Finally serious about losing weight - with an important deadline.

Wow! I had no idea that your back injury was as serious as it sounds. I can only imagine that doing the level of exercise that you do, must take another whole layer of motivation.

My hat is off to you :hat:
 
Well, sorry to hear that you are having such a rough time with your back but glad to hear that you have an accomodating doctor. Especially, since he is a work comp doctor... that is just very rare.

You really need to take things easy so you don't hurt yourself even more, but you can still get some great exercise in even if you are doing low impact. It seems like you are already getting in great exercises, so no problem if you take it a little slower now with school and all.

Keep up the good work that you have been doing. It's been almost two months on our JOURNEY, so here's to continued success! :cheers2: (just don't go mixing those beers with that Soma... LOL!)
 
Day 46

Yay! Early weekend for me! :hurray:

Going to make this one short since I'm exhausted... :p Went to a motorcycle bike night and we were planning on getting food after, but wound up talking until almost midnight. So much for food... lol

September 18th, Thursday
Breakfast: Meal replacement shake (230 cal)
Lunch: Carl's Jr. BBQ Chicken Sandwich (360 cal)
Dinner: Jamba Juice 16oz Orange Refresher (210 cal)
Drink: Starbucks Grande Toffee-Nut Latte with Soy & no whip (230 cal)

Total Calories: 1030
 
Day 47

Didn't have a chance to log in what I ate yesterday, so here's my attempt to do it now... before I forget all together. lol

September 19th, Friday
Breakfast: Meal replacement shake (230 cal)
Lunch: Japanese food combo: Shrimp & Veggie Tempura, Teriyaki beef, rice, salad (about 750 cal)
Dinner: 1/2 Organic Spinach microwavable pizza (465 cal)
Dessert: Jello (40 cal)

Total Calories: 1485
 
Day 48

September 20th, Saturday

Breakfast: Meal replacement shake (230 cal)
Lunch: Chunky beef taquitos with guacamole and sour cream & chips and salsa (about 600 cal)
Dinner: Cobb salad with piece of bread (about 600 cal)
Dessert: Skinny cow mint ice cream sandwich (140 cal)

Total Calories: 1570
 
That Skinny Cow mint ice cream is really good.
Glad to hear you got a good workmans comp doctor. I used to worh HR in a previous life, and they can really be hit or miss. Although I always found them to be more on the side of the claiment vs the company, which is a good thing (from an employee side). I worked for a "Large Discount Warehouse chain" and man there were some intresting stories.
Keep up the great work!
 
Days 49 & 50 - CRAZINESS

Well, I did the unthinkable... I didn't post up religiously like I wanted to. Last night was a strain emotionally and I ate to compensate... :(

I had a touchy subject brought up with Ryan yesterday and I was feeling REALLY insecure and down on myself... So, I convinced him to order pizza. I ended up eating 1/2 of a large NY style pizza and had a beer... then a skinny cow ice cream sandwich... Ugh.. I felt so sick! I wish I could have thrown it up but I can't make myself (plus it's not good to). My body really told me today that it can't handle that kind of bingeing anymore.

September 21st, Sunday
Breakfast/Lunch: Healthy Choice microwavable dinner (280 cal)
Dinner: 1/2 Large pepperoni & basil pizza (XXXX? cal), Honeyweizen beer (200 cal), and skinny cow ice cream sandwich (140 cal)

Total Calories: TOO MUCH of bad cals... aka: don't want to know.


Today ended up being pretty draining too. I had school all day and didn't sleep/feel well from the pizza last night. Ryan's dad has been struggling with his alcoholism for quite some time. Long story short: Last November he was hospitalized and almost died from his alcoholism & an infection he got from not taking care of himself. He's been doing well with sobriety but went to Laughlin (basically a down-scaled Las Vegas---casinos and the whole works) for a week's vacation by himself. He ended up extending his stay twice and was coming home today after being gone for about 2 weeks. Needless to say that when he still wasn't home at 6pm, we all started to wonder what was going on and suspected alcohol... Ends up he got arrested. Apparently caught speeding and then had a BAC of 0.08. :banghead: So... now this whole mess starts over again with his battle for sobriety (if he doesn't end up killing himself with alcohol in the process). Ugh...

