Size smaller pants and baggy pants

Oh yeah on a silly moment. I completely forgot about it until today. Last week I tried on an old pair jeans I have from a size smaller, they have holes in them so I don't wear them. But I kept them around as a measuring tool. I can now fit them with no problems and with no muffin top. So I should maybe mark a minigoal off.

Also today I tried on a pair of Hello Kitty fleece pajama pants I bought last winter, which at that time were skin tight. I felt sorry for Hello kitty's face being stretched across my bum >_< I haven't worn them since April, and I was so shocked to see that there is a lot of space in the pants now. They were actually baggy on me. I was so shocked, that I almost started crying. I know it's silly, but it was just like wow I used to be that big, and omg I'm now smaller from my biggest. I'm getting closer to the real me again.

Food Log (30 September 2011)

The weather today was pretty nice. It's unusually warm for us during this time of the year, but I'm not complaining. I wish it could be like this all the time.

Breakfast: Musli with dried raspberries, peaches, sultanas, goji berries and milk.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate.

Lunch: Last night's leftover Chicken stir fry with veggies and wholegrain brown rice.

Snack: a peeled apple.

Dinner: Last night's leftover Chicken stir fry with veggies and wholegrain brown rice.

Exercise: 27 minutes walk.

Food Log (29 September 2011)

I wasn't feeling too good this morning so I slept in and missed breakfast time. I had a sore throat last night, and woke up this morning with my throat really sore and nose stuffed. I decided to go back to sleep and I felt better. Now my sore throat is barely noticeable, hopefully it doesn't get bad again tonight. I'm keeping myself really warm right now, as it makes me feel much better.

Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread with seeds topped with peanut butter and jam.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, and a peeled apple.

Dinner: Whole grain brown rice with Chicken, mushrooms, cabbage, spinach, carrots, bamboo shoots, and ginger stir fry.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate.

Exercise: 27 minutes long walk, pushups, crunches, 38 minutes yoga.

Food Log (28 September 2011)

I felt like I ate a lot tonight for dinner. Not sure if it's because it was a salad and all the spinach made me feel really stuffed. Luckly I ate at 19:00 so hopefully it won't cause me to go plus.

Breakfast: Musli with dried peache, raspberries, sultanas, goji berries and milk.

Lunch: Leftover beef roast with veggies and spelt pasta.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate and a peeled apple.

Dinner: Tuna salad with mushrooms, spinach, tomatoes and spelt pasta.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Food Log (27 September 2011)

I must be on a lucky streak because it was sunny today, and I was able to go on my walk I'm really happy about that.

I went to the grocery store today just to replensh my stash of dark chocolate. My OH took the last bar of dark chocolate with him to work, and I was left with milk chocolate at home. No way was I going to touch milk chocolate. My OH has become hooked to dark chocolate now too.

Breakfast: Musli with dried peaches, raspberries and milk.

Lunch: Spelt pasta with falukorv, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms and carrots leftover.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate. Later on cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and peeled apple.

Dinner: Last of Spelt pasta with falukorv, bacon, tomatoes, mushrooms and carrots leftover.

Exercise: 27 minutes fast long walk, pushups, crunches, and 20 minutes of yoga.

Thirteenth Weekly Weigh Update!

This morning was weigh in day! I completely forgot to write about my weigh in, I just remembered it a couple of minutes ago >_<

It looks like I might have finally figured out what works best for me in order to lose weight. I eat good all day long, and eat til I'm full (not OMG stuffed), I can also eat some corn chips etc during the day and it doesn't seem to do much damage. But it looks like the main key for me is to be done eating dinner before 20:00, and to make sure I don't eat a lot. I have to watch my dinner portion.

I don't count or think about the calories anymore, which feels really nice. Especially since I was getting so confused on eating back all the workout calories etc. Now I just focus on dinner time portion sizes and trying to eat it before deadline time.

I also learned that what people on mfp say about it doesn't matter when to eat your daily calories is all wrong. As for myself, I now know for sure that my last meal of the day has to be smaller than lunch, or have a lot of green leafy veggies to fill up on. It seems that evening foods are the ones that likes to stick to my bum. It doesn't matter if I stay up until 01:00, if I eat past 20:00 it will cause me not loose weight.


