Lesson: There's a Second Not-Hungry, Much Like the Second Wind...

So after I hadn't eaten since 1:20 or so, I had a fun (actual fun, not the sarcastically-stated kind) evening running errands and doing Christmas shopping with Lyndsey--and then hanging out and catching up for quite some time.

I found that even though I felt like I was starving and about to die around 8:00 or so, I came out the other side of it not feeling so hungry--but knowing I should.

So I ate late when I got home, which is bad... and I'm going to get to bed late, which is also bad. But at least not as bad as the eating I did over the Thanksgiving holiday dinners!

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

Snack: Carrots and apple.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of red pepper, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar).

Dinner: Bottom round, about two (maybe three) servings of steamed broccoli.

Now, if only I could go to bed this instant... But I guess it's good I'm not, as I need to at least pretend to let that meal settle and digest some, huh?

Free Green Tea!

It's official: I cannot drink green tea. I'm still trying not to hurl from trying to down a cup earlier. Ick. I think I'm going to bring it to school and leave it in the lounge under a sign that says "Free to a good home" and then scratch out "good".

Breakfast: Two eggs (one yolk), slice of whole-grain wheat bread, skim milk with whey protein and cinnamon, fruit smoothie (yogurt, milk, banana (I ran out of yogurt, so I made up the difference with milk--it was fine)).

Snack: Apple, carrots.

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of red pepper, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar).

Dinner: Baked chicken, about two servings of broccoli (maybe three), half a cup of decaf green tea (blueberry flavored).

No good news from the daily scale reading, either. Maybe tomorrow, eh?

Back to Normal... Sorta...

Well, I had a normal Sunday, which means a "cheat" meal for dinner, but it wasn't all that bad (he said, wondering what tomorrow's unofficial weigh-in will look like).

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, serving of red pepper, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), carrots, apple.

Dinner: Serving (okay, maybe 1.5 servings... or 2 servings) of roast beef, serving of cooked carrots, two servings of asparagus, maybe two cups of potatoes (about one large potato... that was my major bad of this meal, if you don't count the cookies), and two small cookies (one chocolate chip, one sugar (without sugar sprinkled on top).

Tomorrow: a totally normal cheat-free day. Also featured in the day will be a discussion in my head about the need to actually get some sort of exercise in during the holiday season, as apparently I need it.

The unofficial weigh-in this morning was not a happy one.

Tomorrow is Another Day...

I started so good today. I didn't even lick my fingers while prepping Jordan's cinnamon rolls! I was so flippin' good... And then I wasn't. The family Thanksgiving was not a success for my diet, but I had a good time.

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

Lunch: Bourbon chicken (here's the deal: Jordan wanted it last night at the grocery store from whatever Chinese place is at Price Chopper, and I bought it... she didn't eat it all, and ate some of it for lunch, but was going to toss the rest out, and I couldn't let that happen; however, I only ate a bit of rice--whatever small amount stuck to the chicken).

Dinner: About three servings of turkey--maybe four by the time I finished grazing after dinner, two rolls, two crescent rolls, a deviled egg (which is half an egg, really), serving of green bean casserole, serving of mashed potatoes, serving of yams, serving of cranberry relish, serving of noodles, serving of corn pudding.

Seriously, next year I'm bringing asparagus. If I lose any weight this week--or if I don't gain any weight this week, I'll be amazed.

Normal is Good

Maybe that title should be "Routine is Good". But I'm not going to change it. It's 9:21 and I'm tired and I ate too late and I'm just going to go with whatever.

My point is, today I was back on routine, and I'm happy with it. I did gain from yesterday morning from this morning, but had an overall loss for the week, so I'm okay.

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 red pepper, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar (side note: I've tried a different seasoning on the chicken, and these salads rock), carrots, apple, sharp cheddar cheese.

Dinner: Bottom round, about 1.5 servings of asparagus, mixed nuts, raisins, glad or red wine, dark chocolate.

Tomorrow is Turkey Day: Round Two. So expect more "being good within the bounds of what's available to me" tomorrow!

This week's magic number: 6.131. Chugging away to 10!

Turkey Day

Well, I've had better days, but I may have had worse, as well... Well, I had worse for sure before I started all this, but I mean I may have had worse days since I started this. I mean in regards to food choices, not overall tone of the day...

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

Lunch: Turkey (probably about three servings... maybe two, but I think three is probably closer), mashed potatoes (about a cup), two rolls, butter (just a "slice" for one roll and another for the mashed taters), green bean casserole (maybe half a cup), stuffing (maybe three-fourths of a cup), yams (about half a cup), corn (about three-fourths of a cup), and cranberry relish (less than a quarter cup... cranberries, onion, horseradish, sour cream, and sugar). Also, a slice of pumpkin pie (maybe 1/8 or 1/6) with whipped cream. (Okay, I probably haven't had worse days since I started this).

Dinner: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of red peppers, serving of grilled chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar), mixed nuts, raisins, sharp cheddar cheese.

The STILL: Life picture for today has my plate before I started eating. Add to that some more turkey and another roll (but a different kind--and smaller)--and the slice of pumpkin pie with whipped cream--and that was my lunch.

I weighed myself this morning, so I'll know tomorrow just how bad things were...

Season's Feedings

I realized tonight how bad things are going to get over the next several weeks. Yikes.

Oh, and I've been publishing this blog on Facebook for a few days now. I figure it would give more people a chance to call me out or holla some support or whatever. Feel free to ignore it!

Anyway: holidays. Yikes.

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

Lunch: Salad (cup of spinach, cup of romaine mix, serving of red pepper, serving of chicken, olive oil, balsamic vinegar).

Dinner: Catfish, apple, carrots.

I got lots of stuff done today--eating wasn't one of them. I don't like days where I don't get nine servings of fruits and vegetables. How wacky is that?

Also: I went to the grocery store yesterday. I went today. I have yet to buy broccoli. This saddens me.

Y'know, just a little.