Well, this I my second week of the 5/2 diet and my 4th "fast" day.
So far, I have lost two pounds.
Not great, but better than nothing.
I think I have stuck to the 500 calories today.
I am not sure because keeping track of things and counting calories is a pain.
Today I had:
coffee w/ half and half
1 egg white
some carrots, cherry tomatoes and blackberries
water
salad - greens, blueberries, pickled okra, two strawberries, an egg white, a little bit of sunflower seeds, oil and vinegar dressing - not much of it - and a pickle, two chips (yes just two), about 10 nuts
water
water, ribbons of zucchini (one zucchini), two asparagus and 4 mushrooms w/ some no sugar spaghetti sauce. I thought it would be good. Meh. It was ok. Nothing fantastic. Not the same as actual noodles.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Second "fast" day
Ok, it is Thursday, and today is my second "fast" day. I am supposed to only eat 500 calories today. So far, I have had coffee w/ a little half and half, 3 hardboiled egg whites, and a bag of carrots, cherry tomatoes and sugar snap peas. I am estimating that at about 200 calories.
So, I still have 300 calories to eat tonight.
I was hungry off and on during the day today - I did not eat anything until 1:35 other than the coffee.
I just kept reminding myself that I have fasted for Yom Kippur in the past and for Passover - although that was many years ago. Lots of people do one day fasts for religious reasons all the time and I think Muslims do it for a month at a time, although they probably do not limit their diet to 500 calories during the time that they do eat.
I wanted to eat the moment I walked in the door from work today - that is just habit I guess.
I will see how I do this evening.
That will be the toughest time for me.
So, for dinner I cooked onion, mushrooms, kale and a few cherry tomatoes. I used a little oil and butter and put a bit of goat cheese on top.
I am estimating about 200 calories there.
I just had to change out of the pants I wore today because they were digging huge ridges into my fat stomach.
Incentive to keep dieting I suppose.
Ok, a couple of hours after dinner and my stomach is rumbling and grumbling - not from being hungry, but from eating all that kale.
Ugh..
So, I still have 300 calories to eat tonight.
I was hungry off and on during the day today - I did not eat anything until 1:35 other than the coffee.
I just kept reminding myself that I have fasted for Yom Kippur in the past and for Passover - although that was many years ago. Lots of people do one day fasts for religious reasons all the time and I think Muslims do it for a month at a time, although they probably do not limit their diet to 500 calories during the time that they do eat.
I wanted to eat the moment I walked in the door from work today - that is just habit I guess.
I will see how I do this evening.
That will be the toughest time for me.
So, for dinner I cooked onion, mushrooms, kale and a few cherry tomatoes. I used a little oil and butter and put a bit of goat cheese on top.
I am estimating about 200 calories there.
I just had to change out of the pants I wore today because they were digging huge ridges into my fat stomach.
Incentive to keep dieting I suppose.
Ok, a couple of hours after dinner and my stomach is rumbling and grumbling - not from being hungry, but from eating all that kale.
Ugh..
Monday, April 15, 2013
Lose weight or buy bigger clothes?
I think I would prefer to lose weight.
I tried on some clothes in stores in the past few days and that was horribly depressing.
So, I am trying again to lose weight.
Yesterday I survived the "fast" day on the 5:2 diet if I did it right.
Pants size 10 are tight.
I want to get back to wearing sizes 6 and 8.
I am recording what I eat to see if that helps.
Really.
Gonna do it this time.
I tried on some clothes in stores in the past few days and that was horribly depressing.
So, I am trying again to lose weight.
Yesterday I survived the "fast" day on the 5:2 diet if I did it right.
Pants size 10 are tight.
I want to get back to wearing sizes 6 and 8.
I am recording what I eat to see if that helps.
Really.
Gonna do it this time.
Sunday, April 14, 2013
5:2 Diet
Well, as this blog evidences, I have gone through many "diets" and none of them ever work.
I am now once again to fat for my old fat pants and my new fat pants are tight.
I weigh now what I did at nine months pregnant in each of my pregnancies.
Ugh.
So, now I am reading about the 5:2 diet that a friend told me about.
I really wish that you could lose weight from reading about diets and get fit from reading about exercise. I would be thin and in great shape!
On the 5:2 diet you eat whatever you usually eat for 5 days.
But, for two days of the week, you only eat 500 calories or 25% of what should be your normal food intake for your height and weight.
Since I am short, my "fast" days should probably be less than 500 calories a day, but I am going to ignore that right now.
Also, counting calories is MATH - and I really do not like math.
I got the myfitnesspal app on my phone, but it does not really do exactly what I need. I don't eat things that lend themselves to counting calories in a simple way.
So, I thought today would be a good "fast" day since I work this evening.
Nights are my worst times for eating properly.
I have not read the whole book yet, and after doing so, I may change what I eat more.
Today, I had coffee w/ half and half and vanilla stevia in it for breakfast.
I suppose I should measure the amount of half and half I use in order to have an accurate idea of calories. I am going to guess 2 Tablespoons because that is what they list on the box of half and half and it is probably close to what I use.
