So... just how bad can ice cream be, anyway?

I came down another pound, between yesterday and today and it's so hot, we're practically living off of ice cream!  I had two servings yesterday plus one of my 'diet shakes' (Nestle Good Start with chocolate syrup) and really not much else - maybe a tiny few Doritos, a couple of hot dogs and a cold cut sandwich.  OH! I even had a cherry-cheese danish at Tim Hortons, too!  So, diet-wise or even nutrition-wise, pretty bad day.  lol  I also need to drink more water.  I'll get there!

I think it's time for something different and I have lots and lots of Kashi Heart to Heart cereal still from our trip out west.  (can't buy it in Canada :p )  Just had some for breakfast and some probiotics - maybe can do the carbs without getting the headaches?!  worth a try!  :-)  As for goals, I'll stick to the pound a week - then I still know where I'm at and where I'm headed!  :-)

 

Down again...
Down one, not bad - just not back to where I should be, yet.

Not Again...

193 - can't just take note of the good news, have to be honest, too.  Not sure what all I ate, yesterday, or just another serious case of dehydration - hot, sticky and ... I got to march with the pipe band at practice, last night!  first time and wasn't pretty, but no body took away my pipes and made me sit in the corner, either!  :-D  It was not easy, but soooo worth-while! :-D  Working on rehydrating already, here!  Have to work today, but will try to 'fat day' as best as possible, too.

Cruisin'...
Well, I haven't had much to post, lately, I'm at my target weight for this week, actually a pound less - 191! yay! So, really, I'm all set for next week, too! :D

So, it's not like I'm forgetting to post or anything - have had computer problems which made it hard to post a few days ago when I hit 191. Just not much to talk about - losing the right amount of weight and feeling fine! (secretly squealing in delight - ooops did I type that?) lol

OOOOPS!
They say you need to get sufficient sleep for weightloss to be most effective - well, that's just not an option, it seems. Getting so little sleep that I can't even seem to focus on what I eat:

I messed up so badly yesterday, it was pretty much a write-off - and I still came down a pound! I'm at my goal weight - 192! Yay! (first thing I ate wasn't even Jerusalem Diet! lol, it only went crazy from there, but still lots of veggies, nuts and seeds, anyway)

The other problem with getting so little sleep is I have no energy to do anything that burns calories. Trying to get more sleep.

New Week, New Goal
fourth attempt at this entry! :S

at 193, headed for 192! :-D

I found my starting weight - and my goal weight!!! :-D
Yay! 193 is my goal for this week, then, and I did it! From there, I've gone ahead and set the rest of my goals! November 30, 2006 ~ 119 lbs! (74 weeks = 74 lbs) Talk about long term goals!

Since yesterday was a volunteer 'fat' day, I did really well, eating bananas and peanuts all day - until Sarah bought me a Snack and 1/2 and gave me some of her cookie. I also promised Wes some Caramilk Minis that I found, so we had just a few before bed. I did need to drink more water - will need to do better on that, 'fat' day or not. I also had a peanut butter cookie - almost all that extra food was after 8pm - which is supposed to be a big no no - so I'm actually surprised I still came down a pound.

Because I made my goal weight, I'm not going to do any more 'fat' days, this week, but just the fact that I still need to step on the scale each day and maintain my goal - I'll probably still do lots of veggies, veggie juice and nuts.

That's Better!!!
Woooohoooo! Back down to 194!!! :-D That's better and much more manageable! I did a 'fat' day, yesterday, but then I caved - not bound up and tied caved but just decided a Big Mac would be ok - and a Caramilk McFlurry. And I'm still back to at least where I should have been.

Now the big question - do I 'fat' day today to make up for yesterday's fun - that was the intention, yesterday, but hmmmm...

I'm thinking to maybe do a volunteer 'fat' day and I'll be at work, too, at the clinic - so if it turns out being a 'fat' day or not - I won't beat myself up over anything. I might go out and buy myself some of that veggie juice again - that seems to make life so much easier!

In all fairness, I do need to go back and explain this last weekend - Friday - Birthday parties! Saturday, very long shift for Sarah and I that could only be managed by lots of breaks - at the in-store Diner.

