1-9-15 So it's Friday, I never thought that I would hope the weekend would not get here. I usually have weekends all to myself. Talls and Smalls have their court ordered visits with their "mother" ( I use that term loosely) Bigs sleeps and works mostly all weekend. The problem is I have no one but my self to answer to. No one to show a good example to. I can truly have the feast of all feast. Weekends are the times to get together with old friends. Go to parties. Meals with families. This is what I have a problem with. I like to socialize. I like to meet people for a meal. When I go out I make bad food choices. If I stay home all weekend, I may be safe.
We are still making the delish salads. I am looking forward to them. That a first for me. I think where I am lacking is snacks. I need something sweet. Not fruit, not popcorn I'm talking replacing mint chocolate chip ice cream. I guess I going to have to go to work and figure out something. Oh, I call work searching the internet.
Smalls is doing well and eating better. One of the reasons we started "hashtagfitin15" is Smalls went to the doctor for a physical and they said he isn't pooping nearly enough and his stomach is distended. We knew we had to something pronto. He was only pooping once a week. He now is pooping once a day. It's startling how much poop talk one family can have.
Well, fingers crossed for seeing less of me.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Who left out the candy?
1-7-14 At the office today someone brought in left over Christmas candy. WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS TO ME????? And it was toffee? That's my favorite. I lied to myself and said I'd only have one. I had about 6. I am weak. Besides that it was a good day. Protein drink for breakfast. Salad and wasa cracker with PB and dinner was SOOOO good. Baked chicken, brown rice, black beans and steamed broccoli. So now we are watching Master Chef... why an I doing this to myself? Making our b-a-n-a-n-a chips tonight. Should be interesting. Speaking of interesting, I am down 7 pounds from when I weighted on 12-31 when I was having surgery. I am having trouble keeping my eyes open soooooooo
Fingers crossed for seeing less of
me.
Fingers crossed for seeing less of
me.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Why does snow make me hungry?
1-6-15 Cold and snowy day today. As kids we always had great food when it snowed. Part of the excitement of snow was all the fun food we would have. While everyone else was getting eggs, bread and milk, my mom was always planning something fun and wonderful. As an adult, snow makes me a human trash can.
Breakfast and lunch were great. I had great healthy meals that tasted wonderful. For dinner, I had 2 sweet potatoes, sounds great, right? The chocolate bar was my down fall. I try to make myself feel better by saying it was dark chocolate. I still am under by 400 calories for my daily goal.
I am looking forward to tomorrow night's dinner, we are having roast chicken, black beans and quinoa. I have to figure out how to make it Mexican-ish.
I almost forgot Smalls loved spaghetti squash. We totally lied to him and told him it was regular pasta. He had two helpings and there was enough left overs for me for lunch. Biggs and I are going shopping again tomorrow. With all this fresh food we realize that we will have to shop twice a week. Oh well, this is the price we have to pay. TTFN
Fingers crossed for seeing less of me.
Breakfast and lunch were great. I had great healthy meals that tasted wonderful. For dinner, I had 2 sweet potatoes, sounds great, right? The chocolate bar was my down fall. I try to make myself feel better by saying it was dark chocolate. I still am under by 400 calories for my daily goal.
I am looking forward to tomorrow night's dinner, we are having roast chicken, black beans and quinoa. I have to figure out how to make it Mexican-ish.
I almost forgot Smalls loved spaghetti squash. We totally lied to him and told him it was regular pasta. He had two helpings and there was enough left overs for me for lunch. Biggs and I are going shopping again tomorrow. With all this fresh food we realize that we will have to shop twice a week. Oh well, this is the price we have to pay. TTFN
Fingers crossed for seeing less of me.
Monday, January 5, 2015
Not ready for a new year.
1-5-15 You may ask why aren't I ready, I had enough notice but apparently I'm not. I never set an alarm last night. I guess I didn't want real life to start again. I got up so late, smalls and I were late for work and school. I detest being late. I forgot my protein drink on the counter and had no time to eat before work started. On the bright side, I was able to drink all my water for the day very early. That may have been because I was STARVING!
There was a lot of talk about eating right and getting fit at work today. I guess I'm not the only cliche. I got a lot of recipe ideas. I had my wasa cracker and peanut butter and salad for lunch. Delish. For dinner we got cray cray. The rest of the fam had chicken with bones. I can't even. So I made spaghetti squash with marinara sauce and brown rice. I swear it was wonderful. Even smalls liked it. I was shocked how good it was, and I was stuffed afterwards. Talls and I are going to run out to the store to get some spinach for salads. They have been a big hit. We are trying to have one with lunch and dinner everyday. Well, not smalls, we are getting him some healthy bread. Tonight's snacks are popcorn and apples and caramel dip. At the store, we are also picking up those fun popcorn containers. Already, we are all sick of cleaning the popcorn dishes. Little things like that make me HAPPY!!
