229.5
I'm debating whether or not I should step away from my health blog for a few weeks. I'm going on vacation again, and there are some other things going on that are contributing to the weight gain. Maybe I'll pick it up again when the kids are back in school.
Exercise - PRECOR EFX576i elliptical, I did over 30 minutes, but I got a few texts in the beginning, and the readout on the machine cleared, so I only have the stats on 25 minutes: 1.82 miles, 2895 strides, and 289.01 calories. Still kind of lame, but my tail was really dragging.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - at least 20 oz. water during and after my workout, strawberry frosted mini wheats, 1% milk
Lunch - multi-grain bread 2 pieces, miracle whip light, one slice american cheese, one slice swiss cheese, romaine lettuce, 6 to 8 baby carrots
Dinner - from Wendy's, double cheeseburger, large vanilla Frostee, and around bedtime I drank a TON of caffeine-free diet cola.
P.S. Lori, thanks for the tip about water. I know I definitely need to be drinking more of it, and going low-sodium would help.
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Like the Holidays?
229.75
Seriously.
Okay, is this like it is around the holidays, where it seems like you are fighting a losing battle? And should I just start again after the kids are in school, and everything is on a regular schedule?
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 min., 2.21 miles, 3612 strides, 355.1 calories. Crossramp 7, resistance 7, and I did 5-minute intervals forwards and backwards.
Also, the ice rink has opened again, and I put in about 30 min.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - 1/3 cup Malt O Meal, cooked with 1 C. water and frozen strawberries. It seems like I ate something else, too, but I can't remember now.
Lunch - 1 sloppy joe (1 white hamburger bun, hamburger mixed with sauce), about 1/2 cup sloppy joe filling eaten with tortilla chips. About 1/2 hot dog, and a few spoonsful of turkey chili. Water flavored with crystal light.
Dinner - whole grain pasta (2 different shapes) and my homemade spaghetti sauce, also some jar alfredo sauce (about 1/2 a large dinner plate's worth of pasta), 1 piece garlic bread, about 1 to 1-1/2 cups salad (romaine heart, roma tomato, light ranch dressing, Salad Toppins), water flavored with crystal light
Post Dinner - 9pm We had a birthday cake for Connor, so I shared a bowl of chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream with Emma
Seriously.
Okay, is this like it is around the holidays, where it seems like you are fighting a losing battle? And should I just start again after the kids are in school, and everything is on a regular schedule?
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 min., 2.21 miles, 3612 strides, 355.1 calories. Crossramp 7, resistance 7, and I did 5-minute intervals forwards and backwards.
Also, the ice rink has opened again, and I put in about 30 min.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - 1/3 cup Malt O Meal, cooked with 1 C. water and frozen strawberries. It seems like I ate something else, too, but I can't remember now.
Lunch - 1 sloppy joe (1 white hamburger bun, hamburger mixed with sauce), about 1/2 cup sloppy joe filling eaten with tortilla chips. About 1/2 hot dog, and a few spoonsful of turkey chili. Water flavored with crystal light.
Dinner - whole grain pasta (2 different shapes) and my homemade spaghetti sauce, also some jar alfredo sauce (about 1/2 a large dinner plate's worth of pasta), 1 piece garlic bread, about 1 to 1-1/2 cups salad (romaine heart, roma tomato, light ranch dressing, Salad Toppins), water flavored with crystal light
Post Dinner - 9pm We had a birthday cake for Connor, so I shared a bowl of chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream with Emma
Monday, August 10, 2009
Back From Vacation
228.5
Oh, joy.
Although, the way I ate this weekend on my "vacation", it doesn't come as much of a surprise.
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 min., 2.20 miles, 3545 strides, 348.0 calories. Crossramp 7, resistance 7, and I did 5-minute intervals forwards and backwards.
What I ate today -
Breakfast/Lunch - 1/3 cup cooked Malt O Meal (add 1 cup water) and frozen peaches. Then, I ate potato chips, fat free sour cream, and a pile of these mac n cheese rounds (think tator tots, except with mac n cheese in the middle). How did those NOT make me sick?
