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Originally Posted by Lyman  With my current lifestyle I am walking roughly 1-3 (so I guess 2 to be fair) miles a day, with about a half an hour of light exercise (dumbbells, running and, disconcertingly, a thighmaster) in the morning. |
This is a good start! Cardiovascular exercise is going to be one of your best friends in your weight loss battle. Are you planning on keeping this same routine for a while or do you think you might step it up a bit in the future?
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Originally Posted by Lyman As far as food intake goes I try and graze over the course of the day rather than starve myself. When I can't keep tabs on keeping the nutrition perfectly balanced I fall back on calorie counting. Wouldn't be an ideal day-to-day solution, but in a pinch if I find myself eating crap I at least know I'm not eating too much crap.
Breakfast I try and keep between 100-200 calories. Black coffee or water, with either a bowl of raspberries or strawberries (either one clocks in at under 100) and sometimes a light cereal bar. Alpen do some pretty nice tasting 70 calorie ones. I guess one of the biggest changes in my life was making sure I ate breakfast everyday. When I was my most out of shape I found I couldn't eat in the mornings because the thought made me feel a little queasy. In retrospect I think this was because of all the consistent junk I would eat late in the day, festering in my gut overnight and resulting in a kind of food 'hangover' the next morning. Now I try not to eat anything past 9pm, which can be kinda trying.
During the course of the day I try and work as much as I can while I'm physically inactive so that I can keep my mind off eating. Fortunately my MA is very time-consuming and I tend to get lost in my work. Sometimes I even find too much time has gone by without eating. I've found a pretty decent tucked-away cafe where I get a lot of work done and the only food that distracts me are a range of sandwiches that average out at about 400 calories each so I can happily eat lunch there...occasionally. |
Your eating habits seem to be much better than before, good job. Calorie counting while a pain sometimes is one of the best ways to monitor yourself and ensure you are maintaining a slight calorie deficit.
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Originally Posted by Lyman The other benefit I discovered recently was one of the employees there seems sympathetic to my plight so will hopefully keep a vigilant eye on me. Although we were discussing healthier milk options (I drink a lot of milky coffee when I'm there) and she good-naturedly recommended soy milk today. I've never tasted anything so hideous in my life. To paraphrase from Lewis Black, if there's no soy breast, it's not 'milk', it's 'juice'. And it's pretty godawful. So I'll stick to skimmed milk or just espresso.
The other girl who works there I think has worked out my achilles' heel and keeps trying to sell me muffins. Fiend!  |
@ the Lewis Black reference!!!! I love his comedy! ....."and keep that Soy Juice away from my Moo-Cow **** milk"
My sister drinks that stuff like water and it is the most disgusting thing ever. Skim milk is probably the best thing for you of all the non-soy juices.
When you get your Milky coffees, are you getting one of those frappucino blends or is it must milk and coffee? I had a lot of friends/family freak out when I showed them how many calories/sugar were in their frappuccinos and mochaccinos. :eek4: