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Katie and her husband Brian decided that they will travel to Hawaii as a reward when Katie reaches her weight-loss goal.
In order to achieve the prize, Katie must maintain a weight of 165 pounds for 5 weeks.
Starting October 1, 2009 until the goal is reached, Katie will post daily her weight, her food intake for the day, and any exercise she has done in this post. A link will be available to the left where you can check in on her from time to time to encourage her! Good luck Katie!
October 2nd, 2009 - 3:54 am
Thanks everyone for keeping me focused. I’ll be sure to bring something back for my cheering section!
Here are my monthly goals:
October:
remain at 180 (I’ll be visiting Grandma for a week)
CF twice / week (when in town)
walk twice / week – walk almost every day at Grandma’s
November:
weight to 175
CF twice / week
walk 3 x / week
December:
weight to 170
CF twice / week
walk 4 x / week
January:
reach 165
CF twice / week
walk 5 x / week
February:
remain at 165
CF twice / week
walk 5 x / week
March: book trip!
continue CF 2/week
walk 5 x / week
June: Hawaii
October 2nd, 2009 - 3:57 am
Oct. 1
182.3 (I fit in some cheat meals before I started!)
7:00 zone
11:45 35 minute walk (walks are on a treadmill unless otherwise stated)
12:30 paleozone
3:00 zone
6:30 zone
(I decided that to avoid getting burned out from writing out everything I eat, I’ll just let you know if the meal/snack was zone or paleozone and I’ll report what I eat that’s not zone or paleozone)
October 2nd, 2009 - 7:26 pm
Oct. 2
Weight: 178.0 (It’s amazing what happens when you don’t eat more than is necessary!)
7:00 am Paleozone breakfast
12:00 Zone lunch + a frozen yogurt sundae & a macademia nut cookie (the frozen yogurt machine in our dining hall is my downfall – good thing I don’t eat there every day!)
4:00 paleozone snack
5:30 paleozone snack
6:00 CF – 2000 m row
7:30 paleozone meal
October 3rd, 2009 - 8:21 pm
Oct. 3
weight: 177.0
9:30 paleozone breakfast
12:30 zone lunch
4:00 paleozone snack
6:00 zone meal + 3 block ice cream sandwich
8:30 zone snack
October 4th, 2009 - 4:25 pm
Good Luck KT.. You can do it..
October 4th, 2009 - 8:08 pm
4-Oct
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177.6
9:30 zone breakfast
1:00 lunch with a group at someone’s house (besides ice cream, hospitality is my weakness when it comes to food – that’s why going to grandma’s is so dangerous
fruit salad
potato & egg casserole
bacon
sausage patties
french toast w/ Bummel & Brown spread & syrup
5:45 paleozone meal
8:00 paleozone snack
October 4th, 2009 - 9:57 pm
wow. 5 lbs already!! Nice job. We’ll be watching!
October 5th, 2009 - 8:10 pm
Thanks!
Oct. 5
177.3 (go figure, since I had a cheat meal yesterday)
7:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 zone lunch
3:00 zone snack
5:30 zone snack
6:00 CF
8:00 zone dinner
October 6th, 2009 - 9:24 pm
Oct. 6
176.9 (I’ll tell you right now, that number’ll be higher tomorrow!)
8:30 breakfast (our department won a free breakfast from Panera Bread)
egg & sausage sandwich on foccia bread
blueberry muffin
1/2 Asiago cheese bagel
2:00 paleozone lunch
4:00 zone snack
6:00 fish tacos with cottage cheese and a side salad
1/2 piece key lime pie
8:00 small soft serve cone (last one of the season!)
October 7th, 2009 - 7:28 pm
Oct. 7
177.1 (less than I expected!)
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 zone lunch
12:00 30 min walk
5:30 zone snack
7:00 zone dinner
8:30 paleozone snack
October 8th, 2009 - 1:57 pm
Oct. 8
177.5 (I had some late night cookies last night)
7:15 paleozone breakfast
12:00 paleozone snack
1:30 forgot my lunch & took advantage:
pita bread pizza with sausage
crunchy Cheetos
chocolate pudding parfait
I’m on vacation for the next 11 days. I will report in periodically and update you from the last time I reported in, but it won’t be my usual daily updates since I won’t always have computer access.
October 15th, 2009 - 2:42 pm
Have fun Katie!!
October 20th, 2009 - 6:32 pm
I’m back!
I did write down what I ate while I was gone, but I thought I would have more opportunities than zero to connect to the internet and I don’t feel like typing up 11 days of food.
I think you can tell how I did by knowing how I weighed in this morning:
183.0
7:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 zone lunch
4:00 zone snack
6:00 zone dinner
8:00 paleozone snack
October 21st, 2009 - 6:51 pm
Oct. 21
181.8
7:15 zone breakfast
11:30 1 1/2 block cheese & a sugar cookie w/ apple filling (was thinking this was a zone snack, but by the way I felt afterwards, it was not)
2:00 paleozone lunch
5:00 3 sugar cookies w/ apple filling
6:45 zone dinner
October 22nd, 2009 - 8:22 pm
OK now…lets gets right back to 176 and get going again! Yea, baby!
