Okay....today is day 35 of the "best of my life". That means I've been trying to change my food choices and consumption and increase my physical activity for 5 full weeks now. My initial goal was to consume 1636 net calories a day for weight loss. I started out pretty strong:
Average Daily Calories Consumed:
Week One: 1649
Week Two: 1541
Week Three: 1578
Week Four: on Vacation and didn't count calories, but felt I ate well.
Week Five: 1986!!!
By far this last week was my worse to date. Not sure what happened. I don't know if the new medication has anything to do with it, but I had horrible cravings and gave in to them more often than I should have.
Yesterday was by far the worst single day in the last 35. It started great. Got up, ate a healthy breakfast and went to the park with Bruce and Hayden. We walked 3 mile trail near the lake. Came home, got ready and went shopping with Hayden while Bruce went to work. So far so good. When Hayden and I got home, I turned in to a human vacuum cleaner and went to work on the fridge!!
Frosting, sandwich, more frosting, another sandwich, more frosting. Hmmm....how about some chicken soup with white pasta noodles. Yum. How about 2 bowls. (If 1 is good, two is better, right??) More frosting. ....Okay....feeling sick as a dog. Throw out the rest of the frosting before I eat ANOTHER spoonful. Done.
Today.....My insides feel like a sewer system. So NOT worth it. What happened? How could I have lost control to such a degree? How could I have forgotten how physically bad I feel when I eat that much sugar and refined carbs???
I have to shake this off and get back on track. I can't let the last 5 weeks be ruined by one off one. Today is going to be a tough one. Wish me luck!!!
Monday, July 27, 2009
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THE WEIGHT LOSS PLAN
Here is the plan if you would like to follow along:
1. figure out how many calories a day you should be consuming
in order to lose weight. (7 calories x your current weight)
This is the net amount per day you should be eating.
Net amount = calories eaten minus calories burned
through excercise.
Example: 2200 calories eaten minus 450 calories burned on
treadmill= 1750 net calories.
2. Try to eliminate or drastically reduce the "white foods" you
eat. White bread, rice, pasta, flour, sugar or anything made
with these ingrediants.
3. Work out 1 hour a day, 7 days a week. No excuses.
(This does NOT have to be done all at one time.)
4. Keep Track of your calorie intake and your exercise and
weigh in only once a week.
That's it. It's just that simple and just that hard all at the same time!! Good luck to us all.
Also- if you would like a template of the Excel spreadsheet calorie and food log that I use, Just send me an email at WeighLessLiveMore@yahoo.com and I will be happy to send that to you.
1. figure out how many calories a day you should be consuming
in order to lose weight. (7 calories x your current weight)
This is the net amount per day you should be eating.
Net amount = calories eaten minus calories burned
through excercise.
Example: 2200 calories eaten minus 450 calories burned on
treadmill= 1750 net calories.
2. Try to eliminate or drastically reduce the "white foods" you
eat. White bread, rice, pasta, flour, sugar or anything made
with these ingrediants.
3. Work out 1 hour a day, 7 days a week. No excuses.
(This does NOT have to be done all at one time.)
4. Keep Track of your calorie intake and your exercise and
weigh in only once a week.
That's it. It's just that simple and just that hard all at the same time!! Good luck to us all.
Also- if you would like a template of the Excel spreadsheet calorie and food log that I use, Just send me an email at WeighLessLiveMore@yahoo.com and I will be happy to send that to you.
Coupon Kitchen
A Tasty treat made with this weeks coupon finds:
This week I had a dollar off of Duncan Hines Cake Mix. Last week I had a dollar off of Cool Whip. I bought both.
The cake was on sales for 1.66, so I paid .66
The Cool Whip was on sale for 1.25, so I paid .25
I purchased the Duncan Hines Spice cake mix (It had fewer calories) and instead of making a cake, I made cupcakes. The box said it made 12 servings (based on the cake) at 270 calories per serving, so I did the math. 270 x the 12 servings per box = 3240 for the whole cake. I made 24 cupcakes. 3240 /24= 135 calories per cupcake.
When we're ready to have one I "ice" the top with the cool whip for a cool 10 extra calories. I get a great tasting cupcake treat for only 145 calories! I think kids would love these and not really miss the heavier icing version. :O)
This week I had a dollar off of Duncan Hines Cake Mix. Last week I had a dollar off of Cool Whip. I bought both.
The cake was on sales for 1.66, so I paid .66
The Cool Whip was on sale for 1.25, so I paid .25
I purchased the Duncan Hines Spice cake mix (It had fewer calories) and instead of making a cake, I made cupcakes. The box said it made 12 servings (based on the cake) at 270 calories per serving, so I did the math. 270 x the 12 servings per box = 3240 for the whole cake. I made 24 cupcakes. 3240 /24= 135 calories per cupcake.
When we're ready to have one I "ice" the top with the cool whip for a cool 10 extra calories. I get a great tasting cupcake treat for only 145 calories! I think kids would love these and not really miss the heavier icing version. :O)
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