breakfast (190):
Life cereal w/ skim milk (190)


snack (145):
apple (110)
Laughing Cow Light Swiss (35)


lunch (300):
White Chicken Chili (157)
14 baked tortilla chips (120)
1 T. light sour cream (23)

dinner (???):
some kind of chicken casserole my dear mother-in-law made (so grateful to not eat another sandwich) and a WHOLE bunch of pumpkin chocolate chip cookies. Delicious and Oh-So-Bad for the calorie count

One thing I'm learning is that if you have room in your calorie count to indulge in something extra, hot chocolate still leaves your tummy hungry.


I was up very late, so I didn't make it up for a workout this morning.


breakfast (303):
1 slice 45 calorie wheat toast
1 egg (90)
1 slice honey ham (23)
.5 slice cheddar (45)
OJ (100)


I'm still hungry.


snack (40):
6 almonds


lunch (275):
3 slices turkey (60)
1 slice cheddar (90)
bread (45)
peach halves (80???)


snack (300):
granola, who knew it was so high calorie? I was so hungry and so dissatisfied with lunch, I needed a good snack. This was full of good for me stuff, but they came at a price.


dinner (379):
White Chicken Chili (236)
14 baked tortilla chips (120)
1 T. reduced fat sour cream (23)

1297 and I'm surprisingly feeling a bit full. Maybe my measurements are off. Hmmmm... Lucky me!

I don't know how far, but I'm sure I'm over 1500. We made caramel corn for a Halloween treat this evening. I tasted a good handful.

Weigh-in #27

I was nervous to step on the scale this morning considering my indulgences as of late. I was just hoping not to have gained. To my amazement I've lost another pound! I'm thankful to be moving in the right direction. I've also lost an inch off my waist, an inch off my hips, and .5" off my thighs. Somethings working.


I got up on time this morning, but I was sluggish. Today was a cross training day. I intended to add a 1 mile run at the end of my resistance training, but I ran out of time. I need to move faster through my routine.


breakfast:
Life cereal w/ skim milk (265)


It's so cold! First snow of the season is falling as I type. I may have to indulge in hot chocolate.


Twin Time Snack:
6 oz. hot chocolate with a splash of skim milk (150)


lunch (205):
3 slices turkey (60)
15 baked tortilla chips (120)
1/3 c. salsa (25)


snack (90):
banana (90)


dinner (544):
Chicken Gnocchi Soup (544)


That's a total of 1254 calories for the day. I'm hungry. Kind of late for a snack, but I might indulge. Hmmmm....

snack (248):
I couldn't resist! I was cold and hungry.

That bumps the total up to 1502 calories for the day.
1 slice 45 cal. wheat toast, 1 t. peanut butter (63), 6 oz. hot chocolate (140)

First, I must confess that I did not keep my promise to eat well over the weekend. I ate pizza, Oreos (we were spooked for Halloween), loads of cheesecake, bites of brownie a la mode, a bite of wedding cake, and a bite of eclair, as well as chocolate chip cookies my grandma made. Not my most stellar performance. I expect it to reflect on the scale. I did however, keep my promise to exercise. Cross training on Friday, 4 mile run on Saturday. I wonder if I burned any calories during the hair marathon on the wedding day?

This morning I woke up late and ran a 30 min program on the treadmill. Not too intense, but it was good for 300 calories.

breakfast (345):
2 scrambled eggs (140)
1 piece of toast (100)
1 t. low sugar jam (10)
1 T. chili sauce (15)
1 c. skim milk (80)


lunch (200):
4 oz. salmon (100)
1 T. mock hollindaise (65, probably less because I used low-fat sour cream)
3/4 c. steamed broccoli (35)


Since I did so well, I "rewarded" myself with some ice-cream (200)

dinner (587+):
We went to a pumpkin patch and hayride in a town South of here. We picked up dinner on the way, and had treats in the barn after we froze our buns off picking out pumpkins. Lets see what the damage is;
Southwest Chicken Salad (half the dressing or less 370)
Fruit n' Yogurt Parfait (167)
10 french fries (50)
1 bite of Stuart's hamburger

FHE treat:
cookie (???)
taste of ice-cream (???)

