Lisa's Final Countdown, The Good Days, the Bad, & the Ugly

Hey Blancita :) That link didn't go anywhere...is there another place to look?

And YAY Paul :D I thought you were MIA again, lol. Yea I surprised myself with that epiphany moment on the dinner. I really think it's a big realization since being with my hubby and not always figuring out how to diet around him. I have to give this forum alot of credit for making me open to changing how I think though. I'm always trying to get around myself and old habits, lol.

Buckeye, SOOOO glad you're computer is fixed! Hope it wasn't too spendy. Mine is in the shop still too but I have been using my hubby's crappy old one...but it gets online and doesn't lag so much now that I cleaned it out so I can't complain too much. They've had my pc for months now and all the parts but no tower to put it in. Apparently Dell makes their cases funny so only there stuff fits. Anyway ty for the encouragement but I have to admit I haven't done any exercise yet. As I said the other day I was healing up then fell again at work on some ice in the driveway. Sometimes it's worse than others and I'm not sure what's aggravating it when the pain flares up. Trying not to take excedrin or anything for it because it takes at least 4 to even touch the pain anyway then my stomach gets upset.

Well anyway tonight is my Friday thankfully :) I so don't want to go to work tonight....I'd rather be in my own bed.

Here's my calories for the day so far. I kinda ate 3 skinny cow ice creams and two sugar free puddings so good thing they're low cal :X Earlier today I was really tired and realized that's why I was stuffing my face so I went to bed, lol. But I may have one more ice cream before work ...at 80 calories you can't beat them.

Peaches-60
sesame stir fry lean cuisine-300

pudding-120
skinnycow icecream-240

Lasagna-520
texas toast-240

1480
 
Be happy you ate the healthy "bad" foods instead of the real thing!! I'm glad you went to bed instead of eating more. I do the same thing sometimes, and its hard to say "NO". The body is looking for a food-fuel source, and carbs are one of the bodies main source of energy. (protein is as well) If they body is looking for energy to stay awake when it is OH SO tired... it makes sense to crave sugars and carbs. Though... not healthy. Its so awesome that you listened to your body and realized it needed a good sleep. How is your rear feeling??
 
Butt is still sore but healing :) And yea that makes sense for sure. Last semester with working full time and school I was tired all the time which definitely was bad.

Yesterday I need to amend my calories. There was more texas toast sitting there and I ate another piece then took the rest in to my husband and said "take this please before I eat it all" lol. He was more than happy to oblige. I also had another skinnycow ice cream dipper. The bread was 120 and the ice dream was 80 so:

my actual total for yesterday-1680

Funny how I felt like I was eating all day and my calories were under my goal. Other days I feel like I hardly eat at all and I'm right there. Just shows that planning what I'm eating is a big help because it's not just how much but what foods too.
 
douknowjello said:
I have to give this forum alot of credit for making me open to changing how I think though. I'm always trying to get around myself and old habits, lol.
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Ain't THAT the truth!!! :iagree:

"Funny how I felt like I was eating all day and my calories were under my goal. Other days I feel like I hardly eat at all and I'm right there. Just shows that planning what I'm eating is a big help because it's not just how much but what foods too."

I know EXACTLY what you're talking about.
 
Keep on resting, that is something hard to get over. You are sticking to the diet which for me is the hardest part of this whole thing. My computer was toooooooooo expensive to fix, it was disgusting. Some warranty stuff saved me a bit, but I'm still going to be feeling the hurt from that.

Completely agree with the planning what to eat thing. If I don't do that I feel like I just toddle through the day eating weird things and overdoing it with the fat and carbs.

Good luck today!
 
That's too funny. You relate to me Curvie girlie, and I relate to what buckeye said about

Buckeye21 said:
If I don't do that I feel like I just toddle through the day eating weird things and overdoing it with the fat and carbs.
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Amazing how being able to talk to other people fighting the same battle makes me realize we're all doin the same things and it's not JUST me, lol. Glad we all get to break bad habits together.

Oh and buckeye, sorry you had to spend so much on your computer but SOOOOOOOOOO glad you're back :D
 
Ok so today I stayed over at work because the weather was so bad the girls stayed home from their workshops. I was doin my boss a favor so she could sleep in a bit. It works out good for me too because they don't like OT so I get to leave early on Saturday. And I don't work tonight or Thurs. and Fri. so I'm happy about that.

