that I did NOT get up early and work out. *sigh* D was up and down half the night with the storms, AF was a pain, and I just couldn't do it. I made it up later though!
Eating is low today. a) I just didn't eat much today b) I'm ok with it because tomorrow is our splurge day, and I can't wait!
Breakfast was a Quaker Minidelites. Lunch was a Weight Watchers ziti meal plus baked chips. My afternoon snack was a fatfree yogurt. Dinner was Shake n Bake chicken nuggets with ketchup, Lipton butter noodles made without butter, and green beans. And my evening snack was 4oz of apple juice and a Kudos granola bar to end my day at 1234 calories.
Output: Since I didn't get up this morning, I had to make it up somehow. I did 5 minutes of a brisk walk this morning at work. Then at lunch I did two walks of 20 minutes each (ate lunch and had a bathroom break in between, OY!) to complete my 45 minutes. I'm almost to 2500 cals right now, so I'm estimating I will be around 2800-2850 cals burned today.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Welcome to the world, Nolan!
I just want to say congrats to my cousin Holly and her husband Jonathan on the birth of their baby boy! Nolan was born on Monday Apr 27th (yes I know I'm belated in posting this, just two days though!), healthy and weighing in at 9 lbs...something oz...lol I bet he's just gorgeous!!! *sniff* I haven't seen a picture yet, but I HAVE pimped DAM to Holly, doing my part to help...lol
Today has been a decent day although AF is raging. It sucks, but it happens. We're gearing up for a splurge on Friday evening (Texas Roadhouse!!), so I'm eating light this week to accommodate. Breakfast this morning was Quaker MiniDelites (no, still didn't go to the store to get bread). Lunch was a Lean Cuisine pizza and baked chips. My afternoon snack was a fatfree yogurt. Dinner tonite (since I just cleaned house and I'm determined to KEEP it clean til my friend gets in town on Thursday) was the usual at CFA: chicken nugget kid meals with ketchup. Dessert tonite was a Kudos Granola bar to end my day at 1254 calories.
Output: I got up and did 20 minutes on the bike this morning. It was all I could do since I spent all evening cleaning and didn't go to bed til late. Then this morning I took a 5 minute brisk walk around the building. This evening, I did 40 minutes (well 20 and 20 with bathroom breaks...lol) to make up the last 20 minutes I needed.
Today has been a decent day although AF is raging. It sucks, but it happens. We're gearing up for a splurge on Friday evening (Texas Roadhouse!!), so I'm eating light this week to accommodate. Breakfast this morning was Quaker MiniDelites (no, still didn't go to the store to get bread). Lunch was a Lean Cuisine pizza and baked chips. My afternoon snack was a fatfree yogurt. Dinner tonite (since I just cleaned house and I'm determined to KEEP it clean til my friend gets in town on Thursday) was the usual at CFA: chicken nugget kid meals with ketchup. Dessert tonite was a Kudos Granola bar to end my day at 1254 calories.
Output: I got up and did 20 minutes on the bike this morning. It was all I could do since I spent all evening cleaning and didn't go to bed til late. Then this morning I took a 5 minute brisk walk around the building. This evening, I did 40 minutes (well 20 and 20 with bathroom breaks...lol) to make up the last 20 minutes I needed.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Happy birthday, Grandma!
I just wanted to say a big happy birthday to my grandma, Joyce. She is 84 years old today. The picture above was taken a year before my grandad passed away, so 3 years ago.
This morning was MUCH better than yesterday, but I did the same thing, had a Quaker minidelites for bfast instead of the pbj. Its 1/3rd of the cals...lol Yeah I'll be going back to PBJs soon, just need to get more bread! I did end up having some baked chips about midmorning because the minidelites were not enough, so yeah DEF back to pbjs soon. Lunch was with an old friend of mine whom I had not seen since before the diet, and her reaction was "look at you!", I SO needed that today!! We hit up Sweet Tomatoes, where I had a cup of their chunky chicken noodle soup, a big salad (romaine, tomatoes, a smidge of cheese, fat free ranch, and a few pickles on the side), plus one slice of lowfat sourdough bread with 1/2 tbsp of whipped butter, and then some of their lowfat chocolate frozen yogurt. It was yummy! My afternoon snack was a fat free yogurt. Dinner was two breakfast burritos (whole wheat tortillas, egg beaters, 2% milk cheese slices, canadian bacon and salsa) and a fudgsicle...lol My evening snack was a Quaker Minidelites (same cals as a choc pudding) to end my day at 1278 calories.
