Dana's Weight Loss Journal: 75 lbs to go! Comments welcome! Updated 9/23

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Update 9/13/10: I am now 25 lbs down from my highest weight! Technically, I'm 1/4 of the way to my goal, but I know as the weight goes down it will become harder to get off!

I've lost a few inches around my waist, and 1/2 to 1 inch elsewhere. I wish the weight would come off my thighs, but they have always been my problem area ever since I hit puberty. That fat will probably be the last to go, if it ever does!

Thanks to everyone for reading! Feel free to comment, I appreciate the support!

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:scared1: Yes, 100. I'm going to start a journal here and see how it goes. Hopefully it will help me feel accountable for my get fit plans. I'm new to the DIS, but I figure what better place to do this than in the company of like-minded Disney-obsessed people such as myself? :thumbsup2

So here's the story: I don't know how much I weighed at my heaviest...260 or more. I avoided scales and didn't look at the number for a couple years. Depression, bad relationship, stress/comfort eating, sedentary lifestyle: they were all factors.

Through exercise and watching what I ate starting in January 2009, I managed to get down to 213. I went on a vacation to Cancun in July 2009 and ate what I wanted, lazed around, and got completely off track. I haven't really been able to get back on. This year I've been anywhere between 230-250.

I'm putting 10 lbs lost in my signature for the moment to remind myself that I'm not quite back to where I was, but I'm close and I do NOT want it to happen that way.

I got most of the way through the c25k program earlier this year, and did a 5k in May, but then I got lazy again. There's a bunch of family drama going on now, and it's still hard for me to stay on the ball. Last time I got on the scale a few days ago it read 248. :headache:

Ideally, my weight should be about 160...I don't know that I've ever been below 180 in my adult life. I'm not sure where this will go... if it will only be a place to record my progress (or lack thereof) in weight loss, or if it will be a place to write about other things in my life as well. Comments and support are much appreciated!

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Goal #1: 64 oz of water a day!

I've done well on this for the past 3 days. I've cut way back on soda. Just one per day, or none. I was drinking about 3 a day until recently.

I'm going to take this a small change at a time...less daunting that way, methinks.

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Just a little bit about me and my current goings on:

DBF and I have known each other for about 4 years, and have been dating for over 2. We met online, and live way too far away from each other...too far away being most of the way across the US. Once I get out of my current holding pattern I plan to move out to the Phoenix area where he lives. We see each other every couple months, and he was sweet enough to accompany me to WDW in October 2008 :lovestruc Not his ideal vacation, but he knows how much I love it!

I take care of my grandmother on weekdays from about 9am-6pm. She has Alzheimer's, and can't do much for herself, but our family feels it's important to keep her out of a nursing home environment. She stayed in a home for rehab at one point and did not do well. Her care is divided between my dad, my aunt, and myself. (This week I'm also taking my aunt's weeknight duty because she's on vacation.)

I live in Indianapolis. I think it's boring. No, I don't care for auto racing. :rolleyes:

I spend far too much time on Facebook, FarmVille, and more recently, the DIS!

My favorite Disney movie is 'The Little Mermaid'. I was 3 when it came out, and I was insistent that it was called 'The Middle Mermaid'. Why? I'm not entirely sure, but I distinctly remember my mom correcting me, but I was having none of it. :rotfl:

You've probably given up on reading this post by now with my ramblings, but if not, thanks for sticking with me thus far! :hug:

[sabnrob06]

Good luck and I am sure you have the motivation to do this!!I also met my now husband online! We were married this past November and spent our honeymoon in Disney! :love:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Good luck and I am sure you have the motivation to do this!!I also met my now husband online! We were married this past November and spent our honeymoon in Disney! :love:

:woohoo: Thanks! I know the motivation is in there somewhere, it's just hard for me to kick it into gear again! If I lost the weight once, I can certainly do it again.

I actually stumbled onto the boards because I was consumed by wedding fever after DBF's bro's wedding, and I was dreaming about a DFTW at the World. :laughing: I'm definitely getting ahead of myself there.

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Today was a pretty yucky day, health-wise, and just in general. I had McDonald's for dinner, that's enough said right there. :scared1: I only drank about half my water for the day. Promising myself I'll do better tomorrow.

I've got this weird idea embedded in my head that a diet must start on a Monday. Ridiculous, I know...but I also know I'm not the only one that feels that way! :lmao: This coming Monday will start the calorie counting...I try to stay around 1500/day when I'm being conscious of what I'm eating.

Lame journal entry for today. Meh. Bedtime! :cloud9:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Alrighty, I'm going to start keeping a daily log of my calorie and water intake, and exercise. The first few days of this week are going to be lacking on the exercise front, I'm taking care of my grandma 24/7 until (I think) Wednesday.

Breakfast - 1/2 banana, orange juice - 111 cal
Lunch - ham sandwich, SunChips - 366 cal
Dinner - 1/2 Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad - 315 cal
- Orange Freeze - 660 cal (ouch, I know...my dad wanted to use the buy one, get one shake coupon! :rolleyes2 I still came in under my 1500 though!)

Total - 1452 cal
Water - 80 oz :woohoo:

[AshleyW]

You can totally do it!! :goodvibes Looks like we're about the same age - I'm 23 - and I'm trying to lose about 75lbs, so we can try and do it together. :)

I hear you on the "starting on a Monday" thing... I just started Weight Watchers last Monday!

Anyway, good luck with your LIFESTYLE CHANGE (not diet, that word stinks ;)) this week!!

[joyfulDisneytears]

You can totally do it!! :goodvibes Looks like we're about the same age - I'm 23 - and I'm trying to lose about 75lbs, so we can try and do it together. :)

I hear you on the "starting on a Monday" thing... I just started Weight Watchers last Monday!

Anyway, good luck with your LIFESTYLE CHANGE (not diet, that word stinks ;)) this week!!

Amen to the Lifestyle Change!

I get so mad at my dad because he constantly asks me whenever I'm making an attempt to watch what I eat... 'Can you eat ____ on your diet?' I always respond with 1) I can eat whatever I want as long as I do it in moderation, and 2) I'm NOT ON A DIET. :laughing:

Thanks for stopping in! :hug:

[BrcsDisneyPrncs]

Good luck! Sounds like you are getting off to a pretty good start!

I too have about 100 lbs to lose - i'm 25 so we are pretty close in age! (ok turning 26 on Monday - but REFUSING to acknowledge that small detail until the last possible moment). I've similarly been wrestling with the same 20 or so lbs since coming back from my vacation earlier this year - trying to get motivated and back on track!

Best of luck to you, hopefully we can both get on the right track and get healthy!

I remember the wedding fever! I was on the disboards all the time and we honeymooned in Disney (2008). Now i'm getting baby fever! Ugh - that's why the big push, i want to be healthier before DH and I start trying for little ones!!!
:goodvibes

[joyfulDisneytears]

Good luck! Sounds like you are getting off to a pretty good start!

I too have about 100 lbs to lose - i'm 25 so we are pretty close in age! (ok turning 26 on Monday - but REFUSING to acknowledge that small detail until the last possible moment). I've similarly been wrestling with the same 20 or so lbs since coming back from my vacation earlier this year - trying to get motivated and back on track!

Best of luck to you, hopefully we can both get on the right track and get healthy!

I remember the wedding fever! I was on the disboards all the time and we honeymooned in Disney (2008). Now i'm getting baby fever! Ugh - that's why the big push, i want to be healthier before DH and I start trying for little ones!!!
:goodvibes

Yay for babies! :lovestruc Good luck in your weight loss attempt! We can do it! Are you journaling on here or anything?

I understand on the age thing! I'm aware I'm still very young, but after my last birthday I got a little bummed when it finally occurred to me that I'm not actually in my early 20's anymore! :lmao:

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A little annoyed today. Turns out I am here at grandma's until Thursday evening. Again I'll insert an 'I think', because originally I was only supposed to be here until tomorrow evening. I'm not usually the one to spend the night over here, and it's going okay, but I had a sneaking suspicion my aunt wasn't going to go right back 'on duty' after she got back from her vacation.

Ah well, it's not like I'm doing anything else, and my dad is going to come over here tomorrow afternoon/evening for a couple hours so I can run home to get a change of clothes and eat dinner. I'm here every weekday anyway, so it's not a huge change, but it's easy to go a little stir crazy over here. :eek:

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Anywho, here's the count for today:

Breakfast - English muffin sandwich w/ egg & bacon; apple juice - 316 cal
Lunch - turkey sandwich; sour cream & onion rice snacks - 320 cal
Snack - Emerald Cocoa Roast Almonds (these are so awesome!) - 150 cal
Dinner - 1/2 Southwest Grilled Chicken Salad; watermelon - 385 cal

Total - 1171 cal
Water - 72 oz

Calories are way under my goal, which I realized when dinnertime rolled around, but I wasn't hungry enough to eat anymore...probably a good thing. :thumbsup2

[BrcsDisneyPrncs]

Yay for babies! :lovestruc Good luck in your weight loss attempt! We can do it! Are you journaling on here or anything?

I understand on the age thing! I'm aware I'm still very young, but after my last birthday I got a little bummed when it finally occurred to me that I'm not actually in my early 20's anymore! :lmao:


No i'm not journaling. Maybe I should but I just don't find myself interesting enough to warrant a journal :rotfl:

Oh my - on the age thing it's killing me that I'm on the downhill slope to 30 (yes, I know there are probably people snarling at the computer screen now!) I think a big part of it is that I gave my DH such a hard time when he turned 25 (OMG - Quarter century!) and his 28th birthday this year..... so payback I guess!!!

I did just order a BodyBugg online today, can't wait for it to get here and hope it'll give me the kick I need to stay motivated!

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Exercise - 1/2 hr walk on treadmill

Breakfast - grapes; cocoa roast almonds - 260 cal
Lunch - turkey sandwich; SunChips; Pepsi Max - 390 cal
Dinner - Lean Gourmet Buffalo Chicken Snacks - 380 cal
- salad w/ bleu cheese dressing - 210 cal

Total - 1240 cal
Water - 64 oz

Under calories again today...I jumped on the scale during my quick jaunt home and it seems I haven't lost a thing. I usually weigh myself in the morning though, of course it would be affected by doing it at the end of the day instead. I think I'll make my personal weigh-in on Saturday mornings, so I'll record a number then.

In other news, today was the hottest day we've had around here in 10+ years, according to the news. It got up into the high 90's, which with the humidity is miserable...my car was reading the outside temp as over 100.:scared1: This is not normal for Indiana! WDW, yes, Indiana, not so much.

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No i'm not journaling. Maybe I should but I just don't find myself interesting enough to warrant a journal :rotfl:

Oh my - on the age thing it's killing me that I'm on the downhill slope to 30 (yes, I know there are probably people snarling at the computer screen now!) I think a big part of it is that I gave my DH such a hard time when he turned 25 (OMG - Quarter century!) and his 28th birthday this year..... so payback I guess!!!

I did just order a BodyBugg online today, can't wait for it to get here and hope it'll give me the kick I need to stay motivated!

DBF always tells me I'm old, and then I remind him he's almost 30 and that shuts him up. :laughing:

As for the journaling...my life is suuuuuuper boring, but this helps keep me accountable since I'm putting it in the public forum. I don't have a whole lot to write about, so it's mostly just gonna be logging food and exercise, which I'm sure won't be very enthralling to anyone reading! :rolleyes1

[joyfulDisneytears]

Exercise - 1/2 hr walk on treadmill

Breakfast - big bowl of Chocolate Cheerios w/ milk - 320 cal
Lunch - Boca Burger w/ cheese; sour cream & onion rice snacks - 390 cal
Snack - fiber crackers w/ Laughing Cow Garlic & Herb cheese - 105 cal
Dinner - Apple Harvest Salad w/ grilled chicken - 410 cal
Snack - string cheese, Diet Dr. Pepper - 60 cal

Total - 1285 cal
Water - 80 oz

I sure did eat a lot of cheese today. Didn't realize until just now writing it all out. Ah well.

I'd never had a soy burger before, and I was pleasantly surprised by the Boca Burger I had for lunch. I'll be buying more of those! :cool1:

I ran home again while Dad looked after Grandma for a few hours (we decided it would be silly for my aunt to only come over 1 night this week, so I volunteered myself for tonight too). Mom wanted Steak'n'Shake for dinner, so I got her a burger and got myself the salad...I wasn't very impressed with it, especially since they forgot to put the walnuts and dried cranberries on.:confused3 The southwest chicken salad I had from there earlier this week was much more to my taste.

DBF (who has been super skinny his whole life, whereas I have been chubby since day 1!) was telling me how silly it was to get a salad from S'n'S; I explained to him I either have to modify the food I order from the restaurants my overweight family loves, or just not eat there with them.

