I'm Not Even Posting Sunday's Food

Okay, that's a lie, but it was a terrible day. The only good thing about it is it's in the past.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein, cinnamon, and nutmeg; fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt).

Festival of shame: Seriously, the rest of the day was crazy. Candy, Pringles snack sticks or something like that, mixed nuts, and so on. I lost track of how much.

Cheat meal (dinner): Leftover Chinese food of some sort, slice of pizza, some snack crackers, some m&ms.

Yeah, not the best day. Whatever. It's in the past. Moving on.

And now the goal is to make sure I lose this week.

Party Rules Apply

Well, count this as an extra cheat day--not the I need an extra one, as I've had "bad" days this week already. But we had a family game night tonight, so party rules apply...

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Sharp cheddar cheese, salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: About three slices of pizza (Chicago or party cut, about 10 squares)--cheese, various meats, peppers, onions, black olives, and so on. Piece of chocolate cake with icing, Triple chocolate ice cream--maybe 1.5 scoops in "normal" scoops.

Yes, there was cake and ice cream. Ruth turns 29 again tomorrow, so we had cake and ice cream. So it goes...

A Loss Makes Everything Okay, Right?

So I did lose this week, just not as much as I could have. That's what I get for giving in to cravings, I suppose!

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Chicken breast, two servings of asparagus.

The magic number for today: 7.496.

Yeah, I need to get back to losing an average of 3 pounds a week...

Thursday was Okay

And Thursday wasn't the hottest, either... More chips, but that's done now.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: A couple of servings of potato chips, bottom round, about half a serving of broccoli, and three slices of whole-grain wheat bread.

Yeah, the bread is not the best, either. But there you have it. Not the worst I've done, really.

Wednesday, Wednesday...

Wednesday wasn't the best. Nothing too crazy, but a bit heavy on the bread and cheese at the end of the day. Okay, a double- or triple-bit.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: No actual dinner. Several servings of sharp cheddar cheese, four slices of whole-grain wheat bread, and a few servings of chips. Okay, the chips were very bad. The rest was just sort-of bad.

I'm here to tell you, Thursday wasn't much better...

Home Sick

Wasn't a good start to the day, as it involved me realizing there was no way I was going to make it through the day at school and thus had to go to the school to get things ready for my not being there. Breakfast ended up being late, and lunch later, so dinner was really lunch, and there were only two meals.

However, I had stuff I shouldn't, so I guess I made up for missing a meal by eating junk.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt).

Snack (?): I had a Pringles wheat stick thing, honey butter flavor. Cody wanted me to try it. Crazy good. I must never have these in my home.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, sharp cheddar cheese, a couple of Snickers Peanut Butter square things (long story, not happy about it, but moving on).

Snack: Slice of whole-grain wheat bread, sharp cheddar cheese, potato chips (maybe two servings).

That's it for today. Back on track tomorrow, I swear!

Oh Yeah... Fish!

I've been neglecting my fish needs... or the fish I'm supposed to be eating, anyway. I got on that tonight. Let's hope it makes a huge difference or something!

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Snack: Prunes.

Dinner: Baked tilapia, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese.

Of course, the grocery store only had frozen chicken breasts... so they are thawing in the sink right now. I think I'll be up very early, as I'm now out of grilled chicken. Nothing says "Good morning," like the smell of grilled chicken!

A Normal Sunday... Almost

Well, I didn't eat super-well tonight, but that's the point of my plan for Sundays. I was finally able to make it to the Hart home for regular Sunday dinner. Hooray!

However, lunch was a total no-go, so that was not of the normal. So it goes.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Snack: About a serving of roast turkey and about half a serving of red bell pepper.

Dinner: About three servings of roast turkey, about three cups of mashed potatoes (with maybe a tablespoon (maybe two) of butter, about two (three?) servings of corn, and two rolls. Oh, and about a scoop-and-a-half of vanilla ice cream in a cone.

It's Sunday dinner. Back off.

I need to get back on a walking schedule. Maybe I'll start waking up early enough to do that in the morning this week... or maybe I'll make use of the exercise bike that is staying in my home for a while. Actually, I like that plan better, as it won't involve getting dogs in the neighborhood all barky-crazy at later-than-I'm-comfortable-with hours of the night.

Yes, I like that plan better...

I Think I'm Done

I think I'm done for the day. It's 11:08 right now as I type this, and I haven't really had a full day of eating... but I'm done.

I helped family move today, and it's made me too sore and tired to care about dinner. Is that bad?

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread.

Snack: Apple, one prune.

Lunch: Maple oatmeal with fruit at McDonald's.

Snack: The remainder of a serving of prunes (the first part being the earlier snack).

Yeah, my stomach is a little rumbly, but I'm going to bed as soon as I get a text that somebody made it back from Rockfest safe and sound, so I'm not going to eat at this point.

Okay, maybe a serving of carrots... but I'll update this post if I go ahead and eat that.

Lucky Friday

Okay, there was nothing actually "lucky" about it, but I did have a good weigh-in this morning (lost over 5 pounds this week), and I've managed to only eat "off script" once today, and that was at a celebration, so I'm feeling like it's been a good Friday the 13th so far.

Breakfast: Cup of skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Snack: About a serving (or two, maybe) of tortilla chips with salsa and cheese sauce (and chicken, I think).

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, prunes.

The magic number is now 7.479. I've lost 89.2 pounds so far, in case you're wondering.

Early to Bed, Early to Rise... Okay, Too Early to Rise...

I went to bed (for a nap, really) at around 7:30 or 7:45 last night. I knew it might very well turn into "going to bed early", but I didn't care. And I hadn't had dinner. I didn't care about that, either. I was just full of not caring, I guess.

Anyway, I woke up briefly around 9:55 or so and went right back to sleep. Then I woke up at 1:00 and figured I should update the blogs, as I was feeling pretty awake, among other reasons.

Well, Blogger was having issues. And Blogger was having issues when I woke up at 6:00 this morning. So I didn't get to post this. It's a good day--if you don't mind that I skipped dinner entirely.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Snack: Prunes.

I guess that's one way to avoid the late-night munchies. I just didn't get all my veggies in, but that beats eating a huge container of mixed nuts, right?

And (spoiler alert): I lost a good chunk of weight this week!

Today's report later on tonight (Blogger and my sleep schedule permitting).

Oh, and Peanut Butter...

Well, another near-perfect day... just an issue with peanut butter, but nothing too major. Really, I was just cleaning it out so it wouldn't be tempting me any more. Yeah, that's it...

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell pepper (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Snack: Apple (about half of one, anyway)

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, peanut butter (3, yes 3 servings), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, carrots.

Dinner went long... and over a bit. So it goes.

Tomorrow will be better. And today was fine.

Don't Let the Late Post Fool You! Yesterday was Good!

Okay, so no mixed nuts in the house (and no cashews, as well), makes it a lot easier to control! Who'd-a thunkit?

Yesterday was a good day--even with eating out for dinner!

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell pepper (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Grilled chicken with Parmesan cheese, about half a serving of asparagus and maybe a quarter serving of diced tomatoes, a serving of spinach, a serving of steamed broccoli, and some sort of sauce (it was on the side, I was being adventurous... I have no idea what it was). Also: I totally didn't eat the roll that came with it. (Cody helped me out there.)

And that was my day! Granted, I think the broccoli was "butter steamed", so there's an issue... the point is, I didn't have a bad day, and I'm happy with that.

Not the Best Finish, But...

Yesterday went pretty "by the book". The end wasn't the best, but wasn't the worst I've had since I started this, either.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese.

Snack: Prunes, about three servings of cashews (and there's the bad).

Still, best of the past three days, right? And I'm all out of cashews (and Cody says he has no interest in me keeping them stocked up here, so I don't feel bad not replacing them)!

I Give Up... Part Two

So what happened was this: Friday afternoon I was at the 7th Grade Party supervising (read: standing in the hallway between the snack area and the gym, hoping no kids did anything we'd have to address) and talking with two of our coaches and two teachers from my team. I was explaining my crazy desire to force my willpower to come back into my life. Koenig pointed out that perhaps I should have the willpower at the store instead. But he did it all sarcastically and cool and stuff, only now I can't remember how he said it.