Here's the 13th weekly weight update:




-1.4 lbs (-.64kg)



Total amount since started: -15 lbs (-6.82kg)

Food Log (26 September 2011)

Tomorrow's weigh in day, so it's always a little bit of nail biting the night before. Never know what the scale will decide to do. I've been pretty good this week, so I'm hoping the scale will show it in the morning.

There wasn't too much special going on with my food today. I didn't get to have a proper snack today, I will be better about it tomorrow. At least I was able to go on a walk today again.

Breakfast: Musli with dried peaches, raspberries, sultanas, goji berries, almond slices and milk.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread with seeds topped with peanut butter and jam.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Last night's leftover roasted beef with veggies and spelt pasta.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Exercise: 29 minutes long walk, pushups, crunches, and 41 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (25 September 2011)

Yippie, I got to go on a walk again today. We had a pretty warm day today, it felt like summer compared to the normal cold wet weather.

Lunch was pasta, and dinner was a slow cooked roast. It was our first time doing a roast

Breakfast: Musli with dried peaches, raspberries, sultanas, almond flakes and soy milk.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Lunch: Spelt pasta with tomato, onion, mushroom, bacon and ham sauce.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Roast with carrots, parsnips, onions and a slice of rye bread.

Exercise: 27 minutes walk, pushups, crunches, 35 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (24 September 2011)

Finally got to go on a walk today, nice that we got a half a day break from the rain Food today was pretty good too, so overall it was a good day

Breakfast: Musli with dried peaches, raspberries, sultanas, goji berries and soy milk.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate.

Lunch: Last night's leftover hummus, spinach rucola salad with chicken and lots of lemon juice.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Mixed veggies stir fry with pork and basmati rice/oat/barley mix.

Snack: 1 dl of soy milk

Exercise: 28 minutes long walk, pushups, crunches, and 60 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (23 September 2011)

Didn't get a chance to exercise today. It was raining all day, and ended up sanding down the rails leading to the stairs, in order to paint it. Sanding by hand sure makes my arms sore.

Food was pretty good today. My Oh made some Falukorv stroganoff (Falun sausage) for lunch, which was surprisingly yummy. I've never had it before and it's really different from the usual beef stroganoff, as it's made from swedish sausage. Also they tend to add tomatoes into the stroganoff here.

Dinner was homemade hummus with spinach and rucola salad with chicken. Homemade hummus is always so yummy. Though we forgot to buy cucumbers and yogurt to make tzatziki Oh well, will have to remember it for next time.

Breakfast: Musli with dried peaches, raspberries and soy milk.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Lunch: Falukorv stroganoff with barley/oat/basmati rice mix.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, and a peeled apple.

Dinner: Hummus, spinach/rucola/tomato salad with seasoned chicken and lots of lemon juice.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate.

Food Log (22 September 2011)

So today's been a bit of a naughty food day. Tomorrow I will be more strict. I had some doritos type chips, and about 125g of ice cream today. I'm sure I'll be paying for it tomorrow.

At least I was able to get my walk in earlier, after that it's been raining the whole day. So I was really happy about beating the rain today

Breakfast: Musli with dried peaches, raspberries, sultanas, goji berries, and soy milk.

Snack: 2 pieces dark chocolate.

Lunch: Last night's leftover aubergine and ham cobbler thing.

Snack: Handful of doritos type chips. Peeled apple with peanut butter.

Dinner: Last night's leftover aubergine and ham cobbler thing.

Dessert: 125g of choco chip ice cream.

Exercise: 28 minutes walk, pushups, crunches, and 60 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (21 September 2011)

Rain, rain go away. I haven't been able to go on a walk yesterday and today Tonight my OH decided to make dinner from a recipe he saw in the grocery store ad. It was a aubergine and ham type cobbler pie thing. He used whole grain spelt flour to make the topping. It came out pretty good

Breakfast: Musli with dried peaches, raspberries and soy milk.

Snack: 1 piece dark chocolate.

Lunch: Last night's leftover Baked Alaskan Pollock with veggies and quinoa and broccoli.

Snack: 1/2 Allévo bar before grocery shopping. A little bit of cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and a peeled apple.