Snack - late in the afternoon, went to a movie with Zen, had buttered popcorn, nachos and diet Pepsi (I know, it's kind of stupid picking diet, when you're going to defeat the purpose by eating buttered popcorn)
Dinner - baby carrots, two sloppy joes (about 1/3 to 1/2 seasoned hamburger on a hamburger bun), and about 1 cup neopolitan ice cream
Sheesh, I could do better tomorrow.
Oh, joy.
Although, the way I ate this weekend on my "vacation", it doesn't come as much of a surprise.
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 min., 2.20 miles, 3545 strides, 348.0 calories. Crossramp 7, resistance 7, and I did 5-minute intervals forwards and backwards.
What I ate today -
Breakfast/Lunch - 1/3 cup cooked Malt O Meal (add 1 cup water) and frozen peaches. Then, I ate potato chips, fat free sour cream, and a pile of these mac n cheese rounds (think tator tots, except with mac n cheese in the middle). How did those NOT make me sick?
Snack - late in the afternoon, went to a movie with Zen, had buttered popcorn, nachos and diet Pepsi (I know, it's kind of stupid picking diet, when you're going to defeat the purpose by eating buttered popcorn)
Dinner - baby carrots, two sloppy joes (about 1/3 to 1/2 seasoned hamburger on a hamburger bun), and about 1 cup neopolitan ice cream
Sheesh, I could do better tomorrow.
Friday, August 7, 2009
225.5
225.5
Well, at least I didn't gain any more weight, lost 1/2 pound. Okay, I won't cry today.
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 min. (15 min at crossramp 10, resist 5, and 15 min at crossramp 7, resist 7), 2.23 miles, 3840 strides, 351.2 calories. I did 7-1/2 minutes intervals forwards and backwards.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - 32 oz. water during and after workout, 1/3 cup dry Malt-o-Meal (add 1 cup water) cooked with frozen peaches, 3/4 cup or so of lowfat pineapple cottage cheese, 8 or so large round wheat crackers, a handful of fresh cherries
Break - I'm posting this early, about half-way through. I'm going out of town for a few days, and so will not be able to post, but I'll post when I get back.
Well, at least I didn't gain any more weight, lost 1/2 pound. Okay, I won't cry today.
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 min. (15 min at crossramp 10, resist 5, and 15 min at crossramp 7, resist 7), 2.23 miles, 3840 strides, 351.2 calories. I did 7-1/2 minutes intervals forwards and backwards.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - 32 oz. water during and after workout, 1/3 cup dry Malt-o-Meal (add 1 cup water) cooked with frozen peaches, 3/4 cup or so of lowfat pineapple cottage cheese, 8 or so large round wheat crackers, a handful of fresh cherries
Break - I'm posting this early, about half-way through. I'm going out of town for a few days, and so will not be able to post, but I'll post when I get back.
Thursday, August 6, 2009
No Comment
226.0
How about gaining nearly another two pounds?!
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX 556 downstairs, 5 minutes warmup, 75 calories, 0.44 miles, 700 strides, 1/2 forwards, 1/2 backwards. Then, I did 16 laps, 1/2 mile, 32 minutes, in the pool.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - got done exercising and was back home by 8:40am. Decided I was going to eat more healthy things today, so I started off with 1/3 cup dry Malt-o-Meal (add 1 cup water) cooked with frozen peaches and blueberries.
Lunch - about 1/2 cup of the leftover baked beans, 1 whole wheat tortilla, some of the cooked hamburger left from last night, cheddar cheese, fat free sour cream, guacamole, lettuce, tomato. Then, I wolfed down about 1 cup lowfat cottage cheese and 2-1/2 to 3" round wheat crackers, maybe a dozen? And crystal light flavored water.
Dinner - Around 5pm, I decided that I really wasn't all that hungry, I was still feeling a little full from lunch so I was going to skip dinner. I did snack on a few more wheat crackers. Then, the power went out, with all the storming and lightening going on, and after getting out of the house a few times, Dani, Connor, Emma, and I (Zen was out in the field, and Gil was at Scout Camp) all sat around the dining room, where the most light was coming in the house, and I read a book while the kids watched the lightening and played. By 8pm, Connor asked for an ice cream cone, and I was in that well-there-goes-my-productive-night kind of zone, so I just sat down with 1/2 a tub of Baby Ruth ice cream, and ate it all. Shame, shame, I know your name. We all went to bed early. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.
