Confessions of a Bulk Eater

So yesterday was not all that great food wise. I did okay until I got home and then it started. I was making pizza for dinner and I ended up eating more pepperoni than I put on the pizza I think. Plus a few slices of cheese. Then I ate ONE slice of pizza, although that’s something b/c I am a more than one slice sort of girl.

And then I went running. You can see by my post below that it went well…better than expected. I ran 2.25 miles!! I wasn’t planning on going that far, but that’s what happened. I didn’t know how far I was going while I was running. I had to go to church to practice for the ladies ensemble I got roped into so I figured I’d go down and run around the lake before hand. I had an idea of what the distance was but I was sort of surprised when I got home and mapped it out. And at least I burned off the pepperoni that i consumed.

Hopefully today will be a better day:

Breakfast - oatbran and……. peaches - 190

Lunch: Tomato Alphabet Soup - 167, yogurt - 120

Dinner: TBD

So, I decided to get on the scale today to see what the damage was. Let’s face it, I haven’t really been watching what I’ve been putting in my mouth over the past few weeks. I mean I’ve tried, but sort of half-assed. Anyway, with much trepidation, I stepped on the scale.

Ladies, it was 200. Not 200 something, not 201… 200!! That is a 4 lb loss since the last time I was on the scale about 2 weeks ago! Now I can see down into Onederland and all you other sisterchicks down there!! HELLLLOOOOOOO!!!!

Made it to the gym this morning…barely. My trainer was 15 minutes late so we had a shortened time today, but that’s okay.

My mom called me this morning and told me she had been laid off. That sucks. Why do companies lay people off right before the holidays? I mean, it’s never a good time, but it’s particularly bad right now. She’ll be okay though. She has been doing marketing over the past few years so she has a TON of contacts. Still hard to hear.

Food today:

Breakfast: oatbran and blueberries - 160

Lunch: UPDATE: 2 slices cheese pizza (big foldy flappy pieces) This was unexpected, but a friend called to tell me he was in town for the day and would I have lunch with him. Plus, he paid so that negates the calories, right? Right?!

Dinner: Tomato Alphabet Soup - 175 Cheesy Cranberry Melts -280

I’m going a little more on calories with the sandwhich, but the soup is low in calories so it evens out. I usually don’t make soup b/c of the kids, but I think my son will be excited about this one because of the alphabet pasta. We’ll see.

My night didn’t go exactly as planned. I went ahead and made the Cheesy Cranberry Melt sandwhich because it sounded good. Yeah, not so much. Could have just done a plain old grilled cheese and been better off. I mean, it was okay but not what I was expecting and for 280 calories I wanted it to be AWESOME!! And then I snacked quiet a bit. I was hungry. I had a piece of cheese while making lunches for everyone and then a small bowl of Frosted Flakes. BUT IT’S OKAY!!

OMG, it is cold out. I don’t think it would feel so cold if it hadn’t rained last night, but now it’s cold and wet so it makes it worse. It was actually colder when I came out of the gym this morning than when I went in. I’m thankful that I have a gym membership because if I had to rely on going outside to get my exercise, it wouldn’t happen. Yes, yes, I’m sort of a wimp when it comes to weather. There is a very small window that I will tolerate. It can’t be too cold (I’m like a reptile, remember… FL native) nor can it be too hot.

Anyway, I made it to the gym again today (yay!) although I never heard my alarm go off. I discovered a few new things about my HR monitor. Number one, if the watch is too far away from the monitor (like when you have long Lurch arms like myself) it won’t read your HR. I thought it was the chest strap at first b/c it had some, er… movement, when I started running and my boobs started flailing around, but then I realized the reason. The machines were still picking up my heart rate so I knew it wasn’t the chest strap. Today, the calories my monitor picked up were greater than the machine ones… by FAR. Yesterday the machines showed more, but not by much. Today my HR monitor showed I had burned about 450k or so after I was through running. The treadmill showed 300k. I think I’ll go with the HR monitor. I think it is because you program your weight, age and gender into the HR monitor and it figures all that out. The treadmill just knows your weight. I’m still trying to figure out all the different ways to use it. As to which one I have, it is the Reebok Personal Trainer XT.

