Honeymo78's Wedding Journal (Comments Welcome)

[toystoryduo]

Oh Stephanie!!!

Congratulations!!!!! You're in ONEderland!!!!!!!! :thewave: What a wonderful way to start your week!

Have a great day today!

 

[pearlieq]

Congrats on making it to ONEderland!

Keep up the great work!!!

 

[honeymo78]

Tracy and Pearlieq - thanks for welcoming me to onderland. I'm so happy to be here. I just hope that it lasts until Saturday and takes some more off with it.

Breakfast - plain oatmeal (100cal, 2g) I'm all out now so I'm not sure what to do for tomorrow

Snack - Wheat thins (100cal, 3g)

Lunch - LC Chicken in Peanut Sauce (280cal, 7g)

Snack - Oreos (100cal, 2g), SF hot chocolate (60cal)

Not really sure what is for dinner - I'm hoping it's pasta but it could be anything. I doubt I'll get on the treadmill tonight, I need to vacuum the computer room and living room and that will probably be enough work for me.

 

[honeymo78]

The scale is holding steady at 199 and I'm really getting used to onderland It flickered to 198 but wouldn't stay

Dinner - grilled cheese (322cal, 17.5g), tomato soup (285cal, 7g)

Total for Monday - 1247cal, 38.5g I knew I had more calories to use last night but I was so tired and we didn't eat dinner until almost 9. I wish I had known what I would have for dinner and I would have had a larger snack in the afternoon when I was hungry. At least tonight I know that I'll make a LC skillet which is about 500-600cal for the whole bag so I'll probably run to the store downstairs for a snack around 5 or 6 since dinner won't be until after 8pm. Pretzels would be yummy

Last night's exercise was breaking down the trees that the garbage men wouldn't/didn't take. I cut everything into pieces that would fit in the garbage can - hopefully they'll take them away now since they can just dump the can. I also vacuumed the living room. Tonight's plan will depend on how hungry I am when I get home - it's either dinner first then a load of towels while I vacuum the basement or towels and vacuuming first then dinner. It might work better to do the housework first so the towels will be dry before I go to bed.

 

[lillygator]

Hi Stephanie!!
Yard work is hard exercise!! DH has been cutting down lots of our trees and wanted me to help...I lasted about 25min!! SO kudos to you for getting that all cut up!!

Have a great day!

 

[honeymo78]

Breakfast - peach yogurt (150cal, 1.5g), banana (100cal)
Snack - Wheat thins (100cal, 3g)
Lunch - veggie salad with olives and ham and lite italian dressing (250cal, 8g)
Early afternoon snack - Slimfast Peanut Butter Crunch snack bar (120cal, 4g) it tastes like a butterfinger bar
Early evening snack - Sourdough pretzels (250cal, 0g), diet vanilla coke

 

[honeymo78]

It's a good thing I ate some extra snacks today or I would be way under on calories. I came home from work a little late since the train was running behind schedule. I wasn't really hungry so I threw the towels and linens into the wash and started vacuuming the basement. Well it took about an hour to do the two room and the stairs (boy do those stairs make my back hurt). I didn't feel like making the skillet at that point so I heated up a can of minestrone soup (220cal, 4g) and I'm getting ready to make some ramen for Dan and I might make two packages and have some. I'm not really hungry but I'd like something warm and yummy.

Total for Tuesday (not including ramen) 1190cal, 20.5g

I think I should have the ramen after looking at those numbers. That is way below the calories I need maintain a loss (I don't want to go into starvation mode )

I get to take little Eeyore into the vet tomorrow morning to get declawed and fixed. The cats are angry with me b/c I had to take the food away at 8pm. I'll give them all extra treats after work tomorrow

 

[Cruise04]

Oh Stephanie how thrilled I was to come here and see you had made it to Onderland!!!!! HUGE BRAVO - that is awesome. I'm so happy for you!!!!!

