Ok so last night didn't go so well. Dinner was terrible once again, and I even went to the grocery store and had planned dinner.
So we were sitting at my house and DH's buddy (who he works with) was waiting for his GF to show up. She does and we all start talking and come to find out they know of a 3 bedroom house in the country that will be coming up for rent for only $600 a month! So instead of staying home and making dinner we had to go drive by cause the guy rents on a first come first serve basis and well obviously we want first option! So it was off to the Hollywood we went. Great place!. So here's my food log:
Breakfast - 1 serving sugar smacks with 1 cup skim milk, and iced coffee
Lunch - Just a salad with chicken (only 270 cal) and a 70 cal string cheese.
Dinner - 1.5 mozzerella stick, 1 chicken tender, about 1/2 cup of cajum fries, 2 onion rings, 1 slice home made bread and 3 slices of a personal pan garlic pizza with bacon. Oh yeah and 3 beers.
I suppose in the end I did ok based on how few calories I ate in the morning, but not good enough. We have Tacos planned for dinner tonight so we'll see. I have to be really good this weekend so I can have at least a 1lb loss this week.
Yesterday was so hectic! I spent the morning at work on the internet like I normally do, but this time I was researching air conditioners. Yes I broke down and had DH go buy one yesterday. I woke up thinking my pug was dead and I just couldn't bear the thought of making him suffer anymore. When I bought him they said temps over 90 can be dangerous for their breathing. So around 11 I left work to pick up a few things for our 5S event, basically the whole company did nothing but clean and organize for 4 hours in the afternoon. I was in charge of my department and another one. So I got cleaning supplies then had to go get my Jeep inspected (which it finally passed, $351.86 later). While I was there the storm hit. Thunder lightening and heavy rain. 2 seconds after it starts DH sends me a text saying he's at my work. I wsa like well I'm not there. So then I had to go pick him up from work then stop home so he could change, grab the pizza for work and then rush back to work. Of course in all the driving I had to wait in traffic for a car that lost it's wheel and a damn train that goes thru every day during the lunch hour. God I was stressed. So our clean up even went well but during DH send me a text saying Target is sold out of Air Conditioners. I wanted to cry. Luckily the same mall has a Best Buy and we got a better one for only $50 more. DH said withing an hour of installing it our dogs were breathing better and it made it all worth it.
Food wasn't that great yesterday though:
Breakfast - that wonderful Fruit Parfait I told you about yesterday, raspberries, strawberries and blackberries!
Lunch - I think I had 4 or 5 pieces of pizza, the little 2X2 slices - not good but I was ok with it until...
Dinner - I didn't get out of work til after 5 and didn't have anything planned for dinner so we went to a new place Apple Annie's, I'd never heard of it, it used to be a Denny's. I ended up with a burger and hash browns, and we had a sampler plate. NOT good!
So eating was terrible, but at least I got a little extra movement in with running around and cleaning. I didn't say exercise cause to me exercise includes sweating or an increased heart rate at the very least.
I hate air conditioning with a passion, but it has been so dang hot that I'm actually considering getting one. It's bad when you think thank God it's only going to be 85 today. Yes I used the word ONLY! Yesterday it was 98. My poor dogs thought they were going to die. And I'm miserable because I can't sleep at night. I'm one of those people that has to have something covering me. So DH and I are sleeping on top of the covers with a sheet on, oh and two fans blowing on us that do no good cause they're just blowing hot air.
Last night after work we decided to go up to my mom's because it was way to hot in our apartment to cook and mom has a grill, oh and did I mention a pool. No one was there, but it was great! I jumped in the pool to cool off and then we ate dinner. We then laid in the living room with the ceiling fan going while we waited for the grill to cool off so we could cover it. I fell asleep right there on the floor. It sucked going home!
So for food:
Breakfast - bowl of honeynut cheerios and an iced coffee.
Lunch - Salad, lean pocket and a low fat string cheese.
Dinner (worst meal of the day) - 1.5 pieces of check breast, 2 pieces of corn on cob (mom only had real butter).
Other - I wasn't hungry, but I was really hot so I ate one of the new WW ice cream cups.
Over all I think it was a pretty good day. The real butter was a bad idea and I should have stopped at my 1 piece of chicken, but hey I didn't eat two whole pieces like I wanted so I'm still happy.
