Cheryl's diary

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

I was under for calories yesterday. Bummer. I got lots of calcium, though. That's not so easy to do. I started taking a Viactive carmel that really boosts the calcium number.
Yesterday's food:
Oatmeal
Starbucks Nonfat Mocha w/1 pump chocolate
2.5 oz pot roast
.5 oz swiss cheese
leftover chicken/romaine salad from RedRobin
wine
1 girl scout thin mint:p
tapioca pudding snack

I hit 150 yesterday, too. Yay for me:D , we'll see if it sticks today.
 
wow jen!

that is such a great idea to keep track how much water you are drinking!!

coolcat - you are doing great! :)
 
5 pounds down means you are off to a great start!

before you know it, you will be down 20 pounds, too!

and i am way jealous of you for hitting 150.. that is my ultimate goal weight.

:)
 
Hey there!

Thank you for stopping by my journal! :)

I was actually looking through your journal today before I went out and I noticed your weight at 151 and I come back now and you've got it changed to 149.5!

Great job!!! You're really an inspiration. Even on not so good days you keep track of what you're eating and on good days you do really good and you haven't given up yet! It's so hard to stay motivated so it's really nice to see someone who's dedicated as much as you are!

I wish you continued success!
 
Wednesday, March 7, 2007

I really tried to control what I ate today. I stayed within calorie range, which I seem to usually go over or under. I did get my water in, but no exercise!! Now my back is hurting. I know better, but what will it take to get me to exercise? When I was going to physical therapy I was faithful to do it. I guess I need accountability to someone other than myself. That's depressing!!:p

Yesterday's food:
Oatmeal with raisins and
1/2 c 1% milk
Lean cuisine Salisbury steak with
mashed potato & carrots
Dried pineapple
South Beach diet chocolate snack bar - 100 calories
3 oz pot roast
wine
dried cherries
lemon popsicle
Lindor dark chocolate truffle:eek:
 
Lindor is my downfall lol. I don't like dark chocolate but the milk chocolates....oh my god. It shouldn't be legal for those to be made.
 
never tried lindor truffles, but now that i am seeing how great they are, maybe that's a good thing! :)

just wanted to pop in and say hello!!
 
Thursday, March 8, 2007

I was so good and proud of myself until I went to bed last night!!
THEN, willpower deserted me, and I ate 7 Girl Scout Tag-a-longs. I had even stayed within my calorie range by planning for the 2 pieces of Hawiian pizza!:( Kids & hubby bring in some of the most tempting things...even though they know it's a temptation for me. I don't like to insist that they can't have them in the house, but I do ask them to hide it from me. However, it's like many other things that get left out all over the house.
I can try to blame them, but it was ME who got out of control.

Yesterday's food:
scambled egg on
whole wheat toast
lean cuisine balsamic glazed chicken dinner
wine
2 pieces Hawaiian pizza
1 oz almonds
7 Girl Scout Tag-a-longs:eek:

Try again, try again...I know I'm eating healthier than before. I've got to try to get a few more fruits & veggies. I got my water in!
 
oh, do i understand!!!

i graduated college in dec. 04, so i couldn't find a job mid year. i subbed that semester and HATED it!! walking into a different class each morning is such an uncomfortable feeling! the kids didn't respect me because i was "just the sub", and it was just such an awful feeling to feel so clueless about where to take them, who they are, etc. it is completely different when it is your class, doing things your way.

and yes, kids do love their teachers! i am completely reaming a kid one minute, and not two minutes later he/she is hugging me and drawing me pictures.

it is definitely rewarding!
 
Wednesday, March 14, 2007

I haven't posted for several days. I got kind of down because I'm so disorganized and fragmented. Sometimes it's hard to acknowledge the things I do right and focus on the things I don't do that I should.

Yesterday I was back in my food range. I cooked a chicken dish for dinner & Mike made rice & heated beans when he got home. We actually had a "home cooked" meal.

Yesterday's food:
Oatmeal with raisins
Lean Cuisine grilled chicken w/ penne pasta, apple dessert
lemon popsicle
South Beach cookie snack
South Beach chocolate oat snack bar
Chicken thigh - boneless / skinless
Sour cream sauce
White rice
green beans
another lemon popsicle
 
Hey cheryl-

I think it looks like you've been doing pretty well.

You're right about having to focus on what you do right instead of what you do wrong or don't do at all. I think if more of us were simply positive thinkers, so fewer of us would even have the weight problems we have.

So, tomorrow, focus on how great you've been doing and how good it feels to be doing the right thing for yourself!

Good luck!
Jen
 
I know what you mean. I've been falling off a bit the past few days too. I need to refocus. Before I went to bed last night I repeated to myself at least 50 times "I am not a failure". It's important to realize the things you are doing correctly and acknowledge and change the things we aren't doing. I think in the past few days I've gained some insight into some things which will definitely help me along the way. I'm trying to think of it this way...It's just a few days out of a few weeks that I haven't done great..and I haven't done horribly but I certainly didn't lose any weight this week. But it's ok, as long as we keep going :)

Good luck! and thank you for your encouragement in my journal :)
 
Friday, March 16, 2007

No post yesterday so...

Wednesday's food:
1 scrambled egg with
minced ham
banana
2 pcs breaded halibut
wine
lemon popsicle
almonds
chips ahoy granola bar - 100 cals.

