Here's why:
Christmas Challenge 2007!
Make and meet a goal by Christmas!
My personal goal is to be AT goal by Christmas. You can have the same or something else. This is something Carolyn and I are doing - and of course whoever else wants to join! We don't know the details (I've never made a challenge before!) but basically it's going to be to get to your own personal goal (whether it's goal goal or just a Christmas goal - so no excuses you can do it). So we'll all weigh in weekly and post stats on our sites (maybe not everyone's, but just highlight certain amazingments). If you're interested in joining please comment saying so. Also any ideas you've got for the challenge. It'll just be an extra bit of accountability for us, to have somebody ride your ass when you need it (um, please also comment if you don't want me to do that, I can be a total b*tch sometimes) and somebody to notice and congratulate you for taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Also, it's a challenge so it will be challenging and we want you to do your best to make your goal, but this is not a requirement! If you miss your goal by 3 lbs or whatever, just tweak your goal a bit and make a New Year's challenge. No negativity here. But talking about not making goal is sorta negative so I'm done that, of course we're all going to make our goals!
So I'm really excited for this and I hope at least some of you are too. Think - being able to go to Christmas parties wearing something cute. Taking family pictures on Christmas morning and not being embarrassed about your weight. Having a plan for eating through the holidays not only not gaining, but losing weight. It is going to be sweet.* So since Carolyn and I both weigh in on fridays I think we decided that is going to be the kick off. You can weigh in whenever you want but friday's would make it easier (we'll do the post friday I think).
(Again, sorry if I'm speaking for you Carolyn, these are just my ideas).
OK everybody! Sign up now!!! (name and goal please, weights on friday)
*sweetened with Sucralose.
Monday, September 17, 2007
da dada da dum
dadadadada dum! (anybody else know that song?)
so I have so much to say. I'll split it into 2 posts. Draw out the suspense.
First of all my weekend. I rode 62 km on a bike saturday! YAY ME! There were many many stops and rests etc. It took 5.5 hours with really only 3 hours of biking or so. But it felt like more than that on my butt! ouchy! Next year I've got to build up some calluses or something. The actual riding wasn't too bad. I was quite impressed with my ability. I think it was my pain tolerance actually. I could easily climb hills without downshifting just because I decided to and would bust it out. The people I rode with, not saying they aren't in shape, but aren't in shape to push it. (thank you HIIT) If we weren't trying to stick together I wonder how I would have done. Not that it's a race. with all those stops, and activities at every stop (nature hike, golf challenge, kayaking) But we were like the 2nd team to go out and pretty much the last team back. oh well. We did try and ride together and would wait for everyone at each rest stop so we were only as fast as our slowest rider (may have been my hubby). Some of the other people had serious bikes with shoe clips and road tires. I was riding my sportchek clearance bike. (hubby was riding my sister's bike as he doesn't even have one!) So I'm pretty proud of us. I also raised the most money on our team and got a pair of socks and a gift certificate out of it.
Just about everybody had some sort of bell or horn on their bike. I caught a little kid's squeeky toy thing they were throwing out at the beginning and hubby caught a tambourine. So as we were finishing the route we all started making noise and hooting and hollering. And since most people were done already there were tons of people around the finish who all started cheering for us as we were getting closer. It was so exciting. I was glad I had my dark shades on as I started tearing up. I don't know why, all sorts of people had done this and we were taking rests and stops whenever we needed. were going quite leisurely for the last half especially. but to even finish a route like that (one guy on our team never) and keep going to the end when you didn't have to, I guess it was sort of a big deal. They handed out trophies and flowers at the end to everyone so that felt really cool.
