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| One day at a time |
| 07.24.04 (10:55 am) [edit] |
Net loss for yesterday, .24 lb. (At least, when you take into account my basal metabolic rate, what I ate and how much I exersized). If I could do that every day, I'd be a happy camper.
But today is Saturday, too many food choices. Drink choices. Mmmm, beeeeeer! ...Nope. I'll abstain.
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| Go Lean it is! |
| 07.23.04 (8:29 am) [edit] |
I've decided that the Go Lean diet idea isn't that unreasonable after all.
Here's the low down. Each can has 230 calories, 3 grams of fat, 15 grams of protein, 38 grams of carbs, 7 grams of fiber. It also has 1/3 of the DRV of 23 vitamins and minerals.
I'm planning to allow myself to drink as many cans as I want. I'm guessing it'll be 6 or 7 per day, depending upon how much I'm working out.
There are two things I'm concerned with. One, is that I won't get some very important nutrients from vegetables. Two, Is that I'll be missing animal proteins.
My way around this is to have a little salad each day, with just a little vinegar on it. It'll be next to nothing calorie wise. I'll also occasionally have a bite of some chicken from my husband's dinner.
I'll have coffee, tea, mineral water, etc. Anything non-caloric. I'm not a big fan of diet sodas, so I doubt I'd have anything other than sugar-free Red Bull every once in a while.
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| A Bad Day |
| 07.23.04 (7:50 am) [edit] |
Okay, I take back what I said about having great short term willpower. Maybe I've got great micro-moment willpower or nanosecond willpower. I guess I'll stop trying to figure out my strengths and weaknesses and just DO something here.
Yesterday, I fell off the wagon. Or as I said to my husband, "I don't just fall off the wagon, I tip the whole thing over and bring everyone else down with me." I said this while drinking a beer and pigging out.
Day two of my diet. How pathetic is that?
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| So far, so good |
| 07.21.04 (1:44 pm) [edit] |
I'm great at short-term willpower! If there was a way to lose 20 pounds in 1 week (without dehydration or severing a limb), I'd be done with this mess. I could be back to throwing down a couple of drinks after work each day, while eatin' my way through an 8 oz. fresh mozzarella ball with some prosciutto slices.
But enough daydreaming about what I'd rather be havin'.
The reality of my food day, was that I had a chocolate soy milk shake for breakfast, vegetarian enchiladas with fat free cottage cheese and 1/2 a peach for lunch. Total cals ~600.
I'll go to the gym after work. Do 30 minutes of cardio, a little weight lifting and maybe some climbing. Then head to my favorite taqueria for a chicken salad smothered with salsas and pico de gallo instead of dressing. The salsas vary in Scoville units by the day. I love it hot and I'm hopin' they're scorchin' tonight. The tomatillo and avocado salsa is divine and the thermogenic qualities don't hurt either.
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| Stupid ideas... |
| 07.21.04 (9:08 am) [edit] |
I was just thinking of some of the stupid things I've contemplated or attempted, to lose weight in the past.
Most recently, I've thought of drinking nothing but Go Lean shakes for a month. It'd be like Survivor Catalina Island. Drop me off on the back side with the buffalo and a case each of chocolate and vanilla.
My problem is that I have too many choices. When the little angel on my left shoulder starts to nod off, the devil on my right says, what are we havin' for lunch today? The prawn tostada salad dripping with sour cream and guacamole? And a large Hefeweizen to wash it down? Absolutely! Let's live a little (or a lot). We can always be good tomorrow.
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| Make it 30! |
| 07.21.04 (8:08 am) [edit] |
I've been deluding myself. It's not 20 lbs I need to lose, it's 30.
I found out in a rather abrupt way as well. It was in Nordstrom dressing room.
I can't describe what it's like to think that you look one way, when in reality, you look very different. It was nothing as drastic as a Swan makeover. I didn't gasp out loud and start crying. But I was still shocked.
I guess it's time to get a full length mirror at home.
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| Boredom |
| 07.20.04 (3:06 pm) [edit] |
Boredom is my worst enemy. It drives me to do things. Sometimes those things are fun and challenging. Sometimes they are self destructive.
I've casually battled with my weight my entire life. Never more than 30 pounds. Usually, I'm 10-20 more than I'd like. Never enough to seriously worry about my health. Just vanity. Like any good thirty-something American girl.
Yesterday, I was not on a diet. Today I am.
I'm trying to do something different this time. To make it STAY away for good. Yeah right.
Who am I kidding? I love food. More than that, I love to drink. Beer, wine, margaritas, cosmos. You name it, I can make 'em and drink 'em with the best of 'em.
I guess this Blog is going to be about a journey within myself to find a "balance" that I'm not sure I've ever possesed. A balance between what I want and what I allow myself to have. Can I do that without feeling deprived?
Let's see!
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