Day 16 Prevent Unplanned Eating

Still 130.2 lbs.

I thought with my large workout this weekend I would have lost more weight, or some weight. I wish that the body worked as mathematically as my weight loss projections, but no such luck. You never know, maybe I lost some inches. :) I'm not going to re-measure just yet since I only took measurements a few days ago.

This is something like day 6 on the diet now so about 11 to go. I am looking forward to some oatmeal or potatoes soon :) Yummy. I went to spin class this morning. I am sooooo proud I had almost every thing ready to go last night. Got up at 6:15 and went to the gym for Class :) It was very stressfull juggling getting up, class, shower, breakfast and my lift to work. But at least Ive don't it once now so tomorrow should be less stressful!! WOOHOO bring on the 20's :)

Also I made my own salad dressing using olive oil, balsamic vinegar, mustard, splenda onions, salt and pepper. It sooo nice, I had a great salad at lunch :)

********** Updated 22/01/12

The Beck Diet Solution

Day 16 Prevent Unplanned Eating

This is a major pitfalls of mine. I know that it is encouraged to eat 6 small meals in a day rather than three large meals. This is what Ive done for ages, but I'm not sure if its working, the snacks between mealtimes actually encourages me to eat more than I usually would. I think I may try for a while not to snack between meals.

This step is about not giving in to your cravings or desires. When you say that you want an unplanned snack you need to tell your body that you have 'No Choice'. Anyways the 17 day diet allows you to eat as much allowed protein and allowed vegetables. 

Day 15 Spinning - Monitor your Eating

So today I am still 130.2 lbs :)

I woke up, had some raspberries and headed to the gym and went to spinning class!!! Kudos to me for going, I'm proud I went, I'm proud I finished it, I'm proud I did it. So about spinning class. I didn't hate it. I was shocked, I never liked it before. Now it was hard, I didn't push as hard as all the others but I was sweating buckets. Loved it, so I think Ill take the morning spin classes from now on. :)

For breakfast, after the gym, as I don't think your meant to eat just before the gym, I had a two egg white omelet with cherry tomatoes, spinach and pesto. Its awesome, yum.

********** Updated 22/01/12

The Beck Diet Solution

Day 15 Monitor your eating

 Today is about following your food plan, tracking exactly whats being eaten and how much. I am to track everything, even little snacks. The book urges you to respond to sabotaging thoughts by reading your response cards, reminding your self why your doing this and congratulating yourself when you do everything right.

Writing down what you eat regularly has been proven to help lose weight and it makes you accountable for your weight loss. That's the plan says to not stop tracking your food at least to the end of the plan even though you may not want to. I intend to track everything on my FitBit Dashboard.

Not only does the eating plan show you everything that you are eating, it holds you accountable allows you ti give yourself credit and allows you to find pitfalls and trouble spots.

Day 12- Spinning - Practice Hunger Tolerance

Still 131.4 lbs

I guess I'm happy :) But I'd love to see a change on the scales soon. I've made an appointment on Sunday with a personal trainer at the gym to get the most from working out and to see what his opinions are. I'll be back later with more info.

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I'm back... soooo here it is. I work a 9-5 Monday to Friday. I usually leave my house at 8 and return usually and 6, so after and before these times I have to fit in Dinner, working out and free time socialising, let along cleaning the house. So my Gym opens at 6:30 am and some classes start a 7, my great idea was to fit in some classes before work to free up time after work to see friends and do other things.

So I looked at the class schedule and found that most of the morning classes are Spinning..... I HATE spinning!!

I basically dislike spinning and cycling, I'm not sure why I don't like cycling but with regards to spinning I have done a class once which was way too advanced for me, I was dehydrated, exhausted, sweating, tired, wheezing and puffing. I wrote it off for life.

Sooo today I went to a class at my new Gym called Begin to Spin. I'm not saying it was easy, it wasn't, but it was at my pace. I could do everything they said, just about, and we learned how to set up our bikes. So I'm going to go to a few regular Spinning classes this weekend to see what my level really is. The instructor even said that I should try my best but if I needed to I could slow down and take it easy. So, Goal No 1 Padded Shorts. Goal 2 Get good at Spinning.

I want to lose more weight :)

Oh and by the way check out my new workout calender on the left. Fields in white/yellow are days I have worked out :)

********** Updated 21/01/12

The Beck Diet Solution

Day 12 Practice Hunger Tolerance


Today is about learning to tolerate hunger. Today is what is considered to be tougher, however since going through the Sacred Heart Diet I already know that I can tolerate hunger. The lesson is to learn that a little hunger is not going to hurt me, Ill survive and get food again soon. I don't need to eat every single time I get a little hunger feeling.


She recommends that you try and skip one meal just to prove that the hunger feeling is ok, you will eat at some point and it is not going to kill me, Ill be fine.