The Intuituve Eater

It's been a bumpy few days Monday I was up to 361.8 Tuesday I was up to 363.0 Wednesday - 360.8 I ate on plan both days and Monday I worked out.  I was discouraged to say the least, but I just stuck to my eating plan. My knee is still a little wonky so I haven't do much, tonight I'll do some strength. I got up this morning I was 360.8.  I was stunned to say the least. What have we learned boys and girls?  It takes 2-4 days for my body to deal with whatever crab I through at it.  Saturday was the rice dish my mother made and Sunday was a hamburger from burger king (and chicken fries and a hershey pie).  Funny how you don't remember all the bad when you're trying to understand why the scale went up.  Day 3 and I'm back on track.  Normally this would be a semi cheat day (orange juice, a bagel), but I reallllllllly want to be in the 350s and life isn't that horrible. With all of this I realized if I was doing dietbet I would be stressing righ...

Down 2.5 lbs. I didn't do anything more than I have been, but it's less stressful and maybe I'm less prone to feel like I want a cheat meal or I want something off my plan. No workout today. I ended up baking some chicken  before it went bad.  I think I'll freeze it for next week. So I had a bit of a falling out with the guy I'm half in love with.  We're not a couple and never will be, but we are something...blah.  Anyway, I was all emotional since I thought he wasn't speaking to me and I started thinking about going out to eat and having my version of comfort food (sushi).  I didn't mostly because work was hectic and by the time I got out I just wanted to go home.  I will say there was a relazation that I'm only wanting to go out to eat to comfort myself with food. I watched a season of the biggest loser while I was doing dietbet and one of the things they focus on was, how did you get this big?  What habits do you have that stop you fr...

It took about a day to lose the weight from the weekend, add on my tilt off the wagon( more on that later). I think weekends will always be a weird time, the goal tho is to stay mostly on plan unless it is a planned cheat meal. Anyway, so I have a slight cold, my period is coming and I had a sugar craving.  I waited till after lunch realized part of it was just being hungry. I bought two pack of 6 oreos.  The craving lessened after I ate lunch, but it didn't go away.  I probably could have just not ate them, but I don't want it to grow into a binge. So I ate them With all of that i'm down almost 2 lbs this morning, which is my total for the weekend. I did work out yesterday and I stayed on plan except for the oreos.  Dealing with my eating and how I deal with food is the war.  This was a small skirmish and I don't take as a loss.  I made a concious decision after hours and comtemplation to eat the cookies.  I don't have any desire for anything els...

So I haven't posted in a while on purpose. So my slow carb diet wasn't working for me.  The problem was I couldn't seem to handle the 6 days on plan and only one day on plan. I could get the 6 days, cheat day was literally the whole weekend and then I could maybe go 5 days before I would have another fall off the wagon.  Also the scale was killing me.  I was sabotaging myself then trying to work off the cheat weight and then annoyed when the scale wasn't moving. Also the end of summer hangouts caused problems... I also kept hurting myself.  I was wearing shoes that did something to m feet where walking hurt.  I was fine barefoot, but shoes hurt. So I just stopped...everything. I haven't been on the scale in a couple of weeks.  If I want to cheat I think about it and make a decision.  Weirdly I'm not that pressed about it. There was a sugar binge, but I started my period the next day so I'm gonna chalk that up to hormones. Then I got sick...

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...

So I haven't posted in a month.  The last 2 weeks of july to the first week of August I just took a break staying on plan.  I didn't fall off completely, but its summer and I seemed to be going out alot. I then went away for a week with friends. I didn't completely fall off, but I allowed myself a drink or carb here and there.  I went up to 364.  After my trip I was trying to get back in the swing of things and it was HARD !!!! I kept having little cheats here and there...and stuff I could do 3 weeks ago seemed harder. I jus decided to stop the little cheats and I just did what I could in the workouts. I'm down to 359 as of 8/13//2015.  Which is nice. I went out yesterday and had 2 drinks, so now I need to stay on plan till next thursday. As for working out I loved 21 day fix, but I don't want to workout 6 days a week, and I need to change up the 21 day fix.  Before my vacation I ordered Piyo . I ordered mine from Ebay.  So I setup a...

