I am so happy that you are doing well. It looks like you have really turned a corner with this mission that we are on and I am proud of you. I hope that you have a great time at your friends tonight and even if you eat a bit more than you would like that is find for a social get together. Just go light tommorrow. I was thinking about our talk today and how I have been stuck at this weight and I think that tommorrow I am going to take the time to do the meal plan that I never did for a while now and really look at what I am eating and planning on eating. I want to see if that helps. Like you said it is important to bump up the exercise and I need to do that too. I am not getting in what I should get in. There is tommorrow.
This is what I had today
B egg in a nest and an extra slice of toast
S yogurt and a few almonds
L smart one
S almonds and strawberries
D wendy's grilled chicken sandwich w only ketchup, half a baked potato plain, and a side salad (garden) w fat free dressing, two bits of Johns chicken parm that he made
S pretzals
As you can see I am eating alot more than you are....I hope that tommorrow I am not in trouble for it. I am also hoping that the BC pill I just started is not slowing my weight loss. That would suck. Maybe that is an excuse....lol.
Today I went to visit my gram. It was nice to be out, Gab gas been better in the car! I am so happy! I am going to try to go to church alone in the morning because of the cold weather. Also Darren is going to Chucky cheese with my gramma's nephew my second cousin? He is taking his daughter and. That will be nice. I wish we had an indoor track nearby like I had at college.
My sister is going to come back so skinny!!! I am jealous! She HAS to walk everywhere and is gonna be a string bean. I love her though and she deserves it! Besides she is already 20 pounds lighter. Argg but we have the SAME body. So I look at her and I am like I can be there in 20 pounds yipee. lol.
Thanks guys!
C
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Fantabulous Day
Okay, so far has been a fantabulous day!
B-2 pancakes with butter and honey (very little amounts) and an orange
S-none
L-Curried Sweet Potato and Cauliflower soup
S-Hummus and Broccoli with 100 calorie ff chocolate pudding
D-Lasagna and Salad
All in all I don't think I have done so bad today. Tonight is going to be tricky because we are going to a friends house and we brought the goodies. But I bet you I will be able to hero it.
Crystal, I hope that your day is going better. I too stepped on the scale this afternoon and it has stayed at 223.5. I am thinking I am going to have to step up the exercising. I was also thinking that I may not be putting enough calories in my body so it is starving. I am going to tinker with adding a little bit to my snacks and see if that doens't help. I am also going to step up the exercising.
I didn't walk today, but I am planning on working out tomrrow morning.
Check in later.
Jenn
B-2 pancakes with butter and honey (very little amounts) and an orange
S-none
L-Curried Sweet Potato and Cauliflower soup
S-Hummus and Broccoli with 100 calorie ff chocolate pudding
D-Lasagna and Salad
All in all I don't think I have done so bad today. Tonight is going to be tricky because we are going to a friends house and we brought the goodies. But I bet you I will be able to hero it.
Crystal, I hope that your day is going better. I too stepped on the scale this afternoon and it has stayed at 223.5. I am thinking I am going to have to step up the exercising. I was also thinking that I may not be putting enough calories in my body so it is starving. I am going to tinker with adding a little bit to my snacks and see if that doens't help. I am also going to step up the exercising.
I didn't walk today, but I am planning on working out tomrrow morning.
Check in later.
Jenn
Friday, January 30, 2009
losing my mind
Sorry to put this here where all can see it but I dont really care because I am losing my mind. I feel like I am always alone and i just want to be around people that care about me that are adults and can carry adult conversations with me. I wish that I could go for a walk with someone like you guys are able to and that I had a damn life of my own. Why so bad today? I dont know. It is Darren's b day and I have nothing planned and that is making me sad and I am just blah. Blah blah. I ate good this morning but like we all know my down fall is at night. So we will see what happens the rest of the day. John is of course off on his day and I will be alone for the whole day I am sure oh and he broke up with me this morning. There is that too. SIck sick sick of it.
ANd it is here because this is the S*** that made me fat in the first place. But this time I really do not want to eat to heal. I want to find something esle to get me by. That will not hurt me. THe problem is what the hell is that.
Sorry.
B two low fat pancakes and two low fat sausage
ANd it is here because this is the S*** that made me fat in the first place. But this time I really do not want to eat to heal. I want to find something esle to get me by. That will not hurt me. THe problem is what the hell is that.
Sorry.
B two low fat pancakes and two low fat sausage
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Oh AND
I am so proud of you for going for a walk today and eating so well. You are turning a corner and you are inspiring me to continue!!! I am glad we are in this together. Keep it up and continue with the good attitude!!!
C
Oh and 260 calories for the pretzals
C
Oh and 260 calories for the pretzals
Salty pretzals yummy
Oh I just wanted to confess that I did in fact hae two servings of pretzals tonight as a snack. It's something I was thinking about all day and I picked them up at stop and shop. Just felt the need to tell you .....
C
C
Up in the tunnels
Hey girlie... As you know I was up in the tunnels at micky d's today and it was silly. I did not do my work out today but it is okay. i did get out a bit but not enough oh well. There is always tommorrow. I hope that you guys really liked your walk today. I hope that it was not to cold!
I am going to take a ride to stop and shop in a few minutes because I need to pick up a few things. Not that this is important but I am thinking about it so I said it. I should pick up some veggies because I am out. I am gonna get myself some pretzals and graham crackers too. I meant to get them at walmart but I never leave with what I meant to get from there! Never! Always a bunch of stuff I do not need. Whatever.
I am going to take Darren to the store tommorrow to get what ever he decides to get for his birthday. OMG it is my brothers b day and I did not call him. I have to go call him.
Okay back to bussiness.
B egg white and pepper omelet
S nope
L smart one
S nope
D 6 inch sub
D the other six inches I tried!
That is it so far so we will see about the rest of the day! I will talk to you tommorrow. I hope you have a good night tonight.
C
I am going to take a ride to stop and shop in a few minutes because I need to pick up a few things. Not that this is important but I am thinking about it so I said it. I should pick up some veggies because I am out. I am gonna get myself some pretzals and graham crackers too. I meant to get them at walmart but I never leave with what I meant to get from there! Never! Always a bunch of stuff I do not need. Whatever.
I am going to take Darren to the store tommorrow to get what ever he decides to get for his birthday. OMG it is my brothers b day and I did not call him. I have to go call him.
Okay back to bussiness.
B egg white and pepper omelet
S nope
L smart one
S nope
D 6 inch sub
D the other six inches I tried!
That is it so far so we will see about the rest of the day! I will talk to you tommorrow. I hope you have a good night tonight.
C
I WILL have a better day
Crystal,
Thank you for all the kind words, and right back atcha babe! Yesterday was all my fault. I got up really really late for work and didn't grab food. Right now I still have a house full of food. I just walked out the door because I had to get to work and was already like 10 minutes late.
Today will be better because I brought my food with me!
B-yogurt (170 calories) and 3 cream cheese crackers (100 calories)
S-String cheese
L-Broccoli Beef stirfry
S-Hummus and cauliflower
D-Pita Pizza
See..much better today! And if the weather is nice after I get off I am going to go down to the river and walk for 30 minutes before I go home. We will just eat a little later than normal.
I am off tomorrow and I am going to walk again tomorrow as well, maybe I can take the baby with me in the stroller and he will like that. Hopefully it doesn't decide to turn real cold.
Crystal, I am so proud of you doing your workout 2 days in a row...that is fantastic...WAY TO GO!!!!!
Keep it up!
Jenn
Thank you for all the kind words, and right back atcha babe! Yesterday was all my fault. I got up really really late for work and didn't grab food. Right now I still have a house full of food. I just walked out the door because I had to get to work and was already like 10 minutes late.
Today will be better because I brought my food with me!
B-yogurt (170 calories) and 3 cream cheese crackers (100 calories)
S-String cheese
L-Broccoli Beef stirfry
S-Hummus and cauliflower
D-Pita Pizza
See..much better today! And if the weather is nice after I get off I am going to go down to the river and walk for 30 minutes before I go home. We will just eat a little later than normal.
I am off tomorrow and I am going to walk again tomorrow as well, maybe I can take the baby with me in the stroller and he will like that. Hopefully it doesn't decide to turn real cold.
Crystal, I am so proud of you doing your workout 2 days in a row...that is fantastic...WAY TO GO!!!!!
Keep it up!
Jenn
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
My day was okay
Jenn, sorry to hear that you had a rough day. I cheated a little myself in te evning but nothing to bad to throw the whole day out. I know that it sucks with you having to go to work and all and the problem of not having alot of food in the house. I am sorry that you are struggling and feeling bad often about your dieting and your stressors. I wish that there was something that I could do to make it better for the both of us. I can tell you that if I had money I would for sure give you a million and then you would not have to worry about that! Ahhhh what a nice thought. No money trouble. I am not sure if either one of us will ever know what that is like. Oh well.
Today I did get up and do my work out video and that made me feel happy. I did it two days in a row. I still get mad though that my little gab crys the whole time that I am doing it and this makes it so much harder for me to work out. I wish that her DAD would take her for an extra hour a few times a week and that I could go to the gym like a normal dieting human being but NO!!! Whatever.
I ate this
B two low fat pancakes and two sausages
S a banana and a string cheese
L this chicken that we have in the freezer like nuggets but with coating and peas
S a few cheerios like 50 maybe...
D a piece of bakes chicken a little mashed potatos and peas
S yougurt and almonds
S strawberries and a cheese stick
So as you can see I ate a bit more than I had planned to but oh well. I think that it will be okay because I lot of the things that I had were not all that bad for me. So there is that oh and I did my work out!
I am watching junk on tv and I am going to go to bed very soon.
I had alot of water too. Four or maybe five bottles of it I think.
Okay girlie I gotta go!
Love ya!
Today I did get up and do my work out video and that made me feel happy. I did it two days in a row. I still get mad though that my little gab crys the whole time that I am doing it and this makes it so much harder for me to work out. I wish that her DAD would take her for an extra hour a few times a week and that I could go to the gym like a normal dieting human being but NO!!! Whatever.
