Breakfast – Oatmeal with cranberries and brown sugar, small cup strawberries, half piece sausage, two bites blueberry pancakes
Snack – half piece seven layer bar (they’re gone!), small piece kringle, small iced cap
Lunch (late) – salad
Snack – ¼ cup chocolate popcorn
Dinner – five pieces Donatos pizza, three strawberries. Dessert – fibershake with milk.
Workout – 500 calories on elliptical
Water – 4 out of 10 servings
Negatives – Water intake was lame. Snacks were awful. I lost two pounds in one day yesterday eating poorly, and I think that made me less strict on myself.
Positives – Looking at this journal, and yesterdays, it looks like I ate pretty poorly. But really, this is WAY better than normal without the journal! My portions are way in check these days. I don’t eat anything after dinner, because I’ve already written the blog and I don’t want to change it.
Note – I might not blog tomorrow because I will probably take the night off from keeping track (party food). But I will still try to control portions. I don’t want the work so far to be for nothing! Happy New Year!
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Saturday, December 29, 2007
Dec 29 Journal
Today I was off to a pretty okay start, but lost it in the early evening because we had friends over for dinner. You'll see...
Breakfast - oatmeal
Snack - SB grande mocha with whip (this was preplanned!), carrot and melon samples from store (I avoided the whole cookie samples!), fibershake with milk.
Lunch - small tortilla wrap with turkey, two thin slices salami, one piece cheese, lowfat sour cream, lettuce, half apple with 1 T. peanut butter, 1 bite of nut log cookie
Snack - 8 peanut M&M's (yes, I counted) with about 20 tiny pretzel twists
Dinner - okay, here it is: Appetizer - two servings blue tortilla chips with both spinach artichoke dip and beef nacho dip. Dinner - large piece chicken breast, six small roasted potato wedges, ketchup (it was out for the kids but I could not resist), steamed yellow squash, half piece garlic bread. After dinner - lowfat egg nog with Baileys, small piece kringle, 1 bite of seven layer bar (it was crumbs from the bag, actually! There is still half of one bar left!)
Workout - I had the day off
Water - 8 out of 10!!
Negatives - too many chips (and dip) and too big a portion on my chicken.
Positives - I did a great job on the water. I avoided a few temptations, including a cookie at the store and that last half of a bar. I only had a half piece of bread, but that was because it was gone before I could take another piece :) Overall, I did a good job controlling carbs, and I stopped eating before 8:00 AGAIN!!
When I weighed in this morning, I already lost a pound! Awesome! I'm sure today was not great but hopefully I didn't gain at all.
Breakfast - oatmeal
Snack - SB grande mocha with whip (this was preplanned!), carrot and melon samples from store (I avoided the whole cookie samples!), fibershake with milk.
Lunch - small tortilla wrap with turkey, two thin slices salami, one piece cheese, lowfat sour cream, lettuce, half apple with 1 T. peanut butter, 1 bite of nut log cookie
Snack - 8 peanut M&M's (yes, I counted) with about 20 tiny pretzel twists
Dinner - okay, here it is: Appetizer - two servings blue tortilla chips with both spinach artichoke dip and beef nacho dip. Dinner - large piece chicken breast, six small roasted potato wedges, ketchup (it was out for the kids but I could not resist), steamed yellow squash, half piece garlic bread. After dinner - lowfat egg nog with Baileys, small piece kringle, 1 bite of seven layer bar (it was crumbs from the bag, actually! There is still half of one bar left!)
Workout - I had the day off
Water - 8 out of 10!!
Negatives - too many chips (and dip) and too big a portion on my chicken.
Positives - I did a great job on the water. I avoided a few temptations, including a cookie at the store and that last half of a bar. I only had a half piece of bread, but that was because it was gone before I could take another piece :) Overall, I did a good job controlling carbs, and I stopped eating before 8:00 AGAIN!!
When I weighed in this morning, I already lost a pound! Awesome! I'm sure today was not great but hopefully I didn't gain at all.
Friday, December 28, 2007
Dec 28 Journal
Hi there. Here is my journal for today - unfortunately it's from memory, so hopefully I don't forget anything.
Breakfast - oatmeal
Snack - fibershake with milk
Lunch - two pieces cold stromboli, salad, half of seven layer bar, diet mountain dew
Snack - lots of pretzels (like 15 - 20)
Dinner - 2/3 hamburger on bun with ketchup and lettuce, broccoli, 1/2 twice baked potato, raspberry chocolate cookie bar (large)
Workout - 25 minutes bicep/tricep + 400 calories elliptical
Water - 5 out of 10 eight ounce servings
Negatives - I drank almost all of my water before 11:00 am! I didn't even have anything to drink with dinner. The raspberry bar thing was really bad, but really good. That was probably the worst part of my diet today. Oh, and I couldn't resist buying the 1/2 price peanut M&Ms in holiday colors at Target. Hopefully they will be just for the kids!!
Positives - I had a really rough day and thought about giving in and just starting over tomorrow but knew I wanted to post this today! I didn't even have Starbucks during my bad mood! I had a good workout even thought I didn't feel like going (my triceps are already sore as I upped my weight on the skullcrushers). I also stopped eating early in the evening, which is huge for me. It's almost 10:00 and I am not even hungry, and the kids are already in bed!
