January 22, 2007
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How goes dieting?
Ugh.
How does it ever go, honestly?
No one likes making life-style changes and life-style choices that are healthy really aren't a lot of fun.I'm not dieting to be thin. I'm dieting to be healthy. Being over 170 pounds and only being about five foot tall...it's just too much. So, I will continue to eat correctly (5 to 6 meals a day, high in lean protein [legumes and white meats], low in sugar [no more soda or highly processed foods] and LOTS of fruits and veggies). Do I like it? Nope. Will I live with it? Yes. I have to. I plan to live to be 115, so I'd better get going on that right now.
And to that end, I work out now. At least five days a week. This week, I made it six times. Three cardio only days, one day of lifting + cardio and two days of whatever insanely painful cardio/strength training/core strengthening pile of evil my personal trainer invents for me to do. I'm planning to eventually add a good long yoga workout so that I can get some stretching in. How long am I at the gym? About an hour to an hour and a half every time I go - so, 6 to 10 hours a week.
I'm also doing okay on the eating, though it could be better. Some meals are just meal replacement bars (high protein - 20g or more and minimal carbs - 10g or less and about 200 calories) and some are Slim Fast shakes (yeah, not the best for the processed sugars, but when I get home from work, I'm so tired that I can barely walk let alone cook and at least the shake is vaguely healthy and has some protein in it). I cooked for about two hours yesterday and made up about 24 - 1 cup servings of food. 9 are a chicken/bean/veggie soup and 15 are turkey chili. I eat a lot of soupy foods. And turkey and chicken and protein shakes. I am currently consuming about 1800 calories a day over the course of all the meals.
What do I miss? Coke of course (next weekend will be the two month with no coke mark) and pizza. I miss pizza ALWAYS. Stupid delicious bundle of cheese and carbs and grease.
Somedays, I wake up and I'm very sad to realize that I am not really dieting in the way most Americans use the word. I am making a permanent lifestyle change to my real forever diet. I am NEVER going to be able to eat like I would really like to. Minimal fast food, no sugary delicious sodas, no eating a whole pizza in one sitting...and at the same time, I'm happy that I'm doing this before something actually goes wrong. I'm drinking lots of water to help keep my kidneys healthy, I'm trying to get all my servings of veggies everyday.
Blergh, I'll probably still get cancer, because if you live long enough - everyone does, I think. But I'm trying. I will be healthy even if it kills me (or more likely, makes me kinda whiney and angsty and have a few days where I fall off the bandwagon and have to climb painfully back on).
So far? We've been going to the gym since December 2nd and I've been actually trying to eat correctly since December 20th.
Results?
According to my scale, about 10 pounds down. And my fat pants are too big.
Of course, my thin pants are still too tight, so I just have to wear a belt.I get measured this week by my trainer, I'll report back then.
Comments (7)
you are doing a great job. i haven't even cut out half of what you're talking about -- i love eating out at least once a week, which is probably my downfall. i feel like if i deprive myself too much i'll just go to hell in a handbasket.
working out is more than half the battle. i honestly think you'll lose weight no matter what if you're increasing your activity levels.
Healthy eating is NOT easy. I don't really like fruits, but they say to eat lots of fruits and veggies. I'm more of a meat-n-potatoes kind of gal. I also love pizza and other things, but don't indulge very often. Bread and pastries is my major downfall. I love bready and sweet things in a big way.
But working out and drinking LOTS of water.... well, that ALONE is really very healthy. I think, once a week (or every OTHER week), you should be free to indulge for a Saturday night. Just know, though, that as your body gets more and more used to the "good" foods, you won't crave the "bad" ones much anymore.
Good job! I had pizza and breadsticks Friday, and ate badly all weekend. My new boss at curves (who i love) asked me to teach the weight loss class. It starts Feb. 8th. *sigh* I'm already nervous. They raised their prices, so less people will probably do it. But I'm trying to get all the unhealthy eating done before then. In small doses, though. I still don't really eat anything with gluten in it around Sloane, because that's just mean. So during the week I am carb free (except potatoes), and at home we only have rice. Dad is still doing well with the low carb diet. His clothes look pretty funny, and many shirts hand down to his knees if he doesn't tuck them in. Keep up the good work, and I'll let you know how I do. (i don't think i'll ever reach my actual goal, but my realistic goal is 20 pounds)
congratulations!! 10 lbs in one month is excellent!!
btw, i told my mom that i was thinking of joining a new gym that's opening near my house, and she said, "that would be a great place to meet someone!" nevermind the getting back into a physically fit state.... priorities.
does sloane have celiac sprue?
My diet is crap. Still have 20lbs to go. But WTG on the 10lb loss! Definitely keep drinking the water - with our family history of kidney stones, you want to keep that thing healthy.
And yeah - very few carbs around here anymore besides potatoes. We've actually be eating pretty healthy since we have no choice but to cook. We like Sloane's new personality enough to cook.
Hey Kelly,
Picturing you trying on different pants makes me remember the first time I talked to you, I think you were measuring Leslie's cup size for an online dress purchase. Tom and I had no clue what was going on.
Arizona, huh? How is desert/married life? I think I wouldn't mind my life carrying me to that area at some point. Congrats on sticking with your eating plans. I haven't deat with the food part, but I'm coke free going on eleven years. After another six months, if you actually try coke again, it should taste nasty to the point where you won't care if you never have it again.
Hope everything else is going well
- Dan
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