Ok, let's start with the weekend. Or not. Yeah, let's not. I don't remember much anyway except Sean Michael got his black belt in TKD. And that I never made it to the treadmill.
But on the bright side, yesterday I weighed myself and I did lose 2 lbs. I'm not sure how I did that, but somehow I did, and that was rather motivating. Still, I do hear my treadmill calling my name from the basement, and today is the day that it's call won't go unanswered. (I see all of you shaking your head...just wait.) (But just in case, don't hold your breaths.)
So yesterday I did start the actual calorie count. I had my usual macchiato, which clocks in at 330 calories. (yep, 330 empty caffeinated calories....but I'm not ready to give it up yet.) That was really it until dinner because I really wasn't hungry throughout the day. Dinner was tilapia with a lemon sauce, which I figured out to be around 200 calories, and then fried couscous with roasted veggies, which worked out to about 200 calories also. I'm not exact on these kind of things but I do round up to the highest calorie. And ooops. I forgot I had milk with dinner and so that would be about 162 calories, because I think I probably had a cup and a half. Crud. I better watch that I suppose and only have a cup. I would love to say I didn't have a snack, but......well......the guys (yeah, I'm gonna blame it on them) wanted homemade chocolate chip cookies) so being the obliging person that I am, I made them. And I always have to test my own food so I had three (and they were very very good.) I don't even know the calorie count on those so I'm leaving it out. There is only enough cookie dough for tonight and once it's gone, its gone.
Even though I didn't make it to the treadmill, I did do housework which counts somewhat, right? I vacumumed and picked up things, etc. and after dinner I went outside and did a little planting. So at least it was some activity and not just spending the day watching tv.
Today I added a calorie counter to my favorites on my computer here at work to make things easier. I probably should put an app on my phone for the same, though I don't think I would really use it that much. I did write down on the calendar I made last week everything I ate, but now that I have, I'm thinking I made it too small or I need to write smaller, but I don't want to re-do and re-print a whole new one, so I'll just make do with what I have.
No TKD tonight and no hurry to get dinner right on the table when I get home, so I will straight away change clothes and get my butt to the basement as soon as I get home.
And as an oxymoron, I'll watch cooking shows (probably The Barefoot Contessa) while I'm on it. Nice. lol
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
Days Three and Four
Okay, so maybe Days Three and Four didn't go so well. Not that I really ate crazy or anything, but not what I had in mind either.
Wednesday I had my coffee, another coffee (which Hector brought to me at lunch, and no I didn't ask him to. lol) and then I went grocery shopping after work. I didn't buy any snack things that I like, only the ones for Sean Michael and he likes Little Debbie things which I do not, and thats good because they don't tempt me at all, even when I'm at my worst for craving something sweet. I picked up Papa Johns pizza on the way home, (I know....since when is pizza diet food?) and I had two slices of pepperoni pizza and a salad. I will say though that I always get light cheese and light sauce on my pizza if that helps. But....I made sugar cookies later for a snack and I ate two and a half cookies (the other half went to Casanova). All in all not a really good diet day, and again no exercising. Yikes!
Yesterday, Day Four, had my coffee, came home at noon and had a bowl of Cheerios before I took Sean Michael to the Orthodontist. Almost lost my appetite completely while there because 1) I HATE dentist offices and he kept trying to get me to look at Sean Michael's teeth and I'm thinking "Ummm....no....." and also because I could hear the sound of a drill and that just sent shivers up my spine. 2) The cost of Sean Michael's braces are going to be $5200. On the other hand, maybe we won't be able to afford to eat after paying all that! lol
Once we left the ortho office, we went to Starbucks and I got a caramel macchiato, (hey, I needed something to soothe me after being at the ortho!) but just a grande one. Then we went to Kohls to get Sean Michael shoes (and a couple of necklaces and shirts for me), then on to TKD. Hector met us there and when Sean Michael was done, we went to Bob Evans for dinner, where I had bacon and eggs and hash browns and a strawberry/banana crepe. Not so good, huh? And later on, a Skinny Cow Truffle Bar. :>0 I suppose I don't even need to tell you no exercising got done either.
