PitbullMommy's Journal

I'm anal about it. When I'm at home, I make a meal...sit down to eat...log my calories on this website as I munch and when I leave the house, I take food with me. I calculate mentally how much I CAN intake...and bring only foods that will allow me to reach my goal (that means alot of 100 calorie packs, lol). I like variety, so I go for foods that are less than 200 calories per serving (like a bowl of edamame). When I eat something from my stash, I get a piece of paper out and mark it down. When I get home, I tally it up and put it online. Then I tally my efforts for the day. I usually get pretty darn close to 1500 mark. Some days less (1300) somedays more (1600). Good news is, the weight is leaving...so I must be doing something right :)
 
Calorie count

Well I just started counting calories in my diary, hope I can keep it up. It's also a good way to track what I'm eating. I'm extra picky about the foods I eat, so unfortunately I limit myself (not on purpose I would love to try new things, I just cant bring myself to do it). I used one of those calorie counter things to see how much of a calorie deficit I would need to take to lose weight and it came up with 2146, I'm going to try to limit it to 2000cal, wish me luck!
 
Remember, slow and steady wins the race.

Don't get discouraged after 3-4 weeks when the scale hasn't done much moving. A safe amount of weight is less than 2# per week.


Good luck!
 
Last night was a sushi night. It's getting close to the end of the week, so I'm going to have to focus harder on making sure I keep my calorie intake under control. I don't think there'll be an issue...but I love cooking. I'm finding that I can eat a normal meal and cook a GRANDE meal for Jason...and feel just as good about it as though I were eating it (understand that I'm a vegetarian and Jason's not...so I'm still flexing my meat-cooking muscle, lol). The scale sits at 181 today. My required weight for this week is 183.5. I'm feeling good about this weightloss...but I'm nervous that the scale isn't going to do much moving. I've been at this for 2 weeks now, and the scale isn't doing a huge nose-dive. I'm thinking about reducing my intake to 1400 instead of 1500 and seeing where we stand.

My weakness=sushi.

I also went to take a look at puppies yesterday. OMG! They're so cute. We picked the lighter brindle of the two boys. My dog, Brogan, is a sable brindle with white on his face...he's rather dark. The puppy we picked is more of a mahogany brindle. Very cute, he's got white on his paws and a blaze on his chest. His name will be Breixo (bray-shaw) Garrick.

I also went to an appt today with a trainer (I love this man!!) regarding getting Breixo into protection training. I'm actually really surprised. He quoted me 4K, which is rather reasonable. They do everything from planned home invasions to car jacking and ATM withdrawls (dog watches behind you to make sure you're protected). Everything the new owner would need to feel comfortable that they were secure. I'm so excited about this new transition. If Brogan weren't so nervy, I have to wonder if he'd test well for this type of training too. Given time, I may want to try it with him too. Better to start with the new pup though.

Breakfast-2 FiberOne bar (I love the chocolate and the caramel bars. WOW! They feel sinful and aren't!)-280 calories and some black berries (60 calories).
Lunch-240 calories (grilled shrimp, cheese), 245 veggie sandwich with boca burger
Snack-140 calories, granola bar
Dinner-450 calories, shrimp and onion pasta
Dessert-150 calories, cookies

1565 for the day. Not too shabby. Going to aim for 1400 from this point forward.
 
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Ugh. I couldn't get myself to sleep as long as I wanted. I'm having real problems dealing with my job right now...the decision to stay or to go. Financially, I can afford to do whatever I want to do...making the decision is the hard part.

Breakfast-blueberries 70 calories, 240 granola bars
Snack-135 (cheese and 100 cal bar)
Lunch-440 (veggie corn dogs, goldfish)
Dinner-625

1510 for today :)
 
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Today is weigh-in day, scale still reads 181!

Can't wait to see what happens over the next week!

Breakfast-140 granola bar, 235 boca burger sandwich and about 50 calories in goldfish

I bought a coconut today at the market, a little fresh-fruits and veggies place for farmers to sell their produce. I love coconut water :) We're freezing the coconut to be used later on coconut shrimp, coconut chicken and probably sushi. I'm alotting 30 calories for the coconut water and 35 for the slice of cheese I had while getting impatient for my coconut to drain :)

250-snickers bar. I caved :( But it was good :)

Lunch-90 (cheese), 100 (bite pack), 140 (granola bar)
Dinner-artichoke with mayo (70) and a fruit roll up (50)

Total cal-1160, plus a few here and there calories from a gardetto's bag at work. I think my total intake was probably around 1300-1400.
 
