8am breakfat oatmeal 150, protein powder 100, almond milk 20, stevia, Craisins 130, salt Kombucha 100. 500 :) caffeine drink bai. and some caffeine in the kombucha.
11am snack: wrap 80 with chicken sausage and spicy mustard 100. 200.
12:45 small chocolate, apple 100, light caffeine Zevia drink ..Mountain "zevia" flavor.
1:30 2% fave yogurt with cooked cranberries 200...now to finish my book, then more carbs and gym :)
3:00pm wrap 80 with Indian Palak (creamed spinach) spread 200? and egg white 20
total so far: 1300, excellent, off to gym, getting there just before 4pm today.
200 in bananas at gym...
after gym: wrap 80, egg and egg white 100, and some of the indian eggplant spread (bigger amount but healthy) 200? 400...still hungry though!..popcorn 200.
2100, good :)
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not many plans today except my goal for a big gym day. I'm a bit wiped out and happy to relax a lot at home :-) maybe bake maybe laundry but I can wait to do these things later on the long weekend :-)
i took a sleeping pill last night so having some extra caffeine today to get some of the grogginess away. feeling good after a great sleep and relaxation. :) vacuumed and cleaned up a little. happy :) fridge is stocked with food. don't need the grocery store except if i want to buy almond milk because i'm running low. i just cooked chicken sausages, 90 cal each. everything is good. relaxing.
part of relaxing was to just clean up a little. take a look at what's in my fridge and i'm so glad i stopped to get veggies at supermarket last night. one less thing to do over the next few days :) I"m actually good for the week ahead already!
I'm also finishing a book which i'll drop at the library. :) and i have another book, i'll try to return it and take it back out...so i have all the renewals. i'd like to take it with me to Florida to read on the beach, hopefully...or even in the apt backyard i'm staying at.
For Fort Lauderdale (miami) where i'm staying, i haven't put any plans in place. all actual plans will be made when i'm there with my friend. it's too much to plan any other way. I should have car to borrow of hers, so really i shouldn't have too many problems getting anyplace once i'm there. i'll be there a long time, so i'm really not worried about "fitting things in." whatever happens, happens!
also, in terms of the gym, i've realized that if i miss a day each week while in florida, i'm ok with it. really i'd just like to see at least 2 workouts per week while i'm there so as now to come back to NY much weaker. it's more important to get the experiences in...but at least getting to the gym 2x each week should be doable, considering my friend WILL be working at least a few of the days i'm there...she'll also be taking some days off though.
obviously, her being my host, i'll be going along with her schedule, whatever it is! so yeah, the gym is a priority to do whlile in florida, but, my first priority is also to make plans whenever she wants to...as obviously my schedule is flexible!
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
Kombucha such a cool flavor - a very nice, tart cherry. must find this brand again! 50 (i had bought it near my parent's house...so maybe i will not find this brand again by me!)
8:30 Breakfast: whipped cream with extra pumpkin pie spice on top of my homemade pumpkin pie cheesecake!! this was too good but not filling enough. 400
10am coconut milk chocolate truffle (Lindor) and a few pistachios 100, herbal tea with caffeine, didn't realize it had caffeine...a hisbiscus flavor i had bought, not green tea.
11:30 Snack: salt and vinegar almonds 100
Lunch: veggie soup 130 and turkey burger 220 from home. skipped having my chips. 350, light and nice. later a clementine 50.
I want this day to be 2000 cal or less. should be easy now!
5pm healthy dinner: takeout from the city on my way home Indian Eggplant dish, good sized serving of it i took for dinner 300?, tofu at home 100, rice cakes 70. total here: approx 450. and an apple 100. 550.
6:30 dessert - cooked cranberries 60, raspberry greek yogurt 140, whipped cream 120. approx 300
total today is great: 1900
7day avg: 2115 - EXCELLENT
and we ended leaving work at 1:30pm so i went home, paid my rent and put $ on my laundry card at the housing office. and went for a small grocery shopping mostly veggies, some yogurt, and nuts. very basic shopping, just picked up the sliced almonds for a dessert i want to make :)
after running errands i'm really tired, so may just sleep very early tonight..tomorrow is a gym day and i think i may do laundry tomorrow also or if not laundry, baking and cooking.