Dinner: Aubergine and ham cobbler pie thing. 2 spoonful of ice cream.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches and 60 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (20 September 2011)

Tonight I baked some Alaskan Pollock with veggies. It turned out ok, though I think pan frying it would have tasted better :)



I think I might be catching a cold >_<



Breakfast: Musli with dried peaches, raspberries, sultanas, goji berries, with soy milk.



Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread with lots of seeds in it, with peanut butter and jam.



Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate, cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, and a peeled apple.



Dinner: Baked Alaskan pollock with carrots, onion, garlic, ginger, broccoli, and mushrooms. With quinoa and broccoli. 2 spoonfuls of ice cream.



Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Twelfth Weekly Weight Update!

12 weeks ago I started my weightloss journey.  I imagined by the time I reached the 12 weeks mark I would have lost a lot more weight.  But then again it was more wishful thinking of hoping to lose at least 2 lbs a week.  I've been averaging over a pound a week. 

Ever since switching to low GI/GL diet I haven't been that strict on my eating.  So this past week I've been trying to step up to the plate so I can lose more weight.  It looks like it has paid off, since it was totm this time, but  I didn't gain any weight last week or this week.  So I'm really happy about that.  This week I've been watching my dinner portion sizes more, and that seems to be helping.  I just tell myself I need to see minus on the scales, and the more strict I am, the sooner I will get to my goal weight.  I'm hoping to lose at least 1.5 - 2 lbs a week, without having weeks of gain or stay the same weight. So I need to keep reminding myself about being stricter with my dinner portions. 



Here's the 12th weekly weight update:


-1.6 lbs (-.73kg) totm


Total amount since started: -13.6  lbs (-6.18kg)

Food Log (19 September 2011)

I decided to eat some musli this morning instead of oat porridge just for a small change. It's been awhile since I had musli, and it was yummy.

I haven't had too much energy this totm, but the best part is that I didn't gain any weight for it. It's been a bit difficult to do all my yoga as my legs feel as if they don't have their full strength for all the poses. Tonight I was really exhausted and was starting to get a little pain. So it was stay warm, and take it easy, which helped a lot. Picked up dinner tonight as I just didn't have the energy to sit infront of the stove. I really didn't want to since tomorrow is weighin day, but I also wasn't feeling up to cooking a meal.

Breakfast: Musli with dried apricots, raspberries, sultanas, goji berries and soy milk.

Lunch: A slice of rye bread with lots of seeds in it, with peanut butter and jam.

Snack: 2 pieces dark chocolate.

Dinner: Schnitzel salad with some basmati rice/barley/oat mix. 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Exercise: 28 minutes walk, pushups, crunches and 30 minutes yoga.

Food Log (18 September 2011)

Today's food wasn't exciting as I ate the curry leftover again. I guess I made a little too much curry :p



Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, soy milk and agave syrup.



Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate



Lunch: Leftover aubergine and chicken curry with basmati rice/barley/oat mix.



Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate, peeled apple with peanut butter.



Dinner: Leftover aubergine and chicken curry with basmati rice/barley/oat mix.



Exercise: 27 minutes walk, pushups, crunches, and 37 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (17 September 2011)

I'm worn out from yesterday, so I took it easy today

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, soy milk and agave syrup. With a dl of soy milk on the side.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate.

Lunch: Last night's leftover aubergine and chicken curry with basmati/oat/barley mix.

Snack: peeled apple with a little bit of peanut butter.

Dinner: Last night's leftover aubergine and chicken curry with basmati/oat/barley mix.

Exercise: 28 minutes long walk.

Food Log (16 September 2011)

It's been a really busy day, so I ended up eating dinner at 20:00. I prefer to eat dinner earlier, but it was either cook the curry a little late or eat out. Only thing really quick to grab around here is Mc Ds, and I really didn't want it.

When I went to the grocery store late this afternoon, I saw some aubergines, and decided that I'd make aubergine curry tonight. The original plan was to make spinach curry, but I love aubergines so i can't complain. I put a lot of yummies in the curry, aubergines, tomatoes, onion, garlic, ginger, and chicken.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, soy milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1 piece dark chocolate.

Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread with lots of seeds in it with peanut butter and jam.

