Happy Monday OFF. thank you to our guys & gals in the Military and all the Special Forces for keeping us safe :)
7am: kombucha 60, stevia...
8:30am: Double Chocolate "Mighty Muffin" by Flapjacked. 220 (high protein & fiber)
total so far: around 300, good.
10:30-noon Beef Jerky 3 servings 150, chips 2 240 servings, and caffeine (Monster Energy Zero cal Ultra, if you want to know...over a period of 2 hrs): 400 :)
late meal: veggies galore, some sauteed in sauce. i am talking like at least 6 cups of veggies now..300 or so. and a light drink....got a headache, really tired.
3:30pm: natural bar 200
5:30pm: banana 120, popcorn 100, yogurt 110: 330
1530 cal, blech. feeling like everything's too sweet...need to pot the plants, being lazy. need to read and still haven't! and it's 5:30pm lol...
Protein bar 180.
Total today: 1710, excellent 3dAy avg = 1740 :)
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Doing laundry & gonna read a little bit. only plans today are get my health reimbursement bills together (which are actually in disarray! which hardly ever happens since i like to usually turn these bills in quicker but i guess i was really busy up until now with wedding & lol - recovery - that only now i'm taking care of these bills (some are like 2 months old - not that it matters, but usually i'll at least record everything and keep it neat unlike this time where the receipts are still in the prescription medicine bags they came in!? all thrown into the bottom of my closet - yes a mess!),
.....laundry - i'll be done before 10am, food shopping (close by and for all prepared stuff & i plan to go early around noon to get a choice of the best & not miss out - i'm chilling today). also call my friend. but this is IT!...oh, and i need to pot the two herb plants i bought at Home Depot yesterday (i bought a cilantro plant & a stevia plant!)
So all in all - i want to finish everything i need to do by 1pm.
Progress as of today: -0.6 lbs lost so far, only 3.6 lbs to go!
8am Breakfast: lots of strawberries to start 100, oatmeal 100 with egg whites 100 and cinnamon / nutmeg / stevia and extra, extra whipped peanut butter 250. total here: 550, very good, lots of fiber, filling.
snack: dark chocoate 50
1pm light lunch: extremely lite ice cream with extra stevia that i add drops onto the ice cream as i eat it.. bc its very bland ice cream. 150 cal for a pint!...followed by leftover veggie stuff in fridge and a couple bites of bacon and chips. 250 more.
1,000...low calorie day...-goal is 15001600
3pm: banana 120
Before gym more chips 130, energy drink 40 and granola bar 100 1400 :)
8pm after gym: lite soft serve ice cream around 100, Quest chocolate protein bar 170, and some fruit 30. around 300.
around 1700, good :)
2-day avg is 1750, excellent.
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well, now this is the first relaxed day of the long weekend. I do have some things i do need to do - thankfully - bc sitting home all day will not be good today!
10am - picking up a face wash from this lady's home! she works at my derm and said i can pick it up from her this weekend since i couldn't make it in on Friday to pick it up! (what a nice woman!)
After I pick up the face wash, i'm going to Home Depot to pick up some light bulbs & also a couple small cactus plants for myself & one for my best friend.
Home in the afternoon.
Gym today...I'm thinking in the afternoon before dinner.
Progress as of today: -0.6 lbs lost so far, only 3.6 lbs to go!
115.6 :). This morning's weight! Kombucha and coconut water 100 Chips 150, cucumber salad 100, tomatoes 100, peppers 150 600.
lunch / snacking: bacon jerky 330, plum 70., caffeine Bai drink in a really cool coconut raspberry i think it was? flavor. AWESOME.
1,000.
Dinner: healthy & at most was 800.
total today: prob not more than 1800. GOOD.
was at beach with my best friend & it was GREAT :)
Progress as of today: -0.6 lbs lost so far, only 3.6 lbs to go!
My weight was back down this morning and since i saw it, i'll record it....