How about gaining nearly another two pounds?!
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX 556 downstairs, 5 minutes warmup, 75 calories, 0.44 miles, 700 strides, 1/2 forwards, 1/2 backwards. Then, I did 16 laps, 1/2 mile, 32 minutes, in the pool.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - got done exercising and was back home by 8:40am. Decided I was going to eat more healthy things today, so I started off with 1/3 cup dry Malt-o-Meal (add 1 cup water) cooked with frozen peaches and blueberries.
Lunch - about 1/2 cup of the leftover baked beans, 1 whole wheat tortilla, some of the cooked hamburger left from last night, cheddar cheese, fat free sour cream, guacamole, lettuce, tomato. Then, I wolfed down about 1 cup lowfat cottage cheese and 2-1/2 to 3" round wheat crackers, maybe a dozen? And crystal light flavored water.
Dinner - Around 5pm, I decided that I really wasn't all that hungry, I was still feeling a little full from lunch so I was going to skip dinner. I did snack on a few more wheat crackers. Then, the power went out, with all the storming and lightening going on, and after getting out of the house a few times, Dani, Connor, Emma, and I (Zen was out in the field, and Gil was at Scout Camp) all sat around the dining room, where the most light was coming in the house, and I read a book while the kids watched the lightening and played. By 8pm, Connor asked for an ice cream cone, and I was in that well-there-goes-my-productive-night kind of zone, so I just sat down with 1/2 a tub of Baby Ruth ice cream, and ate it all. Shame, shame, I know your name. We all went to bed early. Hopefully, tomorrow will be better.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Slowing Down?
224.5
Well, at least I didn't gain another three pounds today.
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 minutes, 2.25 miles, 3748 strides, 358.0 calories. After yesterday, I figured I had it in me to increase the intensity, so I did a crossramp of 7, and a resistance 7. It kicked my tail, but a good workout is always satisfying.
What I ate today -
Breakfast/Lunch - Today was one of those didn't-eat-until-lunch kind of days. I had 32 oz. of water during/after my workout. Then I had four of the chocolate striped shortbread cookies, a small bowl of strawberry honey bunches of oats cereal, and about 2/3 to 3/4 of a can of baked beans. I was in a weird mood today.
Dinner - Had some baby carrots to snack on while I cooked dinner. I made the most luscious tacos. Hamburger, cheddar cheese, salsa, fat free sour cream, guacamole, lettuce, and tomatos. I ate 3-1/2, when I could have stopped at two. I also had about 16 to 20 oz. crystal light flavored water.
I was reminded at dinner, that I tend to eat food sometimes just for the sheer pleasure of keeping the party going on my tongue, the marvelous flavor and texture of food, when in fact, my stomach is telling me, "Enough already, I feel sick!"
I'm looking at what I ate today, and I'm thinking, "That doesn't look too over-the-top. I must have eaten more, I felt stuffed!" But maybe the excesses of the past week, whether phsyically or psychologically, are perhaps, slowing down, finally.
Well, at least I didn't gain another three pounds today.
Exercise -
PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 minutes, 2.25 miles, 3748 strides, 358.0 calories. After yesterday, I figured I had it in me to increase the intensity, so I did a crossramp of 7, and a resistance 7. It kicked my tail, but a good workout is always satisfying.
What I ate today -
Breakfast/Lunch - Today was one of those didn't-eat-until-lunch kind of days. I had 32 oz. of water during/after my workout. Then I had four of the chocolate striped shortbread cookies, a small bowl of strawberry honey bunches of oats cereal, and about 2/3 to 3/4 of a can of baked beans. I was in a weird mood today.
Dinner - Had some baby carrots to snack on while I cooked dinner. I made the most luscious tacos. Hamburger, cheddar cheese, salsa, fat free sour cream, guacamole, lettuce, and tomatos. I ate 3-1/2, when I could have stopped at two. I also had about 16 to 20 oz. crystal light flavored water.
I was reminded at dinner, that I tend to eat food sometimes just for the sheer pleasure of keeping the party going on my tongue, the marvelous flavor and texture of food, when in fact, my stomach is telling me, "Enough already, I feel sick!"
