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Thursday, May 27, 2010

I'm still around

I've been neglecting blogging because school has me so busy I don't even have time to clean my house! I knew it would be this way, and I'm not going to lie, I've been stress eating like crazy and not doing too well on the exercising either. I am going for a jog with Josh tonight, I know I feel better when I do, and maybe that will rid me of some of this stress and help me clear my head a little, too. I knew this summer course load was going to be a bitch and I was right, unfortunately it's going to get worse before it gets better because June has some even harder classes. I need to learn how to cope better, I guess!
I'm going to start eating better again, really I am. I'm going to the grocery store tomorrow so I can stock up on better foods, my plan is to munch on raw veggies when I get the urge to eat and eat and eat, we'll see how that pans out.
The big difference is, I'm not giving up and throwing in the towel completely like I would have before, once again, I'm getting back on the bandwagon!

Thursday, May 20, 2010

EPIC FAIL!!

So I guess with all the jogging and walking I've been doing on the treadmill and with the small improvements I've seen, I deluded myself into thinking I could actually be a runner, you know, the hardcore, run just about everyday, do 6 marathons a year, GPS watch owning runner. I guess I shouldn't call it an epic fail maybe a half-epic fail. I actually got up the nerve to run outside this evening, all psyched up, adrenaline pumping, kind of nervous, ready to go after chickening our umpteen times before. I figured I'd have no problem jogging 1 to 1 1/2 miles, I could do it on the treadmill, no problem and then I'd walk and jog like I was used to doing on the treadmill for the remainder of the 3 miles. Stretched my legs out, threw on my old running shoes. cranked up the mp3 player (Lady Gaga) and off I went, first of all my ankles kept feeling all wobbly and then my shin splints acted up and then that old familiar twinge of pain in the old lady hip...seriously??? This was supposed to be a piece of cake, I was semi-conditioned, or so I thought, I made it 2 blocks jogging, yep, 2 long ass blocks, I could have cried, what a total let down! I guess I didn't realize how much different it was actually hitting the pavement when all I've done is the treadmill. I call it a half-epic fail because I didn't turn around and stomp back those 2 blocks home and call it quits, instead I walked, and did a little more jogging, not much jogging, my confidence is pretty much blown at this point, but I did 2.5 miles, mostly walking, but I did it anyway. One of my problems aside from the physical aspects of not being able to do this is that I care too much what other people think and I know I need to get past that. That wasn't the reason I had to stop jogging but it was in the back of my mind when I was walking. I can feel all the jiggly parts jiggling and I'm sure it isn't pretty when I run. I need to say screw it if you don't like it don't look at it, but I'm not quite there yet. My son is going to jog with me once school is out, so that will help, to have a jogging buddy, tonight I just feel like a loser!
Calories for the day: 1360
Not sure how many calories I burned because the jogging watch told me I did 1 1/2 miles (I clocked it out in the car at 2.5) and only burned 58 calories and I'm sure it's more than that!

Migraines really suck!

Nothing like a 2 day headache to mess up plans for exercising, because the last thing I want to do when my head feels like its going to explode is go jogging or hang upside down in a yoga pose! Yesterday was pretty much a lost cause exercise , I didn't go to yoga because of the headache, however my eating was good and I stayed within my calorie goal, so that's plus. Today I still woke up with this headache but HOPEFULLY it will go away so I can jog this afternoon or this evening. The weather here is beautiful and it seems like such a waste to have a headache and not be able to be out and enjoy it! Yeah, I'm whining!!!

My day was brightened by getting the blog award from 266 (I'm not sure what your name is...sorry!) Thanks so much! You are such an inspiration to me!



I love reading and am inspired by so many of the weight loss blogs I read, I can't believe I didn't start doing this sooner, it is a huge support and motivation for me!
I am going to pass this award on to:

F. McButter Pants at To the best of my ability a huge inspiration in weight loss and life issues!

The incedible Shrinking family at The Incredible Shrinking Family for all the wealth of knowledge about food and great recipes and inspiration I find there

And finally,
Me only better Me Only Better who recently stumbled but is back strong on her journey!!


