Tinah's Journal

[tinah]

My name is Tinah I have been on Atkins since April '05. I am starting this journal so that I can feel accountable for what I am eating. I have a fitday account but something about knowing someone else will see what you ate is motivating. I know I will do better knowing people are watching me. Please feel free to give advice, suggestions or just state your opinions. I will be posting my daily meals, water intake and workouts. Wish me luck.

[tinah]

Today, I went to D&B for breakfast/lunch and I did good. I have not worked out today, but I will update when and if I do. I am going to try and do two 30 min sessions on the treadmill each day and also go to Curves. I will only do 30 min today cause I already missed the morning workout and Curves closes at 7:00. So Im not off to a great start but atleast I did good with the diet today. I am also going to try and drink more water. I never get all 8 glasses in. Im gonna go fill up my mug now I still have time to try and get it all in. I have set a mini goal I need to lose 5 1/2 lbs to be 150 by December 10, 2005, Thats the date of my husbands company Christmas party.

So heres what I ate today:
B- Nothing
L- Chicken Breast, Green Beans, Ceaser Salad (no croutons)
D- Summer Sausage and Chedder Cheese
For more detail click on my fitday link.

[tinah]

More stuff I ate today
Snack?- 3 3/4 oz ground beef and a hotdog

No workout

[tinah]

Today I woke up at 10:30 didnt eat breakfast. I went to get my nails done and then went shopping. I was kinda excited I actually fit in size 10 dresses and pants. I still didnt find anything to wear for my husbands Christmas Party. I dont think I want to go after all. I might just spend that money on a purse I have been wanting. You know as a reward for all the hard work I have been doing. I didnt work out again today I was not home all day. I did alot of walking at the shops. I did bad too with my water. Oh and last night I said I was gonna fill up my mug and drink all my water well I didnt actually drink any water at all. I will do better tomorrow. I really need to get that water in and do my workouts. I am really gonna go get a mug of water and try to get it all in tonight. I will update tomorrow if I dont actually do it.

So heres what I ate today:
B: Nothing
L: Grilled Chicken Breast and Mediterranean salad
D: 3 Taco Bell tacos minus the tortilla shells

[tinah]

Today I cheated with carb blockers. I had tacos at Taco Tote. I weighed 154.2 new low for me. No work out lots of water.

B: Nothing
L: Summer Sausage and Cheese
D: 3 Tacos, a few bites rice and beans.

No fitday entry....

[tinah]

Today was a planned funday so I ate everything I wanted. Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner. I am totally paying for it. I feel like a stuffed turkey. I am so bloated. Took carb blockers but dont know if they really work. I drank all my water though. So thats good. Also went for a walk after dinner. Back to Atkins tomorrow. No cheating till Christmas. Also dont think I will be weighing in this week I might get discouraged. I dont know we will see. If I get on the scale I will record my weight.

[tinah]

Cheated myself today. I was doing good till dinner. I ate some left over stuffing, then I had a small bowl of cereal. Then about 3 hrs later I had a Chicken Sandwich from Burger King. Uggh. I cant believe it even after all that pain I went through after last night. I did it again. I wont let it bring me down though. I will definetly start over tomorrow. No cheating till I reach my goal. I want to be thin.

B: Nothing
L: Chicken Ceaser Salad
D: Stuffing, Cereal, slice of pumpkin pie
Late Snack: Chicken Sandwich

No Fitday entry today.

[tinah]

opps

[tinah]

Today I did good. Didnt work out again but did good with the diet.

Breakfast: 2 7/8 oz Sausage, Two eggs
Lunch: Taco Salad, Diet Big Red
Dinner: Half a Sausage Link, Orange Crystal Light

[tinah]

Well today was the moment of truth. I weighed myself and it was not pretty. I feel so horrible for cheating. My wonderful 154.2 gone. Ugh I cant believe I cheated myself like that. I will get it back. I am going to try so hard to get on the treadmill everyday at least 30 min. I need to go to Curves too 3x a week. Come on Tinah what are you thinking. Get off your lazy butt and start working out. 140 lbs get ready cause here I come.

B: Woke up to late for it.
L: Bacon Wrapped Filet, Bite of sausage, Popeyes Green Beans. 20 oz water with Tea Crystal Light
D: Bacon Wrapped Filet, The rest of half a sausage link. 20 oz water w/lemon
Snack: About 10 green olives

[tinah]

I am so upset I cant stay off the scale and everytime I get on it the numbers keep going higher. I dont understand I am not cheating and I am drinking lots of water. Im not even in ketosis. What do I do. I am really going to work out tomorrow I will not give up we will see what happens next sunday.

