Hi Everyone,
My name is Dee and I have started the JUDDD diet officially Monday with an up day. It should have been a down day but I over ate. Let me explain a bit about myself and what I have been doing.
I am one of those people that have tried tons of diets, only to get to the point where it is very inconvenient and I need to stop being so diligent because life happens and I can’t be so diet minded all the time. This ADD, or IF appeals to me because I can usually go without breakfast or lunch most days. I am not someone that wakes up ready to eat in the first place, so I got into doing Fast 5. Fast 5 got me into JUDDD. Last week I started fast 5, making my 5 hour window later in the day, 4:30 - 9:30. During the day I’d drink water and black coffee, and right around 3:30, I’d start to get hungry and would gulp down a big glass of water to help me the last hour or so. I started reading about JUDDD and it appealed to me because I think it would already fit in nicely with what I have already been doing for the past week. So basically, I’d eat during my window, but only eat 500 calories or so. The problem I was having with fast 5 is that I would overeat during my window (taking in nearly a day or more worth of calories in 5 hours) since there is no calorie restrictions, we are just supposed to refrain from overeating, that is my personal problem. Once I start eating, I have a really hard time stopping.
So knowing that I can't have more than 500 every other day helps me maintain that limit, fairly easily... and then when I am feeling tempted, I just remember that tomorrow, I can eat what I want and more of it. I think the hardest thing will be being "good" during my up days and not overeating. So I will try to incorporate the water and black coffee as snacks to keep me full in between meals, rather than eating more food. I think that if I commit to eating around 500 calories 3x a day, plus room for desserts and treats (that I will undoubtedly want) I could stick to 2000 calories a day on Up days.
I am committing myself to this for at least 1 month. I have marked my calendar and will weigh myself daily so I can keep track of the fluctuations. I understand that weight changes from day to day, but there should be an overall downward pattern forming and I want to see it happening.
I almost forgot to mention, I am a kindergarten teacher, on my summer vacation and live in the states. NJ to be exact. I am 30, 5'10 and weigh (this morning) 172.6
Yesterday I weighed 175. (so funny)
My highest weight has been 184
My lowest weight was 145
My long term goal weight is 150
My short term/end of July goal is 165
I will be posting my up/down days here, I look forward to making some friends and getting/giving support.
Dee
6/29/10 – DD
Water
Black coffee
Coffee with raw sugar and a splash of half n half
1 can tuna
1 Tb spoon of mayo
Diced onion
Black pepper
15 triscuit thin crisp crackers
1 serving applesauce
1 cranberry oatmeal cookie
Estimate Calorie intake= 465
My name is Dee and I have started the JUDDD diet officially Monday with an up day. It should have been a down day but I over ate. Let me explain a bit about myself and what I have been doing.
I am one of those people that have tried tons of diets, only to get to the point where it is very inconvenient and I need to stop being so diligent because life happens and I can’t be so diet minded all the time. This ADD, or IF appeals to me because I can usually go without breakfast or lunch most days. I am not someone that wakes up ready to eat in the first place, so I got into doing Fast 5. Fast 5 got me into JUDDD. Last week I started fast 5, making my 5 hour window later in the day, 4:30 - 9:30. During the day I’d drink water and black coffee, and right around 3:30, I’d start to get hungry and would gulp down a big glass of water to help me the last hour or so. I started reading about JUDDD and it appealed to me because I think it would already fit in nicely with what I have already been doing for the past week. So basically, I’d eat during my window, but only eat 500 calories or so. The problem I was having with fast 5 is that I would overeat during my window (taking in nearly a day or more worth of calories in 5 hours) since there is no calorie restrictions, we are just supposed to refrain from overeating, that is my personal problem. Once I start eating, I have a really hard time stopping.
So knowing that I can't have more than 500 every other day helps me maintain that limit, fairly easily... and then when I am feeling tempted, I just remember that tomorrow, I can eat what I want and more of it. I think the hardest thing will be being "good" during my up days and not overeating. So I will try to incorporate the water and black coffee as snacks to keep me full in between meals, rather than eating more food. I think that if I commit to eating around 500 calories 3x a day, plus room for desserts and treats (that I will undoubtedly want) I could stick to 2000 calories a day on Up days.
I am committing myself to this for at least 1 month. I have marked my calendar and will weigh myself daily so I can keep track of the fluctuations. I understand that weight changes from day to day, but there should be an overall downward pattern forming and I want to see it happening.
I almost forgot to mention, I am a kindergarten teacher, on my summer vacation and live in the states. NJ to be exact. I am 30, 5'10 and weigh (this morning) 172.6
Yesterday I weighed 175. (so funny)
My highest weight has been 184
My lowest weight was 145
My long term goal weight is 150
My short term/end of July goal is 165
I will be posting my up/down days here, I look forward to making some friends and getting/giving support.
Dee
6/29/10 – DD
Water
Black coffee
Coffee with raw sugar and a splash of half n half
1 can tuna
1 Tb spoon of mayo
Diced onion
Black pepper
15 triscuit thin crisp crackers
1 serving applesauce
1 cranberry oatmeal cookie
Estimate Calorie intake= 465