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  • Name: trigal
  • City: Manila
  • Region: Albay
  • Country: Philippines

My Weight Loss

Height: 165.1cm
Start weight: 142.00lb
Current weight: 133.00lb
Goal weight: 128.00lb
Lost to date: 9.00lb
Remaining: 5.00lb

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10/08/2009 02:31

Busy with helping the flood victims

My weight as of this morning: 134.5 Lbs
In between trips to the flood sites and visiting evacuation centers I try to do my workouts and stay focused on my training. I have also finally started writing what I eat few days ago. Mean while I am trying to stay below 1500 calories a day which I think is helping a lot.
 

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09/30/2009 10:37

...... and life would go on


We were hit with a typhoon last Saturday. Well, we are kind of used to tropical storms, even typhoons as this is the season for us when we get one after another, in the Philippines. This one was different though since it was not a very strong typhoon, but brought lots of rain with itself. The local name for it is Ondoy and the Western world calls it Ketsana. Well, whatever its name dumped a month worth of rain on us in a matter of 6 hours. As a result 80 percent of Manila was flooded. This is a third world country that about 70% of its population live in poverty. Homes were washed into the river, people were swept away by the water and roads were turned into the river. About 300,000 peopel are homeless, about 250 are dead and tons more missing.
We were amongst the lucky ones that just got soaked, but there are so many people that weren't as lucky.
Well, this would defenitly changes your prespective of life, don't you say? At this moment keeping up with the diet and counting calories just not a priority for me, so till further notice I will be out. Of course I still will be eating healthy, exercising and trying not to eat junk after 7 PM.
 

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09/24/2009 09:24

Week1-Day 2

 
 
 
 
This morning I woke up feeling really good about not eating late last night. I was proud of myself for fighting the urge. The worse thing about late night eating is that you are not even hungry when you are snacking, you are eating just out of bordom so you don't even feel full and when you go to bed you feel so heavy and bloated. So yay for me on my day one
OK, now my second day:
 
I ran early this morning for 50 minutes and that would be my only work out of the day.
 
Breakfast:
1 Kashi bar with coffee
2 bite size blueberry muffins
2 dried plums
 
Snack:
1/2 glass mango juice
1 small apple
 
Lunch:
1 sering of whole wheat crackers
1 Kraft American cheese/low fat
2 cups of cauliflower
10 almonds
 
Snack:
30 grams of home made low fat banana bread
1 cup of jello woth fat free whipping cream
 
Dinner:
1 piece of lasagna
2 glasses of champagn
 
 
 
Total Calories/intake:  about 1700
Total Calories burned: 480
 
 
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For complete list of my activities please check here:

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09/23/2009 07:05

Week 1 - Day 1

Starting weight 136 lbs
 
OK, we are starting a new challenge. Another month of daily calorie counting and keeping the calories in the BMR range. I am actually excited about this. Nice thing about doing it for a month was that I learned how to keep track of everything that I put in my mouth. Realizing that Tamarind is delicious, but the darn thing has so much calories (well, at least it has lots of fiber also ;o)
This time around I am going to make a goal for myself. I am going to put a stop into my late night eating habit. so here is my goal for the upcoming month: No more food after 7 PM. 
 
Breakfast:
1/2 Kashi with coffee
 
Snack:
1 banana
1 cup of non fat yogurt
 
Lunch:
2 boiled eggs
1 serving of small crackers
1 slice of Kraft American cheese
1 cup of raw cauliflower
1 whole wheat roll
 
Snack:
130 grams of Tamarind
100 grams Sweet Potatoe, baked
 
Dinner:
1 cup of cup noodels soup
1 mini loaf bran bread
.75 tablespoon butter
 
Dessert:
1 small piece of dark chocolate
 
 
Its about 10 pm and I am going to bed before i give in to the late night snacking again :o)
Today's result:
 
 
 
 
Total Calories/intake:  about 1900
Total Calories burned: 1300
 
 
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09/21/2009 08:13

Four weeks already!

Our 4 week challenge is over and although I didn't lose much weight (2-3 lbs), but it was a good way of learning how much calories my body really needs. I kept an average of 1600- 1700 cal. a day through last month's challenge. During these days I was not completely full, but nor hungry. I ate pretty much everything that I desired, but kept it within the cal. limit. In between I had few days that I totally messed up and ate a lot, but within 2 or 3 days after I was always back to my original weight. On the other hand during the only few days that I ate around 1200 cal a day, I was always hungry and grumpy. Of course the next morning I weighed about 1/2 to 1 lbs less, which was great, but I just needed more food to be able to do my daily training. Well, it is obvious that if I want to lose lbs, i need to stick to lower calorie diet, but how am i gonna survive it!!! Cutting 400 cal. a day doesn't seem much, but it is. It is really hard. That extra banana with the 1/2 cup of rice gives me so much energy. I know that either I have to accept this weight or do something about it. I am tired of losing this 10lbs during my hard training seasons and then gain it back few months after. But then I want to enjoy my life also. I want to be able to have a glass of wine with a nice creamy plate of pasta (there goes 800 calories out of 1200), without feeling guilty....
Now the question is to diet or not to diet :o)

