Well, my family communication course is over. I turned in my last paper today. Hopefully it went well and I'll get an "A" in that class.
I walked a mile today. That was good! I also went out to eat with my little sister (we're celebrating it being the end of the semester), which was bad. I totally over indulged, but I loved every minute of it. hehe. I dunno, sometimes I feel like it is better if you just go ahead and "go for it" without that feeling bad afterwards. For me, it seemed like a much deserved night out.
Yeah, did I mention, I'm sleepy? Off to bed I go. I have more finals in the morning. *waves*
I read/watched this on Livys-weightloss-journey-to-loving-herself . I very rarely get sentimental or moved by online stories, but this one really touched my heart. To think I whine about having to walk a mile =0/ Read the "this" link, I'm pretty sure you'll be happy that you did...or at least that it will give you a little different perspective on your day.
Monday, April 30, 2007
Friday, April 27, 2007
TGIF!
No really! Thank goodness it is Friday.
The first week of May if finals week for me, so everything has been going crazy here. I've got lots of papers and projects due and then I've got a bunch of other random things popping up that just "have to be done". For example, the internet/cable bill came yesterday and it was $30 more than normal. WTH? So, I've got to call them to find out why they decided to randomly charge more for their services. *sigh* I've also got an old dog house in my backyard that needs to be torn down. My dad thinks maybe that could be part of the ant infestation problem, so I think this weekend I may go at the dog house with a hammer or maybe a hatchet and a lot of poison. Grrr! (I came up with that hatchet idea after squishing an ant that was taking a stroll across my arm. *growls*)
NEWS ALERT!
Okay, not something to really get that excitable about, but for those of you that were wondering about the Google Adsense that is located on the side of my page....well, yeah. Reaching $100 for that first pay out is going to be a little rough, but I thought I'd go ahead and post how much money is in my Adsense account to keep you all updated on my progress and help you see how fast *snickers* the cash comes rolling in. =) I think I just posted something like a whole $0.41 in my account, but I'll try to update weekly. I'm still not impressed with the ads they are slapping up there, but on occasion there are some interesting ones.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Breakfast: Nature Valley Oats and Honey cereal (This stuff is YUM! I don't like cereal very much, but I'd highly recommend it!! If you click the link, at the top of the page click on "products" and at the bottom of that page is a picture of the box. Click that picture and all the nutrition info pops up.) with 1/2 cup of 2% milk
Lunch: Leftovers! 2 soft shelled tacos (see yesterday)
Dinner: I'm going to eat out tonight...so probably something very, very bad for me =)
The first week of May if finals week for me, so everything has been going crazy here. I've got lots of papers and projects due and then I've got a bunch of other random things popping up that just "have to be done". For example, the internet/cable bill came yesterday and it was $30 more than normal. WTH? So, I've got to call them to find out why they decided to randomly charge more for their services. *sigh* I've also got an old dog house in my backyard that needs to be torn down. My dad thinks maybe that could be part of the ant infestation problem, so I think this weekend I may go at the dog house with a hammer or maybe a hatchet and a lot of poison. Grrr! (I came up with that hatchet idea after squishing an ant that was taking a stroll across my arm. *growls*)
NEWS ALERT!
Okay, not something to really get that excitable about, but for those of you that were wondering about the Google Adsense that is located on the side of my page....well, yeah. Reaching $100 for that first pay out is going to be a little rough, but I thought I'd go ahead and post how much money is in my Adsense account to keep you all updated on my progress and help you see how fast *snickers* the cash comes rolling in. =) I think I just posted something like a whole $0.41 in my account, but I'll try to update weekly. I'm still not impressed with the ads they are slapping up there, but on occasion there are some interesting ones.
Have a great weekend everyone!
Breakfast: Nature Valley Oats and Honey cereal (This stuff is YUM! I don't like cereal very much, but I'd highly recommend it!! If you click the link, at the top of the page click on "products" and at the bottom of that page is a picture of the box. Click that picture and all the nutrition info pops up.) with 1/2 cup of 2% milk
Lunch: Leftovers! 2 soft shelled tacos (see yesterday)
Dinner: I'm going to eat out tonight...so probably something very, very bad for me =)
Thursday, April 26, 2007
No motivation
Oh my goodness! I need help!!! I'm so "bleh" feeling it isn't even funny. I can't get excited about anything this week. I just want to crawl back into bed and sleep. This rainy weather has got to stop!
The rain has got to stop, not just for my energy level to go back up, but so I can get outside and spray my yard again. Please, please, PLEASE if you know of any sollutions for keeping ants out of the house (other than cleaning, I've done that!) let me know. I'm seriously about ready to pull my hair out over this ant problem. Right after moving into this house, I noticed that there were some ants in the kitchen, so I made sure to wipe down everything after cooking and I sprayed some poioson stuff around the kitchen (I know, real healthy, huh? Spraying poison in the kitchen. yum, yum!) and that kept the ants away for a couple of months. Then, they moved in downstairs! I squished a couple and they smelled like the poison I'd sprayed months ago. I bought some little, round ant traps with food in them. They flocked to the stuff and they were gone. Winter came and went without any ants, but as soon as the spring weather hit, they were back by the ZILLIONS. They were in the kitchen, the bathroom, the basement. I bought some more ant bait traps and that cut down on the population. I sprayed outside the house and put down little ant repellent pellets around the foundation, but I still have ants. It is SOOO gross. I hate it so bad *pouts*
Speaking of pulling my hair out over the ant situation, I cut my hair. Come on ladies, a drastic measure had to be taken to help beat Jf's weight loss record!! LoL. Just joking (I've been oh so bad this week) but darn it! If I don't lose at least a little bit I'll be mad. I cut 5 to 6 inches off my hair. It had been down almost touching my butt and now it is sitting on top of my shoulders. Honestly, the lady that cut it took more than I wanted, but the great thing about hair is it will come back =)
Here is what I ate today (I have to write it now because I know Chris loves it so much =0p )
Breakfast: Fiber One bar and 1 liter of water
Lunch: Pasta (little sis cooked and that's about all she makes. hehe)
Dinner: Soft shell tacos. I bought 93% beef and tortillas with only 0.5g fat and some fat free cheese.
Snack: Peanuts. Way too many peanuts. I probably ate about a serving and a half while discussing with the sis what we should make for dinner. Oh yeah, I also had a string cheese and a 100 calorie pack of grasshopper cookies. Have I mentioned that I've been bad?
The rain has got to stop, not just for my energy level to go back up, but so I can get outside and spray my yard again. Please, please, PLEASE if you know of any sollutions for keeping ants out of the house (other than cleaning, I've done that!) let me know. I'm seriously about ready to pull my hair out over this ant problem. Right after moving into this house, I noticed that there were some ants in the kitchen, so I made sure to wipe down everything after cooking and I sprayed some poioson stuff around the kitchen (I know, real healthy, huh? Spraying poison in the kitchen. yum, yum!) and that kept the ants away for a couple of months. Then, they moved in downstairs! I squished a couple and they smelled like the poison I'd sprayed months ago. I bought some little, round ant traps with food in them. They flocked to the stuff and they were gone. Winter came and went without any ants, but as soon as the spring weather hit, they were back by the ZILLIONS. They were in the kitchen, the bathroom, the basement. I bought some more ant bait traps and that cut down on the population. I sprayed outside the house and put down little ant repellent pellets around the foundation, but I still have ants. It is SOOO gross. I hate it so bad *pouts*
Speaking of pulling my hair out over the ant situation, I cut my hair. Come on ladies, a drastic measure had to be taken to help beat Jf's weight loss record!! LoL. Just joking (I've been oh so bad this week) but darn it! If I don't lose at least a little bit I'll be mad. I cut 5 to 6 inches off my hair. It had been down almost touching my butt and now it is sitting on top of my shoulders. Honestly, the lady that cut it took more than I wanted, but the great thing about hair is it will come back =)
Here is what I ate today (I have to write it now because I know Chris loves it so much =0p )
Breakfast: Fiber One bar and 1 liter of water
Lunch: Pasta (little sis cooked and that's about all she makes. hehe)
Dinner: Soft shell tacos. I bought 93% beef and tortillas with only 0.5g fat and some fat free cheese.
