So I discovered today that D and I can NOT go Souper Salad by ourselves and its best to stick to Jasons Deli if we are by ourselves. We hit up SS for dinner tonite and even though I'm ok cal-wise, it was quite a struggle. I was even AT the counter to get nachos but someone was in a rush behind me so I went and sat back down. I was good. But it was just barely. The main problem though, was when I opened myself up to GOING there, knowing it would be a temptation, I opened myself up to other temptations. The whole way home I wanted to go grab more food, even though I am FULL from SS. The fact that I did get full was probably my saving grace. It reminds me how easy it would be to relapse again, so I'm putting myself under tighter control to curtail it. No more places like that alone (well, with just D anyway, you know what I mean).
I did allow myself cals today. Even though there was no 3 mile walk, we have been active. I started the day with a lowfat granola bar after my morning workout (see below). Lunch was at my grandma's. We had beef stroganoff (I kept my portion limited), then an ear of corn with just salt and pepper, green beans, and then a blueberry muffin as dessert. Dinner was at SS. I had a big salad with lowfat ranch. Plus 3 little slices of pizza, 3/4th of a breadstick, about half a cup of mac n cheese, and then some frozen yogurt. This will end my day at 1711 calories, but I'm leaving room for a 100 cal snack later if I need it, which would be 1811 calories.
Output: I got up this morning and did the 32 minute WATP, knowing there would not likely be a 3 mile walk today. This evening when we got home from dinner, I was feeling more up to it so D and I took a 20 minute walk (as far as I could stray from the house). And I still need to make up 8 minutes sometime this evening to complete my day, which will probably be some cardio dance.
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Saturday, May 30, 2009
A semiquiet day at home...
AF is kicking serious tail today so we spent most of our day at home aside from meeting friends for dinner. D didn't exactly let me relax all day, lol, but it was nice. It was definitely wonderful to get to have some good D and Mommy time.
Even though my typical weekends are higher cals, since I didn't do a 3 mile walk today, I kept it down a bit and away from 1800 cals. Breakfast this morning was an early lowfat granola bar. Then lunch, I found a package of porkchops hidden in the freezer. Yay! I didn't think we had anything but chicken. So we had shake n bake porkchops, Lipton butter noodles (made without butter) and green beans for lunch. I had an afternoon snack of a whole wheat tortilla with a slice of 2% milk cheese. Dinner was at Chick Fil A, D and I both got kids meals, I had ketchup with mine, and then a kids ice cream cone. This evening I had a 100 cal minibag of popcorn to end my day at 1529 calories.
Output: I still made sure to get my time in. Earlier today I did 35 minutes on the stationary bike. It does come in handy for these AF days. Then D and I did 4 spurts of dancing today, each one roughly 5-10 minutes, in between bathroom breaks...lol. I had to wear the little man out somehow...but he did take a very good nap for mommy today! I'm hoping tomorrow I can do my 3 mile walk!!!
Even though my typical weekends are higher cals, since I didn't do a 3 mile walk today, I kept it down a bit and away from 1800 cals. Breakfast this morning was an early lowfat granola bar. Then lunch, I found a package of porkchops hidden in the freezer. Yay! I didn't think we had anything but chicken. So we had shake n bake porkchops, Lipton butter noodles (made without butter) and green beans for lunch. I had an afternoon snack of a whole wheat tortilla with a slice of 2% milk cheese. Dinner was at Chick Fil A, D and I both got kids meals, I had ketchup with mine, and then a kids ice cream cone. This evening I had a 100 cal minibag of popcorn to end my day at 1529 calories.
Output: I still made sure to get my time in. Earlier today I did 35 minutes on the stationary bike. It does come in handy for these AF days. Then D and I did 4 spurts of dancing today, each one roughly 5-10 minutes, in between bathroom breaks...lol. I had to wear the little man out somehow...but he did take a very good nap for mommy today! I'm hoping tomorrow I can do my 3 mile walk!!!
Friday, May 29, 2009
My po baby...
So we had the ER trip on Wednesday evening. Yesterday D was complaining of ear pain, and this morning, he woke up in pain and with his left ear draining fluid. I took him to school for a bit but called the doctor and got him in early. Yeah, D-man now has a fullblown ear infection. :( His doc said she couldn't even see his ear drum, the ear was so full of pus. So we don't know if its perforated or not, and will have to wait til we go see the new ENT on Tuesday. Good times. Poor little guy, you could really tell he wasn't feeling well and he took over a 2 hour nap. He started on antibiotics tonite so hopefully those will help!
It was a light day for me for food. Since I went to go get him early, I didn't really have time to focus on eating today. Breakfast was a Nature Valley Salty Sweet peanut bar. After his doc visit, I stopped to get him lunch at Sonic, but I only got apple slices and an iced tea. I ate at home, a homemade cheese quesadilla (whole wheat tortilla (sprayed with Pam) and 2% milk cheese). My afternoon snack was a Quaker lowfat granola bar. Dinner was at Chilis. I had the Guiltless Grilled Chicken sandwich with corn on the cob (no butter) and a side salad with lowfat ranch. Then for dessert we hit up Braums and I had a kid cup of cappuccino chunky chocolate to end my day at 1217 calories. Oh and yes, D got ice cream too for being such a trooper.
Output: today is my official rest day for the week. Monday was going to be but I did 2 hours of swimming so thats my half day. AF started yesterday and has been kicking booty today so nada. I'm still gonna be over 3000 cals burned today though since I did move around a lot with going up to D's school twice, to the doctor, etc.
It was a light day for me for food. Since I went to go get him early, I didn't really have time to focus on eating today. Breakfast was a Nature Valley Salty Sweet peanut bar. After his doc visit, I stopped to get him lunch at Sonic, but I only got apple slices and an iced tea. I ate at home, a homemade cheese quesadilla (whole wheat tortilla (sprayed with Pam) and 2% milk cheese). My afternoon snack was a Quaker lowfat granola bar. Dinner was at Chilis. I had the Guiltless Grilled Chicken sandwich with corn on the cob (no butter) and a side salad with lowfat ranch. Then for dessert we hit up Braums and I had a kid cup of cappuccino chunky chocolate to end my day at 1217 calories. Oh and yes, D got ice cream too for being such a trooper.
Output: today is my official rest day for the week. Monday was going to be but I did 2 hours of swimming so thats my half day. AF started yesterday and has been kicking booty today so nada. I'm still gonna be over 3000 cals burned today though since I did move around a lot with going up to D's school twice, to the doctor, etc.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
A better day
Today was decent. D was acting like he was feeling ok this morning, though he did complain about a little bit of pain. I sent him off to school anyway, as he had no fever and no drainage from his nose. I'll admit I'm still in a bit of disbelief from yesterday, still harboring anger on D's behalf towards the ENT for putting him through all this for so long! But what made it worse to me is that it looks like he tried to hide it. If he had removed it yesterday in the office, explained it was an accident, sure, I would have been upset, but I would have understood. Things happen. But fess up and be a man about it. THAT'S what has me all riled up and feeling violated. I'll get over it in time, and its not like I'm sitting here letting it control my life, but it does hurt. I was up half the night grieving that D had had that mess in there for 3 months and that I had no clue what was going on. I hate that he had to deal with that! But I'm definitely relieved that its hopefully resolved. We will be following up with another ENT next week or the week after, NOT the same one.
Foodwise, I've been good today. Breakfast was a Quaker chewy lowfat granola bar. Lunch was Spaghetti-Os and a 100 cal pack of cheese crackers. My afternoon snack was a Special K protein bar and then a tbsp of peanut butter. Dinner was 2 light hotdogs on one slice of whole wheat bread with a slice of 2% cheese and a bit of Miracle Whip, plus a side of grapes. My dessert tonite was a Quaker MiniDelites pouch to end my day at 1360 calories.
Output: today was a training day so D and I hoofed it on a 3 mile walk. It took me exactly 56 minutes tonite to do it. Since I was low, I did 5 minutes of crunches and squats this evening.
Foodwise, I've been good today. Breakfast was a Quaker chewy lowfat granola bar. Lunch was Spaghetti-Os and a 100 cal pack of cheese crackers. My afternoon snack was a Special K protein bar and then a tbsp of peanut butter. Dinner was 2 light hotdogs on one slice of whole wheat bread with a slice of 2% cheese and a bit of Miracle Whip, plus a side of grapes. My dessert tonite was a Quaker MiniDelites pouch to end my day at 1360 calories.
Output: today was a training day so D and I hoofed it on a 3 mile walk. It took me exactly 56 minutes tonite to do it. Since I was low, I did 5 minutes of crunches and squats this evening.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Speechless and in disbelief
We finally got an issue with D resolved this evening that has me floored at the why's behind it. Long story short, he's had a rotten smell coming from his nose since January. In February, his ENT took his tonsils/adenoids out. The smell continued, plus we had the added bonus of red tinged nasal drainage. Two post-op appts between the surgery and March 31st, the ENT just said it was still healing. I took him back this morning to the ENT where he said there was suddenly a foreign object in there, and he scheduled us for surgery so he could sedate D and extract it. This made me suspicious, it was a little too coincidental that he'd had the smell and bloody discharge since the surgery.
