Dedikayted's New Journal - "by Any Means Necessary"

[DEDIKAYTED]

Yesterday's egg white veggie omelet and turkey sausage didn't work out so well. I won't go into detail but it didn't stay in my stomach for long.

So yesterdays food ended up being:

6 oz low carb yogurt & fruit
2 wingettes.

I dont know why I force myself to eat meat when I really prefer not to. I just need to find other ways to get my protein in and I'll be set.


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Today

A.M
Greensmoothie (kale & banana)
Go raw bar & peach
coffee
total - 300
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Lunch
veggie salad with fat free feta w/low fat ranch w/tomato rosehip dressing

gluten free veggie burger 120 cals

total - 300
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apple & 6oz low carb yogurt
go raw bar
total -270 calories
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workout - 60 minutes cardio // 45 minutes weight training
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brown rice/lima beans
cottage cheese.....remembered I can eat that for protein

I CANT WAIT TO START RUNNING AGAIN!

[DEDIKAYTED]

Ok. I am feeling great today.. I got in 2 whole hours of cardio last night.
1 hour treadmill
1 hour bike

Its so much better when you have a partner

I was feeling yucky an bloated yesterday, but I am glad I pushed through and got that cardio in because I felt so much better this morning.

Yesterday meals consisted of

1. salad with beans and rice (ate mid morning close to noon so that kept me good and full all day

2. apple before my workout

3. (6 oz low carb yogurt and a couple of spoons of greek yogurt with a bag of frozen cherries after the workout). I just didn't feel like anything too heavy like oatmeal or beans... The yogurt worked out well!

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Today I woke up feeling good. I haven't weighed myself but I was very happy because I *felt* smaller and was able to fit into some slacks from last year when I was in the 140's so that makes me hella happy!

Not weighing has been going good. I will weigh eventually, but I can do without those mood swings!

Today -(sipped on coffee this morning)

I have been worried about getting enough protein since I dont care for too much meat. I finally had a light bulb moment and remembered that I can use cottage cheese! Its the perfect protein! I usually don't use it too much because of the sodium, but I picked up some no salt cottage cheese the other day from the store.

Now let me tell you - the no salt kind is yucky if eaten alone, but if you pair it with something else... voila! And with 14 grams of protein for every half cup and...

80 calories
fat: 1.5
Sodium: 45 (as opposed to 450)
carbs: 4
Protein 14grams

It works for me..

So what I did was.. I brought in a can of no salt spinach, 1 cup lima beans, some left over brown rice from yesterday, and a veggie patty and mixed it all together and nuked it.. I seperated it because the spinach stretched it out for 2 servings...

Then I proceeded to add about 1/4 cup of my no salt cottage cheese to my concoction. Now, let me tell you, it may not have looked pretty, but it tasted fine.. (OH! I forgot to mention that I threw a lil hotsauce on it) But anyway, my point is - that I plan to sneak the no salt cottage cheese into my meals for the protein, so that solves my issue. I dont need excessive amounts, I just didn't want to have a diet of all carbs... So done! With fat free and low fat greek yogurt, my low carb yogurts, and cottage cheese, the occasional egg whites, I will be fine with the protein!

75 - can of spinach
180 - small can of limas
150 - 1/2 cup of brown rice
120 - veggie patty (really adds flavor to the concotion)
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525 calories

*split in half - 265 calories... plus the cottage cheese around 310 calories total and it was VERY filling! I am so glad I used my noggin on this one!

--That's the name of the game... GETTING THE MOST FOOD FOR EVERY CALORIE!

That's all for now..

[DEDIKAYTED]

Ok. I have to update because there are only a couple of days left til Thanksgiving. I am OUT of the 150’s!!! Thank you Jesus! For some reason they are extremely hard to get out of that zone!

What I have been doing:

Last week I up’ed my cardio to between 90 minutes (straight thru) and 120 minutes on certain days. It must have been the shock that my body needed because I felt the weight coming off again when I did that. My diet has pretty much been vegetarian, except for tuna/salmon. I have been cooking low fat/fat free so naturally my calories aren’t beyond what I should be taking in. I don’t county every single calorie, but I try to stay somewhere in the neighborhood of 1200.

I am still not taking in products that have gluten. I also start concocting some “casseroles”
This last one I mixed spinach, cottage cheese, cheese powder, albacore tuna, beans, and some left over brown rice….mixed it all together and baked it. Its so much better than eating things separate because my meals tend to get boring when I do that.

