Friday and Saturday
Not my best days. Between emotional eating and crappy things going on with our friends (including an early miscarriage by the couple we game with), I ended up buying the ice cream and eating a lot of it today. BUT our other good friends had a baby Wednesday, and I just found out tonight. So excited!!! They had a miscarriage last December and she never had a period after that. lol. Mom and baby are doing well, she seems in good spirits. I'll probably make cookies or something tomorrow and take them over and see them. hehehe.
ANYWAY. I didn't work out due to the foot, but I am going to on Monday. And I will be better tomorrow. I have to.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Food diary, 20 Sep 2007
Breakfast: Carnation IB w/ caffeine packet; OJ
Snack: Pretzels; one stick of cheese
Lunch: LC french bread pizza; jolly rancher
Snack: LC roasted potatoes and cheese (not my favorite)
Dinner: Pork chop, ramen, and green beans
Snack: Choc chip cookies with milk; OJ
(In my defense, I did drop a heavy-bottomed glass on my toe while changing the dishwasher and making dinner. IT HURTS and is quite swollen and bruised. I wanted ice cream, but we don't have any, so I ate 3 cookies instead. *sigh* not sure I'll be able to work out tomorrow, but that's life)
I did the 1-mile walk again. Two days and I feel different. It can be a cheesy DVD, but at least I am MOVING again. Going to finish out the week with that and then add some other stuff, harder videos, next week. I know I don't look different and my clothes are still too tight, but I feel more confident. Sexier. Happier. Confident enough to walk around the house naked this morning (after I took the kid to school! hush!), which sure got hubby's attention. And I love being able to put a little sticker on my calendar that means "I worked out today!" Hubby even noticed *yesterday* I was happier and feeling better, so he worked out before he came home this morning (his sister has a stair climbing machine, so he went there).
And I found this article on Yahoo. Good tips. Mental note: Get more FRUIT!
----->The summer's over, and with it, any need to show up in public in a bathing suit. But before you layer on the sweaters -- and the pounds they can hide -- check out this advice from Daphne Oz (yes, the daughter of Dr. Oz, RealAge medical advisor and Oprah health expert), who's just followed her first book, The Dorm Room Diet, with a down-to-earth sequel: The Dorm Room Diet Planner. After years of adolescent struggles with as much as 30 extra pounds, Daphne started to lose weight in high school -- and went to college determined: She not only avoided the loathed freshman 15 but lost 10 pounds. Talk about A+ work! Here are her top stay-slim tips, no matter what your age:
Drink half your body weight in ounces of water daily, including one glass before every meal.
Avoid emotional eating. The next time you reach for that cookie, ask yourself whether you're being prompted by stress, hurt, depression, boredom, or even joy. The purpose of eating is to fuel your body, not temper your feelings.
Always have breakfast. It gives energy to your body and brain, and keeps you from going into starvation mode and binge-eating later.
Schedule time to eat. Plan on three meals and two fruit or veggie snacks every day. Look at your schedule for the day and block out windows of time to eat; "not enough time" is not an excuse.
Count to your age before you "cheat." Anytime you find you are about to eat something that's not healthy, count to your age. If you still want a bit after your countdown, feel free; you've made a conscious decision to indulge.
Ditch the defeatist attitude. Everyone falls off the bandwagon sometimes. The important thing is to get back on. So when you succumb to that late-night bowl of ice cream, don't think, "Well, I've already been bad, so I might as well finish the rest of the carton." Instead, enjoy the occasional indulgence and resume your resolve.
Get off the couch. A daily exercise routine would be ideal. But even walking up a few flights of stairs for a face-to-face conversation is better than instant-messaging.
Avoid processed snacks. Always try to have a piece of fruit rather than processed snack foods, especially late at night. If fruit alone doesn't cut it, try adding some peanut butter. If you need a sugar fix, nuke a handful of dark chocolate chips in the microwave for a few seconds and dip your fruit into that.
Sounds simple. It is. And Daphne's proof that it works.