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we may get out at 2pm.....if so, going home to relax and sleep..
maybe baking another type of treat tonight, one that one of the engineer's at my company actually requested, a Keto Honey Cake, popular in Russia and Jewish culture which of both she is!
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
Kombucha (sooo tasty) guava mango 50
Breakfast: coffee 50, one chocolate 80, wrap 80, egg 70, lox (smoked salmon 50):
Snack: will be my low carb pumpkin cheesecake (which does taste GOOD!) with sf whipped cream approx 370 oatmeal raisin cookie and atkins coconut bar 300 total.
lunch: same as yesterday, completely nice and healthier type stuff, from home of course: turkey burger healthy with spices and the good stuff :) 220, soup with some bone broth and a bit too many spices lol my fault 50, healthy veggies mostly celery low carb stuff 100, the last of my VERY cheddery cauliflower crackers 150. yum. 500 approx.
3pm chocolate Lindor truffle with coconut. omg amazing. a little under 100, 2 clementines
Snacks going home: i'll bring one more chocolate and have a coffee (decaf) along the way. 200
Dinner nothing heavy, a wrap 80 with two pieces of seasoned very firm tofu 180. 260 and ice cream 190. 450 :)
1950 :)
6day:2150, good!
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Did the walk, got the 7-11 decaf coffee, and got the haircut since because there's no traffic including no train traffic today i got near the barbershop earlier than expected. the haircut is so nice, i'm so lucky! i don't need to make appts or anything and the guy gives me a better haircut than $50 dollar places! thank gosh! he's approx 70yrs old and does a mean haircut!
Plan is to take a less exercise approach today as tomorrow i'll do the long walk home from subway before tomorrow's storm. and get some decent sleep as last night i was up late exercising :) maybe buy a decaf coffee halfway along the route :) (1.5mi in..)
And then...happy friday :) ahh, friday weather says rain but warm. i'll just walk tomorrow anyways, tonight i'm sleepin'
Haircut tonight. tomorrow it's $16 right off the bus near home. i'd rather do it today than in the "rush" friday with everyone else. i have to tip well, as it's a barbershop but he does an awesome job for $16, i give him total $25. have to. it's a women's really nice haircut. decided no highlights for awhile, saving money...that would have been at least $150. Don't have that to blow out the window. i may start just dying my hair one color since i may have some gray, very little, but i don't like it. so i may just start dying my hair brown and call it a day. ..but i'll miss the highlights a lot!
Tonight thru most of the weekend will be healthier, continuing to sleep well, less indulgent as i'm making the effort now to by MORE TRANSPARENT with myself (not lying to myself that it can't be done!) and just quit the extras a bit and my emphasis will be in getting calorie averages in the next two weeks around 2000/day and not 2200/day.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
I like your plan to be more transparent; you've totally got this.
Thank you...i'll still sleep around 8pm tonight :)
enjoy your life as well! :) yayyyy sleep!
With the transparency...just no excuses, especially to myself. Especially regarding the ability to IMPROVE in cardio, situps, and at last maintain my current level of pushups!!!!! :) do it or die approach! :)
6:30 kombucha 80 very tasty new flavor, guava mango.
Breakfast at work: someone's daughter baked the tricolor italian cookies 100, coffee 50, my delish pumpkin pie cheesecake 270.
10:30-12pm snacks throughout morning: leftover piece of flavored tofu is enough! 100, a chocolate 50, almonds 50
Lunch: from home...def on a sorta tight budget right now....(too much spending on groceries - way overboard includng more pyrex large glass food storage containers, spices and flavorings, almond flour, frozen items...extras in the food dept in general, small gifts for coworkers, and a necklace i bought for $120 out of nowhere at a holiday market held inside Grand Central Terminal 42nd street this weekend)
Lunch was my soup with a mix of bone broth and chicken broth 50, lots of added herbs on top of that while cooking, veggies 50, turkey burger 220, and lots of these very cheesy (but i like them) cauliflower crackers 180. total here: 500 healthy....
3pm snack of one chocolate 50
4pm: water, clementine 50..trying to take it easy :)
Snack pre-home workout tonight: coffee (FROM WORK!) 50, bar of some sort 80
Extra workout snack: banana, for sure, all my fun drinks, maybe another 3 clementines, chocolates :)
After workout: light ice cream 200, calling it a night :)
1900.might as well stop...just like Grains has chosen to do on so many occasions lately. no need for more. good total right here!
