I'm on the "No Gall Bladder Diet"! (Comments welcome)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Alright, here's the facts.
In my bare feet on a good day, I stand about 5 ft 5 inches.
I am of medium build.
Currently, I weigh 175 lbs.
I don't like working out and I HATE jogging. Joggers always look like somebody is prodding them in the rear with a fireplace poker.

However, I do realize that I need to lose 30-40 lbs. I was able to lose 30 lbs last year through reducing my caloric intake and exercise. Most mornings I would walk for 45 min-1 hr. If it was too cold/wet I would pop in my old Richard Simmons' "Sweatin To The Oldies" and a yoga tape.

Over the summer, with DS being home, I didn't have as much time to walk and/or work out as I had during the school year. Instead, we would spend 2-3 hrs at the local pool every day and I would do my best to keep moving, even if it was just treading water. That helped me maintain my weightloss over the summer, thankfully.

Now that school has started again, I'm walking again and our local library has recently acquired a Wii, which I tried out for the first time yesterday. I spent an hour an half or so playing Wii Tennis and I didn't just sit there. I was jumping around the room like a toddler on crack.:rotfl2: I really worked up a sweat and I felt terriffic after it was all over. The librarian told me they also have Mario and Sonic Olympics and plan on adding WiiFit also, as soon as the head librarian tests it out at her house to make sure it works.:rotfl:

My goal is to be at least 30 lbs lighter by the end of the school year in June. I don't think that's terribly unreasonable, do you?

[CharityLynn]

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Just want to wish you luck!

[Missin'Disney]

:lmao: :rotfl: :lmao: :rotfl:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Cute.
It's going to be hard for me to go walk today. I didn't sleep well last night and I feel like I've been beaten with sticks. My nose is all stopped up, I feel like I have a block of Playdoh wedged between my eyebrows and my eyes feel like round razorblades. I may or may not be running a fever...I can't tell. :( I just want to curl up on the couch and watch Elizabeth: The Golden Age.:happytv: I cannot be sick..can't be. :( My parents are supposed to come over tomorrow to celebrate my birthday and they're bring the demon..er..I mean..my two nieces with them. I need to vaccum, sweep and mop the kitchen and clean DS's bathroom besides. I don't have time to be sick.:sick:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday Sept 15

Breakfast
1 mug (roughly 3 cups) regular coffee with 2 tbsp sugar and 2 tbsp nonfat non dairy creamer

Snack
2 glasses of Dr. Pepper (roughly 24 ounces total), 4 taco shells and 4 tsp of ranch dressing

Lunch
None

Snack
None

Dinner
3 tacos made with about 2 oz of shredded beef, 1 tsp sour cream, 2 tbsp picante sauce and 1/2 oz shredded cheese, plus 3 plain taco shells and about 24 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack
1 1/2 pieces of Airheads taffy

Exercise
Roughly 90 min walking

I'm going to try this food journaling thing, since it seems so popular. See if it teaches me anything about my eating habits.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tuesday Sept 16

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/ 2 tbsp sugar and 1 1/2 tbsp chocolate nonfat nondairy creamer

Snack
2 taco shells with I don't know how much ranch dressing. I just poured into a bowl, but it wasn't a terrible amount.

Lunch
None
Snack
None

Dinner
3/4 of a Totino's personal pizza w/pepproni, 14 oz of 2 % milk
Snack
1/2 cup chocolate chip ice cream drizzled with chocolate fudge Magic Shell

Exercise
30 min walking
1 hour of Wii Tennis

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Sept 17

Breakfast
2 cheddarwurst hotdogs w/mustard on white
12 oz Dr. Pepper
3 cups coffee

Snack
none

Lunch
16 oz Dr. Pepper
2 Cheddarwurst hotdogs on white w/mustard

Snack

Dinner
Meat and cheese ravioli, about 24 oz of 2% milk :)

Snack
1/2 cup of chocolate chip ice cream

Exercise
None

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Sept 18

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/sugar and cream

Snack
None

Lunch
2 Cheddarwurst w/ mustard on white w/12 oz rootbeer

Snack
Fried pickles (yumyum!) w/ ranch dipping sauce

Dinner
2 baked fish filets w/baked french fries and water

Snack
1 sugar cookie

Exercise
45 min walking

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday Sept 19
Happy birthday to me!:woohoo: :wizard: pixiedust: party: :bday:

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack

Lunch
We ended up going out to lunch at Los Charros, one of my favorite TexMex places. I had some tortilla chips w/fresh salsa, chicken and the avocado enchiladas w/Mexican rice. Drank about 4 (!!!!) Dr. Peppers

Snack

Dinner
Ended up going out to dinner at yet another Mexican placed called Mexi-Go. Had chips w/salsa and 1 1/2 "chalupas" (tostada chips w/beans, shredded beef, shred lettuce, cheese and chopped tomatoes) w/rice. Drank about 3 Dr. Peppers (!!!!)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Sept 20

Breakfast
1 1/2 Chalupas left over from yesterday
12 oz cherry koolaid

Snack
1 cheddarwurst hotdog w/kool aid
corn chips and corn dip

Lunch
2 small slices of pizza
2 Dr. Peppers
small slice of birthday cake

Dinner
1/2 of a humongous chicken fried steak
fried okra
French fries
3 Dr. Peppers

Exercise

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday Sept 21

Breakfast
leftover chicken fried steak from last night

Snack

Lunch
2 cheddarwurst w/mayo and koolaid

Snack

Dinner
Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Snack
1/2 cup ice cream and some fried pickles w/ranch dressing dip during the football game GO COWBOYS! WOOOOHOOOO!

Exercise
Walked 6 blocks (round trip) to the park and played with DS

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Sep 22

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack
12 oz milk w/three tsp chocolate Ovaltine yumyum!

Lunch
Leftover chicken pot pie

Snack

Dinner
CiCi's pizza--4 pieces of regular pizza, a side salad w/lite ranch dressing, 1 1/2 pieces of dessert apple pie pizza. I really tend to lose it when I go there because I LOVE to eat pizza. It's definately one of my favorite foods. :(

Snack

Exercise
45 min walking

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Sept 23

Breakfast
2 cups coffee w/sugar

Snack
12 oz milk w/3 tsp Ovaltine

Lunch
2 cheddarwurst dogs w/mayo

Snack

Dinner
Grilled chicken w/spaghetti and marinara sauce

Snack
Potato chips w/ ranch dipping sauce

Exercise
45 min walking

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Sept 24

Breakfast
12 oz milk w/ 3 tsp Ovaltine

Snack

Lunch
2 cheddarwurst hotdogs w/mayo on white
1 cup of brown rice (hey..had to eat something healthy, yeah?)

Snack

Dinner
2 chicken fajita tacos w/1 tsp sour cream each, 2 tsp chunky salsa, 3 oz grilled chicken and 1 flour tortilla each

Snack
1/2 box of pumpkin Peeps and 2 (!!!!) snack-size bags of potato chips :(

Exercise
30 min walking
30 crunches
30 pushups
3 sets (so 45) tricep lifts
3 sets (so 45) bicep curls

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Sept 25

Breakfast
12 oz milk w/3 tsp Ovaltine

Snack

Lunch
2 Cheddarwurst hotdogs

Snack
2 snack-sized bags of potato chips w/ranch dressing

Dinner
1 fish plank w/french fries

Snack
1 can Dr. Pepper
1/2 a childsized bubblegum snowcone

Exercise
30 min walking
90 min Wii Tennis

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday Sep 26

Breakfast
12 oz milk w/ Ovaltine

Snack

Lunch
2 cheddarwurst on white w/ 1 snack sized bag of potato chips

Snack

Dinner
3/4 Totino's party sized pepperoni pizza

Snack
1 cup mixed nuts

Exercise

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Sept 27

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/sugar and cream
12 oz grapefruit juice
1 1/2 pancakes w/butter and lite syrup
3 slices of bacon

Snack
12 oz grapefruit juice

Lunch
1 cup mixed nuts

Snack
1/2 snack sized bag of potato chips

Dinner
KFC--1 wing, 1 drumstick, 1 biscuit, 1 portion rice w/12 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack
1/2 cup fudge brownie ice cream
12 oz grapefruit juice

Exercise
None

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sun Sept 28

Breakfast
12 oz Dr. Pepper
2 small cinnamon rolls

Snack
1/2 cup mixed nuts

Lunch 1 carton raspberry cheesecake yogurt
12 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner
1 jr. sized hamburger, small fries and a med. Dr. Pepper from Sonic

Snack

Exercise
6 block (round trip) to the park

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Sep 29

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar
1 carton pineapple upside down cake yogurt (HOMG SO GOOD!)

Snack
2 taco shells w/ ranch dip

Lunch
Peanut butter and banana sandwich on white

Snack
1/2 cup mixed nuts

Dinner
tuna salad (tuna, pickles and a squirt of lite mayo) w/ Tabasco on white
1 snack sized bag of Fritos
24 oz home made lemonade


Snack
1/2 cup chocolate fudge brownie ice cream w/ candy jimmies
12 oz lemonade
1/2 cup mixed nuts

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Sept 30

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack
1 carton strawberry shortcake yogurt (HOMG SO GOOD!!!!)
1 banana w/2 tsp peanut butter
12 oz lemonade

Lunch
Tuna salad on wheat bread

Snack

Dinner
1 slice roast beef w/A1 steak sauce
1 portion mashed potatoes w/gravy
1/2 portion coleslaw
1 garden salad w/light ranch dressing
24 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack
1 Rice Krispy Treat
1/4 cup ice cream w/drizzle chocolate shell

Exercise
30 min walking
90 min Wii Tennis and Boxing

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Oct 1
Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/sugar/cream
1 carton lemon yogurt
8 oz water

Snack
Banana w/peanut butter

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich w/snack sized bag of chips, water

Snack

Dinner
3/4 Totino's pizza, water

Snack
1/2 cup brownie fudge ice cream

Exercise
30 min walking
45 min Wii Tennis and Boxing

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Oct 2

Breakfast
coffee, yogurt

Snack

Lunch
Fish-n-chips, iced tea

Dinner
none

Snack
Peanut butter and banana sandwich, water

Exercise
30 min light walking, 120 min heavy walking/Wii Tennis/Wii Boxing

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri Oct 3

Breakfast
coffee, Boston Cream Pie yogurt

Snack

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
45 min walking

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

So Tuesday, DH had come home with a Wii. On Friday, he comes home with a Wii Fit and I decided to give it a shot. After all, what can it hurt right?:confused3

I weigh about 10 lbs more than I thought I did. :scared1: :( And because of this and my height, my BMI catagorizes me as 'mildly obese'. :(:scared:

So yesterday, I decided to give it a chance and did a full workout. Boy did it ever kick my butt. I went on the short run and by the time it was over with (about 5 min) I was gasping for breath. When I woke up this morning, my legs were very sore from the yoga/strength exercises but I'm determined to perservere. In the long run it's cheaper than a gym (I think) and I don't have to worry about anybody staring at me (except maybe the cat, who is probably laughing at me anyway:lmao:).

Saturday Oct 4
Breakfast
3 strips of bacon
2 pieces plain white toast
12 oz milk

Snack

Lunch
1 snack sized bag of chips
1/2 hotdog w/ mustard

Snack

Dinner
2 tacos w/3 oz beef each, 1/2 oz shredded cheese, 2 tsp salsa
1/2 cup of pinto beans

Snack
1/2 cup ice cream

Exercise
45 min Wii Fit

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday Oct 5

Breakfast
2 small cinn. rolls, 16 oz milk

Snack

Lunch
1 Spicy Chicken Noodle ramen dish
24 oz homemade lemonade

Snack

Dinner
2 Quesadillas w/chicken and cream cheese, one portion tortilla chips

Snack
1/2 cup ice cream

Exercise
30 min Wii Fit yoga and strength training

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday Oct 6

Breakfast
Banana Cream pie yogurt (1)
Coffee w/cream/sugar (2 cups)

Snack

Lunch
1 hotdog w/ snack size portion of tortilla chips
24 oz water

Snack

Dinner
1 portion mini raviolis

Snack
1/2 cup ice cream

Exercise
30 min Wii Fit yoga
15 min strength training
20 min jogging
5 min Basic Hulahoops

I am so proud of myself..I managed to complete both the Island Lap and a 10 min Free Run without really stopping. Well..alright. I stopped once in the middle of the Island Lap for about a minute or so and again during the Free Run for a few seconds to get a drink of water. But I still completed them..didn't quit.

Am I the only person who doesn't like the Jackknives? :confused: Because I did one set of 10 reps and was thinking, "Yeah I'm not doing THAT again.".

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Oct 7

Breakfast
2 cups coffee
24 oz water
1 small cinnamon roll
1 carton blackberry yogurt

Snack

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
30 min Wii Yoga and Strength Training
15 min Jogging (Island Lap)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I realized I skipped posting on Weds and Thurs last week. Fri and Sat TOTALLY do not count because we were travelling. Went to a wedding on Fri night out near Hippie Hollow (nudist beach) in Austin which was just about the most amazing thing I've ever seen. I didn't exercise at all on Fri or Sat, unless you count me boogying my butt off at the reception.:banana: :lmao:

Sunday Oct 12
Breakfast
1 glass of water
leftover potato portion from Weds

Lunch
None

Snack

Dinner
1 hot dog
1 portion corn casserole
2 glasses water

Snack
1 snacksize bag of French Onion Sunchips. OMNOMNOM! So nommy.:woohoo:

After all the fast food I ate this weekend and everything I nommed on at the reception, I'm afraid to see what I weigh. :scared1: I'm going to get back on my Wii Fit tomorrow while DS is napping. I need to start working harder on losing weight if I want to lose 10-15 lbs by DH's birthday next month.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday, I forgot what I ate. I didn't write it down and now I feel SO bad. :(

Tuesday
Breakfast
1 carton yogurt, 3 cups coffee w/cream&sugar

Snack

Lunch
1 snacksize bag of plain Sunchips
3 oz tuna mix on white
24 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack
1/2 cup ice cream

Dinner
2 beef tacos w/cheese and salsa
1 taco shell (broken into pieces)
12 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack
baby carrots w/ lite ranch dressing
Handful of grapes I ate while I was waiting in the car line to pick up DS

Exercise
45 min walking
20 min jogging (Wii Fit)
20 min strength and yoga (Wii Fit)

I found out on Monday I had gained two lbs over the weekend :( but when I weighed myself yesterday the 2 lbs were gone. I don't care where they went as long as they aren't here.:rotfl:

Weds
Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream&sugar
1 banana
1 carton yogurt

Snack
broccoli and baby carrots w/lite ranch dressing
24 oz homemade lemonade

Lunch
Bacon sandwich on white
Sunchips
Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner
3/4 Totino's party pizza
Dr. Pepper

Snack
1/2 cup ice cream
2 taco shells
1 sample size granola bar :(

Exercise
45 min walking
20 min strength and yoga (wii fit)
10 min Advanced Step (wii fit)
9 min Rhythym (sp?) boxing (wii fit)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Oct 16

Breakfast
3 cups coffee
16 oz Dr. Pepper
Bacon sandwich
Sunchips

Snack

Lunch
Carrots and light ranch dressing
Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner
2 chicken legs (fried)
1/2 portion rice
1/2 portion mac-n-cheese
2 biscuits
Dr. Pepper

Snack
Carrots and light ranch dressing

Exercise
20 min Wii Fit Rhythym boxing
30 min free step

I woke up this morning with a sore back..so sore I could barely get out of bed. :( I took some advil, got DS off to school and came home feeling like crud. So I made myself a bacon sandwich and grabbed some chips and a Dr. Pepper to make myself feel better. Feeling guilty afterwards, I kicked out 20 min of rhythym boxing and 30 min of free step. I know tonight I'm gonna have a crap dinner too. It's kind of chilly out so I'm planning on making my fast-n-dirty from scratch chicken pot pie and maybe some homemade cheese straws.

Ugh.

I did lose almost a pound between yesterday and today though. :) Only 7 more lbs to go before I hit my goal of losing 10 lbs for DH's birthday in Nov.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri Oct 17

Breakfast
1 carton rasperry yogurt
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack

Lunch
3 oz tuna mix on white
1 snack bag of Sunchips
24 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack
grapes

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
20 min yoga/strength (Wii Fit)
45 min Advanced Step/Rhythym Boxing

I only lost like 0.02 lbs today and I know that's because we had KFC for dinner last night. I know that I would take off weight faster if I could just get my portions under control. Half the time I KNOW my portions are too large but I eat them anway. :guilty:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Oct 18

Breakfast
2 pancakes w/light marg and lite syrup
2 slices bacon
3 cups coffee w/cream sugar

Snack

Lunch
1 jr. hamburger from McDonalds
Jr. size fries
Jr. size Dr. pepper

Snack

Dinner
??? (I don't remember!)

