The Poop - After blogging earlier, I had a poop...more than you wanted to know?!?! Just wait. I hadn't pooped since Saturday. Ugh. Last night, I took a laxative, and this morning, I shared my husband's coffee, and still...very little happened. But blogging caused some sort of "rumble in the jungle" as we call it at our house, and following "the poop," I was down to 323.2. Still not in the teens as I had hoped, but better than the earlier number. Don't you love it when I share my personal life with you?!?! Has reading this caused a rumble in your jungle?!?!
The Scoop - The pool is eating my swimsuits. Ugh. I have 3 swimsuit tops and 2 bottoms - a skirt bottom and shorts bottoms. Three weeks ago, the skirt barely covered the "panty" part of the bottoms. Today, when I got out of the pool, It was down to my knees. The pool chemicals have eaten away the elastic in the spandex...no more span, now, just dex. So, I threw those away, and am about to look for some more on eBay. Who knew... I wish I could get it to eat my thighs, butt, and belly!!!
Monday, June 29, 2009
325.0 That's today's number, and I'm officially discouraged. I was hoping to see teen numbers by today. We went out for my birthday with our best friends, and I planned SO carefully. I took a 2,000 calorie meal down to about 900 by leaving off the chips and most of the cheese. I substituted lettuce for the chips. And, then, my husband and I went to the gym for an hour after eating lunch! And still...4 measly pounds?!?! That's not worth it. I've just got to try harder this week. It seems like I say that EVERY week. I'm trying to incorporate salads more often, but there are SO many calories in salad! You wouldn't believe...carrots, dressing, and croutons add up QUICKLY. And I didn't even mention cheese. I'm off to work up a sweat cleaning house before I change into my swimsuit and go exercise.
On a MUCH brighter note, the 2 men in my shallow water aerobics class had a whole birthday party planned for me Friday after class. It was a SHOCK! It was quite possibly the nicest and most unexpected thing that's happened to me in a very long time. It's GRAND when the world gives back. It makes all the unnoticed times I've given SO MUCH MORE worth it. God knows. He knows when to push us to give, and He knows when we could use a little giving our way. Just when I thought I was the most blessed girl on the planet, these 2 men make me feel even more blessed! I couldn't believe it. They had everyone in the class sign a card. I saved it. It's precious to me. I keep reading it over and over. And then, after we all got dressed again, we met upstairs at the Y and the guys had brought sodas and cupcakes. I did take bottled water, but that ended up not EVEN being the hit of the day! And that was perfectly ok. We got to sit together for a little while and just relax and chat. It was PERFECT! I was SO touched!!! Again, I AM ONE BLESSED GIRL!
Now, if I could just be a thinner blessed girl.
On a MUCH brighter note, the 2 men in my shallow water aerobics class had a whole birthday party planned for me Friday after class. It was a SHOCK! It was quite possibly the nicest and most unexpected thing that's happened to me in a very long time. It's GRAND when the world gives back. It makes all the unnoticed times I've given SO MUCH MORE worth it. God knows. He knows when to push us to give, and He knows when we could use a little giving our way. Just when I thought I was the most blessed girl on the planet, these 2 men make me feel even more blessed! I couldn't believe it. They had everyone in the class sign a card. I saved it. It's precious to me. I keep reading it over and over. And then, after we all got dressed again, we met upstairs at the Y and the guys had brought sodas and cupcakes. I did take bottled water, but that ended up not EVEN being the hit of the day! And that was perfectly ok. We got to sit together for a little while and just relax and chat. It was PERFECT! I was SO touched!!! Again, I AM ONE BLESSED GIRL!
Now, if I could just be a thinner blessed girl.
Friday, June 26, 2009
Happy Birthday to ME! :)
Today is my 34th birthday. I'm SO pleased to be about 25 pounds lighter than I was when June began! The day has been perfect so far! I got an adorable monogrammed basket from my mom...I need to figure out how to post pictures...and I'm taking it to my class this afternoon filled with ribbon-tied bottled water for all my water aerobics classmates. I first thought cupcakes, but HELLO! You don't take sweets to an aerobics class...duh! I hope the water will still be a hit! Happy Birthday to me!!
Monday, June 22, 2009
Yeah, well...
