Renee's daily journal.....comments welcomed

[wiskband]

HI matsh and thanks.
I couldnt get on line yesterday so I am writing yesterday eating journal now and todays later one.
--breakfast--one egg scrambled bacon and cheese on atkins bread and a glass of C/L lemonade.
---LLunch-- bad choice. well we were out shopping and my dad offered to buy us all burger king So I did. I got the ckicken sandwich BUT took the bun off. Funny thing was I saw about 3 opthers doing the same thing. WOndering when Bk and mC Dee. will catch on. I have heard on this site that they are but havent seen anythign yet.
Anyway I did have a very few fries and onion rings.
--Dinner-I tryed to make the crab cake recpie that I had gotten from lowcarb friends.com BUt the darn thing wouldnt stay together. SO I did mangane to try a small piece. Then I had about a hnd ful of gobers. ( there finally gone my friend ate them all) but being that I really had no dinner, I wound up eating an Atkins bagel with cream cheese. Later that eveing I caved an had oreos and milk. UUGH. No exercise today.
Till later
renee

 

[ZerasPride]

Hi Renee,

It's me stopping by to check on you. Don't let the weekends and unexpected eating situations get you down. You did pretty good at Burger King with taking the bun off the bread. I was shocked how many calories and carbs are in a BK bun.

I'm glad you were able to try the mock french toast. We're having them for breakfast tomorrow since we're home for MLK day and I'm looking forward to making them.

One of the things I like about this way of eating is trying out new recipes. I'm trying a new one for "fried chicken" tonight for dinner. I'll try to remember to post and let you know what I thought of it.

Have a good afternoon and a good evening. I hope you also consider joining the cheat free challenge. It can give you some added incentive to stay on plan.

 

[wiskband]

Hi Z........ still considering it. lol
Ill tell ya though, I made two new things today.
Cheesecake and spinach quiche.
They came out so good.
OK _ breakfast......none. I just got up too late.
Lunch----spinach quiche
Dinner--spinach quiche again. feeling kinda lazy.......
snack---- my CHEESECAKE>>>>>>>. it was so yummy. made with splenda and GOOD good GOOD!
I also had a few pieces of salmai and cheese.
OOOOPSSS i picked to I had exactly 5 cheese nips.
Drank all my water but did not exercise. I am doing my tape when I am done writing this.
renee

 

[wiskband]

Almost dont want to write anymore........I lookd back at my journal....starting to look as if I am not even watching my eating.
And I have excuses for everything. lol.
Anyway
--B --egg fried (pam) bacon and atkins bread w/ C/L lemonade.
--L--Ok heres where the explaining comes in.
Went to Grannys....who is an Old world sicilan woman. I havent really visited her as much as I should. So I get there and she has chicken culets and ziti. She was down about her food because she cooked it the day before because we were suppose to go there the day before. SO I felt so bad, I couldn;' t not eat. I didnt eat too much. Id say about 15 actual pieces of ziti and one chicken cutlet. I also had a glass of water. I brought her some of my cheese cake that i made on sunday. I had one piece of that ( which I know is only 3 net carbs).

I swore after this not to eat the rest of the day but we all know thats bad. So I actually did get hungry about 8 and I had a piece of my spinach quiche. Its now 12 and I am dying for another piece of cheesecake.
See thats whats so hard about these allowable foods, I sometimes over do it!
Anyway I am not gonna eat it!
I did one 2 mile WATP and could not go tp the gym Hubby had to travle in his parents to help them with an emergency.
I will hoever vow to get there tues wed thurs fri at least and saturday if possible.
Drank all my water ( i think) gonna have two more before bed.
Till tomorrow
renee

 

[marsh0013]

hey renne, that's tough about your granny's cooking. either hurt her feelings or go off plan. but i think you made good decisions by limiting your portions. and also great job with doing the video! when you realized that you couldn't make it to the gym, you could have easily decided to scrap the whole day of working out, but you compromised and did the tape. and that's great that you're making a pact with yourself to get to the gym the rest of the days of the week. you can do it!

