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!