After four days of attempting the atkin's I got sick of it. I can only eat so much meat without going crazy. So I asked my room mate about his diet. He's just doing traditional counting calories. In a way it makes sense, according to your weight, height, and activity level you can eat to a certain number of calories and lose weight naturally. However my mind is still concerned about eating carbs because they turn to glucose faster. So I'm trying a combination of low carbs and low calories.
But my body does what it wants and this morning already I've eaten 5 sugar cookies and a thai tea. OMG...that's basically all my calories for the day. So punishment will come later when I'm eating plain spinach leaves to eat something but keep the calories to a minimum. I really hope this works, but my main diet block is my mind. My mind is that of a binge eater so it wants and gets right away. Well, now I have to control my body and not just eat whatever I crave. I need to realize that what I put in effects what I do. Right now I'm sitting my bed feeling more tired and more gross because I just took in so much sugar!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Just take each day with a fresh start
Trying to be positive about things. Don't think now about what mistakes I made yesterday. I'm only thinking about now and what I'm doing at this moment to be healthier.
Today is the start of my atkin's diet. I learned about it in nutrition last year and liked what I saw. The hardest part is going to be no carbs. Carbs are amazing! But just one look in the mirror will be enough to convince myself not to eat them. So far today I've had one chicken breast, 3/4 banana, about 5 dried dates, and I have half a cup of beef and 1 cup spinach cooking right now.
Ayyy but the diet is so strict because there are carbs in so many foods we don't think about, so I'm hoping to go out and grab a diet book with lists for me to keep better track of.
I don't think I have any readers yet, but if you are glancing by and have tried the Atkin's diet before, tell me how it went or give us some tips that helped you succeed
Today is the start of my atkin's diet. I learned about it in nutrition last year and liked what I saw. The hardest part is going to be no carbs. Carbs are amazing! But just one look in the mirror will be enough to convince myself not to eat them. So far today I've had one chicken breast, 3/4 banana, about 5 dried dates, and I have half a cup of beef and 1 cup spinach cooking right now.
Ayyy but the diet is so strict because there are carbs in so many foods we don't think about, so I'm hoping to go out and grab a diet book with lists for me to keep better track of.
I don't think I have any readers yet, but if you are glancing by and have tried the Atkin's diet before, tell me how it went or give us some tips that helped you succeed
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Gym Membership and Loss of Interest
Since I last wrote, I managed to be so sick of myself I ran to a gym! Not really, but I was there the day I discovered just how disgusting I was getting. I got a membership on the spot and tried it out the next day. I love this place! I'm not a member of a local Planet Fitness and enjoy every minute I'm there. Yet....I've only been there once this week? What in the world is blocking me from going and enjoying myself and looking better to boot? I don't get it, but I shy away from going even though I like it while I'm there.
To top it off I've managed to start eating at fast food chains again and right now I'm sitting on my couch blogging about dieting and snacking on carb loaded bread sticks and pasta at midnight! The worst move possible for someone who is dieting! Let all those carb turn to fat while I sleep, then I wonder why I feel so bloaty in the morning, cause I actually managed to gain pounds overnight. It's ridiculous.
So I'm looking up atkin's diet recipes tonight and that is what I'm limiting myself to. I learned in nutrition last year that protein diets do work and how they work, they only fail when it is hard to keep interested in a diet lacking in carbohydrates. I will try my best and maybe if I boost my weight loss with an all protein diet now and then get better at this gym thing, then I can add in some carbs to spruce it all up and keep the weight off this time. OOOH what a plan.
To top it off I've managed to start eating at fast food chains again and right now I'm sitting on my couch blogging about dieting and snacking on carb loaded bread sticks and pasta at midnight! The worst move possible for someone who is dieting! Let all those carb turn to fat while I sleep, then I wonder why I feel so bloaty in the morning, cause I actually managed to gain pounds overnight. It's ridiculous.
So I'm looking up atkin's diet recipes tonight and that is what I'm limiting myself to. I learned in nutrition last year that protein diets do work and how they work, they only fail when it is hard to keep interested in a diet lacking in carbohydrates. I will try my best and maybe if I boost my weight loss with an all protein diet now and then get better at this gym thing, then I can add in some carbs to spruce it all up and keep the weight off this time. OOOH what a plan.