Snack: Peanuts. Way too many peanuts. I probably ate about a serving and a half while discussing with the sis what we should make for dinner. Oh yeah, I also had a string cheese and a 100 calorie pack of grasshopper cookies. Have I mentioned that I've been bad?
Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Random Recipe
I'm going to have to figure out how to categorize my posts so I can find some of these recipes. This one was in my email and I wanted to save it someplace where I could cook it at my house, my b/f's house, or when I'm at the parent's home. =0)
Hog Heaven!
This is one of our most fun swaps ever. These flaky-licious hot dog treats taste almost exactly like the real ones. Juicy franks are wrapped in decadent dough and oven-baked for the flaky, buttery taste of the authentic hors d'oeuvre we all know and love! Go for it...
I think I may be in LOVE with this site. Check it out!
CLICK HERE because I said so!
Ingredients: 1 fat-free (or nearly fat-free) hot dog (like the ones by Oscar Mayer, Hebrew National and Ball Park)
1 portion Pillsbury Reduced Fat Crescent roll dough
Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cut hot dog into 4 even pieces.
Stretch or roll out the triangle-shaped dough slightly, to make it a larger triangle.
Cut dough into 4 long, narrow triangles.
Beginning at the base of each triangle, roll a piece of the hot dog up in the dough until the point of each triangle wraps around the center.
Place dogs on an ungreased baking pan and cook for about 12 minutes (until dough appears slightly browned and crispy).
Enjoy!
Serving Size: 4 pieces (entire recipe)
Calories: 135
Fat: 5g
Sodium: 645mg
Carbs: 15g
Fiber: 0g
Sugars: 3g
Protein: 7.5g
*3 Points
Hog Heaven!
This is one of our most fun swaps ever. These flaky-licious hot dog treats taste almost exactly like the real ones. Juicy franks are wrapped in decadent dough and oven-baked for the flaky, buttery taste of the authentic hors d'oeuvre we all know and love! Go for it...
I think I may be in LOVE with this site. Check it out!
CLICK HERE because I said so!
Ingredients: 1 fat-free (or nearly fat-free) hot dog (like the ones by Oscar Mayer, Hebrew National and Ball Park)
1 portion Pillsbury Reduced Fat Crescent roll dough
Directions: Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cut hot dog into 4 even pieces.
Stretch or roll out the triangle-shaped dough slightly, to make it a larger triangle.
Cut dough into 4 long, narrow triangles.
Beginning at the base of each triangle, roll a piece of the hot dog up in the dough until the point of each triangle wraps around the center.
Place dogs on an ungreased baking pan and cook for about 12 minutes (until dough appears slightly browned and crispy).
Enjoy!
Serving Size: 4 pieces (entire recipe)
Calories: 135
Fat: 5g
Sodium: 645mg
Carbs: 15g
Fiber: 0g
Sugars: 3g
Protein: 7.5g
*3 Points
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Fiber One Bars
I'm going out with the boyfriend all day, so I won't get to blog anything for tonight probably. My thought of the day:
I think Julie was the person that raved about Fiber One bars...So I decided to go try them out. Nutritionally speaking, I'm not 100% sold on these little bars, but they do taste yummy. I'm a texture kind of gal, so that seemed a little odd to me. It took until about half way through the bar for me to figure it out. It had the texture of a popcorn ball! Kind of sticky sweet, I had the peanut butter variety.
Overall: Taste = yum! but I am slightly curious if it is worth the extra calories. I might snag my MIL's WW counter and check points tonight just because I'm curious.
OMG! Why didn't someone tell me I was so LATE!! I'll edit this tomorrow with more info!
Fiber One Bar --Oats and Peanut Butter
150 calories
4.5g fat
9g Fiber
3g Protein
I think Julie was the person that raved about Fiber One bars...So I decided to go try them out. Nutritionally speaking, I'm not 100% sold on these little bars, but they do taste yummy. I'm a texture kind of gal, so that seemed a little odd to me. It took until about half way through the bar for me to figure it out. It had the texture of a popcorn ball! Kind of sticky sweet, I had the peanut butter variety.
Overall: Taste = yum! but I am slightly curious if it is worth the extra calories. I might snag my MIL's WW counter and check points tonight just because I'm curious.
OMG! Why didn't someone tell me I was so LATE!! I'll edit this tomorrow with more info!
Fiber One Bar --Oats and Peanut Butter
150 calories
4.5g fat
9g Fiber
3g Protein
Monday, April 23, 2007
5k walk/run
Okay, can I just say that I have SOOOO much respect for the people out there doing 5k and 10k run/walks!! I did my first one over the weekend and all I can say is yikes!!
Pace: 16:32 Overall Time: 51:17.77
I came in dead-last in my age catagory, but I have to be truthful, I was pretty happy with myself just for finishing the race. That third mile was really rough on me. Walking on a treadmill and around a flat track at school in NO WAY prepared me for the hills. I guess I really need to pump up the incline on that treadmill!
So, my boyfriend, his sister (much better shape than me) and me were all getting ready for the race to start. We were kind of in the middle of the group of people chatting before everything got started. I'd had a long talk with my boyfriend the night before telling him that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up with him or his sister. He assured me that we'd go my pace and that knew I could do it. I was a little nervous before the race, but I felt pretty good (even though it was WAY early for me to be awake =0p Geez! College student here!) that I'd even agreed to do something that could be considered excersise (with my attitude generally being, "if you don't try, then you don't fail --something I'm trying to fix). Well, the signal to start happened and WOOSH! everyone around me started taking off running. I looked back at my boyfriend with what I'm sure was a panicked look on my face. I was here to walk, not run! I don't remember actually asking him what to do, but I heard him say "Fake it!" So, there I went. The girl that always refuses to excersise, that told her 5th grade gym teacher that she'd rather sit out and copy the dictionary than participate in the 1 mile run, was running with massive amounts of fit bodied people passing her. I was out in front of my boyfriend and his sister and I could hear them chatting and giggling behind me while I was gasping for breath after about a block. All I kept thinking was, "They tricked me!!" This was supposed to be low impact! This was supposed to ease me into excersise!! This was supposed to be fun!!! Hehe. Looking back a few days later, I suppose I can laugh at the situation, but I was pretty aggrevated at the time. Let's look at this logically. The best way to have an out of shape girl start a race is NOT by having her use up tons of energy and oxygen in the first 5 minutes.
