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Posted: 3 April 2009 04:07 am |
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| It is practicaly brand new digital that also measures body fat (?) and water! Go figure huh?
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Posted: 3 April 2009 04:28 am |
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Hi Cindy, I haven't been in your journal for a while but just wanted to stop in and say hi. That is really irritating about the scale. I don't know what to make of it myself. It wasn't April Fools Day was it? I can just see some sinister programmer in a back room somewhere adding in logic to add 2 pounds on April 1. 
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Posted: 3 April 2009 04:54 am |
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Ha ha had not thought about that one. But unfortunitaley it was this morning.
As you were writing in my journal I as in yours a year ago when you were the same weight as I am right now ! I was trying to get some direction in how to keep the weight comming off. Maybe I should start jogging. Although I realy like my rebounder. Oh eel it's late. I'll think about it more tomarow. Mighty night.
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Posted: 11 May 2009 12:22 am |
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Hi Cindy, I saw your post in Nick's journal. Wow, you are right, you haven't updated your diary in quite a while. I hope you are doing well. Everything is fine with me, and I am sure I will be back doodling away soon. How are things with your weight loss journey? How about an update?
Cheers, Mol.
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Posted: 11 May 2009 01:12 am |
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YAy! I am so happy to hear all is well with Moll.
Update yes.. well I have been over at livestrong as there are a lot of wieght lifters over ther and I like thier way of thinking food wise so I have been trying it out and all I have to say is WOW!
Just to give a small report: eat at maintance, exercise like theres no tommarow and lift as heavy as you can (for me that isn't much more than 25lbs). I'm not loosing on the scale so much (actualy i am not even looking as I do not want to get discouraged) still at 165 (think), but the amazing thing is my clothes are getting biger and I am definately geting stronger. Sometimes I think I am eating too much but then I continue to get compliments and I see it in every area.
I won't go to a gym so weights won't ever be in the 100's or anything but I am glad for the results I am seeing
So ther you have it. I will try to keep more current.
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Posted: 14 May 2009 09:14 pm |
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| I started the day of with grapefruit and was going to have eggs but remembered my flax borage oil so had half a cup of yogurt with that instead. Then I whent to the post and came back feeling just awful! Whent to bed for 2 hours. When I got up I took some Tylenol and had a banana with peanut butter. This helped me rest another hour until the little one got up from her nap. This was around 3:00 so I made a tuna sandwich I. Wh ole spelt. This brings me to 1200 for the day at 4:00 which is pretty good. Expecting my cycle to begin tommarow so want to keep it law but but not too low. I don't think I'll get any exercise inn today so I do not want to g over 1800. This has been good to me as it is a defcit from maintanace but doesn't put my body into starvation thereforeholding onto all the fat. I do need toweigh again but with from comming I probably will wait.
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Posted: 27 May 2009 02:54 am |
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Posted: 27 May 2009 03:01 am |
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| Ok I'll try again. Anyone try kettlebells? They are great for an awsome butt kicking workout! My whole new routine is: kettlebells twice a week, HIIT, twice a week and simple 2-4mile brisk walk the other 2days. I lowered my calls to 1800 instead of maintanance on only eat back half of calories burned during exercise. I'm feeling good, losing fat and getting stronger .
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Posted: 27 May 2009 04:57 pm |
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So hear I am , a totaly full day with laundry , making lunch for 20 plus people and moving or rooms to the other side of the house. All this to to and my sciatic goes out on me! Ugh. So haer I lay on the floor with my leggs on a chair at a 90 degree angle ( pete egoscou exercise).
This use to happen a lot to me when I first started brisk walking and was heavier. But now I'm in better shape so what gives?
Well I'm glad I live with people who will take over my responsibilities for a short while so I can heal.
Food so far today was a little quinoa with scrambled egg and sesame flax meal and hot sauce along with an orange.
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Posted: 28 May 2009 04:03 am |
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well my leg issue hasn't gotten much better throught the day. I think it must be my scietic, only around the front of my leg and not the back side. It usualy gets better in a day or two.
Did good on food all day until my daughter brought me a nacho with extra jalepenos. Ugh! I ate the whole thing! Probably something like 700 calories.
So I'm probably at 2300 for the day with no exercise. Yuk!
