A Sensible Dinner - Pearlieq's Journal

[rcyannacci]

Wow! You're a baking machine! I bet your house smells delicious. That's one reason why it's impossible to bake without sampling. And once you've tested one, that taste is in your mouth, and tasting another becomes inevitable...I think you did great! You totally kept it under control.

Hooray for pets! They make our lives so interesting. My friend's cats also go super nuts over catnip...it's fun to watch.

Happy baking and have a great day

 

[Lesli54]

Good morning Pearlieq!

Ok, so yesterday wasn't great, but it wasn't bad. Look at it this way, the snacking was controlled and not "over indulged, mindless, I gotta have it now" snacking. When you consider all the baking you have done in the last few days, you have done excellent on keeping the taste tests to a minimum. What a great feeling that must be.

Thankfully, all of those great smelling items will be out of your house this morning. You did a great thing for alot of little animals.

Have a great day and keep up the great work!

 

[pearlieq]

7/23/05 - Weigh In

320.0 - Down 2.5 lbs from last week!

I can rent a sea raycer at WDW!!!

Weeks taken to lose 39.5 pounds: 8
Weeks taken to lose 0.5 lbs: 12

Wow--I went through a really big and long slump. I've been down more than I've been up, which just goes to show the power of perserverance. I wasn't so much stalled or plateaued and much as I was having a crisis of motivation. It wasn't that I was behaving well and not seeing any results, it was that I couldn't seem to get myself to behave well. I feel like I'm on an upswing now, and I'm really motivated to move forward.

I do feel a little cheated today, because I was seeing 319/318.5 earlier in the week, and then TOM reared it's ugly head. Luckily since it's actually here, the cravings are pretty much gone, but the water retention stole a bit of my thunder this week. I know it will pass, but I was really looking for a homerun this week!

Looking forward, I really want to hit the 50 lb mark in the next few weeks. Also, I've made my birthday in September my goal date for saying goodbye to the 300's. So far I'm on track.

I had a great week this week, pre-TOM cravings nonwithstanding. I managed to avoid fast food all week, and my numbers look pretty decent.

Daily Averages:

Total Calories: 2042
Total Fat: 80g (36%)
Total Carbs: 236g (40%)
Total Fiber: 38g
Total Protein: 120g (24%)
Total Calories Burned: 3883
Total Days of Exercise: 6

Goals for next week:

1.) Avoid fast food again next week. I've found that I've lost most of my cravings for it, which is nice. I'll try another week without and then evaluate how I feel.

2.) Start a water mug with breakfast every morning. I don't have to count my intake, I don't have to refill it, this week I'm just going to concentrate on getting into the habit of filling a mug every morning.

3.) Work to rebalance my fat/protein numbers. A lot of the extra fat came from the baked foods, but I'd still like to get the fat and protien numbers balanced. Goal for next week is to have them within 2% of each other as a porportion of my calories.

 

[pearlieq]

7/23/05 - Happy Birthday Magellan & Diana!!!

7:50am

--1 light string cheese

I got all the baked goods dropped off! I am pretty happy to be done there, and from the couple of times I saw the booth, things seemed to be selling quickly! The mini pineapple cakes seemed to be the first thing to go, which surprised me a little. Either way, they're out of my kitchen and off doing good!

I got a nice walk around the town's Riverwalk--I used to walk that trail a lot during college, and it was nice to literally take a trip down memory lane.

DH woke up sick this morning. I'm a little concerned because he seems feverish and says he's very achy. He got some bad bug bites back in Ohio, and I'm freaking out just a little to see flu-like symptoms on him now. He seems to be sleeping comfortably, but I'll have to keep a close eye on him. I'm a little bummed, because my mom was supposed to come over tonight for dinner and some Monk, but I doubt that's going to happen now. I don't want to expose her to whatever he's got.

Unfortunately, this means another day cooped up in the house for me! I've got a movie, a couple magazine, a whole bunch of dishes, and my trusty laptop, but sometimes I feel like if I spend another hour inside I'm going to start coloring the walls! I mean it! I have a big 64 color box of Crayolas and I'm not afraid to use them!

