2-week mark- stabilization and loss of 1 lbs

Sunday morning: 8:30-9:40 played tennis; 10:30 am-1 pm gym. At the end of the gym session, I weighed myself, 148 lb!!!! This number I have not seen in at least three years!!!!

Lunch: turkey ham/tomato salad and one piece of pizza from last night let over.

Afternoon: 1:30 -7:30 operatta.

7:30-8:30 tennis again.

Dinner: miso/tofu soup, cucumber/clam salad, pea sprout with smoked tofu stir-fry.

Enjoy social life, and Stay on track

We all have social events to participate. When you go to a social function, you may not be able to have full control over what you can have. It's ok to let yourself go and enjoy friends and family and social gathering. Don't feel bad, feel guilty or even give up on your diet. Let go and enjoy. Then, come back on track. Life is not just one night or one dinner. It doesn't really matter what you do for one night, one dinner, as long as you stay on your own track on a long run.

Make your own life happy. Enjoy being social, meanwhile come back on track!

menu for the day -7, 28,2011

Breakfast: a bowl of miso tofu soup with veg and clam; small cup of grape juice (TraderJoe's),

Daily vitamin and medicine: Vit E (400 IU, CVS), B, C pills (CVS), one capsule of St. John's Wort, one capsule of Ginkgo biloba (CVS), one aspirin (81 mg).

Lunch: beef steak with broccoli and bell pepper; a bowel of miso tofu soup.

Tennis: 1 hour before dinner;

Dinner: salad (mixed green, red bellpepper, smoked turkey ham, mozzarella cheese, orange, mint, thyme, olive oil, balsamic, black pepper, soy souce.

After dinner, after shower, I weigh myself, 150 lbs! I haven't seen this number for a long time, at least the last three years. Right after dinner, 150 lbs! Great.

It is working: protein/veg/fruit, controlled portion, being active!!! That's it!

one-week mark- loss of 4-5 lbs- the keys: diet and being active

It has been a little over a week since I started watch out my diet, trying to lose weight. When I started, my weight was 154 lbs at the most when I weigh myself after finished my workout at the gym after work. Today, at the same time of the day, after late afternoon workout, my weight was 149.5-150 lbs. I haven't seen this numbers in at least two years. It may be really working...

My diet has been mostly green or tomato salad and soup. No carb.

However, I did have two nights which broke the diet:
One Saturday night, after a long day of gardening and planting, with a friend of us helping, we ordered Sarpino gourmet pizza and hot wings. I had two slices of pizza and 4-5 wings.

Sunday noon, we had miso tofu soup and one slice of pizza; Sunday night, after hard yard work and planting, we went to a Italian, I had minestone soup and Shimp Angel Hair Pasta.

In just a week, I struggled many times with feelign hungry. I did not give in to the hungry feeling. I still need to get good balanced meals planned. It will eventually help me go through this ..... Will start to formulate my diet and post here.....

Principle No. 6. Take control of your life

We all love food, especially good food, delicious food. Again, the key is moderation. To some, eating can be an addiction. Don't let craving take charge of your life. Take control of your life by yourself!

Principle No. 5. Rest well, sleep well.

Enough sleep is the key to overall health, inlcuding both physical and mental health. During the long sleep, your body recovers, and mobilizes your energy storage gently and subtly.

Principle No. 4. Patience and Persistence

You did not gain the weight in one day, then, don't expect you can loss it in one day. Take time, be pateint, be persistent, and consistent. Tip the balance, then, let the body work by itself to loss.

Principle No. 3. Moderation

The healthy way is to be moderate. The key is balance; not over-eating, not starving yourself either; not being a couch-potato, not exhausting yourself with 24-7 gym sessions either. You don't have to lift 200-lbs barbell to loss weight.
Not carbohydrate is bad, too much carbohydrate make it bad; not fat is bad, too much fat makes it a bad thing. The key is moderation. Not too much, not too less, the key again is balance!
Listen to your body, work with your body. The key is to tip the balance to lossing. Let your body works by itself to loss.

Principle No. 2. Being active.

The best way to fight food craving is to excercise.

Excercise mobilizes your body's energy reserve, that's the key to start losing rather than gaining. You may have had this experience: you may feel a bit hungery before you start workout, however, after a while into working out, you don't feel hungery anymore; this is when you are starting mobilizing your body reserve, this is when you are losing rather than gaining weight.

Principle No. 1. Eat no more than you need

If you want to lose weight, do NOT eat more than what your body needs.