The Cabbage Soup Diet

I have been following the cabbage soup diet since Saturday.  Tomorrow is the final day.  In my head, I know it is a ridiculous, stupid diet to follow.

Saturday I made up massive batches of the cabbage soup and ate it alongside fruit.

Sunday I ate soup and vegetables.

Monday I ate soup, fruit and vegetables.

Tuesday I ate soup, a banana and a massive amount of banana milkshakes,

Wednesday I ate steak and soup and tomatoes.

Today I ate chicken and vegetables.

I have failed numerous times because I ate an extra mini baked potato on Monday, I didn’t eat my soup today and I’ve eaten chocolate both today and yesterday. Regardless, I have seen the scales drop.

Since I was too hungover to weigh in last post, my weight shot back up to 197.  I knew it wasn’t legitimate to gain 5 or 6 pounds from my day of hungover eating but it also made me feel like complete crap.  For an entire week I failed to post and my weight stayed around the 195 mark.  195 has been my weight pretty much all friggin year.  I am so sick of weighing in the 190s.

The rationale part of my brain told me to just get back on weightwatchers and maybe actually work out but the headcase part of my brain decided the Cabbage Soup diet would be more effective.

Today I weighed in at 190, my lowest weight of 2010.  If I am 189 tomorrow I will be a very, very happy girl despite my crazy binge episode this afternoon.  I will write more about my binge episode another time since it really blew me away with the physical and mental cravings that sparked it.

But even though I haven’t posted in 10 days, I am around and still losing weight, just not in a calm, rational manner.  Clearly I need to get my head in order just as much as my body.

-CJ

Sunday 18.04.2010

Weigh-in: unknown – too hungover to think about it first thing

Eats:

Breakfast:

pita with hummus (3 points)

egg bagel sandwich (10 points)

pita with peanut butter and jam (4 points)

chocolate (2.5 points)

lunch:

cheese puffs, sausage roll, two mini scotch egg bites, southern fried chicken wrap and two magnums

dinner:

half a box of nachos

half a chicken quesadilla

Total:  no idea but ALOT.  I need to not drink ever again

Water: 72oz

Saturday 17.04.2010

Weigh-in: 191 woohoo!

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

lunch:

whole wheat english muffin (2.5 points)

egg (1.5 points)

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

peanut butter and half a banana pita (4 points)

dinner:

5 shrimp and two bites of beef (1 point?)

Lots and lots of wine :(

Total:  12 points of food but lost track of the wine…

Activity: 5k in 35:41…my fastest 5k of 2010 so far and almost 2 minutes faster than last week (486 calories)

Water: 30oz :(

Thursday 15.04.2010

Weigh-in: 193 again

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (3 points)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

morning snack:

apples (0.5 points)

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (1.5 points)

roasted courgette, yellow pepper and quarter of a red onion

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper and quarter of a red onion with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

apples (0.5 points)

dinner:

quorn cutlet (4.5 points)

bagel (4.5 points)

roasted broccoli

massive salad with sweetcorn (1 point)

chocolate (2.5 points)

mini green smoothie (1 point)

Total:  22 points

Water: 100oz + 2 cups of tea!

Friday 16.04.2010

Weigh-in: 193 again!

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (1.5 points)

roasted courgette and pepper

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper and quarter of a red onion with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

apples (1 point)

dinner:

pita and hummus (3 points)

2 glasses wine (4 points)

quorn cutlet (4.5 points)

evening snack:

chocolate (2.5 points)

Total:  22 points

Water: 104oz

Tuesday 13.04.2010

Weigh-in: 193

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (3 points – damn bigger banana!)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

morning snack:

apple (0.5 points)

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (1.5 points)

roasted courgette, yellow pepper and quarter of a red onion

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper and quarter of a red onion with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

dinner:

2 eggs (3.5 points)

sweet potato (2 points)

beans (2 points)

sweetcorn (0.5 point)

evening snack:

wholemeal english muffin (2.5 points)

banana (1.5 points)

peanut butter (1.5 points)

