Aline's JUDDD diary

Hello everyone!

I'm starting JUDDD, because its conception makes sense to me, and I'll update how I'm doing. I don't have much to loose, just a few pounds, so we'll see how it goes.

Your feedback will be always appreciated

25/04 (Sunday) - DD:

Food:
- 3 small pears
- plate of broccoli
- 6 crackers
Total: 474 cals

Exercise:
- resting on couch I prefer to exercise on UD's.

So, today was an Up Day and it was good.

26/04 (Monday) - UP:

Brunch: veggie burger, chinese vegetables stir-fry and whole wheat roll
Dinner: veggie burger, spinach, corn and 3 apples

Total: 1108 cals

Exercise:
- 30 min. walk

Today it must be a DD, but it ended up like a UP; anyway, I'm pretty sure that's because I didn't eat much yesterday. Tomorrow is an actual UD, so I'll try not to overdo it (nor restrict to much like I did yesterday) to balance things
Sometimes, we only learn from experience (and trough mistakes as well), right?

27/04 (Tuesday) - DD (or it must have been):

Brunch: green peas, cheese sauce and rice (*sigh* but at least it tasted good).
Snack: oatmeal with honey
Dinner: soy beans and a pear

Total: 2079 cals

Exercise:
- 20 min walk
- 20 min legs/gluts/abs workout

So, today was an Up Day and I didn't restrict myself because I don't want to ruin my down day tomorrow due to hunger
But I have been thinking and I may just switch from JUDDD to calorie counting or weight watchers on Friday. I find that I've been eating very little on low days and I'm already at a 20 BMI, so I think it isn't worth to push to hard with those DD, just because of 5 pounds.

28/04 (wednesday): UD

Breakfast: rice milk and a few almonds
Lunch: soy sausage with spinach and two tomatoes
Dinner: multigrain bread with leftover soy sausage, spinach and raisin bread

Total: 1989 cals

Exercise:
- 40min. powered walk
- 20 min legs/arms/abs workout

Now, I'll lurke (haha) a bit around calorie counting and weight watchers foruns to decide what I'll choose to start on Friday.
Basically, on one hand I'm already used to calorie counting for years; on the other hand I'm a bit tired of counting calories and that points stuff at weight watcher seems more funny and doesn't eliminate the counting thing totally.

So, as I said yesterday I'm moving to calorie count (I already count calories anyway) with some cycling calories.
I have to study and eating 500 cals every other day give me such headaches that I can't concentrate. So today was my last day on JUDDD.
I ate 587 cals: 3 pears for brunch and for dinner I ate spinach, mushrooms, tofu with soy sauce and, then, one whole wheat biscuit with soy yoghurt.

well done on giving judd a go. did you lose anything? you also dont really seem to getting a lot for your nearly 2000 calories on your up day.

The thing i am worried about is that i will eat more than i am used to tomorrow and then things will just go downhill from there. I am going to try adn just eat what I usually eat and add in a couple of treats like an extra biscuit with my tea and a packet of crisps with my lunch. well thats the plan anyway

karen999 said:

well done on giving judd a go. did you lose anything? you also dont really seem to getting a lot for your nearly 2000 calories on your up day.

The thing i am worried about is that i will eat more than i am used to tomorrow and then things will just go downhill from there. I am going to try adn just eat what I usually eat and add in a couple of treats like an extra biscuit with my tea and a packet of crisps with my lunch. well thats the plan anyway

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This is why I'll try just calorie count (with a bit of calorie cycling).

Usually I mantain with 1600-1700 cals (exercising around 30 min. a day), but whith JUDDD I noticed that on updays I was very hungry, and ate more than that my normal 1600 cals (I ate around 2000 cals) and I wanted to eat more but didn't let myself go downhill. On downdays I didn't exercise as much as I wanted to because that would made me hungrier, but I preffer to eat more and exercise.
Anyway, maybe it'll work for you, who knows