One third of the way through the Whole 30. On Sunday I decided to go all in and stop counting calories.
Today's plan:
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken, olive oil
Dinner: homemade hamburger, avocado, salad
Snacks: pear, plum
When I started changing my life style on February 27 my jean size was 28. (Someone smack me if I head for that size again.) Several weeks ago (right around Mother's Day) my pants were falling off my body. The new ones? Size 24. Last night I took my size 24s off without unbuttoning/unzipping them. I knew I had a couple size 22s in the back of the closet, what the hell, let's try them. I grabbed a pair of size 22s, pulled them on, zipped, and buttoned them! Still a bit too uncomfortable and muffin-toppy to wear but in another week or two they will be fine. I can't wait to shop in the normal size stores.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Days 5 - 9
It has been a crazy few days.
Day 5 (Friday)- Hey things got switched up a little!
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken
Dinner: Three eggs with peppers and onions
Snacks: pear & plum
We were going to grill london broil but it was pouring rain so we went with breakfast for dinner.
Day 6 (Saturday)
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Did I tell you my mother had to have surgery for a detached retina? Well, she did. Did I tell you it didn't take and they had to do it again? Well, it didn't and they did. She can't see so she can't drive. My dad took her to the grocery store and I volunteered to take her to Costco. I deserve a medal. I go to the store with a plan. I want to be in and out quickly. My mother goes with a general idea of what she wants and goes up and down every mother freaking aisle checking out everything. Then she wants a hotdog and gets my girls hotdogs. Now they have just sampled their way through Costco, they aren't hungry but Nana insists on the hotdogs. I said get one, they can share, knowing damn well they aren't going to eat it. She gets them each their own and sure as shit, neither of them finishes even half of the thing.
We take her to her house to unload where I have some grapes. It was the only thing there I could eat. So that was lunch.
Dinner: london broil, salad, avocado
Snack: plum
Oh yeah, Saturday was our 11th anniversary. Yay us, haven't killed each other yet.
Day 7 (Sunday)
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch: grilled chicken breast, pear
Dinner: London broil, salad
Snack: pear
Sunday night around ten my intestines decided to stage a revolt. They proceeded to fight until 4:00 Monday morning. They won.
Day 8 (Monday)
Late afternoon: small pear
Evening: a couple slices of London broil
That was all I was really up to
Day 9 (Tuesday, today)
Feel pretty good today, just a little tired.
Breakfast: 2 hb eggs
Lunch: salad, grilled chicken
Dinner: burger, salad, avocado
snacks: pear, plum
That's the plan anyway.
I have a few more things to tell you but this is longer than usual so I will wait for tomorrow.
Day 5 (Friday)- Hey things got switched up a little!
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch: Salad with grilled chicken
Dinner: Three eggs with peppers and onions
Snacks: pear & plum
We were going to grill london broil but it was pouring rain so we went with breakfast for dinner.
Day 6 (Saturday)
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Did I tell you my mother had to have surgery for a detached retina? Well, she did. Did I tell you it didn't take and they had to do it again? Well, it didn't and they did. She can't see so she can't drive. My dad took her to the grocery store and I volunteered to take her to Costco. I deserve a medal. I go to the store with a plan. I want to be in and out quickly. My mother goes with a general idea of what she wants and goes up and down every mother freaking aisle checking out everything. Then she wants a hotdog and gets my girls hotdogs. Now they have just sampled their way through Costco, they aren't hungry but Nana insists on the hotdogs. I said get one, they can share, knowing damn well they aren't going to eat it. She gets them each their own and sure as shit, neither of them finishes even half of the thing.
We take her to her house to unload where I have some grapes. It was the only thing there I could eat. So that was lunch.
Dinner: london broil, salad, avocado
Snack: plum
Oh yeah, Saturday was our 11th anniversary. Yay us, haven't killed each other yet.
Day 7 (Sunday)
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch: grilled chicken breast, pear
Dinner: London broil, salad
Snack: pear
Sunday night around ten my intestines decided to stage a revolt. They proceeded to fight until 4:00 Monday morning. They won.
Day 8 (Monday)
Late afternoon: small pear
Evening: a couple slices of London broil
That was all I was really up to
Day 9 (Tuesday, today)
Feel pretty good today, just a little tired.
Breakfast: 2 hb eggs
Lunch: salad, grilled chicken
Dinner: burger, salad, avocado
snacks: pear, plum
That's the plan anyway.
I have a few more things to tell you but this is longer than usual so I will wait for tomorrow.
Friday, June 22, 2012
Day Five: Early in ther Day Edition
It is earlier than I usually post but I have a minute now.
