Honeymo78's Wedding Journal (Comments Welcome)

[honeymo78]

Hi V and Pearlieq

I've got my fingers crossed for at least .5 loss tomorrow and in hopes that I find some nice clothes at the mall (on sale too).

I was good and I was bad today. Bad - I got a cheesesteak and fries for lunch. Good - I only ate half the sandwich and instead of taking the rest home I'm throwing it out, plus I'm still on track for the day.

Breakfast - light vanilla yogurt (90cal)
Snack - carrots (30cal)
Lunch - 1/2 cheesesteak (350cal, 10g), medium sized fries (400cal, 16g), half to 2/3 chicken noodle soup - really ate mainly the broth, way too much chicken in it (150cal, 3g)
Snack - diet snapple tea, 4 sugar free lemon candies (25cal)
Dinner - not sure yet I have 550-750 cals to use up - I'm thinking minestrone soup and bread w/marg but it depends how I feel when I'm done shopping. I'm definitely slicing up a tomato though before they all go bad.

I did get in little walking at work. I walked a block to get lunch and while I was waiting for it I walked all the way around the block. Plus I went to the drug store 2 blocks away to pick up contact lens solution. I don't think I'll do any formal exercise except maybe some bicep curls while I'm at the computer since I'll be getting in a little more walking at the mall and I don't think I'll have time for much else once I get home.

Tomorrow I plan on mowing the lawn and trimming the hedges in the front yard (good exercise) and walking into town (about 7 or 8 blocks) and checking out the wedding bouquets at the florist - mom said she'd pay for my flowers too

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Stephanie!

Stopping by to WISH you a wonderful weekend! Take care!

 

[honeymo78]

Tracy This will be a wonderful weekend. I am down .5lbs this week which means I not only claimed my 10lb clippie but also met the 5 for August challenge

I went out for breakfast with DH this morning to Denny's but I ate what I wanted so I'm not counting anything for that but will keep track of everything else today and try to keep it under control.

Breakfast - diet coke, Moon over my hammy sandwich and hash browns

I went out to mow the lawn and our lawnmower broke halfway through It is making funny noises and I think the blade is coming loose. I guess it means we need a new one. I'm not going to bother getting it fixed since it was only $100 and I might as well just get a new one. I'll just borrow the neighbor's to finish the yard today and go shopping either next week or the week after when I have to mow again. When DH leaves for work I'll walk into town and check out the flowers then I think I'll grab my book and lay on the hammock for a while and get some sun.

Have a great weekend everyone

 

[honeymo78]

I'm back after a relatively disastrous (food wise) weekend. I have discovered that when I am not at work and home alone for most of the day I really have some problems. Saturday's problem was grazing and not having a plan for lunch and dinner. After breakfast I ended up eating light yogurt, cereal, tunafish w/ 1 slice bread, 4 ice cream dibs (proud of my control there ), 3 slices bread w/marg and pb, mcdonalds $1 hot fudge sundae. I think the worst part was that I had no desire to stop. I did get in 1.5miles of walking which was good.

Sunday's problems wasn't grazing but food choice/portions. Cereal (actually normal portion), big bacon classic, biggie fries (ate half), biggie coke (that's right regular coke), 2.5 serving of hamburger helper, 1/2 three cheese bowl appetit, corn, 2 slices bread w/marg. I did walk for 1/2 hour and cut the shrubs and weeded.

I'm really not sure what my game plan for my next days off will be. I have no problem staying on track during the week/workdays. On days off I hate that I have to watch everything I eat and count calories and obsess. Why can't I just eat what I like to eat at least sometimes? I don't know, just so frustrated sometimes.

Sunday we will probably go to the movies and see The Brothers Grimm and then next monday we are going to Six Flags. I really need a rollercoaster fix. I'm just not even going to worry what I eat there, just enjoy myself. Plus all that walking will be helpful.

Breakfast - light peach yogurt (90 cal)
Snack - string cheese (80cal, 5g)

 

[honeymo78]

Lunch - large garden salad w/croutons (200-250cal, 3g), ff french dressing (60cal)
Snack - chips ahoy (100cal, 3g)
Dinner - McDonalds large fries (520cal, 25g), bacon ranch salad (260cal, 9g), ff creamy italian (60cal)

Total - 1420cal, 45g
Exercise - WATP evening mile

So I found my journal here from summer '03 - May '04 and what really worked for me was walking at least a mile at least 5 days a week. Sure I was watching what I ate (partly on WW and then just doing my own thing) but I think the key was exercise. I'm not gonna sweat the weekend and if it happens again so what. I really can't stress about this and get discouraged. I'm really going to focus on getting in exercise as many days as possible - so far I'm at 3/3. And during the week I really need to focus on my eating. Yes I had fast food again today but at least I kept everything under my goals.

I also saw what I weighed when I went to WDW last year - 182. I don't think I'll be there in 5.5 weeks but I'm hoping I will at least be in the 180's (only 5 to go).

 

[honeymo78]

Okay, here goes my catch up. When I'm not at the office I don't seem to get online as much.

Tuesday - definitely within calorie and fat targets, also did WATP morning mile (at night though)
Breakfast - light yogurt
Snack - string cheese
Lunch - chicken noodle , ham sandwich on 12 grain
Snack - can't remember if I at my chips ahoy or not
Dinner - 2 grilled cheese and tomato soup

Wednesday - not as great on food but probably not too far off cals, morning weight showed no gain but TOM was starting to show bloat later in the day, exercise WATP 2 miles
Lunch - chicken dumpling soup, 3 mild wings, applebees chicken/steak fajitas
Snack - pooh fruit snacks
Dinner - 1.5 cups pasta
Dessert - DH made choc chip cake b/c we haven't had cake in several months and the kitchen was clean so he wanted to put a cake on the cake platter - I had about 1/10 of the cake with about half a tub of icing used on the whole thing

Thursday - today will be a bit over b/c no morning snack made me super hungry and I overate at lunch (should have gotten med hoagie)finished mowing the lawn and did a little weeding, hopefully will get in a mile walk later tonight
Breakfast - corn flakes
Lunch - large ham and cheese hoagie, chicken noodle soup
Snack - cake w/ extra icing but probably not much more than 1.5 servings of icing total, milk
Dinner - 1.5 cups pasta with 2 slices bread w/marg

I know I'm going to want another slice of cake tonight - I'll try to say no to it but if I get my mile in I might not say no.

 

[honeymo78]

After last night (another piece of cake and some more pasta and no exercise) its time to get back on track - again. I was up 2lbs this morning but I don't know if it was from 1)not drinking enough water on my days off, 2)overeating, 3) increased exercise, 4) TOM. I won't be disappointed if I don't have a loss tomorrow - I'll have no one to blame but myself.

Well, only 5 weeks til the wedding. I'm really going to try for 1lb loss each week which would bring me to 190 for the big day - and I'm sure 5lbs would make some clothes more comfortable too. I'm really going to focus on the exercise like I said before. I skipped formal exercise yesterday but got in some yard work but I know I need to work out tonight too (that would mean exercise every day this week ) I should be able to get in some exercise Sat night after work but Sunday is up in the air. It will be movies (with popcorn) and possibly dinenr at the place we are having the reception dinner so we can get the contract signed. Monday is six flags day and plenty of exercise. I won't feel so bad if I don't get any in on Sunday since there will be lots of walking on Monday. As for food, I'm going to try and control it when/where I can - like when I'm at work or eating alone at home. I'm not going to stress over the movies, if we go out sunday, or at six flags. I'll just be sure to make good decisions the rest of the week - plus the cake won't last much longer.

Breakfast - light yogurt, banana (190cal)
Snack - hot chocolate, string cheese (140cal)
Lunch - turkey burger, fries (620cal)

I'll probably have some diet tea and chips ahoy for snack (maybe a slim fast snack bar too since dinner won't be until 8:30ish) and maybe some sugar free hard candy (only 25cal for 4).

 

[honeymo78]

Okay gotta finish up yesterday before getting to today.

Afternoon snack - pb crunch bar (120), sf werthers (40), liter diet coke
Dinner - 4 chicken nuggets (170) wasn't really hungry when I got home so this wasn't until almost 11pm
Snack - skinny cow fudge bar (100)

Total for Friday -1344
Exercise - WATP Power Mile (boy is that a fast paced mile)

 

[honeymo78]

Now today. I had a real shock on the scale this morning. With my cake disaster this week and some off plan eating my best hope was to maintain but I thought it more likely to show a gain. Surprise Surprise - I was down 1.5lbs to 193.5 I was super excited. I definitely can see 189 before the wedding!! It must be all that exercise. I can't beleive I did something active every day last week. Lets see if I can keep it up this week.

Breakfast - light yogurt (90)
Snack - string cheese (80)
Lunch - garden salad w/croutons and ff honey dijon (130), ham and cheese shorti (400), medium chicken noodle soup (150?)

A little high for lunch but I was famished by the time 1pm hit, plus dinner won't be until 7:30 or 8 and I really won't have time to snack. Maybe a pb bar but that will be it.

 

[honeymo78]

Here's getting everything up to speed. Sat afternoon I had my chips ahoy snack, then kielbasa, fries and mac and cheese for dinner. No exercise since it was after 7 when I got home and then we made dinner and watched a movie.

Sunday we had cinnamon rolls for breakfast, popcorn at the movies for lunch, and outback for dinner (we were supposed to eat at the reception site but we waited for 15 min before we had to ask someone where our server was to order and get drinks - a manager sent a server over, don't know if it really was "ours", and we asked to see the manager and he basically just said everyone was busy - at that point DH asked why we were seated immediately if they were so busy, we'd rather wait in the lobby rather than sit down and not get served, plus the table behind us was seated about 10min after us and was waited on almost immediately and the manager said that was b/c they had a different server, DH explained that we had just put down the deposit for our reception and he hoped we had better service then, the manager asked us what he could do for us but at that point we weren't in the mood to eat there anymore so we went to outback instead - not as good but we got prompt service).

I got my exercise out of the way with WATP walk and jog sunday morning - it was like walking 2.5miles in a half hour - boy was that hard.

Monday we went to six flags - saw the safari and then spent 5 hrs in the park. We got to ride the new coaster kingda ka which was awesome. I got lots of walking in I had a mango water ice, cheeseburger with baked beans and coleslaw, and then later had coke. We had dinner at home at applebees and I had the chicken fajitas (no appy or dessert).

Not too bad of a food weekend - probably close to plan or not much over if you take into account the exercise. I only got one bad blister from six flags too which is a good sign for disney. I didn't put any moleskin on which I will do everyday at disney so only one isn't too bad and I think part of that came from walking around in wet shoes after the rapids ride. I still have to pick up new sneakers but since I always buy the same brand it shouldn't be a problem plus I'll wear them when I walk inside to break them in. I guess I should think about getting those this weekend since it will be a month away at that point.

On to tuesday
breakfast - light yogurt
snack - string cheese
lunch - flank steak panini and fries, corn chowder (I definitely overate at lunch, but I really wanted the corn chowder to get in some of my veggies, plus I'll end up skipping my afternoon snack cause I'm still stuffed and then I'm having LC pizza tonight so that will keep me well within bounds for the day).

 

[toystoryduo]

Now today. I had a real shock on the scale this morning. With my cake disaster this week and some off plan eating my best hope was to maintain but I thought it more likely to show a gain. Surprise Surprise - I was down 1.5lbs to 193.5 I was super excited. I definitely can see 189 before the wedding!! It must be all that exercise. I can't beleive I did something active every day last week. Lets see if I can keep it up this week.

Breakfast - light yogurt (90)
Snack - string cheese (80)
Lunch - garden salad w/croutons and ff honey dijon (130), ham and cheese shorti (400), medium chicken noodle soup (150?)

A little high for lunch but I was famished by the time 1pm hit, plus dinner won't be until 7:30 or 8 and I really won't have time to snack. Maybe a pb bar but that will be it.

Hey Stephanie!

193.5 pounds is great! You are doing a great job!!! Keep up the good work!

Hope you have a wonderful Wednesday!

 

[honeymo78]

Well I just tried to post a long message on how Tuesday was okay with eating, wednesday was a disaster since I didn't feel well and ate like crazy and of course no exercise those days. I don't feel like typing all that over again either.

Today was crappy too - up 2lbs plus pigged out on chips and cashews for afternoon snack, ate "dinner" for lunch so will be having LC for dinner, leaving work an hour earlier than planned to ensure exercise.

That reminded me that I should be putting in extra hours (had been averaging 50 hrs for july and aug so I could finish paying off honeymoon) b/c last two weeks were 40 and 45hrs. I had wanted 50 this week but with staying home sick yesterday and leaving an hour early today I'll probably hit 44. That means next week I'll come in on labor day (I get paid for the holiday too) and probably next weekend too since DH is working. Week after that I need to get in about 55 which should be okay since DH is working 7 days with some double shifts (helping out another store where he hopes to become assistant manager). The week before the wedding I will have to work 11-12 hr days so I can get as close to 50hrs as possible (with 4 days of 12+ I'll have 49). This is what happens when you are a contract employee and will only have enough accrued time with the agency to get 14hrs of vacation pay. At least DH will get full vacation time plus all that overtime pay and a full commission check right before vacation incase I need to borrow from him to pay my Oct bills. At least my mom got us a gift card for disney and is also paying for our limo transport from the airport - that means we don't have to spend any of "our" money on the trip Is it any wonder I seem to be stressing and not eating well - I know it's not really a valid excuse. But can you believe it - 4 weeks from saturday is the wedding then honeymoon is the next day. I haven't even started packing or making sure clothes for the vacation are clean - looks like I know what I'll be doing on Sunday and Monday after work.

 

[honeymo78]

So I'm up 1lb this week. I'm pretty happy considering all the crap I ate this week. Some of it tasted great like the wrap and panini (probably not that bad for me in moderation) but some tasted blah (like the chinese I had for lunch yesterday). That still means I have 4.5 to go to hit my goal before the honeymoon - which means I have to get my butt in gear. My plan this week is to actually eat my LC at work (I have a freezer full of them) and my regularly scheduled snacks (maybe will be bringing some natural pb and carrots which is still good for me) and then days when I'm with DH to eat normally but within reason. He's definitely trying to help me with this and I shouldn't deprive myself either or I'll end up with another last week. I also need to get in some more exercise. Last week was 3 days but at least each day was at least 2 miles of walking. I'm going to shoot for 5 days this week at 1 mile each day. The WATP videos are better for me than the treadmill since I work more muscle groups including upper body, but if I feel like getting on the treadie I will but will walk at least 1.5miles.

I also sat down last night and this morning and look at financials. I will be fine if I stick to the work schedule I came up with and stop buying lunch all the time (which is good for my body). I can still get soup with lunch a few days and a banana with breakfast or diet soda with snack if it helps get me through the longer days, but cutting back on spending at work will be great for me. I'm sure DH will still end up with some fast food in the next two weeks b/c of his schedule but he's not the one trying to lose weight or the one facing a week without pay Oh and hopefully some good news for him - he has been applying for assistant manager positions for a few weeks now, didn't get one of them but the person selected was asked to leave and still hasn't had an interview at teh other one. But his store just found out they can have an assistant and he can apply on tuesday and interview with his manager tues or wed. Also his manager had to order him new business cards and he ordered them with the title of assistant (the manager is the one who decides on the assistant), plus DH had to order winter shirts for work yesterday (the company pays for them) and his manager asked which ones he got since mgmt has to wear the button down ones with tie. Those were what DH ordered anyway but was told he would have to change his order if he didn't have them. So please everyone keep him in your thoughts - he really wants this position.

I'm wiping the slate clean for food and starting fresh today.
Breakfast - light yogurt (90)
Snack - celery and carrots w/pb (got it from wawa since I need to get groceries today) (320) I know it's a bit high but the pb protein is great for me plus it will keep me full longer.

 

[pearlieq]

Sending for your DH! I really hope it all works out for him. How exciting!

Sounds like you've got great fitness and financial goals. Good for you for coming up with a plan! I can't believe the wedding and honeymoon are coming up so fast! We get pictures, right?

I hope you have a wonderful weekend! Enjoy the holiday!

P.S. Thanks for stopping by my journal. I just wanted you to know that I would never, ever judge someone or look down on them for the choices they make. We're all in this together and we're all doing the best we can!

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Steph!

Sending for your DH's job! Please let us know what happens. Hope everything works out for him.

Your food and financial plans sound good for the next few weeks.

Hope you have a great Labor Day!

 

[honeymo78]

thanks for all the ladies

Saturday did not turn out as well food wise as planned but I had a blast. DH called from work and asked if I wanted to go to Midnight Bowling with his coworker and his DW. We hadn't bowled in over 2 years but we had a great job and we both just got right back into the swing of things. Of course I did have a couple beers and afterwards we were close to a Sheetz (convenience store mainly in western Pa) and since DH misses them dearly we stopped and got some made to order food. I really love the meatball sub.

Lunch - chicken fettucine (280)
Snack - cucumber, tomato juice (100)
Dinner - 1 sm slice pizza, 1 soft pretzel, 3 beers
Snack - (around 3am) 6inch meatball sub
Exercise - WATP 1mile, 2.5 hrs of bowling

Sunday was kind of a lazy day since we didn't get home until after 4am I also didn't get in any exercise since I was just beat and sore from the night before.

Breakfast - 6inch meatball sub, tomato juice
Lunch - wings from KFC and Hushpuppies from LJS (DH loves LJS and we finally found one that was only 20min away instead of the hour trip we used to make for it)
Snack - coke slurpee
Dinner - ramen

Today's plan is to eat the last cucumber and the tomatos I bought before they go bad. I also want to the the 2mile WATP heart healthy walk sometime (maybe early evening) since DH has to close the store tonight.

We both got new monitors yesterday - the LCD ones that are flat panel. DH needed a new one and there was great sale for labor day so he was able to get me one (smaller than his) along with his for the price he thought he was going to have to pay for his. DH is serious about his computer stuff . I can't believe how much it makes a difference since my monitor was his old one and at least 5 yrs old. One of the cats doesn't like it since he used to lay on top of them - and he learned the hard way last night (poor kitty).

 

[Cruise04]

I love to go bowling and sounds like you had a good time. I see you gained a pound but I'm sure by now you've started working that off. Hope things are going well!!! Keep up the good work.

Keep on
Chris

 

[toystoryduo]

Hi Stephanie!

Stopping by to say hello and to see how you are doing. I hope that you are doing well and that you have a wonderful week ahead!

 

[honeymo78]

So I’ve been MIA for a while now (well at least from this board – I’m obsessed with the trip planning ones). Yes I have gained after a week of being sick and eating whatever I wanted that looked good and a week of eating everything under the sun. The good news is that while I gained almost 5lbs (not sure how that really works in 2 weeks), I have lost 2 of them and hopefully won’t gain anymore. Another strange thing is that while I know the scale says I’ve put on a little more weight, my clothes and the mirror don’t show it. Maybe some of it is water and maybe some of it is from the little bit of exercise (especially weights on my arms) I have gotten in.

I’m back now, although not completely rededicated. I have 2 weeks from today until the wedding and that seems to be causing enough stress right now. Adding obsessing over what I eat will not help me in the long run. The general plan is to not let myself get out of control when I choose to eat something that’s not really healthy. For example, I’m going to have a real soda today but I will only have 1 and I won’t have anything other than water for the rest of the day (well maybe a little glass of diet tea). Dan and I have agreed that we aren’t going out to eat again until right before the wedding (probably with his family the night before) so that should help a bit. I’m only bringing lean cuisine to eat for lunch at work, no more buying my lunch b/c I end up getting crap most of the time and not healthy salads (plus it will save me some money). Exercise is not a priority right now although it will be when I get back from the honeymoon – actually at that point exercise will be a priority even over food although it doesn’t mean I can eat like crap – but I will continue using free weights every other day for my arms just to get a little bit of definition with my sleeveless dress. To be honest, I don’t have much time to exercise since I’m working nearly everyday for at least half the day. Will this get me down to 190 before we leave? No and it probably won’t get me back to 194 either but I’m okay with that. I’m not giving up at all, just realizing that I need to take a little more time to get there b/c of what I’m going through right now.

I ordered some new fall clothes from Old Navy (pants in size 14 and tops in XL). I know they may not fit perfectly right now but by November they will definitely feel better. Also when we get back I’m going to ebay a bunch of my old Barbie stuff on Ebay – apparently some of the stuff I have is worth some money. My mom said I could do the selling and she would make sure stuff got shipped out. I hoping to make enough money to purchase airfare for Feb along with the credits we got when our airfare went down last week. I want to take Dan to Disney for valentine’s day and his birthday (they are 2 days apart) so we’ll start saving up for that as soon as we get back (good for me since it means less takeout food to save money).

I’ll try to make it around to journals this week but I’m not promising anything. I have a hard time concentrating on anything that isn’t wedding or honeymoon related for more than 5 minutes (doesn’t help at all with work). But I am still thinking about all of you and wishing you the best of success in your journeys.

 

[pearlieq]

I can't believe it's only 2 weeks until the wedding!

The way I see it, this is a really special time and you deserve the freedom to focus on it and savor it. As long as you can zip the dress and you're not living on Milk Duds (or Tums, as was the case for me) don't worry too much about staying OP. It sounds like you've got a great plan for the next couple of weeks!

Good luck to you! Don't forget to stop and look around every once in a while, because it really does become a blur. Make a point to be "in the moment" as much as you can. And keep a roll of Tums handy. They do wonders!