Here I go again

Owl said:
I wish I had the problem of too few calories. I plan for really low calories cause I know I"m going to screw it up somewhere along the lines.
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Ya know, I never thought I'd have a problem consuming enough calories.. the first 3 days I felt like I was starving.. but I guess once I cut too low it got hard to build back up.. but I'm doing it. I'm trying to find little things to add up the calories, like peanut butter or sunflower seeds- something I can eat in a small amount that won't bloat me and add calories.. so far so good...
 
Monday's Menu:

Breakfast: 1 serving Life cereal w/ skim milk - vitamins, 5 strawberries. - 193 calories

Lunch: Small slice of calzone (really small), 1/8 Cup sunflower seeds, lemonade - 315 calories

Snack: 1/2 tomato - 15 calories

Dinner: more Life cereal- (I put 2 svgs in the bowl, but my son ate some with me.. but I'll still add in calories for 2 servings), 1 peach - 350 calories

snack: Fudgesicle - 90 calories

coffee X 4 cups - (fat free cream/Splenda/half caf) - 240 calories

Total calories today: 1203

Today I did my P90 sculpt & I walked a mile at the track.
 
So far today...

It's 2:10 PM. At 3:00 I have a dentist appointment to have a tooth pulled.. I'm so not looking forward to it. It's the 2nd to last on the bottom. Technically, it's the 3rd from last, I already got my wisdom tooth pulled ... I was looking at myself earlier and realized if I open my mouth too much or smile too wide it will be noticeable. I can't afford an implant and a root canal is out of the question. The dentist said it's too far gone, something about an infection got under the gum, into the bone- if I don't get it pulled, it will affect all my bottom teeth. I'm just bummin' right now over it. I'm not afraid of pain.. I had 5 kids natural (not by choice, I just had them too quick).. but ugh.

Today's menu so far:
Breakfast- egg sandwich, 3 strawberries, skim milk & low-fat chocolate, vitamins. 431 calories ( I used regular milk and 2 % cheese).

2 cups of coffee (120 calories).

6 goldfish crackers.

I assume I might be in too much pain later to eat- no idea. I'm going to try something later, we'll see how that goes ... I'll update more later.

**update** My mouth and tongue were numb until around 7 tonight.. so to kill time, I ended up going to the track for a walk, I walked a mile and felt blood seeping down my face from my tooth- it had stopped for an hour then it just started back up again- yummy. Good thing no one saw it lol. So then I came home and had 2 servings of Life cereal w/ skim milk, 2 pieces of candy (can't remember the name).. (I had my husband hide them so I wouldn't have more than 2 because I wanted to eat the entire bag).. those were 2/85 calories. The cereal was 320 calories. I might have another cup of coffee so that'll be another 60 calories. I also did my Power 90 this morning 1/2 cardio. I'm finally able to do push-ups!

Total calories today: 1036. Right now I'm full from the cereal, but I might try to have a banana later before they go bad.
 
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Ouch. I sympathise sweetie. I had a root canal on another tooth a few months ago - and I wound up having to wear my temporary crown until just recently because I couldn't afford the perm one and my insurance wouldn't cover it.
 
KaraCooks said:
Ouch. I sympathise sweetie. I had a root canal on another tooth a few months ago - and I wound up having to wear my temporary crown until just recently because I couldn't afford the perm one and my insurance wouldn't cover it.
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Kara,
I just went through that on another tooth.. they told me the temporary crown would be OK for a month, I wore it for 4 months lol.. and I'm still paying on the out of pocket on that.. thanks for the sympathy.. I'm in a lot of pain right now. I was offered the option of a permanant bridge, again though the out of pocket is a killer!
 
I hope you feel better, I'm happy you didn't feel bad about the dentist and splurge, I would think that alot of people would do that.
 
Hows the toothlessness today? Hopefully you'll feel better having it gone, even if it means you have a gap. You can just tell people you lost the tooth is a knock down drag out fight with some bouncer at a cool bar. That way, your toothlessness is cool. Also, your kids will respect you, or fear you, which I feel is about the same thing.
 
