| Week 12: update - Calories do count! |
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| Oct 29, 2008 |
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Week 12: day 78
start date: August 10, 2008
end date: November 10, 2008
3 month goal: lose 15lbs
start weight: 173lbs
current weight: 166lbs
target weight: 158lbs
last year's fittest-ever weight: 145 lbs!
ultimate wishful weight: 135 lbs
Well technically I have 12 days left on my 90-day challenge to lose another 8lbs. I don't think it's going to happen even though I've finally started to see some results from signing up for the food delivery service. This diet has me on 1200-1400 calories a day! I did not think I would survive on that small amount of food..In fact I did add the occasional 35cal yogurt or the handful of almonds whenever I felt a hunger pang coming on. I also cheated on the weekend and gave my meal to the bf a couple of times so I could splurge on some home-cooking! Also had a few alcoholic beverages every now and again.
I am happy though to see that this change in diet is having an effect. All those days training at the gym just were not enough if I turned around and overate to the tune of 2000+ calories. I'm sure some days I was over the 3000 mark with the cakes, chips, and chocolate fiestas I threw for myself.
My food delivery ends on Saturday so I will prepare my own menu for the week after according to a 1200-1400 calorie range. I'm so proud of me. Today I even recognized an emotional eating urge coming on and was able to talk myself out of it. I reasoned that I had a meal waiting for me at home, so there was no need to buy those Lays Potato Chips and polish them off before I even made it back home. If I can keep up these strategies, maybe I'll get to my target weight before the end of the year. In 8 weeks, can I lose 8lbs? Hell ya!!!!
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| Diet delivery - day 1 |
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| Oct 23, 2008 |
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Today was the first day of my meal delivery service and I have to say I am impressed! The meals were tasty and fresh, while the snacks were interestingly delicious..I'm really looking forward to the upcoming meals. Very happy so far...I did struggle with cravings twice today though. I opted for a low-fat, no sugar yogurt (35 cal) and a half small glass of milk (40 cal) . The plan has me on only 1200-1300 calories a day, so I guess I can sneak in another 100 or so calories. Ok. I also had about an eighth of a wine glass of Spanish Drysack Sherry..but that doesn't count, does it? ;-)
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| I took the plunge...meal delivery service on the way |
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| Oct 18, 2008 |
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I signed up for a meal delivery service today. It's based on the South Beach Diet and they will be delivering 3 meals and 2 snacks to me almost daily. It starts in about a week and runs for a 10 day trial period. It's a little pricey, but it's my gift to myself for all the hard work I put into going to the gym and trying to stay on track.
Lately, I've been feeling so discouraged with my (lack of) results and I realized that it's because I don't have control over my eating. I'm too led astray by dear bf, quick fixes and my own obliviousness to counting calories. So now I put it into the hands of professionals for 10 days to jump start making a change in my food choices.
I will definitely blog my progress and I'm quite optimistic about this.
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| It's a lot of work! |
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| Sep 08, 2008 |
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I'm back up again to 172lbs. Could it be the 3 glasses of wine and 2 beers yesterday? Surely one day of over-consumption can't make that much of a difference! It could just be water retention for that time of the month.
A great way to stay slim once you've reached your goal weight is to go shopping, if only to try on the clothes. It keeps you in check when you realize that you can't fit into the size mediums anymore. I just high-tailed out of the store today after all the mediums were squeezing in my mid-drift and making sausages out of my thighs. Darn, I think I have to start counting calories !!!! :-(
The personal trainer told me that weight-loss is composed of 75% diet, 25% exercise. He also wanted to see me doing longer cardio sessions to burn off the weight. The 30min. routine works so well for me in the mornings tho. Whenever I get the chance, like at lunch today, I'll go longer. But I can't set myself up to do more in the mornings or I just won't go. Anyways, I did get a new routine and I've increased my weights so I expect to see more results this month. I'll make calorie counting my goal for next week, sigh.
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