At the last weigh in I dipped under 150 lbs for the first time since I can't remember when!
May so far is going well. Not a lot to report. We're returning a lot to the recipes in the book because things we try to finagle from what we'd have eaten before results in tiny portions and unsatisfied bellies.
We're having Shirataki and Korean Beef tonight. Tomorrow we are having company so are trying to figure something out for that. I also need to pack a lunch for tomorrow's Martial Arts event, not sure what to bring... I have wraps so maybe if there's left over beef I can roll that up with some lettuce.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Chugging Along
May has been kind to my self discipline so far! It helps to have found quite a few nice treats to have when my mouth wants something tasty.
Last night we had Stop & Shop's Sugar Free Marble Cream Cake, topped with Rediwip and cinnamon. It tasted JUST like the gingerbread cake my mom used to make around the holidays. Delicious! And an absurdly low S/C value (I want to say 0/1 but I'll have to check).
I need to focus on Fiber.. We have been too focused on leaving servings open for this or that meal and not focused on getting the right kind of nutrition. We have been using Benefiber in our coffee and my husband was doing the Psyllium husk belly drink, but that's not near the 25g of fiber that the plan recommends. So since I've got the count management down for S/C values, I'm going to switch to challenging myself to get all 25g of fiber.
This morning I had two pieces of Boars Head smoked bacon, two eggs Sunnies Up, and two pieces of Ezekiel sprouted grain bread.
For lunch my plan is to have Trader Joe's Chicken Marsala over brown rice, but I'm afraid the Marsala may have expired, so I will go get a salad if that's the case, and eat the brown rice anyway.
Dinner is the white pizza from the book, on whole grain pita.
After adding that up there probably won't be room for the cake again tonight. Ah, such is life. Gotta have the grains!
Weigh-in tomorrow. :)
Last night we had Stop & Shop's Sugar Free Marble Cream Cake, topped with Rediwip and cinnamon. It tasted JUST like the gingerbread cake my mom used to make around the holidays. Delicious! And an absurdly low S/C value (I want to say 0/1 but I'll have to check).
I need to focus on Fiber.. We have been too focused on leaving servings open for this or that meal and not focused on getting the right kind of nutrition. We have been using Benefiber in our coffee and my husband was doing the Psyllium husk belly drink, but that's not near the 25g of fiber that the plan recommends. So since I've got the count management down for S/C values, I'm going to switch to challenging myself to get all 25g of fiber.
This morning I had two pieces of Boars Head smoked bacon, two eggs Sunnies Up, and two pieces of Ezekiel sprouted grain bread.
For lunch my plan is to have Trader Joe's Chicken Marsala over brown rice, but I'm afraid the Marsala may have expired, so I will go get a salad if that's the case, and eat the brown rice anyway.
Dinner is the white pizza from the book, on whole grain pita.
After adding that up there probably won't be room for the cake again tonight. Ah, such is life. Gotta have the grains!
Weigh-in tomorrow. :)
Friday, May 06, 2011
Just an update!
I'm really bad at coming back to this blog because I've been so busy lately! But I want to check in and say that things are going well. I've gotten a lot of comments over the past ten days about how various friends and coworkers can see that I'm losing weight. That always feels nice!
My birthday went well! We ate 0/0 for breakfast and lunch to make sure we had wiggle room, though I'm sure my sugars went over because I was trying Mochi for the first time (I had misinterpreted the label and thought a serving was 6 pieces, when actually there were six 'servings' per package, the serving was one piece and that at 15g sugar). So sugars were blown but carbs I think were actually safe!
I've been religiously updating my food journal, so everything's been on track there. I still end up having most of my sugars and carbs with dinner. I know weight loss would speed up if I could flip that to breakfast, but I don't have time to have a hefty breakfast in the mornings, and dinner is the deal we look forward to, so the indulgences are built in there.
I bought new pants yesterday because my hip tattoo is showing in all my size 10 pants. :P Normally that tattoo is an inch below the waistband. I already had trouble treading on my pant hems, they don't need to drop lower!
