Early AM snack: peach 40 LOTS of tea.
Breakfast: fiber one, 1 cup milk low cal: 170. :)
snack: CC 120
lunch: yogurts, cc: 280 :)...and some honeydew 50 left in the faculty room! why not!?
total so far: 660
snack: apple and large cereal: 370
total so far: 1030.
dinner: bowl minestrone soup, salad, dressing, marinated peppers 350
total 1380...little high but overall a good day
i am officially going to win the DD award for most complaints! I am so sick of teachers who regard Teaching Assistants as being INVISIBLE. today i'm in the faculty room and a teacher i work with ALL the time came in. He said hello to the nurse and ignored me completely, as usual. I just though it was so obnoxious. If you say hello to one, don't you usually acknowledge the others. boy do some of these teachers (not all of them of course) need a MAJOR wake up call. I may say things or outwardly say hello to those who never really even look at me when they pass. that's really why i don't say hello either - these certain teachers even make it more obvious by turning their heads down or like walking the manhattan streets, making believe they've never even seen you before. what a disgrace...it gets to me now and again.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Thursday AM entry:
I woke up an hour early today! AND, I didn't even go to bed early. But, the only exercise I did end up doing was walking at the mall so my body might have had some leftover energy to use from yesterday! Not a bad thing I suppose.
Early AM snack: peach 40 LOTS of tea.
Breakfast: fiber one, 1 cup milk low cal: 170. :)
snack: CC 120
lunch: yogurts, cc: 280 :)
snack: i'm thinking a fruit and cereal or something along those lines.
dinner: i'm thinking brown rice, tofu, veggies, dressing, fruit.
Wednesday entry:
I have an interesting plan for this afternoon. I'm going to go to the mall that I would NEVER run into anyone at instead of the other mall so that i can dress in workout clothes. i need to get the clothes i promised for my grandma and then i will go workout for a little at the gym.
Thank you to all of you for rooting for me despite not being perfect!!! Like all women should learn, perfection doesn't exist!
Today may not be a 5 star day but I have managed to pull through. I had a binge during breakfast...
Breakfast: watermelon, oatmeal with some added fiber one on top, peanut butter sandwich, extra 4 tablespoons pb, cup raspberries, and haha, not a breakfast food: 2 marinated and grilled yellow peppers. haha, they were in the fridge from a bbq. don't ask! i'll eat anything when i binge. it totaled around 1200.
snack: cc (even though i didn't want it bc of my full stomach, i could tell my blood sugar would get too low if i didn't).
lunch: yogurts/cc: 270
snack: a bad choice, diet Monster drink: 20
cereal: 150
1710...
dinner: 2 cucumbers with light dressing, chicken filet, lg. apple, tea. 330
total: 2040. alright based on what i had for breakfast!
ok. moving on tomorrow forgetting about today.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Your walking at the mall and looking in stores to buy clothes for your Grandma (how sweet!!!) will work off some of those binge calories.
YOU CAN DO IT!!!
You'll probably come out 'even' for today after all you are going to do with the shopping and working out at the gym.
Have a good evening!
Forget about today.....Check in on ya tomorrow... : - )
I hate doing averages of multiple days because that means i have been binging and that i'm just trying to make the average of a few days acceptable before beginning again on a diet. But i had to because of Saturday. So, the average of these past 4 days is approx. 2070. I think that now I can finally continue on my weight loss journal after working through this first half the week. :) I'm ready!
B: strawberries, cereal, milk: 220
S: cc 110
lunch: yogurts, cc: 270
snack: large apple, cereal/milk: 280
snack: peach
dinner: amy's tofu rice and veggies, 8 ounces cooked mushrooms, cherry tomatoes, one whole cucumber, and 1/2 cup watermelon. i ate past full because the amy's meal was too good to waste and i didn't want to save or throw it away. still a low calorie meal. 400
total: a good 1320. very little exercise though. just 1.5 miles. maybe i'll lift weights or something later but i can't guarantee that!
its been a good day, but i am still lethargic. i cannot dream of not walking my 6 mi walk today! i will go soon - or maybe i'll just go to my other favorite park to walk AND bike! :) before i go, i need to clean up around here and also iron all my pants. i keep having to iron each pair every morning as i wear them because i haven't done them all at once which would make mornings a little less complicated! :)
as this year progressed, i noticed a DEFINITE DECREASE in arm muscle mass. some of it i have lost and with the wait gain, i have increased the amount of fat on my arms. I don't ever want to have issues with my arms since i never really had issues before. i am looking to start lifting weights, just small weights, while watching tv at night! uh huh, that's my plan hehe. just arm weights. i used to do weight workouts 2-3 days a week but stopped last year so that's a major why my arm muscle decreased. i used weights for my lower body, too, but i'm not interested in doing that right now.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
i cannot believe it is already June! where has the time went! My legs are tired but i'm heading out to go on a 6 mi walk. my body needs it. :) it really, really does. :)
breakfast: cereal/strawberries/milk: 260
snack: cc 110
lunch: yogurts, cc: 270
large snack when not really hungry after school: piece of chicken, large apple: 260
dinner: rice, beans, salad, cucumber, dressing, peach 410
total: 1310 :)
total after dinner: i am planning for around 1350 again. 1200 is too low for today i think.