Get back up and try again tommarow.
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Posted: 28 May 2009 06:46 pm |
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At 1:41 I am at 1,000 calories which isn't bad. Especialy if I am going to burn about 300 on the rebounder. I should be netting no less than 1500 for the day if I intend to lose fat. I'm learning about ones body being in starvation mode bellow that point and how your body will hold onto every bit of fat and burn muscle instead. That leaves one withought a good fat fighting metabolism.
So between 500-800 calories more for the day.
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Posted: 28 May 2009 11:10 pm |
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ok hear it is, the whole food totals:
2eggs fried in coconut oil 160
2 small slices raisin walnut rye sour dough toast 150
2cups milky mate with honey 150
1small peacen biscoti 110
20 oz cup coffee capacino 200
1cup blackbeans 225
1cup kale 75
1/2oz chess 50
Vegetable sandwich with cheese mayo 400
Baked sun chips 300
3 squares of organic chocalate 180
Equals a whopping 2100!
It was all very controlled eating and I didn't even give in to the ice cream party going on out in the bakery !
I suppose if I had foregone the chips and chocolate then I would have been almost 500 calories smarter and had my deficit in the bag! Oh well, live and learn!
I did not actualy do any active xercise but moving furniture up and down stairs all day must count for some burn.Last edited on 29 May 2009 03:00 am by 50lbs2lose
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Posted: 4 June 2009 02:07 pm |
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Well I seem to be back on track with exercise. Food is comming along. Yesterday I consumed all my calories before 3:00 so decided that was it for the day! Woke up with a VERY flat tummy ( remember I've given birth to 7children now). I remenered one friend told me she could lose 5 lbs in a week by eatng whatever until 3:00 and nothing after that. I don't know if I will eat whatever but maybe my calorie portion by then. Or maybe not. I don want to be wierd with food. I am already scared to step on the scale because I don't want to be depressed or get over confident.
In any case did some yoga this morning when I got out of bed. Feels god to stretch like that. I think I will try to do it 3 times a day along with my kettlebells and interval work outs
That all for now!
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Posted: 21 June 2009 02:40 am |
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well I feel like I have been off track for a while with food but still doing my weights and hiit. Tommorow I will weigh and measure, receive the bad news and get get back on eat to live. I think trying to switch to add messed me up. I was doing well and got anxious. So back on track tommarow.
Any encouragement from anyone would be helpfull!
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Posted: 21 June 2009 11:52 am |
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I've been off track for a long while, too. Hang in there! If we keep trying eventually it'll stick :)
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Posted: 21 June 2009 12:20 pm |
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thanks ml.
I did the weigh in and it's up to172.4. But... Because I have been faithful withweights etc.. I'm down a size in my underwear! And I noticed a huge difference in the firmness of my midsection this morning. So most probably I'm building muscle which will help laods in burning the fat off once I realy give myself to eat to live.
So starting today that's the plan!
Fruit for breakfast with a little coconut milk
Veggies with one cup of starch the rest of the day.
Since it's not a weight workout day I'll probably do the rebounded and burn around500 cals.
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Posted: 24 June 2009 02:54 pm |
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Hey Cindy! Haven't been in your diary in a looooong while! Really glad for you that you're keeping the exercise consistency! Yay for the going down a size in the underwear! For me that's pretty much where it's at - the size. I think I've weighed myself twice at most - in the last year - both times in the last month just to put a reference number to some serious honeymoon sloth and gluttony weight gain. Just remember, if you keep lifting on a regular basis you'll end up weighing more, but being able to eat more while actually being leaner and tighter than the average "thin" woman - nice how that works out!
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Posted: 24 June 2009 05:24 pm |
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Yes I am seeing this suenos but..... What if i want to still get rid of say 25lbs and be somewhat smaller ? I am reading different things and one woman at livestrong said she still had 50lbs to lose but wasn't getting there only becomming stronger and firmer (which is not a bad thing but ya know how women want everything! We want our cake and to eat it!). She lowered her weights and increased the reps, 20 to fail on some! Changed her diet and lost the weight but is very lean and muscular. Not that I am looking for so much definition, just do not want to be a flabby 50 year old in 5 years!
There is just sooo much controversy on this subject!