October 22nd, 2009 - 8:59 pm
Oct. 22
181.6
7:15 zone breakfast
12:00 paleozone lunch
2:30 zone snack
5:30 2 McD’s cheeseburgers (at the buns)
8:30 zone snack
October 23rd, 2009 - 7:25 pm
Oct. 23
180.2
7:00 paleozone breakfast
10:00 handful of chocolate covered sunflower seeds
11:30 paleozone lunch
2:30 zone snack
7:30 zone dinner plus ice cream sandwich
October 26th, 2009 - 8:28 am
Oct. 24
179.8
I went on a road trip this weekend to attend my 20th high school reunion.
paleozone breakfast
2 sausage burritos & hashbrown at McD’s
ham,beef,turkey lunchmeat sandwich with cheese, lettuce & mayonnaise – tortilla chips, pickle & cake
apple cider & choc covered graham crackers
meatloaf, scalloped potatoes, carrots, beets, bread w/ butter, coleslaw, choc chip cookie
glass of wine
Sept. 25
cinnamon toast crunch cereal w/ skim milk, glass of cranberry juice
root beer
broccoli salad, carrot salad, roast beef, macaroni & cheese, brownie, ice cream
M&M’s
2 quarter pounders w/ cheese
October 26th, 2009 - 7:30 pm
Oct. 26
182.4
7:00 paleozone breakfast
12:30 paleozone lunch
4:30 zone snack
7:30 zone dinner
October 27th, 2009 - 8:37 pm
Oct. 27
181.9
6:45 paleozone breakfast
11:30 zone lunch
2:30 2 blocks cheese, sunflower seeds, 1 fun-size candy bar (I was intending for this to be a zone snack, but by the way I felt afterwards, knew it was not – I checked the nutrition info on the candy bag later and saw that the candy was worth 3 blocks carbs)
4:30 zone meal
7:00 Halloween candy (had trick or treat night at work for employee’s kids)
8:30 zone snack
October 28th, 2009 - 7:30 pm
Oct. 28
180.8
6:45 paleozone breakfast
12:00 zone lunch
3:30 zone snack
5:00 25 min walk
7:00 zone meal
October 30th, 2009 - 8:55 am
Oct. 29
178.5
6:45 zone breakfast
11:30 zone lunch
2:30 paleozone snack
5:00 zone meal
7:00 2 candy bars & some chips
October 31st, 2009 - 3:11 am
Oct. 30
179.8 – I’m going to declare my goal reached for October, because I don’t think I lost any weight after tonight!
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 zone lunch
12:00 30 minute walk
2:30 zone snack
4:30 egg salad sandwich, candy bar
7:00 3 slices of pizza, chocolate chip cookies
I’ll admit I was craving veggies when I went to bed
October 31st, 2009 - 6:25 pm
Oct. 31
180.1 – very close!
10:00 paleozone breakfast
1:00 zone lunch
5:00 zone meal
Halloween candy
November 1st, 2009 - 7:42 pm
Nov. 1
179.7
9:00 paleozone breakfast
12:30 1 piece coffee cake
3:30 zone meal
6:00 zone meal
Halloween candy (I’m taking it to work tomorrow to get it out of the house!)
November 2nd, 2009 - 9:55 pm
Nov. 2
179.9
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 30 min walk
12:00 paleozone lunch
3:00 2 blocks cheese, sunflower seeds and too much Halloween candy(I’m getting rid of it tomorrow!)
6:30 zone dinner
November 3rd, 2009 - 4:52 pm
We’re still watching Katie!! Hope to see you soon!
Keep it up.
November 3rd, 2009 - 9:29 pm
Thanks! Planning to make my reappearance Wednesday.
Nov. 3
7:00 zone breakfast
11:30 30 min walk
12:00 zone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
6:30 paleozone dinner
8:30 zone snack
November 4th, 2009 - 8:56 pm
Nov. 4
179.8
7:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 paleozone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
5:30 zone snack
6:00 CF
8:00 paleozone dinner
November 6th, 2009 - 9:13 am
Nov. 5
179.9
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 zone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
5:30 ham & cheese sandwich
chocolate peanut butter fudge (obviously not helping the cause, but very yummy!)
November 6th, 2009 - 8:56 pm
Nov. 6
180.1
7:30 paleozone breakfast
11:30 30 min walk
12:00 zone lunch
1:30 paleozone snack
3:30 peanut M&M’s*
5:30 zone snack
6:00 CF (completed my exercise goals for this week – yea!)
