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Ok this is going to be a lengthy journal so my buddies don't have to read this. I am writing this to remind myself how I felt last week and this week. The week of Oct 6th I started really watching my calories and carbs trying to stay under 1400 calories and 60 net carbs. Also I was trying not to have any soda. Although I didn't always reach my goal's I did manage to lose 4 pounds. I went from having several pepsi's per day to only having 2 in the entire week. I went to the office every day so it made it easy to take my lunch with me everyday. That weekend Oct 11th & 12th I was at home and didn't do very well, I was afraid that I had gained my weight back but when I went back to work Monday Oct 13th I hadn't gained any back.
That got me thinking about where is my limit between losing weight, gaining weight and maintaining the weight. So I decided to do an experiment, I didn't want to completely go back to how I was eating before but I did want to see what I could eat over the 1400 cal & 60 net carbs and still maintain what I had already lost. So Tuesday 10/15 & Wednesday 10/16 I was at a seminar for work and didn't take my lunch and had to go out to eat. Wednesday evening I felt so bloated & lethargic and figured it really had to be the french fries I had from Steak & Shake. On Thursday 10/16 we had a breakfast for our boss for boss's day. I had a doughnut and had a sugar rush and then a big let down after that. It tasted so sugary and really wasn't that good, so it really wasn't worth eating it. The ladies I work with are such a great group of ladies that they said they felt bad about having the breakfast with such fatty foods when they knew I had been watching what I was eating.
So when I woke up today, Saturday 10/18, I felt like crap and I know it is from how bad I ate this week. Also when I think back I realize how good I started feeling toward the end of the first week. I thought I was going to feel deprived the first week so when I added other foods back in the second week, those foods really didn't taste that good. As I think back on it, the foods I was eating the first week tasted very good and I was always full, not overly full but just right(Satisfied). And I've determined I feel so much better when I am just satisfied and not stuffed. I also thought about what my co-workers said and even though I am grateful they thought about how the pitch-in would affect me, it really got me to thinking. I am not always going to be able to control my surroundings and it's not my co-workers responsiblity to control what I eat. I am responsible for me and I was able to eat more healthy for a week so I know I can do it the rest of my life.
So this is my plan for the future. This is my pledge to myself. Starting Monday 10/20 I will make a conscious effort to eat under 1400 calories and 60 net carbs on a daily basis. (Even on the weekends) I will plan my meals and take my lunch to work on the days it fits into my schedule. If I have to be out of the office and cannot take my lunch I will find someplace healthy to eat. I know I will feel satisfied by eating this way and I'm good with this. This will get me to my goal weight.
I will not drink Pepsi because it has way to many calories and way to many carbs and 1 pepsi is not worth those calories & carbs.
I will continue to exercise daily and will be walking in the morning before work and after work. I will do this because I feel so much better and I have so much more energy when I work out. My goal is to get up to 7,000 steps daily by the end of October and then to be up to 10,000 steps daily by the end of November.
I will also continue to drink a lot of water.
Sorry for the lengthy journal but by having this written down I know I will look back at this everytime I think I want to stop, or think I want a doughnut or something that is not good for me and it remind how I felt when I ate the wrong foods. This will motivate me to stick with it. Before long I will be at my goal weight.
Diet Calendar Entries for 18 October 2014:
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1150 kcal
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Fat: 30.36g | Prot: 55.74g | Carb: 176.18g.
Lunch: McDonald's Coca-Cola (Large), Burger King Double Cheeseburger. Dinner: Winn-Dixie Baked French Fries, 1% Fat Milk, Pepsi Pepsi (Can), Beef Top Round (Trimmed to 1/8" Fat). more...
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3792 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Driving - 1 hour, Desk Work - 3 hours, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 11 hours and 30 minutes, Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 30 minutes. more...
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