When Your Fat Jeans Become Your Skinny Jeans

It's hard to stay away from the holiday treats at this time of the year! I'm having that problem too!

Just try to keep it in moderation, and look forward to the fact that next month everyone will be in New Years Resolution healthy eating/weight loss mode and there will be much less temptation!

I love the flower arrangement btw! So beautiful your mom has lovely taste.
 
Sunday:
Breakfast – Medium coffee with milk, ½ cup grape nuts with 1/3 cup 1% milk
Lunch – 1 can tuna, 1 tbsp each of light miracle whip and relish, with two servings of crackers
Snacks – 1 slim jim
Dinner – 5.35 oz of stuffed quahogs (3 half shells), and 4.55 oz of sausage and peppers, with 3 oz of Kahlua trifle cake for dessert

Exercise – 50 minutes on the treadmill, 4.21 miles in all. Then did ten minutes of random exercises (pushups, lunges, wall sits, etc). Going to start out easy, see if anything hurts tomorrow, and go from there.

I am NOT waiting until New Years to start getting back into the swing of things! I am starting NOW! Today I made sure I ate three meals (because that is something I am terrible about on weekends) and I got to the gym. We got sent home yesterday with Christmas leftovers, nothing healthy of course, but I am just going to eat it in moderation. Unfortunately, I have no idea what serving sizes are for stuffed quahogs or for chopped up sausage and peppers. But I know I didn’t go overboard, mostly because I know how much I would have eaten last year. And I didn’t come close to that.

Next week through January 14th or so we have lunch brought in every day at work, since it’s our busy season. That will make the healthy eating tougher, but again, it’s all about moderation. I am going to make myself a list of “Lifestyle Changes for 2011” soon. I’ll post that when I’ve got it ready, but I know that one of my points will be about work lunches.

I am incredibly tired tonight… we brought our diabetic cat home last night and despite the fact that she does not get fed before 6 am, she got right back into her old routine of waking me up at 4:45. And we have to feed her on a set schedule, so she was being annoying until about 6, about fifteen minutes before we fed her. Then we have to make sure she eats enough before we can give her the shot, meaning we didn’t get back to sleep until maybe 7. This is our new life.

But, on the plus side, we are in the midst of a blizzard and I don't have to work tomorrow! YAY!

Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

wishes said:
wow congrats on finishing grad!!! YAAAYYY!!! :D
Does this mean you now need to grow up and be serious? :O lol
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I was only in school part-time (which is why it took me three years!) so I had to grow up and be serious a long time ago (unfortunately, haha).

luzdafuzz said:
Hey Laura!!
Thought I'd check out your diary after you dropped in on mine... I read the whole thing!! Took me a couple hours but I got there, inspiring stuff :D Glad to hear you like running so much! I'm waiting for my ankle to heal to get back into it... I actually thought it was a lot better and then today I accidentally turned it in on a funny angle, and it HURT... now it's all blue again grr. Lol I miss running, walking is so boring now!!
Ah jealous, you're so close to your goal! Keep up the awesome work, will be checking back :D
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Wow, the whole thing… you must have been bored :) Ugh, that must stink not to be able to run! My five minute walking I do for warm-up is the worst part of my workout, I always just want to run. Hope it gets better quickly!!

slickzchik said:
It's hard to stay away from the holiday treats at this time of the year! I'm having that problem too!
Just try to keep it in moderation, and look forward to the fact that next month everyone will be in New Years Resolution healthy eating/weight loss mode and there will be much less temptation!
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I’m going to try and beat the curve and start my “New Year” today! Too bad we have so many leftovers!
 
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Monday:
Breakfast ? None
Lunch ? Burrito bowl from Chipotle, with chicken (est 500 cal)
Snacks ? Medium coffee with milk (35 cal); 3 oz Kahlua trifle cake (est 275 cal)
Dinner ? Three large cheese raviolis [8.2 oz] plus three stuffed quahogs [5.15 oz]; One egg biscuit for dessert [40 g]

Exercise ? None, sore from yesterday!

We got lots and lots of snow yesterday! I?d guess we got around 18 inches or so. The drifts were up to my knee. I loved it! The piles in the parking lot where the plows push the snow are ridiculously high. I wanted to climb to the top of one so badly!

Chipotle is not the healthiest place to each lunch, but we were in the mall, and boyfriend wanted a burrito. But I avoided the tortilla and got it in a bowl instead, got chicken instead of steak like I wanted, and got cheese but no sour cream (and I LOVE sour cream!) According to their website, my meal was 585 calories, and I didn?t eat even close to all of it. Also got unsweetened iced tea instead of soda. Bad choice, because I do NOT like unsweetened iced tea? next time I?ll just opt for water. I had one teeny tiny piece of steak from boyfriend?s plate, which was covered in sour cream and boy was it delicious! I probably would have eaten every single bite of mine if that?s what I had gotten.

Looking back on dinner, I also didn't need to eat quite so much. One less ravioli and one less quahog would have sufficed... Oh, well, live and learn. I only have two of each left, so I'll be more in line tomorrow!

