May 2013
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Congrats on your success! 90 lbs is fantastic! I was doing well for a while and lost a few pounds (I think about 25 although my scale was really inaccurate) but then I lost my focus and fell off the rails and gained it all back. Just wondering if you had any tips on getting started (again) and getting motivated to start a healthy lifestyle. I have a diet coke habit and a chocolate bar habit and...
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runningwithguts:
I like this question a lot, so I’m going to answer it publicly, because I have maaaaany thoughts on the matter.
Disclaimer: I am by no means a professional. I’m just really opinionated. And I really love food.
Food is fuel, yes.
Food is not your friend - also accurate. We know as much…
April 2013
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this diet diary: 10 Things You Must Give Up To... →
thisdietdiary:
Letting the opinions of others control your life. – People know your name, not your story. They’ve heard what you’ve done, but not what you’ve been through. So take their opinions of you with a grain of salt. In the end, it’s not what others think, it’s what you think about yourself that…
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March 2013
30 posts
wednesday march 27 2013
5 cookies
lunch from thai one on (chicken fried rice)
supper: tuna with mayo and cheese
ice cream sandwich
4 bottles of water
Tuesday
2 Medium sized bag of party mix (binge)
Apple with peanut butter
2 small chocolate chip muffins
4 bottles water
2 cookies
Monday
Chocolate bar
Apple
2 wraps
2 chocolate chip muffins
Medium sized bag of chips
Burger
1 beer
3.5 bottles of water
Monday march 25 2013
Breakfast: big chocolate bar (wtf)
Lunch: 2 wraps, 2 small oatmeal chocolate chip muffins
Water: 1 bottle
Sunday
Breakfast: bacon, 2 pieces toast with pb, 2 small oatmeal chocolate chip muffins
Lunch: tuna melt on a bagel
Snack: 1/2 bag of crispers
Supper: salmon, 1/2 sweet potato, roasted asparagus + peppers
Water: 4
Run: 20 x 1 min
saturday march 23 2013
breakfast: blueberry pancakes with syrup
lunch: 2 pieces pizza, ice cream sandwich
supper: salmon, roasted peppers + asparagus, sweet potatoes
water: 3 bottles
went for a run (a shitty 10 minute run but still)
friday march 22 2013
Healthy breakfast (bagel with butter)
Pub lunch (chicken ceasar salad, 1 pint)
Afternoon snack (donut)
Frozen pizza for supper + ice cream sandwich
3 bottles water
1 tea with sugar
thursday march 21 2013
weight: 232.8 (does that mean a 24-hour IF causes a loss of 2.8 lbs?)
3 bottles water
Healthy lunch: 2 wraps, apple with pb
skipped supper
evening snack: large chocolate chip cookie from starbucks, tea with sugar
(was emotional and irrational this evening… shoudln’t have skipped supper)
wednesday march 20 2013
weight: 232.8
successes:
3 bottles of water
0 diet coke (what!)
24 hour fast
not so much:
2012 in review (better late than never!)
2012 in summary
Health:
I started running
I kept up my eating habits and using tumblr to record it
Wealth:
I became an associate at work and invested $15,000
Career:
?
Happiness:
I moved out of mom and dad’s house and got my own pad in the city
I met the love of my life
I had an awesome family vacation to Hawaii
Plan of Attack for 2013
Have 1 or 2 no diet coke days a week (& build to 3 or 4 days after a while)
Try to limit my diet coke to 1 or 2 a day
Drink 4+ bottles of water a day
Have only 1 or 2 high carb things a day (e.g. bun, piece of fruit, beer)
Have 1 cheat day a week
No binges!
Do 1 or 2 intermittent fasts a week
Go for 1 or 2 runs a week
Do kettlebells 1 or 2 times a week (in the morning)
Take 1 or 2...
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Successes:
stopped eating at 3:30
4 bottles of water
Not so much:
chocolate binge (2 big bars)
Diet Soda Will Kill Us All! Not really. But it... →
primalpalette:
IF LOW-CALORIE SWEETENERS ARE FATTENING, THEN WE COULD BE ON THE VERGE OF A SPIRALING DISASTER.
monday march 18 2013
successes:
healthy lunch (2 chicken wraps, apple)
3 bottles of water
not so much:
chocolate binge (2 big bars)
sunday march 17 2013
successes:
0 diet coke (what!)
semi-healthy supper (roast beef, ceasar salad, broccoli, asparagus, potatoes)
not so much:
piece of banana chocolate chip cake
brownie with ice cream
a few beers (3 or 4)
Saturday march 16 2013
Successes:
2.5 bottles water
semi-healthy lunch (1 piece pizza, 1 wrap with shredded chicken, cheese and jerk sauce)
semi-healthy restaurant supper (1 pint, chicken, potatoes, ceasar salad)
Not so much:
not-so healthy breakfast: Chocolate chip pancakes
piece of chocolate chip banana cake
a few beers
Friday march 15 2013
Successes:
Healthy lunch (spinach salad)
3 bottles of water
Not so much:
Chocolate binge (2 large bars)
Piece of cake
Pint
Not so healthy supper (pizza)
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successes:
Healthy lunch (salad)
3 bottles of water
Healthy supper (salad and 1/2 appy of pita + goat cheese)
Not so much:
Chocolate binge (2 big bars)
3 beers
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successes:
4 bottles of water
healthy lunch (2 wraps, a few almonds)
not so much:
chocolate binge: 2 large chocolate bars
not so healthy supper: cheeseburger (homemade so not that bad but with a huge bun) with sweet potato fries and a piece of cake
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successses:
healthy lunch (salad with chicken)
4 bottles of water
healthy supper (cheeseburger with caramelized onions)
not so much:
didn’t go for a run
monday march 11 2013
successes:
4 bottles of water (PB!)
