saturday

juice 2

coffee 2

bar 3

biscotti 2

fiberone 1

going to BBQ, and then out to dinner, didn't make the hike today, will do it tomorrow, right A-dawg??? and um, plan not to go crazy, not to obsess...current goal...oh yes and proud, woke up, had juice, no food...

It's Friday! C'mon Craig, stimulate your mind...

How come Chris Tucker could be so hilarious as Smokey in "Friday" but so mediocre in the Rush Hour movies that made him his money?

I weighed myself this morning and it was not pleasant. Hairbrushes were broken. No, just kidding, but there was no change from the last couple of weeks. I actually was just pleased I hadn't gained weight, considering I have been so damn inconsistent. I tend to range from super-awesome to super-binge with eating habits. One thing I am very consistent about is NOT exercising ;P So there's something...

But, anyway, I am getting myself together, I am just not ready to have my light-bulb turning point moment today. What am I missing that is keeping me from doing those little things every day to get to the place I want to be? Matt is reading a book called "The Slight Edge" right now that talks about how it is so easy to do the little steps each day to reach a goal (whether it is financial, health/eating habits, nutrition, learning, etc.), but that at the same time it is so easy to NOT do those little steps each day. There is a continuous battle that rages in your mind as you decide each moment, each hour, each day, whether to do those tiny little steps that don't show you the results immediately, but over time, will lead to the big results you want. I seem to be at the point where not doing the little steps is winning much more often than doing the little steps. I guess it isn't so much a light-bulb rock-bottom thing as a baby steps thing. Now where's my pacifier.

back

Hello Friends, 

So I was off in Arizona, drinking, enjoying the sun, and not eating too much..but didn't get to exercise at all...each day I had some type of veggies, (quizno salads are pretty good if I do say so myself) and ate some chicken. It was kinda cool to be around people who don't snack, eat desserts, etc...DIDN'T EAT AT NIGHT AT ALL...accept when I was awake and driving back..proud of that...also one both my trips there and back, I didn't buy any fried foods (which I wanted) and bought some veggies to eat for the drive... I am very interested to weigh in, but not sure when that will happen...

Friday

southbeach wrap 5

coffee 1

biscotti 1

goal for today : work out and don't eat more then my points...

missed you all!

Dawn

update

ate salad

3.5 cocktails, probably more then I should of...

1 slice of pesto pizza, it was to sober up

then a bagel, to prevent hangover...

hmmm, definately didn't excise, but walked around a bit...and um, ya...will get better.

Gym!

FYI: Here's a little article on the 6 most fattening ice cream flavors :) 

http://www.newsweek.com/id/138230?GT1=43002

Saturday:

B: 1 piece french toast w/ syrup, cup of fruit, scramble egg, mimosa, coffee

D: hamburger, handful of fries (baked)

Ds: 1 piece apple pie w/ vanilla ice cream

Sunday:

B: blueberry bagel w/ cream cheese, coffee

D: steak (size of a deck of cards which I've heard is the proper portion), scoop of mashed potatoes, 2 small pieces of bread, cup of fruit, glass of white wine

Both days were a late breakfast, hence the no lunch

Mark and I went to the gym today!! I only lasted on the eliptical for 10 minutes, but then did some arm and ab work. Now that my schedule is lightening up, I think I'll be able to make it to the gym more. 

Dawn, come to my house this week so we can work out together!!

Sunday

B: waffles, yogurt, and blueberries with a bit of syrup
S: cottage cheese with pineapple
L: lettuce and tomato salad
D: leftover BBQ chicken and meat, carrots, sweet potato, beer
Ds: popsicle

No official exercise, but plenty of cleaning and moving things into place... I will get out for a good walk tomorrow.

Friday

Super, super lazy today. Didn't sleep in too long, but wasn't very active or productive. I guess I needed a lazy day. 

B: bowl of cereal

S: bagel w/ creamcheese, NF vanilla latte

L: 1 slice of homemade pizza - cheese, tomatoe, basil

2 glasses white wine

exercise

So, my boyfriend and I went to the gym 3 times in the past week, and there was a noticeable difference in my metabolism, I lost 3 pounds, and I feel a little better.

I think this is just what my body needs! I need to find a way to curb the ravenous hunger that follows these bouts of exercise.

Friday:
NF caramel latte
salad for lunch
prolly whole wheat pasta for dinner

Not to healthy of a day, but I hope to get back on track

my thursday

Work was cancelled today because of the fires. I feel guilty for being so happy :)

Thursday:

B: yogurt w/ granola and fruit

L: salad

S: bowl of cereal

S: 1/2 brownie, banana

S: 2 cocktails, a couple pieces of fried calamari, a few fries, a few bites of artichoke, 2 thin little breadsticks.

Open House was last night, which is why I didn't really have dinner. And now it's a 4 day weekend!! woohoo!!

on the road again,

off to arizona!! but will be back sometime this week, and gonna stick to it and see a weight loss :) I ran past 2 days and have been eating OK...ttys :)

Thursday

Can't believe it is already Thursday! I don't really remember what I've eaten this week -- mostly done pretty well, though. No pizza! Lots of healthy soups, and a variety of ok other things. So far today I'm pretty whacked out, but I slept in late, so I think that's what's up. I've only had a protein bar and a single red-vine. I am going to go grocery shopping tonight if I have time, because we are so empty on perishables in the house and NEED some fresh fruits and veggies!

Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday:

B: yogurt w/ granola and fruit, NF vanilla latte

L: Eating Right lasagna

D: chicken salad, and 1/2 a chicken sandwich in a pita fry bread thing

Wednesday:

B: NF vanilla latte

S: brownie (birthday. they weren't even that good. so not worth it.)

S: blueberry muffin

S: fiber one bar

D: gonna have some chinese food

Had my dress fitting yesterday, everything went well. It still fits, but has to be taken in slightly and hemmed of course. Friggin' expensive!! Almost as much as the dress itself! And now I'm having dress anxiety, wondering if it's really the "right" dress. Will Mark like it? Aaagh! Freaking out a bit. That's normal, right? 

could we play the beastie boys sabatogue??? waking up at night...but doing good in day..but not making my way to the gym..I think I am going to do something drastic...

ceral 4?
pb 4
bar 3
coffee...1
bar 2
fruit 2
went to a teacher party thing, didn't eat the pizza, or pastries! go dawn, so I figured out I have a sugar addiction, so I think I am going to try and limit the pastry bready things, yes I know there are sugar in my bars, but I tend not to binge on those, however i do think I will lower the post dinner snacks, cause those can get outta control to...
went to sushi, but had a few pieces, some chicken
ran 20 minutes, walked 20
having tea, going to bed..tomorrow will be a good day...over and out

Tuesday

ceral, ceral, ceral, 8?
bar 3
coffee 1
salad with chicken 3
bread 1
more salad with chicken 5
fiberone 2
hot coco 1
so didn't work out again, this retirment thing sure should mean I work out a lot more...wierd...well, tomorrow..at least I am not over eating too much...

Monday

B: NF vanilla latte

S: chocolate croissant :(

L: Eating Right ravioli

S: cookie

D: subway 6" sandwich and gingerale

Monday and weekend update...

ok, let's see...so..I shoulda posted...

Friday

um, I know I woke up and aint, think it was some pb and a bran muffin...
coffee
fro yo with almonds and some fruit
pizza
1.5 slice of chicken with pinapple, .5 of pesto veggie
salad
and about .5 of dessert pizza..
fiberone bar
think that's it...not too bad..
walked around lots..and played a little frisbee...bowled..sucked at it...

Saturday
ceral
pb
bar
coffee
2 bean tacos, 1 w/cheese
fiberone bar
um lean cuisine with veggies...
fiberone? bar
hot coco
good news is I helped on of my bffs move and it was lots of fun and lots of physical activity..

Sunday
went paddling for a long time
coffee
bar
chicken
1/4 donut..there was soo much food there and i did a great job of resisting...
some salty pretzel. crackers..think that's about it..wasn't too bad...
some 6 pt lasgna, added cottage cheese, and some bocca ground, then a bunch more veggies..so made it 8 pts..it was yummy
tired too early, then wanted to eat, cause I was tired, and couldn't go to sleep...
fiber one bar..
3 cups of hot coco...

Monday..
crap woke up way too many times
2 cups of milk 3
fiberone 2
100 cal. oreos..2
pb, yes, just ate it out of the jar...
crap...so obviously, I am either sabatogueing cause someone told me I looked like I lost...or freaking out about job stuff...or??
plan for today...go to gym, work out lots..run, weigh in, eat some veggies, do some soul searching so that i stop overeating...oh ya, and I have some work to do...
opps, never got to the gym, gonna go tomorrow for sure..
bar 3
2 veggie sausages 2
yam 5?
peas 0
salad with
beans 6
corn tortillas 3
hot coco
fiberone
ALL I WILL EAT TODAY.

been a while...

just got back from Santa Barbara, a quick 24 hour visit, but totally worth  it.... my new little niece Kaia is so cute! only 2 weeks old, so pretty much sleeping and eating only, but still fun to see and hold. 

Anyway... I'm with Ellen as far as having a bad food week. Lots of pizza as well, and beer and cocktails. I'm really gonna try to be better this week, and my goal is to walk after work (since I'm officially off at 2:50 now) at least 3 times this week. The good news is that I weighed myself Friday and I've stayed consistent, so still a total loss of about 5-7 pounds since starting this, but I feel like the weight has just shifted from my boobs back to my stomach ;)  that sucks. 

1-week hiatus

Yay for Rosie being back! Lyssa, thanks for the birthday wishes!

Sorry I missed you guys last week -- though I did catch up on your posts just now. I accidentally took a week off from blogging just like I accidentally took a week off from good health choices. I really do think my downfall is after 5 or 6pm. I can be very excellent until then, but after that I just crash and burn sometimes. So, last week and this weekend involved some pizza, chocolate strawberries, champagne, tempura (yum), taco bell (yuck), and just an overall lack of portion control on my healthy options. I don't think my week of hell at work helped my discipline, either.

