Day 1 was kind of a flop! I'm going to blame impending tom but really it is a grain and sugar addiction addiction I will kick.. There are a few wins today along with the flops.
Lets see the check list!
Stay of the scale?? Yes
Under 50 grams of carbs? ? no
exercise ??? yes
no gluten??? no
No booze??? yes
73 oz or more of water?? yes
track macros??? yes
BMF data???? not ready yet
No sweets??? no
We have a pretty mixed bag today! Tomorrows goal is more yes's!!!!
Is this good? Is it paleo? No! Is it a start ? YES!!!
I was really hungry all day and very under prepared to launch this journey today.
Meals
sausage and baby bell
kraut bacon and onion
cheese/ banana
Looks good so far! I am a huge breakfast eater and was actually out of eggs. 3 oz of sausage was so not enough breakfast for me! My darn chickens have taken to laying out off the coop the last few days. Dh will screen in the door this weekend so I can open and they get light. however those ladies will not be getting out until they give me my eggs! I'm not feeding them organic feed and letting them poop all over the 10 acres so other critters can get the eggs! So there was mistake 1. SMALL breakfast. I can fix this one.
Lunch was tasty but not real filling. Back again to not having meat thawed or easy to prepare! I fried a pound of bacon with and onion and kraut. Very good but not enough protein! Mistake 2 NOT ENOUGH protein! Ok I can fix this one also!
Still ravenous later I ate a banana. Real yummy but bad without protein! About 2 hours later I was tucking into the cheddar. Mistake 3. A CARB without a protein! Ok this is easy to avoid if I am prepared with food right?!
Oh boy lets get to mistake number 4 and it is a doozy! Kiddo wanted to go to the salvage grocer for gum since it is only .30 a pack there. Of course he throws lots of other goodies in the cart. He opened a chocolate bar in the car. OH THE SMELL!!!! Milk chocolate with toffee chunks I am a toffee fiend. Fiend I say! Once he offered me a bit I was gone. I thought about it a split second and said oh I can start tomorrow! talk about rationalization! Mistake 4 being around candy this early in the game! Game plan for the future. Send kiddo by himself. He is 16. He can drive! I can send cash and he can haul whatever goodies to his room!
So I get home to cook dinner and the chicken I took out this morning is still frozen! Eh gads. Kid is hungry. Dh is hungry. I am hungry. Lets see what is in the fridge. leftover bbq's and chicken tenders. I heat it all up. The guys eat the bbq's and I ate a few of the tenders. Oh they are not very tasty! Bleech I tossed them to the dogs. Oh no I am still hungry. Gee, no eggs, frozen chicken. Eh gads.
Gee didnt I do what every logical would be paleo eater would do??? No, I am sure they didnt swipe a pack of PopTarts! However, I did.
So the BIG BIG BIG lesson for me with this whole saga is if I want to get healthy and trim down I need to plan ahead. I see some batch cooking for the freezer looming in my near future.
Well, I have a plan to not fail tomorrow!
I have to leave at 6:30 am tomorrow. If those naughty chickens dont leave me eggs to eat for breakfast I will have a smoothie. Protein powder may not be paleo/ primal 100% but it will do until I get those chicks to behave.
I have the rest of the kraut and bacon in a container for lunch tomorrow. I will stop and get a pack of almonds to go with it if I get hungry.
I have that half thawed chicken currently cooking along with some beef for taco salad. That will cover dinners for the next two days. I microwaved some spaghetti squash for tomorrow.
I will get my butt up at 5am to do the Shred!
I will bring my water to work and drink it.
It looks like tomorrow is planned and that equals success!!!
On another note. I spend way too much time on the computer. However that is a goal to tackle next Monday.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
My dh has been going along with the paleo/primal eating I have been doing. However he also falls of with me on the weekends. Let there be no misconception I lead the pack on the bad eating. He leads the pack on booze. He usually has a few drink or two on and occasional Friday and every Saturday and I follow right along. He is not willing to give it up and he shouldnt have too. In all honesty I am the fat one with the borderline blood sugar. He is a bit pudgy in the tummy but besides that he is a tall big guy packing lots of natural muscle.
I need to face head on that having him eat a lower carb higher fat diet with me during the week followed by weekends of garbage are not any better for him than it is for me even if he is not the fatty! I shall just have to suck the booze issue up until I am further along in my journey to being slim and healthy. Well Until Mid July when we hit the 4 day rock concert at least!
The down and dirty stats and the 1st game plan!
I know this game plan will likely change several times but hey it is a start!
