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

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

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!!

Thanks. I have noticed that my bras aren't fitting quite the way they used to and if I'm losing fat from my tatas and they're shrinking, that would be GREAT! I swear I'm the only woman on earth who envies women who are small-chested.
I have a measuring tape so I need to start taking my measurements. I do have a pair of size 16 jeans I bought at Thanksgiving that are so loose I can pull them off now without unbuttoning them. I still don't fit into size 14 th ough...I had a pair of 14s in the drawer and I tried them on yesterday but I can't get them buttoned.

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!!

I'm trying to. It's just so darn hard! Why can't the road be less lumpy?

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.

I'm not even sure where to start with a multivitamen. I'm actually a little nervous to take one..the last time I did there was so much iron in it, it would've constipated a water buffalo!

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!!

Thanks. This is pretty unusual for me to be honest. Normally, if I try something and I don't accomplish what I want very quickly, I quit. I'm such a perfectionist that not getting what I want on the first try drives me absolutely batty. That's why, when I'm working on a sewing project, I end up ripping ou t the stitches three, four or even five times until I'm completely satisfied.

I went and measured myself.
Waist is 36 inches. Ouch!
Chest is 40.
Hips are 45!!!!
My biceps are 13 inches around. THIRTEEN INCHES!

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Weds Jan 7

Breakfast
coffee
miniwheats w/ 2% milk

Snack
Yogurt

Lunch
6 chicken nuggets
Pretzels

Snack
Miniwheats w/o milk

Dinner
8 chickne nuggets
1/2 portion of macaroni and cheese (I couldn't finish it..something went wrong and it was so gross)

Snack
2 100 calorie pack nuttybuddies
1 orange
handful of bittersweet chocolate chips

Exercise
30 min walk outside..brr! It's cold out there! But I didn't want to stay inside and do a free walk with Wii Fit. I'm getting tired of that. I still love my Wii fit but I don't think (for the time being anyway) I can do anymore indoor free walks.
And I don't know WHAT I did yesterday but my back hurts.
I just did 30 min of Wii Tennis too. I feel like I have to work out or do some sort of exercise for at LEAST an hour a day. I played Wii Tennis standing on tip toe to help give my legs a bit more of a workout and hopefully strengthen my ankles.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Jan 8

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk, coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack
2 string cheese
1 yogurt
Water

Lunch
Tuna salad on wheat w/ pretzels
Water

Snack

24 oz Diet Pepsi

Dinner
Spaghetti w/meat sauce
4 slices of garlic toast
Water

Snack
1 100 calorie pack Nuttybuddy
A handful of dark chocolate chocolate chips
1 orange

Exercise
1 hr walk
30 min Wii Sports, mainly tennis

You would think that by now I'd know better than to let my blood sugar crash and burn. Got back from my walk and thought, "Oh I'm a little hungry." but sat down, had a huge glass of apple water (3/4 water, 1/4 apple juice) and watched Secret Life Of The American Teenager. Finished that, played half an hour of Wii Sports and thought, "Maybe I should eat something." But I didn't. I sorted the laundry and made the beds instead. So fifteen minutes later I'm feeling very wobbly in the middle and my fingers and feet are feeling very tingly the way they always do when I have a serious blood sugar crash. So I grab a yogurt and some string cheese and sit down with another glass of apple water.
I should be back to normal soon..within the next twenty minutes or so. I hate when this happens and fortunately, it doesn't happen very often any more. It used to happen all the time when I worked at Sucknic because we would have to work eight to ten hours without so much as a goshdarned bathroom break. By the time my shift was over, I'd be near to passing out so I'd have to sit and eat before I could even think of driving home.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Friday Jan 9

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Orange
Water

Lunch
6 chicken nuggets
2 string cheese
Water

Snack
2 100 calorie Nuttybuddy packs

Dinner
3 tacos made w/grilled chicken, salsa, shredded cheese and lite sour cream on hard taco shells
Beans
Snack

Snack
handful of chocolate chips
3 taco shells broken up into chips w/salsa
Water

Exercise
1 hr walk
20 min Wii Tennis

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Jan 10

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
3 slices of bacon
Water

Snack

Lunch
6 chix nuggets
pretzels
Water

Snack
Gum

Dinner
1 bratwurst w/mustard on a w hite bun
beans
Water

Snack
3 taco shells crushed w/picante sauce
Water

Exercise
1 hr housecleaning
20 min exerbike

A friend of mine donated an exerbike (stationary) to me today. I did 20 min on that thing and I was DONE..my legs felt like jello when I got off. My heart was pounding and I was totally out of breath. I felt great! Just another tool in my weightloss arsenal.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sunday Jan 11
Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Water

Lunch
Leftover brat and 2 taco shells w/lite ranch dressing
water

Snack
100 calorie Nuttybuddy

Dinner
Grilled chicken breast
Seafood salad

Snack
Handful of chocolate chips

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Monday Jan 12

Breakfast
Coffee
Miniwheats w/2% milk

Snack
Yogurt

Lunch
2 string cheese
1 orange
Water

Snack

Dinner
Miniwheats w/whole milk (Blergh! I wouldn't have used it, but it's all we have in the house at the moment)
Snack
Microwave popcorn

Exercise
20 min Yoga
5 min balance games
30 min walk
20 min exerbike

Despite all the mistakes I made last week, I'm down 1.1 lbs! I also had something very odd happen with the Wii this morning. I turned it on, went to do my yoga and my trainer (male) has longer hair now than he did a week ago!

