Today was fruits + vegetables day.
I had tea in the morning (half a cup with a half tsp of sugar)..atleast this way, I drove away hunger pangs.
I cooked and cooked.
Had papaya+pomogranate in the morning followed by 1 cup of cooked-greens.
Then had beans-subji in afternoon. In the afternoon, had a cup of herb tea followed by 1 cup of pomogranate (this is a wonder fruit..not too sweet. Put a little lime and chat masala..it tastes really good).
In th evening, I had 1 bowl of cabbage subji.
Yesterday's weigt: 74.7.
Today's weight : 74.0.
Difference : 700 gms.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Monday, November 19, 2007
Day 2
Fell asleep last night feeling week and tired. There was a recurring thought to abandon the whole exercise. Somehow, egged myself to hang on.
Woke up this morning with a mild headache...immediately put it down to low sugar-levels.
Weighed myself..felt thrilled for a moment..I weighed 74.7 (down by 900 g) but had to be content that it was the water weight.
Today , Day-2 was vegetables day. I made peas-masala with 1 tsp of oil and yam-curry with 1 tsp of oil. Instead of having a potato-with-a-pat-of-butter, I had a cup of the yam-curry ..it tasted divine.
Packed tomatoes and peas-masala for lunch. Finished all of this by 2:00 and starting feeling hungry all over again..
Today, I made myself a coffee..green tea tastes terrible. (I have cheated as far as the diet goes but the proof is in tomorrow's weighing right ?)
For dinner, I will have greens-curry.
Today is a lot more tolerable than yesterday. Tomorrow is fruit-vegetables day. I will make more of vegetables.
Must remember to drink adequate water.
What i have learnt..
1.never begin this diet on a weekend at home.
2.Always line up some other activity ( I prefer something short-term in order to get the sense of accomplishment) . This will help you to defocus everytime you feel tempted to eat.
3. Cut down on socialising in this period. It doesn't do any good to you each time you have to explain to people that you are on a diet.
4. Warn your immediate family about your tendency to get angry when you are hungry.
Before I conclude,
Yesterday's weight : 75.6
Today's weight : 74.7
Woke up this morning with a mild headache...immediately put it down to low sugar-levels.
Weighed myself..felt thrilled for a moment..I weighed 74.7 (down by 900 g) but had to be content that it was the water weight.
Today , Day-2 was vegetables day. I made peas-masala with 1 tsp of oil and yam-curry with 1 tsp of oil. Instead of having a potato-with-a-pat-of-butter, I had a cup of the yam-curry ..it tasted divine.
Packed tomatoes and peas-masala for lunch. Finished all of this by 2:00 and starting feeling hungry all over again..
Today, I made myself a coffee..green tea tastes terrible. (I have cheated as far as the diet goes but the proof is in tomorrow's weighing right ?)
For dinner, I will have greens-curry.
Today is a lot more tolerable than yesterday. Tomorrow is fruit-vegetables day. I will make more of vegetables.
Must remember to drink adequate water.
What i have learnt..
1.never begin this diet on a weekend at home.
2.Always line up some other activity ( I prefer something short-term in order to get the sense of accomplishment) . This will help you to defocus everytime you feel tempted to eat.
3. Cut down on socialising in this period. It doesn't do any good to you each time you have to explain to people that you are on a diet.
4. Warn your immediate family about your tendency to get angry when you are hungry.
Before I conclude,
Yesterday's weight : 75.6
Today's weight : 74.7
First Steps
I have been reading a lot about the GM diet and have decided to give it a shot.
Today is Day 1 ..the only fruits day.
Last evening, went and bought myself a huge papaya and a musk melon.
Woke up this morning as usual at 6:00 AM and boiled milk to get tea ready for husband and me.
It was then I remembered, no tea with milk and sugar.
