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A few years ago, I used Nutrisystem for 3 months. I lost a whole bunch of weight, and when I joined a health club that had a ton of fun classes (including Turbo Kick, which I've been certified to teach ever since) I lost even more weight. At some point I lost too much and I stopped having my period until I put on a little more weight.
After NS, I stuck to the same diet for two years. I used my own food but kept what I ate in the same calorie/carb/protein range that NS uses. I measured everything until portion size became ingrained and I stopped measuring. After awhile, though, I began to fudge. I got lazy and started adding more ingredients to meals, thinking "eh, it's only 20 extra calories per portion" while adding two or three extra portions to whatever I was making. It was a slow slide, but a slide nonetheless. And last summer we took a three week trip to Alaska. We hiked a lot, and at our own healthier food to save money, but we also discovered that we don't hate all beer and we ate a lot of trail mix. Trail mix is calorie dense, which is good because it gives you less weight to carry. Problem is, you can eat 800-1000 calories without noticing, and unless you've done a lot of hiking that day... you know what happens.
So here I am. I've become best friends with my scale again and I'm tracking everything here. It helps that there's a Droid app so I can scan in barcodes and check nutritional info for restaurants. It's a big deterrent when you see that a DQ Blizzard has 600 calories. I've never really used a food diary before, but it really helps keep me honest. I'm leaving out those pesky little add ons that add up because if I add them, it means I have one more thing to add to my diary. I also have discovered that over time my innate measuring skills have gotten way skewed. I've been eating about 1.5 servings of things when I think I've been eating 1. Clearly that adds up.
I wish I hadn't randomly plugged 155 lbs into my phone when I first downloaded the app. I hadn't weighed myself and just guessed and now it looks like I gained a whole bunch of weight. Oh well.
Diet Calendar Entries for 27 May 2010:
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2239 kcal
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Fat: 61.70g | Prot: 79.86g | Carb: 233.25g.
Breakfast: Gin, Crunchy Raisin Bran Cereal, Vanilla Soy Slender Soy Milk, Almonds, frozen blueberries, Veggie Breakfast Sausage Links, Fat Free Coffee Creamer. Lunch: Extra Firm Tofu (Prepared with Nigari), Kalamata Olive Pieces in Brine, Reduced Fat Crumbled Feta Cheese, SOY CRISP DEEP SEA SALT. Dinner: Pastry filled with Potatoes and Peas (Fried), Palak Paneer, Madras Lentils, White Rice. Snacks/Other: rice pudding, Extra Stout. more...
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2193 kcal
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Activities & Exercise:
Walking (moderate) - 3/mph - 10 minutes, Standing - 1 hour, Swimming (moderate) - 10 minutes, Conditioning exercise (health club) - 30 minutes, Pilates - 20 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Resting - 13 hours and 50 minutes. more...
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