| sailors.wife
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Ok.. I need to keep a food journey to keep me focused... tried all different online things, but they are just overcomplicated.
Here's my story:
Overweight most of my life.. finally freshman in college I got down and was my lowest weight ever... fastforward to sophmore year and I put back on all that weight and then some. By the time I was done with college I was 200 pounds (lowest 130) but everyone told me I didn't look it (isn't that funny how people say that :wink: ) By the time I got married 1 year later I was still 200 but I had gone up 2 pant sizes (my body does that, picks a weight to stay at, but will greatly vary in size) about a year after we got married I realized I HAD to do something... tried WW, but I can't stand constantly thinking about food and counting things and weighting food and everything.. lost about 5 pounds in 8 weeks so I stopped that... in Oct of 03 I started SBD.. lost 8 pounds in Phase 1... by Christmas I was down to 25 pounds lost... by summer (April/May ish) I was down to 150 and that's where I got stuck.. ultimate goal was 140... I started exercising, but also started eating a little worse... then a little more worse.. then stopped exercising... fast forward another 3 years and I'm back up to 182.. decided to try NutriSystem.. LOVED the food, but it was back to the WW way of life-- constantly calculating, measuring and preplanning meals and weight not falling off (3 pounds in 2 months) so I decided to go back to my old faithful SBD way of life... this time I decided to start working out in the beginning, as well as making this a true lifestyle change. Made it through the holidays pretty well.. managed to loose about 15 pounds by the time Christmas was over.. even over a vacation to Disney World I still followed the life.. down to approx 20 pounds lost and that's where I got stuck. .. when I get stuck I start getting slack... eating bad just "occasionally" which really means every weekend and sometimes during the week. So I'm sick of being stuck at 165 (lowest this time being 162 for about a week) and my cravings are back big time.. back to Phase 1 for me to get rid of the cravings... any weight loss at this point is just a bonus.
Restart date- April 14, 2008-- 165 pounds :shock: |
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Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:23 pm |
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| sailors.wife
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Day 1 of phase 1 and I have to go grocery shopping first, but workout comes early so I have to manage with what I have here to start with.
Snack-- SBL Peanutbutter Cereal Bar
B- 2 eggs w/ cheese
S- LF Cottage Cheese w/ cinnamon and Splenda
L- Homemade Taco Salad (YUMMMM!!!) made with lean GB; Beans and Taco Seasoning over Romane Lettuce w/ Cheddar Cheese and Ranch Dressing
S- SF Mock Frozen PB Cup
D- Salamon w/ broccoli and cauliflower
Water Today-- 5 16.9oz bottles (84.5 oz)
Exercise- Walk/Run 3.07 miles avg pace 16 min mile
Weight- 163.5 |
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Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:29 pm |
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| sailors.wife
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Day 2 almost done
Here's how my day looked
Workout Snack- Small bowl of chili w/ lf sour cream and cheese
B- 2 eggs w/ cheddar cheese & chili added
S- cheese stick
L- Taco Salad
S- 1 slice turkey lunchmeat w/ mayo & cottage cheese w/ orange ext & splenda
D- Salmon and broccoli and cauliflower left over from dinner last night (lots of left-overs when you're only cooking for 1 :) )
Dessert- Orange Cream Cheesecake from recipe boards-- yumm
Exercise- Jogged for almost 20 mins straight... total 30 mins on treadmill + 10 mins lvl7 on elipt
Water- working on bottle #6 (101.4 oz total)
Today was day 2 of P1... has always been the hardest day for me.. craving something sweet like crazy today.. ugh... trying to drink water to get rid of the cravings... on a good note, not really as hungry today but my sugar has felt wacky all day hmnm.. probably too much caffine (diet mt dew, crystal light w/ caffine)
Weight- 160.5 (WOO HOO!!!! :D :shock: ) might make my disney goal of 159 by May 3 after all!!!! |
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Tue Apr 15, 2008 11:50 pm |
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| sailors.wife
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Today was sure to be a challenge day as it was my first travel dayfor work
Woke up tired this morning so I decided to sleep in and let today be my off day for working out
B- Mock Danish- 2 eggs, cream cheese (sub), vanilla, splenda... turned out yumm... with 1/2 glass of V8 (yuck... acutally not too bad)
S- Cheese Stick
L (2:30) Taco Salad
S- Cottage Cheese w/ orange flavor and splenda
D- Chicken brest w/ crushed tomatoes, great northern beans and garlic over spagetti squash
Dessert- SF Mock PB Cup Ice Cream
Water- only 3 bottles.. when I don't workout I usually am not as thirsty
Today was a long day.. craving sweets again and have had a headache since this afternoon. I'm also really tired today... could be lack of water.