 

[wiskband]

Had a good day today, I am writing early cause I reaaly want to get to bed early.
Anyway,
B-- one egg scrambled with bacon and atkins bread and C/L lemonade. ( Ironically, I am really not sick of this yet!)
L--I did not eat lunch , like many days, my breakfast was @ 11:00.
D-- atkins bagal pizza! pretty good.
During the day, I ate 3 atkins peanut butter cups I also had a piece of cheesecake after dinner.
I drank 3 cups of coffe and GET THIS
I drank 9 24 oz of water. This was not intenional I must have just been really thirsty!
I did manage to get to the gym. I had to call my neighbor to watch the kids, thats how determined I was to get there. I will do my 2 mile WATP tape in about 10 minutes.

Tomorrow, i am planning on getting a subway low carb wrap! Been looking forward to that all week.
Till then,
renee

 

[DoeWDW]

Renee, you're doing a good job! Your water consumption is amazing and you are definitely getting enough exercise!

You are quite a snacker, and I notice that's when you seem to have trouble staying on plan. Do you like celery with peanut butter or string cheese or sunflower seeds or even peanuts? You should have some low-carb snacks around that are good for you instead of cheese nips or even Atkins PB cups.

Are you getting enough veggies? I really struggle with eating my veggies - don't really like them - but on low-carb, we need them.. Most of your carbs should be coming from veggies. I need to work on this one myself!

Keep it up, Renee, and that scale will be showing lower numbers soon!!

 

[ZerasPride]

Hi Renee,

It's me. Just catching up with you and your journal this evening. I don't blame you for eating your granny's cooking. You can't insult her. It's sounds like you handled the situation well. You are so determined when it comes to your water consumption and working out. Keep it up and you will reach your goal in no time!

 

[wiskband]

Thanks zera......Yea granny is going to be 90 this year and I really don't want to upset her!
Anyway. today was a weird one eatingwise.

Although, I know skipping breakfast is bad.....( which I never do) I actually forgot to eat. I was talking with afriend and we made a plan and I was out the door.
I got back about 4 oclock and my stomach hurt so bad and then it hit me, I DIDNT EAT!
Immediately, I ate a mozz cheese stick and some pork rinds and then made dinner.
D-- creamed spinach and spinach quiche and a diet snapple. I also had a piece of cheesecake.
--American idol snack........(LOL) salami and cheese and the half of my diet snapple.
---about 10 I had a fat free jello.
--Made it to the gym and drank 4/5 24 oz of water.
The only thing I am lacking is my WATP tapes, and I simply have no good reason for this but I will defintily do one tomorrow.
Till then
renee

 

[wiskband]

Ok............so I got a great idea today...I will post my day and then get to my new idea~
--b-- one egg scrambled bacon and atkins bread w/diet snapple.

while out shoppingwith a friend, I ate about 2 bites of a really good chocolate cookie! ARG!

--L-- not really lunch ( about 3 ) I ate a half of a pizza that I bought at sams club. Was a low carb pizza 11 carbs 9 net but upset when I found out that was for half of the personal size pizza!!!!!!! After half though, I was full. It was after I put it down that I read the label and noticed that.

--D-- Finally got my subway low carb wrap. I ate half of it and at about (7) ate the other half. Had a piece of my low carb cheese cake.

--S-- sugar free jello ( a few pork rinds through out the day)

Still working on my water as we speak and did not do my tape nor did I go to the gym (no sitter).

Now my idea!!!!!!!

I have been at this plateau for a while and began brainstorming as to how it is I manage to get all the other things in my crazy life done. It turns out I am a "list" person. A shopping list, a to do list etc, etc.
So I think I will begin planning my eating/exercising ahead of time!

This journal is a good idea... I know this because everyone suggest writing one and keeping log of what we eat but what about the oppisite!!!
sort of a pre planned suggestive plan ahead journal.
I really do love to plan things, I mean I plan vacations a year ahead of time and all through out that year. As I do with my daily life. Mom of three very active kids, I have to in order to keep things running smooth. So at the bottom of my journal page, I will start to do this for the next day.

