30-Day Challenge - Keeping Track of My Weight

[kag101]

IMPORTANT: This is not a diet challenge! I will not try to lose weight per se.

 

BACKGROUND: 

Losing too much weight in a month is a trap, because if that happens, I am very likely to backslide later on. This has happened a few times in my life, and it did not go well.

In the last 9 years, my weight has ranged from 69 kg - 98 kg (152 lbs - 216 lbs). My ideal weight, I would say, is 82 kg (180 lbs).

 

GOALS:

My goal is that after the 30 days, I am between 92,2 kg - 99,9 kg (202 lbs to 219 lbs). This is a realistic expectation. 

As long as I don't go beyond 100 kg (220 lbs), I am good to go. Ideally I should lose a few kilos/pounds. I have a picture of my weight from a month ago: I had 92,2 kg. I weight myself today and I am with 96,2 kg. Therefore, I gained 4 kg. If I keep gaining weight at this rate, I will get fat really soon. 

I am still not sure if I will use kilos (which I am more familiar with), or pounds. Maybe I will use both.  

 

RULES:

- Make a daily estimate of how much calories I ate.

- Weight myself in every two days, as soon as I wake up, before having breakfast.

 

I have another journal here on the forum, where I explain how I tamed my depression. Click here to read it. 

Edited June 28, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 1 - 6-24-2019 

 

Weight: 96,2 kg (212 lbs) 

 

Calories: 3300 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 300 cal

 

> 2) Morning snack: 0 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 800 cal

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 350 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 800 cal

 

> 6) Evening snack: 1050 cal
 

Commentary:

• I overate in the late night. 

Edited June 28, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 2 - 6-25-2019 

 

Weight: Only Tomorrow

 

Calories: 3550 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 350-400 cal

 

> 2) Morning snack: 200-250 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 900-1100 cal

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 300 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 1100-1300 cal

 

> 6) Evening snack: 200-250 cal

 

Commentary:

• No comments.

Edited June 28, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 3 - 6-26-2019 

 

Weight: 96.1 kg (-100g) // 212 (-1 pound)

 

Calories: 2380 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 0 cal

 

> 2) Morning snack: 0 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 700-800 cal

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 0 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 1500 cal

 

> 6) Evening snack: 0 cal

 

Commentary:

• I ate big portions fewer times a day. I don't think that's a good strategy. I think it's important that I eat at least something in each of the 6 meals so that I don't overeat in one of them. 

• I slept very early 6 pm and I woke up at 3 am. If I had slept later, I would have very likely eaten more. 

• My weight hasn't changed much (last time I weight myself was 48 hours ago). At least I didn't gained any weight. I lost 1 pound. I went from 212 to 211. 

• I am not in a diet. I am simply monitoring and keeping track of how I much I eat daily. 

Edited June 28, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 4 - 6-27-2019 

 

Weight: Only Tomorrow

 

Calories: 4190 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 0 cal

 

> 2) Morning snack: 0 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 1650 cal

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 0 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 1540 cal

 

> 6) Evening snack: 1000 cal

 

Commentary:

• Holy cow! I ate a lot of calories today. I better be more mindful of how much I am eating. Let's see how much I will be weighing tomorrow... 

Edited June 28, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 5 - 6-28-2019 

 

Weight: 97.4 kg (+1.3 kg) // 214 lbs (+3 pounds)

 

Calories: 2700 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 300 cal

 

> 2) Morning snack: 100 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 1000 cal

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 700 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 400 cal

 

> 6) Evening snack: 300 cal

 

Commentary:

• Gaining weight is not a fun thing. It can feel very demotivating... 

Edited June 29, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 6 - 6-29-2019 

 

Weight: Tomorrow 

 

Calories: 3050 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 300 cal

 

> 2) Morning snack: 300 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 1200 cal

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 300 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 350 cal

 

> 6) Evening snack: 600 cal

 

Commentary:

• I ate a Cup Noodle in the late night. Not a good idea... 

Edited July 1, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 7 - 6-30-2019 

 

Weight: 97.0 kg (-0.4 kg)  // 213 pounds (-1 pound) 

 

Calories: 2480 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 600 cal

Time: 8 am

400 cal (oatmeal with honey) + 200 cal (half of a whole-wheat sandwich with mayonnaise and ham and cheese)

 

> 2) Morning snack: 300 cal

Time: 11:40 am

70 cal (half of a papaya) + 20 cal (sweet cracker)

 

> 3) Lunch: 950 cal

Time: 1:40 pm 

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 0 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 380 cal

Time: 8:30 pm

 

> 6) Evening snack: 850 cal

Time: 11 pm

 

Commentary:

• I had weighted myself before going to the bathroom, and I was weighing 99.8 (220 pounds)! I was like, WTF?