Output: I got up and did 30 minutes on the bike this morning (5.1 miles). Then this afternoon at work, I did 5 minutes of squats and lunges, and this evening I did 20 minutes of Wii Tennis (so 10 minutes towards challenge) to complete my day. I did lots of cleaning this evening so I ended my day at 3109 calories burned...woohoo!! And I must say, I'm starting to notice some definition in my calves from all this leg work...yay! I will say, I think I need to work more on my arms too, I do light weights while on the bike, but I need something else. Hmmmm...push ups? Which I can barely do one of...lol
Monday, April 27, 2009
What a monday...
This morning, was just horrible on the way to work. It was storming, I hit EVERY single red light on the way to work (to where it was COMICAL, I was cracking up laughing), and I had gas pump issues. OMG I can't believe I made it to work. But I did. Whew...and the day was decent after that.
Since I was stuck in traffic on the way to work, I ate my Quaker Minidelites in the car...lol so I didn't have my usual PBJ. Lunch was a Lean Cuisine pizza, plus baked chips and sugar snap peas. My afternoon snack was a fat free yogurt. Dinner was at the lovely Miss Beth's house. We're considering it a belated easter dinner as neither of us had traditional ones. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, stove top dressing, green beans and rolls (well I had half a roll with a bit of light Country Crock, but only because I modified my evening snack), and then this evening I had a fudgsicle to end my day at 1226 calories.
Output: D had a rough night so I did not get up early to go to Curves, but I did get up with enough time to do 20 minutes on the bike. At lunch today I took a good 25 minute walk to complete my day. I hit 2989 cals today.
Since I was stuck in traffic on the way to work, I ate my Quaker Minidelites in the car...lol so I didn't have my usual PBJ. Lunch was a Lean Cuisine pizza, plus baked chips and sugar snap peas. My afternoon snack was a fat free yogurt. Dinner was at the lovely Miss Beth's house. We're considering it a belated easter dinner as neither of us had traditional ones. We had turkey, mashed potatoes, stove top dressing, green beans and rolls (well I had half a roll with a bit of light Country Crock, but only because I modified my evening snack), and then this evening I had a fudgsicle to end my day at 1226 calories.
Output: D had a rough night so I did not get up early to go to Curves, but I did get up with enough time to do 20 minutes on the bike. At lunch today I took a good 25 minute walk to complete my day. I hit 2989 cals today.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
Better day but oh the temptation...
Today was a much better day than yesterday, although I was feeling pretty drugged this morning (not from having taken anything, just I guess the aftermath of yesterday's emotions) and D was being a PITA half the day. lol But it was a tough food day. My fam wanted to hit up Cristina's mexican food for a late lunch since my cousin is in town and its my gma's birthday in two days. But I made my plan, allowed for yummy controlled stuff, and omg when they dropped the bomb that they wanted to order sopapillas for everyone, I about passed out. lol I had a teeny tiny piece of D's (about the size of the tip of my thumb) and then consoled myself with getting an ice cream cone later at the mall (MUCH less cals).
Before we went, I had a granola bar and a fatfree yogurt for breakfast. At Cristina's, I had one serving of chips and salsa. Then I got the tacos al carbon (two tortillas filled with chicken). I added some cheese and lots of salsa to them, and stayed away from the sour cream, rice and beans!!! I was definitely full though. At the mall, I had a *gasp* Mcd's ice cream cone (darn CFA has to be CLOSED on Sundays!!). Dinner was a cup of Easy Mac, canadian bacon and sliced tomatoes, and this evening I had a Quaker MiniDelites to end my day at 1435 calories.