Here are the rules...
1. Get really excited that you got the coolest award EVER!
2. Choose ONE of the following options of accepting the OMB award:
(a) Get really drunk and blog for 15 minutes straight, or for as long as you can focus.
(b) Write about your most embarrassing moment.
(c) Write a “Soundtrack of your childhood” post.
(d) Make your next blog a ‘vlog’/video blog. Basically, you’re talking to the camera about whatever.
e) Take a picture of yourself first thing in the morning, before you do anything else (hair, makeup, etc) and post it.
3. Pass this award onto at least 3, but preferably more, awesome bloggers as yourself. Don’t forget to tell them.

If you scroll back a post or two you will see the soundtrack of my childhood.

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Feeling pretty good today!

I got an award, did I mention how cool that is?!?! :)
I had a good eating day and I did pretty well on the treadmill and I went for 2 walks with the kids because it was so beautiful outside. Only downfall of the day was my weigh in this morning, I was up 1.6#!!! I know that the scale is only one measurement of my progress and I shouldn't place too much emphasis on it, I'm just such a numbers person!! I'm not discouraged in any way, shape, or form though, I knew I blew it with eating and exercise last week, but there was nothing I could (or was willing) to do about it. I need to get through these classes and there are going to be weeks where that HAS to come first, unfortunate as that is! This week I'm totally back on track and hopefully the scale will reflect it next week, and if it doesn't, screw it, I'm still going to keep plugging along!

Treadmill stats:
47:19 time
3.6 miles **jogged at 5.0 mph which is where I was at before I hurt my hip!! YAY!! not quite the longevity jogging, time wise, that I had at a slower pace, but that will get better.
616.1 calories burned

Food Log:
Cereal with skim milk...200

Egg beaters, 2 slices of toast, 2 pieces of bacon, slice ff cheese...260

Protein bar...290

Small serving of spaghetti with meat sauce...250
Salad with low cal dressing...75

2 small apples with cinnamon and truvia...150
Cereal bar...130

Total calories...1355!! (Better!)
48 oz of water, too

Today I am thankful (once again) that I am keeping up (so far) with this history class homework. So far so good!! OH yeah, I'm totally thankful for this nice weather we can take walks in, too!!

AND NOW WITHOUT FURTHER ADO!!!

I am awarding the prestigious blog award to...

Karen (and John) at http://muffinfixation.blogspot.com/ because not only is my pal Karen an inspiration to me in my journey she also helped me to get followers on my blog so I didn't have to pretend I had followers on my blog!! lmao!!

Katie J at http://katiejweightlossjourney.blogspot.com/ not only is her weight loss journey a inspiration to me, but I love all the pictures she puts on her blog, too, it just makes me happy!! :)

And the other blog is http://365dayswiththe330poundwoman.blogspot.com/ (I'm not sure of your first name...sorry) I find her blog posts very motivational and I can relate to many of the same struggles!

SO in keeping with the rules I decided to write the soundtrack of my childhood...
First of all I was either going to marry Shaun Cassidy, Rick Springfield, or Andy Gibb...'nuff said! Rick Springfield is still HOT I must say!!

Jessie's girl
Don't talk to Strangers (Both by Rick)
DaDoRonRon (by Shaun...first record album I ever bought and it had a poster of him in it ***ahhhhh***
Shadow Dancing
I just want to be your everything (Both Andy Gibb, I had one of those black and white posters of him that you filled in with markers, too funny)
OK then there was Blondie...
Heart of Glass
Call Me
The Tide is High
(Oh yes, Mary and I did disco dance in her basement, lmao!!)
When I got older it was all about the 80's hair bands, and I can honestly say I've been in love with Bret Michaels since I was 17 (and yes my husband does know he is the one man I'd cheat on him with!!)
Look up any Poison song and place it
**HERE**
Really any 80's music defines me and a great time in my life. I still to this day love 80's music.
OK enough rambling on from me, I have to get to bed!




I won an award!! How cool is that!! I'm so psyched!!
Thank you so much to Cassandra at The Path to Wellness!!

I am going to think for a little bit about what I want to post and who else to pass this award on to. I'll post about that later!