Weight- 163 again... this is why I love to weigh myself every day.. get to see the ups and downs |
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 1:43 am |
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| luvs_torun
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Your menu looks good! :D
(adding some dairy might help with the "tiredness").
Hope the running is going well...... |
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:04 am |
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luvs_torun wrote: Your menu looks good! :D
(adding some dairy might help with the "tiredness").
Hope the running is going well......
Thanks Luvs_torun! and thanks for all the other advice... it's funny, I don't think these boards like me very much, I've replied to the other messages (sometimes long replies LOL) and for some reason they never post, so I get frustrated and just ignore it after the 3rd try...I'd love to go back to drinking a glass of skim milk every morning... I had found a local dairy that still does milk delivery weekly and had the BEST skim milk (tasted like whole) but noticed it was starting to kill my stomach when I did that... switched to "store bought" milk and same thing, so now I stay away from it. Does cottage cheese count as a Dairy or a Protein (I know cheddar/moz cheese counts as protein)?? Maybe I can get more of that in somewhow. My concern now is that I'm getting too much protein... 2 eggs w/ chees for b-fast... cheese or turkey for snack, chicken for dinner, cottage cheese for snack ect. is there a bad thing to too much protein??
Thanks again for everything
ps... it's amazing, i can jog for a steady 20 mins on the treadmill and then not even be able to do hardly 4 mins straight on the streets... any suggestions there? |
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 2:47 pm |
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| luvs_torun
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:D Yeah.... the boards are like that some times..... it's always good to check out a few of the newer threads of beginners and see what group sounds like they might stick together well.
Just keep posting! Eventually someone will listen!
Cottage cheese (for South Beach purposes) as well as other cheese's count as protein. In phase 1 fat-free plain yogurt and low fat milk count as dairy. It sounds like you might be a bit lactose intolerant? Maybe?
Don't worry about the protein in Phase 1... phase 1 is a bit protein heavy. (yes... you can have too much... but if you are following the meal plan guidelines.. you'll be fine.)
At any rate, your menu looks good to me.
Treadmill versus outside huh?
Remember the treadmill actually does some of the work for you... the belt helps with your forward motion... the deck is "springy" and returns the energy to your legs so you don't really tire as quickly. There is no wind.. no rain...
Outside.... it is all you!
You're responsible for every bit of forward motion, and the hard ground... sucks energy from you... there is no energy "return".
And the weather can also make it tougher!
(makes me wonder why I enjoy it so much! :shock: ) lol
Just keep plugging away outside... you do eventually get get used to it and find your stride. Make sure you aren't starting out to fast (pace wise) when you hit the streets.... you may actually be running faster out there than on the treadmill causing you to tire more quickly.
Running outside can be awesome.......... many more distractions than on the treadmill. I do most of my running outside.
Good luck with that! |
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Thu Apr 17, 2008 3:13 pm |
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| sailors.wife
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I'm Trying to do more of my running outside.. I want to run in a 10 K at the end of May, but I don't think I'm going to make that.. at least I have a while to train for what got me started in the beginnning-- running in the Disney World 5 K.. but that's not until next Jan LOL.. so I'm trying to keep myself busy until then. I need to focus more on the amount of time I spend running and not the speed at which I'm running. I think that's my main problem. I'm trying to keep my miles under 15 mins, but I can't seem to maintain that for 3 miles quite yet.. so now I think I'm just going to focus on running the "alloted" amount of time according to the couch to 5k plan, and not focus on time.. it is true that when I was on the treadmill I think I was running at an overall slower pace,, it's hard to run slower on the streets LOL.
