Siqua's Weight Loss Extravaganza!

[Siqua]

Okay, the title might suggest it is exciting, but so far it is rather boring. I ate JUNK while on vacation with my family, but was very active, always going somewhere and lost four pounds. Also, staying at my father's house, snacking on junk was impossible, as he doesn't have ANY. The man lives on lean meat and salads.

So yesterday was my first day in a long time of counting calories and, last night was not ideal. I understand why I have not been losing now, even when I stay on my diet. Nighttime is terrible. DH comes home from work, and he is overweight, and NOT on a diet. He is of some belief that even if he diets, it won't help or many other excuses.

Regardless, I find myself suddenly realizing that we, as a couple, have developed a terrible habit of snacking together at night. Once our son goes to sleep, we whip out the goodies. So last night was so hard, and I only had 278 calories left, so I had a glass of wine and some cheese and crackers and that was the end. But it wasn't. Then I got more, and went over my calories for the day. '

Meanwhile, DH is all snacking on bad awful stuff that I too want to eat. Ugh. And he is like, "Don't blame me." I know I am the one who is responsible for what I eat, but he sure isn't making it easy. I need a way to survive the nighttimes.

 

[Iwannachoccie]

Hi! Its a shame he cant join you, does he know your reasons for wanting to loose weight? do you think he's happy with his size?
If you buy the shopping then just stock up on healthy snacks, so he'll just have to go without and not tempt you

 

[dd82]

I stock up on 10 cal jellies so you can eat a couple lol,

 

[Siqua]

Well yesterday was a complete success!!! DH had to go out drinking after work and was not hungry when he got home so it was super easy to not eat after dinner. I actually had an extra 275 calories at the end of the day, set aside for snacks too !!! I did an extra 20 minutes of exercise - some pilates too- but it was only worth 64 calories. I have no idea why that is considered cardio and not strength according to MFP.

So it's looking good. I'm feeling like I can do this now.

 

[Siqua]

Last night was epic fail, and all mine. DH was home and NOT snacking and I was nervous about this computer class I am now taking for the 2nd time. I really want to do it, but I keep getting nervous and having problems concentrating on it at all. So I turned to food.

I have found my demon now. Somehow I learned to eat to temporarily treat nervousness. I know it doesn't work. I'm not sure how I'm going to lick this. It seems to only strike at nighttime, like the hours between 7pm-11pm are just dangerous.

 

[Siqua]

Okay, so two days off, with that time of month and a head cold, I was just feeling miserable. I don't even think I overate much, but just felt awful and definitely not like exercising. I'm still trying to take it easy but might do some light exercise. I'm back onto tracking my food in MFP again. I bought some low cal rice cakes at the store last night. I hope these will help me with my night time cravings.

 

[Siqua]

Bad, bad, bad. Ugh, feeling awful, not tracking food. I'll be back tomorrow and ready to exercise and eat right again.

 

[Siqua]

Okay, I'm back on the wagon. Unfortunately I have gained 3 pounds from the 2nd half of last week. I hope it just comes off as easy.

 

[vix5]

What is your MFP login? Let me know how today goes- I am so tempted to fall off the wagon today- soo far I haven't but really feel the need for a big feed up ha ha!

 

[Siqua]

Wow. Last night was very very hard, but I did it. I completed my day under my calorie goal. I was SO tired yesterday I did not exercise, so that didn't help. One thing I did do, is I changed my goals on MFP. I had it set to lose the maximum, and my daily calories was 1200. Well that isn't much and I went over constantly. There's something about once you go over, it's easier to just grab another snack, and why bother counting once you've gone over. Well, so now I get 1490 calories a day, attempting to lose 1 pound a week, and that will suit me much better now.

My MFP name is siqua- you can add me if you like!

 

[Siqua]

Have done quite well today, even enough for a snack still. I am very tired, and I feel like I have a little bit better control over knowing that tired is not a reason to eat. It's quite confusing. I guess I was in the habit for eating for many kinds of uncomfortable feelings, including tiredness.

Drinking tons of herbal tea is helping today. I also made a pitcher of crystal light with club soda - yummy. It ended up way better than I expected it would and only 5 calories per 1/6th of the pitcher!

 

[Siqua]

I'm doing this! The exercise went to the wayside for a bit. I changed my calories by changing my goal from losing 2 pounds a week, which left me at 1200 calories a day, to losing just 1 pound a week, which gives me 1490 calories a day. 1490 calories is way easier. I am still going over a bit here and there, but not nearly so much as when I only had 1200 calories a day.

I'm going to make an effort to step up the exercise now that I don't feel completely starving all the time.

 

[Siqua]

Ack, got a UTI. I'm taking a mini-break from any exercise ATM. Still watching the calories. I have been watching them all week, but I am so weak at night, and I usually go over by a few hundred each day. I am not eating enough to maintain, it is just slowing down the losing process. At least I am still on the right path.

 

[Siqua]

I'm super proud of myself last night. DH bought danishes from the store. I don't even really like them, but normally I would get some awful snack to go with them but instead I had some low cal yogurt with some chocolate chips in it. It was a little treat but nowhere near the caloric disaster of a danish.

 

[Siqua]

Haha!!!! I've done it! I've lost FIVE pounds since starting. I'm so happy. I feel like this is finally starting to pay off. For two weeks in a row my weight was 168, so I honestly didn't expect much today. When I saw 165, meaning I'd lost 3 pounds in the last week, I just couldn't believe it. I stepped off the scale and back on to check again. Then I made sure the scale was zero-ed properly. I was just in disbelief. I'm so happy. This progress is motivating me to keep going.

 

[Siqua]

I'm starving and it's only around 7pm. I changed my settings on MFP again to lose more weight, but I gotta say 1200 calories is not enough. The only way I'm going to lose it any faster is by exercising more.

 

[Siqua]

Not much exercise last week and a struggle to keep the calories under control. Going to try and exercise today. I am so tired due to staying up watching Planet of the Apes: Rise of the Apes, last night. It was a good movie, but I need to get to bed earlier so I can get up and exercise early on. I guess as long as I get it done, it doesn't matter much when I do it. I would like to exercise in the mornings though.

Have not officially weighed in this week. It is looking like I gained a pound and am back up to 166.