Blarghy Bloggy

It's time to take a break from blogging every day about my diet/exercise. I've done it for a good month and it's been very helpful for most of it at keeping me aware of what and how I'm eating. However, it's gotten to the point where it feels like a job and is no longer providing that same impetus to keep going that it used to.

Instead, it's just kinda annoying, haha.

So for now, no more daily blogging. My eating habits have changed enough that I don't need to log every calorie in order to stay focused on the diet, and I can kick my own ass into exercising when I need to. I've come a long way, baby! ;)

I'll probably keep things updated here when I hit new weight lows. So, till then, adios!

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 30

Exercising was difficult at first today, but by the end I felt energized, yay!

More importantly, Cheat Day is tomorrow! Woohoo! :)

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Weight: 151.4

Calories consumed: 1147

Glasses of water consumed: 6

Real exercise: 20 minutes low-impact aerobics and 17 minutes ab work

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 29

And so begins Round 2. It's pre-Shark Week, so I'm experiencing some bloating. Hoping that's what accounts for the 2 pound weight gain. Please be only temporary!

I'm getting lazy about my exercise, as I suspected I might once I hit comfy weight. Tomorrow I'm going to kick my own ass and get back into a routine. I will not wuss out! I will reach my goal weight! Rawr! Rawr!

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Weight: 152.2 :(

Calories consumed: 1197

Glasses of water consumed: 6

Real exercise: None

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 28

Tomorrow begins Round 2 of the diet. Hopefully it's as successful as Round 1!

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Weight: 150.4

Calories consumed: 1187

Glasses of water consumed: 6

Real exercise: None

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Weight Loss Progress So Far

Day 28 has arrived. The month long experiment has had fantastic results, as you can see below. I'm going to keep with the Nutrisystem for one more month, so starting tomorrow begins the second round of 28 days. I'm feeling great and optimistic! :)



~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 27

Clearly the day of rest was an excellent idea! I have officially hit comfy weight! The trick is now to keep going, not to get too comfy and complacent, but to continue pushing myself to my ultimate goal weight. I'm so excited to be so close to the 140s!!!!!

Also, I'm started to reintroduce non-Nutrisystem foods. I am making healthy choices outside of the program both to start putting what I've learned to use, and also to kinda start testing myself to see if I can stick to eating right even without the pre-packaged meals.

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Weight: 150.2!!!

Calories consumed: Not sure exactly, but something reasonable and probably close to my usual intake

Glasses of water consumed: 3

Real exercise: 30 minutes on the elliptical

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 26

I read some things online that said that too many consecutive days of exercise can actually cause a plateau, and stop your weight from dropping. Something about not giving your muscles time to rest and recuperate. So I decided to take a day off from exercise, and will be working these days off into my routine if I see a positive change.

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Weight: 152.8

Calories consumed: 1081

Glasses of water consumed: 3

Real exercise: None

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 25 - SECOND PLATEAU DEFEATED!

So so close to the the 140s! Almost there! I can do this! :D

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Weight: 152.4

Calories consumed: 1148

Glasses of water consumed: 6

Real exercise: Cleaned the apartment, and was kinda pooped after that

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 24

Stupid plateau. Grumble grumble.

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Weight: 154.6

Calories consumed: 1137

Glasses of water consumed: 7.5

Real exercise: 20 minutes muscle sculpting with weights

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 23

Back to the daily diet grind. Here's hoping I beat this new plateau soon.

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Weight: 154.6

Calories consumed: 1163

Glasses of water consumed: 3

Real exercise: 37 minutes low impact aerobics

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Days 21 & 22

These past two days I went to visit family in New York (I live in Massachusetts), and proceeded to mostly eat like crap while I was there for a number of different reasons.

1. It's hard to stay on Nutrisystem when you're not in your own space. All the additional foods you need, all the veggies and fruits and proteins, just aren't readily accessible. And the prepackaged meals just aren't filling or enough calories by themselves.

2. My Mom, who I stay with when I visit, literally does not keep any food in the house that isn't takeout or sweets. Let me stress that I am NOT exaggerating when I say this. So not only are there no healthy options in sight, all my favorite New York foods and treats are splayed out in front of me just full of temptation.

3. I always end up eating out a lot when I visit. And it's very difficult to behave on a diet when you're at a restaurant full of yummy food options.

4. Eating healthily on the road to and from locations is never easy, as there are few healthy options and plenty of tempting bad ones.

5. I am an emotional eater, and being in New York always makes me emotional for a ton of reasons, not the least of which is missing my father (and the 3rd anniversary of his passing just happened to be this weekend).

So there you have it. I ate pretty badly, and didn't exercise. And yes, I know these excuses are just that - excuses. But, permanently changing how I eat is a process, and believe it or not I still did way better this trip than I have on past trips.

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 20

NO SLEEP MAKE KATY CRAZY

Skipped some veggies today. Just wasn't feeling it.

