thursday by dawn...:) spastic as usual :)

let's see, today was interesting, I was at a training where there was unlimited pastries, cookies, etc...oh geez..I ate oatmeal with flax before I went in (2 pt) and had some coffee (1), grabbed a pastry, ate 1/2 and threw lots away..so that was good, for lunch it was like these ginormous turkey sandwich, chips, cookie, etc..I ate 1/4 of bread (which is still about 1 slice..) and all the turkey cut out most of the cheese ate 1/2 cookie, and a few chips, threw rest away, wait, I ate salad and apple later...then there was candy, ate 3 mr. good bars, (the tiny ones, an entire bar is 6 pts, so I counted those guys at 2 cause it's probably less then 1/4 of a bar) and other candies counted as 3, the cookie, crap that was probably 10 (did I mention that I ate the other half??) and then about that amount of the sandwich later, which would then be about, umm, let's see, 6-7, the apple is 2 pt, and ate another 1/2 apple on way to gym which is 1, worked out woo hoo!! then had protien shake 2 pt, movie popcorn, I went for a child..5 pts...ummm, let's see, I know I ate too much today in pts, but I kept thinking about food I could eat and instead decided to stop...so I am done for the night, tomorrow I am going back to training, will eat healthy before get there, resist again, and go rock climbing Friday night, wish me luck Ladies!!

thursday

I'm so happy that we've recruited more people! What a great support system!
today...
breakfast - yogurt with fruit and granola, a NF 1-pump vanilla double latte
snack - an oatmeal raisin cookie
lunch - Eating Right frozen meal - chicken and rice - but I didn't eat the whole thing, tea, and a chocolate chip cookie
dinner - a small hamburger and a handful of fries, and a small glass of gingerale

So the cookies weren't the best choice, but considering the other goodies in the staff room (chocolate cake and cheese cake), I did alright. I'm so dang tired lately though, so I have no motivation to exercise.
Caitlin, let's exercise together!!

Wednesday and Thursday

I wanted to start by adding my goal amount to lose: 35lbs
Since April 2007 I have lost 20 pounds and have plateaued for about 3 months, maybe more...

My immediate goal is to pump up the exercise. I have yet to master this...any tips?

I apologize I have not been up on it the past 2 days, so here goes:

Wednesday:
I had yogurt, banana, coffee with fat free creamer, brown rice and veggies, 100 calorie pack, more coffee, and for dinner I had more brown rice and veggies but I got saucy and added chicken! I was within my point range for that day. BUT, I didn't exercise or drink enough water. I was kind of down this day, but managed to keep from overeating by watching "Big Medicine" on TLC. No gastric bypass surgery for me, thank you.

Thursday:
yogurt, NF latte, 2 cuties, english muffin with butter (too much this time, but oh so good 3 points),
cashews and some goldfish (6 points) and then a WW microwave dinner. Tonight I am going to sushi with friends and then to a play. Sushi is AWESOME (2 points for four pieces of roll with one type of fish) and the seeing a play will occupy me for 3 hours this evening. No exercise today though :(
Although, depending on the sexual position I could potentially burn 100-150 calories...

Inspiring quote I found in a ww handbook:
"Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels"
Genius I tell you, I love it. Good luck to you all.

Theme for tomorrow: "how will I survive this weekend?"
By Rosie

I'm in!

