I can't express how proud of myself I am! It'll be 3 weeks soon that I've been keeping track of what I eat. Eating healthier, eating 3 times a day and doing exercise. Yay!! I've never kept to anything like this before for so long before, that's why I'm proud *beams*
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
Sunday, May 20, 2012
Still going..not dead yet!!
So it's been a little over a week and I'm still going strong with the cals/carbs tracking. Exercise is a bit harder to give myself a kick in the arse, but I've still been managing to get my lazy butt out there.
The only thing I've been having a problem with recently is eating enough cals a day.. the system has been telling me, for the past 2 days, that I'm in "starvation mode" because I have under 1200 cals intake. Ugh. I'm finding it hard to find foods that will fill me but not go over and now that I have, I need to eat more or find something that contains more cals. meeeeeeh lol
It's challenging and I likes it *nods* but just a tad frustrating.
I also keep changing the weigh-in times, at first I was like "oh I'll do it every day" but then was like, no, that won't do much. Then I was like, oh I'll do it every week. And when it came time to weigh in I was like, nah I'll weigh-in every month instead. I'm sticking with that one!! I swear I am =D
But I've also been thinking that maybe I shouldn't weight myself before breakfast. See, I work graveyard shifts so my "breakfast" time isn't when I first get up. Rather, it's like 3hrs before the end of my shift. Then I go to sleep. I know that if you weigh yourself at different times during the day, you weight differently. And supposedly the "best" time would be right after you wake up in the morning, after your morning pee and before you eat. Because that's when your tummy's empty. But then, if I'm doing it during night, which for a "normal" person would be somewhere between breakfast and lunch, is that wrong? Well, maybe not wrong, and I did originally weigh in on my start day at like 5amish.. so I guess I can still do that. Hmm.. ya, anyhooo.. talk about over thinking unnecessary things. The story of my life.
Oh and my wrist doesn't hurt quite as much anymore, been like that for a few days. I've been, every so often, lifting weights to give it more strength. I think it's working. But I used the can opener today (it's manual) and something moved yet again in my wrist and shot pain right through =( so it's not healed yet. Kinda hurting a tad. Still haven't been called back for an appointment for an MRI. Hopefully they'll call soon, I don't really want to wait a whole 2 months before I can get one.
The only thing I've been having a problem with recently is eating enough cals a day.. the system has been telling me, for the past 2 days, that I'm in "starvation mode" because I have under 1200 cals intake. Ugh. I'm finding it hard to find foods that will fill me but not go over and now that I have, I need to eat more or find something that contains more cals. meeeeeeh lol
It's challenging and I likes it *nods* but just a tad frustrating.
I also keep changing the weigh-in times, at first I was like "oh I'll do it every day" but then was like, no, that won't do much. Then I was like, oh I'll do it every week. And when it came time to weigh in I was like, nah I'll weigh-in every month instead. I'm sticking with that one!! I swear I am =D
But I've also been thinking that maybe I shouldn't weight myself before breakfast. See, I work graveyard shifts so my "breakfast" time isn't when I first get up. Rather, it's like 3hrs before the end of my shift. Then I go to sleep. I know that if you weigh yourself at different times during the day, you weight differently. And supposedly the "best" time would be right after you wake up in the morning, after your morning pee and before you eat. Because that's when your tummy's empty. But then, if I'm doing it during night, which for a "normal" person would be somewhere between breakfast and lunch, is that wrong? Well, maybe not wrong, and I did originally weigh in on my start day at like 5amish.. so I guess I can still do that. Hmm.. ya, anyhooo.. talk about over thinking unnecessary things. The story of my life.
Oh and my wrist doesn't hurt quite as much anymore, been like that for a few days. I've been, every so often, lifting weights to give it more strength. I think it's working. But I used the can opener today (it's manual) and something moved yet again in my wrist and shot pain right through =( so it's not healed yet. Kinda hurting a tad. Still haven't been called back for an appointment for an MRI. Hopefully they'll call soon, I don't really want to wait a whole 2 months before I can get one.
Friday, May 11, 2012
Greek Cookies - Kourambiethes
I was feeling ein yesterday (Thursday), like I've been feeling off in the sense of not really restless but not fully stressed out yet, but ein. The best thing I've found that can relax me is to bake. So that's what I did yesterday. I found a recipe for Greek cookies, they're kind of like shortbread cookies covered in powdered sugar.