Breakfast: Breakfast Casserole
Snack: snack stick beef
Lunch: Chicken Divan
Dinner:1/2 Small Chicken
Snack: Stalk of celery w/ 1 tbs peanut butter

80 oz Water

[mlb]

Hang in there Girl it'll be okay. I'm in the same boat. I was down to 155, now I"m back up to 167, I want to be thin, but food keeps calling my name!!

Remember when you cheat, the scale often doesn't show it for a few days, or at least you don't see the FULL affect of a full blown cheat for a few days, you will see an intial gain and then WATCH OUT, yo'ull be crying... ask me how I know...

[kmf1028]

Don't get too discouraged and DON'T give up - you will do fine!!!!!

I am thinking about you and wishing you the best.

[tinah]

Missy: I know what you mean about food calling your name. Everytime my 3yr old asks for cereal I just want to eat the whole bowl. When I am asleep I swear I can hear the oreo cookies calling my name. I dont think I will be doing any full on cheating soon. Maybe just one meal like this saturday for my daughters birthday.

Kathy: Thanks for your support. I love this site. Its nice to know other people are wishing me luck and hoping for my success. My "friends" dont even do that. Its like people are hoping I fail. They often make negative comments about the WOE and whats gonna happen when I stop. What makes them think I will stop. So how many pounds have you lost so far from your Christmas goal? Im hoping to be 148 by Christmas. Good luck. Let me know how you do.

Thanks again to both of you for your encouragement I really needed it. I just got on the scale and its going down baby. I dont remember what it was but it was better. I will weigh in on Sunday. I hope it goes down more.

[tinah]

Today was a good day for me I tested for ketones this morning and I was deep in ketosis. Finally, I guess the reason it didnt show the night before was cause I drank so much water yesterday. I have a bad habit of testing each time I go to the bathroom. From now on I will only test once and in the morning. I did really well with the diet and water intake I even got on the treadmill. Hopefully all that was not a one time thing and I can get myself off the couch everyday. I felt great and it wasnt as tough as I thought once I got started.

So heres what I ate today:
Breakfast: Breakfast Casserole
Snack: Celery w/ 1 tbs peanut butter
Lunch: Portabello Pizza
Dinner: Chicken Quarter alittle zucchini
Dinner/Snack?: 2 eggs w/3 oz sausage ( I was still hungry)

[kmf1028]

tinah - great on getting motivated!!!!!! I wish I could get motivated to exercise I do dance 2 days a week and do pilates 1 day a week but that is not enough.

Great on the scale moving down I did not weigh this morning. I will weigh tomorrow and post to my journal.

Good luck today and you will do great!!!!!!

Kathy

[tinah]

Kathy: Dance 2x a week and pilates 1 day is great. Your working girl. Good luck on your weigh in hope you get a visit from the whoosh fairy.

I am so excited today I weighed again and I was down to 153.6 WOW. I hope it stays or goes down alittle for my official weigh in on Sunday. I had a good day lots of energy. I got alot of things done I have been putting off. I did great with the diet although I didnt eat enough. Im hungry now but hubby said not to eat this late cause its bad for you. I guess I can wait till breakfast. I even got on the treadmill again. I am so excited I really hope I can keep it up. I just gotta force myself to get in there and just do it. Now I just gotta get myself doing some weight training so I can tone up. One step at a time though. I dont want to burn myself out. Thanks to all the people who have shared kind words and inspiration here at lowcarbfriends.com I am finally on my way.

So heres what I ate today:
Breakfast: 2 eggs omlet w/1 oz cheese
Lunch: 4.5 oz turkey Breast w/almost 2 oz gravy
Dinner: Stuffed Pepper

Click on my fitday link for more details.

[kmf1028]

tinah - WTG on the loss Keep it up you will do great!!!!!! I hope you get your exercise in today.......it will be worth it

I was down 1 lb this morning and am so syched

Have a great day

[tinah]

Kathy: Hey great job with your loss. Thanks again you keep me motivated. I will definetely be working out again tonight especially since I know someone is WATCHING. When I weighed myself yesterday it was at night but I weighed again this morning first thing and I was 153 even. Yea for me.

