Back in the Fitday Saddle

When I announced that TH and I were trying to have a baby a few of you asked about my weight loss plan. Well, for now the plan is exactly the same as it always was, except accelerated. I can’t actively try to lose weight once I am pregnant, but until then I’m going to go at it full throttle.

I still can’t run, or ever play Dance Dance Revolution (sob), so my workout regiment includes a 10-15 minute walk, my physical therapy exercises, and a few laps back and forth doing the frog-kick back and forth in our pool. That’s my workout on a really good day. On bad days it’s much, much less and usually non-existent.

As usual, I’m relying on calorie counting using Fitday to keep my calories low enough to lose weight. A deficiency of calories is absolutely the one way to lose weight, and I’ve found that I overestimate my intake unless I count my calories. I need that structure to lose weight.

Yesterday was a great day, up until about 5:00 pm. I got up read my scriptures, made my bed, went for a walk, did my PT exercises, swam, studied for my midterm, showered, studied some more and then began to take my midterm online. I had all of the questions done, and was writing the very last sentence when I hit backspace to correct something and it was all GONE.

I burst into tears and called That Husband in Houston. He said he wished he could be there to give me a hug. I wanted him there too. He told me I could buy some gelato to cheer myself up, but I told him I didn’t want the extra calories. Then he said I could buy myself something pretty, which is big for him. I declined and told him I had to start taking that test all over again.

This is the point in the day where I would usually lose it, throwing away all of the hard work I had done that day. That Snickers bar in the freezer? A bowl of popcorn covered in real butter? A huge chunk of frozen cookie dough? Normally I would have downed them all in succession.

But that didn’t happen because I had already planned out my food for the day! I don’t do it all the time, but I’ve found it to be really effective in curbing my binge eating. When I count my calories for an extended period of time I begin eating the same thing every day because it’s easier to log and easier to plan ahead.

I made myself a protein shake and sat down to drink it while I plugged in what I felt like eating for the rest of the day. And now it’s 11:36 pm and I must admit this is one of my best days ever stat-wise. Look at that fiber! That protein!

Here is what I ate for the day:

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Breakfast

I started with a protein shake in the morning, made with two cups of milk and two cups of my favorite protein powder. And of course I took my Gummy Vitamins, something I never forget once I switched to vitamins that taste like candy.

Lunch

A bowl of my bean soup (I always keep a batch on hand) with sour cream, big glass of fat free milk (I like both the taste and the amount of protein it provides), and two pieces of toast ( made with homemade bread) smeared with Laughing Cow. I really wanted to put butter on my bread, since I LOVE butter, but I resisted and I’m glad I saved myself the extra calories and fat it would have given me.

Dinner

I was super strict with what I ate throughout the day so I was able to splurge on dinner. A fuji apple, Kashi 7-grain crackers, and the absolute best cheese ever, Parrano Robusto. It’s a gouda/parmesan blend full of flavor but also full of fat so I shave off really thin slices and weigh them on my digital food scale to keep my measurements exact.

Snack

Remember Fudgescicles? They are amazing for curbing off chocolate cravings. I ate a dark chocolate one this time (next time it will be white chocolate), and I loved every lick.

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