Sorry I missed yesterday, a busy day at work plus a migraine left little time for anything except a date with my ibprofen bottle and my bed.
I have started watching the show HEAVY, if you havent seen it and you need some motivation I recommend it. The people in the show are 300-400 lbs over weight, they are given trainers and strict meals plans for 6 months. At the end of the 6 months most have created a completely different life style. They are lighter, healthier, and happier. They satart out with all these excuses and at the end they just throw them away and realize that they are food addicts. I see myself in these people, not to that extreme but its a slippery slope. I eat when i'm mad, sad, happy, hungry, not hungry, sick, well...I eat all the time! I could never seem to control myself. This week has been a lesson in control, I bring all my meals to work. I have only been eating what is in my lunch box. A average day for me has been 1200cal. I wish it was less processed foods but I am on a budget and in an ambulance.
So no more excuses. People who are heavier than me,and busier than me are finding time to make it to the gym, time to make a filling healthy meal. If they can do it, so can I.
Ahh my favorite part, holding me accountable....
FOOD DIARY
DAY 5:
1.5 cup cheerios, 1 cup 1% milk (275 cal)
Yoplait light yogurt (100cal)
Lean cusine pizza (320)
2 carrots, 2 celery (?)
Turkey sandwhich (?) not what I wanted for dinner but I was held over at work and starving
, didnt eat until 8pm
Day 6:
V8(70cal)
3 slice fat free turkey breast, 3oz cheese
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Day 4: "heavy" thinking
I hate being over weight, I have been for most of my adult life. I was always told that I look like a softball player not exactly the body type I have been striving for( no offense sb players) so why did I let it get this far? Well no more, I refuse to go into my late 20's fat.
How awesome would it be if fat people like myself had negative reinforcement like smokers do? For example if you order a pizza then you have to eat it outside no less than 50ft from the building, you would think twice about that slice. A salad might not be as tasty but atleast you can eat it inside in the air conditioning!
Today has been a battle against myself, I am HUNGRY and I have had a headache from 2days of low calorie (but healthy) eating and no caffeine. I am slightly irritable but I know after my weekly weigh in I will feel better. I wish I had the metabolism that would allow me to eat pizza and not workout, but i dont so off to the gym I go....
"The greatest gift you can give your loved ones is your health"
Food diary
Breakfast: turkey sausage and egg white bfast sandwhich, low sodium v8
Lunch: turkey burger, cheese, no bun, ketchup, salad with light balsamic dressing
Dinner: chicken fajitas, steamed zuchinni
How awesome would it be if fat people like myself had negative reinforcement like smokers do? For example if you order a pizza then you have to eat it outside no less than 50ft from the building, you would think twice about that slice. A salad might not be as tasty but atleast you can eat it inside in the air conditioning!
Today has been a battle against myself, I am HUNGRY and I have had a headache from 2days of low calorie (but healthy) eating and no caffeine. I am slightly irritable but I know after my weekly weigh in I will feel better. I wish I had the metabolism that would allow me to eat pizza and not workout, but i dont so off to the gym I go....
"The greatest gift you can give your loved ones is your health"
Food diary
Breakfast: turkey sausage and egg white bfast sandwhich, low sodium v8
Lunch: turkey burger, cheese, no bun, ketchup, salad with light balsamic dressing
Dinner: chicken fajitas, steamed zuchinni
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Day 3: trying to avoid the F word(fast food)
I work on an ambulance, eating at "lunch time" isnt always an option. There are days when we go all shift without 10min to sit down and eat or find a microwave to heat up the very tasty lean cuisine we have with us. Or we have a day where we sit around all day and I need to combat eating out of boredom. So how to battle the temptation to eat fast food? One problem is my absolute love of the double cheesburger and pizza. I would love to hear any thoughts or comments on how you battle the fast food demon...
I am going to start putting my daily food diary up here for all to see, feel free to bash or help improve. Once a week I will also put up a clean eating recipe that we have tried at home and a review on how it rates in taste, cost, simplicity, and nutrition.