Thanks for all the menu advice.. I went to the store last night and decided to try some yougart to see what it does this morning. so far, so good. Yes I do think I might be lactose intollerant, which kills me b/c I love all things dairy... ice cream, milk, yogart, ect... I think ice cream is my fav of course LOL.. that's how i've managed to gain all the weight back from my original 50 lb loss with SBL-- did great through the winter, but when spring and nice weather hits I just want all the summertime treats like ice cream :) |
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:16 am |
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Yay.. the week is almost over :).. of course the weekends are the hardest to stick with any changes.. esp phase 1. I'll make it through... I'm making flax seed muffins this morning to get me through the weekend's breakfast temptations.. Tonight will probably be my first eating out experience as we normally go out to eat on Fridays (and saturday.. and sunday LOL) so I'll have to plan ahead a little there.
Yesterday looked almost exactly like the day before :lol:
only walked/jogged about 1 mile
B- "mock" danish; 1/2 glass V8 juice (hey, this isn't as bad as I'm remembering)
S- 2 slices turkey lunch meat w/ mayo; 1/2 glass V8 juce
L- Taco Salad (almost done with this.. going to have to make some more)
S- SF PB Cup Ice Cream
D- Chicken w/ crushed tomatoes, cheese and garlic. Greenbeans steamed.
Water- 5 bottles (84 oz) -- I've got to start drinking more water on my "off" days from exercise
Sugar felt funny again this evening similar to what it did last night.... hmm.. ate the same thing both days, so it was obviously either dinner or b-fast or possibly the Diet Mt Dew once a day that's doing it to me. Completely new menu today so we'll see how that goes.
Weight- 163.. what's up with that little tease of 160 the first morning and now I can't get a ounce under 163 LOL oh well.. cravings are gone, and that's the main point behind P1 for me, so I don't care if I don't loose any more weight this week, at least I haven't gained :P |
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:25 am |
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Yup.... build up your endurance first... then worry about the speed.
It will happen!
Don't be afraid to post in the runner's thread either if you have questions. There are only a few of us posting there right now.
I would love to get this Couch to 5K thread going again for the newer runners!... :D
http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=87094&highlight=couch |
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Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:55 pm |
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luvs_torun wrote: Yup.... build up your endurance first... then worry about the speed.
It will happen!
Don't be afraid to post in the runner's thread either if you have questions. There are only a few of us posting there right now.
I would love to get this Couch to 5K thread going again for the newer runners!... :D
http://www.southbeach-diet-plan.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=87094&highlight=couch
Thanks!!! Today that's what I did.. focused on endurance instead of speed. And I did the full 5 min jog :D I caught myself picking up speed and getting tired, so I forced myself to slow down.. I'm going to continue this way through the end and then i'll work on speed. still trying to decide if I'm going to make it through the 10k race next month.. have yet to complete a 10k in one run yet, so we'll see.. I'll post a few over on the 5K thread and see if we can't get it going :)
Today:
Exercise: 3 mile walk/ jogg plus had to walk 1 mile and back later this morning to drop off and pick up the car... legs are tired tonight :)
Pre-workout Snack: Yougart- yay.. no stomach problems from it!!
B- Flax Seed Muffins w/ cream cheese "icing" and V8.. surprisingly good compared to what they looked like, but I was hungry by 9:30 again, not sure if I'm going to make these regular
S- Cottage Cheese w/ cinnamon and splenda
L- Chili w/ cheddar cheese and sour cream
S- SF PB Cup "Ice Cream"
D- Taco Salad
Water: 6 Bottles (101.4 oz)
Weight: 163 still holding strong :P
Trying not to mood eat tonight, really have the munchies, but I know I'm not hungry... just bored, wanted to go out tonight and walk around the mall or something since it's really nice out, but DH has been upstairs asleep all night... even after promising to get up at 5 so we could go get dinner.... Maybe I'll take the dog out for a walk |
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Sat Apr 19, 2008 12:16 am |
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Ugh.. today not the best day in eating... not the worst (didn't go off plan) just didn't eat very much... so when I was able to eat I was starving and it was hard not to eat junk.
We were out of town for about 12 hours at a friend's house doing some work on my Jeep and didn't get anything to eat from the time we left here until the time we left his house (from 8:30 am until 6:30 that night). I did manage to resist the temptation of fast food and get a salad instead.
