Had meetings throughout the day and not enough time to realize how hungry I was till I got home. Which isn't a bad thing.
One of the meetings served lunch. BUT, it wasn't pizza!! Healthy veggie sandwich and a fruit cup. And a diet Pepsi. (I know, soda is not good for me but I like the the taste) I pretended I didn't even see the Oreo cookie in the box.
Have a blog post brewing about honesty and how it's vital to this process but I have a full evening so will post that tomorrow.
Still counting the points and not going over. Finding that Crystal Lite is really one of my very favorite ways to fill up during the day. It's a good way to stave off snack cravings.
Ok, tomorrow is Friday so we'll see what kind of post I put up after what is historically my hardest day at work...
One day, one pound, one step at a time.
~N
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Day 2 - Cayenne
It's easier to "be good" while at work. I keep busy so I'm not constantly thinking of what I want to eat. Today is my short day at work so I am home and spent some time cleaning the fridge out. First of all it needed it. Second of all I wanted to see how much crap is in there, and get rid of it.
One of the hardest things for me is when I get hungry and want to eat NOW. One of the diets I tried, starting a year ago now, was Medifast. This works well, it's just that I wanted some things to crunch on. Anyway, so now I have this cupboard full of boxes of little pouches that all you have to do is add water to. I've been using them for the last week or so and now with Weight Watchers I'm combining both. The packets work for me at work - I add water and *presto* chicken noodle soup. Or chocolate pudding. Or a shake.
I decided to take notes at work to track my eating and how I feel, so here are today's notes:
9:25am - Vanilla Shake. 100 calories. Gritty. Trying to convince myself this tastes good. Not really hungry anyway so that's good. (But if you put a McDonald's egg mcmuffin in front of me I'd inhale it.)
11am - headache. Just a small one. Not really hungry. Stomach still feels really full. Maybe bloated is the better word. Neat.
11:45am - Chicken and Wild Rice soup. 100 calories. Ok NOW I'm hungry. Go to the kitchen and there's a guy cooking Thai food. Home-made peanut sauce with noodles and vegetables. Y U M. Must concentrate on mixing my 100 calorie chicken soup powder in water and 100 calorie vanilla pudding (for later). Talked to him about Thai food and then Lebanese food and got even hungrier. I LOVE food!
A pause to note here about Cayenne pepper. Add it to any soup or food and it not only heats it up but it adds something that makes me feel like I'm eating more than I am. Hmm. Wonder if there's a study about hot vs cold foods and how they make you feel when they eat them. Note to self: google it.
12:30pm - Crystal Lite Sugar free Lemonade (single packet) 10 calories. Zero points!!! And it's sugary and lemon. This makes me happy. It occurs to me that I've not had any caffeine today. Wonder if that caused the headache earlier.
1:13pm - Vanilla Pudding 90 calories. Added too much water so it's more like a thick shake. Not bad tho. Not chocolate but not bad.
2:13pm - 1 green apple jolly rancher. Looked it up later and found out it's only 1 point if I have 3 of them and I only had one. The sour taste keeps me awake at this time of day.
4pm - home from work and hungry so I made myself 2 open face veggieburger (oh, I'm a vegetarian, I eat chicken every once in a while but not often) sandwiches. Not really sandwiches. Bread (whole wheat), little bit of mayo and a portabello veggieburger. They were good. Filled me up and not too many points. 5 baby carrots - love the snappy and juicy carrot crunch. And then, my piece de resistance - a fudgesicle. 100 calories of fabulousness. I have 22.5 points left for today. That's a LOT! Guess I'm gonna have to find some veggies and tofu or something for later.
I found a beginner yoga program on weight watchers and I'm going to try it tomorrow. I'll do my leg raises and arm curls tonight while watching tv but tomorrow morning I am going to try for 15 minutes of the yoga happiness. (Last time I tried yoga I was getting up at 6:30am and pretty much just laid there and stared at the screen and sent hateful thoughts to the tiny little woman oozing peace at me.)
So, day 2 down. I'm not feeling hungry or cranky. And I still have 22 points left to go.
One day. One pound. One step at a time.
~N
One of the hardest things for me is when I get hungry and want to eat NOW. One of the diets I tried, starting a year ago now, was Medifast. This works well, it's just that I wanted some things to crunch on. Anyway, so now I have this cupboard full of boxes of little pouches that all you have to do is add water to. I've been using them for the last week or so and now with Weight Watchers I'm combining both. The packets work for me at work - I add water and *presto* chicken noodle soup. Or chocolate pudding. Or a shake.
I decided to take notes at work to track my eating and how I feel, so here are today's notes:
9:25am - Vanilla Shake. 100 calories. Gritty. Trying to convince myself this tastes good. Not really hungry anyway so that's good. (But if you put a McDonald's egg mcmuffin in front of me I'd inhale it.)
11am - headache. Just a small one. Not really hungry. Stomach still feels really full. Maybe bloated is the better word. Neat.
11:45am - Chicken and Wild Rice soup. 100 calories. Ok NOW I'm hungry. Go to the kitchen and there's a guy cooking Thai food. Home-made peanut sauce with noodles and vegetables. Y U M. Must concentrate on mixing my 100 calorie chicken soup powder in water and 100 calorie vanilla pudding (for later). Talked to him about Thai food and then Lebanese food and got even hungrier. I LOVE food!
