The 2011 New Year Diet Resolution Thread

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Black Diamond wrote:

Been good except for last night's B-day dinner for my Mrs. Pizzza MMMMM

But otherwise been a good boy.

Special K this am
Turkey breast for lunch at 1
Lean Cuisine for dinner

Before yesterday I was down 7.5 lbs. We shall see tomorrow.

Dont forget the diet bread.......

QuarterToTen

drastically cutting carbs
forgetting that butter exists
and resuming walking a half hour a day

happy f'n new year indeed haha

kenny olav

I lost 10 pounds in the first half of last year and spent the last half gaining it back. doh!

I should really join a gym... I was talking long speed-walks on a nearly daily basis when the weather was nice, and I will again when spring rolls around, but I don't want to lose my motivation to exercise when it gets dark and cold again, or if it's raining. Okay... I'm doing this. For real.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

thermos of soup
thermos of coffee
tuna sandwich.....

Another big day for SPEEDY!!!!!!

Triple cheeseburger
Italian beef, wet, with sweet and hot peppers
Double dog, char-broiled, with musturd, onion, x-tra pickles
Cheese fries
onion rings
chocolate malt......

one can dream....hehehehehehehehe

eyedclaar

Black Diamond wrote:

Before yesterday I was down 7.5 lbs.

Damn, you are back down to basically your birth weight. That is one awesome diet, BD.

Steve Dunne

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Black Diamond

Steve Dunne wrote:

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Nice!!!

Claireack

14/01

decaff coffee with 1 diet sugar x 8
Water

2 weetabix with 1/2 teaspoon sugar with skimmed milk
Lots of grapes
Cheese & onion flan, didn't eat the pastry
+ big salad
Beans & mozarella on toast (seedy bread)
Low fat yoghurt
Naughty moment 4 x 5cm rum truffles :(

Exercise 2 mile walk

Keep slipping in naughty things - maybe I'm not in the right frame of mind for this.

TravisTheSky

decides2dream wrote:

avocado/guacamole is supposed to be one of those really great, healthy fats...but whenever i eat it, i always gain weight.

Could be food intolerance. When I eat tomato products, I gain half a pound. If I eat tomato every day, I will gain a total of five pounds- then it will stop, and I can eat as much tomato as I want- as long as I'm happy being five pounds heavier.

When I stop consuming tomato products, I'll lose at least half a pound per day until I've lost five pounds.

I have similar problems with potato and soybeans. I seriously need to have NAET therapy done to cure my myriad of food allergies/intolerances. I dream of one day indulging in leafy greens again!!! Honestly. I miss them terribly.

decides2dream

TravisTheSky wrote:

decides2dream wrote:

avocado/guacamole is supposed to be one of those really great, healthy fats...but whenever i eat it, i always gain weight.

Could be food intolerance. When I eat tomato products, I gain half a pound. If I eat tomato every day, I will gain a total of five pounds- then it will stop, and I can eat as much tomato as I want- as long as I'm happy being five pounds heavier.

When I stop consuming tomato products, I'll lose at least half a pound per day until I've lost five pounds.

I have similar problems with potato and soybeans. I seriously need to have NAET therapy done to cure my myriad of food allergies/intolerances. I dream of one day indulging in leafy greens again!!! Honestly. I miss them terribly.

well fuck it, if that's the case...i don't give a shit.
i love, love, love guacamole!
i don't eat it THAT often - if i eat it once a week, it's a lot. so i can deal with it. if 'all' the possible allergy does is make me gain, i'm ok with it. guac is worth it.
just seems funny is all.
i can eat great, but if i eat guac, i gain...i can sometimes eat like shit and should gain, and i don't.
it's all a mystery.


claire - you have to allow yourself indulgences, plan for em....that's LIFE. if you don't, if you just deprive....sure, you'll lose weight, but you'll gain it right back. you must find a balance that you can live with so you can keep the weight off.


and i say this from experience. the ONE and only time i ever 'dieted' i did atkins. i did great. i lost 35 pounds. then, i went back to normal life, and gained it all back...

decides2dream

well, holding steady with my 5 pound loss. so that's sumthin' i guess. was hoping for a bit more improvement, but c'est la vie. still damn good since i began monday, have to focus on that. ate exactly as outlined earlier yesterday.

today...
breakfast
kashi go lean crunch with skim milk

snack
decaf black iced coffee + 1 truvia
clementine

lunch
chicken soup
2 celery stalks with 2 tablespoons chipolte pepper hummus
1/4 cup wasabi almonds
1/2 cup raspberries/blueberries
pepperjack cheese stick
water

snack
clementine

dinner
whole grain penne pasta
italian hot sausage
hubby's homemade arrabiatta sauce
iced white tea

hope to keep it at that.



the weekends are when i usually traverse faaaarrrrrr off the reservation, so this being my first weekend, i am going to try to be especially vigilant. *fingers crossed*

justam

Have a good weekend d2d.

