I'm still here, and still doing well. I hit the 2o lb mark last week, I was thrilled. My goal was to get to 20 lbs by Thanksgiving, I beat it by a week. I'm on track for my goal of 25 lbs by Christmas.
I'm hanging in there and sticking to the plan....and thinking of going public. I feel like I'm not really interesting enough to go public...at least not with regard to weight loss, considering my other public blog. But at any rate maybe I'll make it public when I hit 25 lbs.
Total to lose 100 lbs
Total lost 21.6
Total to lose 78.4
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Let the Holiday slow down begin...
Generally one would think that the Holidays would make time speed up and generally make one feel crazy, while that is still true, the holidays also make weight loss slow down....way down.
So in order to combat this phenomenon, I have decided to set small goals for myself, and to go easy on myself if I do have a set back or slip up.
So my goals for this holiday season are/were as follows:
15 lbs lost by Halloween
20 lbs lost by Thanksgiving
25 Lbs lost by Christmas.
Seems easy enough right, just 5 lbs a month, easy considering that I've been losing about 2 lbs per week up to now...but the reality is that with each of these holidays comes celebrations, food, drinks, candy, desserts etc etc etc.
So for Halloween I made it to 15 lbs, by the skin of my teeth, but I made it. I also hosted Halloween so I could control what I ate and what was around. I sort of succeeded with that, I made veggie chili and ate well, but I did have a couple glasses of wine. Minor but still a set back.
I'm currently working on getting to 20 lbs by Thanksgiving, as of Saturday AM (11/5) I was down 19.6 lbs, so getting to 20 by Thanksgiving a few weeks from now should be easy. But last night we went to a birthday party, we live within walking distance to the house where the party was...which meant I could have an extra drink....and that meant I would again eat worse than if at home. I enjoyed myself, I had a couple drinks, ate the pulled pork sandwiches and had a great time! But this AM I was up 1.6 lbs. Which means as of today I'm down 18 lbs.
There were times when a set back like this would push me to eat even worse over the rest of the weekend, and promise myself that I would start again on Monday. But not this weekend, today I made an effort to eat well, to stick to the plan and try to get back to my 19.6 lbs lost as soon as possible.
My motto these days is work towards small goals, and ignore small set backs.
Status
Total to lose 100 lbs
Total lost 18 lbs
Remaining 82 lbs
It has also come to my attention that even a lost of 100 lbs would still technically put me in an overweight classification per the BMI. But for now I'm sticking to my 100 lb loss goal and will revise it as I get closer when I determine what my true goal should be.
So in order to combat this phenomenon, I have decided to set small goals for myself, and to go easy on myself if I do have a set back or slip up.
So my goals for this holiday season are/were as follows:
15 lbs lost by Halloween
20 lbs lost by Thanksgiving
25 Lbs lost by Christmas.
Seems easy enough right, just 5 lbs a month, easy considering that I've been losing about 2 lbs per week up to now...but the reality is that with each of these holidays comes celebrations, food, drinks, candy, desserts etc etc etc.
So for Halloween I made it to 15 lbs, by the skin of my teeth, but I made it. I also hosted Halloween so I could control what I ate and what was around. I sort of succeeded with that, I made veggie chili and ate well, but I did have a couple glasses of wine. Minor but still a set back.
I'm currently working on getting to 20 lbs by Thanksgiving, as of Saturday AM (11/5) I was down 19.6 lbs, so getting to 20 by Thanksgiving a few weeks from now should be easy. But last night we went to a birthday party, we live within walking distance to the house where the party was...which meant I could have an extra drink....and that meant I would again eat worse than if at home. I enjoyed myself, I had a couple drinks, ate the pulled pork sandwiches and had a great time! But this AM I was up 1.6 lbs. Which means as of today I'm down 18 lbs.
There were times when a set back like this would push me to eat even worse over the rest of the weekend, and promise myself that I would start again on Monday. But not this weekend, today I made an effort to eat well, to stick to the plan and try to get back to my 19.6 lbs lost as soon as possible.
My motto these days is work towards small goals, and ignore small set backs.
Status
Total to lose 100 lbs
Total lost 18 lbs
Remaining 82 lbs
It has also come to my attention that even a lost of 100 lbs would still technically put me in an overweight classification per the BMI. But for now I'm sticking to my 100 lb loss goal and will revise it as I get closer when I determine what my true goal should be.
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Update...
I typically weigh in for my official keeping myself accountable weight on Wednesdays. I weighed yesterday and was at a total lost of 12.6 lbs. I'm thrilled to continue to see that number on the scale go down. Dan has also been reaping the benefits of my diet, he has lost an additional 10 or so lbs since I started this diet. Pretty good considering that he still eats whatever he wants during the day and only eats "diet food" in the evenings and on the weekends. But still great for him!!
I'm still trucking along, we went to Red Robin for a work lunch...ugh so many work lunches lately....and was really good by only having a salad with chicken, and no dressing. Everyone else at the table had yummy looking burgers but I held my ground.
I've found that as long as I don't slip up and cheat I don't crave anything....but once I cheat I start having cravings...so I need to stay the course!