It makes it a lot easier to sneak in the protein as well (when I use cottage cheese).

So… I feel GREAT!!!!!!!! My smaller clothes are fitting from last year. I still have 3 pounds to make it to my goal of 145 pounds. (weighed in 148 yesterday and today). At this point EVERY SINGLE POUND starts to make a huge difference in my size, so I am extra excited.

OH!!!!!!!!!!!! BEFORE I FORGET!!!. Another thing that I think has helped is the fact that I am no longer eating close to bed time. It has only been 2 real days of going to bed with a near empty tummy, but boy does it make a difference. I already knew this but it just takes a lot of willpower to really break that habit. When/ if I start feeling snacky laste at night, I will throw a piece of the Mint Chocolate Chip dessert gum made by EXTRA. Its been a life saver.

Well… gotta get ready to run. I’ve been working out with the girls and I am so excited because one has lost 10 pounds since she has been working out with me (2 weeks) … No workout with them today.. but I DID get in 90 minutes of cardio this morning. Unlike before, I don’t plan to change things up right now because what I am doing is working for me! I’m not going to go and start trying to eat 5-6 times a day, etc etc. I have been watching calories, sticking with fat smashable foods (just happens that gluten free diet tends to be fat smash type foods) and its been working out.

So I am staying the course, being patient, but giving it all I got.

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Wow. These casseroles are a life safer!!! Yum yum yum!

Today, I am at work bright and early, so that means GYM this evening!! I plan on getting at least 2 hours in at the gym. Gotta push it to the limit!!!! I want to see that scale move again. I’m probably going to jump out my panties when I see 145 again!!!! Oh yes!

Trying my best to work on an official time to try and start cutting off my meal when I know I am going to get to bed around 10-11. I think 6pm is looking good right now. I think I am going to try to definitely eat NO less than 3 hours from the time I go to bed. I think 4 is excellent. Now, I am not going to lie… you will wake up with your tummy burning, but you also wake up with a flat tummy. Bring on the burn..and the tums! LOL

Not eating close to bed time is making a world of difference. I will get home late tonight from the gym, so I am sure my meal afterward will be yogurt and cottage cheese.

OK. Time to get to work!

[DEDIKAYTED]

I"M IN THE ZONE!!!

Every since I got back in the 140's I am feel sooo much better. My old clothes are fitting again and I'm feeling wonderful!

I have been pretty much having NO meat, eating my veggie burgers and caseroles, yogurt, salad, and fruit. I love it.

Today is Thanksgiving and I ate oatmeal/cottage cheese, spinach/ bean caserole, and an apple. Packing and sipping on a little red wine. Yep, I gave up having REGULAR Thanksgiving dinner. I just don't want to mess things up. Food is just not more important to me at this time.

I leave tomorrow for Atlanta to meet my friend's parents/friends. I am going to prove to myself that I can stick to my diet while on vacation. I am very motivated. This feeling is too good to give up for a brownie, pie, stuffing, macoroni and cheese, etc etc etc. I'd much rather wake up with my "thin" feeling! OH yes.. I love it.

I'm packing now. I have included 2-3 workout outfits so I can workout at the hotel. I. AM. IN. THE. ZONE!!!! And I will push through! I deserve this! When I get to Atlanta I will have my friend take me to the grocery store to get some fruit. I packed some gluten free oatmeal. If we go out, I will only have salads. I will pick up some of my own salad dressing from a store while I am down there. Oh yes, I am going to do this!!!!!!!

I need to be at the airport by 11:00 a.m. I plan to get up and go to the gym around 5:30 - 7:00a.m. Get my exercise in, come home, have a bite to eat so that I will not be hungry at the airport (no nuts please)...

I may weigh in tomorrow before I go just so that I know where I am at before I leave. I know I have been hanging around 148, so that may be where I am still. It would be awesome if I could see 147 though!

Happy Thanksgiving!

[DEDIKAYTED]

Ok. I am back... Meeting the parents went well and I pretty much stayed as close to plan as possible. When I got to Atlanta, my man took me to the store and I bought my staple items: beans, brown rice, spinach, tuna, fruit.

My flight was for 12:30 on Friday. I got up and went to the gym bright and early. 5:45 to 7:45 oh yes.. I was not playing around. Saturday morning (at the hotel) I worked out for 90 minutes. Sunday is the only day I went off plan and I had cheese burgers from McD's and fries ( and that was only due to desperation of being sick and not knowing what to eat... the funny thing about it was that i made me feel better.. wtf? ) But anyway.. I got back yesterday (Monday).. After the 10 hour drive, I still managed to get home and work out for 2 hours at the gym... oh yes..