I have to remember to take my medicine. I forgot this morning with all the not waking up. I'm supposed to take 4 pills a day for pcos. I don't think I have it but it's supposed to help with weight loss. Seems like it would be a no brainer, right? It has to be spread out throughout the day and taken with meal with a full glass of water, blah blah blah. If I could take all 4 at once that would be a lot better. Well, off to the store.
Fingers crossed for seeing less of me.
There was a lot of talk about eating right and getting fit at work today. I guess I'm not the only cliche. I got a lot of recipe ideas. I had my wasa cracker and peanut butter and salad for lunch. Delish. For dinner we got cray cray. The rest of the fam had chicken with bones. I can't even. So I made spaghetti squash with marinara sauce and brown rice. I swear it was wonderful. Even smalls liked it. I was shocked how good it was, and I was stuffed afterwards. Talls and I are going to run out to the store to get some spinach for salads. They have been a big hit. We are trying to have one with lunch and dinner everyday. Well, not smalls, we are getting him some healthy bread. Tonight's snacks are popcorn and apples and caramel dip. At the store, we are also picking up those fun popcorn containers. Already, we are all sick of cleaning the popcorn dishes. Little things like that make me HAPPY!!
I have to remember to take my medicine. I forgot this morning with all the not waking up. I'm supposed to take 4 pills a day for pcos. I don't think I have it but it's supposed to help with weight loss. Seems like it would be a no brainer, right? It has to be spread out throughout the day and taken with meal with a full glass of water, blah blah blah. If I could take all 4 at once that would be a lot better. Well, off to the store.
Fingers crossed for seeing less of me.
Sunday, January 4, 2015
Who am I? Freakin Einstein?
1/4/15 - I've been doing some research, I'm supposed to know about free radicles? Probiotics? antioxidants? Jeezuu. That's only a little bit of it.
I'm feeling good today. I had a delish salad at 436 calories for lunch. I like croutons, so we are going to make our own once a week. We hard boiled some eggs for snacks and salads and had an idea if buying those roasted chickens once a week for chicken salad and to put on our salads. We also made a "master list" of things we like and thing we want to try. I recall the time I lost a lot of weight, I mixed up my dinners a lot. Lunch and breakfast were pretty much the same. I don't like today's iced tea, I used peppermint tea, from now on I'll remember to only use that for hot tea.
Tomorrow my Christmas vacation is over. I am very lazy about preparing food and I hardly ever stick to anything so I am nervous. I know preparation for meals during work is going to be the key. I plan to have my protein drink in the morning on the way to work. I also plan to bring a delish salad and have extra crunchy peanut butter on a wasa cracker for lunch. I will bring all of my wasa crackers and a thing of peanut butter with me. That way the only thing I have to prepare in the morning/night before is the salad and shake. Hopefully that will make things easier. I also have a mix of pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, sunflower seeds and peanuts that I will have as a snack through out the day. I also drink a lot of water at work. I also have a little thing filled with lemon juice to add to my water. Many days I can get my 64 oz in before I come home from work.
Matt is trying but I can see him getting frustrated already. I think he wants this so bad but doesn't really know how to go about achieving it. He has a big appetite and it will take a bit for him get used to the changes. I think he thinks he has to starve himself. He seems to always be thinking about eating. I keep telling him "eat, eat" like an Italian grandmother. We have enough healthy choices in the house that he could eat all day. I think when his mind and stomach get on the same page, he will be ok.
Tonight the kids will be back and I know talls will be happy with what we bought. She is excited about the changes we are planning to make. Smalls? ehh, not so much. He is the one I worry about. He has the same bad habits as his father and I. We may exercise tonight. We did one last weekend. We did a one mile walk that was On Demand. We will have our popcorn snack tonight. We got kettle corn flavoring for it.
Fingers crossed for seeing less on me.
I'm feeling good today. I had a delish salad at 436 calories for lunch. I like croutons, so we are going to make our own once a week. We hard boiled some eggs for snacks and salads and had an idea if buying those roasted chickens once a week for chicken salad and to put on our salads. We also made a "master list" of things we like and thing we want to try. I recall the time I lost a lot of weight, I mixed up my dinners a lot. Lunch and breakfast were pretty much the same. I don't like today's iced tea, I used peppermint tea, from now on I'll remember to only use that for hot tea.
Tomorrow my Christmas vacation is over. I am very lazy about preparing food and I hardly ever stick to anything so I am nervous. I know preparation for meals during work is going to be the key. I plan to have my protein drink in the morning on the way to work. I also plan to bring a delish salad and have extra crunchy peanut butter on a wasa cracker for lunch. I will bring all of my wasa crackers and a thing of peanut butter with me. That way the only thing I have to prepare in the morning/night before is the salad and shake. Hopefully that will make things easier. I also have a mix of pumpkin seeds, chia seeds, sunflower seeds and peanuts that I will have as a snack through out the day. I also drink a lot of water at work. I also have a little thing filled with lemon juice to add to my water. Many days I can get my 64 oz in before I come home from work.