Exercise
2 hrs walking around at the Pirate Days festival pirate:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday Oct 19

Breakfast
3 cups coffee
Slimfast shake (12 oz)

Snack

Lunch
Slimfast shake (12 oz)

Snack
handful of Cheeze-Its crackers

Dinner
1/2 cup spaghetti sauce w/meat

Snack

Exercise
2 hrs housework
15 min Strength training (Wii)
10 min Rhythm Boxing (Wii)
30 min Free Step (Wii)

I'm trying a new diet..I'm going back to Slimfast,w hich I've done in the past and had a a lot of success with..until I started eating regular meals again. I don't know if I'm going to continue on Slimfast indefinately, or what. I DO love to eat..oh lord do I love to eat. That's how I got here in the first place.:rotfl:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Oct 20

Breakfast
12 oz Slimfast shake
1 carton White Choc&Strawberry yogurt (OMNOMNOM!:cool1: )
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack

Lunch
12 oz Slimfast shake

Snack
1 snack size bag of org. flavor Sunchips

Dinner
3/4 small 3 meat pizza
36 oz homemade lemonade

Snack

Exercise
30 min walking
20 min yoga/strength training (Wii)
10 min advanced step (Wii)
10 min Rhythm Boxing (Wii)

Today is the second day of my Slimfast diet. I am down about 1.8 lbs from yesterday. I started off three weeks ago really good with my Wii Fit program and I lost about 5 lbs over the course of ten-twelve days. HOWEVER..I went out of town to a wedding over a weekend and gained it all back. :( So now I'm fighting to get it off. My goal right now is to lose 10 lbs by Thanksgivng and I know if I keep up with the Slimfast I can do it. :woohoo:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Oct 21
Breakfast
Coffee
Banana Cream Pie yogurt
12 oz Slimfast

Snack

Lunch
Slimfast
Snack size bag of Sunchips

Snack

Dinner
2 grilled chicken fajitas
24 oz water

Snack
1/2 cup cookies n cream ice cream with a drizzle of Magic Shell :(

Exercise
30 min walking
20 min yoga+strength (Wii Fit)
10 min Rhythm Boxing (Wii fit)
60 min Free Step (Wii Fit)

I feel SO bad about eating the ice cream...I was doing so well on my diet. Oh well the only thing I can do is pick myself up and just keep doing what I've been doing.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Oct 22

Breakfast
Coffee
Slimfast
Apple Turnover Yogurt

Snack

Lunch
Slimfast
1 snack size bag of Sunchips
Water

Snack

Dinner
1 can of Campbell's Chicken N Dumplings Stew. OMNOMNOM! I didn't feel bad for eating the whole can because it was only 180 calories. :)

Snack
1 cup airpopped popcorn w/salt and ICINB

Exercise
30 min walk
30 min Strength + Yoga (Wii Fit)
10 min Rhythm Boxing (Wii Fit)
20 min housecleaning

Starting weight: 185 lbs
Current weight: 182 lbs:banana: :cool1:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurst Oct 23

Breakfast
Coffe
Boston Cream Pie yogurt

Snack
Banana Cream Pie yogurt
Water

Lunch
1 bowl of chicken and rice soup (about 160 calories)
Water

Snack
24 oz water
snack size bag of Sunchips

Dinner
1 portion broiled chicken
1 portion cheesy potatos au gratin
1/2 slice bread w/honey
Water

Snack
1/2 cup chocolate cookies n cream fat free ice cream w/about 1 tsp of candy sprinkles

Exercise
20 min Strength + Yoga
10 min Rhythm boxing
10 min Advanced Step

I feel like I've been drinking so much water today I'm going to float away.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri
Breakfast
Coffee, yogurt and Slimfast
Snack
none
Lunch
Slimfast
Snack
Water and snack sized bag of baked chips
Dinner
3/4 a hotdog w/ketchup, 1 bag of Cheetos, 1 bottled water, 1 bottled Coke and half a snickerdoodle cookie

Saturday
2 pancakes w/lite syrup and faux butter
Coffee
Dr. Pepper

Snack
none
Lunch
5 baked chicken nuggets and a snack sized bag of pretzels
Dr. Pepper

Snack
1/2 cup mixed nuts

Dinner
We ate at Golden Corral on Sat. night. :sad1: I can never control myself in places like that, although I did try. I only ate one portion of chopped steak, some mashed potatoes w/gravy, a piece of cornbread, a handful of nachos and about 1/2 cup of ice cream w/sprinkles. Along with like 3 Dr. Peppers :(

Sunday
Breakfast
3 small cinnamon rolls
Dr. Pepper
Snack
none
Lunch
7 baked chicken nuggets
snack sized bag of pretzels
Dr. Pepper

Dinner
2 Bratwursts
French fries
Dr. Pepper

Exercise
Cleaned house for 4 hours, including moving the mattress/box spring off the bed so I could clean under the bed.

Monday Oct 27
Breakfast
Coffee
Water
Yogurt

Snack
celery w/peanut butter
Water

Lunch
5 baked chicken nuggets
snack sized bag of pretzels
Water

Snack

Dinner
1 slice toast w/honey
1 Taco Bell cheese rollup

Snack
1/2 cup mixed nuts

Exercise
30 min walking outside (brrr it's cold!)
30 min free step (Wii Fit)
5 min Advanced Step (Wii Fit)
20 min free run (but I was actually walking most of the way)

It still says I am up by 0.2 lbs. :(
Oh well, weigh myself again next week and see what it says then.

I was having such a crap day today and I felt awful. Headache all day, felt very cold all day long no matter what I did. Ended up curled up on the couch most of the day sleeping because I felt so crap.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Oct 29

Breakfast
Blackberry yogurt

Snack
15 baby carrots w/1 1/2 tsp lite ranch dressing
Water

Lunch
5 Chicken nuggets (baked) w/honey
1 snack sized bag of pretzels
Water

Snack

Dinner
1 Totino's Classic Pepperoni Frozen pizza
Water

Snack
1/2 cup mixed nuts

Exercise
30 min walking outside (brr!)
20 min Strength/Yoga (Wii Fit)
1 session advanced step
30 min Free Run..er..make that walk:banana:
I walked almost 4 miles in that 30 min though! :banana: :woohoo:

[mom2faith]

Hi there!!

Had to comment. What a great idea to us eyour Wii to excersize. It is making me thing that we need one. Hmmmm, maybe Santa can bring me one ;) You are doing so good at your excersizing!! Congrats!!

Be careful with Slimfast. I know you have had success in the past, but after a while it could start to have the opposite effect. That is what happened to me, I started gaining weight:scared1:

Have you ever thought of giving Weight Watchers a try? I say this because you obviously share my LOVE:love: for evil foods:rolleyes1 WW helped me becuase I truly learned how a little of those bad foods can knock me right off my groove. For example: Yesterday I ate a great breakfast, a great lunch and a great supper, I was completely on plan (OP) BUT I had a French Vanilla Smoothie worth 6 points!! 6 points for a drink!! I ended up going over 3 points for the day and it was all for a drink!! I never knew steamed milk with some french vanilla flavor would be that bad for me!! But now that I know that, I realize that in order to have it, I have to EARN it. You can earn activity points for those treats. And you would definatly get activity points from all your excesizing!! Anyway, I am not a spokesperson for weight watchers, I just thought I would suggest it. Let me know if you want links to some of the information.

I will keep checking in on you!!

Congrats on the 3 lbs so far!!:cheer2:

Amy

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I've thought about it, but I think it's fairly expensive isn't it? Also, for too many reasons to get into, I do not drive. Well..not far. I drive around our small town and even then, if I have to drive on the main road through town which can be VERY busy, I get nervous. I would have to drive to one of the next major towns over (at least 20-30 min) to get to a WW meeting, so between my fear of driving and gas prices being what they are, I would really rather not. Gotta do my part for ol' Mother Earth, yanno. :) If I don't lose weight after all this I will be surprised. I have been trying to stick to the diet (although I didn't yesterday!:blush:) and working my little tail off. I'm hoping that Santa brings me the Jillian Micheals fitness cd for Wii for Christmas. I've heard it's really tough and that's exactly what I'm going to be looking for when Christmas is over with.

As far as exercizing with the Wii, I LOVE it. I have exercised more in the last month than I had in the last decade or so. I just hit the 20 Hr mark and my Wii Fit Credit bank went from Gold (10 hrs) to Silver (20 hrs).:banana:

Thurs Oct 29

Breakfast
Slimfast
Coffee
Banana Cream Pie yogurt

Snack
10 baby carrots w/ 1 tbsp lite ranch dressing

Lunch
Slimfast and carrots

Snack

Dinner
3 Slices bacon
2 pancakes w/1 tbsp fake butter and maybe 1/4 cup lite syrup

Snack
10 baby carrots w/lite ranch..I desperately needed something to eat. Not because I was starving, but because I needed to work off some frustration and I'm too exhausted right now to exercise. DS talked NONSTOP from the time we got home (around 3 pm) until bedtime (around 8pm). :faint:

Exercise
30 min free run--er.--walk
30 min walking OUTSIDE (brr!)
20 min Yoga/Strength
10 min Rhythm Boxing
1 session Advanced Step

[mom2faith]

As far as exercizing with the Wii, I LOVE it. I have exercised more in the last month than I had in the last decade or so. I just hit the 20 Hr mark and my Wii Fit Credit bank went from Gold (10 hrs) to Silver (20 hrs).:banana:



WOOHOO!!! YEAH!!! WOW!! What an accomplishment!!

As for WW, I am doing it online this time. For part of the same reasons. I moved to a small town where there is no meeting and I know with winter fast approaching I will not Drive the 45 minutes to go to a meeting!!

I am going to PM you some info for you to look at though.

Amy

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thanks for the info.
I can't believe I exercized 20 hrs in one month.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday Oct 31

Breakfast
Key Lime Yogurt
Water

Snack
Water
5 baked chicken nuggets w/honey because I was totally craving some protein this morning

Lunch
Slimfast

Snack
1 pkg Smartees


Dinner
1/2 baked chicken breast
1/2 portion cheesy scalloped potatoes
Water

Snack
1 and a half 'fun size' Hershey bars
1 pkg Smartees
3/4 of a Hersheys Treasure-size Dark Choc w/nuts
10 Carrots w/lite ranch

Exercise
30 min Yoga and Strength exercises
1 session advanced Step
1 session Hula Hoops
1 hr walking (Trick or Treating with DS)

Now I know I swore I wouldn't weigh myself but once a week. I gave into temptation and weighed myself this morning and I'm a whole two pounds lighter than I was on Monday! WOOHOOO!:banana: :woohoo:

[mom2faith]

Now I know I swore I wouldn't weigh myself but once a week. I gave into temptation and weighed myself this morning and I'm a whole two pounds lighter than I was on Monday! WOOHOOO!:banana: :woohoo:

YEAH!! Excellent Job!! You are almost there!! Your little car has almost finished its route!! :banana: :banana: :banana:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Once I lose the next 6 lbs, I'm resetting it and starting over with another 10 lbs.

I didn't feel quite as bad about eating the little candy I did tonight because I worked so hard this morning AND I walked for an hour with DS to collect it.:rotfl:

The hard part will be staying OUT of it over the next month. November is National Novel Writing Month and I have a tendency to grab a bunch of leftover Halloween candy to munch on while I'm working on The Great American Novel.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Saturday Nov 1

Breakfast
2 pancakes w/lite butter and lite syrup
3 slices of bacon
2 cups of coffee w/cream sugar

Lunch
5 baked chicken nuggets
1/2 snack size bag of pretzels (shared w/DS)
Water

Snack
:scared1:
1 fun size Hershey bar
3 Reeses pb cups
3 fuzsize Snickers
3 pkgs Smartees
I have GOT to lay off the Halloween candy. :sad:

Dinner
We went to a local Mexican resteraunt and I ordered what I figured was probably one of the lowest calorie options on the menu.
1 avocado enchilada w/tomatillo sauce OMG SO NUMMY! :lmao:
1 portion Mexican rice
Handful of 'resteraunt' style tortilla chips w/salsa
1 full glass (so maybe 16-18 oz) Dr Pepper plus 2-3 sips (like 1/4 of the glass) of a second Dr. Pepper.

I DID SO GOOD at dinner..normally I would've eaten the entire plate and downed a basket of chips BY MYSELF AND gone through three or four Dr. Peppers. I have the other half of my meal (1 av. enchilada w/tomatillo sauce, refried beans and half the basket of chips) in the fridge waiting for me.

I feel SO bad that I pigged out on the Halloween candy though. I'm going to have to find somebody to give it to, or something. Bleh. It doesn't help that in addition to the candy DS got Friday night, DH came home from convention on Friday with a bag full of sweets also. :faint:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday Nov 2
Breakfast
2 small cinnamon rolls
Water

Snack

Lunch
Leftover from yesterday 1 enchilada w/avocado and tomotillo sauce
Beans
Chips
Water

Snack

Dinner
2 soft tacos w/3 oz shredded beef, 1/4 oz shredded cheese, 2tbsp of salsa

Snack
2 funsize KitKat Bars

Exercise
1 hr cleaning the kitchen
6 block (round trip) walk to the park

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Nov 3

Breakfast
Coffee
Banana Cream Pie Yogurt

Snack

Lunch
3 oz tuna salad (tuna packed in water, salt, pepper, diced dill pickles and lite mayo) on white
Water

Snack
1 fun size bag of M&Ms
1 fun size bag of PEANUT m&ms :sad:

Dinner
1 portion homemade meatloaf (ground beef, eggs, breadcrumbs, diced celery, diced carrots, ketchup, salt and pepper)
1 portion homemade mashed potatoes
Water

Snack
1/2 funsize Snickers (shared with DS)
1 fun size Peanut M&M
1 fun size M&M minis
1 funsize NEstle Crunch
1 Hershey's Treasure Dk. Choc w/almond :faint:

I can stay away from the sugary stuff, but I LOVE chocolate. :sad:

Exercise
30 min walking outside
20 min walking Wii
25 min Strength/Balance/Yoga (Wii)

Ok so I screwed up over the weekend with the candy. That's alright. I just need to get back on the darned horse and keep going. Fretting over how much Halloween candy I snuck out of DS's bag isn't going to help me. I just need to get on with it and keep doing what I'm doing.

[mom2faith]

A former colleague of mine used to say "Embrace it, and Let It Go!!" while hugging herself and then opening her arms as if to free what she was hugging (I know weird). But, in this case, that is exactly what you have to do. You ate it, now let it go!!

Remember, this is a lifestyle change. Halloween only comes once a year so who cares if you let yourself a high amount of treats - it is only once a year!! Remember that moderation means you can "pig out" in moderation too. (OK I do not really mean Pig Out, but you can treat yourself). Do NOT feel guilty - that will let to guilt eating (at least it does for me).