Today was stressful though in that my husband was out driving his route truck job in this weather so I was on edge. He called and I immediately knew something was wrong and asked him if he was ok. He said yea but he'd slid in the snow and gotten the truck stuck so he had to wait HOURS for a tow truck. What he didn't tell me was it was a bad area too. From life experience know it only takes a split second to lose somebody and I had to stuff those thoughts down after getting off the phone. I actually started tearing up, which isn't like me so I don't know if it was just that whole realization and being scared for him or my hormones doin the mambo yet again. But anyway I was so happy when he finally got in the door.

I love that he has a good job now but I hate him driving in this. Anyway when I'm stressed I eat so I found myself wanting to stuff my face through out the stress earlier. Not to mention I really was hungry...and tired like I talked about the other day, lol. So instead of snacking I made a frozen dinner and that stopped it. That and I sat down and played a mindless game of hexic on the xbox. Anyway here's my food for today. I have a bit more calorie room so I MAY have some fruit or sugar free pudding later. I'm stuffed right now though.

Breakfast at work: lean cuisine panini-350

Lunch: half bologna & cheese sand.-300
lean cuisine orange chicken-300

Dinner: prepackaged applewood steak-360
6oz red potatoes with "i can't believe its not butter" spray-122
1 1/2 cups soy milk-150

pudding-60

total-1642
 
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OK I have to rave about these. Hashbrowns or biscuits with sausage gravy was the downfall many times to my low carb dieting. Thankfully I'm not doing that anymore but I found these in the grocery store the other day and have been eating them a few times a week for breakfast. They really hit the spot, especially at work at the end of my midnight shift. It keeps me from eating fast food on the way home. And even though they're not "diet", they're only 360 calories. Wish I'd had these when I was taking my college classes, lol.

Oh and still excited about my 4 pounds :D One more and I'll be back down to the 30 I was at before. This time I'm not gonna get derailed though :)
 
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douknowjello said:
Amazing how being able to talk to other people fighting the same battle makes me realize we're all doin the same things and it's not JUST me, lol. Glad we all get to break bad habits together.
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I said it before and I'll say it again, dieting just ISN'T really in our evolved bodies as humans, so of course we're all going to feel desperate and angry about it at times, LOL!

HEY those hashbrowns are A-Ok for several reasons:
1. They satisfy you and keep you from eating horrid fast food
2. 360 calories is FINE
3. "Diet food" is a big FAIL anyway, it all boils down to caloric deficits
4. Carbs in the morning are better than carbs at night, the body is more efficient at processing them earlier, anyway!
 
Curvie Girlie said:
I said it before and I'll say it again, dieting just ISN'T really in our evolved bodies as humans, so of course we're all going to feel desperate and angry about it at times, LOL!

HEY those hashbrowns are A-Ok for several reasons:
1. They satisfy you and keep you from eating horrid fast food
2. 360 calories is FINE
3. "Diet food" is a big FAIL anyway, it all boils down to caloric deficits
4. Carbs in the morning are better than carbs at night, the body is more efficient at processing them earlier, anyway!
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Thanks Curvie Girlie, good to know I'm on the right track. I know they fill me up same as a McDonald's breakfast did for half the calories. I've gotten into the habit of looking at the backs of stuff not in the "diet meals" because I've found alot of other stuff isn't that bad either. Stouffers meals are normally the same calories as the diet meals and often taste better. Not that I'm living on just diet dinners, I promise. That was a downfall I had before. But they work great for at work and also during the day. I've cooked at home meals for the last two weeks amazingly, and it hasn't killed me :X.

