This is day nine or ten (I don't have my journal with me) of low carb eating. I haven't been watching my calories at all. I have been eating a ton of calories but keeping it low carb. I was at 240.5 again today. I have been this weight for the last week almost. I obviously am not going to lose any weight unless I cut down on calories. I am going to try to keep calories below 1000 today. I brought EAS choclate protein shake powder with me to work as well as vienna sausages. That would put me at 500 calories, 58 g. protein, 8.5 g. carbs, and 24 g. fat before dinner. For dinner I think I will have a grilled chicken breast with a side salad. That would put me at less than 1000 calories, and be good on the carbs and fat.
My husband took some pictures of me on Memorial Day and today. Ugh. I have been kidding myself about how I look. I am serious this time about losing the weight and keeping the carbs low. I am headed for hypertension/diabetes/high cholestrol/hypothyroidism if I don't get this under control. My joints routinely hurt, as well as my back and knees. At this point I am more concerned about feeling healthier than I am about my looks.
I have also been taking my morning temperature for the last ten days or so. I am averaging about 1 degree down from optimum morning temp. Low thyroid function? I will continue to monitor.
261.0 down to 178.0
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Saturday, May 16, 2009
244.0
Working today.
Going to trying paleo/atkins... I ordered some Westhroid from the UK. Haven't received it yet. Should come late next week or early the following.
Here's the plan:
Average calories per day: 1000
This means that if I binge or go over, I NEED to still keep track of what I eat and account for it. I will have bad days. I will go overboard. I need to account for it. My body does.
Try to eat low glycemically. Try to eat close to whole foods.
Be prepared! It works for boy scouts and it should work for me!
Today so far:
1 Stick of wrigley's gum - 2 carbs, 7 calories
2 cups sleepy time tea w/ 1 packet sweet and low .5 carbs, 2 calories
canned chicken - 2.5 carbs, 125 calories, 25 g. protein
Going to trying paleo/atkins... I ordered some Westhroid from the UK. Haven't received it yet. Should come late next week or early the following.
Here's the plan:
Average calories per day: 1000
This means that if I binge or go over, I NEED to still keep track of what I eat and account for it. I will have bad days. I will go overboard. I need to account for it. My body does.
Try to eat low glycemically. Try to eat close to whole foods.
Be prepared! It works for boy scouts and it should work for me!
Today so far:
1 Stick of wrigley's gum - 2 carbs, 7 calories
2 cups sleepy time tea w/ 1 packet sweet and low .5 carbs, 2 calories
canned chicken - 2.5 carbs, 125 calories, 25 g. protein
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Friday, May 8, 2009
Try try again
238.5 Weight is down today, but that is not because I did anything successful yesterday. I ate maintenance calories ~2500. I don't know why it goes wrong when it does. It is such a simple thing to eat less and exercise, but so hard to do!
Thursday, May 7, 2009
A revised plan
Thursday 11:30 A.M.
Weight this morning 240.5
Things got out of control the last 4 days. I don't know why this has gotten so hard. I am drinking my 200 cal whey protein shake (38 grams protein!). I think i will try to go back to two 200 calorie meals (focusing on protein) and then a sensible dinner with my husband. I will eat what he eats, but try to throw in an extra vegetable for myself and try to keep the calories in a healthy range. This has worked in the past. I can make it work now. I am so tired of lugging my weight around. It's hard to get up from the floor for heavens sake!
Weight this morning 240.5
Things got out of control the last 4 days. I don't know why this has gotten so hard. I am drinking my 200 cal whey protein shake (38 grams protein!). I think i will try to go back to two 200 calorie meals (focusing on protein) and then a sensible dinner with my husband. I will eat what he eats, but try to throw in an extra vegetable for myself and try to keep the calories in a healthy range. This has worked in the past. I can make it work now. I am so tired of lugging my weight around. It's hard to get up from the floor for heavens sake!
Monday, May 4, 2009
Yesterday not so successful, here is looking at today!
Yesterday
Can of olives - 220 calories
two tortillas - 240
chicken - 150
cheese - 100
guac - 100
sour cr. - 160
jelly beans - 200
strawberries - 90
5 ice cream bars - 960
3 hamburger buns - 360
taco meat - 450
guac - 100
veggies - 20
2 tortillas - 300
sour cream - 150
cheese - 150
Total 3750
Yikes!
But... positive view is that I at least kept track of the calories. Weight is down today 1/2 lb (from yesterday's start weight of 239). All I can do today is keep it under the 1500 and get some exercise. Yesterday is in the past and doesn't own today.
Can of olives - 220 calories
two tortillas - 240
chicken - 150
cheese - 100
guac - 100
sour cr. - 160
jelly beans - 200
strawberries - 90
5 ice cream bars - 960
3 hamburger buns - 360
taco meat - 450
guac - 100
veggies - 20
2 tortillas - 300
sour cream - 150
cheese - 150
Total 3750
Yikes!
But... positive view is that I at least kept track of the calories. Weight is down today 1/2 lb (from yesterday's start weight of 239). All I can do today is keep it under the 1500 and get some exercise. Yesterday is in the past and doesn't own today.