I've run into that problem lately about not hitting enough calories and I've been worried about my body hitting starvation mode too. I know once it does it will be harder to lose the weight or it won't be good for me because at some point it will stop because my metabolism won't be working very hard. Can't do that yet!!!!!

Keep up the good work!

Keep on
Chris

 

[honeymo78]

Thanks for stopping by Chris =) I tried the whole barely eating (less than 1200 a day) and it worked at first but then I ended up actually gaining a few lbs.

Well I'm out of onederland again - back up to 200. I think its a combo of eating late and not fully digesting everything and getting it out of my system (I usually weigh a lb or 2 more at night) and I didn't drink very much water last night while/after I cleaned and just had diet tea. I really notice a difference if my last drink of the day is a big glass of water.

So here is my total with the ramen (380cal, 14g)
Total for Tuesday 1570cal, 34.5g

Breakfast - peach yogurt (150cal, 1.5g), banana (100cal)
Lunch - Turkey LC (270cal, 2.5g)
Snack - Chips Ahoy (100cal, 3g)

I get to pick up eeyore from the vet on the way home. I hope he is recovering well. (eeyore is our newest kitty and he was neutered and declawed this morning).

 

[honeymo78]

Dinner last night wasn't too great. We picked up eeyore and he was fine but when we got home he ran off and opened up one of his sutures and started bleeding all over the place. By the time I got him cleaned up and the bleeding stopped then cleaned up where he bled it was after 9 and we didn't feel like cooking. I wasn't really hungry but I knew I had to eat dinner. We got Wendy's and I ate more than I was hungry for. I didn't blow it for the day but was a bit higher in fats than I would have liked.

Dinner - Chicken BLT salad (400cal, 20g fat), creamy italian dressing (200cal, 22g), 5 nuggets (220cal, 14g), med fries (470cal, 21g).

Total for Wednesday - 1910cal, 84g

I really didn't get any exercise in yesterday and I probably won't get any in today either. The cleaning lady is coming this morning to do the kitchen and bathrooms then later we are going to look at houses with the realtor and at 7 I have my dress fitting. Hopefully I will be able to get at least 2 loads of laundry washed, dried and put away before we have to leave. I guess that's some exercise and better than just sitting around all day.

 

[honeymo78]

Breakfast - strawberry nutrigrain bar (140cal, 4g) or it was 120cal and 2g I'm not sure
Lunch - Chicken cheese steak (800cal, 35g), about 1 potato worth of fries (200cal, 8g approximately)
Dinner - Tunafish sandwich (320cal, 13.5g)

Total for Thursday - 1460cal, 60.5g - not too bad of a day, barely went over on fats but I know that I didn't drink enough water. Generally when I'm at home all day I don't drink enough.

The cleaning lady did a great job on the kitchen and bathrooms and it only took her 3 hrs. I definitely can keep up with the vacuuming so she'll only have to do that again when she comes in 2 weeks.

We saw a really nice house with the realtor but if we wanted to make an offer on it we would likely be closing a few weeks before the wedding - not something we can do. We decided we're going to put the search on hold until the spring so we can save up a little bit more money for closing and downpayment plus we'll see what we get as wedding gifts from the family. There's a chance that Dan's father will finish up some big contracts this fall and have something nice for us at x-mas (Dan says if all goes well it could be our house downpayment).

I also had my first fitting for my wedding gown. They are going to let it out just a touch so it doesn't bunch up at all (hopefully it won't matter by the time the wedding gets here but I know they have to make it fit me for now). It almost costs as much as the dress did to have it altered - I guess its good that we didn't spend too much on the dress itself. I paid for half of it now and I'll be able to pay the other half in Sept - I really have to watch what I spend the next two weeks b/c the honeymoon payment is almost due.

I better get back to work - I've got a 12 hour day today since I took off yesterday and then I'll be in again on Sat for 8hrs.

 

[honeymo78]

Today seems to be dragging and I'm super hungry - have been all day today. Trying to figure out what I need from the grocery store and what to have for dinner doesn't help me. So far I haven't eaten anything off track. I picked up a slim fast snack bar in case I need more than than my 100cal packs today.