7:45 paleozone dinner
*When I got back from lunch, I was bored and tired and feeling kinda down and I wanted chocolate. I tried to circumvent this by eating my snack. Then I was physically satisfied, but still emotionally wanted something. So I decided to walk to the cafe (in another building) to get my chocolate. But getting outside and walking around was enough to lift my spirits. But I felt like I didn’t want to go back empty-handed, so I got the candy. I had a couple peanut M&M’s and instantly felt the insulin spike and realized I don’t want these. But I kept eating them because they were there. Just didn’t have the energy to enforce self-control.
November 7th, 2009 - 8:39 pm
Nov. 7
179.5
9:00 paleozone breakfast
11:00 paleozone snack
2:00 (I volunteer on Saturday afternoon’s and they were having a party – all small, snack sizes)
meat & potatoes
curry dip
crackers
chocolate
6:45 paleozone dinner
8:00 zone snack
November 8th, 2009 - 7:37 pm
Nov. 8
178.5
9:30 paleozone breakfast
12:00 church coffee hour:
small piece of cake
cookies
veggies
cheese
1:00 – group lunch at someone’s house:
meat & bean chili
cornbread
brownie w/ ice cream
snack size milky way bars
6:30 paleozone dinner
November 9th, 2009 - 9:04 pm
Nov. 9
179.7
7:15 paleozone breakfast
11:30 30 min walk
12:00 paleozone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
4:15 chocolate (my boss brought in his leftover Halloween candy and it sat in the candy jar on my desk all day, but my resistance broke down at 4:15)
5:45 45 minute walk – was planning to go to CF, but a friend who had a bad day asked if I would go for a walk with her
7:30 paleozone dinner
8:30 zone snack
November 10th, 2009 - 9:14 pm
Nov. 10
180.2
Okay it has become obvious to me that I need more of a structured plan than “lose 5 pounds,” so I will allow myself one zone snack/day (rest of my food to be paleozone) and see how that goes.
7:15 paleozone breakfast
11:45 paleozone lunch
2:00 paleozone snack
5:30 paleozone dinner
8:00 raw veggies & oatmeal cookie (not zone, I know)
November 12th, 2009 - 9:16 am
Nov. 11
179.5
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 30 min walk
12:00 paleozone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
6:00 went out to eat with a friend – got spinach salad, but also ate the banana nut bread that came with it
7:00 20 min walk
9:30 apple crisp w/ a scoop of ice cream (book club)
November 13th, 2009 - 9:39 am
Nov. 12
180.0 (okay, I’m really starting Friday, I swear)
7:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 The Dining Hall was running a 1/2 price special so I went there for lunch. I started out well with a salad with a hard-boiled egg and deli turkey on top, but then I passed by the pizza and took a piece (and ate it). And then I got frozen yogurt for dessert and then I took a cookie on my way out.
5:30 paleozone dinner
8:30 vending machine bag of Chex Mix (I had class from 6-10 and I needed something to keep me awake)
November 13th, 2009 - 9:11 pm
Nov. 13
180.2
7:15 paleozone breakfast
12:00 paleozone lunch
3:30 zone snack
5:30 paleozone snack
6:00 CF
8:00 paleozone dinner
Success! Now I just have to keep this going…
November 14th, 2009 - 10:55 pm
Nov. 14
178.7
10:00 paleozone breakfast
12:30 paleozone lunch
2:30 zone snack
6:00 paleozone dinner
10:00 paleozone snack
November 15th, 2009 - 10:27 pm
Nov. 15
180.2 (hmmm…I’ll see how the rest of this week goes – 3 days with no cheating so far!)
8:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 paleozone lunch
4:00 zone snack
6:00 paleozone dinner
9:30 paleozone snack
November 16th, 2009 - 9:05 pm
Nov. 16
178.8 that’s better!
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 30 min walk
12:00 paleozone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
5:30 zone dinner
8:00 paleozone snack
November 17th, 2009 - 9:13 pm
Nov. 17
178.8 – it didn’t go up, at least
6:45 paleozone breakfast
11:00 paleozone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
5:30 zone snack
6:00 CF
8:00 paleozone dinner
November 18th, 2009 - 10:26 pm
Nov. 18
177.4 – woo, hoo! 1/2 way to 5 pounds for the month of Nov.
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 30 min walk
12:00 paleozone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
ate some “laffy taffy” candy
ate at Villa Pizza for dinner:
chicken and brocolli stromboli (didn’t eat all the dough)
meatballs on the side (was trying to get some additional protein)
had some dark chocolate mints
once I started on the carbs, it was hard to stop, but I did try to balance my dinner and I got the dark chocolate mints instead of the milk chocolate mints
November 20th, 2009 - 8:10 am
Nov. 19
177.9 – I’ll accept that
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 30 min walk
12:30 paleozone lunch
3:00 zone snack
5:00 zone dinner
7:00 zone snack
(I forgot to bring more veggies to work)
November 20th, 2009 - 8:29 pm
Nov. 20
)
177.6
7:00 paleozone breakfast
10:00 chocolate parfait (a total cheat, but actually this really hit the spot)
12:00 paleozone lunch
4:00 paleozone snack
6:00 my father-in-law is visiting and bought us dinner. I won’t tell you what I ate other than it came from Long John Silver’s and I really don’t feel good right now.(
He’s going to be here for a week and I really need not to eat what he does because he is over 300 pounds.