When I look in the mirror I am really starting to be happy with what I see. :)
ETA: Just caught up with the "Me and Jorge" blog, and I'm signing up for the May Weight Loss Challenge! No more birthdays, no heavy holidays! No more excuses! My mom's birthday is this month and I'm sure she'll want her own ice cream cake but I'll be on the good girl list and just have a piece of dark chocolate and some coffee. I actually find it's more satisfying than eating a guilty pleasure anyway!
My birthday went well! We ate 0/0 for breakfast and lunch to make sure we had wiggle room, though I'm sure my sugars went over because I was trying Mochi for the first time (I had misinterpreted the label and thought a serving was 6 pieces, when actually there were six 'servings' per package, the serving was one piece and that at 15g sugar). So sugars were blown but carbs I think were actually safe!
I've been religiously updating my food journal, so everything's been on track there. I still end up having most of my sugars and carbs with dinner. I know weight loss would speed up if I could flip that to breakfast, but I don't have time to have a hefty breakfast in the mornings, and dinner is the deal we look forward to, so the indulgences are built in there.
I bought new pants yesterday because my hip tattoo is showing in all my size 10 pants. :P Normally that tattoo is an inch below the waistband. I already had trouble treading on my pant hems, they don't need to drop lower!
When I look in the mirror I am really starting to be happy with what I see. :)
ETA: Just caught up with the "Me and Jorge" blog, and I'm signing up for the May Weight Loss Challenge! No more birthdays, no heavy holidays! No more excuses! My mom's birthday is this month and I'm sure she'll want her own ice cream cake but I'll be on the good girl list and just have a piece of dark chocolate and some coffee. I actually find it's more satisfying than eating a guilty pleasure anyway!
Thursday, April 28, 2011
A follow-up to my birthday burger plan...
We had Wendy's tonight and I replaced their bun (which had HFCS) with these. It's REALLY tasty, really soft, and has 3g of sugar and 20g carbs per roll.
So now I can have a burger on my birthday! Just gotta find hot dog buns for when I crave a chili dog. ;)
Highly recommended!
So now I can have a burger on my birthday! Just gotta find hot dog buns for when I crave a chili dog. ;)
Highly recommended!
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
Instant Gratification
A coworker stopped by my cubby yesterday and told me she could see that I was still losing weight. We got into a long conversation about it, but the reason I'm mentioning it is because I told her that this is the only diet I've ever been on that has actually shown me any sort of results. Any. This is actually not true. I have gained weight with almost any other diet.
I said it like I knew it, but that was the 'ah ha' moment where it sunk in. Tonight's weigh in marks 7 and a half weeks on the diet, and almost 14 pounds lost. FOURTEEN pounds.
Them's results, folks.
I have to thank Rosalie for always commenting and encouraging me, and sharing the wisdom she's gained from her time on the diet. It's true, struggling and giving in to temptation doesn't make me feel better, it just sets me back. That moment of indulgence lasts only til the last bite of sugar is swallowed and I realize I've renewed my sugar craving and sabotaged all my discipline and hard work.
Luckily it's not all that hard. Yes, it can be challenging to stick to the diet, but it's not impossible, and that part isn't a personal failure.. it's just a learning curve to look for the stealthy sugars in places I never realized they existed (or in such quantity in those that I did).
So tonight's weigh in? The two pounds I gained from the week we went AWOL? Blam - I'm down 3.8 pounds from there. Double or nothing! I'm also down three quarters of an inch at the belly, and that's after a bottle of water and before a daily visit to "the library."
I'm actually looking forward to my birthday this coming Saturday. We're going to grill, and I plan to have chicken and ignore the hamburger buns and hot dog rolls. I'll get a crudete platter and focus on celery, and then we found a sugar-free cake at Stop & Shop in a tiny little diabetes-friendly bakery display (from which we have already enjoyed the pound cake and angel food cake in the past).
I doooooo plan to try mochi for the first time, but if I have a protein shake for one meal and bacon and eggs for breakfast, it shouldn't be a problem to have one serving.
Warmer weather's here. My chiropractor let me return to my Martial Arts classes. My birthday is impending and my stretched piercings reached 9mm tonight (just one millimeter from my goal).
It's a damned good day.