That is 40 calories.
For snack, I had a banana.
Estimate 90 calories.
I had salad - with lots of stuff which would be too difficult to calculate so I took 130 calories that was listed as a salad w/ chicken on the app.
In my salad was: lettuce, chard, a little bit of carrots, cherry tomatoes, two or three strawberries, blueberries, some other veggies that were in the salad bag and the dressing was the juice of half of a lemon, some red wine vinegar and a bit of homemade oil and vinegar salad dressing.
I did not have chicken on it, instead, I had an egg white.
And I was still hungry. Imagine that. So, I ate all of the leftover spaghetti squash with some no sugar marinara sauce and estimated it on the app as 126 calories.
That may or may not all be correct.
That puts me at 386 calories meaning I only have 114 calories left for the night.
That does not sound great, but I will be at work, so perhaps it won't be so bad.
I will take a salad to work.
I had salad w/ a bit of turkey lunchmeat in it.
It probably went a bit above the 114 calories.
I was very hungry and had a headache and rather grumpy before dinner.
I am now once again to fat for my old fat pants and my new fat pants are tight.
I weigh now what I did at nine months pregnant in each of my pregnancies.
Ugh.
So, now I am reading about the 5:2 diet that a friend told me about.
I really wish that you could lose weight from reading about diets and get fit from reading about exercise. I would be thin and in great shape!
On the 5:2 diet you eat whatever you usually eat for 5 days.
But, for two days of the week, you only eat 500 calories or 25% of what should be your normal food intake for your height and weight.
Since I am short, my "fast" days should probably be less than 500 calories a day, but I am going to ignore that right now.
Also, counting calories is MATH - and I really do not like math.
I got the myfitnesspal app on my phone, but it does not really do exactly what I need. I don't eat things that lend themselves to counting calories in a simple way.
So, I thought today would be a good "fast" day since I work this evening.
Nights are my worst times for eating properly.
I have not read the whole book yet, and after doing so, I may change what I eat more.
Today, I had coffee w/ half and half and vanilla stevia in it for breakfast.
I suppose I should measure the amount of half and half I use in order to have an accurate idea of calories. I am going to guess 2 Tablespoons because that is what they list on the box of half and half and it is probably close to what I use.
That is 40 calories.
For snack, I had a banana.
Estimate 90 calories.
I had salad - with lots of stuff which would be too difficult to calculate so I took 130 calories that was listed as a salad w/ chicken on the app.
In my salad was: lettuce, chard, a little bit of carrots, cherry tomatoes, two or three strawberries, blueberries, some other veggies that were in the salad bag and the dressing was the juice of half of a lemon, some red wine vinegar and a bit of homemade oil and vinegar salad dressing.
I did not have chicken on it, instead, I had an egg white.
And I was still hungry. Imagine that. So, I ate all of the leftover spaghetti squash with some no sugar marinara sauce and estimated it on the app as 126 calories.
That may or may not all be correct.
That puts me at 386 calories meaning I only have 114 calories left for the night.
That does not sound great, but I will be at work, so perhaps it won't be so bad.
I will take a salad to work.
I had salad w/ a bit of turkey lunchmeat in it.
It probably went a bit above the 114 calories.
I was very hungry and had a headache and rather grumpy before dinner.
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Guess what I am Wearing?!
Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013
Today, I am wearing my old "fat" pants - the ones that I could not fit into for the past two months.
They are a bit tight and I have a muffin top in them and they make marks on my hips and stomach, but I can fit into them again and that is a victory!
Since changing my diet, some of the stuff I used to eat does not even taste good any more.
Chips - like the tostitos I used to eat - now taste like ick - crunchy, salty gross cardboard or something.
Today's food - so far
Breakfast - coffee w/ vanilla stevia and half and half
a hardboiled egg
banana
a few blackberries and strawberries
Brought for lunch - salad, berries, cherry tomatoes
and rice w/ some chicken, cheese, kale, mushroom in it to heat up and eat
not sure about dinner yet.
So happy I can squeeze back into these pants! Now I need to get them fitting properly again, then loose, then down to the next size.
Today, I am wearing my old "fat" pants - the ones that I could not fit into for the past two months.
They are a bit tight and I have a muffin top in them and they make marks on my hips and stomach, but I can fit into them again and that is a victory!
Since changing my diet, some of the stuff I used to eat does not even taste good any more.
Chips - like the tostitos I used to eat - now taste like ick - crunchy, salty gross cardboard or something.
Today's food - so far
Breakfast - coffee w/ vanilla stevia and half and half
a hardboiled egg
banana
a few blackberries and strawberries
Brought for lunch - salad, berries, cherry tomatoes
and rice w/ some chicken, cheese, kale, mushroom in it to heat up and eat
not sure about dinner yet.
So happy I can squeeze back into these pants! Now I need to get them fitting properly again, then loose, then down to the next size.
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
one week - paleo not doing it
So, after a week of paleo, I have only lost one pound and I have felt deprived and craved grains the whole time. So, I am adding grains back in - except for wheat. I guess it will be a semi-gluten free diet - I am not going to insist on the gf as much as the no wheat.
