Day #123 - Saturday
Starting weight: 285.2
Calories/Carbs Goals (limits): 1400 / 30.0
Thursday’s calories & net carbs: 1255 / 34.8
Yesterday’s calories & net carbs: 1001 / 27.4
Thursday’s exercise: none
Yesterday’s exercise: none
Weight Thursday:: 247.2 Weight Yesterday:: 247.8 Today: 247.2
Change today:: -0.6 lbs. Loss-so-far: 38.0 lbs.
Up, down, up, down. The same pound, over and over again. I really expected to see 246-something today because the swelling on my knee has gone down considerably. Oh well, hey, at least I’m not gaining. I’m still not hopping on the elliptical yet, though. I don’t want another setback, so I’ll wait until it feels normal, or at least as close to normal as my knees get.
Thanks, everyone, for all your input and support! I have decided that on days when I can work up a sweat, I’ll add an extra 200 calories and/or 10g carbs, bringing my daily goal/limits to 1600 and 40g for those days. My rules for going just a bit over will still apply.
I’m having no trouble keeping my calories below goal (sometimes too far below goal!), but I am starting to have some difficulty adhering to the carbs. I’ve started cutting out certain carbs to try to stay within 30g a day, like for example on chicken taco nights I just have my taco innards in a bowl and skip the tortilla. They’re only 3g carbs each but that’s 6g saved and heck, the good part is the inside anyway. Still, I find myself going over (but still within the 10g limit). Part of it I can blame on my addiction to popcorn. On days when I want popcorn, I usually try to “save up” enough carbs so I can indulge … but sometimes the yen for popcorn hits on days when I haven’t planned ahead. Or - like on days like today - I indulged a little too much!!!
This evening we went to a sneak preview showing of “Bolt,” the new Disney 3-D animated movie about the dog who thinks he’s a superhero with special powers. With the exception of the randomly-spaced 32 minutes of the movie during which I wanted to smack the mother of the child four rows ahead of us for not taking her very loud, very disruptive child out of the theater until the movie was almost over - I enjoyed every minute of it! LOL! Annnnnyway, I ate popcorn. Too much popcorn. Too much really tasty movie theater popcorn while mesmerized by the big screen.
It was really good, though. =D
I stayed well within my calories for the day though (1252) - and I’m still within that 10g limit of goal (at 37g). I still wish I hadn’t eaten that much popcorn. And I still wish I’d smacked that mom on the back of the head a couple times. =D I’m sorry, but when my kids were little - I made sure that they did not disrupt other people’s enjoyment of their recreation time, whether at the movies or in a restaurant. If a child cannot behave quietly in either environment - TAKE THEM OUTSIDE!
That’s my opinion.
CARTOON OF THE DAY
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Oooooo! Movie popcorn!
Who can resist it?
Once or twice I bought a small bag of Kashi cereal in to munch on, but it just ain’t the same. The cartoon illustrates the size we usually get, too. sigh!
Glad your knee is healing. Wonder if you can do one-legged eliptical? Think of the work out your other leg would get! (Just kidding: sometimes I have a balance issue using both legs as it is.)
Totally agree with your opinion on loud kids at the movies. I guess its sort of expected at a Disney movie, but none less annoying.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend!
Hey Eileen
You are doing great. Just keep doing what you are doing. Maybe try varying when you eat carbs, Like before lunch, after lunch or maybe reduce to 20 g for two days then revert to your usual 37g. Sometimes the body just becomes used to what we eat and when we eat it so we have to trick it a little….
Totally with you about the kids. I hate when it happens especially at chrch, so I just try to get eye contact and do a little pointed stare.
I love movie theatre popcorn - one of my weaknesses! I loved the cartoon - too true…
I agree about kidlets, they shouldn’t be allowed to disrupt adult recreation time, a pet peeve of mine. There have been times my husband and I searched high and low for a babysitter, planned for weeks to get away and then have the evening disrupted by ineffective parents.
I have never calorie cycled much but do carb cycled. I find it’s really effective for my weight loss. Sounds like a great plan!
Carbs are harder, for me, to control than calories. Those beasties.
HI Eileen! Thanks for the comment! The South Beach diet is very similar to Atkins, except that on the South Beach, you don’t get to eat too much fat like red meats and cheeses. Instead, fish, lean meats, and chicken and recommended. Also, you get to eat an unlimited amount of veggies (not starchy ones). Anyway, thanks for the support and GOOD LUCK!!