Today - made my caserole = spinach, brown rice, limas, lite sourceam, powder cheese.

Got in 70 minutes of cardio around 11am...

Got in 60 more minutes at 5:30 pm.

I am on a mission. I am NOT playing around! I will get in the low 140's soon!!!!

I am just feeling so much better. Yes, I had to shake things up to get the weightloss moving, but you have to do what you have to do. So lately, I up'd the cardio for a few weeks.. and then I will bring it back down and add more weight training. Its my way of shocking the body and its working for me When you have a sedentary job - 2 hours of exercise a day is not too much. (its just boring if you are doing it alone)

Well tomorrow - back to work. I may get up in the moring to get my 1st hour in. Its supposed to be raining cats and dogs so I will decide in the morning on what I want to do. Either way, I am working out with my girls around 5:30pm.

I am ready to go!! I will probably weigh myself again on Sunday. I will keep pushing as much as possible. I fly out to Puerto Rico next Friday so I need to look my best in a bathing suit. There will be no eating at night!

Note to self: No eating at night combined with extra cardio works for me!

Thank God I'm back!

[DEDIKAYTED]

At work bright and early and hopefully leaving before 3 pm. Straight to the gym I go.

Let me tell ya -- Whew! Its hard to break that night time eating thing, but I am doing it. I didn't have the BEST of sleep last night and I know its because I didnt have food in my stomach. I woke up one time and got a piece of Sugar Free Dessert Delight gum and laid back down.. Now that's crazy! Anything I can do to break that nasty ole habit. Its not like you're going to starve before morning. The main reason I was probably hungry last night is because I really didn't eat a meal after the gym.. Had a small snack, a glass of red wine and that was it. If I had had at least a 1/4 cup of oatmeal, I would have been better off. But anyway, I survived. However, at 5:00 this morning I was eating on some spinach caserole!

OK... So I will get my 2 hours in at the gym as soon as I get off. My clothes are packed in the car and all I gotta do is GET 'ER DONE!

...and that's exactly what I plan to do.

What I brought in my lunch bag:

spinach caserole
1 apple
2 plums
cottage cheese
yogurt
I always have oatmeal here at work

My meals for today will come from the above list.

Chat later!

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Today is a hungry day.. That always happens when I start my meals early.. But I will go with it. I have been pretty much eating intuitively, still watching my calories, with the fat smashable, gluten free food items. But boy, oh boy.. First meal was at 5am and I just another big helping of spinach caserole at 10am. I keep eating until I felt satisfied and not a bite more. Now I am content. I realize with upping my exercise, there will be days like today "hungry" days and I will listen to my body and go with it. I do know though that on days when I eat a lot of my calories in the morning, I am sure to eat less in the evening. Balance!

So I plan to be good and full for the next few hours. There will probably be one small meal before the gym (apple or yogurt.. or something of that nature). By the time I work out for 2 hours and then get home, there will only be time for one more meal (maybe oatmeal) and then that'll be all for the day, so it all works out.

Just an update.. I just like to keep track of these thoughts for later. I always want to remind myself of what does and doesn't work for me.

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Ok. My late workout yesterday (a little over 2 hours..1 hour on the treadmill and 1hr 15 on the elliptical.. WITH GIRLFRIENDS) of course made me hungry last night. I had 9 oz yogurt plus 3 small plums... Then later my stomach was hurting so bad I had to get some spinach casserole. I don't mind taking the hunger, but the burning / pain makes me realize that maybe I had gone too long without eating or I really needed something. I also had to pop a few tums to calm down the burn. I just dont want a darn ulcer!

Basically I as long as I eat around 7pm (of a decent portion) I have to realize that I will be ok. On nights where I have some oatmeal/cottage cheese it keeps my belly much happier.

Just thoughts that I want to keep track of...

I wanted to wait until Sunday. The last time I weighed in before I left I was 148 and I was really praying to see something lower than that by this Sunday. I hadn't weighed in before this because I just didnt want to see anything over my last weigh in.. I know that traveling as well as eating any off plan foods makes me retain water so I just didnt want to see the aftermath. This morning I bit the bullet. Thank God I saw 148! That made me ABSOLUTELY HAPPY because I know that anything that needed to be taken off since Monday (when I returned) is off and I'm back on course!