Anyway, hence the giving up on my part--at least the giving up buying mixed nuts for a while. Here's Sunday:

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, and balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Um...

Snack: Way too many servings of pecans. Seriously, ten may be too few. I don't know for sure, but it was way too many--and too many servings of cashews is not like too many servings of mixed nuts. I felt so gross all night and most of today. I think we may have found the cure, but I'm still not buying mixed nuts for a while.

So that catches me up. I'm sure you were all on the edge of your seats, wondering just how bad it must have been that I didn't post for two days. I'm hoping to finish off today as a perfect day. I did good on Friday, and when I weighed myself Saturday morning, I was lower than I'd ever been--well, since this healthy eating thing started, that is. The mixed nuts and cashews ruined that, however. Maybe by Friday I'll be down below where I was on Saturday morning.

We shall see, eh?

I Give Up... Part One

Yeah, don't worry, I'm not giving up the diet. It's just after a conversation I had on Friday and massive failure to maintain the healthier eating over Saturday (which I'm about to report on) and Sunday, I've decided I'm giving up trying to have willpower at home. I'm going to have it at the grocery store instead. I dont' know where it went, but I miss it. Whatever.

Saturday:

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Um...

Dinner: Um...

What I had instead of a normal lunch and dinner: Seriously, so many servings of mixed nuts, I lost track. Also, I had some sharp cheddar cheese and a slice of whole-grain wheat bread. Oh, and I tried a Snickers Peanut Butter Square or whatever it's called. It was good, but I find I prefer dark chocolate now.

So that was Saturday. Sunday was a little better. But only a little.

Today is the First Day of the Rest of My Life... and Whatnot.

Okay, a real day. I've also had a little flash of insight as to why things have been a struggle lately, but I'm not sure how solid it is, so I'll hold off on elaborating on that for now.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts (normal serving, even), raisins (technically more than one serving, as there were a few more in the container (not a full serving), so I just finished them off).

Now, I just have to behave the rest of the night. May this blog post serve as a sort of door stop in the whole crazy eating thing. Or maybe I don't want a door stop. Maybe I want a lock. Yeah, a big lock, with no key.

Make it one of those, then.

P.S.: Almost forgot the magic number! 7.331 this week. Yes, another slight loss, but not enough to catch me back up to where I was a couple of weeks ago.

The Week I Wish Wasn't, Part 5: Thursday

Okay, so today is a new day. Yesterday is an old one. Pressing RESET now. But first, yesterday:

Breakfast: Several servings of all-natural peanut butter.

Snack: A few servings of dark chocolate. Several servings of mixed nuts. This was spread throughout the rest of the day.

Let the RESET begin!

The Week I WIsh Wasn't, Part 4: Wednesday

Yeah, Wednesday is like a repeat of Tuesday, only without there being prunes in the house. No lie.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Mixed nuts, pecans, too many of both. Dark chocolate--several servings. Sharp cheddar cheese--a couple of servings.

Yeah, I'm out of control here. Maybe Friday will be the day I turn it around. I think my evenings are about to get less over-scheduled, so that will help.

The Week I Wish Wasn't, Part 3: Tuesday

Tuesday was a little strange. I had to run errands in the afternoon, so took the last couple of hours off school. However, breakfast and lunch were the norm--just lunch was eaten at home.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Yeah, I laugh in the face of dinner, apparently. I don't laugh in the face of my impending weigh-in day, however, so I have to get back on track. Again, too many mixed nuts, too much dark chocolate, a couple of servings of prunes, and some sharp cheddar cheese.

I'd love to say it gets better, but it doesn't, folks... Maybe Friday.

The Week I Wish Wasn't, Part 2: Monday

Monday was also strange. Most of my days are strange any more. I should look into this.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: I'll admit it... I haven't had an actual dinner so far this week. It's not looking good for tonight (Thursday), either, but I'm working on it. Seriously. So: lots of mixed nuts, pecans, dark chocolate, grilled chicken, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, raisins... and I think that's it. But too much of almost all of it, seriously.

I need to start looking at pictures of me from this time last year. That should help.

The Week I Wish Wasn't, Part 1: Sunday

I'm behind several days. I'm going to try to post these over the next few hours and get caught up. I've been terrible, but not horrible. Or horrible, but not terrible. Whichever one is worst, put it second in the sentence.

Sunday was abnormal on so many counts. I didn't go to church. I didn't hang with Jordan. I didn't go to Ben & Tricia's. Just strange. But I tried to be normal for as long as possible!

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Okay, so it turned into snack-fest again. Too many mixed nuts. Too much dark chocolate. Grilled chicken. Slice of whole-grain wheat bread. Sharp cheddar cheese. Badness, seriously.

And the week didn't get much better from there.

Saturday Night's All Right, Mostly

So yesterday went well for a bit, but the test in the morning and errands in the early afternoon threw off my schedule. And, of course, I crashed and burned in the evening. However, I'm no longer buying mixed nuts. We'll see if that helps. I hate it, because it's like caving in to my lack of willpower, but I'd rather lose weight than win the battle of the wills (or will and lack of will).

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch (late, around 4:30 or so): Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Snack (in lieu of dinner, I guess): Mixed nuts, dark chocolate, prunes.

More snack: Mixed nuts (several servings), 3 more servings of dark chocolate, another serving of prunes.

Yeah, I have to get back on schedule. this is freakin' murder.

Aw, Nuts!

Yes, I'm behind. This is my update for Friday. Yes, it's Sunday. I know, I know. More on this topic to come, I'm sure.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, serving of Brussels sprouts, sharp cheddar cheese, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, mixed nuts, dark chocolate, raisins, prunes.

Over-the-top Snack: Several more servings of mixed nuts. Several severals, actually. Three more servings of dark chocolate. Two more servings of prunes. Frustration at this new-found (new-re-found) lack of willpower.

Whatever, I have a plan. It's a plan I don't like, because it's me now trying to outwit my lack of willpower instead of just bucking up and getting my willpower back, but desperate times...

Oh, and I did lose this week, because I got my willpower back for a few days there just before weigh-in day. The magic number is 7.321. This is not as high as it was two weeks ago before I had the gain last week, but is higher than last week (again, the original goal was a magic number of 10, with the new goal being somewhere between 9.524 and 9.756).

Consider this Mug Turned Around

Okay, I think I'm back. I think. Barring any crazy binge-feeding moment later on tonight, I'm back!

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Snack: Carrot sticks (and I get points for picking those out of a whole bunch of bad-choice items in the teacher's lounge today)

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell pepper (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, balsamic vinegar, olive oil), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, serving of Brussels sprouts, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

So that's my day. I hope I'm not jinxing it by posting this early, but hopefully not. Say told me (having read the book more recently than I have) I'm overdoing the eggs, so I'm laying off except for four a week... or maybe it's four servings a week. I'll have to look that up. I figure I'm getting animal protein from the milk and the yogurt, so I'm good.

Turn This Mug Around...

So I started the day determined to turn this whole crazy-eating thing around. So I had more for breakfast than just the skim milk thing I've been doing most "morning afters" (the mornings after I do the crazy over-eating thing). Mainly I just wanted to try to get my 9 servings of fruits/vegetables in. I don't know that I did, but I got more than I have on other days (not counting binge raisin-consumption).

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of grilled chicken, balsamic vinegar, olive oil), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Meatball, serving of lamb, bit of goulash, half-serving of mint carrots, about half a serving of what I think was spinach or a spinach dish, about a cup of asparagus pasta salad, about a serving of mushrooms, a few pita chips with hummus, and an oatmeal cookie.

It was Wednesday Night Supper Club, which I have not been to in weeks (and Cody "made" me go tonight), so I went, despite my desire to get back "on track". I think I did okay--at least not as bad as I've been doing. However, I could still freak out and binge, I suppose, if I don't get to bed soon!