Thank you for inviting me into the club! This will be my first blogging experience - so I will have to get used to posting every day (or almost every day). Although I have enjoyed my days of denial I am very glad to get clear about what my goals are and begin working towards them with the support of my friends.
I suppose a good place to start is with admitting what I think are my food offenders are: salted butter, mac and cheese, bagels with cream cheese, and any food after about 8pm because I am too tired or too lazy to keep my portions in check. I imagine this list may grow as I pay more attention to what I put in my mouth and what things tempt me.
My food intake for the day: for breakfast I had instant oatmeal w/cranberries an orange (it was so good! it was called a cara cara navel orange and it is pink inside!) and a chi with NF milk; for lunch I had a turkey sandwich with tomato, lettuce, mustard and cheese on francese. Ah cheese - I love it and a melt is just not the same without it. For dinner I will be having a salad with a light dressing a cup of vegetable soup and a smoothie (1/2 a banana, about a cup of blueberries, a bit of yogurt and cold fruity tea).
Today I walked two miles and I am planing on doing my made-up yoga tonight that takes about 30 min. My goal is to do this 4-5 times a week and mix in some jogging in my walks.
Reflection on my day: could have omitted or reduced the cheese in my sandwich and had whole wheat bread instead. And the chi - I will have to check what is in the one I had because it was nice and sweet!

New Things

Thanks Dawn for inviting me to join the blog. A blog is a new thing for me. Lot's of new things for me this week. Joining the blog, going to my first WW meeting last night, counting points, etc..., The meeting was really good and informative. After figuring out what my points should be, I thought I had a lot, 25 points. But then after going home and figuring out how many points my favorite breakfast sandwich has, 10 points, I realized I will be giving up quite a few things. But I'm trying to stay positive and focus on the fact that I really want a heathlier life style. I bought a few WW snacks at the meeting and their oatmeal. This morning I put together a sack for work today. Oatmeal for breakfast, a couple of snacks, some hiccama, and a greapfruit. I'll probably have a salad for lunch from the cafeteria (the hard part will be to keep away from the blue cheese/ranch dressing I love, and use Itailian-that's going to hurt). Tonight I plan on having a WW frozen dinner. I am planning on taking a walk today for exercise.
JAT2

Wednesday. Bad day.

I was not good today!! Damn baby showers! For breakfast I had a cup of coffee and oatmeal (2 packages of instant peaches & cream). Lunch was a chicken & cheese chimichanga and some tea. I had 2 bite-size candies after work. Then went to a coworkers baby shower and screwed it all up! I had 4, maybe 5 small cups of punch with champagne. It was orange juice, strawberries, gingerale, and scoops of orange sherbert. I had a handful of tortilla chips, and smallish piece of cheesecake. I resisted the giant chocolate cake, but it was tough! Tomorrow I'll have to resist it again, because the leftovers will be in the staff room! Haven't had dinner yet, but we're making a pizza (both tired after work and don't wanna cook). I'll probably have 2 pieces of cheese.

Hump day...

believe it or not, I like my lumps, and bumps, just want them to slim down a bit....ok, so still proud for not going into kitchen night before, sometimes I think if I say things out loud I will keep with it, but then not saying it is denial?? ya know...

ok, so food journal, had some chicken (2) with english muffin (1), coffee with 2% (1) then beans, cheese, rice and a little tortilla, (5-6) first was gonna say no, but I have been thinking about it for some time, so I went ahead) and chicken with salsa and lettuce (2), that's it for now, I have some veggies I cut up, will eat more of my soup, and another high protien item...going to go back to the gym today, my plan is 4 days a week of good work outs, and more physical activities with friends...

ok to complete today's posting, after lunch I avoided starbucks, went in there for a walk, but didn't order anything..go me!! then ate some almonds (let's say 4) and dried mango (1-2) oatmeal (3) then soup (4-5) I tend to over estimate points, putting my grand total at 24-25, which is right at my range, plus worked out for a good hour for 4 activity points :) not eating anymore...and woo hoo

this week there will be a loss :)

tuesday..went, well, OK

let's see, I woke up, and ate, WAY TOO MUCH CERAL..if I lived alone I would throw it all away, problem is I live with 2 people, so would eat their way less healthy ceral, so I need to just cut back, eating it at night, bowls in morning, etc...in the way of points, I very easily could of done half my points in it...what the heck?? well, I know I had a pretty stressful night before, but reacting with food is no bueno, but by acknowleding it, I will improve, right??