9:45am

--1 soy burger
--1 light 'n fit cup
--1/2 cup rocks & twigs
--1 kiwi fruit

1:15pm

--2 low fat hot dogs
--2 light hot dog buns
--1/2 bag microwave cheddar popcorn
--1/2 cup cherry truffle ice cream

I made the "sick" run to the grocery store (OJ, water, chicken soup) and when I got home I was ready to eat anything that wasn't nailed down. Hopefully I was able to stem the damage a little with this.

3:45pm

--1/2 chicken quesadilla
--2 T sour cream
--1/4 cup refried beans w/cheese
--1/2 cup Mexican rice
--1/2 cheeseburger
--1 1/2 chicken strips
--1/2 cup fries
--2 T ranch dressing
--1 Oreo milkshake
--2 oreos

Well this was a big oops! I let myself get waay too hungry, bored, and frustrated then agreed to go out for whatever meal this was supposed to be! I'm beyond perturbed at myself for this. They took the quesadilla (which is what I really wanted, and what I could have made better and cheaper at home!) off the appetizer menu and so they gave us the entree quesadilla an an appetizer, which mean it came with the beans and rice that I did NOT need to be eating!

I honestly could have skipped the shake too--I ate it because I always get it at this restaurant, not because I needed it or even particularly wanted it. This is a whole day's worth of calories that I didn't need and that weren't even that good. I know I can't go back and change this but I'm hopping mad about it!

6:00pm

--1 cup cherry truffle ice cream

Because, you know, what I need to do right now is make the situation worse...

9:00pm

--12 fish sticks
--1 cup sf jello

The only thing I can say in my defense here is that there was talk of ordering both takeout and pizza and I talked DH into eating in.

I also talked him into eating in tomorrow. Hopefully I can regroup after a very disappointing day. Tomorrow's going to be a lot of the same, I fear. It's supposed to be about 105 degrees w/o the heat index, so I don't think we're going to be out much. I really need to learn to work through the boredom.

 

[Cruise04]

Good morning Pearliq!!!!!! Sounds like you have gotten right back on track wonderfully. And good for you on that weight loss. I'm not looking forward to my first plateau, I'm already talking myself through it and it hasn't even hit yet.

Sorry to hear your dh isn't feeling well. I did hear a couple of weeks ago that there is some sort of "flu"-like bug that has invaded the area - have had quite a few staff members out with it over the course of this month. Hope he gets to feeling better soon!!!!!

Hang in there and keep up the good work!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[Lesli54]

I just wanted to say..............CONGRATULATIONS!

I know you have been waiting a long time for that new clippie and it looks perfect on you. Not too perfect that you can't upgrade. You are so right about the fact that you are still here. Sure things weren't OP lately and you lost some motivation, but you have made it through the hardest part. You didn't quit, you didn't say it was too hard, you realized that you were the only one who could make this happen, and you stuck to it. That is a huge accomplishment. In my opinion, that kind of determination will see you through til the end of this journey and you will definitely be out of the troblesome 3's by your birthday. My hats off to how much you want this for yourself. You are such an inspiration.

Your goals for the week look AWESOME. Another week of no fast food will really raise those spirits! As for coloring on the walls, who says you can't? They sell chalkboard paint for your walls now, grab some colored chalk and have fun.

Keep up the great work and hopefully your DH will feel better soon.

 

[rcyannacci]

Boredom gets me everytime! Sounds like all that baking might have been keeping you on track more than you thought- any other projects you might start?

Hope your DH feels better soon. Being sick in the summer is the worst!

Have a good Sunday!

 

[pearlieq]

7/24/05

I don't know when I'm going to get breakfast. There's no telling when DH will wake up so I'm not sure whether I'm on my own or not.

9:30am

--2 eggs
--2 low carb tortillas
--1 piece 2% cheese
--2 T salsa
--2 kiwis

Luckily, DH got up at a reasonable hour and we got a good breakfast. Last night he agreed to eat in today, but now he's going through my restaurant coupons saying "yummy!" "ooh, this one sounds good". We'll see if he gets his way or not!

I had a very productive morning--I went through all of my papers and junk that had accumulated. I also got all of the recycling together and got some laundry done. I'm going to try to keep it up because it's keeping me focused and away from the food!

12:00pm

--1/3 bag cheese popcorn

DH and I might head out a little later to the open house at the new police station across the street. Outside time will definitely be kept to a minimum thought! Just running to the end of the driveway to grab the paper made me feel like I was trapped in a Ronco convection cooker! It's HOT!!!