Output: I got in an hour of Wii sports earlier today (which counts for 30 minutes), and then at the mall, D and I got a 20 minute brisk walk in to complete my daily 45. I'm hoping to go to bed early tonite as tomorrow is Curves, which means D and I both have to be up and running early, so HE was in bed at 6:20, and happily went as he had no nap today...blah. I ended my day at 2862 calories, pretty close to 2900.
Before we went, I had a granola bar and a fatfree yogurt for breakfast. At Cristina's, I had one serving of chips and salsa. Then I got the tacos al carbon (two tortillas filled with chicken). I added some cheese and lots of salsa to them, and stayed away from the sour cream, rice and beans!!! I was definitely full though. At the mall, I had a *gasp* Mcd's ice cream cone (darn CFA has to be CLOSED on Sundays!!). Dinner was a cup of Easy Mac, canadian bacon and sliced tomatoes, and this evening I had a Quaker MiniDelites to end my day at 1435 calories.
Output: I got in an hour of Wii sports earlier today (which counts for 30 minutes), and then at the mall, D and I got a 20 minute brisk walk in to complete my daily 45. I'm hoping to go to bed early tonite as tomorrow is Curves, which means D and I both have to be up and running early, so HE was in bed at 6:20, and happily went as he had no nap today...blah. I ended my day at 2862 calories, pretty close to 2900.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
God chooses...
the strangest ways to talk to you sometimes...
I gotta share this, but I want to add a disclaimer first, that I need to give some backstory on it to show how meaningful it is. I don't want anyone thinking I'm asking for sympathy or whining about it, I really have tried lately to not bog everyone I know down with my own crap. But I can't share this without sharing WHY it meant so much to me today, so read at your own risk.
Today started out as a decent day. I was still stressing over D's leg but it didn't look worse this morning so that was good. He's still complaining some about it, and limping every now and then though. But no fever, nothing else, so I'm just praying the antibiotics kick in quick.
We went to a house party at my friend's house for lunch, and had a great time. It was just us 4 so the two boys played while the two momma's chatted. I took D home for a nap after making plans for a later movie. I guess I woke up cranky from my nap, plus my allergies were going insane, but shortly after, I just started feeling this weight on my shoulders. It was the usual "D and I are alone in this world" feeling. It happens a lot so I should be used to it, but it hits me hard every time.
This continued through the afternoon/early evening, and when my friend had to cancel movie plans on us, it just kind of spiraled. I was still determined to go to the movie though, couldn't bear to spend the evening alone, even if it was just D and I in a theater of other families. I fought crying several times just out of frustration, but had it under control for the most part. The movie we went to, Disney's Earth, was pretty good. D had a tough time with it as there were lots of scenery shots, so he got a bit bored at times. There were also real-life events (like a cheetah chasing down an antelope to eat it, lions attacking an elephant, a polar bear attacking walruses) that he kind of squirmed through (it was rated G though, not a lot of gore, just the build up to it), but otherwise he did fine.
By the time, we left the theater though, I was almost in full depression mode, and ready to hit up the nearest Taco Bell for some cheese rollups. I had already decided I was going, I didn't care, it was the ultimate in comfort food, and I would just deal with the consequences later. Thoughts were crossing my mind that noone cared where we were, that D and I could just drive away and noone would know, and I just was getting bogged down and didn't have the strength to fight it.
But God had other plans. As we were pulling out of the parking lot of the movie theater, right after I'd made my decision, I pulled up at a red light, and the license plate caught my eye. It was my initials followed by three numbers, which I don't remember...lol. BDV. I blinked a few times to make sure I wasn't switching letters around. And as if God was in the car with me, I heard "I know where you are at all times and thats what matters." I can't say that it was one of those profound lightning bolt moments where all my troubles are completely cast away and I was forever changed, but hearing that just kinda set with me in a quiet way. And it was enough for right then, to get me home without killin what I've worked so hard for these last few weeks. I want to ruminate on it some more, and turn it around and around in my mind til it settles in for good. And I just had to share that with my few readers. Its so amazing to me what God can use to get through to you. A license plate...who'da thunk it???