Total:  21.5 points

Water: 96oz

Monday 12.04.2010

Weigh-in: 194 (1.8 gain from last week – I’m blaming TOM)

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (3 points – damn bigger banana!)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

morning snack:

apple (0.5 points)

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (1.5 points)

roasted courgette, yellow pepper and quarter of a red onion

salad of romaine, baby tomatoes, red pepper and quarter of a red onion with honey mustard dressing (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

honey and yogurt (2.5 points)

dinner:

pesto and mozzarella quorn cutlet (4.5 points)

sweet potato (2.5 points)

peas

salsa (0.5 points)

evening snack:

wholemeal english muffin (2.5 points)

jam (0.5 points)

peanut butter (1.5 points)

Total:  22 points

Activity: went for a walk after work (up to 8,300 steps for the day)

Water: 72oz

Running in 2009

My new year’s resolution for 2009 was to take up running.

I’d tried before, I’d started the Couch to 5k program at least twice, but this time it stuck.

I’ve just logged into my nike+ account (apparently for the first time in 2010) and it had all these fun summary stats for me:

I usually ran in the night and I ran most often on Sundays (makes sense, after work mid-week and long runs on Sundays)

My average pace was 7.53/km (which it says is quick like a cat – which to me sounds like it’s taking the piss!)

I ran a total of 551km (that’s over 9 marathons!!)

I burned 50,606 calories (that’s enough energy to power my iPod for 20 days of partying!)

Not bad for a new year’s resolution!

- CJ

Sunday 11.04.2010

Weigh-in: 195 (seriously?? my starting weight again??)

Eats:

Breakfast:

green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• maca
• 250ml milk
• spinach
• ice

lunch:

whole wheat wrap (2.5 points)

hummus (2.5 points)

spinach and tomato

dinner:

pesto and mozzarella quorn cutlet (4.5 points)

sweet potato (2.5 points)

broccoli/cauliflower/courgette/carrot mix

salsa (0.5 points)

evening snack:

chocolate (2.5 points)

green smoothie (1.5 points)

Total: 19 points

Activity: 5k in 37:33 + Body Pump

Water: 72oz

Supersize vs Superskinny inspired

It’s not about what you’re eating, it’s about what’s eating you

I’ve just eaten three nakd cocoa orange bars – 7.5 points of snacking…for breakfast…and more than 2 days worth of points in total today.

so what’s eating me?

As Dr. Jensen asked the morbidly obese person in this week’s Supersize vs Superskinny, is it habit? loneliness? boredom?

I think it’s all three.  My green smoothie didn’t work this morning.  I ran out of spinach and instead of going to the store first thing I tried frozen spinach which doesn’t blend as well and it was really thick and gross…so then I ate three nakd bars and some ryvita and cheese…

Not long after I ate a microwave meal and a pizza.  At that point I went shopping and bought everything necessary to have a zero point dinner and actually stay on track but I didn’t feel like cooking.

I ordered sushi – I had a lot of internal struggle about it first.  I’ve been really good at budgeting my food spending this month and I wouldn’t be able to accurately reflect the points.  Then 40 minutes after ordering the restaurant called and said it’d be extra to deliver so I cancelled it – it was a sign?!

Instead, I ate a relatively healthy dinner of veggies, salsa, a couple of points of cheese and some fruit…it would have passed…except for the chocolate.  AN ENTIRE BAR OF CHOCOLATE! 16 POINTS!!

TMI – that time of the month started today, I flaked on my volunteering today, I let them down and then I continued to let myself down ALL DAMN DAY. 

I was bored, yes.  I was lonely, yes. I was frustrated at myself, yes. I was (am) hormonal, definitely.

I want to succeed at this.  I really, really, truly do. I just want these 30lbs GONE. But today I didn’t act like that was the case. Today I didn’t help myself at all.