What I am doing to get back on track: 1) Not give in to the guilt, 2) Other things I have not yet figured out...

Friday

B: coffee, bread with a bit of butter
S: cottage cheese, 1/2 apple,
L: 1/2 sandwich
D: pizza and some drinks

Thursday

B: 2 poached eggs, whole wheat cheese quesadilla
L: baked tofu, salad with lots of tomatoes and carrots
S: small piece of bread and a banana
D: humm...
Ds: 1 ice cream mochi
E: 90 min walk, abs, legs, weights

If you saw my house you would never guess we were moving within the week....hahaha (nervous laughter)....slight denial.

last day thursday

muffin 6?
peanutbutter 3
bar 3
coffee 1

going to work out with trainer :) walk around SF and go out with friend...trying to save points for tonight...but already hungry and it is only 10.30am....good news is exercise will give me more points, but already scared about this weekend as I am going to be around lots of yummy food and yummy people...girls,check me before I wreckme..

ok, so thursday update, from Monday...
so I think I did OK, I worked out with trainer, did 110 push-ups, 50 pull ups, and then about 155 squats, and ran 1 mile, it was good...

went to INdian, didn't over eat, but then wanted to get some freaking donuts, cause even when you hang out with the coolest sweetest people, some couples make me want to eat...so, yes I thought about donuts for days..but I didn't stop. and feel good about it now..yes had some hot coco, and fiber, I am trying to limit my desserts to that..I notice with food when I am by myself and stay structered it really helps me not go off and binge...ok, so that was the update...

wed nes day

weird day for me, I slept a lot and was not really hungry and I am trying to eat just when I am hungry rather than because it is time to eat...

cereal with strawberries and milk
burrito - beans, cheese, rice, salsa, lettuce. ate a bit more than 1/2

2 hours yoga

Wednesday

ya! no eating last night..and went to target but decided to skip on the shoes, don't love them soo much and should limit my income as I am retiring...

bar 3
coffee 1
latte 3
will work out with trainer, go paddle..and stay in points today!!
salad with chicken, beans 3

bar- vanilla pretzel bar from ellen,yummy 4 or 5

a beans salad with cabbage 4?
fiberone bar 2
tapioca 1
that's it... so 24 pts for the day! good job, so much easier to stay in points when I don't eat at night..why don't I remember this at night??

exercise update, trainer cancelled went to gym for about 90minutes and worked out hard..

Tuesday for Nicole

Woke up extra early this morning (5:00 am) and was able to eat breakfast before going to work.

B- coffee, cereal
S- apple sauce, some pasta from last night
L- slice of pizza, blackberry Italian soda
D- homemade chicken burrito (it had lettuce in it... does that count for my veggies)

I need to make that fruit salad so I can get more fruits in my diet.

Tuesday

Happy Birthday Ellen!!! 

Well, I didn't get walking today... craziness going at school. But the "good" news is that starting Monday, I won't be working past 2:50, so I'll have more time for exercise. It's in an effort to convince the district to listen to the Union and teachers' requests, sorta like a strike. Basically we just work to our contract hours (7:20 - 2:50). But don't tell anyone till after Monday :) It'll be released in the press then. 

Anyway...

B: 1/2 bagel w/ cream cheese, NF vanilla latte

S: other 1/2

L: Eating Right ravioli, snapple green tea

S: cupcake - dammit!

D: 1/2 grilled cheese sandwich, OJ

Hello again

I have written a crazy amount of papers over the past week or so. When I have assignments like that I find myself wanting to do anything but be productive, cleaning sounds so appealing... So, knowing my procrastinating ways I forced myself though it all with no posting, grocery shopping, or aimless window shopping....But now I am back!

I have no idea what I have been eating over the last while, but not too bad. All my stressing left me with barely an apatite, which made for smaller portions.

B: poached egg, smoothie (banana, berries, yogurt and tea)
S: pretzels (still hooked), tea
L: salad w/ a bit of lemon oil and champagne vinegar (yum), 1/2 cheese,onion, ham tart. (not the healthiest, but tasty!)
D: roasted asparagus and tomatoes, rest of tart, glass of wine
Ds: cantaloupe
E: sit-ups, legs, 40 min walk

Dan's out of town for the next few days so I'm going to do my best to avoid all the crap that temps me, like the tart that I picked up today...

tuesday

alyssa kick my butt!

milk 2
grahms 2
pb 2?
coffee 1
bar 3
going to go to gym, run 30 and then also paddle for about an hour...
went to lunch with collegue, had some sushi, but just the raw stuff, with maybe 1/4 a cup of rice, the salad, which was pinner and too white and some chicken, which was not too awesome. boo on bad food at restaurants, but I wasn't too bad, only problem was after I ate wanted sweet, walked into bakery, then left! ya dawn..and went to gym, ran for 20, stairmaster for 10, then went rowing...
fiber bar 2 by gnu...
went to row
fresh choice
salad 0
soup 3? or 4
maybe 1/4 of brownie, so 1
a 1/2 of cookie 3
their soft serve...uh...too much... 5?

went over by 6, but exercised...and that included the nightmare madness...I will lose this week..