I love that you are tracking 10 lbs at a time!! What a great way to set small goals for yourself. Remember to plan a reward for yourself after the first 10 lbs. I am doing that after the first 20. I may buy myself a fancy outfit or something :hippie:

Keep up the good work And drink lots of water today. It will make you feel like you are flushing out the candy ;)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I am drinking water like crazy. I don't know what my reward to myself will be once I reach the ten lbs. Maybe some new jeans..I need new ones anyway because my old ones have holes in them now.:lmao:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Nov 4

Breakfast
3 cups coffee
Berries-n-cream yogurt
Water

Snack

Lunch
Tuna on White
Baked cheetos
Water

Snack
1 fun size regular M&M
1 funsize peanut M&M

Dinner
1 Big Mac :faint:
1/2 of a Large Fry (DS ate the other half, along with his jr. hamburger, all of his apple slices and a sippy of chocolate milk)
1 medium Dr. Pepper
2 bites of the end of DH's bean burrito
2 bites of the end of DH's Cheese Rollup

Snack

Exercise
30 min walking outside--it is SO nice out right now. Perfect, not too hot not too cold.
40 min Wii (various)

I am down a half a pound from last Friday. WOOHOO!:woohoo: :banana: :yay:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Nov 5

Breakfast
Yogurt, coffee and water

Snack

Lunch
Tuna on white
Baked cheetos
Water

Snack
1 Fun size M&M
1 Fun size peanut M&M

Dinner
1 bowl of overstuffed ravioli
1/2 slice of bread w/butter (DS ate the other half)
Water

Snack
1 cup microwave popcorn
2 funsize Butterfinger
2 funsize Kitkat :faint:

Exercise
30 min walk outside
30 min Yoga
30 min Strength
1 session advanced step
1 session advanced rhythm boxing
1 hr of Wii Tennis because I was punishing myself for eating the 2 babysized Butterfinger and the babysized KitKats. :faint:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Nov 6

Breakfast
Coffee
Strawberry Cheesecake yogurt
Water

Snack

Lunch
Tuna on white
1 bag snacksize Doritos
Water

Snack
1 fun size M&M
1 fun size peanut M&M

Dinner
2 quesadillas (chicken, cheese and chive-n-onion cream cheese)
1/2 snacksize bag Doritos
Water

Snack

Exercise
20 min walking outside
30 min Yoga
20 min Strength
1 Island Lap (about 11 min) walking
10 min Balance Games
5 min vacuuming Living Room (hey that counts, doesn't it?:upsidedow )

[mom2faith]

Exercise
20 min walking outside
30 min Yoga
20 min Strength
1 Island Lap (about 11 min) walking
10 min Balance Games
5 min vacuuming Living Room (hey that counts, doesn't it?:upsidedow )

Yes Vacuuming counts!!

Keep up the good work!!

Amy

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri Nov 7
Breakfast
Sunrise Suprise (orange, pineapple and banana, I think) yogurt
3 slices bacon
2 slices plain toast
Water

Snack

Lunch
Leftover ravioli from the other night
Water

Snack
Funsize Snickers
2 Hershey's Kisses
1 Hershey's Special Dark Treasures w/Nuts

Dinner
16 oz Dr. Pepper
3/4 singlesize (Totino's) Pepperoni Pizza

Snack

Exercise
10 min Balance games
30 min Island lap (2 laps, took me about 15 min each)
I know that I'll get at least an hour's walk in later when we go to the grocery store, but I don't know if that actually counts since I'm not walking fast like I usually would.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Nov 8

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack

Lunch
Tuna on wheat
1/2 bag of Cheetos (shared w/DS)
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
2 Beef bratwurst on wheat buns w/mustard
1 serving Bush's Southern Pit BBq Style Beans (OMG SO NUMMY! :D )
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack
1 cup mixed nuts
16 oz 2% milk w/lite choc. syrup
Exercise

Woke up at 4 am this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. Tossed and turned for about 45 min before I got up and started quietly puttering around. I think the reason I woke up is I've been worried lately. With the economy in the toilet, money has been a little tight. Yeah, I realize we did go to WDW for 4 days this summer AND DH bought me a fairly expensive birthday gift (Wii+Wii Play game+Wii Fit). I was really surprised that he would spend that kind of money on a birthday gift when we don't exactly have a lot of extra to be throwing around. Still..it was a landmark birthday (I turned 30) and maybe I deserved it because we don't go out to eat that often, we don't buy a lot of unnecessary items and we don't go clothes-shopping unless we really, REALLY need it.
Still..expenses have been up almost all year because DH decided back in January he wanted to go back to school. So he's been enrolled in EMT classes since Feb. He was supposed to graduate over the summer but missed passing his final by a friggin point and a half. A POINT AND A HALF. :faint: He's really determined to finish and to graduate this time, so he's still going to school. Which means gas bill has gone up because he's filling his car up more than he normally would. And he's going to fast food resteraunts at least 2-3X a week (which he normally wouldn't do either) in between getting off work and class.:faint:
I don't know..the economy is in the toilet. So things are bad all over. I'm just glad we have a house, really, in a decent neighborhood. I'm proud of DH for going back to school and I know he's going to pass his final this time so he can get certified. If he doesn't I might just go a little postal.:headache:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sun Nov 9

Breakfast
4 slices bacon :faint:
2 'lite' cinnamon rolls
Orange juice

Snack

Lunch
Tuna on wheat
Snack size bag of baked cheetos
18 oz raspberry ginger ale

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
I ran around in the yard with DS a bit this morning. I also spent about 30 min straightening up the living room and vacumming. DS's toybox was overflowing so I got a large canvas bag and went through all his stuff with him. He helped me pick out some toys to 'give to Santa for boys and girls that need them', which I'm going to take down and donate tomorrow. :wizard: :santa: I kept all of his little matchbox cars and all of his larger shake-n-go type cars and while it's not AS full, the toybox still has a good number of toys in it. Christmas is right around the corner and I KNOW he'll be getting more toys then, so it's not like he's going to miss them.

[mom2faith]

Woke up at 4 am this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. Tossed and turned for about 45 min before I got up and started quietly puttering around. I think the reason I woke up is I've been worried lately. With the economy in the toilet, money has been a little tight. Yeah, I realize we did go to WDW for 4 days this summer AND DH bought me a fairly expensive birthday gift (Wii+Wii Play game+Wii Fit). I was really surprised that he would spend that kind of money on a birthday gift when we don't exactly have a lot of extra to be throwing around. Still..it was a landmark birthday (I turned 30) and maybe I deserved it because we don't go out to eat that often, we don't buy a lot of unnecessary items and we don't go clothes-shopping unless we really, REALLY need it.
Still..expenses have been up almost all year because DH decided back in January he wanted to go back to school. So he's been enrolled in EMT classes since Feb. He was supposed to graduate over the summer but missed passing his final by a friggin point and a half. A POINT AND A HALF. :faint: He's really determined to finish and to graduate this time, so he's still going to school. Which means gas bill has gone up because he's filling his car up more than he normally would. And he's going to fast food resteraunts at least 2-3X a week (which he normally wouldn't do either) in between getting off work and class.:faint:
I don't know..the economy is in the toilet. So things are bad all over. I'm just glad we have a house, really, in a decent neighborhood. I'm proud of DH for going back to school and I know he's going to pass his final this time so he can get certified. If he doesn't I might just go a little postal.:headache:

First of all: :bday: I remember how hard 30 was for me, and now I am 32. Be prepared, 31 is worse, becasue then you have to admit you are "in your 30's) :rotfl2:

Secondly: Congrats to DH for making a commitment to such and awesome change!! You know, as much as that point and a half stinks, think how much better it will be when he does certify - he will have truly earned it!! pixiedust: to him that this time it goes better!!

Finally: This economy is having a strange affect on all of us. Here in Canada we are not in the same crunch as you, and where I live, the city is actually booming (the same is not happening in Toronto or other bigger Canadian cities). But, I cannot help but think the same way you do - is it going to come crashing down here too?? I am a worrier, but in this case I really have to remind myself I have no control. DH and I are sticking to our budget, we are saving a little more than we used to, and we are not splurging on anything right now. We still have not committed to that 2nd trip to the world, and may still cancel (we have lots of time). In fact, Christmas for us and DD will be much smaller than usual. For DD we bought her bunk beds months ago when they were on sale (she has been begging for bunkbeds) and then we are getting her one small toy or movie and her stocking stuffers. For each other, it is just stocking stuffers $25 limit. For DD's birthday, which is in 2 weeks, we only got her 1 toy (Barbie Pony for $20) and the Hannah Montana CD ($14). We have also been selling a lot of stuff on Kijiji (same as Craigslist) and socking that money away. Sorry to ramble on, but I just wanted to let you know that many of us feel the same way and are making small changes. Our energy bill went up $20 per month this month, but since gas is falling a bit, it should balance somewhat. It is OK to fell stressed, but why not think of a few ways to scale back a bit. Those small things can add up and you will not even notice the changes. (Like maybe DH can brownbag it all but 1 day and use that 1 day as a treat). I dunno, just some ideas.



I ran around in the yard with DS a bit this morning. I also spent about 30 min straightening up the living room and vacumming. DS's toybox was overflowing so I got a large canvas bag and went through all his stuff with him. He helped me pick out some toys to 'give to Santa for boys and girls that need them', which I'm going to take down and donate tomorrow. :wizard: :santa: I kept all of his little matchbox cars and all of his larger shake-n-go type cars and while it's not AS full, the toybox still has a good number of toys in it. Christmas is right around the corner and I KNOW he'll be getting more toys then, so it's not like he's going to miss them.

Good job teaching DS to share!! You are a great role model!! How old is he? I am very impressed and will do this with my DD this weekend!! Thank you for the idea!!

Keep up the great work!! You are doing awesome (I really think I need a Wii!!)

Amy

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday Nov 10

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/sugar and chocolate creamer (OMG SO NUMMY!:laughing: )
1 carton yogurt

Snack
Carrots w/lite ranch dressing
Water

Lunch
Tuna on wheat
Snack size bag of mini-pretzels
Water

Snack
1 fun size bag of M&Ms

Dinner
Grilled chicken breast w/homemade sawmill gravy
Cornbread dressing
Raspberry gingerale

Snack
1/3 cup lite pumpkin ice cream (OMG SO NOMMY!)

Exercise
30 min walking around the neighborhood
2 Island Laps (about 20 min)

I went to do my Body Test this morning and according to the Wii Fit, I haven't lost a darn thing. :confused: :eek: :sad: How is that possible? I mean, I didn't exercise over the weekend, unless housecleaning counts. I spent an hour cleaning the kitche on Saturday, and then ANOTHER hour cleaning and vacuuming the rest of the house. Spent at least half an hour yesterday cleaning and vacuuming the living room. So how can I not have lost any more weight since last week? :confused3

Amy--DS is 4 1/2 and it's hard for him to share sometimes because there's only one of him so he doesn't HAVE to share with anybody.:laughing: But I think teaching him to give back to the community from an early age can't hurt.

Congrats to DH for making a commitment to such and awesome change!! You know, as much as that point and a half stinks, think how much better it will be when he does certify - he will have truly earned it!!
Definately. He became interested in becoming an EMT after attending (and graudating from) our local Citizen's Fire Academy as well as the Citizens Emergency Response Team courses. I also know he's really burned out on retail (which he's done for almost half his life) and this was a cheaper way to go back to school and change careers. It's just as hard as going back to college, but it's not quite as expensive. I think the most expensive thing, outside of paying for the course, was his superdedooper chest-listener thing(they have a name..stethoscope??).

I've been trying to save on the energy bill by keeping the thermostat lowered during the day. DH and DS aren't home for the most part, and I don't mind putting on a sweater to keep warm. The house I grew up in didn't have central heat/air so it was always freezing in the wintertime. So I don't mind being cold or having to bundle up inside my own house. I've been doing it most of my life.:rotfl:

I don't know what we're going to get DS for Christmas. We usually spend about $100 on just him (we don't usually get things for each other) but I don't know if we're going to do that this year or not. And even if we don't, it's not like he won't be getting ANYTHING for Christmas. My MIL and SIL love to spoil the heck out of him, so I know that even if we only get him one or two small things and some new clothes, DMIL and DSIL will have the rest of it taken care of.:woohoo: I know that for myself, I've only asked for a couple of things for Christmas--a pair of Minnie Jane Crocs:upsidedow , Sleeping Beauty and Ratatouille on DVD. I know that we're also probably going to get DS Wall-E on DVD when that comes out later this month. We've been telling him that if he's a good boy, Santa will bring it for him.:thumbsup2

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Nov 11

Breakfast
6 cups coffee w/cream and sugar
Orange Creamsicle yogurt

Snack
Carrots w/lite ranch

Lunch
Ramen and baked tortilla chips
Water

Dinner
1/4lbs hamburger on wheat bread w/mustard
1 serving garlic potatoes
Water

Snack
Baked tortilla chips w/lite ranch
Water
3 bitesize 3Musketeers
1 Funsize 3 Musketeers


Exercise
20 min Yoga/Strength Training
2 sessions Advanced step (about 20 min total I think)
20 min Basic Run Island Lap

I feel like I am failing at this. I'm not losing weight as quickly as I should be. I'm over a month into this..I should've lost that 10 lbs by now.:guilty: And I know why I haven't..it's not because I haven't been exercising. It's because I'm still *bleeping* binging. Every day. NO matter what I do, I can't seem to stop binging. I'm about ready to give up and accept the fact that I'll be fat forever. Goodbye dream of being 140 lbs by next spring..it ain't gonna happen. :sad:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Nov 12

Breakfast
Coffee w/cream and sugar
Yogurt

Snack

Lunch
Leftover cornbread stuffing from the other night
Water

Snack
Funsize chocolates (about 4)
1 mini-Reeses PB cup

Dinner
3/4 Totino's Classic Pepperoni personal pizza
Water

Snack
Banana Smoothie (shared w/DS, about 12 oz)
Baked tortilla chips w/ranch dressing

Exercise
45 min Yoga/Strength training
30 min walking outside
2 Island Laps
2 sessions Advanced step

[mom2faith]

I went to do my Body Test this morning and according to the Wii Fit, I haven't lost a darn thing. :confused: :eek: :sad: How is that possible? I mean, I didn't exercise over the weekend, unless housecleaning counts. I spent an hour cleaning the kitche on Saturday, and then ANOTHER hour cleaning and vacuuming the rest of the house. Spent at least half an hour yesterday cleaning and vacuuming the living room. So how can I not have lost any more weight since last week? :confused3

It is a Plateau, and it sucks? Not to get personal, and really you do not have to answer, I am just putting this out there - it is "that time of the month". You may just be retaining water as a result. Do not sweat it. If you read my Journal from Friday until now you will see I am in the same boat. It is really frustrating!!

Amy--DS is 4 1/2 and it's hard for him to share sometimes because there's only one of him so he doesn't HAVE to share with anybody.:laughing: But I think teaching him to give back to the community from an early age can't hurt.

DD (almost 4) is the same. She can share other people's things, but not hers. It is really hard to teach her when she is currently an "only" child. At daycare she is great, but get those same kids around her stuff and it is Meltdown City!! I am just firm and patient with her and I try to share with her lots myself. I am with you on the community thing - it is not going to hurt at all!! DD and I usually do the Shoeboxes for Project Christmas Child, but this year I want to do something closer to home. Maybe cleaning out her toys is just the thing.




I've been trying to save on the energy bill by keeping the thermostat lowered during the day. DH and DS aren't home for the most part, and I don't mind putting on a sweater to keep warm. The house I grew up in didn't have central heat/air so it was always freezing in the wintertime. So I don't mind being cold or having to bundle up inside my own house. I've been doing it most of my life.:rotfl:

I HATE BUNDLING UP AT HOME!! I think that at home I should be warm!! :santa: But, I see your point. Great job!! We got a programmable thermostat so DH has it set to warm up for 1 hour in the AM while we get ready and then cool off for the day, then warm up again until bed time and cool off again. He loves it, but last week I came home form work early one day and was FREEZING and one night I could not sleep and got up and FROZE my butt off!! He just laughs and thinks I should stay in bed :confused3

I don't know what we're going to get DS for Christmas. We usually spend about $100 on just him (we don't usually get things for each other) but I don't know if we're going to do that this year or not. And even if we don't, it's not like he won't be getting ANYTHING for Christmas. My MIL and SIL love to spoil the heck out of him, so I know that even if we only get him one or two small things and some new clothes, DMIL and DSIL will have the rest of it taken care of.:woohoo: I know that for myself, I've only asked for a couple of things for Christmas--a pair of Minnie Jane Crocs:upsidedow , Sleeping Beauty and Ratatouille on DVD. I know that we're also probably going to get DS Wall-E on DVD when that comes out later this month. We've been telling him that if he's a good boy, Santa will bring it for him.:thumbsup2

I cannot think of anything I really want this year. We just got a new house and the trip to WDW, so I am OK with not much this year. I have asked my mom for a couple of things from her and dad, but it is funny, from DH I would rather get nothing and save the money for the next trip.



I feel like I am failing at this. I'm not losing weight as quickly as I should be. I'm over a month into this..I should've lost that 10 lbs by now.:guilty: And I know why I haven't..it's not because I haven't been exercising. It's because I'm still *bleeping* binging. Every day. NO matter what I do, I can't seem to stop binging. I'm about ready to give up and accept the fact that I'll be fat forever. Goodbye dream of being 140 lbs by next spring..it ain't gonna happen. :sad:

I am with you 100%!! Normally I would have some encouragement for you, but I am hitting that wall too. It has been almost one month for me (it will be one month on Friday) and I am only at 8.4 lbs. So much for that 10 lbs per month goal. I just know if I do not make it the first month that it will be all downhill form there!!

