Wow, its been almost a week since my last post. In that time, I have fallen into the a few days on a few days off pattern that I have done many times before. I didn't stress over it though because I knew the temptation would be strong with my daughter back in town and us cooking a big family meal on Sunday. So, I enjoyed my weekend with my family, ate more than I should (and willingly admit it) and I'm attempting to jump back on track today. I have realized that being at home is a mess of temptation for me. Being off work yesterday led to bad choices. My hotspot time of temptation during the week are the hours of time between getting home from work and eating dinner. I'm sure its boredom that leads to the bad choices, so I really need to find something to do to occupy my time. I have chores around the house but sometimes my work is caught up and I decide to enjoy some relaxation and tv time. Which of course leads to the temptation of wanting something yummy to eat!
I'm doing good so far today, and when I went shopping this weekend I stocked up on healthy choices for the week. So, I have a good dinner planned and all the ingredients at home with no need to stop by the store. I bought some AWESOMELY DELICIOUS fresh peaches at Sams this weekend. I love fresh peaches but often find the ones in the grocery store to be hard as a rock. These ones are tender, ripe and yummy. So, I will have them for snacks/dessert this week. I also stocked up on the double chocolate sugar free pudding that I love to enjoy for 1 point as a dessert.
I had to adjust one of my favorite lunches a tad bit today because we shopped at Target this weekend and they didn't have the Merita Lite Wheat hamburger buns that I like to use for my veggie burgers. Actually, I have only been able to find these buns at Food Lion, but I don't really like to shop there because I find them a bit more expensive than other places. The buns are a great find because they are only 1 point and 80 calories per bun. I had looked a while to find a 1 point bun for turkey burgers, etc. I usually just run into the FLion by the office and get the buns when I run out. But, I was already on my second grocery trip for the weekend and didn't feel like having to make another stop before work in the morning, so I just picked up some 100% Wheat Sandwich thins. They are 1 point and 100 calories, so I was a bit hesitant about them because 1-20 more calories is 20 more calories and 2- I really prefer the texture of a bun. Well, I used one on my veggie burger for lunch today and it was pretty good. I noticed because the bread was thinner and more dense than the usual bun, that I could taste the burger and toppings better. So, I think I'll stick with them at least long enough to finish the bag that I bought. Also, I find that I end up at my points limit during the day with still many calories left (trying to stick to 27 points and 1,500 calories). I usually reach the 27 points at around 1,100-1,300 calories so the extra 20 calories for the sandwich thin won't really hurt me.
Well, let's see how I handle this afternoon with my downtime after work. I've only had 5 points so far today so I have plenty of room left for a decent afternoon snack. The 5 points only wasn't intentional. I realized that my eggs were expired which cut 2 points off my breakfast and in my rush this morning, I forgot to pack a side item to go with the veggie burger so I'm low on my points so far today. That means a nice snack and maybe some shredded WW cheese in my taco salad tonight!
I'll be back tomorrow to share my points/calories for today.
Have a great day!
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
My Tuesday
Much better day yesterday. YES, I am still craving that Ben & Jerry's and its driving me a little batty but so far, so good. The real challenge will be when Heather comes home this weekend. Her and I start out with the intention on motivating each other to do well, but end up being partners in crime when we eat yummy things that we shouldn't!
I got back on track yesterday after my bad food choices on Sunday and Monday. And I have to tell you I wasn't happy about it. Actually I was quite ticked off at being "back on" the plan. Do you ever get really mad about having to stick to your plan? Its really crazy isn't it? To be mad about something that I am doing by CHOICE. I don't HAVE to stick to the plan, I choose to. And its something thats GOOD for me, but it royally ticks me off to do it sometimes! That's the point that I was at yesterday. I had enjoyed my few days of splurging and I was ticked off about it being over. I was cranky, whiny and I bit poor hubby's head off a few times when I shouldn't have. It's so easy to see why I have failed at this so many times before. Because its MUCH easier to go off the plan and be happy. And don't we all love when things are easier?
Alas, the easy route is not always the best route. I made much better choices yesterday and I can only try to take it one day at a time. I made that healthy dinner last night. It was chicken stir fry with onions, mushrooms and brocolli and it was good and filling.
Tuesday's Food:
Breakfast:
Lite, multigrain english muffin (1 point, 100 calories)
1 whole egg (2 points, 70 calories)
1 Turkey Sausage patty (1 point, 60 calories)
Lunch:
Smart Ones Salisbury Steak w/ Asparagus (4 points, 200 calories)
Afternoon Snack:
2 cups raw veggies (broccoli, baby carrots, grape tomatoes) (1 point, 121 calories)
1/4 cup fat free sour cream w/ powdered ranch dip mix (2 points, 70 calories)
Dinner:
Minute Rice individual container brown rice (4 points, 230 calories)
3 oz. boneless, skinless chicken (3 points, 84 calories)
2 cups mushrooms, onion, and broccoli (1 point, 115 calories)
Honey Teriaki Marinade (2 points, 80 calories)
2 tsp. olive oil (2 points, 80 calories)
Dessert:
Sugar free jello Double Chocolate pudding cup (1 point, 60 calories)
Totals for Day: 24 points, 1,270 calories, 84.5 oz. water
The calories for the chicken and the veggies are found from an old PE book and calorieking.com and are estimates.