I ate this
B two low fat pancakes and two sausages
S a banana and a string cheese
L this chicken that we have in the freezer like nuggets but with coating and peas
S a few cheerios like 50 maybe...
D a piece of bakes chicken a little mashed potatos and peas
S yougurt and almonds
S strawberries and a cheese stick
So as you can see I ate a bit more than I had planned to but oh well. I think that it will be okay because I lot of the things that I had were not all that bad for me. So there is that oh and I did my work out!
I am watching junk on tv and I am going to go to bed very soon.
I had alot of water too. Four or maybe five bottles of it I think.
Okay girlie I gotta go!
Love ya!
Horrible Day
Okay, so I am completely exhausted I am actually falling asleep at work. I have to keep moving around so I don't pass out. Then to top it off I left the house today with NOTHING to eat. So this is what I have eaten so far today:
B-Breakfast Burrito with Sausage and Egg from a local burrito house
S-6 pack of choclate donuts (320 Calories ALONE!) Didn't know that
And so I don't know what I am doing for lunch yet. I should probably starve for the rest of the day! I am looking forward to going home and cooking a good healthy meal.
Crystal, I hope your day is going better than mine, I only had $3 on me today, so I did what I could!
Check in later.
Very very disappointed today :(
Jenn
Okay...it's later!
My day didn't end on too bad of a note.
L-6in Tuna sub from subway on wheat bread. Veggies were tomatos, lettuce, black olives, cucumbers.
D-Beef Broccoli stir fry
I am looking forward to tomorrow.
I get to have the left over beef broccoli for lunch and hummus with cauliflower for snack. I was really looking forward to breakfast which was supposed to be 1/2 a bagel with 1 egg, but my bagels were like rocks. So, I will have to improvise, just not sure how yet.
I didn't have that much of water intake today, so I will have to work on that tomorrow.
Alright, goodnight!
Jenn
B-Breakfast Burrito with Sausage and Egg from a local burrito house
S-6 pack of choclate donuts (320 Calories ALONE!) Didn't know that
And so I don't know what I am doing for lunch yet. I should probably starve for the rest of the day! I am looking forward to going home and cooking a good healthy meal.
Crystal, I hope your day is going better than mine, I only had $3 on me today, so I did what I could!
Check in later.
Very very disappointed today :(
Jenn
Okay...it's later!
My day didn't end on too bad of a note.
L-6in Tuna sub from subway on wheat bread. Veggies were tomatos, lettuce, black olives, cucumbers.
D-Beef Broccoli stir fry
I am looking forward to tomorrow.
I get to have the left over beef broccoli for lunch and hummus with cauliflower for snack. I was really looking forward to breakfast which was supposed to be 1/2 a bagel with 1 egg, but my bagels were like rocks. So, I will have to improvise, just not sure how yet.
I didn't have that much of water intake today, so I will have to work on that tomorrow.
Alright, goodnight!
Jenn
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Okay....
Crissie,
It's ok about the sandwich, but I must say I had hopes...LOL. Maybe one day you will feel comfortable with eating less at dinner.
I am going to be doing a meal plan, I have it pasted on my fridge but I just haven't put it on the blog yet. The good thing is that I have pretty much been following my diet.
Today this is what I ate:
B-cereal with 1 cup of cherries
S-none
L-Salad with yogurt dill dressing
S-1 cup of cherries and 1/2 cup of grapes
D-6 in black forrest sub on italian cheese bread with pepper jack cheese, tomato, lettuce, black olives and banana peppers.
I'm still working on a liter of water, but I am sure I will finish it tonight.
I will work on the blog throughout the weekend. I am probably going to employ Jeff's help on it, just because he is such a good writer.
Crystal, I don't know what I am going to do about getting my butt exercising. I just can't get motivated. I know I have to and I want to...but the want is not directing the motivation. I think that I hate feeling the way I do when I start breathing hard and my heart starts pumping. I just hate it. I really liked going to Curves, but I just don't think that is in the budget for me. There you go Jeff, for Valentines day get you disgusting wife a membership to Curves!
I thought that by me going to this shift I would be able to get some workout time in but that is not happening. I have to work early tomorrow so I will be home by 5. We'll see maybe the weather will clear up and I can go walking.
I've had a crappy day at work so far and I still have 4 hours to go. I sent EMS on a call and it was the wrong address, I didn't realize that it was out in the county. DUH! Well lesson learned I guess.
I got on the scale this afernoon and it is still showing 222.5, which is up 1/2 a pound. I am still frustrated with this whole thing, I really want to see results. On the sparkpeople site one person advised to put away the scale for 90 days, because if not in can cause us to stress more. I think I am going to do that...get rid of it for at least 30 days and see if I that helps.
Alright, I am off to work...nothing going on right now, but that will change once the other shift comes on.
Jenn
It's ok about the sandwich, but I must say I had hopes...LOL. Maybe one day you will feel comfortable with eating less at dinner.
I am going to be doing a meal plan, I have it pasted on my fridge but I just haven't put it on the blog yet. The good thing is that I have pretty much been following my diet.
Today this is what I ate:
B-cereal with 1 cup of cherries
S-none
L-Salad with yogurt dill dressing
S-1 cup of cherries and 1/2 cup of grapes
D-6 in black forrest sub on italian cheese bread with pepper jack cheese, tomato, lettuce, black olives and banana peppers.
I'm still working on a liter of water, but I am sure I will finish it tonight.
I will work on the blog throughout the weekend. I am probably going to employ Jeff's help on it, just because he is such a good writer.
Crystal, I don't know what I am going to do about getting my butt exercising. I just can't get motivated. I know I have to and I want to...but the want is not directing the motivation. I think that I hate feeling the way I do when I start breathing hard and my heart starts pumping. I just hate it. I really liked going to Curves, but I just don't think that is in the budget for me. There you go Jeff, for Valentines day get you disgusting wife a membership to Curves!
I thought that by me going to this shift I would be able to get some workout time in but that is not happening. I have to work early tomorrow so I will be home by 5. We'll see maybe the weather will clear up and I can go walking.
I've had a crappy day at work so far and I still have 4 hours to go. I sent EMS on a call and it was the wrong address, I didn't realize that it was out in the county. DUH! Well lesson learned I guess.
I got on the scale this afernoon and it is still showing 222.5, which is up 1/2 a pound. I am still frustrated with this whole thing, I really want to see results. On the sparkpeople site one person advised to put away the scale for 90 days, because if not in can cause us to stress more. I think I am going to do that...get rid of it for at least 30 days and see if I that helps.
Alright, I am off to work...nothing going on right now, but that will change once the other shift comes on.
Jenn
Today
So the weigh in for today was 176.2 still. Which is good because what I felt bad about yesterday with the two sevrings of dinner did not mess things up. I still wish that it was going down but oh well!
Jenn, I think that it would be a good idea to change the blog to fit what this has grown into. Of course it is for us to track our weight and diet but you are right that we are working on other things here! I think that that was a great idea and I look forward to seeing how you change things around.
I think that I did okay with my food today and I did a twenty minute workout that was very hard and I had a great session with a kid today and I was pulling him around the house on a blanket for at least another 20 minutes and I know that my heart rate was up when I did that too! So that makes me feel a little better because Jenn I let you down with the sandwich.....
B a half bagel with light cream cheese and a few strawberries
S almonds and a cheese stick
L fat free grilled cheese and tomatos with hummus
S yogurt and almonds
D the whole sub, roasted chicken no cheese and a salad all veggies with fat free dressing
S strawberries and some fat free whipped topping
I have no idea what that means for calories but I know that my dinner was about 850 alone so Boo hoo!
Whatever!
I hope that all is going well for you at work and that you had enough to eat tonight. I think if there is a refrige at work that you should put some goodies in there. Are you doing a meal plan for this week? I did not do mine yet but I want you to know that if you do one I will to so if it helped you then go for and I will follow suit.
Okay girl that is all that I can say this evening. I am watching alot of tv tonight.....
Chill'n in my crib......gab is not in hers.....lol Love ya
Jenn, I think that it would be a good idea to change the blog to fit what this has grown into. Of course it is for us to track our weight and diet but you are right that we are working on other things here! I think that that was a great idea and I look forward to seeing how you change things around.
I think that I did okay with my food today and I did a twenty minute workout that was very hard and I had a great session with a kid today and I was pulling him around the house on a blanket for at least another 20 minutes and I know that my heart rate was up when I did that too! So that makes me feel a little better because Jenn I let you down with the sandwich.....
B a half bagel with light cream cheese and a few strawberries
S almonds and a cheese stick
L fat free grilled cheese and tomatos with hummus
S yogurt and almonds
D the whole sub, roasted chicken no cheese and a salad all veggies with fat free dressing
S strawberries and some fat free whipped topping
I have no idea what that means for calories but I know that my dinner was about 850 alone so Boo hoo!
Whatever!
I hope that all is going well for you at work and that you had enough to eat tonight. I think if there is a refrige at work that you should put some goodies in there. Are you doing a meal plan for this week? I did not do mine yet but I want you to know that if you do one I will to so if it helped you then go for and I will follow suit.
Okay girl that is all that I can say this evening. I am watching alot of tv tonight.....
Chill'n in my crib......gab is not in hers.....lol Love ya
Monday, January 26, 2009
UGH!!!!!
Crissie,
I am proud of you for only eating a yogurt tonight before bed, and I am sorry that you ate too much for dinner.
Me on the other hand, this is what I ate today:
B-none
S-1/2 bagel with light cream cheese
L-Subway flatbred sandwich with roasted chicken, a slice of provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato, black olives, and banana peppers.
S-A yogurt and a 100 Calorie FF Chocolate pudding
S-about 3oz of Chili Cheese Fritos (almost a whole bag) :(
Okay, so sitting at work with no dinner is hard...but still no excuses right. I have had a hard day today with a lot of 911's and when my adrenaline got pumping on this last one I really got hungry bad and the chips were the only thing around. I am going to start over packing snacks for me so that way I always have something at my disposal, and if I don't eat it then I can take it back home or leave it here for the next day.