I'm looking at what I ate today, and I'm thinking, "That doesn't look too over-the-top. I must have eaten more, I felt stuffed!" But maybe the excesses of the past week, whether phsyically or psychologically, are perhaps, slowing down, finally.
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Oh, How the Mighty Have Fallen
224.5
7am - writing late. Man, I think I gotta forbid myself from setting foot in the kitchen today. I gained three pounds in one day?! And this morning's weigh-in is not going to be any better. I need to focus, again.
Exercise - PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 minutes, crossramp 6, resistance 6, 2.18 miles, 3613 strides, 335.5 calories, alternated forwards and backwards every five minutes. I could feel that I'm getting used to the backwards motion, when it outrageously was kicking my tail a week ago. I could probably increase the crossramp or resistance.
What I ate today - Now, this is the six million dollar question. I pretty much ate the whole kitchen, I think.
Breakfast - somewhere around 9am. I started off with good intentions. Ate my malt o meal cooked with frozen strawberries and peaches. Then, I eyeballed the bagels left on the counter. Ate what was left of the strawberry one. It all gets fuzzy from there, the whole day.
Lunch - For some reason, this is the one I can't remember very well. I think it was chips and salsa, then I cooked some mini bowtie pasta to go with the leftover spaghetti sauce, and added some parmesean cheese.
Dinner - tortilla chips (maybe 1/4 bag?), fat free sour cream (1 cup?), salsa (1 cup?), some bites of canned ravioli I fed to Emma, then I downed a whole pitcher (six cups?) of lime julius. I could pat myself on the back that I didn't add any sugar, but you know, I think the concentrate came with plenty already. I also had some chocolate shortbread cookies, 1/2 dozen, I think.
Well, time to go to the rec center and face the scales. Maybe it will inspire me to get back on track. Or scare me to into getting back on track.
7am - writing late. Man, I think I gotta forbid myself from setting foot in the kitchen today. I gained three pounds in one day?! And this morning's weigh-in is not going to be any better. I need to focus, again.
Exercise - PRECOR Elliptical EFX576i, 30 minutes, crossramp 6, resistance 6, 2.18 miles, 3613 strides, 335.5 calories, alternated forwards and backwards every five minutes. I could feel that I'm getting used to the backwards motion, when it outrageously was kicking my tail a week ago. I could probably increase the crossramp or resistance.
What I ate today - Now, this is the six million dollar question. I pretty much ate the whole kitchen, I think.
Breakfast - somewhere around 9am. I started off with good intentions. Ate my malt o meal cooked with frozen strawberries and peaches. Then, I eyeballed the bagels left on the counter. Ate what was left of the strawberry one. It all gets fuzzy from there, the whole day.
Lunch - For some reason, this is the one I can't remember very well. I think it was chips and salsa, then I cooked some mini bowtie pasta to go with the leftover spaghetti sauce, and added some parmesean cheese.
Dinner - tortilla chips (maybe 1/4 bag?), fat free sour cream (1 cup?), salsa (1 cup?), some bites of canned ravioli I fed to Emma, then I downed a whole pitcher (six cups?) of lime julius. I could pat myself on the back that I didn't add any sugar, but you know, I think the concentrate came with plenty already. I also had some chocolate shortbread cookies, 1/2 dozen, I think.
Well, time to go to the rec center and face the scales. Maybe it will inspire me to get back on track. Or scare me to into getting back on track.
Monday, August 3, 2009
There Are About 50 Mouths Inside My Body
221.5
I swear, I had an appetite that wouldn't quit today. The logical part of my brain was not in charge of my body today. Jenn would feel better if she were still reading my health blog.
Exercise -
Did a brief warmup on that elliptical/stairmaster hybrid machine. Still don't know what to call it. 7 minutes, 0.3 miles, 70 calories. Then, I hit the pool for laps, and I did 16 laps, 1/2 mile, in 31 minutes. Man, I love swimming. Totally creeped out by deep water, but love the feel of the water over my skin, and the freedom of moving every part of my body, all at the same time. If I thought it was going to give my body the challenge it needed all the time, it's the only exercise I'd be doing.
I was really tired this morning, I probably only got five hours of sleep, but I went to the rec center anyway. It's funny, I can make myself exercise. It makes me feel energized and ready for the rest of my day. I've got plenty of willpower for that, but my willpower over my eating urges is just pathetic, especially over the past week. Monkeys!