1:30pm

--1 light hot dog
--1 light bun

2:45pm

--1 1/2 cups wonton chicken salad
--3/4 cup taco salad
--10 cherry tomatoes
--1 T garlic dressing
--1/2 baked potato
--1 T sour cream
--1 T bacon bits
--1/4 cup shredded cheddar
--4 bites DH chili
--1/2 cup fettucine alfredo
--1 cheese foccacia
--1 white foccacia
--1 apple bran muffin
--1 blueberry muffin
--1 chocolate muffin
--2/3 cup fat free chocolate yogurt
--1/4 cup strawberry topping
--1/2 cup cookie crumbs

Heaven help me I hope that's it! If it weren't for the baked good explosion I would have been pretty OK with this, but I got into the muffins and never looked back! It was very tasty though. I really like Sweet Tomatoes, even though it's a 30-40 minute drive to get there!

4:30pm

--1 mango smoothie
--1 caramel

This put me in the hugest sugar coma ever! I could barely keep my eyes open for the entire trip home from the bookstore. I really didn't need this. It was very good, but I didn't need more calories. A diet drink would have been fine.

9:00pm

--2 grilled cheese made with 2% cheese and light bread

I wasn't planning to eat for the rest of the night, but then DH started making grilled cheese and I tumbled like a house of cards! It was darn good, even with the rf cheese and light bread.

10:30

--1 light hot dog w/bun
--1 bag cheese popcorn
--2/3 cup M&Ms

This was just gratuitious snacking. One of our cable channels began airing the original Survivor, and DH and had to stay up and watch it! Of course, I just had to get in to whatever junk I could find. This could have been worse--this could have been a pizza call--but it still wasn't great.

 

[Lesli54]

Good morning Pearlieq!

Did you get rain yesterday? Not us. It was overcast all day, and a few spits of water here and there that I wouldn't even call a sprinkle. I think that most farmers are saying the corn is gone. I have never in my life seen it like this. It all looks like fields of yucca plants. Gran says it has never been this bad in all the years that they farmed.

Anyway, I had one of your days yesterday as well. Then when I was feeling out of sorts about it, I read this in your journal. ".......I'm hopping mad about it!............--1 cup cherry truffle ice cream..............Because, you know, what I need to do right now is make the situation worse............."

You made me laugh so hard. I thought to myself, this is exactly what I am thinking. After that, it was easier to focus on the fact that it happened and time to move on.

Hope that your day is better today and that you can figure out breakfast soon. Plan a project for the day to stay away from the snacky monster. Reorganizing closests really works. It is just too bad that you have to shut the door on them after they look so nice.

Stay as cool as a possible.

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Pearlie!!
Sounds like your Sunday was off to a good start!! Hope that you were able to stay cool for the rest of it!

Mike

 

[Cruise04]

Sounds like you have the right motivation for a good day today. And stay in as much as possible, it's a killer out here so I know it's getting worse as you get closer to the city. Weatherbug is telling me 97.7 right now. It's nasty out!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[lillygator]

Sounds like you had a busy morning...hope your evening was realxing!! Have a great week!

 

[pearlieq]

7/25/05 - My cat the star!

Somehow without our knowledge Magellan must have slipped out of the house and gone to a catalog photo shoot. We got our new Ikea catalog with the Sunday paper and imagine my surprise when right there on page 24 is Magellan! Of course, I know it's not really him, but the resemblance is uncanny! You can see it here: http://72.41.1.205/ecbook/ At the bottom left of the page there's a little box that says "Go to page". Type in 24, hit the arrow, wait while it loads, and voila! My kitty!

9:30am

--3 low carb chicken quesadillas
--1/4 cup barbecue sauce

10:00am - 6:00pm

--low carb grilled cheese
--the rest of the M&Ms
--1 bowl of cherries
--1 LC peanut chicken w/peas
--2 more quesadillas
--snack bag popcorn

8:30pm

--1 chicken parmesan sandwich
--4 cheese sticks
--1 few curly fries

By the time this rolled around I was so sick and overstuffed that it almost felt like a punishment rather than dinner. To my credit, I did stop eating it early

10:00pm

--3 1/2 cupcakes
--1 cup milk

I wanted sweets and baked cupcakes. I put away a dozen to send to work with DH and kept the other 10 for us. They were tasty, though, of course, not very healthy.

