8am Breakfast 650 chips/light ice cream (didn't have a good breakfast plan and was craving salt then just decided on the ice cream also) - but will come up with a plan for the rest of today.
11am brunch: out with friend at diner - they have a good shrimp salad, so getting that...600 tops. i can stay away from coffee and use my teeth whiteners this weekend, lol.
2pm snack: ? 200 cal?
1450.
5pm dinner at home since i have a lot - my roasted eggplant in a wrap with avocado and beans..thinking no meat.550. fruit if i want it strawberries 50. 600.
100, 150, 120, 160, 100 650 tops.movie i rented at home..
going to bed early tonight.
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after brunch i'm showing this friend my hamster back at my place and then driving to gett my bike fixed, again.
laundry gonna do it now before brunch :)
Calories 2050
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
Overnight Oats: 150, protein powder 100, oil 50, chia 25, nut milk 25, cocoa 25, stevia: 400 approx. coffee 50...and finally used the bathroom lol at work an hour later lol.
snacks: fruit / almonds 200
Lunch: spiralized zucchini noodles and caeser dressing 150, tomatoes 20, egg 80, matzah 130 with whole avocado 320 (yes donkey today i actually had a whole one bc i didn't want to take half home and still craving fat! first time i ever had a whole one!) 550.
Snack: ? cookie/crackers 150..maybe i can skip this and just have a small coffee...
1350
Dinner before gym: egg sandwich 350
1750
after gym: protein cookie 350..or to save calories by 100, i can have a Cliff Bar.
2000
7day avg: 2110...not bad, but to actually lose weight, i'll need lower cals. Overall though, happy with the calories overall for the week bc they are moderate.
for weekend, i'll be once again attempting moderate cals and another attempt (and will actually plan this) to successfully have lower cals - 1800 per day for both Saturday and Sunday is a good plan i'd say. Not too low but lower than i've been...
on weekend i'll be once again getting my bicycle fixed...flat tire and squeaky breaks so lots to fix...no amount of oil has fixed the breaks...getting tire replacements that don't allow nails in the road to pop the tubes.
Also, today after work i'm purchasing a few pairs of dress pants since there's a sale at Express today buy 1, get 1 $19.50. The clothes run big at Express and i'm a size 2 whereas the 2's i wear now from another store are completely too small...i just need dressy pants that fit...cannot continue to wear these black NY&Co. dress pants size 2 and so tight right now. Sick of wearing Jeans to work only...need some dress pants for NYC.
Lastly, I'm ready to begin jogging 1x per weeknight in addtional to my jog on weekends...i'm ready to bring it up a notch...totally not giving up. Next CO exam will be in 1-1.5 years from now most probably. so this running task, it's not for life but for the next year or so. i can do this.
Bought pants at lunch since express Is a few blocks from work!!! it was a good deal but you don't wanna know the price for 4 pairs. now i have to wear them!
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
I need to STICK WITH MY PLAN and stop falling into temptations. my stomach is very bloated this AM...i have to stop eating garbage for dinner. my fingers and body are swollen and bloated and it's not healthy the way i am going along each day. need to go back to smaller portions in the evenings. I can do this. Weight still up 5lbs. Really it's bc i am sabbotaging myself. I do know better. All i have to do is follow my plans.
Home kombucha 20 that's all I had left of my last bottle
Breakfast 2 coffees 100, wrap 60, lox 100, avocado 160 garlic and pepper 400. i'm wondering if the garlic smell can be smelled by coworkers?
Snack almonds 200
Lunch from home: egg 80, veggies zucchini spiraliZed with dressing 200, matzah and avocado 300 600.
Snack fruit and almonds 200
kombucha 50 on way home,
Dinner: wrap 120, avocado 160, salami 100 450...marinated eggplant also 50 leftovers i made, and piece of fruit plum. 50
2050 good.
6day avg: 2125, decent but really tight pants. i may buy a few pairs in a bigger size...as i am a small size, and it's starting to be embarassing how tight everything is / feels. we'll see.
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I'll do the long walk from the bus today... oand bed early bc last night was late ran into obstacles involving cleaning the hamsters cage bc the water bottle leaked all over and therefore had to change the bedding and clean the cage and then dumped a bit of the soiled bedding on the floor then got it on my clothes...was a mess last night and the hamster was in it's ball on my wood floors and i was hoping nieghbors wouldn't get too annoyed...! i may have to keep the ball more on the carpeted parts of my apt only bc the hamster has so much energy and bangs all the walls.