So, what did it teach me? I guess it helped me realize how very out of shape I am. I can't be this out of shape for Vegas! So, my goal is to walk at least 3 miles during the week. I'm going to try very hard to work myself up to a 15 minute mile. I might even try doing a little jogging after I figure out a good pace for myself. I'll hopefully work myself up to 6 miles a week after a little bit of adjusting to a new schedule. It also taught me that walking up hills makes my butt hurt! Finally, it taught me that I could do it, but that I need to train a little bit if I ever hope to make a 45 minute 3k =0)
Today, I bought my first magazine ever. hehe. I never thought I was a magazine reader, but I sat down and read First: For Women On The Go go tonight. It had some cute information in it and some interesting recipes. I think I might even try to pick up some chickpeas (which I'd never even heard of before) next time I go shopping at the store.
Today's Food:
Breakfast: Diet Coke (Mondays are rough on me. I never feel like I have "enough time" because I'm trying to make sure I have all my homework done =0p
Lunch: 1 cup cheese raveoli with a little bit of basil garlic pesto. I drank a cup of v-8 fruit fusion with this meal instead of my normal diet coke =)
Dinner: Little sis cooked. Always a little scary because I don't know exactly what is going into the meal. Tonight she made fried rice with chicken. At least I take comfort in the fact that she "learned" the recipe from me, so I know she didn't deviate too far and that she fried the rice with non-stick spray instead of oil.
Pace: 16:32 Overall Time: 51:17.77
I came in dead-last in my age catagory, but I have to be truthful, I was pretty happy with myself just for finishing the race. That third mile was really rough on me. Walking on a treadmill and around a flat track at school in NO WAY prepared me for the hills. I guess I really need to pump up the incline on that treadmill!
So, my boyfriend, his sister (much better shape than me) and me were all getting ready for the race to start. We were kind of in the middle of the group of people chatting before everything got started. I'd had a long talk with my boyfriend the night before telling him that I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep up with him or his sister. He assured me that we'd go my pace and that knew I could do it. I was a little nervous before the race, but I felt pretty good (even though it was WAY early for me to be awake =0p Geez! College student here!) that I'd even agreed to do something that could be considered excersise (with my attitude generally being, "if you don't try, then you don't fail --something I'm trying to fix). Well, the signal to start happened and WOOSH! everyone around me started taking off running. I looked back at my boyfriend with what I'm sure was a panicked look on my face. I was here to walk, not run! I don't remember actually asking him what to do, but I heard him say "Fake it!" So, there I went. The girl that always refuses to excersise, that told her 5th grade gym teacher that she'd rather sit out and copy the dictionary than participate in the 1 mile run, was running with massive amounts of fit bodied people passing her. I was out in front of my boyfriend and his sister and I could hear them chatting and giggling behind me while I was gasping for breath after about a block. All I kept thinking was, "They tricked me!!" This was supposed to be low impact! This was supposed to ease me into excersise!! This was supposed to be fun!!! Hehe. Looking back a few days later, I suppose I can laugh at the situation, but I was pretty aggrevated at the time. Let's look at this logically. The best way to have an out of shape girl start a race is NOT by having her use up tons of energy and oxygen in the first 5 minutes.
So, what did it teach me? I guess it helped me realize how very out of shape I am. I can't be this out of shape for Vegas! So, my goal is to walk at least 3 miles during the week. I'm going to try very hard to work myself up to a 15 minute mile. I might even try doing a little jogging after I figure out a good pace for myself. I'll hopefully work myself up to 6 miles a week after a little bit of adjusting to a new schedule. It also taught me that walking up hills makes my butt hurt! Finally, it taught me that I could do it, but that I need to train a little bit if I ever hope to make a 45 minute 3k =0)
Today, I bought my first magazine ever. hehe. I never thought I was a magazine reader, but I sat down and read First: For Women On The Go go tonight. It had some cute information in it and some interesting recipes. I think I might even try to pick up some chickpeas (which I'd never even heard of before) next time I go shopping at the store.
Today's Food:
Breakfast: Diet Coke (Mondays are rough on me. I never feel like I have "enough time" because I'm trying to make sure I have all my homework done =0p
Lunch: 1 cup cheese raveoli with a little bit of basil garlic pesto. I drank a cup of v-8 fruit fusion with this meal instead of my normal diet coke =)
Dinner: Little sis cooked. Always a little scary because I don't know exactly what is going into the meal. Tonight she made fried rice with chicken. At least I take comfort in the fact that she "learned" the recipe from me, so I know she didn't deviate too far and that she fried the rice with non-stick spray instead of oil.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Faulty Perceptions...
So, I wander a lot when I'm reading people's blogs. After I'm done posting a comment, I often wander through the blogs of other people that posted then I read their comments and wander on to a blog that one of their frequent readers messaged from...(make sense?)
Anyway, on my wanderings today I came across a bunch of posts from outside of the US (doesn't anyone in America blog?!?!) and they were talking about the Virginia Tech shootings. A couple of the blogs really gave me a perception check of what people out there think about the US. I have to say, they were not impressed! Some of the stuff they talked about was true, but other things they wrote about were really, REALLY stereotyped things from the media.
So, I got to thinking about all the new people I've been meeting while blogging and realized the majority of you are from Canada, the UK, and NZ. So, here is my fun for today. I'm going to post some things that I visualize when I hear about those places. Since I've never been outside the US, I have no idea if they are true, false, or completely made up. I'd love it if you did the same about either Missouri or the USA. I just thought it would be interesting to see how very little we know about each other or how very right we are! LoL. I know I've pretty much got nothing when it comes to other countries but, *takes a deep breath* here it goes, please help me fill in the gaps where I need help!
Anyway, on my wanderings today I came across a bunch of posts from outside of the US (doesn't anyone in America blog?!?!) and they were talking about the Virginia Tech shootings. A couple of the blogs really gave me a perception check of what people out there think about the US. I have to say, they were not impressed! Some of the stuff they talked about was true, but other things they wrote about were really, REALLY stereotyped things from the media.
So, I got to thinking about all the new people I've been meeting while blogging and realized the majority of you are from Canada, the UK, and NZ. So, here is my fun for today. I'm going to post some things that I visualize when I hear about those places. Since I've never been outside the US, I have no idea if they are true, false, or completely made up. I'd love it if you did the same about either Missouri or the USA. I just thought it would be interesting to see how very little we know about each other or how very right we are! LoL. I know I've pretty much got nothing when it comes to other countries but, *takes a deep breath* here it goes, please help me fill in the gaps where I need help!
Canada
1. Our neighbor to the north! (At least I know that is right)
2. I think cold, wintery place. Especially further north.
3. I think about a moose. Yeah, you heard me a moose! A big, dangerous one that wants to eat Americans lurking near the border. hehe
4. I think you have provinces, kind of like our version of states, only they are much larger. And, 5. I think about failing the geography test where I was supposed to name all the provinces.
6. I think about those stinking quarters of yours! You know, the ones that make it over the border and people here will refuse to take! Ooh! and I think about the fact that they are steel, which is cool, because they stick to magnets.
7. I think about the prices being higher in Canada.
8. I think cheaper medication and the debate over whether the US should have government run health care.
9. I think about people speaking French. I know, not everyone speaks French, but some people do!
10. I think you have a government, but I'm not 100% sure what it is =0p I think it is more like a British Government, but the economy is more like the USA??
11. I think about beautiful, old churches.
12. I think about fur trappers and traders. hehe. Isn't that part of your history?
United Kingdom
1. People from Ireland and Wales don't like to be told they are part of England. hehe. We had an exchange student here last semester and she always puffed up when people said she was from England. =D
2. Chips are french fries! Fish and chips are icky. Vinegar is bad. (oh, wait! Those are just my opinions. hehe)
3. I'm more familiar with the U.K. government. Parliament is really fun to watch on the television. Especially the House of Commons (is that the right words?!?). You have a monarchy, but it is pretty much in name only. and you get a vote of no confidence, lucky you!