So all in all I didn't all that bad minus my last snack. It also doesn't help that I didn't eat any dinner. On a more positive note I have drinken a liter of water and am hoping to drink more. So I have hit my goal for 2 days in a row now on the consumption of water.
Crissie, I hear you about the stress with Gab, and I wish it were not so hard for you. I am having stress right now because my babysitter told me that Caleb vomited this afternoon, didn't spit up but vomited. So now my mind is running as to why he is doing that. I am praying like a mad woman that it is because some post-nasal drip hit his gag reflex and made him vomit.
Crystal I was thinking about changing the dialogue under the word journey to include faith, mental and physical health, because I think that the journey of becoming healthy is so much more than just our weight...tell me what you think.
Peace,
Jenn
I am proud of you for only eating a yogurt tonight before bed, and I am sorry that you ate too much for dinner.
Me on the other hand, this is what I ate today:
B-none
S-1/2 bagel with light cream cheese
L-Subway flatbred sandwich with roasted chicken, a slice of provolone cheese, lettuce, tomato, black olives, and banana peppers.
S-A yogurt and a 100 Calorie FF Chocolate pudding
S-about 3oz of Chili Cheese Fritos (almost a whole bag) :(
Okay, so sitting at work with no dinner is hard...but still no excuses right. I have had a hard day today with a lot of 911's and when my adrenaline got pumping on this last one I really got hungry bad and the chips were the only thing around. I am going to start over packing snacks for me so that way I always have something at my disposal, and if I don't eat it then I can take it back home or leave it here for the next day.
So all in all I didn't all that bad minus my last snack. It also doesn't help that I didn't eat any dinner. On a more positive note I have drinken a liter of water and am hoping to drink more. So I have hit my goal for 2 days in a row now on the consumption of water.
Crissie, I hear you about the stress with Gab, and I wish it were not so hard for you. I am having stress right now because my babysitter told me that Caleb vomited this afternoon, didn't spit up but vomited. So now my mind is running as to why he is doing that. I am praying like a mad woman that it is because some post-nasal drip hit his gag reflex and made him vomit.
Crystal I was thinking about changing the dialogue under the word journey to include faith, mental and physical health, because I think that the journey of becoming healthy is so much more than just our weight...tell me what you think.
Peace,
Jenn
Confessing
Yah I ate a yogurt with about 20 almonds at about 10. just FYI and did not do situps There is always tommorrow!
Okay the stress is getting to me
Yup the stress of my Gab has me pulling my hair out and had me do something that I did not want to do which was eat my dinner in two parts and I think that I ate a bit more than I wanted to.
B two low fat pancakes and two sausages
S almonds
L two english muffin sandwichs and a few strawberries (turkey sandwichs no cheese)
S hummus and veggies and a few almonds
D a small piece of lasana
D a larger piece of lasana
Okay the problem is that I had to take the kids to the dr when gab was having dinner she was screaming and being fresh and I was really worried about getting her in the car and to the dr in the dark and cold and with her screaming so I feel like with the two portions that it was a bit more than I wanted to eat. But whatever I think that I did okay for the most part. As far as exercise I did not get a ton and I have not done sit ups in two days so I really need to at least do that tonight. I am planning on cutting out the second snack that I sometimes have for tonight so that I can make up some of those calories.
I am also thinking about getting better at not snacking at night. The things that I have been eating at night are not bad for me at all but I have to tell you I am doing this out of mostly habbit I think. But when I wake up in the morning I am hungry and I think that this is a good sign that I am not going to bed stuffed like I used to do.
Jenn, I hope that your night is going well at work and that you have been doing good at your eating! Remember what I am telling you about the soda! I think that it might help jump start things for you although I know that you are not a soda drinker as a rule.
OH and Gab had nothing wrong with her at the Dr but she has really strong seperation anxiety and the dr tells me that it is not my fault and that this is normal and is a sign that she is functioning really well. This makes me feel good though. I am glad to hear that at this age is the age that this stuff happens. I laughed with the Dr at the fact that I am so worried about her where I can figure out other peoples kids but not my own. Goodness girlie. STRESS!!!
I cannot wait until it gets nice out and we can go for walks. I am telling you she better like it because I am going to walk with her for an hour everyday after I get out of work. I cannot wait! I have to make the best of the time that I have left to work full time. It is not going to be all that much longer I am sure and it will be alot harder for me in March when I have to start paying my loans off. I know you both know how bad that sucks!!! Okay!
I am afraid that I will weigh more tommorrow So cross your fingers for me and I will let you know tommorrow night till then I am out! lol
Crystal
B two low fat pancakes and two sausages
S almonds
L two english muffin sandwichs and a few strawberries (turkey sandwichs no cheese)
S hummus and veggies and a few almonds
D a small piece of lasana
D a larger piece of lasana
Okay the problem is that I had to take the kids to the dr when gab was having dinner she was screaming and being fresh and I was really worried about getting her in the car and to the dr in the dark and cold and with her screaming so I feel like with the two portions that it was a bit more than I wanted to eat. But whatever I think that I did okay for the most part. As far as exercise I did not get a ton and I have not done sit ups in two days so I really need to at least do that tonight. I am planning on cutting out the second snack that I sometimes have for tonight so that I can make up some of those calories.
I am also thinking about getting better at not snacking at night. The things that I have been eating at night are not bad for me at all but I have to tell you I am doing this out of mostly habbit I think. But when I wake up in the morning I am hungry and I think that this is a good sign that I am not going to bed stuffed like I used to do.
Jenn, I hope that your night is going well at work and that you have been doing good at your eating! Remember what I am telling you about the soda! I think that it might help jump start things for you although I know that you are not a soda drinker as a rule.
OH and Gab had nothing wrong with her at the Dr but she has really strong seperation anxiety and the dr tells me that it is not my fault and that this is normal and is a sign that she is functioning really well. This makes me feel good though. I am glad to hear that at this age is the age that this stuff happens. I laughed with the Dr at the fact that I am so worried about her where I can figure out other peoples kids but not my own. Goodness girlie. STRESS!!!
I cannot wait until it gets nice out and we can go for walks. I am telling you she better like it because I am going to walk with her for an hour everyday after I get out of work. I cannot wait! I have to make the best of the time that I have left to work full time. It is not going to be all that much longer I am sure and it will be alot harder for me in March when I have to start paying my loans off. I know you both know how bad that sucks!!! Okay!
I am afraid that I will weigh more tommorrow So cross your fingers for me and I will let you know tommorrow night till then I am out! lol
Crystal
Sunday, January 25, 2009
and splurg I think I did....
Okay, so I am hoping on here while I am waiting for big love to come on. I am glad that I am able to finally be at home in my bed and in front of tv and computer because today was crazy! I was so busy with my sister's party and I do not have any real idea of how I did...I am going to list what I ate and then we will see. It was not in the way that I have been but it was not all that bad. We will see together.
B a bagel with lite cream cheese
L turkey sandwich on low fat bread w no cheese and mustard and peppers with a little hummus and almonds on the side, oh and raw veggies. Seems like alot but it really was not the veggies and hummus and nuts were a very small portion
S no snack
D meduim portion penne pasta w Johns sauce and one meatball, one slice of italian bread, a few small slices of ham
S a few slices of ham ]
S yogurt with almonds
A few waters and just 2/3 a cup of coffee and a half a diet coke.
Okay I think I ate alot but not all that much considering what it could have been. Because I did not have alot of bread a had no butter on the bread and I had no cake!!! Which looked so good! So I think that this was really helpful!
I was really active today and ran around like crazy doing things for the party. So I hope that this really helped with burning calories! Jenn, I am not sure if I will be at 175 but we shall see! Thanks for the kind words.
Jenn, I know that you are struggling right now and that the scale is not showing you what you want to see. But you have lost alot of weight already and maybe your body does just need to get a jump start with the exercise. I know that it is really hard to get motivated and you know what I have the same problem! You need to keep in mind that I am still nursing gab and so there for I have the calories for that being burned and I do not have to do anything to have that happen! So that is a benefit that I have right now and part of why I think that this working for me.
I would love to go down stairs and eat five more of Johns meatball just so you know! Love LOVe LOVE it! UMMMM
I hope that work is going well! I know that you are left with nothing good to eat but I hope that you will be okay.
I too need to find a way to exercise and get going.
I challenge you to cut down on the things that you drink that are not water. So less Juice and soda. I think that if you try that for a week and it helps then just that little change would make you feel really good. Just enough to get you excited! Try it!
Okay I am watching this junk on Tv and then I am hitting the hay!
NIGHT!
B a bagel with lite cream cheese
L turkey sandwich on low fat bread w no cheese and mustard and peppers with a little hummus and almonds on the side, oh and raw veggies. Seems like alot but it really was not the veggies and hummus and nuts were a very small portion
S no snack
D meduim portion penne pasta w Johns sauce and one meatball, one slice of italian bread, a few small slices of ham
S a few slices of ham ]
S yogurt with almonds
A few waters and just 2/3 a cup of coffee and a half a diet coke.
Okay I think I ate alot but not all that much considering what it could have been. Because I did not have alot of bread a had no butter on the bread and I had no cake!!! Which looked so good! So I think that this was really helpful!
I was really active today and ran around like crazy doing things for the party. So I hope that this really helped with burning calories! Jenn, I am not sure if I will be at 175 but we shall see! Thanks for the kind words.
Jenn, I know that you are struggling right now and that the scale is not showing you what you want to see. But you have lost alot of weight already and maybe your body does just need to get a jump start with the exercise. I know that it is really hard to get motivated and you know what I have the same problem! You need to keep in mind that I am still nursing gab and so there for I have the calories for that being burned and I do not have to do anything to have that happen! So that is a benefit that I have right now and part of why I think that this working for me.
I would love to go down stairs and eat five more of Johns meatball just so you know! Love LOVe LOVE it! UMMMM
I hope that work is going well! I know that you are left with nothing good to eat but I hope that you will be okay.
I too need to find a way to exercise and get going.
I challenge you to cut down on the things that you drink that are not water. So less Juice and soda. I think that if you try that for a week and it helps then just that little change would make you feel really good. Just enough to get you excited! Try it!