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Weight: 154.8

Calories consumed: 1061

Glasses of water consumed: 3

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 19

I haven't been sleeping very well lately, and last night was a prime example of crappy, crappy sleep. Therefore, I found myself very unenergetic and unmotivated today - especially when it came to exercise. But, because I'm awesome, I pushed myself to exercise anyways. :) I'm glad I did, not only because I feel better and burned calories, but because I proved to myself that I could get off my ass and work out even on an off day.

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Weight: 154.6

Calories consumed: 1204

Glasses of water consumed: 6

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics and 10 minutes walking

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 18 - Plateau DEFEATED

Whether it was the extra exercise, or the switching of the meals, or some combination thereof...the weight loss plateau has been defeated! Woohoooo! :) 2 lb. drop from yesterday! I feel great! Soo close to comfy weight. Onwards!

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Weight: 153.6!!!

Calories consumed: 1122

Glasses of water consumed: 4.5

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics and 15 minutes walking

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 17

I was kinda hoping that the Cheat Day would lead to a break in my weight loss plateau, but not so much. Blarghy. I've been around the same weight for about 5 days now, and although I may be seeing/imagining some changes around my midsection from exercise, it's driving me bonkers that the scale isn't moving.

I went to Nutrisystem's website to see if they had any ideas. They suggested eating less dairy and more protein for the dairy/protein choices, in addition to switching the lunch and dinner meals, for a few days. And of course, increasing exercise. So I'm gonna switch some things around and see what happens. Wish me luck! I want 150 lbs. by the end of the month - I can do this!

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Weight: 155.6

Calories consumed: 1093

Glasses of water consumed: 4.5

Real exercise: 30 minutes medium impact aerobics

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 16

Today was back to the daily Nutrisystem grind. Lo and behold, because I cheated on the diet yesterday, I felt no real cravings today. Woohoo! It worked! Thank goodness, because yesterday's food obsession was not a good thing. Kinda crazy. And, on a bright note, the scale did not move much at all, so no negative effects of the Cheat Day. Yay!

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Weight: 155.8

Calories consumed: 1093

Glasses of water consumed: 4.5

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics and 10 minutes ab work.

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 15 - CHEAT DAY!!

So I'm changing how I blog about this. I don't think I need to blog every little thing I eat anymore. Especially since by the time I do that, I don't feel like writing anything else, which makes for a very boring blog. I'm still gonna keep a detailed food journal for myself, just not here. So the new layout will look like this each day instead.

All day today I was obsessed with food. It wasn't supposed to be a Cheat Day - I wanted to hold out until later in the week when I knew I'd see friends and want to eat yummy foods with them. But I just could not stop thinking about food! It was constantly on my mind to the point where I was growing increasingly unhappy and grumpy. I took that as a sign that a Cheat Day was totally necessary, and as it had been about a week since my last one, I feel like it made sense.

I ate healthily for breakfast and lunch, but totally splurged on dinner and dessert. However, I did note that my "splurge" was still healthier than was an average pre-diet meal. So that definitely says something.

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Weight: 155.6

Calories consumed: Who knows, it was a Cheat Day!!

Glasses of water consumed: 4.5

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics.

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~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 14

Weight: 155.8

Calories consumed: 1246

Glasses of water consumed: 4.5

Breakfast:
NS Cluster Crunch Cereal with 1/2 cup skim milk
1 hardboiled egg
2 tbsp. raisins

Lunch:
NS Cheesy HomeStyle Potatoes (awesome!)
Romaine lettuce and carrots with 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
2 slice low sodium, low fat ham

Dinner:
NS Italian Herb Flatbread Pizza (good, but small)
1/2 cup tomato juice
Carrots with 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
2 tbsp. raisins
10 peanuts

Dessert:
NS Nutrichocolates (soooo yummy!! delicious!!)

Real exercise: 20 minutes medium impact aerobics.

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 13

Weight: 155.6 (back to pre shark week weight)

Calories consumed: 1226

Glasses of water consumed: 4.5

Breakfast:
NS Double Chocolate Muffin
1 nonfat yogurt
3 dried apricots

Lunch:
NS Pasta with Beef (ehhh, not great)
Romaine lettuce with carrots and 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
14 slices turkey pepperoni

Dinner:
NS Homestyle Beef with Mashed Potatoes and Gravy (delicious!!!)
1 cup broccoli and 1 cup carrots with 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
3 prunes
10 peanuts

Dessert:
NS Fudge Brownie (kinda like a flat version of the NS Chocolate Cake, same funny aftertaste)

Late Night Snack: (not the best idea ever, but I was just so friggin hungry I couldn't help myself...well, I suppose I could have, but whatever I indulged :) )
1 hardboiled egg

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics and 10 minutes abs.

