breakfast - homemade waffle (from organic whole grain mix) topped with fresh strawberries and some almond butter. Coffee with skim. NSV: was eating the waffle, decided I wasn't that hungry and the portion was too big and didn't eat it all.
dinner - whole wheat pasta topped with canned tomato sauce and sauteed lean ground beef with onion, peppers, garlic. Small lettuce salad with 1 Tbsp lite caeser dressing.
"snack" - I'm putting this is quotes because it wasn't a proper snack. We have a day-long staff retreat next week and I signed up to bring homemade cookies. I mixed up the dough yesterday so I can just bake it on Weds to save time, but did some cookie dough nibbling. Not good. Okay, just learned something about myself - can't really handle having a big bag of sugar cookie dough sitting in the fridge. Will remember this piece of info and not try that again.
Exercise - 45 minute dance video (dancing with the stars) which was fun and not too hard to follow. Then went to a party with some Latin American immigrant friends and danced for about an hour - bachata, reggaeton, salsa, cumbia. Lots of fun - I arrived after the food was served, but in time for the dancing which worked out well.
scale: 199. I'll take it.
Today's going well - got a lot of work done, OP for eating and heading to a dance class in an hour. 8 days til vacation!
Breakfast (365 Calories + coffee)
spritz oil in pan
egg 70 cal
egg whites from carton 60 cal
Handful of spinach
2% Reduced Fat Cheese 40 cal
high fiber English muffin 100 cal
1 teaspoon jam 20 calories
coffee w/sugar and cream
juice 75 calories
1143 calories today after running 24 minutes and walking 7 minutes on the treadmill. Had a big spinach salad for dinner (with tofu), and half a veggie hummus wrap for lunch, and a couple of nut/fruit bars, etc. Feeling a little hungry, but satisfied...
Quick check in. Heading to bed, gonna study some more before I fall asleep
B: umm..skipped it again
L: Shared a small mongolian beef and chkn fried rice entree with SO, i made him move the plate away when I had my portion because it was sooo good and I would have eaten more
539
Snack: 1 pack 100 calorie oroes, man i love those things and 4 yogurt covered pretzels
176
D: 2 pieces sushi and 2 servings shrimp shaomai
354
Total: 1069
Exercise: none-gym didn't have swim till late in the evening and I was waiting for my kids to come home. I won't be going tomorrow either because of school. However, Tuesday after my clinicals I'll be going.
Today I was low on veggies. I really need to work at getting those back up. Been slacking on my grocery shopping. Bad me. Stayed under my fat percentage for the day but just barely. If I eat anything else except veggies I'll probably go over! lol
Today was an ok day. I was able to eat 1300 calories. I'm a little hungry still, but not VERY hungry. I decided not to eat the leftover pizza, and had half of a ham and cheese sandwich, salad and some vanilla yogurt for lunch. I fell asleep trying to get our daughter to take a nap and didn't wake up until 4:30!! My husband was baking beer bread (gagggggg!111!!!) and sweet potato bread (haven't had it yet.) He said he was taking care of dinner, so I sat down to some laundry folding. 5 min later, the doorbell rings and it's the pizza guy. I literally *facepalmed*. I whipped up some whole wheat spaghetti (the noodles were in the fridge already cooked) and marinara, and the kids and I had that and some frozen Biggest Loser meatballs (well, they were defrosted and cooked, LOL.) He said he was impressed and proud of me for eating as healthy as I have been. I feel sad though, because I want him to do the same and be healthy too. Maybe if he sees my results he'll follow suit? I dunno.
Either way, I noticed today that I seem to have more energy than I used to. I mean, I still feel like I have to take a nap during the day or I'm DRAGGING, but it's not nearly as bad as it used to be. I used to have trouble staying awake while driving, and I just felt like I was in a fog all the time. Doc did bloodtests (fearing lupus or thyroid issues) but said everything came back within a normal range, so I don't know why I'm so tired. It's been going on for a few years, so I hope things keep improving!
