Back on the Wagon
27 Aug 2011 Leave a Comment
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Breakfast today:
Protein Shake – 1 scoop chocolate pure protein powder and 8oz 1% milk with ice, and 1/2 c. of oatmeal with blueberries and a tsp of chopped walnuts
Lunch: 3 slices of ham (1 serving), 2 oz, cheddar, 2 dill pickle slices, 1/2 c sliced peaches (rinsed but they were canned in juice) and 1c of popcorn (GRR) – popcorn is not pictured
Dinner tonight will be: 6oz baked croaker (fish), 1/2 c boiled cabbage
Time To Get These Last 50 Pounds GONE
29 Dec 2010 Leave a Comment
Starting today – back to logging food, monitoring my snacking, and kicking up the exercise AGAIN. Sigh. It’s a never ending battle, isn’t it?
Today, I’m planning about 1100 calories – I really need to log the food into SparkPeople because I don’t think that will be enough in contrast to the exercise, but we’ll see. Here’s what’s on tap for today:
Breakfast:
- 2 egg whites scrambled with 1 tsp of parmesan cheese, 1 tsp of milk, 1 tbsp of diced green peppers (scrambled in about a tsp of olive oil).
- 1oz of cheddar cheese
- 1/2 of a large orange
- 1 slice of whole grain toast (dry)
Lunch
- 1 can (2.5 servings) of albacore tuna in water mixed with 1 tbsp of chopped celery, 1 tsp of diced onion, and 1.5 tbsp of light mayo
- 2 dill pickle spears
- 1/2 small orange (I keep oranges sliced up in the fridge all the time, so I grabbed 4 slices for both breakfast and lunch – 4 from a big one and 4 from a small one)
- 1 slice of whole grain toast
Dinner
- 4oz pork roast (I have it in the crockpot now – yay!)
- 1/2 cup of cooked carrots, onion and celery
- 1/4 cup of diced potato (must start limiting those ebil carbs)
NO SNACKING. NONE. GRR.
I’m going to try to grab a workout tonight too – it depends on if my step-daughter is coming over or not.
That boils down to 1,046 calories, 93g of protein, 69g. of carbs, I think it was about 29g. of fat.
Frustrated Doesn’t Even Begin to Cover It
03 Nov 2010 1 Comment
in Exercise, Feedbag, Looking at myself, Stalls Suck Tags: Challenges, Exercise, Feed Bag, I'm a frustrated biyatch, things that suck, Wii Workout
This stall has gone on for too danged long. I know what I need to do – I know I need to start diarying again – not just logging, but actually diarying – to figure out why I’m grazing so danged much. Grrr. I also know that from what I have logged, I’m still getting less than 1200 calories per day, BUT I’m pretty sure with my activity levels that my body needs more. Perhaps it’s just holding on to everything possible.
At any rate, I’m just so frustrated with the darned scale bouncing up and down and I’m ashamed of the fact that I haven’t lost anything significant in the past three months. That feeling of “failure” is creeping in and that always sends me into a spiral. I need to get ahold of things and get them back on the right direction before the whole train derails.
What really sucks is that I’ve either torn or strained a tendon in my GOOD knee, and I’ve been told nothing stressful at the gym. Unfortunately, that means the pool, which also unfortunately means its only open early two days per week – Wednesdays and Thursdays. And my defeatest feelings are out, so I screwed myself by not setting my alarm early enough to go this morning – sabatoge anyone?
I’m recommitting to recommit. Today. I’ve started diarying again. When I say that, it’s not just tracking what I ate, but what time I ate it, and what I was feeling when I ate it. It was something they taught us in the bariatric program way back before surgery, and I really got away from it. It helps you determine WHY you are putting food in your mouth. I plan on saving these and going over them with Cindy on the 16th at my 12 month follow up. I also need to talk out this stall with her – I think it will be valuable to me to talk to the behavioral therapist. I’m soooo glad my practice has one.
