Weight Loss and Exercise #3

I am failing at eating today. I had my chips and Mountain Dew. Then I had a little cup of peanut butter and an Atkins shake. But I can’t even force myself to finish a little bag of popcorn. I will get into trouble with my team if I don’t eat but sometimes I physically can’t.

Nothing sounds good right now. Not even lobster which most people would jump at the chance to eat. I don’t know what to do. It has never been this easy to lose weight before.

Had my niece over yesterday and we did xmas day,we had loads of food,I ate a full turkey roast dinner,I stayed off the deserts but some sauces and the Bailey's sent my sugars high,I will get them down again,I ate five chocolates too.I shouldn't have sent my sugars that high and I definitely haven't ost any weight.However I did get a fitbit watch for xmas from my sister which I love and it will help in the New Year with my plan to lose weight and get fit.I am glad about that.

This morning I had a bowl of Cheerios. That was my stress eating, so it wasn't bad. I don't have any more junk food in my home. So that is helping. I'm hoping to drop some weight soon. My legs are hurting me. It's the added weight from Christmas. I really have to be careful when I shop for groceries. I just can't buy things like cheesecake and dinner rolls. No matter what. Food is the worst thing to use to make myself feel better.

My doctor is starting me on topamax to help with the binge/purging, it's supposed to help

I loooove my topamax. Its the only thing that ever made me feel normal, in a lot of different ways, for a lot of different reasons. One of which was, i had a mild undiagnosed case of epilepsy, which it stopped. Its been a journey for sure!

I've lost the weight I gained over the holidays. I feel good about that. I'm trying to be careful now. I don't really celebrate new year's. I might have beans and rice for lunch. I don't want to buy anything special. I'll be glad when the holidays are over.

I was on topamax for a couple years. My Pdoc made me go off it in October and strangely my appetite went down and I started losing weight once I went off it. It does eventually stop working and becomes kinda useless. Can actually increase hunger after awhile and a lot of people gain the weight back. Not sure why I’m losing and not gaining. I think my Xanax makes me not hungry. Or I’m just doing it correctly without meds.

Today I got an iced coffee and a small seasoned potato’s from Wendy’s. I had a cherry coke during group. Then I had an Atkins shake for lunch. I had a serving of green onion Cheetos at 3. Then I plan on having 3 scrambled eggs for dinner.

I got some individually wrapped chocolate today. I don’t usually eat chocolate but I’ve been working in a 200 something calorie candy bar into my diet every now and then.

Im on an oranges kick. I just placed an order at Shipt for oranges and tangerines. Im almost out of potatoes but i am getting sick of them!

I'm so glad to read that. I have been reading about tons of horror stories with the medication and was getting scared. But I guess everyone's different. And the people who have issues with it are more likely to post their experiences online than people with positive experiences.

I'm trying to remember what I ate today:

2 Ensure nutrition shakes
some poundcake
and a protein bar

I didn’t eat very well today. But I didn’t overeat. Just the quality of my food was bad. I had an English muffin at 2AM. Then I had a cherry coke and a serving of Smarties at 8:30. I had an order of nacho fries, only ate half of the cheese, and a soft beef taco from Taco Bell for lunch at 1. Then dinner is going to be 4 scrambled eggs. I have down 1,183 calories. I may throw in a cup or 2 of frozen vegetables which will be another 40 calories.

I haven’t had any increased hunger from my increase in meds. My doctor knows I won’t stay on anything do if they do cause hunger, and that going off them on my own will cause issues. But he’s cool about not prescribing weight gaining meds. Med manipulation was one of the reasons I ended up in IOP.

I've been eating well. I've had vegetables, beans and rice today. I have no fruit. I need to buy some more. I also did chair yoga today. It went well.

I had 1258 calories today. Mostly in snacks and a big coffee. The quality of my food was unintentional until I looked at my food log 10 minutes ago and realized I didn’t have an actual meal today. I’m going to have 2oz of ham for dinner. I did 36 minutes on the Gazelle walking machine and then 9 minutes of jumping on the trampoline.

