Week 7 Stats

Age: 36 yrs
Height: 5'4"
Start Weight: 163 lbs (uuuuuuuugh)
This week's weight: 159 lbs (up 1 lb)
2 weeks ago's weight (didn't weigh myself last week): 158 lbs
BMI: 27 (no change)

Honestly, I thought it would be worse. I really overindulged during my vacation. I was doing really well until this past Friday, only eating the occasional treat. But once Friday rolled around, my mind went into freak out mode thinking "back to healthy eating on Monday!! Pig out now while you still can!!!" and that's what I did this weekend. I think this weekend's pigout will reflect in next week's weigh-in.

Sorry for lack of updates!

We're on vacation, Holden is home, it makes for very busy days with very little alone time for me to update the blog. I ask for patience, I'll be back in full swing by Aug 31, with a few updates in between, but definitely not daily.

I've been doing well the last 2 days, staying within my calorie count and eating healthily. I've even turned down some temptations (DQ & McD's breakfast... not at the same time LOL)!!

I'll update again as soon as I can!

Week 5, Day 1 Summary (no pic today, sorry!)

John was unable to take a picture update today, we'll do our best to squeeze it in tomorrow.

Here's what I ate today:
Water: 6 glasses

Breakfast:
1 egg + 1 egg white, 1/2 slice of whwh toast, a touch of butter, coffee.

Snack:
1 chocolate chip cookie at a super fun playdate!

Lunch:
Marinated bbq chicken breast, large salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, dressing, a bit of croutons)

Snack:
1/2 of a small 85% cacao chocolate bar, 1 glass of milk.

Dinner:
Low fat turkey meatloaf, boiled potatoes with 1 tsp butter, large salad (lettuce, tomato, cucumber, dressing, a bit of croutons)

Dessert:
Blueberry cobbler

Total calorie intake: 1,520 calories. Over, but not too bad. Although I could have done without the blueberry cobbler, it was fan-frickin'-tastic!!

Exercise:
None :(

Week 5 Stats

Age: 36 yrs
Height: 5'4"
Start Weight: 163 lbs (uuuuuuuugh)
This week's weight: 158 lbs!! (down 3!)
Last Week's Weight: 161 lbs
BMI: 27 (no change)

Back in the game, baby!!

Photo coming later today (promise!!)

Week 4 Day 5, 6, 7 Summary

So although it was the weekend (my biggest challenge of them all), and I did indulge, I still showed a bit of restraint and didn't pig out as much as I could have.

Friday I had my usual breakfast. We then went to the movies where I had a water and half of a small popcorn (restraint!). We had lunch at Moxie's, John and I split the 3 dip bread, and I had a side caesar salad with half of a beef dip sandwich. No dessert! I am drawing a complete blank on what we had for dinner that night, I'll edit when it comes to me (I know it wasn't junk though, I always remember the junk).

Saturday was coffee for breakfast (bad habit!), then 1 small hamburger & 1 small hotdog at J&T's house who were having a BBQ. Dinner was at home, Shepard's Pie chock full of veggies. I hosted Kylie's baby shower (fun!) and ate 2 cupcakes, some garlic bread, and a couple of small sausage rolls. I made everyone take home what was left at the end of the night, I would have eaten it all on Sunday if they didn't!

Sunday: my dad came over for brunch. 1 egg + BBQ steak + 1 slice toast. Dinner: leftover Shepard's Pie.

Exercise:
Swimming in J&T's pool on saturday (although it was just floating around, so don't think it counts!!). Walking with Jill Sunday night.

Full disclosure time! Again!

Today John and I are having a date day.
We'll be going to a movie and having lunch at Moxie's. I'm sure I'll be over my calories. Moxie's has this 3 dip bread. It's to die for. And it's bread. I'll definitely be over!

Tomorrow evening I'm hosting Kylie's baby shower, and there will be lots of yummy things that I simply cannot resist! Hello!! Chocolate right in front of my face!! And I'll probably have some wine. The joy of hosting: no driving!!

So today and tomorrow: I'll update what I ate, but may not count calories so I don't freak out too much LOL. If I eat 3,000 calories in a day, I don't wannna know. Ignorance is bliss, sometimes. I realize I'll be pissed at my weigh-in on Monday. And this Monday is photo day too *urgh*

Week 4, Day 4 Summary

Here's what I ate today:
Water: 7 glasses (holy crap it's hot out, and our a/c died this morning. why? why? WHY?????)

Breakfast: Coffee (sans sugar), 1 egg + 1 egg white, 4 slices tomato.

Lunch: leftover salmon (only about 40g), leftover spinach & rice casserole (for those interested in trying this recipe, it's not great reheated the next day, so just make enough for your meal. I'll be making a half recipe next time).

Snack (not really a snack, but it was in between meals): Xtra large Timmy's coffee (double double)

Dinner: Swiss chalet (chicken breast with skin, side caesar salad, side garden salad, 1/2 multigrain roll, a bit of dipping sauce. No fries!!).