4. I think of unemployment. I can tell you exactly why too. We watched a show in one of my classes about how British teenagers were out of control and having lots of children. It was supposed to teach us that America wasn't the only place where social reform was occurring, but 5. I remember the unemployment the most because I thought it was a frighteningly high number.
6. I think soccer and World Cup.
7. I think about old castles and the Tower of London --Lots of old, old, OLD history.
8. I think about constables not carrying guns and how much of a foreign idea that is to me.
9. I think about you driving on the "wrong" side of the road.
10. I think about taverns with beer.
11. I think of pretty green fields where urban life hasn't intruded and big cities where it has.
12. I think of rain.
13. I think of pollution.
14. I think of funny accents that Americans can't do properly =D but honestly, I love the way you speak.
15. I think "I speak English" but in truth I speak American because our word choices are very different at times. hehe
16. I think the cost of your gasoline is mind boggling.
New Zealand
1. I think Zena, Warrior Princess! That is where the filming was done, right?
2. I think gorgeous, beautiful, breath taking scenery
3. I think island below Australia
4. I think Tasmanian Devils, even though I'm not sure they have anything to do with NZ
5. I think that I have no clue what kind of government you have and that I've never even thought to consider it before.
6. I think amazing literacy rate (random fact given to us in class the other day)
7. I think you speak English, but I'm not sure if there are any other languages that are also spoken.
8. I'm thinking (just now thought about it actually) that if you speak English you were probably colonized by the English at some point in time. Maybe for spice trade?
Yeah, so those are some of the things that I think when I think about where you live. I'd love to hear back from all of you and I'll write a lengthy post (probably Monday) based on your responses. (Blogger really had a field day with my formatting. Sorry about that =0/ )
Have an awesome weekend everyone!!
P.S. For those of you want to get fit for a wedding. Sparkpeople had a cute reading today.
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Money!! Not really =0p
Okay, so I signed up for something new today. Instead of doing PayPerPost (notice that their stuff has been removed from my blog) I signed up for Google AdSense which is (or at least should be) located on the side of my page. For this one, I guess the basic idea is if someone clicks the ad on the side of my page (Once my blog has been approved, which it hasn't yet) then somewhere, someone puts a little tally by my name and I get a couple of pennies. hehe. I actually have no idea how much money it is per click, but that sign up rules DID specfically say I was not to click the ad myself (I guess they can see my IP address and if I'm the one clicking --slighty creepy, but fair enough) and I was not to encourage my friends or family to click the ad (or, in other words, pay ya'll off to get me some money! --once again, fair enough) The only stinky part of it that I've seen so far is the fact that you don't get paid until you've earned $100 in your account, so, my guess is I won't have earned that much by the time I'm ready to go to Vegas. *sigh* Oh well, I'll just throw it into next year's vacation fund =0) I'll let you all know how this works out for me.
So for today, I was kind of good! I went for a walk =0) There are a bunch of trails not too far from my house, so I convinced my little sister she should go with me (to keep all the bad guys away --hehe--I'm sure two females walking alone in the woods is much more frightening than one!) I grabbed my pedometer and loaded my sis up in the car and off we went. Well, I would have sworn I knew where I was going, but I couldn't find the trails I wanted, so we stopped off by the lake and went for a walk. I think I'll take my camera next time and I'll see if I can figure out how everyone is putting pictures on their blogs. =0) Oh, yeah, I forgot my pedometer in the car but we walked 30 minutes one way and about 30 minutes back. I don't know if I should count this as "cardio" on my meter, but I was definitely had my heart rate up for at least the first part of the walk. We started off with a very big hill.
Speaking of walks, I just agreed to do a 5k with my boyfriend this weekend. Yikes! I'm a little bit nervous because he works out almost every day and has for several years now, but he says he won't be too mad if I can't make it. I think/know I can do it, but I worry I won't be able to do it as fast as he wants me to =0/ I hate that feeling of disappointment, but I'm really going to try hard!
Today's food choices were....*drum roll please*
Breakfast: nada! I slept in until almost 11am. It was heavenly!! I know ya'll are jealous ~.0
Lunch: Alfredo. Yes, this was a decadent, calorie and fat laden meal, but it was tastey! I was really craving it, so that was lunch.
Dinner: Chicken with red sauce and salsa (umm...I'll explain after this)
Snack: 100 calorie pack of the grasshopper cookies --YUM!
1 liter of water
1 diet coke
Mexican Chicken
2 or 3 chicken pieces
A can of tomato sauce
Garlic Salt
Mexican Seasoning
Salsa
Onion
Tortillas
Cheese (if you want it)
This is a creation A-la-boyfriend, so I don't have measurements, it is all to taste, but this should give you a basic idea =0)
I spray a large frying pan with non-stick spray and throw in half an onion, that I've chopped into strips. While that starts to brown just a tiny bit, I open up my can of tomato sauce, grab the salsa, and find the lid to the frying pan (or a splatter guard because this stuff likes to jump out of the pan) With the onions cooked just a little bit (enough to release a little bit of flavor into the pan) I throw in the chicken (it is best if it is thawed), cover it with the tomato sauce, put in some salsa (probably about half a cup), and season it with the garlic salt and mexican spices. Slap on the lid and let it simmer while the chicken cooks. You'll want to check back on it every once in awhile to make sure it isn't sticking to the bottom of the pan. When it looks like the chicken is done, take two forks and shred the chicken by pulling it apart (if you treasure your teflon, you might want to do this on a seperate plate). Take the lid off and let the shredding chicken soak up the yummy liquids. You might have to let it cook for awhile to have the liquids cook off some(I always have too much liquids in mine...I'm never patient when cooking), but when it is less soupy, throw it on a tortilla and you've got a yummy dinner. My sis eats hers with chips (which I calculated to be about 28g of fat!!) and she throws a little bit of cheese on top as well (she used my non-fat cheese) Like I said, it is a season as you choose, so you can eat as you choose too. If this doesn't make any sense just let me know, I'll try to clarify. I'm not 100% sure on the calories or fat content, but since it is a chicken breast, tomatoe sauce, and salsa I'm thinking the worst thing for you is probably the tortilla...oh...and the salt content.
So for today, I was kind of good! I went for a walk =0) There are a bunch of trails not too far from my house, so I convinced my little sister she should go with me (to keep all the bad guys away --hehe--I'm sure two females walking alone in the woods is much more frightening than one!) I grabbed my pedometer and loaded my sis up in the car and off we went. Well, I would have sworn I knew where I was going, but I couldn't find the trails I wanted, so we stopped off by the lake and went for a walk. I think I'll take my camera next time and I'll see if I can figure out how everyone is putting pictures on their blogs. =0) Oh, yeah, I forgot my pedometer in the car but we walked 30 minutes one way and about 30 minutes back. I don't know if I should count this as "cardio" on my meter, but I was definitely had my heart rate up for at least the first part of the walk. We started off with a very big hill.
Speaking of walks, I just agreed to do a 5k with my boyfriend this weekend. Yikes! I'm a little bit nervous because he works out almost every day and has for several years now, but he says he won't be too mad if I can't make it. I think/know I can do it, but I worry I won't be able to do it as fast as he wants me to =0/ I hate that feeling of disappointment, but I'm really going to try hard!