I am hoping though that next week will be better. Sean Michael will have a different TKD schedule and it is a lot better than the one he has now and will allow me time to exercise as soon as I get home from work which is good. I will be starting my calorie and exercise and weight loss calendars on Sunday to keep track of my progress.
Even though this week hasn't exactly gone according to plan, I'm not giving up. No sirreebob I'm not. :>)
Wednesday I had my coffee, another coffee (which Hector brought to me at lunch, and no I didn't ask him to. lol) and then I went grocery shopping after work. I didn't buy any snack things that I like, only the ones for Sean Michael and he likes Little Debbie things which I do not, and thats good because they don't tempt me at all, even when I'm at my worst for craving something sweet. I picked up Papa Johns pizza on the way home, (I know....since when is pizza diet food?) and I had two slices of pepperoni pizza and a salad. I will say though that I always get light cheese and light sauce on my pizza if that helps. But....I made sugar cookies later for a snack and I ate two and a half cookies (the other half went to Casanova). All in all not a really good diet day, and again no exercising. Yikes!
Yesterday, Day Four, had my coffee, came home at noon and had a bowl of Cheerios before I took Sean Michael to the Orthodontist. Almost lost my appetite completely while there because 1) I HATE dentist offices and he kept trying to get me to look at Sean Michael's teeth and I'm thinking "Ummm....no....." and also because I could hear the sound of a drill and that just sent shivers up my spine. 2) The cost of Sean Michael's braces are going to be $5200. On the other hand, maybe we won't be able to afford to eat after paying all that! lol
Once we left the ortho office, we went to Starbucks and I got a caramel macchiato, (hey, I needed something to soothe me after being at the ortho!) but just a grande one. Then we went to Kohls to get Sean Michael shoes (and a couple of necklaces and shirts for me), then on to TKD. Hector met us there and when Sean Michael was done, we went to Bob Evans for dinner, where I had bacon and eggs and hash browns and a strawberry/banana crepe. Not so good, huh? And later on, a Skinny Cow Truffle Bar. :>0 I suppose I don't even need to tell you no exercising got done either.
I am hoping though that next week will be better. Sean Michael will have a different TKD schedule and it is a lot better than the one he has now and will allow me time to exercise as soon as I get home from work which is good. I will be starting my calorie and exercise and weight loss calendars on Sunday to keep track of my progress.
Even though this week hasn't exactly gone according to plan, I'm not giving up. No sirreebob I'm not. :>)
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Day Two
You know, trying to get in exercise is gonna be rough. (Or maybe I'm just making it rough? Who, me? lol) Seriously though, yesterday (which was Day 2, by the way) I had to stop at the PX on my way home to pick up Mothers Day cards (which I have been procrastinating doing) and then at Starbucks (which is in the PX) to pick up....are you ready....ICED TEA! (I know, right? Not my macchiato. Except the tea wasn't that great, so I think I'll stick with their black iced tea.) So I didn't get home until 5:20, and then had to prepare dinner right away so we could eat and the guys could get to tkd.
We had jumpy steak, which is Peruvian, but it's more like Pepper Steak, except I didn't have any red bell peppers so I just used onions and tomatoes (they go in it anyway). But then you throw french fries on top of it all, which while it sounds kind of weird, it does taste good. I also was very good and baked them instead of fried them, so we didn't have the calories of that. Its served with rice, but I always think that the french fries is enough starch for me, so I only make rice for Hector and Sean Michael.
By the time dinner was over and table cleared, it was 6:30, and the dog wanted out so I took him out and while he was doing his deed, I started messing with the plants I bought, and didn't go back in till around 8ish. So really too late to exercise, because I didn't want to be all adrenilined-up (lol) and be awake till who knows when. (I'm not sure that would really be possible because I was sleepy around 9 but did manage to stay up till the guys got home at 9:15, and then stayed up till 9:45. I slept pretty good though and that doesn't happen often.)