5day: 2192, now getting on a better path.
with plans canceled tomorrow after work, there's no reason why i cannot have a healthy, moderate cal day. Same for Friday. need to dial it back and just relax alone a bit i think.
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Thursday after work plans are cancelled bc one of the people i'm meeting, their mom was in the hospital and just came home so they want to spend time with her....i wished her a fast recovery (not sure why she was there...) and actually do not mind going right home tomorrow after work at all!...it was becoming too much this week anyways! :) i'd rather rest up since things are still busy now and with fitting exercise in!
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I got here to work on time, despite the train delays simply because the bus ride was fast (due to less people on the road!) and not too many people were riding so less congestion! :) amazing.
I had some indigestion last night. lately, i get it off and on. mostly due to eating before bed.
i was up for an hour or so at night looking at my phone, but sleep was great on the long weekend in general, so i'm not worried, just sayin' what's going on :)
I now have really nice tea i bought at the supermarket with packet of stevia (provided by work!) since i sit by the cold/hot water cooler :)...decided to have more teas this year as long as i'm sitting in this office...works out perfectly! LOL
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate :)
7:30am Morning: still waking up with slight pain, so, banana and selltzer and pain meds 120
8:30-9 Breakfast: Small piece of my pumpkin cheesecake 130, so good, oatmeal 100, made with some protein powder (i always get samples when i go to Vitamin Shoppe so it seems i don't need to buy it on my own any time soon :) ) 100, saffron both by itself and followed up with water, as well as a few strands in the oatmeal, almond milk 20, whipped cream 70. coffee 50...and great variety!!
11am dark chocolate 100
Thai food summer rolls 200 rice 200, shrimp 150, sautéed veggies and sauce 250,
later popcorn and grapes 100 hot green tea just chilling with dad and relaxing at his house , pretzels 50
back home, 5:45 dinner : cooked up turkey burgers for the week 220, wrap 80, spread 150, leftover cauliflour wrap 50, yogurt and some cooked cranberries 160 600
2250
high cal, but at least healthy and around 4mi walk with dad.
4day is high, but at least includes good exercise 4 of the 4 days! 2265 for the 4days. and it will probably remain up there as tomorrow i can do pretty good but exercising at night so a later night tomorrow. Thursday going out to eat after work...Friday thinking i might get out early which would be good to get a drink and meal...and then go home and exercise would be the plan....but just it seems lots of food will be in store these next 3 days. i can tell i gained a hair of weight...will just deal with it for now...and keep with the moderation.
and i just decided, if i do NOT get out early Friday, i'll still go for a drink with coworkers and bite to eat, but go home to rest and just do the gym Saturday. Pick and choose is sometimes bettter than trying to fit everything into one day :)
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Today my mom works at a nursing home (we're jewish so she went in since most others will take off)...so my dad is off though. so i'm going to drive to him and go for lunch and then read and relax at their house for a bit. thinking to walk...i'm not sure if my dad will be up to it since he recently had Cataract Surgery on his eye - though he is pretty young 66..i should call him now..
Well, he IS up to walking "into town" so we can find a chinese place to eat at....or thai...so a long walk is in store for this afternoon with my dad :)
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
One of the advantages of living in a big city is that there's still a lot to do! My suburb town is pretty much closed. CVS, Walgreens, and 7-Eleven convenience stores are open... I am grateful though, because this means that my daughter is not working today, too.
Hope you have a nice lunch with your dad - that sounds like a good way to spend the day!
i'm glad you could spend the time with your whole family. i'm sure it was very nice. :)
did everyone like their gifts?!
I shouldn't have read your post today. It's been a few days since I've eaten popcorn and just realized that I haven't really been craving it. But now that I read the word popcorn in your entry, I really want a bowl.....
i'm also needing to watch myself....jeans are getting tight...i'm a bit worried as i don't see calories going down too much this week and then florida. i figure over there, some days to just sleep in and skip breakfast or something, we'll see. i'm not even going to plan miami in advance! too difficult since she's (the one i'm staying with) very busy right now.