I had some Thai food today. And I had black-eyed peas and rice. I have Thai noodles for later on this evening. I took my trash out, so that was a little bit of exercise.

My appetite has already decreased since starting topamax. I had to remind myself to eat dinner today or I would just have forgotten about eating entirely

I still have Thai food to eat. I have two bowls of soup. I think I will have soup this morning. I feel bloated though. I guess from all the salt. I'll try to drink extra water today. I'll do some housework and yoga today for exercise.

I actually ate today instead of just snacks. I had a little cup of Jif to go peanut butter, a Kind bar, a serving of European smarties, a cherry Coke, an unsweetened blue raspberry iced tea, and a can of Campbell’s double noodle soup with the broth dumped out. Dinner is going to be 4 scrambled eggs. 1,213 calories but I am sure it’s a bit less because I didn’t eat the broth in the soup. I plan on jumping on my trampoline although I am very tired today. I did use my over the door basketball hoop for a few minutes this morning. I may do that again as well.

I finished up my Thai food this morning and I had beans and rice. I will probably cook more beans and rice later. I need more vegetables too. I will try to do my chair yoga.

I’m still maintaining my 13 pound weight loss. So far today I’ve had a little cup of Jif peanut butter and a Kind bar. I also had a Diet Coke with cherry and vanilla flavoring from Sonic. I plan on having a can of Campbell’s soup without the broth for lunch, 3 eggs for dinner, and some Goldfish crackers and a serving of European smarties for a snack. 1,210 calories minus whatever for the broth in the soup.

I lost over a pound since yesterday. I peed like 8 times though. No idea why I went so much. I ordered groceries last night and this morning and got all the usual stuff I eat. Soup, canned ravioli, canned ham, peanut butter, chips, Rice cakes, imported UK candy, and granola and protein bars. Also I got some orange juice, a case of diet code red Mountain Dew, and a box of macarons. Today I had a little cup of peanut butter, a Mountain Dew, a Kinder card bar, and for lunch I had a can of Chef Boyardee macaroni and cheese. The sodium content was outrageous on it but I just didn’t care. I plan on having 3 scrambled eggs for dinner and a serving of Taco Doritos for a snack. 1,242 calories today.

I had an Ensure shake and nutrigrain bar for breakfast, lunch was a slimfast shake and banana, dinner was a baked chicken breast and spinach

I had a breakfast sandwich without meat this morning, rice and beans for lunch, a salad for dinner and grits as a snack. I ate two servings of grits. I was stressed. And I wanted the carbs. I don't know what my calories were. I quit counting. I haven't been doing my yoga but I was active today with housework.

Today exercised more with using small hand weights, worked out with exercise dvd and walked my dog 15-20 minutes, and did eat ok. My breakfast and lunch were good, then drank cocoa in the afternoon, and at dinner maybe a little extra starch that could have chosen to omit. For dinner ate tortilla chips and saltines with vegetarian chili, and later vanilla Greek yogurt and not quite full pack of pretzel m and m’s.

I did a lot of walking outside today. A lot of it was uphill too. Up a steep hill. 6,173 steps. I had an Ensure shake for breakfast. For lunch a pbj sandwich, snack was a little packet of mini soft baked cookies, dinner will be chicken breast and spinach

I lost another pound. So 15 pounds since Thanksgiving. I’m not sure why it’s been so easy to lose weight. I know I’m off a couple meds and I’m not taking melatonin or cough syrup anymore. I’m also super motivated as well and I’m using a weight loss and food app. But basically nothing makes me hungry anymore. My increase in meds is doing nothing to my appetite. If anything I’m even less hungry then I was before the increase.

Today I had a couple Kinder Bon Bons, an iced coffee from Wendy’s, a macaron, a can of Campbell’s soup without the broth, and I’ll have 8 Chikin N a Biscuit crackers for a snack and I’m trying something new for dinner. Instead of plain eggs I’m going to have a Just Crack An Egg thing. You crack an egg into potato’s and stuff and then microwave it.

I have down 1,216 calories but I know I’m low. Maybe I’ll add in a couple more crackers.