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Today was not good. :sad2: I cannot wait until lunchtime to eat, and then hardly anything at that, but I was focused on getting some data entry work done from the time I got up this morning. DBF's company allows me to do some typing for minimal compensation, but every little bit helps since I'm not employed right now.
Anyway, I was starving at dinnertime, and ended up eating most of my calories for the day after 6pm. I didn't go over my 1500 cal max, but it was close. No exercise either...just a mediocre day all around, but I guess it could have been worse. :confused3

Lunch - salad w/ ranch - 160 cal
Snack - string cheese; sour cream & onion rice snacks - 130 cal
Dinner - Boca burger; cheesy hashbrown casserole, green beans - 646 cal
Snack - regular size bag of popcorn :scared1:; WW Chocolate Cookies & Cream Ice Cream Bar - 530 cal

Total - 1466 cal
Water - 64 oz

I might be overestimating the hashbrowns and green beans, but they were leftovers from some of Mom's fantastic home cooking, so I figure it's better to assume they're on the high side of any examples I could find on calorie counters online.

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Okay...it's confession time.

We had some family over last Sunday and had a HUUUGE meal, all homemade by my mom. popcorn:: Beef & noodles, the aforementioned green beans and hashbrown casserole, corn on the cob, cucumber/tomato/onion salad, bread...and a chocolate ice cream pie from the grocery store freezer for dessert.

After dinner, Mom and her cousins all got to talking about how they're all in bad shape, overweight, etc, so someone decided they should get the bathroom scale and compare. :rolleyes2 I am bigger than all of these folks by a large margin, and to make matters worse I'm a lot younger. I'm well aware it becomes even harder to maintain a healthy weight as you age. They're 20 or so pounds overweight, whereas I'm obese (really hate that word...I don't feel like I am, but my BMI says differently).

Anyway, I weighed myself too, and the scale said 255. :eek: Of course, this was at the end of the day, after a big meal, and fully clothed (I usually weigh in my undies...TMI maybe, too bad folks! :rotfl:). I tried not to be too bummed, because I knew I was going to kick the healthy habits into gear the next day.



Week in review: I've stayed under the 1500 calorie maximum per day I've set for myself, and did a tiny bit of exercise a couple times this week. I've had at least 64 oz of water a day, often more. I haven't eaten any beef; I'm trying to lay off the red meat because I've noticed it doesn't do good things to my stomach.

I've designated that my weekly weigh-in will be on Saturday mornings. I'm using a Weight Watchers digital scale, and I weigh myself 3 times and then take the average, because from minute to minute the darn thing never reads the same.


Today's weigh-in was...drumroll please....245.33 lbs!


I've probably lost 6-7 lbs in less than a week, taking into account that this was in the morning and without the extra weight of clothing. I won't have to fudge my math next week.

Oh also, as I mentioned in my opening post I'm using 260 as my starting weight because that's the heaviest I've been that I'm sure of. I may have been even heavier but due to avoiding the scale, I will never know (nor do I want to! :sad2:). So using that number, I can *almost* put the -15 lb tag in my siggy! 0.33 more lbs! :goodvibes

Thanks to any who have been following along! I know my journal here may not be the most interesting or entertaining, but it does help me keep track of everything and feel accountable. I do appreciate support and comments, so feel free to drop me a line here or via PM! :cheer2:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Weekends are going to be hard. Mom always wants to go out to eat or make big meals, so I have to watch myself.

We went to Applebee's for lunch and I had the Fiesta Lime Chicken, but scraped off all the cheese and sauce and didn't eat the little tortilla strip thingies. And I only ate half of it. So I'm taking what it says on the restaurant's nutrition info and halving it, but it had to actually have been less than that. I have no way of figuring out the difference, so we'll just take the big number and be done with it.

Lunch - spinach dip; Fiesta Lime Chicken - 892 cal
Dinner - 2 beef tacos; limeade - 490 cal

Total - 1382 cal
Water - 72 oz

Of course the downside to eating bad-for-me food is that I don't get to eat as much and stay under my max, so I'm sitting here hungry. I could say no to going out to eat with Mom, but despite the fact that she knows I'm trying to watch what I eat, she gets angry anyway if I tell her I don't want to go. :headache:

No exercise today, I'm having some back pain issues. Only reason I can think of for me to be having problems is because I slept on the old uncomfortable twin bed at Grandma's house for 7 nights in the past 2 weeks. Been popping ibuprofen like it's going out of style...gonna have to get someone with a Sam's Club membership to take me so I can get another giant bottle of pills. It takes me a long time to go through them, but I do use them eventually and it's a lot cheaper in the long run.

[BrcsDisneyPrncs]

I've designated that my weekly weigh-in will be on Saturday mornings. I'm using a Weight Watchers digital scale, and I weigh myself 3 times and then take the average, because from minute to minute the darn thing never reads the same.


Today's weigh-in was...drumroll please....245.33 lbs!


I've probably lost 6-7 lbs in less than a week, taking into account that this was in the morning and without the extra weight of clothing. I won't have to fudge my math next week.

Oh also, as I mentioned in my opening post I'm using 260 as my starting weight because that's the heaviest I've been that I'm sure of. I may have been even heavier but due to avoiding the scale, I will never know (nor do I want to! :sad2:). So using that number, I can *almost* put the -15 lb tag in my siggy! 0.33 more lbs! :goodvibes

Thanks to any who have been following along! I know my journal here may not be the most interesting or entertaining, but it does help me keep track of everything and feel accountable. I do appreciate support and comments, so feel free to drop me a line here or via PM! :cheer2:

OMG Congratulations! What a great job!!!!

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

[indimom]

Just thought I'd pop over and check out your journal. Sounds like you've been doing realy good. I'll have to keep checking in. If I get jealous of your success maybe I'll do better on my own weight loss! :idea::idea:
I'm right there with you on the family thing. We like our food toooo much. The only person in my family who has not struggled with their weight is my dad. Sounds like you are doing the right thing with the eating out though. Making good choices and/or halving the entrees. Been there, done that. It's hard when you are the only one at the table doing that. At least applebees has some options and you know what you are getting as far as calories/fat/etc.
Good Luck this week. Maybe we can push our raft a little closer to the island.

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I got my walk on tonight! We've got a tv/vcr/dvd (yes I still have a vcr! :lmao:) above the treadmill, so I told myself that I would put on a movie and walk through the whole thing. Since I'm on such a Disney-obsessed kick right now I decided that I was going to watch Pinocchio. :earboy2: I've decided if I ever get the chance to go to MNSSHP I want to go as the Blue Fairy. :cutie:


Exercise: 1.5 hr walk on treadmill (that was 4.5 miles! :woohoo:)

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk - 175 cal
Lunch - scrambled egg w/ cheese & veggies; sausage patty; English muffin; orange juice - 375 cal
Snack - Nature Valley Roasted Almond Granola Nut Clusters - 150 cal
Dinner - leftover Fiesta Lime Chicken - 615 cal
Dessert - WW Ice Cream Candy Bar - 150 cal

Total - 1465 cal
Water - 64 oz


I ate a lot today, and still came in under! :yay:

Edit: I just noticed a bit ago that I made 'Mouseketeer'! :mickeyjum I'm abnormally pleased about this. :goodvibes

[joyfulDisneytears]

OMG Congratulations! What a great job!!!!

:banana::banana::banana::banana::banana:

Thanks so much! :hug:

How is your get fit plan going? Did you get your BodyBugg yet?

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Just thought I'd pop over and check out your journal. Sounds like you've been doing realy good. I'll have to keep checking in. If I get jealous of your success maybe I'll do better on my own weight loss! :idea::idea:
I'm right there with you on the family thing. We like our food toooo much. The only person in my family who has not struggled with their weight is my dad. Sounds like you are doing the right thing with the eating out though. Making good choices and/or halving the entrees. Been there, done that. It's hard when you are the only one at the table doing that. At least applebees has some options and you know what you are getting as far as calories/fat/etc.
Good Luck this week. Maybe we can push our raft a little closer to the island.

Hey Susan! Thanks for stopping in! :flower3:

I'm glad I joined the Skinny Island thread, everyone seems very supportive. I definitely feel like writing it all down is helpful, and when I've got folks following along, it inspires me to try harder.

I hope I continue to do well so maybe I can provide some inspiration! :rotfl:
Let's get this done together, my fellow Hoosier!

[AshleyW]

Hiiii! I'm a little late in saying this thanks to having family in town, but CONGRATS on your weight loss last week!! You're doing super awesome - keep going! :yay:

[BrcsDisneyPrncs]

Thanks so much! :hug:

How is your get fit plan going? Did you get your BodyBugg yet?


It is set to be delivered late this week (thurs or fri hopefully) along with a few new exercise dvd's and an exercise mat - we are turning our basement into a workout area, me with the Treadmill/dvds etc, and a dojo space for my DH's martial arts.

Today is my birthday, so admittedly my eating was pretty bad today! :scared1:

Keep up the good work!

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Exercise: arm work w/ 5 lb weights, crunches, leg lifts, etc

This was all pretty minimal, it's amazing how heavy my limbs feel after just a little work. So out of shape! :sad2:

Breakfast - whole wheat toast w/ natural dark chocolate peanut butter; pineapple upsidedown cake Yoplait light yogurt - 295 cal
Lunch - can of Progresso vegetable soup; English muffin - 356 cal
Snack - nacho cheese rice snacks; cocoa roast almonds - 145 cal
Dinner - 1 slice thin crust pizza w/ pepperoni, pork, mushroom; salad w/ bleu cheese dressing - 540 cal
Dessert - WW Strawberry Smoothie Bar - 60 cal

Total - 1396 cal
Water - 80 oz


Nothing interesting to report today, aside from the fam asking me to pick up pizza for dinner. :headache: I know I'm the last person to get home in the evening, but would it be possible for them to at least *try* to remember I'm attempting to cut back on the junk? Anyway, I limited myself to one piece.

I do love all these low-calorie snacks that taste like junk! All manner of flavors of mini rice cakes, decadent dessert-esque light yogurt, WW ice cream...anything to get through, eh? :lmao:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Hiiii! I'm a little late in saying this thanks to having family in town, but CONGRATS on your weight loss last week!! You're doing super awesome - keep going! :yay:

Thanks Ashley! :cutie:

It is set to be delivered late this week (thurs or fri hopefully) along with a few new exercise dvd's and an exercise mat - we are turning our basement into a workout area, me with the Treadmill/dvds etc, and a dojo space for my DH's martial arts.

Today is my birthday, so admittedly my eating was pretty bad today! :scared1:

Keep up the good work!

Ooh martial arts! I always thought that would be fun to do, but have never tried it.

I'm a little ashamed to say I have zero exercise dvd's. I probably need something on the level of Richard Simmons Sweatin' to the Oldies right now, so out of shape! :rotfl:

And :bday:! party:
It's definitely okay to have an off day in my opinion, as long as you get back on the wagon tomorrow! That's always been my problem...getting back on!

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I thought today was going to be a bad day. It was one of those days where I'd rather order food in and lay in bed and watch movies all day than do anything productive.

I woke up with a very 'blah' feeling. The stuff I packed myself for lunch today just did not sound good, but I took it with me to Grandma's anyway (I didn't end up eating it.)

At lunch I made the mistake of putting the whole bag of SunChips in front of me because I was being lazy and eating without a plate, so I wasn't counting my chips, and before I knew it I'd eaten 2 servings. :eek: I saved it by eating a pretty darned healthy dinner though.

I feel better now tonight after eating a good meal and walking on the treadmill. I did my 'walk-through-a-movie' thing again. Today's selection was ...:dumbo: DUMBO! I forgot how touching this movie is (offensive racial stereotypes aside, of course! :lmao:). I was getting all teary while walking.:rolleyes: I didn't realize that the movie is only an hour long though!

Here are the numbers:

Exercise - 1 hr 10 min walk (3.5 miles)

Breakfast - whole wheat mini bagel w/ egg & turkey - 209 cal
Lunch - ham sandwich; way too many SunChips - 511 cal
Snack - strawberry Nutrigrain bar; Pepsi Max - 130 cal
Dinner - tuna salad; tomato; Laughing Cow cheese; fiber crackers; grapes - 406 cal

Total - 1256 cal
Water - 96 oz

The day turned out well even taking the SunChip debacle into account. :rotfl:

I just got back onto my dad's health insurance thanks to healthcare reform, but his job situation is *very* iffy right now. So, while I have insurance, I called the doctor's office and made an appointment for a physical, but she can't see me for a month. :sad1: Hopefully I'll be able to actually go in when that time rolls around. :confused3

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I was going to post this last night as usual but I was feeling really sluggish and just curled up in bed. Not sure what's up, the past couple days have been very 'blah'.