I found it cool this recipe asked for vanilla powder, which I have only because I bought the wrong thing once and then was like "the heck am I ever going to use this for???" aaaand so that's why I chose this particular recipe but then when I actually made it lol I forgot it said "powder" and just used extract. haha ça vallait la peine!! haha silly girl! anyhoo, here's the recipe:
1 cup unsalted butter
1 tbsp Crisco vegetable shortening (to grease the pan, I just used parchment paper instead)
½ cup sugar
1 egg
½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla powder (can use extract)
6 tbsp almonds chopped
3-4 cups flour
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
Beat butter and sugar until creamy or aprox. 15 minutes. Add eggs, vanilla, baking powder, almonds. Mix well. Gradually add flour to make soft dough. Mix to incorporate.
Pinch off pieces of dough and shape into small mounds or crescent shapes and place on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until very light brown. Cover cookies with powdered sugar.
My butter was fresh out of the fridge, so what I usually do in those cases is melt it down a bit in a small saucer on the stove (don't own a microwave). I did this yesterday as well, but ended up melting it completely so then I had to cool it by sticking said saucer in a bowl of cold water. Wouldn't want hot butter to cook my egg. That would be bad.
When it was cool enough, I added it to my sugar and mixed well. You never quite get that creamy texture when it's still warm. I ended up putting 3 cups of flour because that's what the recipe said, but I think if I make this recipe again, I'll stop at 2.5 cups.
The cookies turned out really good regardless of the differences from what was supposed to be and what was. I didn't bake the full batch, I filled 1 baking sheet and put the rest of the dough in the freezer for some other time. Works out well, I have a friend who wants to meet up with me in a week and she wants some. It'll be a lot faster to just bake and dress 'em than to make them from scratch again.
And what's great about all of this, is that I can still eat 1 a day and be within my "limit" of sorts on the road to my weight loss goal =D How awersome is that!
I found it cool this recipe asked for vanilla powder, which I have only because I bought the wrong thing once and then was like "the heck am I ever going to use this for???" aaaand so that's why I chose this particular recipe but then when I actually made it lol I forgot it said "powder" and just used extract. haha ça vallait la peine!! haha silly girl! anyhoo, here's the recipe:
1 cup unsalted butter
1 tbsp Crisco vegetable shortening (to grease the pan, I just used parchment paper instead)
½ cup sugar
1 egg
½ tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla powder (can use extract)
6 tbsp almonds chopped
3-4 cups flour
3 cups sifted powdered sugar
Beat butter and sugar until creamy or aprox. 15 minutes. Add eggs, vanilla, baking powder, almonds. Mix well. Gradually add flour to make soft dough. Mix to incorporate.
Pinch off pieces of dough and shape into small mounds or crescent shapes and place on greased cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes or until very light brown. Cover cookies with powdered sugar.
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I always make things by hand, it's more fun that way. Or you could just say I'm too lazy to wash the mixer hahaMy butter was fresh out of the fridge, so what I usually do in those cases is melt it down a bit in a small saucer on the stove (don't own a microwave). I did this yesterday as well, but ended up melting it completely so then I had to cool it by sticking said saucer in a bowl of cold water. Wouldn't want hot butter to cook my egg. That would be bad.
When it was cool enough, I added it to my sugar and mixed well. You never quite get that creamy texture when it's still warm. I ended up putting 3 cups of flour because that's what the recipe said, but I think if I make this recipe again, I'll stop at 2.5 cups.
The cookies turned out really good regardless of the differences from what was supposed to be and what was. I didn't bake the full batch, I filled 1 baking sheet and put the rest of the dough in the freezer for some other time. Works out well, I have a friend who wants to meet up with me in a week and she wants some. It'll be a lot faster to just bake and dress 'em than to make them from scratch again.
And what's great about all of this, is that I can still eat 1 a day and be within my "limit" of sorts on the road to my weight loss goal =D How awersome is that!
I don't know why, but I keep getting idiots at work... ugh. Like really, they're SUPER rude and I'm keeping my cool and then they accuse ME of being rude W.T.D??? (yes! that's what the duck! 'cuz I'm trying to reduce my swearing =P)
I'm getting soooooo stressed. Didn't help that I was reading up on the stupid rioting manifs going on in the city. Ugh. I realized I was getting edgy so I stopped reading up on it for now.
I can't tell you how tempted I am to eat choco right now just to calm my nerves!! Buuut I just started my weight loss goal thing and I don't wanna give in to temptation. Like sure I cooould eat some, but I wanted to have puffycorn (popcorn) later (au naturel) which would fit nicely into my cal/carb count but if I eat this choco bunneh... I'll have to give up the puffycorn T~T I don't wanna do that.
