I thought I would start a new log for a new challenge, new beginnings and all that stuff you know. Last year I joined, but life overwhelmed me and I don't think I finished the monthly postings although I did finish a 1/2 marathon and a few other goals. After a winter/summer of avoiding all exercise that weren't team sports involving excesses drinking afterwards, it is time to get serious.
I plan on following OPT for the course of the challenge and have a goal of seeing the underside of 200 lbs for the first time in the last year.
Some of the things I need to overcome are:
-eating at work-pizza, chips, cakes, steaks we get them all.
-finding time to exercise after/before work, with 14hrs for seven days I can't seem to get laundry done or cook either
-fall vacation backpacking in Greece for three weeks (I don't think there will be room to pack the food scale)
-my baking addiction, when I'm bored I cook and I'm a good cook who loves making cakes/squares/bread etc, which leads to me eating at least some of it.
I'll have to update my measurements later as I forgot to grab a tape to take to work
Height-5'9"
Weight-225.8
Chest-
Waist-
Hips-
Sept 1st- working last nightshift of the week so food was a little off
1449/1600 cal
122/160 protein
172/140 carb
34/44 fat
Today would normally be low as I woke up at 3pm and would like to be in bed by 12am, but a friend just came back from NewZealand and wants to go out for wing night and drinks. Now I know I can control what I eat, I just need to remember that and the fact I'm not going to have more then two drinks.
Baking is my downfall too. It is something to do with my daughter on a rainy day which we have a lot of in Vancouver. This then leads to eating it all in front of the TV. A habit I am also looking to break.
The numbers I post are actual/goal, I can't say planned cause I am not to that point of organization where I know what I will be eating let alone what I will be doing in the next 24 hrs.
A Boston Pizza is a Canadian chain, which is great for eating late because their kitchen stays open till 2am, but sucks trying to order something healthy. I thought the cajan rice bowl sounded decent, chicken, prawns, and some veggies in a spicy tomato sauce on rice, but even discounting the cup and a half of rice I didn't eat it was still 800 cals. Not to mention the pizza bread I stole from my husband.
I'm thinking I'm just adding an extra week of trying to get in the groove of weighing everything before I'm even going to get time to work out and really start OPT. The end of the month and about three different rentals are vacant so its been cleaning and hauling garbage the past few days. Sat and Sunday are a wedding and family bbq and friends bbq and then two days of cleaning walls and painting before heading back to work. I can't believe the stuff people leave behind when they move, we loaded two trucks full of garbage out of one place and it looks like there will be two load of furniture for the dump also. Who leaves three t.v.'s behind?
I'll have to post some baking shots for some food porn here, I have a bbq on Sunday that I'm supposed to make dessert for so I'm thinking black forest cake and then maybe a tort or galette.
I can't believe the stuff people leave behind when they move, we loaded two trucks full of garbage out of one place and it looks like there will be two load of furniture for the dump also. Who leaves three t.v.'s behind?
Is any of it in good enough condition to pass on to a local charity? I'm sur they could find a good home for some of this stuff.
Angie, normal I always take my own stuff to the local Sally Anne, but as I live in a boom town they're kind of picky on what they take and this stuff was so destroyed that they wouldn't want it, I was going to try and salvage some of the kids toys to take in, but they were in the same shape, just covered in grime and all had broken parts.
Sept 4th-
1497/1600 Calories
137/160 Protein
143/140 Carb
43/44 Fat
Low on Protein again was in town and hard time eating out. Tons of NEAT cleaning rentals and mudding/sanding my basement drywall for 7hrs
Sept 5th-
2804/1600 Calories
119/160 Protein
334/140 Carbs
74/44 Fat
Sept-6th
2404/1600 Cal
117/160 Protein
174/140 Carb
112/44 Fat
Two bbq's in one day so nothing was weighed after my breakfast and I estimated high on everything. I'm sure my activity today will help some, sanding and painting primer on my basement. My hamstrings are still sore from the sanding mudding I did two days ago.
Sept 7th- Did manual labour all day missed lunch and went to Mucho Burrito with the hubby for supper and although I though I was controlling myself by not getting the large sized like he did, I was shocked when I looked up and found that my medium tortillia had 350 calories alone besides all the good stuff they put on it.
