Breakfast: 2/3 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup raisins, 20 peanuts, nutmeg & cinnamon
Morning snack: 1 piece of string cheese, 10 peanuts
Lunch: Taco salad, 4 saltines
Mid-Afternoon snack: 20 peanuts, 1 apple
Dinner: 1 bowl beef/mushroom/carrot stew, 5 pieces of bread and butter, 3 oreo cookies
Evening snack: 3/4 cup honey nut cheerios, 1/8 cup raisins, 1/4 cup milk, 2 TB honey
Physical activity:
Steps: 9294
Worked out after work.
I realize that I'm turning to bread instead of chips and candy. This afternoon and evening I've been missing the candy and chips a lot. sigh.
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Week Twelve- Tuesday
So things went really well yesterday, too, with one exception.
For breakfast, I did my 2/3 c oatmeal, 1/4 cup raisins, 1 oz. almonds with nutmeg and cinnamon breakfast again.
For morning snack, I had 1 piece of string cheese and half an oz. of almonds
For lunch, I had chili again with 4 saltines.
For afternoon snack, I had 2 pieces of string cheese and an orange.
I had a dentist appointment at 4 to take off my temporary crown and put on the permanent one. It should have taken 20 minutes. I didn't get out until an hour and a half later. Something was strange with the crown and it wouldn't lock into place. It kept rocking. The dentist decided to work a little on the base it was sitting on and that's when the fireworks went off in my mouth. So about 86 shots later, the tooth was still being touchy, I was frustrated with being a bother, and emotional from the stress it brings back to me (4th grade- eyes closed on a trampoline- fell off- broke front tooth in half- root canal that they couldn't deaden all the way= fear of dental work that I'm trying really hard to overcome).
When I left, I was upset and, to paraphrase Lilo and Stitch, "I'm troubled. I need desserts!" Food is how I deal with stressful situations. If I were a smoker, I would have smoked. If I were a drinker, I would have had a drink. Since I'm Mormon and don't do either- I wanted to eat. I wanted to keep my goal of no candy and no chips. So... oh, man, do I type this? So I got a loaf of Italian bread and ate 2/3 of it on the drive home. I also got dessert for dinner- 4 nanaimo bars, so we each could have 2 but then be done and not have a cake or a pie sitting around in the house.
This experience has made me realize that I've taken away my coping mechanism. When hurt or sad and want to feel better, I eat. I am going to need to find something to replace it with.
For dinner, we had the crockpot taco soup which was delicious. I finished the loaf of Italian bread, and had the 2 nanaimo bars.
Activity-wise, you could tell it was a post-program video recovery day for me and my younger grades, because my grand total of steps was 5,784. I don't remember when they've been that low. I didn't work out or walk Pip. Just didn't have time. I have my workout clothes packed and ready to go so I can stop off on my way home today. Crockpot dinner ready to go. Lunch and breakfast and snacks in hand. Bring on Wednesday.
For breakfast, I did my 2/3 c oatmeal, 1/4 cup raisins, 1 oz. almonds with nutmeg and cinnamon breakfast again.
For morning snack, I had 1 piece of string cheese and half an oz. of almonds
For lunch, I had chili again with 4 saltines.
For afternoon snack, I had 2 pieces of string cheese and an orange.
I had a dentist appointment at 4 to take off my temporary crown and put on the permanent one. It should have taken 20 minutes. I didn't get out until an hour and a half later. Something was strange with the crown and it wouldn't lock into place. It kept rocking. The dentist decided to work a little on the base it was sitting on and that's when the fireworks went off in my mouth. So about 86 shots later, the tooth was still being touchy, I was frustrated with being a bother, and emotional from the stress it brings back to me (4th grade- eyes closed on a trampoline- fell off- broke front tooth in half- root canal that they couldn't deaden all the way= fear of dental work that I'm trying really hard to overcome).
When I left, I was upset and, to paraphrase Lilo and Stitch, "I'm troubled. I need desserts!" Food is how I deal with stressful situations. If I were a smoker, I would have smoked. If I were a drinker, I would have had a drink. Since I'm Mormon and don't do either- I wanted to eat. I wanted to keep my goal of no candy and no chips. So... oh, man, do I type this? So I got a loaf of Italian bread and ate 2/3 of it on the drive home. I also got dessert for dinner- 4 nanaimo bars, so we each could have 2 but then be done and not have a cake or a pie sitting around in the house.