I'm really wanting to get up and walk in the morning. I'd have to set the alarm for 4:45, however, and I think that's going to be to early at this point. Tomorrow is going to be a crazy day, but I really want to get that walk in.

Whatever. I've had a better day today... so far, anyway.

Tuesday, Late (Again)

Yeah, Tuesday ended up being not much better than Monday... but better than Monday. Still, no walk, bad eating, and so on.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch (late, like after school): Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow mix), serving of grilled chicken, balsamic vinegar, olive oil), apple.

Dinner (okay, really a grazing sort of thing): Two servings of sharp cheddar cheese, several servings of raisins, way too many servings of mixed nuts and cashews... I lost count, seriously...

Here's the thing: I am going to defeat this whole strange near-binge-eating that's going on. I am. I will defeat it.

I will.

Monday, Late

Ugh. Hate this late updating stuff. Worse when I have to report massive failure to comply with the plan...

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein.

Lunch: None.

Dinner: Bottom round, serving of Brussels sprouts, too many servings of mixed nuts, a few mini-Snickers, few servings of raisins.

Yeah, failure to comply for sure. I'm off track and starting to eat stuff off the menu (instead of overeating stuff on the menu)!

Short entry. I know. So it goes.

Easter, Late

Easter was a cheat day... in a big way. But who am I kidding? I've had plenty of cheat days lately!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Serving of pork roast, couple servings of Brussels sprouts, salad (avocado, lettuce, dried cranberries, bunch of other stuff... and some sort of vinaigrette dressing), Ruth's cornbread dish, about four rolls, about two cups of mashed potatoes, maybe a cup or two of noodles, about three-quarters of a cup of jello salad (cherry whip or something like that), and a slice of carrot cake. I'll add stuff later if I think of it.

Snack: Seriously, didn't think I'd want to eat at all that night, but I did end up eating some mini-snickers, some raisins, some mixed nuts, and a couple of mini-Hershey bars.

Yeah, cheat day. Big time.

Another Strange Day

The battle between my lack of willpower and my determination to return my willpower to its former glory rages on. However, the determination side took a blow today as I opted not to restock the mixed nuts and dark chocolate. Maybe in a week or so. Maybe.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Dinner: Chicken breast, two servings of asparagus.

Yeah, that's all I've eaten today. Plus, I've walked over two miles. Turns out Mapquest or whatever site I used to figure out how far it is around my blocks is off by about a tenth of a mile (or my car's odometer is off by the same amount in the other direction). So all those two-mile walks I was taking before Thursday (oh yeah, I walked Thursday... I forgot to report that on Thursday) may have been 1.5 mile walks (maybe slightly more than that). So, using the new data (which is not yet conclusive, mind you), I'm walking about 2.1 miles.

Whatever. I walked that Thursday and again tonight. And tomorrow is Easter, so the eating is going to be a bit off...

A Gain Again and Again

A gain this week. Not unexpected. Not huge. Worth sighing over, but moving on.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, and yellow mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, raisins.

Snack: Mixed nuts (several servings), dark chocolate (several servings), two servings of sharp cheddar cheese.

This week's magic number: 7.310.

Whatever. Stupid Lack-of-Self-Control...

Another blah day yesterday. I keep having arguments with myself about keeping certain things in the house (not things I shouldn't have at all, but things I seem to keep craving when it's later than I should be awake). I keep buying them because I am determined to get my willpower back. And then I keep snacking. Stupid willpower.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar).

Dinner: Two serving of sharp cheddar cheese. Bottom round. Two servings of asparagus. Mixed nuts. Dark chocolate. Prunes. More mixed nuts, dark chocolate, prunes. And more mixed nuts and dark chocolate.

I shall persevere. I freakin' shall.

Almost Off the Reservation, the Final Chapter (I Hope)

Okay, one more bad day. Now things are better. I turned it around at the end (I hope), and that's that.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Apple, carrots.

Snack: Two servings of sharp cheddar cheese, about four servings of mixed nuts, prunes.

How did I turn it around? I walked two miles. Not a lot, I know, but considering I missed Sunday's walk, and really didn't want to do this walk, I'm calling it a victory. Also, I prepped a some food I need for tomorrow (and the lack of that prepped food was the reason I had such a light lunch today).

So yeah, I'm calling it a turnaround. Deal with it.

Almost Off the Reservation, Part 2

So here's yesterday's down-and-dirty. Let's hope today isn't a part 3, although I already know breakfast is going to be minimal again today. Also, lunch is going to be off today, as I haven't prepped the chicken and I have a meeting over at Central Office about the time I'm normally eating lunch. Maybe I'll stop by the house on the way home and grab and apple and some carrots.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, and yellow mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Snack: About five servings of mixed nuts. Four servings of dark chocolate. Two servings of prunes. Two servings of sharp cheddar cheese.

I don't know whether or not to feel good that my wrong eating is coming off the "approved foods" list--I mean, it's still off eating, but at least I'm not diving into the stuff in the freezer that's there for everyone who isn't me that stops by to eat sometimes.

Almost Off the Reservation, Part 1

Behind on updating, and I haven't even been out of town. Just behind on updating. Didn't help that I had two bad nights in a row--never in a rush to type those up!

This one is for Sunday.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Snack: Carrots.

Dinner: Three pieces of baked chicken (thigh, leg, wing), three servings of asparagus, about a cup-and-a-half of potatoes, probably about a serving of corn, a cheese-and-garlic biscuit thing.

Snack: About four servings of mixed nuts with four servings of dark chocolate. Two servings of prunes.

Yeah, it was cheat night for dinner, and the rest of the day I was on the menu but too little of some items and too many of others... hence the "Almost" in the title. Just not a good eating day. Wasn't a good day for most of it, actually, but it got better. So it goes.

Saturdays are Strange, Sometimes

Another day of off-schedule eating. Also, off-script. So it goes. It's late; I'm tired; that's all you get.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Snack: Carrots.

Lunch: About three-eighths of a 10.2 oz. triple pepperoni Totino's Party Pizza (Maddie didn't eat the whole thing), salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, and yellow mix), serving of mushrooms, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), two servings of raisins.

That's it. That was my eating day. It's been a bad day. That's all I got. G'night.

Less Fruit and Veggies Today

Yeah, as I mentioned in the last post, I need to get to the store. Maybe tomorrow. I don't know. Blah. That's all: Blah.

Breakfast: Skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon. Yeah, really, that was all. It was that kind of morning.

Lunch (around 4:00... it was that kind of afternoon): Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), raisins, carrots.

Dinner: Fruit smoothie (yogurt, banana, whey protein), bottom round, carrots.

I'm going to bed here shortly. It's been that kind of night. Not really, but I didn't want to jack with the theme I had going there.

I walked tonight. Two miles. I walked two nights ago, too, but not sure I added that to that post. I might go add it here after I post this. Or I might not. I'm unpredictable like that.

A Day Late, A Diet Short

I need to go to the store. Also, I ate a bunch extra last night. Whatever. Better today, right? Also: must go shopping.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of grilled chicken, balsamic vinegar, olive oil), raisins, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, one serving of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts.

Snack, snack, and more snack: About two more servings of mixed nuts, two more servings of prunes, about four tablespoons of the all-natural peanut butter, carrots.

What a terrible end. I stayed up too late, for one thing. I must get back on a normal schedule.

Also, I must go to the store.

Anyway, that's yesterday. I hope to be able to get today's update posted tonight. We shall see.

Meal-Skipper!

Blame it on the MAP... or the schedule on this particular MAP Testing Day. I didn't get a chance to eat lunch, so I ate it when I got home. That meant I wasn't really all that hungry around dinner time, so I just had a snack a while after. I'm short fruits and veggies, but so it goes.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch (?): Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), raisins, carrots.

Snack: Sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts.

There you have it. I'm trying to be in bed and asleep by 11:00. Wish me luck on that...

A Poor Finish

Late report for yesterday. Poor finish for yesterday. The two aren't really related. Just facts sharing the same day.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of grilled chicken, balsamic vinegar, olive oil), raisins, carrots.