Monday

B- cereal, coffee
S- baby carrots, trail mix
L- grilled cheese sandwhich, cup of potato zuchini soup from the other night
D- salad, pesto pasta
E- 100 sit ups, 3,385 aerobic steps 30 min walk and jump rope

Forgot what I had for much of the weekend. But I was pretty good food wise and I went on that LONG hike with Alyssa on Saturday. I need to be better about posting though! Oh and for my weigh in Friday... I lost another pound! =)

Monday

B: yogurt, fruit, granola, NF vanilla latte

S: fiberone bar

L: chicken & cheese enchilada, vitamin water

S: 3 little shortbread w/ chocolate frosting cookies (they were a "mother's day" gift from a student... kids are wierd)

D: 2 homemade tacos

kinda craving some cereal, but I'm not really hungry, so we'll see... Walked almost 3 miles today just working and grocery shopping. I'm planning on keeping some tennies in my classroom so I can walk the track after school. Keep me accountable! :) 

Monday

crap...I so woke up and ate after not doing it for a week or so,....ok, no more...

um,
coffee 1
bar 3
will work out, weigh-in and stay happy..feeling a little freaked out about work stuff...so my goal is to resist eating to appease that stress, it will only stress me out more...

rest of monday
fiber bar 2
protien shake 2
went to WW lost 1 lb! ya!!
see throwing away those cookies did help..
turkey bacon 2
asargus 1
gonna get some fro yo with jonny and girl...and that's all folks..

on the road again, just glad to be back home and on my own again

did good, only ate some oreos and milk on saturday, stayed away from the other crazy options...

Sunday
poached egg 1
english muff 1
fruit 1
some bits of mom's yummy good biscuit 2
latte 3
bar 3
rice, beans with cheese 8? if that...
salad with chicken 5 if that
then somehow I ended up with 3 monster cookies in my hand....only ate about 1/3 of each..so that's good, threw away the rest! ya dawn... 5? or more?? cookies are hard to gauge...
some fries that my brother bought maybe 2
some candy 2
bread with hummus 3?
ceral 3
so I just noticed I went way over byt 15 pts...eck...and didn't even realize it..traveling sure does mess you up...so I think I ate all my bonus this week, but stayed in the range...ate lots of veggies, worked out lots earlier in the week...

Sunday

B: bagel w/ creamcheese, coffee

D: 2 slices cheese pizza, OJ, 1 glass white wine

bad, bad, bad. what is with all the pizza lately? I'm going grocery shopping tomorrow, so I"ll try to stock up on better things. I want to go to TJ's for some good lunch stuff, but I won't buy certain things there, and I hate having to go to 2 different stores. Any suggestions? 

this is my sanity from a family vacation

eck, so I am on my period..good news, not prego..not that I thought, but my period was late and I was going crazy...wait, now i am crazy. awesome...so I am typing in hotel lobby.'

Thursday
bar 3
coffee 1
salad with chicken and turkey 5
another salad, this one was vietnamese with chicken 5?
popcorn 5
nutterbutters 4
fiberone bar 2
a bit of icecream 3?
and didn't get to exercise cause I went over to Oakland....crap..but I did walk around a bit, and besides the craziness/binge at the end did OK...so went over 3 pts, maybe a little more

Friday
at airport...did good
bar that I brought 3
cookie chocholate chip..warm...4?
coffee 1
ordered food that sucked so only ate like a few bites, maybe 3 pts worth
salad and soup (veggie only) 5?
went to dinner, but wasn't hungry so picked/shared with my mom's meal of noodle (it was a noodle house) 5? maybe more..
then had another bar 3 cause I was hungry
my skinny high metabolism brother tried to order pizza at midnight, but luckily it never came..and I only snacked a little on his chips 2
pretty proud of how I did today...so only went over 1 pt

Saturday
1/2 pancake 4?
egg whites 2
fruit 1
coffee 1
salad with chicken, corn, veggies, dressing...3 for the corn and another 3 for the dressing so 7pts in all
had some of everyone else's fries...3
had about 1 cup of pasta 7?
and 2 things of cesar salad..3
I am in a pissy mood and I have cramps...ahhh/...and around people who will eat lots and late...my goal..well I am already 3pts over, not to over due it. I can do this...may have A SWEET but not twenty.

glad to check in with you all...next week is last week of work before retirment...gotta go apply for unemployment..awesome!!

Saturday

Welcome back Rosie! I'm sorry to hear that you've been so stressed, but it sounds like things are mellowing out for you now. Let me know if you need any book recommendations :) 

So Friday was the school auction, but I was good, I think. Breakfast was yogurt and granola with fruit, and lunch was Eating Right ravioli. At the auction there were appetizers passed around for 3 hours, but I only had one. Then dinner was tortellini, and I only ate half. Then the dessert was keylime pie, and I ate a few bites. I did, however, have 5 cocktails. 

