So yesterday wasn't a terribly great day. I ate alright in the morning, managed to do every three hours and I think I did OK on calorie intake, but then at dinner I had about three whole pita breads, with plenty of hummus on top. Then three glasses of wine. Then a mug of ice cream. At least the options were fairly healthy, even if I did eat more than I had planned to. Although I still don't think I went over maybe 1300 cal. yesterday.
But the beginning of my days are what I'm trying to focus on this week anyway. Actually eating, not forgetting, not letting my metabolism continue it's slow crawl to the grave. I still don't understand all my problems with weight loss. I think this blog, and the accountability will help me determine whether it's all me, or whether there really are other issues going on with my body that are making a difference.
I have not lost anything... in fact the scale went up a pound today. I could understand maybe not losing weight yet, but gaining?? What have I done that would make me gain weight? If I am gaining weight doing what I'm doing, WHAT AM I DOING WRONG? I feel like there's nothing I can do. I know that's not a good mindset, but I can't help it when nothing I do seems to make a difference. Where is the gap here? I'm gonna keep at it this week, and see whether there's a reflection of it at all on the scale. If not... well... I'll have to deal with that then.
Maybe I'm not trying hard enough?
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ReplyDeleteI haven't looked through it, but it might be helpful.
How are you doing on exercise? Building muscle is just as important as dieting for raising your metabolic rate.
Are you actually counting calories? I know you posted some counts yesterday. But, "mug" of ice cream is how much at 160 kcal/half cup? (I actually weighed my serving of ice cream one time and found that one of our large mugs holds ~500-600 kcal worth). 5 oz of wine = 160 kcal. One pita was easily between 160-200 kcal. Hummus = 70 kcal/2 tbsp. The meal itself was literally glistening.
Again, I'm not trying to criticize, Lord knows I sucked it up yesterday food-wise.
Yeah, I had been keeping track all day, up to the first pita+hummus. I just figured you guys didn't want a food diary from me out of this. I was estimating most of my calories from dinner, and actually it was not terribly far off from the ones you just posted. I had had about 300 calories earlier in the day, and with the counts you posted, I'm amending my earlier estimation to be about 1500 for the day. Which is certainly terrible. To have 1200 out of 1500 calories come from one meal is never good.
ReplyDeleteNo exercise, muscle-building wise. Moderate cardio, walks and the like. Work has actually been getting me up to a decent sweat, heart rate elevated and everything. So I guess doing more strength training is the exercise goal I need to work towards? I still want to swim, but I need to figure out how to afford it.
And no, I definitely am not taking it as criticism. This is the point, right? Feedback. I like hearing these things, makes me not feel so hopeless.