I deserve better than pizza and microwave meals and chocolate bars. I deserve to feel cute and happy. I really, really, truly do.

- CJ

Friday 09.04.2010

Weigh-in:

Eats:

Breakfast:

half a nakd cashew cookie (1.5 points)

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

lunch:

tuna mayo salad (4.5 points)

dinner:

chicken pasta with cheese (9 points)

Massive bowl of zero point cabbage and onion soup

my final reese’s egg (3 points)

courgette fries made with flax seed (1.5 points?)

berry bomb smoothie made with cocoa, frozen berries, milk, banana and honey (3.5 points?)

Total: 25.5 points

Water: 72oz

Thursday 08.04.2010

Weigh-in: 191.2lbs again (it flitted in the 189 range, then 190, then settled back on 191.2…I even tried twice haha)

Eats:

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

lunch:

tuna mayo pita (6 points)

salad (0.5 points)

5 mini chocolate bites (5 points?)

afternoon snack:

ryvita (1 point)

laughing cow (0.5 points)

apple (0.5 points)

dinner:

chicken and pasta (6)

Massive bowl of zero point cabbage and onion soup + cheese (1 point)

banana and custard (3 points)

Total: 26 points (got to stop digging into that office candy!)

Water: 84oz

Wednesday 07.04.2010

Weigh-in: 191.2lbs

Eats:

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

lunch:

tuna mayo pita (6 points)

salad (0.5 points)

chocolate biscuit (2 points?)

afternoon snack:

ryvita (1 point)

laughing cow (0.5 points)

apple (0.5 points)

babybel (1 point)

dinner:

chicken and pasta (8) because this time I added cheese!

Massive bowl of zero point cabbage and onion soup

Total: 22 points

Water: 96oz

Tuesday 06.04.2010

Weigh-in: 192.2lbs

Eats:

Breakfast:

half a banana (0.5 points)

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

morning snack:

apple (0.5 points)

babybel (1 point)

lunch:

tuna mayo pita (6 points)

salad (0.5 points)

afternoon snack:

ryvita (1 point)

laughing cow (0.5 points)

pre-work out snack:

half a nakd cashew cookie bar (1.5 points)

dinner:

chicken and pasta (6)

Total: 20 points

Activity:  5k in 37:02

Water: 80oz

Monday 05.04.2010

Weigh-in: 192.2 (down 1.6 from last Monday)

Eats:

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (1.5 points)

• half a banana
• ice
• 125ml milk
• maca
• spinach

half a nakd cashew cookie bar (1.5 points)

lunch:

zero point soup and two pitas with laughing cow (5 points)

afternoon snack:

chocolate bar (5.5 points)

dinner:

salmon (4.5 points)

stir-fry veggies

Total: 18 points

Water: 72oz

Return of binge eating?

I want to call tonight’s snacking a binge but I’m honestly not sure it can be classified as that.

For two weeks exactly I’ve been tracking my weight daily, went over points only once, have been running according to my training schedule and even attending Body Pump once or twice a week.

So what trigged tonight’s snacking? I really don’t know.  I know that I didn’t want to eat my final reese’s egg so I tried to occupy myself elsewhere.  Unfortunately, that occupying included three pitas, hummus, veggie soup and a nakd bar.

A typical binge would have involved going to the store and buying cheese-y pasta or pizza, a white bread sandwich to eat while the pizza/pasta cooked, a bag of cheese puffs and a box of rocky road bites. At a guess? Maybe 4,000 calories?

Tonight’s snacks – maybe 700 calories? And it didn’t have the same binge characteristics as normal – I weighed out 1 point of hummus.  I chopped cabbage and onions and made zero point soup.  The reese’s egg was brought out of the freezer, defrosted and put BACK into the freezer. I drank 24oz of water before the second pita.

Could I actually have just been hungry? I typically don’t eat my activity points and this week I’ve done Body Pump and run 7 miles so in all honesty, those 8.5 points of tonight’s snacking are probably covered through activity points.

