breakfast (225):
Kashi with milk


1 hour of Zumba


snack (137):
string cheese (80)
nectarine that tasted like grass, disappointing (57)


lunch (385):
polish sausage (190)
bun (100)
apple (95)


snack (240):
chocolate, banana, raspberry protein shake

dinner:
biscuit topped chicken pot-pie (2 helpings, I don't know the calorie count)

FHE treat (166):
2 peanut butter blossoms at 83 calories each

1153 known calories. I'm betting I'm over quite a bit.

Someday I'm going to sleep through the night. Someday when preschoolers quit wetting the bed, and babies quit being sick, and preteens quit being in plays that I have to pick them up from late in the evening, I'll go to bed earlier and sleep the whole night without interruption.


No Zumba this morning. Baby is sick and ineligable for daycare. I'm sad to miss Zumba again this week, and sad for a sick baby. I'll have to get strenght training in sometime today.


breakfast (305):
Honey Bunches of Oats (160)
2% milk (65)
string cheese (80)


snack (144):
Kashi bar (120)
pear half (22)


lunch (260):
Hawaiian Haystacks minus the cheese, rice, almonds, I guess that makes it more of a soup (170)
1 slice wheat bread (90)


snack:
a big red apple

dinner:
Lots of Chicken Gnocchi soup
1 slice french bread
krispy kreme

date night treat (Is it really a treat if it pads your hips and clogs your arteries?):
Peanut Butter Cup Perfection from Coldstone

Oh night, thou art mine enemy...

Didn't make it up this morning. I'm starting to think its not in the cards for me to get to bed early. Chloe was up later than expected at her play, baby threw up again. Cadi wet the bed, baby woke up every two hours all night long... tired.


breakfast (318):
breakfast burrito (243)
4 oz. grape juice (75)

snack (245):

protein shake

lunch (373):

2 c. romaine (16)

carrot (25)

broiled chicken breast (230)

green onion (1)

green pepper (2)

celery (4)

almonds (20)

dressing (75)

I really need to plan my afternoons and evenings better. I didn't do well. We made snickerdoodles for scouts, and I ate a bunch. Dinner was a leftover rush to get people fed between crying baby and getting Chloe out the door for her performance. I ate half a ham sandwich, a couple more cookies, and a handful of candy. So healthy and calorie conscious... Not helping matters is that fact that I realized I'd forgotten my meds for a couple days. Stupid pills. Stupid that I need pills. I guess I should be thankful for them. They have their pluses and minuses.

I did manage to get my running in. 3.5 miles on the treadmill while watching Men's Olympic Figure Skating, free skate. Including my warm up and cool down it was 4.25 miles and over 600 calories. I'm running faster, longer. That's good. Now if I can just get the eating, and sleeping under control so all this exercise will do something other than my heart some good.

breakfast: (175)
honey bunches of oats w/ peaches (120)
1% milk (55)


snack (225):
vanilla protein powder (100)
banana (100)
strawberries (25)


*strength training workout*


lunch (493):
5 oz. broiled chicken breast (230)
2 c. romaine (16)
carrot (25)
1/2 c. apple (32)
1 T. craisins (20)
celery (4)
green onion (1)
1 T. walnuts (60?)
dressing (25)
string cheese (80)


snack (120):
Kashi bar


dinner (245):
1 serving Hawaiian Haystack gravy (82)
1/2 c. cauli-rice (15)
cheddar (65)
celery (4)
green onion (1)
tomato (8)
shredded coconut (13)
almonds (20)
1/2 c. fresh pineapple (37)


1258. No wonder I'm hungry, but I have room for an ice-cream treat : )

Weigh-in #38

Yesterday was a bust and today's weigh-in was not pleasant (gained another pound), but today is a new day. Now if I can just squish in a workout to make up for the alarm not getting set last night.


breakfast (266):
1 c. Kashi (190)
1/4 c. blueberries (21)
1/2 c. 1% milk (55)


lunch (640):
two slices leftover pizza, costly lunch

snack (200):
Kashi bar (120)
string cheese (80)

And it all went downhill from there. I had good plans for dinner, but my dad dropped by and brought dinner with him. Polish sausages, baked beans, corn, and doughnuts for dessert. And I did partake. I'm revisiting a dangerous mentality. One of, "if I slip a little I might as well blow it up that day," instead of, "oops I slipped, I need to be more careful." I'm making too many excuses to eat poorly. Too many allowances. I'm not looking forward to my workouts anymore. I really didn't want to get on the treadmill this evening, but I figured if I didn't It'd all be over. I've got to fix this mentality. It's hard to workout and not see results because I'm not taking care of the diet side of things. I've got to get myself off this plateau! I managed the prescribed 3.5 miles plus a little more including warm up and cool down. Just over 4 total.

Last week was a total bust as far as eating goes. Too many Valentine treats. Too many excuses to not eat the way I should. I did get my exercise it. In fact I had some really good exercise days. On Thursday I hit 5 miles (that included my warm up and cool down), and I ran at a 6 for most of it. Friday I went to Zumba, Saturday I ran again. Despite these good workouts, I fully expect the scale to reflect a gain again tomorrow.

I'm having a hard time with the eating thing. A friend said something that made me think about my attitude towards food, "It's not that you can't eat these things, you have to get to where you don't want to." It's true. I shouldn't want to. I need to adopt this attitude.

Here's hoping for a better week. I'm not off to a great start. Zumba was cancelled, and I didn't get up early enough to run because I was suppose to go to class. I'll have to squish it in somewhere.

breakfast (266):
1 c. Kashi cereal (190)
1/4 c. blueberries (21)
1/2 c. 1% milk (55)

lunch (434):
meatball minestrone (372)
nectarine (62)

I really don't feel like doing this today. I think I've reached a point where I've given up to some degree. I'm not where I want to be, I can't seem to stay at the half-way point even. I keep bouncing to it. I just want to eat brownies. Which is silly, because as delicious as they are, they don't make me feel better. And I end up eating half the pan or more. I need to develop that part of me that has control. I need to grow my spirit so that it's making the decisions and not my body. Ugh. If I can just get through this grumpy, gray, kids are home from school driving me crazy and all I want to do is lock myself in my room with a pan of brownies and a movie day.

snack (240):
chocolate protein powder (100)
1/4 c. frozen raspberries (40)
banana (100)

dinner (960):
3 slices Dominos veggie pizza @ 320 calories a piece

1900 for the day. Not enough room for one of the PB balls Chloe is making for our FHE treat.

Ugh. Ate bunches of peanut butter balls. Tomorrow is a new day right?

Weigh-in #37

Weigh-in day. Gained a pound. Not happy, but you are what you eat. Glad it wasn't worse. I did loose a bit in my thigh and hip measurements. Unfortunately my waist went up. Bad news for diabetes risks.

Ran 3 miles on the treadmill plus a warm up and cool down. Almost 600 calories. It was a tough run this morning. I looked at the numbers so many times. I tried to keep a faster pace.

breakfast (352):
2 egg whites/1 whole egg (103)
1/2 tortilla (80)
jack cheese (55)
salsa (5)
1/2 c. milk (65)
2 pear halves (44)

snack (240):
protein shake with banana, raspberries

lunch:
same as yesterday

dinner:
had a few bites of turkey, then went out with my UVMOM group to Brick Oven. Had a trip to the salad bar, two slices veggie pizza, and two slices garlic bread (ugh). Then we went out for ice-cream. I chose an extra small scoop of low-fat, no sugar added ice-cream. I'm sure the calories were blown anyway. I'm finding too many excuses to cheat on my diet, and its not even the Holidays anymore!