Dinner: Baked tilapia, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

The bad: Carrots, about two more servings (three, maybe?) of mixed nuts, prunes.

Yeah, I thought to myself, "Well, if I eat more carrots, I get the nine servings of fruits and veggies in," but then realized it just made me hungry.

So it goes. Better day today. Sort of. We'll see what the final report brings.

I Walk in the Dark for a Reason...

Okay, so I did my walk during daylight hours tonight, and it was terrible.

No, it wasn't the heat. No, it wasn't the people seeing me dare to try to improve myself (this seriously used to be a concern, until I realized it was insane, so now I pretend I don't feel that way so as to appear to be more sane than I am). And no, it was not that I am a vampire and cannot be exposed to direct sunlight.

The problem is I usually want to mouth the words and maybe even dance around a bit when songs I know well play on my Pandora station.

So I'll have to get back to an early-morning/late-evening walk plan, methinks.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), raisins, carrots. Yes, it's true, I didn't have the peppers today. I have three of the four in the fridge, but didn't get them cut up last night. I don't think I'll get to them tomorrow. I'm going to re-evaluate the whole pepper thing. I like the taste, but the peppers in the store these days suck.

Dinner: Baked tilapia, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

So, if you're keeping track, I only had 8 servings of fruits and veggies today. I have to figure out something to take the place of those bell peppers I'm about to stop using. Feel free to throw in suggestions!

Yeah, I'm Late.

Not only am I late, but I didn't walk yesterday. So I'm gonna try walking MWF this week and STTS next week, and see how that goes.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), raisins, carrots.

Dinner: Three cups of goulash (my favorite of all the great things Tricia makes), three-and-a-half rolls (or mini-rolls... or faux-rolls... I can't remember what we decided to call them), and about two (maybe three) servings of peas.

As I said, I didn't get my walk in yesterday, but I'm going to get it in tonight. I swear it. I better, anyway. You can't just eat three-and-a-half faux rolls and expect it to do anything but taste good and cause badness!

Post Number Whatever, in Which I Say Nothing New

Seriously, nothing new here. Just reporting in. Walked two miles tonight. Bought some groceries. Ate the same thing I eat most every day--but still don't mind that I'm eating the same thing every day. Clothes still don't fit. And so on.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, balsamic vinegar, olive oil), carrots, raisins.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Now I'm thinking I said I ate an apple yesterday, when I actually didn't. I'll go check. If you don't see "update" at the bottom of yesterday's post when you go check it later, I must not have made that particular error. I'm sure I made up for it with some other error somewhere, however!

No Big Loss? Yes Big Loss!

Okay, not the biggest since I started, but the biggest in a long while. It's raised my average to over 3 pounds a week, anyway, so I'll take it!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, raisins.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

The magic number this week is 7.262. I've lost over 80 pounds. I keep stumbling across photos from before the end of September and I just can't get over the change. I'll have to put together a video of pictures sometime soon, just to torture people with it!

It's a Walk-a-Thon! Or a Walk-a-Palooza! Or a Walkatorium! Or a Walksation!

Whatever. I got another walk in. It's almost habit at this point. All I do is walk around the blocks (the street in front of my house and the two blocks it's a part of) until I've gone 2 miles, so it's nothing exciting (and there are inclines involved, which stinks), but I'm getting it done and doing it regularly now! Hooray for that, eh?

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, raisins.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese.

Post-walk snack: Prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Most days I'm drinking a bit more than the required amount of water (which is something like 64 ounces or something--I think... I just know I've so got it covered, so I never report it. I'm a water fiend, really. Can't get enough of that H₂O stuff!

Yeah, I just edited HTML to get that "2" to be all subscript and stuff. I'm cool like that.

Feeling Better

Feeling better. Not terrific, but better than last night. I managed to eat normally today, even though I wasn't sure at first I'd manage.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Now I'm going to try to get some sleep, even though it seems like all I've done is sleep these past 24 hours or so!

The Walk that Broke the Camel's Back

So I went for a walk last night, even though I wasn't feeling at a 100%. By the time I was done,  wasn't feeling at 75%, even. So I was home sick today, and still feel a bit off, but will probably try to go in tomorrow. Also: late on all my blogs.

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese.

I took my walk thinking I'd have the rest as a snack after, and by the time I got home, I realized I wasn't going to do much more than zonk out. So I zonked out.

I Used to Eat the Same Thing Every Day...

I've said before that while I'm eating the same thing every day now, I pretty much used to eat the same thing every day before, it's just I ate a lot of crap. I'm thinking about posting a typical day from the old days on here, just to give you an idea. Be warned. (I'd do it tonight, but it's been over 6 months, so I'm going to have to think about it.)

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I'm trying to think up other "landmark" weights to post. I used to have my first driver's license laying around somewhere. I could see if that weight is on the road to my goal weight. Right now I'm looking forward to 100 pounds lost, and then my weight when I lived in L.A., then all I have left is the goal. I need more landmarks!

I Was a-Walkin' in the Rain...

I walked tonight. All day today I was thinking there was no way I was going to walk, what with it being 90+ degrees here in K.C., when last week we had snow! However, a rainstorm came in and things cooled off considerably. I was on the phone with Tricia and she said it was supposed to be rain-free for about an hour, so I took a walk.

The last bit of it was in the rain, but I'm still glad I did it. I'm hoping to walk at least four times a week, and I'd prefer to walk SSTT every week.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Baked tilapia, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I didn't take a cheat night tonight. Maybe I'll just go without this week. Or not. We'll see.

Strange Schedule, but Normal Eats

Nothing new and exciting to see here. I did walk two miles today... actually, about an hour ago (it's about 12:30 in the morning now). I need to get a better schedule for this.

Breakfast: Two eggs (no yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner (very late, mind you): Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Yeah, I didn't plan my evening very well. I'm going to be up for a while, just so I don't go to sleep all "full" and stuff. Thankfully I have Netflix on the Wii...

Go to Bed Hungry

So I'm supposed to go to bed a little hungry--or at least a couple of hours after I last ate... which I guess really means I'm supposed to go to bed "not full".

Last night I went to sleep watching T.V. about four hours after I ate, and then woke up sitting in front of the T.V. at 2:30, feeling much more hungry than I'd like.

Props to me, however, I managed to just get up and go to bed. However, I didn't get any blogs updated--thus the blog-updatement now.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I've lost over 75 pounds, by the way! Burying the lead? Probably. Didn't mean to. But my road to the magic number of 10 (or close to it) is further along. This weeks magic number is 7.143.

Hooray for Walking!

I got a walk in tonight. Who knows what tomorrow's weigh-in may bring, but I feel better about having gotten a walk in!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Yeah, as I was saying, I had such a bad weekend food-wise, I'm not sure I'll be getting a loss in this week. We'll see tomorrow, I suppose.

Up Too Late Again

I'm up too late, so forgive me if I don't elaborate.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell pepper (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Okay, I'm off to bed. I need to get back in the habit of bed at 9:30... just a whole lot of work to be done tonight.

Excuses, excuses...

No Walk, but I Ate Right

So I was going to walk, but I sat outside for over an hour at a soccer game, and my bones weren't having any more of this outside-in-the-cold nonsense. Somebody tell Spring to get her butt back here.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

And I just realized I forgot to buy bread when I made my trip to the store earlier. I was at the Price Chopper in Liberty (where they don't have my new favorite kind of apple, the name of which I can't remember but am sure I'd recognize if I saw it) and bought what I thought were all my needed supplies... but alas, I forgot the bread. Guess who will be going to the store here in a bit...

Yeah, me.

Good... Good... Bad...

I was tired all day. I was tired when I got home. I was also crazy hungry when I got home, probably because of all the bad eating I did over the weekend. I don't know. Pick an excuse. The day did not end with good eating.

Whatever, tomorrow is another day.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Several servings of cashews, several servings of dark chocolate, several servings of raisins.

At this rate, I'll be back to my original weight by the end of the week. Everybody put on your protective eye wear as my fat comes flying back on my body!

