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Hey everyone! Here is our weekly check-in with progress on your diet/weight loss program that you promised yourself you would stick to. So fess up everyone, what is your biggest craving you are having a tough time overcoming? Do you need help figuring out how to program yourself not to grab that Snickers bar at the last minute in the check-out lane? We’re here for you!
My biggest thing is CHOCOLATE. But you know, I grab a sugar free chocolate pudding and it takes care of it, not only that, I’ll enjoy a nice cup of chamomile tea and one Godiva chocolate – which is only 70 calories about once a week. When you feel good and healthy and you eat right, I’ve found that personally I do not have so many cravings for the bad things. I’m not sure why but I think that maybe a lot of it had to do with it being “comfort” food and I just wasn’t comfortable in my body and I really didn’t treat my body like a temple and now I do after I’ve worked so hard getting it to be where it is today. I weight train, have built some nice muscle and my last weigh-in was 165 pounds.
Cardio is fading from the picture now (only 20 minutes) because I want to focus on lean body mass and muscle now, rather than weight loss. It’s a really strange feeling I tell you having worked endlessly for 3 months on weight loss and now…..TA DAH! I can focus on muscle! WOOT! I reached my goal and I feel great!So please, share with us whatever you want to talk about (it doesn’t have to be about cravings).
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Chocolate is my diet killer. It’s hard right now, with all the Valentine’s and Easter chocolates! Why does it have to be soooo good? I crave chocolate when I’m upset, sad, stressed out, cranky, you name it. I get a super chocolate craving at least a few times a week and it really doesn’t help that I live right next to a big convenience store that happens to have a bakery. I wish I lived out in the boonies somewhere, I wouldn’t drive 1/2 hour to get chocolate (although sometimes….)
My next two would have to be cookies (chocolate chip of course) and lavish coffees from Starbucks (although I’ve started smartening up and usually order a Skinny Latte, although it’s not as good
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Pam, I guess I don’t have to worry about peanut butter because I am so terrified of salmonella (I don’t care if the government agencies SAY it’s safe, why would I trust people who just spent trillions of my future grandchildren’s money??) but I do understand the joy of eating straight from the jar with a spoon. I have been gastronomically allergic to yeast raised anything for years: bread, cookies, cake, donuts, etc. so I can’t have a good PB&J anymore. However, it MUST be freshly opened and unrefrigerated. After it’s cold it’s like, what’s the point? 0_o
Staaaarbucks…..NOM! Gotta drive thirty minutes for that since we don’t have one in my little blink and you miss it town. In fact, I have to drive thirty minutes to anything here, and I do. So much for the living in the boonies = no satisfied cravings idea, LPT…lolz….
I go from wanting chocolate to fruity candy to starchy things and back to sugary, but I rarely crave meat anymore. It just doesn’t agree with me. And when I DO eat it, I pay for it for at least the next 24-48 hours. Plus the bunnies look at me with those “how COULD you?” eyes.
*sigh* There’s moments I ALMOST miss chemo…..almost…that was an “eat anything and gain nothing/lose 20 lbs weight loss program.” Of course at least 1/2 a pound of that was my hair. >.< lolz…..
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Oh ladies, come gather around with me…we can do better than this!
Don’t let food win and pack the pooch on your spare tire! Flatten those bellies and go for a walk instead! I found that stopping myself when I have a craving and asking what it is that I’m really feeling….am I just bored? Am I stressed? Or really, just don’t keep it in the house until you can be strong enough and replace it with a healthier alternative. I love the Hunts sugar free chocolate pudding. Pam thanks for the compliments!
As for peanut butter, that is very high in fat, sugar, and CALORIES. Yes the evil word, CALORIES. I could not live without pancakes with peanut butter and syrup so what I do is make whole wheat pancakes with fat-free skim milk, and add Better N’ Peanut Butter which does have a different taste as the peanuts are ground up into a flour, defatted and “reconstituted” into a peanut-butter consistency and for syrup, I’ve substituted Smucker’s Sugar Free Pancake Syrup. These things do taste different because our bodies are so used to the flavor of fat, sugar and salt, that when we try an alternative that is better for us, it doesn’t taste so good and sometimes we instantly grab for that naughty Hershey bar taunting us on the counter. Truly, you have to make that commitment to yourself that you will only fill yourself with nutritious food that is good for you. I will be very honest and say that all my very hard work at building muscle motivates me to stay looking and feeling great so I don’t crave those bad things anymore and truthfully, I had a 1/3, yes 1/3 of a cookie today and I could barely stomach it, it tasted so gross to me. So much fat and sugar it was actually offensive. When you do try the lower-cal, lower fat items, at first it is a switch but tell yourself it is a commitment and promise you made to yourself to honor your body and do something, like lose a few pounds.