Fixed myself a herb tea..found it hard to ingest, contemplated adding a little sugar (the fat image of mine starting to laugh at me) and quietly drank it as if it was some MTK kashayam (MTK : mahathikthatham ..the most bitter medicine I have been prescribed so far..you are not allowed to drink water after you drink this and the bitter taste lingers for eternity in your mouth) and resolved to myself that once I lose all the fat, I will never allow myself to become fat again.
Got the newspaper, looked at all the 40+ women who had maintained themselves so well and told myself that I'll be there soon and fit into my wedding blouses...not a tall order as this is my second attempt at weight loss. The first time I lost 13 kgs but that was when I went to gym and followed a dietitician plan to the last letter. Now I don't have the luxury and I am all alone.
Drank 3 glasses of water (made a mental note of taking a huge bottle of water to office).
Packed half the papaya and some pomogranate in a box.
Made bisi bele bath BBB for husband's lunch and was so tempted to have a small cup but successfully resisted. Never before did BBB look so delicious as it was this morning. Almost thought, just ditch this diet and start tomorrow but I have postponed this twice already and I didn't want to make postponement a habit.
In office, lunch/snacks has been this papaya and pomogranate. Without the regular morning tea, I almost dozed off in my desk waiting for some code to compile successfully.
I agree with the thtwinmom(http://thetwinmom.blogspot.com) that the first day is the hardest in the GM diet.
Waiting for tomorrow, I can eat cooked vegetables and I am already armed with the subjis and curries and masalas to relish something tasty.
Today's weight : 75.6
Today is Day 1 ..the only fruits day.
Last evening, went and bought myself a huge papaya and a musk melon.
Woke up this morning as usual at 6:00 AM and boiled milk to get tea ready for husband and me.
It was then I remembered, no tea with milk and sugar.
Fixed myself a herb tea..found it hard to ingest, contemplated adding a little sugar (the fat image of mine starting to laugh at me) and quietly drank it as if it was some MTK kashayam (MTK : mahathikthatham ..the most bitter medicine I have been prescribed so far..you are not allowed to drink water after you drink this and the bitter taste lingers for eternity in your mouth) and resolved to myself that once I lose all the fat, I will never allow myself to become fat again.
Got the newspaper, looked at all the 40+ women who had maintained themselves so well and told myself that I'll be there soon and fit into my wedding blouses...not a tall order as this is my second attempt at weight loss. The first time I lost 13 kgs but that was when I went to gym and followed a dietitician plan to the last letter. Now I don't have the luxury and I am all alone.
Drank 3 glasses of water (made a mental note of taking a huge bottle of water to office).
Packed half the papaya and some pomogranate in a box.
Made bisi bele bath BBB for husband's lunch and was so tempted to have a small cup but successfully resisted. Never before did BBB look so delicious as it was this morning. Almost thought, just ditch this diet and start tomorrow but I have postponed this twice already and I didn't want to make postponement a habit.
In office, lunch/snacks has been this papaya and pomogranate. Without the regular morning tea, I almost dozed off in my desk waiting for some code to compile successfully.
I agree with the thtwinmom(http://thetwinmom.blogspot.com) that the first day is the hardest in the GM diet.
Waiting for tomorrow, I can eat cooked vegetables and I am already armed with the subjis and curries and masalas to relish something tasty.
Today's weight : 75.6
Me and ME
Dear Readers
Welcome to my blog. As an introduction, I am 38-yrs old, 5ft 4.5 inches tall and weigh 166.4 lb(75.6 kgs).I am aiming at losing 35 lb (15 kgs) through diet and exercise. I am using this blog to record this weight loss and hope to see myself slim, trim and fit enough to attempt a 10K run in the next 6 months.
Wish me luck in my weighty endeavour
Welcome to my blog. As an introduction, I am 38-yrs old, 5ft 4.5 inches tall and weigh 166.4 lb(75.6 kgs).I am aiming at losing 35 lb (15 kgs) through diet and exercise. I am using this blog to record this weight loss and hope to see myself slim, trim and fit enough to attempt a 10K run in the next 6 months.
Wish me luck in my weighty endeavour
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