exercise: elliptical 25 min.
Breakfast: cup blueberries, cereal, milk: 230.
snack: peach 40
snack: yogurt 80
lunch: lg apple 140, 2 yogurts 150: 290
snack: crystal light, cereal and milk, 2 red peppers 340...peach very hungry/bingy
1020...plans for dinner include something with tomato sauce!
dinner: haha no tomato sauce...and more dairy ugh! cheese. it was good but i eat WAY too much dairy. a tamale microwave meal, large salad with dressing, whole cucumber, peach. 430. alright.
total: 1450. not a lot by any means, maybe my body needed it.
Good morning DDers. Once again, no jury duty today so i'll be going to work. The weather has been nice the past couple days and I look foward to taking another walk today in the late afternoon.
I have been sticking to my healthy diet, lifestyle change, whatever you want to call it, well these past weeks. There is NO need for me to binge and even though I thought I couldn't walk the 5 miles yesterday I accomplished it. It's about mind over matter for many of us; and I know it's like that for myself. If we stick to our goals frequently and long enough, we will accomplish them as fast as we want them to as long as they are reasonably set.
Progress as of today: 8.4 lbs lost so far, only 11.6 lbs to go!
evening edit:
dinner: BIG!...2 red peppers, 1 cucumber, some grape tomatoes, head of romaine, dressing, 2 hard boiled eggs, diet coffee soda with added milk: all this for ONLY 380. and i am satisfied. who wouldn't be. i know most of you couldn't stuff all of this inside you. i swear, the size of my stomach must be scary inside.
total for the day: a whoppingly awesome 1310.
walked 5 miles. was on the verge of doing an extra to make 6 but my body called it quits. I don't think I necessarily quit because I did set out and finished my original 5 mi plan. Along the way I started really thinking I was going to do 6, but crapped out at the end and stuck to 5. eh, what can a person do!? I am happy with myself despite that. My ipod broke again while walking...hopefully the battery just died and nothing else, so i did about 4 of the 5 miles without music.
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morning entry:
I woke up majorly early - about one hour. I started to do laundry because i felt that my sheets were actually what was making me uncomfortable lol. who knows!? then, i vaccuumed my room which didn't take too long at all! i also did a little ironing of some pants. i wonder if i will have jury duty tomorrow!?
today was good. I accomplished a good amount while at work.
So far so good. A definite binge feeling day, but I did NOT give in. I did have some diet soda today though.
breakfast: watermelon, cereal, milk: 250
snack: yogurts 150
lunch: tofu/yogurt, tea with equal added: 245
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afternoon edit:
snack: cup blueberries, cereal, milk, diet soda: 240...and watermelon 285
total so far: 885 not bad but feeling pretty bingy today. I have to remember that I should not ever give up. every calorie counts if i'm in it to win it!...and watermelon: 930.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 12 lbs to go!
I Haven't tried that tofu/yogurt thing yet. I assume it's not flavored yogurt...
Have a good day. I'm going to bed! it's 10.38pm already.
Keep up the great work!
Thanks for the tips on my menu. Yesterday was one of those days when I didn't plan ahead and ended up eating what was available - Or, what I thought Hubby would like. Have a great day!
my head still hurts:
Today I was standing near the door in the faculty room and one of the teachers let go and it SLAMMED straight into my head. The door is heavy and it hurt so much. My neck soon started hearting. I probably got a slight concussion! argh! I can't believe she let go of the door when people were standing right there! oops!
127 on the dot! wahoo!!!!!!!!!
45 min stationary bike ride.
breakfast: blueberries, cereal, milk: 220 :)
snack: yogurt: 70
lunch: tofu, yogurt, diet coke, 250
snack: cup grape tomatoes, red pepper, cereal and milk: 250
dinner: microwave eggplant parm, large salad with dressing, whole cucumber, apple 520
total: 1310. fine by me! :)
no jury duty today...so i'll be going to work as usual. no jury duty tomorrow either.
Progress as of today: 8 lbs lost so far, only 12 lbs to go!
