Petra - Oh, don't worry - that Easter candy is long gone! It's just that my husband has it in his car so he can have a nibble every now and again - he can afford it, I can't!
littlered - Fish tacos are very popular in Virginia Beach, where we used to live. They used blackened tuna, some spicy corn and black bean salad/salsa, lettuce, tomatoes and sour cream. They also used blue corn tortilla which we good....you could make it very healthy by substituting whole wheat flour tortillas, using less or no sour cream and cutting down on the olive oil in the salsa.
And it is Petra who said she resisted the icecream and had a granola bar instead. I cannot resist it....as is evidenced by my comments on yesterday below....
Yesterday when Mike got home we jumped in the car and drove to the Virginia FlyFishing festival. They had wine tasting and lots of fishing vendors. We milled around, being quite the spectacle, which we usually are - toddler running around, and each of us wearing a baby, and Mike is carrying around a bottle of wine, half empty. They were they only infants there, and having twins always draws attention. About 15 people gave us the "you've got your hands full" which we reply with "No we don't" (holding both hands up because the babies are in carriers). Lela went to a booth looking at trinkets, and when she turned the corner there was a monkey statue bigger than she and she screamed and freaked out - big time. Luckily I had another wrap in the bag and I quickly wrapped her onto my back. Well....talk about getting attention. There's a screaming toddler on my back, a sleeping baby on my front, there's fabric flying everywhere. Some lady tries to "help" me, which is most certainly not helpful for me, and it only makes her feel better. Over the screams of Lela, I tell her that I don't need any help. In her defense, most people have never seen someone wrapping a child on their back, and it looks difficult but is really not.
This stress prompts me to make my first "mistake" of the day: bellying up to a wine tasting booth. I have a few samples....okay, I have a whole glass worth of samples. But not too bad of a mistake, I guess, since I never have any alcohol.
Then we stroll down to the river, watch some people catch some trout. Lela wants to get down and play in the river. I roll up her pants and hold her hand, she's wearing river shoes anyway, so we just let her wear those. I pass her over to Mike (second mistake) and start chatting with the kayak salesman. Next thing I hear is a splash and see Mike pull Lela out of the water - soaked from the waste down. Our exit cue. To the van, change Lela, change and nurse the babies, hit the road.
Stop at Applebees for dinner. Mike has a tall beer at the bar while wearing Laurel in the mei-tai and holding Olivia, watching the rest of the Yankees/Red Sox game - NY loses, bummer for him. (In his defense, the Applebees bar is nonsmoking and not like a regular bar - I can see him from our table. He is chatting with the babies and his glass is almost totally full when he comes and sits back down. He never, ever goes out to bars, and it has been about 6 months since he drank enough to even have a buzz. This still doesn't mask the fact that he's had a bottle of wine and a giant beer.)
Hustle through dinner, back to the van. Change and nurse babies, dress them in nighttime sleepers. Mike decides that it would be funny to squirt Lela with a water bottle - usually would be funny and okay in our family, but not at 8pm when it's past her bedtime. And he squirts her a lot.....change Lela's clothes, get her back in her carseat. All this is leading up to my third and final mistake - the coup de grace.
I decided that I really wanted, needed some ice cream - not just any icecream. DQ Cookie Dough Blizzard. We stop - I get a medium. All is right with the world. I don't feel that bad because I haven't been cheating and was way under for my calories for the day, only about 1350 at the time.
At least, I was under until I find out that it has over 1000 calories. Still, at 2400, I didn't have a horrible day, not much over for me.
Carrie: It sounds like you had a very active day. I wouldn't worry about the ice cream. It was Dairy Queen and well I would be hard pressed to pass that up....especially a blizzard. But your calorie count was still really good and all that walking with the extra weight on ya..You have to have burned some serious calories doing that.
