The Intuituve Eater

 One of my favorite movies, no idea why. I'm a grown woman and I love it.  I'm afraid I'll lose motivation and fall off the wagon and be back where I was, so Im considering another dietbet.  The other side is if I lost it might cause me to fall off. Blah...not sure what to do On the other side of life I had a Scale and non scale victory. I had oreos (6) yesterday and my ankles seemed like they were swollen which usually means a gain, but I didn't my usual after friday cheat and I did a fitness glo strength workout.  I didn't finish it, I wasn't in the mood for the floor work. Anyway, I assumed I had gained..nope down to 360.6. I think I'll wait till after this week to see how I feel about dietbet. I think I'm hanging out 3 days in a row.  Keeping my fingers crossed I had a realization about fitness glow.  I tried to do a level 3 workout and it wasn't horrible, but I felt like I had to modify too much.  I realized they don't have ...

I live in the northeast and today was our first blizzard after not having a real winter.  I think mother nature if making up for lost time. I'm totally ok with that. I finished up my 21 day challenge with no issues.  I was supposed to hangout tonight, which might have been an issue with staying on plan, but since I'm trapped in the house it was east breezy. yay me. My cheat day was another interesting experience.  I had one donut. It tasted good, proud of myself since I was eating 2 or 3 at a time without blinking.  I had sushi for lunch, less than I usually had. Then I was on my way home. I was hungry and it was a cheat day so I had chicken nuggets from Wendy's.  It was that or a hamburger, but the bread would have stuck with me longer than the breading on the nuggets.  Anyway....My stomach was not happy. They seemed super salty and greasy. I kind of enjoyed them, but after about 20 min, it felt like I had an oil slick in my stomach...ugh....

So yesterday I experimented with eating and I'm reminded there is no one size fits all for weight loss.  Yes at the end of the day it calories in vs calories out, but my body does different things from others and something from what I think it will do. Anyway, so I had gained 1.6 lbs in a day after staying on plan.  I ate late in the night, so Thursday I did pretty much the same thing except I didn't eat after 4pm. I usually weight myself as soon as I get up a 4am so that is a solid 12 hours for my body to deal with everything. I had my usual breakfast, tunafish for lunch.  I had a hunger headache again, which I thin is related to my homemade ice coffee. Its made up of 3 cups of coffee.  I think its supressing my appetite and then when it finally wears off all the hunger comes shooting back.  I am going to try and go back to the star bucks stuff I can buy at the super market. I didn't eat lunch till 1 or 2 and then I was ravenous.  The tuna fish took ...

Been an interesting week or so. So I started my workout schedule last week and I did something to my right knee. When I would bend it, it hurt. Walking as a struggle, so rather than push through and potentially make it worse I just stayed off of it as much as possible.  I started back today..it was a struggle, but I got it done and I feel good.  I hopped on the scale after my workout and I'm 361...so I'm probablty 362 or 363.  I'll take that.  Eating wasn't horrible last week, just trying to focus on one meal at a time and make better choices. The knee thing I'm pretty happened when Autumn was like go lower and  I was feeling  focused.  I went lower and blah.  This just says its ok to go at my own pace.  I lost a whole week pushing too far.  Its still hot and humid so I didn't cook.  So this week is going to be salads (which I've been avoiding) and atkins shakes for dinner. I have a 21 day challenge going and that's help...

I actually wasn't intending to blog, but I think I needed to vent a little so here I am.  First the bad, my period started monday and while I haven't had a repeat of death by donut I've had a few cheats (frozen yogurt, 2 mojitos, 2 hot dogs, 1 beer) This isn't in one sitting but over the course of this week.  I didn't really overeat just ate thing I shouldn't have. I haven't weighed myself because I wasn't interested in the emotional rollarcoaster that would have been, but my ankles are currently the size of grapefruit...blah.  When Aunt flo has officially left time I'll weigh a day or so after that  The question is usually after my period if over there is a 3-5 lbs loss, but I've been cheating so there is the potential for a gain. The good..I'm sticking to the 21 day Fix.  I did a warm up and cool down I found on youtube because I was tired of the one Autumn did EVERYDAY.  That being said I'm really loving 21DF.  Next week i...

So my plan was to double up on one of the workouts so I could try them all in the first week before I start over on monday AND get a rest day in between That is the face I'm making at myself.  My legs are a lil sore from leg fix and my arms and sides are still recovering from upper fix. I did cardio fix and I jogged rather than do mountain climbers or burpees.  Then she said bonus..come on you know you want to do the bonus round....Um yeah no I really don't This is an exact recreation of my face...off went amber, no cool down, no 200 do not pass go... So I'm sure someone is reading this like you won't get the maximum effect...I don't care...one of the things I've learned if forcing myself to do the thing I hate (not just don't like) is going to lead to me avoiding them in the future and gaining the weight back.  Its a fine line.  No I didn't do mountain climbers or burpees or the bonus round (i did it yesterday), but I got up ...