So yes I started the eat to live ( for the most part) and already lost 2lbs since the beginning of the week. Today is a lifting day and I am needing motivation! Just had a cup of STRONG chai (only 50cals!) maybe this will kick in and I will start swingin the kettlebell!
Report back later.
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Posted: 28 June 2009 01:43 am |
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| Eating fruit only in the morning with a little coconut milk added realy is helping me feel cleaner and get back into ETL. The other meals I'm still working on. But I do feel like I'm getting there. I decided that I will do a full body weighs on Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday . Then the other three days will be HIIT. I like how one week has already got me back onthe right track just have to keep the vision "nothing tastes as good as thin feels". Remember that cindy!
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Posted: 1 July 2009 01:44 pm |
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Well I kept my calories decent yesterday then had 2grilled chicken breast from KFC along with some fat free cottage cheese before I went to bed. I was thinking of getting up and doing my weights workout early this morning but ended up doing laundery instead. I figure if I get that outa the way I can exercisewhen the little one is in her circle time group. The only thing is I got up at 4:30 to get it all done early and I'm starving hungry even after my 2cups of green tea and bowl of fruit. Well I'm already over 500 in but if I'm going to be lifting for an hour in say one and a half hours I can probably eat something a little heavier in 30 minutes or so.
Be back latter.
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Posted: 3 July 2009 03:28 pm |
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well started the day off with 3 cups of chai mate and I'm off and running! 10:20 and I'm finaly eating my bowl of fruit. It's amazing how just having fruit in the morning along with a couple cups of yerba mate realy regulate and balance me right wear I need to be. I love eating clean and the way it makes my body feel clean.
My new motto is; forget the past, embrace the present, and welcome the future.
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Posted: 16 July 2009 03:45 pm |
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| Hey Cindy! I like your motto. How's it going?
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Posted: 16 July 2009 07:21 pm |
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Everything is going well. Thanks for asking suenos! I'm trying to perfect the lose the fat keep the muscle but it is quite a challange with all the information out there! I don't want to consume too little calories and burn lbm but I want to be in somewhat of a deficit to lose the fat. I'm up to 171 but I'm sure a lot of those 8 lbs are muscle. I might be vanity but I want to see the scale going down.
I'm thinking about calorie cycling but need an overall number to go with.
Maintainance for me right now is2400 cals. If I go under 500 that puts me at1900. Do you think that is a good amount for me to consume on a daily basis along with 5 days of exercise?
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suenos
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Posted: 16 July 2009 09:25 pm |
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cindy:
what do your daily cals look like on a 7 day cycle?
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Posted: 17 July 2009 01:50 am |
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Are you asking for A culmination of all the days together? If so I would say between14000-14500. Around there somewear. I was told to never try to loose fat by going into a deficit with your food but rather make a deficit with exercising. But what I don't know is how to eat that much food (2400 calories a day) and also if that is how much I should eat on days I'm not exercising? I would think to create a 500 cal deficit on those days.
This is more information than you're asking for though.
Thanks suenos for taking an interest in me.
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Posted: 17 July 2009 03:53 am |
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Hi again Cindy. I know what you mean about all the conflicting info floating around re: weightloss, and of course everyone and their brother/sister has their own favorite hobbyhorse, and everywhere you look there is person A declaring "this is what worked for me" and person B going "well, I tried that and it didn't work for me...but this did work"....so yea, it's a (dieting) jungle out there.
BUT, amidst all the confusion there's one basic formula that we can't get away from - the simplistic little statement that if you take in less calories than you expend you will lose weight - cause that's simply how our bodies (ALL of our bodies) were created to operate. For instance, the example you cite earlier about the woman who didn't lose weight until she lowered her weights/increased reps and changed her diet. By increasing her reps (which could only be achieved by lowering her weights), she simply increased the calorie expenditure of her work-out. Chances are that the changes in her diet also resulted in her taking in fewer calories also. I'm just restating the obvious here to help you clear some of the confusion around "conflicting information"....no matter what the approach - the bottom line to weight loss is still "cals out > cals in = weight loss. No matter how it gets dressed up.