So I took him to the ER, and I am so thankful I followed my momma instinct on that. The ER doc looked in his nose, got some forceps, had 3 of us hold him down, and pulled out what appears to be, a surgical sponge. The first thing the nurse said was: "That looks like a surgical sponge. Wait, didn't he have tonsil surgery recently???" I was in shock. I had my suspicions but never realized they would be so on target. The ER doc said she was surprised the ENT didn't already take it out as it was pretty low. Which completely leads me to believe that he KNEW what it was when he looked in D's nose this morning, and wanted to cover up that he had left it there. I am absolutely furious. D has been dealing with this for 3 months now! I've already filed a complaint against him to the Texas Board of Medical Examiners and will be filing one with Medicaid as well. I'm not sure what else I can do to make sure he is held accountable for this, but am hopeful that one of these will take care of it.
Foodwise, despite it all, I managed to hang on and not go crazy with eating. It was tough and I did have to invoke my emergency 100 cals when I treated D and I to ice cream after his traumatic evening. But lets start with breakfast. Since we went to the ENT first this morning, I fixed us a breakfast of two slices of toast with a bit of butter and reduced sugar jelly and turkey sausage. Lunch was Annie's Cheese Ravioli and a 100 cal pack of cheese crackers. My afternoon snack was a Special K protein bar. Dinner ended up being Shake n Bake chicken nuggets with ketchup, mashed tatoes and green beans. I had a slice of 2% cheese while cooking dinner. My evening snack was a kids cup of orange sherbet from Braums to end my day at 1419 calories.
Output: Today was an off day from training, so I got up and did the 32 minute WATP before fixing D and I some breakfast. I got in a 10 minute brisk walk at work during my break, and then late this evening I did 20 min of cardio dance to finish off my day.
So I took him to the ER, and I am so thankful I followed my momma instinct on that. The ER doc looked in his nose, got some forceps, had 3 of us hold him down, and pulled out what appears to be, a surgical sponge. The first thing the nurse said was: "That looks like a surgical sponge. Wait, didn't he have tonsil surgery recently???" I was in shock. I had my suspicions but never realized they would be so on target. The ER doc said she was surprised the ENT didn't already take it out as it was pretty low. Which completely leads me to believe that he KNEW what it was when he looked in D's nose this morning, and wanted to cover up that he had left it there. I am absolutely furious. D has been dealing with this for 3 months now! I've already filed a complaint against him to the Texas Board of Medical Examiners and will be filing one with Medicaid as well. I'm not sure what else I can do to make sure he is held accountable for this, but am hopeful that one of these will take care of it.
Foodwise, despite it all, I managed to hang on and not go crazy with eating. It was tough and I did have to invoke my emergency 100 cals when I treated D and I to ice cream after his traumatic evening. But lets start with breakfast. Since we went to the ENT first this morning, I fixed us a breakfast of two slices of toast with a bit of butter and reduced sugar jelly and turkey sausage. Lunch was Annie's Cheese Ravioli and a 100 cal pack of cheese crackers. My afternoon snack was a Special K protein bar. Dinner ended up being Shake n Bake chicken nuggets with ketchup, mashed tatoes and green beans. I had a slice of 2% cheese while cooking dinner. My evening snack was a kids cup of orange sherbet from Braums to end my day at 1419 calories.
Output: Today was an off day from training, so I got up and did the 32 minute WATP before fixing D and I some breakfast. I got in a 10 minute brisk walk at work during my break, and then late this evening I did 20 min of cardio dance to finish off my day.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Back to work...
Its always so hard to come back after a busy weekend! I feel like I need another weekend to recoup from this one! It was a blast though...so glad summer is about here! I went shopping at lunch and got a jogging stroller for D (YAY!), plus two shirts with that dryweave stuff to try out when walking.
Today I was in SUCH a snacky mood! Uggh, I think AF is just around the corner. So lets get to it. Breakfast was oatmeal, and then a 100 cal cracker pack shortly after. Lunch was a Weight Watchers ziti meal and baked chips. Shortly after lunch I had another 100 cal cracker baggie, and then my late afternoon snack was a Special K Protein bar and almonds. Dinner tonite was a tuna/miracle whip sandwich with grapes. And this evening I had a slice of 2% milk cheese to end my day at 1350 calories.