August 11th

Exercise - arm work w/ 5 lb weight, crunches, leg lifts, etc

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk - 170 cal
Lunch - Black Bean Chipotle Gardenburger on whole wheat bun w/ avocado & pico de gallo; nacho cheese rice snacks - 382 cal
Snack - white chocolate strawberry Yoplait light - 100
Dinner - Portabella Gardenburger; mashed potatoes; corn; small piece of french bread - 372 (so much starch! :confused:)
Dessert - WW Giant Cookies & Cream Bar - 130

Total - 1154 cal
Water - 96 oz

Maybe sluggishness is due to low calorie intake? I don't know. I'm anxious to get that doctor's appointment in. I need to know if there's anything I need to watch, but I dread being told I'm pre-diabetic or have high cholesterol or something. :sad1:

The veggieburger I had at lunch was actually really tasty the way I doctored it up w/ some sliced avocado & Mom's pico de gallo. I call it pico de gallo, though that's not really what it is, but it's closer to that than salsa. It's got all the normal pico ingredients (tomato, onion, jalapeno, cilantro), but we also throw in green pepper and a lot of spices (cayenne, red pepper flakes, etc). Anyway, it's tasty, and very low on calories. I actually took a picture of my lunch to post because it looked so yummy but I forgot my usb cable so I'll have to do it later.

Now that I look at my total for the day, I should have just eaten the meatloaf Mom made instead of that veggieburger for dinner! I was way under.

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Grandma's sick with a cold or some such, so I'm currently sitting here listening to her sniffle and clear her throat while she's eating. I don't know where she would have picked up a virus from, nobody that comes by here has been sick that I know of. Poor lady. :sad2:
She's also got a sore on her leg that's always there and we've been told it's never going to heal (it was a product of some skin cancer), but now it looks like it's infected because the area around it is all red and developing more sores. (Yuck, :sick: I know, but I'm stressing out about it so I figured I'd write it down!)
Grandma has been under in-home hospice care for the last few months, so we have a nurse that comes over once a week (along with a social worker, chaplain, and nutritionist that come over less frequently), but we weren't aware of any problems when she was here on Monday. My aunt called to tell her about it so she's supposed to come back later today. Hopefully it's something that can be taken care of with antibiotics.
I think I'll probably just let Grandma sleep the majority of the day...I know that's all I want to do when I'm sick, and she's been really lethargic the past couple days. Please keep her in your thoughts! :angel:

[BrcsDisneyPrncs]

I'm thinking good thoughts for your Grama!!!!

And That Pico sounds delish!

Just got my Bugg - it's charging, i can't wait for tomorrow so i can see how many calories I actually burn!

[joyfulDisneytears]

No movie tonight, I read while walking, which for someone as clumsy as myself is pretty hard to do! :lmao: I have a somewhat embarrassing love of paranormal romance novels. :blush:

Exercise - 1 hr walk on treadmill (3 miles)

Breakfast - Kashi GoLean Chocolate Peanut Bar - 190 cal
Lunch - Lean Gourmet Shrimp w/ Pasta & Veggies frozen meal; grapes - 370 cal
Snack - fiber crackers w/ avocado & pico de gallo; lemon meringue Yoplait light - 273 cal
Dinner - tuna salad; Triscuits - 279 cal
Snack - snack size bag of popcorn; WW Giant Latte Bar; Pepsi Max - 190 cal

Total - 1302 cal
Water - 96 oz

Why yes, I did buy almost every flavor of Weight Watchers ice cream bar my grocery store had! :rolleyes1 They were on sale ;) I love all of them, and it's a good treat at the end of the day. I also bought one of almost every flavor of Yoplait Light they had, hehe.

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Grandma's leg is fine, the nurse just said it was from her bandage getting moist and rubbing, so we're just supposed to leave it uncovered as much as possible.
However, that cold she has was worrisome to the nurse...she said Grandma had some fluid in her upper respiratory tract, so she's being started on antibiotics this evening.
An upper respiratory infection wouldn't be a big deal to most of us, but with her age and how feeble she is, if it moves down into her lungs it could cause some big problems. Here's hoping she has a speedy recovery. I was trying to get her to rest as much as possible today but she was up and down a lot because she was coughing so much. :sad1:

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I was trying to post a picture of my yummy lunch from yesterday but my computer is being a jerkface. I'll put it up in a separate post if I get it working. Hrm...I know it's healthy food and not nearly as yummy looking as junk for the most part, but maybe I could start taking food pictures for everything like folks do in DIS dining reviews? :idea:

[joyfulDisneytears]

I'm thinking good thoughts for your Grama!!!!

And That Pico sounds delish!

Just got my Bugg - it's charging, i can't wait for tomorrow so i can see how many calories I actually burn!

Thanks for the positive thoughts! :goodvibes

The salsa/pico concoction is really good. My mom makes it alot in the summer. I'm just trying to find ways to eat it without munching on mounds of tortilla chips!

I'm interested to hear about your fancy new device. That's the thing all the Biggest Loser folks have to wear, right?

[joyfulDisneytears]

Got my phone working with the computer to upload pics now. I updated the software a while back and I guess when I did that it lost all the settings for my phone. Had to reinstall all the drivers.

Anyway, here was my tasty lunch from yesterday. I love fresh veggies and unique toppings on a burger! Of course this was a veggieburger, but it still applies.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c257/mystichic04/Image022.jpg

The giant pink mug in the background is the Bubba Keg I keep water in. I carry that and a purple Nalgene bottle with me to Grandma's house everyday so I can be sure to keep up with the hydration. Both of those together is around 64 oz.

Edit: I resized this on photobucket, but it's still showing up gigantic. Sorry about that!

[indimom]

I've eaten the veggie burgers before and thought they were fine, but that sandwich looks fantastic. Amazing what some toppings will do for a burger! YUM!
Have a good day and hope your grandmother is feeling better today.
Have a great weekend!!

[joyfulDisneytears]

I've eaten the veggie burgers before and thought they were fine, but that sandwich looks fantastic. Amazing what some toppings will do for a burger! YUM!
Have a good day and hope your grandmother is feeling better today.
Have a great weekend!!

Thanks, I hope your weekend is great, too!

Yeah...the Gardenburgers are just okay to me without anything on them. I'll eat them without anything on top, but then it's just to fill my tummy. I have to put some condiments and fixins on for them to be enjoyable. Of course with condiments like ketchup you run into a sugar issue, but I'm not too worried about that right now. We'll see if I should think differently after I'm able to get in for my physical.

Grandma is still feeling bad today. She didn't sleep well last night so she's currently falling asleep at the table, but I'm trying to get her to finish a glass of orange juice. She never wants to drink anything normally, so now that she's sick it's even more of a struggle.

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My dad is going in for surgery this afternoon to have a kidney stone removed. He is planning to leave on a vacation to Florida to go golfing with a friend on Wednesday. Hopefully he feels up to it by then.

He actually had this trip scheduled for this past April, but I ended up having to take him to the ER in the middle of the night the day before he was supposed to fly down, due to another kidney stone! It was terrible for him to have to cancel it once at the last minute, but it would *really* stink if it happens twice!

[joyfulDisneytears]

Breakfast - banana - 121 cal
Lunch - turkey on whole wheat; pretzels - 360 cal
Snack - apple cinnamon Nutrigrain bar - 130 cal
Dinner - piece of thin crust pizza w/ pepperoni, pork, mushroom; breadstick - 480 cal
Snack - more pretzels w/ Laughing Cow garlic & herb cheese; WW Chocolate Ice Cream Sandwich - 290 cal

Total - 1381 cal
Water - 80 oz

Holy carbs, Batman! :scared1: I sure didn't have a well-balanced day. No exercise either, just not feeling it right now! :headache:

I was worrying about taking care of Grandma during the day while I was over there, so I didn't eat much, and then of course that made me feel super hungry once I got home. I shouldn't have bothered with that pizza/breadstick...they were leftover from earlier in the week and stale and not tasty. Pretty lame when you go and eat something bad for you and it doesn't even taste good! At least I still came in under my max.

Not the best day to have right before my self-imposed weigh-in tomorrow, though!

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Dad got through surgery fine, but he's got a temporary stent in until Monday and is in a lot of pain. The doctor told him to rest this weekend so my aunt is staying over at Grandma's in his place and I'll be going over there for a while on Sunday so she can go to church. She usually just takes Grandma with her to church services but since the poor woman is sick right now that's just not a great idea.

[joyfulDisneytears]

Saturday morning's weigh-in: 242.2

Down 3.1! It could have been better I think, but it's certainly decent! :thumbsup2 Time to change my WISH tag to -15!

In the coming week I'm going to try my best to walk more miles. Last week I had a total of 11. This week the goal is least 15.

August 14th

Breakfast - biscuit w/ sausage gravy; orange juice - 526 cal
Snack - 1/2 avocado - 161 cal
Dinner - way too much tuna salad and Triscuits - 798 cal (I just kept eating them when I wasn't hungry anymore! WHY do I do that?! :sad2:)
Snack - WW Strawberry Smoothie Bar - 60 cal

Total - 1545 cal
Water - 64 oz

womp womp womp (It's the game over noise!). Over max! :scared1: And it wasn't even worth it. I sat there and ate those crackers w/ tuna salad for no reason, kept eating after I was full, and just felt gross afterward! :sick: It could have been something worse for me that I binged on I suppose, and I didn't go over by much, but I'm still mad at myself.

No exercise on Saturday either. I told myself I was going to have a break and then walk 4 miles or so Sunday, but little did I know I would be at Grandma's house all day!

Dad's surgeon told him to stay in bed this weekend, when we first though it would just be for a day. He's usually the one to stay over with Grandma on the weekend, but he's laid up and still in pain, so my aunt Vicki was staying over in his place. But she always goes to church services on Sunday, so I figured I would be over here for a few hours, but she wanted to go to both the morning and evening service. I didn't really see the point of me coming over here in the morning, waiting for her to come back, leaving and going home for a couple hours, and then coming right back...so I'm here all day. No time on the treadmill because I probably won't get home until around 10pm.

Grandma is still sick but seems to be getting a little better. Still trying to get her to rest as much as possible so I have yet to get her up for the day. On a normal day when she's well (as well as she can be, anyway), she'll sleep all day if you'd let her, so now that she's sick she's even more exhausted.

[indimom]

Saturday morning's weigh-in: 242.2

Down 3.1! It could have been better I think, but it's certainly decent! :thumbsup2 Time to change my WISH tag to -15! Woo Hoo!!! I'm so jealous. Can't wait to hit the 15 mark. That will feel really nice. Your really doing well. I usually find it hard to lose more than a pound or two a week after Week One. So, Good Job! Enjoy It! :cool1:

In the coming week I'm going to try my best to walk more miles. Last week I had a total of 11. This week the goal is least 15. I'm right there with you on this one. My total last week was 11 also, missed my goal by four miles. :headache:We'll just have to try harder this week.
August 14th

Breakfast - biscuit w/ sausage gravy; orange juice - 526 cal
Snack - 1/2 avocado - 161 cal
Dinner - way too much tuna salad and Triscuits - 798 cal (I just kept eating them when I wasn't hungry anymore! WHY do I do that?! :sad2:)
Snack - WW Strawberry Smoothie Bar - 60 cal

Total - 1545 cal
Water - 64 oz

womp womp womp (It's the game over noise!). Over max! :scared1: And it wasn't even worth it. I sat there and ate those crackers w/ tuna salad for no reason, kept eating after I was full, and just felt gross afterward! :sick: It could have been something worse for me that I binged on I suppose, and I didn't go over by much, but I'm still mad at myself. So aggravating isn't it? Why do we do this kind of stuff?? At least you still had a nice weight loss this week. Just chalk it up to a lesson learned and move on.

No exercise on Saturday either. I told myself I was going to have a break and then walk 4 miles or so Sunday, but little did I know I would be at Grandma's house all day!

Dad's surgeon told him to stay in bed this weekend, when we first though it would just be for a day. He's usually the one to stay over with Grandma on the weekend, but he's laid up and still in pain, so my aunt Vicki was staying over in his place. But she always goes to church services on Sunday, so I figured I would be over here for a few hours, but she wanted to go to both the morning and evening service. I didn't really see the point of me coming over here in the morning, waiting for her to come back, leaving and going home for a couple hours, and then coming right back...so I'm here all day. No time on the treadmill because I probably won't get home until around 10pm. Glad your dad's surgery went well. Hopefully he's feeling better soon and you'll get back to a normal schedule.

Grandma is still sick but seems to be getting a little better. Still trying to get her to rest as much as possible so I have yet to get her up for the day. On a normal day when she's well (as well as she can be, anyway), she'll sleep all day if you'd let her, so now that she's sick she's even more exhausted. Well, at least it sounds like everyone in your family is on the mend. Hope you have a good week !!
See You on the Island! :banana:

[joyfulDisneytears]

I need to quit leaving journal entries until the day after, I'm going to start forgetting!