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
So just a suggestion based on an observation. Otherwise, even with all of the avocado, it looked like a good day to me :-)
PS That was so cute to read about Hammy Girl in her little plastic ball :-)
this hamster has so much energy, she is nuts!
2140 5day.
Kombucha 60, coffee 50
wrap 100, lox 100, avocado 100 with garlic/pepper. 300.
snack: almonds 100
lunch: healthy from home leftovers: half avocado 160, egg 80, matzah cracker 120, marinated tomato salad 550.
snack: TBD - fruit 100 -apple and some clementine
snack: almonds 100
Dinner: Dunkin Donuts sandwich 350
After gym: 170 bar, 400 chips and jello yeah poor planning TBD maybe ice cream again. not sure.
Total 2100 ****ty.
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gym tonight since yesterday didn't happen bc i was running very late and prefered going to bed early than staying out extra late.
I woke up and still feel like a truck ran over me...perhaps eating better would help a bit...moving forward. Also being allergy season. also this past weekend being a major change from the typical. anyways, moving forward!
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
Tomorrow is one day closer to the weekend!
What does AS stand for again?
Edit - took too long to get car so gym will happen tomorrow as I didn't want to be ought very late bc I got to gym late and also deal with hunger and bed late - so gym is tomorrow when I'm not also picking up my car after work from the dealership as that is done now - there was also lots of traffic bc of a storm - so tomorrow will be better. And tonight just bed
Home: kombucha settled my stomach, actually, because i woke up bloated but did nothing else other than settle the bloat a bit. 60
Breakfast at work: whole what english muffin 150, avocado 100, lox 100, garlic/pepper, coffee with lots of whole milk 100. 450.
Snack: 100 almonds
Lunch: from home - i have 2 eggs 150 and leftover seasoned israeli salad 50, zucchini noodles (store packaged but made like using a spiralizer...)with Caeser dressing i bought as a change of pace 150? will check cals later. matzah. 150. 500.
Snack 1: plum 50
1150
Before gym:granola bar? 100
1250
Dinner 550
1800, good ...if i stick to this plan.
4day: 2150
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My whole body and my mind is tired today. i feel like a brick. and i feel like i have a cloud over me. ah well, moving forward. i will keep on with working out and reach my goals. I am tired. I do not like sitting here all day. If i can train well enough to beat the test, i'll become a court officer - though to do that, i have to actually be jogging MUCH BETTER than i do now which i am still working towards...getting better but at the pace of a snail. I'll keep on. I feel like the whole world is pushing me down and that its not possible today. i am angry that it's become so difficult to change. my body actually feels swollen though i don't know what i ate that had salt?
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Late to work by 15min, no excuse, just not leaving early enough for my new 8am time that started last Tuesday..
avocados i am having more this week after a break from them this weekend which i have been craving as i think it helps clear my skin which is broken out due to horrible eating all weekend, but enjoyment yes to eat all the crap (skin is broken out i believe from diet drinks and caffeine).
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
also, the more alone i feel and disconnected from friends.
ah well, i can change it.
Here's a question: If you had a choice, would you prefer to do the estimating work or the union work? I'm not sure either one ranks high on your list, but if you had a choice?
Maybe that's what's getting you down today: feeling like your choices are limited... taking too long... or too far away from happening. I'm sorry I don't have something more comforting or inspiring to say at the moment. (((hugs)))
the union doesn't pay very well and part of being in estimating is that i'm also in the union...it's kinda like if i'm estimating, i'm also in the union and that is volunteer stuff...they go together and i do not think i'd want to only work for the union...as i think it pays far lower than i make now...i'd thought and spoken to my dad about it once.
everything you said was fine as usual - good question about union stuff. it's possible to leave my company and only work for the union directly but the pay is low...being involved is good, it can get me places but all my life prior to the 7.5 years here i have always been involved and it sometimes got me somewhere and sometimes nowhere....and i just don't want to give my extra time to the union to volunteer etc bc i'm not social...or at least i do not know everyone well enough.
i wish to drift off and find myself a man who likes me for me and just be happy like that !
8am breakfast at home: oatmeal and flax mix 200, almond milk 30, cocoa powder 30, chia seeds 30, stevia , protein powder 120, truffle oil 50. Kombucha 100. Total 600.
snack: almonds and a plum 250
11:30 early lunch: lox 100 on a wrap 60 with avocado/garlic/pepper 160; 320...chips 230. total 550. and a leftover carrot / mashed cauliflower thing...oops, forgot this...