Tonight I'm craving a Turkey Taco salad, or thinking of trying it with ground chicken instead of turkey. It all depends on if I feel like stopping at the store after work or not. Have a great night.
Stacy
I got back on track yesterday after my bad food choices on Sunday and Monday. And I have to tell you I wasn't happy about it. Actually I was quite ticked off at being "back on" the plan. Do you ever get really mad about having to stick to your plan? Its really crazy isn't it? To be mad about something that I am doing by CHOICE. I don't HAVE to stick to the plan, I choose to. And its something thats GOOD for me, but it royally ticks me off to do it sometimes! That's the point that I was at yesterday. I had enjoyed my few days of splurging and I was ticked off about it being over. I was cranky, whiny and I bit poor hubby's head off a few times when I shouldn't have. It's so easy to see why I have failed at this so many times before. Because its MUCH easier to go off the plan and be happy. And don't we all love when things are easier?
Alas, the easy route is not always the best route. I made much better choices yesterday and I can only try to take it one day at a time. I made that healthy dinner last night. It was chicken stir fry with onions, mushrooms and brocolli and it was good and filling.
Tuesday's Food:
Breakfast:
Lite, multigrain english muffin (1 point, 100 calories)
1 whole egg (2 points, 70 calories)
1 Turkey Sausage patty (1 point, 60 calories)
Lunch:
Smart Ones Salisbury Steak w/ Asparagus (4 points, 200 calories)
Afternoon Snack:
2 cups raw veggies (broccoli, baby carrots, grape tomatoes) (1 point, 121 calories)
1/4 cup fat free sour cream w/ powdered ranch dip mix (2 points, 70 calories)
Dinner:
Minute Rice individual container brown rice (4 points, 230 calories)
3 oz. boneless, skinless chicken (3 points, 84 calories)
2 cups mushrooms, onion, and broccoli (1 point, 115 calories)
Honey Teriaki Marinade (2 points, 80 calories)
2 tsp. olive oil (2 points, 80 calories)
Dessert:
Sugar free jello Double Chocolate pudding cup (1 point, 60 calories)
Totals for Day: 24 points, 1,270 calories, 84.5 oz. water
The calories for the chicken and the veggies are found from an old PE book and calorieking.com and are estimates.
Tonight I'm craving a Turkey Taco salad, or thinking of trying it with ground chicken instead of turkey. It all depends on if I feel like stopping at the store after work or not. Have a great night.
Stacy
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
My Monday
Okay so you know why we can't tell ourselves that we'll just "take a day off" and get "right back on it tomorrow"? Because when tomorrow comes, we don't want to get back on it. We have enjoyed the freedom of eating what we want and how much we want. We have enjoyed not writing things down and measuring everything we put into our mouths. So, inevitably that one day turns into another and another and another.
So, I told you that I had a bad food day on Sunday and gave into eating one of hubby's burgers off the grill. Well, I had TOTALLY planned on getting back on track yesterday. I had even gone to the grocery store and bought the fixings for a nice, healthy dinner. Then I got home, did my chores, took a shower and made the mistake of laying down on the couch. I had been really wore out from my hectic week last week and last weekend and I briefly dozed off. That laziness led to a complete disregard for my healthy dinner and I ended up taking the easy route and heating up one of the leftover burgers. Of course, I snacked before my dinner and then had a burger and potatoe wedges for dinner, completely blowing it again!
The mental aspect of food addiction is crazy. I was just blogging last Thursday about how I didn't eat ENOUGH that day and was really satisfied on my plan and had gotten into my groove. Then one social event and my whole outlook is shot! Its like I did so good at the baby shower that I felt deprived so I went home and ate something bad to make up for what I didn't eat at the shower? Does that make any sense?Then, I gave in another day because I was a little tired and cranky after my nap so I decided to blow it.
I have to learn how to deal with being around less than healthy food. Hubby is rail thin and does NOT eat healthy. There is always going to be (short of legal separation..lol) the temptation of unhealthy food in my house and at social gatherings. I have to learn to deal with it better.
So, then of course after cheating Sunday and Monday I felt totally guilty and like I failed. And of course, I have had a Ben & Jerry's craving for DAYS now! So, my thoughts last night were that I would just cheat "one more day" and get myself that Ben & Jerry's and some Cheetos. But I have been down this road enough times to know that it wouldn't stop at one more day. That one more day would turn from Tuesday into Wednesday and by then it would be Thursday so why bother starting a diet on Thursday, I'll just go ahead and wait until Monday..Right? We've all been there right? And before you know it, I will have wasted a whole week on bad choices.