Saturday, May 2, 2009
First exerise down
I did it. 30 minutes fast walking. I am beat. Turns out that I am REALLY out of shape. It shouldn't make a person tired to walk fast for half an hour. Turns out that if you do it packing an extra 100 pounds it is hard!
I don't believe in exercise to accomplish weight loss per se. I think it is GREAT for you health, helps prevent saggy skin, improves confidence that you can make yourself do what you say your going to do, etc... However, I just burned 230 calories. That is a little over two of the reeses I ate earlier. I ate the reeses in a matter of minutes. The walking took a looong time. For me, I have learned over the years to not beat myself up over the lack of exercise while dieting. If I put my attention to eating less, that is what counts. As I lose weight, I naturally want to do more in the way of exercise. I naturally LIKE to exercise, but when you have to pack around an extra 100 pounds while doing it, it takes all the fun out of it! So I will try to exercise over the coming weeks... but if I don't, I am not going to fault myself for it at all. I tend to do a lot better if I don't overwhelm myself with exercise and diet all at once after not doing either for some time. I can't honestly remember the last time I exercised beyond today. I feel bad about it, but ever since I hurt my ankle over a year ago, my ankle has not been what it used to be, so I baby it.
I don't believe in exercise to accomplish weight loss per se. I think it is GREAT for you health, helps prevent saggy skin, improves confidence that you can make yourself do what you say your going to do, etc... However, I just burned 230 calories. That is a little over two of the reeses I ate earlier. I ate the reeses in a matter of minutes. The walking took a looong time. For me, I have learned over the years to not beat myself up over the lack of exercise while dieting. If I put my attention to eating less, that is what counts. As I lose weight, I naturally want to do more in the way of exercise. I naturally LIKE to exercise, but when you have to pack around an extra 100 pounds while doing it, it takes all the fun out of it! So I will try to exercise over the coming weeks... but if I don't, I am not going to fault myself for it at all. I tend to do a lot better if I don't overwhelm myself with exercise and diet all at once after not doing either for some time. I can't honestly remember the last time I exercised beyond today. I feel bad about it, but ever since I hurt my ankle over a year ago, my ankle has not been what it used to be, so I baby it.
The 8000th Day 1
I am trying this again. Another diet. Another way to live. Hopefully..... scratch that... not hopefully. This time I WILL stick with it and be successful.
Start weight ~240. I will weigh tomorrow morning after being successful today. This will minimize the fake weight that people usually lose in the first day. I have 100 lbs to lose. As an adult the lowest weight I have been is 136. I am 5' 6 1/2". XL bones.
I have eaten today:
4 Yogurts - Calories 380
4 Reeces - Calories 420
Wasabi Party Mix - Calories 110
right now I am at 910.
I am shooting to keep it under 1500 today. We are having chicken quesadillas tonight for dinner. I will keep it at half a quesadilla and that will keep me under 1500.
I have lost "the weight" a few times. Or at least lost enough weight to really feel good about myself.
Age 18 - lost from 187 down to 140 (low of 136) over a period of three to four months. I felt so much better. I worked full time in restaurants (on my feet all day) and was going to school full time. I remained around 142 for a least two or three years. Then I started to creep upwards. I remember working two jobs the summer I was 22. I remember at that point I had gained up to about 160-165 and I remember feeling fear, or that I didn't feel like I knew how to make it go down anymore. I met my husband that fall and know I was right around 168 that Thanksgiving. By the time we moved in together that next spring I was up to 175 and didn't know how to turn it around. I gained up to 185 by that fall, but would manage at times to get it back under 175.
By age 25 it had climbed up to 195? I was doing a lot of physical labor at the time and I know I felt the weight in my back and knees by this point. My 14's barely fit, if they did at all. I don't remember. I don't think I have any .... I do have one pair of 16's from that period. I think I bought them and immediately started to lose...
I lost down to 163 over the period of 2 or three months. I was eating low glycemically and had no food in the house at all during this time period. I do remember feeling really, really cute at 163 after being close to 200. There is a world of difference in how people view you at those two weights.
By the summer of 2001 I was back up to 190? I was doing a lot of comfort eating during this time. I remember eating until stuffed a lot of nights in a row....
Until 2004 I gradually gained up to 240. I changed jobs that fall and immediately started losing. The new job wasn't near as stressful as the old one. I think I used a combination of diet pills, low calorie, spurts of low glycemic at this time... I got down to 193. I received a lot of compliments from people at work. I could once again fit into a size 16 and a XL shirt. It opened up a world of clothes again. I have a lot of cute clothing from this size waiting for me in storage.
Over the last 4 years I have gradually put it all back on. I am here again. 240. Swollen ankles. Bad knees. Bad back. I am getting higher and higher blood pressure. The sugar fog I experience at times reminds me that I will end up with diabetes if I don't get this under control soon. My brother has type one... most of my extended family has/had type II.
