Gabe's shame

[Gabe]

Breakfast:

whey protein smoothie with almond milk and 2 bananas.

 

Lunch:

Soy london fog.

 

Dinner:

2.25 pickles and the remnants I ate from the frosting/ cake batter I was making. 

 

Exercise:

Does pacing count? 

[TMedina]

Re: pacing

 

I don't see why not - basically you're just walking in place.

[Gabe]

Lol I like you.

 

In that case I exercised again yesterday.

 

Also it was my husband's birthday so I had:

 

Breakfast:

2 bananas

whey protein

almond milk

 

Lunch:

Cake 

french bread

salad

soup

seitan

 

supper:

wine

Hawaiian pizza  

candy

chips

 

Yeah, I failed my final and sort of drank a half a bottle of wine and didn't care what I ate. But I care now. I should have been better, crying in the tub does not justify my irresponsible behavior. Today will be better. 

[Gabe]

Yesterday was better. I had:

 

Breakfast:

whey protein

almond milk

2 bananas

 

Lunch 

Seitan

2 carrots

 

Supper:

oatmeal

flax seed

macadamia nuts

pomegranate seeds

almond milk

[Gabe]

Ok I've got some momentum... and I lost weight! Yay!

 

Breakfast:

2 bananas

Whey protein powder

Almond milk

 

Lunch:

Seitan

3 carrots

pickle

 

Supper:

2 flax seed bread

peanut butter

apple sauce

[Gabe]

Yesterday was a little worse than usual:

 

Breakfast

banana

apple

whey powder

almond milk

 

Lunch

Seitan

3 Carrots

Pickle

 

Supper:

1/2 glass of wine

7 Turtle chocolates

[Gabe]

Eh I screwed up yesterday. I had

 

Breakfast:

apple

pomegranate

whey

almond milk

 

Lunch:

Fudge

turtles

chips

eggnog

 

Supper:

Pitas

chocolate

 

But today will be better.

[Gabe]

Yesterday was better, although my calories and protein intake was a little low (only 880, and 41 grams respectively) I just wasn't hungry so I didn't push it.

 

Breakfast:

Pomegranate

Orange

appple

 

Lunch

Seitan

3 Carrots

Pickle

 

Supper:

1/2 Boston Pizza beet salad

Organic Fruit bar

Glass of wine

[Gabe]

Yesterday I had:

 

Breakfast

orange

apple

cantaloupe

whey

almond milk

 

lunch:

fudge

seitan

3 carrots

 

supper:

vegan pizza on thin multigrain crust.

[Gabe]

Ok so yesterday I had:

 

Breakfast:

apple

orange

cantaloupe

 

lunch:

seitan

2 carrots

tomato

almonds

 

snack:

pickle

almond milk

 

supper:

vegan pizza

almond milk

 

and I did yoga

[Gabe]

So I was reading that the people who have lost more than 70 lbs. and kept it off for 7 years or more all do at least one hour of exercise a day. So yesterday I aimed to move for an hour. I paced up and down my house, stretched, and did some calisthenics. I ate:

 

Breakfast:

banana

cantaloupe

orange

 

Lunch:

Seitan

carrot

tomato

pumpkin seeds

pea shoots

 

Supper:

almond butter

jam

rye bread

almond milk

grapefruit

strawberry fruit bar 

[Gabe]

So yesterday was pretty good, I spent like 3 hours cleaning (which was more physical activity than I usually get), so I'm counting that as a win. I also ate:

 

Breakfast:

Orange

Banana

Cantaloupe

 

Lunch:

Pea shoots

Tomato

Carrot

Whey

Almond milk

Macademia nuts

 

Supper:

Multigrain pasta

Tomato sauce

Seitan

Pickle

 

So, so far so good. I'm finding that having a supper that is heavy in carbs (like pasta or pizza) is keeping me satisfied, but I'm afraid it is also slowing my progress? I don't know maybe that is a change for the future, or maybe I'm worrying too much. Don't mess with a good thing right? 

[Gabe]

So yesterday was pretty much the same as my last entry, except that I added 1 1/2 cups of vegetables to my dinner, ans did some calisthenics instead of cleaning. 

[Gabe]

Yesterday was a bit worse than I would have liked, but I'm still happy wih it, because I kept m portions small.