healthy lunch (2 chicken wraps, almonds)
IF (20 hours; 4:00pm- 12:00pm)
not so much:
1 treat (ice cream sandwich)
Sunday March 10 2013
successes:
went for a nice walk
healthy supper (chicken quesadillas with sour cream)
not so much:
4 beers
not so healthy lunch (chicken sandwich with brie and aoili from Stoneys)
2 treats (chips, ice cream sandwich)
Saturday March 9 2013
Successes:
went for a run! (2 mins x 10 intervals)
3 bottles of water, 2 mugs of tea
not so much:
not healthy breakfast (chocolate chip pancakes with syrup)
3 treats (3 cookies, bowl of ice cream, bowl of chips)
2 beers
Friday March 8 2013
successes:
2 bottles of water
healthy breakfast (multi-grain bagel with butter)
healthy lunch (2 chicken wraps)
not so much:
3 treats (blizzard, chocolate donut, popcorn @ the movie theatre)
not so healthy supper (sweet potato fries with dip, chicken fingers, pint @ a pub)
Thursday March 7 2013
successes:
healthy lunch (sub and small bag of chips @ subway)
not so much:
3 treats (4 cookies, piece of cake from a bakery, chicken fried rice)
Tuesday March 5 2013
successes:
2 bottles of water
healthy lunch (2 wraps with ham, cheese, lettuce and salsa)
healthy supper (trout, cauliflower, asparagus, sweet potatoes, apple crisp)
no beer
not so much:
lots of chocolate
several cookies
My Plan This Time Around
Eating:
Monday- fish, green veg, sweet potatoes, salad
Tuesday- something quick and easy (tuna salad, roasted cauliflower)or do an IF
Wednesday- something in the slow cooker (curry or porketta… or try jerk chicken)
Thursday- leftovers
Friday- restaurant meal (try to be good… although 1 or 2 beers is ok)
Saturday- cheat day (hi, chocolate chip pancakes!)
Sunday- big family style dinner...
Saturday March 2 2013
successes:
went for a run! what! 20 minutes (1 minutes x 20)
had a bite of muffin and then changed my mind ;)
more than 0 water (i didn’t really count)
not so much:
pizza
chocolate chip pancakes
movie theatre popcorn (what am I, made of stone??)
Let's try this again! Friday March 1 2013
successes:
2 bottles of water
healthy lunch (red curry with beef)
not so much:
2 chocolate bars
blueberry muffin (free food is so hard to turn down!)
2 croissants
beers
pizza
November 2012
4 posts
90%
Lunch (1:00 @ Baton Rouge): chicken finger salad
Supper (5:30): tuna salad with mayo and cheese, 1 square dark chocolate
Run: 10 intervals X 2 minutes (with 1 minute rests)
Stay strong.: What's in my "instead of binging... →
hungryavocados:
This is for those who wander what’s in my jar !
Take a polaroid of something alive. ★
Dance to your favourite song.
Read a chapiter of your current book/ a magazine.
WORKOUT.
Drow something/one of your tumblr crush/yourself/your future/tattoo ideas …
Make a scoubidou.
Walk the dog.
Write/Read quotes.
Piano practice.
Do some yoga.
Clean your...
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Breakfast (10:00): 3 girl guide cookies
Lunch (1:00): small portion of green curry beef, small portion of mango chicken, 2 girl guide cookies
Snack (3:00): 2 banana muffins, Butterfinger chocolate bar
Supper (5:00 @ Mcdonalds): 2 large orders of french fries
8:00: 1 beer
October 2012
26 posts
80%
Breakfast (11:00): apple
Lunch (1:00): cheeseburger with caramelized onions and jerk dip
Supper (8:00): 2 pints, 1/2 order french fries
80%
Lunch (12:00): sweet potato fries with jerk dip, a few slices of salami
Supper (5:30 @ thai place): 1/2 order thai fried rice, 2 spring rolls
Snack (10:00): 1/2 order thai fried rice (which I didn’t need…)
80%
IF: 20 hours (4pm-12pm)
Lunch (12:00 @ Fox and Fiddle): chicken fingers and sweet fries with dip
Supper (6:00): cheeseburger with caramelized onions and jerk mayo
Beers: 2 bottles, 1 pint
100%
Breakfast (11:30): sweet potato fries with jerk dip
Supper (4:00): carrots and jerk dip, 2 pieces of trout with jerk dip and caramelized onions, a few pieces of salami, a few pieces of dark chocolate
Water: 1 bottle
Run: 5 x 3 minute intervals (with 1 minute rests)
70%
Breakfast (11:30): a few slices of salami
Lunch (12:30): sweet potato fries with jerk mayo
Supper (6:30): carrots and dip, 10 jalapeno poppers with bacon
Snack (8:30): a few squares of dark chocolate (70%)
70%
IF: 17 hours
Lunch (12:00 @ the pub): 2 pints, spinach salad with chicken
Supper (5:30): a few pieces of salami, a huge plate of french fries
Water: 1 bottle
