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Horn_of_plenty - Sunday Oct 21, 2018
(counting calories/walking/elliptical/weights)
Weight: 114.0

Almost 8am Breakfast: leftover blondie that i baked 300 over whipped cream 120 and leftover pumpkin with stevia and cinnamon 50 and a plum 50. also kombucha 70. 600, good.

Indian bread and an egg 250

lunch: wrap with leftover indian groud chicken with lots of spices 400 and popcorn 100

Coffee and 2 bananas around workout 1650 before dinner

WOWWWW! so the soup was good - the cabbage was very buttery and good. the taste with the bacon would probably be better lol without bacon, but it was good still. so i had a bit of it...with a lot of cabbage like i've been craving

Cabbage and bacon soup: 350? and brownie that i baked (amazing winner!) 250.

i wish i could have more....but...maybe jello w. whipped cream. it was all good. and a plum, just hungry feeling.

2350 :)

today my food attemps worked out great.

2day - 2250, decent :)

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This weekend, despite waking up a few times last night but easily going back to sleep...i've been getting like 10-12 hours of sleep a night. seems the time of year for it. with lots of germs around...i don't mind the extra sleep, i like it!

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On the list today:

Baking 2 treats: a 5 ingredient brownie recipe made with coconut oil !....and something else...or perhaps just double up this easy recipe!

Cooking a Slow Cooker Cabbage and Bacon Recipe!

Biking to Gym and Weights

Put away all my clean clothes that i quickly washed yesterday (good idea to get that done!!!)

Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!

graindart on 10/21/2018:
After reading about all of the recent indian food you've been eating, I've been craving it. Not really an option around here, so will probably put it on my list for the next out of town trip we go on.

Have been eating a decent amount of squash lately with Stevia and pumpkin pie spices. It's been satisfying my pumpkin pie cravings so far. Good job on your consistency, as always.

Horn_of_plenty on 10/22/2018:
ty for always the nice compliments on consistency...you see i'm now at the high end as of late :) but doing cardio helps burn a few more cals....(I hope!)

also, with the Indian, believe it or not since the country is sooooo big the Indian food varies as well as the "bread" or naan they serve at the restaurants based on the type of Indian food they serve...I think there's like 4 main types of Indian food!...just like Chinese really as more varieties :)

also, Happy had once taught me this here!

Some indian uses lots of cream in their food which tastes great but ups the calories and some indian food uses very little cream :) lately, i've been eating without the cream (i don't really have a choice, it's just the place that i found!) and it was at least a break from all that cream...they use just oil

Horn_of_plenty on 10/22/2018:
but one thing remains the same: all indian food as a LOT of flavor / spices. i love it bc it's NOT boring!

Donkey on 10/21/2018:
Your sleep is amazing. I like to get 7 hours minimum. This past week and the week before, I was around 6 hours, and I can really feel it.

Horn_of_plenty on 10/22/2018:
during the week, i do not sleep long like on the weekend...i do think that sleeping a lot on weekends, especially in the colder months, is ok....i actually want to read more about it.

yes, 6 hours is rough, i agree...even 7 can be not enough if you are warding off sickness....keep on and keep positive mrs. donkey...i'm so proud of you always!

happy-1 on 10/21/2018:
Ok... I am all set with greek food this week... Gotta eat indian food next week now. Probably I’ll start with making that spinach sauce with garbanzos in it. Maybe also some black dal.

Horn_of_plenty on 10/22/2018:
nice idea to add the beans to the spinach...that would be so filling! :) very good!

i'm afraid to make it....but it'd save me so much $$$. not yet...first i'm delving into AMERICAN food that i can make! haha...def not interested to make Indian right now.

Horn_of_plenty - Saturday Oct 20, 2018
(counting calories/walking/elliptical/weights)
Weight: 114.0

Fruit 100 , ginger drink 50

Oatmeal 200, coconut blondie 300, whipped cream small amount and pumpkin 100, coffee 50

Indian spread 150 with crackers 200 and an egg 100

lollipop 50

1300

Dinner Indian the type Happy told me about that isn't based with cream - biryani & chat style.