Okay I am watching this junk on Tv and then I am hitting the hay!
NIGHT!
Struggling
Okay, so today is not going as well as I would like it to be. And why? Because I have no self control.
Here is what I have eaten so far today:
B-Garden Omelette (1 1/2 eggs, bell peppers, onions and 2oz of cheese)
S-None
L-2 small turkey patties w/ mustard and tomato slices
S-Hersheys Chocoalate Bar with Almonds
D-Deli Creations Sandwich (Ham and Swiss)
I have nothing left to eat here at work except for string cheese, yogurt, and 100 calroie FF pudding.
On a good note, I have already drinken almost 1/2 a liter of water today.
I am going to say it again I HAVE to get motivated to exercise.
The scale has told me that I have gained 1/2 a pound, but in all actuality I don't know how, I have been eating better than before and yet I am gaining. I don't know what I am doing wrong now, other than the minor infractions I have had. So as you can imagine I am struggling with this whole thing. My thoughts are why do this when I am not losing anything. But yet there is something inside of me not wanting to give up.
Crystal on a more positive note, you are doing absolutely wonderful I am so proud and happy for you. I can't wait until tomorrow to see what you weighed in at. I bet its going to be 175 on the nose. Way to go girl almost getting into a size 12. I don't know if I will ever see that size :(
I did go shopping this morning and it made me feel good walking out of the store with so much fresh food and no junk food. But it was another $223. OH BOY!
Well I guess that is all, I will check in here later...although Crissie I think you're going to be too busy to post and that is fine. Have a great time with your sister...and splurge a little!
Jenn
Here is what I have eaten so far today:
B-Garden Omelette (1 1/2 eggs, bell peppers, onions and 2oz of cheese)
S-None
L-2 small turkey patties w/ mustard and tomato slices
S-Hersheys Chocoalate Bar with Almonds
D-Deli Creations Sandwich (Ham and Swiss)
I have nothing left to eat here at work except for string cheese, yogurt, and 100 calroie FF pudding.
On a good note, I have already drinken almost 1/2 a liter of water today.
I am going to say it again I HAVE to get motivated to exercise.
The scale has told me that I have gained 1/2 a pound, but in all actuality I don't know how, I have been eating better than before and yet I am gaining. I don't know what I am doing wrong now, other than the minor infractions I have had. So as you can imagine I am struggling with this whole thing. My thoughts are why do this when I am not losing anything. But yet there is something inside of me not wanting to give up.
Crystal on a more positive note, you are doing absolutely wonderful I am so proud and happy for you. I can't wait until tomorrow to see what you weighed in at. I bet its going to be 175 on the nose. Way to go girl almost getting into a size 12. I don't know if I will ever see that size :(
I did go shopping this morning and it made me feel good walking out of the store with so much fresh food and no junk food. But it was another $223. OH BOY!
Well I guess that is all, I will check in here later...although Crissie I think you're going to be too busy to post and that is fine. Have a great time with your sister...and splurge a little!
Jenn
Saturday, January 24, 2009
Today...
I think that today went well. I was happy with my weight this morning but I am not going to post it until tuesday. I am not sure what day you are going to use as your weigh in date but I am going to use tuesday. So I will share then and maybe it will be even better. I think that snacking is keeping me full and helping me not over eat. I also think that it helps me to have lots of water almost no soda and only a half a cup of coffee a day.
I am also having a hard time finding time in my day to exercise. Today was the most that I have done in a long time and it was just running in and out of stores and trying on stuff. I tried on a skirt today at old nave for fun and it was a size 12. It fit me but it was a bit tight. I am not at a place where I can buy new clothing yet. The clothes that I have are getting lose but the size down seems to be too tight so I guess I am just here. You know I really need a belt and I hate belt shopping because it feels like they never fit me! What the heck do the people that are really heavy use??? Is there some secret belt store that I cannot find??? I have not tried on a belt in a while because I hate evn trying....I think I could find one if I tried now but I am afraid to have none fit and then I will feel bad. Blah blah blah right!!
To the two of you, Date nights are so important so I think it is great that the two of your went out together to chili. It would not have been bad at all really if you did not have soda. I think that soda is my downfall and that is why I am not drinking it. I had half of on today but it was diet. Just start up again tommorrow and you will be okay.
I am watching six feet under and the gay guys on this have a much more functional relationship than I do. On a side note. lol
Okay this is what I ate today...
B egg white omelet
S yogurt and almonds
L six inch sub from subway and no cheese and light mayo
S no snack we were on the run
D chicken cutlets, corn, two small red potatos
S veggies hummus and a few almonds, a water
I did okay. I have been eating more than I have before but smaller portions and throughout the day. I guess that I am doing what you guys said is best!
Jenn, I hope that you have a good night. I would call you now but I am going to finish watching this show and then I am going to bed. I am tried and I do not want to stay awake and then get any ideas and go down stairs and then eat something.
Good luck for tommorrow!
I am also having a hard time finding time in my day to exercise. Today was the most that I have done in a long time and it was just running in and out of stores and trying on stuff. I tried on a skirt today at old nave for fun and it was a size 12. It fit me but it was a bit tight. I am not at a place where I can buy new clothing yet. The clothes that I have are getting lose but the size down seems to be too tight so I guess I am just here. You know I really need a belt and I hate belt shopping because it feels like they never fit me! What the heck do the people that are really heavy use??? Is there some secret belt store that I cannot find??? I have not tried on a belt in a while because I hate evn trying....I think I could find one if I tried now but I am afraid to have none fit and then I will feel bad. Blah blah blah right!!
To the two of you, Date nights are so important so I think it is great that the two of your went out together to chili. It would not have been bad at all really if you did not have soda. I think that soda is my downfall and that is why I am not drinking it. I had half of on today but it was diet. Just start up again tommorrow and you will be okay.
I am watching six feet under and the gay guys on this have a much more functional relationship than I do. On a side note. lol
Okay this is what I ate today...
B egg white omelet
S yogurt and almonds
L six inch sub from subway and no cheese and light mayo
S no snack we were on the run
D chicken cutlets, corn, two small red potatos
S veggies hummus and a few almonds, a water
I did okay. I have been eating more than I have before but smaller portions and throughout the day. I guess that I am doing what you guys said is best!
Jenn, I hope that you have a good night. I would call you now but I am going to finish watching this show and then I am going to bed. I am tried and I do not want to stay awake and then get any ideas and go down stairs and then eat something.
Good luck for tommorrow!
Fell of the wagon
Okay, so today Jeff and I fell off the wagon...we went to Chilis and ate totally bad. I wanted to spend some time out of the house as a family before Jeff leaves tomorrow. I ate a chicken ranch sandwich and about 1/2 of my fries. BUT I drank like 3 or 4 huge Dr. Peppers. Oh well, I am going to start making our meal plan for next week. The first 3 days it will be just my plan because Jeff is going to be eating in Santa Fe.
I guess that's all for today.
Jenn
I guess that's all for today.
Jenn
Friday, January 23, 2009
Today...
So far I am feeling healthy still so I am really hoping that I am not going to get the germ for the child that I saw yesterday! Jenn, it seems like you are doing really well today. Good girl. I am so glad that you are benefiting from the meal plan so much! It is nice that you are able to work with it and have it help you. I am struggling with it to be honest. I find that while I am eating well it is hard for me to follow the meal plan exactlly. Also I was never able to get to the store to get all of the things that I needed. But, after sunday I will have some time to go and I will get some food and make up my meal plan to start Monday. I might make it some time tommorrow night because I am going to be really busy on Sunday. I am not sure if I told you and if I did not I am really sorry but I am just getting together a few of my family members and my sister's friends to wish her well for her trip to italy. I think that I am going to be so tired Sunday!!!
Jenn, I know that the new schedule at work is going to be hectic but I think that it will be a really good thing for your diet! You can eat at more normal times! I think that you are doing really well because if you are at 223 then you lost four pounds! Good girl!!! Where did your model go? You decided agaisnt her?
Try to drink more water girl you got me doing it!!!
What I ate
B egg and two slices low fat toast coffee
S almonds and yogurt
L pastina w chicken broth
S a little yogurt I shared it with John and Gab...long story he opened it and then said try it and then left it with me and then she called over....and that was the end of that.
D italian bread pizza that I made
S hummus and veggies
And I drank lots of water and only one cup of coffee. So that makes 6 times that I ate today and I am going to go into spark people next and see what the calories say. I know that my dinner was just under 600 calories as I checked all the ingredients and added them up.
Okay Gab is up! BLAH
LOVE YA
Jenn, I know that the new schedule at work is going to be hectic but I think that it will be a really good thing for your diet! You can eat at more normal times! I think that you are doing really well because if you are at 223 then you lost four pounds! Good girl!!! Where did your model go? You decided agaisnt her?
Try to drink more water girl you got me doing it!!!
What I ate
B egg and two slices low fat toast coffee
S almonds and yogurt
L pastina w chicken broth
S a little yogurt I shared it with John and Gab...long story he opened it and then said try it and then left it with me and then she called over....and that was the end of that.
D italian bread pizza that I made
S hummus and veggies
And I drank lots of water and only one cup of coffee. So that makes 6 times that I ate today and I am going to go into spark people next and see what the calories say. I know that my dinner was just under 600 calories as I checked all the ingredients and added them up.
Okay Gab is up! BLAH
LOVE YA
Real Fast
Okay so really fast, whily my dear hubby is out picking up the children, this is what I have eaten so far today:
No Breakfast
No Snack
L- Szechuan Chicken and a salad
No Snack
D-Subway 1/2 foot long on 9 grain and oat bread tuna w/ pepper jack cheese, tomato, pickle, banana peppers, and black olives, and lite mayonnaise.
I will probably take the other half to work with me tonight so I can have something there. I will probably also take yogurt and almonds and maybe a cheese stick, just in case I am not hungry enough to eat the sandwich, but just have the munchies.
Still no exercise, I HAVE to get motivated. Maybe I can now that I am not working graves anymore. I did drink a big glass of cranberry juice this morning before laying down to take my pill with and some water. I am working on drinking water now because I still feel a bit hungry and don't want to give into temptations.