November 21st, 2009 - 8:24 pm
Nov. 21
180.0
9:00 paleozone breakfast
11:00 hot caramel cider (totally didn’t need this – wanted something to drink while I sat at Biggby’s, but I should have ordered a tea)
12:00 chicken pot pie – definitely should not have eaten all of the pie crust – was feeling rather ill from the insulin spike
3:00 1 block dark chocolate
6:00 spinach chicken salad with vinagrette dressing – should have stopped there – ate the roll that came with it and ordered a fruit alcoholic drink – only drank 1/2 of the drink though
November 22nd, 2009 - 7:53 pm
Nov. 22
177.2 – didn’t expect that, but I’ll take it!
9:30 paleozone breakfast
12:00 cheese, celery sticks w/ cream cheese, ginger snap cookies, pineapple, snack mix
2:00 paleozone lunch
3:00 1 block ice cream bar
6:00 small frozen custard from Culver’s
7:00 paleozone dinner
November 23rd, 2009 - 8:41 pm
Nov. 23
178.9 – yesterday was a fluke, I think
7:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 paleozone lunch
3:30 paleozone snack
7:00 pork chops
green beans
beans & rice
November 24th, 2009 - 7:22 pm
Nov. 24
179.0 (I’m thinking I’m not going to make my November goal, but I will put in a renewed effort in December!)
7:00 paleozone breakfast
(I was hungry most of the morning – I had a large banana with breakfast which was too many carbs, I think)
11:30 paleozone lunch
12:00 30 min walk
2:30 2 cookies (I was at this meeting that had cookies off to the side and I resisted them most of the meeting, but couldn’t leave the room without them)
3:00 paleozone snack
4:00 crackers (I was hungry – again from too many carbs, I think!)
4:30 birthday cake – my co-workers surprised me!
6:00 spaghetti & meatballs & green beans
November 24th, 2009 - 8:44 pm
Birthday cake??? HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATIE!
November 25th, 2009 - 8:38 pm
Thanks! My birthday’s Sunday – I’m starting early.
Nov. 25
180.0 (see above)
7:00 paleozone breakfast
11:30 chicken sandwich (I think I would have been okay if I stopped there)
caramel apple cider
peanut butter & chocolate fudge
2:00 2 candy bars
3:00 paleozone snack
6:00 hot dogs (no buns) and rice & beans
birthday cake (finished it off)
November 27th, 2009 - 6:29 pm
Nov. 27
180.7
9:00 paleozone breakfast
11:00 1 block ice cream
1 block chocolate
12:00 meatballs (spaghetti & meatballs minus the spaghetti)
3:00 2 small hamburgers (w/ bun)
1 block zucchini
5:00 ice cream cake
6:00 pizza
November 28th, 2009 - 7:53 pm
Nov. 28
180.3
9:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 ice cream cake
1 slice cheese pizza
1:30 tunafish
5:00 ice cream cake
2 small hamburgers (w/ bun)
7:00 3 blocks salmon
1 block salsa
3 blocks olive oil
November 29th, 2009 - 3:29 pm
OK, Katie. Tuesday is the 1st. Start back at it seriously. Think “Cavewoman!”
November 30th, 2009 - 8:46 pm
Cavewoman!
Nov. 30
181.3 (I enjoyed my birthday)
6:00 paleozone breakfast
6:30 20 min walk (to the bus stop)
12:30 paleozone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
6:30 snickers w/ almonds
peanut butter cup
20 min walk (from the bus stop – I needed sustenance)
7:30 3 blocks ground beef
For December, I plan to eat paleozone except for the following scheduled meals:
Dec. 5 luncheon
Dec. 6 lunch
Dec. 9 dessert
Dec. 13 luncheon
Dec. 15 dinner
Christmas
December 1st, 2009 - 9:29 pm
Dec. 1
180.2
6:00 paleozone breakfast
6:30 20 min walk
11:30 paleozone lunch
3:00 paleozone snack
6:30 20 min walk
7:00 paleozone dinner
December 2nd, 2009 - 10:31 pm
Dec. 2
178.1 (right direction!)
7:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 paleolithic lunch (not zone proportions)
3:00 hot chocolate & cookies (no excuse)
6:00 paleozone dinner
December 4th, 2009 - 9:06 am
Dec. 3
179.8 (okay, no cheating!)
ate paleozone all day
did a 20 min walk
(it was really hard to stay awake in my 4-hour evening class without any sugar!)