 

Breakfast:

Banana

Orange

Cantaloupe

 

Lunch:

Seitan

Macademia nuts

2 Carrots

Pea shoots

 

Supper:

2 pieces of pizza

milk chocolate

rum and coke

 

I did squats yesterday too. 

[Gabe]

Yesterday was Christmas baking day... and I messed up pretty bad

 

Breakfast:

Banana

Orange

Cantaloupe

 

Lunch:

Seitan

Kidney beans

green beans

carrot

onion

pepper

pickle

 

Supper:

7 cookies (yikes)

2 pieces of pizza

finger of fudge

 

I also did some lunges. Well today will be better.

[TMedina]

The point is to keep trying, not to be perfect all the time.  As long as you're trying, it's perfect.

[Gabe]

That is true, thanks it is easy for me to forget that. Anyway I'll start this log back up after the holidays (Sunday I think). 

[Gabe]

Ok, now the holidays are all over, and it is a new year. I'm ready to be different this year, better than the last. To that end, yesterday I ate thus:

 

Breakfast:

-apple

-2 oranges

 

Lunch:

-whey protein

-almond milk

-macademia nuts

-large carrot

 

Supper:

-multi-grain pasta

-tomato sauce

-1 onion

- seitan

 

A good start to the year I think.  

[Gabe]

Ok so yesterday I had:

 

Breakfast:

-2 oranges

-apple

 

Lunch:

-Chickpea and avocado sandwich

 

Snack:

-Homemade protein bar

 

Supper:

-Vegetarian chili with seitan

-Organic red wine

 

I have to admit I'm not sure how many calories to eat a day. I know 1200 is the least you can eat, but I will be back at the gym soon and thought maybe I should increase it to 1400? I dunno, this may take some thought. Also I've been walking in this freezing weather... so that has to count for something.  

[Gabe]

So yesterday was a bit of a struggle, but it still went pretty well. I had:

 

Breakfast:

-2 oranges

-apple

 

Lunch:

-chickpea and avocado sandwich 

 

Snack:

-Whey protein and almond milk

 

Supper:

-Beef stew and french bread

-2 dark chocolates

 

Also I think I'm going to go with the 1400 calories, then I don't have to worry about exercise and I'm learning portion control rather than dieting. 

[Gabe]

Ok so yesterday I screwed up a bit. I had a two hour nap which meant I couldn't sleep last night, and I snacked on junk food. But I don't tink I went over my calories so at least there is that.

 

Breakfast:

-apple

-orange

-kiwi

 

Lunch:

-chickpeas, avocado and lemon salad.

 

Snack:

-Chips and chocolate chips.

 

Supper:

-almond milk

[Gabe]

Ok so yesterday was not bad. I did some lower body exercises (squats, lunges, leg lifts) and ate as so:

 

Breakfast:

-apple

-orange

 

Lunch:

-Chickpea and avocado salad

 

Snack:

-Whey protein and almond milk

 

Supper:

-almond butter and jam sandwich 

-semi-sweet chocolate. 

 

Also I slept really well last night, so that makes a big difference. 

[Gabe]

Ok, so yesterday I had:

 

Breakfast:

-kiwi

-apple

-orange

 

Lunch:

-pb&j sandwich

 

snack:

-whey and almond milk

 

Supper:

-beef stew

-cherries and chocolate

 

and I did some squats

[Gabe]

It's easy for me to put off starting my current challenge, so I decided that the best thing to do was start logging here again. 

 

Breakfast:

kale, spinach, orange, berries, and almond milk

 

Lunch:

Burger, few chili fries and milkshake.

 

Supper:

-Grapes

 

So not so great today... definitely not paleo, but at least I only ate when I was hungry and stopped when I was full. Tomorrow will be better.  

[Gabe]

Ok so yesterday had good points and bad ones.

 

Breakfast:

apple

 

Snack:

fruit cup (nothing added, just fruit)

 

Lunch:

almond milk, berries, orange, kale and spinach. 

 

Supper:

2 homemade burgers, chips, potato salad, and bourbon. 

 

On the plus side I did not make cookies/ stop for junk food to 'celebrate' my course work being over. On the negative, I just ate the supper my in-laws made, I could have done better.