Output: we tested out the stroller this evening with a 3 mile neighborhood walk, it was nice! I noticed my pace was a bit faster, though still not quite what it was on Saturday at the 5K, mainly because of freakin HILLS in the neighborhood, but it was ok. I was still happy about my time. It was a bit faster than at Chisholm Trail the other day. It took exactly 58 minutes to do, so later this evening I did 2 minutes of crunches to finish up the day.
Today I was in SUCH a snacky mood! Uggh, I think AF is just around the corner. So lets get to it. Breakfast was oatmeal, and then a 100 cal cracker pack shortly after. Lunch was a Weight Watchers ziti meal and baked chips. Shortly after lunch I had another 100 cal cracker baggie, and then my late afternoon snack was a Special K Protein bar and almonds. Dinner tonite was a tuna/miracle whip sandwich with grapes. And this evening I had a slice of 2% milk cheese to end my day at 1350 calories.
Output: we tested out the stroller this evening with a 3 mile neighborhood walk, it was nice! I noticed my pace was a bit faster, though still not quite what it was on Saturday at the 5K, mainly because of freakin HILLS in the neighborhood, but it was ok. I was still happy about my time. It was a bit faster than at Chisholm Trail the other day. It took exactly 58 minutes to do, so later this evening I did 2 minutes of crunches to finish up the day.
Monday, May 25, 2009
Happy Memorial Day!
And I just want to say a sincere THANK YOU to all of our veterans, those who have given their lives in service to our nation, and their families.
We had such a fun, exhausting day. For lunch, we headed over to the Addison Fountains for some playtime with friends! I'll put up pics on our other blog tomorrow, I'm TIRED today. Then after a stop at Beth's house, we headed over to Oak Point pool for 2 hours of swim time! The boys LOVE that place, and I love the deep end where I can really get in some activity!! After that, we ate a healthy dinner at Beth's (high sodium but healthy otherwise). D is now passed out in the bed and I will be soon to follow.
But first...here's food. Breakfast was 2 nutrigrain lowfat waffles, with a bit of bluebonnet spread, light syrup, and 2 turkey sausage patties. Lunch was at the fountais, a picnic lunch! I had 2 turkey/cheese sandwiches, plus a 100 cal chips and grapes. After that, I had a Quaker Mini Delites. After swimming, I had a lowfat granola bar. Dinner was chicken stirfry (chicken, rice, soy sauce, broccoli, and carrots, YUM! Thanks Beth for the invite!!) After dinner, we had raspberry sherbet. This evening, I had a 100 cal snack pack to end my day at 1789 calories.
Output: we have decided to add in a "Rest Day" to the challenge since two of us need it for half marathon training. We now get one full day off a week, and one "half day" (no cardio, just the 30 other) each week. I'll go ahead and count today as my full rest day, since most Mondays will be anyway, but I still did 2 hours of swimming! So my GWF cals are lower than usual, but I can't wear that in the water, so I know its much higher.
We had such a fun, exhausting day. For lunch, we headed over to the Addison Fountains for some playtime with friends! I'll put up pics on our other blog tomorrow, I'm TIRED today. Then after a stop at Beth's house, we headed over to Oak Point pool for 2 hours of swim time! The boys LOVE that place, and I love the deep end where I can really get in some activity!! After that, we ate a healthy dinner at Beth's (high sodium but healthy otherwise). D is now passed out in the bed and I will be soon to follow.
But first...here's food. Breakfast was 2 nutrigrain lowfat waffles, with a bit of bluebonnet spread, light syrup, and 2 turkey sausage patties. Lunch was at the fountais, a picnic lunch! I had 2 turkey/cheese sandwiches, plus a 100 cal chips and grapes. After that, I had a Quaker Mini Delites. After swimming, I had a lowfat granola bar. Dinner was chicken stirfry (chicken, rice, soy sauce, broccoli, and carrots, YUM! Thanks Beth for the invite!!) After dinner, we had raspberry sherbet. This evening, I had a 100 cal snack pack to end my day at 1789 calories.
Output: we have decided to add in a "Rest Day" to the challenge since two of us need it for half marathon training. We now get one full day off a week, and one "half day" (no cardio, just the 30 other) each week. I'll go ahead and count today as my full rest day, since most Mondays will be anyway, but I still did 2 hours of swimming! So my GWF cals are lower than usual, but I can't wear that in the water, so I know its much higher.
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