December 4th, 2009 - 7:25 pm
Dec. 4
178.7
ate paleozone all day
did a 50 min walk
December 5th, 2009 - 7:27 pm
Dec. 5
178.3
11:30
quiche (tried not to eat much of the crust)
fruit salad
1 piece fudge
5:00 paleozone dinner
8:00 paleozone snack
December 6th, 2009 - 7:35 pm
Dec. 6
178.2
9:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 cheese
grapes
1:00 bratwurst (no bread)
baked beans
small scoop of potato salad
ice cream
6:30 paleozone dinner
December 7th, 2009 - 7:46 pm
Dec. 7
180.9 (okay, only paleolithic foods at the Christmas parties!)
ate paleozone all day
30 min walk
December 8th, 2009 - 8:59 pm
Dec. 8
178.2 (weird, right back to Sunday)
ate paleozone all day
December 9th, 2009 - 6:56 pm
Dec. 9
177.1 (on a roll!)
ate paleozone all day
December 10th, 2009 - 8:33 pm
Dec. 10
175.4 (woo-hoo!)
ate paleozone all day, except treated myself to a hot chocolate when I came in from the cold!
December 11th, 2009 - 9:08 pm
Dec. 11
174.4
7:00 paleozone breakfast
12:00 lunch:
cold cuts & cheese (no bread)
salad
potato chips
4:00 paleozone snack
6:00 meatballs (no sauce)
chocolate
8:00 hot chocolate
December 12th, 2009 - 7:51 pm
Dec. 12
175.7
paleozone breakfast & lunch
dinner:
salad
1/2 turkey wrap sandwich
December 13th, 2009 - 7:01 pm
Dec. 13
175.3
had a paleozone breakfast and dinner, but for lunch our church had a Christmas luncheon. I could have eaten just the pork loin and the salad, but the stuffing and the risotto looked really good (and they tasted really good too!)
December 15th, 2009 - 8:16 am
Dec. 14
176.2
ate paleozone breakfast, lunch & dinner
40 min walk
had a small BK vanilla shake – a treat after a rough evening
December 16th, 2009 - 8:07 am
Dec. 15
173.7 (I’m not sure why my weight dropped so much, but I’ll take it! (I even double-checked it))
ate paleozone breakfast, lunch & snack
dinner was a pre-planned cheat meal – I won’t share the gory details, but it was very yummy
December 16th, 2009 - 11:19 pm
Dec. 16
ate paleozone breakfast, lunch & snack
dinner: chicken wrap
9:00 pumpkin coffee cake & hot chocolate
December 16th, 2009 - 11:20 pm
forgot to put the weight in the space before I hit submit: 175.4
December 17th, 2009 - 9:46 pm
Still watching. Keep it up Katie.
Never surrender!
December 18th, 2009 - 1:51 pm
Dec. 18
175.1
paleozone breakfast & lunch
zone dinner & snack
December 18th, 2009 - 10:59 pm
Dec. 18 (that was Dec. 17 above)
174.7
paleozone breakfast & dinner
zone lunch & snack (ran out of veggies at work – need to go grocery shopping!)
8:00 hot chocolate & brownie
December 19th, 2009 - 12:18 am
OK, Katie. You need to be at 170 by the end of the month. Don’t cave in too often with the holiday treats!
…I want you to bring me back a sea shell someday soon!
December 19th, 2009 - 9:12 pm
Dec. 19
174.9
Okay – I read that after today’s party though!
paleozone breakfast & snack
Christmas party
December 20th, 2009 - 7:05 pm
Dec. 20
176.5
I’m back on the wagon – ate paleozone all day
December 21st, 2009 - 10:08 pm
Dec. 21
175.7
paleozone breakfast, snacks and dinner
zone lunch
December 22nd, 2009 - 10:21 pm
Dec. 22
175.5
paleozone breakfast and snack
Christmas luncheon at work – stuck to meats & veggies, but did have 2 cookies
ate veggie sushi for dinner
December 22nd, 2009 - 10:22 pm
going to my grandma’s for Christmas – should be able to still report – she has internet access
December 23rd, 2009 - 8:57 am
VEGGIE SUSHI!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have to go change my shirt now because I just threw up on myself. You have my permission to substitute a McD’s Biggie Fry in place of the veggie sushi….please….
December 23rd, 2009 - 10:54 pm
are you saying that because you don’t like veggie sushi or because it is useless as a nutrient? I mean like cucumber sushi.
Dec. 23
176.0
paleozone breakfast
lunch = angus mushroom & swiss burger at McD’s
dinner = lasagna (grandmother served), salad, cottage cheese & watermelon (avoided the pecan pie)
December 24th, 2009 - 12:43 pm
Just teasing you…I said it because I think I would rather eat a hair ball.