Food Diary
Breakfast: oatmeal v8 fusion total cal=280
Am Snack: light yogurt, 2 rice cakes total cal=190
Lunch: lean cuisine, salad with light dressing tc= 390
Pm snack: 3 stalks celery, 2 carrots
Dinner: turkey burger, 1 slice cheese, sandwhich thin, salad with light balsamic dressing
I am going to start putting my daily food diary up here for all to see, feel free to bash or help improve. Once a week I will also put up a clean eating recipe that we have tried at home and a review on how it rates in taste, cost, simplicity, and nutrition.
Food Diary
Breakfast: oatmeal v8 fusion total cal=280
Am Snack: light yogurt, 2 rice cakes total cal=190
Lunch: lean cuisine, salad with light dressing tc= 390
Pm snack: 3 stalks celery, 2 carrots
Dinner: turkey burger, 1 slice cheese, sandwhich thin, salad with light balsamic dressing
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Day 2: the gauntlet
Well its day 2 and I went out in style yesterday...a spicy Italian from subway for lunch complete with mayo, olive oil, vinegar, and all the fun toppings. Then to top it off a wendys chicken sandwich for dinner.
Today I face the "gauntlet" so what you ask is a gauntlet? Its my niece samanthas 3rd birthday party...a dangerous setting filled with cake,ice cream,sandwiches and booze. This fat girl loves her some cake :) so we will see how I can say no...i feel like a girl in an abusive relationship. No matter how many times I say no my hand keeps shoving a piece of cake, a frappachino, (insert fattening food), etc. Into my mouth. I know better but I keep going back even after the relationship leaves me upset. So today is a test and a run through the "gauntlet" and its me vs. cake....may the best fatty win.
Today I face the "gauntlet" so what you ask is a gauntlet? Its my niece samanthas 3rd birthday party...a dangerous setting filled with cake,ice cream,sandwiches and booze. This fat girl loves her some cake :) so we will see how I can say no...i feel like a girl in an abusive relationship. No matter how many times I say no my hand keeps shoving a piece of cake, a frappachino, (insert fattening food), etc. Into my mouth. I know better but I keep going back even after the relationship leaves me upset. So today is a test and a run through the "gauntlet" and its me vs. cake....may the best fatty win.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Day 1: My name is Lauren and I'm a foodaholic
Hi everybody.... I am new to this blogging so be nice please.
Well as you probably guessed by now this is a blog about my battle with food. I love food, good bad, fattening, healthy, even processed. However its time for a change, and yes I have promised a change hundreds of times, I stick with it for a week or two but I usually go back to my pizza eating,big and getting bigger pant sized ways. I watched fat sick and nearly dead last week and I heard a new way of thinking about how I eat. They compared it to cigarette's, you know they are bad for you, you know what they can do to you later in life but despite the cancer and threats of a trach people smoke them anyways. I have always been very against smoking and never understood why people smoke them anyways. So this got me thinking, of I know how bad all this food is for me why do I still eat it even with the threat of heart attack stroke or high bp..I'm in healthcare, I should know better, I see people who have to be pulled on to the ambulance on a pulley system. But still I eat.
So to get to the point..I need to start a new food life, I have a awesome husband and I want to be there for him and any future kids. This is a new way for me to chronicle my life and how I try to win the battle against my inner fat kid.
Well as you probably guessed by now this is a blog about my battle with food. I love food, good bad, fattening, healthy, even processed. However its time for a change, and yes I have promised a change hundreds of times, I stick with it for a week or two but I usually go back to my pizza eating,big and getting bigger pant sized ways. I watched fat sick and nearly dead last week and I heard a new way of thinking about how I eat. They compared it to cigarette's, you know they are bad for you, you know what they can do to you later in life but despite the cancer and threats of a trach people smoke them anyways. I have always been very against smoking and never understood why people smoke them anyways. So this got me thinking, of I know how bad all this food is for me why do I still eat it even with the threat of heart attack stroke or high bp..I'm in healthcare, I should know better, I see people who have to be pulled on to the ambulance on a pulley system. But still I eat.
So to get to the point..I need to start a new food life, I have a awesome husband and I want to be there for him and any future kids. This is a new way for me to chronicle my life and how I try to win the battle against my inner fat kid.
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