I had a ground meat dish 250 with okra 100 and stuffed baby eggplants 150 and heavier bread 200

2200 total really tasty cals

Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!

happy-1 on 10/21/2018:
Aaaaaaaaw... good for you! Where did you go?

Horn_of_plenty on 10/22/2018:
I was in a neighborhood in Queens, NY called Flushing and that part has Indian and Asian (mostly Asian) residents. so there was a local Indian place i stumbled into! it was healthier type of Indian, no cream except in the curry i think.

Horn_of_plenty on 10/22/2018:
it's the neighborhood i went to to get my hair done, bc it was a cheaper price, so i saw the food on the way back to my friend's car who had come to pick me up :)

Horn_of_plenty - Friday Oct 19, 2018
(counting calories/walking/elliptical/weights)
Weight: 114.0

Kombucha 50

whipped cream 120 with my homemade coconut dense blondie 350, coffee 50

snack: 180 coconut chocolate covered

750...

Lunch: leftovers (good ones) and a yellow pepper:

snack: plum?

1350 before dinner

dinner: tofu / indian takeout :)

2100 today.

good eats, good exercise, good week.

Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!

happy-1 on 10/19/2018:
yum. Indian food.

Horn_of_plenty on 10/20/2018:
def not ready to cook it myself yet...i love the flavors they have in their food!

Horn_of_plenty - Thursday Oct 18, 2018
(counting calories/walking/elliptical/weights)
Weight: 114.0

Kombucha 60

Work breakfast: apple 100, my keto coconut cake (needs tweeking on recipe but it's edible lol) 300, whipped cream 120, coffee 50

10am snack: nasty protein bar but finishing them as the nutrition is decent and i don't like to waste money & didn't want to return them...

Healthy lunch: takeout instead of my own lunch, lol...buffet choices: shrimp and calamari 250, veggie slaw salad 100 and some other veg 100: and bread almost forgot 100 550...

plum 50

Snacks granola bar 150 bigger banana 150 almonds 50 1800...

After workout - i did start snacking too much during workout and will hopefully get this under some control now that i'm working out at home :) ...first i started with a few bites of a Lenny & Larry's Choc Mint cookie but then stopped 150 cal...and then i was also heating up a Cauliflower Pizza Crust around 300.

2250 today. very tasty day!

6 day:2170, good!

nice walking in as well as a great weights workout. very successful, fitness-wise.

Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!

Maria7 on 10/18/2018:
Hoping you are having a good day.

Horn_of_plenty on 10/18/2018:
very much...and i was able to get a nice walk in as well as weights routine. good day thank you!

happy-1 on 10/19/2018:
I love those cookies and pizzas. Nutritionist says no, they are too processed.

horn_of_plenty on 10/20/2018:
I love the cauli pizza crusts - supposedly they are low cal

Horn_of_plenty - Wednesday Oct 17, 2018
(counting calories/walking/elliptical/weights)
Weight: 114.0

Kombucha 50

My homemade blondie 300...def need to work on recipe and whipped cream 120 and coffee 80

Snack:worst tasting bar....i have a whole box left :( i might have to throw them away. 200 cal.

Lunch: indian spinach 200 and other sauce 50, with turkey burger 150 and orange 100. 500 total.

chocolates 50

Snack: fresh apple off tree brought in by coworker...lol....same coworker that i had words with yesterday haha 100 when i get home and go walking for a little before dinner :)

Dinner:not sure, but healthy, ended up going out to eat, but walked a lot as we walked there after i got off bus near my apt. so it's all good. up to 800 it was Afgani food!...spinach similar to the indian prep but no cream which was healthier a still a good taste, a little meat, some salad with a little cheese, and a piece of tasty bread with light garlic flavor.

2200 total, all healhy.

5day: 2150

Walk tonight :)

Early to bed

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No, this job and this industry will NOT work for me for life. No, I do not want to be held responsible to going to various union events because of my father and his being extremely active in it. And NO, i do not want to sit at a desk for life.

No, I KNOW i am better than this.

I am not done. I will become a fast runner and match my goals as I have wished.