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The longer this week goes on, the more stressing it becomes. I decided to mvoe jobs and Jason's father is probably going to be diagnosed with liver cancer this week. *sigh*. Hard to maintain normal eating habits when you're this worried :(


Breakfast-granola bar (140) and cheese (60).
Snack-100 cal bar and goldfish (150)
Snack-2 stalks of celery (10) and 2 tablespoons peanut butter (190)
Lunch-granola bar (140), cheese (70), 100 cal pack and a peach cup (90).

So far tonight: 1050! That leaves about 400 calories for dinner, which I'm sure I can stay under. Yay! I'll weigh myself tomorrow AM. Tonight=time with Jason.
 
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I feel like I've been run over with a stealroller today. It's going to be one of those days that requires painkiller to survive. I delt with a dog last night that was one of the worst. He required 2 types of sedative and STILL tried to attack people. All because dip shit owners don't train their pets. I wound up getting into an all out battle with this dog, tooth and nail, to keep him from attacking the kennel staff. He wound up with a catheter and an e-collar. I wound up with sore muscles, scratch marks covered 1/4 of my body and diarrhea down one leg. (It's good to be a veterinary technician, lol).

Breakfast: 140 for a granola bar, 70 for a piece of cheese
Lunch: 235 cal boca burger sandwich, 90 calorie superfruit bar
Snack: 100 cal bar, 100 calories in goldfish, 250 calories chips and dip (I splurged!!)
Dinner: At work I had 225 calories in mushroom soup. Unfortunately, I also had some chili shrimp pasta when I got home. Putting me over my aim of 1400. Scale showed the error today :( Gunna have to stay on track!
 
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Breakfast-100 cal bar and a granola bar (140)
Lunch-Rosemary/parmesan potatoes (300), fruit roll up (50)
Snack-235 cal boca burger, 150 cal oreos
Dinner-120 cal granola bar, 70 cal cheese
Supper-235 cal boca burger sandwich, 200 calories in oreo cookies.
 
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Working hard today to make sure I don't take in too many calories. Brogan's new harness arrived this evening...so I went out and worked him (more calorie loss for him, more water weight lost for me--damn its HOT!). My engagement ring has also finally come back from the shop for the 5th time. And it's still not right. How flipping hard is it when you have a RING IN HAND THAT YOU SIMPLY HAVE TO MAKE IT MATCH?!?!?! Frustration. Where's the alcohol when you need it? I could use a margarita...or a daquiri or a mojito...hell, i'd take anything at this point.

Jason and I went out for sushi for lunch-500
Snack-140 for a granola bar, 70 for 3oz cheese, 100 cal bar
Dinner-Soy meat (180), 50 cal wrap
Supper-235 cal soy sandwich
Dessert-200 oreos
 
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I decided to invest in a better scale today. Unfortunately, apparently more accurate means that it will read more pounds, lol. My other scale reads 182 today. My new scale reads 183.2. Now, this may not mean much...but Saturday's weight-in I'm supposed to be 179.5. I'm scared that there's a very good chance that I won't make weight because of my new scale. So, what I may do is weigh myself on my old scale...and then average in the difference into all of the weeks I have left to lose weight. This may mean losing 1.75# per week instead of 1.5. It may not even equal that. But I'm still kinda bummed because of this new scale :( Maybe I should take it back and claim it's broken, lmao.

Breakfast-120 cal granola bar
Lunch-250 cal soup, 70 cal crackers, 35 cal cheese, 188cal mushrooms
Snack-140 cal granola bar, 80 cal superfruit bar
Dinner-2 granola bars (260), and a 235 cal sandwich

So far today: 1378
 
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Early AM-220 calories in granola bars
Breakfast-Salad 50 calories, granola bar 120 calories
Lunch-Pasta (270) and corn (50), granola bar 220
Snack-35 cal cheese, 140 cal granola bar
Dinner-150 cal sushi, 235 cal sandich and 140 cal granola bar.

1630 for today. Went a little overboard :( Gunna see those results on the scale tomorrow, lol.