So I promised myself I wouldn't post until I was in the 350s.  this time I started in the 370s (blah)  I hit 358 this last weekend, but I waited and I haven't shot up.my final weigh in for the month is Tuesday so I should be fine.   So I usually blog fall off and then am annoyed with myself.  This time I really made myself accountable. I've been wanting to blog, but I made it a reward and feeling awesome. This is a quickie post, just happy I made it. My other reward was buying something and I chose the 21 day fix.  I'm learning I can't do the same workout over and over again or I"ll get bored and stop.  Also it was nice to buy it knowing I had earned it. Meal plan is modified slow carb and I workout in the morning 3-4 days a week.  I have a fitbit, but after the initial motivation,  I'm not a walker and it isn't something I can do long term for exercise. So yeah I'm back.  358. which isn't great, but on my way down...

So I haven't really posted in a while, I find I stop when I'm  not doing so well and keep going when I'm doing great.  Well I'm in a good place.  For the first time I've managed to lose weight during the summer.  I haven't pushed myself to work out, but I have been watching what I've been eating.  I am using intuitive eating /exercise.  I haven't worked out in a while because its been too hot, but with eating better I've managed to lose.  Finally my body was like we miss working out and I had to workup ALOT of stairs since an escalator on the way to work was broken.  So, today I did 15 min of cardio with weights.  I was sweating like a slave in the fields.  I'm a lil grumpy that in about a month I lost so much ...endurance..but its a process and I'll be back at it. I'm currently PMSing which means my period is coming.  The cravings are over (blah at falling off for donuts), but i have about 7 days where I really won't be losing an...

I gained 2 lbs, but I am due for my period so I am going to hold judgment till it over. Until then I am trying to stay focused. So my ex-fiance who is staying with me, bought a bunch of ice cream in addition to the stuff I replaced of his that I ate. I can't have ice cream for 21 days. I haven't touched it. I did have a little extra a dinner, but I"m ok with that. I missed my workout this morning and thanks to exercise TV I went to the training room at work and did a kendall hogan workout for 20 min (loved it and was sad when it ended. Going to see if he had a longer one. I tried Steve M, the 40 workout, but the stopping and starting got to me and I think its really an interval strengeth training which isn't my thing. So I'm going back to Chris 10lb blast on friday. Also drum roll...I worked out on a tue...at work...hoping I can continue the at work thing. I brought in a WATP 2 mi DVD and we did the first mile. I didn't count it in my min because I did...

I was doing so well and then I didn't work out at all next week ..well except for Monday. I didn't cook so I ate out alot and that was a mess...So Saturday I got up and cooked for the weekend and i worked out this this morning. So I did Cardio inferno - minus the second weight segment. 15min Jari love slim and lean - squat, biceps. 10 min I'll add more as time goes on, just want to stay consistent

I don't think challenge are for me, they seem to be a last ditch effort to force me to do something...but really when I'm ready I am focused... So if history is correct I'm focused and I will be until about april or may... I will get bored so trying not to eat the same thing every day. I'm 337...which I totally didn't see...nice. I thought I was back into the 340 or even the 350..but I don't think my body will let me get that big again. I was thinking of trying Alli...but I think that about that another time. Eating has been good...no rice (except sushi) and only salad and meat when I've been eating out. I did fall into my usual trap of eating my girlfriend food, but I'll deal with that one day. Right now breakfast is fruit or salad when I get to work....I think I'll do turkey burgers tonight. Another weigh in on Dec 15th. As usual I'm a planner, my dude leave for IRAQ in a few days and comes back in Septem...at the very least I would like ...

Well december was a wrap from about my birthday till now...So no point in rehashing. I had a last applebees encounter yesterday...and the 21 days I'll deal with later I did get back into working out, not what I was doing but it is something. watp - walk strong. 30 min 600 min workout challenge for the month. Get on the scale jan 15th...blah

so I realized belatedly that I had actually managed to keep to the no junk food part of the challenge.. but anyway...I had beef and broccli and hot and sour soup.....no rice no fast food and I am posting today..... I am counting the broccli as my veggie I was going to order general tso chickem, but no veggies.... Also I think writing what I eat helping.... Anyway....I will be shopping today so this will be a challenge.

Ok so I don't think there is any point in trying to keep going...The weekend was a wash, but here is the review Saturday jamaican food, my father ordered a large, it was mostly rice, ate at grandmas...mostly rice....and collard green, yesterday plate of food and snacking on cake. Couldn't even be bothered to eat dinner...I don't feel like I ate alot yesterday, but I think it was my body deal ing with the overload.... Anyway got up this morning....didnt wanna work out but I did abs advantage -21 min cardio inferno - 27 min 4 segments of jari love - 20 68 min ...nice.... I feel like I did what I wanted and it was still a good workout... So Back on the 21 day challenge wagon today....today is day one. no rice 3 pause days. 1 piece of fruit 3 pause days 1 serving of vegetable or salad a day.... 3 pause days no mcdonalds, burger king, wendys, popeyes 3 pause days

So I had 7 salmon croquette, one sweet potato and i English muffin with butter. I'm ashamed to type the salmon croquette thing, but thats why i am doing this. Broccli and raman noodles. I got snowed in so didn't go shopping so no salad today. I am thinking this might have to be restarted since I'll have the same issue until I get to the supermarket which won't happen till Sunday or Monday. no rice.