My mindset yesterday at dinner time when I chose to have that burger instead of the healthy meal that I had planned has taught me something about this journey. It has taught me that no matter how well I'm doing, or how much I'm into the groove, that temptation and old habits can always bring me back to a bad place. If I let them. And this time I did let them. I'm not proud of it but all I can do is pick myself back up and move on, hopefully in a more positive direction.
I'm re-planning that healthy dinner for tonight. And, I'm looking forward to it. I'll let you know if it all worked out tomorrow.
Have a great day!
Stacy
So, I told you that I had a bad food day on Sunday and gave into eating one of hubby's burgers off the grill. Well, I had TOTALLY planned on getting back on track yesterday. I had even gone to the grocery store and bought the fixings for a nice, healthy dinner. Then I got home, did my chores, took a shower and made the mistake of laying down on the couch. I had been really wore out from my hectic week last week and last weekend and I briefly dozed off. That laziness led to a complete disregard for my healthy dinner and I ended up taking the easy route and heating up one of the leftover burgers. Of course, I snacked before my dinner and then had a burger and potatoe wedges for dinner, completely blowing it again!
The mental aspect of food addiction is crazy. I was just blogging last Thursday about how I didn't eat ENOUGH that day and was really satisfied on my plan and had gotten into my groove. Then one social event and my whole outlook is shot! Its like I did so good at the baby shower that I felt deprived so I went home and ate something bad to make up for what I didn't eat at the shower? Does that make any sense?Then, I gave in another day because I was a little tired and cranky after my nap so I decided to blow it.
I have to learn how to deal with being around less than healthy food. Hubby is rail thin and does NOT eat healthy. There is always going to be (short of legal separation..lol) the temptation of unhealthy food in my house and at social gatherings. I have to learn to deal with it better.
So, then of course after cheating Sunday and Monday I felt totally guilty and like I failed. And of course, I have had a Ben & Jerry's craving for DAYS now! So, my thoughts last night were that I would just cheat "one more day" and get myself that Ben & Jerry's and some Cheetos. But I have been down this road enough times to know that it wouldn't stop at one more day. That one more day would turn from Tuesday into Wednesday and by then it would be Thursday so why bother starting a diet on Thursday, I'll just go ahead and wait until Monday..Right? We've all been there right? And before you know it, I will have wasted a whole week on bad choices.
My mindset yesterday at dinner time when I chose to have that burger instead of the healthy meal that I had planned has taught me something about this journey. It has taught me that no matter how well I'm doing, or how much I'm into the groove, that temptation and old habits can always bring me back to a bad place. If I let them. And this time I did let them. I'm not proud of it but all I can do is pick myself back up and move on, hopefully in a more positive direction.
I'm re-planning that healthy dinner for tonight. And, I'm looking forward to it. I'll let you know if it all worked out tomorrow.
Have a great day!
Stacy
Monday, August 30, 2010
Weekend Catch Up
2 good days and 1 not so good day!
Well, I had a not so great food day yesterday. More about that in a minute. First I have to play catch up on my Friday and Saturday since I haven't been able to get online during the weekends due to TWO broken down laptops! I'm thinking I might start bringing my office laptop home just to blog over the weekends.
Friday (and all of last week really) was HECTIC at work! Had alot of running around to do, the boss went out of town and to top it off, just as I was hitting the bank on my way home Friday, my brother was broke down in the company van at the entrance to the shopping center at 4:00! So, we had to sit and wait for a tow truck, then I had to give him a ride and it was around 5:00 before I got home on Friday. The old me would've used that as an opportunity to say SCREW IT and order a pizza for dinner but I didn't. I called hubby and asked him to go by the store on the way home and I cooked a healthy dinner.
Now, I was scambling to leave the house this morning and forgot my journal so I'm going off memory for the weekend eating. Friday's breakfast was likely either an egg, english muffin and turkey sausage or the muffin/sausage without the egg..can't remember. Fridays lunch was Smart Ones mini veggie pizzas (4 mini pizzas to a serving) which are AWESOME! Fridays dinner was homemade stirfry with steak strips, garlic, onion, broccoli and mushrooms over brown rice. And it was SO yummy!
Saturday hubby and I did some shopping for the baby shower I was co-hosting on Sunday. Before we left the house I had breakfast. I believe it was an english muffin and piece of turkey sausage..can you believe I can barely remember what I ate 2 days ago? We went to Sam's club and hubby (who had not eaten his breakfast before we left..lol) got a slice of pizza and was kind enough to sit in the cafe area and eat it while I shopped so I wouldn't have to be around it. When we got home I had a Chicken Grillers patty on a wheat bun with bbq sauce and some veggies out of the veggie tray I had bought with my own homemade dip of powdered Ranch dip and fat free sour cream. For dinner, I took the leftover stirfry and separated the broccoli from it, ate the brocolli on its own and put the steak, onions and mushrooms on tortillas with fat free sour cream and salsa for fajitas..it was really good. I believe I had a chocolate pudding before bed as well.