BTW, the hot guys in my picture . . . totally gay. But they make me look good, right?
PROUD OF YOU!
I hope you are feeling better - you must go see a doctor if the headache continues. You never know what the door might have done to you. Have a great day!
Breakfast: peach, cereal, milk...and yogurts: very filling! 380 totally felt the need to stuff myself but its amazing its under 400 calories.
snack: lg apple 140
very early lunch: teryaki salmon and a red pepper: 220
indulged in a tasty big snack, more like a meal, after yoga:
peach, cereal, milk 190...still hungry...
...peanut butter and jelly sandwich with banana 450 it was good!
total so far: 1280. not bad and I can still end on a good note. I'll make sure to get some walking in! I like how my legs are getting a bit more toned and not as flabby!
dinner: red pepper, sprouts, dressing, microwave meal, 1 peach,gum 430
total: 1710 :)
perhaps i'll weigh around 127 tomorrow??
I hope that everyone who is celebrating Father's Day today has a great one! I was up early picking up bagels, lox, and whitefish spread for the other three people who will be having breakfast here (mom, dad, sister). I never eat that but whenever my sister stays over my dad picks it up. However, it's Father's Day, and I did it for him.
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost so far, only 13 lbs to go!
Hope you enjoyed yoga and had a good Fathers Day with your dad!!
That was sweet of you to get that for your Dad.
Hope you have a wonderful day!
Re: Relora ~ Comes in 250mg or 300mg, depends upon the manufacturer...Now Foods is the 300mg (I take 1 cap 3 X daily) that I take..Could only find the 250mg by Life Time yesterday (I take 2 caps 2 x daily, which works fine).. Manufacturer label states " Reduces Cortisol Levels....Dietary supplement to assist in the management of stress or frustration and for self confident mood and cheerful outlook..Supports healthy body fat metabolism"... I was taking St. John's Wart & something else for a long time, due to horrible mood swings, etc...Hated taking so much of it and found an article in a Woman's World about this stuff and gave it a try to find it does work... Some would say "phsycological hoo ha", but I truly feel that it is doing what the statements claim...I sure can tell when I DON'T take it...
Will be super to celebrate with you if you are @ 127 tomorrow.....Good Luck!
I must admit I was pretty hungry during parts of the day today but I got through it. Pretty balanced eating as well. I amazed myself with calories especially for going out to eat.
Dinner: large house salad no dressing with 4 grilled scallops. also had a fantastically delightful manhattan clam chowder soup with HUGE pieces of clam. I would estimate that dinner really was around 400 calories. To me this seems reasonable for a cup of soup, 4 scallops, and TONS of veggies. It couldn't be too many more calories than that.
total calories: wow! around 1250! how cool is that!? I'm so happy that my progress in weightloss has not stopped through the weekend! I am a bit hungry right now but it's 12:42am so I will go to bed.
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Early evening edit: after a slightly but not horrible by any means bingy morning or possibly just hungry morning, i have had a good day. :) my grandmother impressed me with her walking - by walking faster than even I usually walk! She is fast! Dinner tonight, taking Dad out for early father's day!
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early snack: peach/seltzer 40
breakfast: fiber one, milk, watermelon, yogurts: 370
lunch: peach, salmon with bbq sauce, pepper: 190
snack: iced coffee
snack: Protein water 30
total so far: 670...too hungry before dinner reservations at 8pm so i had some fiber one/milk: 170
total so far: 840 ok
Have a good day everyone.
exercise plans: just walking with grandma. probably like 2 miles
Good morning all! I am up VERY early this morning. A few minutes before 6! So i'm laying around and relaxing. It feels good because I've had a busy week.
I will be probably going out to dinner with family today for Father's Day instead of tomorrow because my sister will be here today. She doesn't live at home so if today works better, that's what we will do! Of course, I'm anxious about going out but I figure there HAS to be at least a healthy salad on the menu!
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost so far, only 13 lbs to go!
