v-train's brutally honest daily check in
Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:13 pm
Okay - had to put that title so that I'll keep myself honest during this. I randomly found this site and was really impressed with the honesty and the suttle (yeah right!) sense of humor exhibited by Reinhard. A good sense of humor hooks me everytime.
I have recently been attempting to severely limit my sugar intake as a means to being "healthier" and hopefully dropping a few, so...stumbling on to this website was a godsend.
I haven't read through everything yet, so am still learning the lingo and the ins and outs of the "rules", but it seems a simple plan so am not too worried.
Well, I guess I should maybe post some basic stats so that I have a log of where I started. Today, 20 December 2005, is my first day on this progam (I almost called it a diet, but couldn't bring myself to do it). The last time I weighed myself (which was maybe a week ago), I was 157 big ones. My goal is not necessarily a specific weight, but more like a specific size (i.e. I want all those clothes that used to fit me to fit me again). So, a 15-20 pound loss would be about the range I'm thinking. I'm learning not to focus so much on the number that stares back at me from the scale, but more on the reflection that stares back at me from the mirror and the fit of my clothes. Just to give you a gauge about my weight...my height is 5'6". I find that just posting a weight number doesn't give a great idea about where the person is at. If I were 6' tall, 157 would be not bad at all. If I were 5' tall, 157 would be scary.
So, there you have it. Oh, almost forgot...I'm supposed to be posting my eating, too! Okay...
Breakfast (7am): Living Fuel Shake blended with blueberries and raspberries. http://www.livingfuel.com/LFP_01.htm
Snack (10am): 2 pecans and 3 raisins. (I know...no snacking...I'm learning)
Lunch (1pm): Spinach salad with olive oil and dill weed. Half an avacado sliced onto Triscuits. Chamomile tea.
Snack (2pm): Blueberry yogurt. (Still learning...)
Snack (5pm): Handful of pecan, walnut, almond, raisin mix. (Am I hopeless?)
Dinner (7pm): Quesadilla with black beans and salsa and sliced avacado.
Late mornining snacking and late afternoon snacking have always been a problem for me. It has taken STELLAR efforts to develop the habit of choosing healthy snacks over junk like POP TARTS, SODA and the like...so go easy on me there.
Oh, I'd also like to post exercise data so that I can keep track of that. Today I spent 30 minutes of my lunch hour on an indoor brisk walk (it's frackin' 20 degrees out, so I chickened out of any outdoor activity).
Okay...promise to try and make future posts a bit more abbreviated.
I have recently been attempting to severely limit my sugar intake as a means to being "healthier" and hopefully dropping a few, so...stumbling on to this website was a godsend.
I haven't read through everything yet, so am still learning the lingo and the ins and outs of the "rules", but it seems a simple plan so am not too worried.
Well, I guess I should maybe post some basic stats so that I have a log of where I started. Today, 20 December 2005, is my first day on this progam (I almost called it a diet, but couldn't bring myself to do it). The last time I weighed myself (which was maybe a week ago), I was 157 big ones. My goal is not necessarily a specific weight, but more like a specific size (i.e. I want all those clothes that used to fit me to fit me again). So, a 15-20 pound loss would be about the range I'm thinking. I'm learning not to focus so much on the number that stares back at me from the scale, but more on the reflection that stares back at me from the mirror and the fit of my clothes. Just to give you a gauge about my weight...my height is 5'6". I find that just posting a weight number doesn't give a great idea about where the person is at. If I were 6' tall, 157 would be not bad at all. If I were 5' tall, 157 would be scary.
So, there you have it. Oh, almost forgot...I'm supposed to be posting my eating, too! Okay...
Breakfast (7am): Living Fuel Shake blended with blueberries and raspberries. http://www.livingfuel.com/LFP_01.htm
Snack (10am): 2 pecans and 3 raisins. (I know...no snacking...I'm learning)
Lunch (1pm): Spinach salad with olive oil and dill weed. Half an avacado sliced onto Triscuits. Chamomile tea.
Snack (2pm): Blueberry yogurt. (Still learning...)
Snack (5pm): Handful of pecan, walnut, almond, raisin mix. (Am I hopeless?)
Dinner (7pm): Quesadilla with black beans and salsa and sliced avacado.
Late mornining snacking and late afternoon snacking have always been a problem for me. It has taken STELLAR efforts to develop the habit of choosing healthy snacks over junk like POP TARTS, SODA and the like...so go easy on me there.
Oh, I'd also like to post exercise data so that I can keep track of that. Today I spent 30 minutes of my lunch hour on an indoor brisk walk (it's frackin' 20 degrees out, so I chickened out of any outdoor activity).
Okay...promise to try and make future posts a bit more abbreviated.
Deb
) to punch me in the gut, so why do I want to do that to myself? 
and addressed one or two of the Esses separately, perhaps you could start out that way and just make sure you're being super good about no sweets and no seconds during the week - as long as your snacks always stay as small and healthy as they are now, it's not too bad.