If I'm looking at your numbers correctly, you're taking in roughly 2070 calories a day average. Two problems for weight loss jump out at me here. First, if you're going to count calories - well, you actually have to count them. I'm not a huge fan of calorie counting for long term maint. because it's not all that sustainable for the average person, but it's a good short term tool...if correctly used. And that means not estimating, guessing or approximating portion sizes or calories. It's like trying to balance your checking account but not always inputting the correct amounts deposited or spent. So, this is my long winded way of saying that if you're going to count calories, you need to be writing down the exact amounts you are putting in your mouth at every meal, every day no matter what - and if you can't measure it or don't know the calories in it then don't eat it. Cause that's what makes calorie counting effective...and that's what makes it unsustainable day after day over a lifetime.
Second, if your maint. cals are 2400 and you are averaging 2070, that's a daily average deficit of 330 from food and I'm guessing you get the remaining 270 deficit from exercise. And here I gotta add that I don't know who told you to create your entire deficit from exercise rather than food but that's nuts. Sorry, but it is.
The problem that I'm seeing with this is: if you are exercising 5 days a week then you are not really creating an average 500 cal daily deficit between diet/exercise. And no, exercising more/harder/faster on the other five days is not an answer.
In a nutshell (finally you're probably thinking)....my guess is you are simply eating too much for effective weight loss at this point.
There's a million ways you can cycle or zig zag cals. The simplest, most straight foward way is starting with 3/1/3: three days low, one day maint., three days low. IMO your maint. cals are high enough that you can stand a 500 cal a day slash in your diet, down to 1900 cals a day. Plenty of room in those numbers for solid nutrition, energy, strength and adding roughly 300 cals a day exercise 5 days a week is not so drastic it's going to cause muscle loss.
So my basic suggestion is that you try going 3 days at 1900 cals, 1 day at 2400 and then 3 days at 1900 cals. Be specific with your calories. Be specific with your portion sizes. Other than doing your HIIT on a maint. cal day, I wouldn't stress the making your work-outs match your food intake at this point. If your diet is in check (sufficient protein, sufficient efa's, etc.), YOU ARE NOT GOING TO LOSE MUSCLE eating 1900 cals a day - and if anyone tells you otherwise just say "bite me". There's a time and a place to sweat the details and at this stage of your weight loss it's not crucial. Try it on for a month and see what happens.
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Posted: 17 July 2009 04:20 am |
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Bite me? Uh, I've never used that approach before but I got a good laugh out of it! In any case it was a six packed 25 year old trim dude over at livestrong. He seems to have answers but he's also young, male and very in shape. I don't think he's ever struggled with his weight.
So you are someone who I can confide in because you have credentials in my eyes.
I will listen to what you tell me and keep up with my exercising etc.
The funny thing is I did lose inches on the exercise program you gave me (15 inches!) and then started getting over confident and then trying all this other stuff. So today I started the old routine again with a few more reps than just 5. I'm for sure much stronger I just want to be leaner as well.
So thank you so much.
By the way if you don't count calories how do you know what is a good amount to eat? Just curios
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Posted: 17 July 2009 04:44 am |
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50lbs2lose wrote: By the way if you don't count calories how do you know what is a good amount to eat? Just curios
That's more of a long term mant. tool than effective for weight loss. Operates on the principle that, under ideal circumstances (i.e. no eating disorders, no heavily processed food intake, no medical problems, etc.) the human body is pretty efficient at taking in the amount of calories it needs to sustain itself at its current weight....short bus explaination is that it does this through hormones that signal send either "hungry - must seek food" or "full - stop eating". So, I pretty much trained myself to listen to those signals and respond accordingly. Sounds hippy-dippy I know...but it's backed up by some pretty solid research and I gotta say that this approach allowed me to sustain a pretty darn large weight loss (75+ lbs) for about two years - then a bunch of stuff happened and I deviated from a whole foods only food intake and started eating based on factors other than strict hunger and gained back 16 lbs (which I'm currently working off)
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Posted: 17 July 2009 12:07 pm |
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| so basicaly, after I lose the 40 lbs I have to lose I should follow that way. Because in all actuality the diet we consume is good, healthy wholesome and from scratch. There is a lot of carbs available though so I have to watch that. But in general people might cook with too much oil, adding invisible fat. But thereis always fruit available and lots of fresh lettuce, kale, cabbage, snow peas, carrots, beets etc from the garden. There's realy no excuse to give in to the sticky buns( made with whole grains raw sugar or honey and good butter ! Reasoning reasoning), jalopeno cheese rolls, fresh bread right out of the oven, or the Friday night, lemon lush, butterscotch pie. You get the idea? Basicaly having self control and saying " no thank you". Eating my greans and beans and have a small smoothie for dessert.