Yesterday was good, like I said the kids and I played out side some. Then they went to their Grandmother's house. So it was just hubby and I all night. We went to a party and I only had 3 beers so that was really good. I was controlling myself. Tomorrow is my official weigh in day so I have to get some more exercise in today. I will probably go on a bike ride or something then do a half hour on the gazelle. My calories were a little higher than normal, 1600 about but it is still under my max of 1700 so that is good. I always kind zig and zag!!! Well I hope everyone is still having the beautiful weather. I am so glad that came on the weekend so we could actually enjoy it.
Mary
We had another meal delivered by friends! Its funny, that we are just now getting a couple and the baby is 6 weeks old. LOL Oh well, we'll take 'em.
This one is from Dinnersready.com. Have you heard of them? It looks like a bunch of meals you freeze. They are high cal and not so healthy. But, they do include the nutrition info, so that is such a relief. My main dish will be 500 cals and I'll just side it with a pile of sauteed spinach.
BREAKFAST - oatmeal with wheat germ, egg with lean ham and some cheese
SNACK - oops - trying to get the kitchen clean during snack time....
LUNCH - large salad with chicken, chickpeas, carrots, peppers, cukes, dried apricots
SNACK - cream cheese on crackers, small cup of homemade vegetable beef soup
DINNER - chicken fajitas on whole wheat tortilla, Spanish rice
Today was crazy - Lela was off the hook all day long. Laurel and Olivia were pretty chill though. I wish that there could be just ONE day when everyone was relaxed.
We went to the park when Mike got home - Lela wanted to go in the AM but I just couldn't do another day of lugging a baby on my front and back, and playing with her.
Calories are low today for what I need, I suppose. I'm finding myself getting very obsessed with counting - mainly keeping them low. I am starting to realize just how overweight I am, after looking at pictures I took of myself. I don't know why I hadn't thought I was *that* big before. It sneaks up on you - I don't know how 55 pounds can do that, but it can. Mine were mostly acquired while being pregnant, and having that big belly can disguise them. I feel like I could still pass for being pregnant though.....
Just feeling very bad about myself today. Not good, because my key to this is keeping positive about myself and raising my self esteem. Everyday hasn't been like this, though.
Hope everyone has had a good on plan weekend. Oh, and I just noticed in my last post that I wrote that my daughter was soaked from the "waste" down. Oops....waist.
I know what you mean, Carrie. I gain a ton during pregnancy and I still think of myself as smaller. Seeing myself in the mirrored closet in our bedroom is a shocker!
Have you seen this youtube video going around? A "fat rant". It really made me feel better about my current self, and motivated me to do some shopping to look a little nicer, instead of just getting by until my next drop in size.
Well super busy here at work with preparing final exams. I will be glad when this week and next are over. It will then slow down a tad, at least in all the other years it has.
Did great all day yesterday and then DH came up with wanting to treat the family to ICKY. So the day was above my calorie count I am shotting for now but in my previous range. This is a new week and I am really working on changing my mantality from diet to lifestyle.
Yep Zoe and Carrie I was walking to a building today and saw myself in a window walking up to the building and wa shocked. Here I thought I looked great and felt slim until I saw my reflection. Seeing myself thru clear wide open eyes always is a motivator.
Rockinrobin ~ Thanks for the encouragement. I am reading a book that is really getting me thinking beyond dieting into the reasons why I am overweight and can't seem to be successful at getting the weight off. I surely have all the knowledge I need to get the weight off, I have a mental hangup and I need to get it figured out.
I have found that when DH is around is when I fall apart. I am not sure what is going on but I am reading a book that makes me look deeper into why I am not successful at weight loss and why I turn to food. I am not sure why like I said and I will have to continue to exam why I do this. He is always supportive and encouraging. So, I must get to the bottom of this if I am to be successful. Its beyond it being just the weekend because I was losing on the weekends when he was out of town.
Well I better get going because I need to get the mail taken down to the mailroom. I will stop back later if time allows.
Yesterdays calories.. went high on purpose. Had to fast for blood work this morning at 10 a.m.
Ate a bowl of cereal in the late evening.