Snack: 1/4 of Allévo bar, and 1 knäckebröd with avjar.

Dinner: Aubergine and chicken curry with basmati/oats/barley mix.

Exercise: 36 minutes fast extended walk, pushups, crunches, and 45 minutes of yoga. I tried out some new yoga poses today, whew they're tough.

Food Log (15 September 2011)

Thankfully the weather today was much better than the previous two days. I squeezed in a walk, my dog was really excited about the walk today, she's a big dog and she practically was jumping in the air with excitement when I grabbed her leash.

Food today was the same thing as yesterday. I was thinking of making curry but I didn't have any fresh ginger in the house, so I'll make curry tomorrow instead after I pick up some fresh veggies to add into it.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, blackberries, raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, soy milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread with peanut butter and jam.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate, cottage cheese, and a peeled apple.

Dinner: 1 slice of rye bread with peanut butter and jam, spinach and green lettuce salad with tomatoes and cucumbers.

Exercise: 27 minutes fast long walk, pushups, crunches, and 60 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (14 September 2011)

We still have really windy weather here with some rain. Hopefully tomorrow will be nicer so I can go on a walk. I felt a bit lazy today, but I threw my yoga mat down, and as soon as I started doing yoga I felt vibrant again I love how yoga makes recharges me.

Haven't been in too much of a eating mood today. I didn't have much of an imagination either on what I wanted to eat. Though I did want to eat peanut butter and jam all day.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, black berries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1.5 piece dark chocolate.

Lunch: 1 slice of rye bread with seeds in it, peanut butter and jam.

Snack: Pizza salad. Later on I had cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, and a peeled apple.

Dinner: 1 slice of rye bread with seeds in it, peanut butter and jam. Also a large green lettuce, spinach, tomato and cucumber salad.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 60 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (13 September 2011)

Since yesterday afternoon, we've got a visit from tropical storm Katia. It's still going on now. Talk about a really windy and rainy day. I didn't get to go for a walk, so hopefully by tomorrow the storm will go away.

I've been cleaning and painting today. Been painting a lot lately, a little here a little there. I still have a lot more painting left, but it's nice to see the transformation of the color to a new fresh vibrant white.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1 piece dark chocolate. Some peanut M&Ms, some pieces of wild boar, reindeer, and moose(elk) sausages.

Lunch: Last night's leftover: Speltflour schnitzel, red lentil, and Swedish pizza salad.

Snack: Some pieces of wild boar, reindeer, and moose(elk) sausages.

Dinner: Last night's leftover: Speltflour schnitzel, red lentil, and Swedish pizza salad.

Snack: Some more peanut M&Ms and roiboos tea.

Eleventh Weekly Weight Update!

This past week was all about taming the beast.  I am happy that I satisfied the beast with a little bits of naughty foods.  Before the diet, it used to be that I'd just eat whatever and how much I wanted when certain times of the month approaches.  It's like the cookie monster attack or something, I become a totally different person.

Well I did originally have a +.06 lbs earlier in the week, but then it soon dropped to just +.02 lbs the other day.  I know yesterday I drank much more water than I usually do.  Trust me I drink a lot of water normally, I usually have no problems drinking the minimum 2 liters of water a day.  I felt bloated yesterday.  I imagined it'd be an easy +1lbs gain today.  But luckly I was wrong, and I was really happy about that.  Don't get me wrong, I'd take a minus on the scale anyday.

My measurements stayed the same this week, except I lost a little bit in my knee area :) 


Here's the 11th weekly weight update:


+-0.0 lbs (+-0.0kg)


Total amount since started: -12.0 lbs (-5.45kg)

Food Log (12 September 2011)

Tomorrow's weigh in day, but I'm not stressing about it, I know it will be a +. I feel like a Huge waterbuffalo >_< Oh well I will look forward instead to next weeks weigh in instead

My OH wanted schnitzel tonight, he suggested that we make our own with wholegrain spelt version. Though when I was preparing the schnitzel at home, I realized we could have bought crispbread crumbs at the store. Using the wholegrain spelt flour makes a really crunchy crust. It's great that my OH is wanting to try more foods cooked in low GI/GL fashion. I know I should have had something healthier but, I'm so blah today I was like well at least it's better than eating out like he wanted to originally.