I said it like I knew it, but that was the 'ah ha' moment where it sunk in. Tonight's weigh in marks 7 and a half weeks on the diet, and almost 14 pounds lost. FOURTEEN pounds.
Them's results, folks.
I have to thank Rosalie for always commenting and encouraging me, and sharing the wisdom she's gained from her time on the diet. It's true, struggling and giving in to temptation doesn't make me feel better, it just sets me back. That moment of indulgence lasts only til the last bite of sugar is swallowed and I realize I've renewed my sugar craving and sabotaged all my discipline and hard work.
Luckily it's not all that hard. Yes, it can be challenging to stick to the diet, but it's not impossible, and that part isn't a personal failure.. it's just a learning curve to look for the stealthy sugars in places I never realized they existed (or in such quantity in those that I did).
So tonight's weigh in? The two pounds I gained from the week we went AWOL? Blam - I'm down 3.8 pounds from there. Double or nothing! I'm also down three quarters of an inch at the belly, and that's after a bottle of water and before a daily visit to "the library."
I'm actually looking forward to my birthday this coming Saturday. We're going to grill, and I plan to have chicken and ignore the hamburger buns and hot dog rolls. I'll get a crudete platter and focus on celery, and then we found a sugar-free cake at Stop & Shop in a tiny little diabetes-friendly bakery display (from which we have already enjoyed the pound cake and angel food cake in the past).
I doooooo plan to try mochi for the first time, but if I have a protein shake for one meal and bacon and eggs for breakfast, it shouldn't be a problem to have one serving.
Warmer weather's here. My chiropractor let me return to my Martial Arts classes. My birthday is impending and my stretched piercings reached 9mm tonight (just one millimeter from my goal).
It's a damned good day.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Not Surprising, Still Disappointing
A weigh-in, with the full effects of our bad week #5, was last night. Not surprising, I gained in both diameter and weight. I'm not that upset about it, but it does strengthen my resolve to get back to it.
It just occurred to me that, on my bad week, I was still ten pounds lighter than my typical weight before we started!
I also realized that I have been a bit coffee crazed lately. I think I drank 3 oz of water yesterday and 8 cups of coffee. So today I will finish the coffee in my travel mug and then avoid it until this evening, focusing on getting my hydration in.
I'm also taking my vitamins this morning, albeit slowly. This is the last of my 6 pack of orange green tea Steaz. I haven't decided if I'll get more. It's not really pleasant, but it is doable. I had orange juice Saturday and Monday to take my vitamins. I have a canker sore coming in (result of a food allergy that I usually keep at bay with the vitamin cocktail documented previously), so I need to get back to vitamins. My Omega 3-6-9 vitamin will also help my back.
I have been running behind a lot lately.. without Soo Bahk Do I'm getting sluggish. So I wake up late, run late, and end up picking up food on my way to work - a habit I want to kick because of the cost if nothing else. I did fear that the English Muffin sandwiches I was getting (3/2) would be made with HFCS, because it seems like that's in everything, but checking the site their brand includes only real sugar. Amazing, this day and age! So that takes a lot of worry off my mind for that.
Running late, I grabbed Bulgogi and Chap Chae leftovers. I'm still stumped to the S/C value of this one. The Bulgogi is fine, but the veggies and celophane noodles in the Chap Chae could potentially be a problem. I documented it as 5/2, tried to eat a small portion, but it's not very filling. Unfortunately I didn't realize it was specifically sweetened with sugar, so it's worse than just the carrots and onions. I want to find some of the shirataki noodles that I read about in the interview with Rosalie - they are 0/0, can you just imagine! We're big pasta people so that will be splendid.
Last night for dinner we had Trader Joe's pre-packaged Chicken Marsala. It was delicious! My husband made some brown rice using chicken stock instead of water and we steamed some broccoli florets. The meal ended up being 1/2. And the portions were hearty again! I've noticed when we try to eat 'normal' food outside of the recipes in the book we find ourselves with small portions that don't satisfy. Better to cook from scratch.
We have a Trade Joe's Pot Pie to try soon, too. I'm ecstatic that there's a pot pie out there that's BFC friendly!
