August 11thI am on week 3 of closely monitoring my food intake and it’s getting less time consuming. Mentally, it’s a whole other matter.
So, grab some edemame, sit back and let me tell you …
My first week, I ate as carefully as I have been since I started this journey, but like I did before I tracked my food with a magnifying glass. At the end of the week my trainer DB looked over my numbers (see the chart below) and gave me some tips for improvement. Lower my fat & carbs and increase my protein.
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August 6thThroughout this weight loss process there have been ups and downs, both emotional and physical. Before meeting with Ron at Train with Ron in October of ’09, I felt like a failure at losing the weight I’ve gained over the years. My emotional state was pretty depressing. I once had a body that I was proud of and that was very long ago. I longed to get it back – or even a fraction of it. I went through fad diets, pills and exercise. I yo-yoed through many tens of pounds but it always came back twofold. That DID NOT help to encourage the progress, if anything it made me feel even more depressed about it all.
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August 3rdOk, so as the title says: let’s talk food. I’ve been working out harder and more than ever, but seem mired in a plateau and haven’t made much progress since late May even though I’m working out nearly 2x as much as I was when I started… which tells me that it’s the food I’m eating that is holding me back.
First let’s take a look back at the weight loss progress:
Oct. 5, 2009 – Jan. 9, 2010: During this period, I lost about 26 lbs, 4-5 inches off my waistline, and lowered my body fat% by about 11%, from 44% to 33%. I was going for sessions at TWR only twice a week, but eating very carefully. When I say carefully, I mean one “bad” meal a week – other than that, no refined or processed foods, tons of fruit and vegetables, whole wheats and grains only (whole rolled oats, brown rice, whole grain bread, etc.), and mostly poultry when I ate meat. I “grazed” a lot… carrots, nuts, raisins, celery… during the day. I reduced late night snacking to maybe 100 calories once or twice a week… quite a difference from my nightly ritual of polishing off a pint of Haagen Dasz.
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