So this day was pretty much a train wreck. I don't know if I tried to push too hard last week and I'm rebelling or what, but I feel awful and I'm a little dumbfounded.

 

[Lesli54]

Good morning Pearlieq!

Such a cute kitty. If he did slip out for the photo shoot, ask him where the money is or if it spent it all on catnip.

Don't worry about yesterday. Just keep moving forward. You will get there one day at a time. Thanks for the Survivor tip. We were talking about it last night, but didn't realize that it had already started, although, I will have to check the time on the satellite. Hopefully it is earlier than 10:30pm. We really loved the first one.

Have a good day and start looking for that kitty money.

 

[Storygirl]

Hi Pearlieq!

I loved reading your journal from this weekend. The line, "Because you know what I need to do right now is make the situation worse" made me laugh out loud.

Hope today is going well for you and you are able to stay safe and cool. Is your DH feeling better??

 

[Cruise04]

What a cute cat!!!!! Thanks for sharing.

Keep on
Chris

 

[Mykelogan]

Hi Pearlieq!

Very cute cat! He must have taken lessons on sneaking out at cat college!
I think my cat did too and starred on Sabrina the Teenage Witch as Salem hehe.
Can you ask Magellan if he can get me some free stuff from IKEA??

Have a great night!! heheh!
Mike

 

[rcyannacci]

I so wanted to watch the first season of Survivor! But we don't get the OLN channel yet- bummer.

Sounds like you're dealing with the heat the best way you can...stay inside!!! Somedays in Austin it just feels like we are escaping from one air conditioned space to the next. If you aren't already, drink lots of water.

BTW- based on your rave reviews of Panera, I'm going to try to get my DH to take me there today for lunch...apparently they just opened a new one near his parents house.

You're doing great recording everything! Just keep thinking of all the positive changes you've made...it all adds up!

Have a great day!!!

 

[Lesli54]

Good morning Pearlieq!

I sure hope that your day went well yesterday. Looks like either you were very busy or you were out following your kitty to his next photo shoot.

Have a great day.

 

[pearlieq]

7/26/06

8:40am

--2 cupcakes
--1 cup milk

So far we're not off to a great start. I need to try to find a way to salvage today, because I feel truly terrible right now. I'm here though...

9:30am

--2 more cupcakes

Yeah...

They were all packed up for DH to take to the office with him, except he forgot, which isn't really his fault. I had no business baking them in the first place.

12:30pm

--2 low carb grilled cheese

I was actually proud of myself for waiting until I was hungry again to eat. I guess you've got to take your victories where you can get them.

3:00pm

--5 cupcakes
--2 low carb quesadillas
--2 T barbecue sauce
--3 cups milk

It occurs to me that if I were an alcoholic or a drug addict I'd probably be dead by now. Honestly that's a little part of why I don't drink and have never experimented with drugs. I don't mean to be morbid, it's just that sometimes I'm apalled by the lack of impulse control I exercise and the self destructive decisions I make.

I will say that I did regroup a little after this. I felt awful, physically and emotionally, but I got myself stopped, and then I even did some simple household chores just to make myself feel in control of my environment again.

One note--if the cupcakes don't get taken tomorrow I'm getting rid of them myself. I hate to waste food but I can't have them around.

6:40pm

--2 pieces meatloaf
--2 1/2 split slices ham
--1 cup sting beans
--1/2 cup macaroni & cheese
--3/4 cup herbed corn
--1 1/3 cornbread rolls

Ordinarily I would this was a hideous meal, but it's the best thing I've done all day! I AM DONE EATING FOR TODAY!

The kitties are doing well, thanks for asking. Magellan enjoyed his photo shoot, though I believe, as Lesli suggested, that he blew the proceeds on catnip! Otherwise, both of them are healthy. Magellan still has a few more days of Amoxil, but is mostly spending his time teaching his sister how to jump on the counters.

DH has also recovered pretty well, though he's been really tired lately. He's actually asleep on the loveseat as I type this. Unfortunately I think I might be coming down with something. My sinuses have been giving me trouble for the past couple of days. It just occured to me that that might be part of the reason I've felt so down over the last couple of days.