I had to make cupcakes today for my little one today is her Birthday she turned 3 yrs. They are my favorite strawberry with vanilla frosting. Be strong Tinah the FORCE is with you.

[kmf1028]

Originally Posted by tinah

I had to make cupcakes today for my little one today is her Birthday she turned 3 yrs. They are my favorite strawberry with vanilla frosting. Be strong Tinah the FORCE is with you.

You will do fine!!!! I have faith in you !!!!!!! Don't worry, my DD birthday is on the 21st, so I will be making 3 different batches of cupcakes and then my DS in on 17th of Jan. But we can do this.

[tinah]

I did good with diet. I was able to resist the sweet cupcakes. Took my daughter to D&B for dinner and games. I even got on the treadmill again this time I stayed on an extra 10 min. I am proud of myself.

Kathy: I was thinking of not working out then I thought of you and I was like I better do it. She has faith in me. Thanks for the motivation.

So heres what I ate:
Breakfast: 2 eggs and 2 oz sausage
Lunch: Tuna Patties
Dinner: Chicken Breast, Green Beans and Ceaser Salad w/o croutons.

[tinah]

Whooooo Hooooo This morning my weight was at an all time low of drum roll please............152.2............ I am so excited I hope I can keep it up. I had a good day didnt cheat although I really, really wanted too. I feel like I cheated cause I had two low carb tortillas. It just felt wrong. They only supposedly had 3 net carbs per tortilla. It was nice having something to hold the fajita meat. I felt so bad after I ate them. I wanted to cry I am not used to not having to eat meat with a fork. I dont know how much water I had. Also went crazy looking for those DICHOSOS (Shiritaki Noodles) I went to every oriental market I could find. Did not find any will go tomorrow to one last place I called and they said they had some. Hopefully they knew what I was talking about and have them. Everybody talks about them so I really want to try them. Worked out again today even though I was really really tired. Yay for me. Even did 160 sit ups. Also ordered Callanetics video I dont have a VCR so Ill have to figure something out. Ill make it work go to the pawn shop or something. I am excited I cant wait to get them. I want to tone up. I hope they live up to the HYPE around here. Oh almost forgot I bought some Green Tea too. I am going to drink it everyday. People say it helps. My husbands like why do we need to buy all this stuff? Im like because everyone says it works. LOL Tomorrow I will probably wake up and he'll have confiscated my Laptop.

So heres what I ate today:
Breakfast: Sausage Quiche
Lunch: Two fajita tacos on LC tortilla with guac and sour cream
Dinner: I thigh from Churchs w/o skin

[kmf1028]

Tinah - congrats on such a great day!!!!! You did awesome. I am sorry that I did not post yesterday, but I have a hard time on the weekends as I am so busy with housework and kids running

I am glad that I motivated you, you did the same for me - I did great yesterday -- I will be updateing my journal in a few so you can read about it.

Have a great day and talk to you later.

[tinah]

Kathy: Thanks I was really tired yesterday as I am today falling asleep right now actually but I still need to do my workout for tonight so Im just gonna have to wake up. I was thinking to skip today but I know I will feel bad especially since I had a cheat meal today. I read your journal and you did great. Keep it up.

[tinah]

OMG!!! I am so happy the scale keeps going down everyday. I dont want it to stop. Today I got on and it said 151.4 that is like awesome. I guess the treadmill is working. So today was my daughters bday and I had planned to cheat for dinner and I did. But didnt do too bad. I served my self a double cheese burger, large fries, and a small coke. I ate the burger, 10 fries, and couple sips of the soda. Then I got a big piece of cake which was the main reason I wanted to cheat. I ate like half of it and was grossed out. That was my only real meal. So I still didnt meet my calorie quota. Less than 1200 cals is bad I think. I had probably 650 or so. I checked earlier and I am still in ketosis. I worked out too I am on a roll. I really didnt want too was feeling really tired but I knew I would feel worse if I didnt work out. So I did and I am glad cause I feel great. I hope the scale still says 151.4 or less tomorrow or I will be upset. But I deserve whatever I get I guess I am the one that cheated.

So heres what I ate today:
Breakfast: nothing
Lunch: pizza topping off two slices & diet dr pepper
Dinner: double cheeseburger, 10 fries, some coke, half a large slice of birthday cake.
Cup of Green Tea & Cup of Dieters Tea