Every Monday is Day 1!

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Registered: 12-21-2005
Every Monday is Day 1!
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Mon, 02-05-2007 - 11:04am

Honestly, it's true. Every Monday it's like I start over again. Very frustrating. Guess my will is not doing so great. I've gotten lots of advice but i seem to be doing my own thing...

the formula i'm trying to follow now instead of always using the book cause it's too strict is this;

breakfast:
1 protein (egg, 2 canadian bacon)
1 starchy carb (oatmeal, cream of wheat, ww bread)
1 carb - fruit
1 dairy (soy milk in oatmeal or some skim milk in coffee)

Snack:
1 fruit with a cheesestring

Lunch:
Salad
Protein (leftover meat of some sort)
WW pita bread

Snack:
ff plain yogurt with sweetener

Dinner:
Protein
Veggies
Couscous or ww pasta

Snack:
still working on that one
- fruit
- popcorn
- chocolate
- hummus and celery

I know that because I exercise quite regularly I should definitely be eating more food but is this too much or should this be ok, with the exception of course of the nightly snacks.

I'm finding that i keep turning to my South Beach book food plans and I hate doing that...i really would rather just stop worrying so much about the plan and really get a good habit down pat. Does that make sense?

Supposedly all this stress about what to eat and when KEEPS the fat on!

what do you think of my plan?

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 2:57pm

Hi,


I agree.

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Registered: 12-21-2005
Mon, 02-05-2007 - 3:13pm

yah, typically the weekends are a little harder although we do try to make healthy 'treats'. this past weekend we made homemade tortilla pizzas and they were fantastic.
Lately I just feel like I am craving more carbs...and sometimes it's purely sweet stuff which is very rare for me. Today I had a big breakfast, and didn't end up eating my snack but had my lunch at noon, which was a chicken breast and salad, with a V8. Then about half an hour ago I was starving so I went and grabbed a bagel with cream cheese. Honestly, I normally don't eat that kind of stuff in the afternoon but it completely satisfied me.

So maybe what i'll do is find my list of cans and cannot's and work that way. I just noticed someone talking about ff yogurt and pudding...that sounds great, so maybe it'll be a better way for me to get my dairy cause I'm really not getting alot normally.

I guess i'm really feeling frustrated because I haven't lost one single pound since I started this. And I know it's possible to, but am starting to feel like it's just me and I'm doomed to never lose this weight.

Sorry about the pity party but it's a little frustrating.

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Tue, 02-06-2007 - 3:29am

Hi,


No need to apologize for venting.

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Registered: 12-21-2005
Wed, 02-07-2007 - 6:59pm

Thanks for your encouraging words. I've felt a little bit better after reading your last post. I've started a new journal for february so feel free to take a look and let me know what you think. i'm posting not only my menu but my daily activities as well. After talking to my trainer tonight, i decided that in a months' time if after climbing all these stairs, and doing all these classes as well as spinning, squash and weight lifting that i'm not losing any weight then i will really try something else. LOL.

i think i'm just impatient....but i will definitely stop the weekend 'throwing my hands up in the air like i just lost a fight' thing.

See you!

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Registered: 04-01-2004
Wed, 02-07-2007 - 7:56pm

I think you've got a great plan.

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