Whoever was talking about putting calories into fitday got me thinking about the fruits and veggies I'm eating. I can see that some days I'm not overeating on calories but the ones I am eating don't come from the best places. I decided that since yogurt is on sale this week I'll pick up 2 weeks worth of fruit yogurt and some bananas for breakfast so that I'll know I'm getting some fruit and dairy in each day regarless of what I eat the rest of the day. With the LCs for lunch there is generally at least 1 serving of veggies so that will help. That should make a difference in my overall health. I also think I'll get some carrots and celery for snack at work to replace one of my 100cal packs (or to eat if I'm extra hungry since I won't feel guilty if I eat it). I think I'll need to prebag them for work since I don't have a lot of time in the morning. I wonder how long cut celery will stay lookig good in a ziplock baggie (the baby carrots should be fine for a few days in a baggie).

Breakfast - Light vanilla yogurt (90cal, 0g), banana (100cal)
Snack - oreos (100cal, 2g)
Lunch - LC beef and broccoli (230cal, 4g)

Since Dan closes tonight I'm having open face tomato sandwiches for dinner. Basically they are half a hamburger roll with cheese, tomato, onion, and bacon cooked under the broiler. They are my favorite summertime food next to plain tomato sandwiches. It's about 700-800 cal for it if I remember correctly and about 40g fat b/c of the cheese (this is for 6 halves and I'm not sure I'll be able to eat that much since I usually cut up one of the tomatos and eat that separately too). I can't wait for dinner

I'm also going to try and get on the treadmill tonight depending on how long it takes at the grocery store. I won't start walking if it's past 9pm and I won't get home from work until 7.

Snack - Slimfast PB Crunch bar (120cal, 4g)

At least I was able to say no to two snacks this afternoon. My tummy is growling now but I'll be at the store in an hour and dinner won't take long to make once I get home. Heck I can always have some minestrone soup if I don't think the sandwiches will fill me up enough.

I'm so glad it's almost the weekend even though I have to work. At least I don't have to get up at 6am tomorrow

 

[honeymo78]

Dinner - 4 open face sandwiches (550cal, 26g)

Total for Friday - 1190cal, 36g again low on the cals, I'm going to have to find a way to get in some healthy higher cal foods for days when it would otherwise be low.

They were so yummy I'll probably have them for dinner tomorrow night too since Dan closes again. I was gonna exercise but I'm just now eating cause my mom called and once you get her on the phone its almost impossible to get her off it.

Eeyore is doing a bit better now - he's walking better and has realized he can't just run around like before. He's not supposed to use the regular litter box but the one with newspapes but I know he's been in the regular one - as long as he heals up okay this shouldn't be a problem. When Roo was little he did the same thing and he healed up okay. I should get in some exercise tomorrow with a little bit of yardwork.

 

[honeymo78]

The scale this morning was a big surprise - considering I'd been hovering at 199/200 all week I wasn't expecting to see 197 - a 3lb loss this week. I'm so excited. If I can find some time to start exercising I will be a fat burning machine

Breakfast - strawberry yogurt (150cal, 1.5g), banana (100cal)
Snack - sliced cucumber with vinegar (30?cal)
Lunch - LC margerita pizza (320cal, 9g) - very yummy
Snack - carrots and celery (50?cal)
Dinner - open face sandwich (550cal, 26g), 1 chicken nugget (40cal, 2.5g)

Total for Saturday - 1240cal, 39g (could have used another 200 cals but I wasn't hungry so I didn't eat)

I am really going to try and get some exercise in tonight. It will probably be too dark when I get home to do any yardwork (hopefully tomorrow morning before it gets too hot). I'm also really going to try to get to the gym 2 days this week depending on Dan's schedule. I'm not taking any midweek days off so I should only have to work until 6:30 each day which gives me plenty of time to get to the pool if Dan works a close. I really love to swim and it gives me a great whole body workout - generally I do 10 laps (20 lengths) and it takes anywhere b/w 15min and a half hour. I probably should go for time length (1/2 hour) but since I haven't been swimming much lately that might be too much for me to handle - I get really out of breath doing it.

Tomorrow might be an off plan day since I really didn't take one last week. I'll still try not to overdo it even if it is off plan. I don't want to ruin all the hard work I've done already.

 

[honeymo78]

I know someone asked about a picture of my wedding dress and I promise I'll get that scanned in tonight but in the meantime how about a few pictures of Dan and me from our May '04 disney trip. I weighed about 180-185 in these pictures which is where I would like to be for the honeymoon (only 10-15lbs to go )

 

[Cruise04]

Thanks for sharing those pictures and you are really doing great!!!!! BRAVO on the weight loss!!!!! You deserved that!

One thing I've been doing if I am in need of calories but I don't want the fat is I have either had fat free frozen yogurt at night or added a yogurt during the day. That way it's fat free and I'm not upping my fats but I'm upping my calories!!!!! And I'm getting some extra calcium in too!!!

Keep on
Chris

 

[honeymo78]

Thanks for stopping by again Chris. I hear you've been doing a great job losing too I've got some low fat yogurt but I've been eating them for breakfast. Maybe I'll get some low fat string cheese for extra snacks.

I was down .5 this morning so I'm still on the right track. I'll be in the 180's in no time (hopefully by the end of the month).

Breakfast - peach yogurt (150cal, 1.5g), banana (100cal)
Snack - sliced tomato (30?cal)
Lunch - 4 cups homemade chicken noodle soup (approx 500cal, 10g) will be having more for dinner, tomato juice (100cal)
Snack - 2 edy's ice cream dibs (30cal, 2.2g)
Dinner - 4 cups soup (500cal, 10g), bread and butter (220cal, 9g)
Snack - 2 tablespoons ice cream (150?cal, 10g) I broke down and had some spoonfulls of Dan's ice cream before bed

Total for Sunday - 1780cal, 43g That's not too bad even if I underestimated on the icecream before bed.

I just got finished walking a half hour on the treadmill and this morning I weeded the flower garden. I should be going to the pool on Tues so don't let me forget.

 

[honeymo78]

This morning the scale showed me up nearly 6lbs from yesterday morning. I know I didn't gain all that in the course of a day. I know I didn't drink as much water as I do during the week and the chicken soup did have a lot of sodium in it so hopefully that scale will be back to normal tomorrow or wednesday (I know this is what I get for weighing everyday).

Breakfast - light blueberry yogurt (90cal), banana (100)
Snack - will be carrots

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Stephanie!

Congrats on losing 3/5 pounds for the August challenge! That is great!

I hope you have a great day today and don't worry too much about the scale: I'm sure once you get your water in over the next couple of days, the scale will be back to where it was before or even lower!

Take care!

 

[honeymo78]

Thanks Tracy I'm sure I'll see a nice loss at the end of the week but that number today really was scary.

I also had some hot tea for snack but it made me feel icky, not sure what that was about, I wasn't sure I could make it through the rest of the day at work. Luckily those carrots calmed my tummy.

Lunch - LC garlic beef and broccoli (170cal, 6g) I thought this had rice with it but it didn't so it was super lowcal for lunch. I know I'll need a snack before my 4pm chips ahoy. Now to figure out what that will be - I definitely want to keep it under 200cal. Maybe I'll treat myself to a diet soda too (I only have 1 or 2 a week).

Snack 1 - ritz crisps (100cal, 3.5g) very yummy, string cheese (80cal, 6g) also yummy - cheese and crisps are now on my shopping list

Dinner - 1cup pasta w/tomato sauce (300cal, 1g), 4 meatballs (500cal, 32g)

Total for Monday - 1370cal, 48.5g I was so surprised that I only ate one plate of pasta but that let me eat some extra meatballs which I love (Dan makes them himself). I'll probably have them again for dinner with some bread and butter.