So it's been sitting next to me for the past hour haha I refuse to be defeated!!
myfitnesspal asks you (when you register) how often you'll be exercising. I chose 3 times a week for 30mins, although before I wasn't really doing any. It was more like, meh once in a blue moon. So I decided my exercise days would be Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Sitting here contemplating this choco bunneh, I was even starting to think "if I eat all of this, how much will I have to exercise to burn it off.." haha yea.. I don't think I'll eat it.
Maybe I'll make rations out of it though. Going to need to buy more zippylock baggies. For now, je me contente à boire mon thé miam miam =3
I was feeling pain in my lower back today, still am a bit now. I think I need to re-think the exercise time per week. In the sense that, I think I'm going to need to up it. Obviously I don't want to just say that I will, because I've done that in the past and then..nothing. But it will have to be upped.
I fell a few years back, it was a really bad fall and hurt my back really badly. Had to do physio and I was supposed to continue with my exercises for like.. life. Kinda didn't go as planned. I was told that I'll always have pain and the more weight I gain, the worse I'll feel it. I was doing okish because I had been keeping off some weight but recently it's just been jumping forward. Dx I have a throbbing pain right now. ;_; But ya, so basically, I need to start back. I'm thinking ya sure, 30mins 3x a week is better than nothing. But at the same time, I need to pick back up my physio exercises and I think maybe walking at least an hour a day. The thing is to start, so that's why I'm mulling it over for now. Yet, the more I think about it, overall, it's for my health right? so I should do this! *giving self pep talks* Not sure how long I'll increase it to just yet, I'll figure it out later today once I see how long my physio exercises take.
This is good, I'm feeling good about this =)
Oh I also wanted to add.. you know like yesterday (Thursday) I went over on my cal/carbs/proteins I should be eating in a day but today (Friday) with the pre-planning what I could eat, I was under by 266 for cals, only 5 though for carbs, 27 for fat and 1 for protein. And by under, I mean that I had that much remaining that I could've potentially still eaten *nods* I'm all proud of meself
I'm getting soooooo stressed. Didn't help that I was reading up on the stupid rioting manifs going on in the city. Ugh. I realized I was getting edgy so I stopped reading up on it for now.
I can't tell you how tempted I am to eat choco right now just to calm my nerves!! Buuut I just started my weight loss goal thing and I don't wanna give in to temptation. Like sure I cooould eat some, but I wanted to have puffycorn (popcorn) later (au naturel) which would fit nicely into my cal/carb count but if I eat this choco bunneh... I'll have to give up the puffycorn T~T I don't wanna do that.
So it's been sitting next to me for the past hour haha I refuse to be defeated!!
myfitnesspal asks you (when you register) how often you'll be exercising. I chose 3 times a week for 30mins, although before I wasn't really doing any. It was more like, meh once in a blue moon. So I decided my exercise days would be Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Sitting here contemplating this choco bunneh, I was even starting to think "if I eat all of this, how much will I have to exercise to burn it off.." haha yea.. I don't think I'll eat it.
Maybe I'll make rations out of it though. Going to need to buy more zippylock baggies. For now, je me contente à boire mon thé miam miam =3
I was feeling pain in my lower back today, still am a bit now. I think I need to re-think the exercise time per week. In the sense that, I think I'm going to need to up it. Obviously I don't want to just say that I will, because I've done that in the past and then..nothing. But it will have to be upped.
I fell a few years back, it was a really bad fall and hurt my back really badly. Had to do physio and I was supposed to continue with my exercises for like.. life. Kinda didn't go as planned. I was told that I'll always have pain and the more weight I gain, the worse I'll feel it. I was doing okish because I had been keeping off some weight but recently it's just been jumping forward. Dx I have a throbbing pain right now. ;_; But ya, so basically, I need to start back. I'm thinking ya sure, 30mins 3x a week is better than nothing. But at the same time, I need to pick back up my physio exercises and I think maybe walking at least an hour a day. The thing is to start, so that's why I'm mulling it over for now. Yet, the more I think about it, overall, it's for my health right? so I should do this! *giving self pep talks* Not sure how long I'll increase it to just yet, I'll figure it out later today once I see how long my physio exercises take.
