Keeping up the bad

I think I had a "false start" on this diet.

Breakfast: Dry toast (2), Fried (in cooking spray) eggs (2), lunch meat ham (1)
2nd Breakfast: 1 Burger King sausage biscuit and 8 cheesy tots
Lunch: Moe's Triple Lindy w/sour cream-streaker, tortilla chips and salsa
Dinner: 1 Large cheese thin crust Papa Johns pizza
Dessert: 6 SweeTarts
Drinks: 1c milk, Starbucks 15oz nonfat Cinnamon Dolce latte-no whip, 12oz diet soda, water

Ugh.

Yikes!

Horribleness continued...

Sunday

• Breakfast: 4 Pancakes, 1T butter & lite syrup and 2 eggs
• Lunch: Double Quarter Pounder w/cheese & medium fries
• Dinner: 1 fried fish fillet, 4 hush puppies w/2T butter and 3oz shrimp w/cocktail sauce
• Dessert: Caribbean Pie (mini-graham cracker crust with bananas & pineapple tidbits in SF/FF vanilla pudding topped with lite Cool Whip, toasted coconut & macadamia nut pieces)
• Drinks: 1c milk, 16oz diet soda, water

Did not feel well after lunch at all. Was working out the yard afterward and ended up in the lavatory. Probably all that grease after not eating anything like that all week. My stomach hurt again after dessert and didn't stop until Monday afternoon.

Monday

• Breakfast: Nothing
• Lunch: 3oz pot roast, 1c egg noodles, green beans and an apple
• Dinner: Cheesy Broccoli Chicken (4oz breast) and 1.5c egg noodles
• Dessert: Caribbean Pie
• Drinks: 12oz diet soda, water

No breakfast since I still didn't feel well from Sunday night. Finally around 12:30pm I got hungry.

Tuesday

• Breakfast: Dry toast (2), Fried (in cooking spray) eggs (2), lunch meat ham (1)
• Lunch: Cheesy Broccoli Chicken (4oz breast) and 1c egg noodles, FF peach yogurt
• Dinner: Italian sausage sandwich (1 Italian sausage, spaghetti sauce, 2 slices of mozzarella cheese on a wheat sub roll), 1 serving fries & ketchup
• Dessert: Caribbean Pie
• Drinks: 1c milk, 12oz diet soda, water

Wednesday

• Breakfast: Dry toast (2), Fried (in cooking spray) eggs (2), lunch meat ham (1)
• Lunch: 2 Italian sausages with 2c ziti and 3/4c spaghetti sauce, 100cal nutty bar
• Dinner: Steak sandwich (4 Steak-ums, 2 slices of provolone cheese, mayo and ketchup on a white sub roll), 2 servings SC&O chips
• Dessert: Brownie with hot fudge, choco chips & vanilla ice cream
• Drinks: 1c milk, 12oz diet soda, water
• Snacks: 2 servings SC&O chips and 1 pack Lance crackers

I didn't have a great week so far. I'm off for the next two days from work. Hopefully I can start over again.

Horribleness?

Oof! I had a day off apparently. I didn't eat breakfast at home (because we didn't have anything), I didn't eat lunch at all and I didn't get what I said I was at Max & Erma's. Lots of "didn't"s in that sentence.

• Breakfast: Starbucks Sausage, egg and cheese on an English muffin
• Lunch: Nothing
• Dinner: Max & Ermas: 2 pretzel sticks & nacho cheese dip, 1/2 club sandwich & house salad w/Ranch dressing
• Snacks: Popcorn (at hockey game) and 8 SweeTarts
• Drinks: tall decaf coffee w/splenda and half&half, 2 12oz diet sodas, water

Now that I type it all down, it was a day off, but it won't undo everything I've done this week and it was just ONE day. Byron stopped for a potty break and asked if I wanted anything. I said no. He came back with a soda and a 3 Musketeers bar and offered me some, again I said no. I'm back on to being better today.

