Whenever I tell people how much weight I've lost, I usually add about 2/3 pounds. Why? The more and more I say it, sooner or later I will get to that weight. It was really difficult to do this when I lost 7 pounds and I kept telling people 10. I'm at 13.5 pounds right now, but I want to tell people 15 pounds.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Here's a secret
Whenever I tell people how much weight I've lost, I usually add about 2/3 pounds. Why? The more and more I say it, sooner or later I will get to that weight. It was really difficult to do this when I lost 7 pounds and I kept telling people 10. I'm at 13.5 pounds right now, but I want to tell people 15 pounds.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Biggest Loser
I'm excited for season 9 of Biggest Loser tonight. 22 new contestants enter the ranch and are under the mercy of trainers Bob and Jillian. I love seeing these people transform through sweat and tears. I feel a bit jealous that they are able to lose ten pounds in a week and it has taken me about 2 months to do the same thing. Then I realize that these people go through vigorous training and are under constant monitoring.
Anyway, I can't wait for the 2 hour show tonight; something that I can learn from since I don't see my trainer as often as I use to.
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Calories
When you're really into weight loss, you will calorie count. According to this Calorie Counter my daily intake should be about 1816 calories a day; if I wanted to lose weight, I would have to cut down my calories by 400.
Quite honestly, I'm not that into calorie counting. If I am out with my boyfriend, there are no nutritional facts laid out in restaurant menus that aren't fast food; let alone Chinese style cafes. I bet that 90% of the food served there are over my daily intake of calories. The only safe places that I can think of to eat where I won't go over my calorie intake are sushi places and Opa. Those places get tiring after a while though. That was pretty much what I ate when I first started this change.
The Vancouver Sun came out with this Fatabase that has a database of nutritional information of restaurant items in certain food chains. Sadly, Cactus Club was not listed there since I frequently go there.
Well, here's an example of something that I did eat that was listed in this Fatabase. I had the Boston Brute at BP; which had 810 calories. So that's about 40% of my calorie intake. If I did this all the time I would go nuts. This is what I usually do; try to eat the minimal amount of carbs (rice, white bread, pasta, etc.) and have more vegetables. I try to avoid Caesar salads, fried foods, creamy sauces and desserts. Here and there I will cheat and have a cheeseburger from Cactus Club. But hey, I exercise so I have a little room to cheat once and again.
Quite honestly, I'm not that into calorie counting. If I am out with my boyfriend, there are no nutritional facts laid out in restaurant menus that aren't fast food; let alone Chinese style cafes. I bet that 90% of the food served there are over my daily intake of calories. The only safe places that I can think of to eat where I won't go over my calorie intake are sushi places and Opa. Those places get tiring after a while though. That was pretty much what I ate when I first started this change.
The Vancouver Sun came out with this Fatabase that has a database of nutritional information of restaurant items in certain food chains. Sadly, Cactus Club was not listed there since I frequently go there.
Well, here's an example of something that I did eat that was listed in this Fatabase. I had the Boston Brute at BP; which had 810 calories. So that's about 40% of my calorie intake. If I did this all the time I would go nuts. This is what I usually do; try to eat the minimal amount of carbs (rice, white bread, pasta, etc.) and have more vegetables. I try to avoid Caesar salads, fried foods, creamy sauces and desserts. Here and there I will cheat and have a cheeseburger from Cactus Club. But hey, I exercise so I have a little room to cheat once and again.
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