I can go on and on about motivation. You need to find that one “thing” that really motivates you. I seriously just woke up one day and was totally disgusted with myself. I had asked people around work about gyms, went that same week and joined. I committed myself and also have retained a trainer which has also helped me stay focused, give me new workouts so I don’t get bored and quit, and taught me a LOT about proper form, muscles and how to use equipment and I am now in the mind-set of what muscle groups I am using, how to create a routine and keep up with “muscle confusion.” I am serious about fitness and will soon be breaching the barrier into body-building. I don’t know and can’t really say what has brought this change, but my whole life has changed for me and I have truly committed to it. There are no words to express how much I wish I could be there for all of you and be your motiviation. Try and find someone to help “coach” you. There are some fabulous weight loss places to join, and even ones online too.
Here are some things that motivate me:
Fitting into your “skinny” jeans – then discovering after all of your hard work that they are “too big”
Living longer – You get to see and experience more good times in life.
Having more energy and not needing to sleep so much – I get to spend more quality time with my rabbits! …and oh yes of course my family too. LOL
Seeing my muscles grow and how strong I am. Doing 70 pounds on the lat pull-down is like nothing to me, when before 15 pounds killed me.
I know this is going to sound corny but I like motivating other people to make the same changes I have.
You know being the girl that people envy – in a good way helps me to keep going. I keep a wonderful attitude and will spend that extra time with that person who wishes that they could do what I did and I really hope to make a difference in their life. Some Obstacles:
Being the center of attention – After all my weight loss, I am now that skinny girl that everyone looks at. LOL I admit that it was quite an adjustment and having to weed through the awkward phase of weirdos and creep magnet – I just wasn’t confident enough and had to change my mentality. I was still in the “chubby girl” mind-set. So that being said, change that mind-set! You are not going to be chubby anymore and you are going to lose those 5 pounds in the next 2 weeks! But DO NOT starve yourself.
Getting over the thought that you “have” to drag your butt to the gym but you would rather stay on the couch. Take a look outside and tell yourself, you are not afraid of change, change into your gym clothes and get out there. Just keep up positive thoughts that you will be a slim babe in no time, so long as you commit to it. Don’t let negative thoughts impair your ability to make a change in your life for the better.
Taking the time to read all the labels on your food – this takes an ENORMOUS amount of time when shopping, but I promise that once you figure it out, it becomes automatic and you won’t have to spend so much time at the store. Try to think that when you are in the store, all of those things on the shelves are your enemy and you must sort out your allies. Read those labels and find those healthier alternatives! Low-cal doesn’t mean no-taste!
Ladies you can be strong and beautiful women and I encourage you to go out there, be brave, wear your baggiest sweats and work out at the gym. You’re there for yourself and focus on that – bring your headphones and put the world on pause and melt away those inches!
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I read this article in the NY times the other and it really got to me.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=pollan+happy+meals
It’s pretty much about how we treat food in the 21st century and how the western diet is wrecking havoc on our bodies. I mean if you really think about all the chemicals and processed foods we ingest everyday, it’s no wonder we feel sluggish, bloated, and just overall not as perky as we should be. I’ve been sticking to a eating well plan not so much a diet, and I feel tons better and I’ve lost a bit of weight too! I think it’s more about eating things that are actual food, as opposed to things that are colored, constructed, and processed to look like food. I’ve cut down alot meats as well because I just don’t have room for it anymore after eating so many fruits and veggies. My buns have even helped me with this because I’m buying more veggies and I have to end up finishing whatever they can’t finish by the end of the week.
Now before I pop open a bag of my favorite chips/candy/cake you name it, I think about the ingredients and what I’m putting into myself first. Eating junky foods is fun while it’s going down, but I don’t feel so great once it’s in me. What Scarlet wrote is so true, once you get a taste going for natural foods, eating high fat processed stuff just doesn’t taste as great. It takes awhile, but it does happen, so stick with it! Also eating farm fresh and or local is sooo much better tasting too, I’m thinking about starting a garden too this summer for my family and the buns
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Sweetbluebun thank you for sharing that article!
You are so right about taking the time to think about what you are putting into your body, that garden idea is wonderful too! Shop those farmers markets too.Pam – Thank you sweetie for the compliments, you are so welcome and I wish I could help be your work-out buddy & motivator! The Better ‘n Peanut Butter I purchased from my local heath food store and it not part of the recall due to contamination. Here is their web site: http://www.betternpeanutbutter.com/
A few snack-type things I have are the Nabisco 100-Calorie packs of Wheat Thins, Party Mix & Cheese Nips. So I do not feel totally deprived. I do what I consider “cheat” once in a while.
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