Am I wrongly justifying my actions tonight? Or am I actually in an okay place right now with my eating, activity and even my attempts at bingeing?

- CJ

Sunday 04.04.2010

Weigh-in: 191.2lbs again

Eats:

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

post-workout snack:

half a nakd cashew cookie bar (1.5 points)

lunch:

hummus and mushroom grilled pita (3 points)

salad of baby tomatoes, lettuce and grilled courgette

apple, pumpkin spice and custard (2 points)

mid-afternoon snack:

laughing cow wedge and spinach pita (2.5 points)

dinner:

salmon (4.5 points)

edamame (2 points)

stir-fry veggies

reese’s egg (3 points)

horrible late-night snacking:

pita and hummus (3 points)

zero point soup and pitas (4 points)

nakd cocoa orange bar (2.5 point)

Total: 30.5 points eek

Activity: 2 miles @11:31

• first mile in 11:37
• second mile in 11:22 (negative split woohoo!)

Water: 96oz

Saturday 03.04.2010

Weigh-in: 191.2lbs

Eats:

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

post-workout snack:

half a banana (0.5 point)

laughing cow wedge (0.5 point)

lunch:

tuna mayo pita (5 points)

red pepper

baby tomatoes

mid-afternoon snack:

homemade apple sauce with honey and pumpkin spice (1 point)

custard (2 points)

kale chips

carrot fries

hummus and pita (3.5 points)

dinner:

salmon (4.5)

stirfry veggies

reese’s peanut butter egg (3 points)

Total: 22.5 points

Activity: Body Pump

Water: 72oz + chamomile tea  + sleepytime tea

Friday 02.04.2010

Weigh-in: 192.2lbs again

Eats:

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

lunch:

roasted carrot, spinach, hummus, laughing cow pita – all grilled on the foreman (5 points)

yellow pepper

baby tomatoes

mid-afternoon snack:

homemade apple sauce with honey and pumpkin spice (1 point)

laughing cow, tomato, spinach pita also grilled on the foreman (2.5 points)

dinner:

baked salmon (4 points)

steamed broccoli

courgette and mushroom alfredo (1 point)

2 reese’s peanut butter eggs (6 points)

Total: 22 points

Water: 72oz + green tea  + sleepytime tea

Thursday 01.04.2010

Weigh-in: 192.2lbs

Eats:

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

mid-morning snack:

apple (0.5 points)

babybel (1 point)

lunch:

Bugsy sandwich (carrots and hummus) (4.5 points)

salt and vinegar snacks (1.5 points)

pre-workout snack:

half a nakd cocoa orange bar (1 point)

dinner:

zero point soup

• cabbage
• tomato
• onion

hummus and spinach pita (3 points)

1 reese’s peanut butter egg and another 1/6 of the reese’s easter egg (6 points) – How bad is it that I’m totally budgeting light during the day so I can eat as much reese’s as possible??!!

pre-bed snack:

roasted brussel sprouts and carrots (3 points?)

reeses! argh (3 points)

Total: 26 points

Activity: 2.5 miles in 28:55 (almost a whole minute faster than Tuesday!)

• mile 1 in 11:31
• mile 2 in 11:21
• last half mile in 6:04

Water: 72oz + sleepytime tea

Wednesday 31.03.2010

Weigh-in: 193lbs

Eats:

Breakfast:

Green smoothie (2.5 points)

• banana
• ice
• 250ml milk
• maca
• spinach

mid-morning snack:

jaffa cake(0.5 points)

lunch:

Boots shapers bbq chicken wrap (4.5 points)

salt and vinegar snacks (1.5 points)

mid-afternoon snack:

almond cake (2 points?)

babybel (1 point)

dinner:

tuna salad (4.5 points)

1/3 of a reese’s peanut butter easter egg (6 points)

Total: 22.5 points

Water: 72oz