Total calories intake: 1,290 calories

Exercise: none. I was too frickin' hot and any excuse will do to not move. So sad.

Week 4, Day 3 Summary

Here's what I ate today:
water: 4 glasses

Breakfast:
1 egg + 1 egg white, 4 slices tomato, coffee (no sugar!)

Lunch:
Black bean & veggie soup, 1 slice whwh bread (no butter!)

Dinner:
Steamed salmon; spinach & rice casserole, steamed green beans.

Dessert:
1/2 of a large orange

Total calorie intake: 1,025 calories. Well under my goal, but I wasn't really hungry for much else. I definitely should have snuck in a handful of almonds or something similar between breakfast and lunch.

Exercise:
1 hour in the pool with Theresa. We did lots of laps, but admittedly they were only moderate intensity, but we did continuously move for the whole hour!

So I feel I did really well. Yippee!!

By the way, the spinach and rice casserole was a huge hit with John, Holden and myself. Here's the recipe if you're interested:

Spinach & Rice Casserole
Makes 8 servings

• 1 cup chopped onion
• 2 cloves minced garlic
  
• 1 teaspoon olive or canola oil
• 1 1/2 cups uncooked long grain rice
• 4 cups reduced sodium chicken broth
• 1 (10 ounce) package fresh spinach, torn
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Directions:

1. In a large saucepan, saute onion & garlic in oil until tender. Add rice; cook and stir for 2 minutes. Add broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 15 minutes. Stir in the spinach, salt and pepper; cook until spinach is wilted.
   
   
2. Transfer to a 2-qt. baking dish coated with nonstick cooking spray. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Cover and bake at 375 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until rice is tender.

Nutritional Analysis: One serving (3/4 cup) equals 174 calories, 2 g fat (1 g saturated fat), 2 mg cholesterol, 386 mg sodium, 33 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 6 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch.

Week 4, Day 2 Summary

Here's what I ate today:
Water: 4 glasses (not great!)

Breakfast:
Coffee (from home), large coffee (from McD. They have really good coffee!). Here we go skipping breakie again!!!

Lunch:
Black bean & vegetable soup, 1 slice whwh bread with a bit of butter

Dinner:
Pesto with pasta (my serving was too big, but I was stressed and boy do I like to eat when I'm stressed!). I wanted to hide veggies for Holden, so I steamed half a bag of baby spinach, pureed it and mixed it in with the pesto. It was great. Couldn't taste the spinach at all, and since Holden likes pesto, it was perfect. Added in some fresh peas and cherry tomatoes as well.

Total calorie intake: 1,300

Exercise:
Brisk 1 hr walk with John & Holden *finally got out there and off my butt!!!*

Tomorrow I'm planning on having one of the super clean days. My plan is to have 1 egg + 1 egg white for breakfast, some sliced tomatoes, and a glass of skim milk. Snack will be a homemade blueberry muffin. Lunch will be leftover black bean & veggie soup again, with a slice of bread, no butter. Raw veggies if I'm still hungry. Dinner: baked salmon; steamed green beans; spinach & rice casserole (healthy casserole). This will bring me to 1,120 calories for the day. It's a bit high in carbs, I may switch the muffin for a veggie or fruit snack. I'm also switching to artificial sweetener in my coffee. I like it too sweet to continue putting sugar in it. John is gonna be pissed. He hates that stuff. I can't give up the cream though. Too delicious!!!!

Let's see if I stick to the plan.

Week 4, Day 1 Summary

Here's what I ate today:
Water: 4 glasses

Breakfast:
Xtra large McD coffe, homemade blueberry muffin

Lunch:
Sandwich: 2 slices whwh bread, .7 tbsp mayo, prosciutto, slalami, lettuce tomato.'

Dinner:
Black bean & vegetable soup, 3 slices baguette.

Exercise: none

Not a great day, I was feeling down about the weight gain. It always makes me want to eat more when I gain weight. And not the good stuff. How stupid is that??? At least I capped it at 1,445 calories today *sigh*

I've decided I need to have 3 days a week where I eat super clean... low-fat, low-carb, high protein. I also need to get my butt in gear and do some kind of activity at least 3 times a week too. This is silly. I'm just being lazy.

Week 4 Stats

Age: 36 yrs
Height: 5'4"
Start Weight: 163 lbs (uuuuuuuugh)
This week's weight: 161 lbs!! (up 2!)
Last Week's Weight: 159 lbs
BMI: 27 (no change)

AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! I gained weight this week!! 2 frickin' pounds!!!! I know I wasn't as careful as I could be, but I really didn't overindulge that much. Here's hoping my scale sucks ass... a possibility, since I'm relying on the Wii Fit scale. I've heard it's not very consistent. Time to get new batteries for our real scale.

Well, here's to a fresh start.

Week 3, Day 7 summary

No counting again today, but I still think I did OK.

Breakfast: the usual + 2 cups coffee (I was up at 4:45... i needed it!!)

Lunch: prosciutto & salami sandwich on whwh bread.