I got something special in the mail today. All of the information about the Radiography program I start in September. I will be starting September 8th, the day before my 26th birthday! I am happy about this because I thought it was starting sooner. I will work up until the end of August and stop by September 1st to prepare sufficiently to begin this 2 year program. I am so excited!
hehe, today is Friday the 13th (and YES it felt like it!!!) and I have 13 more lbs to lose! that's my first weight goal. 13 is so little! still going strong to the end.
B: cereal, milk, peach 190
snack: yogurt 70
lunch: tofu, yogurts: 240
snack: 2 whole cucumbers, dressing, cereal, apple: 400 (shouldn't have had the apple because i was full but my mouth was hungry!)
total so far: 900 :)940 - peach
dinner: 390 microwavable + extra noodles big dessert of tofu/sf jelly 275 = 665
total: 1605. no exercise. movie with family.
It's been a good day. Talked to many colleagues and had an enjoyable lunch conversation. The kids are definitely going nutty though. I work with the ones with behavioral issues very often and let me tell you - they know school's just about out as much as I do!
I've been bringing a liter of seltzer with me to work and it helps a lot with hunger. I also had some diet coffee soda - it's made by the brand Manhattan Special. I must pick some up for my mom or i'll be dead! It's her's. and it's good. i'll have to stop though, because it has artificial sugars and they make my skin whacko.
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost so far, only 13 lbs to go!
Have a good evening and hope your weekend is a pleasant one...
Looked up the Manhattan Special Soda's...Doubt I will find any here...I think I have bought something similar @ a specialty type store once, but wasn't sugar free.... It was pretty good.....
An amazing 5 mi walk accomplished mostly without my ipod - it died during the walk!
late edit: Dinner: a lean cuisine (250) with a MASSIVE amount of veggies with spray dressing (190). what is massive? a whole cucumber, a cup of grape tomatoes, and a whole romaine. all of this for 440 calories. i eat a lot. I do love veggies but I don't like to eat them during the day because they don't satisfy me. they are bulky, but the don't take my appetite away. at least i definitely got my servings in!
total calories: 1280 :) wow. nice work to me.
FINALLY ONE MORE POUND DOWN. wow, it took me over two weeks for this pound to come off (but there was a binge with caused that it to take that long) IT'S DEFINITELY SLOW BUT STEADY THIS TIME AROUND. it's definitely more of a challenge than when i first started dieting at age 20, almost 6 years ago! I let the weight creep on this year and now I'm slowly letting it go.
i definitely slept until my alarm today! :)
breakfast: peach, cereal, milk: 190
snack: yogurt 70
lunch: tofu and yogurts: 240 :)
snack: lg apple, cereal, milk: 300 and a peach...little much on sugar...and some kind of really cool diet Coffee soda! and it's good, quite sweet. sugar free. my mom had bought it in like a liter container to mix with vodka. so today i give into an artificial sugar temptation. I am also drinking loads of seltzer today.
today has gone well...even better that tomorrow is friday! :) I cannot wait to find out if I have jury duty next week! i really want it.
today is an end of the year party for the teachers where i work. since i won't be there next year, i decided not to attend. it does cost $35 but i feel since i will not be there next year, there's no big reason to go.
Progress as of today: 7 lbs lost so far, only 13 lbs to go!
We Can Do It!!!!!
Have a good walk!
Diet coffee soda??? Wow. Isn't it amazing what people come up with these days? Coffee soda. When I sound it out in my mouth, it doesn't taste good. I like coffee; I like soda. Coffee soda? Well, this debate could go on and on, so i'll save you the whole yawn of a story and move on...
Keep up that walking and the pounds will continue to melt away! Yes, two weeks at a time, maybe, but at least this way it's more likely to stay off! Have an awesome day today!
