The Rotation Diet

well, it looks like its about time to retire this community. i think im probably gonna delete it.

i know i started the rotation diet 3 days ago, but really failed to keep up with the amount of calories i am supposed to have... and since i went shopping yesterday, it seems very likely for me to be able to stay under 600... so i think i shall start over. starting today. i already excercised off more than i've eaten, lol. i ddr'ed 400 calories on workout mode... and here's the rundown of what i've eaten:

Breakfast

• Florida Navel Orange - [not counted towards calories]
  
• Sugar free jello - 10 calories
  
• My diet ice-cream sandwhich - 70 calories
  

total - 80 calories

Snack

• Diet ice-cream sandwich - 70 calories
  
• Energy drink - 30 calories
  
• Sugar free jello - 10 calories
  

total - 110 calories

which makes a grand total of - 190 calories so far today.

this seems like its gonna be really easy today. all i really had to do was go shopping, and it becomes a sinch!

~Julie

i realized no new people joined this community because i never posted INTERSTS in the profile! okay... so now that i've started the rotation diet over again, hopefully i can get more people. i should work on the layout to make this place more appetizing to people, and put in a buddy icon.

anyways... the last two days were pretty successful. im on day 3, and though i pretty much killed it this morning. i need to remember its not all or nothing. the "its all or nothing" attitude makes for unhealthy yo-yo dieting, which i am looking to avoid this time around. i will continue my day healthily, and try to excercise off as many of the excess calories as i can.

i did really well yesterday, until my grandmother gave me a box of chocolates. i ate a few... which puts me way over... but i ate SO healthy yesterday and excercised, so it really doesn't make too much of a difference.

yesterday i had a health bar, 2 salads, a broccoli stir fry, and a banana sliced up in whipped cream, which equalled 840 calories. then chocolates. alas, i was over 1000 calories... when on day 2 i was supposed to be at 600. but oh well, i was still healthy, which is still a success for me. (this diet includes unlimited vegis and 3 fruits per day for free that dont count towards your number of calories for the day, for those of you who dont know.)

tomorrow i will continue with my 900 calorie days... which should actually be really easy, considering i was satisfied at 840 yesterday.

i went shopping today, bought myself some sugar-free jello, some oranges, a box of chocolate graham crackers and a tub of lite coolwhip. i took the box of chocolate graham crackers and the tub of coolwhip and made diet ice-cream sandwiches that i put in the freezer. (i used one graham cracker per sandwich, broken in half) and they are 70 calories apiece (one graham cracker and one tablespoon of coolwhip in each) as opposed to normal ice cream sandwiches which are 200 calories apiece. so its nice to have a chocolatey snack with only 70 calories in it, that actually has some substance! and the jello snacks are only 10 calories apiece. though i probably should have bought boxes of the stuff to make on my own... but im lazy.

i also know how to make a MEAN caesar salad from scratch at only 75 calories for the dressing! hopefully some new people will join, so new people who see this, if you want any recipes i'll be happy to give them to you!

okay... so i started rotation-dieting again yesterday. yesterday was EXTREMELY successful.

today... was a little different... im not even sure whether or not it was successful.

okay. so lemme count it out and see.

• 1/2 serving oatmeal - 100 calories
  
• bowl of ice cream - 400 calories?
  
• 2 sugar-free fudgecicles - 60 calories
  
• lean cuisine - 130 calories
  

which adds up to... 690 calories. and lets just add 100 for good measure... for random snacking (soy nuts, a couple chocolate-covered espresso beans, a few sugar free candies)

so 790... under 800 which is still pretty freaking decent.

so i am on a roll for tomorrow. tomorrow should be easy. there was an ice cream social today which was killer.

i am ready to lose this weight and more.

~Julie

alrighty... i am on day 3 of the rotation diet. days 1 and 2 were successful! I think i can really do this. Its actually... really easy. At least so far it has been.

i have only one day left of 600 calories... and tomorrow i start 900! yay! that'll be so much easier.

but anyways... i've kept it under 750 calories per day instead of 600... but still. the scale is back at 120, and im still on my period, and im still sick... which both equal water retention... so i should be under 120. Hopefully... in another 2 and a half weeks... i'll be 114 or less again. that'll be real nice.