Total to lose 100 lbs
Total lost 12.6 lbs
Total left to lose 87.4 lbs
I've set a small goal for myself of 15 lbs by Halloween and 20 lbs by Thanksgiving. I figure I'll be eating pretty poorly over Thanksgiving weekend since we're going camping so I'd love to get to that magic number before the Holidays.
I'm still trucking along, we went to Red Robin for a work lunch...ugh so many work lunches lately....and was really good by only having a salad with chicken, and no dressing. Everyone else at the table had yummy looking burgers but I held my ground.
I've found that as long as I don't slip up and cheat I don't crave anything....but once I cheat I start having cravings...so I need to stay the course!
Total to lose 100 lbs
Total lost 12.6 lbs
Total left to lose 87.4 lbs
I've set a small goal for myself of 15 lbs by Halloween and 20 lbs by Thanksgiving. I figure I'll be eating pretty poorly over Thanksgiving weekend since we're going camping so I'd love to get to that magic number before the Holidays.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
A weekend away = a weekend off....
Last weekend I was lucky enough to be able to have a girls weekend with some of my fabulous friends. I knew that I wouldn't be able to stick to the diet while I was out of town, but I wanted to try to be a little bit good. So instead of worrying so much about what I was going to eat and drink on the weekend, I focused on losing as much as I could prior to going on the trip.
I was able to get to 10.4 lbs lost on that Friday morning....so by getting to that magical 10 lbs number I decided to just enjoy the weekend.
I ate a lot, drank a LOT, and lounged a lot. I had more coffee than advised, more (LOTS MORE) alcohol than indicated, and more carbs than recommended....
But you know what, I had a great time and on Monday, when I stepped on that scale and saw that I was up 5 lbs from Friday, I didn't feel guild, or remorse, or anything of that sort. I felt equipped. I was okay with the gain, I had made a conscious choice to eat and drink what I did, and I knew that it would result in a gain...but I felt confident that I could quickly turn it around and not just completely fall off the wagon due to a weekend "off".
So on that Monday, I went back to a sort of modified phase 1, I really limited my meats, and by Friday I was down 11 lbs. And by today, Sunday, I am down 11.4 lbs.
I know that if I work the program, I will lose more, but I have to be realistic, I need to be able to have a night "off" enjoy some wine, or a beer, maybe have a piece of pizza....but I also know that if after that "slip up" if I get right back to the program I will continue to lose. So even though I only lost 1 lb over the course of last week rather than the 2+ that I had been losing, a loss is a loss and I'm still closer to my goal than I was before.
Total to lose 100 lbs
Total lost 11.4lbs
Total left to lose 88.6 lbs
I was able to get to 10.4 lbs lost on that Friday morning....so by getting to that magical 10 lbs number I decided to just enjoy the weekend.
I ate a lot, drank a LOT, and lounged a lot. I had more coffee than advised, more (LOTS MORE) alcohol than indicated, and more carbs than recommended....
But you know what, I had a great time and on Monday, when I stepped on that scale and saw that I was up 5 lbs from Friday, I didn't feel guild, or remorse, or anything of that sort. I felt equipped. I was okay with the gain, I had made a conscious choice to eat and drink what I did, and I knew that it would result in a gain...but I felt confident that I could quickly turn it around and not just completely fall off the wagon due to a weekend "off".
So on that Monday, I went back to a sort of modified phase 1, I really limited my meats, and by Friday I was down 11 lbs. And by today, Sunday, I am down 11.4 lbs.
I know that if I work the program, I will lose more, but I have to be realistic, I need to be able to have a night "off" enjoy some wine, or a beer, maybe have a piece of pizza....but I also know that if after that "slip up" if I get right back to the program I will continue to lose. So even though I only lost 1 lb over the course of last week rather than the 2+ that I had been losing, a loss is a loss and I'm still closer to my goal than I was before.
Total to lose 100 lbs
Total lost 11.4lbs
Total left to lose 88.6 lbs
Sunday, October 2, 2011
Cookies
Yup, cookies....as in yummy, sweet, warm cookies. Just the think I thought I wouldn't have for months....but alas I found this site and found these cookies. And while they aren't exactly Mrs. Fields, they are delish.
The recipe is as follows, with credit to buttercup kitty on 3 fat chicks.
1 banana smashed up (the riper the better)
1 cup of oatmeal, I used quick oats
2 packets of splenda
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg white or 1/4 cup egg substitute
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp almond flavoring...I didn't have it so I left it out.
Mix all ingredients, and place on a greased (I used pam) cookie sheet.
bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.
The look a little odd, but taste great!!!
Status
total to lose 100 lbs
total lost 8.8 lbs
total left to lose 91.2 lbs
The recipe is as follows, with credit to buttercup kitty on 3 fat chicks.
1 banana smashed up (the riper the better)
1 cup of oatmeal, I used quick oats
2 packets of splenda
1 tbsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg white or 1/4 cup egg substitute
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp almond flavoring...I didn't have it so I left it out.
Mix all ingredients, and place on a greased (I used pam) cookie sheet.
bake at 350 for 10-15 minutes.
The look a little odd, but taste great!!!