Stats as of today:
5 ft 4
225.2
waist 44.5
hips 50
Yeah yeah yeah! I know it is frigging frightening! No need to tell me!
Here is the game plan:
Until June 1:
~I WILL NOT weigh in until June 1 at the earliest, Here this Sunshine? The scale doesn't need you to visit it daily. That scale is a deceitful little creep anyways!
~I will stay between 20-50 carbs all but 1 day a week. That day I can go up to 75 grams as long as it is healthy primal/ paleo APPROVED carbs. I really think I screw myself up when I try to stay ultra low like Atkins induction level carbs more than a day or two at a time.
~ NO GLUTEN! NONE!!!
~ NO BOOZE! Come on Sunshine it is only two weeks and you can write a new rule then!
~ exercise with some form of weights 3 x a week. No, walking doesn't count because I do that anyways! I believe I am going to do The 30 day Shred Mon -Fri! It is only 20 min so no excuses! Maybe I will get ambitious and throw a Callenetics or Chalean day in there. NO I wont maybe do the Shred Mon-Fri until June 1. I WILL DO THE SHRED MON - FRI until June 1. Ok that is decided now isn't it?
~ drink at least my 73 oz jug of water daily!
~ I will track my food but go by my appetite instead of eat the amount of calories some source says I need
~ track BMF data
~ no low carb sweets. Dont make them Sunshine!
I will order the Paleo book as soon as I post this! I already have Primal.
I will check in daily to report that I made my goals!
Stay of the scale??
Under 50 grams of carbs? ?
exercise ???
no gluten???
No booze???
73 oz or more of water??
track macros???
BMF data????
No sweets???
I know this game plan will likely change several times but hey it is a start!
Stats as of today:
5 ft 4
225.2
waist 44.5
hips 50
Yeah yeah yeah! I know it is frigging frightening! No need to tell me!
Here is the game plan:
Until June 1:
~I WILL NOT weigh in until June 1 at the earliest, Here this Sunshine? The scale doesn't need you to visit it daily. That scale is a deceitful little creep anyways!
~I will stay between 20-50 carbs all but 1 day a week. That day I can go up to 75 grams as long as it is healthy primal/ paleo APPROVED carbs. I really think I screw myself up when I try to stay ultra low like Atkins induction level carbs more than a day or two at a time.
~ NO GLUTEN! NONE!!!
~ NO BOOZE! Come on Sunshine it is only two weeks and you can write a new rule then!
~ exercise with some form of weights 3 x a week. No, walking doesn't count because I do that anyways! I believe I am going to do The 30 day Shred Mon -Fri! It is only 20 min so no excuses! Maybe I will get ambitious and throw a Callenetics or Chalean day in there. NO I wont maybe do the Shred Mon-Fri until June 1. I WILL DO THE SHRED MON - FRI until June 1. Ok that is decided now isn't it?
~ drink at least my 73 oz jug of water daily!
~ I will track my food but go by my appetite instead of eat the amount of calories some source says I need
~ track BMF data
~ no low carb sweets. Dont make them Sunshine!
I will order the Paleo book as soon as I post this! I already have Primal.
I will check in daily to report that I made my goals!
Stay of the scale??
Under 50 grams of carbs? ?
exercise ???
no gluten???
No booze???
73 oz or more of water??
track macros???
BMF data????
No sweets???
Time to quit playing and pretending at a primal/paleo diet and just seriously do it!
I have spent since around 2003 gaining from 134 to 228. I spent 2000 going from 207 to the previously mentioned 134. So which do I like better the 228 or 134? Oh for sure the 134! So why I you may ask am I not 134? That is a very good question and one I ponder often!
I have never been able to get the momentum back that I had for the 3 years my health, weight and confidence were in such a great place! It seemed my weight downfall started with the sudden death of a parent. So did I just not care what I did to myself or was I just making excuses? I honestly just didn't care!
In 2010 my only sibling died. I packed on 30 lbs in no time flat. Why oh why did I do this again when I had at least managed to stay in in the 180-190 range the last few years? I really think it is a self comfort thing. Yes 180- 190 was too fat but hey it was less fat that 228!
I started on a low carb plan before the holidays 2011. I lost 16 lbs fats and whammo! Right back to where I was before by Jan 1. I started fresh on Jan 1. I got down to 214 by mid February. An anniversary weekend away and I derailed again and jumped up on the scale again! I have been on and off low carb since then and ranged in weight between 226 and 217. I just saw that 217 last Friday. Weekend derailment and back at 225.4! Gee my whole loss for the year is not even 3 pounds in 5.5 months!
