Came across this news pieces on how many calories are packed into various cocktails and it’s great! Not all cocktails are bad, although I was shocked at just how bad some of them are. (Margaritas have 800 calories?!) Includes coffee cocktails.
Which Cocktails Pack Most Calories?
Enjoy!
So today I went out clothes shopping, looking for something to wear to a wedding next month. I went through the 16s and 18s in the Women’s section and found half a dozen that looked promising. Lo and behold, back in the dressing room, I discovered that all of them, including the 16s, were too big. Putting those back, I went through the 14s and even the 12s, thinking maybe that would work better. And lo and behold, while a couple of these were too small, a couple of these smaller ones fit. I wound up getting a dress in a size 12W. It fits perfectly. It’s true, the dress is made of stretchy polyester, so it’s way more forgiving than cotton or plain no-stretch fabrics, but it really does fit and looks great. I am so pleased!
Meanwhile, although I have given up on the Food Tracker (the new changes make it impossible for me to continue to log), I will be continuing to blog and track my weight here on Buddy Slim. And so far, I have lost nearly 30 lbs., over the course of five months.
Well, after nearly 4 months, I’ve lost 25 pounds and am still on track. There have been so many positive developments along the way, including obvious ones like fitting into my wardrobe and having people compliment me (without prompting) as well as not-so-obvious ones, like less back pain, hip pain, even better skin (less chafing).
Next month I will be easing into another phase of my program, increasing physical activity, and today being Earth Day, I started a week early by biking 1/3 of the way to work, about 2 1/2 miles. I was going to go to whole way but decided I wasn’t quite up to it, so I hopped on a bus (with bike rack) and made it in the rest of the way. Then I changed clothes and came in. I feel fresh as a daisy and so energetic!
Today I brought in a batch of fresh-baked scones for my office. I made them with a mix last night and know they are delicious , but I haven’t had one yet. They’re 180 calories each. I haven’t had lunch yet, so what I will do is check back towards the end of the day. If I’ve been good and feel hungry — and there are some left! — I will have one, with some coffee or tea. But otherwise, no. This is the kind of strategy that has worked for me these four months and I want to continue. Temptation really isn’t a problem if you plan for it.
Not only did I hit the 20 lb. mark for weight loss at yesterday’s weigh-in, but over the past week I’ve had 3 or 4 people come up to me telling me they see I’ve lost weight.
“You’ve lost weight, I can tell.”
“Hmm… Have you lost weight?”
“That’s a nice outfit. You’ve been losing weight, right?”
People actually always compliment my outfits, since I know how to dress, but I guess now my body is fitting the outfits better. Anyway, it’s nice to have some positive reinforcement.
Just posted this over on my regular blog, thought I’d repost it here, as it might help somebody.
Here are some of my favorite “diet foods,” i.e. things I eat almost every day, since they keep me full, are low in calories and taste good:
- lf cottage cheese
- pineapple
- soy sausage links/patties
- lf yogurt
- milk
- apples
- tea
- low-cal wheat English muffins
- whole wheat bagels
- vegie chili
- “lite” (no syrup) fruit cocktail
- “lite” (no syrup) canned pears
- low-cal fruit smoothies
- apples, nectarines, tangerines, etc.
- oatmeal
- Diet Coke*
* Yes, I know about the recent study showing diet sodas may lead to weight gain and/or mess you up.
I haven’t posted here since I had my nasal surgery. Should get back to it! Not like I have any reason to hide, since I’ve continued to lose weight. As of this week, I’ve now lost 17 lbs. since the end of December. I continue to follow a 1500 cal./day diet, tracking all my food and using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help myself along. So far I’ve stuck to good choices and have even managed to fit in special occasions and some treats without too much hassle, since I planned for these events and was able to compensate. I’ve lost weight every week since I started. I hope to get down to 215 by the end of the month, which will be 20 lbs.
Well, aside from continuing to do well on my diet this week, I’ve practically been fasting the past two days. It’s not intentional though; I had surgery (septoplasty, a nasal operation) yesterday morning and couldn’t eat beforehand and didn’t eat afterward for about 24 hours. My appetite has been improving and today I had lunch and some light snacks. By tomorrow I should be on my regular schedule and diet as far as eating. My appetite was just not there yesterday, that’s for sure. I threw up a couple stomachfuls of blood and that certainly wasn’t very appetizing! And BTW, if anyone wants to know what it’s like to have septoplasty surgery, I’ve got a whole blog post about it over here. It was definitely a serious operation, more involved and traumatic than I thought it would be. It also sucks not be able to breathe through your nose — at all. However, once the doctor takes the stents out of my nose on Thursday, hopefully I’ll be able to breathe a lot better.
Well, my weekly weigh-in has me smiling — again. 222! That’s exactly what I wanted it to be, although I told myself not to be disappointed if it was a little higher. I’ve done well.
To see what affect this has had, I just put on a pair of “fat pants” that I got a few months ago. They fit, but not as well as I’d like, which was disappointing since they’re Lane Bryant, Size 18. I wore them but always with a longish shirt that would cover up where it was pulling funny. Good news! They fit much better now around the weight and belly, which was the problem area before. I will wear these tomorrow to work.
Yay!
I’ve found that resisting temptation has been pretty easy thus far. Just today there were three instances where I could have easily gone off track but pretty much said “No thanks” moved on: 1) bowl of hard candies in my office break room, 2) Hershey’s Kisses and Sweet Tarts at a team meeting at work, and 3) free beer and cookies at a volunteer meeting.
How was I able to say no? Well, my calorie limit is 1500 cal. a day and basically I wind up being ruled by logic. One Kiss is probably as many calories as a whole grapefruit. A grapefruit is delicious and takes five or ten minutes to eat. A Kiss is down your throat before you even realize it, and yet the calories are in your body. Now a bottle of beer, on the other hand, is probably as many calories as my whole lunch or the main part of dinner. So if I have a beer, I can’t have dinner without going over the limit. And dinner is more important than beer. I can eat four or five things at dinner or I can have some cookies and a beer. Of course the cookies and beer lose, on the scales of logic.
That’s really how it works. It’s true, I *can* eat some “junk” food, but since by and large such food is high in calories, I can only have a small amount of it — or else I have to sacrifice eating a lot of lower calorie food which would be more satisfying anyway.
This all plays into the fact I’m using cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) as the basis for my weight loss plan. A large part of CBT is forcing yourself to reason instead of letting your feelings overpower you and drag you to places you don’t want to go — depression, undue guilt, and even overeating. Here I’m using reasoning to tell myself that I can have a nice dinner and snacks or give in to an impulse to have a “treat” and then end up hungry. I don’t want to be hungry!
Tomorrow: This diet makes me feel like I’m eating all the time, much more than usual. But I’m only taking in about half the calories.
This is the first I’ve heard of this particular problem:
Severe Weight Loss From Too Much Sugarless Gum
It’s not just sugarless gum, it’s any product with sorbitol. Too much and you can wind up with diarrhea, (severe) weight loss and other symptoms you might not expect. It often affects diabetics and dieters.
I work doing medical and health communications work for Emory University and since one of our doctors is quoted in this article, it came to my attention.
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