Weekend avg: 2150 per day.
Eats & Drinks:
9am Kombucha 80, yum.
10am-10:45am Breakfast: microwavable protein and probiotic muffin with a banana 360, also some of the whole wheat higher fiber elbow pasta 200 i cooked to which i added olive oil 100 and pepper/garlic: total here is 660 and so tasty.
750 approx in morning, excellent and tasty. just relaxing for a bit now....i want to read, but will prob get ready to go out and buy the fish soon and all other shopping, after i put the laundry away :-P
:noon lunch: : fuji apple 100, egg and egg white 100, bread 150, olive oil 50: 400, chocolate 200
350 in snacks before and during gym
bigger dinner than planned: burger king fries (too many) 400? and chicken nuggets 150: 550 and my own squash that i made 50. 2300, decent. not gonna eat anymore, just seltzer. and a jello sugar free.
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It's 10:30am and my laundry is finished, tho not all put away, but clean and not wrinkled :)
Also, at 10:30am, i have a spaghetti squash baking in the oven - i will then roast it after i take it out and cut it in half. I'll also be roasting an acorn squash :) I am also cooking pasta and will cook fish later, once i buy it along with some greens for the week!
It's that time of the month, and i have been extra moody this week to my regret. I wasn't able to manage my emotions so well...but moving past that. I'm happy to be alone right now at home, cooking. I wish i had the fish, i'd have cooked it now also. But the good thing about fish - it cooks quickly! I will buy enough to give Ricky one fish filet (cooked!) for the week so he also can eat well as he's been cooking and paying for my food lately....and why not give him a nice, baked fish!
Food shopping today:
bananas,
fruit, greens,
bread,
a white fish to be determined (not sure which one i'll buy - to be baked later with simple pepper, lemon, salt, garlic),
cream cheese,
salami,
chips.
I'll be going to the gym in the afternoon, after food shopping! :)
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I want to buy a couple guinea pigs (they are best to live in pairs, not alone!) as pets but my schedule is very busy this month on the weekends - so - i'm waiting till January to get them. I have already ordered a guinea pig cage that i'm putting together today.
Also, money-wise, I have a lot of bills this month, including Union Dues that i pay every six months, this month I have to pay approx $275 dollars, so that's a major bill as you can imagine!
So, the guinea pigs will definitely wait till January when my finances are Fresh in the positive again!
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
400 already right before bed on Friday night (more chips, banana, almond butter) bc couldn't sleep.
Saturday:
Kombucha and blueberries 100 Banana and almond butter 300
Walked 2 miles with ricky at a new park
Arby's lunch 550
Coffee 50
Ricky mostly and I helped cook dinner: chickpea salad with feta 350 tops and special turkey meatballs 250 600.
2000 calories :-)
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Home: kombucha 70
Breakfast: banana 120, wrap 100, sf jelly, almond butter 200, coffee with milk and eggnog flavor stevia 50. 470.
2 fatty cookies made with ghee 100 total i think, heavy.
11am: and peanuts: 200
Noon: and a granola bar at noon 100
1:30pm lunch: entirely too much pasta 450?, marinated mushrooms 50?, two small mozzerella bites total 50?, small bites of tasty pepperoni / salami 150? 700-800 is more likely. and a shrimp.
Lots of diet coke after lunch as i type this work, hoping to leave at 5 or not after 5:30pm today.
total after big lunch: 1750, high, but at least satisfying food and all....
dinner: TBD :-) need veggies or just light amount of food and alcoholic beverage. pita chips 200, and green apple smirnoff 230. 450 approx.
2200 :)
weekly avg around 2170.
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...lots of leftovers at work from a luncheon in another dept, i want to try and snag them...veggies galore and nice red roasted potatoes. instead of food shopping after work, i'll shop in the fridge, hopefully, during my lunch! found everything there this AM, when putting my lunch in the fridge, i was like...."Jackpot!"
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Kombucha 70
Breakfast: bread 100, my cooked cranberries 30, almond butter 200, banana 120, coffee with mlilk and stevia 50:
10am Snack: my coworkers mix that his wife made - amazing 300. and a darn gross cookie from coworker. too much. 50 more.
Lunch: 2 sliced rye 150, with oil 100, toasted, one meatball 150 400, salad 100. 500.