I was at Grandma's all day yesterday...I did get home right at 9 o'clock, but watching True Blood on HBO trumped spending time on the treadmill, since we only get a few channels down in the basement where the exercise equipment is. I :love: True Blood! I like the novels it's (loosely) based on better, but the show is still terribly entertaining. I commandeered the tv from Dad, but he wasn't ready to go to bed yet so he sat through the whole show with me and kept asking 'Is she a vampire?' 'Is he a vampire?' 'What about them?' :rotfl: Poor man had no clue what was happening. I will say it's kind of awkward to watch with your dad, considering the frequency of ****-showing. :laughing: (Edit: Totally didn't know I couldn't type that here, not Disney-appropriate I guess. :lmao: Let's try 'breast' instead...I used the more juvenile b-term. :rolleyes:)

I joined SparkPeople yesterday, so I'm going to start using that for tracking.

August 15th

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk; large banana - 296 cal
Lunch - Lean Gourmet Chicken Alfredo Florentine frozel meal - 250 cal
Snack - Nature Valley Roasted Almond Nut Clusters - 140 cal
Dinner - turkey on whole wheat; pretzels; grapes - 456 cal
Dessert - WW Ice Cream Candy Bar - 150 cal

Total - 1292 cal (1250-1600) This is Spark's daily acceptable range for me; I'm going to try and keep it under 1500 still I think.
--Carbs - 213g (169-244)
--Fat - 32 (33-58) I should be eating more fat? Who knew? :confused3
--Protein - 47 (60-131) Way under here, going to have to start eating more eggs or dark green leafies...eggwhite omelette w/ spinach perhaps? :idea:

[joyfulDisneytears]

See You on the Island! :banana:

Thanks for sticking with me Susan! I don't think there are many people following along, but I appreciate all the support I can get!

I need to make a Skinny Island cheat sheet so I can learn what names go with the screennames. I've got a terrible memory!

[joyfulDisneytears]

Put on my Monday night shows (I watch the corny teen dramas on ABC Family...just another one of my embarrassing forms of entertainment! :rotfl2:), and walked through them this evening. Better walking than sitting on the couch, since ABC Family happens to be a channel we get in the basement.

Exercise - 2 hr walk on treadmill (That's 6 MILES!! :cool1:)

Breakfast - whole wheat mini bagel; 2 eggs - 259 cal
Lunch - Black Bean Chipotle Gardenburger on whole wheat bun w/ avocado, pico de gallo, & fat free shredded cheddar; nacho cheese rice snacks - 398 cal
Dinner - tortilla chips w/ cheese; chicken fajitas w/ corn tortillas; rice & refried beans - 625 cal

Total - 1282 cal (1250-1600)
-- Carbs - 156 (169-244) HOW am I of all people under on carbs? :headache: That's usually almost all I eat!
-- Fat - 49 (33-58)
-- Protein - 67 (60-131)
Water - 96 oz

The calories on dinner were a complete estimation according to what I could find on SparkPeople. My parents and I went to a local Mexican restaurant, which of course isn't going to have its nutrition facts posted anywhere. For the fajitas I used Chili's Chicken Fajitas info, since I understand Chili's is notoriously bad nutrionally anyway. I didn't know what the best thing to order at a Mexican restaurant would be, fajitas seemed the safest. I also knew that corn tortillas are infinitely better for you than flour, at least.

Too tired to write more right now, sleepytime. :cloud9:

[indimom]

Morning Dana. Sorry I couldn't hlep with the Mexican stuff. While I like it, I've never "tracked" it so I would have led you astry with any advice I had. :rotfl2:
My sister was just filling me in on the TrueBlood series last night while we walked. I don't get HBO. Sounds interesting. And I did enjoy the book series on which it is loosely based. ;) I go to every movie with my daughter - my excuse to ogle a boy way to young for me. :lmao: Pity there isn't a "cougar" smiley.

[therriau4]

I've read all your journals since you started & I just want to say Wow!! & You are doing awesome! :thumbsup2

I've enjoyed reading the food diaries...its interesting to me to see what others eat to lose weight & gives me ideas for snacks, etc...think I'll try those WW ice cream treats!

Keep it up! & thanks for inspiring!!

[joyfulDisneytears]

I was going to just do a half hour on the treadmill this evening, but it got cut even shorter because I started getting stomach cramps. :sick:

I also discovered I have a serious problem doing lunges...my knees start killing me after a few. I'd hazard a guess it's all the extra weight I'm hauling around!

Exercise - 20 min walk on treadmill (1 mile); Bikini Workout for Beginners on Spark (strength work)

Breakfast - whole wheat toast w/ natural dark chocolate peanut butter; banana - 310 cal
Lunch - Lean Gourmet Roasted Sirloin Supreme frozen meal; grapes; string cheese - 386 cal
Snack - vanilla Yoplait light - 110 cal
Dinner - Southwest Chicken Salad w/ lite ranch - 595 cal

Total - 1401 cal (1250-1600)
-- Carbs - 183g (169-244)
-- Fat - 53g (33-58) Dangerously close to going over here :eek:
-- Protein - 65g (60-131)
Water - 96 oz

First day since joining Spark on Sunday that I've been within the acceptable parameters on everything!

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Dad leaves for his golf vacation in FL tomorrow morning. I got him A20 on his Southwest flight to MCO; seems like it's getting harder and harder to get a low number when checking in, so I patted myself on the back a little for that one. He's playing one of the WDW courses...I wish I could go with him and his buddy and just have them drop me off at the TTC! Hopefully he'll be able to enjoy himself at least a little, but he's still popping pain pills after his surgery. He really needs a vacation though, what with the work situation and Grandma's condition, both of which are causing him lots of stress.

As for Grandma, most signs of her cold are gone. However, she's still coughing a lot when she lays down, and she was wheezing a lot yesterday when the nurse came to visit, so she called in for us to get a nebulizer delivered. We've got to give Grandma the albuterol breathing treatments for the next couple days at least.

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I got a new shipment from Hips & Curves yesterday. If you're a plus-sized lady like myself, and in the market for lingerie or even just comfy pajamas, check them out online. They also have some apparel for daywear. I discovered them in June and have already placed 3 orders! The one that was delivered yesterday was a skirt, and a camisole & boyshort pajama set. Both were on sale last week when I ordered them...they didn't have the pajama set in my size in the color I wanted, so I ordered a size down. It was only $10, and I figure hey, I'm losing weight anyway right? Maybe it will fit me soon!

[joyfulDisneytears]

Morning Dana. Sorry I couldn't hlep with the Mexican stuff. While I like it, I've never "tracked" it so I would have led you astry with any advice I had. :rotfl2:
My sister was just filling me in on the TrueBlood series last night while we walked. I don't get HBO. Sounds interesting. And I did enjoy the book series on which it is loosely based. ;) I go to every movie with my daughter - my excuse to ogle a boy way to young for me. :lmao: Pity there isn't a "cougar" smiley.

Mexican food is EVIL. Chips and salsa, I could just sit there and eat them all day, and they'll bring you more for free...not very helpful for those of us trying to watch what we're eating! :rotfl:

Ogling...heh. I know I'm pretty young, but I felt a little guilty watching the Twilight films and drooling over Taylor Lautner, who just barely turned 18 this year...

I've read all your journals since you started & I just want to say Wow!! & You are doing awesome! :thumbsup2

I've enjoyed reading the food diaries...its interesting to me to see what others eat to lose weight & gives me ideas for snacks, etc...think I'll try those WW ice cream treats!

Keep it up! & thanks for inspiring!!

Thank you! :flower3: And thanks for following along!

All of the WW ice cream bars and sandwiches are really good! They also make little ice cream cups, but somehow those are just not as satisfying to me. I avoid the cones they make too, merely because at my grocery store the box of 4 cones costs the same as a box of 6 (or 12 for some kinds) ice cream bars.

[joyfulDisneytears]

Did my 'walk through a Disney movie' bit again tonight. I'm watching them in order of release (yes I'm crazy...I actually have done this before, watched all my Disney movies in order, it was before our '08 trip ;)). So tonight's selection was Bambi, the movie that inspired me to name the gerbils I got when I was 5 'Thumper' and 'Flower'. :laughing:

Exercise - 1 hr 10 min walk on treadmill (3.5 miles)

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk; banana - 296 cal
Lunch - turkey on whole wheat; pretzels - 360 cal
Snack - strawberry shortcake Yoplait light - 110 cal
Dinner - 1/4 order of Hunter's Stew; 1/4 order of Spinach & Mushroom Etouffee; white rice; french bread - ???

Water - 96 oz

Yes, I had a little splurge at a cajun/creole restaurant we have here in Indy. It's called Yats and I have been craving it for weeks. It is soooo good, you can't understand how tasty it is until you try it. Safe to say I at least went over my carbs today, probably calories too. I ordered a half & half plate, so I got 2 half orders of different dishes. I ate about half of what I got and put the rest in the fridge. This is a step in the right direction at least...I may have splurged, but a month or two ago I definitely would have eaten the whole thing. :rolleyes:

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Grandma and I had a terrible day today. She had no idea who I was and kept asking, so when I'd tell her 'I'm Dana' she'd get mad and say 'You are NOT Dana.' Because she didn't know who I was she didn't want me to help her with anything; I kept hearing 'You just leave me alone, I can do it myself'...which of course she can't because if I left her to her own devices she'd be on the floor with a broken hip in a matter of 5 minutes (she has fallen and broken bones multiple times before, unfortunately, which is part of the reason for the 24/7 care). She got so frustrated not knowing who I was and not believing me when I told her that she eventually just refused to look at me or speak to me. :sad2: Soooo aggravating, for both of us.

Now that I think about it, this probably has something to do with why I gave into the Yats urge this evening. I was thinking to myself half-jokingly throughout the day, 'I'm gonna need a stiff drink when I get home...' I actually very rarely drink...instead I turned to my real habit, which of course is food. Blah. Self analyzing over. :guilty:

I can make excuses for myself and say the rest of the day was good, I ate well aside from dinner and got my exercise in and I only ate half my takeout order...it makes me feel better to think that way now, but it won't help in the long run. So, a little fall off the wagon today. Back on tomorrow.

[gellybean]

:hug:

So sorry you and your grandma had a rough day! I can't imagine. You are such a great person for taking care of her !!

I'm here and reading along as well!! Just remember, you can always vent over on the Island thread too! We're there for you!

Congrats on hitting the 15 lb mark!!!! :cheer2:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Exercise - Bikini Workout for Beginners from SP

Breakfast - Kashi GoLean Chocolate Turtle Bar; milk - 251 cal
Lunch - chicken fajitas; avocado; corn tortillas - 322 cal
Snacks - sardines in mustard sauce; pretzels, pretzels, and more pretzels - 470 cal
Dinner (but really just more snacking) - lime & salt popcorn; WW chocolate cookies & cream bar - 320 cal

Total - 1363 cal (1250-1600)
-- Carbs - 182g (169-244)
-- Fat - 46g (33-58)
-- Protein - 71g (60-131)
Water - 80 oz

Before somebody says 'eww...sardines!' I'm going to point out that they are relatively low in calories, and high in protein! If you like fish I suggest you try them. You can get them in a tin with mustard sauce or hot sauce even!

Another comment on food: I am in LOVE with the lime & salt popcorn. popcorn:: :love:

I was very flustered tonight...I needed to go to the grocery store, get my walk and strength training in, eat dinner, and do some housework all after 7pm. I accomplished everything but the walk. I spent way too much time when I went to the store because I'm always carefully comparing prices and nutritional labels, and I just take forever to pick stuff out in general.

Despite missing my walk this evening, I believe *should* reach my 15 mile goal for the week.

My cat just forcibly pushed himself onto my lap and is in his silent way screaming "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!" so I think I shall end this here. :lmao:

[joyfulDisneytears]

:hug:

So sorry you and your grandma had a rough day! I can't imagine. You are such a great person for taking care of her !!

I'm here and reading along as well!! Just remember, you can always vent over on the Island thread too! We're there for you!

Congrats on hitting the 15 lb mark!!!! :cheer2:

Thanks Aimee :hug:

I lost my job a few months before we realized Grandma needed constant care. I like to think now that it was meant to be that I became unemployed; otherwise she would be in a nursing home, or paying some overpriced aide to sit with her all day, and possibly provide sub-par care. She doesn't realize where she is the majority of the time, but we as a family feel like it is best for her to be in her own home, and know that's what she would want if she were in her right mind.

Thanks, also, for the congrats! :cutie: I'm holding out hope that I'll be able to change it to the -20 tag this weekend, but I've had a few slip-ups this week, so we'll see!