I was really tired today bc I woke up over an hour early. Otherwise, it was a good day. Expecially in the morning. Everyone came to work in a fantastic mood because we knew it would be a little cooler out. AND, tomorrow it will be comfortable in the building for sure :)
I haven't exercised. I came home exhausted. I am probably, honestly, not eating enough during the day up till when I get home. It's not like I'm not eating. Oh well. It's also just the actual times I can eat at work and they don't work optimally for me. They work well enough. 2.5 more weeks! yay! :)
arg! still 129. but holding strong and I know I AM making progress even though the scale hasn't changed! I think I may be a little bloated also from the amount of food/sodium in my dinner which was totally worth it. I woke up slightly early, not sure why. I am a bit frustrated that the weight isn't coming off sooner!
early breafast: peach, watermelon: 100
breakfast: cereal/milk 175 :) good choice! (almost had PB on bread)
snack: yogurt 70
lunch: yogurts, tofu: 220
snack: many cherry tomatoes and a whole cucumber with dressing 150, cereal and milk 250 (total 400 whoops...i didn't realize until after how many cherry tomatoes and the calories they equalled!)
total so far: 965 pretty good.
dinner: microwave lean cuisine flatbread yum and bag of red cabbage with little dressing 440
total: 1405. and i ended up going on a 5 mi walk! yay to a good end to the day!
I am excited for it to be Wednesday already. I am hoping to get Jury Duty next week so I can miss a few days of school. I will be taking a day off next week possibly if I don't get Jury Duty.
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
tofu dipped in light activia yogurt was something i tried today and liked. I'm going to keep this up for a few days as I have a lot of tofu in the house that I need to use as well as too many light activia yogurts. I bought everything when they were on sale! I do want to get in more veggies but right now I'm liking how the weightloss is going and just want to eat what I have in the house. I'll start rethinking lunch when I begin my new job at the end of the month, well, maybe I'll begin to think about other food options...
exercise was at a park very close to me. I biked for 6 mi and walked 2 mi. exercise lasted 1.5 hours :)
BREAKFAST: peach, cereal, milk: 190 cal!!! now that's pretty amazing!
SNACK: yogurt 70 :)
LUNCH: tofu/yogurts: 280 :)
SNACK: peach, cereal, milk again: 235
DINNER plan: cup brown rice, teryaki salmon, salad with dressing, lg apple. total 550 :)
total calories today: 1325 which is fine by me!
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Have a great day today!
And how do you eat your tofu?? That's been something I've wanted to try too!
Did ya get ya some of those lean pockets?...I could not resist getting the box of 12 I got @ Costco for $8.99.. They know what they are doing by giving out those samples... Probably will last a couple months, as I am not one to eat them very much, just nice for a flavor change..
Good Evening to you!
exercise: FIVE miles! wonderful!
variety didn't exist today with my food choices. At least a got a good amount of fruit in and 2 yellow peppers! haha.
B: apple, cereal, milk: 250 :)
lunch: yogurts, cc: 260
snack: cereal, milk, cc: 280
snack: 2 yellow peppers, lg apple: 190.
dinner: cereal/milk: 250
total: 1230 = AWESOME
i decided to try to find insurance today for students and it didn't work very well...so now it's 5:30 and i've snacked a little more than i could have so i'm going for a walk then picking up something microwavable for dinner. i'm not in the mood for tofu/brown rice tonight even though i like it very much. i need to get up the motivation and perhaps even go on my favorite 5 mi walk (not in the mood for 6 mi).
also, i am in the mood for something a little rich for dinner. not in the mood for lower calories. maybe going on the walk will make me feel better! I know it is better to come home and get out of the house ASAP or I start the binge process really easily but it was 4pm and I wanted to make calls about insurance before it was too late!
no other interesting news to report today!
Progress as of today: 6 lbs lost so far, only 14 lbs to go!
Hope you can get out and about...I give bets that if you go "5", you will talk yourself into "6" when you get to the "5".... Check in on ya a bit later... I went my 6 this morning, but still may go another 2 when Ben has his 1 hour warm-up before the game.....
Hang in there....the day is almost over my friend...You WILL MAKE IT!!!!!!
Terrific Tuesday to you tomorrow!
