Got up 15 minutes earlier than yesterday. It's progress. It was a Cross-training day, 45 min. Ran out of time, so I didn't get my mile in. That's probably okay. I think my foot needs a rest after yesterday's run. It's a process.


Had my blood drawn this morning. Had to be fasting. They got me on the first stick! A-mazing! And I didn't get sick like last time.


breakfast (440):
egg mcmuffin (300)
OJ (140)


"snack":
samples at Macey's; 2 bite brownie, 2 bite pumpkin cookie. Mmmmm... probably about 250 calories.


lunch (302):
grapes (62)
same salad as yesterday (199) with the addition of;
1 T. peas (6)
2 T. croutons (35)


snack:
medium apple (95)


dinner (362):
Squash Soup (D-licious! 312)
1/2 a piece of bread (50)


1270 for the day. That leaves room for hot chocolate or something yummy after the kids go to bed. Hmmmm.... I'll have to think on that one.

snack (270):
1/4 c. granola (120)
hot chocolate (150)

1540? Mental Math...

Time Change

I've been stuck in night workouts for some time now. I've decided that I need to get back to mornings. It would be better for lots of reasons. Not for my beauty sleep, but better for the family. The alarm went off at 6:00 am. It took me a while to get out of bed and say my prayers. I didn't actually hop on the treadmill until 7:00 am. It's a process. It was a hard workout. I don't know if it's because I haven't run much in a week, because my last workout was less than 12 hours ago, because I'm tired, or some combination of the three. I only had time to get in a 30 minute walk/run. 350 calories. Enough to burn off the extra cookie I ate last night. Even squishing that in is making the morning more trying than usual. Who am I kidding. It's always trying with one of my children.


On a good note, it occurred to me that the pound I gained at yesterday's weigh-in may have been due to the high-sodium canned chicken noodle soup from the night before. I weighed-in again this morning just to see, and it's gone. Yea! I'm not going to change the ticker just in case, but it makes me happy to know it's not there.


breakfast (316):
1/2 tortilla (75)
1 egg/2 egg whites (102)
cheese (69)
salsa (5)
1/2 c. 2% milk (65)

lunch (250):
2 apricot halves (20)
1/2 c. grapes (31)
2 c. lettuce (16)
1/4 c. diced tomato (8)
1/4. sliced carrot (12)
6 cucumber slices (8)
1 T. ranch (60)
1/4 c. cottage cheese (55)
2 slices ham, chopped (40)

That just might leave enough room for a cookie. I'll have to think about it...

The cookie temptation got the best of me. Before I knew it I'd downed probably 1000 calories worth. Ugh. When will I get control over this?

I'm too tired to figure out dinner's calories. Leftover chicken noodle soup (here comes the water weight) and grilled cheese. I'm going to guess 500. So, in my estimation that's 2066 calories for the day. So much for reaching my goals.

Weigh-in #29

Gained a pound this week. Poor nutrition and last week's weak exercise has finally caught up to me. It's not surprising, but I was disappointed anyway. I've been cheating fate too long. So to celebrate I had a high calorie breakfast.

breakfast (465):
granola cereal
2% milk
diced peaches

lunch:
soft taco (248)

snack:
1 slice of blueberry bread (free samples at the store)

dinner (605):
hamburger (209)
bun (110)
ketchup (15)
mustard (0)
cheese (110)
lettuce (3ish)
tomato slices (8)
1/2 c. corn (80)
1/4 c. beans (70)

1318. I'm going to guess 150 for the bread, taking the total up to 1468.

My evil husband came home from Elder's Quorum meetings and made cookies (162 calories each). I ran enough to burn off 1 plus a little. Today was a cross training day. Strength training+1 mile. 1630 calories for the day.

breakfast:
Life cereal (215)


lunch (411):
3 oz. roast turkey (150)
green bean casserole (161?)
apricots (100)


snack:
ice-cream (250)

dinner:
chicken noodle soup with bread and butter (600ish)

1476. That's good, because the ice-cream was probably closer, if not over 300. I walked/ran 4 miles on the treadmill this evening. 600 calories in 1 hour. It felt good to run again. I could tell I haven't run in over a week. In fact I only managed 3 workouts of any kind last week. Not expecting much on the scale tomorrow. I'm just hoping I haven't gained.

breakfast (372):
tortilla (150)
2 egg whites/1 whole egg scrambled (102)
2 T. salsa (5)
sprinkling of cheese (maybe 50?)
1/2 c. 2% milk (65)


lunch:
the soft taco Camden requested for lunch, took one bite of and then refused to eat. I couldn't bear to throw it away, so it became my lunch. (312)

The rest of the day became a bust. I made cookies to take to game night. Probably ate 1000 calories worth. Leftover something or other for dinner....

And I Ra-a-an...

breakfast (415):
2 pancakes (300)
raspberry jam (50)
1/2 c. 2% milk (65)

Not the smartest of breakfasts, but I made it for the kids and didn't want to make something else too. High calorie, low nutrient, very little protein. Not what's been prescribed. Not very filling either.

lunch (385):
open faced turkey salad on wheat (225)
1 c. vegetable soup (160)

Pttth... I don't know what happened to the rest of my day. I think the constant headaches from the glucophage are encouraging my eating. Eating helps the headaches. I had a slice of banana bread (112), hot chocolate (150), gumdrops at scouts (140), dinner was pork and noodles. I don't know the calories for sure, but I'm betting 500. Another slice of banana bread (112), more hot chocolate (150). What is that... 902? That makes 1702 for the day. I still have a headache and the munchies. I'm disappointed to learn that my bike ride last night was only good for about 350 calories. Better than walking on the treadmill, I think. It wasn't boring like walking on the treadmill. Ugh... time for cross training.

I ran! I'm so excited! It's been a whole week! After strength training (280 calories), I went down to the treadmill to get my mile in. I started out walking. Slowly I increased the speed. After half a mile I thought, "let's give it a try," and bam! I was running! Not fast, I took it easy. I didn't want to push it. I ran about half of the mile (177 calories). At the end I wanted to keep going, but I figured I'd better ease back into it. Maybe wait and see how the foot feels tomorrow. I am so happy about it. It was just enough to whet my appetite. Now I'm craving the run.

breakfast (287):
wheat toast (90)
.5 T. raspberry jam (25)
2 egg whites/1 whole egg scrambled (102)
2 T. salsa (5)
.5 c. 2% milk (65)

lunch (381):
Leftover homemade lasagna, my first ever. Made it for the family while I was out last night. I had to try it (350ish)
.5 c grapes (31)

I still feel hungry.

snack (325):
1 oz. cheese (100)
apricots (100)
granola (125)

High calorie snack. I was hungry and had a headache. Still hungry and have a headache.

dinner (489):
1/2 c. Spanish Rice (145)
tortilla (150)
taco meat (73)
1 T. shredded cheese (69)
1/4 c. lettuce (2)
1 T. tomato (5)
1 T. salsa (3)
1/2 T. sour cream (15)
1/2 c. cantaloupe (27)

1482. Went for a bike ride thanks to my sister-in-law lending me her bike while I wait for this stupid injury to heal. Blah, blah, blah... about the injury, not about the bike. The bike ride was fun. A little scary in the dark since I'm unsure of myself on the bike, but 45 minutes of fun. The weather was great. Would have been great for running too. Really want a piece of banana bread. Mmmmm...

The call of the banana bread was too strong. Add another 224 calories to the tally, 1706.