I also need to recommit to the exercises, which aren’t easy when your knee is bunged up. I’m terrified that the knee actually has a tear instead of a strain, which could mean more surgery. UGH. I plan on working through it though. Today at lunch, I’m walking the stairs. Tonight, I’m hitting the Wii. Tomorrow, come hell or high water (no pun intended) I’m hitting the pool at the gym.
Over at Christie’s blog a week or so ago she did a review of The Daily Plate which is similar to SparkPeople for logging your calorie intake and fitness levels. I decided to give it a try this morning, although I’ve been dedicated to my SparkPeople for years now. I actually found it clunky to use – but it could be because I’m used to Sparkpeople. It is a good option for those of you who want to track caloric intake. I think I will stick with my SparkPeople though. The Daily Plate told me I need to consume 1800 net calories per day in order to lose 2 pounds a week. I haven’t eaten 1800 calories per day in over a year. I don’t think I physically could, and that includes daily protein shakes. Hmmm. Maybe I’m NOT getting enough calories.
Anyway – here’s today’s food plan – and hopefully I’ll stick to that plan.
PreB – 16oz coffee with 2tbsp fat free half and half and sweet-n-low, and one pumpkin spice protein shake, my multivitamin, iron, chewable D3, folic acid, and b12
Breakfast – Michelina’s Lean Gourmet Sausage, Egg and Cheese Mini-muffin, 1/4c. of greek yogurt, 4 small cubes of watermelon (sigh, I needed change for the bus) and about 2 tbsp of dried berries.
Between B & L – 24oz of water, 12 oz. of decaf tea, 600mg of calcium citrate, magnesium
Lunch – one chicken thigh, 1c. of tossed salad with 2 tbsp salad dressing (I’m using real salad dressing) and 1 thin slice of toasted italian bread
Between L&D – 12 oz decaf tea and 24oz of water, 600mg calcium citrate, magnesium, 2nd multivitamin
Dinner – 6oz tilapia filet, 1 small baked potato, 1/2c. green beans
20oz water, dulcolax (sigh)
Exercise today: Walking 20 minutes (to and from bus stop to work), 30 minutes climbing stairs (lunchtime), and 30 minutes Wii fit
Feedbag and Exercise
28 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
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So, here’s today’s food:
PreB – blueberry protein shake (I only got half of it down today – pouch was having none of it this morning)
B - non-fat blueberry yogurt and oatmeal made with skim milk (to make up for the protein shake from this morning) and dried cranberries
L – non-fat key lime pie yogurt, peanut butter and dried cranberries on a LC tortilla
D – well, now that’s an excellent question, since I forgot to take anything out of the freezer today…maybe fish?
Exercise – 45 minutes of freestyle laps in the pool and 10 minutes of hip flexor exercises (which feel SOOOOOO much better when doing them in the hot tub)
A Hodgepodge
27 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
in Exercise, Feedbag, Obesity Tags: Exercise, Feed Bag, I'm a frustrated biyatch, Psychological Weightloss
First, let’s get this out of the way, shall we?
Today’s food:
PreB – chocolate mocha protien shake
B – banana cream pie sf nonfat yogurt, 1/2c oatmeal with dried cranberries, 2 strawberries and a cube of watermelon
L – roast beef, cabbage, and a spoonful of mashed potatos
D – turkey tomato cheesey bake
Exercise: 30 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes hip flexor stretches, 20 minutes lower body training
And now on to the meat of this post…if you have friended me on facebook then you may have seen this link last night:
http://www.marieclaire.com/sex-love/dating-blog/overweight-couples-on-television
I’m really amazed at the STUPIDITY of some people – particularly the person who wrote that blog post. Because obese people don’t have feelings, dontchaknow?
Sigh – Marie Claire will NEVER see any subscription from me. NEVER.
This response in Bitch is made of win, however. http://bitchmagazine.org/post/fatphobia-alert-fatties-should-not-be-allowed-to-kiss-apparently
Feedbag Post
26 Oct 2010 Leave a Comment
I promised I’d start logging my food again, so here is yesterday and today.
