Wednesday 30 January 2008

Day 279 - 22 Charms & 15 Spacers

Wednesday 30 January Summary

Day maximum: 23,5 points

Day´s Bonuspoints used/saved: 29,5/--
Week´s Bonuspoints needed/saved:0,0/0,0
Day´s excercise: 30 minutes


(REQUIRED 6) water/tea: 6
REQUIRED 3) vegetables:1
(REQUIRED 2) fruit: 2
(REQUIRED 2) fat: 2
(REQUIRED 2) calcium: 2

(T0tal weightloss 70,1 lbs)
Next Pandora charm at 92.6 lbs
(Total exercise: 2240 minutes) Next Pandora spacer at 2270 min


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Goal 4: 1st centennial - loose 100 lbs/45 kg


Sugar, sugar cravings and glycemic value?

I withstood the urge to take hot chocolate milk at the office, but it was a struggle. all else is as it should be.

Today I looked into the magic world of sugar *grins as I know Sayre is becoming an expert on this. White sugers have a high glychemic value (hope I spelled that right), means they are release into the bloodstream like lighting and you get a sugar "high", which is followed by a "low" as the sugar is used for various processes or stored as fat. But because the low is really low you start craving sugar again, and hence the chocolate, candy and waht not cravings.

The trick is to be sensible about sugar intake and use sugars (and carbohydrates) with a low glychemic value. They release slowly into the bloodstream, thus an even mellow kind of curve forms that will not cause the mad need for sugar. Make sense?

So today I bought Agave Syrup, has 1.3 times the sweeting value of white refined sugar, but a low glycemic value. I used it in my curd, and I must say, it worked. So tomorrow instead of the sweetner I usually use, I will use the syrup and see if it makes a difference. I will let you all know!


Breakfast
7,5 points
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5,0 - 7 tbs Willow's home made morning muesli
2,5 - 250 ml skimmed milk

Lunch
7,0 points
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5,0 - 500 ml skimmed curd (organic - fantastic stuff)
0,0 - fruit
2,0 - 2 tbs agave syrup

Diner
8,0 points
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5,0 - 3 sausages
2,0 - 1 slice of bread
1,0 - 2 cs Mayo

Various
7,0 points
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7,0 - 4 chocolate bars (WW)

2 comments:

Sayre said...

How's your motivation doing today? I think many of my previous failures have been due to motivational issues. For me, wearing a bikini to a beach is no motivation at all, since I don't like going to the beach in the first place. Mostly, I strive to feel comfortable and healthy in my body, but even that's not enough some days. I'd like to be able to shop in a regular store and wear "normal" sizes (and no, I'm not talking about a size 2 or a size 0 - what IS that anyway? Sizing for the invisible?). But that's not really enough motivation for me either as I really couldn't care less about fashion. I'm finding that my main motivation is that I want to be here. For my son. For my husband. For my dreams and aspirations (that have nothing to do with weight). That's my true motivation. Just being here.

Pandora Woman said...

You know Sayre, when I started all I think of was losing wweight, it gradually changed to the realisation that I want to learn to eat healthy, and now it is goal number 1.

I have no partner -grins- well no one I can leave all my debts to. So in a way I am doing this just for me. But also for all the people who worry about me and who want me to be around longer than I will probably be if I keep dragging this great big blob of fat with me.

I want to be there for me. I never aspire to become 150, but 80 to 85 would be nice. Enjoy life in good health. Now I am quite sure that enough damage has been done in the last 43 years to affect me in some ways. But I do not want to make it any worse.

So my motivation is me, and me, and me.......though right now it is a wee bit less. But no worry I'll find it again! And who knows I may actually find a wonderfull dreamboat of a man to get old with!

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