Day 15

12:30pm Fruit for breakfast, with tea, about 100 cals. 

3:00 pm, cereal and first carbs of the day, 250 cals.  Need more soymilk!

A little leftover steak for lunch and some again for dinner.  I ate light most of the day and got to snacking a little more than I should have late at night.  Probably 1200 cals today.  Must keep better track!

Day ? (6/12)

First order of business today was to fall down the stairs and put a lump on my bum.  It made me mad enough that I didn't eat until 12:30, and that was a protein bar.  Ate again at 2:15, sausages.  Shouldn't have eaten that soon but at least it was protein.  I need to keep better track so I don't overdo it!  It's so hard here to keep track!  I had a coconut water as well, which brought me to a total of 360 calories already today.  I will not eat again until dinner which will be very light!  I want to be at or UNDER 1000 cals today.

I need to keep track DAILY!  This is an update for the remainder of the 12th and all of the 13th.  I don't remember all I had on the 12th but I was around 1200.  As for the 13th, I didn't eat until 3:30 (460 cals) and I found that if I eat a moderate amount I can stay full; I didn't eat again until 8pm (500 cals.)  I was at 960 but I snacked too much around 12am and probably put myself at about 1350.  No more eating after 9pm, I really just forgot not to!  I am still feeling a lot less full but I want to do better!

Day 9

Started out with one egg and one piece of turkey sausage because I've gotten too much into the habit of being at least half full.  I've had two cups of green tea and am up to 130 calories.  For lunch I'm going to keep it light and not let myself get so hungry by dinner that I destroy my calorie count.

2:30 p.m.  Had a coconut water to keep me from snacking on everything in the kitchen, added 60 calories to my count but that's better than cookies or chips.

Lunch was some pita chips.  Dinner was some chicken and veggies.  I also had a beer I shouldn't have had and later, some snacks that brought my total for the day to at least 1200.  I need to learn to stop after 9 no matter how hungry I am.  It will keep my totals low!

Update

Days 6, 7, and 8

Early breakfast of fruit and tea.  Need my drink mix to keep me full longer.  Going to the store today to stock up on some better things to keep on hand.  I can see my back ribs if I bend forward.  Getting there but still need to watch what I eat.

Just a quick recap of the last three days.  I haven't been keeping tabs on my calorie count as precisely as I should be but I do know I've been under 1200 each day and I get full easily.  On Sunday I didn't eat until 5 which was good but I ate a lot more than I wanted to between the hours of 5 and 12.  I need to keep closer track of what I am eating but it is hard to do whilst visiting family!  Haven't weighed in lately because I can't find a bloody scale in this place.  Can still see ribs in the back and some hips when I haven't eaten for awhile.  I need to do better this week.

2 Day update

Days 4 and 5

Day 4 we were on the road.  I didn't keep track very well so I have no idea my final calorie count, but I didn't eat much and my stomach felt really flat by the time we got to my parent's for a visit.  Yesterday, day 5, I kept a little better count.  I had fruit and tea for breakfast, one egg for lunch, but a bigger dinner than I ought to have.  But I waited too long before eating dinner and had eaten little carbs all day which I will have to be careful of, because both make me hungrier!  So not sure if I lost weight, but pretty sure I didn't put on any.  Will be more careful from now on.

Day 3

Day 3

2:00 pm.  First meal of greek yogurt with honey, ran me about 200 calories.  Had my tea when I woke, helped me hold out this long but I feel really hungry today.

Short recap because I'm up late and need to get to bed!  I had WAY too many snacks today but managed to only eat 1100 calories anyway.  I need to feed my body what it is craving I think, instead of wasting calories trying to satisfy those cravings.  If I give in to what I crave I won't have such a high calorie count anyway, and at some point I can control those cravings better!

Snack: 100

Sushi: 200

Fish/veggies: 300

Random snacks throughout the day: 300

Total of 1100.

Best regards,

Le Ballerine

 

2 days in

Day 2

Starting off my morning/afternoon with another tall glass of green tea.  I hope it will last me as long as it did yesterday.  My stomach feels flatter but I don't dare weight myself yet.  Getting on the scale and seeing little or no progress after hard work is what always discouraged me in the past.  I'll resist it at the moment.  I feel pretty good now, not weak and not cranky at all.  My mood has, if anything, improved because of the fact I'm actually doing something to lose the weight.

2:15 pm.  Went ahead and ate my first meal of the day.  Greek yogurt with honey.  Decided to ward off the sugar crash today so I could eat less.  About 200 calories again, but more protein and less carbs.  I know I should have done without the honey, but I can't stand the taste unsweetened.  I need to buy some things that are easy for me to eat without needing extra sugar.  Again, I am poorly prepared for this but I am trying to make do at the moment.  Feeling really full after that yogurt.  I am getting used to this a lot quicker than I thought; maybe having the right mindset makes it easier to not want to eat so much.  The fact that I know I won't learn anything by giving in makes me want to keep trying. 

5:10 pm.  I ate some early dinner/late lunch, mainly experimenting how I can get by with more protein and less carbs.  So far I have had no bread or cereal today and I haven't crashed.  I have felt a little hungrier when I do start eating, but I managed to eat around 200 calories (an egg which I added cheese to).  I know I should kick the cheese but as I said, I felt really hungry and seemed to be craving dairy.  I don't want to deprive myself too much so I gave in a little.  It is only the second day, my body is still getting used to the diet.  I think the low carb thing will work as long as I don't have many carbs to begin with.  That was my problem yesterday; I started off with carbs so as soon as they burned off my sugar crashed.  Today, I ate little carbs in my breakfast of greek yogurt and honey so now my body isn't demanding it so badly.  I think protein can work if I do it right.  When I do eat I'm going to try to eat more protein than carbs.

Late dinner tonight, I managed alright with ground turkey in spaghetti sauce (no pasta).  But I did give in and have a carb, small piece of 9 grain toast.  It didn't make my sugar crash, but I do find that the more I eat the more I want to eat, so holding out for as long as possible is definitely important.  I had an estimated 400 calories at dinner, bringing me up to 800, which I added around 250 to with an after workout snack.  I feel like I should skipped that, a lot of it is getting into the habit of not eating and accepting having an empty stomach.  Today was ok, tomorrow can be better.  Green tea helped me a lot.

Quick recap of day 2:

1050 cals.

Not weak or cranky because of less carbs.

Tea helped.

Here's to day three!

Best regards,

La Ballerine