Then let's see, I had a NF latte, grande, with 1 pump of reg. peppermint syrup(4)...you can do that A-dawg..then, a chicken breast (3)with skin off and some corn, (1) Alyssa, would you like me to write points in so you can get an idea of what that looks like?? well, I will do it today, cause I think that way anyways, then you can tell me, same to me. :) then I ate a few almonds (2), went to spin class (that gives me like easily 7 pts, but your only supposed to count 4...) proud of myself, 2 days in a row, what ? what?? !! then went home, made soup, with chicken (for broth, ate a little chicken, probably for like 2 or 3 and the soup, which was a minnestrone sans the noodles...and extra veggies, so 2 pts...I then stopped for the night!! yes I woke up and wanted more food...Rosie, that's a problem of mine...and then I was sweetly told to go back to bed by my roomie who basically supports me in my struggles...so yeah, I think I made up for ceral splurge...maybe I will skip out on it manana...

Tuesday

First of all, I'd like to say how happy I am that Rosie is here!! :)
okay, for breakfast I had a blueberry muffin and a NF sugarfree vanilla latte. I really tried to be good and get the yogurt with granola instead, but the warm, fresh muffin was calling my name! So for lunch I had an Eating Right lasagna and a flavored water. I had one mini bite-size snickers after school. Then an apple cinnamon pretzel from Jamba Juice. For dinner I had half of a grilled cheese sandwich (jack cheese, honey wheatberry bread) a small salad, and chicken noodle soup. I had one bite of cake for dessert :) Again, no exercise, because I suck. I really was planning on going to the gym today, but I was so exhausted after work I couldn't do it. Those dang kids wear me out!

To-Do List of Death

So, first, I want to thank both Ms. Street and Ms. D for inviting me! I have been feeling super alone in my journey. My housemate is a bean pole and can eat an entire pizza and still be hungry, my coworker (the woman I see most often) has a waist about the thickness of my thigh and my friend just ditched me at little old lady WW. So -- here goes:
Tuesday:
coffee with non-f creamer
whole wheat english muffin with a little butter (and believe me, I wanted more)
lf 4oz yogurt
chicken and rice
ominous music a bagel and cream cheese
....and i was doing so well!
My good friend and also co-worker Spencer is the nicest guy on earth --- Dawn, do you have a boyfriend? brought them for the office. BAD!
Good news is, I have rehearsal tonight which is a good workout, and I usually leave starving. I plan to go to the gym after (we'll see how well that goes) and then call Joey. He is always encouraging, and keeps me from going to bed without phat girl anxiety.

Although I am freaked out about the bagel, I am within my ww points for the day. I have five left even (approx. 300-400 calories, depending on the fat a fiber count of whatever I eat)

I plan to go grocery shopping some time soon...maybe Wednesday? And this brings me to my title for this blog. In an effort to make a grocery list, I ended up making a list of all the crap I have to do. Take car to get serviced. get hair cut. buy concealer. plan grandma's birthday. bake birthday cake for friend. plan dad's 50th birthday party. vote. floss. buy new bra. throw welcome back wine party for friend. clean cat box. buy cat litter. IT GOES ON AND ON! (like me, lol) And then I thought: if I finish this to-do list, it will be time for me to die.

Then I realized I can buy Food, concealer and cat litter at Safeway, and I felt better.

Monday

for breakfast I had a bagel with creamcheese and a NONFAT SUGARFREE vanilla latte (Dawn, aren't you proud?) It tasted a little Splenda-y, but its alright. For lunch I had a yogurt and a cheese enchilada with a bit of rice. Dinner, we're having steak, mashed potatoes, and a salad.
Check out this link to take a health quiz. I actually did better than expected! http://health.msn.com/fitness/running/quiz.aspx?cp-documentid=100188945>1=10815

update...

so reading our blogs and writing down has already made me feel better today, I feel as if we are talking in person, maybe this will really work...