Better than I thought

One of the guys brought me a McD's ice cream cone and I ate it for dessert at lunch time. I was unsure of the damage that would do, but according to Dottie's WLZ, it's not that bad. Hooray!

• Breakfast: Dry toast (2), Fried (in cooking spray) egg (1), lunch meat ham (1), RF cheese slice (1)
• Lunch: 2 chicken thighs baked in Teriyaki sauce(skin removed), 3/4c rice and 1/3c pineapple chunks. McD's ice cream cone
• Dinner: Steak-ums (3), 1.5 slice of Provolone cheese, wheat sub bun, 1 serving fries, ketchup
  
• Dessert: 100 cal Nutty bar
• Snacks: 1 pack of Lance crackers, 1 SweetTart
  
• Drinks: 1c milk, 12oz diet soda, water

My friend had someone go to Starbucks for her this evening and he asked if I wanted anything and I said no. After the ice cream, I really didn't want anything but dinner. Tomorrow' Norfolk for hockey. Hooray!

Decent Day Again

I had a badly good day. My friend wanted to go to Starbucks during lunch, so we went but I behaved by getting non-fat milk and no whipped cream and I only drank 13-14oz of the 16oz drink. That was the good part. I did have 1/4 of the brownie she bought that she offered me as dessert.

• Breakfast: Dry toast (2), Fried (in cooking spray) eggs (2), lunch meat ham (1)
• Lunch: 1.5c Taco soup, 1/4c cheese, 1/2 serving tortilla chips, 1/4 brownie
  
• Dinner: 1.5c Kielbasa & cheese casserole
• Dessert: Rice Crispy Treat
• Snacks: 1 bag Baked Lays, 5 SweetTarts
• Drinks: 1c milk, 13-14oz non-fat Pumpkin Spice Latte, water

I looked up Max & Erma's for our Norfolk trip. As long as they let me have the lunch portion of Caribbean Chicken and switch out the broccoli for the fruit salad I'll be fine. Even though I'm not doing Weight Watchers specifically I still use their points system to help figure out what's the best for me while eating out.
Coming straight home was hard tonight. The smell of the Mickey D's fries in my work parking lot was luring. But, I went the back road way to stay away from the restaurant. Yay!

Better than decent day

I didn't get offered any food to turn down, the boss was overturned with the no water on the desk rule and I didn't eat everything in sight today. Darn good day.

• Breakfast: Dry toast (2), Fried (in cooking spray) eggs (2), lunch meat ham (1)
• Lunch: 12in Subway Buffalo chicken sub on wheat (provolone cheese, light ranch, lettuce & tomato)
• Dinner: Kielbasa & cheese casserole (1.5c)
• Dessert: Rice Crispy Treat
• Snacks: pack of Lance Crackers (1), 6 SweetTarts, apple
• Drinks: 1c milk, 14oz diet soda + 2oz regular soda, water

Planning on going to Norfolk for a hockey game this weekend. That means we'll be eating dinner out again this weekend. Need to start planning for a proper dinner that night. We generally eat at Max & Erma's, so I need to do some research since it's been a while since we've been there and I'm sure they've changed their menu.

Decent Day

I was a good girl last night. No midnight snack last night. I just kept drinking my water.
At work today, I turned down some fries from Five Guys Burgers & Fries. I also turned down a Quaker rice cake, but that was because I had just finished lunch and wasn't hungry. I did take someone up on an offer for one Sugar Free vanilla wafer. That was actually pretty good. I might have to look into those.

• Breakfast: Dry toast (2), Fried (in cooking spray) Eggs (2), lunch meat ham (1)
• Lunch: (2) 4oz pork chops and 3/4cup of beans, 100 cal Nutty Bar and an apple
• Dinner: 1/2 c Taco Soup, 1T sour cream and (1) serving bite size tortilla chips
• Dessert: (1) Rice Crispy Treat
• Snack: (1) pack of Lance crackers, 2 SweetTarts, 1 SF vanilla wafer, (2) servings bite size tortilla chips & 1/4c salsa
  