Total:
Calories 1607
Fiber: 49
Went to nose Dr. this afternoon. I will be doing a sleep study in the near future. Dr. did not think I have apnea. But this way I will know for sure.
He thinks that when I lose weight, My snoring will go away.
It was a beautiful week end wasn’t it? Still nice here.
Claire, Yes I am mostly keeping my calories about 1400. (Except last night).
1400 calories does feel better. I could go over easy. But for the most part don’t feel the need.
I will get weighed in about ½ hr. When I go to curves. At this point I hope it’s still a 3 pound loss. You will see it on my ticker (I hope!!)
Claire how do you make your bean burgers? Sounds fun. Well I have to come back later. DD wants to go NOW to curves. She is tired. She gets up before 4 am.
EVEYONE is doing SOOO good!! Its been quite a few days since I've been here...I actually purposely went OP for about 5 days....I ate pretty bad but not horrible, I made sure I ate a bit more than normal.....I've been SOOO stuck at about the same weight for so long, I thought maybe a week off with more calories would kick start some stuff when I went back...COULDN'T stay off for the full week though...LOL
Anyways, the scale is up 4 lbs this morning.....Its just about that TOM so normally thats about 3 lbs right before...So I gained maybe 1 lbs this week.....doing GREAT today and after my week(ish) off I actually want to make sure I eat MORE than before (I was always about 1200 calories..) this time I'm trying at around 1400-1500 a day....
Still been CRAZY working here, but hopefully things will slow down soon...I didn't go back and read through all I missed but did see something abut lentil burgers I HAVE TO CHECK OUT!!! I'm like the lentil queen...Love those things!!
OK I looked back a few pages was there a recipe for lentil burgers??? IF there someone PM me, I can't find it...THATS IT I WILL NOT MISS A DAY HERE EVER AGAIN!!!!
I'm turkey tacos today...I've never tried cooking tacos with turkey..I hope the kids dont notice...LOL I'll be having a taco salad...
Carrie
On your calories…
I agree with Mary. Sounds like you did ok to me too. Aren’t you breast feeding too? You need to keep up your energy.
With all that walking and carrying little ones too. You probably got a very good work out.
You should not feel bad about yourself!!!
You have a wonderful family. And Those little ones are just adorable. here is a hug for you. And everyone else.
Those of you that just had a little one, should be proud.
You sound like wonderful mommy’s.
Feel good about yourself. You are special.
There are so many moms that don’t care about their kids. and You all seem to do so well with them.
Lara,
I know what you mean… when you see yourself in a window. Makes me crazy. And makes me have to work that much harder.
Just want to say that YOU can do it. One day at a time.
Justme,
no recipes for bean burgers yet… Hoping there will be.
we are having computer problems, that's why I haven't been posting much. I've been lurking though. What happens is I read up on the posts and then the comp shuts down.
Oh, well... I'll try to post tonight once I know what todays totals are.
Hello all. I've been having a crazy busy weekend so I didn't post. I did ok calorie wise. I did have more carbs than I'd like to have had because I had spaghetti and meatballs, but I had a reasonable portion.
Today has been a good day calorie wise. I'm at around 1300.
Fat 19%
Carbs 62%
Protien 19%
Fiber 32 grams
How do some of you deal with sabatoge? I've been good so far, but DH is really going out of his way to bring treats in the house or offer to buy treats for me lately. I don't appreciate it.
lovemyboy - I know how you feel with your husband sabatoging your healthy eating! Mike used to do that all the time to me.....except he wasn't trying to make me fat, he just knew that I really loved and enjoyed candy! At the end of March I had "the" overweight breakdown and talked to him about it - I was so embarassed. I told him that I didn't want him to bring me those kinds of treats....and that if he wanted to bring me something special, flowers would be nice, or even a healthy food treat (granola bars, health-versions of cookies, we never have packaged foods in the house, so these are real treats for me now). Mike hasn't brought anything home since I talked to him about it. I haven't gotten flowers either, though.
