Bumming on the Beach

Phase 2, Day 1

2005-11-28T21:08:00.000-08:00

Gonna start doing this today until I see if I lose 10 lbs (like Anisa). If I don't, I'll go back to a strict Phase 1.

Today:
2 eggs
2 cheese sticks
shrimp stir fry left over and green salad
1 ff choc pudding
chicken thigh with veggies
mixed nuts
nf latte
some choc almonds

not blogging today

2005-11-28T21:06:00.000-08:00

i am boycotting my blog today. i will resume tomorrow. i have decided that this week was a write off. i was supposed to start the second week of phase 1 tomorrow but i cant hadnle it anymore. i am going to start Phase 2 tomorrow. I will exercise twice as hard, and only introduce whole wheat wraps and maybe a fruit a day. Makes me feel more of a human being!

I did make a mean shrimp stiry fry today though, which i will have for lunch tomorrow isA. So I am ready for my work day.

Phase 1, Day 17

2005-11-27T22:15:00.000-08:00

All you need to know is I cheated like today was my last day on earth.

And I didn't exercise.

Tomorrow I return.

Insh'Allah.

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Update:

I am back to write down everything i ate. I started on this darn journey and i will succeed if it means I have to bear the humiliation of writing down all my embarassing things i ingested today. So here goes:

earl grey tea with skim milk
fava beans (fool) from a can
salad
2 cheese sticks
sliced veggies
chicken thigh and leg
rice
2 tim bits
regular Coke
piece of coffee cake
1 cookie
gummy bears
choc chip muffin
a bite of aisha's choc turtle
a bite of blueberry muffin

I AM SO DEAD.

Phase 1, Day 16

2005-11-26T23:59:00.000-08:00

OK I'm getting scared. because I am losing motivation fast :( Help me :(

I dont feel like writing down what I ate, but tomrorow is a new day. I'm going to regain my faith tomorrow - I promise.

Phase 1, Day 18

2005-11-25T19:19:00.000-08:00

Cramping like nobody's business. I just want to stay home and be under the covers. but I have to go to my last class of the semester - thanks to Allah.

I'm losing a little bit of my motivation actually. I need to know I can still do it :s I ate dates last night too which is a big no-no, but I am getting a little tired. Maybe it is time for Phase 2 soon. Anyway, I think I'm also tired of thinking about dinner. It gets old after a while. I still love the gym so hopefully that won't die down. I'm going away next weekend (not tomorrow, the weekend afetr) and I'm freaked out that I'm going to spend all night up with friends eating chips :s aaaaaah! I am going to get rid of all the freaking choc pudding from my house. They are too tempting and actually make me feel sick afterwards. No more pudding!

Today:
2 eggs with green onion and turkey breast
earl grey tea with skim milk
green pepper slices
vegetarian chili from the Wild Oat
1 very small whole wheat dinner bun
decaf nf mocha no whip.. didn't drink the whole thing
chicken breast

Not sure if I was good or not today, but that's honestly all I ate. I'm a bit peckish, but I'm not going to give in and eat.

Water: 1L
Exercise: walked from Carleton U to Rideau Ctr in snow...

Phase 1, Day 17

2005-11-24T11:31:00.000-08:00

I'm feeling good today alhamdulilah. bakshak finally appeared so I'm on my way to getting it out of my system... that's why the scale was wonky (i hope).. but hormonally too - that's why I was cranky :) I'm still gonna go to the gym today, but maybe not that intense a workout.

I'm going back to work isA on Monday full time so that means exercising after work and preparing lunches. I have to make sure I don't just roll out of bed at 8:10, run to catch the 8:40 bus and make it to work with bloodshot eyes for 9:15 - like I normally do. Next week marks a healthy new chapter in my life!! I'm thinking back to the first couple of days on the diet and of exercising and I'm so glad we're over that hump. It was tough I think, and I'm tired of having to go back to that feeling where you just want to start dieting... that's over too isA!! We're not going back girls!

I also don't know what it is, but I've lost my apetite today. Actually even though I ate last night, I didn't really feel like it. I get hungry but I don't want to eat. It's 11:12 a.m. right now and I haven't had breakfast yet cuz I just dont feel like it. Weird.