3am/8am 2 bananas, pain meds, water - did the trick. 250
8:30 - 2 pieces or 1/8 of my awesome pumpkin pie which turned out very delightful after following the recipe to a T. Each piece 280 cal. Bc it's has protein powder there's a bit of protein per slice is 10g protein so by eating two its 20g protein or 40% daily value - good. And tasty fats. 560.
donkey it's a good crust recipe and simple. Makes a nice sweet crust.
Breakfast was Not very filling foods above but tasty and doing the trick for now with at least my taste buds !
while running errands, small kitkat 90 and 3 cans of flavored seltzer to which i added stevia. remind me: no more bananas in middle of the night and no more TWO slices of cheesecake for breakfast - they were small, but, come on! the calories added up too fast.
3pm 1450 after a healthy lunch for 550. and since it's cold and i'm pooped from errands and a tasty lunch, i'll be exercising in my apt, not the gym today :)
4pm coffee and some of a pumpkin cheesecake small 150..
during workout: yup, 3rd banana of the day. 150, aminos, clementine
8pm dinner cauli crust 200 with eggplant tomato paste spread 200, bite of tofu seasoned 50. 450.
2250, good.
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dermatologist soon at 10:15am and a super quick run to store to pick up a few more groceries so I can cook more this coming weekend and maybe even tomorrow without needing to go to store :) I think I want to buy another package of almond flour since the crust is awesome and now I am out of it.
My Yummy Pumpkin pie:
then i thought of donkey...someone on facebook posted a "flask" for cat lovers...i debated not posting it here as donkey doesn't drink, but, i did think of you donkey when i saw this on facebook the other day!
Me on Saturday at an art exhibit:
My friend and I in midtown manhattan inside a hotel called the Lottle Palace Hotel...I'm in the sneakers on the left :) She's the one I went to the city with on Saturday.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
the good part was the my whole TOM finished quick, as it has been in my mid-30s, in two days. now it's just so light. so, the pain will go. i think some of the reason for so much pain must have been the heavy flow. i'm fine tho! weird part is no abdomen pain. only my right thigh, lower back. always!
2 day: healthy and tasty, 2275 cals per day. up there but tasty.
12am and 6am: bananas and pain meds 250 :) worked out just fine :)
Healthy breakfast: leftover spicy small but firm (very tasty!) tofu from last night 100, saag 200? (indian creamy spinach), thin small rice cakes 80. 380.
630 yum.
Light noon meal: big apple 100, 1/4 of my cooked cranberries very sweet with stevia and very small amount (few strands) of saffron. 50, plain skyr yogurt with chai spice stevia 120, and soon a decaf coffee 50- laying off the caffeine for today maybe since my body is hurting i'd rather lay low and rest today - being home cooking and doing laundry will be fine! 320 here.
2:30-3:30pm snack: seltzer all day with stevia (must clean my brita filter so i can start saving money and drinking tap water again...have been having seltzer only for months now...lol) and microwaved warmed up cookie dough :) 150., pumpkin 100 with chai stevia and pumpkin spices, siggis pumpkin & spice yogurt thick 150, some of the veggie soup as it's still cooking but i took some for now to eat since it's only veggies and soup and tastes good right now too! 50
...veggie soup tastes nice and fresh :) and i cannot wait to cook this pumpkin pie after laundry is DONE :) and i can concentrate just on this pie that's been in the words to make since FOREVER :)
while cooking 5-7pm: big grapefruit 100, sugar free amino drinks very strong flavors that i love...caffeine free also. just for flavor and some tastes of my pumpkin pie crust and cheesecake that i'm making...
then i had a nice amout of tastings of the batter to the pumpkin pie keto cheesecake i made. 400 cal. bc i ate quite a bit.
8pm dinner: wrap 120, egg and a white 100, a tasty eggplant and tomato sauce spread heavy on it ! 130? total here: 350
2250 today and very tasty stuff. wish i could have watched it better with the eating of the batter, at least it was good.
now that food is mostly cooked for the week, still gotta make turkey burgers though!...and the pie has finally been baked...we're off to a great start come Monday!
i rested up, exercise will resume tomorrow Midday. I have a dermatologist appt in morning and after that i'll do a quick food shopping, lunch, and off to gym in afternoon.