I binge too (in fact check out my journal about yesterday - I ate my way through the day and am I ever paying for it today!! TUMMY ACHE!!). Why do we do this? It was not emotional because I was with friends and having fun, it was plain social eating. Which is weird because I am usually watching what I eat when I am with others (I feel all eyes are on me).

Basically, I have no big words of encouragement for you today other than, you are not alone!! I hope that helps.

Keep up the excersizing!! You are doing great!!

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Nov 13

Breakfast
Coffee
Key Lime Pie yogurt
3 slices of bacon
2 slices dry toast
I was really craving carbs and bacon this morning. I figured, if I really want it, why fight it?

Snack

Lunch
Cheddarwurst hotdog (1) on a bun w/mustard
Snacksize bag of pretzels
Water

Normally I would eat 2 or 3 hotdogs, but I'm going to see if eating just one will fill me up this time. Sheerly out of curiousity.

Snack
3 funsize Milky Ways

Dinner
Tuna melt sandwich (tuna+pickles+spices+lite mayo+shredded cheddar cheese)
1/2 bag of pretzels (shared with DS)
Water

Snack
1 cup microwave popcorn

Exercise
30 min walking outside

I haven't exercised that much today because I just didn't feel like it. I might play some Wii Tennis after DS goes to bed tonight though. I just didn't want to exercise today. :headache:

[mom2faith]

Thurs Nov 13


Normally I would eat 2 or 3 hotdogs, but I'm going to see if eating just one will fill me up this time. Sheerly out of curiousity.



Drink lots of water!! And have a piece of fruit for a snack at around 3:00pm or so. You should be good!! Good luck!!

Amy

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri Nov 14

Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar
Banana Cream Pie yogurt
Water

Lunch
1 Cheddarwurst hotdog
Pretzels
Water

Snack

Dinner
Grilled c hicken
Garlic&Butter rice

Snack


Exercise
30 min walking outside
45 min Yoga+Strength training
1 session Advanced Step
1 session Rhythm Boxing

Also..I weighed myself this morning. I AM DOWN ALMOST A POUND! WOOOHOO!:cool1: :banana:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Nov 15

Breakfast
3 cups coffee
1 pancake w/butter and lite syrup
2 pieces of bacon

Snack

Lunch
Tuna melt
snack size bag pretzels
Water

Snack

Dinner
Tonight's dinner was a test. We went to CiCi's, a local pizza buffet. I had a small garden salad (not many veggie to choose from though. :( So it was mostly lettuce, sliced button mushrooms, green peppers and pickled jalapenos w/lite ranch dressing), only two small slices of pizza (pepperoni and buffalo chix wing :banana: )1 small piece of garlic bread and one small slice of their apple streusal pizza for dessert. I only drank 2 Dr. Peppers and those were mostly ice. So I think that I did fairly well, considering that NORMALLY when we go there, I don't eat a salad at all. I usually eat 6-7 slices of regular pizza and at least 2-3 slices of the apple streusal pizza and have three or four drinks.:woohoo:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sun NOv 16

Breakfast
2 small cinnamon rolls
Water

Snack

Lunch
Spicy Chicken Ramen
Water

Snack

Dinner
1/2 cup spaghetti w/meat sauce
1 slice bread w/lite butter
2 slices (small) cheddar cheese
God knows how many olives
1 can (12 oz) gingerale
1 can (12 oz) Diet Dr. Pepper
Water
Snack

Exercise
1.5 hrs house cleaning

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday
Nov 17
Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack
2 slices bacon
2 slices white toast (plain)
Yogurt
Water

I couldn't help it..I was craving meat! :(

Lunch
Cheddarwurst hot dog (ONly one though! :) ) w/lite ranch dressing on white
Water

Snack
4 bitesize chocolates (Marsbars I think)

Dinner
2 Poorman Pizzas (flour tortilla w/spaghetti sauce, shredded cheese and sliced black olives put under the broiler)
Water

Snack
1 Tootsie Roll pop
1 piece of bubble gum

Exercise
5 min Balance games
15 min Yoga
2 sessions advanced step
2 Island Laps (walking)

[caribbeanme]

Hi!! Thank you so much for dropping by my journal. It's great knowing that other people are going through the same thing and SUCCEEDING!! :D

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

No problem. We all have to help support each other, man.

Tues Nov 18
Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream and sugar
1 Banana Cream Pie yogurt
Water

Snack

Lunch
Cheddarwurst hotdog w/lite ranch dressing
1 snack size bag baked Lay's potato chips
Water

Snack
1 lg (it's a skinny little stick about 2 in long actually) tootsie roll
Water

Dinner
Quick-n-Dirty Homemade Chicken Pot Pie--OMG SO NOMMY!
Water

Snack
1/2 a cookie sandwich thing..shared it with DS
1 white chocolate w/fudge skull (small)
Bubblegum

Exercise
40 min walk outside
15 min Yoga
10 min Strength
1 Island Lap (8 min)
45 min Wii Tennis

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Wed Nov 19

Breakfast
Coffee
Water
Leftover chicken pot pie from the night before

Snack

Lunch
Leftover chicken pot pie from last night
Water

Snack
DumDums watermelon gum sucker

I've found that if I suck on a sucker, I get the same sugar fix I would have gotten from a bunch of pieces of chocolate. So I get my sugar AND it's less calories. WOOHOO! :woohoo:
Dinner
1 cheddarwurst hotdog w/ranch dressing
Baked french fries (small serving) w/lite ranch dressing
Water

Snack
1/2 cup pumpkin pie ice cream

Exercise
30 min walk outside
2 min Balance Games
1 session advanced step
1 session advanced rhythm boxing (10 min)
30 min Free Walk&Run--I walked while catching up on Biggest Loser from last night. During the commercials, I would jog. I don't know if it helped or not but I feel so GROOVY!:hippie:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Sep 20
Breakfast
3 cups coffee w/cream sugar

Snack

Lunch
Turkey Dinner w/DS--one smallish slice of crap turkey w/equally crap gravy
1 portion of cold mashed potatoes w/gravy
1 small dollop of cornbread stuffing
1 roll
Carton of milk
small slice of pumpkin pie w/faux whip cream

Snack

Dinner
2 bites of grilled chicken
1/2 portion of some garlic skillet potatoes..I just wasn't hungry for dinner :(
Water

Snack
1/2 bag baked Lay's
2 :faint: cheddarwurst dogs w/ranch dressing
Water

Exercise--NONE!
I've been cold and feeling bleh all day so I haven't done anything. :(

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday Nov 21

Breakfast
6 cups of coffee WHOOO! I was really buzzing there.:lmao:

Snack

Lunch
Spicy Chicken Ramen
Water

Snack

Dinner
3 slices of bacon
2 slices of dry toast
Water

Snack
4 mini chocolates (one bite)
Water

Exercise
30 min free run..er..walk
30 min free step aerobics
1.5 hrs cleaning house

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat NoV 22

Breakfast
3 slices bacon
2 slices toast
Coffee

Snack

Lunch
Turkey sandwich 1 slice deli turkey on white bread w/lite mayo
Dr. Pepper
Snack
1/2 Pop Tart

Dinner
3/4 Totino's Classic Pepporoni Pizza
Dr. Pepper

Snack

Exercise
Walking around the grocery store (about 2,000 steps)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sun Nov 23

Breakfast
2 small, lowfat cinnamon rolls
Dr. Pepper

Snack

Lunch
Turkey sandwich w/lite mayo
Baked tortilla chips

Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner
3 Tacos (homemade--2 oz shredded beef, lite sour cream, shredded cheese)
1 serving beans
Dr. Pepper

Snack
1/2 of a 100 calorie cupcake (shared w/DS)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Nov 24

Breakfast
3 cups of coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack
Tortilla chips w/lite ranch dressing
Water

Lunch
Tortilla chips w/lite ranch dressing
Water

Snack
1 piece of sugar free gum

Dinner
I made a whole can of Campbell's Heart Selections Chicken/Sausage gumbo, but I wasn't terribly hungry and I only ate about half of that with a couple of big glasses of water

Snack
1/2 of a 100 Calorie Cheese Styrofoam Cake--er..I mean..a Rice Cake:rotfl: pakg I recieved as a sample in the mail (shared with DS)
Water

Exercise
This week is going to be pretty much a wash on exercise. The only time I can really do it is after DS goes to bed and by that point I'm too tired. He doesn't really nap during the day any more, so when he does nap, I'm asleep too. I've been wracking my brain trying to think of things to keep him busy while he's off school this week and I'm running out of ideas! We did a couple of cut-n-paste things this morning, colored a Thanksgiving turkey, wrote in his journal for 15 min, made the world's WORST sugar cookies:eek: , watched TV, made a "Countdown to Christmas" paper chain and he played for 20 min on the computer.

Now what do I do with him? It's been chilly outside lately..to the point where I don't want to go outside AT ALL. Which means we are stuck in the house all day. :faint: I am planning on taking him to the library tomorrow afternoon after his nap (if he takes one) and letting help me clean tomorrow morning. That still leaves Weds, Fri, Sat and Sun wide open with nothing to do. :( Ack.

I wish it was warm enough they could keep the pool open year round. He LOVES to go swimming and he's been begging me to take him swimming but he gets mad when I explain it's too darn cold now.

[mom2faith]

Hey there!! Just checking in!! I see you are still on you way!! Great job!!

Just a quick question, are you drinking Diet or Regular Dr Pepper. I love my soda too, but I always end up drinking my calories!! Have you tried the Nestea or Crystal Light flavored water packets? These are a life saver for me. The Nestea ones are made with Splenda, and the CL ones have aspertame (I know, but it is 0 calories). Anyway, just and idea!!

Hope you enjoy Thanksgiving this week (Canadians have theirs in October, so we do not get to eat turkey this week :( ) Good luck with your 2 meal dillema!!

Talk to you soon,

Amy

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I can't STAND Diet Dr. Pepper..it tastes horrible to me. I've tried the Crystal Light water packet things (DH buys them for work) but that doesn't taste any better. I usually just drink plain water or water with a little apple or lemon juice in it.

Tues Nov 25
Breakfast
1 Poptart
Water

Snack

Lunch
Turkey sandwich
1/2 a sugar cookie
Water

Snack

Dinner
1/2 grilled chicken breast
cheesy scallopped potatoes (ate way too many though :( )
Water

Snack
1/2 of a 100 calorie cupcake (shared with DS)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Wed Nov 26

I can't even remember what I ate today. I think I'm just going to declare this whole week a wash and start over on Sunday, trying to do things right. Oh well...

Next week is a new week. I'll start over then!:banana:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Today didn't go too badly..we arrived at the buffet for lunch with my parents and I ate only a salad. :) I did have 2 or 3 Dr. Peppers, but I didn't sweat it. When we had dinner again at my ILs an hour or so later, I didn't pig out like I normally do and I switched to water instead of soda. Well..I had one gingerale and a Diet Dr. Pepper, but mostly water.:banana: MIL made a chocolate cake, as today was DH's birthday and I only had a teeny little piece. :)

Supper (which I just finished) was a turkey sandwich with some leftover cranberry jello salad that my MIL makes that is DELISH.:banana: And water of course.

I have to stay up for a couple more hoours to make sure DH gets up on time. He's scheduled to go into work at an insane hour and I don't trust him to hear his alarm clock.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Dec 1

Breakfast
Coffee w/cream sugar
Raspberry Cheesecake yogurt

Snack

Lunch
Tuna salad on white

Snack


Dinner
2 fish filets
1.5 portion cheese potatoes
Water

Snack
1 minisize bag of popcorn
1 tuna on white

Exercise
30 min Free Walk (almost 4 miles man! WOOHOO!)
10 min Advanced Step
5 min Balance Game
20 Min Yoga
2 sets of 15 triceps
2 sets of 20 Bicep curls

Today I am starting over. I am back on the diet (not that I was ever really off it) and back to exercising. DH got on the Wii Fit last night and over the last month he has lost 2 lbs and gone down a whole pant size..without doing anything!:mad: It's not fair..he eats like a pig and doesn't exercise and the only ONLY thing he's changed is that he now buys Crystal Light powder thingies to take to work with him so that he drinks water instead of those damn energy drinks. I work out, I try to stick to a diet and it's just not fair. :headache:

I stepped on the scale and it stayed the same as it had been 10 days before when DS got out of school for Thanksgiving. So I did well..I didn't gain anything but I didn't lose anything either. :) I know I didn't lose because I didn't have any time at all to exercise during the 10 days he was off. I am going to try and go for at LEAST 30 min a day when he's off for Christmas here in about 3 weeks.

There's a new gas station that just opened by us and I was REALLY tempted to stop in and get a soda before I went to go get in the car line to pick up DS but I didn't. I was tempted..but I didn't do it. :)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Dec 2

Breakfast
Coffee
Berries N Cream yogurt

Snack

Lunch
Tuna salad
Leftover potatoes from last night
Iced Tea

Snack

Dinner
Grilled chicken fajitas w/lite sour cream and salsa
Iced Tea

Snack
1/2 of a 100 calorie cupcake (shared with DS)

Exercise
30 min Free step
5 min balance games
1 Island Lap

I started to do a dance workout that I downloaded onto my TiVo, but I stopped after about 5 min because the music was driving me crazy. It was supposed to be soothing rain or something but it was like a soothing tribal rhythm plus rain plus a female (??) vocalist going "Ahmgah..amgah..amgah" in a really annoying voice that was out of sync with the rest of the music.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Nov 3

Breakfast
Coffee
1/2 of a piece of carrot cake w/cream cheese icing that DH brought home
16 oz Milk (which made me very sorry indeed about an hour later)

Snack
Yogurt
Water

Lunch
the other half of the carrot cake
Milk (which will make me quite sorry indeed here in about an hour)

Snack

Dinner
Homemade sloppy joe on white w/mustard
Baked french fries (probably more than I should have eaten too, but I was mad..I'd just had an argument with my husband and I was eating to keep from yelling at him some more)
Iced Tea

Snack

Exercise
2 Island Laps
5 min balance games
45 min walk outside

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Nov 4

Breakfast
Coffee
Yogurt
Water

Snack

Lunch
Cinnamon roll flavored oatmeal
Orange Juice

Snack
34 oz Dr. Pepper :(

Dinner
Spaghetti w/meat sauce
Iced Tea

Snack
100 calorie cupcake

Exercise
30 min free walk (walked almost 3 1/2 miles!!!)
20 min yoga
5 min balance games

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri Dec 5

Breakfast
Coffee
12 oz OJ
Cinnamon bun oatmeal made w/milk

Snack

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich
Water

Snack

Dinner
2 slices of pizza
Water

Snack
Water
1/2 cup dry roasted, unsalted peanuts

Exercise
5 min balance games
1 session advanced step
1 session advanced rhythm boxing (10 min)
That's a total of about 25 min in all and I'll probably get around half an hour's walk at the grocery store tonight, if not more. I'm working on a project for DH's christmas gift..I want to make a video of our pics from our WDW trip this summer so I'm trying to do that and avoid yelling at the computer because I am NOT Mrs. Stephanie Spielberg. :lmao:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Dec 6

Breakfast
1 pancake w/butter and lite syrup
4 slices of bacon :faint:
Mountain Dew

Snack

Lunch
2 slices of pizza (leftover from last night)
Mt. Dew

Snack
1/2 cup dry roasted saltfree peanuts
Water
1 candy cane

Dinner
We had dinner out and I ate a ton of tortilla chips w/fresh salsa. On top of that I had two avocado enchiladas w/a wonderful tomatillo salsa, beans w/cheese and Mexican rice. And two Dr. Peppers. :(

Exercise
2 hrs cleaning house and doing laundry

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Nov 8

I've gained a whole 3 lbs over the weekend.:scared: :guilty: It must've been the Mexican food I had on Sat night and the bratwurst I had yesterday.:guilty:

Breakfast
coffee
1 bottle of water w/Crystal Light
oatmeal made w/water

Snack

Lunch
1 left over bratwurst w/mustard
Water

Snack
32 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Homemade pizza (homemade crust w/leftover spaghetti sauce w/meat from last Thurs and some cheese)
Creamed corn (OMNOMNOM!)
Water

Snack
1 stick of gum
A handful of baby carrots w/water

Exercise
30 min walk outside
5 min balance games
1 session advanced step
1 Island Lap

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Dec 9

Breakfast
Coffee
Yogurt
Orange Juice

Snack
1 choc. chip cookie

Lunch
1 large slice thin crust pizza w/pepperoni
1 24 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner
2 chicken fajitas w/lite sour cream, onions, peppers and cheese
Water

Snack
1/2 cup ice cream w/choc. Magic Shell
Water

Exercise
30 min walk outside
45 min Wii Tennis

We went shopping today and I walked a TON. By today's end, I had walked just over 6 1/2 miles total. :woohoo:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Nov 10

Breakfast
Coffee
36 oz water
Cinnamon roll oatmeal made w/milk

Snack
1 orange

Lunch
4 slices bacon
2 slices white toast
1 carton yogurt
16 oz water

Snack
32 oz Dr Pepper
Dinner
2 bean and cheese quesadillas
Water
Snack
16 oz Orange Juice
1 cheesewurst hotdog w/a tortilla
Exercise
30 min free walk
1 hr Wii Tennis

I really didn't want to exercise today. It's cold and yucky outside and I wanted to just curl up with my blanket because I feel like crap. I'm fighting off a cold and my nose is running and I just feel bleh. But I did it..I didn't want to but I made myself get up and do it. I'm fighting for every ounce that leaves my body..every single little ounce. It's a hard fight but I've got to keep going, I've got to keep working, got to keep fighting. I'm 1 lbs away from losing a total of 10 lbs and yes it's taken me nearly 2 1/2 mos to do it but I am doing it. Slowly, with every step, I am doing it.