What I ate today - Honestly, I'll try to remember, but I know I'm going to miss some things.
Breakfast - Thankfully, I got out and exercised first thing this morning. Was done showering, dressing, and got back home by 8:30. I have GOT to fix my sleep schedule, so I'll be ready to drag myself out of bed at 5:30am or earlier, so I'll be "on deck" and ready to be the mom early in the morning when school starts again.
Okay, back to breakfast. At 9am, I took Dani for her dental appointment. We were late by 10 min., and the secretary was totally annoyed with me. I have serious time management issues. There's a special place in hell for me, I just know it. Anyway, the dental office is in the mall, and I thought it would be fun to wander around the mall while we waited, so I had Emma in the stroller, and Connor running like crazy. The only place open was the pretzel stand, and a fun bakery called Sage Creek Bagels. Yep, we went in and bought fresh bagels. Freshly baked bread is nothing like the stale, preservative-laded stuff you can buy on the shelf at the grocery store. I bough half a dozen, and ate them all. Just kidding, but only half-kidding, I probably had about 1-1/2 total, tearing little chunks out of several different flavors - spinach feta, sun dried tomato, and banana nut. And, I just had to try out the little 2 oz. sampler containers of cream cheese - parmesean artichoke and strawberry. Connor picked a Sobe drink, and I probably had 1/4 of it.
Lunch - grazing time, who knows what I ate? I definitely had what was left of the 3 bagel flavors I had earlier, plus the part of the blueberry one. I made Emma this microwave mac & cheese dish, and had three or four bites of that. I also had a slice of cheddar cheese. Crystal light flavored water, maybe 10 to 12 oz. Later in the afternoon, I had an ice cream bar popsicle.
Dinner - 2 of those mini-dinner 8oz. microwave dishes, one was pepper steak on rice, and the other was chicken fried rice. I had a slice of American cheese Emma wouldn't eat. I also had about 24 oz. of a lime julius shake. I took half a can of lime concentrate, added ice and 1% milk. I drank most of it, the kids had the rest. I ate a whole little pack of pink grapefruit-flavored Tic Tacs. They were a limited edition flavor several months ago, and I liked them so much, I bought some to keep. Maybe it's a good thing they're gone, or I'd be buying them all the time. Sure, they're only 1 calorie a piece, but come on, who can eat just one? I was cooking a big batch of hamburger to freeze, and I had a few bites of that. And a few oz. of 2% milk I snitched out of the jug.
Man, who turned on the food beast, anyway?!!! Where'd my self-control go? And would it come back, please? Maybe I need to get more fluids in me. There's a tendency to eat, when really, your body is just thirsty, especially in the summer months. Also, I should probably start taking a multivitamin, in case my body is craving some kind of nutrient, and I'm just chucking random food at it to make the craving shut up.
I swear, I had an appetite that wouldn't quit today. The logical part of my brain was not in charge of my body today. Jenn would feel better if she were still reading my health blog.
Exercise -
Did a brief warmup on that elliptical/stairmaster hybrid machine. Still don't know what to call it. 7 minutes, 0.3 miles, 70 calories. Then, I hit the pool for laps, and I did 16 laps, 1/2 mile, in 31 minutes. Man, I love swimming. Totally creeped out by deep water, but love the feel of the water over my skin, and the freedom of moving every part of my body, all at the same time. If I thought it was going to give my body the challenge it needed all the time, it's the only exercise I'd be doing.
I was really tired this morning, I probably only got five hours of sleep, but I went to the rec center anyway. It's funny, I can make myself exercise. It makes me feel energized and ready for the rest of my day. I've got plenty of willpower for that, but my willpower over my eating urges is just pathetic, especially over the past week. Monkeys!
What I ate today - Honestly, I'll try to remember, but I know I'm going to miss some things.
Breakfast - Thankfully, I got out and exercised first thing this morning. Was done showering, dressing, and got back home by 8:30. I have GOT to fix my sleep schedule, so I'll be ready to drag myself out of bed at 5:30am or earlier, so I'll be "on deck" and ready to be the mom early in the morning when school starts again.
