The Intuituve Eater

So today we have sensitivity training at work today.  Lunch is being served.  Which is usually sandwiches and salad and some kinda of pasta.  I could run out and get something to eat, but I am going to force myself to go and make reasonable choices.  Also because of the meeting I can't workout during lunch so I am going to have to workout at home tonight, which I hate doing.   I could just say heck with the 20 min, but I worked damn hard to make that 500 min, so lets see how this all shakes out. Yes I am obsessing about this, but this is life and if I want to lose weight I need to learn how to deal with the surprised life throws you. Added later so the meeting wasn't horrible.  I took 3 sandwiches before, threw away all the bread and drank water.  After the meeting I felt like nibbling so I took 3 more and threw away the bread again.  No fruit, no sweets.  Also before the meeting my co-workers put 2 mini reese's cups on my desk and ...

So yesterday I turned down going out to the mexican restaurant so I could workout.  I think I should get a gold star for that one.  So I am 20 min away from my 500 min goal and I realized that I started from Sept 11, not the 1st which means I did it in less that 30 days WOOO FRICKIN' HOO. I REALLY want to get on the scale but holding out till friday and staying on plan.  I am hoping for 352 which would give me the 8 lbs for the month.  (goal is 2 lbs a week).  Period is just about over and I have been going to the bathroom like crazy. I didn't want to workout today and I am realizing how important it is to have something you can get into.  I did kendall hogan cardio burn and after 5 min I was into it.  I love WATP, but If I had to do it again I would have stayed in bed. Right now I am having a hard time finding a low impact, higher weight...weight program.  All the stuff on excercise TV is either light weight will a billion reps or high wei...

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So yesterday was a good day. I cooked alot and I think I have enough for the week. I am trying to do a solid 14 days eating properly. I watched excercise TV the crunch workouts, and watching from the couch is not the same as doing them. Seems like it it is hard to find a solid 30 min low impact weight workout. I have another Steve M I'm going to try on Wednesday. Other than that nothing to report. 30 min kendal hogan 17 min crunch fitness 6 min abs

So this weekend was a bust foodwise and I've noticed a patter with myself I'm focused mon-thur and then I make excuses and fall off fri & sat. Then I'm back on track Sun. So the only goal I have right now is to do a straight 14 days on plan. I will say I was focused saturday by I went to a child birthday party where there wasn't really anything healthy to eat and of course I had the high calorie fruit juice instead water. I finally got my period so weigh in day will be friday. Worked out Chris e-tv walkign and her cardio blast 59 min. On an better note I'm only 150 min from my monthly excercise goal. I don't think I've hit my goal in a while so I'm feel good about this.

(the banned atkins phase 1 foods) BEEF Brisket Jerky, unless homemade without sugar Liver Prime Rib Rib steaks Skirt Steak POULTRY Chicken, wings and legs Duck Goose Turkey, dark meat (including wings and thighs) PORK Bacon Honey-baked ham Pork rinds VEAL Breast DAIRY Ice Cream Milk 2% or whole Soymilk whole yogurt cup style and frozen CHEESE Full Fat VEGETABLES Beets Carrots Corn Green peas Potatoes, white Potatoes, sweet Pumpkin Turnips (root) Winter squash Yams FRUIT Avoid all fruits and fruit juices in Phase 1, STARCHES Avoid all starchy food in Phase 1, including: Bread, all types Cereal, all types Croutons, all types Matzo Oatmeal Rice, all types Pasta, all types Pastry and baked goods, all types Condiments ketchup cocktail sauce BEVERAGES Alcohol of any kind, including beer and wine fruit juice all types milk, full fat and 2% powdered drink mixes containing sugar soda and other drinks containing sugar soymil...

No movement on the scale, which makes me happy I did good otherwise. So I think thur or friday are my cheat days. I think i've been eating the same things all week and I need a break...but I am still making better choices. Came home last night and wasn't interested in the spinach stew I had made. So i went to baja fresh. I order the burrito with steak ( and found one without all the devilish rice and beans) and I had a mini ice cream. I still haven't gotten my period, but I feel like its coming. I think all the exercise had helped me maintain. The goal for next week is to be as low carb as possible. I'm gonna throw out the rye bread and see if I can make a salad to bring to work. No idea what but i hate doing that...blah Woke up late this morning, so no workout. I"m ok with that since I did 4 days this week. I think my ankle needs a break. -Focused.

So for the first time every...I will have worked out 5 days in a row. My ankle isn't happy about it. I'm going to ice it tonight and finish up tonight. Also I have stayed on plan. So whatever the scale says...I'm in a good place. Changes for next week. All low carb next week. Breakfast salmon cakes, scambles eggs with veggies lunch steams veggie and lamb/turkey burgers dinner....not sure yet. I am going to try brussel spouts so that will be the veggies Goal next week is no bread,pasta, rice, couscous. I might throw out the rye bread I bought...we'll see. 30 min WATP Added Later So after lunch I like something sweet (a habit I would like to break). I can't go in the candy dish (14 day challenge), so I go to the vending machine. Nothing really appeals to me so rather than settle I don't get anything. Added Even Later Well I made my way back to the vending machine. I was hungry....so I ended up getting patry or whatever (360 cals) and...