Today I had a late breakfast of hashbrowns and an omlette with veggies, and coffee and OJ. I'm a dumbass and we didn't make it to the Human Race (the timing was off because of the auction last night, and there was some confusion about what time we actually had to be there, but all of the donations still go to Families in Transition). So we did our own Human Race, and went on a 5.5 mile hike. The half way point is in Scotts Valley, so I had frozen yogurt with flaxseed granola and fresh mango. Then dinner was one hotdog. I'll probably have some cereal later :) 

Rosie? Are you there?

So, where have I been?

I am almost done with my second job, and for a while there I had 3 total. During that time I don't remember what I ate except I am sure it was bad and I definitely need more sleep.

My shows look good, but during this time I gained 3-5 pounds. Not bad, considering the amount of stress I was under. I don't think I have gotten my heart rate up for about a month - intentionally - and i haven't seen my parents in a while. Very sad. Weekly weigh-in 185.3

So, now that I am almost on my 5 month hiatus from Theater, costumes, etc., I am very excited about hanging out with myself. I am going to read books, go to the gym, go to Hawaii with my handsome boyfriend, swim, nap, work my little 8 to fiver, and just "be". Oh and write in the blog :-D

Friday:
slimfast cappuccino drink (it was there)
lf yogurt
sashimi, rice, 3 pieces of tempura, 2 gyoza, 2 pieces cali roll (800 points - the boss buys lunch on fridays)
tonight I have a show so I will prolly eat when I get finished - I have steamed veggies at home
I will most like have 2-3 glasses of wine.

I realize this is not a good day. Tomorrow will be better as the stress gets less and less. I also plan to work out tomorrow, clean my room and give myself a pedicure. I think a little love goes a long way.

I hope ya'll are doing well! Thanks to Dawn for knockin' on my door! :-*

Thursday

So the pedometer apparently doesn't turn off, just so you all know. The manual says it does, but what they mean is that it stops counting and dims after 5 minutes. Nicole - what does the event button do? 

Walked another 1.6 miles just working today. Obviously none of it is aerobic walking, but whatever. Looking forward to the walk on Saturday! We're setting up the software now, which is oddly exciting. 

B: NF vanilla latte

S: blueberry muffin

S: fiber one bar

L: a few bites of pasta, 1/2 a muffin, snapple tea

D: 2 cheese enchiladas and rice

D: I think I'll have a cranberry oatmeal cookie

Bad me! Not the best choices today. And tomorrow is my school's dinner auction thing, so there will be some cocktails consumed along with a lot of food. I think it's pasta. I'll do my best to not snack too much throughout the day. 

Thursday

So, my last post was for Wednesday, not Tuesday, which the title said....

Today so far so good, just a peanut butter pretzel bar and water for breakfast. Here's what the plan is for the rest of the day:

Lunch: Chicken Cesar salad with 1/2 the dressing
Snack: peanut butter pretzel bar
Dinner: Big salad and maybe some pasta? I don't know what yet, really...

Not one of those super planned days, so we'll see what we wind up with.

~Ellen

3 Days Geeze

Been absent for a while, let's see if I can remember the past couple days...

Tuesday
B- coffee, yogurt, fruit, granola
L- tamale
S- I think I sancked on some trail mix while at work
D- garlic herb chicken, cous cous, asparagus
Ds- cookie and ice cream (100- 150 cals or so)
E- 25 min walk and 100 sit ups

Wednesday
B- coffee, half english muffin, fried egg, fruit
L- 6 in turkey sandwhich from Subway, a couple chips, strawberries, passion tea lemonade
D- a bowl of homemade potato, zucchini and ham soup with a salad, slice of sourdough

Thursday so far
B- coffee, cereal, fruit

Here's to a good day of exercise!!!

Hey girls quick question! How do I make my posts have pretty colors and stuff?

Update:
So another day with no walk (Bad Nicole) but I did vacuum the house
L- leftover turkey meatballs, a few potatoes and green beans
S- a few pretzles and a cookie
D- salad and half a tamale (those are all gone now... Thank god! They were so good and always seemed to be calling my name)

I've redeemed myself..

to me..so gotta be honest girls, I was outta control yesterday. this end of job thing is freaking me out...but I stopped. didn't eat last night, worked out lots yesterday, and today..and am on the mend..

so moving on...

bar 3
coffee 1
latte 3
fro yo with almonds 8?
salad with chicken curry, yogurt, crasins 5? maybe?
fiber one bar with hot coco 2

so at 22 points, I don't think I should eat anymore, besides maybe having a hot cup of milk...but really shouldn't eat anymore, and don't want to go on a sweetness binge....

exercise:
ran 24 min and paddled..maybe for 40? getting faster..it's tough but fun..

Wednesday

I need help with my pedometer! It won't turn off like it's supposed to. 

But I did wear it at work, and I walked a mile and a half just working. And it was a minimum day! That is crazy to me. 

I had my bridal shower for work today (it was after school at someone's house) so I munched a lot on chips, veggies, pasta, one tiny slice of bread, 1 piece of cake with ice cream, 2 punch/champagne drinks. Ugh. Not to mention the donut for breakfast/snack, and the tiger's milk bar, and the NF vanilla latte for breakfast. And now I'm about to eat a small burger with a handful of fries (all homemade) for dinner. No dessert for me today :) 

Tuesday

Wow, sounds like it was a pizza weekend for more than just me :) Yes, I looooove those peanut butter pretzel bars, too, Lyssa :) Glad you enjoyed it! Matt's favorite is the vanilla.