Okay, back to breakfast. At 9am, I took Dani for her dental appointment. We were late by 10 min., and the secretary was totally annoyed with me. I have serious time management issues. There's a special place in hell for me, I just know it. Anyway, the dental office is in the mall, and I thought it would be fun to wander around the mall while we waited, so I had Emma in the stroller, and Connor running like crazy. The only place open was the pretzel stand, and a fun bakery called Sage Creek Bagels. Yep, we went in and bought fresh bagels. Freshly baked bread is nothing like the stale, preservative-laded stuff you can buy on the shelf at the grocery store. I bough half a dozen, and ate them all. Just kidding, but only half-kidding, I probably had about 1-1/2 total, tearing little chunks out of several different flavors - spinach feta, sun dried tomato, and banana nut. And, I just had to try out the little 2 oz. sampler containers of cream cheese - parmesean artichoke and strawberry. Connor picked a Sobe drink, and I probably had 1/4 of it.
Lunch - grazing time, who knows what I ate? I definitely had what was left of the 3 bagel flavors I had earlier, plus the part of the blueberry one. I made Emma this microwave mac & cheese dish, and had three or four bites of that. I also had a slice of cheddar cheese. Crystal light flavored water, maybe 10 to 12 oz. Later in the afternoon, I had an ice cream bar popsicle.
Dinner - 2 of those mini-dinner 8oz. microwave dishes, one was pepper steak on rice, and the other was chicken fried rice. I had a slice of American cheese Emma wouldn't eat. I also had about 24 oz. of a lime julius shake. I took half a can of lime concentrate, added ice and 1% milk. I drank most of it, the kids had the rest. I ate a whole little pack of pink grapefruit-flavored Tic Tacs. They were a limited edition flavor several months ago, and I liked them so much, I bought some to keep. Maybe it's a good thing they're gone, or I'd be buying them all the time. Sure, they're only 1 calorie a piece, but come on, who can eat just one? I was cooking a big batch of hamburger to freeze, and I had a few bites of that. And a few oz. of 2% milk I snitched out of the jug.
Man, who turned on the food beast, anyway?!!! Where'd my self-control go? And would it come back, please? Maybe I need to get more fluids in me. There's a tendency to eat, when really, your body is just thirsty, especially in the summer months. Also, I should probably start taking a multivitamin, in case my body is craving some kind of nutrient, and I'm just chucking random food at it to make the craving shut up.
Sunday, August 2, 2009
Slow Day
Not much happenin' today, except I made the most luscious not-very-healthy lunch/dinner, Schnitzel. Aaaaahhh...
Exercise - again, it's Sunday, so I take the day off.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - none, out the door to church
Lunch - a few pieces of my improved-recipe banana bread, then a lunch/dinner around 2pm of a Schnitzel steak (breaded and cooked in canola oil), about a cup to 1-1/2 cups of homemade mashed potatoes (I add 1% milk, and Smart Balance to cooked potato cubes, then blend it together), a skillet-drippings-made mushroom gravy to go on top, and green beans with Smart Balance light. Then crystal light flavored water. I had two Klondike bars (naughty!!!)
Had my big Sunday nap.
Dinner - around 8pm, about a cup of the mashed potatoes, 1/2 a Schnitzel steak, about 1/2 cup mushroom gravy to go on top, and about 10 to 12 pieces of raspberry almond M&M chocolates.
Note - after HOURS of tweaking, I finished the layout for my Becky's Kitchen Creations blog. It's almost 11:30 pm, so I won't post any recipes tonight, but I'll slowly add recipes over the next week, including the recipe/pictures for the Schnitzel I made tonight.
Exercise - again, it's Sunday, so I take the day off.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - none, out the door to church
Lunch - a few pieces of my improved-recipe banana bread, then a lunch/dinner around 2pm of a Schnitzel steak (breaded and cooked in canola oil), about a cup to 1-1/2 cups of homemade mashed potatoes (I add 1% milk, and Smart Balance to cooked potato cubes, then blend it together), a skillet-drippings-made mushroom gravy to go on top, and green beans with Smart Balance light. Then crystal light flavored water. I had two Klondike bars (naughty!!!)
Had my big Sunday nap.
Dinner - around 8pm, about a cup of the mashed potatoes, 1/2 a Schnitzel steak, about 1/2 cup mushroom gravy to go on top, and about 10 to 12 pieces of raspberry almond M&M chocolates.