Today's food choices were....*drum roll please*
Breakfast: nada! I slept in until almost 11am. It was heavenly!! I know ya'll are jealous ~.0
Lunch: Alfredo. Yes, this was a decadent, calorie and fat laden meal, but it was tastey! I was really craving it, so that was lunch.
Dinner: Chicken with red sauce and salsa (umm...I'll explain after this)
Snack: 100 calorie pack of the grasshopper cookies --YUM!
1 liter of water
1 diet coke
Mexican Chicken
2 or 3 chicken pieces
A can of tomato sauce
Garlic Salt
Mexican Seasoning
Salsa
Onion
Tortillas
Cheese (if you want it)
This is a creation A-la-boyfriend, so I don't have measurements, it is all to taste, but this should give you a basic idea =0)
I spray a large frying pan with non-stick spray and throw in half an onion, that I've chopped into strips. While that starts to brown just a tiny bit, I open up my can of tomato sauce, grab the salsa, and find the lid to the frying pan (or a splatter guard because this stuff likes to jump out of the pan) With the onions cooked just a little bit (enough to release a little bit of flavor into the pan) I throw in the chicken (it is best if it is thawed), cover it with the tomato sauce, put in some salsa (probably about half a cup), and season it with the garlic salt and mexican spices. Slap on the lid and let it simmer while the chicken cooks. You'll want to check back on it every once in awhile to make sure it isn't sticking to the bottom of the pan. When it looks like the chicken is done, take two forks and shred the chicken by pulling it apart (if you treasure your teflon, you might want to do this on a seperate plate). Take the lid off and let the shredding chicken soak up the yummy liquids. You might have to let it cook for awhile to have the liquids cook off some(I always have too much liquids in mine...I'm never patient when cooking), but when it is less soupy, throw it on a tortilla and you've got a yummy dinner. My sis eats hers with chips (which I calculated to be about 28g of fat!!) and she throws a little bit of cheese on top as well (she used my non-fat cheese) Like I said, it is a season as you choose, so you can eat as you choose too. If this doesn't make any sense just let me know, I'll try to clarify. I'm not 100% sure on the calories or fat content, but since it is a chicken breast, tomatoe sauce, and salsa I'm thinking the worst thing for you is probably the tortilla...oh...and the salt content.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
Poker Chip Key Chain
I bought a poker chip key chain yesterday! yay! I'm so excited about vegas that I can hardly sit still as I type this...just wish that excitement would help me excercise a bit more. hehe. I do think that I've been eating well this week though, so hopefully that will help me with my weight loss goals.
I couldn't find any cool looking poker chips to make into maganets for my fridge and filing cabinet (in my make-shift office at home), but those are the next step in finding a little inspiration.
Oh my goodness! I am so excited! Flamingo Hotel, here I come!!!
I couldn't find any cool looking poker chips to make into maganets for my fridge and filing cabinet (in my make-shift office at home), but those are the next step in finding a little inspiration.
Oh my goodness! I am so excited! Flamingo Hotel, here I come!!!
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Grumpy!
Wow! I don't know if it is all the emotional stuff in the news, the fact it is my TOM, or changing up the foods in my diet, but I have been crazy over-emotional the past couple of days. I mean, I'm almost frightened to be around me!! You know the silent "mean thoughts" you get sometimes when you are out at the store and someone almost runs into you with a cart, or parks their cart in front of the entire section of milk, or does something equally irritating? Yeah, well, those thoughts weren't so silent for me today. So, let me explain what happened; although I feel a little bit bad for being snippy, I still think this lady deserved it.
I was at the super market pushing my cart when I noticed that the store had grapes on sale. I thought they looked yummy, so I started making my way over there. Now, I'm not a fast-pace kind of gal, so I was meandering that way when BAM! a woman with a shopping cart literally sprinted the last couple of feet to the display of grapes. I was totally taken aback by this cart powerplay! She blocked me from getting to the grapes!!! I'm not generally one to think the worst of a person, so I let her pick through all the grapes while I went to grab some veggies. There were lots of grapes, no reason to get upset. She left the aisle, so I grabbed a bag of grapes and moved on. I wanted some turkey lunch meat (for quick protein), so I parked my cart in front of the deli counter. The girl that worked there asked me what I wanted and BAM that same woman shoves her cart in next to mine, actually nudging mine out of her way and demands the girl serve her first because she is in a hurry. I bit my lip, smiled at the store clerk that looked really uncomfortable and told her to go ahead and help the other lady. I made up a nice little mental story about the pushy woman.
I decided she must be a mother of 5. Her first two children were female. The oldest was 16 and the next child was 13. The girls fought constantly about everything from sharing clothes to sharing a room. They had to share a room because they lived in a 3 bedroom duplex. The other three children were triplets, and they were boys. Age 9 and always getting into fist fights with one another. They were exceptionally rambunctious children because their father had run off with a college student two years ago and they now lacked discipline in their lives......
Yeah, that was about as far as I got with the mental story when the woman pushed past me once again knocking my cart. The girl at the sales counter apologized again and got me the turkey I asked for adding a little bit extra to the order for my having been nice to her (SCORE! Niceness does pay off!) I did a quick look around in the liquor department, but nothing sparked my interest so I moved on to my last stop in the store which was to pick up some milk for my little sis. There I encountered another woman. She had a toddler in the front of her cart and she was asking the little guy what kind of milk he wanted (chocolate, white, or strawberry --where were these choices when I was a kid?!?!) He was maybe 3 years old and he was adorable jabbering away to his mom. Mom had another baby in the back of the cart that looked really young. I bet it wasn't more than 3 or 4 months old (tiny little thing dressed up in pink frills. LoL) and that little baby was angry! it was crying those gaspy little cries with an occasional bellow. I like watching people, and like I said, I wasn't in much of a hurry so I just stood back waiting to get to the milk case and while I was doing that BAM! here comes grumpy woman again. She nudged the mom's cart back. My first thought was "uh oh" because if someone touched my cart with my babies in it I think a fight might break out. hehe. the mom looked up a little bit startled, but apologized for being in the way. Okay, she was kind of in the way, but instead of saying it was okay, grumpy woman said to her and I quote "you need to learn how to control your children" OMG! As if she could control the fact that an infant was crying. This wasn't like some 6 year old throwing themselves down in the middle of an aisle throwing a fit, this was a new baby! The Mom started to apologize again... she looked so pathetic trying to hush her baby. It really looked like she was going to cry. I wanted to strangle the grumpy woman, but I figured it wasn't my place and that I didn't need to get into somebody else's business. But what happened next, I couldn't just not say anything. As grumpy woman open the door to the fridge to get her milk, the toddler boy reached out and touched her (yeah, that's how close she was to him) and she yelled at him. She told him he was a bad boy and shouldn't touch people. The boy started crying, the Mom started crying, the grumpy woman continued scolding the both of them giving a lecture on manners. I couldn't take anymore, so I stepped in.
