I've lost about 9 lbs over the course of this low-carb eating I've been doing. I found that out on Friday, the only day I weigh myself. Since then there has been a decided uptick in my carb intake. This is no accident, it's what I always do.
I had hoped to lose about 8lbs and then maybe work on losing about 5 more at the most. But once I overshot my original goal--which happened quickly and unexpectedly--I started to get rebellious.
By the way, that last 3lb loss was weird. I had lost about .5lbs the week before and then was suddenly down by 3lbs. I thought the scale was wrong, but no, it turns out I really did lose it and am still hovering around there. No idea why.
My pattern with losing weight is that I feel that my clothes are a little loose and then give a mental "fuck you" to...who?...and eat whatever crap I want for several days. This usually erases any room in my waistband again and I'm back to square one.
Now, I haven't thrown the whole deal out. I'm still tracking my menu and thus calorie and carb intake on My Fitness Pal, and that seems to keep me from completely flying off the beam, but still I don't know what I'm pushing back on so hard. One day I felt like I could barely eat enough to not have the tracker yell at me for not eating enough, then next I'm downing M&Ms the same night I made spaghetti for dinner.
Still some work to do there. In any case, I am overall still paying more attention to what I eat and why I'm choosing what I choose. Sometimes sleep feels like the munchies, sometime boredom or loneliness does too. I'm reading more and I picked up what I hope will turn into a part time job (see previous New Venture post). More up and out and less sitting and munching.
And still often giving into real temptation with no regrets.
Wednesday, September 28, 2016
Sunday, September 25, 2016
A new venture
I'm a Tupperware Lady! I know! I can't believe it either!
But really, I signed up last week and so far it's been very fun.
I've been trying to think of what kind of job I wanted to get, now that my homeschool days are over, and the idea of picking up some full time or even part-time outside the house gig made me feel terrible. Aside from the fact that committing to something would get in the way of my long-time event planning work.
My hope is that the Tupperware thing will lace in well around event planning and even leave room for volunteer work.
The fact is, since the kids finished homeschool, I've been spending way too much time on the computer and alone. Not good for me, my psyche or my health.
It was a fairly small financial risk to start up--all in all maybe $200--I'll keep you posted. It may turn out to be less and I will probably be unwilling to invest more and will instead move on to something else.
So that's my news. Want to party or look over the current catalog? Here's my web site: http://lizen.my.tupperware.com/
In other news, I am back down to the weight I formerly hoped I would never get heavier than, LOL! I heard once never to judge your body because today's weight gain will be your future target weight! True for me! If I maintain this weight, that's fine. If I lose more, that's fine too. My clothes fit and that's what I need for now.
Have still been keeping my carbs down under 100 per day and some days I'm really surprised by how much I can still eat.
Zack is still job hunting, but holiday hiring is about to start, so I'm sure he'll land something soon.
I'm already looking forward to Florida in March. Maybe we can get out of town sooner?
But really, I signed up last week and so far it's been very fun.
I've been trying to think of what kind of job I wanted to get, now that my homeschool days are over, and the idea of picking up some full time or even part-time outside the house gig made me feel terrible. Aside from the fact that committing to something would get in the way of my long-time event planning work.
My hope is that the Tupperware thing will lace in well around event planning and even leave room for volunteer work.
The fact is, since the kids finished homeschool, I've been spending way too much time on the computer and alone. Not good for me, my psyche or my health.
It was a fairly small financial risk to start up--all in all maybe $200--I'll keep you posted. It may turn out to be less and I will probably be unwilling to invest more and will instead move on to something else.
So that's my news. Want to party or look over the current catalog? Here's my web site: http://lizen.my.tupperware.com/
In other news, I am back down to the weight I formerly hoped I would never get heavier than, LOL! I heard once never to judge your body because today's weight gain will be your future target weight! True for me! If I maintain this weight, that's fine. If I lose more, that's fine too. My clothes fit and that's what I need for now.
Have still been keeping my carbs down under 100 per day and some days I'm really surprised by how much I can still eat.
Zack is still job hunting, but holiday hiring is about to start, so I'm sure he'll land something soon.
I'm already looking forward to Florida in March. Maybe we can get out of town sooner?
Wednesday, September 21, 2016
Peace
I'm not a writer. It doesn't come easily and no one is ever going to quote some wonderful turn of phrase I've come up with. I like to babble here about stuff I'm up to but it's mostly for friends and family. Never had many hits or followers and that's fine.
I have a whole post written up about what I've been up to lately, but I just can't post it today. I need to post this first.