Food wise yesterday, besides my dinner, I had my usual coffee in the morning, and then at lunch I went home to check on Casanova (he hurt his foot and I wanted to make sure he wasn't messing with it) and while there I decided to make a smoothie. I used a banana, pineapple juice, Carnation Instant Breakfast, greek yogurt, and a bit of milk. It filled up my venti Starbucks cup and it took a while to drink but it was really really good. And it made me feel full and good to go for the rest of the afternoon. Around 9 I had a Skinny Cow Fudge Truffle Bar and let me just say those things are YUMMY!! They are so chocolatey and creamy without a lot of calories but they make you feel like you're cheating.
So technically I ate pretty okay calorie wise, but somehow I have to sit down and figure out this exercise thing. I wish I were more of a morning person, and could just jump up at 5am and hop on the treadmill, but I know me and that just isn't gonna happen. lol So I'll have to find a Plan B, and C, and D........ (Actually, its too bad I can't have a treadmill here in my office, I don't do much anyway so I'd have plenty of time to exercise during the day. lol)
Today (the real today, or Day Three) I found blank weekly calendars online that you can customize and I printed one off for every week till the end of December and put Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks on it, with Total Calories after each one, and then a Final Calories at the end. This will make it easier to keep track of all my calories. I should probably do one as well for exercising, come to think of it.
I still wish I had someone here to do it with just so its not so boring by myself and for the motivation, but I suppose thats the way it goes.
At any rate, at least this is a start in the right direction.
We had jumpy steak, which is Peruvian, but it's more like Pepper Steak, except I didn't have any red bell peppers so I just used onions and tomatoes (they go in it anyway). But then you throw french fries on top of it all, which while it sounds kind of weird, it does taste good. I also was very good and baked them instead of fried them, so we didn't have the calories of that. Its served with rice, but I always think that the french fries is enough starch for me, so I only make rice for Hector and Sean Michael.
By the time dinner was over and table cleared, it was 6:30, and the dog wanted out so I took him out and while he was doing his deed, I started messing with the plants I bought, and didn't go back in till around 8ish. So really too late to exercise, because I didn't want to be all adrenilined-up (lol) and be awake till who knows when. (I'm not sure that would really be possible because I was sleepy around 9 but did manage to stay up till the guys got home at 9:15, and then stayed up till 9:45. I slept pretty good though and that doesn't happen often.)
Food wise yesterday, besides my dinner, I had my usual coffee in the morning, and then at lunch I went home to check on Casanova (he hurt his foot and I wanted to make sure he wasn't messing with it) and while there I decided to make a smoothie. I used a banana, pineapple juice, Carnation Instant Breakfast, greek yogurt, and a bit of milk. It filled up my venti Starbucks cup and it took a while to drink but it was really really good. And it made me feel full and good to go for the rest of the afternoon. Around 9 I had a Skinny Cow Fudge Truffle Bar and let me just say those things are YUMMY!! They are so chocolatey and creamy without a lot of calories but they make you feel like you're cheating.
So technically I ate pretty okay calorie wise, but somehow I have to sit down and figure out this exercise thing. I wish I were more of a morning person, and could just jump up at 5am and hop on the treadmill, but I know me and that just isn't gonna happen. lol So I'll have to find a Plan B, and C, and D........ (Actually, its too bad I can't have a treadmill here in my office, I don't do much anyway so I'd have plenty of time to exercise during the day. lol)
Today (the real today, or Day Three) I found blank weekly calendars online that you can customize and I printed one off for every week till the end of December and put Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner and Snacks on it, with Total Calories after each one, and then a Final Calories at the end. This will make it easier to keep track of all my calories. I should probably do one as well for exercising, come to think of it.
I still wish I had someone here to do it with just so its not so boring by myself and for the motivation, but I suppose thats the way it goes.
At any rate, at least this is a start in the right direction.
Tuesday, May 3, 2011
Day One.....
Technically Day One was yesterday, but it didn't work out so well. So I think I should probably make Day One today. Hopefully anyway.
Yesterday I had my iced quad venti caramel macchiato which I realize isn't exactly diet food, but hey, I gotta have my caffeine. And the calories don't really count because I'm drinking it on my way to work. What? Ok fine. They count. Sheesh you guys are relentless.
