A Sensible Dinner - Pearlieq's Journal

[calena]

Hope today is not "off" I know that weird feeling you get sometimes. Keep up your good work.

 

[pearlieq]

7/14/05 - Vive La France!!!

10:00am

--2 eggs, scrambled
--1 whole wheat english muffin
--2 t. peanut butter
--2 apricots

Happy Bastille Day everyone! The giant kitty with the piece of kibble has apparently knocked my universe back to square. Thanks to everyone for leaning slightly to the right yesterday!

I'm trying to shake off the guilt and disappointment of last night. I know one pizza night is not going to kill me, but I can't think of any redeeming goodness to it either. I really should have just found something else to eat around the house. Even if I would have gone a little crazy with the stuff we had it wouldn't have been nearly as bad as the pizza. The trouble is I still have kind of an "all or nothing" feel about it. Sometimes when I slip up it feels like I have to give up my dreams and be fat forever, which just depresses me. I need to work on hard at understanding that one slip, even lots of slips, won't doom me forever.

DH is gone for the weekend, which usually makes things a little easier, if only because I tend to eat in more and I can do it on my own schedule. I will miss him a lot, though. When we got up to put the cats out of the bedroom, I thought I heard some kind of strange noise downstairs. Now I was half asleep and I'm sure I was imagining it, but it freaked the heck out of me! I felt very grateful to be able to climb in next to DH. I'm not going to have that luxury for the next 4 nights!

Sometimes when DH is gone I degenerate into a mouse-potato hermit. It's not good for me and I usually wind up a little depressed. I'm going to try to combat that this time. I'm going to the pool with a neighbor this afternoon, I'm thinking about going to an astronomy lecture at our local community college, and I need to buy some new clothes. Nothing fits anymore! Maybe I'll run my Goodwill stash in over the weekend. I also want to get some cleaning/decluttering done over the weekend. Hopefully all of that's enough to keep me out of mischief this weekend!

1:45pm

--1 light string cheese

I'm getting pretty hungry. I'd better go fix some lunch. I'm going to go for a walk around 3 or so, which should get me back just in time to meet up with the neighbors and get to the pool!

2:30pm

--1 LC peanut chicken
--1/2 cup peas
--1 light 'n fit yogurt cup
--3 carrots
--3 T hummus
--about 15 cherries

I'm so hungry! Haven't decided what to do about dinner. Maybe I'll grab something at the mall. Or get takeout? I don't know...

6:15pm

--2 South Beach peanut butter cookies

These aren't too fad, and 2/100 calories isn't so bad either. I had a great time at the pool, but what is it about swimming that makes you so hungry?!?

So, bad news. I got home and one of the kitties had been sick agian. Mercifully whoever it was used the hardwood. Thank you! Still, I wound up canceling my plans for the evening to stay in an keep an eye on them. I'm waiting for a call back from the vet. I ordered takeout for dinner. I didn't have much that I haven't already eaten today, I didn't want to spend a lot of time making dinner. It's a splurge, but I'll do what I can to keep it reasonable.

7:00pm

--1 cheeseburger
--1 chicken parmesan sandwich
--5 quesadilla rolls w/sour cream

OK, the quesadilla rolls were pretty bad, and I ate them because they were in front of me. All I can say about this is that it isn't perfect, it isn't even good, but it's better, and that has to count for something, right?

9:15pm

--1 nsa rocky road ice cream cone

Mercifully this tamed my chocoate/sweet craving. I'm done for the night.

 

[goldcupmom]

From someone who also had a "pizza crash" yesterday, I think you did well. I think it's the 1/4" to the left thing that did it to us.

Sounds like you have a plan to endure while DH is gone.

Have a great day and tell the kitties to keep better track of their kibble as they are interfering with us lowly humans!

 

[kardiebelle]

I feel you. I know what is feels like to have DH not home. It is very creepy sometimes. But than I think about it and have always come to it that it someone were to come into the house I would be the one doing something about it not him. He is such a wimp. As for the thngs to do this weekend don't sit around a watch the clock. You will give yourself a harder time in trying to get through the weekend. Clean the house room by room. Dust and scrub! Have fun just think of all the calories you can burn cleaning your house. Or if you don't want to do that go to the library and grab a couple of books and read, read, read. I personally am excited for the harry potter book. Go rent a couple of movies and buy light popcorn watch them. Talk to you later. Smiles

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi pearlieq!

I completely understand what you mean about when your DH is gone. My DH works all day, every day and then he deejays on Friday and Saturday nights. When he is at work, I find myself making better food choices. However, I miss him like crazy and I get kind of nervous when he isn't home in the evenings. I think you have a great plan in place for the weekend! Be sure and keep yourself busy and I bet time will go by fast and your DH will be home before you know it!

Have a great day today!

 

[TPCShauna]

Glad to hear that your universe got wedged under the refrigerator and things are back to normal!

