Its gonna be a good day...

Its BOUND to be...lol I've made it through 3 hellish nights of this beast I call a food addiction. Big props to Jackie last night for talkin me down. lol I was WAY struggling with wanting to eat...and even though I label what I feel AS a food addiction, I forget all the time, that it really IS one, and that I need to treat it as one. She reminded me about what, for instance, smokers do when they want a cig...they get busy doing something else...and yet I was allowing myself to sit there and think on it...basically wallowing in it. So I got up and did 50 minutes of Wii Tennis. I was too tired after that to think. lol So...thanks girl!!! I really needed that.

I used my meal out for 2 weeks tonite. I did decide that our monthly splurges will not count towards that, as I think it will keep me more willing to go the whole 2 weeks, instead of every week.

Input:
B: Quaker oatmeal packet and bottle of Crystal Light
S: 2 cups popcorn and half a serving of almonds
L: Eating Right chicken nugget meal and 100 cal pack of mini golden oreo cakesters
S: Half a pbj on whole wheat bread and 100 cal pack of choc covered pretzels
D: Chili's: 3/4th of the kids grilled chicken, a few chips and salsa, about 1/4th cup of D's mac n cheese, and a side salad (though mainly just lettuce, with a tiny piece of cheese...lol) with light ranch
S: Chili's Sweet Shot - Warm Cinnamon Roll flavor

Cals: 1526 calories

Output: 34 minute brisk walk at the Galleria at lunchtime, 35 minutes of Wii Tennis/manic dancing this evening...LOL I had my ipod on while playing tennis tryna work out some frustrations...what a great workout!!!

So far so good...

Another evening of making it through the food addiction. I'm glad I had left room to throw in another snack if really needed, because I did. And I went to bed at 9pm, THAT really helped. But today, ahhhh, today...I need to go to bed here soon because I have SO struggled tonite with it. Uggh...I'm so looking forward to our monthly splurge next week!!!

Planned Input:
B: Quaker oatmeal packet and bottle of Crystal Light
S: half a pbj on whole wheat bread and half a serving of almonds
L: South Beach pepperoni pizza and 100 cal pack of choc covered pretzels
S: 100 cal minibag of popcorn and fiber one bar (YES I was HUNGRY!)
D: Italian chicken with ketchup, instant mashed tatoes

Cals: 1451 calories

Output: 50 minutes of Wii Tennis tonite

I survived last night...barely...

Last night was REALLY ROUGH for me. :( I hate that I will probably always fight this food addiction. If I were to stay completely on track it wouldn't be as much of a problem but the minute that I slack, its tearing me up. But I survived the night without a serious binge. I stuck to my food plan and output. Whew. And its over. So far, this evening is looking to only be a smidge better. I'm definitely going to bed here in a bit to escape it...lol But hey I DID get up this morning and work out...hoping to do the same tomorrow so I guess I do need the sleep too!

Input:
B: packet of Quaker oatmeal, bottle of Crystal Light
S: Eating Right nutrition bar and raisins
L: Weight Watchers Ziti meal and a cup of green beans
S: 100 calorie minibag of popcorn and half a serving of almonds
D: 3 Nutrigrain Lowfat waffles with light syrup and light Country Crock
S: 100 cal pack of choc covered pretzels with dinner, then a 100 cal pack of Golden Oreo Cakesters (they are so little but yummy!) and then some pickle slices.

Cals: 1508 calories

Output:
Done: 33 minute 2 mile Walk n Tone this morning (yup, I got up early!)
Planned: 19 minutes tonite of Wii Tennis

And it begins again...

Today I begin the diet again. It was kind of nice to slack over the vacation, but ya know, I definitely felt a lot more run down than usual, and despite getting sick, which probably caused a lot of that too, I could so tell a difference. However, tonite I've also noticed, that with the vacation indulgences, my resistance is very low tonite, and the food addiction beast is raring its head. I'm fighting it so far with one pickle slice every so often and watching Biggest Loser to keep me motivated. But its a battle.

I want to challenge myself to bump up the cardio. I finished off last year getting 30 min of cardio a day. I want to make that 45 minutes, with either 45 min straight, or 30 minutes and then 15. Obviously I could always do more, but I want to make it a minimum of 45 now. I HAVE to get this weight off by my birthday and it will be here before I know it! Tonite, I'll be doing 45 minutes straight of Wii Tennis, which is great cardio for me.

I also decided that for my bday, since its my 30th, that I want to take a short cruise that weekend to celebrate. It will of course be a D-free cruise...lol So thats even more incentive for me to get down to my goal weight. I might not look good in a swimsuit with all this extra skin, but hey I don't care about that so much.