Claireack

decides2dream wrote:

claire - you have to allow yourself indulgences, plan for em....that's LIFE. if you don't, if you just deprive....sure, you'll lose weight, but you'll gain it right back. you must find a balance that you can live with so you can keep the weight off

Yeah I know, I just keep beating myself up about it - someones birthday at work today, so had a small piece of chocolate cake - it was heaven!!

15/01

2 normal coffees + one diet sugar (tired today)
Water
Weetabix minis & semi skimmed milk
Piece of chocolate cake (small)
1 slices of seedy bread with marmite and low fat cheese (toasted)
Fresh orange x 2
Weetabix minis & skimmed milk
Weight watchers Nacho's 70 something calories
Apple

Exercise = 1/2 mile walk with friends dog this am, 3 mile walk with friends dog this pm

Going out to eat twice tommorrow, lunchtime and dinner time. Will try not to overdo it.

Have a good weekend, D2D you will be fine

decides2dream

claire - do you plan your meals?
i find that helps. a LOT.
i mean, my breakfast i don't have to plan, as it is usually 1 of 2 things, but my lunch/snacks i have to plan since i bring it in daily to consume at work....and i really, really try to STICK to just what i bring in. we have vending machines, we have people always bringing in crap, etc....but i try to focus on MY goals, and i do try to think long-term over instant gratification. i am big for being instantly gratified, so it's a work in progress :P...but seriously, if you give yourself the 15 seconds to just think before you dive in, it helps. honest. as to dinner, it must be planned as i don't do the cooking, and hubby is home 2 hours before me, things need to be taken out of the freezer, etc. again, it helps. usually after we eat dinner, we think what we want the next night. then, afterwards, pop out of the freezer whatever, if anything, needs to defrost, and then i make up my lunch for the next day....then.....relax. granted it's only 5 days now, but again...i really, truly think it helps to stay on track.

also, i make sure i have good snacks in the house, and have been trying to steer hubby clear of purchasing major temptations for me. there are a lot of snacks that he likes that i don't, or at the very least aren't as tempting as others i love. it helps just not having that shit in the house. i DO have a lot of wine in the house, just telling me 'drink me! drink me!' but i promised myself i would not have any until 02.14....and i plan on sticking with it.

one more thing, do you have specific goals/timeframes? or are you more vague? i think having a major long-term goal with an end date, and then smaller goals with end dates....also helps. obviously, need to be realistic goals. or slightly lofty, but not too lofty so you don't feel disappointed.


and thanks claire and justam for the weekend encouragement. it would be awesome to actually lose weight over a weekend, for once ...or at the very least, not gain! THAT would be an accomplishment in and of itself.

Claireack

Well ideally I'd like to loose a stone by June, usually have low cal/healthy snacks in the cupboard but last weekend shopped at our local supermarket, which unfortunately burnt down before christmas, it's currently operating out a large tent like structure, so it's a bit limited. I'm going to a bigger supermarket on Monday after work so hopefully will be able to stock up on a few things.

I'm crap at planning meals, I really should focus more on it. I tend to eat what I feel like from the choice in the cupboard on that day. It often means, that I can't eat what I fancy because we don't have it. Maybe I'll plan a weeks food in advance, that's probably a good idea. I'm not a very organised person, so may struggle a little.

decides2dream

Claireack wrote:

Well ideally I'd like to loose a stone by June, usually have low cal/healthy snacks in the cupboard but last weekend shopped at our local supermarket, which unfortunately burnt down before christmas, it's currently operating out a large tent like structure, so it's a bit limited. I'm going to a bigger supermarket on Monday after work so hopefully will be able to stock up on a few things.

I'm crap at planning meals, I really should focus more on it. I tend to eat what I feel like from the choice in the cupboard on that day. It often means, that I can't eat what I fancy because we don't have it. Maybe I'll plan a weeks food in advance, that's probably a good idea. I'm not a very organised person, so may struggle a little.

firstly, yikes!

