The PAPrincess' Diary

Day # 96

I'm a bit bummed. I only lost a pound since last Friday. I walked every day and even added 2-pound hand weights. I did really well foodwise this week, or so I thought. I made this huge pot of meatless chili I've been eating for dinner all week. I just checked online and a half-cup of kidney beans has 130 calories. Now, I was having a big bowl, so I'm sure I got up to double that per serving. I guess that's why the slow go on the weight loss. I was taking in way more calories than I had thought. Next week I'll switch back to my lean pockets. I'll definitely seek them out at the grocery store this weekend. My clothes feel looser, so I'll take that instead of a decrease in numbers on the scale. Perhaps it could have something to do with my period starting last night. I'm probably retaining some weight because of that. Maybe? I hope???

I don't have much planned for the weekend, other than working on my paper and going to doggie class with the two dogs tomorrow morning. (Pray the rain does NOT happen as predicted!) So I'm sure I'll be able to continue to make smart food choices through the next few days. I'll try to remember to weigh myself on Monday once my period is done to see if that's the reason I didn't seem to lose any. Still, total weight loss to date is 41 pounds. Not bad.
 
Days # 97, 98, 99

I feel like death today. I have the worst migraine and I should've stayed home from work, but I didn't. I'm contemplating leaving early. I've taken lots of medicine and have an ice bag pressed to my head and nothing seems to be working :-( Needless to say I did not walk this morning. I woke at 4 a.m. with an awful headache, let the dogs out, then went back to sleep until 6 hoping it would be gone. At 6 it hurt more, so I took some meds and went back to sleep skipping the walk. It didn't do any good. I'm still feeling as crappy as ever. The worst part is I'm supposed to have lunch with a friend today at 1 and I just don't even feel like eating. In fact, I feel like tossing my cookies, so to speak....cause I didn't even get to eat any cookies!!

The weekend went fairly well. I stuck to the shake routine Sat. and Sun. for breakfast. Saturday Mom and I did a great big project which took most of the day and then I went out to dinner with a friend. We went to Red Robin and I got a chicken fajita. Not bad, but I did eat the sour cream they gave me. I love sour cream. For dessert we went to Brusters and I got apple crunch yogurt. It was soooo yummy. Like apple pie in ice cream form. Then, yesterday Mom and I went to Panera for lunch after church and I got a turkey panini and soup. Oh, and I ate the bread that came with it. It was DEEEELicious!! My treat for the week. I didn't get a chance to walk all weekend, either. Time just snuck away from me. Maybe that's why I have this awful headache. Today I'm back to pumpkin shake, healthy lunch (maybe depending on how I feel) and a light dinner. If I can shake this headache I'll walk after work.

The problem is I have this 10-page paper due on Thursday and I can't concentrate to work on it. Of all the bad luck...the day I have dedicated time to spend on it and I have this monster of a migraine!! Ugh!!!!
 
I hope you get to feeling better - headaches blow for sure :mad:

What is this pumpkin shake you speak of ?? I'm intrigued :confused:
 
The 100th DAY!!!!

Ok, so I've made it to 100 days. And, in 100 days I've managed to lose hmm, about 41 pounds? Not bad...almost a pound every 2-ish days. Isn't that a good safe amount?

I toughed it out yesterday and decided to stay at work with my headache. Around 5:15 ish, the migraine finally wore off. Thank God. It's 1000% better. So, at 5:30 the dog and I headed out for a walk with my 2-pound weights in gear. Then, I ate dinner, a lean crapzene and some sugar free pudding. It's basically all I ate yesterday. I did go to my lunch with my friend. I took one bite of soup and got sick, so I just had them wrap it up for another day.

This morning I got up at 6 a.m. and dragged my butt out in the misty rain to walk. Diligent or crazy, you be the judge. But, it's out of the way. It's my long day. I go straight through to class basically. I'm using my lunch to run home and walk dogs. Then, I'll come back and have a group presentation meeting at 4:30. Class is until 9. It's going to be a long, long day!