We didn't eat the healthiest but I didn't worry about it as we did a lot of exercise. Burgers on the way up. No fries for me, just a few bites of honey's poutine (which was probably worse!). Saturday I had a bunch of muffins and bananas before biking. Then they had snacks like granola bars (the sugary ones) at every stop. I managed to bring and eat a protein bar (like the only protein I got!) Lunch was buns, I had 2 big buns and some veggies and dip. I regretted it as we had to hop on the bikes right after and it wasn't sitting very good. Supper was burgers and salads which were fine. and cake. I ate a lot of cake. oh well. Plus then the only snack food we had that night was Doritos. So I ate that. and cookies that one guy's mom made. Yum. You know me and cookies. So after supper and a nap and a shower I was feeling 100% again, other people weren't so they started in on the beer, then they were feeling 110%. In total I had 4 drinks saturday night. But I was already dehdrated and who knows what else from the ride so it hit me. I had a blast dancing at the bar after too. Every song, even if just at our table I would hop around. (there was a swing type band where you wanted to do jazz hands for every song) It was a lot of fun. After the bar closed we had a fire back at the camp and then when most people went to bed, 3 of us decided to go on a stumble. Now at this park they make you put all your coolers and food in vehicles overnight so you don't attract bears, plus, it's rutting season for elk so you have to avoid them too. And we decide to go on a stumble to the beach to look at the beautiful stars. (which were beautiful). And we decide to go with no flashlight. and we only sort of know the way, as in we know there's an over grown path through the forest. It was soo spooky, but we were in the giggly spooky laughing way, like when you're 13 and then some boys jump out and scare you and you scream and then run away giggling even more. I was holding the other girl's hand and we made the boy walk infront of us. It was soooo fun! We made it to the beach and back in one piece and then went to bed. Sunday we just woke up, I had more muffins for breakfast as I'm not a big bacon eater and plus I didn't want to mooch off everyone else (since nobody told me what to bring or what to pay for or anything). Then we stopped for ice cream after taking down the tents etc. and I got a danish at the bakery as i'm a sucker for donut-like things. Again, we didnt' bring enough water and I hate buying it at 2 bucks a bottle so I didn't drink enough the next day either. So my rings are tight and everything is bloated and I probably gained a whole bunch of weight (well I know I did, I cheated and stepped on the scale. but I don't pay much attention to the number unless it's friday, it was like 8 lbs heavier, so I know it wasn't all fat) With the booze and dehydration and the chips and salt, I know there's a lot of retention going on. So hopefully a few good days full of water and light on food will have me back down to my normal number for friday, if not even less. Because i've got something else going on....but that's the next post....
so I have so much to say. I'll split it into 2 posts. Draw out the suspense.
First of all my weekend. I rode 62 km on a bike saturday! YAY ME! There were many many stops and rests etc. It took 5.5 hours with really only 3 hours of biking or so. But it felt like more than that on my butt! ouchy! Next year I've got to build up some calluses or something. The actual riding wasn't too bad. I was quite impressed with my ability. I think it was my pain tolerance actually. I could easily climb hills without downshifting just because I decided to and would bust it out. The people I rode with, not saying they aren't in shape, but aren't in shape to push it. (thank you HIIT) If we weren't trying to stick together I wonder how I would have done. Not that it's a race. with all those stops, and activities at every stop (nature hike, golf challenge, kayaking) But we were like the 2nd team to go out and pretty much the last team back. oh well. We did try and ride together and would wait for everyone at each rest stop so we were only as fast as our slowest rider (may have been my hubby). Some of the other people had serious bikes with shoe clips and road tires. I was riding my sportchek clearance bike. (hubby was riding my sister's bike as he doesn't even have one!) So I'm pretty proud of us. I also raised the most money on our team and got a pair of socks and a gift certificate out of it.
Just about everybody had some sort of bell or horn on their bike. I caught a little kid's squeeky toy thing they were throwing out at the beginning and hubby caught a tambourine. So as we were finishing the route we all started making noise and hooting and hollering. And since most people were done already there were tons of people around the finish who all started cheering for us as we were getting closer. It was so exciting. I was glad I had my dark shades on as I started tearing up. I don't know why, all sorts of people had done this and we were taking rests and stops whenever we needed. were going quite leisurely for the last half especially. but to even finish a route like that (one guy on our team never) and keep going to the end when you didn't have to, I guess it was sort of a big deal. They handed out trophies and flowers at the end to everyone so that felt really cool.