What a great time to start this because tomorrow, I am going out with my friends to eat and I am very worried about this event. We are all old friends and all love to eat......None of them have weight issues though. We area ll waitress's and I happened to have worked at this particular restaurant so, I know the menu.
Ok so normally I would eat pasta at this place. My old boss is a great cook! But tomorrow I will NOT!
Instead, I will have some sort of seafood as an apt. and a steak for dinner with extra veggies. I do want to splurg a little so I may had a littel potaoe to my meal. I dont drink so not worried about the drinking factor.

Morning EX--WATP 2 mile
--B--one egg bacon atkins bread 1/2 snapple
--L-- creamed spinach (peanut butter cup) 1/2 snapple
--D-- steak, possibly seafood apt. diet soda
No dessert when I get home I have my low carb ice cream.
Evening EX--WATP 2 mile.
dont think I can get to the gym cause schedule is tight. but I will try to.
All my water.
till tomorrow
renee

 

[wiskband]

Wow what can I say...I totally screwed up this weekend.......
Friday during the day I did as I said I would do.
--B--one egg scrambled bacon cheese atkins bread 1/2 diet snapple.
--L--nothing
Now for dinner, neing that I was goingout that night, I thought it would be a good idea to eat before I went out.
So I made sausage and peppers.
I had some of that on atkins bread and then went out about 8 oclock.
I went out with 3 good friends of mine and what a disaster food wise and friend wise.
I nver ever ever drink. no less wine. Somthing came over me and I have only had wine once before in my life. Well I had one glass of Zinfindel and felt a little buzz and that turned into about 6 glasses!So at that point, my diet went right out the window.
I ate shrimp cocktail for an apt., a salad with blu cheese, and as an entree which I didnt fisinsh, I had cx with sausage,potaoes, redpeppers. but no dessert.
We then went to a bar and I drank nothing but water.
And then my friends began to start fighting ( not literally) with one another. IT was a nightmare.
Anyway the next day was worse.
Saturday
no breakfast
lunch I had two slices of pizza
dinner I had checkers Burger and fries and a diet coke.But in between all that I had oreos onion ring (chips) a hershey bar and a donut!
what a mess.
Today I got back on track
--B--one egg scramled with bacon and cheese half a diet snapple.
--L-- No lunch
--D-- left overs from friday. cx sausgae (with out th potatoes) and a slice of cheese cake ( made with splenda).
I have not drank water for 2 two days but I am about to head downstairs and get four 24 oz bottles. No gym or tapes.
Gonna come back later and plan out my eating and exercise for the next week..........got to go take care of kids I will write agai later.
renee

 

[marsh0013]

hey renee, so you had a not so great beginning ot the weekend, but you did a great job getting back on track! leave those days behind, because they're over and done with. moving forward is the best remedy, and since you're already doing that, i guess you don't need me to tell you that

 

[wiskband]

Well I did come back and posted as I promised myself and when I was all done writing, my comp froze!!! argggggg.
anyway thanks marsh.....for feedback,,,, my weAkends are just tough with no schedule and everyone home its crazy!
anyway thankfully I copy and paste my proposed menu for the week, so that didnt get lost last night. here goes and so far so good. And I have already done my first 2 mile of the day.

I figure I am gonna try this method of planning even if it kills me to do it just this one week and I ll see how it goes. Also, although I am a fan of the weighing in everyday (its incentive for me) I am not gonna weigh myself till friday ( i have tom ) and that throws me off big time.
till tonight.
Monday
(B) one egg scrambled bacon cheese on atkins bread. CL lemonade
(L) Creamed spinach and some sort of cheese snack.
(D) Portabella mushroom stuffed with sausage etc.
(snacks through out the day) Atkins peanut butter cup, low carb ice cream and my usually coffee.
CURVES AND 2 (2) mile WATP tape! at least 4 24 oz of water.

Tuesday
(B) one egg scrambled bacon cheese on atkins bread. CL lemonade
(L) Veggies and dip.
(D) Big salad with CX
(snacks through out the day) Atkins peanut butter cups, my usual coffee, sugar free jello, a cheese snack and at least (4) 24 oz of water.
CURVES AND 2 (2) mile WATP tape!