I did my usual pumpkin smoothie for breakfast, have another lean crapzene (pasta) for lunch. And, for dinner? Who knows. I may bring in something to eat between the meeting and class. Then again, I may just wait until I get home at 9, although I don't care to eat that late.

So, I made it to day 100 without totally throwing in the towel and losing 41 pounds to date. Here's to the next 100!!

Trucker...here's the shake recipe of which I speak so fondly of:

Have you ever had a Pumpkin Milkshake at Brewster's ice cream shop? Oh my gosh, it's such yumminess! And, with fall closing in, I'm really going to miss the pumpkin flavor. I'm sure it's super high in calories.

So, I got to thinking and came up with a Right-Sized Version of the Pumpkin Shake.

Use scoop of vanilla right-size mix (or any vanilla protein mix would do)
2-3 ice cubes
One heaping spoonful of canned pumpkin (definitely NOT pumpkin pie mix, just the 100% pumpkin, it's about 10-15 calories a spoonful.)
A few dashes of pumpkin spice
I also put in some of a packet of Sweet 'n Low (I'm not a Splenda fan)

Mix in a blender until ultra smoothy. It is so tasty....almost as good as my beloved Pumpkin Milkshake. It's not quite as thick as a real milkshake, so adding some yogurt may help, but it also adds calories I'd rather not include.

Yum yum yum. Give it a try!
 
Day # 101

Trucker, definitely do and let me know how you like it. I am in LOVE with the pumpkin milkshakes at Brusters...this is the next best thing!

Hello everyone! It's Day 101 here. And, I'm kind of a bit sad. My very favorite black dress slacks are now getting a little too big for wearing in public. I still love them, but they are making me look frumpy because there's so much room in the caboose and waist. I probably could pull them down without unzippering or unbuttoning. A good thing, yes, but sad because I do love wearing them so. I only have one other black pair of dress pants that fit now. I guess I'll have to go shopping soon if I continue to lose weight. Let's hope!!

I did ok last night. After class I didn't get home until after 9, so I just had a quick wheat lean pocket which was about 210 calories. Add that in with the pumpkin shake in the a.m., about 225 calories, and my lunch of about 280 calories, and I came up really short on calories yesterday. A total of only about 715 calories, which is really too low for a day. My meeting before class and class just didn't allow me to eat a normal dinner.

Today I had another pumpkin shake and my girlfriend is coming in for our Wednesday lunch. I'm going to just get soup or something. I have plans to go out tonight with two other friends to Olive Garden. I should be able to behave there. I'll just get soup and salad and avoid eating more than one yummy breadstick. Oh how I do so love the breadsticks!! Of course there is no nutritional info on their web site so that definitely means it's full of fat!! They claim I can ask for low-fat dressing...but what would be the point? I should've insisted on another restaurant!! Tonight is going to be a big test of willpower!

Hope you have a good day!
 
Agreed - website nutritional values are key. The whole concept of 'eating out' is the experience of great foods, otherwise what's the point ?? It sucks we have to restrict ourselves at that moment but if we did this all the time, everyday, we wouldn't be on this forum.

It's so catch 22.

And yeah, OG Breadsticks are the shizz, they would even make me buckle at the knees. I say enjoy 'em and adjust tonight and tomorrow.

My love affair with black clothing leaves me somewhere near the category of a 'Fat Johnny Cash' A year ago all I would buy, own or wear was black, gray and navy blue. Since my reduction, I only bought one black T and 2 black sweats. I really needed to put some color in my wardrobe and have started doing so.
 
Day # 102

Trucker, color is key! I try to incorporate as much as I can without looking like box of crayolas! ;-) Have fun with it!

Sorry I have to keep this short. I have that paper to reproof during my lunch now for tonight's class. Last night I went to Olive Garden and proudly got soup and salad. I had him bring me the light low-fat dressing. And, I did have one breadstick. IT WAS SO GOOD! I really wanted one of each of the desserts. They had my favorite...pumpkin cheesecake. It was SOOOO hard to resist!