This experience has made me realize that I've taken away my coping mechanism. When hurt or sad and want to feel better, I eat. I am going to need to find something to replace it with.
For dinner, we had the crockpot taco soup which was delicious. I finished the loaf of Italian bread, and had the 2 nanaimo bars.
Activity-wise, you could tell it was a post-program video recovery day for me and my younger grades, because my grand total of steps was 5,784. I don't remember when they've been that low. I didn't work out or walk Pip. Just didn't have time. I have my workout clothes packed and ready to go so I can stop off on my way home today. Crockpot dinner ready to go. Lunch and breakfast and snacks in hand. Bring on Wednesday.
Monday, November 4, 2013
Week Twelve- Monday
Today was awesome.
Breakfast: 3/4 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup raisins, 1/2 oz almonds
Morning Snack: 1/4 cup cottage cheese, 3/4 oz. almonds
Lunch: chili with cheese
Afternoon Snack: apple, 1 oz. almonds
Dinner: 2 hawaiian chicken fajitas, 2 pieces of bread with butter
Drinks: 4 glasses water, 1 diet 7up, 1 diet A&W root beer
Steps: 11302
Physical Activity:
Walked to and from the gym in the morning for my coaching session and after school for my workout
Took Pip on a walk around the park after school
No chips, No candy even though both are still in the house right now.
Wa and hoo!
Breakfast: 3/4 cup oatmeal, 1/4 cup raisins, 1/2 oz almonds
Morning Snack: 1/4 cup cottage cheese, 3/4 oz. almonds
Lunch: chili with cheese
Afternoon Snack: apple, 1 oz. almonds
Dinner: 2 hawaiian chicken fajitas, 2 pieces of bread with butter
Drinks: 4 glasses water, 1 diet 7up, 1 diet A&W root beer
Steps: 11302
Physical Activity:
Walked to and from the gym in the morning for my coaching session and after school for my workout
Took Pip on a walk around the park after school
No chips, No candy even though both are still in the house right now.
Wa and hoo!
Week Twelve- Disneyland in 10 days
Hi All,
Well, I survived last week and enjoyed a holiday. I didn't workout, keep my goals, eat sensibly much, and I indulged in way too much Halloween candy. However, as Anne of Green Gables would say, "Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it." This weekend I had time to actually prepare for this week. Paul was a doll and picked up the groceries for me in between rehearsals and performances. Now I have six crockpot dinners frozen and ready to just be popped in in the mornings. I have time to workout and time to walk Pip. I have time to get my snacks in and read some motivational/why-we-do-what-we-do articles that my fantastic coach printed off for me. Yesterday I ended the day very worried and scared that I wouldn't be able to get back on track and continue making the choices I've started. After my coaching, though, I think that I can. I have 10 days until we leave on vacation. When we go, all bets are off and I'm not worrying about things and am going to just enjoy. However, I'm going to use these 10 days to be super focused. If I look at it as, "I can do anything hard for 10 days," then I think I can do it.
That being said, here are my goals:
1. Blog daily and post to Facebook.
2. Workout three times this week.
3. NO CHIPS
4. NO CANDY. (Now if I make a mini pie or a one-serving cake, that's ok with me. It's the candy that I have no off switch for.)
5. Eat the food I've planned and prepared to eat.
Thanks to those of you who have contacted me to make sure I was doing ok. Part of this whole "going public" thing that I dreaded was failing in such a public way. However, it does motivate me and you all have been so kind and supportive. Thank you for that.
Well, I survived last week and enjoyed a holiday. I didn't workout, keep my goals, eat sensibly much, and I indulged in way too much Halloween candy. However, as Anne of Green Gables would say, "Tomorrow is always fresh with no mistakes in it." This weekend I had time to actually prepare for this week. Paul was a doll and picked up the groceries for me in between rehearsals and performances. Now I have six crockpot dinners frozen and ready to just be popped in in the mornings. I have time to workout and time to walk Pip. I have time to get my snacks in and read some motivational/why-we-do-what-we-do articles that my fantastic coach printed off for me. Yesterday I ended the day very worried and scared that I wouldn't be able to get back on track and continue making the choices I've started. After my coaching, though, I think that I can. I have 10 days until we leave on vacation. When we go, all bets are off and I'm not worrying about things and am going to just enjoy. However, I'm going to use these 10 days to be super focused. If I look at it as, "I can do anything hard for 10 days," then I think I can do it.
