But it was good. I made a few not so good decisions and made a few decent ones. We did have some fun...I took D to the Children's Museum in the morning, and after he stayed with my brother so I could go to a baby shower, we went to dinner at Jasons Deli and then...went to a late movie! We saw Bolt at the dollar theater. D and I had gone to see it before, but he fell asleep in the beginning and slept through it. lol It was cute even the second time.
For breakfast before the museum, I had an english muffin with abit of butter, and then turkey sausage. Lunch was a chicken nugget kids meal from CFA. At the shower...I had a cupcake, a few chips with dip, some grapes, a bit of punch, and a bit of candy (the not-so-good decision). So after all that, when we went to dinner, I got salad bar. I had a big salad with lettuce, tomato, a bit of cheese, and lowfat ranch, and then a serving of their lowfat icecream. That night at the theater, I had a pickle and popcorn to end my day at 1735 calories. Since we didn't get home til 11:30pm, I didn't do my bike. The other not so good decision.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
4 miles!!!
See output below for the significance of THAT! First things first...I weighed in this morning at 278.6...yay! But I'm only counting the 280.4 from yesterday since my weight fluctuates so much. I like it to be down consistently for a few days before counting it. BUT still...considering last saturday was 286, that rocks!
Today was a pretty good day for being Friday the 13th. There was food at work catered in, but I managed to avoid eating ANY of it and stuck to my plan. Of course it helped that I was joining some other awesome moms tonite at Olive Garden for dinner. Even though it wasn't a splurge, so I had to stick to my safe food there, I still had a great time and got to see some chicks I don't see often, and meet two new ones! Good times...and D did REALLY well. He required a lot of attention but no fits is ALWAYS a good outing, especially after a long day for him! He polished off his WHOLE plate of the kids grilled chicken with spaghetti and broccoli. And could have eaten more! I think he's making up for the week after his surgery...lol
Breakfast this morning was oatmeal with raisins. For a morning snack, I had yogurt and reduced fat wheat thins. Lunch was a Weight Watchers Smart Ones artisan creations pepperoni pizza...for almost 400 cals, I wasn't that impressed. I can get a better pizza for 300 cals. To avoid all the cookies outside our dept, I had a 100 cal pack of choc covered pretzels after that. This afternoon, I had a tbsp of peanut butter to get through til dinner. As I said above, we met up with some DAM moms and kiddos for dinner at Olive Garden. Teresa and I split the linguine alla marinara, I had a bit of salad (just lettuce and tomato, with light italian and no parmesan), and then had one breadstick to complete the meal. After we got home this evening, I had a serving of Keebler puffed crackers, and then late tonite, I was SO feigning for something sweet, so I had a few pieces of stashed candy of D's that I don't even LIKE (lol which is sad, but it did the trick) to end my day at 1816 calories.
On to the good stuff, and the reason for my title above. I made it 4 miles in 20 minutes tonite on the stationary bike!!! WOOHOOO!!!! I still can't quite breathe, but it was exhilarating to do it!!!
Today was a pretty good day for being Friday the 13th. There was food at work catered in, but I managed to avoid eating ANY of it and stuck to my plan. Of course it helped that I was joining some other awesome moms tonite at Olive Garden for dinner. Even though it wasn't a splurge, so I had to stick to my safe food there, I still had a great time and got to see some chicks I don't see often, and meet two new ones! Good times...and D did REALLY well. He required a lot of attention but no fits is ALWAYS a good outing, especially after a long day for him! He polished off his WHOLE plate of the kids grilled chicken with spaghetti and broccoli. And could have eaten more! I think he's making up for the week after his surgery...lol
Breakfast this morning was oatmeal with raisins. For a morning snack, I had yogurt and reduced fat wheat thins. Lunch was a Weight Watchers Smart Ones artisan creations pepperoni pizza...for almost 400 cals, I wasn't that impressed. I can get a better pizza for 300 cals. To avoid all the cookies outside our dept, I had a 100 cal pack of choc covered pretzels after that. This afternoon, I had a tbsp of peanut butter to get through til dinner. As I said above, we met up with some DAM moms and kiddos for dinner at Olive Garden. Teresa and I split the linguine alla marinara, I had a bit of salad (just lettuce and tomato, with light italian and no parmesan), and then had one breadstick to complete the meal. After we got home this evening, I had a serving of Keebler puffed crackers, and then late tonite, I was SO feigning for something sweet, so I had a few pieces of stashed candy of D's that I don't even LIKE (lol which is sad, but it did the trick) to end my day at 1816 calories.