Amazingly enough, the knowns still come to 1332. Hopefully that leaves enough room for the indulgences.

Posting Hiatus

Family came into town last night for my brother's wedding this weekend. I probably won't take the time to record everything (it has been very time consuming), but I promise to exercise daily and eat right. Although, even while I'm making this promise, my will to exercise today is waning. I was up most the night with a sick kid. I am so tired, however, something must be accomplished at some point. I already missed one day this week because of late night homework.

breakfast (260):
Quaker Oat Squares (210)
1% milk (50)


bleh. It wasn't so yummy.


lunch (348):
romaine (16)
black beans (56)
cheese (70)
ranch (120)
chicken (81)
salsa (5)

snack:
I binged on cookies I got for scouts. I have no idea how many calories. 500 at least. It's an addiction. I have no self-control around those things!

dinner (600?):
spaghetti
whole wheat pasta
salad
1 slice of bread

If I hadn't succumbed to cookies I'd have done well today. As it is I'm at 1800+ calories for the day. A far cry from 1500 max.

I ran on the treadmill for an hour. I did one of the ready made programs that took me through sprints. It only lasted 30 minutes and got me just over 2 miles. I decided that I needed another mile so I started running, at the end of the mile I decided I needed more calories. When I hit that mark I decided to go for the hour. There was an interruption in the counters so I don't have the exact numbers, but it was about 4.5 miles and 700 or so calories. Hopefully it was enough to negate the cookies.

breakfast:
frosted mini wheats (230)
1 slice honey ham


lunch (349):
1 serving sweet pork (74)
2 c. romaine (16)
3 T. black beans (52)
tomato (12)
cilantro (negligible)
2 T. grated cheddar (70)
2 T. salsa (5)
2 T. Bajio ranch (120)


snack (162):
grapes (62)
shared pudding with Wrigley (100+)


dinner (423):
Hamburger Vegetable Soup (243)
french bread (180)


1283 total.

Weigh-in #26

Stepping on the scale this morning was a little scary considering my pizza binge over the weekend. I just hoped I hadn't gained. Thankfully I've lost another pound. Whew! The scale did play with me a little bit. It kept having error signals after I stepped off, so I had to weigh multiple times. At one point it told me I'd lost 3 lbs! That was too good to be true. I'm suppose to take my measurements also. I'll have to get that in sometime today.


breakfast (340):
1.5 scrambled eggs (105)
2 slices wheat toast (90)
2 t. jam (30)
1 T. chili sauce (15)
1 c. 1% milk (100)


lunch (380+):
sweet onion chicken terriyaki sub from subway
half of Wrigley's snickerdoodle (???)

dinner (536):
sweet pork (74)
romaine (16)
black beans (56)
cheese (70)
ranch (120)
tortilla (200)

1256. Not as bad as I thought. Leaves room for the unknown cookie calories. I took my measurements, but I'm not posting them online for the occasional passerby. Ran on the treadmill 30 and did my weight training exercises.

I've been running on the treadmill lately due to the cold, but I've been hearing the call of the open road for a few days, and thankfully the weather was nice today. Good run. I can tell that I've been on the treadmill instead of outside. It was a bit of a change physically, but good none the less.


breakfast (348):
1.5 scrambled eggs (105)
1 slice 45 cal. wheat toast (45)
1 t. strawberry jam (15)
1 T chili sauce (15)
1 c. 1% milk (100)
1 fresh peach (68)


snack:
6 roasted almonds (40)

lunch (386):
spinach (7)
lettuce (16)
tomato (16)
chopped chicken (81)
.5 boiled egg (45)
carrot (26)
2 T croutons (35)
1 T vinaigrette (60)
1.5 c vanilla pudding made with 1% milk (100)

Dinner (1000):
Omigosh! What is my problem? I do fine all day long, and then binge at dinner time. I planned a sensible dinner for this evening, but instead of eating it, I spent 3+ hours in the ER with Stuart (he's fine). When I picked the kids up from grandma's house, pizza was offered, and I was so starving, I scarfed down three pieces of pizza and a bread stick. It was delicious, but my goodness! I'm trying to loose weight, not gain it back!