That being said, here are my goals:
1. Blog daily and post to Facebook.
2. Workout three times this week.
3. NO CHIPS
4. NO CANDY. (Now if I make a mini pie or a one-serving cake, that's ok with me. It's the candy that I have no off switch for.)
5. Eat the food I've planned and prepared to eat.
Thanks to those of you who have contacted me to make sure I was doing ok. Part of this whole "going public" thing that I dreaded was failing in such a public way. However, it does motivate me and you all have been so kind and supportive. Thank you for that.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Week Eleven- Monday
Oh boy. It's going to be an interesting next few days.
Today my steps were at 14, 201.
I didn't workout.
Mid-morning I downed an ounce and a half of almonds with an apple.
After school, I ate a small chocolate frosty, a jr. bacon cheeseburger, and a small fry.
In the evening, I ate 2 PB sandwiches, a bowl of chips, and about 10 caramels and 8 mini pieces of twizzlers.
I got about 4-5 glasses of water in.
It's now about midnight and I still haven't finished up everything I needed to do tonight. Body is still achey, but no headaches today and very little nausea thank goodness.
Today my steps were at 14, 201.
I didn't workout.
Mid-morning I downed an ounce and a half of almonds with an apple.
After school, I ate a small chocolate frosty, a jr. bacon cheeseburger, and a small fry.
In the evening, I ate 2 PB sandwiches, a bowl of chips, and about 10 caramels and 8 mini pieces of twizzlers.
I got about 4-5 glasses of water in.
It's now about midnight and I still haven't finished up everything I needed to do tonight. Body is still achey, but no headaches today and very little nausea thank goodness.
Monday, October 28, 2013
Week Eleven
Hi Friends,
Nope, I haven't quit. Life has just hit me pretty hard this past week and I took a little blogging time off. The past few days I've been fighting migraines, nausea, body aches, cramping, and knee pain. Fun stuff. So far, this morning I feel tentatively ok, which is good because I couldn't take the next three days off even if I wanted to. This last week has not been great eating-wise. When left to my own devices, I eat almost straight carbs and dairy- sandwiches, toast, chips, cereal, and cheese. Eating like that has brought back occasional acid reflux that I used to deal with. (Ok- side note- the grammarian in me realizes that I've ended two sentences with prepositions, but I just don't want to rewrite them. I'm laughing at myself for noticing.)
So here's the deal. These next three days are absolutely jam-packed. I think that's also what got me in trouble last week- days at work when I literally don't take any time to eat or recharge. Then I come home so exhausted that I don't want to move off the couch or fix any sort of healthy dinner. Ok- back to this week. Here are the goals that I think will help me through, but first- as I've been writing this, my body is starting to not feel so great. I need to take it a little easy and get myself well again.
1. Get at least two workouts in- three, if possible.
2. (This one's thanks to my coach) Stop and rest twice during the work day for at least 5-10 minutes.
3. I'm going to post my blog daily to Facebook this week. It will get me back in the habit of blogging daily and keep me more accountable.
4. Today put together 4 freezer meals for the week.
5. Instead of focusing on all the ins and outs of the eating guidelines I've been working on, I want to put the focus on eating fruits and vegetables. I'm setting the goal of eating 2 pieces of fruit and three servings of veggies each day. The other things I will fix next week, but for now, I need to change my focus to something simple and manageable.
Onward and upward!
Nope, I haven't quit. Life has just hit me pretty hard this past week and I took a little blogging time off. The past few days I've been fighting migraines, nausea, body aches, cramping, and knee pain. Fun stuff. So far, this morning I feel tentatively ok, which is good because I couldn't take the next three days off even if I wanted to. This last week has not been great eating-wise. When left to my own devices, I eat almost straight carbs and dairy- sandwiches, toast, chips, cereal, and cheese. Eating like that has brought back occasional acid reflux that I used to deal with. (Ok- side note- the grammarian in me realizes that I've ended two sentences with prepositions, but I just don't want to rewrite them. I'm laughing at myself for noticing.)
So here's the deal. These next three days are absolutely jam-packed. I think that's also what got me in trouble last week- days at work when I literally don't take any time to eat or recharge. Then I come home so exhausted that I don't want to move off the couch or fix any sort of healthy dinner. Ok- back to this week. Here are the goals that I think will help me through, but first- as I've been writing this, my body is starting to not feel so great. I need to take it a little easy and get myself well again.
1. Get at least two workouts in- three, if possible.
2. (This one's thanks to my coach) Stop and rest twice during the work day for at least 5-10 minutes.