secondly, yea...planning is good.
and hey, we don't plan out for the week in detail. we check what we've got at home, in the freezer, than do just a rough sketch of planning...our go-to meals, what we might want to eat that week, etc. like this past week, decided what to eat each day the night before. also planned it around consuming the fresh veggies early in the week, make sure they don't spoil, etc. then towards the end of the week, the easier stuff. my breakfasts/lunches vary some, but not by much as you can see....so i just make sure i have my basics on hand, and always am sure to stock up on my lunch fresh produce needed. once you start, it really isn't difficult. also, i find with planning for the next day, keeps me on target better than just eating what i feel like. we're also working on some financial goals, so it helps us stay out of restaurants...good for our wallet and my waistline. you just need to commit yourself (at least somewhat) to your goals. i am a very organized person :P ...but i don't think it's necessary to do much organizing to plan meals somewhat. or even if you want to decide the day of, fine....but just plan healthy! and yes....avoid the 'temptations' as much as possible, by allowing/planning for some snacks/rewards., rather than just indulging willy-nilly, ya know? if you plan on it, then you won't feel like you're depriving yourself when you forgo the chocolate cake a colleague brings in, or at least, not as much...;)


but sure....start with thinking
what do you like to eat
what fits within your goals
than make a shopping list around some staple foods that fit both criteria
then plan your food consumption for each day, the day before...the day of...doesn't matter. just being mindful of it is what matters.


btw - what's a stone?
i used to know, is it about 13 pounds?
if you only want to lose a stone - lucky you!
and you're giving yourself until june?
well then, you really don't have to do much 'work'.....you've got 20 weeks for 13 pounds.....less than a pound of loss a week, not bad at all and should be doable with a minimal amount of sacrifice.

nevermind, gotta love google:
http://www.convert-me.com/en/convert/un ... ne.en.html
1 stone = 14 pounds

so still, not bad at all for you!

mr.pink

Its entirely possible to change your tastes. I did it this last year. After learning how excess fats would hinder my ability to gain muscle and weight, I really dove into a carb-protein based diet with just enough healthy omega-3s. I'm sure my cardio-vascular thanks me. I never thought I'd not crave pizza or hamburgers! Another plus is not wanting to go out because I can make the food I enjoy the most at home. Except carne asada tacos, but those are healthy.

Claireack

Sat 16/01

Decaff coffee with diet sugar & skimmed milk x 4
Water

Potato skin with guacamole, beans & cheese (small portion)
Garlic bread (small portion)
Chips (about 4)
Ginger latte x 2
Spring roll, noodles & bean sprouts, egg foo young, crispy seaweed, garlic rice (small portion of each, take-away)
5 After eight mints
4 bottles of cider
1 big glass of Cheeky Vimpto

Exercise Dog walking 1st thing (not too far though) & early evening

D2D - went to the health food shop today and asked about Stevia, apparently it is banned over here and has been for a few years. So I got Xylitol which the woman in there said was a natural sweetner and hopefully won't taste like the disgusting aspartame stuff I've been using so far . It did say on the packet though that if you eat too much you may have to visit the toilet rather rapidly (to put it politely), will give it a go though.

Claireack

17/01

Decaff coffee + diet sugar & skimmed milk x 5
Orange juice
Water
Options hot chocolate x 1
Weetabix minis
1 slice of toast with beans
2 bowls of muesli type cereal
2 slices toast

Exercise; walk with friends dog approx 4 miles

decides2dream

YAY!
made it thru the weekend, didn't gain!
:thumbup:

i did, however, drink 2 glasses of wine on friday. :oops: came home, hubby already had the bottle open...thought i was only drinking on the weekends. he already had it open, how could i say no? however, i made it clear, no more wine until 02.14!

also was looking into online food journals - free of course - and what a pain in the arse. i might as well just do it in a program like excel or word. haha. i don't actually want to count every calorie, make it even more work than it is. too bad. for now, i'm just going to keep using this thread.

so for the weekend:

saturday
1 grapefruit
kashi go lean crunch with skim milk
iced decaf coffee + skim milk + 1 truvia

clementine
1/4 cup wasabi almonds

iced white tea
6 BBQ wings
corn on the cob/smart balance spread/S&P

sunday
8 oz. oj
iced decaf coffee + skim milk + 1 truvia
bacon, 1 egg and cheddar on an whole grain english muffin

15 blue corn chips + salsa
carrot & celery with non-fat greek yogurt dip

2 diet cokes
homemade pizza bagel - mozzarella & sauce
2 small piece of licorice


today

kashi go lean crunch with skim milk
iced decaf coffee with skim milk, 1 truvia

clementine
banana
iced decaf coffee black with 1 truvia

cup mixed baby greens with proscuitto, fresh mozzarella, black olives, roasted red pepper & balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup raspberries/blueberries
1/4 cup almonds

clementine

iced white tea
shrimp stir-fry with snowpeas, carrots, broccoli, scallions, red peppers
jasmine rice

1 ghirardelli dark chocolate or 100 calorie microwave popcorn

so week 1 complete, down 5 pounds - hope to make more progress this week.




btw claire - stevia...banned?! :shock: do you know wtf for?
makes me wonder...
here, it's considered 100% natural and healthy/safe, so idk.