I got on the scale this afternoon and I weighed in at 223. So I put on 1lb from the time I was sick. So I will have to try and remember to weigh in on Friday and post the results. I am actually scared because I feel like I am gaining and not losing. Total loss from the time Caleb has been born is 17 lbs. So that is good. I'm excited that I get to sit down tomorrow and plan our meals again for the next week...I am really really looking forward to it!
Talk to you all later.
No Breakfast
No Snack
L- Szechuan Chicken and a salad
No Snack
D-Subway 1/2 foot long on 9 grain and oat bread tuna w/ pepper jack cheese, tomato, pickle, banana peppers, and black olives, and lite mayonnaise.
I will probably take the other half to work with me tonight so I can have something there. I will probably also take yogurt and almonds and maybe a cheese stick, just in case I am not hungry enough to eat the sandwich, but just have the munchies.
Still no exercise, I HAVE to get motivated. Maybe I can now that I am not working graves anymore. I did drink a big glass of cranberry juice this morning before laying down to take my pill with and some water. I am working on drinking water now because I still feel a bit hungry and don't want to give into temptations.
I got on the scale this afternoon and I weighed in at 223. So I put on 1lb from the time I was sick. So I will have to try and remember to weigh in on Friday and post the results. I am actually scared because I feel like I am gaining and not losing. Total loss from the time Caleb has been born is 17 lbs. So that is good. I'm excited that I get to sit down tomorrow and plan our meals again for the next week...I am really really looking forward to it!
Talk to you all later.
OH BOY!
Okay, so I posted earlier what I ate during the day but here is the real deal before I go home and start my day again!
B-Cereal and 1/2 banana
D-Szechuan Orange Chicken over 1/2 cup of rice
D (again)- Deli creations sandwich
S-Peaches and string cheese
S-String Cheese
Boy I guess I wanted string cheese today.
If I sit and look at this it isn't all that bad because I ate my first dinner at 5 and then my second at 1115pm. The absolute bad thing is that I have not drinken hardly any water. I have drinken about 1/3 of a 32 oz bottle of Gatorade melon, but that is now in the trash because it got hot.
I need to get motivated to workout. I don't have a choice. The weather is so nice right now during the day I should go walk by the river for at least 45 minutes or so.
I am starting to love sparkpeople! I printed out 2 recipes that look really yummy and by the looks of things Jeff could eat a lot of it because the sugars and carbs are low. Glad to see that I can expand our menu next week beyond the same old book. (Yes honey I know we have the heart healthy book also!) I also love how they just have so much information at our disposal.
I have not gotten on the scale. The last time I did I was down to 222 but that was while I was sick, so I didn't want to say that was an accurate weigh in. I will weigh in when I get home in the morning before breakfast and bed.
Crystal, glad to hear that Darren loved the Egg in a nest. Simple and quick, and he ate it!!!!
Allrighty guys, I guess that is it. 3 hours to go here at work and they are starting to drag. And only one more night (tonight) on graves! Hallelujah!
Jenn
B-Cereal and 1/2 banana
D-Szechuan Orange Chicken over 1/2 cup of rice
D (again)- Deli creations sandwich
S-Peaches and string cheese
S-String Cheese
Boy I guess I wanted string cheese today.
If I sit and look at this it isn't all that bad because I ate my first dinner at 5 and then my second at 1115pm. The absolute bad thing is that I have not drinken hardly any water. I have drinken about 1/3 of a 32 oz bottle of Gatorade melon, but that is now in the trash because it got hot.
I need to get motivated to workout. I don't have a choice. The weather is so nice right now during the day I should go walk by the river for at least 45 minutes or so.
I am starting to love sparkpeople! I printed out 2 recipes that look really yummy and by the looks of things Jeff could eat a lot of it because the sugars and carbs are low. Glad to see that I can expand our menu next week beyond the same old book. (Yes honey I know we have the heart healthy book also!) I also love how they just have so much information at our disposal.
I have not gotten on the scale. The last time I did I was down to 222 but that was while I was sick, so I didn't want to say that was an accurate weigh in. I will weigh in when I get home in the morning before breakfast and bed.
Crystal, glad to hear that Darren loved the Egg in a nest. Simple and quick, and he ate it!!!!
Allrighty guys, I guess that is it. 3 hours to go here at work and they are starting to drag. And only one more night (tonight) on graves! Hallelujah!
Jenn
Thursday, January 22, 2009
I hear you guys....
Okay I am going to say that I think that you guys might be right because Although I have felt like I am eating and eating I am going down on the scale. I was 177.2 today and that is better than the last week weigh in. The thing that stinks is that it is going so slow! I am craving taking long walks with Gab but because of the weather I cannot do that right now. That is inless I pull her in a sled. HaH! I dont know....I have got to figure out a way to get to the gym!!!
Jeff, welcome to the mission weight loss....your brillant wife had a great idea and I hope it helps us all. Let me tell you I want to thank you for being such a great hubby to her and understanding when she is giving me her attention on the phone when you guys are watching tv!!! Good for you for getting healthy along with Jenn! and thanks for the snacking suggestions.
Jenn, my cell is dead and I cannot find the charger. before when you called I was out picking up bird. He stayed at Donna's for a bit after school. I am sorry that I missed you and I think that I am going to use John cell to tell you to give me a call in a couple of minutes.
I need to get to the store tommorrow because I need a few more healthy things in the house. I hear you Jenn when you say that it costs more to eat good. You are totally right and that is a down fall to our world to say the less....If we ate off the $ menu we would all be really Fat and not struggle for money...Huh? lol. We also would not live all that long!
I was very sad to hear that the child that I had a session with yesterday is very very ill with a high fever. NICE now I am bound to be sick in a day or too. Here is a sick thought that I am having.....If I am sick I will not eat much and therefore lose weight???? LOL Sorry Jenn....I cant help it.
I made Darren the egg in the nest thing that you had today and you know he LOVED it. He said we should have this more often and asked me who taught you. I of course gave you all the credit and he really was happy that his dip ie yolk was prefectly contained within the toast!!
SO here is what I ate....
B egg in a nest and extra piece of toast, low fat sausage 2 little links
S yougurt and almonds
L hummus veggies and fat free grilled cheese on light bread
S cheerios
D Subway no cheese no mayo but foot long! Roasted chicken breast
S almonds almonds almonds!!!! I am ALMOST done with them! I wish there were low fat almonds!!!
I drank lots of water but not as much as yesterday...So I will try to get in one more before bed. I also only had a half of a cup of coffee..... AMAZING!!!! REALLY!!!
I think that is all that I had today but it is only 8 and I have the potential of trying to eat more. I miss talking to yah.... Jenn
CALL ME
Jeff, welcome to the mission weight loss....your brillant wife had a great idea and I hope it helps us all. Let me tell you I want to thank you for being such a great hubby to her and understanding when she is giving me her attention on the phone when you guys are watching tv!!! Good for you for getting healthy along with Jenn! and thanks for the snacking suggestions.
Jenn, my cell is dead and I cannot find the charger. before when you called I was out picking up bird. He stayed at Donna's for a bit after school. I am sorry that I missed you and I think that I am going to use John cell to tell you to give me a call in a couple of minutes.
I need to get to the store tommorrow because I need a few more healthy things in the house. I hear you Jenn when you say that it costs more to eat good. You are totally right and that is a down fall to our world to say the less....If we ate off the $ menu we would all be really Fat and not struggle for money...Huh? lol. We also would not live all that long!
I was very sad to hear that the child that I had a session with yesterday is very very ill with a high fever. NICE now I am bound to be sick in a day or too. Here is a sick thought that I am having.....If I am sick I will not eat much and therefore lose weight???? LOL Sorry Jenn....I cant help it.
I made Darren the egg in the nest thing that you had today and you know he LOVED it. He said we should have this more often and asked me who taught you. I of course gave you all the credit and he really was happy that his dip ie yolk was prefectly contained within the toast!!
SO here is what I ate....
B egg in a nest and extra piece of toast, low fat sausage 2 little links
S yougurt and almonds
L hummus veggies and fat free grilled cheese on light bread
S cheerios
D Subway no cheese no mayo but foot long! Roasted chicken breast
S almonds almonds almonds!!!! I am ALMOST done with them! I wish there were low fat almonds!!!
I drank lots of water but not as much as yesterday...So I will try to get in one more before bed. I also only had a half of a cup of coffee..... AMAZING!!!! REALLY!!!
I think that is all that I had today but it is only 8 and I have the potential of trying to eat more. I miss talking to yah.... Jenn
CALL ME
Willpower
So, I slept about 5 hours today. Before I laid down though I ate a medium sized bowl of cereal and 1/2 a banana (it was too ripe for my taste.) I should have measured out the cereal but I was too lazy. Now that I am up I am starving, I had a snack of cheese stick with deli meat, but God did that NOT hit the spot, I want food and there is a yummy yummy pizza sitting in the fridge calling my name. So I am here writing and drinking water to try and fill the void of pure hunger. I am working on cooking dinner, which is going to be the Szechuan Chicken I had on my meal plan. Looking forward to that one...MMMMMM!
Crissie, I have to agree with Jeffs post about the snacking. It is not good for people to eat only 3 times a day because our bodies go through what my doc called calorie starvation and hence will hold onto all of the calories we put into our bodies and will hinder us from losing weight. So the snacks allow for our bodies to constantly have calorie intake which speeds up our metabolism because it isn't starving for calories.
If you feel like you are eating a ton, try and cut down on your portions. Or, try and take out some carbs from the day, although by the look of things you're not eating too many carbs. Try and maybe drink a diet non-caffeinated coke, maybe only 6oz, that should help fill the you up and you could cut down on the portion sizes. Just a suggestion.
Okay I will check in on here later with you guys.
Love ya both, just in different ways!
Jenn
Crissie, I have to agree with Jeffs post about the snacking. It is not good for people to eat only 3 times a day because our bodies go through what my doc called calorie starvation and hence will hold onto all of the calories we put into our bodies and will hinder us from losing weight. So the snacks allow for our bodies to constantly have calorie intake which speeds up our metabolism because it isn't starving for calories.
