AARrrggHHH

I maintained today. Despite the fact that I went to the gym yesterday and ate well (calorie-wise). I'm a little pissed about that. The only thing worse is if I had gained.

I added The Biggest Loser to my DVR show list. Maybe if I constantly watch Jillian Michaels yelling at overweight people I'll subconsciously think I'm one of them and stay true to my diet.

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Panic Dieting

After about a month and a half of trying to count calories I am now 4 pounds heavier than when I originally started this blog, which was around 4 months ago. If you think about it, I guess gaining 4 lbs in 4 months is not that terrible. I seriously feel better about it, coz I've actually been feeling out of control most of the time. Especially regarding those post-dinner chocolate binges (Damn you Twix!).

But now it's time to PANIC. It's about 5 weeks until my best friend's wedding, and a much needed tropical beach weekend.

That's right. Be jealous.

I have about 25 pounds to lose.

I know. That sounds insane. Considering Thanksgiving and Christmas are both in those five weeks... So maybe my goal will be 15 pounds. Although I will keep in mind that Jillian Michaels got some people to lose 15 pounds in a week.

I started going to the gym last week. It was pretty brutal, but I surprisingly got through 2 classes without giving up. I'm going to one today, and hopefully that will kick off five weeks of unswerving dedication to losing weight.

I'm giving myself 2 days off. Thanksgiving and Christmas. Wish me luck!

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LoseIt!

I've been so exhausted recently that I've barely had anytime to prepare food for myself. I've been cooking once in awhile but I don't have the energy to do the dishes. It's either all my energy is being sapped by work, or it's because I haven't worked out in so long. Which makes me think I should start counting calories again, and say goodbye to Low-carbing for awhile. :( I thought I would have the time and energy to do it once the wedding was over, but it doesn't seem like it. And I don't want to look the part TOO much when I'm the Matron of Honor at my best friend's wedding (I did my measurements last weekend, and the numbers were quite horrifying). So I'm going back to frozen entrees, which really aren't that bad especially when I get a lot of Amy's frozen meals. This will give me the time to start working out again as well. It will also be cheaper and will give me more options than if I went back on Jenny.

I use a very handy iphone app for my calorie counting called LoseIt!. It has a basic database of ingredients and common grocery items. You can also add your own items if you can't find them in the app. It shows your weight trend, and also calculates how many calories you should have every day depending on your age, your weight loss goal, your current weight and your target date. You can add friends as well and see how you're stacking up to them diet-wise. I friended my old roommate and we had a bit of fun comparing what we'd eaten and what exercises we'd done. I'm still deciding whether I should be completely shameless and tell everyone about my daily menu.

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My Office Neighborhood is AWESOME... When I'm Not Dieting

The area around my office is overflowing with amazing restaurants. St Marks (japanese, mediterranean, etc.) is in our backyard, Veselka (eastern european) is a couple of avenues away,  so is Butter Lane cupcakes (one of their cupcakes is the best thing he ever ate according to Ted Allen), Otafuku (japanese street food) is near us as well,  and there are so many other choices if you want to eat great food. Except if you're low-carbing.

I have one go-to cart for when I have to buy a low-carb lunch near the office. It's one of those middle-eastern carts that sell the heavenly "chicken on rice". I usually order the chicken on salad, which isn't as popular but tastes almost as good.
I didn't cook last night for today's lunch because I realized I'm going to be in CT all weekend therefore whatever I cook will just go to waste. Of course, because it sells one of the few decent low-carb options here, the cart disappeared today. Lucky me. I detest salads, so I ordered a $15 salmon meal from a deli. I asked for just vegetables to go with it. The lady kept asking me if I wanted potatoes, or rice, or bread with it. She asked about the bread three times. I wanted to wanted to say "Please don't ask me again because the next time I might just have to say yes." but I didn't. The salmon was pretty bland, and I'm not sure why I even ordered the vegetables because I hate squash. I probably should have gone to Cozy for a low-carb burger platter but I didn't feel like having that (stupid, stupid). Please come back, cart!!

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