We didn't eat the healthiest but I didn't worry about it as we did a lot of exercise. Burgers on the way up. No fries for me, just a few bites of honey's poutine (which was probably worse!). Saturday I had a bunch of muffins and bananas before biking. Then they had snacks like granola bars (the sugary ones) at every stop. I managed to bring and eat a protein bar (like the only protein I got!) Lunch was buns, I had 2 big buns and some veggies and dip. I regretted it as we had to hop on the bikes right after and it wasn't sitting very good. Supper was burgers and salads which were fine. and cake. I ate a lot of cake. oh well. Plus then the only snack food we had that night was Doritos. So I ate that. and cookies that one guy's mom made. Yum. You know me and cookies. So after supper and a nap and a shower I was feeling 100% again, other people weren't so they started in on the beer, then they were feeling 110%. In total I had 4 drinks saturday night. But I was already dehdrated and who knows what else from the ride so it hit me. I had a blast dancing at the bar after too. Every song, even if just at our table I would hop around. (there was a swing type band where you wanted to do jazz hands for every song) It was a lot of fun. After the bar closed we had a fire back at the camp and then when most people went to bed, 3 of us decided to go on a stumble. Now at this park they make you put all your coolers and food in vehicles overnight so you don't attract bears, plus, it's rutting season for elk so you have to avoid them too. And we decide to go on a stumble to the beach to look at the beautiful stars. (which were beautiful). And we decide to go with no flashlight. and we only sort of know the way, as in we know there's an over grown path through the forest. It was soo spooky, but we were in the giggly spooky laughing way, like when you're 13 and then some boys jump out and scare you and you scream and then run away giggling even more. I was holding the other girl's hand and we made the boy walk infront of us. It was soooo fun! We made it to the beach and back in one piece and then went to bed. Sunday we just woke up, I had more muffins for breakfast as I'm not a big bacon eater and plus I didn't want to mooch off everyone else (since nobody told me what to bring or what to pay for or anything). Then we stopped for ice cream after taking down the tents etc. and I got a danish at the bakery as i'm a sucker for donut-like things. Again, we didnt' bring enough water and I hate buying it at 2 bucks a bottle so I didn't drink enough the next day either. So my rings are tight and everything is bloated and I probably gained a whole bunch of weight (well I know I did, I cheated and stepped on the scale. but I don't pay much attention to the number unless it's friday, it was like 8 lbs heavier, so I know it wasn't all fat) With the booze and dehydration and the chips and salt, I know there's a lot of retention going on. So hopefully a few good days full of water and light on food will have me back down to my normal number for friday, if not even less. Because i've got something else going on....but that's the next post....
Friday, September 14, 2007
ok so I'm an idiot - again
I seem to remember something like this happening before. Being all annoyed about a rut and stuck on a number and over analyzing (my favorite) and excusing (my least favorite) that number. Come up with a plan for next week, and wake up with a loss. Well family, I've had a loss. Now don't I look like a tool? Well at least it's a skinny tool!
YIPPEE! scale said 140.6. New all time low! How it got there I'll never know as I have been pretty bad on the eating front (volume not content) and only exercised once this week (WTF?). But this time I'm not going to analyze it, I'm just going to take it and be happy. So yay! It's a 1.4 lb loss from monday. I think. Wow that was extreme. Whatever.
So this is setting me up great. i'm still planning on doing my new kick ass plan when I get home from this biking thing so that's only 10.6 lbs to go. Carolyn mentioned how she's thinking of setting up a challenge of getting to goal by Christmas (14 weeks!) If anybody has around 10-20 lbs they'd like to lose then it's an achievable goal right? (Sorry Carolyn if I put words in your mouth, I'll totally organize this challenge if you want.) So if anybody wants to join a Christmas Challenge and get to goal by or before Christmas, please leave a comment and I'll see what I can come up with. If you'd just like to get to a mini-goal by then too that's great. Let me know how many pounds you want to lose by Christmas in your comment. Official challenger or not, it's interesting to see our goals!