Wednesday
(B) one egg scramled bacon and cheese on atkins bread CL lemonade
(L) Tuna rolled in lettuce.
(D) Steak and veggies.
(snacks through out the day) Atkins peanut butter cups, my usual coffee, low carb ice cream, cheese snack, at least (4) 24 oz of water.
CURVES and 2 (2) mile WATP tape!

Thursday
(B) one egg scrambled bacon and cheese on atkins bread. CL lemonade
(L) Portabella stuffd mushroom
(D) salad with CX
(snacks through out the day) sugar free jello,usual coffee, at least (4) 24 oz of water and cheese snack.

Friday
(B) one egg scrambled bacon cheese Atkins bread and CL lemonade.
(L) Subway low carb wrap.
(D) Unknown will be on the road!!!!!ARGGGG! but at least one 2 mile WATP tape and my water.
Hope this works!
renee
till tonight

 

[ZerasPride]

Hi Renee,

I'm stopping by to see how you are doing. I think you are so smart to try to plan your meals for the week. I know that helps me out a lot. Don't worry about eating off plan, it's behind you now and you seem more in control so I know you will just dust yourself off and keep on going. I got caught up in weighing myself everyday for a while and it was driving me crazy to see the scale go up and down so you are probably right to limit how much you weigh yourself. I keep saying "the scale is not the boss of me!" If we keep saying it, maybe it will come true . Have a good evening and take care of yourself!

 

[wiskband]

Thanks Zera ( are you going to marathon zera?)
Well.......I did ot get to my second 2 mile tape last night, I fell asleep early but I did do it this morning.......Got up abuot 5 oclock so I made up for it. Now Ill do my afternoon and evening tape today and Ill be all caught up.
Anyway I did good yesterday......
(B) one eg scrambled bacon and cheese on atkins and Cl lemonade.
(L) no lunch but I did snack though the afternoon. Had a few pork rinds and some pepperoni.
(D) I finally made stuffed mushrooms. they were good!
(S) low carb ice cream and my peanut butter cups after every meal!
I also made it to the gym as hard as that was. I had to find a sitter but I got there!
Drank all my water and then some.
Will write again this evening.
renee

 

[marsh0013]

hey renee, that's a great idea to plan out your whole week like that! i get excited when i have the chance to plan out one day at a time! i'm so proud of you for making it to the gym as well! keep it up

 

[wiskband]

So I stared out good then went downhill........
I ate exactly what I was suppose to but then went to the gym and weighed myself even though I promised I wouldn't and could believe I was back to 171, I was 167 last tuesday!
Anyway, I got very upset and came home and ate about 8 cookies! did all my exercise but screwed up this evening.
Anyway very tired and upset so till tomorrow.
renee

 

[marsh0013]

aw renee, i'm sorry you stepped on teh scale and saw a gain . is that your normal weigh in time? you probably already know this, but our weights fluctuate throughout the day. to get a "true" reading, try weighing in the morning. your body just may not have processed the food you had eaten during the day yet.

i hope you are feeling better this morning. it's a new day, so look forward to getting back on plan, and don't worry about yesterday

 

[DoeWDW]

Renee, that scale is RIDICULOUS!! It doesn't tell the whole story! Are you feeling lighter? Are your clothes looser?

I hope you're feeling better today. Planning out your meals and exercise are great. I'll have to try that too! When I don't have a plan in place, it's so much easier to just give in and eat whatever is handy (usually junky carbs!!).

Hang in there, Renee and the scale WILL cooperate!!

 

[wiskband]

Im back....today was better.......
I ate what I should have except I ate about 6 bites of pancakes (with low carb syrup).
I did not eat lunch
kids had a snow day so my routine was off. I had one cup of coffee and then broke my coffee pot!
For dinner I ate chicken and peppers with about two dime size pieces of potatoes!!! I also had 1/4 of an avacado.
for a snack I had pepperoni and cheese. and this evening I had a cup of low carb ice cream.
A very stressful day though, as I mentionde the kids were home and my little guy 20 months now climbs out of his crib so we had sleeping issues with him!
I got to curves ( yes even with this weather) and drank only 1/2 the amunt of water....about 100 oz. I found that perhaps I am drinking too much.
I did not to my WATP but plan to as soon as I am done writing.
till tomorrow
renee