Note - after HOURS of tweaking, I finished the layout for my Becky's Kitchen Creations blog. It's almost 11:30 pm, so I won't post any recipes tonight, but I'll slowly add recipes over the next week, including the recipe/pictures for the Schnitzel I made tonight.
Saturday, August 1, 2009
Worked Too Hard, Ate Too Much
221.0
Food, food, food. I don't even know what to say. But I'll try to remember as much as I can:
Exercise - Hallelujah, I actually got my workout done early enough to eat breakfast. I went to the rec center, and worked out on the PRECOR Elliptical EFX 556 downstairs. It does not have the crossramp feature like the newer ones, but compared to the newer ones upstairs, I'd say it's about a comparable crossramp incline of 3 or 4 out of 10. I set it to a resistance of 6, and did 30 minutes, alternating forwards with backwards every five minutes. I pushed myself hard this morning, doing 2.43 miles, 4003 strides, and 396.0 calories. I was pushing for 400 calories near the end, but missed it by only a few. Next time I'm so close, I'll just up the resistance. I can always put in a burst of speed at the end, it's just the way my body works. The beginning is always the hardest, at least psychologically. But this was a great start to the day, although I wore myself out as the day progressed, starting with cleaning the downstairs bathroom when I got home, to helping the kids clean the upstairs. Check out the detail below.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - And that's where the positive list ends. I made a pancake breakfast for the kids this morning, just felt all warm and squishy about family togetherness. Anyway, I made pancakes from scratch, but at least I made the batter half whole wheat flour. While I was cooking, I had a piece of banana bread (the more nutritious variety I made a few days ago), and had a small piece of cheddar cheese. Then I had one of the pancakes, no syrup. I also had some orange juice, but I ate a lot of the omelet scrambled eggs I made, somewhere around three or four eggs worth.
Lunch - I think I skipped this, technically. After feeding the kids, I got busy getting them to all the clean the upstairs, and I kept at it, organizing the toy/baby room, then repairing the cushion on the couch in Gil's room, and taking the bottom backing off two of the couches, looking for things that had fallen through the cracks. Found a few treasures, but not the ladybug binky chain I was looking for. Drat. But, I tell you what, I was soooo exhausted after all that, not sleepy-tired or hurt, but just exhausted, like my muscles were saying, "Sorry, sister, we got nothing left." I just wanted to sit down and be still. But, I knew if I stopped, I'd never get back up, and I had errands to run, so I took a shower, got dressed, and then took Connor to the library, KMart, and Smith's. Before we left, I munched on some tortilla chips and fat free sour cream dip. But at Smith's I bought a ton of ice cream treats on sale. I had some more chips and dip at home.
Dinner - after the day's activities, my body was just screaming at me, and I just totally caved, "Who cares?" I felt like I'd climbed Mt. Everest, I just wanted to be still and just chill. So for my dinner around 5:30pm, or maybe it's the pre-dinner appetizer, I chowed half a box of Rocky Road ice cream. Yep, I said it, and I ate it. Then, after a sort-of restful nap with all the noisy kids in the house, I got up and did some things for them. Then, around 7:30pm I had a small bowl of linguine with spaghetti sauce, a few handfuls of various chips with fat-free refried beans, some crystal light flavored water, nearly a whole container of fresh blueberries I shared with Emma (little moocher), some more chips when Zen came home around 9:30pm. At around 8:30 pm, I called my sister, who is out in Minnesota visiting with one of her good high school buddies (BFF, right?!) to request an intervention, because I just could not stop putting food in my mouth. It was so funny. Sue is one of those people who will talk on the phone to you and to everyone else in the room with her at the same time. Gets kind of confusing. This time around, I kind of got some feedback with the people she was with. It was weird, in a completely funny kind of way, because all I said to her when she answered the phone was, "Help, I need an intervention!" She repeated it to those around her, and they said right back, "Don't eat it!" How did they know we were talking about food?! So, a big shoutout to Lori, who I hear is stalking this blog. Good to know. Eat some Target cake for me.
So, eventually I quit putting stuff in my mouth at about 10pm. Holy Monkeys! I wonder what I would weigh tomorrow, Monday's weigh-in will be interesting.