It's International Day of Peace according to my FaceBook feed. Not much evidence of it if you ask me. Charlotte is breaking out in violent protests. Stranded motorist Terrence Crutcher was shot to death with his hands up. Teenage football players get death threats for exercising their constitutional right to peaceful protest. And more people give a damn about the breakup of Brangelina and feel more outrage about athletes taking a knee than any of this.
To say nothing of bombs in NY, and war in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine. Of windows of Jewish businesses being smashed in France, of right-wing extremists being elected to office around the world.
And Donald Trump climbs in the polls. Trump is headed to the town where my daughter goes to college and I just suggested she stay on campus this weekend because I don't want her to be the victim of or witness to all the violence and hate that he inspires.
No, I am not feeling peaceful today. Instead I am feeling rather helpless, fearful and not very hopeful.
I have a whole post written up about what I've been up to lately, but I just can't post it today. I need to post this first.
It's International Day of Peace according to my FaceBook feed. Not much evidence of it if you ask me. Charlotte is breaking out in violent protests. Stranded motorist Terrence Crutcher was shot to death with his hands up. Teenage football players get death threats for exercising their constitutional right to peaceful protest. And more people give a damn about the breakup of Brangelina and feel more outrage about athletes taking a knee than any of this.
To say nothing of bombs in NY, and war in Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Ukraine. Of windows of Jewish businesses being smashed in France, of right-wing extremists being elected to office around the world.
And Donald Trump climbs in the polls. Trump is headed to the town where my daughter goes to college and I just suggested she stay on campus this weekend because I don't want her to be the victim of or witness to all the violence and hate that he inspires.
No, I am not feeling peaceful today. Instead I am feeling rather helpless, fearful and not very hopeful.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
New Food Tracker
Surfing around the web I came across a rec for a food tracking site called My Fitness Pal It adds up my carbs for the day plus calories, fat, protein and salt intake and sets a goal for the day based on my target weight. Not taking it that seriously but will be using it instead of keeping a food diary here.
If you're interested you can see my logs at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/LizEN1.
In other news, we're getting used to only having three people in the house but it is still very weird. I am appreciating technology. We hear from Katie in a variety of ways and pretty often. I doubt the frequency will keep up once classes start getting more demanding and her social calendar fills, but it is great to know she is doing well and taking good care of herself.
Zack is back on the hunt for a job. Pete and I both grew up with family businesses so we're not much of a resource on how to get a first job, but I'm sure he will find something.
I am planning to tackle a lot of household projects, but first have to catch up on a lot of housework. Never a fav!
If you're interested you can see my logs at http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/diary/LizEN1.
In other news, we're getting used to only having three people in the house but it is still very weird. I am appreciating technology. We hear from Katie in a variety of ways and pretty often. I doubt the frequency will keep up once classes start getting more demanding and her social calendar fills, but it is great to know she is doing well and taking good care of herself.
Zack is back on the hunt for a job. Pete and I both grew up with family businesses so we're not much of a resource on how to get a first job, but I'm sure he will find something.
I am planning to tackle a lot of household projects, but first have to catch up on a lot of housework. Never a fav!
Friday, September 2, 2016
Catching up--get used to it!
Yeah, well, maybe it would have been fair to warn you that I'm a flighty blog-keeper. Sometimes I feel like posting a lot. More often I start doing other things and then remember this exists.
In any case, it was way more important to spend a lot of time with my daughter before she went away to college and once we got back from dropping her off I had to attend to all the other things I put off while we were getting ready.
It was my goal to go pretty low-carb for about a month and I made it just about through August. But I had every intention of being very liberal with carbs when I got close to Katie leaving. I wanted to make a lot of her homemade favs and hit a few restaurants we like and then, during drop off, I knew we would have to be eating some school and restaurant food.
When I'm on a food program, I try to make better and conscious food choices. On a menu, I try to make the best selection I can from the choices I have. If I think I'll be indulging, I try to pick my times and keep to the plan for the rest of the day.
This has worked out pretty well. I kept asking myself "is this what I want to spend my carbs on?" The answer has been yes for cookies and tarts at a reception; tuna casserole; fruit; a doughnut from the Apple House; real NY style pizza; papdum and maybe the sauces at an Indian restaurant; packaged peanut butter and some things I've forgotten but you get the idea. Not worth it to me were rice; bread; crap pizza; ice cream; chocolate milk; candy and a bunch of other carby things.
Lots of cheat days! I even skipped a couple of workouts! Still, the bloating has remained at bay, I enjoyed many good times with my family and I even lost a few more pounds (about 5lbs total now).