Didn't get to the gym today, my muscles are definitely sore from yesterday?s workout, even though the strength training portion was literally ten minutes long. I got five pound weights for Christmas! Gonna get some strength in my arms now, yay! Did get a short workout while shoveling my car out of the parking lot, at least.

I will probably not be counting calories for a while? you may see me write down calories of things that I already know or can easily look up, but I?m not sure that I?m going to get back to the full-blown counting that I was trying to do before. That may change, but for now my focus is going to be on smaller portions, less snacking, and more exercising.
 
It is 19 degrees (Fahrenheit) outside, but feels like 3... I decided this would be a great day to walk the 15 or 20 minutes to the subway. Sidewalks weren't plowed, so I had to walk in the street. Also didn't blow dry my hair, and it literally froze. Super idea, Laura!
 
Saturday:
Breakfast:
Everything bagel with butter
Medium iced coffee with milk
Lunch:
1 can tuna
1 serving each of relish and light miracle whip
8 crackers
1 pickle
Dinner:
4.35 oz prime rib
5 oz baked beans
Desserts/Snacks:
1 serving mint M&Ms
3.3 oz cake
Exercise:
None

Sunday:
Breakfast:
1 medium hot coffee with milk
½ cup all-bran cereal
½ cup 1% milk
1 banana
Lunch:
½ cup low fat cottage cheese
Dinner :
4.4 oz pork roast
1 cup broccoli & cauliflower
3 spinach balls [1.15 oz]
Desserts/Snacks:
1 slim jim
1 cup chocolate milk with 1% milk
1 Skinny cow truffle bar
1 egg biscuit [1.4 oz]
1 banana
Exercise:
Treadmill - 3.24 miles in 37 minutes; did intervals, max speed 7.4

It’s been a bit of a tough week. I am currently going through some stuff that has caused some emotional eating, and when that is combined with the first week of catered lunches, NYE, and TOM, eating right was definitely not high priority. BUT! I am still hovering around 143/144, so I am ok with that. I headed back to the gym today for the first time in a while, which felt great. Although technically that was yesterday, because right now it is 1:36 in the morning and I am not even trying to sleep. I was. Massive fail. Fought the urge to eat, settled on a banana although I really wanted M&Ms. Alarm is going off at 6:30. Bah.
 
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Oh dear, hope thins work out. Its not great to feel stressed or emotional. Good on you for hitting the gym though and chose the banana instead of the M&Ms :D
 
:( hope things work out for you. :grouphug: Glad you still went to the gym though. Good choice. Just hang in there..you're doing a great job so far :D
 
Thanks ladies.... My boyfriend of seven years and I very recently split up. I will not say that it was a mutual decision, but it was amicable. We are still living together and jointly taking care of the cat, which has its ups and downs. Basically, the situation is confusing, but we are working through it.
 
I keep seeing you around the forum so thought I'd swing by. So sorry to hear you're having such a rough time, I can't even imagine. But wow do you keep a positive outlook! And the fact you've not just disappeared here with it all, that's amazing too.

I read through some of your journal. Do you still have a gym in your apartment building? I thought that was awesome when I read that. I saw you run also, as do alot of my other friends here. Some of the best results I ever had with weightloss, even in the 200 pound range were when I used run on a track at the local high school. Well run the straight parts and walk the curves anyway. I can't do that now due to my weight and a messed up leg and knee but a someday I hope to get one of those exercise machines that's like an eliptical and stairstepper in one. It's like you're running but smooth with no strain on the joints. My old college used to have one.

Anyway I'm rambling :) Just wanted to come by and say hi :waving:
 
So sorry to hear about you and your BF splitting. That's gotta be tough while still living together.

Even with that though you seem to be doing well with your eating and exercise! I hope some of your ambition rubs off on me - I've really been slacking lately!

Enjoy your day!
 
Monday:
Breakfast:
1 cup of coffee with skim milk
½ cup all-bran cereal
½ cup skim milk
1 banana
Lunch:
Small side salad with balsamic vinaigrette
A few bites of a BLT… it was pretty gross, so then I just picked out the bacon
Jalapeno potato chips
Dinner :
4.25 or so ounces of chicken with a delicious marinade
1 cup of spicy rice
¾ of a green bell pepper
Desserts/Snacks:
3 Dove chocolates (5 is a serving!) and one similarly-sized mini Reese’s cup
1 Slim Jim
1 cup chocolate milk with 1% milk
1 serving of mint M&Ms
Exercise:
Treadmill – 3.58 miles in 40 minutes; max speed 6.6; started at 5.6 and went up by .1 with each new song. Also walked around 3.25 at lunch (went over on my lunch-hour, whoops!)

Lisa – Thanks for stopping by! Some people have the ability to take a stressful situation and channel that into more focused workouts, etc… I’m hoping I will discover soon that I can be that person. It worked today; I haven’t felt that good at the gym in a couple of months. Yep, I still live in the place so I still have the gym in the basement. It is pretty amazing to have it be that convenient! They took away the stairmaster when they remodeled this past summer, unfortunately. I loved a short little burst on that every now and then. I’m sure I’ve read some of your journal, but I’ve been bad about posting lately. I’ll make sure I change that bad habit next time I stop by yours! But feel free to ramble anytime you come back to mine, haha.