Let's just figure my food will be exactly the same as yesterday except for breakfast. Usually I have two hard boiled eggs. Today I had three. I was really hungry this morning!
Last night I said I had avocado with dinner. I really didn't. I cut the avocado up and then threw it in the freezer. Weird I know, but the avocado had been on the counter and I prefer it to be on the cooler side. I threw it in the freezer and proceeded to prep the rest of dinner. This morning I went into the freezer and there was my little plate of avocado, frozen solid. Duh.
I need some opinions (not because I can't think for myself but I value the knowledge and advice of those who are ahead of me in fitness). The Whole 30 recommends not counting calories:
Your only job for the next 30 days is to focus on making good food choices. You don’t need to weigh or measure, you don’t need to count calories, you don’t need to stress about organic, grass-fed, pastured or free range. Just figure out how to stick to the Whole30 in any setting, around every special circumstance, under any amount of stress… for the next 30 days. Your only job? Eat. Good. Food.
It also says not to weigh or measure:
One last and final rule. You are not allowed to step on the scale or take any body measurements for the duration of the program. This is about so much more than just weight loss, and to focus on your body composition means you’ll miss out on the most dramatic and lifelong benefits this plan has to offer. So, no weighing yourself, analyzing body fat or taking comparative measurements during your Whole30. (We do encourage you to weigh yourself before and after, however, so you can see one of the more tangible results of your efforts when your program is over.)
I pretty much threw the first one out the window. I am counting calories. I do not trust myself yet to be able to eyeball food and determine appropriate portion sizes. Although I find I am eating a lot of food and it is in the 1200- 1300 calorie range.
To weigh or not to weigh? What do you think? Part of me is slightly panicky at not weighing. This is how I determine if I've gone off the rails.
The other part of me knows that if I continue sticking to the Whole 30 I will lose weight. It is not possible that a 269 pound woman that eats 1200-1300 calories will fail to lose weight, no matter what the Trainwrecks say. It would be cool to get on the scale in July and see a much lower number rather than a couple here and there.
I am undecided, what say you?
Let's just figure my food will be exactly the same as yesterday except for breakfast. Usually I have two hard boiled eggs. Today I had three. I was really hungry this morning!
Last night I said I had avocado with dinner. I really didn't. I cut the avocado up and then threw it in the freezer. Weird I know, but the avocado had been on the counter and I prefer it to be on the cooler side. I threw it in the freezer and proceeded to prep the rest of dinner. This morning I went into the freezer and there was my little plate of avocado, frozen solid. Duh.
I need some opinions (not because I can't think for myself but I value the knowledge and advice of those who are ahead of me in fitness). The Whole 30 recommends not counting calories:
Your only job for the next 30 days is to focus on making good food choices. You don’t need to weigh or measure, you don’t need to count calories, you don’t need to stress about organic, grass-fed, pastured or free range. Just figure out how to stick to the Whole30 in any setting, around every special circumstance, under any amount of stress… for the next 30 days. Your only job? Eat. Good. Food.
It also says not to weigh or measure:
One last and final rule. You are not allowed to step on the scale or take any body measurements for the duration of the program. This is about so much more than just weight loss, and to focus on your body composition means you’ll miss out on the most dramatic and lifelong benefits this plan has to offer. So, no weighing yourself, analyzing body fat or taking comparative measurements during your Whole30. (We do encourage you to weigh yourself before and after, however, so you can see one of the more tangible results of your efforts when your program is over.)
I pretty much threw the first one out the window. I am counting calories. I do not trust myself yet to be able to eyeball food and determine appropriate portion sizes. Although I find I am eating a lot of food and it is in the 1200- 1300 calorie range.
To weigh or not to weigh? What do you think? Part of me is slightly panicky at not weighing. This is how I determine if I've gone off the rails.
The other part of me knows that if I continue sticking to the Whole 30 I will lose weight. It is not possible that a 269 pound woman that eats 1200-1300 calories will fail to lose weight, no matter what the Trainwrecks say. It would be cool to get on the scale in July and see a much lower number rather than a couple here and there.
I am undecided, what say you?
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Days 3 & 4
Food for the 2 days is pretty much identical.
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken, olive oil & vinegar with oregano, pear
Dinner: salad with grilled chicken, olive oil & vinegar with oregano, avocado
Snack: pear, 2 plums (Today was probably more like 1 & 1/4 plums as my 2 littles wanted to share.)
I know I eat basically the same things every day but I am really ok with it. I like those things. When I get tired of them I'll switch to something else.