Under on calories.:confused:

Yesterday's food:
Oatmeal with
raisins
2.5 oz leftover pot roast
almonds
lemon popsicle
wine
a WHOLE bunch of broccoli, carrots & cherry tomatoes with
a WHOLE bunch of ranch dip! (ugh, I had a stomach ache!)
I asked my daughter to bring me a bowl of cereal and I got:

2 servings frosted mini wheats with
1/3 cup whip cream :eek: (we didn't have any milk left...)

Well, between the dip and the cream, I was over on calories!!
I was back to 151 this morning. That's a good thing, even though it's not my lowest.:)
 
Saturday, March 17, 2007

Happy St. Patrick's day!
We're off the the City (near Seattle) for the day. I don't have any idea what the eating arrangements will be, but it always makes me nervous...
I was in my calorie range yesterday! Hooray!!:D

Yesterday's food:
Smoothie made with
1 banana
1 yogurt
2 cups Progresso Chicken noodle soup
dried cherries
almonds
potato chips:eek:
Hormel beef tips with gravy
Mashed potato
corn
wine
lemon popsicle

It really seems like I can stay within calorie range when I have an actual dinner "meal". That may well be a big part of my weight gain! A discovery...
 
Sunday, March 18, 2007

Yah, and yesterday we were gone all day.
The first thing we did was go out for brunch with 2 sisters-in-law, a brother-in-law and a niece who was visiting from college.
THEY ordered a massive "everything" appetiser for everybody to share. I have no idea how many calories anything had...or even what some of it was. Some was deep fried calamari, spinach dip, quesadias, pot stickers, avacado rolls, and crab cakes.:eek:
I did order a lunch size Santa Fe salad and could only eat half. :) I abstained on desert, but had a bite of everybody else's. Mostly cheesecakes of different varieties. Mike's family are all obese, and just LOVE their food.
Then we went to MY sister's family's house and had a small bowl of chili and a piece of cornbread with honey for dinner. My sister is very thin.

I got a box of hot tamales on the way home in the car. Oh my. I was over on calories I'm sure, but I could count everything but the appetiser on the tracker, which put me under on calories without that. Oh well. Another day. I go to a pot luck tonight.:rolleyes:
 
Wednesday, March 21, 2007

I missed a day. I am still trying to eat healthier, and even got a walk in yesterday...I was forced to since I needed to get to the bank to order some Euros for my daughter's trip to France and I had no car! I left it till the last minute.:rolleyes:
Yesterday's food:
Oatmeal with
raisins
dried cherries
Homemade taco soup ~ 1 cup
lemon popsicle
another cup of soup for dinner
another lemon popsicle

I think I was probably under on calories, but I wasn't up for trying to figure out calories on the soup.:p
I wanted to be 149 lbs by today, and haven't weighed yet. I would have had to lose 2 lbs to do it!!
One at a time...it's slow, but I can't get discouraged because I weigh less than I have for awhile!:D
 
Saturday, March 24, 2007

I've been lethargic for the last few days, so I haven't posted my food.
I have been in my calorie range for the last 2 days.:)
I'm finally getting the hang of my water intake.

My 17 yo daughter went to France yesterday, and I have already had an e-mail from her! She is freaked out because she doesn't really speak French that well. She will be going to school with her host family daughter this week, then a week in Paris. I've never been to Europe, so I am really excited for her! My niece just got back from a trip to Italy & France a few days ago, too.

Mike is home today. He will work again tomorrow. He's been doing 6 and 7 day weeks for a long time now. We need to hire a new manager or assistant manager, but a good one is not easy to find for retail...we can't pay enough to keep a really motivated person forever.

Onward.:)
 
Monday, April 2, 2007

It's been awhile.
I keep posting to the Sparkpeople forum though, to track calories and so on.
I'm still stubbornly sticking to the 150's. I think I must have a mental block.
My food has been fairly good, and I've really got my water figured out now.

It's been nice enough out several days so that I can garden some. Weeds, weeds, weeds. Lots of flowering things, though, too. On thing about gardening is that you can plant things and they don't need daily attention here. Not like food plans!!

Ciao
 
Thursday, April 5, 2007

I'm pleased that I've been between 149.5 and 150.5 this week so far. It does creep downward, and that is encouraging.
I was under on calories yesterday...it is interesting, because I'm alone at home right now. Both the kids & husband are away, and I find I don't eat as much.
Mike's dad had a major "episode" while he was visiting in CA. He had to go to emergency, then testing, testing because of numbness in his legs. Since he has a very bad heart, it was assumed it was either heart or stroke. After 2 days they figured out it was spinal stenosis. They did a surgery at another hospital on 3 of the cervical vertibrae. That night he had a heart attack, and the doctors, nurses, aides, family, guests, etc. begged him to have an angiogram. (Some of us in the family have been doing that for awhile!) After being too tired to even try to do any physiotherapy, and a serious talk with his brother, he agreed to have it done. He was transferred to another hospital for that. When they looked in there, they found he was seriously blocked up. Only 5% of his right side of the heart was functioning. Emergency surgery for 5-6 hours for a quad. bypass. He's got a lot to recover from!! So...Mike went to CA to join 3 siblings, mom & uncle.

Whew. That's been our focus this past week.
 
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