Owl said:
Hows the toothlessness today? Hopefully you'll feel better having it gone, even if it means you have a gap. You can just tell people you lost the tooth is a knock down drag out fight with some bouncer at a cool bar. That way, your toothlessness is cool. Also, your kids will respect you, or fear you, which I feel is about the same thing.
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HAHA lol-

Well, it's sore still.. but getting better, thanks for asking :)

I looked today and it's not as noticeable as I thought it would be.. which is awesome for me. I smiled really big in the mirror lol.. and still I couldn't notice it.. so at least I don't feel too rushed in replacing it anytime soon. :)
 
I forgot to write my menu for yesterday.


Wednesday's Menu
Breakfast: my usual egg sandwich, 3 strawberries, milk/low-fat chocolate milk, vitamins - 430 calories

Lunch/snack - kudos bar - 100 calories

dinner - 2 servings Life cereal w/ skim milk - 320 calories

snack- smoothie (120 calories)

Dinner - 1 slice italian bread.. 55 calories

4 cups of coffee - 240

Total calories - 1265 calories

I didn't do my P90 today, but I did walk a mile at the track.
 
Today's menu:

Breakfast: Usual egg sandwich, 3 strawberries, milk/low-fat chocolate milk, vitamins. (430 calories)

Lunch: 1 1/2 bag Smartfood popcorn (150 calories) 1/2 can diet coke

Dinner: 2 servings Life Cereal - 320 calories

4 cups of coffee - 240 calories

1 ice pop - 15 calories

Total calories- 1155
 
Your lunch is looking a little on the light side...just saying...and your menu is very carb heavy today. But, some days you just want cereal...
 
Owl said:
Your lunch is looking a little on the light side...just saying...and your menu is very carb heavy today. But, some days you just want cereal...
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Yeah I know.. the smartfood was technically a snack. I didn't have breakfast until 1 PM, so I should have wrote that as my snack ... As for cereal, I could live off it 7 days a week.. I just love cereal, a little too much.. but on the bright side, a month ago I was eating ice cream for breakfast/lunch/and dinner.. so its an improvement.


I bought 2 different kinds of Kashi cereal this week to try, and almost threw up.. I didn't like either at all, but at least it wasn't a waste - my son ate it :)

I also picked up some Wonder whole grain white.. which I thought might be a healthier option.. honestly? It's borderline OK, but I definitely prefer white..


Here's my menu so far today:

3 cups of coffee (fat free cream/splenda) - 180 calories

egg sandwich - (egg with skim milk) 2 slices Wonder whole grain white, 1 slice fat free cheese, 3 strawberries, skim milk/low-fat chocolate, vitamins - 412 calories.


I am extremely tired and bitchy this Friday.... I need sleep.


My son didn't go to bed until after 1AM last night and my other son woke me up at 5, I'm totally wiped out. I haven't exercised, I haven't done any housework.. I feel so damn lethargic


*UPDATE*

Okay so I thought I totally F'd up tonight... but after figuring what I ate I don't think I did so bad...

Well, I was dragging all day 'cause I didn't slept well last night.. around 5 I got energy (not sure why or how) so I decided to go to see a minor league baseball game in RI.. normally I'm not that spontaneous, but school is starting next Wed and I wanted to do something else w/ the kids.. so we just left.. When we got there an hour 1/2 later we were all hungry, so I got a cheeseburger and cheese fries- then I got some ice cream.. yeah, I really splurged. Well, I only ate 1/2 the cheeseburger, 1/2 the fries, and 1/2 the ice cream.. and I know I over-estimated the calories.. I figure 360 for the cheeseburger (again, I only had 1/2), (it was a regular cheeseburger with just a little ketchup and mustard) 200 for the cheese fries, (that was for 32, I don't think I had 32) and 400 for one cup of ice cream.. but I know I didn't have a cup, it was closer to 1/2 or 3/4 of a cup.. either way, that brings my calories to about 1552.

