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Weight Loss Forum / General Topics / August 2004Food & Exercise -- 8/7/2004 to 8/13/2004
Well, here's the data for the week I spent in North Carolina. Rather more food and less exercise than usual. There were some good reasons for both, though, and I don't feel any fatter :-). The calories weren't way over budget but the food choices weren't always too great. (If you read this, you may note all the chocolates. My mother likes to eat one or two a couple of times a day, and given that her appetite had faded away to almost nothing, and her weight had dropped from around 107 to around 102, I was buying whatever she would be tempted to eat. And of course I joined her :-) .) Anyway, here's the data: Food: Saturday, 8/7: 8:30 (driving): ready-to-drink chocolate protein shake 10:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts 12:30 (restaurant): 7 fried oysters; 3 oz. green beans; 1/2 cup applesauce 2:30 (driving): 2 pieces string cheese 3:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts 6:30 (retirement home dining room): 6 oz. wine; 2 flatbread crackers w/ butter; tomato & mozzarella salad w/ 1 tbsp Italian dressing; 3 oz. veal saltimbocca; 1/4 baked potato w/ butter; 2 oz. asparagus; small piece apple streusel pie Totals: 2023 calories (129 from wine), 90g fat, 162g carbs, 109g protein Averages for week ending 8/7: 1577 calories, 29% fat, 39% carbs, 33% protein Sunday, 8/8: 9:00 (retirement home breakfast buffet): 2/3 cup oatmeal; 6 oz. cranberry juice; 2/3 cup fresh fruit 10:30 (running errands): apple 12:30 (Mom's apt.): 2/3 cup clam soup (homemade -- just clams, milk, butter); 6 saltines; 1 bite-sized chocolate 5:30 (retirement home Sunday dinner buffet): 1 cup salad w/ 1 tbsp Italian dressing; 1 oz. roast turkey; 1 oz. roast beef; 2 oz. baked salmon; 1 cup mashed potatoes w/ turkey gravy; 1/3 piece each of carrot cake, chocolate mousse cake, and lemon meringue pie 11:00 (apt.): 1 chocolate; 1/2 oz. mixed nuts Totals: 1579 calories, 66g fat (38%), 198g carbs (50%), 52g protein (13%) Monday, 8/9: 8:00 (breakfast buffet): 2/3 cup oatmeal w/ 4 chopped dates; 6 oz. cranberry juice; 2/3 cup fresh fruit 12:00 (apt.): 2/3 cup clam soup; 3 saltines; 1 chocolate 3:00 (apt.): 2 string cheese; 1/2 oz. mixed nuts 5:30 (retirement home grill room): 4 oz. wine; dinner roll w/ butter; 1 cup French onion soup; 3 oz. grilled tuna; 3 oz. broccoli 7:00 (apt.): 1 chocolate 11:00 (apt.): 1 chocolate Totals: 1194 calories (86 from wine), 40g fat (30%), 144g carbs (48%), 56g protein (19%) Tuesday, 8/10: 8:30 (breakfast buffet): 2/3 cup oatmeal w/ 5 chopped dates; 2/3 cup mixed citrus fruit 12:00 (apt.): 1 can tuna mixed w/ 3 tbs. f/f ranch dressing; 1 chocolate 4:00 (apt.): 1 chocolate; 1 oz. mixed nuts 6:30 (seafood restaurant); 7 oz. wine; 7 fried oysters; 5 oz. grilled salmon; 2 hushpuppies 11:00 (apt.): 1 chocolate Totals: 1503 calories (150 from wine); 57g fat (34%), 123g carbs (33%), 94g protein (25%) Wednesday, 8/11: 8:30 (breakfast buffet): 2/3 cup oatmeal w/ 1 tbsp raisins; 1 peach 12:00 (apt.): 1 can tuna mixed w/ 3 tbs. f/f ranch dressing; 2 fried oysters; 2 hushpuppies (the latter items are restaurant leftovers) 2:00 (apt.): 1 chocolate 4:00 (apt.): 1 oz. mixed nuts 6:00 (grill room): 4 oz. wine; dinner roll w/ butter; 1 cup French onion soup; 2 oz. grilled shrimp; 4 oz. whipped sweet potato 11:00 (apt.): 2 chocolates Totals: 1336 calories (86 from wine): 47g fat (31%), 149g carbs (45%), 71g protein (21%) Thursday, 8/12: 8:00 (breakfast buffet): 2/3 cup oatmeal w/ 1 tbsp raisins; 1 peach 12:30 (apt.): 2/3 cup clam soup; 6 saltines; 1 chocolate; 1/3 oz. mixed nuts 3:00 (apt.): 1 string cheese 4:00 (apt.) 1/2 oz. mixed nuts 6:30 (dining room): 4 oz. wine; 1 cup tossed salad w/ 1 tbsp Italian dressing; 3 oz. calves liver; 3 oz. broccoli; 1/2 cup mashed potatoes; 1/4 cup vanilla ice cream w/ 1/2 tbsp caramel topping 