Weekly Weigh-in

Redemption!

Down 1.5 lbs.

161.2 lbs

I'm almost in the 150's!

The last two weeks were torture for me not being able to lose weight properly! But it was the shortest plateau I've ever hit. Guess how I busted out!

I ate more! Yay!

When I first started the 2 pounds a week thing back in October, I had read a Biggest Loser thing saying that you should multiply your weight by 7 and that's how many calories you should eat. (Unless you're under like 150 or over 300 or something like that, can't remember) I had never counted calories before and never needed to. But I thought that maybe it help my weight loss be more consistent. It worked. I sucked at it, but I was eating around 1350 every day (and whatever on the weekends). It was hard for a week until my stomach shrunk down a little. Then it was the perfect amount of food, as long as I was smart about where the calories came from. I dropped 10 calories for each pound lost and worked my way down to 1200.

That's where I was last week. 1200. At first it was okay. But then I was soooo hungry all the time! And as you saw, wasn't losing much fat. Turns out, my body had built up too much lean muscle and had become too efficient for 1200 calories. So, I thought I'd experiment by adding 150 calories. I started that at the beginning of this week. I was still starving. So I did some research online. Most calorie calculators said that for how intense my workout is I should be eating around 1500-1800 calories. VICTORY! So I added 300 calories to my day. So much better. I still get pretty hungry between snacks and meals sometimes, so I could probably safely add some more, but we'll see. I'm now eating about 400 per meal and 150 per snack. I usually round up or down and sometimes just guess. I'm by no means perfect. I will still try eating more loosely on the weekends.

This was my sample day from the beginning of the week when I was eating 1350 calories. That's about 350 calories a meal, and 150 per snack at 2 snacks a day.

Breakfast:

Whole grain toast (usually plain)

Egg

Fruit

8 oz Soy Milk (not lactose intolerant, just love the stuff)

Serving of spaghetti-I usually try to steer away from this, because although pasta is my favorite, it's so high in calories that I usually can't eat enough to be full before my calories are used up.

Chunky veggie sauce with lean hamburger (pick the sauces that have less sugar. A REAL sauce should only have about 50 calories)

Steamed Brocolli (plain)

Chobani Greek Yogurt.

I used to eat Yoplait and it NEVER did enough!

This stuff has much less sugar and a TON of protein.

Although it can be hard to get used to the texture, if you prefer the yoplait, look at the nutrition facts, you might as well eat a bowl of ice cream...

Grilled pork loin sandwich on whole wheat bread with light mayo, lettuce, tomato

Steamed zucchini

Yams (this was the only thing I could find in the fridge that would add the extra 50 cals)

Cottage Cheese!

I love this stuff and it's low calorie and high protein. Walmart brand is excellent.

Cocoa Roasted almonds, my new favorite food :) They don't add enough sugar to crank up the calories. That is about 50 calories worth. I typically eat my last snack in bed. I can't fall asleep if I'm hungry!

I just had to throw this picture in while I was taking pictures of food. I ate this on a different day.

Saag: so appropriately named. No, it's not manure, it's the most delicious Indian food made from spinach, tomatoes, and flavor. I added some pork loin. The bread is called Naan. Probably one of my favorite meals in the whole world. Not too bad on the calorie scale either!