Here are the rules...duhn duhn duhn!!
So, like all awards, this one has rules. And it's more than the usual, look pretty, represent the Academy well, try not to trip on the stairs, keep your speech short, don't worry when Kanye says someone else should have won. These are serious. And here they are:
1. Get really excited that you got the coolest award EVER!
2. Choose ONE of the following options of accepting the OMB award:
(a) Get really drunk and blog for 15 minutes straight, or for as long as you can focus.
(b) Write about your most embarrassing moment.
(c) Write a “Soundtrack of your childhood” post.
(d) Make your next blog a ‘vlog’/video blog. Basically, you’re talking to the camera about whatever.
e) Take a picture of yourself first thing in the morning, before you do anything else (hair, makeup, etc) and post it.
3. Pass this award onto at least 3, but preferably more, awesome bloggers as yourself. Don’t forget to tell them.

So let me think on this, I'll be back...

Trying something new for me

A while back one or two of you lovely ladies recommended I eat every three or four hours, so that is what I did today, and I must say it worked pretty well appetite wise, I wasn't starving at any time through out the day, I'm just not sure if I ate enough, so I'll tally that up in a bit.
I just felt so tired today, it was horrible, I actually laid down and took a quicky nap before lunch and after that just felt punky all day. I went to yoga tonight and it was good but I just couldn't focus, and my hip was hurting, which is a first, I don't know if it was the adjustment at the chiropractor or the fact that I didn't do anything but school and homework last week, I just couldn't get a handle on it. I plan on going for a run tomorrow, I didn't today based on the advice of the chiropractor. I hope this stupid hip doesn't act up again. That 5K is coming up fast and I am going to try running outside if the weather cooperates from now until then. There is a nice paved trail going from here to the lake that I might try, the only problem is it runs right along the highway and people can be such a-holes! I may just have to buck up and do it! I want to try out my running watch, too, just looks a little confusing to get it set up, and I'm pretty techno challenged. I weigh in tomorrow, I don't think I'll have a loss because of the week I had last week, but I'll just keep plugging along.

Back to daily thankfulness...
Today I am thankful that I got through 4 hours of my history lecture online..woohoo! On to the test and such tomorrow!

Food log
11 am...berry oatmeal 190

3 pm....Salad mix 25
Dressing 70
Ham cubes 70
Salad toppings 35

7 pm Flat out bread 90
Sliced turkey 80
Lite mayo 35
Craisins 65
Mustard
Spinich

11 pm 2 small apples 125
cinnamon
truvia

785...really?!?! Gotta bump up the calories I guess!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Back on track with my eating!

I think I had a pretty good eating day today. I am going to put everything here and add it up and hopefully I'll be OK with it.
Ann and I were talking at work today and we decided that once this 5K in July is over we have to set our sites on doing one around Thanksgiving or Christmas to keep us motivated, otherwise it will be too easy to say we don't have to worry about anything till next spring and I'm not going that long. Monday I'm going to scope out a route to jog in the neighborhood and try doing it, I just need to be brave about it and do it, instead of worrying about looking stupid.
Danny took Mallory to the doctor today and she just has a bad virus...I was kind of hoping for the ear infection so we could fix it easy enough! Oh well!
I really should watch part of my history lecture, but I just can't bring myself to do it tonight so I'll do it tomorrow night (easy to say now!!)!!

Food Log:
Breakfast:
breakfast sandwich 230
Coffee with creamer 60
Lunch:
Lean cuisine 360
baby carrots 35
cauliflower 40
mandarin oranges 60
yogurt 100
Supper:
Sandwich, wrap, baked chips 485
Snacks
Sunchips 100
Chocolate 210

Total 1680 (not as great as I had hoped, it is so hard on the weekends when I work!)
No exercise

Friday, May 14, 2010

Stress eating...ummmm yeah!

I can totally tell that I've had a shitty eating week. I was stressed out with this class I took at school, and the one that started online on Monday that I neglected to get the jump on (caught up today tho' whew!)! I really need to figure out how to get a handle on my stress eating, I have classes until the end of June and I certainly don't plan on stress eating the whole time!! I think it will help that I can get back to yoga and running on the treadmill next week, just need to figure out this emotional eater brain I have! GAH!!
I guess I can say I lost my good eating mojo, but got in touch with my faith, again. We had the most dynamic theology professor teaching half of this class, he actually made me excited to pull out my bible again, and I haven't for years!!
I think Mallory has an ear infection, she's had a fever all day, crabby, and now poking at her ears. She's asleep, we'll see how long that lasts!