~Julie

I'm starting the rotation diet today. I put in my food log on Fitday.com all the foods I plan to eat for today... and it looks like im really gonna make it! With flying colors, too! In fact, as it stands, i have a spare 20 calories for today once I've eaten all the things on my list... and of the things on my list... I know I can EASILY go the rest of the day with what i have alotted for myself. Ohh, i forgot to add in the tea i had with the vanilla flavored creamer... so alright, i have 10 extra calories, instead of 20, lol... but im still doing good! I know i can do this!

~Julie

alright. this is my goal:

Get through ONE rotation of the rotation diet. I am going to start TOMORROW. Cuz i totally blew it for the last week. Every day there's been some event that had food at it, so I ate way way too much when i first started trying to do this again. So i'm gonna do it. I know i can. Its not that hard. I WILL. and i will get down to 108 pounds.

Steve says that if i go below 110 he's gonna force feed me and tie me down so i can't excercise, lol. His concern makes me happy... but regardless... i'm gonna get down to 108 pounds at LEAST by the end of the summer. And i best not put the weight back on next school year. Well, i wont have too much trouble, because i'm scheduling yoga for tuesdays and thursdays and aerobics for wednesdays. And each of those gives me one credit for the semester :) which will be awesome. I'll have at least 3 days a week where i HAVE to excercise because its one of my classes!!! YAY!

Well, thats about it. I will do this thing.

~Julie

alrighty now... friday i obviously couldn't keep the diet cuz of prom... did it successfully saturday, and today had a family party... STUPID family party... with chips and dip and crackers and cheese and a ton of food... needless to say... i couldn't do it, lol. i will start again tomorrow.

HARDCORE.

alright!!!! I WILL FUCKING DO THIS THING!!! no exceptions.

i need to get down to 110 by prom. prom is the 27th. so i have like, 17 days to lose about 7 or 8 pounds. probably 10 at the rate i've been going these last couple of days. sounds... almost... resonable?

(my dress is the kind that shows every little texture in your body. i need to be completely flat in the stumach.)

but instead of rotation dieting... im just gonna keep my calorie intake at 700 everyday. that will be more effective.

and a salad a day will make this go quicker, too.

so there we go. thats about it.

~Julie

Okay... not only did i stick to my diet...

but i DDR'ed 600 MAGNIFICANT CALORIES...

IN ONE GO!!!

AHHH IM SOO FREAKING HAPPY!!!

So now i have the diet AND excercise thing down.

Well, one little thing... because of the DDRing, i decided i had the right to have a little bit of an indulgance... i had 110 calories left in the day and decided to have a balance bar, which is 210... but thats alright. only over by 100! OOOH HOW I LOVE LIFE...

but now that i got my diet and excercise thing going good... i gotta get back to doing my homework... cuz thats kinda... gone downhill these past couple of days... cuz i've spent all my time DDRing.

~Julie

so neway I didnt update for yesterday and I hav to update for today so Im gonna do both in 1 entry.

Yesterday-
Breakfast-
Egg McMuffin - 280 calories

Lunch -
Easy Mac - 250 calories
1/2 grapefruit - 0 calories

Dinner-
Turkey Wrap - 335 calories
Orange - 0 calories
Egg - 70 calories

Total - 905 hmmm ten more than I thought maybe the easy mac was 140.

Today-
Breakfast-
Bagel/Cream Cheese - 400 calories

Lunch-
Turkey Sandwich - 285 calories
Orange - 0 calories
Propel - 20 calories

Snack-
Oatmeal - 160 calories

Dinner-
Tuna Sandwich - 245 calories
Orange - 0 calories
Egg - 70 calories

Total - 1180 calories

Yay! I feel so special. Angie gave up and Julie is starting over. wow!

~ Tricia ~