6am: kombucha 60....and seltzer with stevia
8:30am breakfast: banana 120, wrap 80, with salami 100 and cream cheese 120 420 and coffee 50.470.
12:30pm lunch: Bacon Jerky 330
plum..
1060 before dinner and bar.
lots of calories drinking & dinner.
around 2500 cal at most for FRIDAY. was worth it...(hopefully i overestimated, but i'm not too sure.)
1960-7day average. too high, but worth it. i can try hard on the weekend to eat well on Sat, Sun & Monday!
working till 2pm today and then we get out. i plan to do a couple of errands that unfortunately need to get done today. then getting ready for happy hour and driving the hour (picking up coworker also which takes a half hour extra...)bleh. it's worth it. no complaints :) i may skip the errands. not sure.
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Happy hour tonight after work to see Paul. Finally seeing my crush after 3 years of texting and never getting together outside of seeing him time to time at his work. Thank you G-D!
Beach tomorrow with my best friend Christine. I'll be waking up for it early as i didn't know happy hour was happening tonight until last minute late last night around 10:30pm!
Sunday I may do beach again, not sure.
Sunday i'm going to the gym, no matter what!
Progress as of today: -1.4 lbs lost so far, only 4.4 lbs to go!
He must be shocked that i'm so content with everything for now. :-)
yep, i don't even want anything more...too tired, honestly haha.
1875 6-day total. excellent. another week in the 1800's like i wanted...
i must say, i am still both extremely bloated and feeling really fat. even at the gym, i felt i needed to wear a shirt over my usual leggings and sports bra because i felt it didn't look as toned as usual. i guess i did gain a few pounds? maybe it's not all bloating but real weight gain?
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550 cal so far thru morning, having a nice morning. pretty balanced, bar (healthy one), banana, coffee, and shared another half a light protein bar with my boss as a snack.
1100 before snack, before gym :) healthy lunch of Thai veggies, shrimp, handfull of butter popcorn and a big orange.
around 1350 before gym, good.
after gym: 250
total today is excellent: 1600, less than i planned.
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i texted him - thanking him for being so good to me when I visited him. he was SUPER sweet, he did not push me away at all, and finally with all my hugs & kisses, i felt him finally hugging me back last night. i am so thankful to have met him. when the patients in the next room started laughing at him & i hugging, he started to laugh and smiled, realizing that it was all very ok. that i wasn't going to push him to do anything over the line, that he was enjoying it just as much as i was!
In my heart, i honestly feel he is the only guy really that i have ever wanted to be close with. i love him on the outside & inside. he's successful, so driven in his work, honest and good looking. he's everything i would want in a man...
Of course, he does not know that I have LOVED him since i met him. that's my business until i know he feels it too...which may be a very long time from now, but fingers crossed it happens one day.
He's a sweet man. Sweet to his family & friends. And he has a fun, comical side. He's worth the hassle of me reaching out to him and pushing him to try "dating me." i cannot call it dating to him, or he will run just like that.
he was somehow hurt in the past and he is very, very scared to open up emotionally at all. however, when he isn't pushing me away, his action do prove that he likes me. and this is enough for me for sure.
Man, i wish he knew how much i loved him.
he is going thru some challenging health stuff of some things i know the details but totally not everything, but he doesn't realize he can talk to me, that i support him, and that i dont want him to feel alone...
i think it will work out...it's the same guy i have always been writing about..
Progress as of today: -3.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
Last Update: it really was a bad TOM this time around. My right thigh (thankfully NOT both!) has been cramping - 24/7 dull to sharp pain. (if you didn't know, it's another common symptom of TOM). I've been taking tylenol or other pain meds steady for the past 24hrs - like every 4 hours, especially waking up in the middle of the night with thigh pain. I'm not concerned though, i know next month should be better if anything. I've taken so many pills within the past 24 hours.
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visiting my always annoying man after work today. it's sure to go down 50/50 chances of going really well and 50% chance of ending in frustrations! (man is the one i've been texting with most days of the week for THREE YEARS NOW)
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UPDATE!!
I visited him. It went really well. We laughed. He was working. I gave him several hugs and also several kisses on the cheek. I left happy, but also cried once i was outside. I cried from relief that this visit went better than the other two. thank gosh.
he did hug me back, yes, i did feel it that he was returning the hug yes. he did laugh like he enjoyed having me there...
but i do not remember him kissing me on the cheek...but i am ok with him letting me at least kiss him on the cheek several times and getting a chance to talk a little bit and see him!
hey, it seems to have gone well as of now. i hope it will continue to. he is the boss there, and he was working, and we were in public. so i am content with how it went.
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1250 before dinner at most.
Dinner: healthy, veggies, extra, 300 most, with shrimp 200, and chips 150: total at most: 650. good!
and a half hour walk (after visiting my guy and snacking on plum back at home !)
total today: 1900 at most, excellent.
avg 5-day cals: 1930-avg, good! (i'm close to the 1800's range)
Progress as of today: -3.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
first time went horribly bad, second time much better, and yesterday he was extremely good to me. He works extremely close (5min) from where i live. that's why it's easy for me to go.
Morning: kombucha, didn't really need it, didn't drink it all, put the rest back in fridge! (never throw it out, so expensive to waste!) 50
Breakfast, bigger: banana 120, Extra whipped cream cheese 150 on a wrap 80 with salami 100: 450 , coffee 50
550...and yes i'll have a snack before lunch i think.
feeling sorta not that great today, TOM. ugh.
finally i can tell i have it...almost...what the h*ll!!!!!!!!! will the darn TOM come already!!!!!
Ok, it finally came last night fully - AFTER A VERY STRANGE WEEK OF BLOATING AND VERY HIGH WEIGHTS ON THE SCALE FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK. I WAS SO CLOSE TO 120LBS AND REALLY DIDN'T WANT TO SEE THAT HIGH NUMBER, WHICH LUCKILY I DIDN'T. It hasn't been a good cycle this month. lots of extra bloating, weight gain, and thigh cramps.
I APOLOGIZE TO ALL THE WOMEN WHO PREFER NOT TO READ THIS GROSS STUFF AS WELL AS TO OHIO RAVEN. SORRY GUYS!
ok, so, calories are nice and gym was even better. i really enjoyed it. i'm beginning to now add in squats on the regular. they used to bother my legs, but no more :)
total: 1860, excellent...with a goal to keep calories DOWN for the next couple days. :)
1940-4day average.
Progress as of today: -3.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
thanks :)
1966 3-day avg
Having "feeling good" days lately, less stress, feeling nice.
I think the bloating shall pass by Wednesday PLEASE already!
Fun pictures from the weekend are in my previous entry!!! :)
still bloated weirdly...this month's cycle is really annoying!
anyways, trying to eat a little more fat & protein, especially at breakfast:
6am kombucha & seltzer with stevia 60
8am Breakfast: SALAMI 120 & cream cheese 150 on a big, low carb wrap 80: 340 & coffee with equal & milk 50
snack: will be a bar..... 150
lunch: 400. smart ones meal over cooked cabbage :) loving doing this lately. ...i get the nice pasta meals for low calories!
snack before appt because i was getting too hungry: special k blueberry pastry crisps was good! 100 cal pack.
snack after therapy: plum 50
total before dinner: 1200 at most, will strive for low calorie today...need to lose like 2-3 lbs or so.
dinner was good: popcorn 100, extra tilapia (leftovers) 200 at least, veggies 300 at least. total here around 600.
1800...and some strawberries i think. 50.
1850, good, no exercise.
Progress as of today: -3.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
...but, for like a week, i'm continuously water-bloated...it's a weird feeling & my weight is higher on scale than it should be in my opinion! i think it's hormonal & my weight will go down soon.
but i do not typically mind bloat when it's because of certain foods...it's this time, when the bloat sticks around, that i get frustrated with! it's like a continuous bloat for a week straight!
:) yes, my company is wonderful. it's in the union, so there's a lot of extra guidelines i guess & options. I would say most companies are not like that and unions are far and inbetween except in states like NY, NJ, CA these days. I'm not saying the union is the only way to go, but saying that my particular union worked hard to get us all the benefits :)
Good Morning :)
Slept on & off...around 6-7 hrs....decent.
8:30-9am Breakfast: plum 50, banana 120, chocolate protein muffin 220: around 400.
10am And indulged in a package (3 servings) of bacon jerky 350 750 :) (got some good fats and protein in, about time, and no sugar in this brand of jerky - most brands do have a lot)
12:30-1:30pm HEALTHY lunch, surprise surprise! finally.: tons of veggies of course to start (then did laundry...) 150-200, followed by a pita bread 100 with baked tilapia (bought from the deli at my regular supermarket! for only $4 and prob around 4 servings!) 150 most for the fish, followed by dipping another flatbread 100 in olive oil 100: total here: 650, fine. healthy for once thank gosh!
4:30pm snack before gym: another banana for today (bloating & stuff before period is driving me insane...banana is good at this time) and peanut butter and some of an energy drink. i am totally out of the mood to exercise but going because, as you see from the below photos, i like the feeling of being able to dress up & look nice!!!!!!!!! total calories here around 250.
1650 before gym, good....i don't think i want anything big to eat later today...stomach is not feeling it right now...
2000 cal today. success.
planning also to go to bed on the early side tonight because i am leaving for work earlier so i am there a half hour early so i can also leave earlier as i have a dr. appt (1x a month therapy...)
Here are THREE (funny) photos from last night (i didn't have any drinks, not in the mood, only 2 diet cokes & also some seltzers all night)
1. my friend's HUSBAND, nice guy and very good female friend, has no problem with him posing with me!!!....I was feeling very pretty and confident last night :)
2. Some of my girlfriends that showed up....i have very down to earth, wonderful friends. very relaxed, non judging, loving people. i'm very lucky to have found them...the wife to the guy above is the girl to my left below. she has the blond highlights and black shirt on :) love this couple!
3. Playing around, the wife of the husband from above knows how i like to joke around all the time, so she asked if i wanted her hand on my butt as well as my own hand...so i said ok! and we texted the photo to the guy that i was hoping would show up, but didn't!!!!! told him he was a jerk! lol....and I sent him an additional photo sticking out my tongue to him to which he responded "very attractive!" haha....
Progress as of today: -3.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
also, DD works for me as a place to record calories and weight. And diet. I am able to track my weight even over several years ever since i began here, even with my other name i used to use at the very beginning on here. i like to track. It's habit for me to come on & track my food. I do it anyways. If not for this site, it would be a change as i'd have to come up with another place for support as well as tracking my stuff!
also, with a desk job, i do log in many times from work.... when it's a slow workday! or for a little distraction!
my friends are very genuine. i am lucky for that.
10:30am to 11:30 Breakfast!: whole quart of strawberries 150, lite ice cream 150, full fat yogurt 130, some crunchy chips 110 & some potato / eggplant dish that i grabbed - not more than 150 cal. Total here: tad high. approx. 700. gonna relax and read. later today,
meeting friends around 4:30 or 5pm for dinner on Long Island and then later we're going to a bar for a friend's bday at 8pm. at the bar, i might not drink at all. not feeling it today.
1800 after dinner...
around 2050 today total, success! (had a 250 cal snack before bed...)
and no drinks at the bar, only seltzer and diet coke :) did good.
Progress as of today: -3.8 lbs lost so far, only 6.8 lbs to go!
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I'm glad to hear you got stevia. They get kinda bushy.
how do you know!? you have?
OhioRaven on 05/30/2016:
Yep ! I did. I grew several plants and put pictures on here maybe 2 years ago. I still have some in mason jars.
i finally got off my lazy butt yesterday and potted them...very messy job....but at least the are in pots now. ...
we'll see how long they last.
so you just eat the plants every now & then?
I should have the cilantro later this week :)