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Posted: 20 July 2009 11:04 pm |
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Well have been busy with sick children and then fell pray to the sicknessyself. Horrible stomach bug! One nice thing about it is my appetite has been nill. Stayed under 1000 yesterday and only at 600 today. Now I know this is not good for any length of time but a couple of days won't hurt.
So tommarow I'm back to calorie cycling. I think it will be a 1900 cal day, if I can get that much in after two such low days!
The thing I'm most worried about is my lack of exercise for soething like 3-4 days. I hate missing that much time. I'm always so sore when I start up again.
Well hears to a better tommarow and peace all around
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Posted: 22 July 2009 04:06 am |
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Hey Cindy, sorry to hear that you have been under the weather and hope you are feeling better today. Thanks for your support in my journal, you've been hanging with me a long time. Its nice to share the good times as well as the struggles.
I think tracking your calories closely is very good for learning portion sizes and for thinking about what you are eating. If I make a turkey burger, but cook it in a bit of olive oil, then you have to add calories for the oil. That sort of thing adds up and getting in the habit of simply recognizing it is very useful. It is also the way I got into eating lots of salads, as opposed to fruits, as veggies have fewer calories & natural sugars.
Anyway, hope you had a good day. 
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Posted: 24 July 2009 02:42 pm |
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Hey Cindy:
I'm hoping that both you and the kiddies are over the grunge and everyone's well enough to enjoy the week-end!
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Posted: 27 July 2009 08:26 pm |
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Well hear it is Monday again! Went to a festival yeasterday and it was so much fun! Children swam, played frizby, volley ball ate lots of good food ( 3200) calorie worth!
So yah monday new week. Wanted to start my exercise program strong again today BUT got a terrible tummy ache after lunch and I've been laying down for an hour now trying to get rid of it.
So far ivehad my am fruit and plate of stir fried veggies with lemonbutter one whole wheat roll and couple glasses fruity mate. So I'm ate 1300 so far. I realy need to keep it at or around 1700 today and then 1300 tomarow to keep my zig zagging going on track.
Exercise just needs to start happening in the morning before the kiddies get up (thanks suenos for you care).
So hoping this is just trapped gas and will pass soon (no pun intended).
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Posted: 6 August 2009 05:56 pm |
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Ok done messin around and not "waiting till Monday " to start again ! I have been at 169-170 for months and just puttin about it. So becoming accountable for all starting today!
Exercise" 40 minutes with10 and 20 on weights.
Did the ones suenos gave me plus2sets of 15 frog squats. Love those!
Breakie- 2 egg white and 1 whole egg. 1 apple cup of plain yerba mate.
Pre workout - 5 oz garlic roast beef with 2 oz pepper jack grilled on 2 small
slices rye. No other fat. 1 cup joe with creamora.
Lunch-1/2 cup black beans on a bed of shredded romain lettuce.
Realy my goals,calory wise is 1900 a day but cycled. So I have 13,300 to mix up and switch around. I origamaly thought my maintanance cals were 2400 but used a different system and found out it's more like 2260. So I'm at less if a deficit but I'll exercise every day to make up to-500 plus on some days. So I know I have good plan I just need to be faithful.
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Posted: 6 August 2009 11:15 pm |
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I did have one cup of juicy mate. But I could afford it.
Finished off the day with 2slices sun flax bread topped with cottage cheese hot sauce, tomatoe and onion.
Amazingly I stayed bellow1700 ( which is my cycle for today), and my macros were almost perfect! 36-29-39 c/f/p. And my carbs were just above 100g. I am so excited that it actualy came out this way!
I even gave room for 3oz of turkey later on!
I just need to keep at it.
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Posted: 8 August 2009 03:45 am |
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Well for a " cheat day" I actualy ate very healthy.
