Tracking 11/20/18

Days without sugary foods: 65
Miles walked this week: 4
Miles walked today: 2

Weight Loss in about 5 months: 22 pounds
Breakfast: A apple and a half of a whole wheat bagel with vegan butter. Lunch: two mozzarella strips and a small bag of pretzels. Dinner: A salad of mixed greens, cucumber, and mushrooms with an oil and vinegar. A piece of LF cheese. Roasted turkey. A piece of regular fat cheese. 2 shots of apple cider vinegar.

Current weight 222 – down 22 lbs in about 5 months.

I have been following this plan for about 5 months. Here it is. I’ve been messing with it a little, but mostly it’s been staying the same. Healthy eating and lots of walking. It seems to be working.
No sugary foods- Included on this list: Candy, juice, soft drinks, chocolate, donuts and cake. (Typing this up makes me want to have all of these items) Foods I am going easy on: White flower bread products, fried foods, beer/wine, red meat and ketchup.
Every day Eating: Fruit in the morning, for lunch, fish or chicken with vegetables and salad, for dinner eat reasonably, after dinner a reasonable snack.
Exercise: Walking 5 to 6 times a week about 50 minutes to 75 minutes, usually after dinner. I have been walking about 2 to 3.5 miles per walking session. Averaging about 15 miles of walking a week. Notes: I am tracking what I eat at the end of the day. (I have been posting this in this blog regularly) I am also tracking my walking sessions and the amount of days I have gone without eating sugary foods. I am weighing myself every week. When I eat out and on out social occasions I will not follow the plan except that I will not eat sugary foods and I will try to be reasonable. I am taking about 2 shots a night of a mix of Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar and warm water.
The goal: To lose weight slowly and keep it off. I am hoping to lose 2 to 5 pounds per month.
The results so far: I have lost 22 pounds in about 5 moths. (So down to 222)
And finally if anyone has any suggestions or comments please chime in. I am all about improving this plan.

 

Days without sugary foods: 63
Miles walked this week: 7
Miles walked today: 3
Breakfast: A banana. Lunch: Grilled fish. A salad with beets, cucumber and mixed greens with oil and vinegar and Annies Goddess Dressing. Snack: A banana and an apple. Dinner: A salad of mixed greens, cucumber, with an oil and vinegar. A piece of LF cheese. A whole wheat bagel with whipped vegan butter. Some cottage cheese and an apple. 2 shots of apple cider vinegar.

Days without sugary foods: 61
Miles walked this week: 4
Miles walked today: 1.5
Breakfast: An apple and a banana. Lunch: Roasted turkey and fish. A salad with beets, cucumber, olives and mixed greens with oil and vinegar. Snack: An apple and 10 Bamba peanut snack units. Dinner: A salad of mixed greens, cucumber, sprouts, with oil and vinegar Dressing. 3 pieces of LF cheese. Some brown rice with whipped vegan butter. Some shrimp with olive oil. 3 whole grain salt free small crackers. 2 shots of apple cider vinegar.

This is a never ending war for me. I think I have it beat then it comes back -always at night. I have had more success by doing 3 things.

Having a small snack around 930 pm, usually a whole wheat English muffin and a piece of fruit (I know this goes against the advice of not eating after 9 pm…but that advice just leads to more binging at night for me.)

The 2nd thing that helps is shots of apple cider vinegar (I found Bragg the brand to work the best) with a little water, one at about 8 pm and another about 10 pm. And a third if I feel like I am about to binge. For what ever reason the apple cider vinegar kills my hunger.

And finally my nightly walk after diner has helps. (I think it is because it gives me less time to eat)

Days without sugary foods: 59
Miles walked this week: 2
Miles walked today: 0
Breakfast: An apple and a banana. Lunch: A Grilled cutlet and a fried chicken cutlet. A salad with beets, cucumber, olives and mixed greens with oil and vinegar. Snack: A banana and cantaloupe. Dinner: A salad of mixed greens, cucumber, sprouts, hummus, with Annies Goddess Dressing. 3 pieces of LF cheese. A whole wheat English muffin with whipped vegan butter. A veggie hotdog with LF cheese and no bun and no ketchup. 2 whole grain salt free small crackers. 2 shots of apple cider vinegar.

Tracking 11/11/18

Days without sugary foods: 58
Miles walked this week: 2
Miles walked today: 2
Breakfast: An apple. Lunch: Grilled fish, grilled turkey, an egg, avocado, cucumber and a salad of mixed greens with oil and vinegar. Snack: A banana and cantaloupe. Dinner: A salad of mixed greens, cucumber, hummus, with Annies Goddess Dressing. 2 pieces of LF  cheese. A quarter of a whole bagel with vegan butter. A small potatoe with vegan butter and a little cottage cheese. 2 whole grain salt free small crackers. 2 shots of apple cider vinegar.