This is my Winter of getting stronger :)

Yesterday, at work, reminded me of why I want to be better for myself and go to a place where I can work and not die at my desk from lack of blood flow...i'm exaggerating, but this is how i feel today.

similar to how donkey felt in the recent past, i am depressed today...sad for what i witnessed yesterday at work (below) and sad that as a teacher that i am not anymore...that anyone would dare take up with me any argument about bettering a child in music ed.

i'm quite sickened today over yesterday.

and i will be keeping to myself for the remainder of the week...as well as for the rest of the time i work here.

I'll be focusing on my own abilities...and also striving to leave work at my hour, 4:30pm and that's it.

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I am gonna start talking much less at work....as i realize i have opinions and it really doesn't matter anymore to share them...enough....because i may as well let others keep their opinions and not even try to explain my side ....

it's a weird discussion we had: MUSIC EDUCATION and when to give (free) lessons...when someone kindly offers to give your kid extra tips.

PERSONALLY, it's ME who offered.

and PERSONALLY, IF i were a parent and someone kindly offered to show my kid a few things because they have a background and can share extra knowledge with my kid, I"D TAKE THEM UP ON IT, NO DISCUSSION.

well, one of my coworkers, not the parent of the kid (that's more my boss) was ARGUING saying she'd wait till the kid has the instrument for a bit....well....i know how it works in schools....i've been involved BIG TIME in music education since i was 8 until i was 25. i'm sorry, but i know that it's good when you get that extra footing...

so, well, i couldn't agree with this parent. IT'S NOT like sports or like just trying cooking....it's a CLASS in school and it is always nice when someone offers...for FREE.

she got the mother of the girl thinking to wait also...not realizing that my offer is extremely generous of my time....

and my knowing how it works in the school system at the lessons...and all my background.

i'm sorry, i get that the kid should develop a liking or desire on their own...

BUT, i just don't agree with denying your kid some extra tips on playing the trumpet.

i just cannot agree with the coworker that talked my other one out of it. like, the other one (the mom) was showing me a video on her iphone of her daughter first starting to practice for the first time at home because she knows how i know a lot about it / she knows my past...

and it got whipped in my face....like....PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU DO NOT WANT FREE MINI LESSON FOR YOUR KID SO THEY CAN START ON THEIR BEST FOOT ON TRUMPET. JUST DON'T.

even if anyone here told me otherwise, i'm sorry, i cannot agree.

i offered something because i have the background, and the woman knows it, so i call b*ll**** that anyone would deny their kids something that many parents can't provide.

the reason for the other way of thinking - both coworkers (mother of the kid too) grew up rather poor and weren't given any extras...and actually the mother ended up being allowed to do some art...but the coworker against the lesson never got anything extra from her parents...and didn't grow up goiing to the kind of school or being in band like this kid is.....she speaks from inexperience.

the kid is in 4th grade. in a good school system. i'm sorry, but, when you are given an offer, a generous and kind one, don't slap me in the face.

the mother was happy for me to do it...at first....then i was being lectured tooth and nail afterward for offering a lesson right when the kid started.

listen....i know how it works. please don't even try to sway me. i disagree wholeheartedly with them.

i learned clarinet first without lessons, in group form in school...and all the kids taking lessons were better - although i was very good.

and i learned french horn only with private lessons...and i got really good really fast and caught up easily.

we are talking about music. the more the merrier. come on!

honestly....i sorta pull back. i don't care as much anymore to share.

i forget sometimes of my EXCELLENT UPBRINGING and everything my parents offered me. i was lucky.

some people don't know when LUCKY HITS THEM IN THE FREAKING FACE.

let me pull back now.

i need to concentrate on my fitness, my passion WAY MORE.

OH - AND I NEED TO LEAVE ON TIME...at 4:30, not 5pm, because i feel bad for someone without my upbringing.

really, i don't think i should care so much anymore

Progress as of today: 0 lbs lost so far, only 2 lbs to go!

Donkey on 10/17/2018:
Ever since I got my "new" Fitbit (in July) for my birthday, I realize how sedentary my job is. (The Fitbit has a reminder notification that at 10 minutes to the hour, buzzes if you haven't had at least 250 steps in the hour). And I HATE it. I could easily sit at my desk and not move all day.

And I've noticed that this is what my male co-worker does. I now avoid him at all costs, but sometimes I have documents that have to go into his files. So now I wait until he leaves his desk - WHICH AIN'T ALL THAT OFTEN! - and then file the papers. Sometimes, I have to wait 1-2 days before I can get find his desk chair unoccupied.

Then he wonders why he struggles to lose weight. AND he has a Fitbit too! USE IT!!!

horn_of_plenty on 10/17/2018:
yes, sitting the whole day will influence the metabolism if you NEVER get up. agreed.

graindart on 10/17/2018:
Picked up a can of pureed pumpkin and made a no sugar added custard with an egg / spice / stevia / microwave. It was ok, although the consistency and feel weren't anywhere near as "rich" as a normal pumpkin pie.

horn_of_plenty on 10/17/2018:
you can add some sf cool whip on top...i find that the sugar free cool whip...i used 1/4 of a tub at a time...has a dense / filling feel on my stomach and is satisfying over light foods like jello/fruit/ and perhaps your light custard.

i used it over a sf cookie this AM.

BearCountryGG on 10/17/2018:
The texture would probably be more like a pie if you baked it in a pie dish using pam spray in the oven. These substitutes are similar to the real thing but rarely are exactly the same...just a substitute to ward off a specific food craving. Have you tried sugar free jello or pudding cups? You can also freeze grapes and banana slices that end up tasting something like ice cream/popsicles.

BearCountryGG on 10/17/2018:
Actually the comment was more towards Graindarts comment....but would work for all.

horn_of_plenty on 10/17/2018:
yes ty....i find that using the whippd cream or fatty something with sf very light calorie foods is filling and satisfying compared to, say, only sugar free jello alone...agree.

BearCountryGG on 10/17/2018:
Yup....work and other employees can be stressful......I worked a desk job in a Drs office...but I got plenty of exercise climbing those rolling ladders in the file area....now days...files are all digital...and no rolling ladders....and everyone just sits there....I feel lucky to have been there at that time. It was kind of you to make the offer to help the young girl, it's too bad that it ended with hurt feelings.

horn_of_plenty on 10/17/2018:
yes, at least you were able to move around when you worked - it's soooo important to get up and stretch your legs.

happy-1 on 10/17/2018:
Which coworker was this that talked her out of it? The one you used to be friends with that negs you all the time?

horn_of_plenty on 10/17/2018:
NOPE....the one with 2 male sons, one in college and one in high school now. they go to a small catholic school and weren't in the band program. she talks as a parent, but with zero knowledge of what it's like to go to public school and be offered an instrument and play in the band!

happy-1 on 10/17/2018:
Where is the giant trap door that goes to a moat of alligators when you need one?

horn_of_plenty on 10/17/2018:
yeah...need to distance myself, but struggling to do so! soooo not a people person!

happy-1 on 10/17/2018:
And you can return the box of snack bars if they were that bad.

horn_of_plenty on 10/17/2018:
i should have!

Horn_of_plenty - Tuesday Oct 16, 2018
(counting calories/walking/elliptical/weights)
Weight: 114.0

Kombucha 70

Breakfast: 3 of my last pumpkin brownies since they are smallish and taste GREAT in the morning! 115 cal each - 350 and coffee 50

11am chocolate 100

Lunch: mix of Indian and a chicken burger with side of chedder goldfish crackers haha..or a side of almond crackers, we'll see what i'm in the mood for...chicken burger 150, eggplant indian sautee 100, indian creamed spinach 200, goldfish crackers 150: 600..

snack: TBD orange 50

1450...

Snacks before & during workout: sf Monster energy drink (after staying a half hour late and also just seeing how my schedule is & how i really prefer to work out close to when i get home - caffeine on way home seems to work - maybe i'll switch to a coffee on way home as it's more natural, we'll see), banana 120, granola bar 110, plum 70. 300...

1750

after workout: one of my blondies 350

2100, excellent

4day 2140.

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gonna start talking much less at work....as i realize i have opinions and it really doesn't matter anymore to share them...enough....because i may as well let others keep their opinions and not even try to explain my side ....