Today I hit the snooze bar once and the next thing I knew, an hour had passed. I completely slept through my walk. I guess I needed it though. I was super tired. And, since I have class tonight I won't have time to walk after or in between. Today I did the smoothie and have a lean crapzene for lunch...which sounds like it's done.

I better get busy with my paper!
 
Day # 103

I weighed in and I lost an additional 2.5 pounds. That brings my grand total up to 43.5 pounds in 102 days. (I'm not counting today.) I had been hoping for a higher number this week. I was very careful about what I ate and walked nearly every day. Oh well, I'll take what I can get. It is a loss after all. And, my clothes are fitting much much better. In fact the tan pants I have on today that were once very very tight are now so loose I probably won't be able to wear them for much longer. (A shame, too, since I have no other tan pants!!)

Last night before class I did a lean pocket (meatballs, yum!) And, then I went to class. I turned in the physical copy of the paper. WOOHOO!!! Only one paper and two presentations to go! A group 4 page paper is due on December 5th. Yes, that's right...how can 3 people only write 4 pages when we need to cover 12 items?? And, the kicker is she doesn't want it longer than 6 pages because SHE doesn't want to read them! Then, I have to co-present that paper the following week in no more than 15 minutes. And, then, I have an hour-long group presentation on December 12th. Then, I'm done!! Well, until mid-January!

Anyway, today I had another pumpkin smoothie, and for lunch I brought a lean pocket and I'll finally eat that soup leftover from Monday's (migraine) lunch. And, for dinner I have a lean crapzene or something at my place. I think our plans to go to Light-Up night are canceled because of impending rain.

Tonight I'm leaving at 11:30 on an "old-lady bus tour" to NYC with Mom. We ride a bus all night, eat breakfast in New Jersey at Cracker Barrel. I LOVE breakfast foods. I hope I can contain myself. And, on that note, I hope I don't eat my way through the Big Apple!!!! We get back very very early morning on Sunday. Hopefully the weather will hold up and we'll have a nice day. It's supposed to be sunny and 52. I don't know..do I need a glove and hat for 52? Anyway, I'm off on Monday from work. So, here's hoping I don't start a food fest from being off my normal routine for so long!

Have a good day and weekend!
 
Thanks so much Trucker and Pequin. I imagine people read this diary, but if they are like me, they may be too busy to respond to others. I do read others, I just can't always find the time to reply and I do feel badly about that.

So, on with the day's entry....

I've been out of touch for a few days. I went to NYC on the "old-lady bus tour" with Mom on Friday night into Sunday morning. Truthfully there were a lot more young high school girls on that bus than old ladies. We had a nice time. The weather was clear, but cold! I thought for sure I would eat my way through NYC, but I did ok actually. For breakfast we stopped at Cracker Barrel. I got scrambled eggs, turkey sausage, and only one piece of rye toast. We walked around most of the day. I did treat myself to a Peppermint Mocha latte coffee drink at Au Bon Pain. I only got a small size. Look how yummy it is! They don't have the nutrition on their site for this seasonal drink, but the regular one is 300 calories. So, that was a HUGE amount of calories I drank. I knew I shouldn't have looked at the web site!! I don't care..it was super yummy!!

For dinner we went to TGI Fridays. It was soooo expensive. I just got chicken fajitas and it was $24! Then, Mom and her friend got a piece of Cheesecake for $9 from the Carnegie Deli. I had a small bite of Mom's. It was super good and I'm glad I didn't get my own! I didn't think I did that bad for being so close to so many yummy street vendors. They had pretzels bigger than my head...and that's pretty big! I resisted though.

So, then Sunday I got back on track. I had my pumpkin smoothie. Then we worked outside. My niece and I picked up at least 6-7 wheel barrels full of leaves and raked the entire front yard. So, I felt pretty good about that. I also went on a long walk. Then, Mom made dinner. I ate too much. And, then to make it worse.... I kinda ate more of it later on in the evening! But, at least Dad polished off the carrot cake, so that wasn't there to tempt me.