3. I'm going to post my blog daily to Facebook this week. It will get me back in the habit of blogging daily and keep me more accountable.
4. Today put together 4 freezer meals for the week.
5. Instead of focusing on all the ins and outs of the eating guidelines I've been working on, I want to put the focus on eating fruits and vegetables. I'm setting the goal of eating 2 pieces of fruit and three servings of veggies each day. The other things I will fix next week, but for now, I need to change my focus to something simple and manageable.
Onward and upward!
Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Resetting and restarting
I'm going to blog now before I get too tired to process things.
I think I have hit a bit of a wall. I always do this about this far into good changes in my health. I don't understand why it takes so long to make a good habit, but takes such a short time to break it. My eating has been going... ok. As usual, late afternoons and evenings are my struggle. I think it's because my days are so jam-packed that if anything out of the ordinary comes up, I never catch up and don't eat until I'm famished, and then I'm grumpy and eat whatever I want. I do have to recognize my small victories. Incredibly hungry yesterday, I made it out of the grocery store with only one treat- a bag of dried apricots, which I ate for a snack last night. For dinner, I stopped at one of our favorite places and picked up a chicken salad instead of the chicken quesadilla that I wanted. Today I ended up at another store at 4ish- trouble time again. This time, I didn't make it out totally unscathed. This may sound strange, but I'm going to count it as a win. I grabbed a box of Crunch and Munch- that stuff I can down in one evening. While waiting at the checkout, candy bars were calling to me. I did some calculating. The box of popcorn/peanuts was over 1,000 calories, but the candy bar I wanted was 450. (I know, I know- it's still a lot). So I switched the box for the candy bar and ate it with less guilt.
Paul was home this afternoon and evening, and where he is, I want to be, so we just chilled and watched some tv together. We'd waited too many days to cook the steak I had planned for dinner, so he ended up with cold chicken, and I had chips and peanut butter sandwiches. Sigh. By the time 6 o'clock rolled around, I still hadn't worked out. I mentioned it to Paul, and he kindly pointed out that it wasn't too late. That was the help I needed. I jumped into my workout clothes, he dropped me off at the gym on his way to his rehearsal, and I WORKED OUT. I did core toning in between my machines, and I am feeling it now. I finished about 3 minutes before they closed and then walked home.
I came home too tired to take Pip for his walk, but I'll do that tomorrow morning before I go in.
Tomorrow, I have a chicken meal ready for the crockpot, and am determined to keep going. My steps have been strong- yesterday, they were 14,669, and today they're at 14,037.
I think I have hit a bit of a wall. I always do this about this far into good changes in my health. I don't understand why it takes so long to make a good habit, but takes such a short time to break it. My eating has been going... ok. As usual, late afternoons and evenings are my struggle. I think it's because my days are so jam-packed that if anything out of the ordinary comes up, I never catch up and don't eat until I'm famished, and then I'm grumpy and eat whatever I want. I do have to recognize my small victories. Incredibly hungry yesterday, I made it out of the grocery store with only one treat- a bag of dried apricots, which I ate for a snack last night. For dinner, I stopped at one of our favorite places and picked up a chicken salad instead of the chicken quesadilla that I wanted. Today I ended up at another store at 4ish- trouble time again. This time, I didn't make it out totally unscathed. This may sound strange, but I'm going to count it as a win. I grabbed a box of Crunch and Munch- that stuff I can down in one evening. While waiting at the checkout, candy bars were calling to me. I did some calculating. The box of popcorn/peanuts was over 1,000 calories, but the candy bar I wanted was 450. (I know, I know- it's still a lot). So I switched the box for the candy bar and ate it with less guilt.
Paul was home this afternoon and evening, and where he is, I want to be, so we just chilled and watched some tv together. We'd waited too many days to cook the steak I had planned for dinner, so he ended up with cold chicken, and I had chips and peanut butter sandwiches. Sigh. By the time 6 o'clock rolled around, I still hadn't worked out. I mentioned it to Paul, and he kindly pointed out that it wasn't too late. That was the help I needed. I jumped into my workout clothes, he dropped me off at the gym on his way to his rehearsal, and I WORKED OUT. I did core toning in between my machines, and I am feeling it now. I finished about 3 minutes before they closed and then walked home.
I came home too tired to take Pip for his walk, but I'll do that tomorrow morning before I go in.
Tomorrow, I have a chicken meal ready for the crockpot, and am determined to keep going. My steps have been strong- yesterday, they were 14,669, and today they're at 14,037.
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