I got SO excited on Wednesday with my 21 pounds, that I blew it. Live and learn. Yesterday, my husband and I ate everything in sight. He said, "At least we're eating healthy." Yes, at least. But, if I'm going to blow it, shouldn't it at least be something fattening and gooey and delicious?!?! NOT baked lays and rice cakes?!?! Sheesh.
So, today, my big number is only 329.8 19 pounds lost in 22 days, and I realize that's nothing to cry about, certainly, but I've got to get back on my good plan.
I've looked over my menus for the last week and have noticed that I'm flocking to the carbs that are low cal...yogurt, cereal, etc. So, I've GOT to get more fruits and veggies in...got to, got to, got to. AND, I've noticed that I eat my biggest meal (usually between 800 and 1200 calories) at night (including snacking). So, I'm going to aim for the "big meal" at lunchtime, and a small meal at night since I do nothing after dinner except sit on my big ol' booty.
We'll see how that goes. I'm not giving up, although I have realized...being fat and eating unhealthy is E-A-S-Y! Maybe that's why I was content for so long...
So, today, my big number is only 329.8 19 pounds lost in 22 days, and I realize that's nothing to cry about, certainly, but I've got to get back on my good plan.
I've looked over my menus for the last week and have noticed that I'm flocking to the carbs that are low cal...yogurt, cereal, etc. So, I've GOT to get more fruits and veggies in...got to, got to, got to. AND, I've noticed that I eat my biggest meal (usually between 800 and 1200 calories) at night (including snacking). So, I'm going to aim for the "big meal" at lunchtime, and a small meal at night since I do nothing after dinner except sit on my big ol' booty.
We'll see how that goes. I'm not giving up, although I have realized...being fat and eating unhealthy is E-A-S-Y! Maybe that's why I was content for so long...
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
Drum Roll, please...and my new BFF
Tah-dah! It's Monday and the scale says 331.8! 7.2 more pounds GONE! :) I'm VERY happy! This week was BY FAR harder than the first, but I'm feeling good about things and still comitted. I'm going to work SUPER hard this week! I'd like to see teen numbers by next Monday if possible!
I'm excited to tell you about my new BFF. MY new BFF is DELICIOUS! It is perfectly mmmmmmmmmmmmunchie and extremely low in calories! I can eat FIFTEEN CUPS of my new BFF for only 225 calories! You can make it a meal if you want to! Now, my new BFF has little nutritional value, but for a snack or even for dinner, it is PERFECT! My new BFF is POPCORN! Who knew?!?!
I'm excited to tell you about my new BFF. MY new BFF is DELICIOUS! It is perfectly mmmmmmmmmmmmunchie and extremely low in calories! I can eat FIFTEEN CUPS of my new BFF for only 225 calories! You can make it a meal if you want to! Now, my new BFF has little nutritional value, but for a snack or even for dinner, it is PERFECT! My new BFF is POPCORN! Who knew?!?!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Fitness and Food Friday #2
Here's the past week:
Friday, June 5
breakfast - water or Crystal Light (0 calories)
lunch - 1 can Santa Fe Chicken soup and 1 cup steamed brown rice (330 calories)
dinner - footlong SOCT sandwich, 2 bags Baked Lays (1030 calories)
snack - cup of coffee with creamer (50) and slimfast bar (110)
exercise - 2 hours water aerobics
Calories Eaten = 1530 Calories Burned = 1100
Total Calories = 430
Saturday, June 6
breakfast - 1.5 cup steamed brown rice (255) and 5 oz. Japanese left overs (just the onions, zuchini, and sauce) 270
**This was a mistake. When I got out of the pool after an hour of aerobics, then ran errands for almost 2 hours, I was moody, shaky, and my body felt very heavy and hard to move. Hello. I'd had VERY little protein in those 525 morning calories. I'll try not to do that again.**
lunch - Sonic wrap (I HAD to have something on the go.) (260)
**Wait until you see this! We splurged and ate out! I was nervous about staying within 2,000 calories, and I'd only been to the pool an hour. So, I did the research online at the Chili's website and the have several "Guiltless Grill" entrees. Check it out...I even splurged and had FRIES...my FAVORITE food on the planet!**
dinner - Chili's Guiltless Chicken Platter (grilled chicken breast, rice, steamed veggies) (371), side of fries (410) By FAR, the best, most delicious 781 calories of my day! Heck, of my week!