Today I am thankful that I got all of my nursing history homework done and actually had some blogging time.

Now I need to get to bed for a weekend of fun work! And a bunch of bitching about the mandatory overtime they just implemented, I'm sure! BOOO!!!

Monday, May 10, 2010

It's going to be a pretty uneventful blogging week!

I have school all day today through Thursday, I'm going to try and eat OK and get on the treadmill, so we will see how it goes. I think I'm at around 2000 calories today, they actually fed us lunch today, so I'm getting on at least for a couple of miles after the kiddos are in bed, despite the fact that I'm pooped.
Hopefully I have more to talk about tomorrow!

Tomorrow is weigh in day, I don't think I'll have a loss just because I'm pre-cycle for the month, and I sat around on my butt all day today. Oh well, this is just one week of my life!

Sunday, May 9, 2010

Take time to...

Yeah, I know the cliche line would be " Stop and smell the roses" or some such saying, however, Paige's Mother's day present really got me thinking that we need to take time to have a picnic!! In her little bag from preschool was a handmade card, a slice of watermelon that she had colored on a paper plate, some plastic cups and spoons and forks, paper plates and napkins, and a note about having a picnic together, just me and Paige. It got me thinking about how I'm always so busy and my standard line is "maybe later" to far too many of her requests. So, we are going to have a picnic, even if it's right in the middle of the living room floor, and I'm going to take time to start doing more of the little things with her, things that are a really big deal to a 4 year old! If the the dirty dishes pile up in the sink, they will get done eventually, the laundry will get done, eventually, because honestly, when you were a kid do you remember how clean your house was, or whether your mom got down on the living room floor and had a picnic with you?

I had a great Mother's Day despite being at work for 12 1/2 hours. I avoided the wraps they brought in for lunch and ate my lunch that I packed (didn't have one of the cookies everyone was raving about either), came home to presents and cupcakes (didn't have one of those either...who the hell am I??? Oh yeah, the one who knows how frickin' long it will take on the treadmill to burn off one stinkin' cupcake!)! I was very spoiled, I got the first season of Glee on dvd, some jewelry, and watch that monitors my distance and calories etc, some decor stuff I wanted for the bathroom and a hanging flower basket for outside, oh and I mustn't forget the gag gift, the pins with Edward Cullen and Jacob Black on them...funny!

I got on the treadmill and did 4 miles tonight, I ran 1.5 miles of it straight, but didn't do so much jogging after that, mostly walking and inclines, but still, not bad for a workout after working a 12 hour shift!

Treadmill stats:
Time: 55:14
Distance 4 miles
Calories burned 698.1

Calories in for the day (I'm too tired to type everything out tonight) 1510

I have school all day the next 4 days, and between now and the end of June I will complete 4 classes. I'm going to be such a bitch the next 6 weeks, I will try to keep a positive attitude, I'm just going to be kind of stressed!

Today I am thankful for my wonderful, funny, happy, moody, loud, crazy, kids. I love them to pieces and wouldn't have it any other way!!

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Almost Mother's Day

This is one thing that just stinks about working the weekend program, missing out on all the Sunday holidays. Oh well, we'll celebrate when I get home tomorrow night. Danny is out shopping for me with the kids and I have to laugh because he's already called me twice asking about things he's looking at for me. Presents aren't ever really a surprise in my life, he's not so good at just picking stuff for me, he says I'm hard to buy for, I think I'm easy to buy for!! Paige has been waiting for Mother's Day since she brought the gift she made at preschool for me home on Wednesday, she is going to be bouncing off the walls by the time I get home tomorrow!

I think something at that lunch buffet yesterday made Danny and I sick. I woke up about 4 am this morning with a really bad stomach ache and nausea, I got up right before 5 am and took some tums and took a shower and felt better, went to work but wasn't even hungry until lunchtime, not sick anymore, just not hungry. I chalked it up to eating alot of crap food yesterday. Come to find out Danny felt sick at work last night and today, too. Makes ya' wonder. My calories will look all wonky for today because of not feeling good. No exercise today.