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Jan 13

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/whole milk (it's all we have in the house right now)
Coffee

Snack
Miniwheats w/whole milk
2 slices bacon
Water

Lunch
---
Snack
Nuttybuddy

Dinner
Fried pickles
2 baked fish patties
leftover seafood salad

Snack

Exercise
20 min Exerbike
5 min balance exercises
20 min yoga

I had to switch from the male trainer to the female trainer this morning. The male trainer has grown his hair out somehow and now instead of a short, spiky hairdo he's got this male Farrah Fawcett 'do. Kind of like Ashton Kutcher's when he was on That 70's show. I couldn't stand it..I ended up laughing so hard I tumbled off the balance board and onto the floor, with the Wiimote under my hip. Ouch. I ended up just laying there giggling for several minutes because once I got going I couldn't stop. Switching to the female trainer wasn't much better. She was so enthusiastic, even when my stance was crap because I couldn't stop laughing. I ended up having to sit down and laugh some more because she kept clapping and saying how great I was, how strong I was.

*edited*
Last night I really got it for overdoing at dinner. The fried pickles were SO delicious but I think the seafood salad was turned. I ended up with the worst diarrhea I've had in a long, long time.

 

[mom2faith]

I have not tried the male trainer yet, but frankly I find the female one annoying "Great Job" over and over again, when I have fallen off the board long ago - LOL!!

Good job on keeping at it. I am still not in a rythym and am so sparatic.

I love Mini Wheats and would eat them every meal too - LOL!! Looks like we have a lot in common

Have a great day and keep up the good work!!

Amy

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Jan 14

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/milk, coffee

Snack
Baby carrots w/lite ranch dressing

Lunch
Tuna salad made w/water packed tuna, a dollop of mayo and and even smaller dollop of Ceasar dressing for taste on wheat toast
1 portion baked Lay's

Snack
Nuttybuddy

Dinner
2 pancakes w/butter and syrup
4 !!! slices of bacon
16 oz Raspberry Gingerale

Snack
1 orange

Exercise
30 min free step
5 min balance games
20 min exercise bike
10 min yoga
10 min strength exercises (lunges and chair squat)

Doing the exercise bike has been a struggle for me, but it seems to be getting a little easier. I took Bob and Jillian's advice and sang throughout the workout. I know I probably sounded ridiculous but since I was alone in my garage, I don't think anybody cared much. When I got off the bike, I was like, "Oh..this is new." because my legs felt like they were made of stone. They didn't hurt..they just felt stiff and hard to move. I took a short break, watched Bob blow his top on Biggest Loser and had a snack. Got good and hydrated and did some yoga. Went to do my lunges and HOLY FREAKING CRAP! I could barely get through one set of 15 because my legs hurt SO much when I went to do them. When I was finished with both legs, I sat on the floor and just w himpered like a little baby. Owie.

*edited--I really effed up on dinner. I was hungry and exhausted and grocery day is Friday so there's not a whole lot of food left in the house. So I ate what was easy and fast and I feel so bad about it now. Esp the bacon.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Jan 15

Breakfast
2 slices of toast w/butter and jelly
Coffee

Snack
Tuna sandwich on white
1 orange

Lunch
Oatmeal

Snack
Nuttybuddy

Dinner
Spaghetti w/meat sauce (I actually ate a normal sized portion of that)
4 slices of garlic toast

Snack
Handful of chocolate chips

Exercise
20 min exerbike
30 min free step
5 min balance games

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Jan 16 Friday

Breakfast
Coffee
Bacon sandwich (3 slices bacon on white toast w/a teeny dollop of mayo)

Snack

Lunch
Tuna Sandwich and carrots
Snack

Dinner
Chinese buffet--2 cream cheese wontons (OMG SO NUMMY!) 2 1/2 egg rolls (DS stole half of one of mine), 1/2 cup orange sesame chicken, 2 potstickers, 1/4 cup fried rice, 2 slices (???) california roll sushi (yum), 2 fried dough cinnamon sugar cookie things, 1 fortune cookie

Snack

Exercise
20 min Wii Tennis
10 min Balance Games
2 Island Laps (15 min)
25 min Yoga


Urgh. It's so cold..I'm tempted not to exercise at all today. I'm tempted to just go drop DS off at school, then cuddle under a blanket with some hot chocolate, some chocolate-dipped peppermint sticks (we got them as a Christmas gift) and watch Tess of the D'Urbervilles that I taped off of PBS the other day.