The bigger picture for me is that I am only 3 little pounds away from 145!! Kinda also made me think that if I hadn't eaten late last night that I could have possibly been 147 today. But its ok, I am feeling pretty good.

I am debating whether I will just do my Callenetics tape today. I have been really pounding the cardio out so I do want to get some good stretching in and give my joints some rest as well. I just am so motivated that I cant wait to see 145!!!!!!

At some point ih the future, I will add my P90x back in (probably when it gets really cold outside) becasuse I definitely want the nice TONED body!

Thats all for now. I am feeling wonderful!

OH!! I am going to Puerto Rico next week so I must figure out a few things that I can take with me that are on plan that I can snack on when hungry. I definitely dont want to endulge 3 days with yummy Latino food so I have to have a plan. Pretty much just like I did while in Atlanta. I can pretty much get fruit from anywhere so that is my saving grace.. but I still would like to have something else that I can carry with me. I am sure that I will probably bring a few Go Raw bars because they are really good and will definitely Keep well.

I can definitely tell ya - between oatmeal, fruit, yogurt, and cottage cheese - I could survive for days!

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I tested my will power yesterday. Mom and I went to the store and I picked up some gluten free ginger snaps. 5 cookies for 160 calories. I have been feeling pretty in control lately and even when I go over to her house I can just eat a very small snack and not be out of control... so I said to **** with it, I can keep this gluten free ginger snaps at my house.

Ummm... NOT! Not right now.. When I was bigger and low carbing I could keep a pantry full of junk food in my house for when I had visitors, but now.. oh **** nah! Last night I ate 2 and then closed the bag, but before I knew it I was munching away on more... Lawd! Finally I just threw the bag away because they just cannot live here! Luckily I had only had around 900 calories before the munching began so it shouldnt have done too much damage. The it was a lesson learned..l just want to stick with real food until I get to goal. And even then I dont think I will keep junk in the house. Treat days/meals will have to be portion controlled. But enough of that. I wont see any cheats/treats any time soon though so we won't worry about that. AND YES, I mean including Puerto Rico. I haven't been doing all this work for nothing!!!

So anyway, yesterday I took a rest day but today, I pumped out 2 hrs 10 minutes at the gym. Now just relaxing.

I had some salad with lite italian dressing w/some spinach casserole for breakfast.

Lunch was GYM. Its around 5pm and I'm not hungry yet, but the latest I will go is around 7 before I eat. I think I want a big ole bowl of oatmeal and cottage cheese. YUUUMMMMMMY! I sprinkle a little splenda/brownsugar blend on it and its the best!

Well just giving my update. I am feeling so much better lately. My goal jeans my size 28 True Religions are all the way up I will wear them out once I lose a few more pounds... I think I wrote about these jeans before. But I have had them for over a year. I bought them way too small on purpose so that I would have to get in them.. I am not in the business of buying expensive jeans but I got these originally priced 329.00 jeans and there is no way I am not going to get into these things!

So anyway, I will feel a huge sense of accomplishment whenever I get to take the tag off those babies and put them on!!


Enough talk for now. I'm keeping it moving!!

Later

[DEDIKAYTED]

I really want to get as close to 145 as possible before week's end. Still seeing 148. Can I get 147? LOL! I'm still pushing though. Thinking of another change up soon for my exercise routine. You didn't think I was going to do 2 hours of cardio forever, did you? LOL. My plan was to just shock the body every 4 to 6 weeks. I'm thinking about incorporating some circuits into my routine to really tackle my legs so I will come up with a definite plan this week for the next change.

Today I got in 50 minutes of cardio.

Had 3/4 cup oatmeal and cottage cheese.
I went ahead and made another caserole... It has spinach, brocolli, cauliflower, cheese, lima beans. Baked and delicious.

So I will eat off of that until I leave Friday for Puerto Rico.

My mom asked me if I was tired of oatmeal yet? HECK NO! I LOVE the stuff! and it is soooo filling. Actually I had my first meal at 2 today by the time I got home from the gym. I had to force myself to go ahead and eat some spincach caserole around 6:30-7 because I didnt want the oatmeal to be the only thing I ate today (1) because I didnt want to be hungry as **** at bed time and then mad because I didn't want to eat before bed (2) I'm getting up tomorrow morning and going straight to the gym, so that's another reason I didnt want to go a whole day with only 500 calories in my belly.