I just realized that I completely forgot to look for veggie pate at the store today Been a really busy day.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, strawberries and raspberries, flaxseeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1 dark chocolate.

Lunch: Last night's leftover: grilled pork, my mac n cheese, spinach and cucumber salad with lots of lemon.

Snack: 1 bite of my Allévo bar before going to the store.

Snack: 6 peanut M&Ms, cottage cheese and pumpkin seeds, and a peeled apple. 1 dark piece dark chocolate.

Dinner: Wholegrain speltflour schnitzel, red lentils, and pizza salad (it's a Swedish cabbage salad that's usually served with pizza).

Exercise: 28 minutes fast long walk, pushups, crunches, 56 minutes yoga.

Food Log (11 September 2011)

We had to go pick up more wallpaper glue today, so we took a trip into the small city. While we were there I ate at MAX and had a Delifresh Chicken burger, it was really good and light, with lots of veggies in it, and multigrain bread.

Also I've been keeping my cravings in check again today. Not as a bad because I'm sinning only a little, but I'm sure on weigh in day it'll show that I've been having not so low GI friendly things.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, strawberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 8-10 pieces of candied almonds.

Lunch: Delifresh Chicken burger from MAX.

Snack: Some sausage slices. Later on after yoga a peeled apple with a teaspoon of peanut butter to spread on the apple.

Dinner: Grilled pork, leftover homemade low GI mac and cheese, spinach and cucumber salad with lots of lemon.

Snack: 2 spoonfuls of lingon and digestive ice cream. 2 pieces dark chocolate.

Exercise: Pushups, crunches, and 60 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (10 September 2011)

The joys of sleeping in on a weekend. I had my alarm set for 08:00, but we didn't wake up until almost 10:00. Didn't have time to do yoga or walk since we had to get ready to leave to the town market/fair thing. Don't really know what to call it in English, but it's called a Marknad here.

Marknads are evil things I tell you. All sorts of handmade yummy things everywhere. Also only time you can get them is when Marknad comes to town. We went there to get my OH's favorite nougats, to me they're just flavoured sugarcubes since they're so sweet We picked up a kilo of his nougats, picked up some wild boar sausage, elk(moose) sausage, reindeer sausage and beer sausage. Also before we left my guy had to get a thing of Swiss almonds. Basically candied almonds, freshly roasted, and it's so good. I ate a good handful of them. Thank goodness it only comes to town once a year, or else imagine how big everyone in town's waistline would get.

I turned down pizza tonight. Yippie! I thought my guy was going to make dinner, and my guy thought I was going to make dinner. So I knew he was talking about me making homemade mac and cheese since I bought some shredded chedder cheese, ala Amercian style. The other day at the store we found cappelli pasta made from 55% whole grain spelt flour and 45% durum, it was one of those high fiber pastas. I made a baked mac and cheese(cappelli and cheese), and it was a success. It's really nice finding new ways to make our normal favorites into low GI favorites

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, blackberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, milk and agave syrup.

Snack: At Marknad: Good handful of candied almonds, a slice of each of the sausages.

Lunch: GI burger: All beef patty, with spinach and pickles, with condiments, and quinoa, barley, oats and basmati rice mix.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and peeled apple. A deciliter of soy milk.

Dinner: 3/4 spanish style beef chorizo sausage, spinach with lots of lemon juice, and baked mac and cheese.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate. 3 candied almonds.

Food Log (9 September 2011)

Finally I had a better yoga day. My legs still have some sore spots and bruises, but at least I was able to hold the hard poses for 15 breaths

I've been hungry all day, and craving bad foods. I had some naughty foods throughout the day. But didn't pig out on them like I normally would around this time. I finished up the salt and vinegar crisps finally. I had a few Dorito style chips, 1.5 spoonful of ice cream, I put it on a plate, to saviour each little bite I took from it to make it last. It took the craving away without me eating a bowlful of ice cream like I normally do when not dieting. I know it's bad, but I do give myself a pat on the back for at least controlling how much I allow myself to eat the bad stuff.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, soy milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Lunch: Last night's leftover: Spelt battered Alaskan pollack, spinach and tomato salad, plenty of lemon, and quinoa/oat/barley/basmati rice mix.