I kid. But I feel gross right now. I'm going to try to burn the memory of how I feel right now in my brain for the next time I think this is a good idea.

Oh, and I haven't walked in days. That must start up again tomorrow. I'd say today, but I have two more blogs to catch up and it's already past the time I need to be in bed!

Yesterday (Sunday)...

And my final day "off the grid":

Breakfast: One-and-three-fourths "breakfast burrito" (it was really leftover amaretto chicken with rice, but I didn't realize that before I put a little salsa and sour cream on it... but it really wasn't an ipecac), part of a hard-boiled egg.

Snack: I honestly lost track of the handfuls of peanuts, bits of trail mix, and stray M&Ms. Let's just say "several" and be done with it. Oh, and throw in about six cookies.

Lunch: Two maid-rites (or however they're spelled), some corn chips (two servings, maybe), prunes. If I'm forgetting something, I'll get back to you... I was good about taking notes on my phone the first three days, but was mentally out of it for most of this day--okay, almost all of this day.

Snack: Cookies. Peanuts. Maybe even another Nature Valley nut bar thing. Maybe even some granola bars. Seriously, I was out of my head with near-exhaustion at this point.

Dinner: Mixed nuts. Cashews. Dark chocolate. Raisins. Seriously, I didn't trust myself to cook. I'd even gone to the store when I got home, but just couldn't bring myself to do it. I also overdid it on the mixed nuts and cashews.

Okay, that is the last "past tense" update (well, I'm sure I'll do more in the past tense (or actually mixing up tenses and breaking several other English language usage rules and guidelines), but I mean... oh shut up, you know what I mean). Thanks for reading. Or I'm sorry if you read this. Or both. Whatever applies.

Last Saturday...

More "off the grid" fun. Here's Saturday:

Breakfast: Eggs Benedict (two servings), cup of sparkling grape juice.

Lunch: 3 handfuls of peanuts, two brownies, one pizzelle.

Snack: 3 handfuls of the pretzel trail mix, a peanut butter granola bar (package of 2), a chocolate chip cookie, and ten jelly beans.

Dinner: Jello salad (about two bites, really), brisket, green beans (with almonds), baked potato with butter and sour cream, cheesecake.

Snack: Several handfuls of peanuts, trail mix, and about four cookies.

This is painful. One more day of "off the grid", and then I can report today's shame. Well, mostly I stayed good, but then I went nuts. But let's get Sunday out of the way first...

Last Friday...

Yes, I was "off the grid" and not so much in control of what was offered to me at meal times... and I have no excuse for all the crap I ate as snacks except that the only healthy snacks offered were apples and oranges. I don't like oranges at all, and the apples were gone at some point after I had one on Thursday...

So here is the report for Friday:

Breakfast: Breakfast casserole (eggs, bread, sausage, milk, half-n-half), fourth of a banana.

Snack: Peanut butter granola bar (package of two), handful of trail mix (raisins, peanuts, sunflower kernels, pumpkin kernels, cashews, almonds), prunes.

Lunch: Two servings of baked ziti, slice of garlic bread, salad (lettuce, cucumber, Italian dressing, Parmesan cheese), a small scoop of spumoni and a vanilla pizzelle (it was like a cookie or a flat ice cream cone, really... I just typed the name of it off the package... I have no idea if that was a brand name or an item name).

Snack: Two handfuls of train mix (mentioned earlier), two handfuls of plain M&Ms, one handful of dry-roasted peanuts (with sea salt), a handful of another trail mix (M&Ms, raisins, pretzels).

Dinner: Serving of amaretto chicken, two cups of white rice, piece of pineapple upside-down cake.

Snack: Nature Valley almond crunch bar.

Yeah, it gets worse, folks. I'm so afraid of the weigh-in this upcoming Friday. I also got very little sleep for these nights, so... yikes. That's all. Yikes.

Last Thursday...

I'm going to do a separate post for each day I'm behind. It's a painful few days to post here, so feel free to skip these and just trust me that I didn't eat well while I was "off the grid". I didn't have a lot of choice in food... but that doesn't excuse how bad things went this evening. More on that a few posts from now... Here's last Thursday:

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of Romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Two cups of chicken noodle soup, carrots, brownie.

Snack: Oat-N-Honey granola bar (package of two), apple.

Anyone who has read more than two of these things knows I obviously went "off the grid" at some point after lunch.

I was not going to be home on Friday, so I did my weigh-in for this week on Thursday. No big loss. I mean, I didn't lose a lot. The magic number for last week was 7.087. Remember, this is not pounds lost or anything--it's just a goofy number system I came up with so I don't have to tell anyone just how fat I was when I started this... until I'm far enough away from it not to be all red-in-the-face about it. The goal is somewhere between 9.524 and 9.756 (I was originally shooting for 10, but the doc said I was good if I fell in that range there), so that's still miles to go before I can stop worrying so much when I lose less than a pound one week (or gain a fraction of a pound even).

And Two Dozen Cookies...

Another great day... so far.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two serving of steamed Brussels sprouts, sharp cheddar cheese, raisins, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I'm about to go make two dozen cookies. I'm thinking of making a few more because I owe a kid at school a couple of cookies from way back when, but I'm afraid if I make more, I'll eat more. The two dozen have been spoken for, so no worries there. I don't know. We'll see. Check back later to see if I've added a note about how I made four dozen so I could eat half of them...

Walk Fail

I'm tired. I'm not walking tonight. Well, maybe I'll change my mind here in a bit and go, but I doubt it. It's almost 10:00.

Suddenly I have so much going on. When did that happen?

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of Brussels sprouts, sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I've got another church weekend thing coming up... I just realized I have to make a play for doing my weigh-in on Friday.

Hooray! Something else to plan!

Brussels Sprouts!

Consider Brussels sprouts added to my veggie rotation! I bought a bunch today (a serving is four of them, in case you're wondering, although I have to think that would actually vary depending on size... but whatever) and steamed 8 of them for dinner. They were of the yumness!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of steamed Brussels sprouts, sharp cheddar cheese.

Snack: Mixed nuts, dark chocolate, prunes.

Yeah, I have mixed nuts and dark chocolate in the house again. It ticks me off to think my willpower is going to lose, so I am grabbing it by the collar and shaking it, telling it to get back in there and show those stupid food cravings who's boss...

Hope that works out for me...

Worst (Best?) Cheat Night to Date

Yeah, I don't know whether it was the worst or the best cheat night. I mean, if the point is to cheat, then it was the best. However, the point really is to not be such a huge fat guy, so then it was the worst. Whatever. It's done. Ain't tryin' to cry over no spilt milk.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Some sort of dessert thing. I ate on this several times tonight. It's essentially sugar with a bunch of other bad things in there. If Tricia ever reads this, maybe she can be more detailed. I ate a bit when I got there, then some more after we got back from the grocery store, then a little more before dinner (to clarify, I probably had about a normal pie-slice worth over the course of the night, but a little at a time). For actual dinner, I had about two servings of beef, about two cups (maybe three) of the fried potato dish, I had at least one serving of Brussels sprouts... oh, and I had some cheese and some sour cream in my potatoes. Then I had three or four Girl Scout peanut butter cookies, and a Twizzler. See? I told you it was the worst (best?) cheat night.

So I should go for a walk right now, but I'm going to put it off until tomorrow, because I need to get to bed soon.

Barring a Binge...

Okay, so barring a binge-fest, I've had an almost-normal eating day. And I walked two miles. May I continue this trend...

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple, sharp cheddar cheese.

Dinner: Bottom round, 2.4 servings of asparagus, half a serving of dark chocolate.

Wow. Who knew I could do it?

Well, I guess I did, but didn't anticipate I'd actually get it done.

Late Again. Epic Fail Again.

First, the good news: I lost. The magic number this week is 7.0721. Proof that exercise makes a difference, as I've had so many slip-ups this week.

So, for yesterday:

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana and yogurt), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Some sort of grilled chicken Dijon thing at Applebee's with what they consider to be two servings of vegetables. It really came out to be about four servings of broccoli, but whatever.