i feel like i am becoming very moody lately...but actually its lasted quite awhile. since not this past weekend, but the weekend before! time to think more positively again! :) at least most of the weight i lost has not been regained with one day of bad eating.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Good on the walking, too! Big smile!
have a good day!
although i spent most of the day sitting around and cleaning just a little, i did go for a wonderful 6 mi walk! :)
breakfast cereal,milk,pcc,yogurt: 430
lunch: peach, tomato, teryaki salmon: 240 and cucumber 270
snack: cereal and milk w. cinnamon: 150..and strawberries: 200
dinner: microwave amy's lasagna, yogurt, cucumber with light dressing, small peach 450
total for today: 1350 - very acceptable, especially after yesterday's free for all!
sunday entry:
arg. a little upset about yesterdays binge. i don't think yoga is a great idea today and if i do feel better i'll go to the park for a walk later in the day. I allowed myself to feel stressed out for little reason this weekend.
on Friday, the i got a very unspecific, but detailed enough review of the work I have done this year as an assistant teacher. Basically, I was rated 1 to 4 based on how I performed certain tasks. I mostly got the highest mark, 1, for everything. I got a 2 on two things, one being assisting with lesson plan preparation. The teacher I assist does most of that! duh! or i'd be a teacher. The other 2 i got was on organization. i thought i was fully organized so i'll bring that up with the teacher i assist to see what she means.
then, at the end of the review, there were a few comment sections. one of them was "improvements for next year." well, the principal/teacher that i assist wrote that I should continue to work with kids and follow my desires. lol! That stressed me out bc this whole year i have been preparing to go to radiography school in september. And that's what I am still doing! Of course i still do this job well and sometimes feel like i'm putting on an act (just like everyone does at times in life) to be the best i can be and so the kids enjoy being with me. what else is new.
my whole life i feel like i'm being pushed and pulled into careers and other things i just don't want to do. many times i don't even know what i want to do.
i woke up a little later today which is great. went shopping at the supermarket and had breakfast and now i want some fruit. so i'm having it. have a good day everyone.
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saturday late entry:
not really sure why i binged except i was REALLY tired and my sister was making me more than frustrated as she came home from the city for the night. huh. it's up to me to make good choices. now i'll be behind in my weightloss. i'll make up by continuing to do well starting now.
pm edit: shooot! i binged! i'll list it: started with dinner: tofu and canned soup...then: 4 servings potato chips, pb sandwich, chocolate bar, 2 servings ice cream, chocolate candy, 4 servings ritz crackers, cream cheese, 4 milano cookies, dried fruit. if that's not a binge, i don't know what is. ugh. oh well. tomorrow i must start fresh. oh, piece of gum
total calories today: 4300.
last binge of 4500 was May 13 which was 18 days ago. eesh. I can do better than this!
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
I hope you get to feeling better. You've done your best and it sounds like not only that but you've done a good job!
You're young, so don't feel like you 'have' to continue in a career you may not be wanting to stay with.
Hope you feel better!
Totally know what you mean by push/pull and in EVERY direction...Today is one of those days!
i struggled through yoga today and was tired the rest of the day. went for a walk with my 87 yr old grandma and couldn't believe her stamina. I felt like I was going to pass out the whole time.
so i'm taking a break for the rest of the night and I am letting my body relax. I ended up not picking up a movie at blockbuster like i had planned and there's like nothing to watch on TV!
breakfast: cereal/milk 200
snack: greens packet in my water after yoga 35
early lunch: apple and p.cc and yogurt: 320 and strawberries: 380 feeling a bit bingy. :( but i'm stopping now.
snack: yellow pepper, salt/pepper flavored soy chips: 180 two huge bottles of powerade zero
snack: 2 yellow peppers 60 and peach
total so far: 895.
perhaps i'll go out to pick up a video, but it's highly unlikely.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
saturday late entry:
not really sure why i binged except i was REALLY tired and my sister was making me more than frustrated as she came home from the city for the night. huh. it's up to me to make good choices. now i'll be behind in my weightloss. i'll make up by continuing to do well starting now.
pm edit: shooot! i binged! i'll list it: started with dinner: tofu and canned soup...then: 4 servings potato chips, pb sandwich, chocolate bar, 2 servings ice cream, chocolate candy, 4 servings ritz crackers, cream cheese, 4 milano cookies, dried fruit. if that's not a binge, i don't know what is. ugh. oh well. tomorrow i must start fresh. oh, piece of gum
total calories today: 4300.
last binge of 4500 was May 13 which was 18 days ago. eesh. I can do better than this!
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Good Sunday to you!
Saturday entry:
I want to go to yoga but it's getting late...I guess I should get a move on before I miss it!