Breakfast:
None...felt sick
Coffee and creamer 30 only drank half

Lunch:
Lean cuisine 340
Baby carrots 35
Strawberries 75
Greek yogurt 110

Supper:
Cereal with skim milk and sugar 200

Snacks:
Mixed nuts 260
M&M minis 280 (might not have these but I'll put them here anyway for now)

Total calories = 1330

Today I am thankful that all the Pizza Hut pizzas the doctors bought us for lunch were all gone by the time I got up to lunch (no temptation!!)!!!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Buffets are not a good thing for me!!

We took my mom to a buffet for lunch today, kind of an early Mother's Day thing because I'll be at work on Sunday. We went to Ponderosa and had the buffet, and let me tell you, I need to avoid buffets because we just don't get along!! I used to love buffets, and don't get me wrong, I ate probably a third of what I used to eat when we went to a buffet, but I honestly felt sick when we got home, heavy food in my stomach and a real desire to just go lay down and sleep it off. Did I take a nap?? NOPE!! I hit the treadmill, and even though I seriously thought I was going to hurl, I stuck with and got in a good workout. I feel better now. :) I really plan to avoid buffets in the future, there is just nothing good about them. Too much food, too many desserts and a food addict just don't mix well! If I could have been happy to just have a small salad and a little bite of this and a little taste of that, I'd have been good, but I'm like a drug addict in a crack house when I get around all of those foods I love. I have a hard time making myself behave!! At least today I had a realization that what I was doing was going to make me feel like crap, and I paid for it. Maybe next time I'll be able to reel it in a little sooner, and with each negative experience I can learn and grow and not keep making the same mistakes.
I have been thinking alot lately about the power of positive thinking and how people either choose to be happy or choose to be miserable and wallow in self-pity. I think I've pretty much always been a wallower, why does this person have a bigger house than me, why couldn't I have been born with talent, why is she pretty and thin, why is that person always so happy and I have to be miserable?!?!? ON and ON and ON...I'm just so sick of it. My focus is going to shift, right here, right now, today. I am not going to focus on what I don't have, or what I want, or who has more than I do, I am going to be thankful everyday for the life I have I'm going to enjoy every moment, and live for today. No longer am I just going to be swept along in life wondering how the hell I got from point A to point B without really remembering just how I got there. Sure, there are going to be rough patches and times when I want to complain and question God's grand plan for me, but those are the times I will try to reflect on all that is good in my life, and all I have to be thankful for. It's so much easier to place blame and feel sorry for myself, but I am no longer taking that negative path, everyday I will try to be positive and focused, and when I stray back to my old ways hopefully I will be able to recognize it and stop myself from even going there.
I want to blog one thing I am thankful for everyday, and if you comment on my blog, please feel free to do the same!
Today I am thankful I got to spend some time with my mom at lunch. She is 80 years old and I don't know how many more Mother's Days we have left with her, so I will cherish each and every one of them. I'm also thankful that at 80 she is very healthy and probably more active than I am!! :)

Treadmill stats:
50:47 Minutes
3.8 miles
663.3 calories burned
Warm up walk for half mile
Jogged 1.5 miles at 4.8 mph
Walked and did inclines for a half mile
Jogged .5 miles at 4.8 mph
Walked and did inclines for the remainder of the workout.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Another good exercise day

I'm grinning ear to ear, because I'm making progress and it's progress I can see, and that my friends motivates to push just that little bit further every time I'm on that treadmill. I know there will still be days when I won't have a great workout, but just today I was thinking back to when I first got back on the treadmill and it was a struggle to jog 1 or 2 minutes and now it is getting easier, not to the point where it is a walk in the park, I still struggle, and I still have problems with that self-confidence because I keep thinking I can't even thought I know I can, my body is getting stronger, I just need to BELIEVE in myself, and that has always been a problem for me, my whole life. The fat, teased, kid that basically had her self-esteem and self-confidence stolen from her because kids are freakin' mean, no two ways about it, what is unfortunate is that I have carried that pain, self-doubt, and lack of self-confidence into my adult life and that pisses me off. I'm working on it, I will never be one of those assertive type women who are proud to be bitches, but I am working on believing in myself and my abilities in all aspects of my life. Here, I believe yoga is helping me, not only getting physically stronger but healing my mind as well. Some day when I feel up to it, I may blog about the painful aspects of my childhood, I'm just not there yet...
So anyway!!!
I did my half mile warm up walk
then
I JOGGED 1.5 miles!! WOOT WOOT!!
did inclines and such for half mile
and
then
I jogged another half mile!!!
walked and did inclines for the last part of it.