Dinner: No dinner, really. Turned into a bad snack-fest instead. Baked tilapia, 6.5 servings of dark chocolate, about the same servings of mixed nuts, two servings of prunes... and that's it, I think. It was over several hours. Just evidence I need to get rid of certain things and never let them return...

And that's that. Walking today, so that should help.

Another Walk

So I walked two miles on St. Patrick's Day.

(Starting with that is the equivalent to waving my arms to distract you from something else, mind you.)

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie, skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots. sharp cheddar cheese.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

Snack-and-fail-time: Three more servings of mixed nuts and dark chocolate. Two more servings of prune. Then another serving of mixed nuts.

And still I think I'm going to register a loss this week. That's the power of exercise, folks!

No Walk Today

I didn't schedule my day very well. I should have walked earlier, but by the time I knew I was going to have Binx tonight, it was too late for me to get that in and still get everything else done. No big. I'll walk tomorrow.

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (banana, yogurt, skim milk, whey protein, cinnamon).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Corned beef, cabbage, carrots, one small potato, pita chips (maybe eight or ten, total), bread, guacamole, marzipan, some sort of nut thingy (sometimes stuff in the Klumb home is from Europe and in some foreign language or another, and there ain't no way I'm gonna spell it right or even remember the name of it).

Yes, dinner at the Klumb home tonight. I managed to stay for the whole thing, and Binx seemed to have a good time once he got over being shy... or got over being shy with the other kids, anyway.

The plan for tomorrow: totally normal eating day (the new normal, not the old pre-October-2010 normal), and a walk.

This is My Best?

Seriously, my best day in a long while, and this is as good as it gets? Sadness.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt, banana, skim milk, whey protein, cinnamon).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: No dinner as such. Before the movie I had two wings (actually one wing total, but two of the "wings" the way the folks at Papa John's set them out for you) and a slice of pepperoni pizza. Don't judge. They were there, and I really wanted to eat all the wings and three-fourths of the pizza, so what I ate was a major willpower accomplishment, especially when you consider the massive failness that has been my willpower of late.

Snack: Prunes, mixed nuts, dark chocolate. All normal servings, not repeat huge ones.

There you go. My best day for a while now. May tomorrow be better.

No Pie on Pi Day, but Still Bad

Working on this late-night munch-fest thing. Had to edit the info for Sunday, and yesterday wasn't so hot. The secret is going to be having less ready-to-eat stuff around, i think. I mean, veggies and fruit, okay... but other stuff? No.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell pepper (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Baked tilapia (two servings... yes, I know), two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, tablespoon of the "healthy" peanut butter, dark chocolate (then repeat the pb and dc three times later), prunes, popcorn.

So I ditch the mixed nuts and do fine, then I remember that peanut butter in the fridge. Seriously, convenience is the devil.

Okay, I'll Try This...

I'm going to be up for a while, but I'm going to try posting what I've eaten today and use that as part of my argument with myself when I want to eat something later. "You've already posted," I'll say (and yes, probably out loud, even), "So why don't you just drink some ice water and eat the ice after?"

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Dinner: Four fried mushrooms, two with horseradish sauce... or five and three there... I can't remember for sure. Two chicken wing "drumsticks" (fried). Serving of asparagus. About five pretzels. Probably about three servings of barbecue beef. A slice of pound cake.

It was another strange day. Yes, I skipped lunch. Really, breakfast was just super-late, because I was up way too late last night.

I think I overdid it with the barbecue beef, so snacking really doesn't sound like an appealing idea right now. Maybe that's the secret. But I hope it isn't.

Addendum: Fail. But at least I failed within my normal range (barring the popcorn, which I still have to look up... which translates to re-reading the whole book, apparently): Carrots, apple, dark chocolate, prunes, raisins and popcorn.

Editied 3/15/11 at 9:17 for addendum.

Sunday Afternoon Brings News of Saturday

Yes, I'm late again. Also, strangest eating day to date. Just warning you.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt & banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: None, really. Honestly had mixed nuts, dark chocolate, sharp cheddar cheese, bowl of popcorn, and three more servings of mixed nuts and dark chocolate over the course of a very long evening.

I walked 2 miles, so judge me less harshly for that strange eating, okay?

I've got to get my schedule under control!

Yesterday's Eats

Sorry for the delay. I was so tired when I got back from my Omaha road trip last night that I just bothered with the photoblogs... and I was so tired (and it had been so long since I ate dinner on the way to Omaha) that I oversnacked. That's my goal during spring break: rediscover my inner willpower of steel.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt, banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Snack: Sharp cheddar cheese, prunes, mixed nuts.

Dinner: Bottom round, little over two servings of asparagus, dark chocolate.

Oversnack: Several servings of mixed nuts, more dark chocolate, couple of prunes, serving of Pringles (of all things, right?), and a small serving of popcorn.

Those last two items were part of this diet program I signed up for via my health insurance, otherwise they wouldn't have been in the house. I managed to avoid the peanuts, and should probably throw them away until I'm sure I've rediscovered that inner willpower of steel thing again.

I spent the day yesterday thinking I didn't lose at all. Actually, I did lose... just not much. The new number is 7.0423!

I Thought I Knew What the Issue Is...

I thought I knew what my eating issue of late is, but apparently I'm wrong. I ate a crazy snack--so crazy that I was moved to not have dinner, and to actually exercise. I don't know if either step will make any difference, but whatever.

I walked 1.6 miles tonight (at least I think that's a fairly accurate estimate), which took me a little under half an hour. My legs are hating me right now.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Snack/Dinner/Whatever: Mixed nuts, prunes, chocolate, more mixed nuts, more prunes, more mixed nuts. Popcorn (a bowl).

What the heck was that? Seriously...

Whatever. I'm going to mark it down as stress-eating and be on the lookout for it again so I can try to head it off. At least I didn't go nuts and make the frozen-food-for-the-teens-in-my-life stuff in the freezer.

Dinner Cut Short

Well, I didn't eat smart at dinner, and it was cut short--but I'm not going to try to make up for it. I've gotten my inner overeater pinned down and am punching him in the face as I type.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), prunes, carrots.

Dinner: Cheese (various kinds), bread (about a slice-and-a-half) dipped in olive oil and vinegar, about an eighth of an apple, about a cup of saffron rice, about half a serving of salmon, about a serving of cauliflower. All hastily finished off when the text that I was needed arrived...

It's Broke, but I Know What to Fix

Up late again. Over-ate mixed nuts and dark chocolate again.

Disgusted with myself, but I'll get over it.

Whatever. I've got a plan. I'll let you know how it goes.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, dark chocolate.

I'm-Up-Too-Late Snack: Three more servings of the mixed nuts and dark chocolate. Stuff has to go. Seriously.

Confusion

So I signed up for this thing via my insurance that's a weight-loss program that, like the book I read and am using, is more about lifestyle change than a "diet". That's great and all, but the two aren't going to jive in a lot of ways. So who knows if I'll change anything at all--but if I do, that's why.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Late Snack: Yes, something I need to work on... Few more servings of mixed nuts, some dark chocoalte, and a bowl of air-popped popcorn. I have to stop staying up late... and when I do, I have to drink more water... or eat dinner later.

And now I'm off to continue watching Stargate Universe!

Edited 3/8/11 at 5:59a.m. to include late snack.

Ice Cream, Again

It's my "cheat meal" day, so I am just saying I included ice cream as part of it. Part of me wishes I hadn't, but the rest of me is telling that part of me to lighten up... just, you know, not in the "you're fat and need to lighten up" kind of way.

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Pistachios (maybe 20, by the time the evening was over), about 1.5 cups of stuffing, about 2 cups of mashed potatoes, two servings of baked asparagus, about two servings of corn, probably two servings of turkey, a dinner roll, a slice of pound cake, a scoop of chocolate ice cream, and some whipped cream on top.

Now that was a cheat meal!

Back to the regular eating schedule tomorrow. I actually look forward to it. I really do feel different (and in a bad way) when I go "off script" into the land of the shouldn't-eats.

