I'm on the "No Gall Bladder Diet"! (Comments welcome)

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Today didn't go too badly..we arrived at the buffet for lunch with my parents and I ate only a salad. I did have 2 or 3 Dr. Peppers, but I didn't sweat it. When we had dinner again at my ILs an hour or so later, I didn't pig out like I normally do and I switched to water instead of soda. Well..I had one gingerale and a Diet Dr. Pepper, but mostly water. MIL made a chocolate cake, as today was DH's birthday and I only had a teeny little piece.

Supper (which I just finished) was a turkey sandwich with some leftover cranberry jello salad that my MIL makes that is DELISH. And water of course.

I have to stay up for a couple more hoours to make sure DH gets up on time. He's scheduled to go into work at an insane hour and I don't trust him to hear his alarm clock.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Dec 1

Breakfast
Coffee w/cream sugar
Raspberry Cheesecake yogurt

Snack

Lunch
Tuna salad on white

Snack


Dinner
2 fish filets
1.5 portion cheese potatoes
Water

Snack
1 minisize bag of popcorn
1 tuna on white

Exercise
30 min Free Walk (almost 4 miles man! WOOHOO!)
10 min Advanced Step
5 min Balance Game
20 Min Yoga
2 sets of 15 triceps
2 sets of 20 Bicep curls

Today I am starting over. I am back on the diet (not that I was ever really off it) and back to exercising. DH got on the Wii Fit last night and over the last month he has lost 2 lbs and gone down a whole pant size..without doing anything! It's not fair..he eats like a pig and doesn't exercise and the only ONLY thing he's changed is that he now buys Crystal Light powder thingies to take to work with him so that he drinks water instead of those damn energy drinks. I work out, I try to stick to a diet and it's just not fair.

I stepped on the scale and it stayed the same as it had been 10 days before when DS got out of school for Thanksgiving. So I did well..I didn't gain anything but I didn't lose anything either. I know I didn't lose because I didn't have any time at all to exercise during the 10 days he was off. I am going to try and go for at LEAST 30 min a day when he's off for Christmas here in about 3 weeks.

There's a new gas station that just opened by us and I was REALLY tempted to stop in and get a soda before I went to go get in the car line to pick up DS but I didn't. I was tempted..but I didn't do it.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Dec 2

Breakfast
Coffee
Berries N Cream yogurt

Snack

Lunch
Tuna salad
Leftover potatoes from last night
Iced Tea

Snack

Dinner
Grilled chicken fajitas w/lite sour cream and salsa
Iced Tea

Snack
1/2 of a 100 calorie cupcake (shared with DS)

Exercise
30 min Free step
5 min balance games
1 Island Lap

I started to do a dance workout that I downloaded onto my TiVo, but I stopped after about 5 min because the music was driving me crazy. It was supposed to be soothing rain or something but it was like a soothing tribal rhythm plus rain plus a female (??) vocalist going "Ahmgah..amgah..amgah" in a really annoying voice that was out of sync with the rest of the music.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Nov 3

Breakfast
Coffee
1/2 of a piece of carrot cake w/cream cheese icing that DH brought home
16 oz Milk (which made me very sorry indeed about an hour later)

Snack
Yogurt
Water

Lunch
the other half of the carrot cake
Milk (which will make me quite sorry indeed here in about an hour)

Snack

Dinner
Homemade sloppy joe on white w/mustard
Baked french fries (probably more than I should have eaten too, but I was mad..I'd just had an argument with my husband and I was eating to keep from yelling at him some more)
Iced Tea

Snack

Exercise
2 Island Laps
5 min balance games
45 min walk outside

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Nov 4

Breakfast
Coffee
Yogurt
Water

Snack

Lunch
Cinnamon roll flavored oatmeal
Orange Juice

Snack
34 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Spaghetti w/meat sauce
Iced Tea

Snack
100 calorie cupcake

Exercise
30 min free walk (walked almost 3 1/2 miles!!!)
20 min yoga
5 min balance games

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Fri Dec 5

Breakfast
Coffee
12 oz OJ
Cinnamon bun oatmeal made w/milk

Snack

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich
Water

Snack

Dinner
2 slices of pizza
Water

Snack
Water
1/2 cup dry roasted, unsalted peanuts

Exercise
5 min balance games
1 session advanced step
1 session advanced rhythm boxing (10 min)
That's a total of about 25 min in all and I'll probably get around half an hour's walk at the grocery store tonight, if not more. I'm working on a project for DH's christmas gift..I want to make a video of our pics from our WDW trip this summer so I'm trying to do that and avoid yelling at the computer because I am NOT Mrs. Stephanie Spielberg.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Dec 6

Breakfast
1 pancake w/butter and lite syrup
4 slices of bacon
Mountain Dew

Snack

Lunch
2 slices of pizza (leftover from last night)
Mt. Dew

Snack
1/2 cup dry roasted saltfree peanuts
Water
1 candy cane

Dinner
We had dinner out and I ate a ton of tortilla chips w/fresh salsa. On top of that I had two avocado enchiladas w/a wonderful tomatillo salsa, beans w/cheese and Mexican rice. And two Dr. Peppers.