I jogged 2 miles of my 3.6 mile treadmill workout today, granted it was split up but never the less, I did it!! It feels great!!!
I asked for a calorie counting watch that monitors heartrate and distance and whatnot, for mother's day. The have jogging watches with gps in them now, way too expensive for a novice runner like me, but I thought that was too cool. I just want a cheap version, no gps, and we will see how that works. Now to get up the nerve to go jogging outside, that's the next big step for me!!
I have classes all day, on campus, Monday through Thursday next week, so there won't be any time for yoga but I hope to do the treadmill after supper on those days so I don't back slide!

Treadmill stats for the day:
50.02 minutes
3.632 miles
629 calories burned

Jogged 2 miles of that at 4.8 split up 1.5 miles and .5 miles!!!

Food log later

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Yoga, cleaning, vomiting child in the car, cleaning out the car

...and a not so great eating day! Bleh!!
Yoga was incredible as usual. I am so happy that it is going so well for me, and it just feels right, you know that feeling when you just find that niche that's right for you, whether is a partner, job, exercise, whatever, yoga is my niche!
Did some cleaning and hung some sheets out, though they could have easily ended up in the next county as windy as it was today, wow! Wind advisory all day and the house is still creaking away.
My bright idea was to go pick up Mallory's 18 month pictures after supper and guess what??? We have another kid who gets car sick. The older kids never did that but both Paige and now Mallory do. She was so full of vomit (while still buckled in to her carseat mind you) I didn't even know where to start to clean her up, thank goodness I had the diaper bag along with a boatload of wipes and change of clothes for her. I said a little prayer of thanks, as bad as it was getting her cleaned up, that she did it in the car and not in the middle of JCPennies, where we would have been had she waited even 2 minutes longer. Ah the joys of motherhood with Mother's day right around the corner. Got home and scoured the carseat with water and baking soda and I'll hit it with febreeze tomorrow. That little shit is just fine now, too. I caught her standing (yes standing) on her rocking horse. I guess because she's the last one she is going to give us a total run for our money, she is definitely a daredevil!! I'll be frequenting the hair color aisle at WalMart to cover all the grey's she's going to give me!
Anyway my eating fell apart this evening because I waited too long to have supper and let myself get too hungry.
Breakfast
Marathon protein bar 290
Lunch
Subway oven roasted chicken breast (bought the foot long with good intentions to save half for supper and well...) 740
Supper
Slice of Little Ceasar's cheese pizza 240
3 breadsticks 300

Snacks
Truffle candy bar 170
Gummies 240

Tomorrow will be a better day!!

1980 calories today

It floors me to think I would probably have eaten three times that at most times during my life and not even have thought twice about it. Now I am so much more conscious and striving to do better. Every day may not always feel like a victory, but it IS a VICTORY as long as I keep at it, one day at a time, one step at a time. Always striving to do better and not get so frustrated that I give up when times get tough.

Nite all!!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Tuesdays are always good days!