So, today I was at a conference for my job, which whacked out my groove a little. Still did okay, though.

• Bfast: strawberry Trim Advantage bar
• Lunch: Turkey sandwich on a sourdough roll w/ a little mayo and mustard, lettuce and tomato, 1/2 a slice of swiss.
  
• Snack/Early Dinner: Bowl of artichoke hearts, a chopped tomato, a sprinkling of LF feta, some sliced olives and about 1/2 cup of whole wheat pasta. Oh, yeah, and some olive oil.
• Evening Snack: Probably will be a peanut butter pretzel bar and a banana - they are starting to look a little on the "overripe" side :)

I still have not started to exercise. I did bring my shoes to work on Monday but then ended up not taking a lunch break. Yesterday I didn't take my shoes (forgot) and then today I was at the conference all day and the lunch "break" was actually lunch during a speaker's presentation, so it wasn't really a break at all. Ok, I'm just leaning on my excuses :) I could have started exercising if I really put my mind to it, I just haven't.

~Ellen :)

pedometer!

my pedometer just arrived! I'm excited to wear it tomorrow. I really want to see how much I walk during a regular work day! I feel like I'm constantly doing laps around the classroom, so hopefully it'll all add up and be worth it. 

(Nicole - mine won't turn off... it says it turns off automatically after 5 minutes... any advice?)

B: yogurt, fruit, granola, NF vanilla latte

S: peanut butter pretzel bar (thanks Ellen, super yummy!)

L: chinese chicken salad, cookie, vitamin water, 1/2 a dinner roll

S: vanilla pretzel bar (again, thank you Ellen) 

D: 1 slice of pizza (leftovers)

I have my work bridal shower tomorrow, so I'm assuming there'll be lots of bad/good food. I'll do my best to be good and not munch if not hungry. 

My cold is almost gone, which is good because I was worried about the 10k walk this weekend. Ooh! I get to wear my pedometer on the walk! Is it super nerdy that I am excited about that? 

tuesday

milk 2
1/2 fiberone bar 1
turkey bacon 1
egg with muffin 2
coffee 1

going to work out at gym and run before rowing...want to stay at my points today...but already having crazy food cravings..stupid period hasn't come but I am going crazy...great!

My Monday

So I thought I would be able to go on a nice long walk today since I didn't have to work until the afternoon... Instead I had to take my kitty to the vet. He's ok but he did cost me $200 with his injury. =(

B- coffee, yogurt w/ granola and fruit
L- grilled chicken salad, a little pasta from last night
S- trail mix
D- turkey meatballs w/ gravy, roasted potatoes, green beans
Might have some dessert tonight, either a cookie or ice cream both of which will only be 100 calories

Mondays...

B: 1/2 bagel w/ creamcheese, NF vanilla latte

S: other 1/2 

L: chicken salad, vitamin water

S: fiber one bar

D: 2 slices pizza, glass of white wine. 

D: I broke down and bought a piece of chocolate cake. It's that time of the month, so... I'm not going to say "I deserve it", but I will say that my body "needs" it :)  I've been really good about desserts and sweets lately, and I have a feeling I'll take a few bites and not want the rest, because that's what's happened the past few times I've eaten dessert. Everything in moderation, right? 

Dawn - set up your pedometer! 

Seriously, what happened to Rosie? 

Bleh, weekend food.

Not a great weekend for food. Any weekend that involves pizza, taco bell (twice) and wine is going to mean a "bleh" Monday. At least for me. My digestive track is not happy with the poor choices I made this weekend. Better choices started this morning. The sushi on Friday turned out delicious, by the way :)

Plan for today:

Bfast: strawberry Trim Advantage bar, green tea XS
Lunch: Chicken cesar with 1/2 dressing
Snack: Banana and peanut butter pretzel bar
Dinner: 1/2 garlic chicken skillet and salad
Snack: pink grapefruit

~Ellen

i did it like 3 days in a row!! ya!!

ok, so I think I have avoided night eats, thur, fri, sat and now sun...wait, that is four!! ya..and today is weigh in day...a little scared but I can do it....

ok, so not sure where i last left off...but here it goes...
mid day Saturday
ran 30 minutes, walked 20 and did some legs and arms..
salad 0
shrimp 2
dressing 3?
pizza 10?
frozen yogurt 4?
reeses 5?
I think that's it...had a bar for breakfast. with coffee, but I think I already posted...

Sunday
bar
coffee 2
latte 3
egg thing 5
aninal crackers 2
hot coco 2
salad 0
went to 1 year olds bday and avoided most temptations! ya dawn..didn't eat the cake til 1/2 a piece later...and avoided most things, had chips 3
1/2 of birthday cake??
fiberone bar 2

so I wasn't amazing on Sunday, but I did check myself a few times..and didn't drink anything all weekend, well a sip of smirnoff, but I don't think those even have alcohol..lol...