Exercise
2 hrs cleaning house and doing laundry

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Nov 8

I've gained a whole 3 lbs over the weekend. It must've been the Mexican food I had on Sat night and the bratwurst I had yesterday.

Breakfast
coffee
1 bottle of water w/Crystal Light
oatmeal made w/water

Snack

Lunch
1 left over bratwurst w/mustard
Water

Snack
32 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
Homemade pizza (homemade crust w/leftover spaghetti sauce w/meat from last Thurs and some cheese)
Creamed corn (OMNOMNOM!)
Water

Snack
1 stick of gum
A handful of baby carrots w/water

Exercise
30 min walk outside
5 min balance games
1 session advanced step
1 Island Lap

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Dec 9

Breakfast
Coffee
Yogurt
Orange Juice

Snack
1 choc. chip cookie

Lunch
1 large slice thin crust pizza w/pepperoni
1 24 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner
2 chicken fajitas w/lite sour cream, onions, peppers and cheese
Water

Snack
1/2 cup ice cream w/choc. Magic Shell
Water

Exercise
30 min walk outside
45 min Wii Tennis

We went shopping today and I walked a TON. By today's end, I had walked just over 6 1/2 miles total.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Nov 10

Breakfast
Coffee
36 oz water
Cinnamon roll oatmeal made w/milk

Snack
1 orange

Lunch
4 slices bacon
2 slices white toast
1 carton yogurt
16 oz water

Snack
32 oz Dr Pepper
Dinner
2 bean and cheese quesadillas
Water
Snack
16 oz Orange Juice
1 cheesewurst hotdog w/a tortilla
Exercise
30 min free walk
1 hr Wii Tennis

I really didn't want to exercise today. It's cold and yucky outside and I wanted to just curl up with my blanket because I feel like crap. I'm fighting off a cold and my nose is running and I just feel bleh. But I did it..I didn't want to but I made myself get up and do it. I'm fighting for every ounce that leaves my body..every single little ounce. It's a hard fight but I've got to keep going, I've got to keep working, got to keep fighting. I'm 1 lbs away from losing a total of 10 lbs and yes it's taken me nearly 2 1/2 mos to do it but I am doing it. Slowly, with every step, I am doing it.

I just took a shower and attempted to put on my size 14 jeans. They didn't fit..couldn't even button them. I almost started crying..this isn't fair. I've been working my tail off for two months and I can't fit into them still.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

I just realized I hadn't entered a thing in this thread for a week. Oops.

I've decided to hell with the diet for now. I'll start again on Jan 1. I'm still trying to exercise..got in 30 min of free walk this morning and at least an hour of tennis yesterday.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

So today I step on the scale (well..the Wii Fit board actually) and it says my weight is now 182.9 which means I have lost 1.1 lbs since the last time I stepped on about a week ago. Despite not really watching my food intake and exercising less than I normally would this week, I've still managed to lose.

Which means at this point, I have lost a grand total of about 4 lbs in 75 days. I started at 185 and I'm down to nearly 182 now. That's a little depressing. I need to change my ticker at the bottom to reflect that. I haven't done any additions to my ticker for the Walk To WDW because my pedometer (which was a McDonald's freebie) died on me and there's no way to change the battery. Oh well.

Every step of the way it's going to be a struggle. My ultimate goal has changed a bit. I want to lose as least 20 lbs, so that I'm at 165. I know I can do it. I just have to work harder and watch my food intake better. That's my biggest struggle..the food. I LOVE food. And the CHristmas holiday isn't going to make it easier. We're going to my mom's on Christmas eve and there's going to be tons of food because it's a potluck dinner with very few healthy choices.
We also got a gift cert for a local pizza place from an associate of DH's, yet another stumbling block for me because I LOVE pizza almost more than anything. Well..except for chicken fried steak. I love chicken fried steak more than any food in the world.