This is good, I'm feeling good about this =)
Oh I also wanted to add.. you know like yesterday (Thursday) I went over on my cal/carbs/proteins I should be eating in a day but today (Friday) with the pre-planning what I could eat, I was under by 266 for cals, only 5 though for carbs, 27 for fat and 1 for protein. And by under, I mean that I had that much remaining that I could've potentially still eaten *nods* I'm all proud of meself
Pre-planning meals helps to work out the cals and carbs. Very efficient ^_^ Now all I have to do is remember to chew slower, I eat waaaay too fast. I'm told if I eat slower, I'll feel more full even if I'm eating less. Time to find out if there's truth in there.
Finishing supper and off for a mini walk before work.
Finishing supper and off for a mini walk before work.
Waaaah Dx
This is way harder than I thought! I totally went over the Calorie intake for yesterday. Note to self, make portions beforehand, eat and then record. I kind of just ate without really regulating and totally went overboard. =S
I know better now. I'm planning what to eat today, making sure to check the calories of things I'll be eating and going to try to make portions to fit within my recommended daily.
Today is also my exercise day! Waaaaah >.< I guess it's good, I need to go out to get some ingredients for supper >=D I will kill 2 birdies with 1 stone mwahahahahaha!
Introducing my new "best friend" *drum roll please* http://www.peertrainer.com/dfcaloriecountera.aspx
very good site to help me find nutrition info for foods I don't have readily available, because they're not always listed in myfitnesspal database. *nods*
I be a very happy camper, my life has just gotten easier =3
I know better now. I'm planning what to eat today, making sure to check the calories of things I'll be eating and going to try to make portions to fit within my recommended daily.
Today is also my exercise day! Waaaaah >.< I guess it's good, I need to go out to get some ingredients for supper >=D I will kill 2 birdies with 1 stone mwahahahahaha!
Introducing my new "best friend" *drum roll please* http://www.peertrainer.com/dfcaloriecountera.aspx
very good site to help me find nutrition info for foods I don't have readily available, because they're not always listed in myfitnesspal database. *nods*
I be a very happy camper, my life has just gotten easier =3
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Start date - Weight loss goal
So, in keeping track of my weight loss I've decided to keep a record.
My "weigh day" will be once a month, every 10th of the month, in the morning right before breakfast. I work nights, I have no idea how that affects your weight. Supposedly you weigh differently during different times of the day, but I figure, if I weigh myself every month at the same time it ought to be ok.
Start weight: 202lbs Thursday May 10th 2012
My monthly weigh-ins will be posted in the "Getting Fit" page.
My "weigh day" will be once a month, every 10th of the month, in the morning right before breakfast. I work nights, I have no idea how that affects your weight. Supposedly you weigh differently during different times of the day, but I figure, if I weigh myself every month at the same time it ought to be ok.
Start weight: 202lbs Thursday May 10th 2012
My monthly weigh-ins will be posted in the "Getting Fit" page.
Ok, so I was reading someone's blog (this one to be more specific: http://timmoyoungfatboythin.blogspot.ca/ ) and I've been convinced (by myself) to take on a weight challenge. There I was, on my other blog, complaining of sorts on lack of motivation and almost right after posting my entry I fell upon his new blog; I used to follow the old one and was browsing thru blogs I follow aaaanyways long story short, I decided I wanted to list out goals for me and take it a step further.
By a "step further" what I mean is, I've decided to embark on the weight loss journey on myfitnesspal.com which seems to have good results and best of all, it's freeee and there seem to be lots of people there in the community ready to give motivation and tips, etc etc so it looks promising. I'm going to do this. I have decided to push myself to the best of my ability and then some. I also decided I wanted to do a bucket list of sorts. Not sure if I've ever done one, but I will now. And will go about knocking off those I complete along the way.
I've decided to create pages so I can list my weigh-in/week as well as have one page for my bucket list. It'll be easier for me to find whereas they may get lost on the main page if I suddenly start writing more *nods*
By a "step further" what I mean is, I've decided to embark on the weight loss journey on myfitnesspal.com which seems to have good results and best of all, it's freeee and there seem to be lots of people there in the community ready to give motivation and tips, etc etc so it looks promising. I'm going to do this. I have decided to push myself to the best of my ability and then some. I also decided I wanted to do a bucket list of sorts. Not sure if I've ever done one, but I will now. And will go about knocking off those I complete along the way.
I've decided to create pages so I can list my weigh-in/week as well as have one page for my bucket list. It'll be easier for me to find whereas they may get lost on the main page if I suddenly start writing more *nods*
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