Today:
handful of cashews
Earl grey with skim milk
turkey breast and tomato-cucumber salad
my mom is cooking today.. beef with veggies

Water: 1L
Exercise: 40 min cardio

ps: I have an unhealthy obsession with the Black Eyed peas song, "My humps." Please help me get rid of it from my head...

Phase 1, Day 16

2005-11-23T19:55:00.000-08:00

OK, so I've got my two whiny/cranky days out of my system and I'm ready to go back to being a good girl. I think it's a combo of exercising a lot and my bakshak coming soon that has made me not lose that much on the scale. So, I am going to stop being annoying about it. BUT I BETTER GO DOWN 10 VERY SOON. lol

I have a pizza lunch meeting at work today.. *yikes* so I'm going to eat a lot at breakfast to be full for noon isA. Update: Didn't eat a pizza!!

Today:
3 eggs scrambled with veggies and turkey breast (b-fast and lunch)
1 can regular ginger ale
tall nf decaf latte with 2 pumps sf vanilla
very little bit of left over chicken
bean salad
3 choc pudding cups *SHOCK HORROR*

Water: 2L
Exercise: 60 min cardio

Update: So that freaking trout was DISGUSTING. The only seafood I will ever cook is shrimp in a stiry fry. Fish is disgusting unless someone else cooks it for you. period. Anyway, so I just ate a little bit of left over chicken, then I was like that's it I won't eat for the rest of the night. Then I couldn't help it, so I ate THREE chocolate puddings (ff of course :p). Then I was still hungry and decided to make those chick pea rotis. BIG MISTAKE. They were disgusting ad I couldn't even pull it off; look at how idiotic I was cooking it. Ugh - it tasted and smelt so much like mashed chick pea (which it should I guess). Anyway, that was a no-no. SO then I made a mixed bean salad, which turned out well and satisified me :) How do I justify the puddings? I did a full hour of cardio today and it felt fabulous. Alhamduliah wa mash'Allah :p

Phase 1, Day 15

2005-11-22T23:03:00.000-08:00

I have been having another bout of my insomina this week so I can't get to sleep until about 3 a.m. This means I absolutely can't wake up until at least 9 a.m. This means I am late for classes... and this means no breakfast, lunch or snacks. *sigh*

Today:
Early gret with bean salad
yucky bean salad from school caf
4 Pringles
1 fruit cup from Aisha's class
shawarma chicken with salad and hummus
1/4 bottle diet Coke

Water: 1L
Exercise: I carried all my gym stuff with me and didn't have time to go :(

Weigh-in Day #2

2005-11-22T09:06:00.000-08:00

Today I weigh... 174lb

I started at... 180 lb

That's a total loss of... 6 lb (meh)

lost since November 8, 2005.

Phase 1, Day 14

2005-11-21T17:17:00.000-08:00

Weigh day tomorrow!! Wish me luck isA.

I am so peveed however. I think I am doing something majorly wrong. I sneaked a peek on the scale today and I don't think I lost more than 2lb! In a week!! And I didn't cheat all week, PLUS I have been a gym BUM. I am sooo disappointed with myself. Not enough to fall off the bandwagon, but enough to be really down :( I even thought about not eating all day and just having dinner, but I got soo hungry I decided to have an early dinner (I was running for 50 min today people!) Anyway, woe is me and all that I guess.

Update: I have been SOOOOO hungry today. My stomach has been growling all day even though I ate a lot, and I jus can't seem to be full at all. I don't know what to do. Plus I'm hella cranky... I think we all know what it's time for :( That might explain the dismal scale reading ....

Today:
2 eggs with cheese and veggie slices
Tea with skim milk
chicken breast with 1 tbsp skim plain yogurt and shredded nf mozarella cheese
unsalted cashews
1 hot dog
More chicken because starvation ensued
Fat-free tapioca pudding cup
(I'll make that trout yet! Tomorrow isA)

Water: 2L
Exercise: 50 min cardio; 10 min weights

Power to the People

2005-11-21T01:01:00.000-08:00

I AM A FREAKIN' REVOLUTIONARY.

Now EVERYONE I know who is on SBD is blogging. Subhan Allah! Welcome to the newest stragglers, Baaj and roro. We can do it!