Status
total to lose 100 lbs
total lost 8.8 lbs
total left to lose 91.2 lbs
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Dinner parties
Even though we haven't been going out to eat as much....emphasis on the as, since I've still been out to eat a bunch of times in the last few weeks....we have had a few dinners with friends and family.
While in phase one we had people over at our house so I could control the foods, I needed to be sure that I would not only have something to eat, but something interesting enough to keep me from eating other things. So for those first few times I made dinner, a usually chicken, brown rice, a large salad, and sauteed veggies. This way I could eat most everything but the meat.
Now that I'm in phase two, and can eat meat, it has been much easier to dine with friends.
But I should add that one of the things that really made it easier, was to be honest with my friends. I told them I was on a diet and that I might not eat everything that was cooked. This opened the door for them to ask what I would eat. That way I wasn't asking for anything special but they were aware. Both times that we ate at friends houses, they were more than happy to make sure there would be something for me.
Last night we ate a our great friend's the D's house. They were gracious and made plenty of options for me including salad, steamed broccoli and brown rice. I was able to eat almost everything that was made....and was satisfied and happy....enough to keep me from eating the amazing looking garlic bread that they made.
So my advice is to be honest and up front with people and at least that way you have a shot at having things you can eat, and not feeling like you have to stay home all the time to accommodate your diet.
Status:
total to lose 100lbs
total lost 8.2
left to lose 91.8 lbs.
I'm really looking forward to breaking that 10 lb mark!!
* for reference I started this diet on 9/14/11.
While in phase one we had people over at our house so I could control the foods, I needed to be sure that I would not only have something to eat, but something interesting enough to keep me from eating other things. So for those first few times I made dinner, a usually chicken, brown rice, a large salad, and sauteed veggies. This way I could eat most everything but the meat.
Now that I'm in phase two, and can eat meat, it has been much easier to dine with friends.
But I should add that one of the things that really made it easier, was to be honest with my friends. I told them I was on a diet and that I might not eat everything that was cooked. This opened the door for them to ask what I would eat. That way I wasn't asking for anything special but they were aware. Both times that we ate at friends houses, they were more than happy to make sure there would be something for me.
Last night we ate a our great friend's the D's house. They were gracious and made plenty of options for me including salad, steamed broccoli and brown rice. I was able to eat almost everything that was made....and was satisfied and happy....enough to keep me from eating the amazing looking garlic bread that they made.
So my advice is to be honest and up front with people and at least that way you have a shot at having things you can eat, and not feeling like you have to stay home all the time to accommodate your diet.
Status:
total to lose 100lbs
total lost 8.2
left to lose 91.8 lbs.
I'm really looking forward to breaking that 10 lb mark!!
* for reference I started this diet on 9/14/11.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Completion of the detox
The start of this diet is a 9 day detox, when I first read the book I thought 9 days was nothing, I could do anything for 9 days. But on day one, I started to rethink that. Lucky for me I had some great friends who were incredibly supportive and gave me some great tips to get through the detox phase.
By day 3 I was in the groove, and feeling really good about my decision. I made it through the entire 9 days sticking to the only fruits and veggies, eating oatmeal and brown rice as directed in the book.
My daily detox diet was as follows:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal
Mid morning snack:
Banana or other fruit
Lunch:
Left overs from night before, usually brown rice with sauteed squash
low fat yogurt
Snack:
14 almonds and baby carrots
Dinner:
1 cup brown rice with sauteed veggies
or
Large salad with grilled veggies
After dinner snack if needed:
low fat yogurt
It was a bit of a challenge to eat the same things for 9 days, I did create some variation with the different sauteed veggies, adding mushrooms etc, and creating different "sauces" using fresh salsa, or some soy and teriyaki sauce.
I am officially done with the detox, however I'm still adhering to the phase I diet so I can keep up the weight loss...I am adding some lean proteins into the mix but only once per day, and I'm trying to keep the brown rice to a minimum since I think it may have hindered my weight loss.
Overall, still doing really well and feeling great!!!
Goal loss 100 lbs
Total loss 6 lbs
94 lbs to go!
By day 3 I was in the groove, and feeling really good about my decision. I made it through the entire 9 days sticking to the only fruits and veggies, eating oatmeal and brown rice as directed in the book.
My daily detox diet was as follows:
Breakfast:
Oatmeal
Mid morning snack:
Banana or other fruit
Lunch:
Left overs from night before, usually brown rice with sauteed squash
low fat yogurt
Snack:
14 almonds and baby carrots
Dinner:
1 cup brown rice with sauteed veggies
or
Large salad with grilled veggies
After dinner snack if needed:
low fat yogurt
It was a bit of a challenge to eat the same things for 9 days, I did create some variation with the different sauteed veggies, adding mushrooms etc, and creating different "sauces" using fresh salsa, or some soy and teriyaki sauce.
I am officially done with the detox, however I'm still adhering to the phase I diet so I can keep up the weight loss...I am adding some lean proteins into the mix but only once per day, and I'm trying to keep the brown rice to a minimum since I think it may have hindered my weight loss.
Overall, still doing really well and feeling great!!!
Goal loss 100 lbs
Total loss 6 lbs
94 lbs to go!
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