On to food...I think I did ok today. I did allow for somethings that I like, controlled junk basically...lol Before we went to the house party, I had a Kudos Granola bar to help. I had already planned out what I would have there. The first time I filled a plate, I got part of my CFA chicken nuggets, 4 meatballs (I skipped the rice though to help with cals), carrot sticks, lowfat dip (thanks for that, Casey!), 2 cheese slices, and apple slices. I ate that, and knew I was allowed to get up to get the other few chicken nuggets I had allotted for, and veggies. I will say it was hard to not get more cheese and meatballs! They were so good! But I got my nuggets, and more carrot sticks with dip. So I did decent there. After the naps for D and I, I had a whole wheat tortilla and yogurt. Dinner was baked chicken, mashed tatoes, and a romaine/tomato/cheese salad with Zesty italian light dressing. Tonite at the movies, I had some popcorn and a pickle to end my day at 1718 calories.
Output: this one was hard today. I didn't want to get up early and do it, so I ended up doing my 30 minutes on the bike (5 miles even) after our naps and snack. After we got home from the movie I had to do 30 minutes of wii tennis to make up the rest. Ughh it was close to not happening. I'm SO NOT missing a day though! Since the rest of our day was pretty passive without a lot of extra walking, I doubt I'll hit 2900 cals like I usually do with a good evening walk. Oh well. Tomorrow there will be plenty of walking as my family and I are meeting out at Firewheel for a late lunch and then some shopping.
I gotta share this, but I want to add a disclaimer first, that I need to give some backstory on it to show how meaningful it is. I don't want anyone thinking I'm asking for sympathy or whining about it, I really have tried lately to not bog everyone I know down with my own crap. But I can't share this without sharing WHY it meant so much to me today, so read at your own risk.
Today started out as a decent day. I was still stressing over D's leg but it didn't look worse this morning so that was good. He's still complaining some about it, and limping every now and then though. But no fever, nothing else, so I'm just praying the antibiotics kick in quick.
We went to a house party at my friend's house for lunch, and had a great time. It was just us 4 so the two boys played while the two momma's chatted. I took D home for a nap after making plans for a later movie. I guess I woke up cranky from my nap, plus my allergies were going insane, but shortly after, I just started feeling this weight on my shoulders. It was the usual "D and I are alone in this world" feeling. It happens a lot so I should be used to it, but it hits me hard every time.
This continued through the afternoon/early evening, and when my friend had to cancel movie plans on us, it just kind of spiraled. I was still determined to go to the movie though, couldn't bear to spend the evening alone, even if it was just D and I in a theater of other families. I fought crying several times just out of frustration, but had it under control for the most part. The movie we went to, Disney's Earth, was pretty good. D had a tough time with it as there were lots of scenery shots, so he got a bit bored at times. There were also real-life events (like a cheetah chasing down an antelope to eat it, lions attacking an elephant, a polar bear attacking walruses) that he kind of squirmed through (it was rated G though, not a lot of gore, just the build up to it), but otherwise he did fine.
By the time, we left the theater though, I was almost in full depression mode, and ready to hit up the nearest Taco Bell for some cheese rollups. I had already decided I was going, I didn't care, it was the ultimate in comfort food, and I would just deal with the consequences later. Thoughts were crossing my mind that noone cared where we were, that D and I could just drive away and noone would know, and I just was getting bogged down and didn't have the strength to fight it.
But God had other plans. As we were pulling out of the parking lot of the movie theater, right after I'd made my decision, I pulled up at a red light, and the license plate caught my eye. It was my initials followed by three numbers, which I don't remember...lol. BDV. I blinked a few times to make sure I wasn't switching letters around. And as if God was in the car with me, I heard "I know where you are at all times and thats what matters." I can't say that it was one of those profound lightning bolt moments where all my troubles are completely cast away and I was forever changed, but hearing that just kinda set with me in a quiet way. And it was enough for right then, to get me home without killin what I've worked so hard for these last few weeks. I want to ruminate on it some more, and turn it around and around in my mind til it settles in for good. And I just had to share that with my few readers. Its so amazing to me what God can use to get through to you. A license plate...who'da thunk it???
