The Intuituve Eater

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...

Sundays is get ready for the week day.  Since the last few saturdays I've had something to do I only have Sunday to do some around the house.  I wanted to go shopping,  but I felt that I needed to get somethings done. So I got up, got the laundry together, went to the farmers market, 2 supermarkets, cooked lunch, dinner for the whole week and my roomates lunch as a favor.  THEN I folder and put away most of the clothes.  I have toms rearranging so didn't do everything. Then I was on the phone till a lil after 12 last  night and got up, no snoozing and worked out.  I was fine getting up and getting started  but I stopped to catch my breathe a few times, but I finished. On a related note I just tried the processed maple syrup and it is horrible. Too mushy and I think I can takes the extra chemicals. So I was reading something online about how healthy food is wonderful and great. I thought about the 4 hours I spend in the kitchen yesterday a...

So this week, wasn't that good but not horrible.  I had the chocolate issue, the eating too much because of working out. I  has food of my girlfriends plate yesterday (potatoes) and rice with dinner last night.  No big portion issues, just not what I planned to eat.  I gained a lb.  Which all things considered isn't horrible. Oh yeah and I hadn't pooped all week and I think that had something to do with it. I also realized while I am trying to do low carb I am not doing a true atkin's induction more like the OWL portion so i am going to count calories and stick to low carb food, but adding fruit back in as a snack.   Oh yeah and buying something chocolate to bring. Totally didn't want to work out today, but Kendall hogan got me going. 30 min cardio. On a nice note.  I am past my weekly goal to hit my 500 min for the month. I looked over my weight history since 9/13 when I started back again and I've actually hit my weight goal for the month. 8l...

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.

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 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 things are moving right along. I get on the scale friday. I don't feel any lighter, but my body seems alot happier. Some of the issues was huffing and puffing up a small hill I have to work to work in the subway station, my ankles and feet swelling, back hurting, no energy. All of that has changed. Ankles have gone down, feet are good. Its even easier to put on sandals because they aren't so swollen. I can see the difference walking up steps. I mean I running, but I am not sitting wondering if my heart is ok or not. Me eating for the most part has been pretty ok. My eating plan is eat like I have some damn sense. So breakfast at home, which mean I'm not eating the really high calorie and expensive breakfasts I was. Right now there isn't anything I want to bring for lunch and I'm tired of frozen meals. So I have given myself 10 bucks a day to eat lunch, and preferably no fast food. So I think alot more about what I'm eating. I think I'll end up ...

25 min cardio inferno. I tried to do a weight dvd as well, but was sweating SOOOO much and felt nauseous. I figures no need to collapse. I am going to try and get it some weights tomorrow we'll see. Weekend eating was.... Friday was ok, I stuck to salad and grilled chicken. I had 2 pieces, but couldn't really finish. I went to the movies Friday night and didn't eat anything. I think I had a 6in subway sandwich Friday as well. I need to keep better track of this. Saturday was horrible, but I think I am just going to have one day where I eat something bad. I think i need to do a full confession though. I went to Friday (the local applebees closed down and I had gotten to the point where I could go in have just an appetizer and that was it) Anyway. I had potstickers, small steake, half rack of ribs (sounds bigger than it is) loaded mashpotatoes, broccli and a choclate peanut butter pie dessert. Drink Seltzer with lemon. What do you think 4,000 calories easily. I guess I...

So I am on a fitness challenage that I started and have failed to do pretty much. So I finally got off my bum and did a work out. drop it in 30 (23 min , I didn't do the cool down) get chiseled 15 min So 38 min ain't bad. I 'm supposed to do 150 min in five days and i have 4 days to do it in...so we'll see how well that works, lol. I kinda decided to do what I like and the heck with working supper hard and then being grumpy and discouraged. I do have to say it felt like much longer. Good news I went one full day eating exactly what i was supposed too....which I was nice. I went to the dr on monday and had a nasty surprise on the scale, so this has helped be more conscious. Also my blood pressure was 130/90 which is high for me. Yet another reason to do better.

Wasn't motivated but did it anyway, lol...helped that I have more variety with the wii so I did 30 min core my personal trainer (MPT) - 201 cal burned 18 min Sports active (SA) Day one of 30 days (med) - 200 cal burned. Feeling good...

Cardio overdrive 20 total body toner 20 wii ea sport day 2 - 224 calories/21 min So the wii is keeping motivatied....bascailly the excercise are short enough that I by the time I'm tired or annoyed its over. i think the only thing I won't be doing is the inline skating...I also kinda wish there was a setting for bad knees...or in the profile you could request low impact...but I just modify as I go..the inline skating was just a waste...I might see if I can modify it again....Oh yeah and the running never seem to synch with me...maybe because of the size of the thigh..which are pretty big...so I run at my pace...which brings up another point...I would be nice if I could turn off the trainer and just watch the picture or have the words on the screen....I know I am running slow, but the fact I am running at all should be ok lol... Anyway, even with all of my bellaching...it was TOTALLY word the money.