In other news, I made two kinds of Cloud Bread. The original recipe was good but then I found one for a loaf of cloud bread and I tried that one. Both were pretty good. Have to say I like them better right out of the oven, they seem to taste eggier once refrigerated. But everyone here liked them overall and I was nice to bite into something bready for a change. Not hard to make, but I do need my mixer which means hauling out the ten-ton Kitchen Aid. I'll make it every now and then. It sure is pretty out of the oven.
In any case, it was way more important to spend a lot of time with my daughter before she went away to college and once we got back from dropping her off I had to attend to all the other things I put off while we were getting ready.
It was my goal to go pretty low-carb for about a month and I made it just about through August. But I had every intention of being very liberal with carbs when I got close to Katie leaving. I wanted to make a lot of her homemade favs and hit a few restaurants we like and then, during drop off, I knew we would have to be eating some school and restaurant food.
When I'm on a food program, I try to make better and conscious food choices. On a menu, I try to make the best selection I can from the choices I have. If I think I'll be indulging, I try to pick my times and keep to the plan for the rest of the day.
This has worked out pretty well. I kept asking myself "is this what I want to spend my carbs on?" The answer has been yes for cookies and tarts at a reception; tuna casserole; fruit; a doughnut from the Apple House; real NY style pizza; papdum and maybe the sauces at an Indian restaurant; packaged peanut butter and some things I've forgotten but you get the idea. Not worth it to me were rice; bread; crap pizza; ice cream; chocolate milk; candy and a bunch of other carby things.
Lots of cheat days! I even skipped a couple of workouts! Still, the bloating has remained at bay, I enjoyed many good times with my family and I even lost a few more pounds (about 5lbs total now).
In other news, I made two kinds of Cloud Bread. The original recipe was good but then I found one for a loaf of cloud bread and I tried that one. Both were pretty good. Have to say I like them better right out of the oven, they seem to taste eggier once refrigerated. But everyone here liked them overall and I was nice to bite into something bready for a change. Not hard to make, but I do need my mixer which means hauling out the ten-ton Kitchen Aid. I'll make it every now and then. It sure is pretty out of the oven.
Carb count, breakfast, workouts and sweating. Food Diary 8/16
Hey--so here's this installment I drafted about three weeks ago and never got around to posting:
I hadn't been adding up my daily carb count, but decided to get a rough idea today.
WOW-that yogurt has a lot of carbs and relative to other fruits, blueberries are toward the high end. I thought that meant I'd have to find another alternative. It can't be eggs. They make me sick if I have too many. I hate eating veg for breakfast. Lox is great but very expensive. :-P
But I started adding up the whole day and I'm still coming in way under 100g. If I'm going to spend my carbs, I'm happy to do it in the morning with I breakfast I like.
As far as the effect on my workouts (running), I'm finding I'm sweating a lot more and keeping my pace up might be harder, but can't tell because some days I'm on the treadmill and some days on the street. Reading up on the sweating I found that it's pretty common and way worse for some people. I'm only noticing it if I exert myself others are sweating all day at first. Now--I also get fun fun hot flashes, but I can tell the difference but hard to explain how.
Breakfast
Yogurt with blueberries and pecans
Lunch
Egg Salad:
and a few mini peperonis while I waited for the eggs to boil. Love those peperonis and the label says 0 carbs, go figure.
(note to self, boil eggs to have on hand!)
I hadn't been adding up my daily carb count, but decided to get a rough idea today.
WOW-that yogurt has a lot of carbs and relative to other fruits, blueberries are toward the high end. I thought that meant I'd have to find another alternative. It can't be eggs. They make me sick if I have too many. I hate eating veg for breakfast. Lox is great but very expensive. :-P
But I started adding up the whole day and I'm still coming in way under 100g. If I'm going to spend my carbs, I'm happy to do it in the morning with I breakfast I like.
As far as the effect on my workouts (running), I'm finding I'm sweating a lot more and keeping my pace up might be harder, but can't tell because some days I'm on the treadmill and some days on the street. Reading up on the sweating I found that it's pretty common and way worse for some people. I'm only noticing it if I exert myself others are sweating all day at first. Now--I also get fun fun hot flashes, but I can tell the difference but hard to explain how.
Breakfast
Yogurt with blueberries and pecans
Lunch
Egg Salad:
and a few mini peperonis while I waited for the eggs to boil. Love those peperonis and the label says 0 carbs, go figure.
(note to self, boil eggs to have on hand!)
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