I am going to keep going though..got to keep trying. Got to keep struggling. I don't want to be fat any more and if it's going to change it's up to ME. Nobody else.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

So it's a new year. The Wii Fit admonished me for not working out in nearly 2 weeks. I know I promised I would manage to squeeze in at least 30 min a day while DS was napping/having quiet time but I just..there was too much to do. And according to the balance board, I gained a pound and a half over the last two weeks, bringing me up to 184 lbs. Only one pound less than when I started working out 91 days ago. That's depressing.

I am going to start drinking more water..I've had 6 of my 8 glasses today already and it's not even even noon yet. I have no idea what I"m going to do for lunch but I know dinner is going to be..difficult. We're going out with my in-laws because DS is going to their house to spend the night. And I have the feeling DH might take me to a local wine bar afterwards..we got a gift cert from one of his friends for th wine bar and we might as well use it. DH always has fun watching ME get plastered, mostly because it doesn't happen very often.

Breakfast
Yogurt
Brown sugar&maple sugar oatmeal (like 300 calories)

Snack--gum

Lunch
Leftover chicken wing (just one!) from last night
leftover portion of mashed potatoes and gravy from last night

Dinner
1 portion meatloaf
1 portion carrot-raisin-pineapple salad
1 portion cornbread dressing
Mixed field greens salad w/tomato, mushroom, carrot, green pepper, onion and Caesar dressing (only about 1 tbsp though)
36 oz Diet Pepsi

Glasses of water drank today: So far, 7 1/2 and it's only 12:30 here. I've been drinking water like it's going out of style this morning. I just need to find a way to keep it up, esp once DS goes back to school. I also know I need to get rid of my bad, bad habit of grabbing a 32 oz softdrink from the 7-11 on my way to get in the car line for DS's school in the afternoon. By the time I have to go get in line (about an hour before he gets out of school), I'm so exhausted I can barely stay awake. I fight falling asleep while waiting for school to let out and crash once I get home for at least a half an hour just so I can make it through the evening.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday Jan 2

Breakfast
1 carton yogurt

Lunch
2 barbacoa tacos from Taco Cabana w/salsa roja and jalapenos
36 oz Diet Coke

Snack

Dinner

I know..I know. Diet Coke/Diet Pepsi/Diet whatever is BAD BAD EVIL BAD!;faint: I should have drank water or at the very least, lemonade. But I wanted the Diet Coke. So I drank it. And I did good on the tacos..normally I would eat th ree or four plus chips and beans and rice. I ate the two tacos and while I wasn't totally satisfied I did stop at those two tacos. They were SO nummy. But I know..I know. Barbecoa is bad. Anything with flavor is bad. Bread and pasta and tortillas are downright, Lord Of The Sith evil incarnate.

*sigh*
This is not going to be easy. I think tomorrow when we do the grocery shopping, I'm going to pick up a bottle of Slimquick or Hydroxycut to help me out.

Yes..I know. Diet aids=so bad it's the worst. But I feel like I'm at the end of my bleedin' rope here. I've tried every diet in the book at least once. All of them have failed. I feel like my only options at this point are diet aids or surgery and I don't think I really qualify for surgery anyway. Not that I want surgery..I hate going to the doctor as it is. I don't trust doctors. They're not evil or bad..I just don't trust them. So I've got to do this on my own. I know that my joint problems are worsened by my weight, as are my issues with my feet. I know that my weight was a big factor in the nearly crippling pain I was in while we were at Disney World this summer.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Saturday Jan 3

Breakfast
Water (2 glasses)
2 strips of bacon
1 carton blackberry yogurt
1 Kashi blackberry breakfast bar (free sample from the mail)

Lunch
6 corndog bites
1 portion leftover mashed potatoes and gravy
Water (2 glasses)
1 breath mint

Snack

Dinner
Frozen pizza
Water

I remember hearing or reading somewhere that having a breath mint, esp if it's a strong one, after meals tends to curb the appetite. So I guess I'll have to try that. Couldn't hurt, right?