And I have to tell you about my breakfast this morning, it was amazing! When I stopped to grab the stuff for dinner last night at Price Chopper I grabbed one of their Fruit Parfaits. OMG it was amazing. I want another one! Now I'm going to have to start making them on my own so I can you Fat Free cool whip. Oh and my wonderful coffee place (its a drive thru coffee house basically) now has splenda so I can get a Decaf French Vanilla Iced coffee with skim milk and splenda and the only calories are from the French Vanilla flavoring. I wonder how much that is?
So I finally bit the bullet this morning. . . 184.5. That means I'm down 4 since I weighed my self at my mom's just over a week ago.
We had a great weekend at camp, especially being that we have AC there and not at home. Our friends came up with their 4 month old little girl so that was nice. She's such a good little baby, loves to watch the camp fire. I have to say it was bitter sweet.
So on to my food log:
Friday Breakfast - coffee and sugar smacks
Friday Lunch - small slice of garlic pizza, veggie salad with ranch (not the best idea)
Friday Dinner - 2 slices pork tenderloin and lots of veggie, potatoes, onions, carrots, peppers and corn on the cob. I couldn't get enough of the veggies. The recipe uses a whole stick of butter, but a lot of it gets cooked off (at least I like to think it does, it's on the grill over an hour).
Friday Other - A few beers.
Saturday - Cookie dough pop tart, hot sausage patty with slice of FF Cheese, two coney hot dogs, no bun just ketchup and mustard, and way too much beer! Lots of walking an activity though. I can't count the number of games of horseshoes I played.
Sunday (bad day) 3 eggs scrambled, 3 pieces of bacon and 3 mini breakfast sausages with 2 slices of cheese. Snack was a few hand fulls of doritos and dinner was a Reese's Peanut Butter flurry. It was way too hot to eat anything else.
I think it generally went ok this weekend. If I didn't drink the way I did on Saturday, Sundays breakfast would have been better for me, but I didn't feel like cooking something separate for me than what DH and our friends were having.
Well I thought about it... but no, I chickened out. Which is probably bad because I probably actually lost some weight this week. I randomly stepped on my mom's scale last Saturday for the first time in about a month. It was not pretty. 189 I believe it was. So I was too scared to step on it again this morning.
I did pretty well with eating yesterday though:
Breakfast - Coffee and Frosted mini wheats with skim milk
Lunch - 100 calorie salad (I still can't believe how big they are) and 1 serving left over shepherd's pie
Dinner - 1.5 cup chicken satay with brown rice.
Other - 2 beers, 40 some oz water, 2 glasses cherry juice.
Hope everyone has a great Friday and a Great weekend. We are going to camp so this is where the challenge comes in for me. Most of the meals aren't as healthy as I would normally eat, but I'll have to use some self control.
But for a much better reason! I couldn't decide what to wear this morning because I had so many different outfits I wanted to wear. That does't happen very often! I went to Fashion Bug last night for their buy 1 get one for $1 sale. I got $407 worth of clothes for $227. I saved $189. Plus I had a $50 gift card so I only spent $177. DH was a little upset that I was a half hour late getting home for dinner, but he's ok with it now cause I'm happy and look good. I did have to get some things from the Plus Size department, for the first time ever, but I'm ok with it because I can wear them when I get pregnant. That's why I don't feel so bad about buying "large" clothes when I plan on losing weight.
So Yesterday's Food Log:
Breakfast - Coffee and a 1 serving of Cheerios
Snack - Special K cereal bar
Lunch - 100 calorie salad and left over piece of chicken parm
Dinner - One serving of shephard's pie
I'm not sure of the exact calories, but I think I did pretty good. Didn't over eat at any meal and I was satisfied all day.
Well I have to find a better way to do my food log. Maybe the day after I'll log the food. I just updated yesterday's log, but it makes more sense to just post it the next day.
So last night I'm half proud of myself. We had one of my favorite recipes, Chicken Parmesan (no pasta, but with meat sauce) and I was such a good girl. I had one piece of chicken (The think sliced kind) and then ate about 1.5 cups of roasted veggies, and told myself that if I was going to have seconds I was going to wait 20 minutes and see if I was really hungry, and even before the 20 min was up I decided I was done. And after 20 minutes I felt like I had eaten too much. So that's a step in the right direction. Now for the wrong, I had 4 or 5 mini nestle crunch bars while I was making dinner. Damn DH for buying them!