A pause to note here about Cayenne pepper. Add it to any soup or food and it not only heats it up but it adds something that makes me feel like I'm eating more than I am. Hmm. Wonder if there's a study about hot vs cold foods and how they make you feel when they eat them. Note to self: google it.
12:30pm - Crystal Lite Sugar free Lemonade (single packet) 10 calories. Zero points!!! And it's sugary and lemon. This makes me happy. It occurs to me that I've not had any caffeine today. Wonder if that caused the headache earlier.
1:13pm - Vanilla Pudding 90 calories. Added too much water so it's more like a thick shake. Not bad tho. Not chocolate but not bad.
2:13pm - 1 green apple jolly rancher. Looked it up later and found out it's only 1 point if I have 3 of them and I only had one. The sour taste keeps me awake at this time of day.
4pm - home from work and hungry so I made myself 2 open face veggieburger (oh, I'm a vegetarian, I eat chicken every once in a while but not often) sandwiches. Not really sandwiches. Bread (whole wheat), little bit of mayo and a portabello veggieburger. They were good. Filled me up and not too many points. 5 baby carrots - love the snappy and juicy carrot crunch. And then, my piece de resistance - a fudgesicle. 100 calories of fabulousness. I have 22.5 points left for today. That's a LOT! Guess I'm gonna have to find some veggies and tofu or something for later.
I found a beginner yoga program on weight watchers and I'm going to try it tomorrow. I'll do my leg raises and arm curls tonight while watching tv but tomorrow morning I am going to try for 15 minutes of the yoga happiness. (Last time I tried yoga I was getting up at 6:30am and pretty much just laid there and stared at the screen and sent hateful thoughts to the tiny little woman oozing peace at me.)
So, day 2 down. I'm not feeling hungry or cranky. And I still have 22 points left to go.
One day. One pound. One step at a time.
~N
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Hi
So, hi. I'm Nikki and this is my log as a future-former couch potato. I've been steadily gaining weight since I went to college and recently hit my top weight for the second time in 4 years. I've looked into diets like The Zone, Medifast, the Master Cleanse and today I signed up for Weight Watchers.
3 years ago I started counting calories, every single calorie I eat and using the website http://www.caloriecount.com/ to track (and grade) my caloric intake as well as my daily activities. This website is free and it's a good one. I recommend using it. It worked too, I had a work buddy that walked with me. We walked 3 miles a day. Did it in spurts, starting at 1 mile as fast as we could (without feeling sick or light-headed) and worked up to the 3.
I lost over 50 pounds. It felt easy. I was eating under 1500 calories a day and losing weight and being active. Then I got a new job. A promotion and a raise. And I sat on my ass for hours at a time.
And of course it (my ass) started expanding. I gained all the weight back. I've been lucky. I don't have diabetes or heart disease. Yet.
So, what started me on this latest journey? I have several friends that have lost weight and gotten into shape but one of my very best friends, a woman I admire and love literally transformed herself in the last 5 years. We'll call her Mel. She and I met in college and we've both changed in many ways. I hadn't seen her in a couple of years, even tho we live less than 300 miles from each other. Life just does that as we get older. And one day there she was on Facebook. And I honestly almost didn't recognize her. At first glance I asked who the woman was with her husband. And then I realized it was Mel. She had sculpted herself into a powerful, healthy woman. She's always been beautiful but now she's HOT.
We have talked a few times about the fact that she'd done Weight Watchers (and is still part of it) and this last weekend, after seeing her and talking to her I came home and stepped on the scale and decided I'm doing this.
I will be 40 next year. I have spent the last 20 years of my life being out of shape and unhealthy and now find myself at a point where I not only want to be healthy but I KNOW I can do this. So, I'm doing this. And I am going to use this blog as a way to track my progress. And if it resonates with anyone out there let me know.
One day. One pound. One step at a time.
~N
3 years ago I started counting calories, every single calorie I eat and using the website http://www.caloriecount.com/ to track (and grade) my caloric intake as well as my daily activities. This website is free and it's a good one. I recommend using it. It worked too, I had a work buddy that walked with me. We walked 3 miles a day. Did it in spurts, starting at 1 mile as fast as we could (without feeling sick or light-headed) and worked up to the 3.
I lost over 50 pounds. It felt easy. I was eating under 1500 calories a day and losing weight and being active. Then I got a new job. A promotion and a raise. And I sat on my ass for hours at a time.
And of course it (my ass) started expanding. I gained all the weight back. I've been lucky. I don't have diabetes or heart disease. Yet.
So, what started me on this latest journey? I have several friends that have lost weight and gotten into shape but one of my very best friends, a woman I admire and love literally transformed herself in the last 5 years. We'll call her Mel. She and I met in college and we've both changed in many ways. I hadn't seen her in a couple of years, even tho we live less than 300 miles from each other. Life just does that as we get older. And one day there she was on Facebook. And I honestly almost didn't recognize her. At first glance I asked who the woman was with her husband. And then I realized it was Mel. She had sculpted herself into a powerful, healthy woman. She's always been beautiful but now she's HOT.
We have talked a few times about the fact that she'd done Weight Watchers (and is still part of it) and this last weekend, after seeing her and talking to her I came home and stepped on the scale and decided I'm doing this.
I will be 40 next year. I have spent the last 20 years of my life being out of shape and unhealthy and now find myself at a point where I not only want to be healthy but I KNOW I can do this. So, I'm doing this. And I am going to use this blog as a way to track my progress. And if it resonates with anyone out there let me know.
One day. One pound. One step at a time.
~N
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