Honeymo78's Wedding Journal (Comments Welcome)

[Tasha+Scott]

Hi, Stephanie, and welcome (back) to WISH! Congrats on your upcoming wedding. Sounds like you are doing great so far!!!

 

[honeymo78]

It will take all the strength I can muster not to binge eat tonight. Our landlord told us last week that we are getting a home inspection by the township to make sure everything is up to code - no big deal right, I know that the house is fine and we aren't violating anything in the code (no trash all over the house, fire hazards, etc). So today he leaves us a message asking how we are doing with cleaning the house/yard b/c the inspector is coming in 2 weeks. I call him back and ask him what he means by "cleaning." I knew there was some yardwork we needed a lawn service to come and do b/c we didn't keep up with it at the end of last summer but inside I though was okay. I'm no Martha Stewart but I'm also no Pigpen. Sure there are books and boxes on the floor in neat piles and some canned goods stacked on the floor in the kitchen b/c there isn't enough cabinet space. The basement isn't neat and orderly - there are stacks of folded clothes in the laundry room, the exercise stuff is all over the room. The kitchen floor could us a good mopping, same with the bathroom floors. We're not living in filth, far from it, but we apparently aren't up to his standards. Think college style apartment living but only in a house (we both just recently finished our advanced degrees so between school and working full time the cleaning takes a back burner). When I informed the landlord that nothing in the house cleanliness wise would violate the code he asked if we were still going to clean it - just for him b/c he asked us to. What was I supposed to say? We are on a month to month lease basically (he never gave us a new lease to sign last summer) and I'm afraid he would decide that he shouldn't rent to us anymore b/c we aren't "clean" enough. We've been there for 3 years already and he's never really approved of our "cleanliness". Just one of the many reasons we are looking to buy our first home. So now I have to make time this week and next week (and I have to work at least one day this weekend and I'll be out of town next weekend) to "clean" the house to his standards. Its enough to make me want to get a pint of Ben and Jerry's and eat the whole thing. I guess I should be happy that I"ll be getting some good exercise from cleaning but I didn't really think it was "dirty" in the first place since I'm not a neat freak and never grew up in a truly tidy home. He's recommending an inexpensive housekeeper to us, not that it helps in the next two weeks or with the added expense of getting the lawn/yard people to come out. Hopefully when I get home Dan will have found someone to take care of the back yard for not too much $ (I just glad I recently found a good paying job). Okay, enough venting for now, I have to finish up some stuff at work so I can head home early and get started on some cleaning while Dan has time off to help me. Thanks for listening =)

 

[honeymo78]

Dinner - mac and cheese, mashed potatos, corn (approx 625, 27g). A bit high in fat but a quick dinner (the country crock tubs of mac and cheese and taters are yummy) which has given me time to mop and clean up most of the kitchen.

 

[honeymo78]

I am so proud that I didn't binge yesterday. And we now have a cleaning lady who will come once a week/every two weeks to do some of the heavier cleaning. I'm still unhappy about my landlord but at least it found us an afforadable cleaning lady. The lawn service people are supposed to check out the house today and leave a quote for me in the mailbox so maybe by the end of the day that will be all set up too.

I noticed this morning that all week I have been taking the stairs up from the train platform instead of the escalator. Every little bit helps =)

Breakfast - plain oatmeal (100, 2g), banana (100?)
Lunch - mixed greens with ff balsamic dressing (100, 2g), Lean Cuisine Salisbury Steak (280, 8g) 2 glasses of diet peach tea
Snack - Cosi bread (265, 3g)

I think I'm going to have fast food for dinner tonight. I know that sounds bad but I checked out the Wendy's website and I will be getting the Chicken BLT salad which I love and medium fries to feed the cravings. Even with that food I should still stay under 1800 for the day and not much more than 60g fat I think. I have to come in to work tomorrow since I took the day off on Wed so I'll probably just bring a lean cuisine to eat for lunch. No clue about dinner for tomorrow though. I'll probably pick something up to cook in between my mass cleaning spree. I have a feeling cleaning will be my only exercise for the next week since I don't know if I will be able to justify using my free time not to clean since the landlord has become a nazi. I better get back to work - only an hour and a half until I get to leave.

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Stephanie!

Thank you for stopping by my journal with words of encouragement and support! I appreciate that!

Way to go on saying no to a binge yesterday! That is great Stephanie!!!!! Woohoo!

I'm sorry about all of the stress with your landlord. I hope everything goes well with the inspection.

Have a healthy and happy weekend!

 

[honeymo78]

Last night we didn't have Wendy's b/c Dan wanted McDonalds instead. So I visited the website and picked out some stuff that fit in for the day even if my fat content for the day was a bit high.
Dinner - Bacon Ranch Salad (250, 9g), Creamy Italian Dressing (100, 11g), 4 Chicken Nuggets (170, 10g), Medium Fries (350, 16g).

I was so happy when I stepped on the scale this morning. I am now at 203. It has been a few weeks since that number popped up - not sure how much I lost this week since I didn't record what I was at last week but I'm thinking it was at least 2lbs. I'm almost back to onderland again.