Dinner: small portion of steak with a carrot & broccoli casserole (a bit of cheese in it, but not too much).

Dessert: I made a blueberry cobbler. It had sugar in it, but was sooooooo good. I'm sure it put me over the count, but probably not by too much.

Exercise: 1 hr brisk walk

Week 3, Day 6 summary

Another weekend day where I didn't count calories, but did fairly well (I'm too lazy to actually do the counting on weekends, but on weekdays it's part of the routine).

Breakfast was the usual but with 2 coffees. Lunch was leftover half serving of pasta shells stuffed with italian sausage, dinner was pesto pasta with tomatoes.

It was a gorgeous day! Holden, John, and I played in the backyard all morning. We put out the baby pool for Holden, which he loved. I mean, he was ecstatic.

All in all, a great day.

So far today (Sunday) I've gone for a 1 hr walk this morning and eaten well. I'll update later!

I decided I'll be taking update pictures every month instead of every week. I think a weekly picture would be discouraging, since changes are so minimal in that short time. So next picture will be August 17!

Week 3, Day 5 summary

I had a family gathering yesterday, and those are always about food. I didn't do a calorie count, but I think it turned out OK.

Breakfast was just toast and coffee.
Lunch was a small BLT sandwich.
Dinner was a small portion of beef, corn & bean salad, rice & spinach salad, and a bit of mashed potatoes. There was chocolate cake for dessert, and that put me over the top, I'm sure. It was delicious and I didn't hold back, I had a huge piece!! BUT, I skipped on the wine.

I gave Holden a bit of dessert, just a few bites, and he loved it. After I finished feeding him, I did some chores and the grandmothers (both my mom & John's mom were there) gave Holden more desserts. I could have smacked them. So he didn't fall asleep until 8:30pm and woke up at a very dark 4:30am. Aargh.

Week 3, Day 4 summary

Here's what I ate today:
Water: 5 glasses

Breakfast:
Coffee, 1 slice whwh toast, 1 egg

Lunch:
Sandwich with salami & prosciutto, large salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, 1.5 tbsp dressing)

OK, so the whole morning and lunch was a repeat of yesterday!! LOL

Dinner:
Pasta shells stuffed with meat & veggies topped with marinara sauce and a bit of cheese. Salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, 1.5 tbsp dressing). 2oz red wine.

Total calorie intake: 1,265 calories (yea!)

Exercise: none (I missed Jill's emal invite for a walk, didn't check email between 5:00pm and 7:45pm. Boo, my bad)

Week 3, Day 3 summary

I did better today! Well, with the food at least :)

Here's what I ate today:
Water: 5 glasses

Breakfast:
Coffee, 1 slice whwh toast, 1 egg

Lunch:
Sandwich with salami & prosciutto, large salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, 1.5 tbsp dressing)

Dinner:
Low-fat butter chicken (homemade by John) with .75 cup rice, salad (lettuce, cucumber, tomato, 1.5 tbsp dressing)

Total calorie intake: 1,180 calories

Exercise: none :(

Week 3, Day 2 summary

Here's what I ate today:
Water: 5 glasses

Breakfast:
Extra large Timmy's coffee. Done. A bad start to the day. I got really wrapped up in work and neglected to eat.

Lunch:
Salad with lettuce, tomatoes, dressing, and a slice of whwh bread with butter.

Dinner:
1.5 servings of black bean casserole (love it!! lots of yummy veggies too).

Snack: 1 cup cherries

Total calorie intake: 1,060 calories

Exercise: none. bla.

Problems:
I really need to kick this habit of skipping meals. I'm ravenous by dinner time, and continuously want to snack after dinner. The days where I eat moderately throughout the day, I don't feel like snacking as much in the evening. And I'm in a better mood on days I eat well and consistently. Why do I do this to myself???? Argh.

Week 3 Stats

Age: 36 yrs
Height: 5'4"
Start Weight: 163 lbs (uuuuuuuugh)
This week's weight: 159 lbs!! (down 2.5!)
Last Week's Weight: 161.5 lbs
BMI: 27 (no change)

Full disclosure time!

So it was a busy weekend with friends, food, and wine. It was a great long weekend, and I didn't count calories. The worst of it was caving to chocolate and cheesies on Saturday night. Everything else was reasonable (food-wise). Although the wine on Sunday night was a little out of control (thank god for Monday being a holiday!!).

I'm now fully back on and will be updating with my daily menu, calorie intake, exercise, etc.

Big challenge of the week: my mother will be here from later today until Saturday. She eats well, not much junk, but she often likes a rich diet. I think we'll be doing most of the cooking though, so hopefully it will work out.

Next up: this week's surprising stats!!

Off the wagon weekend. Again.

Just so you don't all think I've forgotten to keep up with the blog, here's a mini update. Had friends over for dinner Friday night. Overindulged. Saturday, had chocolate and cheesies (those horrid cheese puff things). Now it's Sunday. More friends coming for dinner tonight.

I'll update with more details later.