Check out this site...

There is a really cool site that I found through one of my nutrition classes at school. I put the link on the side of my blog but just wanted to mention it. The link for the site is http://www.mypyramid.gov/. Basically it lets you enter in what you ate each day and evaluates the amount of calories, vitamins and food groups you are eating and what you should be getting more of based on your weight, age and height inputs. I think its a great tool for anyone who wants to lose weight without going on a fad diet. It's definatley a great way to see what you are doing wrong with your eating habits. I've used it on and off to check and see how I was doing and it helped to steer me in the right direction.

Haven't posted for awhile...

I'm bad at keeping up with things and I did a horrible job with this. The problem is I kind of gave up on losing weight. I worked my ass off in the gym and I didn't lose a pound. I came to the realization I was obsessed with losing weight. I don't need to lose a single pound and thats why I can't lose it in a healthy way. The only way for me to lose weight is by not eating which I'm trying to avoid. At times, like around my birthday I struggled with it and didn't eat much the whole week before in order to look good on my birthday. I did because I lost like 5 pounds that week but put it all back on the next week. In a way I could probably be considered bulimic but its not severe as in puking after I gorge. However I do eat and then go through "purging" fazes where I only eat like once a day or less. I feel great about myself when I'm "purging" and depressed when I'm "binging".
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Anyway, until next time...

Frustrated

Well I've been going to the gym for 3 weeks now and haven't lost a pound. I've been trying to eat more fruits and vegetables as well. I know that I have to be patient with it but I really wish that I'd see results now. I'm going to give it 6 weeks because they say it usually takes that long to see results with this kind of thing. I probably haven't lost weight because i'm building muscles up where my fat was and hopefully i'll soon reach the point where I'll start loosing weight. Nevertheless, I'm feeling frustrated.

Off to the gym...

Well, after I failed with Slimfast I tried only eating one meal a day...that totally failed. After that I tried eating healthy for a few days...I just didn't feel like I was getting anywhere. In order for a diet to work with me I have to feel like I'm actually getting somewhere and it has to make me feel good about myself in order to keep me motivated. So I finally broke down and started visiting gyms. I'm currently in a free trial period at a local gym. We'll see how it goes but it makes me happy after I'm done working out, I feel like I actually accomplished something. I have an appointment with my personal trainer tomorrow. I just don't know if I'm actually going to lose weight or not by just working out like three days a week because I feel like I eat more after I work out. However, maybe I can find a diet that isn't as strict that I can work around more when combined with a few heavy exercise sessions a week. Many gyms promote protein but many high protein diets contain high amounts of saturated fat and cholesterol. I'm also looking into diet pills that may be beneficial that don't have bad side effects. Once I find some more info I'll let you know.

I'm back...

With school just starting life was a little hectic there for a little while but things are slowing down again and I'm going to be updating regularly. I wish I had better recorded my trials with slimfast. Bottom line is you have to be really dedicated in order for it to work. It doesn't really allow room for any error. I was on the diet for about a month. I did really well for about a week but then when the weekend hit I wanted to go out to eat and enjoy myself but any additional calories over and beyond what the diet allows ruined the whole day. After that I was pretty on and off with it. I found that it was only possible to lose weight with slimfast if I drank the shake for breakfast and lunch and then had a minimal dinner of less than 500 calories and I lost about three pounds that first week. However, by the time dinner came I was starving and found it impossible to only eat less than 500 calories. Perhaps because of my own weakness but by the time dinner came my body was craving something of substance, not just liquids. Also, I felt drained of energy and found it hard to be motivated to exercise as the diet also calls for. On the plus side, it does work and the shakes and snack bars are nutritious and tasty. The Slimfast diet also helps you get in all of your servings of vegetables and fruit and is also a good supplement for other vitamins and minerals our bodies need. Overall, I'd give this a 6 out of 10 (10 being the highest) and would highly recommend it for someone who is dedicated--but most people are on diets because they aren't dedicated.

Slimfast...hmmm

Okay, so I am starting slim fast today. I get a shake for breakfast, a shake for lunch and am supposed to eat something worth around 200 calories with it such as yogurt and fruit. Then your supposed to eat a dinner of around 500 calories. The shakes have 190 calories in. What I don't understand is at the bottom of the package it says to never consume less than 1200 calories a day. That is less than 1200 calories a day. Anyway, I did okay the first day. I ate a shake for breakfast along with a hard boiled egg to add some protein so that way i'd feel full longer. For lunch I ate yogurt and a shake. For dinner, well...I had a piece of pizza. It's roughly 500 calories lol. I ate some apple slices later. All in all it actually wasn't that hard when i wasn't focusing on being hungry. More to come later.

Just one thing...I searched google earlier for weight loss and the site came up, and it was for weightwatchers (http://www.weightwatchers.com/Util/lnd/index_39h_nd.aspx?cid=1). Thats the first thing I want to research. Fad diets...

Rough day...

The last few days have been rough...extremely so. I was taking a semester off at college in order to go through some training at work and to make some extra money working full time. Two days before the start of school I find out that the girl I was supposed to be switching hours with, doesn't want to switch hours anymore. It leaves me totally screwed. I've been to three different colleges including Penn State York trying to take at least one class. Penn state doesn't offer any of the classes I need, and the other two just weren't working with me. Ugh. Anyway to make it all worse, as soon as I feel stressed, I start eating like there is no tomorrow. Every time I eat I feel guilty which makes me feel even more stressed out. I wish I had my old metabolism back. Ever since my first 'episode' with starvation, my metabolism has been out of wack. That and I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia...

Anyway, I've decided what I want to do with this site. I'm not an expert on any of the subjects I want to talk about but I know their are enough resources on the web that I can find expert opinions and ideas and write about my findings. Perhaps I will help myself in the process. I need to start being a healthy person instead of this whole starvation thing. It's really starting to tire me otu. Last semester I took this class on Nutrition. I actually learned a lot, even considering how boring the professor was. I know exactly how to eat and work out in order to stay thin without starving myself. It's easier this way though I guess. I'm thinking of joining a gym, then I'll have another aspect to write about.