[joyfulDisneytears]

Watched 'Cinderella' while walking tonight. :goodvibes If I ever get a black cat I'm naming him 'Roosafee' :lmao:

Exercise - 1 hr 20 min walk on treadmill (4 miles)

Breakfast - whole wheat mini bagel; 2 eggs - 259 cal
Lunch - turkey bologna & 2% cheese single on sandwich thin; cucumber slices w/ lite ranch dressing - 324 cal
Dinner - more leftover chicken fajitas, avocado, corn tortilla, rice & beans; watermelon - 384 cal
Snack - lime & salt popcorn; WW giant fudge bar - 300 cal

Total - 1266 cal (1250-1600)
-- Carbs - 152g (169-244)
-- Fat - 54g (33-58)
-- Protein - 57g (60-131)
Water - 96 oz

Amazing how I can get a giant meal at a Mexican restaurant and it lasts me 3 more meals as leftovers! (Still have 1 helping left.) :laughing: I still have leftovers from that terrible-for-me cajun meal too...definitely easy to spread out the money you spend on eating out when you always bring home leftovers! Yay portion control! :thumbsup2

I bought some Sriracha chili sauce at the store last night. I used it on my chicken tonight...I had forgotten how spicy that stuff is. I love it though!

Under on carbs and protein and almost over on fat. Definitely not a very balanced day! I had very low energy at the end of today, and then I looked and noticed I was way under my calorie minimum so I had my snack. It wasn't really a 'need to go to sleep' tired, it was just a 'don't want to get off the couch *blah*' tired.

Need to walk at least 1/2 a mile tomorrow and I'll have met my 15 mile goal for the week! :woohoo:

Dreading the weigh-in tomorrow morning; don't know what's going to happen on that! :confused:

[joyfulDisneytears]

The average of 3 hops onto the scale within a minute of each other this morning: 240.87 - Down 1.33 this week. Could definitely have been better, I slipped up a few times...nothing huge but it does add up. At least it's still a loss!

Tonight's movie to walk to was Alice in Wonderland! :ccat: And I did meet and surpass my 15 mile goal for the week! :cool1: Total was 18.5 miles. I'll make next week's goal 20 miles!

Exercise - 1 hr 20 min walk on treadmill (4 miles); Bikini Workout for Beginners from SP

Lunch - Honey Balsamic Chicken w/ Sundried Tomato Cappelini & Grilled Broccoli; bread w/ extra virgin olive oil - 403 cal
Dinner - leftover cajun takeout w/ white rice & bread - 1069 cal :scared1: (I know, completely scary, but I didn't eat anything else tonight so I think it's not *so* bad!)

Total - 1472 cal (1350-1700) I updated my SP profile since I burned over 2000 calories with walking this week, and it bumped my calorie window up by 100. Seems counterproductive to me, but I know eating too little isn't helpful in the long run...
-- Carb - 189g (180-260)
-- Fat - 48g (36-62)
-- Protein - 66g (60-140)
Water - 96 oz

Went to Macaroni Grill for lunch with Mom...surprise, surprise. :rolleyes: Like I've said before, weekends are harsh on the diet because she always wants to go out and if I say no thanks she gets all annoyed at me. So rather than getting a big ol' bowl of pasta with buttery cheesy sauce or something, I stuck with the fairly healthy grilled entree and brought a whole bunch of it home.

I'm getting aggravated here...My shoulders/upper back have been hurting almost constantly for some weeks now. I'm overly busty, so I'm not sure if that is just finally affecting me, or what. Trying to avoid the otc painkillers though, I don't need to get addicted! :sad2: I'm also having issues with my plantar fasciitis flaring. It hadn't happened in a long while, but I'm getting pain in my left heel again. It's not to the point of being excruciating yet, I can walk normally without limping at this point, but I'm hoping it doesn't get worse. I'm too young for all these aches and pains...that's what happens when you're almost 100 lbs overweight!

[joyfulDisneytears]

Watched Peter Pan while walking tonight. :tink: I love how Tinkerbell is a jealous homicidal maniac but managed to become one of the biggest Disney icons. :rotfl:

Exercise - 1 hr 20 min walk on treadmill (4 miles)

Lunch - scallops, shrimp, veggies, fried rice; shoyu onion soup; salad w/ ginger soy dressing - 764 cal
Dinner - last of the leftover chicken fajitas, avocado, corn tortillas, rice & beans; watermelon - 452 cal
Dessert - WW ice cream candy bar - 150 cal

Total - 1367 cal
-- Carbs - 154g (180-260)
-- Fat - 62g (36-62)
-- Protein - 56g (60-140)
Water - 96 oz

Almost over on fat and under on everything else! :eek: At least I ate a lot of veggies today!

Mom and I went to this Japanese hibachi place close to our house for lunch, which I LOVE. Brought home leftovers of course, though I ate all the veggies on the first go-round. Better than eating all the meat or fried rice!

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While we were at lunch my cousin called me to tell me aunt Vicki wanted me to come over to Grandma's house as soon as I could, without any sort of further notice. Vicki does this type of stuff *all* the time it seems, keeping things till the last minute and never considering anyone else, so I finally stood up for myself and told her no. I feel like I covered for her for almost a full two weeks while she was gone (and beyond her trip when she just didn't want to come back to Grandma's yet), the least she can do is stay over a weekend while Dad isn't here.

Our family is just not doing well these days...
Mom is getting depressed with everything that's going on with the uncertainty of Dad's job, and the fact that it seems no one is ever home these days because Dad and I are always at Grandma's. She said today that she feels like she doesn't have a family anymore.
Dad's on vacation right now but once he gets back he's going to be right back into the stress of work and taking care of Grandma...he's so agitated about it all that he just bites everyone's head off all the time.

I've been feeling just bummed in general. It seems like all my days run together with nothing really to look forward to. I need to plan a trip out to Phoenix, or win one of the many sweepstakes I've been entering so I can have a getaway somewhere...

:sad2: Sorry to get all pensive and deep, I've just been in a real funk for the past few days.

[joyfulDisneytears]

Anyone still out there? Or did I scare everybody away with my bummed-out-ness? :rolleyes1 I hope not!

Exercise - 1 hr 20 min walk on treadmill (4 miles)

Breakfast - Nutrigrain waffle w/ natural dark chocolate peanut butter; banana; Boston cream pie Yoplait light - 405 cal
Lunch - leftover Honey Balsamic Chicken w/ Sundried Tomato Capellini & Grilled Broccoli; Wasa fiber cracker w/ garlic & herb Laughing Cow cheese - 265 cal
Snack - kipper snacks; cucumber w/ hummus - 254 cal
Dinner - toasted sandwich thin w/ tomato, cheese, turkey; fresh mushroom, red pepper, asparagus, cucumber w/ hummus; grapes - 372 cal
Dessert - WW Giant Latte Bar - 90 cal

Total - 1385 cal (1350-1700)
-- Carbs - 181g (180-260)
-- Fat - 45g (36-62)
-- Protein - 81g (60-140)
Water - 96 oz

Wow I did SUPER good today! So much fresh fruit and veg! *pats herself on the back* And within my acceptable ranges on everything!

Yes I ate fish from a tin again for a snack :lmao: I actually like it a lot; I've been trying all the different varieties (smoked oysters, sardines, kippers, and I've got some anchovies sitting in the pantry that I haven't tried yet). I like the kipper snacks the best so far. Sort of high in fat, but also high in protein! 19g protein in one tin!

I've still got one more helping remaining of the chicken and such leftovers from Macaroni Grill. They give you 3 small (3 oz-ish) chicken breasts plus the sides, so that's perfect for 3 meals! The whole thing was under 600 calories according to the nutritional info on their website, so it's super cheap on the calorie bank to split it into 2 or 3 meals.

I was kind of disappointed in my Boston Cream Pie flavored yogurt...for all the picture of chocolate on the container, it sure just tasted like the cream part in the middle of said pie and not much else. So deceiving!

I got a type of hummus I hadn't tried before...the brand is Tribe and the flavor is 'Forty Spices'. It is actually spicy (slightly hot) and sweet at the same time because there's a bit of cinnamon in there too. It's interesting, I can't decide if I like it better than just the standard or garlic flavors that you usually find.

:rotfl2: Now that I've written a book on the food I ate today, I'll leave you with my colorful dinner, which I thought looked appetizing and pretty so I took a picture. The sandwich was toasted under the broiler to crisp the bread and melt the cheese and cook the tomato a bit. Yummy!

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c257/mystichic04/Image034.jpg

[indimom]

Sorry I haven't been over here in a while and sorry you're having a hard time in your family. It's rough when someone needs 24/7 care. My grandmother lived with my parents (and the rest of us) for the last 20 years of her life until she passed at 97. It's not easy.
Does your mom work all day? Could she come hang out with you at Grandma's sometimes? It would be nice for you to have company and someone to talk to and she would get the family time she is missing.
I know what you mean about the jobs situation. DH and I have managed to keep our work, but he runs a press in a factory and they dropped almost half their workforce in 2008. They also cut pay by a minimum of 15% across the board. (We did finally get that pay back this year, but no other "raises" since 2007.)
I run a day care and three of my steadiest/largest families (so good income) have had a parent lose a job. One has now left day care entirely. The other two are down to a very minimum part time. It's hard and really cuts into my bottom line, but I don't want to dump them and look for new families. I'm hoping a new job will work out and they'll come back to full time. Life's sooo much fun in a recession.
I love that you are able to be there for your grandma when she needs you, but make sure you get your down time. It's stressful being a constant caregiver.
Hope you have a great day today and congrats on the weight loss. We all need to quit putting down our successes! You LOST over a pound last week!! :banana: :yay: :cheer2:

[lolakat]

Hi there,

I'm new to the WISH forum and I just read through your journal and wanted to offer you some support. Giving 24 hour support to someone with dementia is very tough and you are taking on a great responsibility and giving your grandmother and family a wonderful gift. It looks like you are doing a great job with your food choices and calorie counting. I'm glad to hear it is paying off for you.

Best of luck to you. I look forward to following along with you.

[joyfulDisneytears]

I was bad yesterday and didn't update. Plus I haven't exercised for the past two days, and my dinner last night was gigantic. :guilty:

I was having a bad evening last night and had a little bit of an emotional break and cried (loudly) for no good reason, really. :confused3

DBF has a free flight on Southwest that expires mid-Sept., so we thought it would work out well if I could visit Sept. 3-6 and make it a long weekend. I couldn't ask my dad to take off work to watch Grandma because his job situation is iffy at best, and he just took a vacation for almost 2 weeks to Florida (he comes back this Friday). I asked my aunt Vicki if there was any chance she could take the day off on Sept. 3, and after a bit of 'well I can see...' etc, we determined that was out due to the nature of her job and the lack of volunteers at the moment (she works at Meals on Wheels).
So I asked my mom if she could watch Grandma on the 3rd, but was feeling bad about it because I have a dr's appt on the 10th and she's already staying at Grandma's in my place for a few hours on that day. She gave me a pretty big guilt trip about asking her to do it, and about me having to ask Dad to watch Grandma on Labor Day (Sept. 6th). So by the time I got home I just kept saying 'Forget I brought it up, it was a bad idea, nevermind, it's not gonna happen' etc etc, because I was feeling like a real jerk for trying to put my obligations off onto somebody else for a couple days.

That's the very long-winded explanation of why I was crying...the short version would be: I am feeling depressed lately and like I don't have anything to look forward to right now, and thought a trip out of town to visit DBF might cheer me up. Then I felt like a jerk for even trying to plan it. That made me cry, along with the fact that it didn't look like the trip would work out anyway. The end.

After all this self-inflicted drama, Mom ended up calling Dad for me (while I was sobbing 'Don't call him! I don't want him to use his holiday off taking care of Grandma for me!', which probably sounded something like 'whimper-mumble-sob-gasp-whimper' :rolleyes:) and asking if he could take care of Grandma on Labor Day, and said she *would* go over there for me on the 3rd. I'm going to hear about it for the next 6 months that I owe her, of course, but I *am* going to Phoenix over Labor Day weekend. It's very likely going to be scorching outside there, but even if all I do is spend the weekend cuddled up with my man that is perfectly fine with me!

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Ok...novel about my minor emotional breakdown complete, onto the food tracking.

Tuesday:

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk; banana - 296 cal
Lunch - leftover fried rice w/ scallops & shrimp - 553 cal
Dinner - steak w/ mushrooms & onions; carrots, cauliflower & broccoli; red skin potatoes; dinner roll w/ butter; salad w/ poppyseed dressing - 768 cal

Total - 1618 cal
Water - 104 oz

Yeah, dinner wasn't the greatest, but the calorie count for the day was acceptable (or it probably would have been if I had done any exercise). By the time I got home, boohoo'd, fixed Mom's computer so we could print off our coupon for dinner, and went out to eat, it was almost 9pm and I was just wiped and didn't feel like it. That steak was completely worth the calories though; it was so tasty, and I hadn't had any red meat in weeks. We discovered this gem of a restaurant...it's actually a place that used to be a pretty standard bar & grill, but it went out of business and now the new owner/chef makes these dishes that are just so high-caliber, bordering on gourmet (to my peasant tastebuds anyway). It's a bit pricey, but we have never been disappointed in a meal there.