I'm so stinkin' hungry/munchy all the time. Aaarrrgh!!! It's the worst at night when I'm slowing down, and not so busy doing things that distract me from eating.
Food, food, food. I don't even know what to say. But I'll try to remember as much as I can:
Exercise - Hallelujah, I actually got my workout done early enough to eat breakfast. I went to the rec center, and worked out on the PRECOR Elliptical EFX 556 downstairs. It does not have the crossramp feature like the newer ones, but compared to the newer ones upstairs, I'd say it's about a comparable crossramp incline of 3 or 4 out of 10. I set it to a resistance of 6, and did 30 minutes, alternating forwards with backwards every five minutes. I pushed myself hard this morning, doing 2.43 miles, 4003 strides, and 396.0 calories. I was pushing for 400 calories near the end, but missed it by only a few. Next time I'm so close, I'll just up the resistance. I can always put in a burst of speed at the end, it's just the way my body works. The beginning is always the hardest, at least psychologically. But this was a great start to the day, although I wore myself out as the day progressed, starting with cleaning the downstairs bathroom when I got home, to helping the kids clean the upstairs. Check out the detail below.
What I ate today -
Breakfast - And that's where the positive list ends. I made a pancake breakfast for the kids this morning, just felt all warm and squishy about family togetherness. Anyway, I made pancakes from scratch, but at least I made the batter half whole wheat flour. While I was cooking, I had a piece of banana bread (the more nutritious variety I made a few days ago), and had a small piece of cheddar cheese. Then I had one of the pancakes, no syrup. I also had some orange juice, but I ate a lot of the omelet scrambled eggs I made, somewhere around three or four eggs worth.
Lunch - I think I skipped this, technically. After feeding the kids, I got busy getting them to all the clean the upstairs, and I kept at it, organizing the toy/baby room, then repairing the cushion on the couch in Gil's room, and taking the bottom backing off two of the couches, looking for things that had fallen through the cracks. Found a few treasures, but not the ladybug binky chain I was looking for. Drat. But, I tell you what, I was soooo exhausted after all that, not sleepy-tired or hurt, but just exhausted, like my muscles were saying, "Sorry, sister, we got nothing left." I just wanted to sit down and be still. But, I knew if I stopped, I'd never get back up, and I had errands to run, so I took a shower, got dressed, and then took Connor to the library, KMart, and Smith's. Before we left, I munched on some tortilla chips and fat free sour cream dip. But at Smith's I bought a ton of ice cream treats on sale. I had some more chips and dip at home.
Dinner - after the day's activities, my body was just screaming at me, and I just totally caved, "Who cares?" I felt like I'd climbed Mt. Everest, I just wanted to be still and just chill. So for my dinner around 5:30pm, or maybe it's the pre-dinner appetizer, I chowed half a box of Rocky Road ice cream. Yep, I said it, and I ate it. Then, after a sort-of restful nap with all the noisy kids in the house, I got up and did some things for them. Then, around 7:30pm I had a small bowl of linguine with spaghetti sauce, a few handfuls of various chips with fat-free refried beans, some crystal light flavored water, nearly a whole container of fresh blueberries I shared with Emma (little moocher), some more chips when Zen came home around 9:30pm. At around 8:30 pm, I called my sister, who is out in Minnesota visiting with one of her good high school buddies (BFF, right?!) to request an intervention, because I just could not stop putting food in my mouth. It was so funny. Sue is one of those people who will talk on the phone to you and to everyone else in the room with her at the same time. Gets kind of confusing. This time around, I kind of got some feedback with the people she was with. It was weird, in a completely funny kind of way, because all I said to her when she answered the phone was, "Help, I need an intervention!" She repeated it to those around her, and they said right back, "Don't eat it!" How did they know we were talking about food?! So, a big shoutout to Lori, who I hear is stalking this blog. Good to know. Eat some Target cake for me.
So, eventually I quit putting stuff in my mouth at about 10pm. Holy Monkeys! I wonder what I would weigh tomorrow, Monday's weigh-in will be interesting.
I'm so stinkin' hungry/munchy all the time. Aaarrrgh!!! It's the worst at night when I'm slowing down, and not so busy doing things that distract me from eating.
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