If you feel like you are eating a ton, try and cut down on your portions. Or, try and take out some carbs from the day, although by the look of things you're not eating too many carbs. Try and maybe drink a diet non-caffeinated coke, maybe only 6oz, that should help fill the you up and you could cut down on the portion sizes. Just a suggestion.
Okay I will check in on here later with you guys.
Love ya both, just in different ways!
Jenn
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
oh thank god its back...
I am back here and telling you that I am not doing good with Almonds being in the house. I dont think that I am going to by such a big container next time and I am goignt o have it that I am not going to have more than one sevring a day because I am telling you that it is not Good for me!!!
Anyway...What I ate today....
B 1/2 bagel w lite cream cheese
1 yup 1 low fat little sausage and coffee
S green beans and almonds
L fat free cheese and mustard sandwich and veggies w hummus
S yougrt w almonds
d chicken a small amount of potato, and veggies
S alomonds and veggies....
As you can clearly see....I am doing a job on the almonds! Jenn I know that you and I talked about this earlier and the one good thing that I can say that helps a little is that I have already had almonds about 7 or 8 times the last few days and I have not even eaten half of them and there are sopposed to be only ten servings in the thing. So there for I believe that I am eating small servings but over and over and over! Not good and AS I AM saying this I am thinking about getting more~! But I am going to try my best not to!
Oh Jenn I think that it is depression over the last few days that I am eating more than I wanted to! Because I noticed that I am sneaking downstairs and getting food at night more often than a few days back. I guess that I need to be a lot more strick about this. If I would just stop eating at night....I am also worried about all the snacks that I have put into place because like I told you I feel like I am eating all the time and before when I was just doing this on my own I was not really eating snacks....one at night but that was it. I dont know if it is better to do it this way or what. if you could take a moment to tell me your thoughts that would be great.
Sorry if I am rambling and I am even sorry if our soul follower is reading this thinking darn she is crazy....Oh well....At this point I think that I would agree with him!
What esle....Oh on a good note at work today with the kiddo that I did a two hour session with I was ON!!! I was all over the house with him! Rough housing and throwing him around! We had a great session and I think I burned some calories....
Of to do my sit ups.... Oh and the drinking thing is going good. I am getting lots lots lots of water and not alot of coffee Oh coffee I love you.....
Anyway...What I ate today....
B 1/2 bagel w lite cream cheese
1 yup 1 low fat little sausage and coffee
S green beans and almonds
L fat free cheese and mustard sandwich and veggies w hummus
S yougrt w almonds
d chicken a small amount of potato, and veggies
S alomonds and veggies....
As you can clearly see....I am doing a job on the almonds! Jenn I know that you and I talked about this earlier and the one good thing that I can say that helps a little is that I have already had almonds about 7 or 8 times the last few days and I have not even eaten half of them and there are sopposed to be only ten servings in the thing. So there for I believe that I am eating small servings but over and over and over! Not good and AS I AM saying this I am thinking about getting more~! But I am going to try my best not to!
Oh Jenn I think that it is depression over the last few days that I am eating more than I wanted to! Because I noticed that I am sneaking downstairs and getting food at night more often than a few days back. I guess that I need to be a lot more strick about this. If I would just stop eating at night....I am also worried about all the snacks that I have put into place because like I told you I feel like I am eating all the time and before when I was just doing this on my own I was not really eating snacks....one at night but that was it. I dont know if it is better to do it this way or what. if you could take a moment to tell me your thoughts that would be great.
Sorry if I am rambling and I am even sorry if our soul follower is reading this thinking darn she is crazy....Oh well....At this point I think that I would agree with him!
What esle....Oh on a good note at work today with the kiddo that I did a two hour session with I was ON!!! I was all over the house with him! Rough housing and throwing him around! We had a great session and I think I burned some calories....
Of to do my sit ups.... Oh and the drinking thing is going good. I am getting lots lots lots of water and not alot of coffee Oh coffee I love you.....
UGH!
Crissie,
You are doing a FANTASTIC job. I am so absolutely proud of you. Just remember portion control.
Okay so I haven't done so hot. I ate at Denny's this morning and had a HUGE French Toast slam. So that made me nauseated. Then I ate a cup-o-ramen, but that is making me sick. So I don't know. I just hope that this whole crap passes, I want to feel normal again.
Well I guess that is all for now. I will post sometime later when I feel better and can actually eat something.
Jenn
You are doing a FANTASTIC job. I am so absolutely proud of you. Just remember portion control.
Okay so I haven't done so hot. I ate at Denny's this morning and had a HUGE French Toast slam. So that made me nauseated. Then I ate a cup-o-ramen, but that is making me sick. So I don't know. I just hope that this whole crap passes, I want to feel normal again.
Well I guess that is all for now. I will post sometime later when I feel better and can actually eat something.
Jenn
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
SPARK!!!
sparky spark spark I love the website Spark people! I am just figuring it all out but it seems like a great website! i made a recipe that I got off there tonight and it was really good! AND the family ate it!
Okay this is what I really ate....
B oatmeal and banana as planned!
S hummus and veggies ummmyummy
L squash from last night and a fat free cheese sandwich w 2 slices diet bread
S yogurt and almonds
D steak w mushrooms, green beans and a small amount of potatos
S AGAIN hummus and almonds....
I bought the almonds and know I want to eat them all day! Not good! I know that they are good for me but not when I want a million of them. But the serving size on the containter says a 1/4 cup and to be honest all that I have had today I do not even think add up to that. So it is not all that bad.
AND I drank a million onces of water and I only had like half a cup of COFFEE!!! OMG!
So I guess this is some good stuff! Again I feel like I ate a ton today, But I ate six times and my BFF says that is okay.....So I dont know we will see....
This morning I weighed 178.4, so going down! I wish I could go by the scale downstairs though because I am at 176.4 down there!!!! But no...We got the bastard batteries....
Love ya ! And I hope so much that you are feeling better! and that you are doing a good job at what you are eating that is if you are able to eat anything!!! Oh and honey Try SPARKPEOPLE.com
Okay this is what I really ate....
B oatmeal and banana as planned!
S hummus and veggies ummmyummy
L squash from last night and a fat free cheese sandwich w 2 slices diet bread
S yogurt and almonds
D steak w mushrooms, green beans and a small amount of potatos
S AGAIN hummus and almonds....
I bought the almonds and know I want to eat them all day! Not good! I know that they are good for me but not when I want a million of them. But the serving size on the containter says a 1/4 cup and to be honest all that I have had today I do not even think add up to that. So it is not all that bad.
AND I drank a million onces of water and I only had like half a cup of COFFEE!!! OMG!
So I guess this is some good stuff! Again I feel like I ate a ton today, But I ate six times and my BFF says that is okay.....So I dont know we will see....
This morning I weighed 178.4, so going down! I wish I could go by the scale downstairs though because I am at 176.4 down there!!!! But no...We got the bastard batteries....
Love ya ! And I hope so much that you are feeling better! and that you are doing a good job at what you are eating that is if you are able to eat anything!!! Oh and honey Try SPARKPEOPLE.com
Monday, January 19, 2009
Challenges
This is definitely going to be a challenge. It is too funny though that we both cheated! And it wasn't with sweets or anything but we still cheated. I told Jeff tonight that I am going to have to add something with sugar into my diet because my blood sugar dropped today a number of times. I think I will just have to add more fruit and yogurt seeing how that contains more natural sugars.
On a positive note, a habit is formed after only 28 days, so once we pass the intial 28 days it will seem like second nature to us.
Regarding the spaghetti squash, it is different but oh so yummy with the recipe I sent you. I hope you get to try it soon.
I hope you got to the store to be able to get the rest of the stuff you needed. I am already freaking out because I was talking with Jeff about money and again, we are in trouble and shopping healthy definitely takes some cash. This week alone was $188, not including the baby's formula or food. But I am not willing to give up on this.
Love ya girlie!
On a positive note, a habit is formed after only 28 days, so once we pass the intial 28 days it will seem like second nature to us.
Regarding the spaghetti squash, it is different but oh so yummy with the recipe I sent you. I hope you get to try it soon.
I hope you got to the store to be able to get the rest of the stuff you needed. I am already freaking out because I was talking with Jeff about money and again, we are in trouble and shopping healthy definitely takes some cash. This week alone was $188, not including the baby's formula or food. But I am not willing to give up on this.
Love ya girlie!
This is too funny....
Girl ! I just posted and THEN read your post and it looks like you and I are on the same page! Oh boy!
Better luck tommorrow for the two of us! I love ya sister!
Better luck tommorrow for the two of us! I love ya sister!
Okay what I really ate today!
B Egg whites like I said and a sausage, low fat!
S no snack
L Salad w low fat dressing and a little diet chicken the chicken was planned the salad added...
S a serving of cheerios plan and a cheese stick
D pork chop, small serving of mashed potatos and veggies
S FF pudding
SS second snack : ( Squash....I was hungry and wanted to fill up the void
I guess that the things that I ate are not really bad but I feel like I ate a ton! I mean a ton! I am aggervated now that I see it put out like that. Argg
Jenn, I was cooking and I had raw pork on my hands when you called and now I am not sure if you had work of not and I am afraid to call you and wake you up tonight so I am not going to but if you call me back then that will be great! LOL
I got to do my situps today and I did do some real situps...I made Darren hold my ankles hehe!
Oh Spegetti squash is so weird! i am watching some junk on tv. I cant spell that spegetti huh.....Okay Jennie girl that is all I got tonight lets just hope that I do better tommorrow!
B Egg whites like I said and a sausage, low fat!
S no snack
L Salad w low fat dressing and a little diet chicken the chicken was planned the salad added...
S a serving of cheerios plan and a cheese stick
D pork chop, small serving of mashed potatos and veggies
S FF pudding
SS second snack : ( Squash....I was hungry and wanted to fill up the void
I guess that the things that I ate are not really bad but I feel like I ate a ton! I mean a ton! I am aggervated now that I see it put out like that. Argg
Jenn, I was cooking and I had raw pork on my hands when you called and now I am not sure if you had work of not and I am afraid to call you and wake you up tonight so I am not going to but if you call me back then that will be great! LOL
I got to do my situps today and I did do some real situps...I made Darren hold my ankles hehe!
