Avoiding the Truth

Truth be told, I have avoided posting here because this past weekend was an eating healthy diet BUST. Friday I broke down and ordered Pizza Hut and chowed on 4 pieces that night as well as more the next day. Saturday night my husband and I went out with friends and enjoyed a few drinks, a little sushi, a slice of birthday cake and then topped it off with a late-night run for lard-infused Mexican food. Sunday was slightly better, but not great.

Monday I skipped breakfast and had a 6" Subway chicken breast sub plus nearly 2/3 of a can of Pringles for lunch and for dinner, I made quiche and ate my fair share of the pie.

Ok, so to the point. Today, I stepped onto the scale expecting to be 188 again and to my great shock and surprise, the needle on the scale pointed clearly at 186! One hundred and eighty-six! Now, I ate a light dinner (cereal) last night because my leftover quiche lunch had filled me up and I didn't feel like the pasta I had meal-planned for. But really? 186?!

Totally awesome.

Lesson learned: even if I have an off day, or weekend, or week even, I can always pick up, get back on track and still lose weight. Especially right now when I have a lot to lose.

~C

Rockin' into the '80s!

What's the reason for the '80s-style celebration? Well, I'm excited to post that I am back in the '80s again - 188lbs this morning! I have a looong way to go, but I'm pretty darn happy to be out of the '90s :o).

~C

food log:

breakfast: diet dr. pepper (out of time this morning)

lunch: salad with beet rice, black beans, 2 hard boiled eggs and champagne dressing, diet dr. pepper (the soda is leftover from the birthday party)

snack: apple and honey roasted peanuts, sprite (more leftover soda argh)

dinner: potato with spray butter and ketchup, a big bowl of zucchini and broccoli with spray butter, sprite

snack: honey roasted peanuts and another sprite (I think there are only 3 left - yay!)

Saving grace

I'm rapidly approaching my one-year anniversary of being unemployed and it's making me more emotional than usual. I'm glad I've decided to address my issues with overeating and making bad food choices (not to mention never working out) because it's the one thing that is keeping me from drowning my sorrows in a 1/2 gallon of ice cream or a bag of doritos.

~C

Food log:

breakfast: cottage cheese and strawberries with some sugar

snack: apple

lunch: leftover salad and grilled chicken breast with beet rice and champagne dressing.

snack: pear and 1 Girl Scout cookie - thin mint, a few almonds

dinner: large quesadilla with extra sharp cheddar and veggies on top, homemade Spanish rice with tomatoes, black beans, onions, garlic and green chiles, diet dr. pepper (x2)

Hold on - it might get bumpy!

This past weekend we hosted family for a birthday dinner for my son. He specifically requested hot dogs and french fries to eat. Great.

So, you combine hot dogs with french fries, potato salad, tons of soda, 3 containers of ice cream and one huge cake and you have a diet nightmare. Well, you do if you're me. Especially when the leftovers alone could feed my binging tendencies for a whole week. And binge I did, for the weekend. I ate more hotdogs over 2 days than I have in a year probably. And I enjoyed a piece of cake 3 days in a row for breakfast. And I ate all of the leftover potato salad by myself. I can't tell you how many sodas I drank - some diet and some not.

And how did it make me feel? Like shit. Plain and simple. After several days of "good" eating, my body was not happy with the change back to junky foods and large portions. Thankfully, however, instead of just beating myself up over it, I remembered that every time we eat we have a choice. We can choose to drown our sorrows over the bad choices by making more bad choices, or we can start fresh the next time we open the fridge. And in doing this, we can still achieve better health and healthy weight loss.

With this in mind, I started fresh today. And although my lunch wasn't ideal, it was better than hot dogs, potato salad and ice cream. And, when I weighed myself this morning, I was still at 190 and for the first time in a long time, I put on a pair of jeans and they felt less tight than before.

Food log:

breakfast: 1 cup cottage cheese, 1/2 banana and honey

lunch: 2/3 of a footlong chicken breast sub from Subway - it included mayo, mustard, oil and vinegar as well as cheese and veggies, 2/3 of a can of cheddar Pringles, 2 cans of diet dr. pepper

dinner: TBD though grilled chicken on salad is a likely contender

~C

Would you like some cheese with that w(h)ine?

Today was a long day. But thanks to planning ahead, I did not go straight for the carb-loading pasta that I adore when I'm feeling stressed and pressed for time. Whew!

You see, earlier in the week I started the family on chore lists. They were not particularly well-received, but the list of everyone's daily responsibilities has been a great stress reliever for me. Part of the chores includes assigning meal planning for each day of the week. Today was my hubby's day and although he didn't come up with the idea himself, he was responsible for picking up a roast, carrots and onion on his way home from work as well as getting it prepped and in the crockpot before he left for work at 1:30 p.m.

When I arrived home after a crazy day at work, the house smelled fabulous, the dishes were all done, and we were able to eat within 5 minutes. Talk about awesome! And I have a plan for the leftovers tomorrow which will make dinner prep a cinch.

Anyway, the piece de resistance was a yummy glass of wine at the end of a long day while enjoying a home cooked meal. Ahhhhh . . .

Food log:

breakfast: bread with PB and honey, coffee w/ cream and sugar, 1 praline

snack: apple

lunch: leftover salad with chx, balsamic, etc like last night, 5 strawberries

dinner: 2 small servings of roast with a side of carrots, onions and celery, 1 glass of red wine

dessert: small slice of ice cream cake - now all gone and out of the house!

Weight this morning: 190

~C

Hello, Mr. Salad.

My name is C and it's been a while since we've seen each other. I know that you are good for me and everything, but could you please be a little less "cleansing"?? It is kind of gross.

Thanks a bunch - glad we had this talk.

breakfast: bread w/ peanut butter and honey, 5 strawberries, coffee w/ creamer and sugar

lunch: lemon butter pasta leftovers with extra 1/2 chx breast, apple

snack: one peanut butter chocolate GS cookie, 1 praline

dinner: salad with tomatoes, onion, parm cheese, basil, and homemade balsamic vinaigrette, grilled chicken

Start. Stop. Start. Stop. Start!!

Daily food log:

breakfast:
cottage cheese with honey drizzle

1 hard boiled egg

sweet coffee with creamer

lunch:

turkey deli meat

1 cup Trader Joe's chicken fried rice (surprisingly healthy and low fat) with light asian sesame dressing

apple slices and cream cheese on 2 celery sticks (didn't care for that much)

dinner:

1 reasonable-sized serving of pasta - spaghetti with a lemon butter cream sauce, tomatoes, basil, garlic and grilled chicken

dessert: about 3 bites of my son's ice cream birthday cake

I feel good about my eating today. Hooray!