OK, so what do I get to say?
I was planning on writing about how the last few days have gone with cutting back the calories, but Juls totally stole all my thunder and said everything I was going to say! Go take a look at her blog and you’ll see what I mean. Oh, but ignore the part about training for a marathon because I’m so far out of that, it isn’t even funny.
But seriously, the 1500 calories a day is not working. I’m done with the 1500 by the time I get home, I get a glass of milk and that’s it. By breakfast I’m starving, and after breakfast I’m STILL starving. All day long I’m watching the clock and bargaining with myself as to when I can start lunch. 11:00? Isn’t 10:55 close enough to 11:00 to have lunch? What if I started lunch at 10:30, and then ate slow enough that I finished around 11:00?
My little cheat is the box of Altoids in my desk (3 cals each). Kinda keeps things ate bay just to have a mint. For a little while. Then you look down and realize that 25 Altoids later you are killing your diet, and its not even 9:00.
So yesterday things slipped a little. I ended up eating 4 Hershey’s kisses (25 cals each). Trust me, they lasted a long time, but even still, by the time I got home I was dying. I felt like I could fall asleep any minute. No motivation, no energy.
My son won a free icecream coupon for completing 5 hours of reading from the library (why do they give these kids junk food as a reward?), so being the idiot I walked (about 1/2 mile) him down to the local Stewart’s Shop to get his cone. I was very proud of myself for not buying any for myself (surprise), but it was awful to sit there and smell the cones. Did you know the icecream cones just sitting in the stack have a smell? They do. Mmmmmm.
When I got home I had had enough. I ended up eating a small can of tunafish, a piece of whole wheat bread, and tablespoon of reduced fat mayo. 300 calories. The bread was the kind where its so dense you almost choke eating it. Maybe because I hardly chewed it. It tasted so good I almost cried. BUT, this morning I feel very good. I was still hungry for breakfast but not so drowsy and not hungry AFTER eating breakfast.
So the plan now is to go for about 1800 cals a day. That will let me squeeze in a small something for dinner, maybe something with some protien. Tuna works, but I don’t want too much tuna (mercury). I’ll find something. Uh, something reasonable.
July 27th, 2006 08:24
Diets are rough. A lot of people seem to lose weight during the hot summer, I eat more…
Have you tried boneless chicken or turkey as a tuna replacement?
July 27th, 2006 09:56
1800 sounds better than 1500. If you starve your metabolism just throttles down to keep you from dying. If you eat sensibly (no chips, no ice cream and no…ahem…chocolate) and do some exercise a couple times a week you will lose slowly but it will be real. So be real - you’ll be happier.
July 27th, 2006 11:04
I find that when I eat more protein early in the day I’m not so hungry. You need to eat more than you are. Losing 2 pounds a week is fine, after all it took a while to gain it and you 20 pounds in a week just ain’t doable! Men lose it faster than women anyway, they say it’s becasue they have more muscle mass but we all know it’s the testosterone!
July 27th, 2006 11:19
“25 Altoids later” LOL!
I don’t get how you feel guilty for breaking down and eating a mere TUNA SANDWICH after passing up the tantalizing smell of ice cream cones. You NEEDED that. Don’t starve yourself, or your body will just go into more-efficient mode and it will be even HARDER to lose the weight.
July 27th, 2006 11:49
when i don’t eat enough i just fantacize about food which totally does not help. so i agree, you should probably eat a few more calories and be a happy, healthy, non-food fantacizing jon :) you’re doing so well!!!
July 27th, 2006 11:52
Diets are tough! Hang in there - hopefully the 1800 calorie diet will be better.
July 27th, 2006 14:04
good luck with the reduced calorie diet. it sounds tough.
July 27th, 2006 16:45
Oh gosh……I know the feeling. Diets SUCK!!
I so would have opted for the ice cream cone over a can of tuna! Now that’s will power.
Good Luck and keep making healthy choices!
July 28th, 2006 07:45
drink more water. between floating and peeing you’ll not have time to eat.
July 28th, 2006 08:16
1800 calories sounds much better than 1500. I eat about 2000 per day, and manage to maintain (I’m 5″6 140lb), so with your male physique/metabolism you should be able to loose weight with 1800. Yay for tuna sandwich - great choise!
July 28th, 2006 16:34
Okay, my darling, what the hell are you doing eating only 1500 cal/day. You are too tall for such a stupidly small amount of cals. I suggest you eat three well-balanced meals/day with two snacks of veggies or fruit. Cut out all junk, alcohol and white flour carbs (whole grains are okay) and oh yeah exercise 30m/day and drink a lot of water. You will lose weight just by cutting out junk, you can still eat normally. Whateever you do, don’t let yourself go to sleep hungry that’s just sad.
July 28th, 2006 17:30
1800 sounds much more reasonable. it’s so hard, i feel your pain! make sure you eat HIGH FIBER food, much more filling. i find whenever i consciously try to diet, i can think of nothing but food. try not to deprive yourself of ANY one thing. just try to eat less of things. that might help with cravings.
jeanne, the (still overweight) weight loss (NOT) expert
July 28th, 2006 19:37
Even 1800 sounds low for a guy with your activity level? Where are you gettikng this all from? :)
PS: When I read your bit about the smell of ice cream cones, I was completely grinning. I have smelled the box when I scoop my kids and I get that trigger …
July 28th, 2006 23:42
With all the great ideas and advice I sure don’t need to be redundant (sp?) but I’ll say I’m certainly with you in the find my healthy weight fight and as always I keep you in my mind and send strong thoughts your way.
August 1st, 2006 17:52
The Altoid part cracked me up. Celery taste pretty good with salsa. I think I ate the whole package of celary minus one stalk that my son asked for. “Okay, just one”