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I am so frustrated. I have lost like NO weight since August. This is one damn plateau. I guess I should be happy with myself that I haven't gained any weight, and that's good, but I sure wish I would lose. Granted, I have had like a whole month when I wasn't dieting. However, I think I have become pretty damn good with the exercise. Bottom line is that I am working out 5 to 6 days a week. Today I ran only 2 miles and then I felt guilty that I didn't run 4. I had to laugh at that - "only" 2 miles? I am doing like an hour of cardio a day and I am not losing weight. Granted, my RDI is not the most restrictive. Maybe I need to do that. Maybe I just need to kick myself in the ass and go down to 1200 calories a day. I guess maybe after Christmas I will look at doing that. It would probably help. Also, I haven't been able to string a whole week together of good eating without at least one day of bingeing. I know I have to look at myself and figure out what isn't right. It's a simple formula of calories in and calories out. I did figure out today that I need to stop using fat free half and half in my coffee and tea. It has like 20 calories in 2 tbsp. Also, as with most things fat free - they add sugar to it! I never knew that, the label on half and half is the last thing I thought I needed to read. Well it turns out that Land O Lakes puts HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP in their half and half. I do not demonize HFCS, but damn, I don't want it in my half and half. I looked at alternatives to half and half, like creamer and Coffee Mate. They still have 25 calories for even less - like 1 tsp. Who uses just one tsp. of crap in their coffee? So I decided to buy skim milk. Skim milk has like 20 calories for a 1/4 of a cup - probably double what I would use in coffee or tea. So that's like 10 calories a serving, and there is no damn HFCS in it. I am also going to have to learn to like coffee and tea black. Coffee I can handle, but I am really attached to cream in my black tea - it was introduced to me by English friends many years ago. I could probably do one or two cups with skim, but then if I drank any more, I would have to drink it black. I have been drinking like 3 cups of decaf coffee with half and half in it, and 3 cups of decaf black tea with half and half in it a day. That's probably a little over 100 calories a day I'm not accounting for that is being put into my body. So no wonder. I have to be honest and really bite the bullet on this one.
Diet Calendar Entries for 22 December 2012:
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1523 kcal
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Fat: 90.93g | Prot: 70.88g | Carb: 119.74g.
Breakfast: Smuckers sugar free strawberry preserves, Sara Lee Delightful 100% Whole Wheat Bread, kraft fat free cheddar cheese, mushrooms, egg substitute, Oscar Mayer turkey bacon. Lunch: Russell Stover sugar free toffee squares, Klondike no sugar added ice cream bar. Dinner: feta cheese, balsamic vinaigrette, romaine lettuce, cucumber, black olives, tomato, broccoli, croutons, chicken. Snacks/Other: Russell Stover sugar free peanut butter cups, Russell Stover sugar free caramel buttercream candy. more...
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3219 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Sitting - 5 hours, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 35 minutes, Conditioning exercise (health club) - 30 minutes, Running (jogging) - 5/mph - 30 minutes, Exercise machine (fast) - 28 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 3 hours and 37 minutes, Driving - 1 hour and 20 minutes, Desk Work - 4 hours. more...
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