My little fast food blunder has shown me how easy it would be to slip back into that life style. The cravings are back and now I'll have to fight them for the next week. No more fast food burgers for me.
I know writing it all down is a pain but it sure does help to keep you on track. The way I see it is if I am not obsessing about food and writing it down and eating healthy then I'm obsessing about food and going to drive thru’s and eating unhealthy. Plus obsessing about why I can't lose weight. Either way we obsess about food. So I'll stick with the writing it all down.
kashi w/blueberries
Chicken Salad Sandwich
Sugar free peanut butter cup
Banana
apple
2 cheese and tomato wraps
yogurt
2 banana
Pria protien bar
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Total calories 1730
Total fat 43
Total water 160 oz
I don't know how any of you get along with FitDay; you must have an incredible amount of patience. I tried it for a few days but quickly pegged it as one of the most frustrating sites I've ever come across. I keep a write-on-wipe-off sheet on the fridge and transfer the details to a couple of Excel spreadsheets. I make a lot of use of CalorieKing, (thanks, Gardenwife!) and their pocket guide, and really, I spend very little time actually recording stuff.
Weds 08/06:
Breakfast: Banana shake. Lunch: Home-made chili-con-carne, 1 cup rice, green salad. Dinner: 4 oz home-made sirloin burger in 84 g bun, green salad. Snacks: ½ cup 2% cottage cheese, 2 thin slices ham, 8 Wheatine crackers. Drinks: 500 ml coffee, 2½ litres water, 500 ml green tea.
Right there with you, Howie. I rarely have much good to say about Micro$oft, but their spreadsheet proggy makes it so easy to keep track. And the best thing is, I can easily customise it to calculate what I want it to: kcals, fat grammes, miles walked, etc..
Thurs 09/06:
Breakfast: Banana shake, 3 thin slices ham. Lunch: Home-made chili-con-carne, 1 cup rice, green salad. Dinner: 3½ oz chicken breast, 1½ cups rice, ½ cup peas. Nibbles: None. ( Resisted the temptation to welly into hubby's pretzels.) Drinks: 500 ml coffee, 2½ litres water, 355 ml tin diet pop, 750 ml bottle Henkell Trocken sparkling wine. Well, it is a water-based beverage, and grapes are a fruit!
Total kcals: 1598 (not incl. free veggies)
Whew... that was close! Now... what can I scoff for 2 kcals? I believe I have just enough left to fit a Tic-Tac in...!
June 9, 2005
Today was an OK day. I was grumpy! Probably because tomorrow is Friday and my weekend starts. I work all weekend! I hate the weekends. Spend all week putting the house in order but by Saturday night my family has it trashed again! ARRRRGGGGH! My major frustration! I don't expect it to be perfect: I expect the toys picked up, dishes washed, dining/kitchen room floors swept and the table wiped off. That's it. Anyway, here's my food for today.
Breakfast: 1/2 cup cracklin oat bran/1/2 Kashi Lean with vanilla soymilk. (Vanilla soymilk really rocks on cereal!)
Snack: 1 large golden delicious apple with peanut butter/cream cheese dip. (Snack was shared with my childlings. I ate about 1/2 the apple.)
Lunch: Oops!
Snack: 20 Kashi multigrain snack crackers
Dinner: 1 1/2 cup one pot pasta. Whole wheat rotini with marinara and 7 Italian style meatballs. 3 chedder-garlic mini biscuits
Beverages: 6 oz vanilla soymilk, 18 oz choc. soymilk, 3 500ml bottles water, 1 20 oz peach flavored sparkling water
Exercise: "8 Minute Moves" from the book by Jorge Cruise, 40 minutes Tae Bo
Claire: Thank you for reminding me why I am here, above all. The health reasons. That is why I went to see the dietician in the first place. I have a scale here but never use it. I always weigh in @ the gym, keeps me honest & then my weight doesn't fluctuate & drive me crazy.
Beth: bowwww chikka wakka chikka, tell us more about the PT.
Jilly: I will take that *** kicking now. I lost 2# since my last weigh in. Thank you for putting it in perspective about the time. I have plenty of time, it just feels pointless when you're not seeing any results.