I don't really detail the salad ingredients. Any of the following can be included and usually equals around 100 calories: romaine, spinach, tomato, cukes, peppers, red cabbage, carrots,celery and whatever else you might throw in a salad.
I have a crapton of homework (and blogs to read) so I'll leave it here for now.
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch: salad with grilled chicken, olive oil & vinegar with oregano, pear
Dinner: salad with grilled chicken, olive oil & vinegar with oregano, avocado
Snack: pear, 2 plums (Today was probably more like 1 & 1/4 plums as my 2 littles wanted to share.)
I know I eat basically the same things every day but I am really ok with it. I like those things. When I get tired of them I'll switch to something else.
I don't really detail the salad ingredients. Any of the following can be included and usually equals around 100 calories: romaine, spinach, tomato, cukes, peppers, red cabbage, carrots,celery and whatever else you might throw in a salad.
I have a crapton of homework (and blogs to read) so I'll leave it here for now.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Day 2 of 30
Breakfast: 2 hard boiled eggs
Lunch: Salad with turkey
Dinner: Hamburger with mustard, salad, an avocado
Snack: plum
We took the kids to the boardwalk tonight. We usually go on the last day of school to avoid the summer tourist crowd. It rained the last day of school so we pushed it off to today. The girls had a great time. The 4 year old was so cute laughing and waving and yelling "hi" every time whatever ride she was on came around. Thankfully the 21 year old likes rides so she takes the 9 year old on all those rides that make me want to puke. Ken used to take ride duty but since the surgery that's not possible any more. (Brief detour: last year the 21 year old was away, Ken hadn't had surgery yet so he did most of the rides. He asked me to take her on one. I didn't fit. Total fucking embarrassment.)
Then we got soft serve cones. Rather, the girls got soft serve cones. I didn't even "help" the 4 year old with the dripping down the side. Victory!
When we got back I grilled up a couple of burgers for Ken & I. Thankfully we are a plain beef, no stuff added, burger kind of people so I didn't have to worry about them being ok for the Whole 30. What I did have to stop myself from doing was putting ketchup (and cheese) on it. It is interesting to see how many things have sugar and chemicals added to them. Being mindful is the name of the game.
Lunch: Salad with turkey
Dinner: Hamburger with mustard, salad, an avocado
Snack: plum
We took the kids to the boardwalk tonight. We usually go on the last day of school to avoid the summer tourist crowd. It rained the last day of school so we pushed it off to today. The girls had a great time. The 4 year old was so cute laughing and waving and yelling "hi" every time whatever ride she was on came around. Thankfully the 21 year old likes rides so she takes the 9 year old on all those rides that make me want to puke. Ken used to take ride duty but since the surgery that's not possible any more. (Brief detour: last year the 21 year old was away, Ken hadn't had surgery yet so he did most of the rides. He asked me to take her on one. I didn't fit. Total fucking embarrassment.)
Then we got soft serve cones. Rather, the girls got soft serve cones. I didn't even "help" the 4 year old with the dripping down the side. Victory!
When we got back I grilled up a couple of burgers for Ken & I. Thankfully we are a plain beef, no stuff added, burger kind of people so I didn't have to worry about them being ok for the Whole 30. What I did have to stop myself from doing was putting ketchup (and cheese) on it. It is interesting to see how many things have sugar and chemicals added to them. Being mindful is the name of the game.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Day One of Thirty
Day one- complete
Today went well. I had one oh shit moment when I realized I can't use my favorite salad dressing. I don't use very much so it was not a big deal to leave it off; I just hadn't thought about it.
Now I'm not a morning person. Of course I have to get up, I have kids and a job, there's no getting around the early wake up. I'm up but not quite functioning so I don't eat breakfast until I get to work. Breakfast was my usual couple of hard boiled eggs. Fifteen minutes after eating them I decided I would still be chewing gum during the Whole 30. Trust me- it's for the best.
Lunch- salad, 3oz turkey breast, pear
Dinner- salad and 6oz chicken breast
Snack- pear, plum, 2oz raisins, 1oz walnuts
For the last sixteen weeks I've had between 1200 and 1800 calories a day. I very rarely eat bread or pasta. I haven't eaten any rice or potatoes. I shared a bottle of Prosecco with my sister-in-law on Memorial Day weekend but hadn't had any booze for months prior to that. I didn't have much in the way of sweets, not even cake on my kids' birthday. So why the hell did I crave (and I mean crave) every bad thing today? My mind was seriously screwing with me. I told that bitch to stfu and continued on. Bizarre.
Today went well. I had one oh shit moment when I realized I can't use my favorite salad dressing. I don't use very much so it was not a big deal to leave it off; I just hadn't thought about it.