Matt is trying but I can see him getting frustrated already. I think he wants this so bad but doesn't really know how to go about achieving it. He has a big appetite and it will take a bit for him get used to the changes. I think he thinks he has to starve himself. He seems to always be thinking about eating. I keep telling him "eat, eat" like an Italian grandmother. We have enough healthy choices in the house that he could eat all day. I think when his mind and stomach get on the same page, he will be ok.
Tonight the kids will be back and I know talls will be happy with what we bought. She is excited about the changes we are planning to make. Smalls? ehh, not so much. He is the one I worry about. He has the same bad habits as his father and I. We may exercise tonight. We did one last weekend. We did a one mile walk that was On Demand. We will have our popcorn snack tonight. We got kettle corn flavoring for it.
Fingers crossed for seeing less on me.
Saturday, January 3, 2015
the beginning...again! Naturally.
Soooooo, I am fat! I don't want to be fat anymore. I am going to change being fat and I am going to use this blog to get my thoughts together. Yes, it's very cliche to say new year, new me, but I'm going to try. My goal is all honesty and if no one ever reads this then good.
I've always was fat. In 2008 I said, screw this. I'm finished. I was 36 years old, fat and single. No man was ever interested in me. I can only assume it was because I was fat. Otherwise I am fabulous! So I started on my change. I ate great and exercised, I lost the most weight I ever had. I was at my lowest weight ever. 189 pounds. I felt great! And, DAMN, I looked great too. Booyah! BUT THEN.... (dramatic pause) I DID MEET A MAN! The best thing that ever happened to me BUT the worst for my weight, and later we find out my health. That's a story for later, in all transparency the health thing wasn't ALL his fault. He is a big guy, with a big appetite. I let myself go. The longer we were together , the bigger I got. I am the fattest I've ever been. I want to go back to my fighting weight. And my HUSBAND :) is on board.
Ok, enough of the small talk, a little less conversation and a little more action.
1/3/15 - We went on a giant shopping trip today and got all the foods I need for the week. I created my shopping list from all the pins I posted on Pinterest as I was eating gallons and gallons of mint chocolate ice cream. I am swearing off soda after seeing that a kids got $500 from his parents for not drinking soda for a year on the news. I asked my parents if the would do this, they said NO. No explanation just NO. Hurumph. Whateva. We are making homemade iced tea. So far (day 3) that's going well. Every batch is different and I'm using agave nectar, honey and lemon for some flavor. I'm reading different things about the agave nectar but I've decided I'm going with it. I tried quinoa today. I liked it a lot. I'm planning to have a protein drink with almond milk in the morning , yumm chocolate. Lunch is was a crackers and extra crunchy peanut butter. Snacks are chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, fruit and nuts. I have a goal of 1300 calories a day and plan to track it on LOSEIT. It's an app for the iPhone.
Enough for today. I will post again tomorrow if I figure out how I got here and how to get back.
Fingers crossed for less of me tomorrow.
I've always was fat. In 2008 I said, screw this. I'm finished. I was 36 years old, fat and single. No man was ever interested in me. I can only assume it was because I was fat. Otherwise I am fabulous! So I started on my change. I ate great and exercised, I lost the most weight I ever had. I was at my lowest weight ever. 189 pounds. I felt great! And, DAMN, I looked great too. Booyah! BUT THEN.... (dramatic pause) I DID MEET A MAN! The best thing that ever happened to me BUT the worst for my weight, and later we find out my health. That's a story for later, in all transparency the health thing wasn't ALL his fault. He is a big guy, with a big appetite. I let myself go. The longer we were together , the bigger I got. I am the fattest I've ever been. I want to go back to my fighting weight. And my HUSBAND :) is on board.
Ok, enough of the small talk, a little less conversation and a little more action.
1/3/15 - We went on a giant shopping trip today and got all the foods I need for the week. I created my shopping list from all the pins I posted on Pinterest as I was eating gallons and gallons of mint chocolate ice cream. I am swearing off soda after seeing that a kids got $500 from his parents for not drinking soda for a year on the news. I asked my parents if the would do this, they said NO. No explanation just NO. Hurumph. Whateva. We are making homemade iced tea. So far (day 3) that's going well. Every batch is different and I'm using agave nectar, honey and lemon for some flavor. I'm reading different things about the agave nectar but I've decided I'm going with it. I tried quinoa today. I liked it a lot. I'm planning to have a protein drink with almond milk in the morning , yumm chocolate. Lunch is was a crackers and extra crunchy peanut butter. Snacks are chia seeds, pumpkin seeds, fruit and nuts. I have a goal of 1300 calories a day and plan to track it on LOSEIT. It's an app for the iPhone.
Enough for today. I will post again tomorrow if I figure out how I got here and how to get back.
Fingers crossed for less of me tomorrow.
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