1549/1600 Cals
53/160 Protien
189/140 Carbs
67/44 Fat
Sept 8th- Possible last night of golf league and supper out with the team afterwards at the Keg so drinks and lots of grease.
1975/1600 Calories
94/160g Protein
256/140g Carbs
60/44g Fat
Sept 9th- Went to work and hour early and stayed an hour late, but at least I plan a little more of what I'm eating at work, of course not when people leave bags of chips in front of you and then you realize you have been mindlessly munching for a few minutes and should really eat supper.
1887/1600 Cals
166/160 Protein
143/140 Carbs
72/44 Fat
So the first week of trying to weigh and measure everything is over. Not that I'm 100% some things are estimated still, but I try and aim high when I do. Tonight I was going to start trying the OPT workouts, but as I have to get up in 8hrs and I'm dead tired that will have to start tomorrow. This week I need to drink more water or at least surpass my coffee consumption, plan more meals or look at the numbers before eating whatever I want, and try to cut out more fat.
When I look at these numbers I shudder to think what they would be if I was not trying to eat healthier.
To be adventurous I tried making a version of fish tacos for supper, and although edible I still don't like fish that tastes like fish. To compensate for eating something I didn't like I really wanted something good/bad to eat, but withheld myself to half a hole wheat pita with a tbsp of pb and jam.
That's exactly how I feel about it. Tuna doesn't bother me canned or ahi and I can usually stand salmon once a week because I know I should eat some fish. Last year I went to Portugal and was horrified when I kept getting fish with skin and head served to me, the words for types of fish was the only ones I learned in Portugese, just so I could avoid them. lol
Talapia is a great white fish that does not have a fishy taste. I just sautee it in some olive oil with a creole spice and it is so yummy. If you do salmon in a teriyaki marinade for about 6 hours then slow grill it, it doesn't have that fishy taste either. Looking through you nutrition I notice your proteins are often low and the carbs on the high side. Do you drink protein shakes and can take them when you are running errands so you don't have to stop for the fast food? Just a thought. Good luck and i look forward to reading more.
Talapia is good, I get a giant package at Costco when they have it and freeze them individually with an egg wash covered in coconut and spice, but they haven't had it in for awhile. Perfect to take to work and bake for supper in 20 min though.
Nikki I have been trying for a protein shake in the morning on the drive to work, but as I haven't actually been planning my meals yet I have been eating more carbs then the goal number for OPT and not enough protein. Once I get a tad bit more time and add some exercise in I usually have a shake PWO so that will help.
I know I should try to do some exercise tonight, but I woke up at 5:30 to get to work and am staying an hour late so I can leave early another day for golf league. That puts me home at 9:20 and all I want to do is throw laundry in the machine and go to bed.
For trying to add more protien my ideas were that I could add another meal to the day, cause I can't eat that much meat at one sitting for lunch and dinner, but I'm already over on calories most days just with the three meals and snacks. Start carrying around beef jerkey, I think one of the cows is going to end up completely beef jerkey this butchering time. Cut out egg yolks and eat straight whites, although this saves me fat I don't think there really is more protein in the same amount.
Oh well its twelve days in and I'm still tracking every bite so that is a minor miracle right there.
Talapia is good, I get a giant package at Costco when they have it and freeze them individually with an egg wash covered in coconut and spice, but they haven't had it in for awhile. Perfect to take to work and bake for supper in 20 min though.
Nikki I have been trying for a protein shake in the morning on the drive to work, but as I haven't actually been planning my meals yet I have been eating more carbs then the goal number for OPT and not enough protein. Once I get a tad bit more time and add some exercise in I usually have a shake PWO so that will help.
I know I should try to do some exercise tonight, but I woke up at 5:30 to get to work and am staying an hour late so I can leave early another day for golf league. That puts me home at 9:20 and all I want to do is throw laundry in the machine and go to bed.
For trying to add more protien my ideas were that I could add another meal to the day, cause I can't eat that much meat at one sitting for lunch and dinner, but I'm already over on calories most days just with the three meals and snacks. Start carrying around beef jerkey, I think one of the cows is going to end up completely beef jerkey this butchering time. Cut out egg yolks and eat straight whites, although this saves me fat I don't think there really is more protein in the same amount.