Tig – Again, great to have you back! It’s a ridiculously tough situation right now, but I’m trying hard not to let it translate into bad eating and being lazy. So far so good, at least for the most part. Now that it’s officially 2011, my big relay race is “this year” finally (in May, sure, but it will come sooner than I expect). I need to be prepared to run up to 19 miles in 24 hours, so slacking off on my training is NOT an option!
 
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Hi Laura! I'm baaaaaaaaaaaack, lol. I kind of got off track with everything, but luckily I maintained what I lost and am ready to lose again. I'm sorry I disappeared on you. I made a new diary, by the way. The link is in my signature.

Looks like I've missed out on some major stuff. Congrats on graduating!! I know that must be an amazing feeling to finally be done! I remember when I finished it was weird to think I'd probably never be in school again. Also, of course I'm very sorry about your relationship ending. I hope things will work out in the best way possible for you. I know it has to be tough and it's awesome that you are still sticking with your healthy eating and training. That's a surefire sign that these habits you've made will stick for a lifetime!

Good luck with everything and I'll be checking on you a lot more often now! :)
 
Laurie,
So sorry to hear about the BF :(. Must be tough, though you are doing an amazing job at not throwing a pity party. I had a terrible day at work today and i ate my life out. Now i feel so sick.:puke: I think i am going to adopt your positive mindset when i have a bad day.
 
Love the name of your diary! You seem very focused, so I bet you will be able to work out and eat well even during times of stress! :)
 
Tuesday:
Breakfast:
1 cup of coffee with skim milk
½ cup all-bran cereal
½ cup skim milk
1 banana
Lunch:
(Picture attached)
2 steak kabobs
A small amount of potatoes
Broccoli au gratin (I think)
Some random roasted peppers, mushrooms, and asparagus
Dinner:
(Emotional eating… skipped a real meal and snacked for like an hour, resulting in...)
A smoothie made with 1 banana, ½ cup 1% milk, 1 tbsp peanut butter and 2 tbsp light choc. syrup
One stuffed cherry pepper (80 calories)
1 oz cheese with one serving of crackers
One ENTIRE bag of light butter popcorn
Desserts/Snacks:
THREE mini desserts at lunch (cannolli is shown, plus there was a tiny piece of cheesecake and a tiny piece of chocolate cake
Grande cappuccino in the afternoon
1 serving of mint M&Ms after “dinner”
Exercise:
None

BikiniBound – GREAT to have you back (although I’ve already told you that, haha). I was just thinking today that I am SO happy I haven’t had Ben & Jerry’s in six months; this past week could have been BAD if I was still eating that!

Island Girl – Thanks, but even after reading everyone’s kind words, I went ahead and threw myself a little pity party tonight anyway. I’m not quite as proud anymore after that. Hopefully the positivity will be back quickly for us both!

MountainCow – Thanks, I hope the fun diary name makes up for the unimaginative username, haha. I lost a little focus today, but tomorrow is a new day, right???

Well, as seen by my very honest food journal above, I was more than a little down tonight and tried to eat myself into happiness. It didn’t work, and now I have a tummy ache. And I already had a tummy ache after the delicious catered lunch, so I would say today was a huge fail. I was in the apartment by myself all night, and opted to snack instead of eating a real meal. I find it a little amusing that I weighed or counted out serving sizes for each of my snacks, but I guess that is better than just taking the bag of M&Ms to the couch. I also tried to be good with the cappuccino instead of the white chocolate mocha or something equally fattening, but that didn’t quite make up for the rest of the day. But all I can do is plan for a better day tomorrow. Things are emotionally much more tough than I am letting on (for all I know he reads this, and I wouldn’t want to share any information he didn’t want shared) but I cannot let this ruin the hard work I have put in so far.

Goal for tomorrow – hill workout on the treadmill, and I will have three pieces of Dove peppermint bark for dessert no matter how stinkin’ good the dessert they bring in looks.
 
I had to look at this thread when I saw the title... love it!

Haha I love also that you've actually gone so far as to post us a picture of your naughty meal :) well never mind what you ate yesterday... get back on track today!!

Good luck x
 
Tutti - Hahaha, I don't generally take pictures of my naughty meals, I promise! One of my friends had sent me a picture of their homemade sushi and I was jealous because I figured I'd be having a premade sandwich for lunch. And I was excited when I found out I'd be eating kabobs so I sent them a pic to prove my lunch looked delicious, too!! And, well, I had the pic, so might as well post it, right? :) Thanks for stopping in!!
 
OK, this is bad.... apparently I need to go read some people's food logs a little more often, because that was the meal I WASN'T guilty about!!!!
 
Here, is this better?? Fish, veggies, and salad with dressing on the side! And no desserts to be found!
 
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