I too, hate it when DH is not home. Even when I go away, I still can't sleep without him. It's just generally miserable.

Last week was not good for me and I'm trying really hard to make this one better. It's hard though because my body wants the splurges I gave it last week so it keeps telling me that it's hungry even though I've given it as much food as I used to 2 weeks ago and it was enough.

Go buy the new Harry Potter book on Saturday or see "Willa Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" this weekend. Have fun and do something for you. At the least, enjoy being able to eat when and what you want instead of worrying about someone else. That's always liberating!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Pearlieq!

The pizza is in the past, the pool is in the present! hehe!
You are making today a day of good choices with a weekend of them ahead. One bad one does not sink a ship that is doing so well! enjoy those new clothes and the lecture sounds like great fun.
I hope that you have the best night and an even better tomorrow!!

Mike

 

[Lesli54]

Good morning, Pearlieq!

Looking good, looking good. Sounds like you had a pretty good day, until the kitty problems. Hopefully, you can get that figured out. DH may have to owe you big for taking care of sick kitties while he's gone. How about another trip to WDW?

I hope today is better with the kitties. Have a great day!

 

[rcyannacci]

Hey pearlieq! Just stopping in to say hi. Pizza- schmizza...you're great! You're back on the journals and working through everything and that's the key!

I just took 3 bags of clothes to the Goodwill- it was a great feeling to give up clothes I will NEVER wear again. Treat yourself to something new!

Anyway, have a great weekend!!!

 

[pearlieq]

7/15/05 - KP

9:40am

--1 light 'n fit yogurt
--1/2 cup rocks & twigs
--2 plums

The cats made it through the night, and our vet called me first thing this morning. He really is great. Still, I'm on Kitty Patrol for at least most of the day today. I hope they aren't sick again--first off they've been through enough, but also I think I will go stark raving mad if I'm cooped up inside all weekend again!

So far the highlight of my day has been making Jello. It can really only go up from here, right?

1:00pm

--1/3 bag light popcorn

2:15pm

--2 black bean patties
--1 LC potato w/cheese and broccoli
--1 cup sf Jello

So far no one's been sick, which is quite a relief! I've still got to keep a pretty close eye on them, though.

5:15pm

--1 serving ramen-guini
--1/2 cup sf jello

Ramen-guini--my newest kitchen concoction. Nothing more than linguine I had to use up, a bit of oil, and 2 old packets of ramen seasoning. Surprisingly good--the pasta is darn near perfect--firm but not crunchy. Yummy snack anyway. Still not sure what I'm doing for dinner. The kitties seem to be doing pretty well, so maybe I'll take a super-brief furlough to go get some supper. We'll see...

I've got a pumpkin custard in the oven--I used fat-free evaporated milk, but I did splurge and use real sugar. It's been 3 years since I've had pumpkin pie or custard with actual sugar! I always use Splenda for DH, but I was out so I made it the old fashioned way.

6:30pm

--1 piece pumpkin custard

8:30pm

--1 piece pumpkin custard
--1 black bean patty
--1 serving ramen-guini

I never quite got a good dinner together, but this was OK.

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Pearlieq!!

Sending good vibes to the kitties again! I hope they get better soon!

If Jello is the highlight of your day so far, I certainly agree it can only get better! hehehe!!! and I hope it does!

Have a happy & healthy afternoon!
Mike

 

[kardiebelle]

Hey just sending you good vibes for today and tomarrow. Have a wonderful weight loss day. SMILES

 

[Lesli54]

Good morning, Pearlieq!

Glad to hear the kitties were a little better. Your day looked AWESOME. Keep it up and you will see that scale zipping you right on down in no time. That is if the rocks from your rocks & twigs breakfast aren't boulders.

Have a great day and keep up the great work!

 

[pearlieq]

7/16/05

9:20am

--1 light string cheese
--1 plum

It's taking me a while to come online today--definitely a slow start. Still, I think I'm ready now and feeling pretty good. I've got some morning chores, then I think I'll go for a walk. I'm going to try leaving the kitties for short periods today--we'll see how that goes.

1:15pm

--1 LC lemon chicken
--1/2 cup peas
--1 light 'n fit yogurt
--1/2 cup rocks & twigs
--2 T hummus
--3 carrots
--1 plum

Sometimes I feel like a zoo elephant. They always have those plaques at the front of the exhibit saying "Each elephant eats 30 pounds of feed per day". This looks--and feels--like so much food, but it has the fewer calories than 2 McD's cheeseburgers that I could consume in 2 minutes, tops.

I took a good walk around the neighborhood this morning. I even jogged for a very short portion of it--I'm going to try to start incorporating little bursts of jogging into my walks.

I don't think I eat enough earlier in the day--I think that's part of the reason why I have so much trouble staying in control later in the day. That's something I want to work on this week.