I was raised to never be confrontational. I was always taught to turn the other cheek or to just leave a situation but ARGH!! I don't think I've ever been so angry at a complete stranger before in my life! Keeping in mind that the situation was all ready bad and that the little boy was all ready terrified, I told myself I couldn't get loud. The mom had pulled her cart back a little ways away from the woman so she could try to get between grumpy and her son, so I pushed my cart up and into the grumpy's. She was shocked and immediately turned her venom on me. I simply pointed out that she was in my way. She told me it was rude not to say "excuse me" or wait my turn. I looked at her, smiled as nicely as I could and said, "oh? like you said excuse me when you passed me to get to those grape?" she spluttered a little bit about how she was in a hurry and didn't see me there (umm...obviously she SAW me there if she remembered pushing in front of me) So I asked her how exactly she has waited her turn at the deli meat counter. She started turning really red and just kind of stuttering, so I took that time to lecture her on manners turning everything she had just been preaching back on her. I wish I could say she apologized, but she didn't. She just threw a fit and walked off saying she was going to get the manager. LoL. About this time a man walked up to talk to the mom. she has stopped crying and so had to babies. I felt a little bit bad because I was so focused on grumpy that I'd forgotten about the mom and her kids. The man that walked up was her husband, I guess he'd been getting beer when all this happened. I didn't want to get too much more involved, so I told the lady she had a very handsome son, grabbed the milk and darted out of there to the check out line.
Long, long, long story short --I was putting my groceries into my car when somebody yelled behind me. I didn't pay much attention because I was thinking to myself "what got into you!" when someone tapped me on the shoulder. The man wasn't her husband, but instead a friend. He told me that her husband was deployed overseas and had been for the past 6 months. Her husband hadn't met the newest addition to their family yet and the toddler had just called the friend "daddy" in the store. the mom was already emotional when the grumpy woman stepped in and started the fight, but he wanted to thank me for helping her.
The really, really great part of the story the guy looked kind of embarrassed but asked if there was anything he could do for me since I'd helped his friend out. I told him I was happy to help and hoped I hadn't overstepped any boundaries....he kind of blushed and mumbled "do you want me to buy you some liquor?" Hehe. He must have been going into the liquor department when I was leaving empty handed. He didn't think I was old enough to buy my own beer yet. *giggles*
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Final thought for the day....I don't agree with 99% of the things that President Bush says, but today he said that school was a sacred place and the Virginia Tech shooting had ruined that feeling of safety. I agree. I wake up every day and go to University. I don't ever think about something bad happening there and I hate the fact that it now crosses my mind from time to time. I know in time that thought will probably fade, but darn it! I have enough to think about without trying to decide if the person that sits next to me in class is "unstable"
I was in junior high and high school when all the public school shootings happened here in the US. I remember that absolute panic that it set off in school systems. We had drills where a make believe person entered the school and we had to hide. Suddenly, being caught in the halls without a pass was no longer devious fun, but now looked upon as a possibly sinister and deadly activity. I don't want that feeling to invade my college. I don't want to be told again that I have to give up freedoms that I am used to because the school is making the environment safer for me. I am tired of that being the answer.
I was at the super market pushing my cart when I noticed that the store had grapes on sale. I thought they looked yummy, so I started making my way over there. Now, I'm not a fast-pace kind of gal, so I was meandering that way when BAM! a woman with a shopping cart literally sprinted the last couple of feet to the display of grapes. I was totally taken aback by this cart powerplay! She blocked me from getting to the grapes!!! I'm not generally one to think the worst of a person, so I let her pick through all the grapes while I went to grab some veggies. There were lots of grapes, no reason to get upset. She left the aisle, so I grabbed a bag of grapes and moved on. I wanted some turkey lunch meat (for quick protein), so I parked my cart in front of the deli counter. The girl that worked there asked me what I wanted and BAM that same woman shoves her cart in next to mine, actually nudging mine out of her way and demands the girl serve her first because she is in a hurry. I bit my lip, smiled at the store clerk that looked really uncomfortable and told her to go ahead and help the other lady. I made up a nice little mental story about the pushy woman.
I decided she must be a mother of 5. Her first two children were female. The oldest was 16 and the next child was 13. The girls fought constantly about everything from sharing clothes to sharing a room. They had to share a room because they lived in a 3 bedroom duplex. The other three children were triplets, and they were boys. Age 9 and always getting into fist fights with one another. They were exceptionally rambunctious children because their father had run off with a college student two years ago and they now lacked discipline in their lives......
Yeah, that was about as far as I got with the mental story when the woman pushed past me once again knocking my cart. The girl at the sales counter apologized again and got me the turkey I asked for adding a little bit extra to the order for my having been nice to her (SCORE! Niceness does pay off!) I did a quick look around in the liquor department, but nothing sparked my interest so I moved on to my last stop in the store which was to pick up some milk for my little sis. There I encountered another woman. She had a toddler in the front of her cart and she was asking the little guy what kind of milk he wanted (chocolate, white, or strawberry --where were these choices when I was a kid?!?!) He was maybe 3 years old and he was adorable jabbering away to his mom. Mom had another baby in the back of the cart that looked really young. I bet it wasn't more than 3 or 4 months old (tiny little thing dressed up in pink frills. LoL) and that little baby was angry! it was crying those gaspy little cries with an occasional bellow. I like watching people, and like I said, I wasn't in much of a hurry so I just stood back waiting to get to the milk case and while I was doing that BAM! here comes grumpy woman again. She nudged the mom's cart back. My first thought was "uh oh" because if someone touched my cart with my babies in it I think a fight might break out. hehe. the mom looked up a little bit startled, but apologized for being in the way. Okay, she was kind of in the way, but instead of saying it was okay, grumpy woman said to her and I quote "you need to learn how to control your children" OMG! As if she could control the fact that an infant was crying. This wasn't like some 6 year old throwing themselves down in the middle of an aisle throwing a fit, this was a new baby! The Mom started to apologize again... she looked so pathetic trying to hush her baby. It really looked like she was going to cry. I wanted to strangle the grumpy woman, but I figured it wasn't my place and that I didn't need to get into somebody else's business. But what happened next, I couldn't just not say anything. As grumpy woman open the door to the fridge to get her milk, the toddler boy reached out and touched her (yeah, that's how close she was to him) and she yelled at him. She told him he was a bad boy and shouldn't touch people. The boy started crying, the Mom started crying, the grumpy woman continued scolding the both of them giving a lecture on manners. I couldn't take anymore, so I stepped in.
I was raised to never be confrontational. I was always taught to turn the other cheek or to just leave a situation but ARGH!! I don't think I've ever been so angry at a complete stranger before in my life! Keeping in mind that the situation was all ready bad and that the little boy was all ready terrified, I told myself I couldn't get loud. The mom had pulled her cart back a little ways away from the woman so she could try to get between grumpy and her son, so I pushed my cart up and into the grumpy's. She was shocked and immediately turned her venom on me. I simply pointed out that she was in my way. She told me it was rude not to say "excuse me" or wait my turn. I looked at her, smiled as nicely as I could and said, "oh? like you said excuse me when you passed me to get to those grape?" she spluttered a little bit about how she was in a hurry and didn't see me there (umm...obviously she SAW me there if she remembered pushing in front of me) So I asked her how exactly she has waited her turn at the deli meat counter. She started turning really red and just kind of stuttering, so I took that time to lecture her on manners turning everything she had just been preaching back on her. I wish I could say she apologized, but she didn't. She just threw a fit and walked off saying she was going to get the manager. LoL. About this time a man walked up to talk to the mom. she has stopped crying and so had to babies. I felt a little bit bad because I was so focused on grumpy that I'd forgotten about the mom and her kids. The man that walked up was her husband, I guess he'd been getting beer when all this happened. I didn't want to get too much more involved, so I told the lady she had a very handsome son, grabbed the milk and darted out of there to the check out line.