Wednesday:

Breakfast - Nutrigrain waffle w/ natural dark chocolate peanut butter; banana - 380 cal
Lunch - last of the chicken etc leftovers from Macaroni Grill; Wasa fiber cracker w/ garlic & herb Laughing Cow - 265 cal
Snack - light string cheese; apple cinnamon Nutrigrain bar - 190 cal
Dinner - Steak 'n Shake kids meal: mini corndogs & applesauce; asparagus w/ hummus - 277 cal
Snack (or Dinner #2) - sammie thin w/ turkey bologna & 2% cheese; pretzels w/ Laughing Cow - 333 cal

Total - 1444 cal
Water - 80 oz

No excuse for not exercising today other than I just didn't feel like it. I promised myself I would get strength training in tomorrow while I'm at Grandma's and she's asleep. I put my dumbbells in my car already so I won't forget them in the morning. I gotta get my walk on tomorrow night too. Need to walk 4 miles/day for the rest of the week if I want to meet my 20 mile goal.

[joyfulDisneytears]

Does your mom work all day? Could she come hang out with you at Grandma's sometimes? It would be nice for you to have company and someone to talk to and she would get the family time she is missing.

That's the amusing part (said completely sarcastically). She wants as little to do with the Grandma situation as possible, so I highly doubt she'd want to use her time off to come sit with me. She'd rather be home, though I can't say I blame her. I'd rather be sitting around at home than at Grandma's most of the time, too.

I know what you mean about the jobs situation. DH and I have managed to keep our work, but he runs a press in a factory and they dropped almost half their workforce in 2008. They also cut pay by a minimum of 15% across the board. (We did finally get that pay back this year, but no other "raises" since 2007.)

Sounds about right...my mom's job is secure as far as we know, but she hasn't had any sort of raise in 4-5 years. Hard to make ends meet when you don't even get an increase in pay for cost of living!

I love that you are able to be there for your grandma when she needs you, but make sure you get your down time. It's stressful being a constant caregiver.
Hope you have a great day today and congrats on the weight loss. We all need to quit putting down our successes! You LOST over a pound last week!! :banana: :yay: :cheer2:

Thanks! :flower3: I saw you're down a bunch on the island thread, hopefully I can catch up at some point. :cheer2:

Hi there,

I'm new to the WISH forum and I just read through your journal and wanted to offer you some support. Giving 24 hour support to someone with dementia is very tough and you are taking on a great responsibility and giving your grandmother and family a wonderful gift. It looks like you are doing a great job with your food choices and calorie counting. I'm glad to hear it is paying off for you.

Best of luck to you. I look forward to following along with you.

:wave: Welcome to my thread! Thanks for the kind words! I'm very glad we're able to take care of my grandma in her home, and also glad that there are multiple family members willing to help out. I think I would have burned out long ago if it was just me!

[joyfulDisneytears]

I did my strength workout at Grandma's house like I said I would, and walked this evening.

Watched 'Lady & the Tramp' while walking tonight. I was daydreaming of one day visiting Tony's Town Square and getting someone to take our picture while DBF and I attempted to recreate the spaghetti scene. :laughing:

Exercise - Bikini Workout for Beginners from SP; 1 hr 20 min walk on treadmill (4 miles)

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk; banana - 296 cal
Lunch - Lean Gourmet Buffalo Chicken Snackers; cucumber w/ lite ranch - 375 cal
Snack - raspberry cheesecake Yoplait Light - 110 cal
Dinner - 2 mini bagel/egg sammies; rosemary & olive oil Triscuits w/ 2% cheese - 589 cal

Total - 1370 cal
Water - 96 oz

[traceycooper]

Dana - i think you are not putting yourself 1st enough - its amazing what a fantastic job your doing looking after your grandmother but you are 24 yrs old & need a life too, its hard to think of yourself when your so used to putting others 1st but please try - even if its just a little.
your calories look great - i always round them up to be on the ''safe side'' e.g. 359 cals i will round up to 400 cals - just to be sure as i often forget to add drinks & sauces :)
keep up the walking, well done your doing a great job :)

[joyfulDisneytears]

'Sleeping Beauty' tonight...The treadmill is down in the basement and I was actually getting creeped out at the part where Aurora is being lured up the stairs and you see Maleficent's eyes glowing and everything is all green and sickly looking. :maleficen

Exercise - 1 hr 20 min walk on treadmill (4 miles)

Breakfast - Nutrigrain waffle w/ natural cinnamon raisin peanut butter; grapes - 261 cal
Lunch - Portabella Gardenburger on whole wheat bun w/ light Miracle Whip; 100 cal bag popcorn - 340 cal
Snack - asparagus w/ hummus; banana cream pie Yoplait light - 197 cal
Dinner - scrambled eggs w/ spinach, mushroom, garlic, & french onion Laughing Cow cheese; whole grain English muffin - 310 cal
Snack - Odwalla chocolate chip peanut bar - 230 cal

Total - 1337 cal (1350-1700)
Water - 96 oz

Bah...under my calorie minimum for the day. I just was not hungry enough to eat something else this evening. The protein bar was my concession to get myself at least close to the minimum. Without it I would have been way off.

Dinner was supposed to be an omelette but I seriously fail at making eggs so it ended up being scrambled eggs and I threw some veggies and cheese with and mixed it up. ;)

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Being plagued by the most annoying being on the planet...MOSQUITOS. I've gotten half a dozen bites in the past couple days. My skin is super sensitive to the bites and they swell up something fierce if *anything* rubs up against them. Just with my clothes or hair rubbing against one, the red welt can get 3-4 inches across. They get really tight and swollen and sometimes leave a bruise. It's been like that my whole life...you'd think I'd build up a tolerance or something since I'm one of those mosquito-magnet people who seem to get eaten alive when no one else around me is having a problem.

I almost had to stop walking this evening because there was a seam on my sweatpants rubbing a bite on my leg and it was driving me absolutely bonkers. I also have a bite on my forehead...super cute, lemme tell ya. :headache:

[eyor44]

HI Dana
Just read your thread and I think you are on the right track. Your walking is awesome and you are doing really great with the calorie track. :thumbsup2

Couple of notes: I love sardines, but don't eat them anymore 1) they gross my family out 2) coworkers complained of the smell. :confused3

Is your heal still hurting you? Might be your shoes. I had this same problem and discovered it was my shoes. If you have jogging shoes, next time you get new shoes, try specific walking shoes or crosstrainers (these work best for me). Jogging shoes can actually hurt your feet if you walk long distances in them. PS - I'm not in the medical field, just a very experienced walker.

I understand how hard it is to be motivated to exercise especially when you miss a couple days. It has been so hot here this summer that I have not been able to walk regular. Lucky you to have a treadmill, in front of a tv no less. :cloud9:

You are doing great, keep up the great work. :goodvibes

[joyfulDisneytears]

I just wanted to pop in and post this real quick...still gotta get my walking in for the evening but I am feeling really wiped out today so I don't know if I'll get around to posting later tonight. Feels like I may be coming down with a cold; I have a scratchy throat and headache and I'm really tired. Hoping my body will fight it off because I really don't want to be sick for my trip next weekend! :sick:

I sat down on the floor to brush the cat (he's a Persian so it has to be done frequently...good thing he enjoys it!), and once he got bored and walked away I literally laid down on the floor and fell asleep for an hour. Let me repeat: on the floor. Talk about tired!

Anywho, weigh-in this morning was at 238.35! Down 2.5 lbs! That more like it! :banana: Gonna go switch my WISH tag to -20! :woohoo:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Didn't walk yesterday since I was feeling sick and exhausted, so I didn't meet my 20 mile goal for the week. I got to 16. :confused3 Remembered last night at about midnight that I had data entry work to do. I slept in this morning and I feel better today, but no opportunity to exercise because I'm trying to get all this work done before I go to sleep tonight. I'll be up late. :guilty:

Saturday:

Exercise - Bikini Workout for Beginners from SP

Lunch - French onion soup; 1/2 salad w/ almonds, bleu cheese, tomato, bacon, onion, Italian dressing; 1/2 breadstick - 485 cal
Snack - 2 clementines - 70 cal
Dinner - 1/2 leftover salad & breadstick from lunch; Lean Gourmet pepperoni flatbread pizza; watermelon - 611 cal
Snack - popcorn mini bag; WW Giant Fudge Bar - 210 cal

Total - 1375 cal
Water - 80 oz

Sunday:

Breakfast - 2 clementines - 70 cal
Lunch - 1 piece deep dish pizza w/ sausage, pepperoni, mushroom - 309 cal (?)
Snack - roasted almond granola clusters - 140 cal
Dinner - turkey bologna, 2% cheese, spinach on sammie thin; cucumber w/ hummus; grapes - 406 cal
Snack - pretzels w/ french onion Laughing Cow; SmartOnes cookie dough sundae - 320 cal

Total - 1245 cal (1200-1550) Calorie range got adjusted again since I don't know how my exercise will be for the coming week because of my upcoming trip.
Water - 88 oz

[eyor44]

Congrats on the loss!!! :woohoo: you are doing great!

[lolakat]

The big 2-0! That is awsome. Keep up the good work! :cheer2:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Grrrr...I had responses typed out to all these the other day, but then I accidentally hit the magical spot on my touchpad that is the same as a 'back' button and I lost everything I wrote. Hate it when that happens. :headache: Not sure how to turn it off!

Dana - i think you are not putting yourself 1st enough - its amazing what a fantastic job your doing looking after your grandmother but you are 24 yrs old & need a life too, its hard to think of yourself when your so used to putting others 1st but please try - even if its just a little.
your calories look great - i always round them up to be on the ''safe side'' e.g. 359 cals i will round up to 400 cals - just to be sure as i often forget to add drinks & sauces :)
keep up the walking, well done your doing a great job :)

Thanks a lot! :hug: I feel like it's hard to get 'me' time in my situation. The daytime care just sort of defaulted to me since I was the unemployed one, so asking for time off involves me having to ask someone else to take time off *their* job...bleh. At least I have my weekends.

HI Dana
Just read your thread and I think you are on the right track. Your walking is awesome and you are doing really great with the calorie track. :thumbsup2

Couple of notes: I love sardines, but don't eat them anymore 1) they gross my family out 2) coworkers complained of the smell. :confused3

Is your heal still hurting you? Might be your shoes. I had this same problem and discovered it was my shoes. If you have jogging shoes, next time you get new shoes, try specific walking shoes or crosstrainers (these work best for me). Jogging shoes can actually hurt your feet if you walk long distances in them. PS - I'm not in the medical field, just a very experienced walker.

I understand how hard it is to be motivated to exercise especially when you miss a couple days. It has been so hot here this summer that I have not been able to walk regular. Lucky you to have a treadmill, in front of a tv no less. :cloud9:

You are doing great, keep up the great work. :goodvibes

My heel is doing fine now, thanks for asking! I *am* wearing jogging shoes (Brooks Ghost) which were recommended to me at the shoe shop because of my underpronation and heel pain. They've worked out really well for the most part, but I think I may need to invest in some insoles because they've probably got a couple hundred miles on them by now and have to be getting worn down. Next time I'm out for new shoes I'll look into some crosstrainers that would work with my foot problems.

Congrats on the loss!!! :woohoo: you are doing great!

Thanks a lot! :cutie:

The big 2-0! That is awsome. Keep up the good work! :cheer2:

Thank you! :cloud9:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Did my strength workout at Grandma's while she was sleeping again on Monday...I think I'll make this a habit from now on. I have multiple hours over there during the day to myself, and it works a lot better than trying to cram dinner, strength training, and a long walk into the time after I get home.

Monday:

Exercise - Bikini Workout for Beginners from SP; 1 hr 40 min walk on treadmill (5 miles)

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk; banana - 280 cal
Lunch - wheat tortilla w/ turkey & fat free shredded cheddar; asparagus w/ hummus - 304 cal
Snack - granola nut clusters; Bostom cream pie Yoplait light - 250 cal
Dinner - smoked sausage; sauerkraut; mashed potatoes - 420 cal
Dessert - WW strawberry smoothie bar - 60 cal

Total - 1314 cal
Water - 112 oz

Waaaaay too high on sodium Monday. I think I was retaining water today as a result because I got on the scale and was a pound up since Saturday.