So... after staying at Ryan's for the weekend, then driving to school (30 miles), then driving home (30 miles), I ended up getting back in my car after getting some dinner with my mom to be with him as a support for him while he has to deal with this drama from his dad (55 miles). After a ton of driving today + backpacking all over school with heavy books & laptop... I am BEAT! My back is killing me! At least now I can take some meds and relax since I only have a night class tomorrow. I just know I need to be out of his house fairly early tomorrow and hang out at his mom's until I have school... the last thing I want to deal with is his father coming home after being in jail & back on the bottle again.


September 22nd, Monday
Breakfast: Zone energy/meal replacement bar (210 cal) + Low-Carb Monster (20 cal)
Lunch: Chicken Tortilla soup (200 cal) + Salad (150 cal) + Zucchini Bread (300 cal)
Dinner: 3oz steak (150 cal), rosemary/garlic potatoes (200 cal), green beans (75 cal), and fruit (25 cal)

Total Calories: 1330
 
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Doesn't sound like a great weekend. With all that going on, take a deep breath and let it go. You had a bad calorie day. So what? you got right back on the wagon for monday.

Stress is tough to cope with, don't add to it by beating yourself up about one bad food choice when you're doing so well in other regards.

Hope everything works out with yoru S/O's Dad. Tough spot to be in.
 
Agree, dont worry about the bad calorie day. It happens to everyone without exception. We are human after all. Just jump right back in and all will be ok.

Man, I know the tough sopt your in with alcoholism. My broter-in-law is the same way. Dui's up and down, finally crashed pretty hard last year, and pretty much lost it all. Job, family, car, and was living on the street for a bit. He finally saw the light and went into rehab. (Strange he also had the staff infection and was hopatalized twice as well). He's doing ok now. Living in a halfway house as the manager and he seems to be doing better (been sober for over a year). The crappy thing is that there really is nothing you can do for them other than point them into the right direction. Untill they want it resolved, it just repeats it's self over and over.
Just be there as much as you can for Ryan. Thats really all you can do, the rest will work it's self out. Keep your chin up!
 
Thanks Karl & Greg... Your words do mean a lot to me especially right now.

GregOlso said:
(Strange he also had the staff infection and was hopatalized twice as well).
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Ryan's father last year got so bad with his alcohol he stopped working and was on disability. During that time he got really bad with mixing ambien with booze. It really screwed up his sleeping cycle and he was like a zombie 100% of the time. It got bad enough that he couldn't control his bowels and was sleeping in his own filth. He would fall out of bed, or just collapse while walking and Ryan (who lives with him) kept on having to pick him up. Of course you couldn't reason with him... he was intoxicated and loaded up on pain meds/sleeping medication.

I guess during that time he got a cut on his elbow. It ended up getting really bad and became infected with MRSA (the antibiotic resistant staff infection). We were finally able to convince him to see the doctor. He ended up going to the doctor who admitted him to the hospital. It was incredible to see the detoxing process combined with him trying to fight this infection at the age of 64. No one thought he would fully recover since his body was so deprived of vitamins/nourishment (he replaced food with booze and meds). He would ramble about all sorts of things but we knew it was the hallucinations from DT's. He was in the hospital/care facility for a total of about 2-3 months. His muscles began to atrophy since he was bed bound almost the entire time.

He ended up making a miraculous recovery physically and mentally and didn't drink for about 7 months. Now here we go again...

He doesn't realize that he was in the hospital and almost lost his life because of alcohol. He thinks it's from the infection he had. We try to explain that he wouldn't have had the infection if he was sober. The only reason he got it was due to the lack of hygiene during his intoxication.


It's especially hard for me to deal with since I grew up with an alcoholic/abusive father of my own... I cut off majority of the contact I have with my father so I can have my sanity. Being around Ryan's father during this just brings back so many unwanted frustrations and disappointments that I have with my own father.
 