Oh Spegetti squash is so weird! i am watching some junk on tv. I cant spell that spegetti huh.....Okay Jennie girl that is all I got tonight lets just hope that I do better tommorrow!
Confession
Okay not even through a whole day yet and I have to confess to cheating!
After my afternoon snack I splurged on a 6oz size piece of steak from last night. BAD, BAD, BAD!
And I haven't worked out tonight and seeing the time I don't think I am going to be able to. Geesh.
Oh well, maybe a better day tomorrow.
Jenn
After my afternoon snack I splurged on a 6oz size piece of steak from last night. BAD, BAD, BAD!
And I haven't worked out tonight and seeing the time I don't think I am going to be able to. Geesh.
Oh well, maybe a better day tomorrow.
Jenn
Great Beginning
Okay,
First and foremost Crystal, I think you are doing an awesome job at this meal plan. WAY TO GO GIRL!!!! Just two things I can think of, one with the cheese sticks add in a slice of oven roasted (only oven roasted) turkey breast deli meat, because of the protein and then secondly when eating yogurt make sure you are eating fiber with it, like almonds. Also the almonds have protein in them. You only need about 5 almonds with it so it's not too much. Remember you need a good balance of fiber and protein, which seems to me like you have for the most part. You mentioned Hummus on your meal plan and Jeff actually has that recipe in his low-glycemic book, so I am thinking about trying that out next week for a snack!
Remember also: 7.5 oz of water an hour, or another type of liquid, but for sure nothing caffeinated. I know you are going to do a fantastic job of cutting down your caffeine intake, so I'm not worried about that.
And girl, if you can do situps, good for you! I am nowhere near ready to do those and hurt my back though. Once you're ready, you can actually get an exercise ball and get more out of your situps and not kill your back!
But GREAT JOB CRYSTAL! I am so proud of you!
Okay as for me I am off to a fantastic start, it is only 930 in the morning right now but I did eat according to my meal plan and am so looking forward to my surgar free chocolate pudding for snack in about 2 hours. MMMMMM!!!
I am also planning on working out today sometime. I just have to find the time with little mister crawling around. Maybe I can put him in his high chair for 30 minutes while I do the workout. I think he'll get a kick out of seeing me act so crazy!!!!
Okay, well I will check in here later tonight just to let you know how I am doing and check to see how your day went.
Jenn
First and foremost Crystal, I think you are doing an awesome job at this meal plan. WAY TO GO GIRL!!!! Just two things I can think of, one with the cheese sticks add in a slice of oven roasted (only oven roasted) turkey breast deli meat, because of the protein and then secondly when eating yogurt make sure you are eating fiber with it, like almonds. Also the almonds have protein in them. You only need about 5 almonds with it so it's not too much. Remember you need a good balance of fiber and protein, which seems to me like you have for the most part. You mentioned Hummus on your meal plan and Jeff actually has that recipe in his low-glycemic book, so I am thinking about trying that out next week for a snack!
Remember also: 7.5 oz of water an hour, or another type of liquid, but for sure nothing caffeinated. I know you are going to do a fantastic job of cutting down your caffeine intake, so I'm not worried about that.
And girl, if you can do situps, good for you! I am nowhere near ready to do those and hurt my back though. Once you're ready, you can actually get an exercise ball and get more out of your situps and not kill your back!
But GREAT JOB CRYSTAL! I am so proud of you!
Okay as for me I am off to a fantastic start, it is only 930 in the morning right now but I did eat according to my meal plan and am so looking forward to my surgar free chocolate pudding for snack in about 2 hours. MMMMMM!!!
I am also planning on working out today sometime. I just have to find the time with little mister crawling around. Maybe I can put him in his high chair for 30 minutes while I do the workout. I think he'll get a kick out of seeing me act so crazy!!!!
Okay, well I will check in here later tonight just to let you know how I am doing and check to see how your day went.
Jenn
Sunday, January 18, 2009
I think I got it
My meal plan
M
B egg whites and salsa
S Banana
L Chicken w veggies
S cheese stick
D pork and veggies
T
B Oatmeal
S yogurt
L turkey wrap
S Hummus and veggies
D Steak w the fam
W
B yogurt and wheat toast
S apple
L smart one
S F F pudding
D Salad w turkey
T
B eggs
S cheese stick
L big salad
S Hummus
D Pea soup
F
B pancakes
S yogurt
L pea soup
S cranberries
D baked chicken
S
B oatmeal
S Banana
L smart one
S cheese stick
D diet soup andslice of toast
S
B cereal
s apple and peanut butter
L turkey sandwich
S yogurt
D diet grilled cheese
Okay jenn when you hop on here and you get the chance can you look over this and let me know what you think? I have everything that I need to do the first few days but I need to get to the store for the other things and I need to make a list for the fridge so that I can remember. Okay GTG BIG love!!
M
B egg whites and salsa
S Banana
L Chicken w veggies
S cheese stick
D pork and veggies
T
B Oatmeal
S yogurt
L turkey wrap
S Hummus and veggies
D Steak w the fam
W
B yogurt and wheat toast
S apple
L smart one
S F F pudding
D Salad w turkey
T
B eggs
S cheese stick
L big salad
S Hummus
D Pea soup
F
B pancakes
S yogurt
L pea soup
S cranberries
D baked chicken
S
B oatmeal
S Banana
L smart one
S cheese stick
D diet soup andslice of toast
S
B cereal
s apple and peanut butter
L turkey sandwich
S yogurt
D diet grilled cheese
Okay jenn when you hop on here and you get the chance can you look over this and let me know what you think? I have everything that I need to do the first few days but I need to get to the store for the other things and I need to make a list for the fridge so that I can remember. Okay GTG BIG love!!
Let me tell ya,
i am proud of Jenn! All kicking ass and making that food plan! You go girl! And welcome to her Hubby and please Jeff....Believe Jenn when you tells you I am a nut....I mean not a nut!
Anyway....Today I think that I did pretty good! For breakfast I did eat on the go, so I had the flat bread egg white sandwich from DD. At lunch I had a egg salad sandwich and squash and for dinner SURPRISE I had a sandwich! Wow...I had three sandwichs today. LOL Jenn, I did eat the whole sandwich but no cheese and no mayo so it should of been about 600 calories. Not all that bad for dinner I guess.
I did nothing for exercise today but I am going to do my situps in a while after big love!!! WOOO hooo big love is back! Not into plural marriage for me but I love looking into that life on HBO. Well, that is about it for today and tommorrow I will try to get that meal plan done. I have to really try hard..... I think I might have to use a bunch of smart ones or something to fill in dinners. I dont know....Wish me luck!
BYE! : )
Anyway....Today I think that I did pretty good! For breakfast I did eat on the go, so I had the flat bread egg white sandwich from DD. At lunch I had a egg salad sandwich and squash and for dinner SURPRISE I had a sandwich! Wow...I had three sandwichs today. LOL Jenn, I did eat the whole sandwich but no cheese and no mayo so it should of been about 600 calories. Not all that bad for dinner I guess.
I did nothing for exercise today but I am going to do my situps in a while after big love!!! WOOO hooo big love is back! Not into plural marriage for me but I love looking into that life on HBO. Well, that is about it for today and tommorrow I will try to get that meal plan done. I have to really try hard..... I think I might have to use a bunch of smart ones or something to fill in dinners. I dont know....Wish me luck!
BYE! : )
Long and Hard Time
Okay so I have caught up on everything and I have to agree that it is one of the hardest things to do is actually plan your meals. BUT, when I look at how I just did my meal plan it really makes me feel like I am going to be eating a lot of food when in fact it really isn't. Coolness!
Crystal, I know that the dinners are hard because of our kids as well. It sucks but we have to cook 2 meals for dinners because they too won't eat everything.
Good news is that I have Jeff involved in this so I will be adding him as a user and a publisher, I hope you don't mind. I hope this helps him. I am glad to hear that you are loving the blog thing. I think it helps just writing down the trials and tribulations you are having and that way you don't keep them bottled up.
Okay so here is my (and a portion of Jeff's) meal plan for the week:
Monday:
B-Egg in a nest
S-Sugar Free Pudding
L- Tuna Salad Mix
S- String Cheese with deli meat
D-Lettuce Wraps
Tuesday:
B-French Toast
S-String Cheese with deli meat
L-Spicy Pineapple Chicken
S-Celery Sticks with Low Fat Cream Cheese
D-Split Pea Soup
Wednesday:
B-Homemade Museli
S-Yogurt with Almonds
L-Split Pea Soup (Leftovers)
S-Apple with peanut butter
D-Dijon Chicken Salad
Thursday:
B-Cereal and fruit
S-Yogurt with Almonds
L-Tuna Salad Mix
S-Pear
D-Szechuan Orange Ginger Chicken
Friday:
B-Egg in a nest
S-Banana
L-Dijon Chicken Salad (leftovers)
S-String cheese with deli meat
D-West Coast Teriyaki Salmon with Wasabi Mayo
Saturday:
B-Old Fashioned Oatmeal
S-Apple with String cheese
L-Chicken Salad
S-Pudding
D-Chicken Caesar Salad
Sunday:
B-Country Garden Omelette
S-Celery Sticks with cream cheese
L-Turkey Sausage Patties
S-Pear
D-Spicy Pineapple Chicken (one of our favs)
So as you can see when you look at all the food you can eat it really seems like you are eating a lot but what you have to remember is portion control.
Regarding what has been eaten in the last few days for me, as you know I had an upset stomach for about 48 hours so I really didn't eat all that much. But this morning I ate a muffing (giant) from Albertsons and had a Iced Vanilla Coffee from McDonlads, NOT HEALTHY at all for my breakfast today. Last night I had a 1/2 can of chicken noodle soup.
The last time I was on the scale it showed me 227, but it wasn't in the morning it was in the afternoon and I had eaten a little something. So, I am off on my little model, and I have to catch up with the 2lb difference. But I will.