Exercise for today: Jogg/Walk 2 miles- 30 mins plus standing on my feet for the day from 10:30 until 6:30 :)
PWOS- Yougart
B- 2 flax seed muffins (thought it might be a while before eating again)
S- Cottage Cheese for the road
Dinner- Grilled Chicken Salad w/ Ranch Dressing from Sonics
Dessert- SF PB "Ice Cream"
Water- too many glasses to count while at his place.. probably had about 3 bottles before we left.
Weight- 163 as usual :P
VERY tired and Sore tonight.. ugh |
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:21 am |
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Today was a better day.. but, wow, weekends are HARD for me now.. we've had so many 'cheat" weekends lately so that's what I wanted to do. I stayed on plan though for the most part.
Overslept this morning since we were up so late last night so no running before church this morning.
B- 2 eggs w/ cheese and a flax seed muffin w/ V8
L- had pecan crusted catfish from Cheesecake Factory w/ broccoli and green beans... not sure if catfish is allowed, but it sounded pretty good and I wasn't in the mood for salamon or my usual cobb salad from there.
Followed it up with their no sugar added (low carb-- hate that phrase) cheesecake w/ nut crust
D- lean beef patty over bed of lettuce w/ mayo and no sugar ketchup (YAY!! i love this ketchup and I've been out of it for a LONG time-- since last year probably-- as it's hard to find.. bought 4 bottles of it tonight when i found it at WalMart :) :) )
Water: probably about 3 bottles tonight... no workout means less water for some reason. Had several glasses of Diet Coke at Cheesecake factory though-- Caffiene BAD! :roll:
Weight- 162.5 yay.. finally something besides 163 :lol:
Tomorrow's monday.. back to normal, but travel most of the week means eating out. I have a "Open House" tomorrow night at one of the offices from 5-7 which requires about 2 hours of travel time each way along with the 2 hours there w/ probably snacks there that I'll have to resist.. I need some portable snacks... cheese is getting old. |
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Mon Apr 21, 2008 1:29 am |
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| luvs_torun
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Did you get a run in today?
I think (especially in the begining) weekends can be hard... but it seems as you go along... and string together 5 "clean" week days in a row... after awhile the weekends fall in line also.....
Planning ahead (as best you can :) ) for the weekends is huge!!
Sounds like you did the best you could! :D |
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 12:43 am |
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Thanks Luvs_toRun... I did get in my run yesterday.. only did 1 mile, but it was raining and cold, so I consider any running outside to be an accomplishment :lol: today I'm going to go to the gym and try to jog for 2 straight miles on the treadmill before getting back on the ole' elipitcal (I haven't been to the gym since it started warming up)
It was another "bad" eating day... this was totally my fault..
Exercise- 1 mile walk/jog
PWOS- Yougart
B- 2 eggs w/ cheese; flaxseed muffin, v8 Juice
S/L- 4 slices turkey lunchmeat w/ mayo; cheese stick (cheddar lf)
D- this is where my "problem" is... had an open house at one of the offices that's about 2 hrs away from me.. so I had to leave the house at around 2:00.. had a busy morning, so I had to have a grab and go type lunch-- hence the turkey and cheese-- then dinner was spent grazing. I guess i stuck with SBD foods, mostly Phase 2 type eating though... there were carrots w/ a spinich dip; pita w/ hummus (yumm.. is hummus allowed on P1??); some turkey "wraps" in flour wraps and trailmix that i picked the nuts out of oh, and a few strawberries. I stayed away from the cake, punch, tortilla chips and doritos as well as the grapes. The bad thing is that I wasn't even that hungry, everyone else was just grazing, so so was I :x I did finish it all off with like 4 small bottles of water. I guess I could have done worse, but I felt so bad about the pita and the carrots. oh well... I didn't gain anything, but then again, no real loss to report from P1 so far either... I'm starting to get discouraged, which makes "cheatin" easier. I'm thinking about going into P2 a little earlier since this is just a refresher course for me to get rid of my cravings, which it has done. I'll keep you guys posted.
Weight: 162.5 |
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Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:11 am |
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