On to the good stuff, and the reason for my title above. I made it 4 miles in 20 minutes tonite on the stationary bike!!! WOOHOOO!!!! I still can't quite breathe, but it was exhilarating to do it!!!
Thursday, March 12, 2009
So proud of D!!!
I should prolly share this on D's blog, but oh well, it can just go here so I don't have to post two blogs...lol Tonite we were at Collin Creeks playarea, and there was a little girl there just being MEAN to Beth's little boy who is 2 (he's SO D's little friend, they love each other!). This little girl was sitting on him and elbowing him in the car there (he WAS there first btw), and Beth removed him. Well a bit later, the girl came back again to mess with him. My sweet boy stuck his arms out and put himself in front of her so she couldn't touch Brian, which gave time for Beth to get over there and take action. This girl's mom/babysitter/whatever wasn't doing a THING. She was doing homework in the corner. Ugghh...but I just can't believe how awesome that was of D to stick up for his little buddy! I was so proud and made sure to go tell him! He didn't hit her, shove her or anything, just got himself in between em...*sigh* Way to go, D! He's so gonna be a great big brother some day, and I can't wait to see that happen wayyyyy down the road...
OH and looks like the puking from the night before was an isolated incident of maybe something he ate. He was fine all day today with no issues, ate just fine, and had a normal BM...looks like we dodged a bullet...WHEW.
On the eating side, I did ok today. I've been fighting it quite a bit more today and doing my best. Breakfast this morning was oatmeal and a big cup of hot chocolate spiked with coffee...lol (I don't like coffee...but needed it this morning). Lunch was a Lean Cuisine pizza with sugar snap peas and yogurt. My afternoon snack was raisins and reduced fat Wheat Thins. For dinner, D and I split the last Totinos frozen pizza leftover from my binge, and had apple slices with it. I was still feigning for something carby, so I had a serving of Keebler puffed crackers. And finally at the mall, I had a kids icedream cone from CFA to end my day at 1706 calories.
Beth and I walked a good 20 minutes brisk walk (more brisk to me though since I got some short legs...lol) pushing strollers, and then tonite I did another 20 minutes on the stationary bike and got back to my mileage from 2 nights ago...3.8 miles!!! Woohoo!! It was a beatdown though...lol yeesshh I'm tired.
OH and looks like the puking from the night before was an isolated incident of maybe something he ate. He was fine all day today with no issues, ate just fine, and had a normal BM...looks like we dodged a bullet...WHEW.
On the eating side, I did ok today. I've been fighting it quite a bit more today and doing my best. Breakfast this morning was oatmeal and a big cup of hot chocolate spiked with coffee...lol (I don't like coffee...but needed it this morning). Lunch was a Lean Cuisine pizza with sugar snap peas and yogurt. My afternoon snack was raisins and reduced fat Wheat Thins. For dinner, D and I split the last Totinos frozen pizza leftover from my binge, and had apple slices with it. I was still feigning for something carby, so I had a serving of Keebler puffed crackers. And finally at the mall, I had a kids icedream cone from CFA to end my day at 1706 calories.
Beth and I walked a good 20 minutes brisk walk (more brisk to me though since I got some short legs...lol) pushing strollers, and then tonite I did another 20 minutes on the stationary bike and got back to my mileage from 2 nights ago...3.8 miles!!! Woohoo!! It was a beatdown though...lol yeesshh I'm tired.
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Poor D...
We'll see how the rest of the evening goes...D threw up twice since we got home, so I'm hoping that it was just something funky he ate. :( Poor guy...
I did pretty good today, although I can't say it was all completely healthy. Breakfast was oatmeal and 2 slices of canadian bacon, and kept me pretty good til lunch. For that, I had a Lean Cuisine lasagna meal, a cup of green beans, and almonds. This afternoon for a snack, I had a tbsp of peanut butter. Dinner was 2 light hotdogs, on 1 slice of whole wheat bread with a bit of Miracle Whip, plus a side of chips and carrot sticks. Sadly, D was not able to enjoy this. This evening for dessert, I had a 100 cal pudding cup to end my day at 1374 calories.
For output this evening, I did 20 minutes on the bike again, but oh it was quite a bit slower tonite, I only made it 3.5 miles, and was SO feeling it the whole way. Oh well, at least I did the 20 minutes.