YIPPEE! scale said 140.6. New all time low! How it got there I'll never know as I have been pretty bad on the eating front (volume not content) and only exercised once this week (WTF?). But this time I'm not going to analyze it, I'm just going to take it and be happy. So yay! It's a 1.4 lb loss from monday. I think. Wow that was extreme. Whatever.
So this is setting me up great. i'm still planning on doing my new kick ass plan when I get home from this biking thing so that's only 10.6 lbs to go. Carolyn mentioned how she's thinking of setting up a challenge of getting to goal by Christmas (14 weeks!) If anybody has around 10-20 lbs they'd like to lose then it's an achievable goal right? (Sorry Carolyn if I put words in your mouth, I'll totally organize this challenge if you want.) So if anybody wants to join a Christmas Challenge and get to goal by or before Christmas, please leave a comment and I'll see what I can come up with. If you'd just like to get to a mini-goal by then too that's great. Let me know how many pounds you want to lose by Christmas in your comment. Official challenger or not, it's interesting to see our goals!
Thursday, September 13, 2007
my commentors are so cute
I have no idea how to spell commentors (commenters?) if it's even a word so I put it in the way where it's got this double meanning, get it? Co(m)mentors?
You guys are awesome. I don't know what's up with me, though perhaps it's just part of the cycle (check out crabby's post, i'm not the only one).
I'm not sure if you guys read each other's comments but if not I want you to hear what katieo said:
" I just have to trust that it's working, and stop checking so frequently."
DINGDINGDINGDING! You are correct! As for the pigging out and
impatience. We've ALL been there. What you do right now with those
expectations and whether or not you can CHILL out and ride through this - imo, that's the difference between success and *trying.* You're naturally
positive, so naturally THIS is where it counts!! When the scale's NOT
moving, when you DON'T feel like working out, When you're tempted to be
impatient and get discouraged. Just ride it out, it WON'T last forever. I
think the goals are great. When I feel a little laggy I sometimes come up
with a couple little mini-goals to scoot up the gratification. You're
awesome Randi, You KNOW you're awesome, you'll totally reach goal, and
probably well before Christmas too. Slow and steady wins the race girl.
Why did I love that comment? Probably because she called me awesome. Or maybe because she told me that I'm right and made a nice dingy noise. Or maybe because SHE's right and SHE'S awesome? I don't want to just "try" I want to succeed. Regardless of what the name of this blog is. That's just my point though. When I started it, I wanted to lose weight, but I'd "tried" a million things before. I thought I was just going to "try" this too. But it turned out it worked. Works. I'm working. A work in progress. I do have to get out of the attitude of ho hum this doesn't work any more. Because honestly I haven't been working any more. If I just stick to what works and forget the scale and forget the minutia, it will work. in it's own time. So I want to say a great big GIANT thank you to Katieo for that little pick me up. You have been there right from the beginning of this path of mine and always manage to say something that brightens my day. I wish we knew each other in real life, I think you would be a great friend.
Ok wipe your tears freaktards and get back to work! Or I'll get back to work. Well not work but just not sending out rainbows and unicorn tears any more. Wanna hear a new theory I had? Why I'm having all these issues with pigging out? Set point. What's set point? it's where your body wants to be. (not wants to be because it's healthiest and prettiest and best, but wants to be because that's the lowest it's really been comfortable at before and it doesn't like change) My used to be standard weight was 140-ish. Was around 140-ish for probably 7 years, with very little fluctuation. Maybe 5 lbs here and there. Well right now I'm knocking on the door of the 130's, every time I get close, I lose all will power and bounce back up. (or bounce back up even though I'm doing everything fine!) So what can I do about it? Well if you want to be experimental about it, you can try drinking olive oil or sugar water to somehow trick your body but giving it calories without flavour. I really don't understand this but it's a diet I heard on Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy podcast. It's called the Shangri-La diet. But I'm not buying. So what do I do instead? I don't know. So far the plan is to wait it out. But i'm going to be a little more patient with it, since I think I know what it is. Besides I'm about to roll over into my new fall schedule.