Anyway. Its around 9pm now and oddly enough, I am not stuffed at all. I feel fine, but I just wish I was sleepy right now so I could hit the sack. So funny. Sometimes I want to get sleepy before I get hungry!!

Anyway, I will do what I have to do to try to move 1 or 2 pounds before Friday.

This is random - but I just love when I dont eat in the morning. I much rather have my coffee and chill out until lunch time to eat my first meal. I was always like that, its just that sometimes I can't help myself but to be starving first thing in the morning... Its just much more freeing to me when I haven't eaten 300-500 of my daily calories before noon. I feel like the later you start eating the more chance that you have of eating less calories for the day. ****My own opinoin about ME... If I eat a super bowl of oatmeal and cottage cheese at noon, I am probably not going to be hungry again for hours.. Throw in maybe a workout and theres just not that much time left in the day to stuff tons of calories down my throat. I know some say breakfast is the most important meal of the day...yadda yadda.. but no one said what time breakfast has to be.. If your body is not hungry for breakfast at 7am... screw it.... listen to your body and wait until it says its hungry for food. ****.. maybe its still processing food from the day before or something. No worries. You are not going to starve. At the same time, on days I wake up hungry as heck, I will eat. I'd prefer to wait until close to noon as possible, but I'm not going to torture myself if I am truly hungrier.

Just a rant... But I can say that my coffee in the morning is what TRULY gets me thru

Ok.. Yes that was random.. But I just think and type as I go.

Good night.

[DEDIKAYTED]

Don’t have a lot of time to talk, but……. Drum roll please.

147.2.. yea yea.. I saw 146.8 for a second but 147.2 is what I’m claiming!!! Yaaay! No more 148. KEEPING IT MOVING! I guess something I am doing is working.

Got up and met my friend in the gym. Worked out from 6 – 8am, so this is great. No gym tonight!! Yaay for that as well.

So anyway. This morning my coffee is yummmmmmmy.
Had a 45 cal/3 carb yogurt and 2 plums around 10.

Feeling good! Maybe 145 is possible before I leave on Friday!!!! Just keep pushing.


P.S. I am glad that I did eat last night (6:45) even though I wasn’t really hungry at the time. By 9pm, I definitely did not feel overly stuffed and I wasn’t dying of hunger before I went to bed. Plus if I just ate oatmeal/cottage cheese for the whole day, I may not have had the energy to really work it in the gym this morning!


So there you have it. Gotta go!!!!!!!!!!

GO ME, GO ME, GO ME!

Also noted...my homemade sangria with red wine and sugar free flavor concoction is great. My tolerance is pretty low right now, but an occasional 5 oz glass is not hurting me.

[DEDIKAYTED]

THE KEY

I just want to document that the key to weightloss (FOR ME) s -

Finding food items that you ENJOY that are filing and low calorie.

This is really what has been working for me. Eating things that I enjoy takes the stress out of eating. Why force myself to eat things that I simply dont want? I have done this numerous time because I may have been following a particular plan.. The problem is you aren't really satisfied and is torturous and stupid! LOL! I used to be a person that could eat the same thing every day... but as time went on, I found that it was hard to do that. Now, I know why ---its because I had started eating things that I really didn't enjoy. Now that I am back to doing my own thing I have no problem eating the same things daily. When I get tired of eating something, I will definitely change, but as for now, I look forward to my meals.. So yummy!

My staples have been....

Coffee w/my sugarfree Safeway creamer (hazlenut or vanilla) 15 calories 1 gram of fat per tbsp

and then whatever time I get hungry - spinach caserole.. maybe salad

..then maybe before I workout -- yogurt & fruit

Then dinner - oatmeal, cottage cheese, splenda /brownsugar blend

That usually does it for the day. It may not be exactly the same every day. I can tell you that the oatmeal meal as well as the spinach caserole meal keeps me full for hours... and I love it.

I'm no longer sitting here watching the clock every second, counting down to my next meal. Thank God for that. I eat until I am satisfied and that keeps me fuller for longer than 3 hours and I like that MUCH better! I guess some people like their stomach feeling empty all the time, but not me. With my stomach feeling content, I dont have to watch the clock.... and that makes me ****-A-HAPPY!