As always lets start with the bad so I can finish on a good note. Eating has been crap.  I went to two afterwork events, I was moderate, but there were carbs....lovely delicious carbs..... Anyway, I decided to do a fake weigh in today.  A fake weigh in is weighing in the morning AFTER I do my workout.  I was 363, so I'm probably 364 or 365.  My ankles are still swollen from my period AND I'm sure the carbs aren't helping. Next week is another round of hanging out and eating with friends. The week after that I go away for a week.  All this mean is my diet is going to blah until august.  I am going to take it one day at a time and try and make good choices. The good.  I am going on a boat ride tomorrow and since I want to be able to function and make sure I get all my works outs in I doubled up...   I did cardio fix and dirty 30.  I was sort of dreading it since of all the 21DF workouts cardio fix is the one I like the least,...

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 ...

First and most importantly.  I want to eat my foot. I'm pretty raveous after working out. Also last night i got home and between being wiped and it being super humid I just couldn't cook.  I had 3 slices of cheese and called it a night. I was up at 3am ...blah So the scale has moved...I don't think this is PMS, I think this is just how long it took my body to deal with the 3 day carb binge I had over the 4th of July.  Usually after a binge I don't want to see the scale shock so I give myself a few days.  Getting on everyday and not seeing ANY change was an eye opener.  I wasn't going to get on today, but I've learned I just want to see a whoosh so I don't get on, then when I finally get on I want to see a big drop.  If I don't see a big drop I'm disappointed.  Rather than go through that I got on, before my workout.  363.  I'm not happy, but I was 364 AFTER my workouts all week, so I can live with this. I've learned the lesson and re...

That is an exact recreation of me...or my inner me.  I'm not sure what happened.  Its too early for PMS, but I have been on my on sugar binge for the last couple of days.  I am usually not much of a sweet person, but it has been an issue. Sunday I have 4 of the tiny hagen daz ice cream.  It amounts to about a scoop of ice cream when you add them all together.  Today I had another sugar craving and had two pack of cookies.  Add on to that I didn't work out. My house was hot and I turn into a big ole slug when its hot. I also didn't cook... I am currently not wining. I'm down overall for the month so I haven't done much damage, but I need to focus.  I joined the June exercise challenge on 3FC and I have one last pilates session to do.  I also didn't workout over the weekend.. I"m not winning SMH So I'll knock that out tomorrow morning Fingers crossed the craving goes away and I'll be sleep with the A/C on tonight. On the u...

Posted on 3fc: Had a binge this weekend blah :?:  It wasn't emotional or anything.  I bought the low carb peanut butter cups and I ate the whole box (12).  I was mildly hungry, but I have been on this sugar thing lately.  Anyway, they can't come back in the house.  When it cools off I'll keep in the car.  I worked out a lil harder this morning.  Also seems since I've been working out I need to relearn hunger and not overeat. I like to work out on an empty stomach and by the time I'm done I feel like I wanna gnaw off my own leg.  I worked out, had a glass of almond milk to take the edge off while I made breakfast.  That was about 8:30. By the time I was almost to work at noon I was looking for something else.  So I picked up a danish...blah.  I packed my lunch today and dinner should be fine, but maybe I need a bigger breakfast.  I'm thinking of trying toast with breakfast on wednesday and see if that helps. To stop my add...

So as you can probably guess last month was a wash.  The ex came to stay and i stopped working out.  I did try and watched what i eat.  Hoping I maintained, but we'll see. 40 min exercise. Update So I got on the scale to see what kind od damage I did and 353.  Yes I want to be lower, but SOOOOO happy.  So watching what i eat actually worked.  In a good place. 

So I got on the scale on the 15 and I was still 349.  I took a week and ate whatever....I didn't over do it except for one day, but I drank, didn't cook, and didn't workout.  By sunday, I really went over...ate a whole package of sausage and then appetizer plater at Fridays.  I was sick the rest of the day.  Also My little aches and pains were starting to come back to here I am.  I worked out this morning and once again my monthly goal has kept my going.  I wish i had something similar when it came to eating.  So I am going to try no eating out till the 15th of december.  No other rules.  No realy weight goal anything lower than 348 would make me happy at this point. 29 min Kendal, 40 min Kendal Weights

So I haven't posted in a bit, but I've stayed the course.  I hit my exercise goal kind of early so I kinda of slacked off. I'm back at it this week primarily because of my work out buddy at work.  She mentioned we were supposed to work out and that got me back into the swing of things.  I was thinking I should tell her I don't want to work out anymore, but seems to be a good way to make me accountable.  I've been tracking my calories half heartedly, well mostly carbs and sodium and how much water I am drinking.  My ankles swelled up which surprised me, but I think it was due to my TOM.  I also didn't get on the scale because emotionally I just couldn't deal with seeing the scale go up.  Today was interesting I left my lunch at home and thought oh I can order something now, but I ended up running to a supermarket and picking up a smart one. Which leads me to an article on who the obesity epidemic is caused by ultra processed foods, which I totally b...