The lawn people I talked to yesterday wouldn't just quote the small project we wanted done, they only would give it for the entire cleanup (weeding, treatment, etc) for the entire yard front and back. $500 is way too much to spend on stuff we can take care of ourselves for the most part. We only need them to do the tough stuff. So I left messages with 3 other places, smaller operations I think, and they will check out the place and get back to me with an estimate. Apparently when they were in the yard yesterday they disturbed a bee's nest b/c when I went into the back yard to check out the stuff they said they had to do I got stung 3 or 4 times. Of course I run back into the house with the dying bees still on me and freaking out. I've never been stung by a bee and my mom is moderately allergic so I didn't know what to expect for a reaction. I took some benadryl and the swelling went down and some ibuprofen for the pain. My arm still hurts pretty bad today but I'm just glad I'm okay. If I get my inside projects done today while it's still light outside I should cut the grass in the backyard but I'm kinda worried about those bees. I guess I'll just take a look out there and if it seems dangerous I won't do it.

On a happy note, I brought my big Wilderness Lodge mug into work today for my water. Just looking at it makes me wish October would get here faster.

Breakfast - strawberry nutri-grain type bar (150,3g)
Lunch - Lean Cuisine Deluxe Cheddar Potato (260,7g)

 

[Cruise04]

You're doing well Stephanie, keep plugging at it!!!!! Sorry also to hear about all this stress with the landlord and the lawn people - hopefully once you get it all done he will leave you alone for a while.

Nice to hear you are almost back to Onederland!!!!! Keep going.

Keep on
Chris

 

[honeymo78]

Is it wrong to be thinking of pizza for dinner? I even went searching for an estimate on calories - I think tomato, basil, mozzarella thin crust is something like 400 per slice, not sure on the fat though. If I don't really eat anything else today except for maybe some strawberries I could have 3 slices for dinner and not overdo it on the calories. I was really surprised that even with McDonalds yesterday I was still around 60g fat for the day.

 

[Cruise04]

No it's not wrong. And it's not bad to go over in fat grams in a day, just try to back off the next day or exercise a little more.

Depending on what kind of pizza here's some ideas:
1) if ordering it ask if they have any nutritional information on their pizza's
2) if frozen the nutritional info will be on the package and that will tell you
3) go to www.calorieking.com and see if that will help you - it lists all of the nutrional information.

Our local pizza place didn't have nutritional information and so my dh said that their pizza is very close to what Pizza Hut would be. So I went to calorieking and figured it based on Pizza Hut.

 

[honeymo78]

Thanks for that website. The pizza place doesn't have nutritional info either but it's thin crust like papa johns (about same size too) with just fresh tomatoes, mozzarella slices, and basil - I'm thinking it has to be close to the papa johns cheese pizza which is 260, 14g for an eighth of the pizza. Even if I round up to 300 I'll be fine with even 4 slices.

I got a lot accomplished after work today. I didn't stay as long as I could have but there was plenty to do at home. I went to home depot and got lots of cleaning supplies to use this week and then when the cleaning lady comes. I also got bee spray which I'll make Dan use and some Round Up to get rid of some weeds. I used some of it today and then I'll use the other bottle tomorrow and hopefully by Monday they will be gone. My task today was to clean up the bedroom - including all the off season clothes that have just made their way into piles on the floor. I filled 2 big trash bags full of junk and got almost all of the clothes put away. I just have to get down the storage bin and put one small stack of clothes in there and then organize the stuffed animals on the hope chest. It's amazing how nice everything in there looks after one afternoon of cleaning. Hopefully each room will be that easy to take care of and will feel as rewarding.

Okay my evening snack - before dinner since Dan doesn't get done work until 9:30 - will be a glass of tomato juice with lemon, it's pretty good for me and it tastes yummy. I'm really getting my veggies in today.

 

[honeymo78]

The pizza last night was so yummy. The crust was a little thicker than usual so I'm gonna stick with the 300c estimate even though I didn't eat the thick crust ends. I had 4 slices (1200c, 56g) so for the day I only ended up with 1710c, 66g. Not too bad for a pizza day. I'll probably have 2 slices for lunch today but then I'll just have to be careful about what else I eat. It's really tough when I'm eating with Dan b/c he tends to like the higher cal/fat foods and while he's trying to be supportive he doesn't really want to eat the lowcal stuff too.

Breakfast - creamed chipped beef (aaprox 400, 25g) on toast (130, 2.5g)

We probably will be going out to dinner and I'll have a hamburger hoagie - I haven't had one in over a year - with cheese and bacon it will be about 1000 but I'll say no to fries with it and get a side salad. We may not have lunch since breakfast was late but I'll still have 400 to play with for the rest of the day. I know I've had a few high fat days but when I'm at work during the week my fat is really low - usually less than 30g a day so it all works out in the end.

 

[Cruise04]

You are really doing good at keeping counting everything. And that's how I look at it - one day might be really bad for me but as long as I work out and keep the next day down, I've been doing fine.