Yesterday, Monday, I was off. I did the shake and walk first thing. Then, my sister and I went shopping. I got a grilled chicken salad out. I think they gave me full-fat Italian dressing, so I only used a bit of it. For dinner I had a Kashi frozen dinner. Have you ever tried these? They are pretty good and have 7 whole grains. I had the chicken pomodoro (280 calories and pretty good size) and it was very good. is their site. I did make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies last night. I was going to bring them into work, but instead the girls took them to school to share. So, since it was a new recipe I took one bite. It was pretty tasty. I was proud of my just one bite!

So, today I should be back on track, right? Nope. I woke at 6 to walk. And, I don't know what it is about the first day of the week...or the first day back from a long weekend. I just can't force myself up! I hit the snooze until 7:15. Ooops!!! So, I grabbed my smoothie and headed off for the car. I brought a lean crapzene for lunch and hopefully I can squeeze in a walk later. I have so much to do tonight. And, I may be going to dinner with a friend. So, let's hope I can behave.

This is turning into one big foodfest week! UGH! After Thanksgiving, that's it! I'm going back on the low-calorie wagon until Christmas!!......... Yeah, right! I already have 5 holiday lunches and dinners out planned! UGH. Food is going to be my downfall!!!!
 
Day # 108

Last night I went to dinner with my friend. I got what I thought was a safe meal, a Santa Fe salad (half portion) and a loaded baked potato. Yeah, yeah, "loaded" not so much a good idea, but I figured it was my major fat for the day. So, then we head off to go shopping. And, I don't know if I my body is changing and not accepting of fat because of the dieting...or, if I'm just changing because of age (sigh!) We hit the Target and I felt so sick. I had to run, not walk, to the restroom to be "sick".... if you know what I mean. Ugh. I never had such stomach cramps in my life. So long yummy loaded sour cream laden baked potato, you are no longer my friend :-(

This morning I'm back to pumpkin smoothying. I have a super light lunch planned and then for dinner, I'm heading home to Mom's right after work. I'll probably eat some soup or something else tonight for dinner. I didn't get to walk this morning again. I was up until nearly midnight last night and I just couldn't drag myself out of bed at 5:50 when the alarm went off. I was soooo tired. Hopefully I'll get a walk in tonight when I get home. If not, I am definitely walking tomorrow morning before Turkey Day dinner. I figure it will help kill my appetite. I heard that turkey with gravy is 1,000 calories. And, stuffing? 400. Holy crap! The entire Thanksgiving dinner is supposedly on average 3,000 calories and it would take you 30 miles of running to burn it off. HOLY DOUBLE CRAP! I'm going to keep my eating in check because no way do I want to be running 30 miles!

That being said, Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. I hope you can enjoy some guilt-free dinner. And, if you over indulge, as I probably will, I'm going to try NOT to beat myself up about it! Enjoy the day!!
 
hey pa princess i tag you! Post 5 random facts about yourself in your diary journal and then choose 5 other people to tag
 
Days # 109 - 114 Leftovers have Left me over!

Ok, so I did relatively good on Thanksgiving day. I got up and walked. I ate a "normal" amount of food. And, I had two very small slivers of both apple and pumpkin pie later in the day. I was pretty proud of myself.

That is, until Friday. Leftover day. It's like I couldn't get enough!!! I didn't snack inbetween meals, but I did gorge at lunch and dinner. And, pretty much the rest of the weekend was shot. I tried to be good on Saturday and Sunday, both starting out with smoothies, but the remainder of the days went downhill! At least I walked both days. And, yesterday? You'd think I'd be good back in the normal weekly routine, but nope. Once dinner hit I had the call of Pizza Hut breadsticks. Now, I had to make the conscious decision to both order them and DRIVE to get them..........and, shamefully, I did!!

So, today, Tuesday, I am back on track. I must be! My thinner pants, while they do still fit, definitely felt a little snugger yesterday. So, I'm forcing myself to get my head in the game, so to speak. (Thank you High School Musical.) I didn't walk this morning because it's my late day with class. But, I will the rest of the week. I'm vowing to be really really good until Christmas so that I can have a few cookies. I do have some Christmas lunches and holiday parties, but I'm confident I can behave. I can always behave in public and in front of people. It's behind closed doors that the food monsters call my name!! UGH!!!