3:45pm snack large apple 100
Snack before gym: bar 100
1600 before gym and quite a bit of caffeine before my workout, as i started around 6:30, ended 8:30pm, home close to 9pm. long day.
After gym: came home and ate chips 50, popcorn 200, blueberries 120, egg 80. total 450-500
grand total today is good: 2100.
workout was good.
I worked overtime every night this week except Monday. Wasn't expecting this. Hope it doesn't happen all Winter. it's very stressful when you think u are leaving at one time but then it changes. It's extremely stressful to me. I like SET hours. I do not enjoy and can hardly tollerate OT. but i guess if i have to keep my darn job, i'll have to suck it up because the new two guys work a lot, stinks, now i have to follow suit. because 2 people stay late, out of like 10, sucks.
oh and when you work late, everything after work gets late. Everything gets harder. You get run down. It doesn't work well with exercise, injury rates get higher. I have experiened a lot of OT in the past, and physically and emotionally it played huge tolls on me. I did already get very sick. So i hope the OT isn't going to continue to next week - i don't think so, fortunately.
6 day average: 2160.
GYM tonight, cannot work late. took only 25 minute lunch, instead of one hour.
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Home: kombucha 50, work: coffee 50, sf candies throughout morning up to 50 cal. 150 here.
Breakfast: banana 120, bread 100, sf jelly, almond butter 200. 420 here., snack: m&m small bag 80
11am Snack in morning: fancy healthy bar 200
850 before 1pm lunch.
1pm Lunch: the rest of the flounder 200, toast with oil 250, greens 100: 550 - sick of the greens, may have to toss them without finishing them. keeping them at work for the rest of the week, but couldn't eat them very much today. not flavorful enough.
1400 after satisfying lunch. diet coke afterwards....i walked at lunch - healthy....and do not have to walk after work thankfully actually. happy to just go home.
afternoon snack 1: fruit grain bar100
dinner: from supermarket deli section: meatball 200 tops, greek salad marinated olives, tomato and cucumber 150-200, blueberries and glass of sangria 300: 700 tops.
2200, fine. seems i am eating more this month.
5day average: 2170, fine....tomorrow night will be GYM - i WILL need to leave on time to go to the gym...i might actually go to work an hour early to start typing the input.
worked half hour OT and then left bc i was hungry and couldn't fathom working very late into the night anyways.
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HOPING NO OVERTIME TONIGHT. CAN'T DO OT - HATING OVERTIME FROM LASTING MEMORIES OF WORKING TONS OF IT - IT PLAIN OLD MAKES ME SICK TO EVEN THINK OF WORKING OT ...I JUST HATE GIVING EXTRA HOURS OF MY OWN TIME, JUST HATE IT.
I should walk at lunch...wearing heels but brought sneakers...
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I am having stressful work days here - actually doing work but feeling very time-constricted making me not want to do ANYTHING!...don't worry, i am working, it's just really frustrating the time constraint.
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
it'd be a big loss in pay, and it's best i keep it, just very stressful at the moment.
Home: kombucha 40
Work: coffee with milk and stevia 50, banana 120, brownie (brought in by coworker - small piece but rich brownie and possibly spiked with rum - tasted it!) 200
Snack: rye bread 80 with almond butter 200: 300
14:45pm Lunch: pizza slice 400, flounder cooked by me 200, 600
4:20pm Snack 1: planning on apple
Snack 2 before gym: planning on bar
After gym: planning on protein cookie 350-400
.....And some nice salty chips 150
2100 good - definitely burned it today :-)
Worked half hour OT but I know there'll be a problem finishing this project by Monday - not enough time - will have to tell boss...
4day average: 2162, good.
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Looking forward to the weights tonight because it's a GIFT that I give myself that benefits me in ways I could never have imagined. From how i physically and mentally feel after completing a good workout to the way I look, weights are something that I added to my lifestyle so many years ago and thank gosh.
Despite the good and bad that happens in my life, Weightlifting will ALWAYS be a constant.
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Just a different change of pace from peanut butter.
More expensive though!
It is a little bit thicker, smears really nicely on my bread.
i was getting really sick of peanut butter, but after i finish the jar of almond butter, i may be sick of that too!
similar calories and stuff to peanut butter, i think actually slightly higher in protein.
home: kombucha 70 tasty always.