Hey I think that you running up and down the stairs in your apartment is not such a bad idea. Also, turn on the music and just dance, either by yourself or with the kids, I bet the baby would have a blast. I am hoping to go to wal-mart and buy another kit but this time for Pilates. We have to start somewhere, and it is definitely harder for you because you live in sub zero temperatures half the time.
The one issue that I am having right now is that I am sleeping during the day, so me trying to eat during the day is pretty hard. I am hoping to find a remedy to this we will see.
Jenn
Crystal, I know that the dinners are hard because of our kids as well. It sucks but we have to cook 2 meals for dinners because they too won't eat everything.
Good news is that I have Jeff involved in this so I will be adding him as a user and a publisher, I hope you don't mind. I hope this helps him. I am glad to hear that you are loving the blog thing. I think it helps just writing down the trials and tribulations you are having and that way you don't keep them bottled up.
Okay so here is my (and a portion of Jeff's) meal plan for the week:
Monday:
B-Egg in a nest
S-Sugar Free Pudding
L- Tuna Salad Mix
S- String Cheese with deli meat
D-Lettuce Wraps
Tuesday:
B-French Toast
S-String Cheese with deli meat
L-Spicy Pineapple Chicken
S-Celery Sticks with Low Fat Cream Cheese
D-Split Pea Soup
Wednesday:
B-Homemade Museli
S-Yogurt with Almonds
L-Split Pea Soup (Leftovers)
S-Apple with peanut butter
D-Dijon Chicken Salad
Thursday:
B-Cereal and fruit
S-Yogurt with Almonds
L-Tuna Salad Mix
S-Pear
D-Szechuan Orange Ginger Chicken
Friday:
B-Egg in a nest
S-Banana
L-Dijon Chicken Salad (leftovers)
S-String cheese with deli meat
D-West Coast Teriyaki Salmon with Wasabi Mayo
Saturday:
B-Old Fashioned Oatmeal
S-Apple with String cheese
L-Chicken Salad
S-Pudding
D-Chicken Caesar Salad
Sunday:
B-Country Garden Omelette
S-Celery Sticks with cream cheese
L-Turkey Sausage Patties
S-Pear
D-Spicy Pineapple Chicken (one of our favs)
So as you can see when you look at all the food you can eat it really seems like you are eating a lot but what you have to remember is portion control.
Regarding what has been eaten in the last few days for me, as you know I had an upset stomach for about 48 hours so I really didn't eat all that much. But this morning I ate a muffing (giant) from Albertsons and had a Iced Vanilla Coffee from McDonlads, NOT HEALTHY at all for my breakfast today. Last night I had a 1/2 can of chicken noodle soup.
The last time I was on the scale it showed me 227, but it wasn't in the morning it was in the afternoon and I had eaten a little something. So, I am off on my little model, and I have to catch up with the 2lb difference. But I will.
Hey I think that you running up and down the stairs in your apartment is not such a bad idea. Also, turn on the music and just dance, either by yourself or with the kids, I bet the baby would have a blast. I am hoping to go to wal-mart and buy another kit but this time for Pilates. We have to start somewhere, and it is definitely harder for you because you live in sub zero temperatures half the time.
The one issue that I am having right now is that I am sleeping during the day, so me trying to eat during the day is pretty hard. I am hoping to find a remedy to this we will see.
Jenn
Saturday, January 17, 2009
O f course I did not get out of the house and I had the baby all day and I feel like I ate a ton
breakfast 2 low fat pancakes, the pre made kind so they are small, two low fat sauages and a hash brown, not good I know... Lunch..I ate a little of left over pork roast and a few maybe ten tater tots that I made for the kids and Dinner was this healthy chicken with tomato sauce over whol wheat spegetti...I also snacked on fruit almost all day it seems and i had fat free and sugar free jello for desert. i feel like I ate alot today. That and I did not get a chance to do anything today outside of my cage and there for I did not get any calories out....Darn. I am meaning to do my situps today but for some reason I cannot get myself motivated today.
Jenn, I hope that you are not feeling bad or upset that I have hijacked this blog. i know that this is a team effort but I am thinking that I really like doing this so I am going on and on! I am sorry if it puts pressure on you or you have to catch up on this when you get a chance but I am just loving it! I look forward to reading what you have to tell me about how it has been going for you. I know that I have eatten more than you have. I am being a heffer!
breakfast 2 low fat pancakes, the pre made kind so they are small, two low fat sauages and a hash brown, not good I know... Lunch..I ate a little of left over pork roast and a few maybe ten tater tots that I made for the kids and Dinner was this healthy chicken with tomato sauce over whol wheat spegetti...I also snacked on fruit almost all day it seems and i had fat free and sugar free jello for desert. i feel like I ate alot today. That and I did not get a chance to do anything today outside of my cage and there for I did not get any calories out....Darn. I am meaning to do my situps today but for some reason I cannot get myself motivated today.
Jenn, I hope that you are not feeling bad or upset that I have hijacked this blog. i know that this is a team effort but I am thinking that I really like doing this so I am going on and on! I am sorry if it puts pressure on you or you have to catch up on this when you get a chance but I am just loving it! I look forward to reading what you have to tell me about how it has been going for you. I know that I have eatten more than you have. I am being a heffer!
This is hard
Okay I made a meal plan or at least a start...But I can get the breakfasts and lunches down no problem but when it comes to the dinners it is really hard. I want to make things for my family that they will like but I am not sure about some of the low fat recipes that are out there. i think that I might end up wasting alot of food and with the way that money is right now that is not something that I can afford to do. So then I thought that I would just have small portions of whatever I make them. But still planning for what to make them is hard. and to be honest somtimes they wont eat what I make and then I will run into them eating something other than what I am eating and that is double the work for me and Wasting food. I have to find a balance, Things that are healthy for me that i can have some of and things that taste good that they will eat. I am thinking that if I make our normal dinners but I have a little and then alot of veggies or salad to fill me up that this might be the best plan. I guess that I am not all that goood at planning a week ahead on meals. i might do better just planning the first two meals of my day since those meals I do not have to worry about the whole family. darren always eats somthing other than what I am having at breakfast and John has a power bar and bird is at school most days for lunch and John at work. So there for Lunch is on my own too. This is why I am not worried about those two. i did find some things that look good on the web but I dont know sometimes it is a pain because they call for things we do not have and I do not have the money to spend on a ton of spices and yada yada for in the house. I am thinking about this still......
Moving on... I am thinking that I am going to have to run up and down my stairs in the house for exercise. That will be a funny sight and for sure convince those who are not already that I am indeed insane.
Next order of bussiness. I had a tragic thing happen. My scale.....is dead. Well it just needs batteries and then will be good to go but I am so afraid that the new batteries will reminfd it that I am still 188 and not the fake 178 that it showed me the day before its death. lol. I can only pray that it is not a lie but in fact the true reflection of my efforts. I did however, steal the battery out of the fire alarm, yes the fire alarm because knowing my weight is far more important than the perspective of the home we live in burning down, and then I wieghted myself on another scale that needed an 8 volt. Well,,.... This scale has always been nicer to me in the past that the bastard upstairs and it did in fact agree.....178.
I am being paged by my baby that wants this computer for her teether. so I will post that plan later and I will also pray that my keeper lets me out of the cage this afternoon and I can get to the store to get a few things that I did not get to get yesterday of course
peace out
Moving on... I am thinking that I am going to have to run up and down my stairs in the house for exercise. That will be a funny sight and for sure convince those who are not already that I am indeed insane.
Next order of bussiness. I had a tragic thing happen. My scale.....is dead. Well it just needs batteries and then will be good to go but I am so afraid that the new batteries will reminfd it that I am still 188 and not the fake 178 that it showed me the day before its death. lol. I can only pray that it is not a lie but in fact the true reflection of my efforts. I did however, steal the battery out of the fire alarm, yes the fire alarm because knowing my weight is far more important than the perspective of the home we live in burning down, and then I wieghted myself on another scale that needed an 8 volt. Well,,.... This scale has always been nicer to me in the past that the bastard upstairs and it did in fact agree.....178.
I am being paged by my baby that wants this computer for her teether. so I will post that plan later and I will also pray that my keeper lets me out of the cage this afternoon and I can get to the store to get a few things that I did not get to get yesterday of course
peace out
Friday, January 16, 2009
Okay I am flooding this already but....
jenn I was just looking in my email and I saw that Squash recipe so I am going to attempt to get to the store and make that ! Gotta go get gab!
I think I broke it already
Hey world....and my BFF. i think I broke my little Weight model already trying to see what she looks like at about 135.... Sorry if I did Jenn, I got excited!
I know that I am going to be bad about making meal plans but I know that I got my girl out there looking over my shoulder so I am going to try to get that done faithfully. As far as the exercising goes I have not bought any new ones but Jenn gave me one to get when I get to a store in this FREEZING state of CT. I am hoping that I will get up and do a Jillian Micheals 20 minutes video today but I dont know if I will....We will see....
So far today I ate 3/4 of a bagel w low fat cream cheese and 2 light sausage links.....and coffee.
I am watching you girl!!! We gotta get skinny, for New york!!! : )
I know that I am going to be bad about making meal plans but I know that I got my girl out there looking over my shoulder so I am going to try to get that done faithfully. As far as the exercising goes I have not bought any new ones but Jenn gave me one to get when I get to a store in this FREEZING state of CT. I am hoping that I will get up and do a Jillian Micheals 20 minutes video today but I dont know if I will....We will see....
So far today I ate 3/4 of a bagel w low fat cream cheese and 2 light sausage links.....and coffee.
I am watching you girl!!! We gotta get skinny, for New york!!! : )
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Beginning Soon!
Soon I will be posting my meal plan for the week. The trick I know of course is going to be keeping up with that meal plan with the crazy schedule that I have from day to day and month to month. Preserverance, that is what I must have, and of course determination. I can do this, and I have my best friend who is going to hold me accountable for my decisions each and every day, and I love her for that (and so much more!) Thank you Crissie.
I also have to find time to exercise. I have the Leslie Samsone video with the resistance band, I just have to find time to do it
Jenn
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