On to food...I think I did ok today. I did allow for somethings that I like, controlled junk basically...lol Before we went to the house party, I had a Kudos Granola bar to help. I had already planned out what I would have there. The first time I filled a plate, I got part of my CFA chicken nuggets, 4 meatballs (I skipped the rice though to help with cals), carrot sticks, lowfat dip (thanks for that, Casey!), 2 cheese slices, and apple slices. I ate that, and knew I was allowed to get up to get the other few chicken nuggets I had allotted for, and veggies. I will say it was hard to not get more cheese and meatballs! They were so good! But I got my nuggets, and more carrot sticks with dip. So I did decent there. After the naps for D and I, I had a whole wheat tortilla and yogurt. Dinner was baked chicken, mashed tatoes, and a romaine/tomato/cheese salad with Zesty italian light dressing. Tonite at the movies, I had some popcorn and a pickle to end my day at 1718 calories.
Output: this one was hard today. I didn't want to get up early and do it, so I ended up doing my 30 minutes on the bike (5 miles even) after our naps and snack. After we got home from the movie I had to do 30 minutes of wii tennis to make up the rest. Ughh it was close to not happening. I'm SO NOT missing a day though! Since the rest of our day was pretty passive without a lot of extra walking, I doubt I'll hit 2900 cals like I usually do with a good evening walk. Oh well. Tomorrow there will be plenty of walking as my family and I are meeting out at Firewheel for a late lunch and then some shopping.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Nothing like an ER trip...
to really get your weekend going! When I picked up D from school, he immediately showed me a nasty looking blister on his leg, and I noticed that the area around it was all red and swollen. Being on medicaid, we can't go to urgent care, which bites, and of course his doc office was closed, AND of course the little clinic I found awhile back, the doc there is on vacation. Joy. So we headed to the ER, which is really our only option. I'm glad I took him though. They said its cellulitis, which is an infection of the tissues under the skin, basically, a bacterial infection. So they immediately had me start him on megadoses of antibiotics. Poor guy. BUT thanks to the wonderful people of Medical City Children's, we were in and out in less than an hour, score!
I did good foodwise today. Breakfast was usual PBJ. Lunch was a Lean Cuisine pizza and baked chips. My afternoon snack was a fat free yogurt. Dinner was at Chilis with a friend, and I got the Guiltless Grilled chicken sandwich with corn (no butter). It was just as good as usual! And my evening snack was a 100 calorie Kudos Granola Bar to end my day at 1361 calories burned.
Output: I did 30 minutes on the bike this morning, instead of going to Curves. I just didn't wanna get up THAT early. This evening we walked circles around CVS waiting for D's antibiotic prescription to be filled to get my last 15 minutes in (though we actually walked for 20 minutes). Its almost midnight and I'm at 3051 calories burned so far. You can def tell I was active a lot today (lunchtime shopping at a warehouse sale helped too!!!)
I did good foodwise today. Breakfast was usual PBJ. Lunch was a Lean Cuisine pizza and baked chips. My afternoon snack was a fat free yogurt. Dinner was at Chilis with a friend, and I got the Guiltless Grilled chicken sandwich with corn (no butter). It was just as good as usual! And my evening snack was a 100 calorie Kudos Granola Bar to end my day at 1361 calories burned.
Output: I did 30 minutes on the bike this morning, instead of going to Curves. I just didn't wanna get up THAT early. This evening we walked circles around CVS waiting for D's antibiotic prescription to be filled to get my last 15 minutes in (though we actually walked for 20 minutes). Its almost midnight and I'm at 3051 calories burned so far. You can def tell I was active a lot today (lunchtime shopping at a warehouse sale helped too!!!)
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