Now I'm not a morning person. Of course I have to get up, I have kids and a job, there's no getting around the early wake up. I'm up but not quite functioning so I don't eat breakfast until I get to work. Breakfast was my usual couple of hard boiled eggs. Fifteen minutes after eating them I decided I would still be chewing gum during the Whole 30. Trust me- it's for the best.
Lunch- salad, 3oz turkey breast, pear
Dinner- salad and 6oz chicken breast
Snack- pear, plum, 2oz raisins, 1oz walnuts
For the last sixteen weeks I've had between 1200 and 1800 calories a day. I very rarely eat bread or pasta. I haven't eaten any rice or potatoes. I shared a bottle of Prosecco with my sister-in-law on Memorial Day weekend but hadn't had any booze for months prior to that. I didn't have much in the way of sweets, not even cake on my kids' birthday. So why the hell did I crave (and I mean crave) every bad thing today? My mind was seriously screwing with me. I told that bitch to stfu and continued on. Bizarre.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Ending and Beginning
The Ending:
The Allan Challenge ended Friday. I had hoped to hit the 50 pound loss mark. I started the week 48 pounds down, on Thursday I was 49.5 down and figured I'd hit 50 on Friday. Yeah. No. Friday I was back to 48 down and have stayed that way through today (Sunday).
Here's the numbers:
Weight: 317 to 269 - 48 pound loss, 15.15% loss
Waist: 52.5 inches to 47 - 5.5 less
Hips: 55.5 inches to 52 - 3.5 less
Chest: 48 inches to 45 - 3 less
Right thigh: 32.5 inches to 29.5 - 3 less
Left thigh:32 inches to 29 - 3 less
Right arm: 19.5 inches to 16.5 - 3 less
Left arm: 18.5 inches to 15.5 - 3 less
Still obese but heading in the right direction. Which brings me to...
The Beginning:
Tomorrow I am starting the Whole 30. I am curious to see what happens. I've lost an average of three pounds a week for the last sixteen weeks. I'm still pretty fat so three pound/week over the next thirty days is totally possible. I am going to continue with the minimal exercise I do so I can compare with the last few weeks. I know, any excuse to avoid exercise. That will be my next "quit yer bitchin" challenge.
I hit the stores and am all stocked on salad greens, vegetables, fruit, and eggs. Also got a good deal on a couple pounds of shrimp and manager's special on some no additive, organic chicken sausage. I don't have to worry about beef or chicken breast as we buy them in bulk. Last month we picked up a hindquarter of beef and forty pounds of chicken breasts. At the end of July/ beginning of August we'll pick up a 4H pig and split it with my brother's family. You'll never eat nasty ass store bacon once you've had this no crap added, smoked bacon.
I am undecided on whether or not I'll keep chewing gum. I'll see how tomorrow goes and then decide. Hope you all had a great weekend!
The Allan Challenge ended Friday. I had hoped to hit the 50 pound loss mark. I started the week 48 pounds down, on Thursday I was 49.5 down and figured I'd hit 50 on Friday. Yeah. No. Friday I was back to 48 down and have stayed that way through today (Sunday).
Here's the numbers:
Weight: 317 to 269 - 48 pound loss, 15.15% loss
Waist: 52.5 inches to 47 - 5.5 less
Hips: 55.5 inches to 52 - 3.5 less
Chest: 48 inches to 45 - 3 less
Right thigh: 32.5 inches to 29.5 - 3 less
Left thigh:32 inches to 29 - 3 less
Right arm: 19.5 inches to 16.5 - 3 less
Left arm: 18.5 inches to 15.5 - 3 less
Still obese but heading in the right direction. Which brings me to...
The Beginning:
Tomorrow I am starting the Whole 30. I am curious to see what happens. I've lost an average of three pounds a week for the last sixteen weeks. I'm still pretty fat so three pound/week over the next thirty days is totally possible. I am going to continue with the minimal exercise I do so I can compare with the last few weeks. I know, any excuse to avoid exercise. That will be my next "quit yer bitchin" challenge.
I hit the stores and am all stocked on salad greens, vegetables, fruit, and eggs. Also got a good deal on a couple pounds of shrimp and manager's special on some no additive, organic chicken sausage. I don't have to worry about beef or chicken breast as we buy them in bulk. Last month we picked up a hindquarter of beef and forty pounds of chicken breasts. At the end of July/ beginning of August we'll pick up a 4H pig and split it with my brother's family. You'll never eat nasty ass store bacon once you've had this no crap added, smoked bacon.
I am undecided on whether or not I'll keep chewing gum. I'll see how tomorrow goes and then decide. Hope you all had a great weekend!
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