Breakfast: coffee with milk and sugar 80, banana 120, wrap 100, almond butter 200, sf jelly: 500...
Noon Healthy lunch from home: my noodles that i cooked 200, veggies, big serving 200?, turkey burger 200 at most. 600 at most for lunch. and chips yup 150.
1350 after lunch.
3pm Snack: a natural type bar 150
1500....a bit much, but typical of coming back after a vacation...lol...hungry.
another snack on way home: 100 cal bar
1600
dinner: wine (sangria) 200 most i hope!, maybe 250, fish 150, bread and oil 150: 550, tops.
2150, healthy.
3day: 2183 per day.
i'm DEFINITELY gonna cook my flounder tonight, NOT BREADED! i have scary memories of my mom breading fish, yuck.
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No exercise tonight. Yes to baking flounder with minimal added ingredients just lemon, oil, garlic, pepper, salt. Yes to finally a cleaned brita filter so i can drink water and not seltzer for a few months till i have to do this again... :)
Jen, my good friend and work colleague also, is coming over tonight to cook empanadas and also help me with my fish - i'll give her at least two of the filets to take home to her family! We made spur of the moment plans today at lunchtime.
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
got very distracted bc was cooking some Spanish food, a friend came over, and that food totally dissolved in the pot - it was old and the directions weren't around and we weren't making a good attempt.
the fish is good for a couple days ;) happy about it - and plan to cook it more often! and try all the types of fish since we have many fish stores around here!
Breakfast (ricky made it! - lol, was weird tasting, not sure why?) - toasted english muffin with butter 220, 1 egg fried cooked with olive oil 150, some of his tasty tea that he makes 50 420.
Snacking: kombucha, small amount 30, chips 150, cooked cranberries large portion 100: 280.
1pm lunch: elbow noodles that i cooked - seams i really need to cook the whole box bc whenever i cook 2 portions, it gets eaten really quickly - time to find my large pot! 300, marinated mushrooms 150, half a turkey burger 100: 550
1250...heading to gym soon :)
total saying 2050.
2 day avg: 2200, decent.
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I have to pick up some wraps before i go to gym, totally forgot i was running low, i only have one more left and that's how i eat my breakfast usually....on a wrap at work.
Putting away the laundry i did yesterday.
Cleaning hamster cage.
Gym - planning for a really good session.
then i'll shower, lol, after the darn gym would be good.
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Ricky is cookng a beef stew tonight, so i did errands with him this morning to buy the beef and groceries. I plan to eat some of the stew tonight, maybe one last movie also!
I bought fish, FINALLY!, for the first time, that i plan to cook tomorrow after work - SO EXCITED to FINALLY bake some fish! Flounder is what i bought :) I may not be able to finsih it all, so i might give a filet to Ricky on Monday night. I cannot wait to start baking a lot of fish to eat frequently, like at least 1x per month if not more to cook it. hoping to cook it more like 2x per month, to last 2-3 days each time i cook it.
Had coffee late in the night yesterday (so sleep was not great), while watching not 1 but TWO movies at Ricky's place. I have Amazon prime and finally i have hooked up my account to even 1 tv...i didn't even hook it up to my own yet (i've had prime for YEARS). So we hooked it up to Ricky's TV, although he hates the Amazon monopoly, and now he has accesss to hundreds of movies and tv shows, for FREE!
The movies we watched were not thru prime though - although in the future it will be. We watched two well-made flicks: The Beguiled, which takes place during the Civil War down south (but doesn't have to do with the fighting, more with a story of women living together / going to school because they cannot live with their own families / and a man that they are all falling for and sorta fighting for and then everything goes very wrong...). The second movie was also EXCELLENT. it was fiction - called The Interview...about two guys that plan an interview with North Korea's leader...which obviously would never happen today.
both movies were enjoyable, kept us captivated, and were well-done. They were not flukes, thankfully!
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
Saturday was overdone, my fault, eating too much early in the day. total 2350. but mostly healty. Planning to be getting back on track, but it's the WORST when clothes don't fit how you want them too...and when you don't feel comfortable in your own skin. I'll get back on track as needed.
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Happily stayed in bed till around 9:30
Leisurely breakfast 500
Snack 2 candies chocolates 100
Lunch: noodles with a hair of horrible tasting sauce 300, half turkey patty 100, chips 150: 550. Mikes hard mixed with seltzer 100 1250 :)
Went on a WONDERFUL 2 mi walk in the park with Ricky! finally some light cardio!