2:00pm

Holy yikes! I just ran numbers to calculate the calories/nutriens in my pumpkin custard. If I had used Splenda instead of sugar it would have cut the calories per serving in half! Wow--I think that might be the last time I don't at least use Splenda for half of the sugar! You just forget about how many calories are acutally in sugar!

4:30pm

--1 ww english muffin
--1 egg
--1 piece 2% cheese
--3 prunes

Starving!!! It's amazing how I can eat all of that food and then just 3 hours later be growling, headachey hungry again.

I did go and test our scale finally--I put my 2 10lb dumbbells on it and it said 20.5, but who knows whether that's the scale or a slight inaccuracy in the dumbbells. At least I know it isn't egregiously wrong. Even though I like the numbers on the Curves scale better, I'll stick with the scale at home. It's where I started, so the numbers should be consistent.

Mike, I sure did see Super Size Me! What a great movie! It did get me off McD's for a couple of months. If there were no health consequences, I could eat fast food all day, everyday, just like he did. Unfortunately, this is not the case, so McDs/Arbys/Wendys/TacoBell/KFC/Burger King and I are just going to have to learn to live with each other.

7:00pm

--1 light string cheese

I tried to go see a Second City show at a local theater, but it turns out tonight is their press night and they were sold out! All was not lost, though, as I noticed while I was there that Wayne Brady is coming this Nov. I snagged tickets right away--I loves me some Wayne Brady!!!

8:00pm

--1 1/2 cups Wonton Chicken salad
--1/4 cup spinach salad
--10 cherry tomatoes
--7 orange wedges
--1 cheese breadstick
--1/2 cup chili
--1 apple bran muffin
--1/2 potato
--2 T cheddar cheese
--1 T each sour cream & bacon bits

2150--a bit over, but I can live with it. It certainly was yummy!

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Pearlieq!

Just wanted to say hi and wish you a happy & healthy day!

Mike

 

[Storygirl]

Hello Pearlieq!! I am also sending good wishes for your kitties - I have three of my own and love them like children.

Jello...hmmm...I just found a new recipe I am dying to try in my Kraft magazine - calls for jello, water, and ice cream. I figure, change to sf jello and diet ice cream (of choice...sugar free, no sugar added, fat free, whatever floats your diet boat) and YUM! Funny how Jello can make a day, eh?

Hope your Saturday goes very well and I'm thinking about your furry babies!

Jenn.

 

[pearlieq]

7/16/05 - Weigh In

322.5 - up 0.5 pounds from 3 weeks ago

I'm pretty frustrated at this, both because I'm seeing lower numbers at Curves and that I've been stalled here for over 2 months! I can't believe it's been than long. At least I feel like I'm coming around again, and I should be thanking my lucky stars that I've been stalled and not regaining!!!

Goals/Experiments for this week:

1.) I need to eat more of my calories earlier in the day. For the next week it is my aim to eat approx 2000 calories per day. I'd like to see 900 of those eaten by 2pm and 1200 eaten by 5pm. That still leaves 800 for dinner and dessert and it's a fair distribution of 2000 calories over my waking hours.

2.) For the next week I'm going to give up fast food. I'm not including regular restaurants, cafes (Panera and the like), sandwich shops (Subway/Jimmy Johns), or takeout on this list. I find myself wanting to eat fast food almost daily and actually eating there several times per week. Someday I'd like to get this down to once a week or so, but for now I want to stop. I'll see how the week goes and make a decision from there.

 

[rcyannacci]

Hey pearlieq- just remember, lower numbers at Curves is nothing to dismiss. This alone shows that you are making progress. Think about how much more exercise you do now that you did before!

Anyway, hope you have a good weekend.

 

[Lesli54]

It's me again.

Remember, you were concerned about the accuracy of you scale. We all know that two different scales can weigh differntly. So you just need to figure out which one is more accurate and gage by it.

As far as maintaining. Good for you. At least it isn't a gain AND your body is telling you that it is entirely possible to maintain once you reach your goal. Besides you have had alot of stress factors over the last few months, work, kitties, holidays, so not gaining during that time is AWESOME.

Keep up the great work. Your goals look good and I think that you will see those lower numbers soon. You just need to shake up that metabolism again.

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Pearlieq!!

Sorry to hear about your frustration on the scale. This plateau shall pass! You are doing great with your exercise and your food choices, be proud of that!
I think you are setting some great goals, especially about fast food. There is soo much added crap in their food that it definitely has an effect on our bodies. Have you seen Morgan Spurlock's "SuperSize Me" or read the book "Fast Food Nation"? They definitely opened my eyes about the fast food industry. I don't agree with everything in each but some of their info is very good. Plus Supersize Me has catchy music and cartoons. hehe
I want to join you in getting calories in earlier. I ate dinner after 11pm 3 times this week! What can my body do with food that late except turn it to fat!!!???

I hope that you have a happy & healthy weekend!
Mike