Breakfast: Carnation IB w/ caffeine packet; OJ
Snack: Pretzels; one stick of cheese
Lunch: LC french bread pizza; jolly rancher
Snack: LC roasted potatoes and cheese (not my favorite)
Dinner: Pork chop, ramen, and green beans
Snack: Choc chip cookies with milk; OJ
(In my defense, I did drop a heavy-bottomed glass on my toe while changing the dishwasher and making dinner. IT HURTS and is quite swollen and bruised. I wanted ice cream, but we don't have any, so I ate 3 cookies instead. *sigh* not sure I'll be able to work out tomorrow, but that's life)
I did the 1-mile walk again. Two days and I feel different. It can be a cheesy DVD, but at least I am MOVING again. Going to finish out the week with that and then add some other stuff, harder videos, next week. I know I don't look different and my clothes are still too tight, but I feel more confident. Sexier. Happier. Confident enough to walk around the house naked this morning (after I took the kid to school! hush!), which sure got hubby's attention. And I love being able to put a little sticker on my calendar that means "I worked out today!" Hubby even noticed *yesterday* I was happier and feeling better, so he worked out before he came home this morning (his sister has a stair climbing machine, so he went there).
And I found this article on Yahoo. Good tips. Mental note: Get more FRUIT!
----->The summer's over, and with it, any need to show up in public in a bathing suit. But before you layer on the sweaters -- and the pounds they can hide -- check out this advice from Daphne Oz (yes, the daughter of Dr. Oz, RealAge medical advisor and Oprah health expert), who's just followed her first book, The Dorm Room Diet, with a down-to-earth sequel: The Dorm Room Diet Planner. After years of adolescent struggles with as much as 30 extra pounds, Daphne started to lose weight in high school -- and went to college determined: She not only avoided the loathed freshman 15 but lost 10 pounds. Talk about A+ work! Here are her top stay-slim tips, no matter what your age:
Drink half your body weight in ounces of water daily, including one glass before every meal.
Avoid emotional eating. The next time you reach for that cookie, ask yourself whether you're being prompted by stress, hurt, depression, boredom, or even joy. The purpose of eating is to fuel your body, not temper your feelings.
Always have breakfast. It gives energy to your body and brain, and keeps you from going into starvation mode and binge-eating later.
Schedule time to eat. Plan on three meals and two fruit or veggie snacks every day. Look at your schedule for the day and block out windows of time to eat; "not enough time" is not an excuse.
Count to your age before you "cheat." Anytime you find you are about to eat something that's not healthy, count to your age. If you still want a bit after your countdown, feel free; you've made a conscious decision to indulge.
Ditch the defeatist attitude. Everyone falls off the bandwagon sometimes. The important thing is to get back on. So when you succumb to that late-night bowl of ice cream, don't think, "Well, I've already been bad, so I might as well finish the rest of the carton." Instead, enjoy the occasional indulgence and resume your resolve.
Get off the couch. A daily exercise routine would be ideal. But even walking up a few flights of stairs for a face-to-face conversation is better than instant-messaging.
Avoid processed snacks. Always try to have a piece of fruit rather than processed snack foods, especially late at night. If fruit alone doesn't cut it, try adding some peanut butter. If you need a sugar fix, nuke a handful of dark chocolate chips in the microwave for a few seconds and dip your fruit into that.
Sounds simple. It is. And Daphne's proof that it works.
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Food diary, 19 Sep 2007
Breakfast: Nestle Instant Breakfast, 8 oz OJ
Snack: One cheese stick, 5 pretzels, 15 goldfish
Lunch: LC veggie eggroll and rice (which was GOOD), cookie
Snack: pretzels, goldfish, 1/2 pb sammy on ww
Dinner: Homemade chicken pot pie (chicken, black beans, mixed veggies, onion, with a yummy crust -- i realize not exactly health food, but it was good! and i didn't eat the whole thing, although I definitely ate too much)
Snack: Peach smoothie
Eating smaller meals seemed to help me stay awake at work without the need for caffeine ... hm ... As soon as I ate dinner, I was tired. Gah.
I EXERCISED THIS MORNING! (copied the below from my entry on the losing it club's blog today)
----->After making (and eating) various types of pies and cookies and learning to make pie crust and other yummy but FATTENING things and eating way too much of all of it (hello, a deep dish peach pie made with fresh peaches was not meant for one person, but I still ate most of it over the course of a few days!), and having not exercised in a zillion years, I am so flipping frustrated with myself. I've been hovering between 242 and 245, so at least I'm not back up to 253 (gack). So I got up this morning, took kidlet to school, and came home and EXERCISED. Granted, it was only the cheesy 1-mile walk with Leslie Sansone, but I did it, start to finish. Hubby was playing WoW behind me, and he said at the end, "I'm so proud of you." What a sweetie.