101 Dalmatians was tonight's movie...I was all like :sad: when all the puppies were trudging through the snow and finally got to the dairy barn! Disney makes me sooo weepy! What a sap :rolleyes: If I was super-dedicated to watching the Disney movies I own in order, I actually should have watched 'Swiss Family Robinson', but that movie is over 2 hours long and I didn't want to commit myself to a walk that lengthy tonight. :rotfl:

Tuesday:

Exercise - 1 hr 20 min walk on treadmill (4 miles)

Breakfast - mini bagel w/ 2 eggs; 2 clementines - 329 cal
Lunch - Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers (sweet sesame chicken) - 340 cal
Snack - strawberry Nutrigrain bar; cinnamon roll Yoplait light - 230 cal
Dinner - kid's meal: steakburger w/ lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle & fries - 445 cal
Dessert - WW giant latte bar - 90 cal

Total - 1434 cal
Water - 112 oz

It was absolutely not a big deal for me to just have a kid's meal from Steak 'n Shake. Plenty of food! I think I'll use that as a strategy if I get sent out to get dinner and don't feel like a fast food salad.

I asked DBF if he would have any issue with splitting plates if we go out to eat while I'm visiting him, and he said he wouldn't. I'm also planning on cooking a recipe or two from SP while I'm there so we don't feel obligated to go out every meal.

I'm falling asleep at the keyboard! Good night folks! :cloud9:

[eyor44]

You are doing great with your walking and your food looks really good. :thumbsup2

[joyfulDisneytears]

I'm leaving shortly to go to the airport and fly to visit DBF in Phoenix for the long weekend, so I won't be around my scale tomorrow. I figured I'd post a weigh-in from this morning, and then another Tuesday morning when I'm back.

This morning the scale said 235.53...I am not terribly excited about this because I'm pretty sure it was mostly water weight that I lost last night when I had a stomach upset issue. :sick: That, I believe, was my body telling me to quit eating fast food! I haven't been going over calories or anything, but the family has been sending me out to pick up dinner the past few nights.

I got back on after I had some breakfast and a bottle of water, and the scale said 236.8. That's probably more accurate once I replenish my fluids.

I've been logging all my food, just haven't been posting it! I'll catch up with it here later.

Hope everyone reading has a good Labor Day weekend! :cheer2:

[eyor44]

Have a great weekend! We want to hear all about it when you return. :goodvibes

[indimom]

Hey Dana, I'm a little late to wish you a great trip, but I hope you are having a FABULOUS time!!!!!!! Get all the :hug: you can get and enjoy yourself.

I apologize for not checking in this week. We were setting up every evening this week for a yard sale Friday evening and Saturday. We did pretty good and the kids are thrilled with their money, but it's always a lot more work than you think it's going to be. Ugh! I missed two nights of walking this week, thanks to being flat exhausted working all day and doing set up all night. So I only managed 15 miles this week. And while my points were in line, I didn't make the best choices. Too many carbs, not enough veggies and protein, my usual drill when I eat on the run.

But I'm looking toward a better week next week.

Sounds like you are still doing great on the tracking and excercise! I'm trying to remind myself not to let the little "slumps" derail me from the big picture, but it's pretty hard sometimes. You're an inspiration! :thumbsup2 I'll try to get over here more this week.

Can't wait to hear about your awesome trip!!!

[joyfulDisneytears]

Have a great weekend! We want to hear all about it when you return. :goodvibes

Thanks! I had a great time, but the visit was WAY too short. DBF and I were both majorly bummed out when he dropped me at the airport...he even stood in the security line with me until it was my turn to show my ID/boarding pass and then stood up against the glass around the metal detector area so we could see each other right up until the very last minute possible. Very sweet. :lovestruc

Hey Dana, I'm a little late to wish you a great trip, but I hope you are having a FABULOUS time!!!!!!! Get all the :hug: you can get and enjoy yourself.

I apologize for not checking in this week. We were setting up every evening this week for a yard sale Friday evening and Saturday. We did pretty good and the kids are thrilled with their money, but it's always a lot more work than you think it's going to be. Ugh! I missed two nights of walking this week, thanks to being flat exhausted working all day and doing set up all night. So I only managed 15 miles this week. And while my points were in line, I didn't make the best choices. Too many carbs, not enough veggies and protein, my usual drill when I eat on the run.

But I'm looking toward a better week next week.

Sounds like you are still doing great on the tracking and excercise! I'm trying to remind myself not to let the little "slumps" derail me from the big picture, but it's pretty hard sometimes. You're an inspiration! :thumbsup2 I'll try to get over here more this week.

Can't wait to hear about your awesome trip!!!

That's great that they made some money at the yard sale! It is a whole lot of work to get it going though. Our neighborhood will usually have a yardsale day once or twice a year but we never participate, though we certainly have enough stuff sitting around that we don't use!

My walking got thrown off last week what with traveling and fasting for my blood draw at the dr's office...I was fairly sure I was allowed water on the fast but both my parents seemed so certain I wasn't supposed to have *anything* for 12 hours before, so I didn't do my evening walk on Thursday since I couldn't have anything to drink during to stay hydrated. (The nurse told me the next day that I could have water, black coffee, or plain tea, which is what I thought in the first place!)

My eating was pretty terrible this weekend compared to what I've been doing at home, but it could have been a *lot* worse. I didn't eat the whole portion given to me in most cases, and resisted the unique fast food temptations aside from a late night taco run on Sunday. I also made sure to eat breakfast daily. I made a decision not to count calories for the weekend, but did try to be smarter about things than I used to be.



I believe I'm going to write up a mini-TR to put into the 'California & the West' section...I took lots of pictures this weekend. :goodvibes

[joyfulDisneytears]

Thanks to eating way too much this weekend and the toll traveling takes on me (always suffer from irregularity and bloating after I fly...TMI, sorry), the scale was at 238.93 this morning. (That's a gain of about 0.6 lbs since 8/28, for those keeping track.) Hopefully things will settle back to normal and the damage done this weekend will be rectified!

I'm super behind on my food log, so I'll do that now...

Wednesday:

Exercise - Bikini Workout for Beginners from SP

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk; banana - 280 cal
Lunch - turkey bologna, 2% cheese, spinach on sammie thin; asparagus w/ hummus - 314 cal
Snack - watermelon; fiber cracker w/ Laughing Cow - 162 cal
Dinner - grilled chicken wrap w/ ranch & cheese; cucumber; pretzels - 329 cal
Dessert - WW giant cookies & cream bar - 130 cal

Total - 1214 cal
Water - 80 oz
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Thursday:

Breakfast - Nutrigrain waffle w/ cinnamon raisin PB; banana - 274 cal
Lunch - 1/2 portabella Gardenburger & spinach on wheat bun; asparagus w/ hummus; 2 clementines - 254 cal
Snack - grapes; watermelon; pretzels - 297 cal
Dinner - McDonald's hamburger & small fries - 480 cal

Total - 1305 cal
Water - 96 oz

Do you ever try something and you don't *like* it, but you feel it's passable enough to your palate that it's edible...but then you eat it a couple more times and it just becomes increasingly more unappetizing? Such is the case with the portabella Gardenburger. I thought it was ok the first couple times...not really enjoyable but something to fill my belly. This time though, I got through about half of it and threw the rest in the trash, along with the one that was still in the box. I won't be getting those again. :sick:
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Friday: (This is the day I stopped counting calories until Monday...)

Breakfast - 2 eggs on whole wheat English muffin; 2 clementines
Lunch - turkey bologna & 2% cheese on sammie thin (in the car on the way to the airport)
Snack - clementine; thinkThin brownie crunch bar
Dinner - southwest chicken dip w/ tortilla chips (8 chips); prime rib (~3 oz) w/ au jus; mashed potatoes (~1/2 cup); veggies (carrots, cauliflower, broccoli); sauteed mushrooms
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Saturday:

Exercise - walk around ASU campus in the 110 degree heat! woo! :rotfl:

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk; banana
Snack - Chips Ahoy thins 100 calorie pack
Late lunch/Early dinner - 2 buffalo chicken strips w/ bleu cheese dressing; 1/2 monte cristo sandwich & fries

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Sunday:

Exercise - walk around Desert Botanical Gardens, and another around the Chandler mall

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk; banana
Lunch - crab cake eggs benedict; potatoes; watermelon; orange juice
Dinner - slow-cooker salsa chicken; whole grain rice; broccoli
Midnight meal - 3 tacos; cheese quesadilla

This was the night I made dinner. Jared's dad really liked it, he ended up eating the extra chicken breast right then (there were 4 of us, I made 5). It was a recipe from SP and I was really pleased with how it turned out. No one was the wiser when I used all reduced-fat/sodium ingredients, either! :cutie: Well, except Jared, who was the one that took me to the store and bought everything I picked out. :laughing:

The midnight fast food run was my doing...we had just been to a movie and I was hungry from smelling all the popcorn. I'm pretty sure just getting the popcorn itself would have been a lot kinder to my waistline!
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Monday:

Snack - Chips Ahoy thins 100 calorie pack; Ritz Chips 100 calorie pack (snacks from the plane ride)
Dinner - Cajun grilled tilapia; southwest rice; corn; watermelon
Snack - Pepsi; pretzels w/ PB; Gardettos; vanilla ice cream

I was not hungry before Jared took me to the airport since we ate tacos at midnight and didn't get very much sleep. I always feel a little queasy if I don't get enough rest.

Really blew it on the snacks last night after dinner...I got into that mentality of, 'Well, I already screwed up the whole weekend, may as well round it out and get back on the wagon tomorrow.' Bad attitude to have. I always do stuff like that.
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I am trying to be back on track today, but I am really not feeling hungry at all...I've just been munching on little things here and there and haven't really eaten a proper meal yet.

I plan on starting my mini-TR today or tomorrow. I'll go into all the yummy food I ate in more detail there...my 'diet' thread doesn't seem the right place for it. :rotfl2: I'll link it in my siggie once I do! :cool1:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Breakfast - 2 clementines - 70 cal
Lunch - pasta salad (italian dressing based w/ cucumber & tomato); light string cheese - 402 cal
Dinner - penne w/ chicken, tomato, & spinach in tomato cream sauce; salad w/ lite ranch - 588 cal
Snack - popcorn:: lime & salt popcorn mini bag - 190 cal

Total - 1250 cal
Water - 80 oz

Good thing I didn't really eat anything earlier in the day since Mom made that delectable pasta for dinner! I had to have a small second helping...it was very tasty!

[eyor44]

I think you did rather well on your weekend away and great job going to places that involved a lot of walking. :thumbsup2

That pasta your DM made sounds divine. I :love: pasta.

The slight gain is probably water as you mentioned. Flying plus going from one climate to another and then back again, probably through your body off and it wasn't quite sure what to do.

[joyfulDisneytears]

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ milk - 171 cal
Lunch - Lean Gourmet Santa Fe Style Rice & Beans frozen meal; cucumber w/ hummus - 371 cal
Snack - red velvet cake Yoplait light; grapes - 196 cal
Dinner - Subway 6" Oven Roasted Chicken sub - 473 cal
Snack - light string cheese - 60 cal

Total - 1271 cal
Water - 96 oz

No exercise again today...still feeling really tired from traveling and had a bad headache this evening. :confused3I'm just not feeling it, but at least I'm eating alright!

Out of curiosity I got on the scale again this morning to find myself almost 2 lbs lighter than I was yesterday, so my assumption of my gain being bloat from travel was pretty much confirmed. Good to know! :thumbsup2

I forgot to mention that DBF's brother's wife asked me if I had lost weight when I was there...always good to hear that question!!! :laughing:

I started my mini TR! I just put a bit of an introduction up now, so if you've been following along here you probably know most of it already. I did include a couple pictures of DBF and me though! :love:

[eyor44]

:woohoo: always great when someone asks you that question! :woohoo: Can't wait to read your TR and see your pics. I love pics!

Hope you feel better today. :hug:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Nightmare of a day with Grandma...consoled myself with junk food this evening, but stayed within my calories doing it, so I'm totally ok with it! There was a time not long ago when I would have gotten 4 times as much food and eaten every bite of it. I have a very big bingeing problem. I actually feel a sense of accomplishment today because I seem to have taken some steps to conquer it!

Breakfast - Nutrigrain waffle w/ cinnamon raisin PB; orange creme Yoplait light - 265 cal
Lunch - Subway 6" oven roasted chicken sub - 473 cal
Dinner - Taco Bell nachos supreme - 440 cal
Dessert - Dairy Queen mini Hawaiian Blizzard - 300 cal

Total - 1478 cal
Water - 64 oz

That orange creme flavored yogurt was not misleading at all! There is a picture of a creamsicle on the container and that is *exactly* what it tasted like! I love those things...I'll definitely be getting more of that flavor!

I have my doctor's appointment tomorrow...I'm not entirely sure what it's going to entail. Hoping against hope that all my test results come back ok. I'm getting anxious just thinking about it...what if I have high cholesterol or diabetes or something! :eek: It wouldn't be all that much of a surprise, but of course I don't want to find out that is the case.

Off-topic - I watched 'Repo!: The Genetic Opera' this evening...if you like those morbid cult musicals like 'Rocky Horror' or 'Phantom of the Paradise' I would highly recommend it. It was campy and terrible, and for those reasons was completely awesome at the same time. :laughing:

[joyfulDisneytears]

My doctor's appointment went well yesterday! :woohoo: Almost all of my blood tests were in normal ranges, except for my blood sugar which was just a point lower than the normal range. The doc told me not to worry about it.