I just took a shower and attempted to put on my size 14 jeans. They didn't fit..couldn't even button them. I almost started crying..this isn't fair. I've been working my tail off for two months and I can't fit into them still. :sad:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I just realized I hadn't entered a thing in this thread for a week. Oops.

I've decided to hell with the diet for now. I'll start again on Jan 1. I'm still trying to exercise..got in 30 min of free walk this morning and at least an hour of tennis yesterday.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

So today I step on the scale (well..the Wii Fit board actually) and it says my weight is now 182.9 which means I have lost 1.1 lbs since the last time I stepped on about a week ago. Despite not really watching my food intake and exercising less than I normally would this week, I've still managed to lose. :cool1:

Which means at this point, I have lost a grand total of about 4 lbs in 75 days. I started at 185 and I'm down to nearly 182 now. That's a little depressing. I need to change my ticker at the bottom to reflect that. I haven't done any additions to my ticker for the Walk To WDW because my pedometer (which was a McDonald's freebie) died on me and there's no way to change the battery. :sad: Oh well.

Every step of the way it's going to be a struggle. My ultimate goal has changed a bit. I want to lose as least 20 lbs, so that I'm at 165. I know I can do it. I just have to work harder and watch my food intake better. That's my biggest struggle..the food. I LOVE food. And the CHristmas holiday isn't going to make it easier. We're going to my mom's on Christmas eve and there's going to be tons of food because it's a potluck dinner with very few healthy choices.
We also got a gift cert for a local pizza place from an associate of DH's, yet another stumbling block for me because I LOVE pizza almost more than anything. Well..except for chicken fried steak. I love chicken fried steak more than any food in the world.

I am going to keep going though..got to keep trying. Got to keep struggling. I don't want to be fat any more and if it's going to change it's up to ME. Nobody else.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

So it's a new year. The Wii Fit admonished me for not working out in nearly 2 weeks. I know I promised I would manage to squeeze in at least 30 min a day while DS was napping/having quiet time but I just..there was too much to do. And according to the balance board, I gained a pound and a half over the last two weeks, bringing me up to 184 lbs. Only one pound less than when I started working out 91 days ago. :( That's depressing.

I am going to start drinking more water..I've had 6 of my 8 glasses today already and it's not even even noon yet. I have no idea what I"m going to do for lunch but I know dinner is going to be..difficult. We're going out with my in-laws because DS is going to their house to spend the night. And I have the feeling DH might take me to a local wine bar afterwards..we got a gift cert from one of his friends for th wine bar and we might as well use it. DH always has fun watching ME get plastered, mostly because it doesn't happen very often.

Breakfast
Yogurt
Brown sugar&maple sugar oatmeal (like 300 calories)

Snack--gum

Lunch
Leftover chicken wing (just one!) from last night
leftover portion of mashed potatoes and gravy from last night

Dinner
1 portion meatloaf
1 portion carrot-raisin-pineapple salad
1 portion cornbread dressing
Mixed field greens salad w/tomato, mushroom, carrot, green pepper, onion and Caesar dressing (only about 1 tbsp though)
36 oz Diet Pepsi

Glasses of water drank today: So far, 7 1/2 and it's only 12:30 here. I've been drinking water like it's going out of style this morning. I just need to find a way to keep it up, esp once DS goes back to school. I also know I need to get rid of my bad, bad habit of grabbing a 32 oz softdrink from the 7-11 on my way to get in the car line for DS's school in the afternoon. By the time I have to go get in line (about an hour before he gets out of school), I'm so exhausted I can barely stay awake. I fight falling asleep while waiting for school to let out and crash once I get home for at least a half an hour just so I can make it through the evening.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday Jan 2

Breakfast
1 carton yogurt

Lunch
2 barbacoa tacos from Taco Cabana w/salsa roja and jalapenos
36 oz Diet Coke

Snack

Dinner

I know..I know. Diet Coke/Diet Pepsi/Diet whatever is BAD BAD EVIL BAD!;faint: I should have drank water or at the very least, lemonade. But I wanted the Diet Coke. So I drank it. And I did good on the tacos..normally I would eat th ree or four plus chips and beans and rice. I ate the two tacos and while I wasn't totally satisfied I did stop at those two tacos. They were SO nummy. But I know..I know. Barbecoa is bad. Anything with flavor is bad. Bread and pasta and tortillas are downright, Lord Of The Sith evil incarnate.

*sigh*
This is not going to be easy. I think tomorrow when we do the grocery shopping, I'm going to pick up a bottle of Slimquick or Hydroxycut to help me out.

Yes..I know. Diet aids=so bad it's the worst. But I feel like I'm at the end of my bleedin' rope here. I've tried every diet in the book at least once. All of them have failed. I feel like my only options at this point are diet aids or surgery and I don't think I really qualify for surgery anyway. Not that I want surgery..I hate going to the doctor as it is. I don't trust doctors. They're not evil or bad..I just don't trust them. So I've got to do this on my own. I know that my joint problems are worsened by my weight, as are my issues with my feet. I know that my weight was a big factor in the nearly crippling pain I was in while we were at Disney World this summer.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Saturday Jan 3

Breakfast
Water (2 glasses)
2 strips of bacon
1 carton blackberry yogurt
1 Kashi blackberry breakfast bar (free sample from the mail)

Lunch
6 corndog bites
1 portion leftover mashed potatoes and gravy
Water (2 glasses)
1 breath mint

Snack

Dinner
Frozen pizza
Water

I remember hearing or reading somewhere that having a breath mint, esp if it's a strong one, after meals tends to curb the appetite. So I guess I'll have to try that. Couldn't hurt, right?

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday Jan 4

Breakfast
1 cup frosted miniwheats w/1/2 cup 2% milk
24 oz grapefruit juice (yes I do like grapefruit juice. A lot. :) )

Snack

Lunch
Leftover pizza from yesterday
Water

Snack

Dinner
1 bratwurst w/mustard
1 portion baked beans
Water

Snack
1 PB cup plus a handful of chocolate chips

I've been one busy bee this morning. Folded one basket of clothes, put a load of towels into the dryer, put a load of other clothes into the washer. Folded the towels. Put the other clothes into the dryer and started a load of bed linens. Cleaned out and rearranged both DH and I's sock drawers. Cleaned out our dresser drawers and got rid of a half dozen old teeshirts that DH won't even miss, as well as some shirts that I don't even remotely fit into any more. Cleaned DS's bathroom and scrubbed his nasty plastic stepstool until it was all shiny and clean again.
Once DS wakes up from his nap, I plan on moving the furniture in the living room and vacuuming underneath. I also need to scrub down the kitchen and sweep/mop the floors in there.
I have been one busy little bee this morning and drinking tons of water. I have a large blue cup that holds about 36 oz worth of liquid. So far I've drunk two of those w/about 1/3rd ice.:woohoo:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday Jan 5

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Grapefruit juice

Snack

Lunch
Leftover bratwurst w/baked pretzels
Water

Snack
1 100 cal. "nuttybuddy" single pack
Orange

Dinner
11 :( baked chicken nuggets
left over baked beans
Water

Snack
1/2 cup miniwheats
leftover peppermint stick from Christmas

[Eeyores Butterfly]

sdark: I'm signing on for your journal! Haven't had a chance to read all seven pages, but I wanted to wish you luck with your weight loss on this new year!:cheer2:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thanks! :)

Tuesday Jan 6
Breakfast
1.5 cups of coffee w/cream and sugar
1 cup of miniwheats w/1/2 cup 2% milk

Snack
Banana-Chocolate-Peanut Butter smoothie (1 banana, 8 ice cubes, 1/2 cup 2% milk, a drizzle of chocolate sauce and 2 tbsps peanut butter. Note to self: Next time use smooth/creamy pb and not the chunky stuff)

Lunch
Tuna salad (tuna in water, salt, pepper, diced pickled and a little bit of lite mayo) on white toast with baked pretzels and water
Snack

Dinner
3 chicken fajitas (grilled chicken w/grilled onions and green peppers, lite sour cream, salsa and shredded cheese on a whole wheat tortilla)

Snack
1 100 calorie 'nuttybuddy' pack
1 orange

I discovered something very weird. I ate the nuttybuddy and was still craving more chocolate. I didn't want to overdo it though, because I knew if I ate one more I'd somehow justify eating two, three or even four more. So instead I grabbed an orange and it took away all of my cravings! Weird.
Exercise
5 min balance games
30 min free walk
30 min free step
Housecleaning (1 hr???)
I really, really didn't want to get up and work out this morning. It's cold and wet and icky out and I just wanted to snooze on the couch with my warm cuddly Mexican blanket and watch TV. But I forced myself to do a 30 min free walk and a 30 min free step, protesting all the way.:yay:

I must be doing something right..I did the body test today and I'm down nearly half a pound from last week!:woohoo:

[mom2faith]

I tried to catch up on all your pages, but I will be honest, I skimmed a couple because I was so far behind.

Here is what I noticed:

You are doing a good job!! Sometimes the scale lies. Plain and simple. Have you taken your measurements? I would be willing to bet you are toning all of you muscles with your workouts and although it is not showing on the scale, there is a difference. Do your clothes fit a little different? Bras? Undies? You get my drift!! Remember muscle weighs more that fat, so as you are toning, you are gaining muscle!!
Do not beat yourself up so much!! Clear those negative thoughts. This is your life and there are things you are just going to do - like a diet coke or 11 nuggets. You have to Embrace it and get over it ;) You are not failing, you are living. Life has bumps in the road and your road to 165 lbs will have bumps!! Do not worry about it!!
Rather than a weight loss drug have you thought of a multi-vitamin for weight loss? This will get you all of those vitamins, etc that your body may be missing and needs to function and then throws in a little extra B6 and other vitamins that help you metabolize food better. I am not against diet aids, I have tried them all, but for the most part they really do not work. I have found that a milti-vitamin really does help though. You just feel better. Let us know what you do, I would love to hear how the diet aid you chose works.
Just remember you are doing something and that is better than doing nothing!! You are focusing on this change and meeting hurdles as they come. And, even though you think you have made mistakes, you haven't. Because you are learning from them. You are doing great!!


Keep up the good work. The fact that it has been 90 days and you are still trying shows your determination!! You will do this!!

On another note, I still am still in the playing stage of my Wii Fit. You are my inspiration for this, so I hope that I can channel your determination!! 6 weeks ago I never thought we would get a Wii until spring and certainly not a Wii Fit!! But, I decided that the $100 for the Wii Fit was less than the gym - LOL!!

I am also waiting for DH to move our Elliptical machine. Ours is in the basement and I want it in the bedroom. I am hoping that if it is staring at me every morning and night, I will start to use it. Just 30 minutes a day to start!!

Well, off to update my journal. Keep up the good work!!

Amy

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

You are doing a good job!! Sometimes the scale lies. Plain and simple. Have you taken your measurements? I would be willing to bet you are toning all of you muscles with your workouts and although it is not showing on the scale, there is a difference. Do your clothes fit a little different? Bras? Undies? You get my drift!! Remember muscle weighs more that fat, so as you are toning, you are gaining muscle!!

Thanks. I have noticed that my bras aren't fitting quite the way they used to and if I'm losing fat from my tatas and they're shrinking, that would be GREAT!:rotfl: I swear I'm the only woman on earth who envies women who are small-chested.:lmao:
I have a measuring tape so I need to start taking my measurements. I do have a pair of size 16 jeans I bought at Thanksgiving that are so loose I can pull them off now without unbuttoning them.:woohoo: I still don't fit into size 14 th ough...I had a pair of 14s in the drawer and I tried them on yesterday but I can't get them buttoned. :(

Do not beat yourself up so much!! Clear those negative thoughts. This is your life and there are things you are just going to do - like a diet coke or 11 nuggets. You have to Embrace it and get over it You are not failing, you are living. Life has bumps in the road and your road to 165 lbs will have bumps!! Do not worry about it!!

I'm trying to. It's just so darn hard! Why can't the road be less lumpy?:confused3

Rather than a weight loss drug have you thought of a multi-vitamin for weight loss? This will get you all of those vitamins, etc that your body may be missing and needs to function and then throws in a little extra B6 and other vitamins that help you metabolize food better. I am not against diet aids, I have tried them all, but for the most part they really do not work. I have found that a milti-vitamin really does help though. You just feel better. Let us know what you do, I would love to hear how the diet aid you chose works.

I'm not even sure where to start with a multivitamen. I'm actually a little nervous to take one..the last time I did there was so much iron in it, it would've constipated a water buffalo!

Keep up the good work. The fact that it has been 90 days and you are still trying shows your determination!! You will do this!!
Thanks. :hug: This is pretty unusual for me to be honest. Normally, if I try something and I don't accomplish what I want very quickly, I quit. I'm such a perfectionist that not getting what I want on the first try drives me absolutely batty. That's why, when I'm working on a sewing project, I end up ripping ou t the stitches three, four or even five times until I'm completely satisfied.

