Mary and Tera, both of you are doing well. I was at 1450 yesterday, higher than I'd like when being a couch potato but not too bad. Today will be about 1300. Better for a couch potato.
And Tera, only one dessert per day??? Eeks, nope I couldn't do that. Good job on the fruit. Mary, Chinese has that nasty water weight gain - remember it's temporary.
Marie
Todays cals-1575 Exercise-60 min strength training class at the Y. I had another green smoothie this morning. This one was kale, an orange, an apple, strawberries, a banana and a small yogurt. I like the spinach better than the kale.
maryea-another good calorie day! You are rockin' it! Are you feeling more in control?
Marie-Just take good care of yourself and don't worry too much about the calories. Before you know it you will be up and at it and better than ever. I am only considering the one dessert a day thing but in the past I have substituted prunes for dessert and been very happy with it. Now I have added pecans with the prunes and it is really, really good. Maybe too good. It is very easy to eat too many nuts. Anyway, I had two desserts today-chocolate biscotti at lunch and 4 thin mints after dinner. Yum!
Anybody else watching the basketball tournament? I have never paid attention before but I am following along this year just for the heck of it. Of course my daughters school is playing and that makes it more interesting. We'll see if they make it past the first round tomorrow. Go Noles!
You are not going believe this-no FAC meeting today! We have plans to meet friends for dinner so I am just sitting here waiting for seven o clock to roll around. I saw 141 on the scale this morning. I have the nicest scale in the world! I do not expect it to stick because I had a rather low calorie supper last night but it was exciting to see anyway.
Good for you! So 12 is the magic number. I have never watched carbs so I did not know the goal.
Dinner last night was bad news. We ordered terrible appetizers and I ate some of all of them. They were not even that good. It was so late and I was hungry plus I was drinking beer. A perfect storm! Whenever I have nights like this I know I will not repeat it. Lesson learned. Next time I will just order a salad or something and skip appetizers.
Tera, I decided to try something new when I’m not feeling well – no comforting with food. So I am focused on my calories and losing weight, not gaining it. I know I’d regret letting myself not be focused on calories once I get to be normal again. I thought of you yesterday with FAC and you’re not going. I hope that 141 psyched you up for eating healthy at the restaurant last night. OK, read further – bummer on the choices. Even bigger bummer it didn’t taste good.
Mary, restaurant food and leftovers is so hard to guestimate. When we’re at a restaurant that has calories on the menu (aka California) I’m blown away how they can take an innocent grilled chicken breast and make it 800 calories.
I was at about 1330 cals yesterday. It would be so easy to go over. You know how I like that DH is on swing shift so that I can easily make my cals? Well swing shift when I’m staying at home is hard. There’s a breakfast together, there is a lunch together and I won’t give up my afternoon mocha. So basically I am skipping dinner. I guess that works but I hate using my cals up early in the day. I will say that today will be a bust more or less since I’m making Fettucine Alfredo for dinner. DS and family are coming over and that just sounded yummy. I wish I’d remembered to weigh in this morning because that sometimes gives me the oomphff I need to be more vigilant. But I forgot. At least I know exactly what is in my recipe and the calories. Marie
My husband and I helped our oldest son move into his new apartment today and ended up with pizza for lunch so today ended up higher in calories then i hoped. I am not too worried about it. It was a nice day with the kids. Todays cals 2575.
Good for you Marie watching the cals during your recovery. I hope you enjoyed a nice dinner with your family. If you work at it, I am sure you will find a way to share meals with your husband and not go over on your calories.
Tera, so you have an empty nest now? When I saw your cals for yesterday, I don't feel quite as bad about mine. I don't know what they were but it was not pretty. DIL brought homemade cheescake for dessert. Since it was my recipe, I know the piece had about 650 calories. And every delectable bite was worth it. More so than the Fettucine Alfredo (which was very tasty and fattening). Clearly I have a sweet tooth.
And today is probably a bust as well. I have wanted strawberry cheese blintzes for days and finally broke down and made them. They were delightful for brunch. For dinner I'll make low cal and hopefully end the day within a reasonable calorie range. But I'm doubting it. I have the munchies.
Marie
Todays cals-2360 Exer-45 min walk with my neighbor
Another high calorie day for me also. It may actually be higher but I purposely did not pay attention to the number of cashews I was eating or the amount of bread and butter I consumed with dinner. I have not had bread and butter for so long and it tasted so good!
Time to be behave now though. It is going to take a bit of discipline to get below 140 and I have been lazy about it this weekend. I would love to get there though.
Marie-The cheesecake, fettucine and blintzes sound wonderful. The lo cal dinner will help put things back in order. How are you feeling? Are you taking HRT? Is that going okay? I have menopause issues myself but they are pretty mild as much as I can tell. I am kind of disappointed all this warm weather is already here because it makes me worry this summer will be super hot which could make the hot flashes unbearable. I shouldn't worry so much though. So far so good.
Ended up eating more after I posted yesterday so wasn't a good eating day afterall. Today so far I'm on track and also got to the gym.
breakfast
PB mocha with added protein and fiber
am snack
1/2 c fresh blueberries
lunch
5 Costco samples
1/2 slice combo pizza
pm snack
PB mocha with added fiber
dinner
Taco bake - I made my own biscuit mix for the bottom (not very thick), used a little less cheese and instead of canned tomatoes (I think they'd be terrible on this!) I used abt 1/4 diced large tomato on top. Left off sour cream as we don't care for it. Had this with about 1 1/4 c. salad (no dressing - my choice). I really loved this! Best biscuit mix I've ever made! I'm afraid to make biscuits with it though..afraid I might enjoy them a little too much!! ;-)
pm snack
2 pcs of chocolate almond bar
PB mocha with added fiber
Ended with 1643 calories, and about 12 carb serv
Hoping if I post this I won't eat anymore tonight.
Mary, bummer about the evening munchies. I have been the last couple days. Not bad, just not good.
Tera, I think if we got you and me in a restaurant together, we could do some major damage. :0 I've been better today but not great. Luckily with DH home, he's ok with having only 2 meals so I don't have to be skimpy. Tomorrow he'll be back at work and I will be better.
HRT - I'm on the patch at the moment and it's working fine. I don't like the adhesive residue and will switch to a pill in a couple weeks. No hot flashes but I'm definitely more munchie. I'm not sure I can blame the instant menopause on that as I've always been munchie. And now I'm bored being a couch potato so the munchies are my main thought.
Marie
Todays cals-1630 Exercise-60 min step class at the Y
maryea-Good for you for posting. Hang in there. Every morning is a new day.
Marie-I do love my food. I think we agree that even a healthy diet has to include the all the good things in life. I work with a woman that is a raw vegan and although I see where she is going and I understand why, there is no way I could go without all the lovely food she denys herself. That is sweet of your husband to agree to the two meals. It's nice you do not have to deal with hot flashes. I actually had more problems with munchies before menopause-the week before my period used to be very difficult. I do not miss that.
the last couple days. Not bad, just not good.
