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Old 04-24-2015, 06:00 PM

Who Am I?
I am a 28-year old woman. In September of 2014 I was 225 lb. Currently, I am 174 lb. I have had gym memberships in the past, and been apart of weight watchers. Neither of these are on my agenda now. I am actually using Noom to help me out at the moment, which is working surprisingly well. Already down 10 lb. Here I would like to discuss some of my favorite resources for my new healthy lifestyle choices.

So come on in, look around. Intermittently I'll post a little journal session with prompts Noom has given me or something I had a realization of. Around those, your welcome to comment and ask questions about anything I post about. Or just to chat. See you around the thread

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Old 04-24-2015, 06:01 PM

What Do I Eat?
Well, Noom wants me to eat around 1200 calories a day. It's difficult, and I am more likely to hit that goal on the days I don't work. On the days I do work, I work 12 hour shifts overnight, so I tend to eat about 1400-1500 calories on those days.

One of the first things Noom teaches is the idea that no matter what food you eat, your stomach only cares about how much is put into it. Some foods have more calories per weight (For example: cookies, peanut butter, full fat mayo, etc), while others are very light is calories for the weight of the food (fruits, veggies, whole grain foods, non-fat dairy, less fatty meats). In the end, you can eat whatever you want, but the more calorie rich foods will make your daily calories go away faster. Nothing really is off limits because of this fact.

My goal for each meal is to eat between 300-400 calories, and on my work days I aim to have a couple snacks between 100-200 calories each. When deciding on portions, I usually calculate the calories while measuring to stay in my calorie budget.

Here are some of the breakdowns of my favorite lower calorie snacks/foods.

Coffee - 51 calX


1.5 cups coffee - 3 cal
2 Tbsp 2% milk - 16 cal
2 Tbsp Nutpod Creamer - 20 cal
3 packets Equal - 12 cal


Avocado Toast - 211 calX


1 slice 40 calorie Natures Own Honey Wheat bread - 40 cal
1/4 avocado - 81 cal
Sprinkle of Trader Joes' Everything But the Bagel seasoning
1 fried egg - 90 cal


Deli Sandwich >206 calX


2 slices 40 calories Natures Own Honey Wheat bread - 80 cal
1 slice Sargento ultra thin sliced cheese - 40 cal
50 grams of sliced deli turkey - (~44 cal)
1 Tbsp light mayo - 42 cal
1 tsp mustard - 0 cal
Lettuce, tomato, etc

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Old 04-24-2015, 06:01 PM

Bro, Do You Even Lift?
Well, not as often as I'd like, in a few words.

I do however have different ways of staying active! Whether you've got a gym membership or your taking classes to get you moving, or you're just walking/jogging/running around the streets of your neighborhood, it's all a step in the right direction. Myself, I'm not a fan of running or jogging much, but I do love walks. My goal this year is to take more walks while on vacation (and visit more cities so I have a better reason to walk, aka, sight-seeing).

Other than that, I'm a real big fan of yoga. My favorite would have to be Adriene. For a few years now she's posted 30 Days of Yoga to kick off the new year, which I still haven't gotten to work my way through 1 of them. Someday I will work through all of them though.

My main place to get free workout videos comes from Daniel and Kelli of Fitness Blender. Not only can you watch their free workout videos on youtube, but you can also buy workout routine programs for any level of difficulty your able to handle. Right now I'm working through one of their Workout Challenge for Busy People programs, each day's workouts adds up to about 30 minutes, which sometimes involves multiple videos. I have to remind myself to take it slow, since I'm not in great shape right now though.

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Old 04-24-2015, 06:02 PM

Meal Prep
The first step to my newest and healthiest lifestyle involves coming up with various meal ideas and portions that work for me! Here I'll keep a little table of contents on all the various meals I planned for, then link to a post where I discuss my opinions on them and what I'd change for next time.

February
  • Friday, 2/8 - Monday, 2/11: Chunky monkey oatmeal or avocado toast for breakfast. Caprese pasta salad for my 1st snack. Quinoa Mexican Chicken bowl for dinner. And half of a deli sandwich and half an apple for my 2nd snack. Opinion
  • Tuesday, 2/12- Friday 2/15:French onion soup before evening meals to help be more satisfied with a smaller dinner. Opinion.
  • Saturday 2/16- Monday 2/19 PB&J oatmeal for breakfast. Yogurt and granola for 1st snack. Homemade egg-drop soup and chicken stir-fry with brown rice for dinner. My usual 2nd snack. Opinion.


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Friday, 2/8 - Monday, 2/11: Chunky monkey oatmeal or avocado toast for breakfast. Caprese pasta salad for my 1st snack. Quinoa Mexican Chicken bowl for dinner. And half of a deli sandwich and half an apple for my 2nd snack.
So I had prepped some steel-cut oatmeal. It mostly involved natural peanut butter (1/2 Tbsp), mashed banana (1/2), cocoa powder, flax meal (1 tsp), almonds (1 Tbsp) and Equal sweetener. Definitely will make again, but I'm looking forward to using PB2 instead to lessen the calories. (306 cal total)

The caprese pasta salad was perfect. Perfect portion, perfectly satisfying. I used whole wheat pasta (1/2 cup), chopped mozzarella pearls (1 oz), cherry tomatoes, chopped lettuce and fresh basil. Also looked up a recipe for a balsamic vinegar dressing, which used balsamic vinegar, honey, and little bit of EVOO. (295 cal total)

The quinoa Mexican bowls were a little underwhelming. I used chopped chicken breast (1/4 cup), fajita veggies (1/2 cup), taco seasoned black beans (1/4 cup), chopped lettuce (1 cup), avocado slices (1/4), and quinoa (1/2 cup). Even with adding hot sauce I didn't have nearly enough flavor to it all. Also, the portion size was a little small. Might need to remove the avocado and replace it with more quinoa, or chicken.

I switched from eating 1 whole sandwich and 1 whole apple down to just half of each. It fills me up just enough to get me through my last 4 hours of work, and it doesn't add too many calories to my over day.

 


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