December 24th, 2009 - 7:06 pm
ah
Dec. 24
put some gum in my mouth to stop it
no scale here
cheerios & skim milk for breakfast (better than alternative white toast)
went to Golden Corral for lunch – stayed with the meats & veggies, but did have a bit of frozen yogurt for dessert
did get my hand in the M&M candy dish this afternoon
Just egg salad for dinner (still full from lunch)
December 25th, 2009 - 8:12 pm
Dec. 25
ate Cheerios and skim milk for breakfast
kept to meat and veggies for lunch & dinner, but did eat dessert at both meals
December 28th, 2009 - 8:41 pm
Dec. 28
177.1 (pretty good for after a few days at grandma’s!)
ate paleozone all day
went to CF
December 30th, 2009 - 12:26 am
Dec. 29
176.4
ate paleozone breakfast & dinner
went to a brunch – stuck mostly to the egg casseroles & fruit salad
December 30th, 2009 - 9:54 pm
Dec. 30
175.8
ate paleozone most of the day, except had 2 donuts this morning
Since I will be participating in the January diet challenge (and intend to have a cheat day tomorrow), this site will be on hiatus during January (BA/JD – feel free to remove the link)
January 30th, 2010 - 12:09 pm
Jan. 30
171.7
Brian and I talked about it last night and here is the updated plan: book the trip by April 3. Counting back the required 5 weeks of maintenance, that means I need to be at 165 by the end of February.
January 30th, 2010 - 8:58 pm
Katie, I would like to sit down and talk to you about this asap….Brandon. You should do the same with John. This will help you in deciding for yourself what your best course of action should be….It’s good to give yourself a deadline and the end of February will be no problem with just a little tweaking!
February 2nd, 2010 - 8:11 am
Ok – I assume one of you will be there when I’m there this week.
Feb. 1 171.3 (just proving yesterday was a fluke, but was nice to say that I had dropped 10 pounds)
8:00 veggie sausage, sunflower seeds, apple
11:15 ground beef, sunflower seeds, carrots
2:30 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
5:30 black bean veggie burger patties, sunflower seeds
7:30 string cheese, peanut butter cup
Feb. 2 170.4
7:00 ground beef, egg, 1/2 English muffin, Smart Balance
February 2nd, 2010 - 4:20 pm
11:30 black bean veggie burger patties, sunflower seeds
40 min walk at lunch (yesterday too – forgot to write)
3:00 ground beef, sunflower seeds, apple
February 3rd, 2010 - 8:59 am
5:30 spinach salad w/ bacon & egg, tomato basil low fat dressing
9:00 string cheese (8 g protein, 2.5 g fat, less than 1 g carb) – thought I’d try the protein before bed thing
Feb. 3
171.0
7:30 veggie sausage, pecans, apple
February 3rd, 2010 - 9:03 pm
12:30 (was not able to eat earlier today) meatloaf, walnuts, carrots
4:30 string cheese, pecans, broccoli
8:20 salmon, salsa, almonds
February 4th, 2010 - 11:37 am
Feb. 4
170.7
7:15 ground beef (less than usual), egg, almonds, apple
10:15 1 black bean veggie burger patty (instead of 2), sunflower seeds
February 4th, 2010 - 3:23 pm
1:00 string cheese, sunflower seeds, carrots (getting hungry before 3 hours are up – need to experiment with food amounts)
February 4th, 2010 - 7:47 pm
Feel free to eat every 2-3 hours. That’s good!
February 4th, 2010 - 8:04 pm
ok – won’t be so strict about 3 hours
4:00 ground beef, sunflower seeds, peas
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5:00 25 min run (was sweaty
7:00 ground beef, walnuts, spinach
February 5th, 2010 - 8:07 am
Feb. 5
168.5 woo, hoo! Thanks, Brandon!
This is the 4th time I’ve reached 168.5 without going lower because I’ve stopped to celebrate. No celebrating! Pressing on!
7:00 2 eggs, olive oil, apple
February 5th, 2010 - 8:01 pm
11:00 black bean veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds
1:00 cottage cheese (although it had 11 g protein, it also had 6 g carbs, so I skipped the carrots), sunflower seeds
3:00 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
5:00 cottage cheese, sunflower seeds
5:15 40 min run/walk
7:00 ham, pecans, broccoli
February 6th, 2010 - 6:40 pm
Feb. 6
8:00 20 min walk/run
168.7
9:30 veggie sausage, pecans, apple
12:00 ham, pecans, spinach
2:30 string cheese, walnuts, dark chocolate
5:30 salmon, olive oil, salsa
7:30 salmon, olive oil, salsa
February 7th, 2010 - 8:12 pm
Feb. 7
169.3
8:30 2 eggs, olive oil, apple
12:30 ham, pecans, broccoli
3:00 string cheese, spinach
3:30 30 min row (5500 m)
5:00 salmon, Smart Balance, broccoli
7:00 salmon, Smart Balance, broccoli
February 9th, 2010 - 9:31 am
Feb. 8
168.6
7:00 veggie sausage, walnuts, apple
10:00 ham, sunflower seeds, carrots
12:00 45 min walk
1:00 black bean veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds
3:00 cottage cheese, sunflower seeds
5:00 black bean veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds
8:00 string cheese, peanut butter cup
February 9th, 2010 - 10:11 pm
Feb. 9
168.7
I decided to go back to my 4 meals a day – I’m getting frustrated that the number is not going down. I think I am not reducing the carbs enough with my several little meals a day and am not active enough to burn them off.