Of course, his muttering the other day about how we both need to lose weight after we both said something about (ourselves, not the other person) needing fatter clothes but not wanting to buy bigger sizes helped me get moving at least. And he's started doing pushups again. So that's good.
Anyway. I'm working on the eating better thing, too. It'd be easier if chocolate tasted like brussel sprouts ...
And even if I do end up preggers at some point (which at this point is looking iffy -- gotta go see the docs/midwife in a few months if I'm not), I need to live NOW and be healthier NOW so I can take care of myself and the baby if/when he/she arrives. Y'know? Derf. Sometimes I'm stoopid.
Breakfast: Nestle Instant Breakfast, 8 oz OJ
Snack: One cheese stick, 5 pretzels, 15 goldfish
Lunch: LC veggie eggroll and rice (which was GOOD), cookie
Snack: pretzels, goldfish, 1/2 pb sammy on ww
Dinner: Homemade chicken pot pie (chicken, black beans, mixed veggies, onion, with a yummy crust -- i realize not exactly health food, but it was good! and i didn't eat the whole thing, although I definitely ate too much)
Snack: Peach smoothie
Eating smaller meals seemed to help me stay awake at work without the need for caffeine ... hm ... As soon as I ate dinner, I was tired. Gah.
I EXERCISED THIS MORNING! (copied the below from my entry on the losing it club's blog today)
----->After making (and eating) various types of pies and cookies and learning to make pie crust and other yummy but FATTENING things and eating way too much of all of it (hello, a deep dish peach pie made with fresh peaches was not meant for one person, but I still ate most of it over the course of a few days!), and having not exercised in a zillion years, I am so flipping frustrated with myself. I've been hovering between 242 and 245, so at least I'm not back up to 253 (gack). So I got up this morning, took kidlet to school, and came home and EXERCISED. Granted, it was only the cheesy 1-mile walk with Leslie Sansone, but I did it, start to finish. Hubby was playing WoW behind me, and he said at the end, "I'm so proud of you." What a sweetie.
Of course, his muttering the other day about how we both need to lose weight after we both said something about (ourselves, not the other person) needing fatter clothes but not wanting to buy bigger sizes helped me get moving at least. And he's started doing pushups again. So that's good.
Anyway. I'm working on the eating better thing, too. It'd be easier if chocolate tasted like brussel sprouts ...
And even if I do end up preggers at some point (which at this point is looking iffy -- gotta go see the docs/midwife in a few months if I'm not), I need to live NOW and be healthier NOW so I can take care of myself and the baby if/when he/she arrives. Y'know? Derf. Sometimes I'm stoopid.
Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Food diary, 09/18/2007
Breakfast: two eggs and 2/3 c cheesy hashbrowns, water
Snack: 100 grand bar, jolly ranchers
Lunch: LC burgundy beef (which was gross), milk, and choc chip cookies
Snack: pretezels; LC lasagne (leftover from sunday night at the in-laws, which was good); COKE (sooooooo sleepy, need caffeine!)
Dinner: Meatloaf, potatoes, lima beans (full!)
Snack: Cookies. GRRRRR.
Indiscretions lately have included most of a peach pie I made with fresh peaches last week, half of a watermelon this week, the cookies (oh boy I love cookies), and way too much of the meatloaf tonight.
Apparently I have to track my food intake again or I will not be responsible and will eat junk all dang day. grr. It was one of the things I did last year that made me successful in my goals. Thus I am recording everything that goes in my mouth with the hopes that I will embarrass myself or decide I need to be more responsible or something. *sigh*
Breakfast: two eggs and 2/3 c cheesy hashbrowns, water
Snack: 100 grand bar, jolly ranchers
Lunch: LC burgundy beef (which was gross), milk, and choc chip cookies
Snack: pretezels; LC lasagne (leftover from sunday night at the in-laws, which was good); COKE (sooooooo sleepy, need caffeine!)
Dinner: Meatloaf, potatoes, lima beans (full!)
Snack: Cookies. GRRRRR.
Indiscretions lately have included most of a peach pie I made with fresh peaches last week, half of a watermelon this week, the cookies (oh boy I love cookies), and way too much of the meatloaf tonight.
Apparently I have to track my food intake again or I will not be responsible and will eat junk all dang day. grr. It was one of the things I did last year that made me successful in my goals. Thus I am recording everything that goes in my mouth with the hopes that I will embarrass myself or decide I need to be more responsible or something. *sigh*
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