What is my fall schedule? Well next monday I've got my fitness classes starting! Yay! Monday and Wednesday for 1.5 hours each a combo of strength and cardio taught by this awesome chicky. She's got like a cheerleader body but she's got teenage kids. She's really cool. And my sister may be joining me in my class sometimes so even more fun. Plus, it's getting dark out earlier so I want to get to bed earlier. good. less evening temptation. I've also got fall tv coming up, which means, less outdoor exercise, but more elliptical! I basically have 1 show every day I watch while ellipsing. so 1/2 to an hour a day. and time flies! So this week is sort of a wash (with the weather as well) and I've got my big bike ride on Saturday. So I'll just keep an eye on the eating, do my best, and just get a hint of activity before the bike ride, and I'll totally start kicking butt again monday! (now I'm not saying, the new diet starts monday, or something like that because I hate when people do that. I'm just saying I'm not going to worry about it and just do as I am until monday when things will naturally pick up and hopefully provide motivation)
Basically it's just today that's left anyway as we leave tomorrow for the lake where the biking's at and stay until sunday.
This post is too long so I'll just quickly summarize food:
breakfast - new fibre cereal, measured out serving, with skim milk, ~270 calories. banana eatten 1 hour later.
lunch - leftover chicken breast and green beans, yogurt, melon, carrots
snack - apple (which was eatten shortly after lunch, so afternoon hunger hits I'll be digging in the nut bag)
It was my first attempt at bringing 1 less food than normal. And it's not that I'm that hungry at lunch, it's just that I'm used to eating for that amount of time I think. Gradually wean myself from that.
supper - SIL is home all day so her choice. Might just be soup and sandwiches though if she doesn't do anything. It's cold out, soup would be nice.
Why I'm awesome #291 - last night I bought a programmable thermostat and installed it all by myself. Did wiring, electricity stuff, used a drill, hammer, level, wall anchors, screwdrivers, pliers. and all in the dark as I turned the power off so I wouldn't electrocute myself. but it all worked! yay me!
You guys are awesome. I don't know what's up with me, though perhaps it's just part of the cycle (check out crabby's post, i'm not the only one).
I'm not sure if you guys read each other's comments but if not I want you to hear what katieo said:
" I just have to trust that it's working, and stop checking so frequently."
DINGDINGDINGDING! You are correct! As for the pigging out and
impatience. We've ALL been there. What you do right now with those
expectations and whether or not you can CHILL out and ride through this - imo, that's the difference between success and *trying.* You're naturally
positive, so naturally THIS is where it counts!! When the scale's NOT
moving, when you DON'T feel like working out, When you're tempted to be
impatient and get discouraged. Just ride it out, it WON'T last forever. I
think the goals are great. When I feel a little laggy I sometimes come up
with a couple little mini-goals to scoot up the gratification. You're
awesome Randi, You KNOW you're awesome, you'll totally reach goal, and
probably well before Christmas too. Slow and steady wins the race girl.
Why did I love that comment? Probably because she called me awesome. Or maybe because she told me that I'm right and made a nice dingy noise. Or maybe because SHE's right and SHE'S awesome? I don't want to just "try" I want to succeed. Regardless of what the name of this blog is. That's just my point though. When I started it, I wanted to lose weight, but I'd "tried" a million things before. I thought I was just going to "try" this too. But it turned out it worked. Works. I'm working. A work in progress. I do have to get out of the attitude of ho hum this doesn't work any more. Because honestly I haven't been working any more. If I just stick to what works and forget the scale and forget the minutia, it will work. in it's own time. So I want to say a great big GIANT thank you to Katieo for that little pick me up. You have been there right from the beginning of this path of mine and always manage to say something that brightens my day. I wish we knew each other in real life, I think you would be a great friend.
