Weight in Week 1

Hiya.

Just woke up and weighed myself without clothes or having eaten yet.

63,7 kg.

Still in Week 1

Even though I got very bad news today I still refrained myself from indulging. I am trying to eat healthy stuff, without being a diet nut. For the last two dinners I had salmon + orange + lettuce + white cheese salad, and it’s so good. I know it might not be the best kind of salad to eat or the less fatty, but I think it’s an improvement towards the family bag potato chips + pizza.

My weight tonight:

64.9 kg.

I could swear I’ve lost 1 kg so far, but I’m not sure.

Also, I have been drinking more water than usual and lots of tea.

Somewhat of a dumb post, but it was just to keep track of the changes.

Day 2 – Is sushi good for losing weight?

Well, I guess so! Hooray!

Researched it this morning, and even though I didn’t look up at any official website, in a couple of forums people were basically stating it is good for you… to an extent. A roll of sushi is what the cooks prepare, fill with white rice then a filling (i.e. avocado), and then they cut this roll into a 6 – 8 bite sized units. Aside from the Vitamin A you get from the seaweed sushi is wrapped in, in moderation sushi is a very healthy option. A 2-roll meal would constitute about 500 calories. Not bad. Also, somebody broke down the calorie count for sushi, which I think is pretty neat:

Approximate nutritional breakdown of sushi items:

Avocado roll: 246 calories, 11g fat, 33g carbs

Spicy tuna roll: 290 calories, 11g fat, 26g carbs

Shrimp tempura roll: 544 calories, 13g fat, 75g carbs

Philadelphia roll (salmon, cream cheese, avocado): 319 calories, 5g fat, 30g carbs

Spider roll (fried soft-shell crab): 317 calories, 12g fat, 38g carbs

California roll: 266 calories, 8.5g fat, 36g carbs

Cucumber roll: 136 calories, 0g fat, 30g carbs

Eel and avocado roll: 372 calories, 17.5g fat, 31g carbs

Tuna nigiri (2 pieces over rice): 240 calories, 1g fat, 27g carbs

Salmon sashimi (2 pieces, no rice): 164 calories, 6g fat, 0g carbs

So Sushi Friday is now officially approved, yeeha! On Fridays I work lots and I normally have sushi at a place close by so I don’t have to go back home to eat or bring one of my really depressing tuppers to eat on my desk.

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FOOD DIARY

Breakfast (8:15 am)

4 small toasts of multi-ceral bread with a thin spread of butter and Marmite.

1 big cup of red tea with a little bit of soy milk.

1 big cup of red tea.

Day 1 – Red Tea

So yesterday my friend told me she was going to do some detox with another friend of hers. Apparently, this detox involves not having dairy (except for yogurt), bread, pasta or alcohol for a week. It all sounds pretty feasible to me except for the alcohol part — it’s so easy to fall into the pointy fangs of social drinking, especially in the city I live in. Gaaargh!

Now, apparently, my friend also told me that her friend told her that red tea is so good for detoxing. During the detox, the friend’s friend claims to drink tons of red tea. She claims it helps you to lose weight. I was curious about it since I normally drink lots of Earl Gray tea and I really didn’t think those two could be that different. Well, a quick search lead me to learn these fun facts about red tea:

• Red Tea contains magnesium, which is necessary for a healthy nervous system.

• Red Tea increases the absorption of iron in the body.

• Red Tea contains potassium and copper minerals that are necessary for several metabolic functions.

• Red Tea is often prescribed for nervous tension and mild depression as it makes a relaxing sedative.

• Red Tea contains no oxalic acid and can therefore be enjoyed by persons suffering from kidney stones.

• Red Tea helps to control your appetite thus can be beneficial in weight loss.

• Red Tea makes a great thirst-quencher and sport drink.

Well, I’ll try and see if it’s really that effective. Not to be skeptical, but all these awesome properties sometimes are hard to notice…

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FOOD DIARY

Breakfast (10:00 hrs)
A couple of loaves of multivitamin cereal bread (that I’m planning on cutting but not just yet) with non-fat margarine and Marmite.
2 cups and 1/2 of red tea (approx.)
Lunch (13:20 hrs)
1 small lettuce and tuna salad with chestnuts, no dressing.
1 cup of gazpacho.

Snack (17:00 hrs)
Chestnuts.

Dinner (10:00 hrs)
Turkey steak with onions, no oil.
1 and 1/2 glasses of gazpacho.
1 diet white yogurt.

The Plan:

So a little bit of my background now.

- Age: 24.

-Weight: 65,5 kg.

-Height: 1, 62 cm.

-Eating disorders: Not currently, but puked my guts out for a couple of years during high-school/college.

-Worst eating habits:

• Going on a diet and be hungry pretty much all day, then get home and devour an entire pizza with a big bag of chips. Yeeeha!
• Trying to be really strict with my diets and expecting immediate results. I never really stick to them for more than three or four days, then… the REMORSE comes.
• Eating out, probably. I tend to go for the fatty stuff. No restrictions, really, when I’m out.
• I miss breakfast lots because of my disorganized lifestyle: I either don’t wake up on time for breakfast OR don’t have breakfast stuff at home so I just… skip it out of laziness.

I also signed up to the gym a while back, but I tend to either go lots for a couple of weeks, and then drop out for a couple of months. I know I need discipline.

On paper (or on cyberspace, I guess), I know how to fix all these things. I would give such a good advice to a stranger posting this. I NEED TO MAKE A RADICAL LIFESTYLE CHANGE — and that’s really not that easy.

Wish me luck!

Disclaimer: My Own, Personal Fat Camp

I have been overweight all of my adult life.

Not a lot — just right there, where “ideal weight” and “overweight” meet. Depending on the day, the clothes, the mood, my looks range from okay to pretty friggin’ chunky. So I have finally reached the conscious decision to LOSE WEIGHT for GOOD. I’m going to be 25 in six months and I would like to, for once in my adult life, look really fucking hot. How superficial of me.

Anyway,  feel free to follow, cheer, accompany or boo me in the process. I’m sure some moral support will be more than necessary. Come see my progress here, where I’ll intend to be honest about what I’m eating and how much I’m exercising. And probably what mood swings and PMS’s and horrid-days-at-the-office are trying to sabotage my Plan.