11:00 (apt.): 2 chocolates Totals: 1318 calories (86 from wine), 69g fat (40%), 140g carbs (43%), 51g protein (16%) Friday, 8/13: 8:30 (breakfast buffet): 2/3 cup oatmeal w/ 4 chopped dates; 2/3 cup mixed citrus fruit 10:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts 11:30 (driving): 1 string cheese 12:00 (driving): 3 oz. ham 3:00 (driving): energy bar 5:00 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts 7:00 (home): 2 poached eggs on 1 slice whole wheat toast w/ 3 slices melted f/f cheese 11:45 (home): 1 cup f/f Greek yogurt Totals: 1327 calories, 54g fat (36%), 123g carbs (37%), 94g protein (28%) Exercise: Tuesday: 30 minutes on treadmill: 3 x (1 minute each at 4.2, 4.4, 4.6, 4.8, 5.0, 5.2. 5.4, 5.6, 5.8, 6.0) {pretty hard} Wednesday: 30 minutes on treadmill: 15 x (1 minute at 6.0, 1 minute at 2.0) {pretty easy} That was it, other than miscellaneous errand running (and a certain amount of stress:-) ). I did find time for some clothes shopping -- bought nothing bigger than a size 8, and several 6s :-). Chris 262/143/ (145-150) Chris Braun wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004: >I did find time for some clothes shopping -- bought nothing bigger >than a size 8, and several 6s :-). Goodness, aren't you lucky! Even when I was very thin, as a young adult, I could never fit into anything smaller than a size 14 UK, which is a US size 10-12. Now I am UK size 18 (US 14-16), but I know that even if I were to get down to 65 kg (which I don't actually plan to), I wouldn't drop more than 1 or at most 2 clothes sizes. Sigh. I'm very broad-shouldered, you see, as are all the family.  SignatureAnnabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/88.5/80kg >Chris Braun wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >wouldn't drop more than 1 or at most 2 clothes sizes. Sigh. I'm very >broad-shouldered, you see, as are all the family. I'm actually very broad-shouldered as well (and muscular, because of the weight lifting), but mostly that just limits the kinds of tops I will wear. When I was in college (in the late 1960s) and at about the same weight as I am now, I generally wore a size 12. It's not so much that I'm smaller now, but that clothing sizes have changed over time. I expect today's size 8 is more like a 1960s size 12. So you may surprise yourself if you get to 65kg :-). I know it was a surprise to me; I always said I couldn't get below a 12 with my bone structure, but I didn't know they were bigger now. Yesterday while shopping (you may note that I've become a shopaholic :-) ) I actually had to regretfully put back a jacket and pants that I loved because the 8 was a little too big, and they didn't have anything smaller! Chris 262/143/ (145-150) > Yesterday while shopping (you may note that I've become a shopaholic >:-) ) I actually had to regretfully put back a jacket and pants that I > loved because the 8 was a little too big, and they didn't have > anything smaller! Ahh, the problem we never expected! <VBG> SignatureWalking (but mostly biking!) on . . . Laurie in Maine 207/110 60 inches of attitude! Start: 2/02 Maintained since 2/03 >> Yesterday while shopping (you may note that I've become a shopaholic >>:-) ) I actually had to regretfully put back a jacket and pants that I >> loved because the 8 was a little too big, and they didn't have >> anything smaller! > >Ahh, the problem we never expected! <VBG> Boy, is that ever the truth! It still seems ludicrous, honestly. But there are brands I used to like (probably because they ran big :-) ) where all the sizes are now too big for me. (We are talking here about brands that cater primarily to middle-aged ladies, I think.) Chris 262/143/ (145-150) Chris Braun wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004: >When I was in college (in the late 1960s) and at about the same weight >as I am now, I generally wore a size 12. It's not so much that I'm >smaller now, but