Weight Loss and Exercise #4

This morning was kind of rough. I ate one entire container of tic tacs 60 total, then 2 other almost full containers. I also had a zero sugar 28oz Gatorade, a full calorie 20oz Gatorade and a can of Starbucks pumpkin cold brew. I had a pouch of tuna at 4 and a can of Coke at 7. The rest of the day was pretty good. I had some protein graham crackers, a plain Chobani Greek yogurt with cinnamon and a banana for lunch. I had a bowl of organic plain oatmeal for an afternoon snack, then dinner will be 2 pieces of tilapia. I am at 1,471 calories for the day including dinner.

I did a 30 minute workout today. 210 crunches with my ab roller, 30 arm curls on each arm with my 8 pound kettle bell, 30 squats with my 5 pound kettle bell, and 30 side bends on each arm with my 5 pound kettlebell although I could have used the 8 pound. I needed some OTC pain meds and some icy hot for my neck, but it wasn't too bad. I'm working out Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I'm starting to look not too bad. My weight is still 166 but theres been definte muscle increase.

Still stressed from work but somehow I’m doing better with healthy food choices, sugar cravings are gone, no idea how or why. I’m actually surrounded by sugary stuff at work with Christmas stock but for some reason it seems to counteract the craving. My supervisor left a chocolate bar in my locker on Monday and I still haven’t felt like eating it.

Run today and run and swim hopefully tomorrow. Not far or fast but good enough for me.

I wasn't too hungry today. I had a whole milk yogurt for breakfast and a hot dog for lunch. For dinner I had some high protein greek yogurt with cinnamon, a piece of gouda cheese, and a pink lady apple. I was heavy on the soda but still only at 1321 calories total for the day. I haven't worked out in 2 days so I'll have to do it tommorow and Sunday.

I think working out in the afternoon is better then in the morning. I have more stamaina and I can push myself but not too much.. I got some new workout equipment from 5 Below. That place is amazing to get stuff from but its only out at this time of the year and it sells out super fast. Today I did 100 crunches with my ab roller, 138 steps with my step thing I got from 5 Below, 30 squats with my 5 pound kettlebell, 2 different types of arm weights with my hand held weights, 30 reps each. I also tried my new 3 pack resitance band. I tried doing 30 overhead triceps and 30 squats with the band. I think I was half succesfully at doing them right. I'll have to work with it more to figure it out. I worked out for half an hour, but I'm not sore or anything. I had water and a 15 gram protein yogurt afterwards. As for food I'm just under maintence for me.

Oh I took a break from this because I fell off the healthy eating bandwagon over Christmas and I’m weighing heavier which is to be expected given the amount of chocolate I’ve eaten since Christmas.

I was supposed to do sugar free January but that’s an epic fail. I need to watch my blood sugar levels, as they’re higher than they should be so I know I need to do better.

I guess I should credit myself with keeping up exercising over this time which has probably helped a bit but I know no amount of exercise cancels out poor diet.

A few bold and italic prints here, it’s aimed at no one but myself. I know all these things about healthy diet so why do I keep on doing them to myself? Stress plays a part, and I think I’m an emotional eater.

Anyhow I’m not totally cutting sugar out but I’m cutting down a lot, no more chocolate, and trying to up my healthy choices as often as possible.

On the up side did well with 3 runs and 1 swim this week so far, and lots of walking.

I'm still looking a bit on the scrawny side. And still getting crap from people about my lack of food and the quality of what I am eating when I do eat. I'm still around 168 pounds but I've put on a lot of muscle since working out for 30 minutes 2-3 times a week. So I look about 10 pounds less. Basically I just look like a small guy but no one ever pays any attention when I'm out in public. Even the 6'3 250 pound truck drivers don't pay me any attention when I'm at gas stations. Calorie wise I try not to go above 1600 on the days I don't workout. 1800 on the days I do workout.

Doing better since last post, I have the eating under control, running a couple of times and swimming- the pool is full at the moment though with a lot of new year resolutions I suspect so not as relaxing as it can be.

Lost 5 lbs this month, been eating healthy and exercising regularly

Did 30 minutes on the treadmill today plus weights and resistance bands

Been doing well with eating healthy/balanced.

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I've put on weight and its weird because my eating hasn't changed much and I don't look like I've put on weight and my clothes all fit the same. So maybe its mostly just muscle. Idk. I was 175 this morning. I think like 7 pounds is legit weight gain though because I was taking Unisom for awhile which causes weight gain. But before I was hanging around 166-168 and maintaining that pretty well. During the summer I was 158 but then I started working out.

Hi, I've lost 25 lbs in about 3.5 months. Still need to lose another 10-15. I try to eat one meal a day and then snack on fruits and veggies, Lately, I've been sneaking in some candy and junk food. I wonder if there is anything I can eat that will stop the eating of said junk food.