Snack: Some salt and vinegar crisps.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and a peeled apple.

Snack: 1.5 spoonful of lingon berries and digestives vanila ice cream. Some Doritos type chips.

Dinner: Last night's leftover: Spelt battered Alaskan pollack, spinach and tomato salad, plenty of lemon, and quinoa/oat/barley/basmati rice mix. 1 piece 86% dark chocolate (it's ok, but I like 70% better).

Exercise: 28 minutes fast long walk, pushups, crunches, and 50 minutes yoga.

Food Log (8 September 2011)

Goodness, I can't believe it's the end of Thursday already. Sort of scarey how time is just flying by, next thing I know it'll be Christmas. Hopefully by then I'll have lost a lot more weight.

I'm getting better at my walks, I can walk fast now even without the black rain clouds as a threat over my head. It doesn't feel like I'm walking fast anymore, which is a nice thing. I check the stopwatch two times during the walk to time myself.

Food wise I'm having a naughty streak, I'm having cravings of chocolates and sweets. But I've been trying to keep it in check. Though I do have to say darn those salt and vinegar crisps, oh well, I blame myself because they taste so good I'm really hungry today too, but I'm trying to keep it in check, all my meals today I felt like I could have ate a lot more, but didn't. I thought to myself don't let mother nature make you gain 3 lbs.

I decided to experiment with dinner tonight. I wanted battered fish, but I didn't want to use wheat flour, so I used wholegrain spelt flour instead. It turned out really yummy, and my OH enjoyed it alot. I also tried experimenting with my carbs by making 1/4 quinoa, 1/4 oats, 1/4 barley, and 1/4 basmati rice. It turned out really nice, it was very similar to rice, but low GI

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, soy milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1 piece dark chocolate.

Lunch: 1 slice rye bread with avjar and several slices of wood smoked ham. Had several handfuls of salt and vinegar crisps.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and a peeled apple. 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Pan fried Alaskan Pollack, barely/basmati rice/oats/quinoa mix, and spinach and tomatoes salad with lemon. 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Exercise: 27 minutes fast long walk, pushups, crunches, 32 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (7 September 2011)

I had an appointment at the hair salon today. Since I was in the town center my guy asked me to pick up some Swedish cinnamon rolls from the bakery for my guy and his coworkers for fika (tea time), and I picked out a carrot cake for myself. It was much much smaller than the cinnamon roll, and I thought maybe better for me. I had a half cup of tea with my cake, the cake was really tiny, it was ok but it wasn't the best, and not much carrots in it either. I ended up taking off half the cream cheese frosting as it was too sweet.

I also find those salt and vinegar crisps evil and yummy. I had a few handful of them again today. My inlaws stopped by for about an hour late this afternoon, so they had fika with swedish cinnamon rolls, but this time I made myself a knäckebröd with peanut butter and jam. So I guess that's one point out of minus 2 points for me today. A good positive is I got my mother inlaw curious about the stuff I eat. She also decided to try my snack, since I was talking about how yummy the knäckebröd with the peanut butter and jam are, and she was curious of peanut butter. Peanut butter isn't big here, I guess it's still a very American thing. I was telling them how you can eat it with so many things

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, strawberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, soy milk and agave syrup.

Snack: A handful of salt and vinegar crisps.

Lunch: Chicken and broccoli leftover, with red lentil and quinoa mix.

Snack: half cup of tea with possibly the world's smallest piece of carrot cake and the thing was expensive too. I could have easily ate it in one bite. I'll pass on it next time, as it wasn't worth the sin points.

Snack: Knäckebröd with peanut butter and jam.

Dinner: Last night's leftover grilled steak, corn on the cob, red lentils and quinoa mix, and a nice serving of spinach, tomato, cucumber and feta cheese salad. 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Exercise: It's rained all day today so I wasn't able to go for a walk. Pushups, crunches, and 60 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (6 September 2011)

I'm still a little sore and still very much bruised, but I was able to do my whole walk and yoga. Which made me feel so much better and refreshed. Some of the poses in yoga was still a bit painful today. Yoga is something I've fallen in love with, and am absolutely addicted to now. I feel so much better and alive after doing yoga.