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Up early this morning… Its around 7 and I am sipping my morning coffee.
I was upset this morning because on one of my many bathroom breaks last night, I wandered into the kitchen and got out a plum, ate it in the bed, and went back to sleep. Why oh why? And where did that habit come from. I was reading about certain prescription sleep aids causing people to eat in the middle of the night and they wake up and not remember. I do take sleep aids on the days maybe 2 -3 times a week and sometimes I wonder if they play a role in that weird night time eating thing.

Anyway, I resolved the problem by bringing the rest of the fruit I have to work, so at least I wont be able to get up tonight and eat that. The thing is – besides me not wanting to eat at night, it makes my tummy feel yucky in the morning.. I guess from the sugar sitting in there. Even though its such a small amount it still makes me not feel well in the morning… So anyway, I have to pay more attention to it and work harder to stay out the fridge. I actually bought some lowcarb milk for days that my stomach may be burning due to cutting off my meals earlier. I don’t feel bad drinking a little 3 carb/fat free milk, but I don’t think its ok to eat at night. Period!

So anyway… that’s that..


Today I have the same items.. I brought some casserole. I have some lettuce, beets, lowfat cheese, and salsa for a salad… Lite Italian dressing. Hmmmm.. what else? Oh yea.. I bought a few of my Dannon lowcarb yogurts that I froze. When they start to thaw, they will be like soft serve frozen yogurt.. I ate that before and it was so yummy but you have to wait until its thawed just enough. I always have my oatmeal here..and then there is an an apple and 2 plums in my bag… That’s about all folks. So I will eat off of this stuff through out the day.

Gym time will probably be from 430 to 630…. 

Tonight will go much better, darn it!

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9AM update : Just ate a little of my shredded lettuce and salad fixing with 2 tb of lite italian... and a small portion of the spinach caserole. I was hungry a little hungry and was going to hold off but I remembered that I dont mind eating early on days when I work out in the evenings becuase if I only have 1 meal before the gym, my calories end up super low and my energy in the gym is low as well because I have not ate enough to fuel my 2 hour workout.


Whenever I get hungry again I will have fruit and yogurt. Then 1 more small meal before hitting the gym if there is enough time.

After the gym.. there is not much time but for one more feeding because I dont want to eat too late.

The great thing about it is -- my calories stay in check and I'm not starving all day.. Yaay!

Ttyl!

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OH MY GOODNESS.

I killed it in the gym last night. I did:
60 minutes on the elliptical..
1o minutes treadmill (walking)
15 minutes treading (running my a** off!!!.. to my music)

I was going to do 30 more on the bike, but I realized that I used up all my energy running. I literally couldn’t even pedal on the bike!

I left there.. went over my mother’s to visit her and my sweetiepie nephew, and we ate broiled tilapia and greenbeans.
It was so yummy. Partly because I zapped everything I had in me and was in desperate need for nourishment… lol.. But anyway, I took spaghetti/tomato sauce nuked it and threw some powdered parmesan cheese in it and smeared it over my fish as well as my greens. It made the meal extra tasty.

I was so tired I just decided to spend the night. NOPE, no going to the kitchen over night! LOL! I was very content with my dinner though it was extremely light, plus her house is 2 stories so I wasn’t about to go downstairs in the middle of the night to get a snack! Haha.. So anyway, I am back on track.

I took out a couple pieces of flounder to throw under the boiler when I get home tonight. I think I was so impressed last night with our meal that I wanted to do the same tonight. It doesn’t make me as full as my beloved oatmeal, yet equally satisfied. I woke up this morning with the “I’m getting small” feeling so I am happier than a pig in poop!

Gym time will be when I get off work. Got my good ole spinach casserole, yogurt, oatmeal, fruit of course to eat off today.

Well, gotta go now. I will weigh in tomorrow because that will be my official pre-vacation weight. I am determined to stay as much on track as possible.

OH! I even decided that I need to go to the store and get some gluten free prepacked instant oatmeal to take with me. I’m going to whip that stuff right out on the plane as well. When the stewardess comes around for my drink order, I am going to order some hot water for tea, and dump it right in my bowl and have my oatmeal! It should be pretty easy as well to have hot water at the hotel, so I will be safe!!!!!

Oatmeal – check
Fruit – there should be plenty of fruit available.
Go raw flax bars – I will pick them up tomorrow.
I also plan to bring a few on-the-go bottles of merlot
Crystal light packets

If you can think of anything else to help me stay on plan, let me know…
I’m just that determined about my weightloss/health!
I am getting it done and over with this time… I will reach my goal (whatever that is).

Have a great day!