I keep doing the same with exercise. Do great 5 days a week for a month and then quit for a week or so!
I have joined countless message boards thinking this is the one. This is the time that will work! I have bought countless lower carb diet books thinking this is the one. This is the time! Well since I still have a jelly belly and a big butt diet books and message boards have not been my solution now have they? NOPE!!!
There has to be a reason I start out so very well and then crash and burn. I don't believe it is simply willpower. For that matter I do not believe it is CALORIES VS CALORIES out. It just isn't that simple and I have proof at least for myself.
I had invested a month ago in a Body Media Fit. This little device tracks things such as sleep ( I DON'T get enough), steps taken. activity, and the amount of calories you burn in a day. My average burns had been between 2600-2700 and average calories 1600-1800. Scientifically that should result in a loss of pounds every single week. It has not equalled the 1-2 lbs a week I should have lost with the deficit.
Ok I know low carb works for me. I know I cant go super strict or I fall off the low carb wagon. I have dallied with Paleo/Primal eating minus it all being organic or grass fed.. It worked while I kept it up and I felt very good. Bring on the sweet potato!!!
I recently read a book by Dean Dwyer called " Make Shift Happen". This book really spoke to me. Imagine that because it didn't even contain diet advice besides ditch the scale! Had recently had a few good primal weeks after reading Dean's book. I however fell off the wagon all last weekend. I ma going to begin putting Dean Dwyers "shifts" into practice and spending a bit of time before bed each evening re-reading his book.
I read his blog post today about " A new Model For Change" and was prompted to start recording and sharing my thought ( If no one reads this hey at least I am keeping data!
Coming next............. the down and dirty stats and the 1st game plan!
I have spent since around 2003 gaining from 134 to 228. I spent 2000 going from 207 to the previously mentioned 134. So which do I like better the 228 or 134? Oh for sure the 134! So why I you may ask am I not 134? That is a very good question and one I ponder often!
I have never been able to get the momentum back that I had for the 3 years my health, weight and confidence were in such a great place! It seemed my weight downfall started with the sudden death of a parent. So did I just not care what I did to myself or was I just making excuses? I honestly just didn't care!
In 2010 my only sibling died. I packed on 30 lbs in no time flat. Why oh why did I do this again when I had at least managed to stay in in the 180-190 range the last few years? I really think it is a self comfort thing. Yes 180- 190 was too fat but hey it was less fat that 228!
I started on a low carb plan before the holidays 2011. I lost 16 lbs fats and whammo! Right back to where I was before by Jan 1. I started fresh on Jan 1. I got down to 214 by mid February. An anniversary weekend away and I derailed again and jumped up on the scale again! I have been on and off low carb since then and ranged in weight between 226 and 217. I just saw that 217 last Friday. Weekend derailment and back at 225.4! Gee my whole loss for the year is not even 3 pounds in 5.5 months!
I keep doing the same with exercise. Do great 5 days a week for a month and then quit for a week or so!
I have joined countless message boards thinking this is the one. This is the time that will work! I have bought countless lower carb diet books thinking this is the one. This is the time! Well since I still have a jelly belly and a big butt diet books and message boards have not been my solution now have they? NOPE!!!
There has to be a reason I start out so very well and then crash and burn. I don't believe it is simply willpower. For that matter I do not believe it is CALORIES VS CALORIES out. It just isn't that simple and I have proof at least for myself.
I had invested a month ago in a Body Media Fit. This little device tracks things such as sleep ( I DON'T get enough), steps taken. activity, and the amount of calories you burn in a day. My average burns had been between 2600-2700 and average calories 1600-1800. Scientifically that should result in a loss of pounds every single week. It has not equalled the 1-2 lbs a week I should have lost with the deficit.
Ok I know low carb works for me. I know I cant go super strict or I fall off the low carb wagon. I have dallied with Paleo/Primal eating minus it all being organic or grass fed.. It worked while I kept it up and I felt very good. Bring on the sweet potato!!!
I recently read a book by Dean Dwyer called " Make Shift Happen". This book really spoke to me. Imagine that because it didn't even contain diet advice besides ditch the scale! Had recently had a few good primal weeks after reading Dean's book. I however fell off the wagon all last weekend. I ma going to begin putting Dean Dwyers "shifts" into practice and spending a bit of time before bed each evening re-reading his book.
I read his blog post today about " A new Model For Change" and was prompted to start recording and sharing my thought ( If no one reads this hey at least I am keeping data!
Coming next............. the down and dirty stats and the 1st game plan!
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