Right now I am only going to focus on getting back down under 200 lbs. I think having to think about the whole amount I need to lose is a little overwhelming. At 200 lbs I will be able to wear a ton of clothes that are toted up. It won't be as hot this summer if I weigh less. My knees won't hurt and my ankles hopefully won't swell like they have been. Forty pounds. That is doable. I am going to try to cut out the more refined carbs. I am not going to say that I am not going to eat any. I have a real issue with the all or nothing mentallity. I will take each day as it comes and hopefully even with the bad days that I am going to have, if I can keep the running average somewhere between 1000 - 1500 calories per day, I will be doing really well. The last time I lost weight (starting from 240) I know that over the course of 31 days I averaged 1000 calories per day and lost 21.5 lbs. I am hoping to mimic this. If I could lose around twenty, I know the success breeds success thing will kick in and it will get easier. I am wearing a pair of 20W jeans. Reality check time.
Using the calorie calculator at freedieting.com tells me that right now my maintenance calories are 2486. At 140 my maintenance calories will be 1861 (at the same activity level). I need to get used to eating 625 calories less a day to get where I am going. If I walk 1/2 hour per day I will burn an additional 230 calories. I can lose almost 1/2 lb per day during this initial phase of weight loss. So... I am going to go walk for the next half hour. =)
Start weight ~240. I will weigh tomorrow morning after being successful today. This will minimize the fake weight that people usually lose in the first day. I have 100 lbs to lose. As an adult the lowest weight I have been is 136. I am 5' 6 1/2". XL bones.
I have eaten today:
4 Yogurts - Calories 380
4 Reeces - Calories 420
Wasabi Party Mix - Calories 110
right now I am at 910.
I am shooting to keep it under 1500 today. We are having chicken quesadillas tonight for dinner. I will keep it at half a quesadilla and that will keep me under 1500.
I have lost "the weight" a few times. Or at least lost enough weight to really feel good about myself.
Age 18 - lost from 187 down to 140 (low of 136) over a period of three to four months. I felt so much better. I worked full time in restaurants (on my feet all day) and was going to school full time. I remained around 142 for a least two or three years. Then I started to creep upwards. I remember working two jobs the summer I was 22. I remember at that point I had gained up to about 160-165 and I remember feeling fear, or that I didn't feel like I knew how to make it go down anymore. I met my husband that fall and know I was right around 168 that Thanksgiving. By the time we moved in together that next spring I was up to 175 and didn't know how to turn it around. I gained up to 185 by that fall, but would manage at times to get it back under 175.
By age 25 it had climbed up to 195? I was doing a lot of physical labor at the time and I know I felt the weight in my back and knees by this point. My 14's barely fit, if they did at all. I don't remember. I don't think I have any .... I do have one pair of 16's from that period. I think I bought them and immediately started to lose...
I lost down to 163 over the period of 2 or three months. I was eating low glycemically and had no food in the house at all during this time period. I do remember feeling really, really cute at 163 after being close to 200. There is a world of difference in how people view you at those two weights.
By the summer of 2001 I was back up to 190? I was doing a lot of comfort eating during this time. I remember eating until stuffed a lot of nights in a row....
Until 2004 I gradually gained up to 240. I changed jobs that fall and immediately started losing. The new job wasn't near as stressful as the old one. I think I used a combination of diet pills, low calorie, spurts of low glycemic at this time... I got down to 193. I received a lot of compliments from people at work. I could once again fit into a size 16 and a XL shirt. It opened up a world of clothes again. I have a lot of cute clothing from this size waiting for me in storage.
Over the last 4 years I have gradually put it all back on. I am here again. 240. Swollen ankles. Bad knees. Bad back. I am getting higher and higher blood pressure. The sugar fog I experience at times reminds me that I will end up with diabetes if I don't get this under control soon. My brother has type one... most of my extended family has/had type II.
Right now I am only going to focus on getting back down under 200 lbs. I think having to think about the whole amount I need to lose is a little overwhelming. At 200 lbs I will be able to wear a ton of clothes that are toted up. It won't be as hot this summer if I weigh less. My knees won't hurt and my ankles hopefully won't swell like they have been. Forty pounds. That is doable. I am going to try to cut out the more refined carbs. I am not going to say that I am not going to eat any. I have a real issue with the all or nothing mentallity. I will take each day as it comes and hopefully even with the bad days that I am going to have, if I can keep the running average somewhere between 1000 - 1500 calories per day, I will be doing really well. The last time I lost weight (starting from 240) I know that over the course of 31 days I averaged 1000 calories per day and lost 21.5 lbs. I am hoping to mimic this. If I could lose around twenty, I know the success breeds success thing will kick in and it will get easier. I am wearing a pair of 20W jeans. Reality check time.
Using the calorie calculator at freedieting.com tells me that right now my maintenance calories are 2486. At 140 my maintenance calories will be 1861 (at the same activity level). I need to get used to eating 625 calories less a day to get where I am going. If I walk 1/2 hour per day I will burn an additional 230 calories. I can lose almost 1/2 lb per day during this initial phase of weight loss. So... I am going to go walk for the next half hour. =)
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