So, that brings us to yesterday where it all went downhill. I had already been worried about how I would eat at the shower but I had decided I would eat lite and have a nice dinner when I got home. I don't think I did THAT bad at the shower. I had a small portion of pasta salad, some veggies and dip, 2 meatballs and 1 chicken wing. I bypassed the pigs in a blanket, taco dip and sub sandwiches. When it came time to cut the cake, I told my cousin to cut just a SMALL slice, smaller than a small slice. It amount to being about 2 bites, or the equivalent of maybe 1/4-1/6 of a small piece. Then I got home and told hubby to forget the bbq chicken I had asked for that morning because I was full from the shower. Well, then here comes the downhill part. Hubby decided he was craving hamburgers on the grill. Hamburgers are my FAVORITE. But, I told him I didn't want any. THEN I started thinking how good it sounded so I changed my mind. So, I ended up eating some more veggies and dip from the veggie tray, 1 more chicken wing, a SMALL piece of smoked sausage and a hamburger. I told you it went downhill! But I'm not going to sweat it for several reasons.
1- I had done really well the rest of the weekend and still think I did well at the shower
2-If I hadn't allowed myself that hamburger, I would have obsessed about it and ended up at McDonald's today.
So, although I know I made some bad choices yesterday, I'm back on track today. I even went by the grocery store this morning to get fixings for a good, healthy dinner tonight. By the way, I got many compliments on my weight loss from family members at the shower yesterday. It felt really good and my Aunt even called me this morning to ask for some "diet advice." Maybe her and I can motivate each other to do well.
I'm off for now..its lunch time. Have a great day, do something good for you.
I'll be back to doing something good for me!
Stacy
Well, I had a not so great food day yesterday. More about that in a minute. First I have to play catch up on my Friday and Saturday since I haven't been able to get online during the weekends due to TWO broken down laptops! I'm thinking I might start bringing my office laptop home just to blog over the weekends.
Friday (and all of last week really) was HECTIC at work! Had alot of running around to do, the boss went out of town and to top it off, just as I was hitting the bank on my way home Friday, my brother was broke down in the company van at the entrance to the shopping center at 4:00! So, we had to sit and wait for a tow truck, then I had to give him a ride and it was around 5:00 before I got home on Friday. The old me would've used that as an opportunity to say SCREW IT and order a pizza for dinner but I didn't. I called hubby and asked him to go by the store on the way home and I cooked a healthy dinner.
Now, I was scambling to leave the house this morning and forgot my journal so I'm going off memory for the weekend eating. Friday's breakfast was likely either an egg, english muffin and turkey sausage or the muffin/sausage without the egg..can't remember. Fridays lunch was Smart Ones mini veggie pizzas (4 mini pizzas to a serving) which are AWESOME! Fridays dinner was homemade stirfry with steak strips, garlic, onion, broccoli and mushrooms over brown rice. And it was SO yummy!
Saturday hubby and I did some shopping for the baby shower I was co-hosting on Sunday. Before we left the house I had breakfast. I believe it was an english muffin and piece of turkey sausage..can you believe I can barely remember what I ate 2 days ago? We went to Sam's club and hubby (who had not eaten his breakfast before we left..lol) got a slice of pizza and was kind enough to sit in the cafe area and eat it while I shopped so I wouldn't have to be around it. When we got home I had a Chicken Grillers patty on a wheat bun with bbq sauce and some veggies out of the veggie tray I had bought with my own homemade dip of powdered Ranch dip and fat free sour cream. For dinner, I took the leftover stirfry and separated the broccoli from it, ate the brocolli on its own and put the steak, onions and mushrooms on tortillas with fat free sour cream and salsa for fajitas..it was really good. I believe I had a chocolate pudding before bed as well.
So, that brings us to yesterday where it all went downhill. I had already been worried about how I would eat at the shower but I had decided I would eat lite and have a nice dinner when I got home. I don't think I did THAT bad at the shower. I had a small portion of pasta salad, some veggies and dip, 2 meatballs and 1 chicken wing. I bypassed the pigs in a blanket, taco dip and sub sandwiches. When it came time to cut the cake, I told my cousin to cut just a SMALL slice, smaller than a small slice. It amount to being about 2 bites, or the equivalent of maybe 1/4-1/6 of a small piece. Then I got home and told hubby to forget the bbq chicken I had asked for that morning because I was full from the shower. Well, then here comes the downhill part. Hubby decided he was craving hamburgers on the grill. Hamburgers are my FAVORITE. But, I told him I didn't want any. THEN I started thinking how good it sounded so I changed my mind. So, I ended up eating some more veggies and dip from the veggie tray, 1 more chicken wing, a SMALL piece of smoked sausage and a hamburger. I told you it went downhill! But I'm not going to sweat it for several reasons.
1- I had done really well the rest of the weekend and still think I did well at the shower
2-If I hadn't allowed myself that hamburger, I would have obsessed about it and ended up at McDonald's today.
So, although I know I made some bad choices yesterday, I'm back on track today. I even went by the grocery store this morning to get fixings for a good, healthy dinner tonight. By the way, I got many compliments on my weight loss from family members at the shower yesterday. It felt really good and my Aunt even called me this morning to ask for some "diet advice." Maybe her and I can motivate each other to do well.
I'm off for now..its lunch time. Have a great day, do something good for you.
I'll be back to doing something good for me!
Stacy
Friday, August 27, 2010
My Thursday
I did a "no no" yesterday. But the opposite of the "no nos" I usually do when I mess up on my plan. Instead of eating too much, I ate way too little. I know, you're probably screaming at your computer "yeah what a big problem that is" but in reality it isn't advisable. Let me preface by saying that I have been extremely busy this week. My daughter went back to college last week and therefore I'm missing that extra set of hands to help with household duties. Which means when I get home after work, that there's laundry and cleaning to do, and dinner to prepare. I worked late one day and had to go to town early evening one night. So, between everything going on I have had no afternoon down time like I usually do. I've just been able to do the chores, take a shower and start dinner. More chores after dinner and by that time I'm ready for the bed!
So, yesterday I was too lazy in the morning to fix my egg because I wanted to get out the door so I just had a piece of Turkey sausage and an english muffin, putting me at 2 points less than my normal breakfast. For lunch, I planned a Chicken Griller (vegetarian) sandwich and a Nutrigrain bar. But, I got busy doing stuff at the office and was satisfied after the sandwich so I saved the bar for an afternoon snack. I had a decent dinner but 2 of the items were veggies which only counted 0-1 points. And I really didn't feel like a dessert and was busy around the house until about 9:00 last night so I just went to bed without anything sweet.
All that being said, I was still a bit surprised when I was tallying my points and calories just now to see that I was WAY under in both for yesterday. I don't advocate that because I know that our body needs food to keep our metabolism going. But honestly, I was NOT trying to cut back drastically, I was just busy and was satisfied with what I had eaten. That makes me think there is another danger zone to this healthy eating if you don't plan, journal and watch what you do. Not only can you be in danger of OVER eating, but you can be in danger of UNDEREATING. As we cut back on how much we eat, our body and stomachs adjust to less food and soon you need less food, you feel satisfied with less and sometimes that means we are in danger of eating too little. I have found this to happen to me before. I get in a zone where I'm doing well on the plan, feeling good about myself and feeling satisfied with less food. Then, before I know it I have cut back to where I'm not eating enough. The mental aspect of food addiction is so wild to me. How can I go from never (mentally) getting enough to eat and eating MASSIVE portions of food, to not eating ENOUGH food and feeling fine? This addiction really plays tricks on your mind. Its like no matter what you do, you're not doing it right!
Anyhow, after all that rambling, my point is, that when you see my daily intake from yesterday please don't think that is the right way to do things. Its totally NOT and was totally NOT INTENTIONAL. I completely know that I didn't eat enough and I need to plan better.
Breakfast:
Light multigrain english muffin (1 point, 100 calories)
1 Turkey Sausage patty (1 point, 60 calories)
Lunch:
Lite wheat bun (1 point, 80 calories)
Chicken Griller patty (1 point, 80 calories)
2 tbsp. bbq sauce (1 point, 70 calories)
1/2 cup lettuce (0 points, 5 calories)
2 slices tomatoe (0 points, 10 calories)
Afternoon snack:
Nutrigrain bar (that had been meant for lunch) (2 points, 130 calories)
Dinner:
3 oz. boneless pork chop (5 points, 165 calories)
2 tbsp. bbq sauce (1 point, 70 calories)
1/2 cup couscous (2 points, 110 calories)
6 asparagus spears (0 points, 25 calories)
Just for 1 Peas/Corn (1 point, 80 calories)
Totals for Thursday: 16 points, 985 calories, 67.6 oz. water
All I can do is try to do better today. And tomorrow. And the next day. Because this is a lifestyle that I need to continue, to continue to look at what I eat (or what I don't), journal, blog and be diligent. Its something good that I have to do for myself. I hope everyone has a great weekend, and take the time to do something good for YOURSELF..Just do you!
I'll be doing me,
Stacy
So, yesterday I was too lazy in the morning to fix my egg because I wanted to get out the door so I just had a piece of Turkey sausage and an english muffin, putting me at 2 points less than my normal breakfast. For lunch, I planned a Chicken Griller (vegetarian) sandwich and a Nutrigrain bar. But, I got busy doing stuff at the office and was satisfied after the sandwich so I saved the bar for an afternoon snack. I had a decent dinner but 2 of the items were veggies which only counted 0-1 points. And I really didn't feel like a dessert and was busy around the house until about 9:00 last night so I just went to bed without anything sweet.
All that being said, I was still a bit surprised when I was tallying my points and calories just now to see that I was WAY under in both for yesterday. I don't advocate that because I know that our body needs food to keep our metabolism going. But honestly, I was NOT trying to cut back drastically, I was just busy and was satisfied with what I had eaten. That makes me think there is another danger zone to this healthy eating if you don't plan, journal and watch what you do. Not only can you be in danger of OVER eating, but you can be in danger of UNDEREATING. As we cut back on how much we eat, our body and stomachs adjust to less food and soon you need less food, you feel satisfied with less and sometimes that means we are in danger of eating too little. I have found this to happen to me before. I get in a zone where I'm doing well on the plan, feeling good about myself and feeling satisfied with less food. Then, before I know it I have cut back to where I'm not eating enough. The mental aspect of food addiction is so wild to me. How can I go from never (mentally) getting enough to eat and eating MASSIVE portions of food, to not eating ENOUGH food and feeling fine? This addiction really plays tricks on your mind. Its like no matter what you do, you're not doing it right!
Anyhow, after all that rambling, my point is, that when you see my daily intake from yesterday please don't think that is the right way to do things. Its totally NOT and was totally NOT INTENTIONAL. I completely know that I didn't eat enough and I need to plan better.
Breakfast:
Light multigrain english muffin (1 point, 100 calories)
1 Turkey Sausage patty (1 point, 60 calories)
Lunch:
Lite wheat bun (1 point, 80 calories)
Chicken Griller patty (1 point, 80 calories)
2 tbsp. bbq sauce (1 point, 70 calories)
1/2 cup lettuce (0 points, 5 calories)
2 slices tomatoe (0 points, 10 calories)
Afternoon snack:
Nutrigrain bar (that had been meant for lunch) (2 points, 130 calories)
Dinner:
3 oz. boneless pork chop (5 points, 165 calories)
2 tbsp. bbq sauce (1 point, 70 calories)
1/2 cup couscous (2 points, 110 calories)
6 asparagus spears (0 points, 25 calories)
Just for 1 Peas/Corn (1 point, 80 calories)
Totals for Thursday: 16 points, 985 calories, 67.6 oz. water
All I can do is try to do better today. And tomorrow. And the next day. Because this is a lifestyle that I need to continue, to continue to look at what I eat (or what I don't), journal, blog and be diligent. Its something good that I have to do for myself. I hope everyone has a great weekend, and take the time to do something good for YOURSELF..Just do you!
I'll be doing me,
Stacy
Thursday, August 26, 2010
My Wednesday
Good Afternoon! I had an AWESOME dinner last night. Its amazing to me how much my mindset has changed in a week and a half! I believe I had mentioned before that I had been on this new lifestyle plan for a while but in the past few months I had been struggling and doing the on again off again thing. It just goes to show how getting into a routine can really affect how we perceive things. Well, my on again off again started about 2 months ago where I started cheating "here and there". Then it got to where I was on the plan 2 days, off 5 days a week. Then it went to..you guessed it..where I was completely off the plan and off the hook! I was eating everything that I had been depriving myself of while on the plan, the whole time justifying it by thinking "I've got to go ahead and eat this because I'm starting my diet again soon." I ate my way right through about 4-6 weeks like that. I'm talking candy bars, movie theatre popcorn (one of my weaknesses) and countless pints of Ben and Jerry's. Heather and I were on a try a new flavor every couple days kick! At that point my mindset was that I just "couldn't" get back on the plan, that my mind just wasn't in it yet.. That's what I was thinking because that's what I was telling myself. I couldn't stand the thought of eating that healthy meal for dinner when all I was thinking about was pizza and icecream. Now, here I am 6 weeks later and my mind is in the completely opposite direction. Now i'm thinking about healthy food. After a certain amount of time eating well, you actually start to crave healthy food..go figure. Now, I'm not thinking about how can I "take a day off" and enjoy everything I've been missing. Instead, I'm thinking how can I incorporate what I'm craving into my plan by making a healthy version of it or substituting something else?
But with this new line of thinking also comes worries. Like right now, I'm a bit apprehensive about this baby shower that I have to go to on Sunday. I'm co-hosting it with my Aunt and in going over the menu, I'm seeing less than healthy choices. There will be a cake of course. The rest of the menu consists of chicken wings, potatoe salad, pasta salad, Mexican dip and sub sandwiches. Usually I would be like "ok, i'll just take the day off from dieting." Not this time. Instead I'm planning ahead. I'm going to eat breakfast before hand and I'm going to show up with not only the pasta salad I agreed to bring, but also a healthy option like a tossed salad or a veggie tray. I'll eat light and go home and enjoy a good dinner. But this social event WAS a worry for me. It's one of those times you encounter while on your plan where you go "crap, how am I going to eat at that?" Just keep in mind that we always have choices. We can choose to give in because its easier, or we can choose to take the few extra steps to help us make better choices. I'll let you know on Monday how I did.
Okay..I had something else in mind for this post today but I got sidetracked so it will wait for tomorrow. Like I said my dinner was SPECTACULAR last night. I roasted a bone-in, with skin, chicken breast seasoned with Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper. I paired it with roasted garlic and olive oil couscous and Mediterranean vegetables. Yes, I ate the skin on my chicken. I really prefer the bone in chicken for the flavor and if it fits into my day then I'm having it. I have been looking online to find accurate calorie information for the bone-in/with skin chicken. I found 2 sites today whose calorie counts were just about exactly the same so I'm using 56 calories per oz. If anyone knows that to be wrong, please let me know. I also don't understand if that's counting the bone in the weight or not. For now, until I find differently I will count the weight "with bone" and determine the calories that way. The Mediterranean veggies are a frozen mixture that we get from a home delivery food service. It consists of zuchinni, yellow squash, onions, peppers, carrots and green beans all seasoned and herbed up to be really yummy! And they cook fast. I use them as a side dish, or sometimes I add some chicken strips and honey teriaki marinade right at the end of cooking and eat them over brown rice as a stir fry.
Okay..here's my food from yesterday:
Breakfast:
1 whole egg (2 points, 70 calories)
Light, multgrain english muffin (1 point, 100 calories)
1 Turkey Sausage patty (1 point, 60 calories)
Lunch:
Morning Star Farms Garden Veggie Patty (2 points, 110 calories)
Lite wheat bun (1 point, 80 calories)
1 tsp. mustard (0, 0)
1 tbsp. ketchup (0 points, 15 calories)
1/2 cup lettuce (0 points, 5 calories)
1 slice tomatoe (0 points, 5 calories)
1 cup grapes (1 point, 90 calories)
Afternoon snack: None..got too busy cleaning the house and before I knew it, it was time to cook dinner.
Dinner:
7 oz. (weight with bone) chicken breast with skin (8 points, 392 calories)
1/2 cup couscous (2 points, 110 calories)
1 1/2 cups Mediterranean veggies (2 points, 75 calories)
Totals for Day: 20 points, 1,112 calories, 67.6 oz. water
But with this new line of thinking also comes worries. Like right now, I'm a bit apprehensive about this baby shower that I have to go to on Sunday. I'm co-hosting it with my Aunt and in going over the menu, I'm seeing less than healthy choices. There will be a cake of course. The rest of the menu consists of chicken wings, potatoe salad, pasta salad, Mexican dip and sub sandwiches. Usually I would be like "ok, i'll just take the day off from dieting." Not this time. Instead I'm planning ahead. I'm going to eat breakfast before hand and I'm going to show up with not only the pasta salad I agreed to bring, but also a healthy option like a tossed salad or a veggie tray. I'll eat light and go home and enjoy a good dinner. But this social event WAS a worry for me. It's one of those times you encounter while on your plan where you go "crap, how am I going to eat at that?" Just keep in mind that we always have choices. We can choose to give in because its easier, or we can choose to take the few extra steps to help us make better choices. I'll let you know on Monday how I did.
Okay..I had something else in mind for this post today but I got sidetracked so it will wait for tomorrow. Like I said my dinner was SPECTACULAR last night. I roasted a bone-in, with skin, chicken breast seasoned with Cajun seasoning, salt and pepper. I paired it with roasted garlic and olive oil couscous and Mediterranean vegetables. Yes, I ate the skin on my chicken. I really prefer the bone in chicken for the flavor and if it fits into my day then I'm having it. I have been looking online to find accurate calorie information for the bone-in/with skin chicken. I found 2 sites today whose calorie counts were just about exactly the same so I'm using 56 calories per oz. If anyone knows that to be wrong, please let me know. I also don't understand if that's counting the bone in the weight or not. For now, until I find differently I will count the weight "with bone" and determine the calories that way. The Mediterranean veggies are a frozen mixture that we get from a home delivery food service. It consists of zuchinni, yellow squash, onions, peppers, carrots and green beans all seasoned and herbed up to be really yummy! And they cook fast. I use them as a side dish, or sometimes I add some chicken strips and honey teriaki marinade right at the end of cooking and eat them over brown rice as a stir fry.
Okay..here's my food from yesterday:
Breakfast:
1 whole egg (2 points, 70 calories)
Light, multgrain english muffin (1 point, 100 calories)
1 Turkey Sausage patty (1 point, 60 calories)
Lunch:
Morning Star Farms Garden Veggie Patty (2 points, 110 calories)
Lite wheat bun (1 point, 80 calories)
1 tsp. mustard (0, 0)
1 tbsp. ketchup (0 points, 15 calories)
1/2 cup lettuce (0 points, 5 calories)
1 slice tomatoe (0 points, 5 calories)
1 cup grapes (1 point, 90 calories)
Afternoon snack: None..got too busy cleaning the house and before I knew it, it was time to cook dinner.
Dinner:
7 oz. (weight with bone) chicken breast with skin (8 points, 392 calories)
1/2 cup couscous (2 points, 110 calories)
1 1/2 cups Mediterranean veggies (2 points, 75 calories)
Totals for Day: 20 points, 1,112 calories, 67.6 oz. water
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
My Tuesday
Had a good food day yesterday too. I forgot that once you get back on the plan, it becomes second nature. When I'm in the zone like this, I don't understand why all those other days where I started and failed by dinner time were so hard. I have been back on my plan for a week and 2 days and I'm finding that I'm right back into my old routine finally. And it feels good! It feels good to be able to go home after work and keep busy until dinner time rather than lay around thinking about everything I want to eat! I have been really busy lately since my daughter has gone back to college so I don't have time to lay around and dwell on food. I came in under points yesterday, partly because I was busy. When I got home from work, I did some chores around the house and watched a little tv then I had to run to town to meet my Aunt to order a cake for this weekend's baby shower. By the time I got home it was 7:00 and I hadn't eaten since lunch! I usually have an afternoon snack but I had a higher points breakfast and lunch and didn't want to leave myself without enough points for dinner and dessert so I just had a bottle of water with a Crystal Light Lemonade pack and that was fine. Then I met my Aunt and by the time I got home I was running late to eat dinner. I was having Turkey Taco Salad again with the leftover turkey meat from the night before, but I was cooking dinner for the hubby who was working out of town and was going to be late coming home. More about that in a minute. So, by the time I showered, started his dinner and sat down to eat that put my dinner at about 7:30. It filled me up so that I didn't even want a dessert or bedtime snack. That left me with 3 points unused for the day. I'll detail my points and calories below.
Now, back to hubby's dinner. I made him bbq pork chops, cheesy scalloped potatoes and lima beans/corn. And it didn't bother me ONE BIT! You know why? Well, the cheesy potatoes are one of his favs but I can take them or leave them so those didn't bother me. And the bbq chops? Well, if you have been reading, you will know that I was CRAVING a bbq pork chop the other day. Had I not handled that craving, it would've gotten out of control, and just cooking those chops last night would've led to an all out feast. Yes, I would've downed 2 of those chops, and a big helping of those cheesy potatoes that I can take or leave. LOL. But, when my craving hit the other day, I made myself a boneless chop, weighed it, measured out my sauce and counted the 8 points and 315 calories in my daily allowance. Craving gone, plan intact. Now, that's not to say that I handle it that way ALL the time. This is a new tactic that I am trying.. to take a craving and give in to it. Yes, I said it, on my weight loss blog, GIVE IN TO MY CRAVING. Not in the way that I used to, but in a new way. Not as in go off my plan for a day and eat my weight in bbq pork chops, but as in choose 1 lean cut pork chop, weigh it, count it, enjoy it, and move on. I did it and it worked. I don't know if I'll do it everytime or if it will work everytime but we'll see.
Okay..on to yesterday's food:
Breakfast:
1 serving of bite size frosted mini wheats (3 points, 200 calories)
1/2 cup 2% milk (2 points, 65 calories)
1 banana (2 points, 129 calories)
Lunch:
Lean Cuisine Spagheti with Meat Sauce (6 points, 300 calories)
Dinner:
Turkey Taco Salad (8 points, 324 calories)
This one has less points and calories than Monday's because I was out of cheese and used less ranch this time.
8 Multigrain Tostitos (3 points, 150 calories)
Dessert: None
Totals for Day: 24 points, 1,168 calories, 67.6 oz. water
I feel really successful right now. I'm proud of me. Not sure what's on the menu for dinner tonight..i'm thinking maybe chicken? I'll let you know tomorrow. Have a great afternoon and do something good for you.
I'll be doing something good for me,
Stacy
Now, back to hubby's dinner. I made him bbq pork chops, cheesy scalloped potatoes and lima beans/corn. And it didn't bother me ONE BIT! You know why? Well, the cheesy potatoes are one of his favs but I can take them or leave them so those didn't bother me. And the bbq chops? Well, if you have been reading, you will know that I was CRAVING a bbq pork chop the other day. Had I not handled that craving, it would've gotten out of control, and just cooking those chops last night would've led to an all out feast. Yes, I would've downed 2 of those chops, and a big helping of those cheesy potatoes that I can take or leave. LOL. But, when my craving hit the other day, I made myself a boneless chop, weighed it, measured out my sauce and counted the 8 points and 315 calories in my daily allowance. Craving gone, plan intact. Now, that's not to say that I handle it that way ALL the time. This is a new tactic that I am trying.. to take a craving and give in to it. Yes, I said it, on my weight loss blog, GIVE IN TO MY CRAVING. Not in the way that I used to, but in a new way. Not as in go off my plan for a day and eat my weight in bbq pork chops, but as in choose 1 lean cut pork chop, weigh it, count it, enjoy it, and move on. I did it and it worked. I don't know if I'll do it everytime or if it will work everytime but we'll see.
Okay..on to yesterday's food:
Breakfast:
1 serving of bite size frosted mini wheats (3 points, 200 calories)
1/2 cup 2% milk (2 points, 65 calories)
1 banana (2 points, 129 calories)
Lunch:
Lean Cuisine Spagheti with Meat Sauce (6 points, 300 calories)
Dinner:
Turkey Taco Salad (8 points, 324 calories)
This one has less points and calories than Monday's because I was out of cheese and used less ranch this time.
8 Multigrain Tostitos (3 points, 150 calories)
Dessert: None
Totals for Day: 24 points, 1,168 calories, 67.6 oz. water
I feel really successful right now. I'm proud of me. Not sure what's on the menu for dinner tonight..i'm thinking maybe chicken? I'll let you know tomorrow. Have a great afternoon and do something good for you.
I'll be doing something good for me,
Stacy
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