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday Jan 4

Breakfast
1 cup frosted miniwheats w/1/2 cup 2% milk
24 oz grapefruit juice (yes I do like grapefruit juice. A lot. )

Snack

Lunch
Leftover pizza from yesterday
Water

Snack

Dinner
1 bratwurst w/mustard
1 portion baked beans
Water

Snack
1 PB cup plus a handful of chocolate chips

I've been one busy bee this morning. Folded one basket of clothes, put a load of towels into the dryer, put a load of other clothes into the washer. Folded the towels. Put the other clothes into the dryer and started a load of bed linens. Cleaned out and rearranged both DH and I's sock drawers. Cleaned out our dresser drawers and got rid of a half dozen old teeshirts that DH won't even miss, as well as some shirts that I don't even remotely fit into any more. Cleaned DS's bathroom and scrubbed his nasty plastic stepstool until it was all shiny and clean again.
Once DS wakes up from his nap, I plan on moving the furniture in the living room and vacuuming underneath. I also need to scrub down the kitchen and sweep/mop the floors in there.
I have been one busy little bee this morning and drinking tons of water. I have a large blue cup that holds about 36 oz worth of liquid. So far I've drunk two of those w/about 1/3rd ice.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday Jan 5

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Grapefruit juice

Snack

Lunch
Leftover bratwurst w/baked pretzels
Water

Snack
1 100 cal. "nuttybuddy" single pack
Orange

Dinner
11 baked chicken nuggets
left over baked beans
Water

Snack
1/2 cup miniwheats
leftover peppermint stick from Christmas

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

sdark: I'm signing on for your journal! Haven't had a chance to read all seven pages, but I wanted to wish you luck with your weight loss on this new year!

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thanks!

Tuesday Jan 6
Breakfast
1.5 cups of coffee w/cream and sugar
1 cup of miniwheats w/1/2 cup 2% milk

Snack
Banana-Chocolate-Peanut Butter smoothie (1 banana, 8 ice cubes, 1/2 cup 2% milk, a drizzle of chocolate sauce and 2 tbsps peanut butter. Note to self: Next time use smooth/creamy pb and not the chunky stuff)

Lunch
Tuna salad (tuna in water, salt, pepper, diced pickled and a little bit of lite mayo) on white toast with baked pretzels and water
Snack

Dinner
3 chicken fajitas (grilled chicken w/grilled onions and green peppers, lite sour cream, salsa and shredded cheese on a whole wheat tortilla)

Snack
1 100 calorie 'nuttybuddy' pack
1 orange

I discovered something very weird. I ate the nuttybuddy and was still craving more chocolate. I didn't want to overdo it though, because I knew if I ate one more I'd somehow justify eating two, three or even four more. So instead I grabbed an orange and it took away all of my cravings! Weird.
Exercise
5 min balance games
30 min free walk
30 min free step
Housecleaning (1 hr???)
I really, really didn't want to get up and work out this morning. It's cold and wet and icky out and I just wanted to snooze on the couch with my warm cuddly Mexican blanket and watch TV. But I forced myself to do a 30 min free walk and a 30 min free step, protesting all the way.

I must be doing something right..I did the body test today and I'm down nearly half a pound from last week!

 

[mom2faith]

I tried to catch up on all your pages, but I will be honest, I skimmed a couple because I was so far behind.

Here is what I noticed:

• You are doing a good job!! Sometimes the scale lies. Plain and simple. Have you taken your measurements? I would be willing to bet you are toning all of you muscles with your workouts and although it is not showing on the scale, there is a difference. Do your clothes fit a little different? Bras? Undies? You get my drift!! Remember muscle weighs more that fat, so as you are toning, you are gaining muscle!!
• Do not beat yourself up so much!! Clear those negative thoughts. This is your life and there are things you are just going to do - like a diet coke or 11 nuggets. You have to Embrace it and get over it You are not failing, you are living. Life has bumps in the road and your road to 165 lbs will have bumps!! Do not worry about it!!
• Rather than a weight loss drug have you thought of a multi-vitamin for weight loss? This will get you all of those vitamins, etc that your body may be missing and needs to function and then throws in a little extra B6 and other vitamins that help you metabolize food better. I am not against diet aids, I have tried them all, but for the most part they really do not work. I have found that a milti-vitamin really does help though. You just feel better. Let us know what you do, I would love to hear how the diet aid you chose works.
• Just remember you are doing something and that is better than doing nothing!! You are focusing on this change and meeting hurdles as they come. And, even though you think you have made mistakes, you haven't. Because you are learning from them. You are doing great!!

Keep up the good work. The fact that it has been 90 days and you are still trying shows your determination!! You will do this!!

On another note, I still am still in the playing stage of my Wii Fit. You are my inspiration for this, so I hope that I can channel your determination!! 6 weeks ago I never thought we would get a Wii until spring and certainly not a Wii Fit!! But, I decided that the $100 for the Wii Fit was less than the gym - LOL!!

I am also waiting for DH to move our Elliptical machine. Ours is in the basement and I want it in the bedroom. I am hoping that if it is staring at me every morning and night, I will start to use it. Just 30 minutes a day to start!!

Well, off to update my journal. Keep up the good work!!

Amy