I love this online community we've made for ourselves! I think people are gonna join just to be cool and part of our blogsphere! Don't forget to check out my other blog every now and then.

I expect everyone to leave me comments everyday. ok???? ok. It helps boost my morale big time when I know you're reading this leading to more weight loss for moi :) thank you!

Phase 1, Day 13

2005-11-20T19:05:00.000-08:00

Woke up feeling hungry even though I ate some cashews before hitting the sack. I think I'm going to make trout fillet today. It's been sitting in my freezer for about 2 weeks now!

I weigh myself again day after tomorrow. It's, again, a little nerve wracking. I'm glad it's going by fast though. I was thinking about long term and I think I'm going to do Phase 1 for another 2 weeks after Tuesday. After that I can't wait to bring in fruit and whole wheat bread. It'll make me feel less deprived. I was also thinking about how sad it was that I'm excited to reach 170lb!! That was my heaviest last year, and now I am actually looking fwd to being that weight 'cause it will be an accomplishment to reach it!! Alhamdulilah.

Today:
2 eggs with mushrooms and low fat cheese and 2 turkey breasts
Earl Grey with skim milk

lots of diet Coke (craving it)

leftover eggplant mozarella dish (minus the eggplant)... trout so didn't happen.

3 hot dogs

Water: none - damn
Exercise: went shopping instead...AAAAAAAAH - I AM GONNA GET FAT!! MUST GO TO GYM :(

Phase 1, Day 12

2005-11-19T22:49:00.000-08:00

My papa's b-day today... luckily he's not here right now because then I would be tempted with b-day cake. PLUS - Noor turns six months mA :) Yay - Noor!!! Good job coming this far... phew!
I can't believe it's almost two weeks since I started on the diet. It went by so fast. I think blogging and knowing others are reading your progress, blogging with you is a HUGE plus. A big motivator fo sho. Thanks girls for making this ordeal soo much easier!

I was gonna do the gym today but I woke up with extra sore limbs. So I'm going to be a good daughter and clean the place and have a rest day instead.

Today:
2 eggs with a small yellow pepper, 3 green onions, 2 lean turkey breasts
Earl Grey with skim milk
1 cheese sick
unsalted cashews
chicken breast with Swiss Chalet marinade and green salad (no dressing)
1 bottle diet Coke (was really craving this today)

Water: just a glass here and there; I'm awful with water if I'm not exercising :(
Exercise: rest day

Sorry I couldn't be at Hamdi's party, girls :( Hope you all had a great time isA. Let me know how food-time went!!

Phase 1, Day 11

2005-11-18T22:50:00.000-08:00

So far so good. Except the shawarma I ate last night is still sitting in my stomach. Ugh. Am going to the gym early this morning because I have a very busy day ahead of me and I don't want to make up any excuses for not going today. Mondays are my days off from the gym isA, except I think I should change that to Friday soon...

Anyways.

So I intended to make this a happy healthy day, but I ended up running around all day and didn't eat anything. I made a mean Eggplant mozarella dish that Alia and I devoured :)

Today:
2 cheese sticks
2 handfuls of unsalted cashews
Eggplant Mozarella dish

Water: 1L
Exercise: 30 min cardio

Plus does anyone know of a tasty, SB-friendly salad dressing (all the light stuff has sugar in it). I'm getting tired of olive oil and salt/pepper.

Phase 1, Day 10

2005-11-17T18:39:00.000-08:00

I woke up in time to have suhoor today so I decided to take advantage of it and fast. This is going to be even better for controlling my food consumption!

Today:
3 dates
2 eggs, low fat cheese, 1 lean turkey breast slice
Chicken plate from Shawarma Shack (minus the potatoes, bread, and rice)
Diet Coke
1 cup choc pudding

Water: 2L
Exercise: 50 min cardio

Tomorrow I make Indian food isA!!

Update: I had a serious craving for shawarma all day today... so I gave in to my nafs and bought a chicken plate mius the carbs. I have a feeling the whole thing was still non-SBD friendly. But it tasted so good! Plus I was fasting all day, so that's all I ate! I'm off the gym in about an hour.

Thank Goodness for Shawarma Shack!