Easter Sunday we're having Prime Rib, so it's just a matter of watching the sides. Maybe some squash and broccoli.
It just occurred to me that, on my bad week, I was still ten pounds lighter than my typical weight before we started!
I also realized that I have been a bit coffee crazed lately. I think I drank 3 oz of water yesterday and 8 cups of coffee. So today I will finish the coffee in my travel mug and then avoid it until this evening, focusing on getting my hydration in.
I'm also taking my vitamins this morning, albeit slowly. This is the last of my 6 pack of orange green tea Steaz. I haven't decided if I'll get more. It's not really pleasant, but it is doable. I had orange juice Saturday and Monday to take my vitamins. I have a canker sore coming in (result of a food allergy that I usually keep at bay with the vitamin cocktail documented previously), so I need to get back to vitamins. My Omega 3-6-9 vitamin will also help my back.
I have been running behind a lot lately.. without Soo Bahk Do I'm getting sluggish. So I wake up late, run late, and end up picking up food on my way to work - a habit I want to kick because of the cost if nothing else. I did fear that the English Muffin sandwiches I was getting (3/2) would be made with HFCS, because it seems like that's in everything, but checking the site their brand includes only real sugar. Amazing, this day and age! So that takes a lot of worry off my mind for that.
Running late, I grabbed Bulgogi and Chap Chae leftovers. I'm still stumped to the S/C value of this one. The Bulgogi is fine, but the veggies and celophane noodles in the Chap Chae could potentially be a problem. I documented it as 5/2, tried to eat a small portion, but it's not very filling. Unfortunately I didn't realize it was specifically sweetened with sugar, so it's worse than just the carrots and onions. I want to find some of the shirataki noodles that I read about in the interview with Rosalie - they are 0/0, can you just imagine! We're big pasta people so that will be splendid.
Last night for dinner we had Trader Joe's pre-packaged Chicken Marsala. It was delicious! My husband made some brown rice using chicken stock instead of water and we steamed some broccoli florets. The meal ended up being 1/2. And the portions were hearty again! I've noticed when we try to eat 'normal' food outside of the recipes in the book we find ourselves with small portions that don't satisfy. Better to cook from scratch.
We have a Trade Joe's Pot Pie to try soon, too. I'm ecstatic that there's a pot pie out there that's BFC friendly!
Easter Sunday we're having Prime Rib, so it's just a matter of watching the sides. Maybe some squash and broccoli.
Friday, April 15, 2011
Reboot
Between my husband's birthday (pizza and chocolate mousse cake) and a brand new back muscle strain, this week has pretty much been a wash for the BFC plan. My husband and I have resolved to start over fresh on Sunday. In the meantime we're trying to make decent choices but we're also getting the demons out of our system.
I'm not happy about this. I know this is akin to emotional eating, but I need my husband to be on board with this. If I'm stopping off at Burger King on my way home for him, I'll grab something for myself, too. If he makes hot dogs and chili fries, I'll join in. So getting him to agree to it, and using the evidence of our false belly fat from this week (I lost 1.6 pounds but gained back over an inch) as motivation, will help us forge ahead.
I also, thanks to this new injury, have been restricted from my Martial Arts practice by my chiropractor. I understand I need to give my body time to really heal, or I'll just do something even worse later on (this strain is from overcompensating from a previous strain). But it's definitely going to drive home the effects of missing the plan's goals this week. Can't wait to punish myself with next week's weigh in.
I'm not happy about this. I know this is akin to emotional eating, but I need my husband to be on board with this. If I'm stopping off at Burger King on my way home for him, I'll grab something for myself, too. If he makes hot dogs and chili fries, I'll join in. So getting him to agree to it, and using the evidence of our false belly fat from this week (I lost 1.6 pounds but gained back over an inch) as motivation, will help us forge ahead.
I also, thanks to this new injury, have been restricted from my Martial Arts practice by my chiropractor. I understand I need to give my body time to really heal, or I'll just do something even worse later on (this strain is from overcompensating from a previous strain). But it's definitely going to drive home the effects of missing the plan's goals this week. Can't wait to punish myself with next week's weigh in.
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