To answer kt’s question “How do you adjust the watch so it works?” My scientific answer is to raise your arm closer to your heart. I noticed it today when I was on the bike and my arms were just down by my side and also while I was walking on the treadmill. While I was running and my arms were raised to normal running level, it worked fine. I’ll have to actually read the instructions for a better answer. I’m not one to do that… I’m more of a do-er.

Calories burned at gym (according to my new toy): 598

Food for today:

breakfast - oatbran and blueberries - 160k

lunch - turkey shepherd’s pie - 300, yogurt - 120

snack - freezer burned lean pocket - 280

dinner UPDATE- chickpea and spinach curry -247 , pita bread - 150, 3 carrots, small 1/2 piece of chocolate cake (it’s hubby’s bday so I split small square with the baby)
Calorie total without the carrots and the chocolate cake is 1257. I’m sure the 3 carrots and the chocolate cake did not put me over 1550, which is my limit. I’m hungry now. Not really hungry, but I want something to eat. That means it’s time to go to bed!

God… if I could only learn to stay ON the wagon.

Whatever was ailing me the other day went away because I was fine yesterday. We had to go to Lakeland to pick up our kids from the in-laws yesterday afternoon. It’s such a shame… both kids were with the in-laws Saturday night and I was down for the count with a stomach-something. And volleyball wasn’t fun. There were too many people there and not enough competition. I hate that.

So, as to my title. Yes, I am crawling my way back on to the wagon today. I dragged myself to the gym this morning. Sports Authority had heart rate monitors on sale Friday morning for $30, so Jake went and bought one for me. I used it this morning. It was pretty cool. I finally know how many calories I actually burned. Plus, the cardio machines automatically pick up the readings so I don’t have to worry about the stupid hand grips and the machine not being able to find my heart rate.

Breakfast: oatbran and 1/2 cup blueberries - 160

Lunch: Spring Vegetable Soup - 70, Stuffed Squash with Lemon-Herb Rice - 168

Snack: Freezer burned Pepperoni Pizza Lean Pocket I found in the freezer at work - 280k

Dinner: UPDATE turkey shepherds pie - 300, maybe 1/4 cup of green bean casserole and same amount of sweet potato casserole (GOODBYE LEFTOVERS!!!)

I don’t know what my calories ended up being, but with the numbers I have it shows 978k. I didn’t make the casseroles we had with dinner so I have no idea what they are. I may be low on calories for today.

Breakfast - Egg McMuffin - 300k

Lunch - chicken taco salad - 225, 2 f/f tortillas - 180, reduced fat cheese - tbd

Snack - homemade Pumpkin/chocolate chip muffin - ?

If I’m going to be serious about this, I better start tracking again

Breakfast: oatbran - 120k, 1/2 cup blueberries - 40k

Lunch: chicken taco salad - 225, 2 fat free tortillas - 180, tortilla chips - 140

Snack - Special K Protien Bar - 180k, 1 fat free tortilla - 90k

Supper - Tex Mex Stuffed Potatoes - 128k, frozen veggies - 45k, tortilla chips - 140k

Snack - PBJ Sandwhich (what, I was still hungry) - 330k

Total: 1618k

Not that great. I need to think about what I snack on. I tend to just snack on whatever is avaliable. However, I did a pretty tough session with my trainer in the morning, so I probably evened out to where I need to be.

Sound familiar (see yesterday’s post). Yeah, well yesterday didn’t go exactly as planned. In fact, yesterday was big horrible train derailment. BUT>>>>> I picked up the peices this morning and am starting again. That is what it’s all about, right? Picking ourselves up after a bad day and moving forward on plan instead of sitting ourselves in front of the refrigerator. Of course, I go through several days of this before I actually get it right. You know what they say though.. practice makes perfect!

I did go to the gym last night to run. I ran a mile again. It was a little easier this time, but I am running at a snail’s pace. I run the first 1/4 mile at about 5.5, then drop down to 5 for the next 1/4 mile then the last 1/2 mile was at 4.8 or something. I sure won’t break any speed records, but I’m going for distance not speed. I’ll do one more mile run this week (probably friday) and then try to boost up to 1.5 next week. We’ll see.