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...

Cook ALOT yesterday so there shouldn't be any issues with being tempted to eat out. I did Chris' walking workout today. I tried Steve M. workout and lasted about 5 min, but I think I can't do both in a row. So I'll save him for Friday when I need something different. I want to get on the scale, but only if I've lost weight, lol....So waiting till Wednesday. Not much else to report. I'm supposed to go out to the movies tomorrow, which of course I'm obsessing over. I am just getting a bottled water no snacks. I kinda want nachos (yes I want something more than 24 hours before it is going to happen), but I want to be a 24 by Christmas and that ain't gonna happen eating nachos and I cooked all this food, lol. Added later The scale is the devil...so I was so convinced I had lost weight I got on the scale...and it went up, but I had eaten and so well....I am not posting that number BUT i am more focused on getting lower by my official weigh in day. Funn...

So I got up this morning and had the usual conversation in my head about whether I should work out or not. I got up headed for the computer and the first site I went to was 3 fat chicks and happened upon a thread about all the things people could do now that they had lost weight. I remember those days and I want them back. I was convincing myself 15 min WATP was enough since I plan to do a big workout tomorrow. I think I'm bored with my DVDs so I got on my cable box which I think I pay way too much money for and browsed excercise TV. I did kendall hogan. I watched about 5 min of it to make sure it wasn't too extreme and jumped in Kendal is a beast...lol. It was mostly low impact and lots of choreography. I probably would have turned it off, but I said I am going to do this. By 10 min I was sweating, but Kendall is perky with out being annoying and by the end of it I had done the 30 min without even noticing. I will say for the moves I couldn't do or went to quick...

Didn't work out yesterday because my days changed and I am just never going to exercise at night. I did 26 min with chris freytag , and I'll do something tomorrow. Not what I wanted but i think the important thing is I am still doing something. Eating was kinda bad....I went out to lunch and had ALOT of sushi. I also had chicken satay which comes with a peanut dipping sauce. I ate the sushi and the chicken, but I managed to leave most if not all of the dipping sauce since I used it so sparingly. I kept thinking its got to have easily 1000 calories or more in that bowl. I had fruit when I got home. Heading to visit the family today. Hoping it goes well.

So some interesting things have and haven't happened. Last night I went out to dinner for the first time since starting to try and lose weight again. I had been thinking, planning (obsessing) about going to applebees and not trying to inhale everything on the menu. So here is how it went down. I ate fine all day, but I'm used to eating dinner at around 7 when I get home. dinner wasn't till 8 and even then i would have to wait for the food tome come....Not gonna happen, so I went to wendy's and had 2 orders of chicken nuggets. No sides and I drank water. It took the end off. At the restaurant I had a steak and some potatoes (not mashed potatoes) with onions and mushrooms, and Seltzer water. Oh yeah for an appetizer I had the little chicken tacos with Asian slaw. At the end of this I didn't feel full and I was satisfied. No idea what the calorie count was, but I feel like it was a step in the right directions. Usually I would have had 2 mini cheese burgers a...

So I'm still focused. My eating has been pretty good. I had a few hiccups 2 pastries on Monday and mini ice creams yesterday. They weren't whole meals or me overeating so I'm not going to pile on the guilt...It happened lets move on. I haven't been counting calories. I pack my food for the day and stick to that pretty much. If I'm hungry I eat something. I usually have 1-2 left over. I usually pack 1 lean cuisine 2 pieces of fruit and 100 cal snack(sometimes 2). If is mon,wed, or fri I pack a homemade salad and if its tue or thur I pack a frozen breakfast and ice coffee(yeah I'm not giving up the ice coffee) and I pick up toast and a croissant. If I pack 2 snacks I don't eat the second one and I haven't been eating both piece of fruit. Anyway, I think the first big test will come tomorrow when I have to go out to dinner. I don't think I'll do horrible since I'm dying to get on the scale now and I don't want any issues friday morni...

So I didn't work out yesterday and I felt lazy. Nothing got done. Not horrible, just an observation. Anyway, out of boredom, I played around with my cable on demand and found exercise TV. I think of my issues is getting bored with me DVDs, anyway, so I found out they have a Chris Freytag work out. Its walking, but she kicked my butt for 30 min. I didn't do any of the floor work. I also discovered they have another DVD of her which has a workout plan. So I may do that. I was also thinking its funny from April to September its hard to be motivated, but as soon as it starts to cool off I'm up and at it. Not sure what to make of that. I got on the scale yesterday and I'm back up to 360, but I am going to lay that squarely on the fact that I couldn't work out for a month. I am not supposed to be working out now, but I just couldn't wait anymore and the rest of my body was having issues. While I still wrap my ankle to work out I think the working out seems...

Well summer is over and from my last post till now. I partied alot and also sprained my ankle so no movement on the weight front. I am supposed to stay off of it, but my knees are starting to hurt and I can feel the aches and pains creeping back in. So I am doing walking and weights, all low impact stuff. We'll see how it goes. 23 min drop it in 30 20 min total body toner.