I did pretty good today, although I can't say it was all completely healthy. Breakfast was oatmeal and 2 slices of canadian bacon, and kept me pretty good til lunch. For that, I had a Lean Cuisine lasagna meal, a cup of green beans, and almonds. This afternoon for a snack, I had a tbsp of peanut butter. Dinner was 2 light hotdogs, on 1 slice of whole wheat bread with a bit of Miracle Whip, plus a side of chips and carrot sticks. Sadly, D was not able to enjoy this. This evening for dessert, I had a 100 cal pudding cup to end my day at 1374 calories.
For output this evening, I did 20 minutes on the bike again, but oh it was quite a bit slower tonite, I only made it 3.5 miles, and was SO feeling it the whole way. Oh well, at least I did the 20 minutes.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Feeling good about all this...
I'm still struggling with some feelings of shame and guilt for how bad it got, but I think my outlook has been a lot better since Friday, and though I can't say I'm not having cravings, there is definitely a dividing line holding me back. Goodness knows, when I left work today, I kept thinking that we needed to pick up food on the way home. And that's such a crazy thought considering we HAVE food at home, I just had to get past that, and determine it wasn't gonna happen.
And I did. We went home and I fixed quite a yummy dinner (although D didn't really think so...lol but oh well, he got enough in him that it counts...) LOL He kept saying he couldn't eat the chicken because "it might hurt his throat" (which is mostly HEALED), but yet the chicken was ALL he really ate once the plate was in front of him, he barely touched his rice, and kinda picked over the peas. Silly kid.
After yesterday's freaky spell I had (was sitting at my desk and the world started spinning), I had a more substantial breakfast of eggbeaters with yolk and canadian bacon. It worked well! For a morning snack, I had almonds and a tbsp of peanut butter. Lunch was with my friend (HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN!) at Sweet Tomatoes, another safe place of mine since I always get the same thing. I had a big salad with romaine, tomatoes, a bit of cheese, and fat free ranch, plus 3 pickle slices, to start off. Then I added 2 of their pieces of lowfat sourdough bread (with about 1 tbsp of whipped butter), and had a bowl of their chunky chicken noodle soup. And to finish it off, I had a serving of their fatfree chocolate frozen yogurt. It was a YUMMY meal, and it really helped me get through the rest of the day and beat that need to get fast food. For an afternoon snack, I had an apple later in the day. For dinner, I made shake n bake chicken, with a little ketchup, with a side of plain rice and sugar snap peas. This evening for a snack after my exercise, I had puffed crackers and a pudding cup to end my day at 1875 calories.
My daily goal for working on this stationary bike, has really been to do what I did the day before, and if I felt like it, do an extra 5 minutes with the thought that I'd have to do that the next day. Well...tonite I did an extra 5 minutes to make it a total of 20 minutes, and in that extra 5 minutes, I did an extra 1.1 miles, to make a total ridden today of 3.8 miles!!!! Woohoo!!!
And I did. We went home and I fixed quite a yummy dinner (although D didn't really think so...lol but oh well, he got enough in him that it counts...) LOL He kept saying he couldn't eat the chicken because "it might hurt his throat" (which is mostly HEALED), but yet the chicken was ALL he really ate once the plate was in front of him, he barely touched his rice, and kinda picked over the peas. Silly kid.
After yesterday's freaky spell I had (was sitting at my desk and the world started spinning), I had a more substantial breakfast of eggbeaters with yolk and canadian bacon. It worked well! For a morning snack, I had almonds and a tbsp of peanut butter. Lunch was with my friend (HAPPY BIRTHDAY AGAIN!) at Sweet Tomatoes, another safe place of mine since I always get the same thing. I had a big salad with romaine, tomatoes, a bit of cheese, and fat free ranch, plus 3 pickle slices, to start off. Then I added 2 of their pieces of lowfat sourdough bread (with about 1 tbsp of whipped butter), and had a bowl of their chunky chicken noodle soup. And to finish it off, I had a serving of their fatfree chocolate frozen yogurt. It was a YUMMY meal, and it really helped me get through the rest of the day and beat that need to get fast food. For an afternoon snack, I had an apple later in the day. For dinner, I made shake n bake chicken, with a little ketchup, with a side of plain rice and sugar snap peas. This evening for a snack after my exercise, I had puffed crackers and a pudding cup to end my day at 1875 calories.
