed my teeth and it wasn't awful not eating.

That is another thing I realized this am. The No S diet helped me stop eating between meals and only night snacking was my downfall. This diet has me learning to be satisfied with a piece of fruit - or nothing at all.

Peace to me. Marching forward! All my food is set up for work and dinner is set at home.

 

[C_leen]

Friday Food report:
EXCELLENT!
Only cheat spot was I totally got flushed and worked up at work late in the afternoon, so I did allow myself one piece of sugar free gum. I have always chewed sugar free gum - probably 10-20 pieces a day! So if I am down to 1 piece on stressful days only, I'll take this monumental change in my behavior!

I am surprised how little I have missed my Diet Coke too. Every time I want to cheat, I envision the scale and the impact of the cheat. I am not hungry with the HCG.

Exercise: walked 30 min @ work - decent pace.
TOM
Weight this AM: #179.4 - Down 6.4 total

Sat plan:
have a grapefruit on the counter.
Plan to walk the mall while DS is at a bday party.
Also plan to finish a grocery list as Sunday I plan to cook a few meals out of HCG Cookbook ahead.

Notes: Eat off a luncheon plate if I am not eating salad. I was dismayed to see how small my pre-weighed chicken was once it cooked... But then I had to laugh thinking how seriously I have overeaten my protein in the past...

I'm trying to think of this as a spiritual journey too. I am ridding myself of emotional eating baggage. I keep visualizing myself in a certain pair of jean capris as my first goal weight. Well I am off to work in my office for an hour. I'm trying to declutter too!

 

[C_leen]

Hello-

Hanging tough.

I did walk the mall yesterday for 45 min. TOM.

Did fine until dinner. Ate out with DH again. Found a good restaurant that I can probably eat at a lot - lamb, chicken, fish options! This time I stayed out of the bread basket. I did overeat on my lamb. I had 4 bites of saganaki. Seriously missed my wine.

Weight today - #177.0! Down 2.4!

Extremely pleased as with TOM especially bad today I was not expecting such a drop.

 

[C_leen]

Hi-


TOM has been tough on not cheating. On Sunday I ate a brownie. I also ate 60 calories of those valentine hearts.

No weight loss on 1/24. Terrible day at work. I chewed 1 piece of dubble bubble and 1 piece of sugar free gum. I missed a fruit. I was unable to walk and also unable to get in all of my water. By the time I got home from work, I was absolutely exhausted. I ate several servings of those valentine hearts. I finally got wise and just put myself to bed at 8:30 PM.

Today marks my one week on hHCG. Weight: #175.8

Yes I lost another 1.2 lbs. I am amazed and all the more resolved to stick to this diet as it works.

 

[C_leen]

Doing great at work. Really sucking down water and tea steadily. The sugary bubble gum is almost gone as I put it in the group candy dish. I also have away a package of my sugar free gum to try to really keep out of gum altogether.

As usual, my trouble is at night. It starts at dinner. I actually like the broth-like beef stew I made with celery. It is a nice wintery meal and it has a decent flavor. But as I wind up with that, my mind is already thinking about something sweet. And it is not thinking fruit! Last night I took DS to Oberweiss. Now I was good in not ordering anything for myself, but I had about 10 spoonfuls of his sundae. Umm. I'm not supposed to be eating sugar!! So the struggle is on to keep out of DS's sweets.

I did get 30 min walk in at work yesterday. TOM was very bad last night.

Weight today: #177.0

Well, that is in the wrong direction. It happens....when you CHEAT!

 

[C_leen]

As in emotional overeating spree through the kitchen last night. My poor DH watched me as we chatted systematically going thru the cupboards for something sweet. Sigh.

Back at it today though!!

Did get 30 min walk in at work yesterday & water was not a problem. Had weird cramps again last night. TOM has been a TIME!

Wt today: #176.8

Time to grow up and eat like an adult.

 

[C_leen]

Hi!

Wt this am is still #176.8
I did walk 30 min at work yesterday.
Sat - Goal is to do some pilates at home.
Sun- Walk the mall one hour while DS @ a b-day party.

Diet: Water intake excellent. Attitude is definitely better. I have to wonder how much TOM plays into my cheating this week?? I skipped my fruit last night and had a cup of hot chocolate made with low fat milk instead. I suppose this would be a cheat, but calorie-wise it hit me up with calcium and some additional protein & it took a while to ingest so I was content.

Having terrible dry skin. Gave up and have slathered 2 times with regular lotion. Baby oil doesn't seem to be keeping my skin hydrated. I cut back on my facial moisturizer too but didn't give it up entirely. Now I put some on in the am on workdays, and on weekends I put a bit just on my dry area of my face. My skin is looking quite clear! I've got to wonder if I have some gluten issues? Giving up carbs sort of eliminates most gluten I guess?

To stay motivated, I did measure myself last night. It appears I have lost an inch here and there.