monday

so, I was good had some egg whites and 100 cal english muffin, soy milk, coffee with a little lf whip (wth??) and I am planning on eatting some high protien for lunch, then some veggies for a snack, gym, and maybe do my smoothie for dinner...I want to be back on my game...oh yeah, so I weighed myself...once on Friday.,.lost 1.6 lbs, then again today, and gained 2 lbs.,....so I think I am pre period bloating...next week I am going to talk to doc. about my midnight eats to work on that and also see what other tips they have...we can do this!!

sunday..uh....oh..and a little Saturday too

so on Saturday I had pizza...just one slice though...and some candy..1 reeses and some redvines, good job to me on not eatting all 3 of them that came in the pack (I still have the other 2), oh yeah I had some yumi yogurt too...geez...and ate lots of crackers, ceral, and other stuff all day...it was the rain, right??

then on Sunday, had ceral with soymilk for breakfast, I eat a flax flake which is pretty nutrious..then Jonny and I went to Indian...it was buffet...I ate way too much...then for dinner I skipped on the pizza that he got and just ate a good portion of a king size fast break and some mike and ikes...yes candy just came back into my life, but I am going to leave it to the weekends and make sure I never eat an entire thing of it...maybe I should also buy the smaller portions?? didn't work out all weekend...eck...alyssa...why do I love to eat soo much?

Sunday

for breakfast today I had a blueberry bagel with creamcheese and coffee. I didn't really eat lunch, I was at the Bridal Expo, so I had a lot of bites of different samples, and a mimosa. For dinner I had a cheese enchilada and a bit of rice. Instead of eating both enchiladas, I saved one for lunch tomorrow.

Saturday

Weekends are tough! Saturday I had a bowl of oatmeal and a LF vanilla latte for breakfast; a big salad, a few bites of soup, a mimosa, and a piece of chocolate cake for lunch (I was at a baby shower); cereal for a snack; a corndog for dinner; and small bowl of chocolate pudding for dessert.

TGIF

for breakfast I had oatmeal and a LF vanilla latte. Maybe I'll start trying it with sugar-free vanilla syrup, but would that really help? for lunch I had an Eating Right frozen lasagna and a piece of cake (damn you, cafeteria lady!) For dinner we're about to eat bbq chicken breast, whole grain rice, and artichoke. Not bad. I went grocery shopping today and got some dried fruit to take to work, and some strawberries and chocolate pudding for dessert. I'm trying, I swear! No gym tomorrow because I have to go over the hill for a baby shower.

friday jan 25th

ok, so last night I had some chicken with chili sauce, like the verde one and some corn...then ate a few corn crackers..umm, a few bites of ceral..you know me and cereal..I was gonna make some oatmeal, wait I made the oatmeal, but I waited to eat the majority of it today..(go me) but there was some candy that I partook in..today, it was well oatmeal, dried fruit (about 5 pieces, some of the BF SF hot coco, with LF whip...it's rainy....and then I have either salad...but it's cold, or some cereal for lunch...feeling a little bummed and melancholy today but will resist the food...idea is to go to gym tomorrow AM..there is also a 5.30pm spin to take tonight..but well, who knows..

last 2 days...

yesterday I had yogurt with granola and fruit for breakfast, along with a LF vanilla latte. For lunch, a small piece of cheese pizza. For dinner, a bit of pasta (cheese tortellini & marinara) with garlic bread and salad.

Today, I had oatmeal for breakfast, the usual vanilla latte, left over pasta and salad for lunch, and for dinner I'm having a chicken taco from Planet Fresh. I didn't eat any of the mini candies today, though they were calling for me after the kids left. That's when I'm the weakest!