Ok wipe your tears freaktards and get back to work! Or I'll get back to work. Well not work but just not sending out rainbows and unicorn tears any more. Wanna hear a new theory I had? Why I'm having all these issues with pigging out? Set point. What's set point? it's where your body wants to be. (not wants to be because it's healthiest and prettiest and best, but wants to be because that's the lowest it's really been comfortable at before and it doesn't like change) My used to be standard weight was 140-ish. Was around 140-ish for probably 7 years, with very little fluctuation. Maybe 5 lbs here and there. Well right now I'm knocking on the door of the 130's, every time I get close, I lose all will power and bounce back up. (or bounce back up even though I'm doing everything fine!) So what can I do about it? Well if you want to be experimental about it, you can try drinking olive oil or sugar water to somehow trick your body but giving it calories without flavour. I really don't understand this but it's a diet I heard on Dr. Fitness and the Fat Guy podcast. It's called the Shangri-La diet. But I'm not buying. So what do I do instead? I don't know. So far the plan is to wait it out. But i'm going to be a little more patient with it, since I think I know what it is. Besides I'm about to roll over into my new fall schedule.
What is my fall schedule? Well next monday I've got my fitness classes starting! Yay! Monday and Wednesday for 1.5 hours each a combo of strength and cardio taught by this awesome chicky. She's got like a cheerleader body but she's got teenage kids. She's really cool. And my sister may be joining me in my class sometimes so even more fun. Plus, it's getting dark out earlier so I want to get to bed earlier. good. less evening temptation. I've also got fall tv coming up, which means, less outdoor exercise, but more elliptical! I basically have 1 show every day I watch while ellipsing. so 1/2 to an hour a day. and time flies! So this week is sort of a wash (with the weather as well) and I've got my big bike ride on Saturday. So I'll just keep an eye on the eating, do my best, and just get a hint of activity before the bike ride, and I'll totally start kicking butt again monday! (now I'm not saying, the new diet starts monday, or something like that because I hate when people do that. I'm just saying I'm not going to worry about it and just do as I am until monday when things will naturally pick up and hopefully provide motivation)
Basically it's just today that's left anyway as we leave tomorrow for the lake where the biking's at and stay until sunday.
This post is too long so I'll just quickly summarize food:
breakfast - new fibre cereal, measured out serving, with skim milk, ~270 calories. banana eatten 1 hour later.
lunch - leftover chicken breast and green beans, yogurt, melon, carrots
snack - apple (which was eatten shortly after lunch, so afternoon hunger hits I'll be digging in the nut bag)
It was my first attempt at bringing 1 less food than normal. And it's not that I'm that hungry at lunch, it's just that I'm used to eating for that amount of time I think. Gradually wean myself from that.
supper - SIL is home all day so her choice. Might just be soup and sandwiches though if she doesn't do anything. It's cold out, soup would be nice.
Why I'm awesome #291 - last night I bought a programmable thermostat and installed it all by myself. Did wiring, electricity stuff, used a drill, hammer, level, wall anchors, screwdrivers, pliers. and all in the dark as I turned the power off so I wouldn't electrocute myself. but it all worked! yay me!
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
poll question!
I'm not clever enough to figure out a fancy way to do this so just let me know in comments:
What do you prefer for yourself (more flattering):
profile
head on
some angle
butt shot ?
I always used to prefer the head on, but when I started losing weight I'm liking the profile more and more. you?
What do you prefer for yourself (more flattering):
profile
head on
some angle
butt shot ?