Long, long, long story short --I was putting my groceries into my car when somebody yelled behind me. I didn't pay much attention because I was thinking to myself "what got into you!" when someone tapped me on the shoulder. The man wasn't her husband, but instead a friend. He told me that her husband was deployed overseas and had been for the past 6 months. Her husband hadn't met the newest addition to their family yet and the toddler had just called the friend "daddy" in the store. the mom was already emotional when the grumpy woman stepped in and started the fight, but he wanted to thank me for helping her.
The really, really great part of the story the guy looked kind of embarrassed but asked if there was anything he could do for me since I'd helped his friend out. I told him I was happy to help and hoped I hadn't overstepped any boundaries....he kind of blushed and mumbled "do you want me to buy you some liquor?" Hehe. He must have been going into the liquor department when I was leaving empty handed. He didn't think I was old enough to buy my own beer yet. *giggles*
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Final thought for the day....I don't agree with 99% of the things that President Bush says, but today he said that school was a sacred place and the Virginia Tech shooting had ruined that feeling of safety. I agree. I wake up every day and go to University. I don't ever think about something bad happening there and I hate the fact that it now crosses my mind from time to time. I know in time that thought will probably fade, but darn it! I have enough to think about without trying to decide if the person that sits next to me in class is "unstable"
I was in junior high and high school when all the public school shootings happened here in the US. I remember that absolute panic that it set off in school systems. We had drills where a make believe person entered the school and we had to hide. Suddenly, being caught in the halls without a pass was no longer devious fun, but now looked upon as a possibly sinister and deadly activity. I don't want that feeling to invade my college. I don't want to be told again that I have to give up freedoms that I am used to because the school is making the environment safer for me. I am tired of that being the answer.
money, money, MONEY!
I signed up for PayPerPost (https://payperpost.com/ ) today. I don't think my blog is old enough (I'm pretty sure it has to be 90 days old) so I've still got almost a full two months to go. *sigh* So much for getting some quick cash for Vegas =0p
I was curious if anyone else out there is doing this and what they thought about it. Also, any other quick money making schemes out there that actually work? I'm not talking about selling blood or vital organs here, just something cheap and fun that I can do for a little extra walking around money.
I'm a college student, so I've got the time to do almost everything but hold a steady 9-5 job. hehe. I'm pretty smart and I can write well if I choose to apply myself (and the spell checker!).
If anyone out there has any interesting suggestions, I'd love to hear them!
**hugs**
I was curious if anyone else out there is doing this and what they thought about it. Also, any other quick money making schemes out there that actually work? I'm not talking about selling blood or vital organs here, just something cheap and fun that I can do for a little extra walking around money.
I'm a college student, so I've got the time to do almost everything but hold a steady 9-5 job. hehe. I'm pretty smart and I can write well if I choose to apply myself (and the spell checker!).
If anyone out there has any interesting suggestions, I'd love to hear them!
**hugs**
Monday, April 16, 2007
Ugh!
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Yup, "ugh" about sums it all up for me. A combination of feeling bleh, a fire down the street from my house, school work, and family has kept me too busy to blog. Well, I'll be truthful, I wasn't too busy, but at the end of the day I was just too worn (co--LAZY--ugh) out to reflect on all the bad eating and not exercising that I was doing.
So, I'd like your ear (or in this case I guess it would really be your eyes) to wax philosophically into for a few minutes. What does disappointment mean to you?
I am enrolled in a course named Family Communication right now. The name of the class is pretty self explanatory. It looks at how you were raised directly impacts how you act today. The class topic was discipline. Even though the answers on how people were disciplined were varied, a common theme was the "I'm disappointed in you" speech given by the parents. Sometimes the speil was called the "I know you can do/be better" but all in all it was the same basic theme, behavior through shame.
Okay, some of you out there are probably getting defensive right now. Thinking "my parents did that and I'm fine" or maybe you are a parent and you're thinking "my kids are fine! don't critique my methods until you have to deal with my kids" I'm not trying to lecture on how a child should be raised, but I am really wanting to write about this and maybe inspire people out there to think about the feelings that speech brought up for you as a kid.
I find myself "falling off the wagon" and not eating well. Hell, I haven't even found where the exercise wagon is parked at so I could fall off of it. hehe. I find I often turn to my fellow bloggers for motivational stories or for methods to get back on track. Whereas there are several great stories out there, I also find SOOO many stories/posts where people are beating themselves up because they haven't stuck to a diet or an exercise plan. It makes my heart bleed for all those people out there doing that to themselves. Feeling so bad about who they are and beating themselves up for it, mostly because I've been there so many times.
There is no nice way to put this. Self doubt is a bitch.
So, here are my thoughts, for whatever they are worth. It is easy to be disappointed in yourself. As awful as I feel emotionally (and often physically) when I start beating myself up, I need to acknowledge that those feelings are actually easy for me. I've known self doubt for a long time. I've known how to tell myself that I'm a fat cow (okay, maybe not that harsh except on my worst days). What I don't know how to do is forgive myself and start over. What I don't know how to do is move past the self doubt and make a change.
Change is hard. I don't care if you are changing a tire or a lifestyle, change is hard!!! So, instead of beating yourself up when you "fall off the wagon" realize that in every challenge there will be set-backs. The key is getting back up after you fall. Sure, it is going to be hard, but think of all the great sayings out there....A Journey of 1000 Miles Starts with a Single Step......We All Start at the Same Place in Life, Too Weak to Hold a Bottle....come on, without those stumbling blocks in life we'd never be able to support the motivational poster industry!
So, next time you stumble, don't beat yourself up. That "I'm disappointed in you" talk is just as devastating coming from a parent as it is coming from yourself. Remember, you haven't ever fallen too far to get up. And most importantly, remember those stumbles are necessary for growth, as well as a lot of inspirational writer's paychecks!
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Food today (Monday):
2 leftover pieces of pepperoni, italian sausage, onion pizza
1 piece of string cheese
chips and salsa
1/2 chicken breast, 1/2 ear of corn, mashed potatoes
100 calorie pack --mint-chocolate cookies
granola bites (peanut butter flavor)
2 diet cokes
1 liter of water
Yup, "ugh" about sums it all up for me. A combination of feeling bleh, a fire down the street from my house, school work, and family has kept me too busy to blog. Well, I'll be truthful, I wasn't too busy, but at the end of the day I was just too worn (co--LAZY--ugh) out to reflect on all the bad eating and not exercising that I was doing.
So, I'd like your ear (or in this case I guess it would really be your eyes) to wax philosophically into for a few minutes. What does disappointment mean to you?
I am enrolled in a course named Family Communication right now. The name of the class is pretty self explanatory. It looks at how you were raised directly impacts how you act today. The class topic was discipline. Even though the answers on how people were disciplined were varied, a common theme was the "I'm disappointed in you" speech given by the parents. Sometimes the speil was called the "I know you can do/be better" but all in all it was the same basic theme, behavior through shame.
Okay, some of you out there are probably getting defensive right now. Thinking "my parents did that and I'm fine" or maybe you are a parent and you're thinking "my kids are fine! don't critique my methods until you have to deal with my kids" I'm not trying to lecture on how a child should be raised, but I am really wanting to write about this and maybe inspire people out there to think about the feelings that speech brought up for you as a kid.
I find myself "falling off the wagon" and not eating well. Hell, I haven't even found where the exercise wagon is parked at so I could fall off of it. hehe. I find I often turn to my fellow bloggers for motivational stories or for methods to get back on track. Whereas there are several great stories out there, I also find SOOO many stories/posts where people are beating themselves up because they haven't stuck to a diet or an exercise plan. It makes my heart bleed for all those people out there doing that to themselves. Feeling so bad about who they are and beating themselves up for it, mostly because I've been there so many times.
