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682 days ago
It has been so long since I sat down and wrote a blog for this Space. As you may have already read, Nicole and I haven't exactly been the most model weight watchers. I have let my old habits slowly creep back into my life. Overall, I feel that I've done pretty well...every other time I have tried to diet, I have lasted maybe a day or two and then given up and gone right back to what I'm used to. At least when I have struggled and failed with these life changes, I have picked myself up and gotten back on the program. I am really going to try to keep going with the program and start to make these changes permanent. Nicole mentioned in a previous blog that I am emotionally attached to food. That has been the hardest part of this for me. I honestly get really depressed when I can't eat what I want or satisfy my cravings, to the point that I would rather not eat than eat something I don't want. Most days, I feel like I am just pushing food through my body to get the calories. I don't enjoy ...
684 days ago
That's the sound of Amanda and me falling off the wagon. And what a fall it was. We each ate somewhere around 3-5 times our targeted caloric intake...as Amanda put it, we OBLITERATED our diet. My lazy, gluttonous self took over my new healthy, rational self. Last night we shared an extra large Brooklyn style pepperoni pizza, an order of cheesy bread and a pint of cinnamon dulce de leche ice cream. I am pretty embarrassed about it and it certainly didn't leave me feeling fulfilled. Not only emotionally have I felt like trash about it, but physically I have felt LOUSY. Intestinal cramps followed by a wave of nausea rudely woke me up in the middle of the night. I have felt sluggish, feverish, and sick to my stomach all day. I can't believe this is how we fueled our bodies every day before. We made ourselves calculate the total this morning and the most sobering thing was that with the rest of the day being healthy we still ate 3-5 times our needed calories. Amanda pointed out to me ...
686 days ago
Amanda Previous weight: 278 Current weight: 273 Total loss: 5 lbs Percentage lost: about 1.8% Nicole Previous weight: 222 Current weight: 216 Total loss: 6 lbs Percentage lost: about 2.7% Total loss for team: 11 lbs Total percentage lost: 2.2% A solid start to our journey! We are very happy and proud to be doing this.
690 days ago
Okay, so school started back (I'm a grad student) and in the process of getting back in the swing of school, I got behind on my food logs. I am going to put them on here all together and hopefully get my time scheduled better so that I can do this everyday. Speaking of time scheduling, it is amazing how much time it takes to eat healthy compared to eating trash before. My day used to go something like this: Wake up around 8:00 and either skip breafast or go get some fast food breakfast, go to school and eat out forlunch or skip lunch all together, grab some fast food for dinner or come home sit on the couch watching TV and call and order a pizza, a 2 liter, and some cheese sticks...consume half of all three share the rest with Amanda. Physically, I felt like trash most the time and it was obviously horribly unhealthy, but it was fast. Everyone at the food places waited on me and fixed me food while I sat on my fat, lazy butt. Today is Day 7 of the challenge for us and my life is ...
693 days ago
Yesterday was day 2 and though it was easi er than day 1, it wasn't easy. It's hard to cook a lot when you aren't used to cooking at all...so much cooking, so many dishes! I made it though and I hope at the end of the week it pays off :). Friday, January 4th - Day One Breakfast: 1 whole egg and 2 egg whites Simple Harvest Multigrain Cereal made with 1/2 c. 1% milk 1 mini banana 2 oz. orange juice Lunch: Subway 6" Turkey on wheat with veggies (no sauce), apples, and water (Fresh Fit Meal!) 1 c. Fat Free No Sugar Added Strawberry FroYo (frozen yogurt :)) Dinner: 4 oz. Chicken Breast cooked in 1/2 T olive oil with onion and garlic 1/2 cup steamed corn (no sauce) 1 No Sugar Added Fudgesicle Snack: 1 small banana with a T of peanut butter low sodium V8 1 package of grapes TOTAL: 1526 calories fruits/vegetables: 8 servings (4 fruits/4 ...