As for my mom, ever since my temp job ended last month (no $), coupled w/my stepfather being deployed, we eat together a lot. She hates being alone, and eating alone. She is just trying to be nice, but at the same time, she is emotional eating b/c she misses her husband and would like an eating buddy I think. I ALWAYS say no to her & remind her that what she is offering is full of sugar & sugar = carbs. Also, you have to remember, this is the woman who congratulated me for losing 50# & getting down to 280 by offering me brownies. And who asks guests if they want something & plops it on their plate before waiting for an answer from that person. And then gets mad if that 7 year old person won't finish all their food. So, in conclusion, I am sorry for whining.
Howie: Yeah, I know. If I'm going to obsess about something it might as well be healthy eating.
Porridge, skimmed milk, coffee
2 apples
Gazpacho, sushi (OK, OK, an odd combo I know, but those just happen to be 2 of may favourite foods, and they are both very good for you!)
Quark, pickled cucumber, sweet chilli sauce
Salmon, roast peppers and onions, ryvita
FF greek yogurt, strawberries
Hi everyone, I have PT today at noon, I feel ridiculous acting like a high-schooler over him.
He is cute, and I just love when he streches me out on the mat...
Anyway, so I can focus on work until noon, here's my food from yesterday... weigh-in's tomorrow.
6/9/05
1 - 3 egg whites
3 - WW muffin
2 - coffee
7 - bacon (there was a breakfast meeting, the smell got to me)
5 - zone mint bar
1 - chocolate
2 - coffee
2- turkey
2 - ww toast
2 - cheese
1 - mayo 5 - ice cream
32 points - 5 over for the day
Have a great day and weekend everyone, we're off to Lancaster, PA for a "Day out with Thomas" (the Tank Engine). I'm a little concerned about Lancaster, I love Whoopie Pies (round Devil Dog thingy) and there's alot of food, but I'll be ok.
Yesterday we had our office potluck breakfast, and I knew the menu ahead of time. So I planned, knowing there'd be bacon and sweet rolls and all sorts of things that would tempt me to eat more than I should. So I ended up eating a lot of little bits of things -- a few bites of grits, a few bites of eggs, only two slices of bacon (rather than the six I could easily have scarfed down). And I ate fairly light the rest of the day. I was rather surprised that it came in under 1800 calories, but I'm not complaining.
Tip: Cantalope goes a long way in filling a person up before the eggs and bacon come out.
As to Fitday, I use it and haven't had much trouble with it. I use it because I need to be able to access it from both work and home, or I'll forget and put it off and not do it. I may look into programs for my PDA, but for now, Fitday works. Plus, I can link it for folks, like you or my doctor, to help keep me "honest".
Breakfast:
(office potluck breakfast -- LOTS of temptation)
half a salmon patty
2 slices of bacon (boy, did I want more!)
1 slice of turkey bacon
two bites of scrambled eggs
grits
cantalope
orange juice
Lunch:
chicken noodle soup
salad with green leafies, spinach, raw veggies (broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery), garbanzo beans, and a bit of lowfat ranch dressing
Dinner:
Meat and Mud (lean hamburger, onions, celery in gravy over egg noodles)
sauteed mushrooms
raw nibbles (carrots celery)
Snacks throughout the day:
Drinks:
water, mint tea
Calories:
1651
Exercise:
8 blocks walking, 3 stairs up, 2 stairs down
Lunch:
Turkey sandwich (Turkey, lettuce, tomato, mustard, 2 slices whole wheat bread)
1 small apple
Dinner:
Black beans and salsa
Spinach salad (1 Tbsp salad dressing, tomatoes)
Snacks:
1 oz frosted mini-wheats
small bag animal crackers (forgot about these and ate the mini-wheats. Drat.)
Not nearly enough water (I need to work on my Diet Coke addiction, but I'm taking baby steps right now)
Exercise: 6 flights of stairs (Unfortunately forgot the afore-mentioned "baby step" rule and almost keeled over!)
Food I wanted, but AVOIDED today: Huge chocolate chip cookie and potato chips in the boxed lunch in my lunch meeting today. Doughnuts brought in by evil co-worker. Peanut M & M's offered by evil co-worker #2.
I keep a write-on-wipe-off sheet on the fridge and transfer the details to a couple of Excel spreadsheets. I make a lot of use of 
Resisted the temptation to welly into hubby's pretzels.)