I went and measured myself.
Waist is 36 inches. Ouch! :(
Chest is 40. :(
Hips are 45!!!! :scared:
My biceps are 13 inches around. THIRTEEN INCHES! :faint:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Jan 7

Breakfast
coffee
miniwheats w/ 2% milk

Snack
Yogurt

Lunch
6 chicken nuggets
Pretzels

Snack
Miniwheats w/o milk

Dinner
8 chickne nuggets :(
1/2 portion of macaroni and cheese (I couldn't finish it..something went wrong and it was so gross)

Snack
2 100 calorie pack nuttybuddies :(
1 orange
handful of bittersweet chocolate chips :( :(

Exercise
30 min walk outside..brr! It's cold out there! But I didn't want to stay inside and do a free walk with Wii Fit. I'm getting tired of that. I still love my Wii fit but I don't think (for the time being anyway) I can do anymore indoor free walks.
And I don't know WHAT I did yesterday but my back hurts. :headache:
I just did 30 min of Wii Tennis too. I feel like I have to work out or do some sort of exercise for at LEAST an hour a day. I played Wii Tennis standing on tip toe to help give my legs a bit more of a workout and hopefully strengthen my ankles.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Jan 8

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk, coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack
2 string cheese
1 yogurt
Water

Lunch
Tuna salad on wheat w/ pretzels
Water

Snack
:(
24 oz Diet Pepsi

Dinner
Spaghetti w/meat sauce
4 :( slices of garlic toast
Water

Snack
1 100 calorie pack Nuttybuddy :(
A handful of dark chocolate chocolate chips
1 orange

Exercise
1 hr walk
30 min Wii Sports, mainly tennis

You would think that by now I'd know better than to let my blood sugar crash and burn. Got back from my walk and thought, "Oh I'm a little hungry." but sat down, had a huge glass of apple water (3/4 water, 1/4 apple juice) and watched Secret Life Of The American Teenager. Finished that, played half an hour of Wii Sports and thought, "Maybe I should eat something." But I didn't. I sorted the laundry and made the beds instead. So fifteen minutes later I'm feeling very wobbly in the middle and my fingers and feet are feeling very tingly the way they always do when I have a serious blood sugar crash. So I grab a yogurt and some string cheese and sit down with another glass of apple water.
I should be back to normal soon..within the next twenty minutes or so. I hate when this happens and fortunately, it doesn't happen very often any more. It used to happen all the time when I worked at Sucknic because we would have to work eight to ten hours without so much as a goshdarned bathroom break. By the time my shift was over, I'd be near to passing out so I'd have to sit and eat before I could even think of driving home.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday Jan 9

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Orange
Water

Lunch
6 chicken nuggets
2 string cheese
Water

Snack
2 100 calorie Nuttybuddy packs :(

Dinner
3 tacos made w/grilled chicken, salsa, shredded cheese and lite sour cream on hard taco shells
Beans
Snack

Snack
handful of chocolate chips
3 taco shells broken up into chips w/salsa
Water

Exercise
1 hr walk
20 min Wii Tennis

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Jan 10

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
3 slices of bacon
Water

Snack

Lunch
6 chix nuggets
pretzels
Water

Snack
Gum

Dinner
1 bratwurst w/mustard on a w hite bun
beans
Water

Snack
3 taco shells crushed w/picante sauce
Water

Exercise
1 hr housecleaning
20 min exerbike

A friend of mine donated an exerbike (stationary) to me today. I did 20 min on that thing and I was DONE..my legs felt like jello when I got off. My heart was pounding and I was totally out of breath. I felt great!:rotfl: Just another tool in my weightloss arsenal.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday Jan 11
Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Water

Lunch
Leftover brat and 2 taco shells w/lite ranch dressing
water

Snack
100 calorie Nuttybuddy

Dinner
Grilled chicken breast
Seafood salad

Snack
Handful of chocolate chips

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday Jan 12

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/2% milk

Snack
Yogurt

Lunch
2 string cheese
1 orange
Water

Snack

Dinner
Miniwheats w/whole milk (Blergh! I wouldn't have used it, but it's all we have in the house at the moment)
Snack
Microwave popcorn

Exercise
20 min Yoga
5 min balance games
30 min walk
20 min exerbike

Despite all the mistakes I made last week, I'm down 1.1 lbs!:banana: I also had something very odd happen with the Wii this morning. I turned it on, went to do my yoga and my trainer (male) has longer hair now than he did a week ago!:confused3

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Jan 13

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/whole milk (it's all we have in the house right now)
Coffee

Snack
Miniwheats w/whole milk
2 slices bacon
Water

Lunch
---
Snack
Nuttybuddy

Dinner
Fried pickles
2 baked fish patties
leftover seafood salad

Snack

Exercise
20 min Exerbike
5 min balance exercises
20 min yoga

I had to switch from the male trainer to the female trainer this morning. The male trainer has grown his hair out somehow and now instead of a short, spiky hairdo he's got this male Farrah Fawcett 'do. Kind of like Ashton Kutcher's when he was on That 70's show. I couldn't stand it..I ended up laughing so hard I tumbled off the balance board and onto the floor, with the Wiimote under my hip. Ouch.:rotfl2: I ended up just laying there giggling for several minutes because once I got going I couldn't stop. Switching to the female trainer wasn't much better. She was so enthusiastic, even when my stance was crap because I couldn't stop laughing. I ended up having to sit down and laugh some more because she kept clapping and saying how great I was, how strong I was.:lmao:

*edited*
Last night I really got it for overdoing at dinner. The fried pickles were SO delicious but I think the seafood salad was turned. I ended up with the worst diarrhea I've had in a long, long time. :(

[mom2faith]

I have not tried the male trainer yet, but frankly I find the female one annoying "Great Job" over and over again, when I have fallen off the board long ago - LOL!!

Good job on keeping at it. I am still not in a rythym and am so sparatic.

I love Mini Wheats and would eat them every meal too - LOL!! Looks like we have a lot in common :)

Have a great day and keep up the good work!!

Amy

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Jan 14

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/milk, coffee

Snack
Baby carrots w/lite ranch dressing

Lunch
Tuna salad made w/water packed tuna, a dollop of mayo and and even smaller dollop of Ceasar dressing for taste on wheat toast
1 portion baked Lay's

Snack
Nuttybuddy

Dinner
2 pancakes w/butter and syrup :(
4 !!! :( :( slices of bacon
16 oz Raspberry Gingerale

Snack
1 orange

Exercise
30 min free step
5 min balance games
20 min exercise bike
10 min yoga
10 min strength exercises (lunges and chair squat)

Doing the exercise bike has been a struggle for me, but it seems to be getting a little easier. I took Bob and Jillian's advice and sang throughout the workout. I know I probably sounded ridiculous but since I was alone in my garage, I don't think anybody cared much.:rotfl2: When I got off the bike, I was like, "Oh..this is new." because my legs felt like they were made of stone. They didn't hurt..they just felt stiff and hard to move. I took a short break, watched Bob blow his top on Biggest Loser:happytv: and had a snack. Got good and hydrated and did some yoga. Went to do my lunges and HOLY FREAKING CRAP! I could barely get through one set of 15 because my legs hurt SO much when I went to do them. When I was finished with both legs, I sat on the floor and just w himpered like a little baby. Owie.

*edited--I really effed up on dinner. I was hungry and exhausted and grocery day is Friday so there's not a whole lot of food left in the house. So I ate what was easy and fast and I feel so bad about it now. Esp the bacon. :(

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Jan 15

Breakfast
2 slices of toast w/butter and jelly
Coffee

Snack
Tuna sandwich on white
1 orange

Lunch
Oatmeal

Snack
Nuttybuddy

Dinner
Spaghetti w/meat sauce (I actually ate a normal sized portion of that)
4 slices of garlic toast :(

Snack
Handful of chocolate chips

Exercise
20 min exerbike
30 min free step
5 min balance games

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Jan 16 Friday

Breakfast
Coffee
Bacon sandwich (3 slices bacon on white toast w/a teeny dollop of mayo)

Snack

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich and carrots
Snack

Dinner
Chinese buffet--2 cream cheese wontons (OMG SO NUMMY!) 2 1/2 egg rolls (DS stole half of one of mine), 1/2 cup orange sesame chicken, 2 potstickers, 1/4 cup fried rice, 2 slices (???) california roll sushi (yum), 2 fried dough cinnamon sugar cookie things, 1 fortune cookie

Snack

Exercise
20 min Wii Tennis
10 min Balance Games
2 Island Laps (15 min)
25 min Yoga


Urgh. It's so cold..I'm tempted not to exercise at all today. I'm tempted to just go drop DS off at school, then cuddle under a blanket with some hot chocolate, some chocolate-dipped peppermint sticks (we got them as a Christmas gift) and watch Tess of the D'Urbervilles that I taped off of PBS the other day.

*edited--Feel the Fat and Do It Anyway!
Urgh.
I didn't want to do it. I got sucked into it. I thought, "Well I'll just play a LITTLE tennis". Then, after 20 min of tennis, I was like, "Well maybe I'll just do a LITTLE yoga".
An hour later and I'm sitting on the floor, a puddle of goo, with water bottle in hand going "How the heck did I get sucked into a fullblown workout?" :confused: :rotfl:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Jan 17 Sat

Breakfast
4 slices of bacon :(
2 pancakes w/butter and syrup
Water

Snack

Lunch
Tuna sandwich w/ chips

Water

Snack
Gum

Dinner 3 medium sized pieces of pizza

Snack
Water
1 orange

Sunday Jan 18
Breakfast
miniwheats w/milk
Multivitamin

Snack

Lunch
Tuna sandwich w/baked chips

Snack

Dinner
4 :( Beef soft tacos w/cheese, rice and salsa

Snack
1 orange

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Jan 19

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
multivitamin

Snack

2 cups coffee
1 orange

Lunch
2 1/2 slices leftover pizza w/lite ranch
Water

Snack
Banana smoothie (2 bananas, ice and milk..split it with DS)

Dinner
4 chicken nuggets
1/2 cup Stovetop Stuffing
Water

Snack
Lollipop from DS's Halloween stash (yes we still have Halloween candy, but it's mostly hard candy or pure sugar stuff. All the chocolate is long gone)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Jan 20

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Yogurt

LUnch
3 oz grilled sundried tomato and garlic chicken breast (deli)
Leftover portion of Stovetop from last night
Water
I really really wanted the stovetop but decided to balance it with some protein instead of just having carbs.

Snack
2 mint truffle Hershey's Kisses (found them under the couch..have NO idea how long they were under there either. Still tasty though :rotfl:
1 orange
Water
Dinner
Grilled chicken breast
Garlic butter rice

Snack
Gum

Exercise
30 min walk outside (brrr!)
25 min exercise bike
5 min balance games
25 min Yoga


I'm sitting here, still trying to calm my body down from that weird dream I had. DH woke me up, accidentally, when his alarm went off and I went back to sleep. I began having a very bizarre dream in which I was chased by an African-American guy who did, in the end, catch me and try to kiss me which got him a knee to the groin.
Clearly I am ambivalent about Obama being our president.:lmao: That is signified by the fact that I was chased by an African-American man in my dream. I am doubtful of his ability to 'unify the country' as he says because I did not want to be smooched on by him. :lmao: :rotfl:

Sure it was disturbing, but at least I can laugh about it.

*edit--I haven't lost a single pound. :sad:
*edit #2--I had an argument with DH right after dinner and after he left to go run some errands I snorked down a chocolate donut and a big glass of chocolate milk. I felt REALLY bad about it and about 15 min after I'd done it, I went in the bathroom and made myself throw it up. I felt SO much better after that.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Wed Jan 21

Breakfast
minwheats w/2% milk
Coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack
Yogurt

Lunch
3 oz grilled garlic and tomato chicken (deli slices)
leftover stuffing
Water

Snack
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
6 chicken nuggets (baked)
1 portion baked cheetos
Water

Snack
1 orange

Exercise
30 min Wii Tennis
5 min balance games
20 min Yoga
Island Lap x2
30 min housework

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Jan 22

Breakfast
1/2 banana (shared with DS)
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Water
Yogurt

Lunch
Grilled chicken breast (deli) on toast
Baked cheetos
Water

Snack
1 orange
gum
Dinner
Single patty hamburger w/lettuce, tomatoes, onions and mayo (Wendy's)
Medium sized french fry
36 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Exercise
45 min walk
45 min Wii Tennis

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Jan 24

Breakfast
4 slices of bacon
2 bites of pancakes
OJ

Snack

Lunch
Grilled cheese sandwich
baked cheetos
Diet Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
Housecleaning 1.5 hrs.

[Maxinesmom]

I struggle with the soda issue as well so I can totally relate. It looks like you are getting lots of use from your Wii Fit! I wish I was that committed to it! You are doing a great job of logging your food but in the future I'd caution you on throwing up after a "binge" of sorts. You are much better off to just move forward and not dwell on that. Life's not about being perfect - just make more healthy decisions than unhealthy and you'll see a loss! Hang in there :) :goodvibes:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sun Feb 1

I haven't logged my food for almost a week. Last week was a bad week..DS was off school several days due to an ice storm and the icky weather made me just not want to exercise at all so I didn't. :(

Breakfast
2 "lite" cinnamon rolls (140 cals each)
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Lunch
3 small slices pizza (left over from Fri night--3 meat w/stuffed cheese crust)
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner
1 bratwurst on toast
1 portion baked beans
Dr. Pepper

Snack
1 choc pudding cup (about 70 cals)
Gum
Exercise
Spent an hour and a half cleaning the back of the house then another 45 min or so cleaning the kitchen

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I'm up 1.5 lbs.:sad:
Well, it makes sense. I didn't exercise at all hardly last week since DS was out of school due to an ice storm and I didn't really pay a whole lot of attention to portion sizes a couple of times. We went out to dinner with the ILs Sat. night and I had a steak and mashed potatoes and a big salad w/ranch dressing and several Rice Krispies treats AND a small bowl of ice cream w/chocolate sauce. :faint:

I didn't make my last goal, which was to lose 5 lbs in one month's time. So now my new goal is 2 lbs over the next two weeks.

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/milk
Coffee

Snack

Boston Creampie Yogurt (OMNOMNOM!)

Lunch
Leftover bratwurst on toast w/mustard
1 bag Sunchips
Water

Snack
Gum

Dinner
6 chicken nuggets
1 portion brown rice
Water

Snack
airpopped popcorn w/ICINB spray (0 calories???)
Exercise
40 min walking outside
5 min balance games
20 min yoga
10 min aerobics

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Feb 3

Breakfast
miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Rasberry cheesecake yogurt
Peanut butter (2 tbsps I think)
Koolaid

Lunch
Deli ham w/mustard
Sunchips
Koolaid

Snack
24 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
2 grilled chicken snack wraps from McDonald's
Water

Snack
Sugarfree pudding

So this morning, I went out and hiked for about 30 min or so while geocaching. I came back, piddled around on the internet for about an hour then went back out again. This was a DUMB idea. I hadn't eaten in nearly 4 hours so I was a little hungry but I ignored it. I went out anyway and walked around for nearly an hour. By the time I got back I was shivering and felt freezing cold even though it's not that cold out. My blood sugar had plummeted and I felt a dizzy. I gulped down two glasses of Koolaid so fast I gave myself a headache. I ate the yogurt and then went for the PB because I thought maybe the protein would help me feel better. I sat under a blanket, shivering and watched last night's "Secret Life". I was STILL freezing cold when it was over, so I hopped in the shower and turned it on as hot as I could stand it. I was FINE while I was in the shower and I didn't want to get out. The minute I got out, my body temp dropped and I was freezing cold again. Right now I'm sitting here in DH's sweatpants, a teeshirt and one of his heavy sweaters STILL freezing and shivering. I ate lunch but it was like my mind was fuzzy. I had a hard time deciding what to eat, because I couldn't think clearly. After I ate and about 15 min passed, I felt clearer although still freezing.
This really freaked me out. I'm beginning to wonder if I should go to the dr to see if I'm prediabetic or something.:confused3 I should probably call DH too, but he'd just freak out and want to take me to the hospital or something. He JUST passed his EMT basic course and is going to take the state licensing exam in like two weeks.

*edit*
I went from being freezing cold to burning up with a headache that makes me feel like my head is going to explode. My eyes feel like they're going to pop out of my skull and I'm slightly nauseated. I just took my temp--it's 101. My body's starting to ache too. Dammit, I bet I have the flu. :sad: I could barely bring myself to eat dinner but I knew I had to, so I could have SOMETHING in my stomach.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I think I might be losing a little weight this week after all. I think I've come down with the flu. :( Yesterday I was shivering all day and couldn't get warm but last night I was burning up. My head ached and my eyeballs felt like they were going to explode. This morning, around 2 am, it was the worst. I got up to use the bathroom and about near fainted from the pain in my head and eyes. I took my temp it and it said 101.8. Lovely.:rolleyes: We don't have any Theraflu but DH did find some Dayquil in the back of the medicine cabinet. I took that and the pain is mostly gone. Gone enough that I can function even though I still feel lousy and am still running a hundred degree fever.

I don't know if I'll be able to keep anything down..I tried eating my normal breakfast this morning and couldn't keep it down. :( So we'll see.....
I just hope DS doesn't get sick. That's ALL I need..a feverish, puking kid.:crazy2:

*edit*

I had some cereal this morning, but I puked it up. I've been drinking water like crazy all day and I ate some brown rice with sauteed mushrooms. Was able to keep that down. I've been running a 100 degree fever all day and as long as I'm semi-upright, I don't feel like my head's going to explode. I've been sleeping on and off all day on the couch in a half-sitting up position because I don't think I slept very well last night. I remember at one point I was having conversations with people..I don't know if I was dreaming or hallucinating. :eek:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Day two of being sick. I took some Dayquil (it was all we had in the house) when I went to bed last night and I think it quit working around 2 am, because that's when I woke up sneezing and coughing my brains out. I've got some regular decogestant and I might try that, just to clear my head out so I can not be in pain when I take DS to school here in a bit.

If I'm still this weekend, I'll probably end up going into the local CareNow clinic on Sun afternoon after DH gets off work. I hate being sick. I barely have enough energy to do anything and the house is a disaster. :(

[maroo]

I am sorry that you are sick!

I hope you feel better soon. The flu is no fun!!!

