Weight Update
Friday, April 27th, 2007Yay!
I weigh: 162.5. I’ve lost 3 pounds in a week. Last Friday I weighed 165.5.
Not a bad start. Especially considering that I only counted calories and ate healthy 5 of those 7 days…
Archive for April, 2007
A Quick Thing About Numbers…
Friday, April 27th, 2007I’m still planning to weigh myself tomorrow morning (Friday) when I get up. As soon as I do, I will post the weight here.
Here is a quick catch-up on my weight/numbers: back when I weighed myself at my friend’s house at the beginning of April - when I posted that I had gained weight but I didn’t reveal the number, I actually weighed… 172. (When I saw that number, I almost lost it). However, I was majorly PMS’ing. Plus, it was at the height of my drinking and eating.
Then last Friday, I went out and bought my brand new digital scale, and I weighed 165. (Or 165.5 to be exact - this scale does 1 decimal point.)
So tomorrow morning, I’ll be weighing myself again.
I’ve done well the past couple of days with my calories. So I’m hopeful… maybe the scale will move for me. Maybe…
Scale Fluctuations
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007An interesting thing I noticed in my thrice-daily weighings: my weight fluctuates regularly throughout the day up to 2.5 pounds. I wonder if that is normal?
Today’s weighings cheered me up immensely… I’ll reveal why on Friday, when I weigh myself officially and post it here. 
Today is going well so far. I got up around 10am and have so far eaten about 650 calories. I am planning on eating dinner at my friend J’s house, and I’ve allotted myself 500 calories at her house. She is preparing oven-baked, skinless, baked chicken, which is pretty healthy. I usually have one chicken breast which according to this site is about 86 calories. I’m sure she’ll also be making some sort of pasta side dish, but they all come with calorie counts. 500 is plenty of calories to play around with!
I just did a 20 minute intense bicycle workout and feel amazing!
Another Day Done Right
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Another day has gone by, and this one was even better than the previous… I stuck to my calorie count, got a very solid bike workout in, AND didn’t have any alcohol at all.
I have to confess that knowing I will come to this blog and write about my day’s diet has helped keep me in check. I have committed myself to being honest in this blog about what I am eating and drinking. On Sunday, knowing I totally blew my diet and that I had to come here to admit it… well, I dreaded it.
I will officially weigh myself this Friday and post the number again. Another little dirty secret here: I have stepped on and off my new digital scale several times a day since buying it. (See why I originally didn’t want to buy one??) I don’t like the numbers I’m seeing, but I know something will give, and soon. I’ve been eating 4-6 small meals each day, drinking more water, and making an effort to get out and about. Tomorrow (Wed) will be Day 3 doing it successfully. I’m going to try my hardest to stick to 1200 calories tomorrow AND get a workout in.
Two major tips I learned today: Watching a subtitle movie while sitting on the bike is an excellent way to make the time fly. I watched 25 minutes of “Central Station” today during my stationary bicycle workout - a movie in Portuguese with English subtitles, and the time flew! It’s as good as reading and watching a movie at the same time- enough to keep the most bored of us occupied. Secondly, I started my day with protein - grilled chicken and egg whites. I found myself with a lot more energy throughout the morning hours that I didn’t have previously.
A Successful Day
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007I”m about to go to bed, but I wanted to do a quick post… I did it! I managed to stay within 50 calories of my goal today - about 1300, to be exact.
I went out again tonight with my friend, but I managed to stick to ONLY one half of a drink (which I counted in my calorie amount) and drank ice water the rest of the evening. No fried, greasy, sugary food.
Right now, I am slightly hungry (my tummy is feeling a bit empty). But I am envisioning myself in shorts, and that thought alone is keeping me out of the fridge and cupboards.
Friends Can Sabotage Your Diet
Monday, April 23rd, 2007I have this friend - one of my best female friends, in fact, whom I’ll call “J” here. I hung out with her pretty much the entire weekend. (Well, Saturday night and then several hours Sunday evening as well). J knows that I am counting calories now and trying not to drink much. But when we hang out at her house, which we did, it’s nearly impossible because she always pulls out her bottle of Goldschlager and offers up shots. Or she will make all kinds of food which is always calorie-laden and unhealthy. (On a side note, we are about the same height and I found out today we weigh about the same - she also wants to lose weight but isn’t really trying to).
So… Saturday night, we did shots of Goldschlager. Lots of them. (I made up for the calories by not eating much of anything). Sunday, after our usual talk of “Damn I can’t wait to lose weight” and “ugh I feel so fat” (our usual fat talk), she goes and orders pizza. THEN she makes the most tempting foods ever - fried mozzarella sticks, fries, etc. And this is when she knows that I am on a diet and trying not to drink. I only had a couple of each, but still… WHY does a person who is supposed to be your friend do that? Is it sabotage? I know I am responsible for my own diet. But why do people offer things to people when they know the person is trying NOT to do them?
So needless to say, I blew my diet Sunday big-time. Not only that but I drank way too much over the weekend. I feel like absolute crap right now, most likely from all the alcohol. I am definitely not drinking this coming week at all.
But it bugs me. I mean, every time I stop drinking, either J or B offers me alcohol non-stop. Or when they know I’m on a diet, they offer fattening foods. I have willpower, but dammit, not much! (Or I wouldn’t be in this shape to begin with). What am I supposed to do? Hang out alone? Grrrr.
The good news is, I have tomorrow’s entire menu planned out, and it totals 1250 calories. It consists of 3 meals and 2 snacks. Some of the items I’ll be eating is grapes, oatmeal, green tea, salad, yogurt, and those egg-beater egg things. Perhaps tomorrow I’ll type up the entire day’s menu.