Phase 1, Day 9

2005-11-16T19:46:00.000-08:00

Bought some roasted, unsalted almonds as a snack yesterday. I'm also going to allow myself some dried fruit next week because I find dates and apricots help to keep me full if I eat them with nuts - plus they're tasty AND healthy!

I'm going to try Neese's rotis today. I also want to make a sort of chick pea Indian daal or something to eat with it... have to think about this one.

Update: Due to unforseen circumstances, I have to eat chicken tonight and I'll make the rotis tomorrow :)

Here's the forecast for today:

Today:
handful almonds
3 eggs with veggies and 2 turkey breast slices
Earl Grey with skim milk
chicken breast with Swiss Chalet marinade.
nf latte

Water: 2L
Exercise: 20 min cardio

Update: Done dinner :) Chicken was very good, but I put waay too much marg and milk in the cauli and it tasted FOUL. So we only had chicken and salad. MAN I gotta find some prettier plates...

On my way to the gym right now. My sister says I should wait at least a half hour before going to exercise, so I'm updating this (for the last time tonight!) before going. I actually managed to finish 2L of water before the gym, and I'll have another L done at the gym = grand total of 3L!! woo-hoo. Peeing in the middle of the night here I come....

Ps: thanks to Baan for doing the dishes :)

2005-11-16T14:18:00.000-08:00

Just want to let everyone know...

I REALLY NEED A POUTINE.

RIGHT.

NOW.

Thank you.

Phase 1, Day 8

2005-11-15T21:53:00.000-08:00

Ugh. Kinda disappointed in myself. Mainly for cheating this week - on WEEK ONE. Who cheats in Week One? My self-disciplne is going to the dogs people.

It's going to be one long road...

Today:
left-over shrimp stir-fry (woke up at noon)
cherry tomatoes with hummus
3 figs (no, not allowed)
chicken with spinach and cottage cheese stuffing and veggies in the oven
1 cup choc pudding

Water: 2L YAY!!
Exercise: 30 min cardio

BY JOVE I'm going to stick to this and lose at least five pounds this week if I have to gouge something (will probably be a zucchini). Ameen ya rab.

Update: I'm cooking my chicken-spinach as we speak and it's making our place smell yummy :) Here is the recipe:

4 Skinless, boneles Chicken breasts
1 clove garlic
1 cup Cottage Cheese (low or non fat)
1/2 Yellow Onion, chopped
1 package frozen chopped spinach, thawed
Seasoning
Olive oil, vinegar

1. Pre-heat oven to 350
2. Squeeze the excess water out of the spinach and mix it with the garlic, onion and the cottage cheese
3. Season the chicken any way you want (today I used balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt, pepper, roasted chicken seasnoning)
4. Place a scoop of the cheese/spinach mix into the centre of teh chicken and fold it. Secure with a toothpick
5. Place the chicken into a baking dish. I normally spray the dish with some cooking spray lined with 1/2 slice onion
6. Chop some veggies - green/red/orange peppers, zucchini, mushrooms etc and put them in
the dish
7. Cook!

It didn't taste as good as it smelt :( I used too much spinach and so Alia thought it was "grassy."

Nevertheless, we ate the darn chicken AND I went to gym after! I'm not making this again!

Weigh-in Day #1

2005-11-15T01:05:00.000-08:00

Today I weigh... 177 lb

I started at... 180 lb

That's a total loss of... 3 (lousy) lbs

since November 8, 2005

Phase 1, Day 7

2005-11-14T21:18:00.000-08:00

WOAH! Weigh day tomorrow! I think I messed up royally, though. Already. I woke up this morning feeling really full (I cheated AGAIN last night with my mom's lasgna - hey, she never makes it. I had to have a piece. Or two). Feeling really full in the morning is really gross and this is the first day I experience it since I've been on this diet. Means one thing - probably zero weight loss this week. Which sucks because I have been working really hard this week (minus last two days!). And all that freaking running at the gym!!! *grrrr* I'm going to go pretty light from now on... and exactly one hour of gym time. Here's hoping....

btw: I agree with Supa Fly Grl - we need a bit of something to make our menus happy (when we're not cheating) so I'm going to add the choc pudding as dessert.