Keep on
Chris

 

[honeymo78]

THanks for stopping by again Chris. I'm really trying to make this an important commitment and stick to it everyday no matter what comes my way. One day at a time right =)

The cheeseburger hoagie was really yummy at dinner but when I got home it made my tummy hurt. I don't think I'll be having one again for a while. I also had some strawberries on dessert shells for a snack (approx 250cal, ?fat). I'll probably have the pizza for lunch tomorrow in our new toaster oven - just got it today for $30.

We got lots done today. Several loads of laundry finished, a couple kitchen cabinets reorganized so we can get a spice rack, the entire basement cleaned up but not yet vacuumed (my theory with the vacuum is that I should lug it up and down the stairs b/c I thump it up and down and right now it is upstairs and I will do all of the 2nd floor then work my way down). I didn't find a bookcase today but we'll go back out to look tomorrow or next saturday and in the meantime I'll just stack up the books I want to put in it in the spot where it will go. Tomorrow the plan is to mow the backyard and clean up the leaves, finish up the kitchen and make room for the toaster over, clean up the living room and start on the computer room.

 

[lillygator]

Hi!! You were busy today!! Good luck tomorrow....I don't envy the mowing the grass bit though!!

 

[honeymo78]

Thanks for stopping by V. The lawn eluded us again. The forecast for today was extreme heat so the plan was to get up early and mow the lawn. Well we didn't realize there were going to be showers this morning. It was comfortably cool but you can't run an electric mower in the rain. I did manage to get the leaves cleaned up and some weeding done around the back walkway before it started raining too hard.

As for the indoor cleaning, the living room is all straightened with the exception of the books that will go on the new bookcase. I also was able to make room on one of the old ones for all but one of my lawschool books - now they are all together in one place. Most of the kitchen is now done - I just have to go through some of the tupperware after dinner. It's back to work tomorrow - at least 12 hrs - so I'm not sure any cleaning is the cards except maybe vacuuming the upstairs hallway and guest room.

On to the food. We stopped at a local orchard and got some fresh italian bread and tomatoes for bruschetta for lunch. I'm gonna guess on the calories for the bread based on how much of the loaf was used.

Lunch - 4 slices of bruschetta (700, 30g - assuming all 2 tbsp of olive oil ended up onthe bread which I know if didn't), tomato juice (100)

Dinner - 5oz Delmonico steak w/A1 (335, 13g), oven roasted potatos (250, 5g), green beans w/margarine (50, 3g). I had to make some calorie adjustments (downward thankfully) after I actually plated everything up and weighed it. Hopefully I'll get a new digital food scale soon.

If I need a snack tonight I'll have one of my 100 calorie snack packets.

 

[Cruise04]

You are doing really well at counting and watching. The one thing I hate to do is vacuum - I have no idea why because it's the easiest part of housecleaning. I do love scaring the cat with the vacuum though because she is such a crack up!!!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[honeymo78]

Thanks Chris. Now hopefully you'll still be here to remind me of how good I was doing at counting when I let it slide in a another week or so.

I hate vacuuming too, actually all cleaning. Two of my cats aren't afraid of the vacuum but it is really funny to watch the other one freak out.

 

[honeymo78]

There was a bit of sabotaging last night. When we were running some errands Dan stopped at coldstone creamery for some icecream and I couldn't tell him no. I did pick the ff sweet cream with fresh strawberry and banana (250cal, only fat from fruit).

I'm a bit cranky today since TOM started. One minute I'm starving and the next minute I don't even want to think about food. And of course I'm feeling bloated. On a good note I was down 2 more lbs when I weighed myself this morning. I'll just keep up my water drinking and hopefully the bloating won't be too bad.

I got a late start today b/c of not feeling well due to TOM. I didn't get to work until after 9:30 so I'll be here until 8:30 and I didn't bring anything for dinner. I'll probably have some 100 cal wheat thins for a snack around noon and try to hold out until 2 for lunch. I just have resist the urge to run to wawa for dinner - I've got another 100 cal pack plus some 94%ff popcorn at my desk and I have a LC skillet dinner waiting for me at home.

Breakfast - plain oatmeal (100cal, 2g)

 

[Cruise04]

I sure will be here to help you through the rough times. If you do end up running out to get some dinner, just try to make it a good choice. And you are like me, I've snacks (same ones actually - too funny) stashed in my drawer in case I need them. They were a life saver yesterday!

Good job on the pounds lost even with it being your TOM. If you watch your salt intake it will help to keep some of the bloat down - that's what I'm keeping telling myself because mine starts on Thursday. So far I'm still going downward so I hope this month isn't bad.

Keep on
Chris

 

[honeymo78]

Well I thought about what I could get from wawa if I'm hungry around 5-6 which I probably will be. I'm just going to get one of the prepackaged salads with a lo cal dressing packet. That should be enough to keep me happy until I get done work and can have dinner. Plus I might have some popcorn - someone has made me hungry for it today =)

Snack - wheat thins (100cal, 3g) I was able to make it until 12:30 before snacking but now that it's almost 2 I'm gonna have to go heat up lunch cause I'm starving