Diet Buddy Daily

Going Low Carb for the day:

• Breakfast: 2 no-nitrate sausage patties, 1 egg, 1 oz low fat sharp cheddar; 1 lite Starbuck’s double shot espresso.
• Lunch: Lean Cuisine Steak Tips Portabello
• Dinner: 1 red pepper roasted with 2 laughing cow wedges, taco meat and salsa
• Snack 1: 1 oz salami, 1 oz 2% cheddar
• Snack 2: 3 oz chicken with BBQ sauce
• Dessert: Atkins Bar
• Alcohol: 1 glass of wine with a girlfriend. She just found out her dog has congestive heart failure. Poor thing!
• Exercise: Gym, 45 minutes. 30 min tread, 1.6 miles on incline; 15 minutes elliptical.

A GOOD DAY! Stuck to my low carb plan. Wanted to get in an hour at the gym, but time got tight!

This is the view from my front porch looking towards the beach.  UGG.  It might be an indoor treadmill kind of day.  I really hope it isn’t like this for my 13.1 mile walk on the 29th!

OMG — Did you hear the calorie count for movie popcorn today? No wonder my gut was aching on Monday!

Breakfast: WW breakfast quesadilla
Lunch: LC Steaktips Portobello
Dinner: 2 slices pizza, cesaer salad
Snack 1: bagel
Snack 2: chips and salsa
Dessert: none
Alcohol: 2 glasses wine

Exercise: gym 1 hour; 30 min tread, 1.6 miles on incline, weights/abs 30 min

SO-SO day… I’ve been eating lots of carbs because of the intestinal upset on Sunday/Monday. I think too many… and the pizza was not the low fat kind. We ate at our local restaurant. Glad I got to the gym. Felt good afterwards.

Breakfast: Oatmeal
Lunch: Amy’s Brown Rice Bowl
Dinner: Chicken Pad Thai
Snack: Toast with peanut butter and honey
Snack: Banana
Dessert: None
Alc: None
Exercise: None

Getting back to the gym tomorrow. Feeling better but not 100%. Totally missed the biggest loser because it wasn’t on until 9pm!

Breakfast: Lite breakfast sandwich (270)
Lunch: Soup
Dinner: Nothing, feeling sick
Snack: 1 bagel (260)
Snack: 1 slice 2% cheddar (60)

Exercise: None.

BLEH. My son and I were home sick together and I was either in the bathroom or in bed asleep all day.

Starting weight: 159.5
Ending weight: 160.5
Change: + 1 lbs.

LIVE AND LEARN. No movies on Sundays. The popcorn has just about killed me today. I spent all night in the bathroom. I tend to have IBS symptons and popcorn kills me. It wreaks havoc on my intestinal track everytime. It’s so hard a the theater (I saw 2012 last night). While I’m bummed that I’m up a pound, I think I recovered some of the weight gain I had during the week and I’m also very happy that I exercised 5 out of 7 days. I feel like I’m back on the wagon with that. My goal this week is to lose 2-3 lbs to make up for the 1 lb that I gained. My oven has died at home. We are going to have to get something new soon. Thankfully, we made reservations downtown for Thanksgiving! I don’t have to cook!

Eating recap: Too much food, too many nights with a couple glasses of wine. Too much snacking and way too much popcorn. Remember the belly ache.

Exercise: 5 hours 5 minutes of exercise, 16.1 miles, 5 cardio sessions (4 hours 5 minutes), 2 weight/ab sessions (1 hour). A good week!

13 days until I walk the Seattle Half Marathon!

Week 28:
• DAY 188: Mon, Nov 9: Gym - 30 min tread, avg 3.05 mph, 133 ft climb, 1.6 miles; 30 min weights/abs.
• DAY 189: Tues, Nov 10: 1 hour walk outside, hills and flat path. 3.3 miles.
• DAY 190: Wed, Nov 11: none, busy work day
• DAY 191: Thurs, Nov 12: walk 55 minutes, 3.1 miles, flat path
• DAY 192: Fri, Nov 13: Gym - 30 min tread, avg 3.15 mph, 144 ft climb, 1.6 miles; 30 min weights/abs.
• DAY 193: Sat, Nov 14: none
• DAY 194: Sun, Nov 15: 6.5 mile walk, 2 hours 10 minutes, flat path and hills.

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 slice 2% sharp cheddar
Lunch: Tuna sandwich on Dave’s seed bread with sweet relish and 2 veggie slices (soy cheese)
Dinner: 1 slice veggie pizza and 1 diet coke
Snack 1: handful of junior mints
Snack 2: 1/3 large movie popcorn
Dessert: 2 slices raisin bread

Exercise: 6.5 mile walk, hills and flat, 2 hours and 10 minutes.

Good, Bad, Ugly: Would have been good if I skipped the popcorn. I’m sure this will ruin my weigh in tomorrow.

Sat. Nov. 14, 2009

Breakfast: Shake
Lunch: Lite Breakfast sandwich
Dinner: Crab and bourbon chowder with sourdough
Snack: 1/2 roast beef sandwich with 2% cheddar and BBQ sauce
Snack: WW chicken Quesidilla (4 points)
Dessert: 2 fun size candy bars
Alcohol: 2 glasses chardonnay

Exercise: none!

Good, bad, ugly? Bad! No exercise. I feel that I ate okay, but I really needed to workout. I’m heading out today. I also feel really bloated and I think the soup I ate had a lot of salt.

Other accomplishments:
Cleaned pantry
Did laundry
Lined 3 drawers

Friday, Nov. 13th:

Breakfast: Shake
Lunch: Shake
Dinner: Chicken parmesan, pesto pasta, red wine, bread
Snack 1: Banana
Snack 2: Shake
Dessert: Orange
Alcohol: 2 glasses red wine
Exercise: gym 1 hour; treadmill, 30 min on incline; weights/abs 30 minutes.

GOOD, BAD, UGLY? Good.
Other accomplishments: Can’t remember! I couldn’t log into my blog all day!

FINALLY, ABLE TO LOG IN!!!!

 ”That BOY GIRL is a P I G Pig!”

Wed, Nov. 11th & Thurs, Nov 12th

Breakfast: OINK!

Lunch: OINK!
Dinner: OINK!
Snack 1: OINK!
Snack 2:  OINK!
Dessert: OINK!
Alcohol: OINK!
Exercise: none on the 11th, 55 min walk on the 12th

GOOD, BAD, UGLY?  UGLY!  I’ve had a very ugly couple of days.  I’m sure the scale is higher than ever!  Lack of good sleep and stress at work have put my into feeding frenzy mode.  I have to adjust for the remainder of the weekend so I have a successful weigh in on Monday.  I am a STRESS EATER.  Yesterday, I just snacked all day.  ALL DAY.   Not on good stuff either.  So, I see the pattern.  I get stressed, I work from home, and I EAT.  My weekend dinner party plans were cancelled and I plan to take full advantage and really buckle down on the eating for the next 3 days. 
Other accomplishments:  I did get a fair amount of billable work done.  Good for the holiday cash flow!  I have managed 3 days of exercise this week, and today will be 4.