*edited--Feel the Fat and Do It Anyway!
Urgh.
I didn't want to do it. I got sucked into it. I thought, "Well I'll just play a LITTLE tennis". Then, after 20 min of tennis, I was like, "Well maybe I'll just do a LITTLE yoga".
An hour later and I'm sitting on the floor, a puddle of goo, with water bottle in hand going "How the heck did I get sucked into a fullblown workout?"

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Jan 17 Sat

Breakfast
4 slices of bacon
2 pancakes w/butter and syrup
Water

Snack

Lunch
Tuna sandwich w/ chips

Water

Snack
Gum

Dinner 3 medium sized pieces of pizza

Snack
Water
1 orange

Sunday Jan 18
Breakfast
miniwheats w/milk
Multivitamin

Snack

Lunch
Tuna sandwich w/baked chips

Snack

Dinner
4 Beef soft tacos w/cheese, rice and salsa

Snack
1 orange

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Mon Jan 19

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
multivitamin

Snack

2 cups coffee
1 orange

Lunch
2 1/2 slices leftover pizza w/lite ranch
Water

Snack
Banana smoothie (2 bananas, ice and milk..split it with DS)

Dinner
4 chicken nuggets
1/2 cup Stovetop Stuffing
Water

Snack
Lollipop from DS's Halloween stash (yes we still have Halloween candy, but it's mostly hard candy or pure sugar stuff. All the chocolate is long gone)

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Tues Jan 20

Breakfast
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Yogurt

LUnch
3 oz grilled sundried tomato and garlic chicken breast (deli)
Leftover portion of Stovetop from last night
Water
I really really wanted the stovetop but decided to balance it with some protein instead of just having carbs.

Snack
2 mint truffle Hershey's Kisses (found them under the couch..have NO idea how long they were under there either. Still tasty though
1 orange
Water
Dinner
Grilled chicken breast
Garlic butter rice

Snack
Gum

Exercise
30 min walk outside (brrr!)
25 min exercise bike
5 min balance games
25 min Yoga


I'm sitting here, still trying to calm my body down from that weird dream I had. DH woke me up, accidentally, when his alarm went off and I went back to sleep. I began having a very bizarre dream in which I was chased by an African-American guy who did, in the end, catch me and try to kiss me which got him a knee to the groin.
Clearly I am ambivalent about Obama being our president. That is signified by the fact that I was chased by an African-American man in my dream. I am doubtful of his ability to 'unify the country' as he says because I did not want to be smooched on by him.

Sure it was disturbing, but at least I can laugh about it.

*edit--I haven't lost a single pound.
*edit #2--I had an argument with DH right after dinner and after he left to go run some errands I snorked down a chocolate donut and a big glass of chocolate milk. I felt REALLY bad about it and about 15 min after I'd done it, I went in the bathroom and made myself throw it up. I felt SO much better after that.

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Wed Jan 21

Breakfast
minwheats w/2% milk
Coffee w/cream and sugar

Snack
Yogurt

Lunch
3 oz grilled garlic and tomato chicken (deli slices)
leftover stuffing
Water

Snack
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Dinner
6 chicken nuggets (baked)
1 portion baked cheetos
Water

Snack
1 orange

Exercise
30 min Wii Tennis
5 min balance games
20 min Yoga
Island Lap x2
30 min housework

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Thurs Jan 22

Breakfast
1/2 banana (shared with DS)
Miniwheats w/2% milk
Coffee

Snack
Water
Yogurt

Lunch
Grilled chicken breast (deli) on toast
Baked cheetos
Water

Snack
1 orange
gum
Dinner
Single patty hamburger w/lettuce, tomatoes, onions and mayo (Wendy's)
Medium sized french fry
36 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Exercise
45 min walk
45 min Wii Tennis

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sat Jan 24

Breakfast
4 slices of bacon
2 bites of pancakes
OJ

Snack

Lunch
Grilled cheese sandwich
baked cheetos
Diet Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner

Snack

Exercise
Housecleaning 1.5 hrs.

 

[Maxinesmom]

I struggle with the soda issue as well so I can totally relate. It looks like you are getting lots of use from your Wii Fit! I wish I was that committed to it! You are doing a great job of logging your food but in the future I'd caution you on throwing up after a "binge" of sorts. You are much better off to just move forward and not dwell on that. Life's not about being perfect - just make more healthy decisions than unhealthy and you'll see a loss! Hang in there :

 

[sdarwkcabemanmy]

Sun Feb 1

I haven't logged my food for almost a week. Last week was a bad week..DS was off school several days due to an ice storm and the icky weather made me just not want to exercise at all so I didn't.

Breakfast
2 "lite" cinnamon rolls (140 cals each)
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Lunch
3 small slices pizza (left over from Fri night--3 meat w/stuffed cheese crust)
16 oz Dr. Pepper

Snack

Dinner
1 bratwurst on toast
1 portion baked beans
Dr. Pepper

Snack
1 choc pudding cup (about 70 cals)
Gum
Exercise
Spent an hour and a half cleaning the back of the house then another 45 min or so cleaning the kitchen