I worked out hard today!! I'm really a true beginner workout-wise. I literally don't even know what it means to work out hard. I'm just beginning to learn. Let's see....yesterday
Breakfast: Yummy! 2 homemade crepes with a very small amount of nutella and jam, ff whipping cream and pecans, oj and milk. That held me pretty well.
Snack: 1/2 or so sleeve of nuts
Lunch: fajita meat, spinach, tomato, guac, light sourcream, homemade tortilla chips, 2 chocolates, fresca.
Snack: apple
Dinner: 3 small pretzel rolls, about 1.5 to 2 oz cheese, cup o soup, olives, 1 choc
Snack after class: hot-chocolate made with real milk and nestle's quik. ff whipping cream.
Exercise: Zero. Stress: High
I'm still loving see all of this laid out. It's helping me believe that I DO have a natural diet. I mean if I were on some weird plan, where all of this was laid out for me, it would be very difficult to follow, and I might even feel like eating a lot more. But this shows me that I actually do NOT eat an infinite amount. Even better---I might not even be that far off. I can't wait for technology to invent some kind of calorie counter that I could wear next to my skin that would detect the raise in temperature--or whatever when I ate, so that I could get a very accurate calorie count. Was the apple 80 cal or 84 or 106?
Looking back at yesterday--what could I, should I have changed? Not that much I think!! Breakfast was really ok, I went easy on the pecans and the milk is 1%. Lunch---I could have done with less sourcream--but at least it was light. Also, a few less chips--but they were the homemade kind--with only 50 cal for 8 chips. The chocolates---these aren't even the fun size. They are the little bite-size kind. Still though, I ought to cut back to one. After all, my body doesn't need any. I also should have added some more vegetables.
I'm always hearing about how small changes make a big difference, but I have a hard time believing it, because even big changes don't seem to make all that big of a difference. Example---I went from a sedentary life-style to a job where I walked and lifted boxes 8 hours a day. Zilch. However, when I went to Japan and became more sedentary---30 pounds. Food-wise, it seems as though I have to go to drastic measures to achieve anything. It's beyond frustrating!!!
However, I did see in my kettle-bell class how small changes really do add up. Today's work out was running laps alternating with kettle-bell swings. We were supposed to run 2,4,6,6,4,2 laps if we could, but were free to cut it back if we had to. I had to. I couldn't have finished the workout in time if I hadn't. I ran 2,3,4,4,3,2 for a total of 18 laps. The real workout had 24 laps. Six laps is a big difference. Maybe in the world of food knocking out those little things that add up really will make a difference.
Losing weight in spite of myself.
I began this blog in February 2011 as a way to help me not quit trying to lose weight, and to learn a few things. It's been an interesting and powerful experience. It certainly confirms what I've long suspected--that although I am a genuinely happy cheery person in the main, I am NOT a happy cheery dieter. I DETEST losing weight. I resent being overweight in the first place and I am a virtuoso in the art of self-sabotage. And YET--I'm doing it! I'm fighting and kicking and EATING all the way down, but the weight is finally going down. The plan I was following in February was a half-baked one largely based on wishful thinking. I gained a little weight and decided to get real. I knew I couldn't just join weightwatchers or count calories or do any one plan and expect to be successful. I decided if I was going to bother to make the effort to lose weight I was going to throw everything I could think of at the problem. And so I do. My real "Day One" for this blog is April 1, 2011. I joined weight watchers, I joined caloriecount.com (awesome website), I read the blog losingweighteveryday.blogspot.com religiously, I keep this blog faithfully, I joined the health programs sponsored by my insurance, I use the principles from overeater's anonymous, I use my church's 12 step program as well, I subscribe--and use--Healthy Cooking Magazine.
The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.
The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.
There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.
Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!
The result of all this? Painfully slow progress (About 20 lbs in 10 months). But it IS progress and like the little engine that could I keep on trying in my rebellious way. I have no intention of quitting. This is by far the longest sustained weight loss effort I've ever made in my life. Successful I think, because for the first in my life I've done this MY way--which I've discovered, involves a lot of pizza and restaraunt food. I'm convinced this is the only way to lose weight. For me it must be MY way. For you it MUST be YOUR way. Not weight watcher's way, not your doctor's way, but YOUR way. Any plan or idea I use is only a tool.
The latest plan to lose weight my way began on Oct 29, 2013. It really is my own crazy plan. As you'll see if you read that post. I've implemented the best ideas of all sorts of eating plans and thrown out the scale. A couple of months in and I'm definitely healthier. I'm actually enjoying myself. I won't weigh until April 1, 2014, so I'll see then if this works the way I hope it will.
There is no magic weight loss bullet. But there IS a great deal of magic in the discovery of what I can happily live with (very different from what weight watchers tells me I can happily live with) and still have the body and health I want.
Good luck to all of us on this journey. It's quite a trip!
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