Last edited by Pint Sized Terror; 10-11-2010 at 01:24 AM.
Tomorrow:
B: 1c special k cereal, 1 banana, 1/2 c fat free milk
273
L: 4 pieces of sushi, 10 pieces of sliced roast beef deli meat, 1 c raw carrots, 4 pieces celery stick, 1/4 cup raw brocolli, 1 1/2 cucumbers, 3 cheese wedges
(Lunch is large because I am at school till 6 at night. I use my large lunch as a snack throughout the day as well)
572
D: 2 chicken thighs, 1 c portabello mushroom, 1 c green beans, 1 c carrots, 1/2 c rice, 1.5 oz whole wheat bread with no fat-no calorie margarine spread
552
Dessert: 1.5 oz bread and 1 tbsp margarine whipped with honey
178
Total for the day:
1576
I'm right on target for everything tomorrow except protein. I'm still low on that. But tomorrow's meal is the closest I've come!
Weekend was not as successful as I would have liked- but still alot more contained than usual.
Friday night: got home had some crisps. bleh
Sat -Morning : Strawberries and slice of brown bread toast
Lunch: Hotdog
Dinner: Grilled chicken breast with spinah and pumpkin
Sunday: 2 slices of toast with boiled egg.
Lunch: 1 chicken kebab
Green salad
Baked Potato with margarine
Garlic bread with butter
Grilled eggplant
Slice of chocolate cake
3 glasses of white wine
Dinner: Chicken Kebab, Slice of toast
Pint - just wanted to jump in a give you a bit *woot* *woot* for sticking it to the pizza and making a healthy dinner for you and the kids!
I do think down the road, your husband might come around to it all, too - but it will probably take a while. Stick to your guns!
Have you been tested for sleep apnea? The way you describe being tired and in a fog all day long - made me think of it because I have a good friend who has the exact same symptoms. It might be worth talking to your doc about it, especially if it's bad enough that you're having trouble staying awake while driving. Btw, if that's really what the issue is, losing weight WILL help you get better sleep and feel more energized during the day - another reason to stick with it!
Cincimini - if you don't mind me asking, where abouts in Germany do you live? I went to Oktoberfest last year and stayed in Munich - it was amazing. I love Germany
roxanne - I'm sure whoever adopts her will love her and take good care of her I find that if I eat before I work out I get sick, but equally, if I don't eat at all I get really sick and dizzy. Usually I would go after lunch but 3-4 hours after so I have cals to burn but no food in me.
Penguin, blue, little, shells, ebenz, Kris - keep it up
Diana -
Pint - you can do it, come on...elliptical it away, you CAN resist the binge! And readin on I see you did...well done
raven - thanks I hope to be a stone lighter by xmas You're doing amazingly too
nicole - glad the planning is working out for you and hope you had a good weekend with the birthday boy
stacy - hope that helps
165 - congrats on the new gloves I'm rtreating myself to a new gym kit soon as mine is too big You make boxing sound tempting, we have a bag so I might get my dude to hang it up.
Madi - Hi!
Working - I know it sounds wierd but when I get WR I drink plenty of water...I think it flushes out my system. I think you'll be fine if you are OP, don't fret
Vixsin - congrats on the loss and not binging it gooood
onherwaydown - hi!
Dallas - D: Black widow (shudder) congrats on the loss
meggoat - congrats on losing again!
love - thanks you I'm doing great thanks...stuck to my goal this week and am a lb down Hope you're ok you're doing great!
MrsSoCo - hi!
Library - :wave hi!
I hope I got everyone, if I didn't, sorry.
As for me, I'm managing my 1200 cals a day and 800 4xweek at the gym just fine. Had NSV on Friday, tried on some old jeans I haven't worn for a year and they fit perfectly I have been wearing my climbing trousers for a while (I tend to hide behind hug clothes) so to be able to wear my fave jeans again is great!
Went out this weekend, got drunk, headbanged too much and hurt my neck Should've burned some calories though