I’m really looking forward to tiny2b’s Chick’s Movie Night on Sunday. We are all watching Spirit of the Marathon and then chatting about it online. It’s a great idea and a great way to get us all connected more personally than just reading and commenting on blogs. I’m looking forward to watching the movie as well. The trailer gave me chills! I plan on watching it tonight while my son is at soccer practice since I downloaded it onto my ipod.

Exercise: 5k on the treadmill. Added a minute to my time today so ended at 40:40. That’s okay. I wasn’t really into it. I think my optimum workout time is an hour or so AFTER I’ve woken up. Not 20 minutes after waking up.

Food: counting calories again. trying for 1200-1400 but would be happy with less than that

Breakfast
1/2 cup cooked Steel Cut oatmeal - 140k
1/2 cup blueberries - 40k
splenda - 0k
crystal lite - 10k

Snack:
Kashi Go Lean Chocolate Turtle Roll - 190k
**have you ever had one of these?! Don’t bother! I really shouldn’t even count all the calories because I couldn’t eat it all. It tasted good, but it was so hard to chew and eat. No wonder it keeps you “satisfied” all day… it takes all day to eat it!! I didn’t plan on eating it, but I was hungry and when I went to get my prescription, I bought something. It was either that OR eat the doughnuts that were brought in for the staff meeting. I think I’ll take my chances on the hard-to-chew health food!***

Lunch:
Lean Cuisine Southwestern Chicken Panini - 280k
Peach - 68k
Diet Coke — I really didn’t want to drink this but I HAD to wake up somehow. It’s my ONE for the day though (or 2 actually since it was a 16oz) BACK TO WATER!!!

Snack:
100 cal pack — um, 100k

Exercise: I did not make it to the gym this morning. I gave it a good effort (my alarm went off and I hit snooze about 3 times) and then gave in to the fact I was just not getting up out of bed. I went back to sleep. SO, I will be going AFTER work!!

I discovered why I do better getting up first thing in the morning to go to the gym. By the time I get off work and get to the gym I DON’T WANT TO WORK OUT. I did a half-ass workout for all of about 20-30 minutes. But I went… that counts right?

Food

Total Daily Points Allowance: 26

Breakfast: Peaches and Cream Oatmeal - 4

Lunch: 1 cup taco soup - 1pt; Herbed Veggie Joe - 7pts; tomato - 0

Snack: 2 mini chocolate bars ; 1 pumpkin seed/cheddar flat bread crackerthigny - 2pts

Dinner: 2 buttermilk biscuits, 1 corn muffin, and Oven Roasted Turkey Salad with Honey French dressing from Cracker Barrel. Not the best, but of course it could have been a LOT worse eating there (lots of comfort foods, lots of fat)

Exercise: 30 minutes walk/run on treadmill. I acually ran 2 consecutive laps, ladies!! Of course, after running those 2 laps I didn’t want to run any more at all so I walked for awhile and then ran a little more right at the end. I think I need to change my music up in my ipod. I have a lot of rock, but I seem to run better to **shudder** pop music **shudder**. I think it’s the beat. Ick… but if it helps me run, I guess I need to do it. You should see me kick but to Mylie Cyrus

Food:

Breakfast: 3 bottles of water (before working out, during working out, post working out). Peaches and Cream Oatmeal - 4pts

Snack: plum - 1pt

Lunch: Buffalo Slim Wrap from Roly Poly - 11 pts; baked lays -3pts; diet coke

Snack: 1 mini milky way bar (if I eat it, I must post it ) No idea how many points, but probably no more than 2; sugar free jello - 0

It got a little dicey at home after work. I thought we were going to have my son’s first soccer practice so in anticipation of a long time until supper, I made him a turkey sandwhich and had a pita with hummus and turkey myself (4pts)

Then his coach called and said no practice due to a storm that was coming though. Okay…. well, I’m not going to cook now since he and i just ate. We’ll just find something. I ended up having leftovers from last night which work out to 7 points going by the nutritional info given in the book but they do not list fiber and that brings down the points, so whatever…

I ended up with about 32 points for the day, but that’s okay. I probably gained the 6 activity points this morning and there is the extra flex points i still have.