Today:
eggs with 1 stalk green onion, low fat cheese, mushrooms, 1 turkey breast slice (lunch and b-fast!)
Earl Grey with skim milk

tall non-fat, decaf, sugar-free vanilla latte ( i heart starbucks)
shrimp stir fry

Update: My stir fry was amazing :) Here's what it looked like -

Rotis on the beach!

2005-11-14T12:33:00.000-08:00

Supa Fly Grl totally made my day today. She shared an amazing recipe for ROTI! Can you believe it - ROTI that's legit on SB and for Phase 1! Neese gave it to her originally.

I haven't tried it yet, but I can't wait to. Here's the recipe:

1 cup chick pea flour
1 cup water
1 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder

Then fry them in the pan like pancakes with some olive oil, or even some spray oil (I'll probably use the latter).

I can't WAIT to try these!

Thanks girls!

Phase 1, Day 6

2005-11-13T16:11:00.000-08:00

Wow - one more day until this week is over. Felt like the black was a bit too morbid so I decided to change the interface. I'm not that impressed with the blogspot options to be honest! I have to learn to make my own!

Even though I messed up last night I am seeing it as a lesson learned - it really felt yucky to have that extra full feeling after eating whatever I wanted and I didn't like that out of control feeling either. So - today is a new day :) I am really liking going to the gym everyday. I'm going to need to take a day off soon to rest my body but right now I'm enjoying it too much, and I know it's the only way I can lose pounds faster (for me at least).

Today:
eggs cooked in olive oil, with green pepper, onions, and 1 tomato
tea with skim milk
handful of unsalted cashews
turkey breast with greek salad
non-fat latte

Water: 2L
Exercise: 60 min cardio

Phase 1, Day 5

2005-11-12T22:39:00.000-08:00

Not feeling that hungry today. I think I have that under control finally! I'm still tempted by cheetos and chocolate, but am able to keep it under control. I'm not craving bread at all though.

Here's the plan for tonight; I'm going to have a heavier lunch than dinner because like I said, I'm going to a pot luck isA tonight.

Today:

2 eggs with 3 mushrooms and 1 green onion stalk
unsalted roasted cashews
chicken stir fry with salad
Update: THEN A WHOLE LOT OF CRAP I TOTALLY DIDN'T NEED :(
non-fat cafe latte

Water: 2L (yay!)
Exercise: 50 min cardio; 15 min weights

I feel really bad about all the extra food I ate at the party tonight (3 small cupcakes *GASP*). I feel terrible about it actually... but I promise to make it up tomorrow at teh gym PLUS not eat a big dinner or lunch. Very small and light. My stomach actually feels like I did something wierd tonight because it was getting used to little food and now I have a bit of an ache, and that extra full feeling is very uncomfortable. Lesson learned.

Phase 1, Day 4

2005-11-11T20:37:00.000-08:00

aaaah! My abs are nice and sore from my work out yesterday! I like that feeling because it makes me feel like I really accomplished something. I am trying hard to work on my abs especially because I have a nice little gut that I've developed.

Today:
2 hot dogs (was in a rush this morning!)
1 cheese stick
Grande non-fat latee from Starbucks (mmmmm!)
green salad with 2 slices lean smoked Turkey breast
2 handfuls unsalted cashews
2 eggs with 1 slice lean smoked Turkey breast

Water: 1L
Exercise: 1 hour cardio

so I didn't cook tonight. My sister and I went to the gym and we didn't get back until 8 p.m. I was hoping the cashews would tide me over until tomorrow, but it seems I am getting hungry again. Ugh. So I'm going to have some more turkey breast.

I'm going to a pot luck tomorrow... wish me luck! There will be lots of temptation :) But I'm making a SB friendly stir fry to bring with me :)

Phase 1, Day 3

2005-11-10T21:40:00.000-08:00

Did alright today. I woke up massively hungry. I think I am just getting into carb and sugar withdrawal. I really needed chocolate today. I felt a bit down today because I know there is such a LONG road ahead of me to get to my ideal weight or even half way to my ideal weight. I miss poutine... and chocolate... and eating whenever I want. But I just can't go back to those old eating habits - they make me fat! I'm about half way to finishing a week on Phase 1. Last time I lost quite a bit in the first week and it showed.. I'm worried it won't happen this time. Then again I am heavier this time around... *sigh* Here's praying.