So I haven't worked out since wednesday and its because friday I got on the scale and it went down. Also just because it was friday.  Since it was friday, I didn't pack a lunch, ate at the whole foods buffet, went out to dinner, ate too much and generally did everything possible to screw up my one pound loss.  Rather than learn from that I then spent saturday not eat anything good for me and eating when I was distinctly not hungry. BLAH !!! I managed to stop myself and today (Sunday) I got up worked out (80min) and sweated my butt off.  I had a nice healthy vegetable omelette.  I'm full and I won't be eating anything else till I'm hungry again. When I went to work out I think I was trying to punish myself so I did a workout, I usually hate, but today seemed not so horrible.  I think its because I'm in better shape when I first started.  I actually for down and did the floor portion for the first time and since i can't do a pushup I did a 30 sec plank ...

So things seem to be chugging along.  I figured out that the breakfast I was buying (spanish egg white omlette, with 2 slices of toast was probably upwards of 500 calories, maybe 7, not sure).  So I am buying the frozen breakfast and one slice of nature's promise bread.  I feel just as full, less calories and life is good.  so I think coupled with the eating out.  I can see how I was gaining. So I just did my wednesday work out. 27 min cadio inferno 15 min jari love. With the Jari love I think I need to go back to her first DVD and work my way up.  I like the compound exercises, but I am to weak to do most of them. There was a point on 3fc about being annoyed with the skinny minnies and I realized I don't really focus on whats other people look like I'm pretty obsessed with what I want for me. Also while I'm big, I think I'm sexy even with 2 stomachs and a bunch of cottage cheese.  When I was smaller I had low self esteem and I got better....

So I didn't work out yesterday, it was friday and combined with me gaining a pound I just wasn't motivated.  Also I ate alot yesterday, and it was nice to not have to be obsessive  about what I was eating.  Something else I joined spark people and logged what I ate and according to them I was 3000 cal + yesterday, So my binge was eye opener, and yeah thats what it was a binge, yes it was healthy food, but I had way too much.  i ate my lean cuisine AND sushi and fruit.  Anyway, now that I had the fall.  I am back, up on the wagon.  I was supposed to do a hard workout, but i did kendall and total body toner, which I love.  55 min 352 as of 10/15/2010 I usually lose weight over the weekend and reading my blog and remember last night. I was completely an IE eate on the weekend and I did calorie counting with IE during the week.  So we'll see how it goes.

So I gained a pound.  I can't think I'm eating 3000+ calories as hungry as I am. Also the weird thing is I know I"ll drop it over the weekend I was getting a little upset, but I know I can drop it over the weekend without going through alot. So I've decided to eliminate my eating out at all during the week.  I'll be buying english muffins, lean cuisine, and prepared breakfast for the week and just cooking dinner. I'm a little grumpy, but I can count calories exactly.  I think I am eating too many meals where I am guessing and while they aren't filling me up they must be higher in calories than I think.  I think it also helped ot look back and my old blog entries....again its a work in progress.  I am wondering if the egg white breakfat I buy everyday is the culprit, the margarita, ....hmmm ok so lets think about this I gained 1lb.  so it isn't like I over ate alot.  I think there are things I am eating here and there that are causing the proble...

12 min Love kenda hogan I did the the 10 min cardio burn, but I had to stream it over the internet so it kept skipping and by the time I figured out the moves...it was almost over so only claiming 6 min of this one, but i liked it alot Then I did the first part of 6 pack abs...which is all standing and actually enough to feel like I did something.  I'll get on the floor for the rest of it on tuesday.  This with my 10 min chris freytag should get me up in the morning. I had alot of bread yesterday.  I forgot my lunch and had a foot long subway sandwish and then a turky on rye and then dinner and 2 puddings. Day one was ok.  I know it was alot of bread, but I did what I wanted ate when I was hungry and I didn't eat any fast food when I got home, came home and had the food I cooked. I wasn't going to count it as my first day of my 14 days on plan, but I'm ok with it.  hanging out today so wil be interested.  I'm going to buy some string cheese to...