• Drinks: 1.5c milk, 12oz diet soda, water

All in all a pretty good day, just too many snacks. I haven't had fast food since Saturday. That's another thing this will help. Not spending money on extra food that I don't need and isn't good for me.
Tomorrow there's a VP coming into work, so we won't be able to eat OR DRINK at our desk. I can understand eating, but I answer phones as part of my job. Talking causes my mouth to be dry, plus I'm on a diuretic (for the HBP) so I need to drink water to stay hydrated. Gratefully, it's just one day and I'm going to sneak in my water whenever I can. Also, since he'll be in there he'll camp out in our break/conference room which means no fridge or microwave access. Good thing is that someone owes me lunch and I told him today that I wanted Subway. So, I'll be able to stay on track.

Midnight snacking

Today wasn't horrible...just wasn't great. I forgot to buy my snack crackers at my weekly shopping trip. I was given a bag of Ruffles on Friday, so that was my snack today. Also, some leftover SweetTarts from the movie, but I had less than a serving. I ate my leftovers for lunch and didn't have a snack and didn't stop at McD's (which I'm famous for since it's right there when I leave work). I made it home and had dinner. Now 3 hours later I'm hungry again. I don't know if it's boredom or if it's that I'm playing Cafe' World on Facebook or something else. Maybe I'll have a yogurt...maybe I'll just drink my water like a good girl. I dunno. I'm just trying to type the hunger out right now I guess.

• Breakfast: Dry toast (2) Fried (in cooking spray) eggs (2) lunch meat ham (1)
• Lunch: Chicken Parmesan and spaghetti (6oz breast & 1/2 serving pasta), apple, 100 cal Nutty Bar
• Dinner: Pork Chop & Beans (4oz chop & 3/4cup beans)
  
• Dessert: Rice Crispy Treat (1)
  
• Snacks: 1 (small) bag of Ruffles, 1/2 serving of Pringles, 6 SweetTarts
  
• Drinks: 1c milk, 12oz diet soda, water
  

I did manage to turn down food today. Both times from a coworker/friend. Once I didn't even look up when she asked if I wanted something. I had just finished my lunch. She stated that I didn't even look up to see what it was. I told her it didn't matter cause I was full. The other was M&M's. A weakness. Candy coated chocolate goodness. I said no.
So, like I said...not great, but not horrible.

Eating out

Before I decided to start losing weight I signed up to be one of Woody's first 500,000 fans to receive a free burger from TGIFridays. We decided to go and I'd let B use the coupon and I'd get something else. Fridays has exactly 2 menu items for people watching their weight. I did not get either of these options because they didn't sound very good. I opted for a Chicken and Sausage Penne with Roasted Red Pepper sauce. It was pretty good which meant it couldn't have been good for me. But I have no idea because there's no nutritional facts on their site. The good thing was it was off their "Right Portion, Right Price" menu which meant it wasn't a huge bowl of the stuff. It did come with a bread stick and I only had one bite of that. I also had popcorn at the movies today, no butter as usual. So today wasn't a very good day. Just breakfast and dinner and we made those at home. Weekdays are generally easier, so we'll see how tomorrow goes.

The Goal

My goal is to lose 100 lbs in a year from October 1st.

My reasons for the goal:

a) Health

1. Reduce High Blood Pressure
2. Reduce likely hood of type 2 diabetes
   

b) Being able to fly to Austin, Texas for our 5th year anniversary
c) Being able to be pregnant

1. produce a healthy child
2. live through the pregnancy
3. not develop gestational diabetes

Now the more selfish reasons:

a) Sit in a concert seat comfortably

1. Norfolk Scope lower bowl
2. Nissan Pavilion
3. Verizon Center

b) Go to Kings Dominion and be able to ride roller coasters again.


One problem is I don't know my actual weight right now. We don't own a scale and I'm not due back into a doctor's office until mid-November. So, I'll add 5lbs to whatever that weight is and make that my goal for October 2010. Or I'll buy a scale between now and then.

This blog will be for pushing through my struggles and plateaus and celebrating my accomplishments.