So, here's to getting back on track!! Good luck to me. I'll need it. It's going to be a stressful few weeks. I have a paper due next week and then two group presentations due the following week! One is 15 minutes long and the other is an HOUR! UGH. Hopefully food won't be calling my name to deal with the stress of it all!

Have a good day!

N.

P.S. I refuse to step on a scale until the end of this week. I'll be happy if I maintained! I fear what the stuffing has done!
 
:)Janez said:
hey pa princess i tag you! Post 5 random facts about yourself in your diary journal and then choose 5 other people to tag
Click to expand...

1. I have three cocker spaniel puppies ages 12, 2, and 5 months.

2. I am currently working toward my M.A. degree and it's driving me crazy.

3. I am the third of four girls, have five nieces, three aunts, one of which also has four girls. We love girls!!

4. I was on the local Pittsburgh show "Bowling for Dollars" when I was 4 years old.

5. I wanted to be a ballerina when I was a little girl.
 
Day # 115

I did ok yesterday. I am at the end of payday, so I had a pumpkin smoothie for breakfast, some "oodles to noodles" as my niece says, for lunch, and another pumpkin smoothie for dinner. Oodles probably isn't the most sound choice, but it was all I had in the cupboard! Oh, and I had some sugar-free jello, too. Payday is tonight at midnight. I can't wait to buy food again. I'm completely out of milk, so I'll have to find some change to pay for it tonight after work.

I had another smoothie for breakfast today and for lunch my friend is coming. I told her we had to head to somewhere ultra cheap...like chinese for soup! I can afford soup, that's about it! Then for dinner tonight I'll either have another smoothie or some leftover chili I discovered in my fridge. It should still be ok to eat, right? It's meatless..so, I don't think kidney beans can go bad, right? We'll find out ;-)

I should get busy with work. I didn't walk again today. I woke with a horrendous headache and just stayed in bed staring at the ceiling for an extra hour. I couldn't even fall back asleep. I have so got to get back in the walking routine. I will go tonight after work as long as it's not still pouring rain. I hope it stops raining!

Have a good day!
N.
 
Day # 116

Well, I'm alive today. So, that means the really old leftover chili I ate last night for dinner didn't kill me. Always a good thing.

It's actually pretty busy here today for me, so I have to keep this brief. I did well yesterday, that's the skinny of it, so to speak. I still haven't re-discovered my motivation to start walking again. I have a long walk planned during my lunch hour. So, after Monday's foodfest, I'm back to "normal." And, the great news is I now have some money to go buy food! No more oodles of noodles for me!! HOORAY!!!

They had an open house last night. When I arrived this morning there were bags of leftover cookies. Peanut butter, choc. chip, brownies...and my fav..iced sugar cookies with sprinkles. YUM!!! They are just feet away from me and it's so hard to resist them. Thankfully someone has eaten my favorites, so I don't have to worry too much. I can resist the brownies and choc. chip. I watched Oprah yesterday. She said when she hit 50 her cravings started to change and now she likes chocolate. Oh Lord, I hope that doesn't happen to me. I don't want to ever come to a point where I crave chocolate!!
 
Day # 117-118

I gotta keep this very short and sweet today. Yesterday was a whirlwind. The weather was awful and I didn't have power until 3 a.m. last night. I had to eat cold cereal in the dark for dinner! :-( Work was crazy busy and nuts!

Anyway, great news! I've lost 7 additional pounds since the last time I weighed in before Thanksgiving!! WOOHOO!!! This is awesome seeing as I ate so horribly last weekend. I am really astounded. And, I was super lazy this week, not walking. Go figure!! So that puts my grand total loss up to 50.5 pounds! YAY!!!!

I have to get going. I'm at work and have tons to do and I have to leave in about 20 minutes to drive to Harrisburg on a dog rescue mission! Pray for good weather!!

Take care,
N.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top