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Bad leg/thigh/lower back cramps in middle of the night so, both times that i woke up i decided on having a banana and pain medicine which worked both times to get me back to sleep and resting comfortably. it's that TOM and this time around the pain is heavy.
I'm cooking a veggie soup with all the glory (meaning, it's awesome!). i'll post a photo later. I also want to post some other photos later. I wish i took some photos of the Cat lover's gifts i saw yesterday around NYC, would have liked to show Donkey what i saw. even magnets :). I'll post some photos of what i saw yesterday later today! and will be commenting more on entries.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
I'm sorry I did not comment on yesterday's entry. That sounds like it was a lot of fun - and a full day!
Breakfast 1 8:30am: light choc brownie ice cream 200, decaf coffee 50
10am breakfast: wrap 80, egg 80, 1/4 avocado 80, salt/garlic/pepper (as usual getting the health benefits - and taste - from spices in).
Light lunch: starbucks "egg bites chicken and chorizo flavor" which were pretty good if i may say. very decent and protein filled with an iced herbal tea that supposedly had no sugar in it and i sweetened with stevia 250 here only :)
Snack: hot spiced Wine! at the end of shopping at a holiday market in the city...turned out to all work out spendidly today in NYC. 250? hoping not more, could be.
5:30pm Dinner was large at the Grand Central Terminal concourse, some fried rice 300 (but pretty light), spicy tofu sorta large serving 300, and a huge serving of my favorite - veggies - mostly cabbage and it was decent with carrots yum 300 hopefully not much more.! 900 here.
and back at home: decaf coffee, atkins coconut chocolate bar. 250 wasn't in mood to not eat, so i had a snack when i got home at 8pm
total here: 2300. good...close to midnight banana 120 (bad thigh pain) and tylenol.
tons of walking today in nyc very fun. it was chilly but not too bad in terms of the weather!.
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my mom gave me awesome new spices a mixture sorta pricey taste she has from a farmer's market she'd thought of me and i'm thinking that even though they are for soups / meals - to start using them as a change of pace in my breakfast sandwiches too. i'll also use those spices in my veggie soup to be made this long weekend :) I'm def bringng my lunches all the next two weeks since they are short weeks and low stress weeks! There will also be two nights next week that i'm making plans to see friends / coworkers after work for dinners (both thursday & friday!).
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Today's plans - noon meeting at GCT - out to lunch, eating in the Dining Concourse at Grand Central Station (Grand Central Terminal GCT) 42nd Street Train Terminal !! It's by my work so i'll take the train i always take for work and walk a few blocks to that spot. Meeting my friend Christine. I'm surprising her, she doesn't know - but we're stopping by Rockefeller Centre so she can see the tree and go to Sephora and a few stores there before we head to an Outdoor Market for Christmas held near Central Park (she knows only of this part!). I have NO IDEA what we will be doing for a later dinner. but, no worries. there's food everywhere in NYC!
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
Good job having a fun day out and still logging in a moderate number of calories by the end.
Now, compared to even 15-20 years ago, people are so much more health conscious. Living in NYC with people with $$$$ all around, the food market and restaurants need to cater to people who live that health-conscious lifestyle....
So, in conclusion, finding HEALTHY food choices is EASIER in NYC than it is in most other places, especially the mid-west and stuff and even anywhere outside a major city where the clientele cannot simply afford such variety or get it shipped into their smaller cities at such a rate like NYC where the abundance is everywhere and everyone is ordering it / selling it.
especially places that are that buffet style, like the Duke Eatery by my work, when you have a HUGE room filled to the brim with buffet stations, sandwich stations, salad stations, sushi stations, "Poke" salad stations....galore....soups, etc... it's so easy to start choosing the right thing.
i used to gravitate at first more towards making sure to get some dumplings or some noodles to try, and sometimes it what i'm in the mood for, but lately the healthy options are good and staring you in the face, you start to be very happy choosing them.
and salads are most always an option at the restaurants...and i know (based on years of learning) how to order lower cal - at MOST places.
so, if you were to be in NYC, i think you'd find a way...it's actually helped me on my diet as of late because the options are there even if i don't bring lunch from home. and when i want salmon, i just have to walk 5min and i have it ready-made....it's crazy!
the gluttony of NYC is NUTZ!