At Christmas my grandpa sent me a deep fryer, a really nice one. We already have one though and I hardly use it so I exchanged it for the Ronco Rotisserie & Barbeque oven. I REALLY like it. It's small and easy to clean and I've been cooking on it almost every night :) It's going to come in really handy this summer since it doesn't heat up the whole kitchen. I'm big on kitchen gadgets. But hey, whatever I gotta do to keep us from eating fast food, lol.
 
and ZOMG I CAN'T WAIT to lose 20 more pounds and see the big FIFTY POUNDS lost :D


Oh and in case anyone didn't know, that's my puppy in my avatar :D She's so cute I could eat her up!
 
oooh, Val may be right that 360 cals is peachy, but from the looks of that I'd be stuffing down so many of those I'd gain back all the weight I lost so far. :D I really don't know how I"m going to manage to maintain my weight, let alone try to lose any more, during the first month Matt's home. he's already asked me to make biscuits and sausage gravy....that's my be-all, end-all temptation food. I'm mentally incapable of saying no to seconds, and thirds.....:svengo:

oh and Lisa, BRAVA!!!! on the 4 lbs! great job:party: you rock chica! keep it up and that 50lb weight loss will be here quicker than you think. ;)
 
Lisa, it's all about substitutions sometimes :) I like finding something equally delicious with less calories to take the spot of other preferred foods, makes me feel like a smart bunny and like I tricked my body, almost :p

That Rotisserie & Barbeque oven sounds like the best thing you could have exchanged for the fryer--your grandpa sounds really sweet but does he know you're trying to lose weight?!?!

HEY yes your puppy is adorable :D

And Shandy, WORD UP, does Matt know you're trying to lose weight???
 
oh he knows I'm trying to lose weight, he just figures I can lose weight as easily as he does. in other words if I just have 2 slices of pizza smothered in Ranch instead of 3, then I'll lose weight. when actually I can have ONE slice of pizza(no ranch), a salad, light raspberry dressing instead of ranch, and workout for an hour a day and I MIGHT lose weight. he's a butthead like that. I swear that man could eat everything in the house and not gain an ounce.....:banghead:
I think I"ll just have Matt spend some alone time with the kids on the day I make the biscuits and gravy, and I'll go trail running for a bit. provided it's not all muddy and icy.


Sorry for the thread thief moment Lisa. ;) Your puppy really is adorable. I don't have any cute pictures like that of Kit. the best ones I have of her are when she's being a jello kitty and sprawling out in odd positions on the back of various furniture. :biggrinjester:
 
airmanwifey819 said:
oooh, Val may be right that 360 cals is peachy, but from the looks of that I'd be stuffing down so many of those I'd gain back all the weight I lost so far. :D I really don't know how I"m going to manage to maintain my weight, let alone try to lose any more, during the first month Matt's home. he's already asked me to make biscuits and sausage gravy....that's my be-all, end-all temptation food. I'm mentally incapable of saying no to seconds, and thirds.....:svengo:

oh and Lisa, BRAVA!!!! on the 4 lbs! great job:party: you rock chica! keep it up and that 50lb weight loss will be here quicker than you think. ;)
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I think you'd be ok :) The portion size is pretty good on those bowls and I was pretty satisfied. And they were good but not good like homemade biscuits and gravy so I was able to stop at one pretty easy.
 
I'll keep an eye out for those when I'm on base on Sunday then. it'd be nice to have to ready-made foods around over the next couple weeks. might keep me from over-eating or not eating at all( I never seem to find that happy medium)..
 
Hey Lisa, nice job on the loss, you really deserve it! You are doing so well! funny how seeing something happening makes it all so much more clear that you're doing the right thing doesn't it? And your stress level seems way down from before. I'm so happy for you right now! :hug2:
 
:iagree: Thanks Karl for bringing that up, yes, Lisa you seem way less stressed thank goodness!

Stress is a killer--in more ways than weight loss, I'm afraid!
 
Yea I'm less stressed....always could be better though, lol. For some reason I was crabby today...didn't realize it until my hubby got home. Just needed my space I guess and he came in a wound up mood. Meh...he'll go to bed soon and I can relax and watch some tv in peace :)

Ok so for my calories I've been aiming for 1900 a day with 2100 my max because that's my BMR. So today I did hit that max. I wasted some calories today on stuff that wasn't really worth it, like the hot dogs. It evens out though because I was under most the week but tomorrow I'll have to keep an eye on that. Just feels good to be keeping track again and know I'm doing what I'm supposed to :)

Today's Food:

bob evans brunch bowl-360

bologna sandwich-400
lean cuisine fried rice-200

pudding-120

2 hot dogs-500
mac & cheese-360

Skinnycow dippers-160

Total-2100
 
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