snack - 3 servings cereal (330), 1 cup soy milk (90), and 1 yogurt (80)
exercise - 1 hour water aerobics
Calories Eaten = 2066 Calories Burned = 550
Total Calories = 1516
Sunday, June 7
breakfast - water or Crystal Light (0)
lunch - BIG salad (comment if you want all the ingredients) (656 calories)
snack - yogurt (80)
dinner - salmon burger (530), 1 cup steamed rice (170), 1 cup lentils (150)
dessert - 100 calories pack sweet (100)
exercise - none
Calories Eaten = 1686 Calories Burned = 0
Total Calories = 1686
Monday, June 8 (Happy Birthday to my Mimi. I hope they celebrate birthday BIG in Heaven.)
breakfast - Slimfast (180)
lunch - 1 cup chicken pieces (You can buy these prepackaged, already cooked and seasoned if you'd like.) (180), 1 cheese stick (110), 4 pieces of melba toast (50), and 1 yogurt (80). That's a total of 420 calories and FORTY-SIX grams of protein!
**I'll be referring to this lunch as my "Protein Power Lunch" in upcoming menus and posts so I don't have to retype it all every time. This is quickly becoming a staple lunch.**
dinner - salmon burger, rice, lentils leftovers (850), fruit salad (271.5) (comment if you want the exact ingredients and breakdown), and a 100 calorie pack sweet (100)
exercise - 1 hour housework (400), 2 hours pool (1165)
Calories Eaten = 1821.5 Calories Burned = 1565
Total Calories = 256? Where's a calculator when I need one?
Tuesday, June 9
breakfast - 2 packs oatmeal (280), 2 tbsp. flaxseed (80), 1 cup yogurt (80)
lunch - lean pocket (270)
dinner - 1 cup steamed brown rice (170), steamed broccoli and red bell pepper (73), 1 cup Chinese restaurant brown sauce (85), 2 filets steamed talapia (124), 1 slice garlic bread (162)
dessert - 100 calorie pack, 1 cup pudding (110)
exercise - 1 hour pool (550)
Calories Eaten = 1374 Calories Burned = 550
Total Calories = 824
Wednesday, June 10
breakfast - 1 cup dry cereal (110)
lunch - Protein Power Lunch (420)
dessert - pudding (110)
dinner - 1 cup steamed brown rice, 15 oz. Japanese teriyaki chicken (810), 4 tbsp. soy sauce (40)
snack - 28 Baked Lays (240) **and yes, I stood there and counted out exactly 28.** and 1 pudding (110)
exercise - 1.5 hours pool (1000)
Calories Eaten = 1878 Calories Burned = 1000
Total Calories = 878
Thursday, June 11
breakfast - Protein Power Lunch, but with only 1/2 cup chicken (330)
lunch/snack - Sonic wrap (260)
dinner -
**YUM! I made 1 pound (the whole box) of whole wheat penne rigate pasta and added 1 cup of Campbell's cheddar cheese condensed soup (no water). With hindsight, I may use 2 cans next time...I'll have to check the calories...because the sauce was sparse and didn't add much flavor. We put salsa on top for flavor and few calories.)**
ok...back to dinner - 2 steamed talapis filets (124), steamed red bell pepper and broccoli left overs (47), 2 cups pasta mixture (420 pasta, 66 sauce for a total of 486)
dessert - jello (10) and 100 calorie pack (100)
exercise - none...I couldn't wake up for morning swim class. :(
Calories Eaten = 1617 Calories Burned = 0
Total Calories = 1617
Friday, June 5
breakfast - water or Crystal Light (0 calories)
lunch - 1 can Santa Fe Chicken soup and 1 cup steamed brown rice (330 calories)
dinner - footlong SOCT sandwich, 2 bags Baked Lays (1030 calories)
snack - cup of coffee with creamer (50) and slimfast bar (110)
exercise - 2 hours water aerobics
Calories Eaten = 1530 Calories Burned = 1100
Total Calories = 430
Saturday, June 6
breakfast - 1.5 cup steamed brown rice (255) and 5 oz. Japanese left overs (just the onions, zuchini, and sauce) 270
**This was a mistake. When I got out of the pool after an hour of aerobics, then ran errands for almost 2 hours, I was moody, shaky, and my body felt very heavy and hard to move. Hello. I'd had VERY little protein in those 525 morning calories. I'll try not to do that again.**
lunch - Sonic wrap (I HAD to have something on the go.) (260)
**Wait until you see this! We splurged and ate out! I was nervous about staying within 2,000 calories, and I'd only been to the pool an hour. So, I did the research online at the Chili's website and the have several "Guiltless Grill" entrees. Check it out...I even splurged and had FRIES...my FAVORITE food on the planet!**
dinner - Chili's Guiltless Chicken Platter (grilled chicken breast, rice, steamed veggies) (371), side of fries (410) By FAR, the best, most delicious 781 calories of my day! Heck, of my week!