Today while out grocery shopping, my OH spotted something that he knows I absolutely love to eat. It was a new limited edition flavor called London Calling Salt and Vinegar Chips(Crisps). The other one they have here is too sweet and not vinegary enough. So we decided to try it. This one was good, not great, but much better than that sweet one they have here. I ended up having a couple handfuls, I could have easily had more. Though I thought to myself crisps are a no no. Darn you UK for creating Salt and vinegar crisps!

Today I was having a huge craving for steak, so tonight we grilled some steak meat. Instead of eating half the steak, I ate the whole thing >_< So I ended up really stuffed. At least I didn't cave into my cravings for a chocolate milkshake today:( :)

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, raspberries, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, cinnamon, soy milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1 piece dark chocolate.

Lunch: Last night's leftover: Chicken and broccoli stir fry with red lentil and quinoa mix.

Snack: 1 piece of chocolate (before grocery shopping), cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, and a peeled apple (after grocery shopping).

Dinner: Grilled short loin steak, corn on the cob, red lentil and quinoa mix, and a big salad.

Exercise: 28 minutes fast long walk, pushups, crunches, and 60 minutes of yoga.

Tenth Weekly Weight Update!

This past week was an interesting week.  I was counting calories on MFP (MyFitnessPal), and according to the site you're supposed to eat back the calories you burn.  Sounds really easy, but I wasn't sure if it was accurately counting my calories burned, or if I was putting in all the calories in correctly.  A lot of times I wasn't able to eat all the calories back.  Eating low GL foods keep you full longer with less calories.  I felt it was too confusing and a huge hassle with the whole counting calories thing.  I have to admit it was very interesting to weigh everything and see how much calories it had.

I stopped counting calories over the weekend, since I actually gained weight trying to eat all the calories back.  I didn't enjoy the weight gain.  It's much easier without having to deal with counting calories.  Just eat low GI and GL foods and it pretty much does the trick.  A major no-no I have been doing recently is eating too much during dinner, and at times past 20:00.  My portions during the entire day is great, but when it comes to dinner I started to eat more.  I know by the end of the day I'd try to eat back my calories and so I'd eat a big dinner.  Eating that much for dinner is prefectly fine if I want to maintain my weight, but it's not fine for losing weight.

The past couple of nights I've been watching my dinner portions, making sure I eat till about maybe 65%-70% full, instead of going for 75%-80% full.  Amazingly I lost the weight that I gained during the week, and then some.  Every body works differently.  But I have to admit portion control has a lot to do with trying to lose weight even if you're not eating a lot and working out a lot.    


Here's the 10th weekly weight update:


-1.2 lbs (-.54kg)


Total amount since started: -12.0  lbs (-5.45kg)

Food Log (5 September 2011)

Rain, rain, and more rain. It's been non-stop raining today, so I wasn't able to get my walk done. I did do some yoga, though I struggled on some of the poses, thanks to my bruised rear and legs. I'm still sore from the fall, and was only able to do 40 minutes On a good note I removed wallpaper for two hours, at least my arms aren't bruised or sore

Tonight, I watched my dinner portion size. I felt like I could have had less, but of course I could have had a lot more. I've made it a goal to watch the dinner portion sizes from now on. All day long my portion sizes are good, but dinner I tend to eat more than I should for losing weight. It's ok for maintaining but not good for losing weight.

I wanted Chinese food today, so I decided to make a low GL version. Chopped up lots of garlic and onion, lots of broccoli and some chicken breast meat cooked in soy sauce, black pepper, oyster sauce, and a little splash of sugar (Just for a hint of sweetness). Instead of rice or a low GL mixture, I decided to experiment and try something new. I took half red lentils and half quinoa, added some soy sauce to the water before boiling. This way the soy sauce gets cooked into the mixture for a hint of taste. I got the idea from Japanese flavored rices where you cook ingredients and seasoning when boiling the rice. It was a success my OH liked it a lot.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, raspberries, cinnamon, flax seeds, sunflower seeds, soy milk and agave syrup.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate

Lunch: slice of rye bread with seeds topped with peanut butter and jam

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and a peeled apple

Dinner: Chicken and broccoli stir fry with red lentil and quinoa mix

Exercise: pushups, crunches, and 40 minutes of yoga.

Food Log (4 September 2011)

Thanks to me falling in the computer chair and getting three big bruises, I didn't go walking or do yoga today. It was very painful to walk earlier. Now they aren't as sore, so hopefully tomorrow I can go for my walk and do yoga. I feel so lazy for not doing yoga for 3 days now

Food wise I think I need to shrink my dinner portions. Throughout the day I do good, but I think my dinner portions need to get smaller. Tonight we ate around 20:00 because my guy got back from work late.

Breakfast: 2 small breakfast burritos: 2 small multigrain tortillas, 2 slices bacon, scrambled eggs, lots of salsa, and hot sauce.

Snack: 1 piece dark chocolate

Lunch: 1 slice rye bread with seeds in it, topped with peanut butter and jam

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, and a peeled apple

Dinner: Mexican shrimp cocktail with 2 small multigrain tortillas: Tomatoes, cucumbers, avocado, onion, cilantro, tomato juice, shrimp water, lime juice and hot sauce.

Exercise: Does 15 minutes of painting and 1 hour 45 minutes of scraping off wallpaper count as a little bit of exercise???

Food Log (3 September 2011)

Went and got a new winter blanket today ! I'm hoping it'll keep me much warmer when I sleep, since now the cold weather is beginning. When I got home I didn't take off wallpaper as I originally planned. I ended up vacuuming and cleaning the car this afternoon. It was really in need of being vacuumed and cleaned.

Food was good today, I did some things different just for a change of taste

Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, pinto beans and lots of salsa.

Lunch: 1 slice rye bread with seeds, with peanut butter and jam.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, peeled apple and 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Dinner: 2 small burritos, made with 2 small multigrain tortillas, pinto beans, a lil bit of sour cream, seasoned chicken, rucola and spinch, and lots of salsa.

Snack: 2 cups rooibos tea with 1 piece dark chocolate.

Exercise: 28 minutes fast long walk, and 2 hours of vacuuming and cleaning car.

A quick look at GI and GL Table

Here's a website that shows both the GI and GL of foods.  You can see which foods are high GI/GL and which ones are low GI/GL.  Hopefully this will help people understand the concept of low GI/GL diet better. 

Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Tables for Glycemic Foods

Food Log (2 September 2011)

Today's been a fun day of taking down old wallpaper. Looks like my weekend will be busy with taking down 3 layers of old wallpaper +1 layer of paint on them. I didn't do yoga since scraping old wallpaper, and holding the wallpaper steam remover thing is a decent workout for the arms.

Looks like I've influenced my OH with my good eating habits. He told me today that he bought oats and flaxseeds to keep at work for his breakfast. I guess he's been eating that this week at work Last weekend I made him a bowl of my way of making oat porridge, so it had flaxseeds in it, and I was telling him about the good Omega 3 oils in it. So I thought it's really cute of him that he decided to eat healthy for breakfast at work

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, strawberries, flaxseeds, pumpkin seeds, cinnamon, milk, and agave syrup.

Lunch: Chicken, pinto beans, fresh salsa and rucola/spinach salad.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and a peeled apple.

Snack: 2 pieces of dark chocolate.

Dinner: Chicken, pinto beans, fresh salsa and rucola/spinach salad.

Exercise: 27 minutes fast long walk. It didn't rain, but I tried my hardest to walk really fast

Food Log (1 September 2011)

My walk today was perfect, clear blue skies and warm. I tried to walk really fast as if it was going to start pouring, I did pretty good. But it just wasn't the same as the actual threat.

For some weird reason my guy and I have been hungry all day. It was one of those hungry days. While we were out looking for wallpaper, we got really hungry so picked up food. I got a schnitzel salad, this time I had them hold the potatoes.

Breakfast: Oat porridge with fiber, strawberries, cinnamon, sunflower seeds, flax seeds, milk and agave syrup.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds. Then a piece of dark chocolate a little later.

Lunch: Last night's leftover chicken salad with quinoa.

Snack: Cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds, and a peeled apple.

Dinner: Schnitzel salad with quinoa.

Snack: 1 piece of dark chocolate.

Exercise: 28 minutes fast long walk, pushups, crunches, and 50 minutes of yoga.