That's a whopping 1774 for the day!

breakfast (256):
Honey Nut Cheerios w/ 1% milk (188)
fresh peach (68)


lunch (398):
sandwich (248)
1/2 donut (150)

dinner:
I don't even want to admit to what I ate for dinner. We ordered pizza for the BYU game. I tried to be smart and ordered thin crust (saves 100 cal. per slice). I figured out how many pieces I could eat by checking the nutrition info. Then the pizza came. It wasn't cut into 1/8 slices like the nutrition info said. It was cut into a bunch of little squares. I ate a bunch. It was delicious! Such a tasty break from my sandwiches and salads, but I have no idea how many calories I consumed. Probably 1000! AND, I was so busy sewing costumes all day that I missed my workout.

Daily Total: 1654???

breakfast (230):
frosted mini wheats with 1% milk (230)

"snack" (???):
I know I tasted the ingredients for our ghost snacks today.

lunch:
I have no idea what my lunch calories were. We went to a twin playgroup/lunch. I tried to eat mostly good-for-me stuff, but a lot of it was a compromise. I chose to eat small amounts, and only taste the treats. I know I had:
1/2 c. fresh broccoli (15)
1/2 c. cherry tomatoes (14)
2 T. dip (which was probably a lite ranch 58)
4 apple slices (40)
2 t. peanut butter (30)
3 cocktail weenies wrapped in crescent roll (180)
1 deviled egg w/ olive slice (65)
2 white chocolate banana ghosts (200?)
1 Oreo/cream cheese eyeball (???)
4-6 crackers w/ cottage cheese (167)
1/2 c. of whatever the red stuff was to drink (???)

dinner(228):
2 slices Sara Lee 45 cal. bread (90)
1/4 c. spinach (2)
tomato slices (16)
3 slices turkey (45)
carrot sticks (25)
1/2 mandarin oranges (50, although I didn't drink the juice, so I think that should knock some calories off :)

All the knowns come to 1227 calories. That leaves enough room for the unknowns to still come in around 1500 calories I think.

breakfast (350):
oatmeal w/ brown sugar (145)
1% milk (100)
banana (105)


lunch (340):
2 slices Sara Lee 45 cal. wheat bread (90)
2 slices turkey (48)
1/4 c. spinach leaves (2)
tomato slices (10)
.5 c diced peaches in juice (50)
goldfish pretzels (140 OUCH!)


dinner:
chicken stir-fry (700?)


Wow! I'm still under at 1390.

Cross training day. I have no idea how many calories it burns, but I managed to get my exercises in at 11 PM!

I missed my workout completely yesterday. I got home too late from UVMOM's night out. I missed it this morning too. The alarm clock didn't go off for some reason. We checked it, and it was set, but it didn't go off. I'll have to squish it in some time today. Can't afford to miss another day. I am so incredibly tired this morning.


breakfast (328):
1 slice Sara Lee 45 cal. wheat bread
1 egg (90)
1 slice honey ham (34)
.5 slice provolone cheese (49)
1 c. OJ (110)


lunch (573):
tomato soup (270)
grilled ham and cheese (303)


It took me forever to figure out something to eat. I feel paralyzed by the seeming lack of options. I don't know what to eat. Even this turned out to not be so great because of the sodium and sugar content of the soup. And I'm still hungry! What's a girl to do?


snack (283):
apple (95)
2 T. peanut butter (188)


I was hungry and had a horrible headache (which I never get), so I felt I had to eat. I was hoping to make it to dinner without a snack. The doctor told me to have protien with every meal, thus the peanut butter. Not sure it was that great of a snack. I don't have many calories left for dinner. What do people eat to stay at 1500 calories? I only have 300 calories left for the day!


dinner (350):
2 c. romaine lettuce (16)
1 c. fresh spiniach (7)
.5 c. carrot (26)
hard boiled egg (70)
red onion (6)
2 slices turkey bacon (120)
1 T. vinaigrette(60)
.5 slice of white bread (45)


That makes a grand total of 1550 for the day.