Breakfast- 4egg whites and 1 whole egg with 1cup kale a d a little homemade cheese
Snack- 2 tbs peanut butter with a few crackers.
Lunch-2 pieces rye bread with 2 slices provolone and 5 oz sliced turkey. All grilled on my George furman grill.
Snack-2stuffed eggs and celery stix along with juicy mate.
Supper- small salad with itallian dressing, stir fried veggies with sliced turkey over ricewith dck sauce. And spelt challah bread.
Dessert was apple filed cookies and frozen cappacino with splenda and skim milk.
High calorie yes, good wholesome food ( for the most part) yes. This is suppose to help rev ones metabolism and get it ready for fat loss for the rest of the week.
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Posted: 9 August 2009 10:40 pm |
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Well ilike how Nancy has handled her calculations and even though I will keep cycling I think I'll try to keep track in a similar way.
So maintanance is 2236 for me at 170 lbs. I want to lose another 30 lbs.
Today is a 1900 calorie day and exercise so far has been 5 min on rebounded and abs- Russians twist-10( each side), 50 crunches, 50 v sits,50planks, and 10 reverse crunch on Swiss ball.
Food so far
Brakfast-1 whole egg 2egg white 1 slice provolone and tomato, onion omlette-200
Mate-100
Snack-large iced rasbery mocha-250
Lunch/dinner- open faced BBQ roast beef with onion and tomato-300
1cup pasta salad-300
Beets100
Juicy mate75
Snack- 2peanut butter cookies300
So at present 1725 and suppose to have tea floats latter. Illiterate pass for something more nutritious like cottage cheese-175.
This will leave me with -326 of maintainance
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Posted: 10 August 2009 06:12 pm |
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So this morning when I woke went for a walk to pray and my sweet 16 daughter met me with a fresh blueberry scone. How could I turn it down?
So that was first snack of the day-350plus a mate -100.
450
Two hrs lateri had my real bteakfst of kale egg cheese omlette
-350
Lunch was beans and greens and stir friedsummer squash with a side of cold beets.
-250
Snack of iced coffee
200
So far-1250
With today being a 1500 cal day I only have ( actualy I just remembered the once of cashews I ate earlier-170) 80 calorie left.
I suppose I could have 2onces of turkey rolled up in lettuce or 2 servings of
my protein drink.
Well I ended up eating moose stew and garlic bread. So yum!
So that put me at 2000. Butttt I went for a 3 mile jog/walk. Got good and sweaty!
-736 for the day ( according to my maintainance). Last edited on 12 August 2009 01:39 am by 50lbs2lose
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Posted: 12 August 2009 03:03 am |
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Ok food today is as follws
Breakie- a necterine, and a plum with an ounce of nuts.
Lunch- roast beef and provolone on sesame seed roll with honey mustard
Snack-peanut butter on toast and ounce of nuts
Supper-kale quich and beets
Snack- kipper, cucumbers and cottage cheese
All tallied to 1985.
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Posted: 13 August 2009 01:50 am |
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Ok I did a 1700 cal day today only because I had two high days in a row. Not exactly zig zagging but it's working. When I weighed in this morning I was down 3 percent on my fat and scale is back at 169.4. So I have 51.1 lbs of fat on a 169.4 body.
Food for today was good and wholesome and lots of protein.
Breakfast- 2 fried eggs and one piece of provolone on rye toast (1) and mate with milk and honey.
425
Snack- cinamon roasted almonds.
170
Lunch- 2 slces rye ,2slices provikone,3 oz beef, 2 oz turkey grilled on a George Forman no oil and BBQ sauce.
600
Steamed veggies over 1/2 cup brown rice bread with olive oil
500
I also had a skim milk splenda sweetened iced latte I don't know how much that is but I went for a 3.5 mile brisk walk and burned 361 cals. So I belief I'm still under 1700. In any case I feel nurished and healthy and didn't give in to any bad stuff.
Good night
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Posted: 13 August 2009 05:51 am |
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okay, that's it...I'm gonna have to get me some of that "mate" stuff just so I can see what the heck you're talking about....you'll have to take to blame though if I find it addicting and gain 50lbs drinking gallons of the stuff every day!