4pm early dinner after walkBites of Ricky's sandwich at Arby's 100?, fries a whole big portion 300?, less than half of the AMAZING chocolate chip cookie 200 (whole cookie is 500 cal!) 600 1850
Light night with Ricky (i just didn't plan my eating well today), almost a cup of tomato sauce that i used on the following: Arby's jalepeno bites (not that good - i didn't like them), toasted english muffin with butter and the tomato sauce. just too many calories today.
2350.
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Doing laundry now, currently noon. I didn't see ricky yesterday which worked out better bc today we are going for the stroll - we didn't yesterday get together - and we can have dinner today and see a movie - makes for a complete day. Tomorrow I might rearrange furniture with him otherwise we'll do it on Christmas bc. We don't celebrate but we are off from work and makes for a good day to remodel my living room and entry foyer area so things are better arranged to make the space more attractive aesthetically!
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
9am: roasted veggies 200, noodles higher fiber / protein 200, kombucha 50 450. :)
11am mini meal it turned out (double portions) before gym workout: stacy's whole wheat pita chips - 2 servings 300 and JIF Almond Butter (very good!) 200. total 500. was very tasty, obviously, and filling.
total before what will be a strong weights routine: 950 :)
Mid workout snack banana 150
AFTER workout meal at 3:00pm: chicken burger 200, veggies 50?, noodles 200 popcorn 150 600 total maybe 650 and tasty. And cooked cranberries 60
Fiber 1 chocolate chip cookie 120
1920 before massage lol
Pb and sf j on a wrap and a light cider drink 450 late night meal.
2350 today - not bad.
7day: 2285 not terrrible at all :-)
Will have a big meal after the gym, back here at my apartment, will probably include popcorn...looking forward to working out!!
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Today's plans:
1. skip laundry until actual weekend (Saturday will be good to do it, i think!)
2. gym workout
3. walking path with ricky somewhere
4. last of my massages until at least a month from now because i have finallly used up all of my prepaids :)
5. bed will be not late, i enjoy an early bedtime even on weekends when i don't go out - probably i'll be in bed by 9:30pm ;)
Progress as of today: 5 lbs lost so far, only 0 lbs to go!
The reasons I don't buy them include because they are not easily digested and in the past they caused tons of bloated and constipation which isn't good if you have to leave the house for working to sit very uncomfortably and possibly even more in comfortable while working out and just never knowing when I will be able to be relieved of them!
I loved that they were no cal.
But you have y cook something with a lot of flavor to put them in or they really don't sit well in my mouth I need something to break up the texture of only having noodles.
You have to dry them really well.
So I Never really find a good time to eat them - they worked more for me when I had a teaching position with many days off - now they just mess with my digestion and I don't feel I am making a good decision to have them if the my digestion gets screwed up bc there's no time extra to be home or relaxed while I feel that way after eating them.
In the past I have bought them assuming I'd eat them on a long weekend or holiday but all they did in the recent past was sit in the fridge and eventually get thrown out .... but I do think their concept is GREAT if you can cook them and dry them and mix them fully into a dish - no need to eat a full package at a time - there's two servings in the package. I used to by mostly angel hair. I wonder if you could make Mac and cheese with the rice shaped ones :)
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Guinea pigs! Sounds like fun :-)
I found that once I hit mid-30s, emotions and hormones together took on a whole new adventure. Really bad. If you find that it's consistently bad, I urge you to talk to your doctor. That is something I regret not having done.
It happened to me when i hit 30 and this time around, working the OT last week, i am not sure but yes i was really ANGRY feeling. I'll have to work on it....and talk to dr only if it persists...i'll take your advice.
Donkey on 12/03/2017:
Also meant to mention that you've inspired me to think about cooking up the spaghetti squash I have here, as I'm anticipating having a pasta dish later on this week (Tuesday?).
It's easy to cook up, you may want to puncture it a few times around and i like to bake it whole after that for even an hour (flipping it after 30 min). Then it's very hot but easy to cut in half. I remove the seeds then. Then i coat each half in some oil of choice, salt, pepper, garlic, and continue to cook. Mine hardly browned at all, but tastes amazing after cooking so long with the oil, salt, pepper, and garlic.