I got a Wii Fit this week! I love it!!!! :)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Day three (or four, if you count Tuesday) of being sick.
I'm beginning to think it is less the flu than it is a TERRIBLY bad cold AND a sinus infection on top of that. Still sneezing and coughing my brains out and there is a pain, like somebody drove a knife into my skull, that never goes away. Even when I take Dayquil, it doesn't fully go away. It's still there and when I move or cough or sneeze it gets so bad I have to lay down. DH thinks it's just a really bad cold but I know better. I'm going to try and get into the emergency clinic tomorrow night after he gets home from work or Sunday after he gets off. Because I honestly think this is getting worse, even if he doesn't.
Last night DS had a performance at school..their class (and everybody else's class) were doing nursery rhyme songs. I feel SO bad I had to miss it. DH told me he talked to the principal and explained that I was sick, so they would excuse DS if I decided to keep him home today. I looked at him like he'd lost his mind. Those hours when DS is at school allow me to get the rest I need and take care of MYSELF without having to worry about him. I get to be with him for the next three days (no school MOnday). I won't get any rest then, I'm sure of it. I need this day off..I mean yes I've had all week, but I need this one extra day. I am sick. I am in servere pain. I don't need or want DS crawling all over me, begging me for this that and the other. So I'm a bad mom for feeling this way. Sue me.

[maroo]

Every Mom I know feels that way. Those hours they are in school are precious hours to get stuff done! FOR those sweet kids!

And if you are sick...definitely need to rest!

Don't feel bad! :)

And you can get back to working on your Mii after you feel better!

I hope you feel better!!! :)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Day what..five? of being sick
I'm feeling better than I was and now DS is sick. Lovely. :(

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Starting OVER!
DS is finally well so he can go back to school and I'm not sick anymore either so I can get off my butt and get back to working this out.

Monday
Breakfast
Coffee
Leftover pizza from last night
Multivitamen

Snack
Yogurt
Orange

Lunch
Deli ham sandwich w/1 tsp Hellman's
1 pkg French Onion Sunchips
16 oz Dr. Pepper
5 solid chocolate candy-coated 'easter eggs' :(

Snack

Dinner
1/3rd grilled chicken breast
Mushroom-flavored rice-o-roni
Water

Snack
1 chocolate/strawberry 'bonbon' from DS's Valentine's Day bag from school
1/2 cup Candy Jar ice cream

Exercise
45 min walk outside (brrr!)
20 min yoga
20 min strength
5 min balance games

[maroo]

Way to go!!

I am glad you finally got better. That flu is going around here, too and it is no fun at all!! :sad2:

Congrats on your starting over!

You can do it!! :cheer2: :cheer2: :cheer2:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thanks.
I was so glad for DS to go back to school today. I was able to get out and walk, which I haven't done in 2 weeks and work out on my Wii. I lost that 1.5 lb s I gained from who knows where plus another half pound so I'm back where I was before I gained the 1.5 lbs.:cool1: I actually LOST weight while I was sick and tending to DS even though I didn't work out at all. I set a new goal of 2 lbs in 2 wks, which I know is totally doable.

I also need to get back in the habit of doing small weights on my arms (I have a pair of 3 lbs weights) and strength training on the Wii Fit. I haven't done that in FOREVER and when I did it today, I thought I was going to keel over and die. I did one set of 10 reps on my legs for the squats (I tink that's what they're called) an d it felt like my thighs were on fire.:scared: I did 30 jackknives and HOLY SMOKES my abs hurt after that but I was determined to press on and do some more strength exercises. I didn't want to, but I did.

I am SO afraid of becoming morbidly obese. I see shows like The Biggest Loser and World's Fattest Man and I can totally see that happening to me if I'm not careful. I LOVE to eat so much..which always gets me into trouble. We went out for dinner on Friday night at Chilis and I had NO problem wolfing down one of their Big Mouth Burgers and about half of my fries. :( I tried to limit how many Dr. Peppers I drank too and I think I only drank maybe 2 and a half of another one.

Saturday I had a normal weekend breakfast of pancakes w/butter and syrup and bacon and Dr. Pepper to drink. I don't think I pigged out too badly on Saturday and I did meh..maybe ok yesterday. 2 small cinnamon rolls w/Dr. Pepper for breakfast, a ham sandwich and baked chips w/Dr. Pepper for lunch and only 3 smallish slices of pizza w/Dr. Pepper for dinner. I had 4 small pieces of chocolate from a box that DH bought me for dessert.

I'll be glad once this bottle of Dr. Pepper I bought at the grocery store this weekend is gone. Once it's gone, I'll have nothing but water, juice or Koolaid to drink and I won't have to worry so much. Dr. Pepper is one of my worst demons.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Feb 17

Breakfast
Leftover pizza (again..but it was the last of it)
Coffee

Snack
Orange Creamsicle Yogurt
Water

Lunch
Deli ham on white w/1 tsp Hellman's
Baked chips
Water

Snack
24 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
1 Bratwurst w/mustard
Baked Beans
Water

Snack
1/2 cup Candy Jar ice cream
Orange
Water
Exercise
30 min walk outside
30 min free step
20 min yoga
5 min balance games
20 min Wii Tennis
10 min Exercise bike (My legs were SORE so I couldn't do much more than this)

I don't know WHAT I did yesterday but my back is SO sore. Owie. :headache: I didn't do strength today..I'm planning on doing that only every other day (so like M, W and Fr). At least for now anyway.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Feb 18

Breakfast
1 cup frosted miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Yogurt
Water

Lunch
Leftover bratwurst from last night
Baked chips
1 'funsize' milkyway
1 small choc bonbon from DS's Valentine's Day stash
Water

Snack
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Grilled chicken
Potatoes w/cheese garlic sauce
Water

Snack
3 pieces of chocolate from the Valentine's heart DH gave me
1 piece of string cheese
Water

Exercise
Walking--2 hrs (yes, two hours. I walked approx 5 1/2 miles)
20 min Yoga
20 min strength
5 min balance games
I'm going to do my strength training today, even though my back is still sore from doing it on Monday. My legs ache, but I've got to push through this and keep working.
No pain no gain right? Besides, what was it Jillian said last season? If you're not puking you're not working hard enough. I haven't puked yet so I guess I'm not working hard enough. Sorry Jillian...:(

*edit--I decided since it was nice out today, I'd go geocaching after I dropped DS off at school. I looked up one cache that was a fairly easy (2/2) difficulty that was about 3 miles from my house. I thought I'd save my gas and walk there. My GPS navigated me there fine although I didn't find the cache. Oh well. Maybe next time. Took me about 45 min to walk there, fifteen minutes of messing around hunting for the cache and then another hour or so to walk back. By the time I got back to my house, my legs were KILLING me. Ouchies. I got hydrated and had some yogurt and got right back up. I did my yoga and my strength exercises even though my abs are killing me from the jackknives. By the time I finished the Wii exercises, my legs were just quivering. But I felt good that not only was I able to walk so far, but complete my other stuff as well. I'd never have been able or had the desire to do that before I started all this. Before I would've said, "Eff this. I just walked for TWO STINKING HOURS!" and collapsed on the couch. But I didn't today. I walked my little booty off and then did some more, even though I was in a bit of pain. :)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Feb 19

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Water
Blackberry yogurt
large orange

Lunch
Deli ham sandwich on white w/1 tsp Hellman's
Tortilla chips w/fresh salsa
Water

Snack
3 'funsize' Reese's PB cups from DS's Valentine's day bag
1 Charms Blo-Pop
Water

Dinner
1/2 cup Hamburger Helper Cheesy Ranch w/bacon
Water

Snack
1/2 cup Candy Jar ice cream
Water

Exercise
Walked--2.5 miles
1 session advanced step
1 session advance rhythm boxing
5 min balance games
Vacuumed--5 min

I am down a whole 'nother pound and a half! WOOHOO!:cool1: I've already met my goal of 2 lbs in 2 weeks, so I set myself another goal of 2 lbs in 2 weeks. I AM NEARLY JUST OVERWEIGHT INSTEAD OF OBESE!:woohoo: Another 2 lbs and the Wii Fit will move me down from Obese to just plain Overweight. YIPPPEEEEE!:banana:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri Feb 20

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Orange
Water

Lunch
Deli ham w/1 tsp Hellman's
Tortilla chips w/fresh salsa

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise

Walked 30 min
20 min yoga
20 min strength
1 round advanced step
5 min balance games

I think from now on, I'm going to follow sort of a schedule as far as my workouts go.
MWF--Walk+Strength+Yoga
T,TH--Walk+Bike+Yoga
S,Sun--Free days

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Feb 24

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/2%milk
Orange Juice
Coffee

Snack
Yogurt
Water

Lunch
Deli ham w/1 tsp Hellman's on white
leftover cheesy garlic potatoes from the other night..about 1/2 cup
Water
Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
45 min walking (was out geocaching)
15 min exercise bike
20 min yoga
20 min strength
5 min balance games

I didn't exercise at all yesterday because I woke up SO sick. I woke up at 2 am with this horrible pain in my abdomen which I thought was gas, so I took some Mylanta and part of the pain went away. But on the right side, just where my ribs are, there was a pain like somebody'd jabbed me with a flaming hot fishhook and it wouldn't go away. I vomited so much..like every 20 min and it wasn't just stomach acid. It was a thick, mustard-colored stuff. No matter what I did the pain refused to go away. I don't know how I drove DS to school..I felt like I was going to vomit the entire time. I got home, managed to eat a piece of plain toast and some water and I fell asleep because I was so exhausted. When I woke up a couple hours later the pain was gone.
I asked the CB (because you know that's where all the DIS doctors hang out.;) ) and done some research on my own and I may have had a gallbladder attack.:guilty: I'm going to the dr on Friday anyway for my annual exam, so I'll have to remember to talk to him about that. Urgh. I hope this doesn't mean I"ll have to have my gallbladder removed. Bleh.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Feb 26

So I had gallbladder surgery yesterday and I didn't really eat anything all day. I wasn't allowed to. I had a couple of graham squares..bleh. No flavor and they stuck to the insides of my mouth. Yuck. I managed to eat some chicken veggie soup for dinner, but that was it. This morning so far I've had half a bowl of cereal and a handful of plain, unsalted tortilla chips. I just don't have the desire to eat, even though I know I need to.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Well, I guess you can call my new diet "The No Gallbladder Diet". I've discovered that since the removal of my gallbladder on Weds that if I eat ANYTHING with the least bit of fat or grease in it, I get ill.

No kidding.

Thursday, I had part of a piece of leftover pizza from DH's dinner the night before and it made me nauseated.

Today, I had a couple of slices of bacon for breakfast which gave me abdominal cramps. When I had lunch (a deli ham sandwich w/Hellman's, a mixed greens salad w/ranch dressing and 16 oz of plain ginger ale) I got the runs. Bleh.

That's not fun.:(

So I guess it's no more hamburgers or french fries or chicken fried steaks (my favorite!!) for me. :( I'm going to have no choice but to eat more fruits and veggies because everything else makes me ill. :(

This SUCKS.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday 3/1

Breakfast
2 small cinnamon rolls
18 oz Gingerale

Snack
none

Lunch
Tuna sandwich on white
1 snack-size pack Cool Ranch Doritos
16 oz Ginger ale

Snack
4 GS cookies (I forget what they're called..Samoas I think)

Dinner
5 chicken nuggets (baked)
16 oz Arizona Iced Tea

Snack
1 cup air-pop popcorn w/butter
16 oz Arizona Iced Tea

Exercise
2 hrs of housework
I managed to clean our bathroom, straighten our bedroom and make the bed, do three loads of laundry, vacuum, clean DS's bathroom, straighten his bedroom and clean the kitchen. This is the best I've felt in several days.:banana:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday 3/2

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
None

Lunch
Tuna fish sandwich
Water

Snack
24 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Oven "Fried" chicken
Brown rice
1/2 a pear
Water

Snack
2 GS Samoa Cookies

Exercise
I didn't do anything today..I wanted to but when I got back from dropping DS off, I just suddenly felt so EXHAUSTED that I couldn't. I did get two HUGE loads of laundry done, picked up our bedroom as well as DS's, gave his bathroom a quick scrub down and vacuumed the living room. And put together DS's train set for him...he's been begging me for a couple days now. Most of my pain is gone now, except for a small, stabbity sort of pain just under my ribs on the right side. I have NO idea what it is, other than annoying. It's not very painful at all..I'd say a 1 or a 2 on the pain scale. It's just annoying as heck.
Tomorrow, if the weather is good (and heck even if it's not) I'm going to go for a walk after I drop DS off. I am SICK of being stuck in the house and being inactive. This is driving me NUTS.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues 3/3

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Water

Lunch
1 apple
Tunafish on white
Mixed Greens salad w/light ranch dressing
Snack
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Grilled chicken
Baked beans


Snack
3 Samoa cookies
Water

Exercise
30 min walking outside
5 min balance games
2 sessions advanced step
15 min Wii Tennis

I couldn't stand it any longer. I had to get off the couch and do something. I KNOW the dr said not to do anything strenous for at least 2 weeks but I can't stand being inactive any longer. It's driving me nuts. I had to get out, so I did.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds 3/4

Breakfast
1/4 cup of miniwheats w/2% milk (I actually put 1/2 cup in the bowl but I only ate half of it)
Coffee

Snack
3 slices bacon
2 slices toast
1 apple
Water

Lunch
6 inch roast beef w/veggies on wheat sub from Subway
Lemonade

Snack

Dinner
2 small slices of pizza
Water

Snack
1/2 Little Debbie fudge brownie
Water

Exercise
30 min walk
15 min Wii Tennis
2 rounds of Advanced Step
5 min balance games

I am SO looking forward to next week, when I can step up my work outs again. I miss being able to do yoga.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs 3/5

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/milk
coffee

Snack
Blueberry yogurt
Water

Lunch
Tuna sandwich on white
1 snackpack Doritos
Water

Snack
2 string cheeses
1 apple
Water

Dinner
3 slices garlic bread
Spaghetti w/meat sauce
Water

Snack
2 GS Tagalong cookies
1 Pepperidge Farm Milano cookie

That was hard. DH had a meeting tonight and got sent home with the leftover cookies, mostly Pepperidge Farm cookies. There were at least a dozen Milanos he brought home and I could've very easily eaten evey last one of them. But I didn't. :)
Exercise
1 hr walk
45 min cleaning house

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri 3/6

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
1 hr walk

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday
3/9

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/milk
Coffee

Snack
Water
Yogurt

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Chips
Water

Snack
None

Dinner
Turkey hot dog w/chili and mustard
Baked Beans
Water



Exercise
1 hr walk
2 sessions Advanced Step
1 session Advanced Rhythm Boxing
20 min yoga
5 min balance games

I AM DOWN ANOTHER 1.1 lbs! :banana: WOOOHOOOO!
That makes me feel better about the weekend. Saturday I had McDonald's for breakfast--a sausage McGriddle (OMNOMNOM:laughing: ) and a hash brown with a medium soda. Lunch was fairly normal--tuna sandwich with chips and water. Dinner we went out to a new resteraunt here in town called MooYah Burgers which HOLY COWPATTIES BATMAN! Their hamburgers are SO good. I did myself a favor and only got the junior burger (which is a single patty) with no cheese, lettuce, tomatoes, pickles and MooYah sauce (which is kind of like McDonald's Big Mac special sauce). I also had a small fry and another soda :( so I worried it was going to cause me to either gain weight or at least stay the same as I was last week.
But I'm down! The Wii sounds so..unhappy..when it chirps "You're overweight!" now. It used to sound so PERKY when it would chirp "That's obese!" at me.:rotfl:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues 3/10

Breakfast
1/2 cup cereal w/ milk
Coffee
Water w/Crystal light (drank this during my workout)

Snack
snacksize bag of Doritos
Water

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich
snack size Doritos
Water

Snack
24 oz Dr. Pepper :(

Dinner
Homemade cheeseburger
French Fries
Water

Snack
1/2 of a Tootsie Roll
4 graham crackers
Water

Exercise
45 min walking
3 minutes Advanced Hoolahoops (dude that kicked my ****!:faint: )
1 session advanced step
20 min yoga
5 min balance games

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds
3/11

I was a BAD, BAD girl today. Woke up, it was raining and dark and cold as heck. I hate cold weather.