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Friday entry:
today was a long, stressful day. It began with my mom screaming at me for doing laundry in the morning before her shower. I didn't think she cared anymore because she did laundry right before she showered this past weekend. I thought she really wouldn't care because she wasn't even showering right after my laundry! whatever. stress. guess i won't do it again since it matters if i do laundry - but not when she does hers.
breakfast: peach, cereal, milk: 240
snack: cc: 110 and cough drop: 10
lunch: yogurts, cc: 270 and diet coke with my tea. it was a BAD day. I had binge symptoms. wanted to eat more after i was full. the teacher i teach with had a long meeting and I was stuck with the difficult kids - which is fine, but they were taking advantage bc she wasn't there. they like me, but they still took advantage and wouldn't be quiet and just do their work! arg!
snack: strawberries: 60
dinner: I was planning on something very large and satisfying and that's what it was! Huge salad w. dressing, brown rice with tofu w. asian dressing, large apple, small peach., piece of spearmint gum 635
total: 1325 which is ok by me. good exercise at the park bike riding for about 1 hr, 40 min. :)
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Have a great weekend!
my stomach is beginning to feel less fatty and it makes me feel SO much better. I am starting to like very much the direction in which I'm headed! I was motivated when I weighed myself this morning - although the scale said 3 very different weights each time haha. So I listed an average.
i went on another 6 mi walk today. It was really hard for me. I should totally not do it tomorrow and go to yoga instead. I know myself, I will wear myself out before i can recover. I was proud of myself to do it again but i was in a small amount of pain in my ankle for over half the time. However, i don't want to give up and do nothing. I plan to be at the cross island 6 mi walk again Sunday or earlier.
boy is this week flying by! perhaps we should have 4 day workweeks more often!
breakfast: cereal/milk: 250
snack: cc 110
lunch: yogurts/cc: 250
snack: large apple: 130
snack: small iced decaf from DD 40
dinner: lean cuisine meal, plain yogurt, huge salad with lettuce/tomato and dressing, two small peaches. 500
total: an awesome 1280!!! :) so good!
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Have a wonderful Friday tomorrow!
Have a great weekend!
exercise: at least 6 miles walking. lovely weather :)
milk, cereals, blueberries: 310
snack: cc 110
lunch yogurts + lg apple: 280 + 2 milano cookies
dinner: was big, but then again it was after a long walk of at least 6 miles with nothing to eat for at least 6 hours. brown rice, teriyaki salmon, whole cucumber with light dressing, large apple, orange, strawberries. yeah, lots of sugar but only healthy sugar. :)
total cal: 1460 :) ok considering the exercise i did :) i would presume I still have a calorie deficit today of around 700 calories if i'm lucky :)
I'm getting bored with eating cottage cheese and yogurts and sometimes fruit at work. I need a change soon!
I've been tired the past 3 days so I'm going out anyway for a long walk. yoga tomorrow.
my weight loss has NOT been as fast as I would have liked. This is probably due to the fact that I binged so often up until I decided to take this seriously so I am still undoing a lot of that recent binging. I am not at all below 130, today I weighed 131 which was slighty disappointing. I am in NO way giving up though. :)
sheesh. I'm thirsty. Not even bingy. Tired. But, I do need to get myself out of the house and start walking. yup. I will probably pick up a diet drink of some kind to keep myself satisfied while I walk.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Check in on ya a bit later... : - )
6 Miles is a wonderful walk.... Did so myself today and it felt good!
Have a good Thursday!
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Re: eating more veggies: I love veggies too! I am definitely eating more veggies than I used HOWEVER since I started going my wholistic counselor, I noticed that I felt guilty about eating veggies that weren't organic, un-microwaved and grown locally. I get so discouraged that I freak out and head for processed foods likes chips and guacamole (LOL). I know that it is not perfection but progress, right?
People are so RUDE! Imagining having to pretend you don't see someone just to get out of saying "hello" . . . that is sad and pathetic.
thinnsidenotout on 06/05/2008:
Well, it is their loss to not get a smile or just a head nod in a simple gesture...Society has gotten to where they are too busy being busy and to heck with everybody else who can't do something for them.....
Have a wonderful evening!
maria777 on 06/05/2008:
People are only big in their own eyes...And certainly people should not be valued according to their worldly positions they hold or don't hold, however in this world, that IS the way it IS sometimes with some people...not saying it was that way with that person who you felt ignored you...only the Lord knows...we have to be very careful to not judge anyone...but just know that you are a very valuable person regardless of what position you hold or don't hold. (Which I know you do!)
Menu is looking good, including dinner! Have a nice evening!
alexis6100 on 06/05/2008:
A lot of people like to hold onto self-made, meaningless hierarchies. They can only feel good about themselves if they see themselves as above someone else. It's so silly.
rlovell on 06/05/2008:
im sorry that someone did not notice the wonderful person you are...but i do! nice work on avoiding the bingeing and incorporating more variety. xoxo
rlovell on 06/05/2008:
ps- i went on a client lunch to a little trattoria and they had the swordfish as an appetizer. it was that or pasta/pizza so i asked for a side salad ;)
selina on 06/06/2008:
Sorry you had to put up with rudeness. it's allright to complain if it helps you afterwards - we are all ears. Your food looks great, I love melon. have a good day!
selina on 06/06/2008:
hey, thanks for the explanation as to how you calculate your walking mileage. lucky you paths are marked. nothing like that around here....