Home kombucha 50
1st breakfast at work: 2 Godiva chocolates 200 and coffee 50
2nd Breakfast: 1/2 lg type of wrap 120, egg 80, 1/4 avocado 80. 300.
Noon: almonds 50 cal
Lunch: same as 2nd breakfast 280 and 2 small orange peppers 70. total here 350, green tea decaf hot.
2 SHOTS AT WORK :) 200 left at 2pm :)
550 cals before and DURING (mostly during) workout: coffee, one piece of chocolate, 3 smallish bananas
550 dinner. filling.
2300, good.
7day: 2121 , decent.
On way home, if we get out early which is 99% right now to leave at 1pm: coffee and something semi sweet on the way to workout at home almost 99% sure we are NOT getting out early now! gym, bringing two small bananas to gym also and my sugar free, caffeine free drinks too for what I'm ancticipating to be a full afternoon of GYMMING. like many hours there...prob 3hrs there with rest of course here and there.
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ahhhhh...Russian nice coworker gave me 2 different CHEESE types of desserts. very large sizes and high cals...i may have to give to someone else or throw away as now the calories are just coming from everywhere and my body is rejecting it all...meaning, i just indulged in cookies for breakfast and i'm sick of the high cal consequences of weight gain. i'm really ready now to watch it :) for now. i am prepared with a healthy second breakfast and lunch. my goals are now more important than more desserts.
although the fancy cheese desserts are russian and a gift of a coworker's WIFE now!!!! to me!!!! they are really good. trying to think what to do.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
I would keep those desserts. Take them home; can you stand to keep them at your place and only have a little taste each day until it's gone? Sometimes I can't do that, but if you're really determined, you can make it happen and still be able to enjoy the gift!
also, now it seems we may not be getting out early today...but at least we have Monday off.
the other was a heavy cheese danish type thing. with TONS of sweet cheese inside, of which i did try the smallest taste and realized it was way to rich and i'd do better staying away.
cheese and sugar = higher calories indeed. and the portion sizes like you say aren't worth it. i'd rather stick to individual serving chocolates. especially since these desserts i don't have often or at all, the desire to have a bigger slice would be there. so i didn't want any.
(5 day avg = 2060 cal)
Kombucha 50
Breakfast: this cool cookie i found which has a serving of veggies flavor lemon poppyseed 170, coffee 50, and i then heated up a dark chocolate chip quest bar (not good) to eat like a warm brownie 180. 350 here.
Snack: Wrap 80, egg 70, half avocado 150. total 300 very healthy. added black pepper, salt, garlic
Out to lunch for coworker's birthday @ Connoly's Bar: Bud Lite (yup!) 100 cal, half a portabella sanwich on Italian bread with cheese (not great) 400, fries 300. 800.
2pm Dessert back at office: very heavy cookie dough brownie cake. 300??? Yes, it was extremely good. the one thing that's been worth it as of late!
1800...yuck...
4pm snack almonds 50
Dinner: whipped cream 1/4 tub 120, 1/4 bag cooked cranberries with extra stevia and little saffron 50. 170 and a drink 30...200...and small wrap with a little fried eggplant / spread 200
2250....did it :)
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Before exercise: TBD
During Exercise: TBD
After Exercise: TBD - thinking to make cranberries again to have with a nice siggi's fatty yogurt..
I heard we'll prob get out early tomorrow, so, will make tomorrow my day for exercise assuming i'm getting home at 3pm, i'll go to the gym for fun...i hear we may be out at 1pm!
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I'm trying to push it and get the exercise in today so that the weekend is smoother in terms of time i plan to exercise on Sunday.
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Here's some food for thought:
It's someone's bday today. I like her and go out to lunch with her often just me and her. Well, my neighbor who works in that room with the nice woman who's bday it is just told me that she (my neighbor), another guy in the room (the big mouth Bengali guy Proj Manager), and one other guy who is older and like the bday girl's "work husband" - the three of them contributed ot pay for a WORKOUT BAG from Lululemon.
Wow. If you've not heard of lululeon, it's $$$$ workout clothes and loungwear and accessories. So, this bag is prob $100-$150. so, each of them contributed around $50 each. On top of contributing to her "holiday" gift not related to her bday gift that she'll get tomorrow..the holiday cash.
