Better, Still Bad … help me with eating!!
So, I’ve been trying to do clean eating for 3 days. Today is the third. Each day I have a little of something that I would not count as clean eating. The first day I snuck four, only four, french fries. The 2nd day I used light mayo on some stuff. Today, well … today was just bad (not horrible, because it could have ended with chicken fried rice and a chocolate milkshake). Here’s EXACTLY what I had:
Breakfast: Protein Shake with 1 scoop chocolate whey powder, 1 cup vanilla soy milk, 1tbl instant coffee, 3 splenda.
Snack: 1 piece whole wheat bread, 2tsp light may, 4oz turkey breast, one tall skim latte with 1 splenda.
Lunch: 3 asian turkey meatballs (baked, ginger/garlic/onion powder, soysauce, turkey breast), and steamed broccolli (of the frozen variety).
Snack: chicken breast - broiled - marinated for 10 minutes in soy/red pepper/ginger,garlic,onion powder, and a serving of dry roasted unsalted cashews. I had the whole chicken breast and kept snacking on the serving of cashews from 2pm - 5pm. Really difficult because I’m studying for the bar exam all during this time.
Dinner: Salad … lots of good veggies on it. Bad stuff –> scoop of bacon, ranch, sunflower seeds. Small scoop of pasta salad. One bite of friends potato. One bite of friends chocolate mousse. 5 mint M&M’s. Diet Coke.
Now its bed time and I’m starving and I feel guilty about what I ate. How do I strike a balance??? When should I give myself a break and when should I feel bad about stuff? I feel like I could write a list of what someone else should eat and somehow, I can’t seem to do it!!! On top of it all, I’m completely stressed out about taking the bar exam, and I’m really trying to lose this unwanted fat, and so I’m coupling clean eating with a lower carb mentality for at least the last two meals of my day. I dont’ mind wheat bread and oatmeal in the morning, but other than that, I try (for these 3 days) to get carbs from veggies … HELP!
I think I’d feel better if I could vent some frustration from running, but when I was training for a 1/2 marathon I hurt/inflammed my IT Band and it just hasn’t gotten better. I’ve started lifting weights again, but I’ve been too sore for the last couple of days to go back–I’ll be ready tomorrow though.
I’m open to any thoughts or advice!!!!
July 8, 2008 at 10:02 pm
you sound alot like me except i’m a marine but i think you shouldn’t get discouraged your doing awesome i think if you’re 100 calories off just do better the next day. good luck!
July 8, 2008 at 10:43 pm
I was bored and just hanging around and saw your blog on recently commented and had to respond!
I hope you don’t take this the wrong way but it sounds like you are starving yourself. I would eat a large breakfast which contains lots of carbs, a moderate lunch which contains more carbs, and a light dinner which is lean meat, fish, or a nice salad with chicken is also really nice but no dressing of course.
I would consider reading about Pine Nuts. They not only curb your appetite but they are really healthy and contain more protein than any other nut (if you are doing any lifting) This along with lean meat and non fat yogurt are excellent alternatives to factory made unnatural protein shakes. Staying away from anything processed is really bad as well and splenda and other artificial sweeteners. If you cant hunt it down and kill it or grow it in a garden then the best bet it to not ingest it IMO. http://www.karlloren.com/Diabetes/p40e.htm
Anyway don’t worry about what you eat as much as how many calories you use up throughout the day. I eat what I want within reason but still lose weight because I go to the gym, run on the treadmill, then play 5 sets of tennis in 85+ degree weather for 3 hours. Physical activity is all that matters. Make sure that you do something every single day. The more intense it is the faster you will see results. I strongly recommend finding a set of stairs and running up and down them to see how many times you can do that. Also, Interval training is awesome so check it out I have lost 40 pounds (old picture) and built up muscle endurance and bulk in 6 months without the aid of any supplements, artificial sweeteners, without starving myself, and without even protein powder simply by doing a ton of cardio.
Anyway, you seem like a sweet girl so good luck in your goals just keep positive and results will come!
July 9, 2008 at 5:17 pm
I love what Andrew said:
"If you cant hunt it down and kill it or grow it in a garden then the best bet it to not ingest it "
Keep working at finding your balance. Day three is just a day. You are looking for a lifestyle that works with you - don’t be so hard on yourself.