Monday, January 3, 2011
First day? First week.
So the whole purpose of this blog is to regulate my life and hopefully share tips with anyone who is interested.
What got me interested in losing weight now: I have been chosen as a bridesmaid for a friend of mine in her July wedding. I have the goal of being back in a size 16 by then, in reality an 18, but a girl can work. I am also going to turn 21 in September, and I know that I'm going to be partying at some club to celebrate. I don't want to look like this when I'm celebrating my birthday with strangers. I want to look sexy! fabulous! Have the guys tripping over each other to buy me drinks.
What am I going to do about it? Well have to take special steps to get there. I will start college classes again in a couple of week and I work every evening. Neither classes, nor work allow for much exercise. I will have to start with a strict diet. I know that realistically I have tried "watching what I eat" and I've just craved something terrible. Therefore, I'm calling this my life diet. It's what I want to eat and what I will train myself to eat for the rest of my life. I know I can ween myself off of food, I've successfully stayed away from sodas for a year (yay!). I just have to start one food at a time telling my body no until it just doesn't care.
My diet goal: eat as little carbohydrates and sugar as possible and stick to solely lean protein. I've chosen to go the no carb route because in my nutrition class I learned that carbs are the quickest energy for your body to burn, but also the quickest to be turned into body fat if not used for energy. Since I don't have much time for a steady workout and my job and classes require me to sit for hours on end, I know that I need a food that will make my body work to digest it and not turn into fat while I sit. I will stick to low fat protein, which doesn't turn into fat nearly as easily as carbs, and leafy vegetables. The plant cells have cells walls made of cellulose that are impossible for our bodies to digest resulting in us actually burning calories while we digest the food. (RDmag).
So that is my plan long term. My short term goal is to wake up tomorrow to a bowl of Post Shredded wheat cereal, stick to only 1 cup of cereal and 1 cup of soy milk. Then for lunch I'm sticking to roasted chicken without the skin in a lettuce wrap with some kind of dressing that I haven't decided on yet for flavor.
If you have any opinion on the diet I'm trying or have any tips on your own successes in changing your life diet please comment below.
What got me interested in losing weight now: I have been chosen as a bridesmaid for a friend of mine in her July wedding. I have the goal of being back in a size 16 by then, in reality an 18, but a girl can work. I am also going to turn 21 in September, and I know that I'm going to be partying at some club to celebrate. I don't want to look like this when I'm celebrating my birthday with strangers. I want to look sexy! fabulous! Have the guys tripping over each other to buy me drinks.
What am I going to do about it? Well have to take special steps to get there. I will start college classes again in a couple of week and I work every evening. Neither classes, nor work allow for much exercise. I will have to start with a strict diet. I know that realistically I have tried "watching what I eat" and I've just craved something terrible. Therefore, I'm calling this my life diet. It's what I want to eat and what I will train myself to eat for the rest of my life. I know I can ween myself off of food, I've successfully stayed away from sodas for a year (yay!). I just have to start one food at a time telling my body no until it just doesn't care.
My diet goal: eat as little carbohydrates and sugar as possible and stick to solely lean protein. I've chosen to go the no carb route because in my nutrition class I learned that carbs are the quickest energy for your body to burn, but also the quickest to be turned into body fat if not used for energy. Since I don't have much time for a steady workout and my job and classes require me to sit for hours on end, I know that I need a food that will make my body work to digest it and not turn into fat while I sit. I will stick to low fat protein, which doesn't turn into fat nearly as easily as carbs, and leafy vegetables. The plant cells have cells walls made of cellulose that are impossible for our bodies to digest resulting in us actually burning calories while we digest the food. (RDmag).
So that is my plan long term. My short term goal is to wake up tomorrow to a bowl of Post Shredded wheat cereal, stick to only 1 cup of cereal and 1 cup of soy milk. Then for lunch I'm sticking to roasted chicken without the skin in a lettuce wrap with some kind of dressing that I haven't decided on yet for flavor.
If you have any opinion on the diet I'm trying or have any tips on your own successes in changing your life diet please comment below.
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