For lunch I had oatmeal. Yes people, for lunch. I am not a big breakfast person to begin with, and actually can't eat for an hour or so anyway after I get up because I have to take my thyroid meds and they need to be on an empty stomach. And once I have my coffee I'm pretty full and can last till lunch, though I will be changing that after I go grocery shopping. But more on that later. Back to lunch, so I ate the oatmeal because I figured it would keep me full till dinner, which it did.
But this is where it gets a little hay wired, because I had planned on getting on the treadmill when I got home, but instead I had to stop at the commissary and pick up a few things (because my house is pretty empty but I didn't have time today to do shopping shopping and won't till Wednesday), then as soon as I got home I had to start dinner, so that me and Sean Michael could eat and then go to Michaels and pick up stuff for a class project he is doing and then take him to tae kwon doh. Usually Hector takes him but Casanova had a 6:00 appointment at the vet because he hurt his foot somehow and was limping all weekend, so it was up to me to take Sean Michael. And we finally made it home by 9. Phew!
Anyway, dinner was chicken salad sandwiches (yes, hardly diet food I know) and then because I had to do all that running around, I had a tall caramel macchiato for energy. ***hangs head*** I also had a snack later, which was plain greek yogurt with almonds mixed in.
I am in the process though of making a menu for me to follow and shop for for the week, and so I can keep track of calories much easier. And hopefully jump on the treadmill as soon as I get home from work. Thats my plan for today anyway.
So.....Day One again. :>)
Yesterday I had my iced quad venti caramel macchiato which I realize isn't exactly diet food, but hey, I gotta have my caffeine. And the calories don't really count because I'm drinking it on my way to work. What? Ok fine. They count. Sheesh you guys are relentless.
For lunch I had oatmeal. Yes people, for lunch. I am not a big breakfast person to begin with, and actually can't eat for an hour or so anyway after I get up because I have to take my thyroid meds and they need to be on an empty stomach. And once I have my coffee I'm pretty full and can last till lunch, though I will be changing that after I go grocery shopping. But more on that later. Back to lunch, so I ate the oatmeal because I figured it would keep me full till dinner, which it did.
But this is where it gets a little hay wired, because I had planned on getting on the treadmill when I got home, but instead I had to stop at the commissary and pick up a few things (because my house is pretty empty but I didn't have time today to do shopping shopping and won't till Wednesday), then as soon as I got home I had to start dinner, so that me and Sean Michael could eat and then go to Michaels and pick up stuff for a class project he is doing and then take him to tae kwon doh. Usually Hector takes him but Casanova had a 6:00 appointment at the vet because he hurt his foot somehow and was limping all weekend, so it was up to me to take Sean Michael. And we finally made it home by 9. Phew!
Anyway, dinner was chicken salad sandwiches (yes, hardly diet food I know) and then because I had to do all that running around, I had a tall caramel macchiato for energy. ***hangs head*** I also had a snack later, which was plain greek yogurt with almonds mixed in.
I am in the process though of making a menu for me to follow and shop for for the week, and so I can keep track of calories much easier. And hopefully jump on the treadmill as soon as I get home from work. Thats my plan for today anyway.
So.....Day One again. :>)
Monday, May 2, 2011
And Here We Go With This One......
Well, besides wanting to be 17 again, I would also like to be thin again. Of course I realize I won't ever weigh in at 120 lbs like I did when I was 17, but I would like to weigh substantially less than I do now, for health reasons as well as I just want to look good again. So here I am, starting a blog about weight and losing it and the challenges and I'm sure the defeats that will come along with it, especially since my will power sucks. lol
I am planning (though you know what they say about the best laid plans) on trying to update this particular blog everyday, keeping track of what I eat and what exercise I do, and what weight I do lose. So wish me luck and keep the chocolate away from me. :>)
I am planning (though you know what they say about the best laid plans) on trying to update this particular blog everyday, keeping track of what I eat and what exercise I do, and what weight I do lose. So wish me luck and keep the chocolate away from me. :>)
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