Edited 3/8/11 at 5:58a.m. to inlcude dinner roll to dinner.

Have I Rambled About Popcorn Yet?

I keep meaning to share my popcorn thoughts... or my thoughts on popcorn. I may have done. Apparently if anyone is going to sort through these posts and see if I repeat myself, it's going to be me--and that frees me up to not worry about it, then.

Anyway, I know I read something about popcorn in the book I'm using as a guideline, but the index sucks, and I can't find popcorn anywhere in there--and I don't want to re-read the whole thing just for the one reference to popcorn.

However, now that I'm thinking about it, I realize I could re-read it with the purpose of making my own index. That would be worth it, I suppose.

And maybe I could sell it to the authors for the next edition. Or something.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Oh, and Binx and I went to a movie this afternoon. As we walked by the concession stand, he said, "I'm not hungry, and I'm not thirsty."

Ah, to have had that sort of willpower at age 4.

Edit 3/6/11 9:00a.m.: Tack on a couple of snacks involving bowl of popcorn (air-popped), few more servings of mixed nuts (very bad of me), and a couple more dark chocolates (also very bad). This is what I get for staying up way too late and not having enough veggies to snack on.

Edit 3/6/11 8:45p.m.: Oh, and another serving of prunes. I forgot that in the last edit.

It's Nice to Know Sucking in My Gut Makes a Difference Now...

I surprised I remember how to suck in my gut. But I do. It makes a difference now. It didn't used to. I don't know that it made even the slightest difference back in September.

So, there's another reason why I'm glad I did this!

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt, banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, three servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Oh, and I didn't forget about Brussels Sprouts... I just found the asparagus at Price Chopper!

This week's magic number: 7.0225!

Yes, I'm Up Too Late. Shut Up.

No comment on the time. It's late. I know.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Snack: Popcorn. Maybe 6 cups. Air popped. Nothing on it.

I'm done. Except for adding popcorn to my post from yesterday (I ate it after I posted).

Who Moved the Asparagus?

They moved the asparagus in Price Chopper! I guess I should be grateful, as I probably wouldn't have had those several servings of broccoli had I realized there was asparagus in the store... but still!

Breakfast: Baked tilapia, slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of broccoli, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

Snack: Popcorn. Air-popped. Six cups or so. Nothing on it.

By the way, my next food mission: Brussels sprouts!

Edited 3/4/11 at 12:30 a.m. to add popcorn.

Two Days of Normal!

Hooray! I've made it through a second "normal" day (although, technically, Sunday was a normal Sunday)! Maybe I'll be back on some sort of losing track this week!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Bottom round, two servings of broccoli, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

The big challenge for Wednesday: avoiding any white bread (or white-bread-adjacent items) while at the Klumb home for dinner.

Finally! Back on Track!

The title is referring to the fact I'm posting the day of my eating, not the day after... not the fact that I've eaten "off the program" just about every day for the past week. But that works, too.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Baked tilapia, two servings of broccoli, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes, dark chocolate.

P.S.: How crazy is it I've had baked tilapia like however-many times, and I still have to look up the cooking time, etc.? Whatever, I just scribbled it down on a post-it inside the cabinet by the stove. This is my new way of keeping track of recipes. They ought to make a box or something for that kind of stuff.

Late Again, but This One is on TWC!

I had this all ready to go last night, but the cable and internet were out, so I wasn't able to update.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, green mix), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), apple, carrots.

Dinner: Twelve chicken wings (mix of barbecue, hot, and just plain fried), two bowls of cheesy asparagus soup, bit of broccoli dipped in artichoke dip.

Yeah, too many wings, but whatever, it still counts as a normal Sunday, anyway. Now my lunch "box" has gone missing, and I have to figure out how I'm getting my lunch to school.

Drama.

Another Late Update

Here I am, updating a day's eating the next day instead of the day of. This trend shall not continue, I swear it!

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Some sort of grilled chicken thing at Applebee's. It came with red peppers (I think) and some sort of cheese on it, and two servings of steamed broccoli (three servings after I ate the broccoli Cody didn't want). Also, I had a fruit smoothie there (strawberry coco something... all I know for sure was it contained no high fructose corn syrup).

Dinner: Well, there wasn't really an actual dinner. I had a lot of snacking, though, which made this another bad day, About three servings of mixed nuts, maybe four (spread over quite some time). Prunes. Sharp cheddar cheese. Carrots. Dark chocolate.

Tonight is my dinner at Ben & Tricia's, but beyond that, I'm back on track for today. I just needed yet another trip to the grocery store.

Now, about that exercise...

Second Gain Week (Not Expected? No, Sadly)

A gain, again.

Just a small one compared to the one last time, but still a gain.

Of course, with the pizza roll debacle, the eating out six meals (and a continental breakfast that made choices close to my usual nearly impossible), it was to be expected. Oh, and last night I had too many servings of mixed nuts--but I was hungry and had to make a run to the store so there would be food in my house.

Excuses. Everybody's got one.

Luckily, I have some resolve as well, and my fridge is now fully stocked!

Breakfast: Hard-boiled egg, apple, raisins, skim milk.

Lunch: Southwest chicken salad (some sort of mixed greens, pine nuts, southwest chicken... I can't remember what else was in it, or what kind of dressing it was... but it was probably the healthiest thing I ate while eating out this week) and one roll.

Dinner: Mixed nuts (more than 1 serving--maybe 3 or more, by the time I was done), bottom round, about three servings of broccoli, two servings of prunes, sharp cheddar cheese, dark chocolate.

Okay, this week will be better. I've got plans in place for walking regularly, and I'm starting a weight management program through my insurance--so maybe that will help, too.

This week's magic number is 6.916. Remember, the goal is in the range of 9.524 to 10.000!

Starch Search

Actually, you don't have to search for it. Just look at what I ate today, and you'll find it.

Breakfast: Blueberry muffin, milk, raisins, apple.

Lunch: Orange tilapia, rice pilaf, asparagus, red peppers, piece of cheese bread (white bread, even...).

Dinner: Roughly a bowl of corn chips with salsa and bean dip, southwest grilled chicken, zucchini (two servings), lettuce and tomato, black beans, rice.

I'm getting up tomorrow to walk in the treadmill. I have to. Even if it doesn't fix anything.

There's no place like home... there's no place like home... Okay, there's a place like home when I can find a working fridge and a good grocery store...

(Edited 2/25/11 via phone to correct typo in title. Edited 2/26/11 at 9:50 to include chips, salsa, and bean dip at dinner.)

Phreaky Phoenix Phood

Yeah, I might gain this week. I'm not happy about it, but it's the nature of having to eat out all the time. However, I'm getting a lot of walking in these few days, so maybe it'll even out. But probably not.

Breakfast: Apple, hard-boiled egg.

Lunch: Caesar salad, complete with the right dressing--just about the worst dressing for you in the world, I know. Croutons, too. Seriously.

Dinner: A bowl of corn chips with salsa, three enchiladas (two chicken, one spinach), rice (yikes!), refried beans.

I have to do better tomorrow. Somehow, I will do better tomorrow.

Somehow.

(Edited 2/26/11 at 9:49a.m. to include chips and salsa at dinner.)

RIsing from the Ashes

I'm in Phoenix. This is going to be crazy. I don't have a fridge in the room. Ugh.

Just... Ugh.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Carrots, apple, sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts.

Dinner: About ten chips (sweet potato and other types) with salsa, mahi-mahi on carrots and green beans with some sort of fruit (melon and pineapple, maybe) and some sort of rice.

Have I mentioned how I'm not gonna dig eating out and about without a kitchen? Also, I can't keep my fish oil pills frozen.

Whatever, at least I'm traveling, right?

No Official Goal Weight

So my main reason (other than my labs) for seeing the doctor today was to ask what my goal weight should be. Lately, when people ask me how much more I have to go and I tell them, they are all shocked and whatnot, and make me think maybe I'm acting all Karen Carpenter or something.

Well, Dr. Krumm told me he wasn't worried about a weight so much as a body fat percentage or some such thing I ain't got no scale for at home. Luckily, he's learned enough about me in my few visits to see him to know that answer wasn't going to fly without my telling him...