I know I have been eating more than I should, but that didn't really make sense. Then, I tried it again about an hour later, and I have actually lost some weight.

That was a relief, because I was thinking of starting a way more rigorous diet. Now, I think I found the middle ground, and I have decided that my goal is to not go beyond 2500 cal daily. 

• I slept from 3 pm to 8 pm. I ended up eating dinner in the "evening snack" time. 

• I ate the same thing for lunch and for dinner. Also not a good thing, because I need variety of food. 

Edited July 1, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 8 - 7-01-2019 

 

Weight: Tomorrow

 

Calories: 2500 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 500 cal

Time: 10 am

 

> 2) Morning snack 0 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 1100 cal

Time: 1:30 pm 

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 120 cal

Time: 4-5 pm 

 

> 5) Dinner: 500 cal

Time: 6-7 pm

 

> 6) Evening snack: 250 cal

Time: 8-10 pm

 

Commentary:

• I am monitoring what I eat way too much. I keep forgetting that I shouldn't be neurotic and/or perfectionist. In the following days, I will focus on only estimating how many calories I take. 

• I will create a sample with how many calories I should have for each meal, and around what time should I eat. 

• I have recently noticed that industrialized food tend to have a lot of fat. This won't be my focus, but I will be mindful regarding that. 

Edited July 2, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

SAMPLE (IDEAL CALORIES INTAKE + TIMES OF MEALS)

 

Day x - 7-xx-2019 

 

Weight: 90 kg (-2 kg) // 198 lbs (-4.4 lbs)

 

Calories: 2300 - 2700 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 500-700 cal

Time: 8-10 am

 

> 2) Morning snack 200-300 cal

Time: 10:30-11:30 am

 

> 3) Lunch: 750-1100 cal

Time: 12:00-1:30 pm 

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 100-350 cal

Time: 3:30-5 pm 

 

> 5) Dinner: 350-700 cal

Time: 5:30-7:30 pm

 

> 6) Evening snack: 150-250 cal

Time: 8-10 pm

 

Commentary:

• I will not necessarily write what I ate, because that takes too much energy and time. I will write the approximate calories. 

• I will use my common sense to see how much I will eat in each meal. I want to avoid eating more than 2500 calories, or less than 2300 calories. I don't want extremes. I want to learn how to be fit -- not how to be anorexic. 

• I will keep the daily report as simple as possible. I don't want to get perfectionist and make very detailed reports, but fail at doing so for the full 30 days of challenge. 

[kag101]

Day x - 7--2019 

 

Weight: 

 

Calories: 

 

> 1) Breakfast:  cal

 

> 2) Morning snack:  cal

 

> 3) Lunch:  cal

 

> 4) Afternoon snack:  cal

 

> 5) Dinner:  cal

 

> 6) Evening snack:  cal

 

Commentary:

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Edited July 4, 2019 by kag101
THIS IS A CLEAN VERSION

[kag101]

Day 9 7-02-2019 

 

Weight: 97,2 (+0,2 kg)

 

Calories: 2700-2900

 

> 1) Breakfast: 330-400 cal

8 am

 

> 2) Morning snack: 220-250 cal

11 am

 

> 3) Lunch: 850-900 cal

1 pm

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 380-410 cal

3 pm

 

> 5) Dinner: 800 cal

 

> 6) Evening snack: 400 cal

 

Commentary:

• I was expecting to lose more weight than I did. 

Edited July 4, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 10 - 7-3-2019 

 

Weight: Tomorrow

 

Calories: 2500-2750 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 350-400 cal

10 am

 

> 2) Morning snack: 0 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 800-1000 cal 

 

> 4) Afternoon snack:  500-650 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 450-500 cal

7 pm

 

> 6) Evening snack: 200-300 cal

8:30 pm

 

Commentary:

• I will probably get a surprise tomorrow. 

• I don't feel like overeating. I am eating a decent portion for my height, and if I were to eat less, I would be repressing myself and not eating enough. 