1450, sorta high...bc i ate what i wanted.
snacks later: granola bar / coffee 150-, pineapple 50.
Dinner: light ice cream...yes. 400 tops.and whipped cream 150.
2050. 2200
trying to get some jogging in today, ate a lot this AM but satisfied.
3day avg: 2266 - too high, of course! but last week was finally good... too high all due to one day :( on this weekend (Saturday). not happy about that. i was hungry and just eating what was there and being moderate on Saturday, but just ate too much at each meal...not on purpose though. It's quite annoying that Saturday's calories are so high but i had a really low cal day the day before and that usually happens when people restrict a lot, higher cals follow....
it's just annoying bc Saturday has made the rest of the week harder - and compromises my loss of weight just the week before! it's like you are successful and then i derail my success...like deleted the success i worked so hard for! grrrrr.
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To do: laundry = done
, jogging = done
, quick supermarket trip = done
, drop car odd to be serviced this afternoon for tomorrow, = done
take public transport home and involves a bit of walking too, = done
dentist and get allergy medicine from my dad bc my mom was nice enough to buy me some on sale = done
clean hamster cage - saved for the weekend.
....glad to have today off.
Maybe watch a movie at home tonight from library. - maybe watch another night.
not sure all activities will get done...bc taking some time out to just relax.
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
i'm so glad i got the jog in...it's been very difficult doing it and planning it....but i'm getting a little better :) i also realized during the jog that i need to play less...and practice more...that weekends like this previous one need to be once in awhile, not all the time :)
Breakfast 450
Snacks coffee and other light drink 100, bar 150...mostly sugar
2 more bars 250
960
Fries 600, burgers from 450 White Castle drink low calorie
2050 excellent
2day
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
Happy Mother's Day to you...i'll be catching up soon with everyone!
Like you, i'm not good with lots of socialization all day or large loud families / crowds, so some of this weekend was quite uncomfortable for me - but - i'm glad i went and checked it out and really am not sure if i'll go again....but at least i did it once.
850 before lunch
1500 after lunch
Glass of wine 150
1650
Dinner: small amount pasta 100, salad with some dressing 50, small amount beef and mushrooms 200?, big roll with butter 200, squash and carrot dish larger amount 150, baked fish with breadcrumbs 200 tops... total 900. I guess today makes up for yesterday !? Fixing this soon. Food was healthy but I chose some extras for breakfast and generally just ate well. Food was extremely healthy but at dinner we were served and not a buffet so I sort of had to work with what I was given and a large appetite - if it were buffet i would have filled up on more of the carrot salad and squash.
2550. Eh. At least I new week.
This weekend has been a bit too socially out of my element and I'm so happy to be off work Monday to do laundry and drop off car and dentist etc and not deal with work also.
However I wanted to attend a class and I am so glad that I did because. It was a good challenge. I came bc I wanted to see this union getaway facility which is an unreal excellent and wonderful investment property for the education of our members and that is what I wanted most.
I socialized as best I could and just glad to be in bed....glad I brought a friend and her boys. It's been weird as heck though with that not for any bad reason just weird and I did get to meet her fiancé who is a really nice guy ! So that was good..
Food was actually way above par wit healthy options ....
And tomorrow is another whole adventure ....
I unfortunately will not see my mom on Mother's Day as I will still be with my friend and her boys for the majority of the day. Gym is a maybe in the late afternoon / evening.
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
The amount of socialization and being amongst people I don't know well was a big challenge as I prefer quiet time alone time and don't need tons of socializing ....the woman I went with planned to take her kids zip lining after the classes on our way home and it was amazing and also wine tasting was our own little adventure :)
On the other hand, I cherish time with friends / family / and those I care about (in limited amounts of time).
The classes I took were with members of my union and I do see some of them time to time - some as often as once a month others a hair more - some are important administrators and I tend to feel intimidated by them ....so I am never relaxed when I attend these types of events also bc I am not close with many of them but also don't desire all the chit chat ....also I don't want to be very involved in weekends and like I said I like alone time.... my dad is very active in the union and they all know him but I am not as much like my father as would be helpful in the union. I have a lot to be thankful for....taking part in the type of program I did this weekend was a challenge and I'm glad I chose to take a day off Friday to jog and take car of my needs as well as taking today off for a few activities (Monday today). I crave personal time more than most and when I feel too rushed I get very anxious. Glad I don't have to be around a thousand people at work today and that I can do my laundry, jog, get my car repaired which will be a big adventure in itself getting home .... anyways ..