I'm not sure why, but Tuesdays always seem to be good treadmill and good eating days, I don't know if it's because I have a chiropractor adjustment on Monday mornings and yoga Monday nights or what, but it sure seems to be the pattern!
I did 3.5 miles on the treadmill this afternoon
50.07 minutes
600 calories burned
I tweaked down my speed just a touch to 4.8 mph and after doing a half mile warm up I jogged 1.3 miles, then did a bit of inclines and then jogged another .5 mile. It was a good day!!
Eating wise, I made some yummy, yummy oatmeal this morning with blueberries in it, and then I tried a couple of new recipes for lunch. I liked it all, Danny not so much...It is so hard to please everyone with food, and usually the new stuff I make is followed by a wrinkled up nose and "ewwwww' ,and that's just Danny, you should see what the kids do!!! Just kidding!! He's usually a good sport about trying what I make, but I can tell right away if he doesn't like it.
I drank 72 ounces of water today and didn't even crack a diet soda till just a little bit ago when I started getting a headache from no caffeine all day. Maybe I can wean myself off the sodas eventually, that would be awesome!
Food Log:
Breakfast:
Berries and Cream oatmeal
Lunch:
Tuna melt
Asparagus roll ups with cucumber dip
Supper:
Ham sandwich with laughing cow cheese
Pork and beans
Total calories for the day...1128 Need to beef that up a bit tomorrow, I guess!!

Took the kids for a walk after my school meeting for Paige tonight, it was so nice out. We ran up a steep hill, too, that was fun!! It's supposed to storm overnight, they had tornadoes north of us, hopefully it won't get that bad here.
Tomorrow morning is yoga after I drop Paige off at preschool, I really look forward to yoga!

Back in ONEDERLAND!!!!

I had a great weigh in this morning. Lost 3.4# this week!!! Yee haw!!!!!!

Monday, May 3, 2010

My family is a distraction!!

I have come to the conclusion that my family totally throws me off track when I'm on the treadmill. I got on it after work last night after the little ones were in bed, hubby and a couple of the kids were watching TV while I was on the treadmill (the treadmill is in the living room). First off Danny was eating popcorn and it stunk up the room and then (as sweet and cute as it is) they think it's funny to stand next to the treadmill and pretend they are walking or jogging like me. For me, jogging is as much a mental game as it is physical, maybe even more so, and if I can't concentrate and focus it's all over!! Needless to say I didn't do very much in the way of longevity with the running but I managed to do 3.5 miles alternating jogging and walking and inclines. I like my weekday routine, I get on the treadmill when the baby goes to nap and Paige watches a movie and all is right with the world!!

This week my challenge to myself is going to be to drink more water. I'm shooting for 48 ounces a day to start with and I'll bump the volume up as I go along, if I feel the need to. I am not giving up caffeine cold turkey, otherwise I'll be in bed and useless with a migraine for 3 days. My water intake amount will be on top of other beverage amounts. I used to be so good about drinking water, and I just got away from it and now I'm drinking too much diet soda...bleh!!

Yoga tonight was fabulous as usual!! I really love it, and I think I'm getting a little better at it...woot woot!!

Off to pay some bills and get to bed...

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Full bars

I think I'm impressed with these!!! I tried one at work today for the first time, you eat it a half hour before your meal with 8 ounces of water and supposedly you get full faster. For some stupid reason I am always starving when I'm at work, I don't know if it's the 12 hour shifts or what, I'm rarely that way at home on my days off, but I have a hard time at work and when I get home from work I pretty much want to eat everything that isn't nailed down. So today I ate one bar before my lunch and drank the water and waited the 30-ish minutes, I'm thinking as I'm walking up to the break room, that there is no way this thing was working because I was starving, well I heated up my lunch as usual and started eating and then about half way through I started feeling so full, I actually felt sick to my stomach, stopped eating and was pretty well satisfied until the end of my shift, I was getting a little hungry at the end but I ate another of the bars on the drive home from work with the water and again, was pretty starving when I got home, however, same thing happened, as I was finishing my supper I had to stop because I got the full, sick feeling. This definitely can't be thought of as an appetite suppressant and that's why I think they get a bad rap, but they do work if you use them properly and for the intended purpose, which is to help you feel full. I will try them again tomorrow and see if I get the same results. It's not just the water, I've tried that before and still end up hungry and eating as much as normal, there is something to this!!! Even if I only use them on workdays, it will help me out, that's for sure!
I'm beat, so I'm posting my food log and heading to bed.

Food Log:
Breakfast:
Nutrigrain bar 130
Coffee with creamer 60

Full bar 160

Lunch
Smart one 300
Cauliflower 40
Baby carrots 35

Full bar 160

Supper
Pork roast 250
Baked beans 300
Cranberry 150

Total 1585 calories

No exercise today