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OK so the other week I was weighing up the options on recording food intake again and decided to think about it some more....
Well this morning I have come to the realisation that I need to record what I eat, it is like going to work - I really don't want to do it, but I have to. And unfortunately, exercise falls into the same category. So as much as it gets up my nose, that is just the way it is and I just need to suck it up and get on with it.
I also have a problem with time management in my life - I just never seem to have the time to do everything I need to do, never mind what I want to do. It is always like spinning plates....as I focus on one thing....a plate is falling.
So I need a semi plan to get things in order again - plans set in stone don't work for me. My eating just needs tweaking - recording will highlight when I am over eating and when I really shouldn't be having treats. Already today I am swapping my lunch for soup and my bread roll at dinner for sweet potato.
Exercise I am forcing myself to do 15 minutes HIIT cycling in the morning - which means I then have to find the time to have a shower....ugh....but then at least I don't have to fit so much in the evening when I get home from work. I am considering bringing in flat shoes to work and going for a walk at lunch....but I work in a really crappy area and can't say a walk will be much fun or good for my stress levels....and then there is the issue of throwing down my lunch to fit the walk in.....
But little changes will be moving me in the right direction...my weight is slowly creeping up and I seriously can't return to where I was....it is bad enough this week I crossed over the obese line :(
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196.7 lb
Lost so far: 13.9 lb.
Still to go: 40.1 lb.
Diet followed poorly.
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Diet Calendar Entries for 11 June 2015:
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1550 kcal
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Fat: 69.21g | Prot: 48.26g | Carb: 190.66g.
Breakfast: Coconut Oil, Salt, Oats Cereal (Dry, Not Fortified), Honey, Linwoods Milled Organic Flaxseed. Lunch: Waitrose Love Life Chicken Noodle Soup in A Cup, Kallo Organic Rice Cakes. Dinner: Lamb Chop, Avocado Vegetable Oil, Sweet Potato, Spring Onions, balsamic, Cherry Tomatoes, Cucumber (with Peel), Carrots, Lettuce. Snacks/Other: Oatly Oat Milk, Kiwi Fruit, Sainsbury's Galia Melon, Tesco Seedless Green Grapes. more...
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gaining 2.6 lb a week
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Hey girl friend from across the pond..it is a battle to keep every bite on that blasted journal..but it is worth it..I also had to start one..Stick with it...Hugs..
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It seems to be the only way Bren....
11 Jun 15 by member: foodfight-nomore
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Hey Tracy, have you thought about menu planning in advance?, every friday i look at whats in the freezer to be used up and write a shpping list now, i take my book with me so i can see what meals we are having and what would accompany it well. I find it is the only thing that works for me, i am unable to exercise myself so am relying on losing weight with "dieting" alone, i hate that word, i like to think of it as a lifestyle change now, just a new way in which my life has to be. I am awaiting an appointment with a rheumatologist as they think i either have the start of rheumatoid arthritis or rhuemaotoid inflammatory disease both of which scare the crap out of me, sometimes its just a change of 1 little thing that can make little differences. Stay positive, you know you can do this, you have done it before and remember how good it felt for you when you got your crazy t.shirt, i cant quite remember what it said. Have a lovely weekend and if you stuff up one day, don't try and cut down the next, just stick to plan x
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Thanks Jo x So sorry to hear about your troubles - I hope the appointment comes quickly and you can get on the road to recovery. You are doing so well losing without exercise - keep going!!!
12 Jun 15 by member: foodfight-nomore
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Sorry to hear you are struggling at the moment. Its great that you are finding the time to exercise, so good for your health and skin/muscle tone. But the hard fact is that over eating will cause weight gain. I know I am overeating just now because I can see it in my body even though I am exercising like a demon. My offering of support would be try and record everything strictly for a week and you will see where the extra calories are coming from. Then you will know exactly what to do. My extra calories come from alcohol and chocolate. If I could cut them out of my diet I would have the body I want! But easier said than done.
12 Jun 15 by member: Anne_145
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Hi Bunty145 - thank you for your comments. I totally agree with the recording - I eat good food, but think portion control becomes a problem over time. I think I also eat the same food all the time and perhaps my body is so used to it....when I do have something different it just holds on to it. I very rarely drink or eat chocolate!
12 Jun 15 by member: foodfight-nomore
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Great observation..............portion control. I haven't considered that for a while. (thats why these comments can be so helpful!)
I love healthy food and eat loads of veg, fruit, fish, complex carbs. But, if you eat too many calories whether good or bad you will put on weight.
Lucky you though, not being a slave to alcohol or chocolate!
12 Jun 15 by member: Anne_145
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