I also am adding back a little dairy, but not much - half and half in my coffee, butter on things etc...
Tonight I made gf cornbread - from a mix and it was sooooo good.
I also had a little rice that I had mixed w/ some veggies and baked in acorn squash - yum!
I also am adding back a little dairy, but not much - half and half in my coffee, butter on things etc...
Tonight I made gf cornbread - from a mix and it was sooooo good.
I also had a little rice that I had mixed w/ some veggies and baked in acorn squash - yum!
Saturday, January 19, 2013
day 4
Ok, I have done this for 3 days so far and this is the 4th day. No grain, and no dairy and no sugar. I have had a headache for the past couple of days. Withdrawal? Not sure.
So far, I have lost about a pound or a pound and a half.
Not sure if that really counts as anything yet.
Why is gaining weight soooo much easier than losing it?
I tried to make zucchini bread yesterday from a paelo recipe.
I think the recipe had the wrong amount of almond flour listed.
I did change the recipe a bit because instead of grating the two zucchini, I put them in the vitamix with the 3 eggs and instead of 1/2 cup of coconut oil, I used a bit less and added in some applesauce. It only called for 1/2 cup of almond flour. That was not much so I added more almond flour and some coconut flour. It was very bright green. Almost fluorescent green. I have a photo I will add of it in the oven. It never did bake to a bread like consistency. More quiche like I guess. And not a lot of flavor. It was ok hot with salt. I have a lot left over. Perhaps I will try to toast some in the toaster oven?
So far, I have lost about a pound or a pound and a half.
Not sure if that really counts as anything yet.
Why is gaining weight soooo much easier than losing it?
I tried to make zucchini bread yesterday from a paelo recipe.
I think the recipe had the wrong amount of almond flour listed.
I did change the recipe a bit because instead of grating the two zucchini, I put them in the vitamix with the 3 eggs and instead of 1/2 cup of coconut oil, I used a bit less and added in some applesauce. It only called for 1/2 cup of almond flour. That was not much so I added more almond flour and some coconut flour. It was very bright green. Almost fluorescent green. I have a photo I will add of it in the oven. It never did bake to a bread like consistency. More quiche like I guess. And not a lot of flavor. It was ok hot with salt. I have a lot left over. Perhaps I will try to toast some in the toaster oven?
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Obviously I need accountability
because I start things all the time and then don't finish them.
I need to lose weight and get healthy.
I have gained quite a bit of weight recently.
I have gone up a size in pants in the past few months.
I have gone up two sizes in the past couple of years.
My fat pants don't fit.
I had to get new fatter pants.
My blood pressure is up some.
I thought I was retaining chocolate, but perhaps I am retaining water too.
I weigh now what I weighed at the end of my first pregnancy.
I have read lots and lots of diet and health books.
I have learned that reading books does not make me skinny or healthy.
So, now I am trying the paleo diet - sort of - I don't eat pork or beef though.
I am trying to avoid wheat, sugar and dairy for a while to see if that helps.
I had a nice paleo meal last night.
Today I have had:
coffee w/ coconut creamer
sliced deli turkey
tomatoes
blueberries
strawberries
some paleo recipe pumpkin mini muffins that I made last night
a banana
an apple
I am hungry
I made a roast and veggies for dinner
I avoid red meat because it upsets my stomach
I need to lose weight and get healthy.
I have gained quite a bit of weight recently.
I have gone up a size in pants in the past few months.
I have gone up two sizes in the past couple of years.
My fat pants don't fit.
I had to get new fatter pants.
My blood pressure is up some.
I thought I was retaining chocolate, but perhaps I am retaining water too.
I weigh now what I weighed at the end of my first pregnancy.
I have read lots and lots of diet and health books.
I have learned that reading books does not make me skinny or healthy.
So, now I am trying the paleo diet - sort of - I don't eat pork or beef though.
I am trying to avoid wheat, sugar and dairy for a while to see if that helps.
I had a nice paleo meal last night.
Today I have had:
coffee w/ coconut creamer
sliced deli turkey
tomatoes
blueberries
strawberries
some paleo recipe pumpkin mini muffins that I made last night
a banana
an apple
I am hungry
I made a roast and veggies for dinner
I avoid red meat because it upsets my stomach
but I will eat the carrots that are cooking
with it
and I made stir fry sort of rainbow chard, mushrooms and tomatoes
and I made stir fry sort of rainbow chard, mushrooms and tomatoes
and steamed broccoli
and I had a couple more mini muffins.
Even if I don't stick with paleo - I have got to stick with dieting.
I am going to take my blood pressure regularly for a few days and call the dr if it stays up.
I need to exercise.
Does jiggling my legs while sitting at a desk count as exercise?
(This post was from yesterday - Wed.)
Even if I don't stick with paleo - I have got to stick with dieting.
I am going to take my blood pressure regularly for a few days and call the dr if it stays up.
I need to exercise.
Does jiggling my legs while sitting at a desk count as exercise?
(This post was from yesterday - Wed.)
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