7:00 eggs, olive oil, apple
11:00 veggie sausage, sunflower seeds, peas
3:00 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, carrots
6:30 ground beef, sunflower seeds, zucchini
8:00 went to Bob Evans for some hot chocolate (I had a gift card) – so it was only going to be a mini cheat, but then I had an egg & sausage biscuit sandwich and some apple pie, so it became a big cheat – I was just frustrated. In the past a cheat has helped to break a plateau by going up a little and then down a lot, so hopefully the same will happen this time.
February 10th, 2010 - 7:20 am
Katie…
I talked to Pierce Walker (my bodybuilder friend who’s doing the seminar on the 25th) and he looked at what you have been eating. I was going to talk to you tonight if you showed up, but it looks like you need some immediate intervention, ha!
He said what you have been eating looks good except you are eating too much fat, especially saturated fat. He said saturated fat is harder to burn up. We agreed that you should stop eating for performance at this point (the highter fat intake) and eat more like a bodybuilder (lower fat intake). We don’t think you should touch your protein or carb intake, they look really good.
So just reduce your fat intake somewhat. Your performance in the gym will probably decrease a little, but your goal right now is 165# and not a new single rep squat max. We both also agree you should keep eating every 2-3 hours, this does make your body burn up your fat faster. Along with the lower fat intake the more frequent meals should make a difference.
See you soon….Brandon
February 10th, 2010 - 9:18 am
Okay
168.2 this am
February 10th, 2010 - 7:32 pm
8:00 veggie sausage, bacon, sunflower seeds (before I read the comment), fruit salad
9:30 I was at this staff breakfast and everyone was eating pancakes around me and they looked very good and I ate 2
11:00 cottage cheese
2:00 ground beef, peas
4:30 veggie burger patty, carrots
6:30 ground beef, zucchini, olive oil
February 11th, 2010 - 9:20 am
Forgot to mention 20 min elliptical, 20 min walking at lunch yesterday
9:30 had chocolate cake at my book club
Feb. 11
168.1 (considering I cheated Tue & Wed, I would be pretty close to 165 right now if I had not – resuming the fight!!)
7:00 2 eggs, olive oil, apple
February 11th, 2010 - 8:37 pm
9:30 ground beef, peas
12:00 string cheese, carrots
2:30 veggie burger patty, peas
5:00 veggie sausage, carrots
6:00 CF
7:30 ground beef, olive oil, zucchini
February 12th, 2010 - 8:05 am
Feb. 12
166.7 – thanks for the suggestion! Let’s finish this!!
February 12th, 2010 - 8:40 pm
7:00 ground turkey, egg, apple
9:00 veggie sausage, carrots
12:00 ground beef, peas
2:30 string cheese, carrots
4:30 string cheese, peas
6:00 CF
7:30 ground beef, olive oil, zucchini
February 13th, 2010 - 8:25 pm
Feb. 13
166.3
9:30 ground turkey, egg, olive oil, carrots
10:30 30 min stair-stepping machine
11:30 ground beef, carrots
4:00 2 Taco Bell soft tacos (was in a movie before that)
7:00 salmon, olive oil, green beans
February 14th, 2010 - 7:06 pm
Feb. 14
166.3
9:30 veggie sausage, clementine
11:30 cheese, pineapple, Valentine’s cookies
1:30 ground beef, carrots
4:00 veggie burger patty, clementine
6:30 pork, spinach
8:30 pork, broccoli
February 15th, 2010 - 4:58 pm
Feb. 15
166.7
7:00 ground turkey, egg, clementine
9:30 veggie burger patty, peas, a few sunflower seeds (I know you said reduced fat, not no fat – the no fat I was doing was making me constipated!)
12:00 pork, sunflower seeds, carrots
3:30 veggie burger patty, sunflower seeds, peas
5:30 pork, sunflower seeds, carrots
February 16th, 2010 - 4:26 pm
Feb. 16
167.0 (had a candy bar during class – we were doing presentations and I needed some sugar)
8:00 veggie sausage, clementine, sunflower seeds
10:30 ham, carrots, sunflower seeds
1:30 veggie burger patty, peas, sunflower seeds
February 17th, 2010 - 9:26 am
walked 35 minutes at lunch yesterday
had pizza for dinner – have been wanting it for a couple weeks now and I gave in
Resuming the fight!
Feb. 17
167.2
7:00 ground turkey, egg, clementine, olive oil
February 17th, 2010 - 6:38 pm
11:30 ham, sunflower seeds, peas
2:30 ground beef, sunflower seeds, carrots
5:30 salmon, olive oil, green beans
February 19th, 2010 - 9:11 am
Feb. 19
164.6
Week 5, Day 6
February 20th, 2010 - 1:11 pm
Feb. 20
164.1
Week 5, Day 5
I checked my body fat percentage this morning: 24.6%
The original goal was 165 or 22% body fat – maybe I can work on that next.