That's not so bad considering I thought I really messed up. So I feel better now knowing I didn't totally go over.. I honestly thought I hit 2000 calories tonight. Not that that would be the worst thing, but I was sure I was higher.. so I don't feel so bad now :)

I did a lot of walking too.. by the time I got there, parking was limited- and we really had a long way to walk, so yeah, I did get some exercise in. Tomorrow I'm going to do my P90 cardio.. normally I don't do it on the weekends but I skipped today and I need to. .
 
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I hear ya on kids screwing with your sleep, I can't wait till my 7 year old will sleep through the whole night without coming and waking me up to ask if he can snuggle or go to the bathroom (I've told him he doesn't need to wake me up if he needs to pee, but communicating his every move to me is one of his OCD habits).
I hope you get some nappy time today, or that magically you get a dose of energy from no where. Have a good weekend!
 
Owl said:
I hear ya on kids screwing with your sleep, I can't wait till my 7 year old will sleep through the whole night without coming and waking me up to ask if he can snuggle or go to the bathroom (I've told him he doesn't need to wake me up if he needs to pee, but communicating his every move to me is one of his OCD habits).
I hope you get some nappy time today, or that magically you get a dose of energy from no where. Have a good weekend!
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Owl- everyone in my house has OCD.. some more extreme than others, and I include myself in this. My husband is by far the worst, everyone else is fairly mild in comparison to him though.. he really needs meds, but doesn't think there's anything wrong w/ him which makes it worse on all of us. '

I think you sent some magic juju my way.. I didn't get any sleep but I did get a sudden burst of energy :) Hope you have a great weekend too!
 
Well the past few days have been pretty shitty for me.. not with my weight or anything.. just my mood is horrible.. I don't know if I'm PMS'ing or what- but wow I'm being a real B lately - anyway.. since Friday I haven't been motivated to exercise.. I know Friday was b/c I didn't sleep well, but I didn't do any exercising yesterday either.. well, tonight I forced myself to exercise. I moved up to Power 90 phase 3/4.. and OMG. I totally forgot how hard this was! But, to my surprise, I kept right up with it- which is weird since I sometimes can't keep up with phase 1/2.. And I did the 200 ab exercises...

And so... I feel so energized right now :)

Today's menu:

Breakfast: 3 cups of coffee - 180 calories

Lunch: egg sandwich (1 egg, 1 slice fat free cheese, 2 slices of bread) , 1/2 apple, skim milk, vitamins - 375 calories

Snack: 2 candy/caramel things - 85 calories

Dinner: 1/2 can spaghettios - diet coke - 180 calories

Snack: Italian Ice - 120 calories

Another cup of coffee: 60 calories

Total calories for today: 1000 (so far)

I'm debating right now between eating a tomato or a yogurt.. both look really good- and after that workout I'm wanting both. I'll figure it out :)


Tomorrow also marks the official end of my first full month- which means I'll be taking measurements and posting them...

Ok so I opted for the tomato, sprinkled with salt& pepper, and a spray of salad spritzer.. yum. So I think that's maybe another 30 or so calories.. I'm going to bed..

 
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One month progress

7/27/09 - 8/23/09
Arms - 15" --> 14"
Waist (smallest part) - 40" --> 38"
waist (at belly button) - 46 1/2" --> 45"
Hips (measurement about 2 inches below belly button) - 49" --> 48"
Thighs - 26" --> 25"
calves - 15" --> 14 1/2"


starting weight 195 lbs. --> 182 lbs.

Overall I lost 7 inches and 13 lbs.
 
confuzzledwife said:
One month progress

7/27/09 - 8/23/09
Arms - 15" --> 14"
Waist (smallest part) - 40" --> 38"
waist (at belly button) - 46 1/2" --> 45"
Hips (measurement about 2 inches below belly button) - 49" --> 48"
Thighs - 26" --> 25"
calves - 15" --> 14 1/2"


starting weight 195 lbs. --> 182 lbs.

Overall I lost 7 inches and 13 lbs.
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Wow, That is really really impressive. Good work
 
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