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Posted: 13 August 2009 11:04 am |
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| Hear I sit with my first cup of mate (pronounced-mau-tay) of the day. I like a cup in the morning with milk and honey. But I do have to either drink it plain most of the day or definately be careful how much juicy mate I drink. In the hot weather over ice it is so fefreshing!
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Posted: 18 August 2009 11:54 am |
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havn't been writing things down because I've been so busy but I'm doing good especialy on my walk/ jogs 4.25 miles sunday 5 on Monday. Boy did I feel it this morning. I'm having difficulty with the weights - being motivated to do them. I think in my mind I say 5 miles equals 500 calories gone and I don't get those negative numbers in weight lifting. Silly, I know. I'll probably do some kettlebell today.
It is a higher calorie day-2100- but I want to keep it clean.
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| Boy do I need to stop making excuses and get back on the ball food wise! I'm doing good with exercising but my food is too much! I think tommarow is beans and greens again!! I seem to be able to eat enough but keep the calories under 1500 with ETL. So it's back to that woe I go! Last edited on 6 September 2009 02:39 am by 50lbs2lose
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Posted: 7 September 2009 05:48 pm |
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YesterdY turned out to be a good day both food and exercise. Kept it under 1800 even while burning off almost 300 calories.
Today has been ok but not as good. Already had a slice of toast with apple butter, and a cheese turkey sandwich with BBQ sauce. Also a few bites of apple and slice of cantalope a few bits of a lentil burger maybe 550-600 calories so far.
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Posted: 14 September 2009 02:26 am |
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Well today weigh in was the same at 170.4. But I also started ttotm. So not so discouraging.
I'm staying at 1650 calories and so far4 days of exercise last week. Nothing but cleaning and sewing today because it's my second day and I always bleed heavier on day two. But I'm confident I'm doing good and will continue on down.
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Posted: 15 September 2009 08:15 pm |
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| I have a friend whose 60 year old father did a water fast for several days and lost 20 lbs. Since straylight was doing one yesterday I thought I'd try my version of it today and it's amazing how good I'm feeling only drinking mate and water! Its3:15pm and has been 15 hours and 45 minutes since I last ate and I'm not hungry at all and have amazing energy. Getting ready to go for a 2 mile walk with the kiddies. Did loads and loads of laundry today and I'm not whiped out going up and two flights all day. Hear we go. I wonder how long someone can go on only mate and water?
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Posted: 16 September 2009 01:06 am |
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Well it is 8:02 and besides mate and a snapples peach tea I have only had water for 22 hours. I fed y children three meals and took one of the women grocery shopping withought giving in. Yay! Straylight would be proud of me!
I'm going to take some glutamine before going to bed as it is suppose to keep your body from canabalizimg it's muscle.
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Posted: 22 October 2009 01:06 pm |
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50lbs2lose wrote: Well it is 8:02 and besides mate and a snapples peach tea I have only had water for 22 hours. I fed y children three meals and took one of the women grocery shopping withought giving in. Yay! Straylight would be proud of me!
I'm going to take some glutamine before going to bed as it is suppose to keep your body from canabalizimg it's muscle.
Hi. I'm a new member, but I was reading the last entries of your diary. I was wondering why you're not updating this anymore. It would be great to hear from you again. I can mostly relate with your entries wherein you mention your struggle with the really good food. I have the same struggle. I recently started the Christopher Guerrero program, but I slip sometimes. I indulge myself on some things that i obviously shouldn't. This is why I find your diary inspiring, I at least get to become more conscious of what I eat, and this time, stick to a program that I like.
Kudoz! Hope to hear from you again.
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Posted: 22 October 2009 06:11 pm |
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well since somone is interrested I'll give an update. Right now I am on a 7 day green smoothie challange in which I drink a smoothie every morning and stick with raw food the rest of the day. I find my body and mind do so much better when I don't give it too many choices. Raw is healthy, and simple. The smoothies are awsome and satisfying.
I haven't weighed myself since beginning this two weeks ago but I feel myself sliming down and I have loads of energy! No more caffiene, lots of water and well, it seems to work very well. Our household is having a pancake super tonight but I will make some gazpacho soup and a cashew maple smoothie instead. Yup, I could live this way. Can't wait until I can say I'm down to 130 lbs and feelin awsome!
I will keep you posted.
Peace in= peace out.
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