February 21st, 2010 - 9:46 am
Feb. 21
165.4 (insert expletive here)
I didn’t eat an excess amount of food yesterday, but I did consume more fat than I had been
8:30 eggs, olive oil, clementine
February 22nd, 2010 - 9:16 am
12:00 cheese, 1 choc chip cookie
3:30 ground beef, spinach
5:30 salmon, green beans
7:30 ground beef, broccoli
Feb. 22
166.2 (I’ve been thinking I don’t have to be as strict since I’m trying to maintain, not lose, but obviously that’s not the case!)
7:00 salmon, olive oil, salsa
February 23rd, 2010 - 9:02 am
11:00 ham, peas
12:00 35 min walk
2:30 ground beef, peas
4:30 black bean veggie burger patties
7:30 ground beef, spinach
Feb. 23
166.4
8:00 veggie sausage, clementine
February 24th, 2010 - 9:18 am
10:30 ground beef & peas
12:00 45 min walk
1:30 veggie turkey patty, string cheese, clemetine
4:30 ground beef & peas
7:00 chicken & green beans
Feb. 24
165.9
7:00 2 eggs, olive oil, clementine
February 25th, 2010 - 9:45 am
the rest of the day was messed up because I was in a morning meeting that went until 12:30 and then we went out to lunch. I got a wrap sandwich, which I figured was the best least carb to most protein ratio, but I ate the whole thing (should have only eaten half and saved the other half).
4:00 string cheese, peppermint patty
6:00 CF
7:30 ground beef, spinach
Feb. 25
165.7 (Brian says I can count 165.4 and below, since it’s mathematically roundable to 165 – so will attempt to resume tomorrow!)
7:00 2 eggs, clementine
February 26th, 2010 - 9:45 am
Feb. 26
165.0 – woo,hoo! let the countdown resume!
I’m going take a week off from this site and do the food log. I’ll report back next week on what I find. I’m curious about how many calories/carbs/protein/fat I’m consuming and what the ratio is.
I talked to Brian after I got home last night and he wants me to do circuit weights of deadlifts, squats, pullups and dips. So I’m going to try that for a while – I will still show up at CF once/week for some variety.
My trip status is that the vacation time has been requested and the trip has been planned, but not yet booked. I can’t hit the “purchase” button until my 5 weeks are up.
March 5th, 2010 - 9:57 am
I found the food log very interesting – I’m a numbers, lists and data person, so it’s right up my alley. I’m going to keep doing it and reporting weekly on what I’m discovering.
My recommended calories (165 x 13) is 1145. I was able to completely log my food for 5 days. Here’s what I found out:
Day 1: 1244 calories
44% protein, 45% carbs, 11% fat
0.1 pound weight gain the next morning
Day 2: 1925 calories
34% protein, 47% carbs, 20% fat
0.3 pound weight gain
Day 3: 1244 calories
44% protein, 47% carbs, 9% fat
0.6 pound weight gain
Day 4: 1121 calories
50% protein, 37% carbs, 13% fat
2.1 pound weight loss the next morning
Day 5: 1126 calories
44% protein, 44% carbs, 12% fat
0.8 pound weight loss
Obviously I want to stay under that 1145 calories per day. The last couple days I was getting better about planning my meals and aiming for the calorie goal and balancing out the ratio.
I’m going to keep playing with the ratio – see what is best for me.
March 12th, 2010 - 9:58 am
This week I started taking a shuttle to work, which involved a brisk 20 minute walk to the shuttle stop before breakfast – so I got my morning exercise in!
I managed to document 4 days completely. Thought I’d start paying attention to saturated fat and fiber too.
Day 1: 1131 calories, 52% P, 31% C, 17% F (7 g sat fat, 11 g fiber) 2.1 lb loss
Day 2: 1358 cal, 43% P, 50% C, 7% F (13g SF, 24g fiber) no change in weight
Day 3: 1445 cal, 37% P, 49% C, 14% F (25 g SF, 17 g fiber) 0.1 lb gain
Day 4: 1094 cal, 49% P, 42% C, 9% F, (16 g SF, 13 g fiber) 0.6 lb loss
On track to purchase trip April 10. Was planning to come to CF tonight, but may not make it – I had an exhausting week.
I’m down to 161 and was eating junk food to maintain my weight. Will make more of an effort to eat good food for my increased calories.
March 13th, 2010 - 10:48 pm
Sounds like your officially over that 165 hump. Brian has to be pretty happy as to how his main squeeze is looking. Your determination is second to no one. We’re all happy for you…
March 19th, 2010 - 7:57 am
Thanks!
Doing well this week – eating more substantial calories to maintain (and not lose weight). Protein & carbs range from 40-45% and fat ranges from 10-15%.