Breakfast - oatmeal
Snack - fibershake with milk
Lunch - two pieces cold stromboli, salad, half of seven layer bar, diet mountain dew
Snack - lots of pretzels (like 15 - 20)
Dinner - 2/3 hamburger on bun with ketchup and lettuce, broccoli, 1/2 twice baked potato, raspberry chocolate cookie bar (large)
Workout - 25 minutes bicep/tricep + 400 calories elliptical
Water - 5 out of 10 eight ounce servings
Negatives - I drank almost all of my water before 11:00 am! I didn't even have anything to drink with dinner. The raspberry bar thing was really bad, but really good. That was probably the worst part of my diet today. Oh, and I couldn't resist buying the 1/2 price peanut M&Ms in holiday colors at Target. Hopefully they will be just for the kids!!
Positives - I had a really rough day and thought about giving in and just starting over tomorrow but knew I wanted to post this today! I didn't even have Starbucks during my bad mood! I had a good workout even thought I didn't feel like going (my triceps are already sore as I upped my weight on the skullcrushers). I also stopped eating early in the evening, which is huge for me. It's almost 10:00 and I am not even hungry, and the kids are already in bed!
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Dec 27 Journal
Well, the scary first weigh in on the new scale was 164.6. I feared worse. I want to be in the 150s, so I am only five pounds away from my goal, which is totally achievable.
Breakfast - oatmeal
Snack - nine teddy grahams, fibershake with milk
Lunch - 3 ounces of cranberry chicken
Snack - small salami and cheese sandwich, one piece of dark choc mint ghirardelli (this was my low point - I was starving)
Dinner - (we had company) Bailey eggnog, two triscuits with cheese, three small pieces stromboli, two servings salad, one piece kringle and 1/4 of a seven layer bar
Water - 6 out of 10 eight-ounce servings so far
Workout - 1/2 hour shoulders and back + 250 calories on elliptical.
Negatives - The afternoon snack was unplanned and desperate. I could have been better by eating yogurt or a piece of fruit. I could have had one less piece stromboli.
Positives - I didn't pig out with company, I drank quite a bit of water, and I controlled my portions throughout the day pretty well. Good job at breakfast! I didn't eat any more after my post last night and will not again tonight.
Breakfast - oatmeal
Snack - nine teddy grahams, fibershake with milk
Lunch - 3 ounces of cranberry chicken
Snack - small salami and cheese sandwich, one piece of dark choc mint ghirardelli (this was my low point - I was starving)
Dinner - (we had company) Bailey eggnog, two triscuits with cheese, three small pieces stromboli, two servings salad, one piece kringle and 1/4 of a seven layer bar
Water - 6 out of 10 eight-ounce servings so far
Workout - 1/2 hour shoulders and back + 250 calories on elliptical.
Negatives - The afternoon snack was unplanned and desperate. I could have been better by eating yogurt or a piece of fruit. I could have had one less piece stromboli.
Positives - I didn't pig out with company, I drank quite a bit of water, and I controlled my portions throughout the day pretty well. Good job at breakfast! I didn't eat any more after my post last night and will not again tonight.
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
Dec 26 Journal
Well, I did exceptionally well on Dec 23rd and pretty good on Christmas Eve with my nutrition, and then came Christmas Eve night and cookies and drinks and... oh well. I decided to start this journal after lunch today, because that was pretty bad as well (leftovers :)).
Here goes:
Workout - legs half hour, elliptical 250 calories
Snack - small piece kringle
Dinner - 2 pieces pizza with sausage, large salad with spinach, lettuce, carrots, walnuts, lowfat dressing, another small piece kringle
Water - about 24 ounces so far out of 80 recommended.
Negatives - today was not a good food day. There are too many good things to eat in my house that remain from the holiday. I have been throwing stuff out but there are still some sweets. Maybe after tomorrow since I am making dinner for several people and I can give away most of the rest. I need to drink more water. I had a high level of stress today because my son is extra needy and I ate when I was stressed!
Positives - I had a good workout. I stopped eating at around 7:00 for the night (major weakness). I could have had MANY more sweets but knew I would have to admit it here!! I also wanted more pizza but controlled my portions.
Wish me luck - I step on the new scale in morning!!
Here goes:
Workout - legs half hour, elliptical 250 calories
Snack - small piece kringle
Dinner - 2 pieces pizza with sausage, large salad with spinach, lettuce, carrots, walnuts, lowfat dressing, another small piece kringle
Water - about 24 ounces so far out of 80 recommended.
Negatives - today was not a good food day. There are too many good things to eat in my house that remain from the holiday. I have been throwing stuff out but there are still some sweets. Maybe after tomorrow since I am making dinner for several people and I can give away most of the rest. I need to drink more water. I had a high level of stress today because my son is extra needy and I ate when I was stressed!
Positives - I had a good workout. I stopped eating at around 7:00 for the night (major weakness). I could have had MANY more sweets but knew I would have to admit it here!! I also wanted more pizza but controlled my portions.
Wish me luck - I step on the new scale in morning!!
Getting Started
Today I will start publishing my food journal online. Hopefully this will be a way for me to be more responsible about what I eat. I have about 5 or 10 pounds to lose, and it's all about diet for me since I workout a lot and enjoy that aspect of being healthy. Too many darn Christmas cookies has forced me to take more drastic measures! Any positive comments will help me on my journey. Thanks!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)