Oh well its twelve days in and I'm still tracking every bite so that is a minor miracle right there. Nineteen days of food tracking till I venture off backpacking to Greece and have to be somewhat knowageable about what I'm eating and how many calories/nutrients it contains.
Ozou is carb free right?
Sept 10th-
1748/1600 Cal
119/160 Protein
176/140 Carb
39/44 Fat
Sept 11th-
1597/1600 Cal
151/160 Protein
111/140 Carb
36/44 Fat
Sept 12th-
1645/1600 Cal
129/160 Protein
121/140 Carb
71/44 Fat
Sept 13th-
1776/1600 Cal
124/160 Protein
101/140 Carb
66/44 Fat
Sept 14th-
1578/1600 Cal
129/160 Protein
134/140 Carb
33/44 Fat
Weight 219 so down 7 lbs for the two weeks.
Food has been a little easier to judge being at work this week although I should put the nightly glass of wine away and have another protein shake. I haven't started doing the exercise for OPT yet and I don't think it's going to happen before my trip. I have been doing lots of neat at work though. Cleaning buildings, sweeping, mopping, painting, etc instead of sitting on the computer. At the end of the month I'll be on holidays anyway and try to eat mindfully for three weeks and not get to out of control in European pastry shops. By the time I come back I think I will restart OPT or check out the Body By Eats, I think its out by then.
Ughh, BBQ tomorrow at work and I still don't like to weigh my food in front of everyone, I don't know why, no-one cares. Then two golf team windup dinners and my niece's 18th birthday outing for which I'm supposed to do cake and food for after the bar. I don't know how much planning I can do, but I'll have to be in damage control mode.
Well the last night of golf got a little out of control, the drinks I had left some calories for, but didn't realize what a case of the munchies I would come off the course with. From there it has been somewhat of a neglectful spiral of not recording anything so maybe I'll write down what I can remember and figure it out later.
Sept 15th-
2811/1600 cal
140/160 prot
209/140 carb
113/44 fat
Sept 16th- felt like hell and managed to pay dearly for the previous nights fun, I think the only time I can remember puking in the bathtub while on the toilet.
1/2 cup fiber 1 flakes and milk
40g rubarb upside down cake
1 can campbells vegtable soup
1 slice home baked bread and butter
Golf windup supper- roast beef 140g ?, 1/2 cup mashed potatoes, 1/2 c ceaser salad, 1 bun and butter, 1/4 cup pasta salad, 1 choc/ice cream tart, several 4? glasses of wine.
Sept 17th- 1 cup curried sweet potatoe, apple, cranberry salad
1/2 c ratatollie on 1 whole grain bun, 1 wedge laughing cow cheese
and I can't remember what I had for supper for the life of me
Well I still suck at logging on my days off from work. Food measurement was practically nill due to never being home and I can't say it was that great of food choices either. Hopefully this week at work will be a little smoother and put me back on track before my trip.
Thanks for putting up the thread Anne! Now I just have to manage to do my measurements tomorrow. I weighed in today and despite my homeade perogies/cabbage rolls and birthday cake at work this week I'm still 219.2 so I should be happy that I haven't gained these two weeks.
Food tracking has been non-exsitant these two weeks the only positive diet changes have been limiting my evening glass of wine to a glass and not a bottle.
I did refuse muffins and donuts this morning at ski patrol training as I had brought a nectarine with me ( a white one which was delicious).
I've cooked salmon twice this week and ate resonable portions.
Some sort of fresh garden vegtable has been consumed everyday, and I resisted making ukrainian beet rolls (although I'm going to freeze some beet leaves for some cold winter day when I want to consume a lot of cream).
3 days till vacation! whoo ho!
I'm kind of freaked out about this trip, cause my husband is still harvesting so couldn't manage to come with me. I haven't had time to pack yet and I still don't know how to move around in Turkey, everyone says not to rent a car, but I HATE lugging my backpack around. I suppose I could consider it my workout though.
So apparently I have no forkin idea where exactly I am measuring at each time so I am going nipples for chest, smallest measurement for waist, and largest over bellybutton for hips.
So two weeks of measuring and trying to meet some macros actually lost me a little bit of weight. Two weeks of not measuring not so much or any weight lost.
Fall Training Challenge Take 2
Perfect to take to work and bake for supper in 20 min though.
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