that clothing sizes have changed over time. I expect >today's size 8 is more like a 1960s size 12. So you may surprise >yourself if you get to 65kg :-). Yes, last time I got down to 10 stone 7 lb - can't think what that is in kilos at the moment - I was surprised to find myself fitting into M&S size 14 trousers. That was over ten years ago now. >I know it was a surprise to me; I >always said I couldn't get below a 12 with my bone structure, but I [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >loved because the 8 was a little too big, and they didn't have >anything smaller! In one way, how very gratifying! :) SignatureAnnabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/88.5/80kg >Yes, last time I got down to 10 stone 7 lb - can't think what that is in >kilos at the moment - I was surprised to find myself fitting into M&S >size 14 trousers. That was over ten years ago now. Annabel, I'm curious to know why you express your weight here in kilos, which seems to neither mean anything to people like me (or presumably you) who wiegh in stones, or to the majority of people here who weigh in pounds. I have to get the calculator out to post my weight here in pounds, but I haven't even got round to converting your numbers so have no idea what you weigh:) janice (just curious) janice wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004: >>Yes, last time I got down to 10 stone 7 lb - can't think what that is in >>kilos at the moment - I was surprised to find myself fitting into M&S [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >presumably you) who wiegh in stones, or to the majority of people here >who weigh in pounds. I tend to think in kilos now, rather than pounds or stones. Ten years ago, I thought in stones - and twenty years before that, when I lived in France, in kilos..... such is life. SignatureAnnabel - "Mrs Redboots" 90/88.5/80kg > Yesterday while shopping (you may note that I've become a shopaholic > :-) ) I actually had to regretfully put back a jacket and pants that I > loved because the 8 was a little too big, and they didn't have > anything smaller! Congrats, Chris, that must have felt good (even though you didn't buy them ;-) Elly off to buy a new swimming suit on Saturday and dreading those mirrors in advance! >Chris Braun wrote in alt.support.diet on Sun, 15 Aug 2004: > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >wouldn't drop more than 1 or at most 2 clothes sizes. Sigh. I'm very >broad-shouldered, you see, as are all the family. I know from past experience, repeated many times over, that I lose close to 1 inch from my hips for every 7 lbs of weight, and 1 inch from my bust for every 10lbs (that's probably because I carry most of my weight on my hips). I have very narrow shoulders and nothing stays on them properly. My collar bones are already sticking out. I wish I was more in proportion! janice 233/179/133 > 2:30 (driving): 2 pieces string cheese > 3:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Averages for week ending 8/7: 1577 calories, 29% fat, 39% carbs, 33% > protein Glad you had a good weekend- your choices were a little heavy on the chocolate and cheese side. Bet it was tasty, but you best choices are always a fair balance of all your food groups. However, I am so glad you got to treat yourself!! Especially with family- food always tastes better with family, imho. >> 2:30 (driving): 2 pieces string cheese >> 3:30 (driving): 1 oz. mixed nuts [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >you got to treat yourself!! Especially with family- food always >tastes better with family, imho. Well, I think you're new here, but this is nowhere near my typical diet. I was kind of constrained by what was available, among other things. At any rate, I lost two pounds during the week I was away -- and I'm not trying to lose more weight. Chris 262/141/ (145-150) |
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