7day: 1985 per day !!!!! Great!!!!
Friday total 1400 - no dinner except coffee at 7 and 2 granola bars before bed :)
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Today i slept in because I have the day off. I had a late tasty breakfast and plans to only go out and jog, pack for the weekend away as i'm driving with a coworker friend to a seminar about 2-2.5hrs out east for a seminar class/getaway, and then plans to go meet her at work at 2:30 as she's working and we'll leave from there.
10am breakfast on the big side: blackberries 50, oatmeal made with oats 150, protein powder 100, almond milk-cocoa powder-chia seeds 100, a truffle oil (got tons of oils in my apt that
Progress as of today: -1.2 lbs lost so far, only 5.2 lbs to go!
A break might do you good - like a re-set. I know you've been struggling lately. So maybe a change of scene might help you recenter, refocus, upon your return.
Home: nothing got up with time only to shower and dress.... I can't wait to sleep in tomorrow.
Work: Overnight oats of oats 150, protein powder 100, chia seeds 50, cocoa 30, almond milk 30, stevia and cinnamon, toasted sesame oil 50.410...didn't feel full right away, but after i started digesting it after like 20 minutes, my stomach feels full. I still craved a coffee right after finishing, but the craving subsided bc the mix of oats and chia seeds has a lot of fiber. i added some oil for the healthy fats. I plan to take a break from my wraps in AM and make overnight oats as a change of pace but also i'll be trying to balance them out with healthy fat and protien. i have protein powder at home to use up, additionally. glad the expiration date hasn't passed!
Snack: coffee and almonds 200
Lunch from home: wrap 60 with avocado 160 and tuna 70 garlic and pepper and Israeli salad 150, matzah with cheese 150 600. i really enjoy these Sonoma Jack cheeses...very low cal and a big taste.!!!!!!!!!!!
Snack: coffee and maybe an apple 1350
Dinner before workout: Dunkin' Donuts egg and cheese on English muffin 360
After workout: bar ? Or ice cream not sure. prob ice cream.
2050 cals, excellent.
6day avg: 2083, fine.
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....i I could have ended yesterday much lower cals but I admit to lots of overeating when I get home with no activities planned. I have to work on it. I'm going to use calorie free drinks to help me.
I also have to admit i am addicted to overeating. i stuff myself to being very full and it gets me tired. usually i go to bed afterwards, even if it's only 6pm or 7pm.
and i am still having trouble getting outta bed, no matter what the time - but still happy to show up at work at 8 instead of 7.
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tomorrow in the later afternoon i'm driving out with a coworker to an event where there could be drinking at night and overeating. i will make choices and work my best to stay within a range of 2050 cals tomorrow.
same with saturday and sunday....as the event is all day and all night saturday...and sunday morning...then out for mother's day meal at 2pm sunday..
....so once again, it's my choice to either stay on the right path or get derailed. the woman i'm going with drinks a lot...i am not in a mood to drink at all...as i'm just getting into losing weight again.
Progress as of today: -0.6 lbs lost so far, only 4.6 lbs to go!
i used to drive home from work and pick them up along the way....now i just need to buy them on the weekend.
i def need to implement some changes and strategies to stop my destructive behaviors.
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Haven't been to a "diner" in quite awhile. When I think diner, I think of a large quantity of open-faced roast beef sandwich with mashed potatoes and heavily peppered gravy.
yep, they have huge portions and just about every American food you can think of ;)..originally planned not to eat much breakfast, but i ended up enjoying food at home so now gotta watch portions.
bearcountrygg on 05/19/2018:
D loves diners...that is his favorite place to eat.....
I like them too! A thousand different options !! And always coffee !
Maria7 on 05/19/2018:
Sounds like a nice, busy day. Glad you are enjoying your hamster. We are enjoying 4 new kittens over here. :-)
Wow ! Are they outdoors or indoors ! That's a lot !
Donkey on 05/19/2018:
A movie and early bedtime sound so nice!
Yeah I am happy to watch a movie soon :). Happy to be out during the day and home at night !
happy-1 on 05/20/2018:
Diner =s egg creme
NO WAY !!!! haha....they have the MOST AWESOME grilled shrimp salad, where the amount of shrimp on the salad is endless :) so many which makes me happy and they are grilled and flavored just right!
another diner i go to puts FOUR medium shrimp on the salad and doesn't flavor them well....not enough protein or flavor.
but this diner yesterday, love their food!