Maybe your husband feels like you're doing so well that you deserve a treat. Tell him you appreciate his thoughtfullness, but that as much as you enjoy eating sweets, you enjoy feeling healthy and fit more. There are other ways that he can treat you though!
littlered - Awwww, thanks. I'm feeling much better today. I do have a wonderful family. And I needed that hug, too. Thanks!
Hope your sleep apnea test goes well. My dad has that (moderately severe) and when he got tested he was having 52 sleep apnea events per hour. That's one almost every minute....no wonder he was so tired all the time.
And congrats on the loss!!! I will weigh and measure at Curves tomorrow, so I hope that I can also change my ticker! (I'm going to change it because I actually started higher than it is....every bit counts!)
I'm going to start weighing weekly to make sure I'm not losing more than 2 pounds....I haven't been weighing that often. Does anyone weigh in every day and plot? (I weigh first thing in the AM, after I've peed and in the nude, so I know that it's a good representation of any losses/gains.)
BREAKFAST - coffee, skim milk, oatmeal, wheat germ
SNACK 1 - chicken fajita in whole wheat wrap
LUNCH - another chicken fajita in a whole wheat wrap, some pecans
SNACK 2 - large piece of homemade lasagna - high in calories (575) but so good!
DINNER - large salad with chickpeas, cukes, dried cranberries, etc.
I'm still hungry though. I don't know if I will eat anything else or not. May have a cup of hot cocoa? One of the twins is having a growth spurt and asking to nurse ALL THE TIME. Plus my toddler nursed a lot more today than normal. I am producing about 1 1/2 - 2 quarts of milk a day....that's about the size of a 2L soda. Wow....that's pretty impressive.....I will eat something more.....
I've been crocheting a striped baby blanket for one of my co-workers (his wife is due next month.) Well, it's striped brown, ivory, & pink. Guess what I started craving? NEOPOLITAN ICE CREAM!!!
Since I'm lactose intolerant I went and bought a soy version. This was after fighting the craving all weekend. So, my calories today are a little over, but at least I only had 1/2 a cup.
Calories for today~ 1601
Fiber~ 37grams
On a happy note, I think I broke my plateau this weekend. I'm not going to change my ticker until tomorrow though. I want to be sure.
Everyone is doing great!
Walking~ I wish there was a Naturopath that our HMO would cover! My DH's Godmother works with improving the quality of cancer patients lives. She uses a lot of holistic medicines/practices in her work. She is the one who told me about the Rhodiola Rosea (as well as the fish oil.) We'll see how my doctor reacts to it when I go back next month. I feel better and he can't dispute that!
Hopefully my computer behaves so I can post more often!
I'm going to start weighing weekly to make sure I'm not losing more than 2 pounds....I haven't been weighing that often. Does anyone weigh in every day and plot? (I weigh first thing in the AM, after I've peed and in the nude, so I know that it's a good representation of any losses/gains.)
I do weigh everyday in the morning, just like you. It helps me keep myself on track. Course It kinda made me mad yesterday, somehow over night I gained 3 lbs. I don't want to change my ticker back...I don't know maybe I will. This morning I am down to 2 lbs over what I was Sunday morning. I am thinking it is because I ate food with more salt and fat on Sunday afternoon then I ususally do. But I like to weigh in every morning. There is no weigh I could do it just once a week or any less for that matter.
My calories for yesterday were low. I didn't eat supper because I hadn't went to the grocery store and there was nothing in the house that I wanted to eat. So we ended up going to the grocery store and then came home and went right to sleep!!! Well I gotta get ready for that dreaded thing called .....work!! Ugh!!! I wish it was Saturday again!! LOL
Mary
Everyday hasn't been like this, though.
EVEYONE is doing SOOO good!! Its been quite a few days since I've been here...I actually purposely went OP for about 5 days....I ate pretty bad but not horrible, I made sure I ate a bit more than normal.....I've been SOOO stuck at about the same weight for so long, I thought maybe a week off with more calories would kick start some stuff when I went back...COULDN'T stay off for the full week though...LOL