Monday
coffee 1
bar 3
went to starbucks, order pastry, the cinnamon rolls have been calling to me..but only ate the top 1/2 so that was good of me... (the whole thing is 370 calories, I think I had about 150 of them? and maybe 6g of fat of it?? so let's say 5 pts...wow, so not worth it...
chicken, rice and beans, 8pts?
went to school, had to deal with annoying teacher and wanted to eat more bready/pastries but I resisted and went to the gym, felt proud of myself for resisting!!
going to work out, weigh in and eat salad...
worked out like insane for about an hour...
protien shake 2 pts
at 19 points, it is only 4.30, still got to weigh-in, eck! and eat a real dinner...hmmm...resist the urge to over eat after I weigh in..scared to see the number....


tty'al soon :)

ok, so I weighed in...gained! ahh...that's cause I ate more then my alloted points....
dinner:
salad, cabbage, beans, lf cheese, salsa..my cinco de salad..3 pts
fiberone bar 2
strawberries with a little bit of almonds.. 3
pancakes 5
hmmm, ate too much later in the day...eck...I am thinking of cutting out sweets, it seems like once i have one I have millions...crap...

End of weekend

Got up early again for work so I didn't get in breakfast per se. I got a NF vanilla lattee at work and then ate and apple on my break. Got home and ate a tamale and drank some water. Then had some samples at Costco and a few bite of Danny's hotdog. When we got home we made a HUGE fruit salad and I munched on that while we were chopping. So glad to have fresh fruit in the house! I find that if I make a fruit salad, I eat it throughout the day. Right now, making linguni w/ onions and bacon for dinner and will have a salad to go with it. No walk today but I have been on my feet all day. I'll start up again tomorrow. =)

Sunday

Late breakfast of 1/2 omlette w/ cheese, ham, and bell pepper, a few bites of potato, toast, and fruit. And coffee. 

Dinner plans are steak, mashed potatoes, and salad or artichoke. 

Still sick, so no walking today as I had hoped, but I did just order my pedometer! Same one as Nicole (and Dawn I think). Can't wait till it gets here! 

Saturday

B- coffee, breakfast burrito (made at home)
L- passion tea lemonade (figured I'd put that in cuz of the calories) hot dog w/ chili, couple french fries
S-cookie, handful of pretzles
D- late lunch and pretty filling so I just had a chicken cesar salad w/out croutons
E- 45 mins 4,641 steps... been pretty good about working the new job and fitting in a walk so I'm happy about that.

Oh and I lost 1 lb... better than I thought =)

Saturday

B: onion bagel - 1/2 with regular cream cheese, 1/2 with tomato herb,  and coffee

L: salad and few bites of Mark's chicken bacon sandwich

D: pizza is on its way.  I know that's not the best option, but I'm sick and don't want to cook. I will have some salad or something with it.  And lots of OJ. I really just wanna rest and get better. I've gotta do that walk next weekend and don't want to be under the weather for it. 

I did it!

didn't eat til after 7am! decided to have 1 bite of the pizza...yes I like cold pizza and toss the rest, 10 pts for a slice is a little too high for me..and who knows, it may be even more, hard to measure those things...

plan:

coffee 1

bar 3

ran for 30 minuts, did some arms, legs and stuff...proud of self for going to gym on SAturday.

chicken with veggie bbq salad for lunch 5 at the most...

Friday

B: yogurt w/ granola, NF vanilla latte

S: tiger's milk bar

L: Eating Right ravioli

D: a handful of fries, 1/2 turkey club sandwich, 2 lemondrops, 1/2 beer

Gonna try to get in some exercise this weekend. Next weekend Mark and I are doing the Human Race, but don't be fooled, we're walking it.  Altogether it's 10 miles, so it could be a little tiring, but it's for a good cause! Any one want to join us? 

Friday

Had to get up at 5:00 and totally forgot to weigh in... try again tomorrow.

B- coffee, apple
S- pb&j on a bagel
L- left over pork and potatoes
S- some pretzles, pistachios and 5 chips
D- tilapia, cous cous, edemame
E- 45 min 4,844

friday

ok, so I need to let you all know..after my walk (60 minutes total), I made a healthy eggwhite with asargus omlette(3)..then, had some popcorn with a little bit of choch pretzels (6) then a fiberone bar 2, then anoher 3, then 2 ww cookies, 3, then tapoica 1, then 1 pt bagel with lf pb and sf jam (3 total) so I went completly off the handle on low point sweets...my guess is my body had a little sugar and off I went...hmm, so not proud of that, so had 16 of bonus, have 19 left for the rest of the weekend....hmmm...good news is I didn't eat last night...also went to starbucks and didn't get any pastry!

coffee 1
bar 3
protien smoothie 2
went to gym ran for 30 minutes! you go dawn! and then walked for 20 more..proud of myself..wanted to eat crap (7 activty points, get 4 of them)
salad 0
burger 2
oatmeal 2
pizza, chicago style 1 almost 2 slices 20 pts
a little bit of chicken 1
fiberonebar 2
so all and all, feel like even though I went a little crazy last night, that is OK, because I am keeping track, exercising everyday and am on the improve..it used to be if I had a bad night, then next day would continue..but I am fixing that..

so 33 pts for today, minus 4 for exercise..and then minus my 25 pts, which puts me at 4 over, so I have 15 pts for the rest of the weekend..goal is to keep doing active stuff each day and stay in points..can still lose..liike my pep talk to myself? that you all get to read?? ya I thought so...oh yes I resisted fro yo/ice cream/donut/crazy thoughts of food..having 0 point hot coco, staying in bed, and not eating til after 7am..that is a record ladies :)

Friday

banana, coffee
quesadilla with a bit of hummus
smoothie -yogurt, strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, oj
miso soup with tofu, mushrooms, green onions, and buckwheat noodles
cookies and some licorice (1 serving of each)

weights, ab and leg work-out, 30 min walk

I have such a sweet tooth right now that I had 2 of my 5 mini cookies while I was making dinner.

A while ago I was on salad eating craze where I would eat a small salad before my meal, and now I can't convince myself to make one - even when I have all the ingredients on hand. They just seem to sound/taste better when someone else makes it. I don't know what my hesitations are about....

Friday date night...

Hey, all ~

So, I'm off work today and headed to my girlfriend's house who had a baby a few weeks ago to meet her little guy and hang out. I'm picking us up some Togo's on the way, so someone else will make me a healthy lunch today!

Tonight is date night which for us also means a relaxed eating night. NOT a binge night, but not an "on" night, if you know what I mean. We are going to make brown rice sushi with cucumber, mango, avocado and a mix of red tuna (maguro) and salmon. Also some oven roasted garlic asparagus and a salad for veggies. Probably have some sake or wine and dessert will probably be strawberries. So, not bad for food, but the portions for the sushi and wine/sake is why I'm thinking it will be an off night. That's all good, though, it is one of the things that keeps us sane.

Thanks for all of the tips on pedometers and exercising at work :) I am definitely going to get a pedometer (thanks for the link!) and start walking at work. We'll see what else I add in during the day. I get quite the red face from strenuous exercise, so I may keep it to walking so I don't have a beet-faced afternoon!

Hearts,
Ellen :)

May 1st

So I'm not feeling too good about my weigh in tomorrow. Feeling "heavy" though my eating has been pretty good. I've totally been into salads too Dawn! But we'll see.

B- NF vanilla latte, apple sauce
S- pistachios, fried egg, half a bagel
L- taco salad
D- grilled chicken cesar pita, couple french fries
E- 43 min. 4,692 steps

I'm an auntie!

Mark's brother and sister-in-law just had the baby this morning. Her name is Kaia. My first niece! We're hopefully going to see her this weekend. I can't wait! 

B: blueberry muffin, NF vanilla latte

L: quiche

S: tiger's milk bar

D: not sure yet, probably either 1/2 grilled cheese w/ soup and artichoke, or pasta and salad. good old stand-bys 

resisted cupcakes again! it was easy though because they didn't look that appealing, especially after the kids all grubbed on them. dirty children. 

Nicole - the cranberry oatmeal cookies were from Deluxe, they come in a pack of 6 or so. 

thursday

ceral 5
ww cookies 3
bar 3
coffee 1
bar 3
planning on eating yummy salad for dinner..been liking that lately...
will walk or go to gym for exercise, little sore from paddling, so not sure.. went on an hour walk.

salad 2.5
proud of myself for not eating junk when I got my mid afternoon hunger on...
egg with asaragus and cheese 3
so at 21 pts, have 4 left? which is tough because I have a sweet tooth..will shower, brush my teeth..and try to just stay at 4. I can do this!

Thursday

coffee, coffee, coffee (black)
cranberry oatmeal with milk (from TJ's)
banana
small salad
Mix of pretzels, nuts and some dried fruit
turkey sandwich with extra veggies
Chinese food - soup, egg roll, chicken and some rice. Not the healthiest, but my portions were OK

We get the key to our new place today! Too bad I wont be home till way after dark - but its not going anywhere...

What up, Thursday?

Thanks ladies for the tips about exercise. I am so all about getting exercise done at work! But, question, do you all shower after or just wait until you get home? Maybe that question is too personal? I think right now would be the perfect time, but once June hits it will be impossible to walk outside at lunch here -- even in the shade it will be over 95 degrees, with highs of 100-110 occasionally through September. I guess now is the time to get out there and get in the habit and then figure out what to do during the summer later!

About the pedometer - does anyone have a brand/model recommendation? I'd love to wear something that is super-slimline and doesn't create a big bulk on my hip, ya know? I rarely buy things without a personal recommendation, so please let me know what ones you all are using and whether you like them!

Plan for today (bfast is done)

• Bfast: peanut butter pretzel bar and a tropical XS
• Lunch: pre-made Cobb salad from grocery store
  
• Snack: peanut butter pretzel bar at work then celery & bell pepper with NF ranch dip at home.
• Dinner: Salad and 1/2 a Stouffer's chicken/veg/penne skillet

~Ellen