Breakfast
1/2 cup cheerios w/ milk
Coffee

Snack
Doritos
Brown Rice

Lunch
PB sandwich
Milk

Dinner
Southwest Salsa Chicken (basically a baked chicken breast baked w/salsa and cheese on it)
Pasta

Snack
1/2 a large Tootsie Roll
5 Graham Crackers
Doritos

I didn't do ANY exercise today and hardly drank any water at all, so of course I feel like..lousy.
I will TRY to do better tomorrow. Friday is right out since I"m having an IUD implanted.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs
3/12

Breakfast
1 cup cheerios w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
3 slices of bacon
2 slices toast
Doritos
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Lunch
PB on toast
Water

Snack
24 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
1/2 grilled chicken breast
Spaghetti w/marinara
Water

Snack
2 1/2 graham crackers
Doritos

It's so freaking cold out and I"m exhausted. I didn't sleep well last night and I'm probably not going to exercise again today. :( I just don't have the energy for some reason and now our heater is broken. So the house is cold and all I want to do is curl up under a blanket and go back to sleep or watch TV or something. DH is going to call the repair guy as soon as he gets back from taking his 9-1-1 operator test this morning.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday
3/13

Breakfast
1 Strawberry Poptart
Coffee

Snack
PB sandwich
Cheetos
Water

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

3/23
Monday

Breakfast
Coffee
Cheerios w/2% milk

Snack
Water w/Crystal Lite Lemonade powder

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
1 snackpack of cheddar cheese Sunchips
Water

Snack
1 sample size bag of cheddar chese rice cakes

Dinner
Cheddarwurst hotdog w/chili
Ranch style beans
Water

Snack
1/2 cup Miniwheats
Water
Exercise
5 min balance games
2 sessions adv. step
20 min strength
20 min yoga

I haven't logged my food intake for awhile. :( And last week DS was on Spring Break so I didn't really watch my portion sizes the way I needed to or exercise like I'm supposed to. :( We went to the zoo on Friday and I had Burger King for lunch. Granted..it was a kid's meal (chix nugs, fries and a large Dr. Pepper) but it was still fast food. Saturday we went to dinner at Golden Corral and I ate until I felt like I was going to throw up. :( So I expected to find out today that I'd gained a little weight when I got on my Wii Fit.
Nope. I've lost weight..0.2 lbs. :) It would probably be closer to a half pound or more, but it's that time of month and I'm retaining water like a darned camel.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

3/24
Tuesday

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Orange
Strawberry-banana yogurt
Water w/Crystal Lite

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Baked cheddar chips
Water

Snack
Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Spaghetti w/meat sauce
Garlic toast
Water

Snack

Exercise
Vacuuming (10 min)
Straightening up (15 min)
30 min Wii Tennis
2 sessions Adv. step
20 min Exercise bike
5 min balance games

Now that I've hydrated myself and eaten, I feel like I want to go hop back on the bike, but I don't want to overdo it either.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

3/25
Weds
Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/milk

Snack
Lemon Chiffon yogurt
Orange
Water w/Crystal Lite Lemonade :surfweb:

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Cheddar cheese Sunchips
Water

Snack
Dr. Pepper

Dinner
MOOYAH jr. burger w/lett, tom and pickles and bbq sauce
Small french frie
Dr. Pepper

Snack

Exercise
30 min Wii Tennis
5 min balance games
20 min strength
20 min yoga
1 session advanced step
1 session (6 min) adv. hula hoops

So last night I went to WalMart to buy some new yoga pants to work out in. My old ones are suffering from the same thing my pants ALWAYS suffer from: the inside of the thighs gets rubbed threadbare because my thighs are so fat they rub together.
So anyway...my hand automatically went for the size 16/18 pants I've worn forever and I went to the dressing room so I could see what I looked like in them.
They didn't fit!:cool1:
I had to go get a size 12/14!!!:cool1::banana::woohoo:

I know I"m not supposed to weigh myself every day but I did yesterday and I had mysteriously gained 3.5 lbs.:mad: Where did THAT come from?:confused3

I weighed myself again today and the 3.5 lbs has gone away again, taking another 0.02 lbs with it.:upsidedow

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs
3/26

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/2% milk

Snack
Water w/Crystal Lite lemonade
Orange
lemon chiffon yogurt

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Chips
Water

Snack
Dr. Pepper
Strawberry poptart

Dinner
Grilled chicken w/cheese broccoli rice

Snack
1/2 cup cookie dough ice cream

Exercise
10 min balance games
20 lunges
20 min exercise bike
1 session adv. step
1 Island Lap
20 min yoga
30 min Wii Tennis

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday
3/27

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Orange
Water

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
15 min exercise bike
1 session advanced step
5 min balance games
30 min Wii Tennis

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday
3/30

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/2% milk

Snack
Water w/Crystal lite
Orange
Yogurt

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Baked chips
Water
Snack
Cheeze-its :(

Dinner
Grilled chicken breast
Scallop potatoes w/cheese garlic sauce
Water

Snack
Microwave popcorn
Cheeze-its :(
Exercise
30 min walk
20 min yoga
20 min strength
5 min balance games

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues
3/31

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/2% milk

Snack
Water w/Crystal lite

Lunch
Tuna
Chips
Water
Snack
Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Cheesy Ranch Burger Hamburger Helper

Snack
2 Graham crackers
1/2 poptart

Exercise
45 min house cleaning
1 session adv. step
1 session (10 min)adv. rhythm boxing
20 min bike
2 mile hike

I really don't feel like working out today. I'm kind of depressed because when I stepped on the Wii Fit board yesterday, it told me I gained 2.2 lbs. :scared1: :( It's probably from all the Dr. Peppers I drank last week, which was more than normal for me. I had a 32 oz Dr. Pepper almost every day last week when I went to pick DS up from school. :(

Stupid caffiene addiction.:headache: I really got addicted when I worked for Sonic and I've never been able to fully kick the habit.

*ETA--I did end up exercising today. Didn't want to. But I did anyway. Still feel like crap, though. I started to do a yoga routine and went to move into half moon when I said, "Oh hell. *bleep* this." and decided not to do it after all.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds
4/1

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats

Snack
Water w/Crystal Lite pink lemonade
Orange
Lemon Chiffon yogurt

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Sunchips
Water

Snack
4 graham crackers
Water

Dinner
3 small slices pepperoni pizza
2 20 oz Diet Dr. Pepper

Snack

Exercise
20 min bike (6 miles wootwoot!:cool1:)
30 min Free Walk (4 miles woot woot!:cool1:)
5 min balance games
20 min strength
15 min house cleaning

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

4/2
Thurs

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/2% milk

Snack

Lunch
3 small slices pepperoni pizza (left over)
Water

Snack
Water
4 graham crackers

Dinner
Grilled chicken breast
1/2 cup (which is probably too damned much) Stovetop Stuffing

Snack
1/2 cup cheesecake pudding (lowfat)
Exercise
none

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday
3/3

Breakfast
Coffee
1/2 cup miniwheats w/2% milk

Snack

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
5 min Balance games
45 min Wii Tennis
2 sessions adv step
30 min (8 miles WOOTWOOT!) exercise bike

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

4/6
Monday

Breakfast
1/2 cup miniwheats w/milk
Coffee

Snack
None

LUnch
Tuna sandwich
Sunchips
Water

Snack
kid sized french fry
Diet Dr. Pepper

Dinner
1 corn muffin
Mixed greens salad w/pineapple chunks and 1/4 cup bleu cheese dressing
2 buffalo chicken strips (the salad actually came with three strips on it, but I only ate two)

Snack

Exercise
30 min Wii Tennis
5 min balance games
20 min yoga
20 min strength

Holy moly..I do NOT know what I caught over the weekend but I feel like I've been beat up something fierce. It feels like there is a hot wedge of clay shoved between my eyeballs, my throat hurts and my nose is running. I also feel slightly nauseated.
I don't know if I"ll work out today or not seeing as I feel so ick. I should..I barely did anything on Friday and didn't work out at all over the weekend. Had a BIG weekend..ate at McDonald's on Saturday for breakfast (Sausage mcGriddle and a hashbrown plus diet Dr. Pepper) and went to the inlaws for dinner (Hamburger and a hot dog plus chips and 3 Diet. Dr. Peppers). Ate normally Sunday, trying to make up for Saturday. Urgh. :faint: Somebody shoot me now and get it over with?;)

*edited to add--I didn't want to work out today because I felt sick but I made myself anyway and I know I'm better off for it. I didn't gain any weight nor lose any..I"m exactly where I was last week when I weighed myself. In fact, the Wii Fit chastised me because I didn't loose quite enough weight. My predicted BMI (had I lost what I was supposed to) was 27.66 I think. When I did the Body Test Today, my BMI was 26.71. So close, but not close enough. I set a new goal..2 lbs lost in 2 wks just like always. I've got to keep plugging along..got to keep working and I'll get there eventually. I have noticed my butt looks a bit smaller..not much..but a bit. And my stomach looks flatter and my pooch looks a wee bit smaller. So yay for changes. I LOVE the way my legs look from the knee down. My calves are finally starting to look really toned. WOOHOO!

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

3/7
Tues

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/milk

Snack
1 orange
1 carton banana cream pie yogurt
Water w/Crystal Lite

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Sunchips
Water

Snack


Dinner
Cheesy hotdog w/chili
Baked tortilla chips
Water

Snack

Exercise
30 min Wii Tennis
5 min balance games
20 min Exercise bike
2 sessions Adv step
1 session (10 min) Adv Rhythm boxing
20 min yoga
20 lunges

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

3/8
Weds

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/milk

Snack
none

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Sun chips
Water

Snack
Diet Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Spaghetti w/meat sauce
3 slices garlic bread
Water

Snack

None

Exercise
30 min Wii tennis
5 min balance games
20 min Strength
20 min yoga
20 min house cleaning

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

3/9 Thurs

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/milk

Snack

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Sunchips
Water

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
20 min house cleaning

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday
4/13

Breakfast
2 strawberry poptarts
lemonade-flavored koolaid

Snack

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Sunchips
Water

Snack
Diet Dr. Pepper

Dinner
2 homemade soft tacos (ground beef, lite sour cream, salsa and cheese)
beans

Snack
Cheezeits
Water

Exercise
30 min Wii Tennis
10 min balance games
2 sessions Adv step
35 min (11 miles baby! YAH! :woohoo: ) exercise bike
25 min yoga
20 min house cleaning

Today is going to be one of th ose days when I have to FORCE myself to exercise. I feel sick, it's raining and I didn't sleep last night. Therefore I feel really effing lousy.:sick:f But I have to work out..I haven't worked out since last Thursday and I had kind of a big weekend. I ate more than I probably should have at DSIL's Easter dinner yesterday. I had a hard time staying away from her spicy corn dip.

*edited to add--I didn't want to exercise but I did and I'm glad I did. I've discovered that getting sweaty makes me feel all sassy and sexy. :rotfl: I don't know why but it does.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues 3/14

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/2% milk

Snack

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Baked chips
Water

Snack
Diet Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Turkey vegetable stew casserole
Mixed greens salad w/lite ranch dressing
Water

Snack
The ears off a chocolate bunny

Exercise
30 min Wii Tennis
10 min balance games
30 min Yoga
30 min Strength
35 min (12 miles!!!:cool1:) exercise bike

I really had to make myself work out..I didn't feel like it but I did it anyway. And I KNOW I overate when it came to dinner time. DS didn't eat ANY of his casserole..just the mixed green salad I gave him. :( I loved the casserole's flavors and whatnot so I felt compelled to eat his portion because it was so yummy.

According to the Wii Fit I've also gained 0.7 lbs. :( Not good. It's the Diet Dr. Peppers..I'm sure of it. I had one every day (well M-F anyway) last week and I've already had at least 3 this week. So I've got to stop.
Got to.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds
3/15

Breakfast
Small slice of leftover carrot cake w/sour cream icing
Coffee

Snack

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
5 min balance games
2 rounds of Adv. step
25 min on the Exercise bike
30 min house cleaning

I ate that cake for breakfast and I wish I hadn't. It made me feel so nauseated and I'm not sure why. I LOVE carrot cake usually. Maybe it was the icing. I dunno. But I got diarrhea from it and felt sick to my stomach to the point that I didn't want to exercise at all. But I forced myself to. I have to force myself to work out even when I don't want to because that's how I got to be where I am now..out of shape and fat as a piggy. I'm getting into better shape but I'm not there yet.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon
Apr 20

Breakfast
1 cup honeynut Cheerios w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
1/2 cup honeynut Cheerios w/2% milk

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Pretzels (snack size bag)
Water
Frozen fruit pop

Snack

Dinner
Sloppy Joe
Baked tortilla chips
Water

Snack
Bite of a chocolate bunny

Exercise
1 hr walk
30 min Wii Tennis
30 min Wii Boxing

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Apr 21
Tues

Breakfast
1 cup Cheerios w/2%milk
Coffee

Snack
Water w/Crystal lite

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich
Baked tortilla chips
Water

Snack
Baked tortilla chips w/salsa
Water

Dinner
1 cheese hotdog
Baked beans
Water

Snack
1 bite of a chocolate bunny (he was HUGE to begin with..all that's left are his feet)

Exercise
45 min walking
25 min exercise bike
15 min strength

I haven't done my yoga today. :( I got out and walked, then came home and did the exercise bike and I started to do my strength workout when my body decided it needed to be fed. It was screaming for protein. So I ate and now I feel better, my blood sugar's coming back up. I need to get off my *** and go finish what I started.

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds 4/23

Breakfast
Cheerios w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
baked chips
Water

Snack
water
microwave popcorn

Dinner
Hamburger patty w/bacon onion gravy (not as good as it sounds, believe me :scared:)
Noodles
Water

Snack
Bite of chocolate bunneh

Exercise
45 min walk
20 min yoga
20 min strength
5 min balance games

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs
4/23

Breakfast
Cheerios w/milk
Coffee

Snack
Cheerios w/milk
Water

Lunch
tuna sanwich
baked cheetos
water
Frozen fruit pop

Snack
Water

Dinner
3 homemade soft tacos (hamburger meat, salsa, cheese and lite sour cream on tortillas)
Baked beans
Koolaid

Snack
Bite of chocoalte bunny (he's almost gone now)

Exercise
45 min walk
20 min Wii tennis
30 min yoga
30 lunges
5 min balance games

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

3/24

Breakfast
Coffee
One strawberry poptart (we ran out of milk last night :( )

Snack
Water

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich
Chips
Water

Snack
Water
Frozen fruit pop

Dinner
3 slices pepperoni pizza
2 Dr. Peppers

Snack

Exercise
30 min Wii tennis
5 min balance games
20 min Wii Yoga
20 min Wii Strength

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

3/27
Monday

Breakfast
Cheerios
Coffee

Snack
Coffee

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday
May 4

Breakfast
1/2 bagel, plain
Coffee

Snack
Water

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Chips
Water

Snack
Water

Dinner
2 soft tacos (tortillas, ground beef, cheese and salsa)
Water

Snack
2 choc. chip cookies

Exercise
45 min walk
20 min Wii Tennis
20 min Wii Strength
20 min Wii Yoga

DOWN ANOTHER HALF A POUND! WOOT WOOT!:cool1::yay::banana:

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues
5/5
Breakfast
1/2 bagel plain
Coffee

Snack
Water

Lunch
Tuna sandwich
Fritos
Water

Snack
Diet Dr.Pepper

Dinner
1 cheese hotdog
Chips
Water
Snack
small piece of beef jerky
container of raspberry yogurt
water

Exercise
45 min walk
20 min Wii Tennis
20 min Exercise bike

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

4/6
Weds

Breakfast
Plain bagel
Coffee

Snack
Water

Lunch

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
20 min Wii Tennis
6 min Balance games
2 sessions adv. step
6 min adv. hula hoop
30 min AMF Pinbuster Bowling

[fairykin]

I Just wanted to give you a Hug:hug:
I am sure you can relate to this.. I was sitting here eatting chips and dip reading the diet threads!:rotfl:
And I came across yours, it's so honest.
I know how hard it is to diet, that's why i'm not doing it.
But Good For You For Trying!
You are really inspiring with your exercising.
And I can see a progression on food choices from where you first started til now. It's little changes that add up.

I too love Dr Pepper and sometimes Nothing in this world is better than Icey Cold Dr Pepper with Chips and Dip!

I'm going to start switching to the sugar free stuff and when i go off ...oh well... i'll just try to do better next meal. No need in beatting ourselves up over some pizza!

I'm also going to try to have a salad for one meal a day..could be a chicken fajita salad or fried chicken tender salad.. but i'm going to try to get those veggies in.

I just wanted to wish you Good Luck and tell you that you are Great *Just* the way you are!

So Hang in There!:flower3: