A New Experience

I didn't get around to posting my calories for a few days so here's the recap.

Sunday: 1745

Monday: 1000 - no breakfast, entree for lunch 550, breakfast burrito 350, and 2x 100 calorie snacks (I really wasn't all that hungry, to stressed out that day which isn't like me cuz normally I eat when I'm stressed)

Tuesday:
Breakfast biscuit 350
El Jalisco Resaurant: had steak fajitas, rice, beans etc., no clue on calories
PBJ sandwich

I'm not beating myself up over Tuesday, we were celebrating the resolution and conclusion to a longterm situation that ended that day. I think this is part of this being a life change and I'm going to end up eating out a few times a month, with DH or through my job. I don't see it affecting the over all outcome as long as most of the time I'm focusing on eating healthy and moderating portions. Thats what thin people do! I know cuz I been watching 'em, lol.
Anyway weighed myself this morning and I've lost 3 more pounds, woot!
 
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omg just read about your incident with co-worker. Yegads! that kinda thing is really hard to deal with, good on you for sticking to professional and not letting it hit the diet.
I had a similar problem with a co-worker once who just started screaming/yelling at me once for no reason at all, i ended up just walking outside and having a cry.
 
healthyjess said:
Another 3 down! You're a machine jello! Well done!!!
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Thanks Jess :) But I don't really feel I'm under way yet. It's alot easier to throw me off my game during the first week or two I'm starting. It's exciting to see the scale goin back down though after so long. I don't know why it still surprises me when I put in effort and get results. Guess deep down I have this fear that I'm one of those genetically altered humans that can't actually ever be thin, lol.


wishes said:
omg just read about your incident with co-worker. Yegads! that kinda thing is really hard to deal with, good on you for sticking to professional and not letting it hit the diet.
I had a similar problem with a co-worker once who just started screaming/yelling at me once for no reason at all, i ended up just walking outside and having a cry.
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Ah you saw that did ya? I thought I hid it pretty well in between cooking posts :X Although I did do good not to go into a full blown rant. I've been putting up with this coworker a few months, she's fairly new but very negative and judgemental...also thinks she's better than everyone else. She likes to ask you stuff and pretend she's interested but eventually I picked up on the fact she's doing it to make fun. Other day she just took it too far with the criticism and I pretty much told her how I felt. I didn't scream, yell or cuss but I handed her a dose of the truth and she didn't like it too much, lol. But like I said my boss was supportive and said sooner or later this chick is going to hang herself, she can't seem to help it. My boss also sat down with me other day while she was coming up with a new house schedule, which needed done anyway. If it gets approved I won't have to work with that twit at all. I'll post back if/when it gets resolved. Good news is either way I don't have to look at her until Jan. 2nd because of schedules being different during the holidays.
 
Food today:

Breakfast: sugar free apple oatmeal, peaches 350
Lunch: can of tamales 420 & salad 350
snack: apple and 100 calorie pack
total so far: 1220

taking food to work that I haven't eaten yet
Dinner: parmesan chicken and veggies 550
apples and cream 120

total: 1890
 
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Ah you saw that did ya? I thought I hid it pretty well in between cooking posts :X Although I did do good not to go into a full blown rant. I've been putting up with this coworker a few months, she's fairly new but very negative and judgemental...also thinks she's better than everyone else. She likes to ask you stuff and pretend she's interested but eventually I picked up on the fact she's doing it to make fun. Other day she just took it too far with the criticism and I pretty much told her how I felt. I didn't scream, yell or cuss but I handed her a dose of the truth and she didn't like it too much, lol. But like I said my boss was supportive and said sooner or later this chick is going to hang herself, she can't seem to help it. My boss also sat down with me other day while she was coming up with a new house schedule, which needed done anyway. If it gets approved I won't have to work with that twit at all. I'll post back if/when it gets resolved. Good news is either way I don't have to look at her until Jan. 2nd because of schedules being different during the holidays.
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Those kinda people always hang themselves, being relaxed and smile back when they are trying so hard to annoy everyone pisses them off even more :D
 
wishes said:
Those kinda people always hang themselves, being relaxed and smile back when they are trying so hard to annoy everyone pisses them off even more :D
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lol true. Although that's what she tried to do the rest of the day we worked but it was so fake and snide she didn't pull it off with her saccharine sweetness. Luckily the girls didn't notice though. I just don't want the tentsion to spill over to them at some point.
 
douknowjello said:
Food today:

Breakfast: sugar free apple oatmeal, peaches 350
Lunch: can of tamales 420 & salad 350
snack: apple and 100 calorie pack
total so far: 1220

taking food to work that I haven't eaten yet
Dinner: parmesan chicken and veggies 550
apples and cream 120

total: 1890
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Ok I didn't eat the apples&cream last night so my cals were only 1770. And wow...I can eat up to 2200, even 2300 pushing it but I seem to keep hitting 1770s...weird. Oh well :) More room for error and slip ups. Especially since all this stuff I'm just rounding up.

today
Breakfast: Breakfast burrito 350
Lunch: chicken alfredo&veggies 550
snack: 100 calorie snack pack, oreo cakesters

The burrito didn't reheat too well in the microwave...inside was fine but the tortilla got too hard. I didn't use a wet papertowel though. Next time I'll try reheating in the oven. I could eat that chicken alfredo every day though, so far it's my favorite.

I've been putting vitamins in with my meds every day and with the veggies my body is prolly freaking out, lol. Oh and I've been drinking more water.
 
Hi Lisa, I am also a Lisa :)

You're doing wonderfully! I'm so jealous of all that beautiful food that you're cooking, it sounds delish!! You've definitely got a good plan in place to keep yourself going :) Maybe I should start getting that organised... :D
 
aussiegal said:
Hi Lisa, I am also a Lisa :)

You're doing wonderfully! I'm so jealous of all that beautiful food that you're cooking, it sounds delish!! You've definitely got a good plan in place to keep yourself going :) Maybe I should start getting that organised... :D
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Nice to meet you Lisa :D and ty.....some of its really good so far but some of the recipes not so much. Going by trial and error and figure I can just keep tryin stuff till my freezer is only full of tasty food.


So I did a bad already today, lol. I got these cookies for my husband and ate 3 this morning. Bit ago I just had some more :X. But they were SOOOOO worth it, keebler graham cracker ones with chocolate and cheesecake middles. And I didn't have breakfast so I won't be over on calories.

today so far
Cookies: 350
Lunch: creamy onion pork 550
peaches&cream fruit cup 130
 
Yesterday started off ok but unlike the rest of the week, I was starving. What made it worse is I had a roast cooking in the oven that wasn't done and I could smell it, lol. I ended up eating a pbj sandwich, small beef & bean burritos, and then roast and potatoes for dinner. Don't know the calories but it probably evened out with me going under all week.

Today I'm working at a house I've never been at before so I'm nervous. I asked to work Christmas day instead of yesterday because my husband has to work all day today as well, 14 hours. I figured I'd rather have a day off with him and holiday pay than sit at home all day today alone. I didn't feel like goin to his family's house today and will really be glad when xmas is over this year. Just not feelin it. I'm taking all my food with me and hopefully can keep it under control.
 
I think being able to understand calories means you understand that going over the 1 day in the week and being slightly under the rest evens things out. It totally makes life a lot easier i think in the diet front :D
 
Thanks Wishes :) It took this forum for me to change my rigid mindset about weightloss. Makes it alot easier to keep going and not get thrown off.


So yesterday wasn't too bad other than by the time I got off work I was starving and felt weird. Which I don't get because I ate but this seems to always happen when I go 3-5 days of not being all that hungry. It catches up, lol. On a good note, I had stopped at a convenience store for an ice tea and spied those cheese burger sticks, shaped like hot dogs. I wanted one so bad but opted for a sandwich that I split with a coworker.

Breakfast: none
Lunch- Chicken Alfredo: 550
2x 100 calorie snacks: 200
1 small slice of ham: 150
1/2 ham & cheese on rye sandwich: 250
Dinty Moor beef stew: 450

Total: 1600 (well dang no wonder I was so hungry when I got home!)

On a scary note, my microwave was acting up last night. The buttons didn't want to all work. Today it's kind of working but I don't really have the extra money for a new one atm. If it quits entirely though I'll have to buy one because all the stuff I froze is made to just put in the microwave. Doesn't it just figure though something like THIS would come up when I'm trying to stay on track?
 
Hey, sweetie! Thank you so much for the great messages you left on my journal post! I'm so sorry I didn't respond until now - I didn't get them. I'm on this site every once in a while because I have a direct link to the motivational sayings page but I always forget to check to see if anyone has responded to my journal thread. I hope you forgive me!

I've missed you! You should totally join me on MyFitnessPal! I love that site!

XO
~Stacy
 
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU but aww.....we lost you to another forum? How's that happen? I went and looked but do they have a journal/diary section there? I didn't see one. Gratz on 70lbs lost! Love your avatar pic :) You look really pretty!
 
I need to make this comment but it has nothing to do with this forum. I'm just gonna say this and stop.

I really get tired of the way some people treat other people. :rant:
 
Hi Lisa, I wrote a post to you a few days ago but it isn't there. Odd!!!
It's great to see your hard work paying off. At the beginning when I first started to lose weight I sometimes used to get disheartened thinking that the weight wasn't going off quick enough. If you ever get like that than fill a back pack up with things that weigh the same amount that you have lost and wear it for a few hours. It really helps to make you realize just how well you are doing.
Hope you have a happy new year and looking forward to seeing your ticker go down and down. :)
 
Hi Mate! Just stopping by to say hi :)
That's an awesome idea from Ecky, I'm seriously going to do that tomorrow just to see how it feels!

I really get tired of the way some people treat other people.
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Hope no-one's treating you like that :grouphug:
 
Yea that is an awesome idea ecky :) And I've had that happen with my posts too. Thanks Jess for comin to check on me.

I've had a really rough week. Got through Christmas, still nervous about working at a different house new years eve and new years day but was doin ok. Come Monday my husband and I decide to have chinese food and just before he walks in with it I get a phone call from my bosses boss calling me on the carpet for a bunch of lies my coworker told, and about the incident where her and I got into it. We both had to go into a meeting the next day at 3pm so my stomach was in knots and I didn't eat for two days...esp. not the chinese food I was about to enjoy. And MY boss was on vacation it was even more uncomfortable. Let's just say the meeting was stressful and nasty and my company doesn't care either way, they'll just fire us both and said as much.

I really want learn to manage my anxiety regardless of what's going on. I've been better on certain levels but on big stuff like this, it eats at me. The whole incident keeps replaying in my head and I just want to shut it off. Honestly every article online says in a situation like mine to stand up for yourself but when I did this whole thing just blew up. I just didn't realize how far it would go. I'm guessing I need to learn I have to stand up for myself anyway when necessary, regardless of it blowing sky high and learn to deal with the aftermath. It just bothers me because I KNOW that this company and my co-worker would treat me differently if I wasn't so heavy. And I definitely would be more confident so that would help but I know the biggest part of it is my appearance, at least for the superficial people. And let's face it...the world is full of people who judge a book by its cover. It'll be nice to see how different I get treated when the weight goes down.
 
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