Arrrg! I forgot about the tomato in my salad. Add another 16 calories. 1566 for the day.

I ran on the treadmill after the kids were in bed. Burned 560 something calories.

Weigh-in #25

I'm down another three pounds! I have not been at this weight since before I was pregnant with Chloe. That's 11 years. I was so excited to see the number on the scale this morning. Wahoo! I hope I can keep it off.


I went to the doctor this morning to review lab results from a couple weeks ago. My thyroid is low, so I'm going on medication for that, and I have some kind of metabolic issue, so I'm going on medication for that. Apparently my body isn't digesting carbs correctly. So both will help with weight loss. The glucophage (for metabolic issue) is temporary. I have to get my BMI to a certain level and then I won't need that anymore. Plus, getting rid of the weight is preventative for diabetes (have a family history) in the future. Other than that all my blood work is great!

Because of the new pills. I have to really limit my carbohydrates (right at pumpkin cookie season!). In addition to the pills I now have to take my measurements at my weekly weigh-ins, and count my calories. She wants me on 1500 cal./day. This is the part that is going to kill me. Just keeping a food journal was so time consuming. Partly because I ended up staying on the computer waaaay longer than necessary. Calorie counting sounds overwhelming. I don't even know where to begin, but I guess I'd better give it a shot.

Breakfast (320):
frosted mini wheats (270)
1% milk (50)

Snack (144):
two bites of low-fat, vanilla yogurt (???)
2 slices turkey (44)
1 slice Gouda cheese (100)

Lunch (455):
a big salad
lettuce (16)
spinach (14)
plum tomatoes (66)
egg (77)
carrot (25)
turkey (44)
cheddar (113)
blush wine vinaigrette dressing (100)
water

snack(161):
apple (116)
6 almonds (45?)

This calorie counting thing takes forever! I'm hungry and only have 420 calories left. I might not make it this evening. It's my twin mom's night out. We're going out for dessert.

another snack because dinner was going to be late:
1 slice ham (45)
1 slice colby jack cheese (110)
banana (90)

This 1500 calorie thing is proving to be tricky.

dinner out:
grilled teriyaki salmon
steamed vegetables
shared a caramel apple cobbler a la mode

I have no idea how many calories it was. I realized after I went home that I should have asked for the sauce on the side, but I didn't get the rice, or eat the bread they brought me. It's a learning process I guess. I feel guilty and fat over the dessert. I'm sure I'm over 1500.

Feet

I cut my pinky toe a couple days ago. I didn't think much of it at the time, but it is causing me problems! The day I cut it I went for a nice long run in the beautiful fall countrysided. By the time I got home it my sock was bloody. The next day was a cross training day, so I decided to take it easy with a short, child friendly hike. By the end of the hike my foot was in pain. By the time I got home I couldn't walk. As long as I am bare foot it doesn't bother me, but shoes seem to open it back up. I took the day off yesterday to give it a chance to heal. It really bugged me to do so. I'm so close to loosing 30 lbs. and breaking another scale marker. I looked into buying special band-aids that would protect it better, but I couldn't in good conscious spend $5.00 on 6 band-aids. Today I wrapped another band-aid around it, strapped on my shoes and prayed really hard for my feet (the other foot has deep, cracked heals). It worked (did I doubt that it would?), but after the run they hurt. My socks are bloody again... What to do?

I ran on the treadmill today. The cold is scaring me away from my beloved county roads. It's dark and windy in the mornings. We had freezing temperatures this morning. So sad. I look forward to Saturday when I can run later in the day, in the golden fall afternoon. The air is crisp, the light is a warm glow, the fields are beautiful. I can't wait!

Weigh-in #24

Another pound down! I'm back to where I was four weeks ago. I'd really like it if I didn't go back up again. This weight feels much better. It's amazing what a few pounds can do. I'm seeing changes in my shape and liking it. I hope I can keep the downward trend going. Kevin's wedding is in a few weeks. It'd be great if I could drop a size before then!