Hooray! No high cholesterol or pre-diabetes or anything! I was really worried, being as overweight as I am. My blood pressure was a bit high, but I honestly believe most of that was because there was some sort of construction going on on the road to my doctor's office, which backed up traffic a couple miles downt he road, and it made me late to my appointment. I really *hate* being late, and I was spazzing and stressing out! She just told me to keep doing what I'm doing, and watch my salt intake. Of all the things I'm tracking, salt is absolutely the hardest to keep a handle on for me. There is just so much added sodium in everything!

The scale this morning was at 234.73! That's -4.2 lbs since Tuesday! So I've now caught myself up for the last 2 weeks and am back on track after my bit of a splurge last weekend. This also means that it's time to change my WISH tag to -25!! :banana:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Playing catch-up again...

Friday:

Breakfast - 2 eggs on whole wheat English muffin; clementine - 284 cal
Lunch - wheat tortilla w/ cucumber & hummus - 219 cal
Dinner - grilled pork tenderloin on bun w/ tomato, lettuce, onion; onion rings; coleslaw - 853 cal

Total - 1355 cal
Water - 80 oz

Saturday:

Breakfast - 2 clementines - 70 cal
Lunch - leftover pasta - 230 cal
Snack - granola nut clusters; strawberry orange Yoplait light - 240 cal
Dinner - pepper steak w/ white rice; wonton soup - 669 cal
Snack - popcorn; WW ice cream candy bar - 190 cal

Total - 1399 cal
Water - 64 oz

Sunday:

Lunch - Texas Roadhouse: onion blossom w/ dip; salmon w/ mixed veggies; side salad w/ lite ranch - 902 cal :scared1:
Snacks - grapes; pineapple upside-down cake Yoplait light; pretzels - 436 cal

Total - 1337 cal
Water - 64 oz

Yeah, I was within my calories, but they were mostly from fat, and I went way over on my total fat. Texas Roadhouse is bad news, and I don't even know how accurate my figuring was there because they don't provide any nutritional info. :headache: Occasional splurges are ok, I know, but this was a little out of control. That onion blossom thing is EVIL.

[AlohaPolynesian]

Love your journal! Congrats on the weight loss so far! I am starting a diet plan starting tomorrow. I am feeling a little bit sick so the exercise program will have to wait a few more days. Bingeing is my biggest problem, too. I don't know how you survive with just three meals and a dessert per day...I have a serious snacking issue in the evening. Any tips?!

[eyor44]

:banana: Dana! :banana: You changed your tag! Awesome girl! and horray for a good check up with the doc! :woohoo:

How's grandma doing? hoping her days are better for you. :hug:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Love your journal! Congrats on the weight loss so far! I am starting a diet plan starting tomorrow. I am feeling a little bit sick so the exercise program will have to wait a few more days. Bingeing is my biggest problem, too. I don't know how you survive with just three meals and a dessert per day...I have a serious snacking issue in the evening. Any tips?!

Thanks! :flower3:

I usually eat 3 meals, and a couple snacks per day. On the days where I eat big at a meal or two and don't have the calories left for snacks I feel miserable. I get headaches and listen to my tummy growl incessantly.

I would offer tips, because I thought I had the late-night snacking monster conquered, but this week the monster has reared its ugly head again. I have been snacking a lot right before bed. Stuff like cheese & crackers, pretzels & peanut butter, etc, so I guess it could be worse, but I am not expecting to lose any weight this week...

Thanks for reading! Good luck with your weight loss! :cheer2:


:banana: Dana! :banana: You changed your tag! Awesome girl! and horray for a good check up with the doc! :woohoo:

How's grandma doing? hoping her days are better for you. :hug:

Thanks Lisa :)

Well, everything was going ok this week until yesterday... (I posted this elsewhere so forgive me for copy-pasting)

Grandma fell yesterday and fractured her shoulder. It happened while my aunt was here, just before I arrived to care for Grandma during the day. Apparently my aunt has still not grasped the fact that you CANNOT leave Grandma alone...even if she is hanging onto her walker you need to be standing right there with her, preferably with a hand on her back or waist, should she fall backwards. So her upper-arm/shoulder is now broken, and would under normal circumstances need to be surgically repaired, but due to her age and condition is just going to be left to heal on its own, which is going to cause mobility issues with that arm.

My dad and I are really frustrated with my aunt, because it seems she just doesn't get it (this is the second time Grandma has fallen and broken a bone while my aunt was in the next room), and we're just sick about how much pain Grandma is going to be in for the next few weeks. There are only a few things that she can do because of her mobility issues. She enjoys drying dishes and folding clothes, small household tasks like that which she can do while seated, and now she can't even do that.

:headache::sad2:


Moving along...I know I haven't been posting this week. Bad me. I've been eating well during the day, lots of fruit and veggies, but at night I've been going way overboard on the salty snacks. I also haven't been doing any walking/cardio, but I have done some strength training at least. I'll start logging everything again on Monday. Gotta get back on track! I don't think I've gained much if anything, but I need to get my good habits working again!

[joyfulDisneytears]

233.93! -0.8 lbs this week.

Wonder of wonders, I didn't gain anything! And I'm down almost a pound? How this happened I'm unsure, but I'll take it!



I fiddled with a breakfast 'cookie' recipe I found on SP and baked some this morning. The texture is more like that of a granola or cereal bar.

I posted my modified version if anyone is interested. Here's the link:

Fruit, Oat & Nut Breakfast Cookies (http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=1250386)

They came out pretty well if I do say so myself. I don't consider myself creative in the kitchen, I usually just follow recipes exactly, so I'm pleased these were good with all my substitutions and omissions.

[joyfulDisneytears]

No exercise again today...I wanted to watch Dancing with the Stars with Mom and it's 2 hours long, plus we went out to dinner before. I guess I'll just have to walk during the season premier of Glee tomorrow!

I LOOOOOVE Glee! I was in showchoir in high school and those are some of my best memories ever. On a related note, one of my weight loss goals is to be able to fit into my showchoir dresses again. :laughing:



Breakfast - banana - 109 cal
Snack - cucumber w/ hummus - 63 cal
Lunch - turkey & avocado on sammie thin; plum - 243 cal
Dinner - cajun tilapia, rice pilaf, green beans; broccoli salad (vinegar base); cottage cheese - 456 cal
Snack - lime & salt popcorn; indian corn candy - 330 cal

Total - 1200 cal
Water - 64 oz

I didn't eat nearly enough calories in the first 2/3 of my day. I just didn't feel like a bigger breakfast, and I didn't get a snack in the afternoon because the social worker dropped by Grandma's house and I thought it would be rude to eat while I was talking to her. :confused3

I know Indian Corn is pure sugar, but 'tis the season...Halloween is my favorite holiday and I have to get a bag of the yummy candy! It's just so festive!



Speaking of Halloween...the produce stand a couple miles down the road from my house is all decked out for the holiday and is getting their first shipment of pumpkins in! Now all we need is some proper fall weather (it's still regularly getting up to 90 here, which is almost unheard of) and I'll be blissful! I love cool weather and the trees changing color and leaves crunching underfoot, wearing hooded sweatshirts, and watching my favorite old creepy movies and all the shows about the paranormal that come on in October! :goodvibes

[eyor44]

I am so sorry about your Grandma falling and getting hurt. I will pray for a successful recovery. :hug:

Doing good with your food, but keep moving. Remember how important it is. :thumbsup2 and congrats on the loss. You are going in the right direction.

[joyfulDisneytears]

GLEEEEEE!!!! :hyper: 'Kiss today goodbye...' One of my very favorite showtunes! :lovestruc
And the Dancing with the Stars results went as they should. It was a good night for TV!
I guess I'm going to have to watch Biggest Loser on Hulu, though...everything is on at the same time!

I did walk on the treadmill during Glee tonight...I even did a little (super slow, :snail:snail's pace) jogging! :woohoo: I decided to do intervals of walking and then fast walking, but I found once I put the treadmill at 4mph or higher I feel the need to lightly jog; it's just more comfortable than walking at that pace for me.

Exercise - Bikini Workout for Beginners from SP; 63 min walk/jog on treadmill (3.5 miles)

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ blueberries & milk - 212 cal
Lunch - salsa chicken, brown rice, black beans in a wheat tortilla - 440 cal
Snack - kipper snacks - 190 cal
Dinner - KFC chicken breast (took off the breading & skin); corn on the cob; 2 small choc. chip cookies - 301 cal
Snack - indian corn - 140 cal

Total - 1283 cal
Water - 96 oz

I am craving sweets like crazy! :worried: TOM is incoming and I get SO hungry!

Evil Mom made chocolate chip cookies and then traipsed off upstairs, leaving them out for me to put away. I broke a couple getting them off the tray, so of course I had to eat them! :rolleyes1 And then I went and ate more indian corn on top of that.

However, I am proud to say I resisted the KFC biscuits, and the yummyness that is the fried chicken breading.

[eyor44]

I am craving sweets like crazy! :worried: TOM is incoming and I get SO hungry!
I get the same way.

Evil Mom made chocolate chip cookies and then traipsed off upstairs, leaving them out for me to put away. I broke a couple getting them off the tray, so of course I had to eat them! :rolleyes1 And then I went and ate more indian corn on top of that.

However, I am proud to say I resisted the KFC biscuits, and the yummyness that is the fried chicken breading.

Who can resist fresh home made cookies, but "evil mom" (I like that) isn't helping is she? Hopefully she will get on board with you soon. Way to go on resisting the biscuits, I have no self control around bread. and fried chicken...:faint:

[joyfulDisneytears]

Who can resist fresh home made cookies, but "evil mom" (I like that) isn't helping is she? Hopefully she will get on board with you soon. Way to go on resisting the biscuits, I have no self control around bread. and fried chicken...:faint:

Bread is definitely one of the things I'm trying to be conscious of...there are so many restaurants that plop that basket of bread in front of you. And breadsticks w/ cheese dip were about even on the 'yum' meter with the pizza itself in my mind. Nowadays, I avoid the bread basket like the plague. I just think to myself, 'Do I really want to waste that many calories on plain ol' bread?'

Thanks for sticking with me! I don't know if anyone but you is reading, but I'm certainly going to keep posting!

[joyfulDisneytears]

Last night I went to the grocery store to take advantage of a sale on Healthy Choice meals, then I came back to the house and recruited my dad to help me clean out the big freezer out in the garage. That was actually a bit of a work out...the thing is so deep that I can't really reach to the bottom without my feet coming off the ground.
Anyway, Mom had been complaining about not being able to find anything beyond my frozen meals and WW ice cream bars, so I figured since I was about to stick a bunch more in there I should chuck out some old stuff and organize things a bit.
By the time I'd finished that it was about 8:30 already, and I had yet to eat dinner, so I didn't get in any walking last night.

Wednesday:

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ blueberries & milk - 212 cal
Lunch - Lean Gourmet shrimp w/ pasta & veggies frozen meal; asparagus - 282 cal
Snack - fiber crisp w/ Laughing Cow; plum - 100 cal
Dinner - salsa chicken, brown rice, black beans in wheat tortilla - 440 cal
Snack - fiber crisp w/ cinnamon raisin PB - 195 cal

Total - 1230 cal
Water - 64 oz



I really hate PMS. That's a pretty obvious statement, but I just thought I'd put it out there. I'm bloated and tired and craving junk. Stupid hormones. :mad: I'm not anticipating a loss again this week.

Gonna try and do my strength workout today while Grandma is napping, and hopefully I'll have time for a long walk this evening. I just feel so wiped out and tired right now, and exercise doesn't generally give me an 'energized' feeling like everybody says it's supposed to. :laughing:

[joyfulDisneytears]

I really overdid it yesterday. I was really not feeling well and still having mad cravings for snacks and junk. I don't even want to calculate the calories...it could have been worse, but it was bad.

Breakfast - Multigrain Cheerios w/ blueberries & milk
Lunch - Lean Gourmet chicken flatbread; a whole lot of SunChips
Snack - pretzels; 3 small cookies
Dinner - Dairy Queen chili cheese dog; 1/2 small fry
Snack - mint Oreo Blizzard


Carbs carbs carbs...I already felt fat and bloated yesterday before I ate all that crap, but of course it didn't help. Totally not worth it in hindsight, but I can't seem to think that way all the time in the moment itself.

I brought a bunch of fruit and veg and not much else with me today to Grandma's; I'll probably be under calories today intentionally because yesterday was terrible.

[eyor44]

Hey Dana
How are you doing? and how is Grandmother? I hope she is healing well. Have you gotten your Fall weather yet? We have a bit down here so we are all excited. :woohoo: