2100 calories a week…
January 1st, 2008That is how many Kell figured she was getting from drinking coffee creamer twice a day during the work week and once a day on the weekend. I like my coffee a bit sweeter, so my figure is probably 30% or so higher. Incredible:
35 calories x 5 (as in, 5 tablespoons in the massive jug of coffee we each have in the morning) x 12 (7 morning + 5 lunch servings) = 2100 calories a week. Thanks CoffeeMate, one tablespoon equals a serving my ass…
We aren’t sure what to do about that yet, but cutting 2100 empty liquid calories a week would be a diet unto itself…mmm coffee how I will miss you!
There must be another way. giving up coffee…that’s insanity
If you were fat, those 2100 calories might matter….but since you both look wonderful….who gives a shit! Enjoy your coffee!
I’m not sure you’d think the same if you saw us both naked…thank god for clothes!
I think I am going to give up the coffee anyway…it’s overrated.
I’m with ya both. I need to lose at LEAST 15 pounds and those nice people who suggest that I do not HAVE NOT seen me naked lately…..
So what’s a girl to do? I don’t drink coffee and I take my tea (hot an iced) with no sugar or milk. Besides getting up off my tired and unmotivated behind (which i hope to do more of this year- resolution anyone?) I just don’t know!!! Help!
I know, it sucks! I hate exercising in the winter (would prefer to bike, hike or walk but NOT in the cold!)
I am interested in Yoga but our living room is too small.
I (unfortunately for him, this means Garret as well) have just started on ediet with the hopes of gaining some skills related to portion control (hehe) and a healthier diet (actually trying to eat fruits and veggies everyday instead of just sporadically). I intend to learn as much as I can in the next moth or 2 then cancel.
So far the diet seems promising and I can see how I might be able to lose weight by following it to a T…that will be the hard part. What do you mean?, I can’t gorge myself with processed cheese and crackers at 10:30 pm????? Oh man….
It had me pretty flustered at the grocery store…radishes?…who the hell eats radishes? Green onions?…first time I purchased them. Plain yogurt?…why would they make such a thing?
I have never purchased so much produce at one time…geez. And it showed at the register…quite a bit more than we normally spend a week.
I’ll keep ya’ll posted on how it goes.
Thanks Kel,
I appreciate you passing along any good tips. Your husband clued me into the veggie and fruit juice smoothies but I think they actually made me gain weight (because I didn’t eat less so they just added to my overall caloric intake). Also, I’m sure I porked up over the holidays and I still have lots of leftover high calorie holiday goodies in my cupboards and fridge.
Must…resist…temptation…..: 0 Argh!
At least I know that I’m not going through it alone! Let me know if you need a radish eating partner- I like em!
ahh blaming me!!!
I believe I’ve read your body deals with liquid calories quite differently than normal food, as it is designed to treat liquids as water and everything else as energy. The V8 is pretty low in calories, but the orange juice and berry smoothies are fairly energy dense…
I’m ambivalent about the idea of a diet, but I do feel like a squishy pork chop currently. The hot, hard and young picture of myself taped to the fridge door wasn’t cutting it, so we’ll see how portion control works out. So far I’m fairly pleased, low calorie food also seems to be pretty bulky, I feel pretty full considering I’ve only had a couple hundred calories so far today.
I felt like a cigarette addict this evening before dinner, I went for a cookie and found out they were ‘gone’. This weird feeling overcame me…
I said out loud that “my blood is hungry”. My stomach wasn’t hungry, but “needed” satiation.
I haven’t lost any weight yet, but I feel like I’m eating more than usual. Kell says I’m supposed to be eating 1600 to be on a diet, but since I’m eating the same quantity as she I’m actually eating about 1300. I sure don’t feel hungry, I feel stuffed. I guess I feel a little low energy, but it could be that I’m only getting 7 hours of sleep a night.
So I guess the diet is going well so far. Kell says the food prep is a shit load of work however…
Oh yea, and we ran out of CoffeeMate today, so no more coffee (or those 2100 calories a week) from here out too!
It does seem like we are eating more but I think that’s because we are used to eating most of our food in the evening (dinner & snacks). But this diet evenly spreads out the food between 3 meals and only a small snack in the evening.
It is a lot of work!!! Real food for lunch, fruits veggies..oh my. Peanut butter toast everyday is soooo much easier!!
I think this wknd is going to be a real test…the desire to stay up late also means more time to think about snackies!
WooHoo bye bye 2100 calories!
Tonight I had a brief psychotic episode. We had skipped breakfast (slept in through it) and after a nice lunch and filling dinner, I was still consumed with thoughts of terrible things (hell, last night I remember dreaming about burgers). I couldn’t stop thinking about a snack, salty, sweet, something.
Ended up having a half-cup of these sinfully delicious chocolate and caramel covered popcorns.
It was only 140 calories, but it fucking hit the spot!
I believe the diet is going exceedingly well. While exercising, I’m beginning to feel less flobby and more firm. I still feel unsatiated at times, but I am also starting to appreciate that feeling. I am also appreciating food more I believe, noticing what I am eating and enjoying it more while eating it slower.
Tomorrow will be a week…
Hey guys. It sounds as if you are doing well on your diet and exercise plan. Todd and I are (largely- get it) remaining faithful to ours but finding it quite difficult. I am making healthy choices but later in the evening I find myself just dying from hunger. I think it is more imagined than real but still it becomes all-consuming.
Luckily, I got an old-fashioned popcorn popper for Christmas (bye bye cancer causing microwave popcorn) and we have been indulging in the occasional popcorn “cheat” which has to be much healthier than previous snack habits.
I have not yet lost any weight on the scales but I can see and feel a slight difference in my mid-section on the sides (a curve again rather than straight down).
What exercises have you been doing? I’ve been doing the exercise ball and some dumbells but that’s about it. Any weight changes yet?
I agree that the diet is going well…better than I had expected anyway. The recipes are pretty simple but they do seem to take longer to prepare and cause more dirty dishes than we are used to. This next week will be better as I have decided to schedule the same thing everyday for lunch (good ole Peanut Butter toast, with fruit & a veggie of course) and only a select few things for breakfast. I like to keep things simple and we don’t mind the repetition.
My downfall is night time too…I always want to snack around 10pm or so. It has made me aware of proper portions…when it came to snacks or ice cream…we definitely overindulged.
I’ve had a nearly constant headache since Saturday…I think it may have to do with the lack of caffeine (although I only drank about 24 oz during the week, 12 on wknds)… Another downfall is that I feel really tired and weak all the time…which is why I really haven’t exercised in the past week (only rode the exercise bike for 25 mins at a very leisurely pace). My legs are weak and are very achey from my butt down to my feet (just the backsides though, weird).
I also feel a bit less flabby but I’m not sure of any real weight loss…will weight myself tomorrow morning.
Man. I hear you with the feeling of being weak and very tired. I also ache even though I’m not really exercising THAT hard. Also, the food prep time is exhausting. Why does being healthy feel so very tiring and wrong?
I hope that it pays off for us all. MSN has an article today about 4 steps to living 14+ years longer: exercising, eating more fruits and veggies, not smoking, and moderate cunsumption of alcohol. (3 out of 4 ain’t bad, right?)
I hope your headache subsides soon.
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