Day 51

I am so burnt out right now, it's not even funny. These past few days have been really draining and with my school load on top of it, I feel like my head is about to explode. Plus... I'm going to Vegas this weekend and need to do so much before I go, school-wise, I don't know when I'll sleep!

I took a 2 hour nap today before class but I felt more tired than ever. I think that the morning will be promising since I can hopefully get about 7 hours of sleep tonight. *crosses fingers*

September 23rd, Tuesday
Breakfast: Zone bar (210 cal)
Lunch: Home-made taco salad but with some tortilla chips instead of a shell & salsa as dressing (about 500 cal)
Pick-me-up Drink @ School: Venti Starbucks double-shot on ice with energy (170 cal)
Dinner: Healthy choice meal (240 cal) + Tall glass of 1% milk (240 cal)

Total calories: 1360
 
Yes sleep is good, and really needed. This comes from someone who only usually gets about 5 hours of sleep a night, and I think it's finally starting to wear on me a bit, and I'm trying to get it to a stable 7 or so hours. I just have a hard time getting to sleep, once asleep I can sleep for days on end. :)

So what do you think of the Venti Starbucks double-shot on ice with energy (170 cal)? I tried it and it's ok (definatly not an iced white mocha) but the calories are good, and it has a little kick to it.

Instead of a two hour nap[, try to limit it to say 45 minutes. Once you fall into rem sleep, it makes it much harder to wake up and you'll find yourself pretty groggy afterwards (At least thats what it does for mo, ymmv).
 
GregOlso said:
So what do you think of the Venti Starbucks double-shot on ice with energy (170 cal)? I tried it and it's ok (definatly not an iced white mocha) but the calories are good, and it has a little kick to it.

Instead of a two hour nap[, try to limit it to say 45 minutes. Once you fall into rem sleep, it makes it much harder to wake up and you'll find yourself pretty groggy afterwards (At least thats what it does for mo, ymmv).
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I love the double-shot on ice (you can get it with or without energy) and it's only about $2.50 for the venti. The venti has about 5 shots of espresso (so watch out!!) If you're not in the need of some major caffeine, get a smaller size. I like them a lot. They have a kick, but aren't too bitter from that much espresso, they're actually a little sweet. :) Great starbucks treat for not many calories and not so much $$$.

My nap only ended up being so long since I was trying to make up for sleep lost in the past 2 nights. I usually try to limit my naps to 30-60min at most otherwise. lol
 
Day 52

September 24th, Wednesday
Breakfast: Zone bar (210 cal)
Lunch @ School: Turkey burger (about 400 cal?) + 100 calorie pack
Dinner: Grilled cheese sandwich (500 cal) + Tomato soup (about 300 cal)
Dessert: 100 calorie pack

Total Calories 1610
 
Viva Las Vegas!!!

I won't be able to post up this weekend. I'll be lucky if I actually post up tomorrow with my calories. I leave Friday morning, around 5am, to head out to Vegas! WooHoo! Ryan's boss gives us tickets to Frozen Fury every year (Hockey preseason game between the Los Angeles Kings & Colorado Avalanche @ the MGM Grand). GO KINGS! :D She also comps our rooms, so the trip is pretty much free... we just have to buy food and bring money to gamble with.

It's going to be some much needed time away from all the craziness that's been going on! It'll be my "free" weekend, but I'll be doing a lot walking, so I'll still get exercise in along with all those tasty drinks. :)

I'll be back posting Sunday night, if I can... otherwise early next week I'm sure I'll have some pics and stories to share.
 
Day 53

I really should be sleeping since I have to get up in about 4 hours... but, felt like posted up my calories for the day! :)


September 25th, Thursday
Breakfast: Meal replacement shake (230 cal)
Lunch (if you can call it that): Small cup of "tomato blue" soup (about 150 cal)
Early Dinner: Healthy Choice meal (240 cal) + Extra steamed green beans (60 cal)
Dinner with friends: Panda Express bown with Chow Mein & Pepper Chicken (about 590 cal)
Drink: Starbucks Grande Caramel apple cider (380 cal)

Total Calories: 1650
 
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