I always used to prefer the head on, but when I started losing weight I'm liking the profile more and more. you?
fu-ood
breakfast - big one! scrambled egg whites, 2 wasa breads, feta cheese, tomatoes
snack - another big one! cottage cheese smoothie, black bean brownie
lunch - guess what? big one! more cottage cheese smoothie (drinking it took from 11 until noon.) homemade beef veggie soup, carrots and hummus. ok not big but I'm super full.
snack - will be yogurt and a kiwi
supper - pre-planned! and I'm home alone for supper. marinated chicken breasts. and as I'm home alone, couscous, and corn. yay. dessert a banana, glass of milk.
yesterday I pigged out a little again after supper. I said a smoothie for dessert. But after quesadillas I needed something sweet. So I ate a few chocolate eggs (yes left over from easter, but they're wrapped), I wasn't hitting the spot so I had a graham cracker, then some salt water taffy. then some more taffy. jeez. and no exercise. but it was a scheduled off day. though looking at the weather I should have biked yesterday as it's not likely going to happen tonight. rain rain rain.
anyway, tonight is supposed to be a bike ride and my last TT strength session. I feel like it's a high calorie day but that's mostly because I'm so stuffed from my smoothie. It is super filling. lots of fibre and protein in it so hopefully I stay full all day. avoid the unnecessary snacking.
Feels like I'm off plan. I feel like I should be depriving a little more. Don't know...I know my calories are semi-high but they've always been higher. My problem is portions. I do eat completely healthy things (except for sweet craving last night). I know I could never do a core ww plan, (as that's sort of what I do, just with bread and a few other things) because I just eat toooo much! Is it better to eat the same regular foods but only say 3/4 of what you'd normally eat, or just eliminate certain foods and eat the same quantity? I've done the later so far. But I think I need to do the former. I'm going to eat supper's from small plates for the rest of the week. And I'm also going to make my lunch and then take 1 thing away. (for example, get rid of a yogurt, or an apple, approximately 100 calories.) I've got my emergency nut mix in case I'm too starving and didn't bring enough or something. But I always bring enough and always eat everything I've brought. 2 new goals for the next 2 days. try it at least.
Part of the reason I'm in this slump (well feel like I am) is because I'm used to the newer skinnier me. I've already forgotten the 15 lb heavier me from the beginning of summer! This current body is no longer thought of as the new skinny one. It's the regular chubby one. I don't think I've gotten new love handles, perhaps my upper waist is actually skinnier, but I notice them a lot more now! It feels like my muffin top is bigger than before (wearing pants or even just undies!). Maybe it's like I thought before. Fat gets fluffier as you lose weight. fat's not as dense. It's also more skin playing a role, need to let the skin bounce back tighter. Anybody's thoughts?
oh - sherijung - how much splenda? Really don't know, I just pour a little bit. It's gotta be more than 3 packets though. This does make like just about 3 cups, so that's only like 1 tbsp (or tsp or something) per cup. that's what gives it the cheese cake taste, as opposed to just cheese.
snack - another big one! cottage cheese smoothie, black bean brownie
lunch - guess what? big one! more cottage cheese smoothie (drinking it took from 11 until noon.) homemade beef veggie soup, carrots and hummus. ok not big but I'm super full.
snack - will be yogurt and a kiwi
supper - pre-planned! and I'm home alone for supper. marinated chicken breasts. and as I'm home alone, couscous, and corn. yay. dessert a banana, glass of milk.
yesterday I pigged out a little again after supper. I said a smoothie for dessert. But after quesadillas I needed something sweet. So I ate a few chocolate eggs (yes left over from easter, but they're wrapped), I wasn't hitting the spot so I had a graham cracker, then some salt water taffy. then some more taffy. jeez. and no exercise. but it was a scheduled off day. though looking at the weather I should have biked yesterday as it's not likely going to happen tonight. rain rain rain.
anyway, tonight is supposed to be a bike ride and my last TT strength session. I feel like it's a high calorie day but that's mostly because I'm so stuffed from my smoothie. It is super filling. lots of fibre and protein in it so hopefully I stay full all day. avoid the unnecessary snacking.