Yesterday:
PreB – pumpkin spice protein shake
Breakfast – 1 egg scrambled with diced green onion and a smidge of parmesan with one slice of cheddar on a multigrain tortilla
Lunch: Roast beef; cabbage, carrots and celery (all together roughly a half cup); about 1/4 c mashed potatos
Snack (bad me): handful of low fat pringles (maybe 10?)
Dinner: brocolli and cheddar stuffed chicken breast, carrots and peas, and 1/4c jasmine rice
Snack (bad me again): three saltines with a smidge of peanut butter
All my fluids (96oz) and all my vits
TODAY:
PreB – pumpkin spice protein shake
Breakfast – 6oz key lime pie sf yogurt, 1/2 c oatmeal, 1 small apple
Lunch – tuna salad, 5 sesame crackers, another small apple
Dinner: Turkey Chili, 1 thin slice of multigrain bread toasted
NO SNACKS TODAY
Exercise: 30 minutes elliptical, 10 minutes hip flexor exercises, 20 minutes upper body training
Tuesday Feedbag
07 Sep 2010 Leave a Comment
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Pre-B – 16oz crystal light, 16oz coffee with fat free half and half (about two tbsp)
B – 6oz greek yogurt (plain), 1 small plum, 1/3c. of grits
L – 1 crab cake (made with lump crab meat and 2tbsp mayo) – equals about a 1/2c. in volume, 1 small ear of corn, two tomato slices and 1 pluott.
D – 1 crab cake (made same as lunch – we had crabs this weekend), 1 small ear of corn, small salad (lettuce, cukes and tomato slices)
Exercise – 30 minutes elliptical (2.5 miles) and 30 minutes upper body & abs workout
Bloggie Break
20 Aug 2010 2 Comments
in Exercise, Feedbag, Looking at myself Tags: Exercise, Feed Bag, vacation
We’re leaving right after work tonight for our vacation home in Virginia. We won’t be taking the laptop (and we don’t have internet access there anyway) so the blog will be quiet for a week.
I have planned out meals and have made arrangements to get together a walking group in our trailer park, so fingers crossed when I return I’ll be in Onederland.
Don’t miss me too much!
Aaaaand today’s feedbag:
PreB – coffee (no protein shake today – no gym)
B – greek yogurt, a peach and multigrain cheerios
L – protein mac n cheese with tomatos, the rest of the peach
D – protein bar – we’ll be on the road. More than likely I’ll fix a hot dog or something when we get to the trailer.
Exercise – walking today on my lunch hour.
Feed Bag
19 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
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Pre – B – Protein shake, coffee
Breakfast – Atkins Marshmallow Mudslide Bar, watermelon (about 1/4 cup diced), and 1/4 c of multigrain cheerios
Mid -morning – more coffee
L – Michelina’s Lean Gormet Chicken Alfredo, small tossed salad, 1 forkfull of pasta salad and a few more pieces of watermelon
D – steak (mmm…beeeeefffff), small baked tater and tomato slices
Exercise – 30 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes hip flexor exercises, and 20 minutes lower body strength training…and ow. ow. ow.
Feed Bag
18 Aug 2010 Leave a Comment
in Exercise, Feedbag Tags: Exercise, Feed Bag
Pre-Breakfast – 16oz coffee with 1tbsp ff half and half, 16 oz water (during workout), 8oz protein shake post workout
Breakfast – 6oz plain non-fat greek yogurt, 1/4 cup diced fresh peaches, 1/4 c. multigrain cheerios
Mid-morning – 16oz water with 1pk. special K protein powder, 12oz coffee with sweet-n-low and FF creamer
L – Lean Gormet lasagna, 1c. tossed salad with 1tbsp dressing (I probably won’t finish the salad), 1/4 c diced peaches and 5 bing cherries
Mid afternoon – 16oz water
Dinner – 3oz turkey burger with lettuce, tomato, and red onion slices, 1 ear of corn, and 1 serving of SF jello chocolate mint mousse
Post dinner – 16 oz water.
Exercise – 30 minutes on the elliptical, 10 minutes of hip flexor exercises, 20 minutes strength training- upper body
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