My daily goal for working on this stationary bike, has really been to do what I did the day before, and if I felt like it, do an extra 5 minutes with the thought that I'd have to do that the next day. Well...tonite I did an extra 5 minutes to make it a total of 20 minutes, and in that extra 5 minutes, I did an extra 1.1 miles, to make a total ridden today of 3.8 miles!!!! Woohoo!!!
Monday, March 9, 2009
A decent Monday
Today was a pretty decent day. Since I didn't get out of the routine of good breakfasts, lunches and snacks at work, it was easy to get back into that today. I'm hoping tonite will not be so bad. I did turn down cake today at work and opted for 3 strawberries...lol today was Ebby's birthday so there was lots of cake up there. Oddly, I didn't really just crave it, it was easy enough to pass it up.
I started out the day with a Slimfast shake made with skim milk, and then later had some almonds and a fat free yogurt. Lunch was a Weight Watchers ziti meal, but then I was still pretty hungry, so I had a can of tuna mixed with some miracle whip. That did the trick. My afternoon snack was the 3 strawberries, and then an applesauce cup. For dinner, we had a yummy meal of Nutrigrain lowfat waffles with light syrup, turkey sausage patties, and apple slices. My snack this evening was one serving of puffed crackers. They aren't that good (ie, not really salty) but I wanted some crackers. I'm ending my day at 1459 calories.
This evening, I did another 2.7 miles on the bike, it still took me 15 minutes. I'm curious to see how I'll keep increasing.
I started out the day with a Slimfast shake made with skim milk, and then later had some almonds and a fat free yogurt. Lunch was a Weight Watchers ziti meal, but then I was still pretty hungry, so I had a can of tuna mixed with some miracle whip. That did the trick. My afternoon snack was the 3 strawberries, and then an applesauce cup. For dinner, we had a yummy meal of Nutrigrain lowfat waffles with light syrup, turkey sausage patties, and apple slices. My snack this evening was one serving of puffed crackers. They aren't that good (ie, not really salty) but I wanted some crackers. I'm ending my day at 1459 calories.
This evening, I did another 2.7 miles on the bike, it still took me 15 minutes. I'm curious to see how I'll keep increasing.
Sunday, March 8, 2009
A fresh day
Today I really debated how to handle. First of all, it was at my grandma's which is never a healthy meal...lol And today we were celebrating birthdays for two of my aunts. So they ordered in pizza and we had cake. I did ok. But did decide to keep it simple. I could have 2 slices of pizza and a small piece of cake, nothing else. And that worked well enough. I ate SUPER slow. lol Then we ended up at Grapevine Mills and everyone was hungry and thirsty (bad combination!), so we went to Rainforest Cafe (since D and I had never been in there). I thought of all the things I could order, and very nearly ordered a kids meal, but at the last minute, Beth mentioned splitting chips and queso to get us by until we got home and then I could have something healthier there. So I went with that. And did well enough, since we were with others. By the time D and I got home, I really wasn't hungry anyway, so kept it simple there too before I rode my bike. All in all, it was an interesting test day to see how things are REALLY going. I've actually been a bit surprised since my confession, I still keep thinking I NEED to eat things, almost as if they are so routine that I need to do it, but there IS a lack of want there as well. And I really hope that sticks around awhile. For now, I'm taking it day by day. Not setting goals, not setting a specific amount to eat other than the max of 1958 calories that Lose It says I need to lose 2 lbs a week. Other than that, just trying to make good choices, and not be so hard on myself about it, that I can't admit to failure in it.
So, so far today, I've had two slices of pizza hut hamburger pizza, a small piece of white cake with icing. Then chips and queso at the mall, and this evening, I had a Slimfast shake with skim milk, and applesauce to give me energy for the bike, to end my day at 1391 calories.
We did a dedicated 30 minute walk at the mall, and that was after a lot of shopping and walking in and out of stores, of course pushing D in the stroller. Then tonite, I did 2.7 miles on the stationary bike, it took 15 minutes. I have no idea if thats good or not for timing, but I sure was sweaty!
So, so far today, I've had two slices of pizza hut hamburger pizza, a small piece of white cake with icing. Then chips and queso at the mall, and this evening, I had a Slimfast shake with skim milk, and applesauce to give me energy for the bike, to end my day at 1391 calories.
We did a dedicated 30 minute walk at the mall, and that was after a lot of shopping and walking in and out of stores, of course pushing D in the stroller. Then tonite, I did 2.7 miles on the stationary bike, it took 15 minutes. I have no idea if thats good or not for timing, but I sure was sweaty!
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