I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow and plan on buying some good snacks to keep around both at home and at work. This MSN article http://health.msn.com/weight-loss/best-body-women/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100185357&GT1=10815 was helpful, and good timing.
No gym today because I had to take my stupid car back to the shop after work.

welll

funny thing is that I have missed out on the gym the past two days due to going out yesterday and dead tired today...however I have been eating healthy both days so it should be OK..yesterday I had egg white with some cheese and salsa, then turkey with veggies and only a bite or two of cornbread...well more like 3/4ths...what else??then some veggies, then some sushi and that's it, except for booze...but really, portions were reasonable...today I had a venti NF latte for breakfast, a healthy bar then some baked beans with a veggie dog and carrots...some more coffee and one of those mini scones, I plan on eating light for dinner and sleeping well...tomorrow, the gym for sure...what's your plans on the gym this weekend miss a?

bad me!

so yesterday wasn't too bad. I was stuck at home without a car, so no gym, but I did a few situps. I ate a bowl of healthy heart cereal, an onion bagel with cream cheese, coffee, a rice cake with peanut butter and blueberries, and for dinner we went to Japanese, so I had a few bites of rice, a bowl of miso, some salad, and a couple rolls.

today, not so good. the cafeteria lady brought in a ton of freshly baked goodies, but I wasn't as bad as I could have been. I had a yogurt, low-fat vanilla latte (tall), and an oatmeal bar for breakfast. For snack a chocolate chip cookie and a small coffee cake muffin. I had a chicken/cheese chimichanga for lunch, with an oatmeal raisin cookie. I had two mini candies after work, the bite-size kind. For dinner I had 3 pieces of pizza! Yikes!! I'll get back on track tomorrow.

monday, rather a manic one at that...

jk....haha...anyways, so I had oatmeal, then some soup that I made, it was like a chili, so no, ain't gonna share the recipe with you alyssa cause I know you don't like the beans..but you need to get your fiber in!! (try fiber one bars, you would like them...they are yummy) anyways, so went to the gym, woo hoo!! then ate healthy, went to sleep early, and crap! woke up hungry...so ate some ceral at like midnightish, maybe a little early...today had oatmeal, wheat thins, avocado, baked beans with a tofu dog (funny I know) hot coco (it was non fat and sugar free) whip cream
:( but it was light, though I had more then I should, then 1 pop tart...I want another....and don't feel like the gym today, but will make myself...

weekend update!

why not use fun colors??? OK, I am on red, cause I did pretty good this weekend, I was out of town in tahoe, so didn't get to the gym, but almost for every meal I left some food behind, which makes me proud, since I am a clean plate girl. I also managed to avoid buying cookies, and only ate a few of the freebies....today I have had oatmeal, coffee, NF latte, lattes are ok, but the thing is 1 it cost money, too unless you are counting it is a semi meal (milk is good calcium and protien) then one should be careful) the sugary syrups are empty calories and if you can go NF that's good, but you (a-dawg) tend to go tall so your not too bad, did that make sense?? oh yeah after work I am going to the gym, even though I am dead tired!! ALYSSA GET TO THE GYM, your not working today!!! we can chit chat on the treadmaster.....:) I think I might make a healthy soup to keep me through the week, and eat light...even though I didn't lose the weight I wanted to on scale, I know I am making changes and will see the results, well I see the results, but numberwise....

1/20

breakfast: scrambled eggs, hashbrowns, bacon, mango, coffee
snack: mocha and "dream bar" from the Farm bakery (coconut & chocolate)
dinner: steak, mashed potatoes, artichoke

1/19

Breakfast: Blueberry bagel with cream cheese, and coffee
Lunch: At a kid's bday party at the park, so we just snacked there: potato salad, Hansen's natural soda, and chocolate cake
Dinner: Cheese tortellini with marinara, salad, tea

No gym, but we played frisbee in the park for a while :)

A little behind...

Thursday:
breakfast: yogurt w/ fruit and granola and coffee
lunch: Eating Right cheese ravioli and a vitamin water
dinner: we made tacos at home, I had two, and tea

Friday:
breakfast: oatmeal and coffee
snack: a 100 calorie bar
lunch: 2 tacos (leftovers) and lemonade
dinner: grilled cheese sandwich and a handful of fries (Carpos)
dessert: a Dove milk chocolate bar. 200 calories. I couldn't resist. But I think it's better than cake.