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Hey - thanks for the comments - We feel so lucky to have no more damage than we do. We feel so sorry for the folks who are flooded, wiped out by tornados, fires, etc. Regarding carpet - I don't like it much either - especially since we have two big black dogs and all their hair shedding drives me nuts, but, to put hardwood would be more than we want to go into debt for. We have to pay for the replacement of the flooring in all except our bathroom and bedroom. We are planning to continue to shop for a better price to try and get the hardwood, but I have a feeling it's going to be carpeting. We are going with a darker color this time and the berber kind so it will be more durable and we have decided that the doggies just have to stay on the first floor - where we do have wood.
On the food front - you are really doing well. So glad to see you more pleased with yourself. Keep up that good work and attitude. I have been trying really hard to eat as well as I can. Not doing so bad. I've been up some (7-8 pounds), but at the same weight for some time now. Will check back with you soon> I appreciate your support.
rlovell on 06/18/2008:
you can do anything you set your mind to, HOP. looks like you are really having a period of self-discovery and i am so happy to hear that your binge tendencies have gone away. i hope i can attain that same sense of peace soon. xoxo
crategrl on 06/18/2008:
Awesome job with the lifestyle and the walking 5 miles. Keep on truckin!!
thinnsidenotout on 06/18/2008:
You are right!.... Happy to see you on the path to making yourself believe in yourself!
Wonderful Wednesday to you!
maria777 on 06/18/2008:
Congratulations to you on your new number! YAYYYYYY!!! Happy Dance! Happy Dance again! Big smile to you! Your menu looks terrific, too.
I see that you told that old 'Bingey Feeling' to go away or either you ignored it! Good for you! 'KEEP AWAY YOU OLD BINGEY FEELING!!! YOU ARE NOT WELCOME!'
mcwoo40 on 06/18/2008:
Well done HOP, I'm very pleased for you,keep going Julie
legcramps on 06/18/2008:
You're so right - we can do almost anything we set our minds to, we just need to be determined and see it through to the end. I'm glad you're doing so well! :):) Good for you, keep going and you WILL reach your goals!!
jmarie60 on 06/18/2008:
You have such a great attitude and outlook! That's so refreshing and inspiring!
selina on 06/18/2008:
Love your positive side! Have a great day!
WI3 on 06/18/2008:
Great Job HOP!
Maura_girl on 06/18/2008:
Good job today!!! Your positive attitude and determination is such an encouragement!! Because of you, I had a healthy dinner last night instead of binging on pizza and other junk food like I really wanted to. Thanks!!
thinnsidenotout on 06/18/2008:
Thinkin about a tamale myself...Havent decided yet...Kinda late..Just getting home from baseball..They won 8-2...Now a 5-1 record....Ben was closing pitcher.. Bases loaded twice and pulled it out without any walks..He does that to make the coach pace the dugout! Loves self-pressure nail biting action...
RE: Catering ~ Uh Nope ! Just am church hostess and the church is swinging for the burgers/hot dogs/condiments/drinks and it is "my baby" to get things bought/ready....So much on my mind I can hardly think straight...Baseball, picnic, laundry, custodial job, walking, etc... I shall persevere and be bored one of these days.... I hope!
The Artichoke/Spinach Lean Pocket is the only Lean pocket I have ever eaten and I like it..The sodium is only in the 200's and the calories aren't all that bad either...
Attitude is great! Keep it up!
mmuraro on 06/18/2008:
Hahaha, your menu is funny, but you kept on track. xo
selina on 06/19/2008:
Wow! you do like those peaches! I like them too, I like painting them as well. Will post a painting of peaches one of these days.
I assume you have an elliptical exercising machine. I love that, I remember when I was trying to loose weight for my 40th b-day (that's another story) I could stay on that for 1 and half hours! I love walking, too, but in the past few weeks I had to go for walks wearing my raincoat! And I was considering getting one of those machines. I see we have a long strech of sunshine in the forecast, so never mind that....
greengirl on 06/19/2008:
Hey HoP, its great to see you doing so well again. I love the positive attitude !! Keep it up, sweetie :)