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 12

Weight: 156.4

Calories consumed: 1135

Glasses of water consumed: 4.5

Breakfast:
NS Nutrifrosted Crunch Cereal with 1/2 cup fat free milk
2 slices low sodium, low fat turkey
2 tbsp. raisins

Lunch:
NS Fettuccini Alfredo (ehhh, not bad, but not great either)
Romaine lettuce with carrots and 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
2 slices low sodium, low fat turkey

Dinner:
NS Cheese Ravioli with Basil Tomato Sauce (blech, had mushrooms that made the sauce and ravioli taste really weird)
1 cup broccoli and 1 cup carrots with 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
3 prunes
10 peanuts

Dessert:
NS Chocolate Chocolate Chip Pudding (ehh, funny aftertaste)

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics.

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Weight Loss Progress So Far

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 11

Weight: 156.8

Calories consumed: 1069

Glasses of water consumed: 3

Breakfast:
NS Blueberry Muffin
1 nonfat yogurt
1/2 a banana

Lunch:
NS Creamy Caesar Salad Dressing with Diced Chicken
Romaine lettuce with carrots and 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
String cheese

Dinner:
NS Rotini with Meatballs and Tomato Sauce (not bad, kinda Chef Boyardee)
2 cups tomato juice
3 dried apricots
10 peanuts

Dessert:
NS Thin Mint Crisp Bar (delicious!!!)

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics. 

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 10

Weight: 157.6

Calories consumed: 1074

Glasses of water consumed: 5

Breakfast:
NS NutriCinnamon Squares Cereal with 1/2 cup skim milk
2 slices low fat, low sodium ham
2 tbsp. raisins

Lunch:
NS Tuna Salad
2 cups tomato juice
String cheese
Whole wheat English muffin

Dinner:
NS Flame Broiled Beef Patty (tasted like the hamburgers I had in elementary school - not bad, but not great either)
2 cups raw broccoli with 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
3 prunes
10 peanuts
Whole wheat English muffin

Dessert:
NS Chocolate Cake (blah, and a little weird tasting)

Real exercise: 20 minutes low impact aerobics.  My workout DVDs finally came today!

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 9 - Cheat Day!!

The best thing about today?  It's cheat day!  That means that for dinner, I am going to eat whatever the hell I want and love every second of it with no regard for calories.  Woohoo!  To that end, I'm hitting up the Olive Garden tonite.  Nom nom nom!!!  I know the Nutrisystem diet doesn't call for cheat days, but it's something I've decided to do for myself.  I think I will go completely bonkers and end up binging and ruining the diet if I don't actually schedule in cheats for myself.  So, once a week, cheat day it is!  Oh glorious, glorious cheat day.

Weight: 157.8 (at first I was like OMGWTF, but then I remembered it's shark week, so that means bloating (for those of you who don't know what shark week is, let's just say it comes once a month for the ladies))

Calories consumed: Who knows!  :)

Glasses of water consumed: 3.5

Breakfast:
NS Chewy Chocolate Chip Granola Bar (pretty good)
2 slices low fat, low sodium ham
1/2 a banana

Lunch:
NS Creamy Caesar Salad Dressing with Diced Chicken (the dressing was the delicious, the chicken had a slightly weird texture, but tasted fine)
Romaine lettuce
1/2 cup tomato juice
1 hardboiled egg

Dinner: Olive Garden!!
Salad
Breadstick
Lasagna Fritta
Four Cheese Pastachettis with Grilled Sausage

Dessert: None.  I was too full from dinner.  Good for me for not overindulging!

Real exercise: None.

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 8

Weight: 155.6 (not surprising considering my low caloric intake yesterday)

Calories consumed: 1230

Glasses of water consumed:  6

Breakfast:
NS NutriFrosted Crunch Cereal with 1/2 cup skim milk
1 fat free yogurt
2 tbsp. raisins

Lunch:
NS Three Cheese Pasta with Chicken (a little soupy, but the taste was very good)
1 cup raw carrots with 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
1/2 cup tomato juice
2 slices low fat, low sodium ham

Dinner:
NS Chili with Beans (delicious!)
Romaine lettuce with 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
1 cup raw broccoli with 2 tbsp. fat free dressing
3 prunes
10 peanuts

Dessert:
NS Double Chocolate Almond Cookie (delicious!)

Real exercise: None.

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)

Nutrisystem - Day 7

So today was all over the place.  I ended up spending the day out with a friend, and then going back to their house.  And since I was running late when I left to go out, I didn't have time to pack anything other than a lunch bar and a dinner, which I ended up eating together for dinner.  So no lunch, no groceries to supplement, and no real cooking since my friend's kitchen is being remodeled.  Therefore, I ate far fewer calories than usual and was very, very hungry at night and snacked a hardboiled egg at like 2am.

Weight: 156.8

Calories consumed: 864

Glasses of water consumed: 3

Breakfast:
NS Double Chocolate Muffin (texture was a bit weird, but the taste was pretty yummy)
2 slices low fat, low sodium ham
3 prunes

Dinner:
NS Chicken Pasta Parmesan (decent, nothing special, would order again)
NS Chocolate Peanut Butter Lunch Bar (very yummy!)
Handful of low fat potato chips

Late Night Snack:
1 hardboiled egg

Real exercise: None.

~Katy (aka Dorkopotamus)