I also did a 2 mile walk with Brogan today. God, we were both exhausted. The heat just takes it right out of you. This guy ran right by us while we were doing our walk...I could only think that when we finished our 2 miles that he was going to be dead on the pavement of heat exhaustion. Thank the lord for harnesses for dogs. I can hook Brogan up and stick a few water bottles in his travel harness and we're set to go. If I freeze them, Brogan stays cool too :)
 
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I'm bound and determined to make this new scale work for me! I'm going to have to recalculate my entire weightloss plan with this new scale...and I guess that happens next week because this week I'm not even near where I'm supposed to be according to the new scale. The old scale says I'm closer...ugh! The frustration.

Today I work a 10 hour shift. I'm going to stay focused today! 13-1400 calories and that's IT!

Breakfast-1 piece of whole grain toast with 1tsp low cal butter, 190 cals of Kashi Go Lean! Crunch in 60 cals of 2% milk (410 cal)
Snack-140 cal cheese, 150 cal edamame
Lunch-170 cal Kashi Pilaf, 140 cal rice crispy treat and 130 cal crackers
Dinner-235 cal sandwich, 70 cal cheese

1445 tonight :)
 
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The scale readings are looking a bit more promising today. Still working on staying focused. For the next 4 days I work overnights. This is the hard part. Not so much staying on track as realizing what calories need to be consumed when.

Breakfast-250 cal bowl of Kashi Go Lean! Crunch with 2% milk
Snack-same as above, 250 cal
Lunch-225 cal sandwich, boca burger and laughing cow cheese
Dinner-300 cal veggie corndogs
Supper-225 cal in misc foods (refrigerator cleaning time!)
Dessert-Fiberone granola bar at 140 cal

Stayed under 1400 today and I also walked 3 miles :)
 
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I did pretty good last night!

100 cal bite bar
150 cal granola bar
300 cal corn dog (veggie)
320 cal veggie sandwich
60 cal superfruit bar
100 cal snack pack
140 cal granola bar
130 cal veggie stir fry
1/2 snickers bar (125)

1425 for today. How it's keeping my hands off of the "goodbye cake" tonight when I come to work, lol.
 
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225 soup
280 crackers and margarine
140 cal granola bar
200 cal coffee cake (this was my goodbye cake)
160 cal veggie sausage
150 cal edamame
1155 is where I stand so far, leaving just enough for dinner before work.

I'm kinda getting grouchy with my scale. It feels like I'm putting in the work and not getting results. How can a defecit leave MORE on the scale than before? Ugh.

Added 450 calories to my daily intake to see if I can get some predictable fluctuation on the scale. 1600 for today.

75 cal superfruit bar
 
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are you keeping track of any other nutrients - like sodium or fiber or protein perhaps? that might give you some indication of why you're not getting the changes you're expecting...

though the scale can be quite fickle... As long as you know you're doing what you're supposed to be doing and you're ok with doing that and can see yourself doing it forever.. then - dont worry about it -the scale will move...
 
I keep a great tab on fiber and protein. I meet or exceed what I need daily. Sodium...not so much. Alot of the intake I have doesn't have any added sodium...but it might explain water retention. Something to keep in the back of my mind.

I've posted a thread apart from this to see if anyone can see what I'm doing wrong. I'm okay with the scale being finicky...it's really hard to just sit back and accept "finicky" when I've got a goal to meet each week. I'd love it if you'd drop by, I appreciate your input :)
 
I've joined dailyplate.com to continue tracking
140 cal laughing cow cheese
250 cal mushroom soup with 1/2 cup 7grain pilaf added in (170 cal)
100 cal banana
100 cal cucumber
100 cal peach cup
70 cal laughing cow cheese
190 cal mac and cheese
 
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It's been a few days. Still fighting the scale.

Yesterday:
150 cal oreo
190 cal cereal
60 cal milk
240 cal triscuit
140 cal cheese
200 bread, 35 cheese, 120 boca burger
130 cal edamama
100 can granola bar
100 cal chips

1465




Today:
280 cal granola bars
235 sandwich (boca with cheese)
140 cal cheese
200 cal soup
carrots and ranch-200
200 cal bread, 70 cal cheese, 180 cal veggie sausage

1505
 
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