Input:
B: Fiber One Bar with bottle of Crystal Light
S: half of a pbj
L: South Beach pepperoni pizza
S: Raisins and half a serving of whole natural almonds
D: cup of spaghetti with turkey meatballs
S: 100 cal pack of choc covered pretzels and pickles

Cals: 1458 calories

Output: 45 minutes of Wii Tennis this evening

And a new day begins tomorrow

Tomorrow I'm back on the grind of eating right (and beginning the My Frugal Year challenge). Its been a wonderful vacation and I've eatin some crap...but I am more than ready to get back on track. I'm good for breakfast, snacks and lunches for the week, though I do need a grocery run for dinners, and tomorrow during the day I will make my dinner menu for the week. I do know that Friday evening we will be hitting up Subway with a friend (which is allowed on the Frugal Year blog).

Sadly, this morning I was up to 254.8. So I have some serious work to do!!!

I WOULD like it dually noted that I did get in some good output today. Beth came over this evening and we did Fitness Ultimatum on Wii, which kicks serious booty, and then Wii Sports.

Oh and a health update...I went to the doc today to discuss asthma since I get so winded so easily when exercising. She concurred and gave me a script for an inhaler to start trying before workouts. I do also have an upper respiratory infection right now, that began over the vacation with a lot of allergy issues from being around a dog and cat. So I also got an antibiotic. ANDDDDD she thinks that one of my floating ribs might be pulling or have pulled away from the cartiledge, which could explain a lot of my discomfort along the right side of my lower ribcage. So I got to go for chest/rib xrays today. Wooooo. I have no clue if they can DO anything for it, but at least we'll know? I dunno.

Don't worry...

I'm still here!! Vacation got the best of me and I had a difficult time keeping track of calories. I tried to note everything I ate somewhere, but sometimes we got busy, and by the time I had a bit of computer time at night, I was ready to crash. So I'm backlogged. WAY backlogged. I'd already decided to not stress over it too much and begin anew on January 6th, so I'm going to do that with the input/output log too. It was just too much with handling D and enjoying ourselves. We did have an awesome road trip though!! Check out D and I's Adventure blog for pics of that! It was 2 nights in Oklahoma City and 2 nights in Missouri, and we made it home safe and sound about 10pm this evening.

I will say, I did try to make decent choices on the trip though. However, I know I was pretty high on cals most every day, as we stayed busy, so I'm dreading the next weigh-in. But I'll be hitting it pretty hard come Jan 6th. I've decided to continue the challenge I did last year, and keep with the at least 30 minutes of dedicated cardio everyday. I think it really helped me to stay focused and on track.

I'd also like it noted that even though I sucked down iced tea like it was going out of style, not ONCE did I give in and have a soda to stay awake with all the driving I did (that was a 1015 mile trip all total!!!). YAY!!!! I haven't had soda in about 5 months or so...(except a coke slurpee ONCE). And I tried really hard to keep my water intake up.

So theres my update. Tomorrow is going to be another no log day since I'll be off work. And can I say, I can not WAIT to get back into the work routine for breakfast and lunches. Yeeeshh...

Happy New Year!!!

I'm bringing this to you live from Oklahoma City, where we are visiting my dad and his wife. We are havin a great time, and are sad to be leaving tomorrow, but excited that we will be headed to Missouri to visit one of mybest friends!!

I hope all of you had a wonderful New Years Eve. We certainly did. We hit up an NBA basketball game, OKC Thunder vs the Golden State Warriors. They won!!! And D got an adorable pic with a cheerleader...hehehe...and then we hit up Downtown OKC for the festivities, ball drop, and fireworks. It was freakin cold but we were all bundled up.

Today is my first official day to input cals on this blog, and even though I'm ashamed that the FIRST post is a high cal day (and its NO excuse), I AM on vacation and not at home, so I figured things might be a bit highl...oh well...so lets get to it.

Input: it was a high cal day. breakfast, an english muffin with a bit of butter, eggs with some ham mixed in. Lunch was a yummy meal of turkey, blackeyed peas and rice, cornbread with a bit of butter, and the sinful chess cake that Liz made. Oh I did have some sweet tea, but it was way diluted. Dinner was at a local burger joint. I had a burger and fries and catsup. They were really good! And when we got back, I had another piece of chess cake....uggh...but yummm. And I ended my day at 2126 calories. And yeah I didnt make great choices, although it really could have been worse.

Output: lots of playing outside running around after D. No specific cardio though but we hung out around the house all tired after 2 hours walking downtown last night!!!