Moving Again!

Excellent start to my day- just weighed myself, and I'm down to 275.5... that's 14.5 pounds lost! After quite a few days with no progress, I went back to the beginning of tracking calories and sticking to mostly veggies. It seems  to be working- I lost another 3 pounds! I'm pretty excited :)

Dis-heartened

... and impatient. After a VERY successful first couple of weeks, there has been no change for the last week and a half. There are reasons for that (I haven't been drinking as much water and I've been going over my calorie allotment), but I feel like I should have lost at least a COUPLE of pounds in that time. I want to get the diet thing under control before I worry about adding in exercise. I've stayed away from sugar, processed "foods" and grains, but I tend to overdo it with dairy. Cheese has SO MANY calories for such a small portion. And one day I had two cups of cottage cheese for dinner, which I later found out is 112 calories... per 1/4 cup! That was almost 500 calories in cottage cheese alone!

Still, for the most part I'm doing my best to stick to 1480 calories per day, but it just seems like there is never enough day to fit all my calories :( The scale is stuck at 279... some days it is 279.5, some it is 280, but mostly it is 279.5. I'm still tracking my food on MyFitnessPal, and I'm not about to give up yet, but I'm hoping the scale starts moving again soon. This whole thing is quite depressing.

Thursday, 2/28/13

I had a bad food day. A very bad food day. The office ordered pizza, and it smelled & looked SO good, so I had a slice. Which probably wouldn't have been so bad if I hadn't had a crap ton of cottage cheese too. Together they had 680 calories, 32g of fat, 12g of sugar & 47g of carbs! Omg. Lesson learned. That put me at 1,927 calories for the day, which is almost 450 MORE than I should be having. Wow. Perspective. Next time, I won't deprive myself if I've been doing really well (and I HAVE been doing really well!), but something else will have to go instead. Cottage cheese OR pizza. I didn't take a pic of the pizza (or the string cheese I just ate after work), but here's everything else I ate today:

Breakfast: 3 Egg Omelet with peppers, onions, tomatoes & salsa

 Lunch: Zucchini Boats (another recipe from Pinterest, which can be found here)

Dinner: Leftovers from last night (grilled chicken breast w/ Italian salad dressing marinade) and green beans, and a slice of Little Ceaser's 3-Meat Pizza. (No pics)

Snacks: Almonds, cottage cheese, cucumber slices, string cheese stick

Tomorrow will be better!

Wednesday, 2/27/13

Breakfast: Ants on a log!

Yes, the raisins have sugar, yes the peanut butter has sugar, but dammit, I wanted them! Also had a cup of green tea.

Lunch: Zucchini Cups

Recipe found on on Pinterest (again!), originally posted here: http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2009/09/recipe-for-meat-tomato-and-mozzarella.html

(There were actually 7 cups, but I ate four before I remembered to take a picture)

I also mixed the leftover meat/sauce with the zucchini guts and parm cheese, then baked with shredded cheese on top.

Dinner: Italian Chicken (chicken and Italian salad dressing), Spinach, Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli

Another Great Idea From Pinterest

I saw this idea on Pinterest months ago and loved it, and a couple of days ago, I finally did it. Credit goes to Jon for putting the stickers on- mine looked like the bunny trail at Windham :)

 $5 at Dollar Tree! (There are approximately 100 stones in each bag, in case you've ever wondered!)

Not Sure What Direction to Take This Blog...

Okay, I'm already sick of documenting all of my meals. I might give this up, but I'm not sure. If I'm not blogging my meals, what do I have to write about? Also, it's difficult to take pictures at work because I use my cell phone to do so, and cell phones aren't allowed in the jail. Any ideas?

Results!

WOW! Since I started my low-carb, low-sugar, processed-food-free lifestyle, I've lost 11 pounds! Craziness, considering I've only been doing it a little over a week! The last 9 days have been great- I was warned about the sugar and carb cravings, but for whatever reason, I haven't been plagued by those *yet* (and hopefully I won't be). The Girl Scout cookies I bought two weeks ago laid in my garbage can next to my desk all week, and I wasn't even tempted. I haven't missed bread at all. Occasionally I think about pasta or chocolate, but even those desires are miniscule and fleeting. I think because I am not depriving myself, I don't feel like I'm "on a diet", and therefore I don't feel like I'm missing out. Plus, I have tons of energy, and by tracking my food on MFP & blogging, I'm staying accountable. I hope this time I can keep it up!