So I now have a goal weight. Translated to the secret number system on here, it's roughly between 9.5 and 9.75. I may still shoot for 10, but I'm not sure. I may throw it out the window if I decide to try to build muscle mass (which I never anticipated thinking about doing, but he was sorta talking about that today as if it was something I should consider... because apparently I'm losing muscle mass or something while I'm losing fat).

Also, I need to start exercising. I actually was going to start walking with Heather this Sunday, but I forgot to mention that to her, so it didn't happen. I must e-mail her as soon as I'm done posting here. Or maybe I'll pause this typing to do that typing.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Mixed nuts, prunes, sharp cheddar cheese, bottom round, two servings of asparagus, dark chocolate.

The next few days are going to be strange. I'm out of town, and won't really have time for lunch tomorrow until I arrive in Phoenix. Maybe a snack--apple and carrots, maybe. We'll see.

And my weigh-in this week will be Friday evening, not Friday morning. Apparently I should be weighing in in the evening, anyway--or so sayeth Leslie, and I trust her.

Beyond Cheat Night (A Tale of Feeding Frenzy Shame)

So I shouldn't have bragged about keeping pizza rolls in the house. It was like tempting fate.

Here's what happened: Jordan's here, and she wanted pizza rolls. Her eyes were bigger than her stomach. Every time I passed by the plate of remaining pizza rolls, I would smell them and think, "It's been a long time since I had one of those."

So I ate one. No big. It's allowed. Eat whatever it is in a small amount and then move on.

Then I thought, "Well, have another, then."

And I did.

And another. And another.

All the while I'm making my perfectly healthy dinner, I"m eating pizza rolls.

Next thing I know, they're all gone.

And I'm all about the moving on and learning from this. I really am. It's just I go to the doctor tomorrow, and I could have picked a better night for losing it!

Lesson: don't leave prepared pizza rolls where I can eat them.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of bell peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar.

Dinner: According to the package, I had a little over 5 servings of sausage pizza rolls (yeah, I'm terrible, I know), bottom round, two servings of broccoli, serving of asparagus, dark chocolate.

Yes, I went ahead and ate dinner. I wanted the vegetables, and I'd already had the bottom round in the oven by the time I killed the pizza rolls. Better day tomorrow, right? Although I can't eat until after my appointment at 10:30.

How Prunes Turned into a Full-On Snack

That's not what prunes usually turn into, is it?

First, let me say I've started to wonder if my brain intentionally gets confused around prune number 4 or 5 as to whether or not I'm on the last prune or not. See, I like the prunes, and my minimal research has told me a serving is 5 of them. However, I get to number 5 (or do I?) and wonder if maybe it's actually number 4. Really, I start the process around number 3 (or 2?). So my theory now is my brain intentionally screws up the counting so I can get an extra one. The secret here is to not eat them from the container any more, and just get five out. But I like them so.

Second, I ate at the memorial party for Marilyn tonight, but I didn't get my last serving of fruit in, so I said to myself, "Just have the prunes when you get home." That turned into the full-on snack for some reason. I guess I was hungry, and should just go with it.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein (I just now realized I skipped the cinnamon this morning, as I was trying to make breakfast for Binx, as well--and if you're wondering, he had a slice of whole-grain wheat bread, a glass of milk with Ovaltine, and raisins (maybe 20 of them).

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple. (Binx had peppers... and more peppers... and more peppers... and about one cheese pizza bagel bite (Cody was kind enough to finish the rest of them off before we took him to work)... and then later Binx had more peppers, just to chase down that little bit of bagel bite (in fact, he cleaned me out of peppers, and I had to go to the store after the memorial party tonight).)

Dinner: Chicken, serving of broccoli, serving of carrots, about a cup of baked beans.

Post-dinner snack: Mixed nuts, prunes, sharp cheddar cheese... oh, and dark chocolate (because I didn't allow myself cake at the memorial party, and my body was all mad about that... or the brain was all mad... something was all mad about it, anyway).

Friday Free Day

Okay, Friday Free Meal Day, but that didn't roll off the fingers as nicely.

Since I'm not having dinner with Ben & Tricia this weekend, and since they forced me to eat bread at 54th Street today, I decided lunch was my "free meal" of the week. I was pretty good, but there was rice and bread...

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (basically a Caesar salad with oil and vinegar instead of the normal dressing... so romaine (maybe two servings), Parmesan cheese, croutons, and the oil and vinegar), slice of oat bread of some kind with about a teaspoon of honey butter on it, blackened tilapia, steamed vegetables (squash, broccoli, carrots, mushrooms... easily two servings of veggies there), wild rice.

Snack: Sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes.

Dinner: Bottom round, two or three servings of broccoli, dark chocolate.

And for the weigh-in: I lost three pounds this week. The magic number is 6.9252. If I can lose a bit over 3 pounds next week, I'll be to 7.

I have an appointment with my doctor on Monday. I'm going to ask him if my goal is what I think it should be. So the goal may no longer be 10 on that magic number. I'll let you know when I know.

Adjusting

I woke up this morning feeling dead tired and twice as ugly. One of the first thoughts that hit me as I trudged toward the kitchen was, "I have to make breakfast, lunch, and dinner right now."

It was another conference night tonight, and if I wanted to eat what I have been eating every single day--and eat it before 7:30 at night, which is the goal--I'd have to cook dinner while I prepared breakfast and lunch, let dinner cool while I showered and changed, then package it up to put in the fridge at school to heat tonight.

Well, my mind wasn't havin' it. It decided the way to go was just ignore the whole "before 7:30" thing, as I could sleep in a bit tomorrow, and thus didn't have to go to bed as early (even though I knew I'd be extremely tired about right now and would want to fall asleep as soon as possible... tired logic is not the same as regular logic).

So I just packed the usual snack instead of an actual dinner, and at that to tide me over until I could go to the store for some veggies and then head home to make an actual dinner.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Snack: Sharp cheddar cheese, mixed nuts, prunes.

Dinner: Bottom round, two-to-three servings of broccoli, dark chocolate.

Tomorrow is an in-service day, so I'll be eating lunch out. Rest assured, grilled chicken and some sort of vegetable option. No worries... right?

I should also state for the record (because I'm a bit proud of the fact... which makes me nervous, as pride goeth before the fall) that I keep pizza rolls, bagel bits, and mini-snickers in the house, and have for quite some time now. They're not for me, and I don't eat them. There have been moments where I consider it, but I talk myself out of it. I don't know how I'm doing it, but somehow my attitude towards eating has changed. Sometimes I think it changed overnight, but that doesn't seem likely, does it?

Many Wednesday Nights, I Don't Know What I'm Eating...

Sorry I have to vague it up some on Wednesday's. Dinner at the Klumb home tends to be stuff I have to look up if I'm going to come even close to naming it. But I try.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: A spinach guacamole chip with spicy hummus on it. Maybe two servings of green beans. Some sort of Glaze or something to dip the green beans in (maybe half a tablespoon... or a full tablespoon). A piece of toast. A bowl of squash soup. A cucumber slice with spicy hummus on it. Venison medallions... or something like that. Maybe a serving of that.

The Genie of the Banana

Does anyone remember the Genie of the Banana from Captain Kangaroo? I don't know that he was on more than once, but I remember his song some 30-odd years later. It goes through my head when I slice up bananas to put in the freezer.

The bananas I cut up tonight were on their way to being mush. I'm being brave and freezing them anyway and putting them in the smoothies. I figure I'm blending them up with yogurt, so all I care about is the flavor. They look like hell in spots, but the smell very banana-y.

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, fruit smoothie (yogurt and banana), skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine, serving of peppers (mix of red, orange, yellow, and green), serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Mixed nuts, prunes, bottom round, three servings of asparagus, sharp cheddar cheese, dark chocolate.

I'm going out of town for a thing next week. I guess I need to start planning what I'm going to eat when I don't have my blender, fridge, stove, etc. handy, huh?