So this blog has really been helping me feel like I'm gonna be held accountable, which is great. I'm still struggling with making good choices when eating out, and with exercise.
But I have made some positive changes, like no more lattes in the morning (except Mondays, Mondays need an extra boost). I have a coffee maker in my classroom now, and I'm actually using it. That's probably a lot of calories saved, right? And I'm not buying any desserty foods, like cake or whatever, cuz that's my weakness. It's hard though, I definitely feel the pull when grocery shopping.

weekly weigh in??

uh-oh, so I think the weight I mentioned may have been a bit off...when are we doing this?? and can it be our first weigh in? so I have set a goal of losing 2 lbs a week between now and July...I am taking this and myself seriously.

Friday

So, today I woke up had some egg whites, with pita and a little bit of cheese, it was delicous....then some soymilk and coffee, and then some of those choch. pretzels, I decided to throw away the package cause that was bad news...ate some almonds..doing good. I am really working on understanding what my goals are and how I will get there. I think this blog can work if it hold's us accountable, well we will do that for ourselves...rest of day, well I am going to eat soup for lunch with veggies, then for dinner going to Mexican but will do fine, and will go to gym in between...ALYSSA GET YOUR ASS TO THE GYM!! love ya girl!

Thursday...

OK, so woke up, had some coffee with LF milk, and a fiber one bar..then for lunch had chicken took the skin off and potatoes, so this means I went to KFC< but if you eat chicken breast, take off skin, it's not bad, and their potatoes and gravy is ok too, 3 points in WW....so 6 all together, I told them to skip the biscuit...but what, I ordered dessert? geez...took a bite, then threw it away...Alyssa, I am doing this buy, then throw away..it's bizzarre..later got a NF latter (w/SF gingerbread, I am gonna cry when they run out) and some pretzels that are filled with PB and covered in choch...today I am not likly getting to gym..but plan on going friday, sat and sun...you should go too!!

Alyssa's Wed. post

Your pita sounds good, Dawn!
Today I had yogurt with fruit and granola for breakfast along with a double low-fat vanilla latte, for lunch a small salad and a chicken & cheese chimichanga, and for dinner pasta and garlic bread. I had another cup of coffee and two mini candies for a "snack" after work. Again no exercise :(

Dawn's 1st blog posting

woo hoo, so exciting...well not as exciting as the veggies I just ate with my whole grain pita that had lots of turkey, some avo, and veggies....before that it was a latte (NF, tall), bar for 100 cal, 5 g of fiber 5 of protien) and then nf yogurt with fruit (about 1-2 cups)...my weight is 192...or so, maybe a little more or a little less..I can get back on the scale, but some say not to weigh youself too much cause you go crazy (which I am) but if it's too little it's easy to slip into a bigger pair of pants, esp. if you shop like me...I am still feeling my cold, but I do plan to go to gym today, and stick with my goal of light dinners and no sugaryness...

Tuesday

Alyssa:
I ate oatmeal and a lowfat vanilla latte for breakfast, a frozen lunch (lasagna) for lunch (the good low fat kind), and had a salad, chicken noodle soup, and a grilled cheese sandwich for dinner.
Unfortunately I also ate 4 mini-candy bars after work. No exercise today.
Dawn, where are you?

1/14

Alyssa:
First day... Starting weight: 122 lbs. My goal is to "get in shape" by June. I have a wedding dress to fit in to! I want to lose 10 pounds and get toned. I want to drink more water. I want to be physically active at least 3 days a week.
Today I ate a bagel with cream cheese, a croissant, a cereal bar, and mexican food for dinner (taco, enchilada, rice). I did absolutely nothing that was physically active. Nowhere to go but up (not in weight hopefully)!