On to the title. . . So I was in the shower this morning thinking about how I need to go buy some new clothes because the ones I have just don't fit, I wish I could say cause they're too big but that just isn't the case. I need something I can wear now that is cooler and acceptable for work. This jeans and T isn't going to last long. So anyway, I was wondering if I'm going to have to shop in the plus size section. I'm probably at least a 16 again. Then I got to thinking, why don't men have a plus size section. Why do they have a separate store called Big N Tall. Ok so lets point out people's flaws to the whole world and make the "Big" people where clothes that are less stylish, unless they have the extra $ to by the cute clothes. You want to look nice, more $, you want to eat right, more $!!! What's wrong with society? Why can't they just sell all the sizes in one section of the store? And it's always annoyed me that stores always tend to only have size small and Xs left when I get there and can afford them. Wouldn't the fact that that's all that's left be a hint that 1) the average size is not small, or 2) they don't order enough L of XL and they order too many s.xs. Ok rant over
I'm going to end this post with the best news... DH just sent me a message and he got a job! He's working for a relestate agency doing roofing work. He starts Monday! I'm so happy, this is one job I know he can keep!!!
Well I'm kind of back. I won't lie I pretty much gave up on dieting for a few weeks. I had/have mono, I went on two business trips and just didn't have the energy to make up a meal plan.
I'm pretty sure the Mono is about over, I can make it through a whole day at work and not have to go home and go to bed right away. The reason I say Kinda back is because I haven't started workingout again yet. I did sit down Sunday and make a meal plan for the week so that was good and Dh went and did the grocery shopping yesterday. I'll start the working out again slowly. I wish I could afford to finish paying off my membership to the gym cause that's how I had so much success losing weight before, but I can't really afford the gas to get there either. Especially being that DH hasn't had much luck with jobs lately. I'm feeling really crappy about myself cause I'm almost back up to 190, but that will change, it has to. I'm convinced it's part of the reason why I can't get pregnant again.
So Here's my food Log for the day:
Breakfast - grapfruit (75 cal) 1 Serving Shredded Wheat (180) 1 cup Skim Milk (90) Coffee (40) Total Calories: 385
Sorry I've been gone so long, but things have been hectic. This week I was on a business trip Monday and Tuesday and just haven't been feeling well. I haven't exercised since last week. I finally called the doctor's office yesterday because they never called with my results. At first I just figured they didn't find anything, but then I said well even if they didn't I need to find out what the next step is cause I feel crappy. Well after a few go arounds the nurse finally called me back.
Are you ready for it?..... I have Mano, again, for the 3rd time! As most people believe you can only get it once, but that is about as true as only being able to get it by kissing some one with it. He said that most people get rid of the virus but some people never do so when they are around some one else that has it they become sick again, and being that this is the 3rd time I've had it then he's sure I'm one of those people.
So that's it in a nut shell. I won't be working out for a few weeks, but Im' trying to watch my food intake. Right now I feel sick to mystomach most of the time so I just eat til I'm full and don't really care about the rest.
He has no idea what's going on. He says with me eating healthier, exercising, drinking lots of water and taking prenatals I shouldn't be tired and feeling sick and having headaches. I told him about TTC and the MC. He asked when the last time I took a test was and I told him honestly it was last night cause I've heard of women getting pregnant but still getting AF and the only thing I know of that causes these symptoms is pregnancy, but it was negative. He had them draw blood and he's basically going to test it for everything, thyroid, hormones, electrolytes and other stuff that I can't remember. I really hope I get some answers today cause I don't want to have to get a phone call on Monday when I'm in a car with my boss and another guy for 6 hours straight.
On the positive I'm down a lb today. The doc told me to keep up the exercising and eating my fruits and veggies and the vitamins. So here I am. I was good and got up this morning to exercise, 20 more minutes under my belt. I think I was doing better when I went to the gym though, we just can't afford it now. I wish I could afford an elliptical of my own!
Well I'm off, I hope you all have a wonderful Friday!
Brandi