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09/18/2009 06:17

Week 4 - Day 5

Last night right before going to bed I cheated!!!! I went to the kitchen to get my son some milk and cookies and ended up eating a cookie myself. About 15 minutes later while I was dying to have another, I decided I need to fight the urge the right way. I went to the kitchen and this time got myself a small apple and 1/2 a Pomelo (grapefruit like fruit that i have only seen in Asia). I was mad at myself for this extra 150 or so calories, but in a way proud of myself for not getting more cookies. So I am going to add them to my today's list just to be fair :o)
 
Last night's late night snack:
1 small chocolate chip cookie
1 small apple
1/2 Pomelo
 
So here is today's list:
 
 
Breakfast:
1 Kashi with coffee
 
Snack:
1 cup of Soy Latte from Starbucks
1 banana
 
Lunch:
1 boiled eggs
1 whole wheat roll
1 serving of small crackers
1 slice of Kraft American cheese
1 cup of raw cauliflower
 
Snack:
1 cup of instant noodles
 
Dinner:
1 cup of spaghetti
1 cup of chicken vegetable noodle
 
Dessert:
1 cup of of Jello
 
I neede to carb-load for the Triathlon tomorrow :o) 
 
 
 
Total Calories/intake: 1600 (including the 150 cal. from last night)
Total Calories burned: 650
 
 
For my daily calorie intake please check here:
 
For complete list of my activities please check here:

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09/17/2009 03:08

Week 4- Day 4

Only 3 more days till we are done with our 4 weeks challenge!
 
Today I was supposed to swim early in the morning, but I slept in instead :o)
I have 2 races this weekend. A short Tri in the village (Sprint distance) on Saturday and a Duathlon (7k run, 30k bike, 4 k run) on Sunday. I am not ready to race any of the two, but i am just going to do them on my own pace. I just wish for a nice, sunny and cool weekend.
 
Breakfast:
1 Kashi bar with coffee
1 plain waffle
 
 Snack:
2 servings of Tamarind
 
Lunch:
1 whole wheat bread
1 boiled egg
1 slice of Craft American chees
 
Snack:
1.5 servings of popcorn
4 bite size Blueberry muffin
 
Dinner:
1 breast of chicken KFC
some French Baguette
 
Dessert:
2 cups of jello
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Calories/intake: 1500
Total Calories burned: 300
 
 
For my daily calorie intake please check here:
 
For complete list of my activities please check here:

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09/16/2009 04:27

Weeke 4- Day 3

Training day with the team. About 2 hours of ride and run. I am home now for a little break and get something to eat before my 11 o'clock appointment with Ian, my PT.
 
Breakfast:
1/2 Kashi bar with coffee
 
Snack:
1 banana
1 cup ot tea with dates
1/2 cup watermelon
 
Lunch:
1 boiled egg
1 slice of Craft American cheese
1 serving of whole wheat cracker (about 20 of them)
1 cup of cauliflower (raw)
 
I love the soreness of my body after a good workout!
 
Snack:
1/2 cup chips (about 6 or 7)
1 cup popcorn 94% fat free
10 small peanuts
 
Dinner:
150 grams of Lasagna (with cheese and beef)
 
Dessert:
1 small (3 OZ) ice cream cone from DQ
 
 
 
 
 
Total Calories/intake:  about 1400
Total Calories burned: 1,100
 
 
For my daily calorie intake please check here:
 
For complete list of my activities please check here:

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09/15/2009 05:15

Week 4- Day 2

I woke up feeling ok enough to go for a run this morning. I decided to run a 10k if I am feeling right, otherwise cut it short and do a loop of 6k. Well, I ended up doing the 10k. I am home now and hoping that I am over this stupid cold/flu:o)
 
Breakfast:
1 Kashi bar with coffee
 
Snack:
1 banana
 
Lunch:
1 cup of cottage cheese
1 slice of whole whaet bread
 
Snack:
1 Whole wheat toast
3 pods of Tamarind
 
dinner:
1 cup of Vegtable shrimp noodle
1 oz. of rib eye steak
1/2 cup of rice
1 cup of cauliflower
 
Dessert:
1 cup of Jello
 
 
 
 
Total Calories/intake:  1300
Total Calories burned: 700
 
 
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For complete list of my activities please check here:

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09/15/2009 05:10

Week 4- Day 1

First day of week 4. Starting weight 136 LBS
I am still sick, but at least I slept better last night. Out of the 2 classes that I teach on Mondays I was able to find a friend to substitute one, but unfortunately I couldn't find anyone to cover my Spin class. I did end up teaching the class myself, but most of the class I was off the bike. After that I went home and crashed. Got a good nap and started feeling better after that. I am still coughing which usually stays with me for a long time, but other than that I am feeling much better.
 
Total Calories/intake:  About 1700
Total Calories burned: about 150
 
 
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For complete list of my activities please check here:

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