• Change slowly, because the direction is more important than the destination.  

[kag101]

Day 11 - 7-4-2019 

 

Weight: Tomorrow (again lol)

 

Calories: 3000-3100 cal

 

> 1) Breakfast: 300-400 cal

8 AM

 

> 2) Morning snack: 200 cal

10:30 AM

 

> 3) Lunch: 1200 cal

3 PM

 

> 4) Afternoon snack:  0 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 800-900 cal

8 pm

 

> 6) Evening snack: 350-400 cal

 

Commentary:

• I clearly overate. 

[kag101]

Day 12 - 7-5-2019 

 

Weight: 97,4 kg (+0.2 kg) // 215 lbs

 

Calories: 2500-2700 

 

> 1) Breakfast: 500-600 cal

 

> 2) Morning snack: 0 cal

 

> 3) Lunch: 1000-1300 cal

 

> 4) Afternoon snack: 0 cal

 

> 5) Dinner: 450-550 cal

 

> 6) Evening snack: 400 cal

 

Commentary:

• When I first weighted myself, it was at 100 kg. I was like, WTF! This thing has happened before of like having a weight that is not the right one. Then, after a few hours, I tried again and it was at 97.4, which is much better. 

• I slept in the afternoon.

[kag101]

Keeping this challenge is taking way too much energy from my part. Once again, I need to ask for help. There is this nutritionist I have found that has a more humanistic approach. Tomorrow I have an orthopedist. I will talk with him about my knee, my flat feet, and my possible tendinitis in my arms. Then, I want to go to the nutritionist. I will take a break from writing down what I eat daily. I will just try to not overeat too much, especially because it is winter right now where I live, so there is a high chance of eating too much. 

It's a real mind-blowing thing to accept to myself that I have a problem with food. I either eat too much, or too little. And trying to solve this by myself doesn't seem to be very productive, I suppose. It was similar to me, 2 years ago, trying to take care of my mental health all by myself. I think this attempt to write down what I eat and my weight was a valid attempt, and I think it is the right time to take a break from it, and seek professional help. 

I will write here as soon as I have my appointment with the nutritionist. 

[kag101]

I have just downloaded an app that allows me to keep a food journal. Pretty helpful, and I think it will be more practical than doing things in hard mode, that is, writing on a notepad from my phone. I will start to experiment with that. I have scheduled a session with a nutritionist on Thursday, so i will see how that goes. 

On the last two days, I did keep my food journal. But in a much less neurotic way (but still neurotic). So on July 8th, I had about 2600 to 2800 calories, and today (July  9th) I had 2200 to 2500 calories.

But anyway, I will use the app. I think it will be much more practical and will give me better results. 

[kag101]

Day 23 - 7-16-2019 

 

Weight: 98,2 kg 

 

Commentary: 

I tried to install an app for keeping track of how much I eat, but I just didn't have the discipline to keep track of it. I also had a depressive episode that made overeat A LOT.

Today I woke up feeling "unswollen", so I decided to weight myself. It was more or less 98,2 kg, which is not bad at all. I do admit that I have been eating more than I "should". Anyway, my initial goal was not to go beyond 100 kg in the 30 days. 

I want to schedule with a nutritionist I found online that has a "humanistic" approach.

But I don't want to give up completely on this challenge.

My "goal", once again, is to not go beyond 100 kg.  

Edited July 16, 2019 by kag101

[kag101]

Day 30 - 7-23-2019 

FINISH!!! Success!!!

 

Weight: 98,3 kg 

 

Commentary: 

>> In the beginning of the challenge, I was neurotically keeping track of all the calories I was taking. This is too stressful and unnatural. 

 

>> I have downloaded several apps. And the iOS app called "IEatWell" is the best one! Instead of counting calories, it is a more intuitive thing of rating your meal from 0-10. 

 

>> My weight as of today is 98,4 kg.

 

Therefore: I succeeded in the challenge!!! Hooray!!! Time to celebrate! Imma go to McDonalds. Lol, just kidding. 

Proof:  

On 7/16/2019 at 0:15 PM, kag101 said:

My "goal", once again, is to not go beyond 100 kg.  

 

>> I will write soon write on my main journal the next challenge that I will do. I think it will probably have to do with basic self-help techniques (goals, visualization & affirmations): 

Thank you for everyone that read this! 

I will celebrate today! (Obviously I will try to not overeat as a way to celebrate lol)