I try to replace the junk with something more nutritious, like if I crave sweetness I’ll have a couple of dried figs, that hits the spot, or if it’s cookies I’ll have an oatcake. Got to still watch the calorie intake with those things too but I notice they sate me quicker than chocolate say which I could eat and eat forever unfortunately. Unsalted plain nuts are good options too but got to limit them.

Yeah could be muscle or sometimes fluid retention can be responsible apparently.

I’ve got a new med and I’ve put a little weight on already, apparently this one does that, however so far this med seems to be helping me so it’s possibly a price worth paying.

Of course I’m bang on middle age so there’s that to factor in, it really seems to go on way quicker and easier than a few years ago when I could mostly eat anything

I got a couple of runs in this week and even brought my kit away with me to a hotel, I ran first thing and the spot where I ran was a course I ran years ago so much faster than now. Telling myself of course I’m going to be slower. I entered a half marathon and don’t know if I’ve got a place yet but going to have to reconcile myself to being slower on that too!

I'm going to try and lose weight the healthy way. Did 20 minutes of HIIT and 15 minutes of stretching after this morning. Going for a walk once it gets above 0F out there (if it gets that warm). Current weight: 127lbs. Goal weight: 120. Had a protein bar and some oatmeal so far.

The unisom is out of my system so I dropped 3 pounds almost right away. I guess my low vitamin D may have also been a culprit too regarding my weight gain. I'm back to doing crunches. I did 100 regular crunches and then 70 reverse ones. I did 2 planks. One for about 20 seconds. One for barely 10. But at least I'm able to hold myself up now like that.

Did an hour long yoga class today, it went well. Yesterday I did 30 minutes on the treadmill, plus weights and squats with resistance bands

Got 10,000 steps today

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Cooked fresh asparagus and a piece of salmon for dinner yesterday. Was good. Trying to eat more vegetables. I have been having spring mix salads for lunch, with grape tomatoes, onion, avocado in it and some balsamic vinaigrette. (Sometimes I also add in a few pieces of sliced roast Turkey breast from the deli)

Occasionally I have protein smoothies usually when I’m really active or work out a lot during the day. So I put plain unsweetened almond milk, frozen mixed berries, spinach (can be fresh or frozen) , a very low sugar protein powder, and occasionally a couple spoonfuls of plain unsweetened Greek yogurt.

There are various ones I do. Like sometimes I do mango banana spinach protein smoothies. Etc. depends what I have and what I’m in the mood for.
Mango and butternut squash also goes well together in smoothies. Sounds weird but it doesn’t taste like you’re drinking vegetables or anything, it just tastes like mango and whatever flavor of protein powder. You also can’t taste the spinach in the smoothies I make even though I try to always put a lot in to get more servings of vegetables.

Will post a pic of yesterdays dinner in a minute

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Today I had plain oatmeal with a little plain unsweetened almond milk in it, a handful of fresh blueberries and a banana sliced in it and half an avocado on the side

Lunch will be a salad, and a turkey sandwich on wheat

Dinner is going to be a baked sweet potato, leftover asparagus, black beans

Snack will be cottage cheese if I get hungry at some point in between my meals.

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I'm trying to lose weight by actually eating... I did some shopping yesterday and today. I got some acai bowls and some Lean Cuisines and Healthy Choice and Smart Ones frozen meals. I've had luck before with using frozen meals for weight loss. I just need to watch the sodium on those. I also stocked up on more Greek yogurt and got a couple pints of Halo Top. I really only need to lose about 8 pounds. Currently I'm pissing people off already with my food and weight issues. I hope my change in diet will make them somewhat happier.

Been doing 30 minutes on the treadmill nearly everyday and been doing yoga regularly as well , on the days I don’t do yoga I do weights and squats with resistance bands.

Been eating healthy, going grocery shopping tomorrow. Going to get some salmon, fresh veggies, (asparagus, Bella sliced mushrooms, yellow squash, onion, maybe also a head of broccoli) fruit (bananas and blueberries) skinless boneless chicken breast filets, and some other various stuff.

Have my meals planned out for the next week.

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That sounds super healthy food planning bluebird!

I’m doing okayish, I’ve made great strides cutting down on processed food, no sweets or chocolate (I have an addiction I think and cold turkey is the only way - not actual turkey of course. )

I got the email saying I got a place in the half marathon which I was hoping I wouldn’t if I’m honest. Anyhow I’m going to give it a shot and I’ve got 7 months, currently running 4 miles max and need to build up to 13.1 without injuring myself.

My weight is falling off due to a combination of this viral thing I've had for a month and the vitamin D supplement I'm taking that zaps my appetite. I think the low vitamin D may have been where my weight gain came from in the first place since the weight is comming off now without any effort. Either way I do need to eat better. Today wasn't bad quality wise.