snack - 3 servings cereal (330), 1 cup soy milk (90), and 1 yogurt (80)
exercise - 1 hour water aerobics
Calories Eaten = 2066 Calories Burned = 550
Total Calories = 1516
Sunday, June 7
breakfast - water or Crystal Light (0)
lunch - BIG salad (comment if you want all the ingredients) (656 calories)
snack - yogurt (80)
dinner - salmon burger (530), 1 cup steamed rice (170), 1 cup lentils (150)
dessert - 100 calories pack sweet (100)
exercise - none
Calories Eaten = 1686 Calories Burned = 0
Total Calories = 1686
Monday, June 8 (Happy Birthday to my Mimi. I hope they celebrate birthday BIG in Heaven.)
breakfast - Slimfast (180)
lunch - 1 cup chicken pieces (You can buy these prepackaged, already cooked and seasoned if you'd like.) (180), 1 cheese stick (110), 4 pieces of melba toast (50), and 1 yogurt (80). That's a total of 420 calories and FORTY-SIX grams of protein!
**I'll be referring to this lunch as my "Protein Power Lunch" in upcoming menus and posts so I don't have to retype it all every time. This is quickly becoming a staple lunch.**
dinner - salmon burger, rice, lentils leftovers (850), fruit salad (271.5) (comment if you want the exact ingredients and breakdown), and a 100 calorie pack sweet (100)
exercise - 1 hour housework (400), 2 hours pool (1165)
Calories Eaten = 1821.5 Calories Burned = 1565
Total Calories = 256? Where's a calculator when I need one?
Tuesday, June 9
breakfast - 2 packs oatmeal (280), 2 tbsp. flaxseed (80), 1 cup yogurt (80)
lunch - lean pocket (270)
dinner - 1 cup steamed brown rice (170), steamed broccoli and red bell pepper (73), 1 cup Chinese restaurant brown sauce (85), 2 filets steamed talapia (124), 1 slice garlic bread (162)
dessert - 100 calorie pack, 1 cup pudding (110)
exercise - 1 hour pool (550)
Calories Eaten = 1374 Calories Burned = 550
Total Calories = 824
Wednesday, June 10
breakfast - 1 cup dry cereal (110)
lunch - Protein Power Lunch (420)
dessert - pudding (110)
dinner - 1 cup steamed brown rice, 15 oz. Japanese teriyaki chicken (810), 4 tbsp. soy sauce (40)
snack - 28 Baked Lays (240) **and yes, I stood there and counted out exactly 28.** and 1 pudding (110)
exercise - 1.5 hours pool (1000)
Calories Eaten = 1878 Calories Burned = 1000
Total Calories = 878
Thursday, June 11
breakfast - Protein Power Lunch, but with only 1/2 cup chicken (330)
lunch/snack - Sonic wrap (260)
dinner -
**YUM! I made 1 pound (the whole box) of whole wheat penne rigate pasta and added 1 cup of Campbell's cheddar cheese condensed soup (no water). With hindsight, I may use 2 cans next time...I'll have to check the calories...because the sauce was sparse and didn't add much flavor. We put salsa on top for flavor and few calories.)**
ok...back to dinner - 2 steamed talapis filets (124), steamed red bell pepper and broccoli left overs (47), 2 cups pasta mixture (420 pasta, 66 sauce for a total of 486)
dessert - jello (10) and 100 calorie pack (100)
exercise - none...I couldn't wake up for morning swim class. :(
Calories Eaten = 1617 Calories Burned = 0
Total Calories = 1617
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