Today:

2 eggs with mushrooms
Lots of tea today! -- 2 earl greys with skim milk, 1 decaf tea with milk, 3 Turkish teas
1 cheese stick
left over chicken stir fry
red pepper sticks with hummus
spiced ground beef meatballs with 2 small zucchinis, 1/2 green pepper, 1 onion, mushrooms, cooked in the oven

Water: 1L
Exercise: 30 min cardio; 15 min weights and floor exercises

I'm thinking of shrimp fr tomorrow... but it hasn't even thawed yet! I bought this marinade to use also. Maybe I'll make cottage cheese/spinach chicken instead and have the shrimp on Saturday. I'm really enjoying the gym. Going at arond 2pm is best because there's noone around and I can experiment with the machines without looking like a dork.

Phase 1, Day 2

2005-11-09T15:38:00.000-08:00

I weighed myself again this morning, even though my weigh-in days should really be every Monday (still at 180lb!). Unfortunately, I am a big scale freak. Last time I went on this diet I was weighing myself every single day, but I don't have the will to do that this time around. I'll know I'm losing weight as soon as my old clothes start fitting and butt stops jutting out of my sweaters!

I'm trying to avoid eating after 6pm if I can, so I've managed to cook and eat everything today by around 5pm. There's also a Body Pump class tonight that I would love to go check out.. at 7:30pm. I hope I can get there on time; apparantly that class gets filled up fast.

Today:
2 eggs with mushrooms
1 Earl Grey with skim milk
2 small tomotoes with hummus
Greek salad
1 cheese stick
chicken breast stir fry with mixed veggies (I used an instant stir fry mix and then realized why it tasted so yummy.. the second ingredient on the pckg was SUGAR!! Oh well... tomorrow is another day!)

Water: 2L
Exercise: 50 hour cardio

Phase 1, Day 1

2005-11-08T20:15:00.000-08:00

Started off pretty well this morning; best thing about this diet is the breakfast! I love mushrooms!

Update: Did pretty well today. Didn't have anything off-limits and ate small meals throughout. Even went to the gym!

2 eggs cooked in virgin olive oil and mushrooms
2 cheese sticks
parmesano chicken breast and green salad
Earl Grey tea with skim milk (x 2)
stir fry beef with onions

Water: 1 L
Exercise: 30 min of cardio; 10 min weights

The trick is to make sure you always have nosh with you to make sure you don't have to buy food since you can get a bit hungry. I bought two ready-made salads because I am so lazy to make it myself, and hummus from the grocery store. I'll make sure I don't leave the house except with sliced cucumbers and peppers tomorrow in case I do get hungry.

Aaaaand!! Everyone give it up for my Supa Fly gal - farhia!! She's the next to come on the blogging train. Welcome dude, and I can't wait to keep checking up on you!

First post, second shot

2005-11-07T14:06:00.000-08:00

I have been trying to get back on the South Beach diet for about a year now... ever since I left it.
A year ago today I was at 150lb and really happy with my progress. I was exercising almost every day and feeling very good with the compliments I was getting. I went through a bit of a rough spot and started to eat (my reaction when depressed). I gained all the weight and then some. I am 5'5'' and 180lb. I'm lucky in that I carry my weight pretty well, so even though I am chubby-looking, I'm not "huge." Anyway, for sure I don't feel well about myself and I'm ready for a change.

So I'm back at it! I had a great experience with South Beach last year and believe in it. I've also joined a women's gym which I plan to exercise at every day (except Fridays).

And here are my goals:

Current weight - 180lb
Desired weight - 140lb
Total to lose - 40 lb
Date to lose by - May 2006

Detailed goals:

Desired weight on December 30 - 160 lb **I like to go strict the first few months because that's when my motivation is highest**

Desired weight on February 28 - 150 lb

Desired weight on March 31 - 145 lb

Desired weight on May 15 - 140 lb

I found the most helpful things was to write down everything I ate everyday. This kept me in check and I could see what worked and didn't work for me. So in this blog, besides writing down what Ia m going through each day, I will also write down what I've eaten. I have some favourite South Beach diet recipe sites too which I've included on the side. Feel free to give me more!

Wish me luck!