Well, I WOULD, except for the fact that it's too hot to cook... and I've got a bunch of food that's not exactly "healthy" but I don't want to waste it because money is tight.... oh, and my son is addicted to macaroni and cheese (the boxed kind, of course), so I'll just have some of what he's having... And by the time DH gets home from work and I can get away from the boys, it'll be too late to take an hour to prep and cook dinner, so I guess we'll just have something quick and easy.
I'm going to exercise today too!
Well, I WOULD, except I'm sooo tired, and it's so hot outside, and there's no room really to stretch out to do my pilates, and my back hurts, and my arthritis is acting up due to the weather change, oh and J is being "high needs" today and so I'll have to wait for his nap. Oops, J goes down for a nap but Z needs to eat... Now Z's done eating but look, here comes DH. Now I have to cook dinner and maybe try to get a shower before I have to get the kids ready for bed. Oh, but now that the kids are in bed, it's too late to exercise because exercising before bed keeps me from being able to sleep.
So you see, that's my biggest problem. I'm full of excuses. I'm too busy, it costs too much, I'm too tired, the kids need my attention, we don't have enough room, we don't have enough time.. The list goes on and on. But you know what? It all boils down to one thing: I'm not important enough. I don't rank high enough on the food chain to make getting and staying healthy a top priority. And you know what? *I* am the one who put myself at the bottom. I really think that J would be just fine if he had to play by himself while Z was napping and I worked out. And the whole family would benefit from healthier eating and not having a bunch of crap food in the house. It's just a matter of making myself realize that I'm just as important as anyone else in this family.
I think I got a touch of the South Beach Flu yesterday. I got a headache and just felt icky. Though, that could be part of being a new mommy who doesn't get nearly enough sleep lol! I do feel better this morning. I screwed up on dinner last night and just kind of snacked (string cheese, mixed nuts, cucumber and ranch, SF fudgesicle, etc.) but it couldn't have been but so bad seeing as how I'm down over a pound again today.
Of course, that probably has more to do with Z's growth spurt than anything lol Kid's suckin me dry (literally!)
So far I've had two slices of lunch meat and 20 oz water. Soon I'll cook up the other 1/2 chicken breast from the other day and have it with a big salad :)
Well, I'm down 1.6 lbs! I know, I know, it's water weight, but I don't care lol That puts me just 6 lbs away from being under 200 lbs again! Yea!!
Breakfast
Omelette - 2 egg whites, 1 whole egg, 1/4 cup lowfat cheddar, 1/4 cup mixed veggies (onion, pepper, mushroom), 1 slice Canadian Bacon (chopped)
8 oz skim milk
20 oz orange Crystal Lite
Centrum
Fenugreek
Breakfast was delicious! I'm not sure what I want for snacks and lunch yet, but I think we're having Turkey Swedish Meatballs, sauteed green beans (with onions and toasted almonds) and garlic cauliflower for dinner.
I'm thinking that I'm going to try not to have a salad today. I had two salads yesterday, and while they're really good, I'm afraid that I might get burned out on them.
Maybe for lunch I'll have chicken satay and stir fry vegetables. We'll see :)
*edit*
And indeed I did! Well, kinda. The stir fry veggies I have had corn in them, so I just steamed some broccoli and threw a little soy sauce and toasted sliced almonds on it instead.
Lunch
1/2 chicken breast, sauteed in olive oil
1/4 cup toasted sliced almonds
1 cup steamed broccoli
soy sauce
peanut sauce (about 3 tbs Smucker's Natural Peanut butter, the soy sauce left from cooking the chiken, a little water, and 2 packets of Splenda)
Short Term Goal: 160 (just below my pre-pregnancy weight)
Long Term Goal: 135 (my "healthy" weight according to BMI
And of course, non-weight goals:
To fit back into size 10/12's again
To lose some boobage (these puppies are killing my back!)
To have more energy and overall feel better physically
To finally stay hydrated (easier said than done when you're on tap 24/7 lol!)
To not be (as) disgusted when I look in the mirror
I do think my SST goal is a bit unrealistic according to my tracker. I have it set to lose 21 lbs in 30 days, which probably won't happen. I do hope to lose at least 15 though to be honest, since on Phase 1 I typically lose a good amount. I know it's different with the whole breastfeeding thing, not to mention I have lost a lot of water weight already, but here's hoping!
Today if off to an okay start. I've been totally slacking on the water (oops!) and I skipped breakfast (OOPS!), but what I've eaten today was okay :)
Breakfast
3 cups romaine lettuce
6 slices turkey pepperoni
1/4 cup lowfat cheddar
1/4 cup sliced almonds
1 hard boiled egg (white only)
2 tbs Hidden Valley Ranch dressing
20 oz water
Snacks
single serving of Planter's SB Nut-rition Nuts
6 slices turkey pepperoni (one serving)
two lowfat string cheeses
SB Protein Water (20 oz) x2
2 hard boiled eggs
tiny bit of mayo (maybe a tsp?)
Dinner
Almond Crusted Parmesan Chicken
Spaghetti squash with chunky marinara
BIG salad (lettuce, green peppers, onions, mushrooms, cucumber, lowfat cheese, Hidden Valley Ranch dressing)
SF Fruit punch
I'm still quite hungry though, which is, of course, what happens when you skip breakfast like a big doofus, but htat's okay. I'm going to down another 20 oz. water, and if I'm still hugnry, I think I'll have some celery and pimento cheese, or maybe some more nuts. Remember, I'm eating an extra serving of nuts, dairy, and healthy oils since I'm breastfeeding (more than that if I notice my supply dropping at all)
I weighed myself last night and was 215 lol My pockets must have been full or something since I weighed with clothes on last night vs. the au natural weighing that I do in the mornings lol Now, if that mental image doesn't cure you of your appetite, I don't know what will!!