I think i've heard it all. First of all, i do NOT commend or agree with buying someone an overpriced gym workout bag. Like, are you serious!? ARE YOU SERIOUS!? You're paying $$$ for a bag you will stuff in a gym locker and stuff with your dirty workout cothes an sneakers. What is wrong with them!? $50 each? ----that's my guess.
I will not be part. They didn't ask me and i'm glad i wasn't asked. I don't spend $$$ on anything but food and that's MY perogitive. But, as a gift to someone else, why would we be expected to contribute 50 each!? are we rich all of a sudden? I already paid $10 for her holiday gift from the whole office (it's up to $300 now that she'll get as i'm in charge of it but i didn't initiate it - her "work husband - older man that gets along with her that also contributed to the gym bag came up with the idea for a holiday $ cash collection for her which i'm ok with).
Since when are we being so extravagent and purchasing top of the line gym bags? Who has that kind of $$$ laying around. Sorry, not a part of this nonsense. They can kiss up all they want to her. I paid $10 for the christmas gift to her. I'll also treat her to lunch with them (another $10) and i'll buy her a drink next week or something after work for happy hour. $30 is ENOUGH. dam* it with the spending already.!!!!
Man i buy my clothes from Old Navy (SEMI-budget pricing if you try to buy using their sales and deals) and workout stuff is the same. and now that i'm working out at home i don't even always wear workout clothes sometimes just a tshirt and shorts. I'm not going all out for someone else if i don't do it for myself, SORRY :) Nobody got me anything for my bday except the bday girl...she treated me to Starbucks $10 and that was so nice of her. she likes to give. but, doesn't mean i have to agree with $50 all in one shot. i don't live my life spending. NO.
Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!
And stop eating cookies everyday. You're killing me with them. :) (Just call them something else.....like "flat flour discs" or something. That sounds less appealing.)
While my wife and daughters like Old Navy, it's still too rich for my blood. I buy the out-of-season clearance rack at Walmart for $1 per shirt and wear them for at least 10 years..... (Not completely true, but also not completely un-true. The truth is somewhere in the middle.)
Keep progressing with what you can control (exercise, food) and let the rest fall by the wayside. It's advice that would lead me to less stress......if only I were able to follow it more often.
you're even thriftier than i thought! way to go!
the cookies for breakfast for def not a normal cookie, the ones with the serving of veggies. i'll provide a link at some point. right now i forget the name of them and don't wanna search bc i'm getting ready for work...
i will take your advice and try to just stick with my decisions and control what i can and TRY to end the thoughts that are just taking up my time on things i cannot control :) it's GREAT advise to lessen stress you are so right on this.
the cookies and treats are at their upper limit at this point :)
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How nice that you get a long weekend - you earned it for sure! I am hoping to do a little baking this weekend too. We'll see...
awww thanks...i'm really happy about the extra "me" and relaxing time. it's nice.
tomorrow i'll see my friend Jen again. the one from the "house key" incident. we're going to a light breakfast, a walk!!!!, and a "free lunch" as we have a gift certificate worth $25 (from over a year ago when we went together...) and the lunch will not be too much more than $25 tomorrow! :) it's hibachi japanese where they cook in front of you! but, i wanted to fit in exercise, so, i asked if she'd walk at a really cool park by her and she said yes :)
BearCountryGG on 12/29/2018:
Interesting ideas of things to add to hot cereal...I plan to use some cacao powder and some raisins and nuts in the near future....and powdwred peanut butter....they all sound so good.....love the protein powder idea too.
i bought the craisins a huge package on sale! i really wanted the "50%" less sugar kind but they weren't on sale and the package was so small. the difference in calories was hardly anything, so i settled with the huge bag of regular Craisins. they are so good. I got them to add to a honey cake i'm making. it calls for sliced almonds, but i'll also add the craisins in. Someone at work challenged me to make it. So i'd like to make it this weekend :)...in a lower carb variety, but still with the craisins which wouldn't make it keto, but still tasty! :)
graindart on 12/29/2018:
Haven't been to a hibachi restaurant in a few years. Liked taking my daughters to them a few times when they were younger. The food was always good, but the "show" was the main reason for going back then.....
yeah, and some taste good and some not so good...the one we were going to go to is very good with TONS of veggies...i miss it so!...hope to go sorta soon in the new year!