Serious dehydration from working in the store and their only water was very chlorinated :p. Instead of much-needed water, I ended up resting and satisfying thirst with lots of food. :S Saturday was a shorter shift but also too tired to seriously think about food. So, big recipe for disaster - but I'm back to at least where I was before all that. Whew!

This craziness makes setting my starting point and goal rather tricky. I'm thinking I can do 193 for this week. :-) I love using FitDay.com for tracking my weight. www.fitday.com

Try, Try, Try Again!!!
OK, so here we are, over a year later?! I'm only a pound away from my latest all time high ~ 197 lbs. I hit 198 a few months back and don't want to ever go there again. I can't believe I said that for fourteen pounds less and ended up here! :(

Apparently anything that requires counting calories, points, fat, carbs etc is just too much for me to handle and guaranteed failure.

I was very excited about finding and trying the Jerusalem Diet a few months ago and was quickly shot down with discouragement against such 'fad' diets. :*-( I enjoyed eating the foods - and they're so nutritious: fruits, veggies, seeds, nuts and salad dressing - along with lots of water. I even lost weight!!!

Well, I'm back and I've looked at about every diet in the book and I'm back to thinking this is the only one that has a chance of working for me. I have to be careful of raw foods, etc - too much gives me migraines. I'm going to try to balance it all out with dishes such as yummy Green Beans Amandine - without the butter on my 'fat' days. I've put salad dressing on cooked veggies and survived, so I may go for that option, too, for variety. Walnuts and sesame seeds offer a different bit of flavour, too! Ooo, pecans, too! and cashews~! OK, so off and running...

To boost the encouragement factor, I've even found a pretty cool blog, WWJ Eat? There's a bit of nastiness against the author and against Christians, near the start, but even getting past that is pure encouragement! Success stories just add to the thrill!!!
WWJ Eat?

Update
My life has been a bit crazy, lately, but I figure starting over *again* can't be all bad. 179 lbs, today. My 'diet trick' of the week will be an attempt at the 'Wendy Plan' - a lady named Wendy figured it out when she hit a plateau on Weight Watchers. With it, I'm going to also really try to make sure my choices are healthy ones!

I can't seem to find anything about it online, but I can summarize. It's based on the Weight Watchers' concept of counted calories, but each day, the goal is also to change that count from one day to the next, within the limits. Basically, one day, high limit, next day, low limit; on a seven-day cycle.

I've summarized it even further (for serving sizes, follow the food guide):

Day 1: 2 Fruit, 5 Veggies, 2 Proteins/Meats, 3 Carbs, 8c Water

Day 2: 2F, 5V, 2P, 3C, 2 Dairy, 8cW

Day 3: 2F, 5V, 2P, 3C, 8cW

Day 4: 2F, 5V, 2P, 3C, 2D, Snack, 8cW
(a snack = 4 Hershey's Kisses or small pack Peanut M&M's)

Day 5: 2F, 5V, 2P, 3C, 8cW

Day 6: 2F, 5V, 2P, 3C, 2D, Snack, 8cW

Day 7: 2F, 5V, 2P, 3C, 2D, 8cW

How to keep track? I have made nice little charts and I end up losing them. I have also seen a 'bracelet' diet - you wear nine bracelets and put one from your right hand to your left hand (or vise versa) everytime you have a serving of fruit or vegetable.

For this, if you can find a way to wear 17, 19 or 20 bracelets without being tacky, go for it! Small bracelets work well, and I can get them by the dozen at the Dollar Store. Also, if, for example, you have 2c water bottles, then you can wear half the number of 'water' bracelets - have each one represent two cups of water.

I tend to be at home in the morning, and if I'm going somewhere where I don't really want to wear so many bracelets, I'll take the 'eaten' bracelets off and put them back in their baggy that I keep them in, before I leave.

If you're not into bracelets, elastic bands or something might work. Or keep something in your pockets and move them from one side to the other. Maybe beads? or pennies, if you can keep from accidentally spending them!

I colour code my bracelets, too! One colour for water, one colour for fruit, one for veggies, etc. Now to see how it works out... ;-)