Arr Matey! 86 pounds is great. I hope you can remember how far you’ve come and keep on going.
Tonight I survived a birthday party. I had been eating light all day so I did okay with two pieces of pizza and one piece of birthday cake. I did end up drinking pop but it was caffeine free Diet Coke so I don’t think it was too bad. The only thing is that one piece of pizza would have really been ok. I realized that fact after I’d already eaten the first one, but the second one was on my plate and I didn’t want to waste it. :rolleyes: Next time I’ll know to start with one and see if I want more.
Arr Matey, 86 lbs is a huge difference! Here I am sitting at 15 lbs lost and happy as can be,
On my weigh-in on Sunday I was at 239.6, just below my original “just over 5%” goal of 240. Next goal is at 230. According to the BMI calculator I’ll be in the obese range until I hit 220, and from there it’s 40 more pounds to healthy. Seems like such a long road, but I’m averaging 10 lbs a month. I just need to keep going when I hit my first, or second, or third plateau.
I went to my sister’s house on Sunday for dinner. I was prepared and ate light earlier in the day but then around 3 pm I got really hungry. Spoilered for TMI.
I was PMSing. I always get hungry before my period. I wasn’t prepared since it came EARLY.
I had a small piece of cheese which helped a little. We sat down for supper and there was POTATO SALAD. With FULL FAT MAYO. I couldn’t stop myself so I had some. Then I just fell off the horse. TWO cheeseburgers. THREE glasses of wine. ONE hot chocolate. A piece of birthday cake. Two beers.
Needless to say, I am going to have to go to the gym A LOT for the next few weeks.
However, I still tracked every calorie. (3,300 in case you were wondering.) I still went to the gym yesterday. I ate right yesterday and I am back on track.
perfectparanoia at least you went into it with gusto! Fuck one cheeseburger and one beer!
I got my period unexpectedly then broke my stall and lost 5 lbs in 2 weeks. Now my period won’t go away again. Got more tests with the gyno next week then I think I’m gonna need an endocrinologist.
I’m ravenous too. And the Olympics are making me want to work out all day. Or, conversely, take a nap.
No Sweets in the House got its first real test last night. Some friends came over and we ordered pizza, and I really wanted to order a soda. But I didn’t, because No Sweets in the House. I had a square of delicious dark chocolate instead.
That new rule has saved me from overeating so many times. There have been at least three or four times where I would have eaten a ton of unhealthy stuff if it were in the house. On Sunday I was exhausted and depressed and craving cookies SO BAD, but we went to the park for a walk instead. I have to admit, the sugar cravings are decreasing over time. The thought of sweets is losing its power over me.
My new job makes it sort of difficult for me to overeat, since I’m usually busy doing stuff. I have been hungry at work, though. I eat breakfast at 5am and lunch 7 hours later, and don’t get home to cook dinner until 7 hours after that. I try to snack in between but a banana or cup of yogurt only goes so far. I am guessing I haven’t been eating more than 12,000 calories a day. I know I will have to eat more to sustain my exercise. My goal this week is to figure out a way to boost my calorie intake a bit.
I am back at the gym on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Saturday my trainer is going to give me my new workout. Today I did a half hour of cycling. Overall I’ve been a lot more active than usual.
I am having a real down day today (and not in the good, ‘the numbers are down on the scale’ way). It’s funny how my house is a mess and all I want to do is eat.
So after a bad week, I had a good week. Or, at least a better week. I’m still up overall, but I’m down since the week before. Even working from the assumption that it’s because I weighed in less clothes this week than I did last week, a loss is still motivating since I know it wasn’t all due to clothes. Besides, even though I was eating emotionally, I didn’t smoke, so at least that’s a positive that I keep with me. I can lose the weight again a lot more easily than I can quit smoking again.
I’m a self-employed freelance writer. I’m busy more often than I’m not, but when I’m in between jobs, I get into trouble, food-wise. I get bored and when I get bored, I go to the kitchen. If I work at home, I go to the kitchen, just not as often because I’m focused on my work. So I go to the public library where I’m not allowed to eat, and where I have to pack up my stuff to go to lunch. And I pack a lunch so I don’t have to eat at a restaurant and I can control what and when I eat. This system worked well yesterday, so it should work well going forward. Sadly, the public library in my town is closed, so I have to go to a different library. Grr.
Damn, I thought I must be doing something wrong!:smack:
It’s hard. I’m trying to learn how to cope with my stress in ways other than food. I think that’s really the key to emotional eating. I tried a bath with candles the other day… worked quite nicely.
I think I’m becoming malnourished. I don’t really crave much food during the day, or at least I don’t let hunger bother me as much, but I felt dizzy and light-headed toward the end of the afternoon. I’m trying, though. I ate raisins, sunflower seeds in between meals, but the problem is I don’t have a very big appetite. I only ate half my lunch today, which was quinoa and beans. I can’t stock up on calories to get me through seven hours of work. I was craving candy so I had dark chocolate instead. Ooh, good idea.
You need some protein and fat, girl. You might be avoiding hfcs but raisins, grains and beans are just all starch. Same thing as munching on sugar all day.
I go through periods of not wanting to eat, too. In one now. Gotta get the biggest bang for my buck when I eat cuz I’m not going to eat too often. A protien bar, Greek yogurt with fresh strawberries and protein powder, string cheese, hamburger with cheese and low sugar ketchup, mustard and mayo Salad with ranch and cheese All very filling and high enough in calories to be more than enough to make me not starve. Also easy and predictable and I only had to stop to eat twice. No dizzied.
If eating is a chore, get the most out of it every time you do it so you don’t have to do it that often.
Don’t eat like a bird. They spend all damn day eating!
I have a half a cup of cottage cheese with a handful of almonds (protein and healthy fats). It’s about 220 calories but will sustain you for a few hours.
Nothing is going to keep you going for seven hours.
Have you tried dividing your lunch in two and having one half late morning and one in early afternoon?
(Mind you, I shouldn’t talk about timing of eating since it’s 2:30 and I am just starting my lunch…)
I’m having a very good week because I’m very aware of my habits. Today however, there has been good news at work and that’s sending me to the M&M jar. Because if it’s too good to believe, it probably is. Reverse stress eating?
What works as a light keep-it-together snack for me is non-fat Greek yogurt in your choice of flavor (plain tastes too much like eating a tub of sour cream) and half a handful of bran buds, like All-Bran. This will make me full and keep me reasonably full until I can eat a full meal. I prefer Greek yogurt to regular yogurt because Greek has roughly twice the protein as regular yogurt and it tastes better, and the bran works as fiber and as a yogurt extender.
Oh, yes, I’ve been eating a lot of Greek Yogurt. I did better today. Didn’t let myself stay hungry long, didn’t have any dizziness issues. I do try to eat more small meals than one big meal at lunch.
Tomorrow morning I meet with the trainer for my first assigned workout. It will be especially important that I eat enough to sustain myself through the exercise.
As long as you eat within a reasonable amount of time afterward (and make it protein), you shouldn’t have to eat extra even if you are working pretty hard with the trainer.
Yesterday, I ate 1100 calories (I had plans for a bedtime snack and I ended up going to bed as I was tired). I also did heavy weight training just before supper (which was about 400 calories and 25 grams of protein). No ill effects.
Now, the time I did it and then went and ran errands for a couple of hours afterward and didn’t eat, that was a disaster.
Are we talking cardio, resistance, stretching or all three?
I am looking forward to next week when I have my first (non-exercise) session with my trainer. I have seen her around the gym and she looks to be fabulous!