Feels like I'm off plan. I feel like I should be depriving a little more. Don't know...I know my calories are semi-high but they've always been higher. My problem is portions. I do eat completely healthy things (except for sweet craving last night). I know I could never do a core ww plan, (as that's sort of what I do, just with bread and a few other things) because I just eat toooo much! Is it better to eat the same regular foods but only say 3/4 of what you'd normally eat, or just eliminate certain foods and eat the same quantity? I've done the later so far. But I think I need to do the former. I'm going to eat supper's from small plates for the rest of the week. And I'm also going to make my lunch and then take 1 thing away. (for example, get rid of a yogurt, or an apple, approximately 100 calories.) I've got my emergency nut mix in case I'm too starving and didn't bring enough or something. But I always bring enough and always eat everything I've brought. 2 new goals for the next 2 days. try it at least.
Part of the reason I'm in this slump (well feel like I am) is because I'm used to the newer skinnier me. I've already forgotten the 15 lb heavier me from the beginning of summer! This current body is no longer thought of as the new skinny one. It's the regular chubby one. I don't think I've gotten new love handles, perhaps my upper waist is actually skinnier, but I notice them a lot more now! It feels like my muffin top is bigger than before (wearing pants or even just undies!). Maybe it's like I thought before. Fat gets fluffier as you lose weight. fat's not as dense. It's also more skin playing a role, need to let the skin bounce back tighter. Anybody's thoughts?
oh - sherijung - how much splenda? Really don't know, I just pour a little bit. It's gotta be more than 3 packets though. This does make like just about 3 cups, so that's only like 1 tbsp (or tsp or something) per cup. that's what gives it the cheese cake taste, as opposed to just cheese.
Cottage Cheese Smoothie
This is (so far) the only way I can stomach cottage cheese. Tastes like liquid cheese cake or something.
1/2 to 1 cup of cottage cheese
1-ish cup of frozen fruit
3 tablespoons (or more) of splenda
ice
Blend until smooth!
You can also add milk or yogurt if you want to drink it, otherwise it's pretty thick. (or let the ice melt). Also you can put whatever you like for fruit in. Banana, strawberries etc. I use a frozen mixed fruit I got at Costco and sometimes add a banana. I also want to try it with my chocolate protein powder. It's a great breakfast or snack. The key is in the cottage cheese and splenda. I don't really know how much of anything I put in, just adjust until it tastes good. I made it for my family and they insisted on tons and tons of milk and tons of strawberries so you could hardly taste the cheesecakeyness. I personally prefer no milk, only adding it if my blender gets stuck.
This makes about 300 calories worth (depending on milk fat % and exact quantities, this includes banana which is like half the calories almost but no protein powder) and it makes easily 2 servings (150 each) or a large snack you can sip for like an hour. it's got 34 g of protein and 50 g of carbs and with 1% cc and skim milk 4 g of fat.
It tastes like it's so bad for you but it's not, it's just fruit and cottage cheese. very healthy. If anybody else has a cottage cheese recipe, or a smoothie recipe or a go to recipe for something that seems bad but isn't please share!
1/2 to 1 cup of cottage cheese
1-ish cup of frozen fruit
3 tablespoons (or more) of splenda
ice
Blend until smooth!
You can also add milk or yogurt if you want to drink it, otherwise it's pretty thick. (or let the ice melt). Also you can put whatever you like for fruit in. Banana, strawberries etc. I use a frozen mixed fruit I got at Costco and sometimes add a banana. I also want to try it with my chocolate protein powder. It's a great breakfast or snack. The key is in the cottage cheese and splenda. I don't really know how much of anything I put in, just adjust until it tastes good. I made it for my family and they insisted on tons and tons of milk and tons of strawberries so you could hardly taste the cheesecakeyness. I personally prefer no milk, only adding it if my blender gets stuck.
This makes about 300 calories worth (depending on milk fat % and exact quantities, this includes banana which is like half the calories almost but no protein powder) and it makes easily 2 servings (150 each) or a large snack you can sip for like an hour. it's got 34 g of protein and 50 g of carbs and with 1% cc and skim milk 4 g of fat.
It tastes like it's so bad for you but it's not, it's just fruit and cottage cheese. very healthy. If anybody else has a cottage cheese recipe, or a smoothie recipe or a go to recipe for something that seems bad but isn't please share!
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