I'm tempted to track calories because I feel like I ate WAY too much today, but we'll just wait and see if I lost weight doing what I'm doing :)
Okay, I know it's been a LONG time since I posted.
I had my baby!
I am now the Proud Mommy of another little boy named Zachary, and I'm totally in love. We had a hell of a first week due to some health issues (check out his blog at http://meetoursprout.blogspot.com for all those details), but now we're home and healthy and doing great!
Well, great except I'm fat again. Blah. I weighed tonight and was 215 again. Yikes! And that's 2 weeks postpartum too!
So tomorrow morning we're starting on Phase 1 of South Beach again. We went shopping today and got lots of nummy veggies and lean protein and lean dairy, and LOTS of water, so we should be set. I am breastfeeding though so I will be eating an extra serving of dairy, nuts, and healthy oils (to equal around 500 calories) each day, and I'll be taking Fenugreek to keep my supply up, drinking a TON of water, and of course, taking my prenatal vitamins to make sure I stay healhty, AND, if my supply starts to drop, I'll go ahead and move straight into Phase 2. I just honestly feel like I need to do soething drastic to break the habit of horrible eating that I've found myself back in. I also look forward to how good I felt while I was on South Beach last time.
I really hope that the ladies on my birth board will participate in some sort of weight loss program with me. It's SO much easier to stay motivated when you're not alone!
I will weigh and take "before" pictures tomorrow :)
I've really started watching what I eat, and while I still give in to my food cravings, I make sure that I don't overdo it and that I'm still getting enough of the good stuff... I'm back down to 170.0 this morning.
My doctor said he only wants me to gain 15 pound the whole pregnancy, and that if I lose a few in the first few months that will be perfectly fine as long as I'm not starving myself. I told him about South Beach Phase 2 and he actually said it was fine as long as I made sure to eat an extra serving each day of protien, fruit, and grain. Not too shabby if you ask me lol
My weight had gotten up to 176 and I realized that was from gorging myself on Nutty Bars and Pizza Hut, so I went back to my whole grain pastas and my salads topped with "chicken", cheese, eggs and nuts, and so far it's working really well as far as maintaining.
Again, I'm not looking to lose -- if I do, fine, but really I just want to maintain. I want to stay in the 170-175 range until my doc tells me otherwise
I'm trying very hard to just maintain my weight at this point but man oh man the cravings for sweet onion pizza and ranch dressing aren't helping matters lol!
But I'm almost 7 weeks, and since I'm hovering right around 170 lately, I want to stay that way until I at least get into the second trimester...
It's hard though. I swear I've never been so hungry in my life lol But we're also starting a new budget thing so hopefully the fact we're not going to be eating out will help me in this since it's easier to turn down bad food at the grocery store (especially if I ate before I shopped) than it is to turn it down at say, Olive Garden lol!
Anyway, I just wanted to share my news so that y'all wouldn't wonder why I'd stopped posting!
Lunch: 1 cup romaine lettuce - 10 calories 1 string cheese cut up (2% milk)- 80 calories 1/2 tbs fat free ranch dressing - 10 calories 20 ounces of water
Total: 100 calories
Dinner: hahahahahaha As y'all can see, THIS is where I fuck up for the day
*ahem*
IHOP Garden Omlette (no cheese, made with egg substitute) Calories - no clue really but it's a "three egg omlette" so that'd be 90 if they're egg beaters.. plus mushrooms, peppers, onions, and tomatoes so we'll call it... [b]250[/b] assuming that they put butter on it or something.
Chocolate Chex cereal with 1/2 cup skim milk. (170 x3 = [b]510[/b])
and a chicken sandwich [b]310 calories[/b] - 120 bun - 10 lettuce - 30 mayo - 10 tomato - 140 chicken
And some pringles lol
160 calories
lol
So you see, the sun goes down and I lose my ever loving mind when it comes to food! lol!
TOTAL DAILY CALORIES:1432 TOTAL DAILY WATER: 80 OUNCES TOTAL DAILY ACTIVITY: 30 minutes formal exercise, 35 minutes walking around wal-mart
Oy. If I could only get my night time eating under control I'd be set!
I don't know if it's habit (I'm sure that's part of it), if it's dehydration (I've been extra thirsty lately), if it's an emotional response to something (I've been a little stressed lately) or what, but I've GOT to get the nighttime munching under control! This is just NUTS!
I know every few months or so I hit a plateau. I know allll the things that I can do to break a palteau -- increase the frequency of exercise, increase the intensity of exercise, and increase the length of time I exercise. Combine that with carefully watching my food and I shouldn't have any problem, right?
Well, unfortunately what my brain KNOWS and what my bum DOES are two different things *sigh* I just can't seem to get motivated lately.
I do really well with my eating during the day and then the sun goes down and I turn into Garfield, just shoveling food in my mouth lol
I don't know what my problem is but I've had enough!
Today is going to be different.
I started out with a good breakfast -- a piece of Freedom Toast lol One slice of whole wheat bread, 1/4 cup of egg beaters whites, and 1 tbs of sugar free maple syrup. That should tide me over until snack, when I'll have a small salad or some green beans or something.
I'm down to 166.8 today. Just 0.8lbs left before I've officially lost 80 lbs. But I don't feel like rejoicing. My tummy has been sad all day yesterday and I'm pretty sure that's just water weight. It IS nice to see the scale under 170 though lol I think that might just be enough motivation to keep me from shoveling food in my mouth tonight. lol We'll see
I got into a fight with pilates. Pilates won. LMBO! I hadn't done any kind of floor exercises in a while so I pulled out the pilates mat and dvd yesterday to see if I could still do it and I woke up this morning and could barely move. LOL I guess that's good though because it means I worked those muscles! lol