There is no nice way to put this. Self doubt is a bitch.
So, here are my thoughts, for whatever they are worth. It is easy to be disappointed in yourself. As awful as I feel emotionally (and often physically) when I start beating myself up, I need to acknowledge that those feelings are actually easy for me. I've known self doubt for a long time. I've known how to tell myself that I'm a fat cow (okay, maybe not that harsh except on my worst days). What I don't know how to do is forgive myself and start over. What I don't know how to do is move past the self doubt and make a change.
Change is hard. I don't care if you are changing a tire or a lifestyle, change is hard!!! So, instead of beating yourself up when you "fall off the wagon" realize that in every challenge there will be set-backs. The key is getting back up after you fall. Sure, it is going to be hard, but think of all the great sayings out there....A Journey of 1000 Miles Starts with a Single Step......We All Start at the Same Place in Life, Too Weak to Hold a Bottle....come on, without those stumbling blocks in life we'd never be able to support the motivational poster industry!
So, next time you stumble, don't beat yourself up. That "I'm disappointed in you" talk is just as devastating coming from a parent as it is coming from yourself. Remember, you haven't ever fallen too far to get up. And most importantly, remember those stumbles are necessary for growth, as well as a lot of inspirational writer's paychecks!
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Food today (Monday):
2 leftover pieces of pepperoni, italian sausage, onion pizza
1 piece of string cheese
chips and salsa
1/2 chicken breast, 1/2 ear of corn, mashed potatoes
100 calorie pack --mint-chocolate cookies
granola bites (peanut butter flavor)
2 diet cokes
1 liter of water
Tuesday, April 10, 2007
Can I weigh in today?!?!
I know for a fact that I lost 1 pound today! hehe. I donated blood today and according to the blood bank volunteers, that is how much a pint of blood weighs. Not something I would have ever thought to ask, but the guy sitting next to me was very chatty and that was one of the questions he asked.
Donating blood always makes me feel "bleh" afterwards. I'm so tired and worn out, but I always tell myself that I'm a lot better off than the person that will be receiving my blood. =0) I drank my two liters of water today because they say it is really important to rehydrate yourself, but UGH! I'm not bouncing back from this donation experience nearly as quickly as I normally do. I actually feel a little sick in the belly, as well as light headed this time around. I'm off to bed early to hopefully feel better when I wake up in the morning.
Review on Egg Beaters:
Hmm....I tried my egg beaters this morning. I measured out 6 eggs (I was sharing with my little sister) to make a couple of breakfast burritos. Since I knew I was going to donate blood, I really wanted to make sure I ate a big breakfast. The directions on the egg beaters say not to stir or flip the eggs until the sides/bottom is kind of done. I tried to follow the directions as best as possible. They cooked up a little flat (I'm used to big fluffy eggs made with milk and lots of butter...hehe...no I don't wonder why I'm a fat kid *razz*), so that disappointed me a little bit. Since I was putting them in a breakfast burrito, I put some green pepper and some onion in with the egg mix. When they were done, I dished them up onto a tortilla and topped mine with some yummy pico de gallo. I was REALLY disappointed in the egg's flavor. I didn't think there was any flavor at all. they were just kind of blah. Next time I cook, I'm definately going to season the egg mix up a little bit. I guess it could be considered a slightly good thing that they were blah, because half way through my burrito I was done. No reason to eat something if it doesn't taste that good. I definately didn't feel the need to clean my plate. My little sis (who said she'd try anything once and consented fully to eating the Egg Beaters with me) thought the eggs were bleh too. She isn't too thrilled with the idea of trying them again. For me, I'm not 100% sure what I think, possibly just buying regular eggs and only using the eggs white might be better/easier/cheaper for me.
Today's food:
Breakfast burrito (3 eggs worth of Egg Beaters, green pepper, onion, flour tortilla, pico de gallo)
1 cup V-8 fruit fusion
Lean Pockets 3 cheese quesidilla with chicken (it was okay, but I doubt I'll buy again)
Non-fat Cottage cheese and hot sauce (OMG! Still so in love with this hot sauce! thanks so much for buying it for me my bestest-best boyfriend!)
Made-at-home pizza (Cheese, Ragu red sauce, pepperoni, green pepper, onion, pizza crust)
5 hershey kisses (From that rascally Easter Bunny)
My food choices weren't "awful" today. I kept eating after giving blood hoping it would perk me up a little bit. I think the chocolate really helped, but that might have just been me needing to feel a little special. I know that made at home pizza was bad, my sister was in charge of cheese duty, and she went above and beyond the call **razz** However, I have to hand it to her, it was yummy.
OMG! I almost forgot!! Right after breakfast I did 10 minutes on the gazelle again. I bumped myself back down to beginner on the video again since my legs hurt for almost an entire week after doing intermediate. LoL. I know, not exactly forward progression, but me doing any excersise at all is a pretty big WOW in my book. hehe.
Take care everyone!
Donating blood always makes me feel "bleh" afterwards. I'm so tired and worn out, but I always tell myself that I'm a lot better off than the person that will be receiving my blood. =0) I drank my two liters of water today because they say it is really important to rehydrate yourself, but UGH! I'm not bouncing back from this donation experience nearly as quickly as I normally do. I actually feel a little sick in the belly, as well as light headed this time around. I'm off to bed early to hopefully feel better when I wake up in the morning.
Review on Egg Beaters:
Hmm....I tried my egg beaters this morning. I measured out 6 eggs (I was sharing with my little sister) to make a couple of breakfast burritos. Since I knew I was going to donate blood, I really wanted to make sure I ate a big breakfast. The directions on the egg beaters say not to stir or flip the eggs until the sides/bottom is kind of done. I tried to follow the directions as best as possible. They cooked up a little flat (I'm used to big fluffy eggs made with milk and lots of butter...hehe...no I don't wonder why I'm a fat kid *razz*), so that disappointed me a little bit. Since I was putting them in a breakfast burrito, I put some green pepper and some onion in with the egg mix. When they were done, I dished them up onto a tortilla and topped mine with some yummy pico de gallo. I was REALLY disappointed in the egg's flavor. I didn't think there was any flavor at all. they were just kind of blah. Next time I cook, I'm definately going to season the egg mix up a little bit. I guess it could be considered a slightly good thing that they were blah, because half way through my burrito I was done. No reason to eat something if it doesn't taste that good. I definately didn't feel the need to clean my plate. My little sis (who said she'd try anything once and consented fully to eating the Egg Beaters with me) thought the eggs were bleh too. She isn't too thrilled with the idea of trying them again. For me, I'm not 100% sure what I think, possibly just buying regular eggs and only using the eggs white might be better/easier/cheaper for me.
Today's food:
Breakfast burrito (3 eggs worth of Egg Beaters, green pepper, onion, flour tortilla, pico de gallo)
1 cup V-8 fruit fusion
Lean Pockets 3 cheese quesidilla with chicken (it was okay, but I doubt I'll buy again)
Non-fat Cottage cheese and hot sauce (OMG! Still so in love with this hot sauce! thanks so much for buying it for me my bestest-best boyfriend!)
Made-at-home pizza (Cheese, Ragu red sauce, pepperoni, green pepper, onion, pizza crust)
5 hershey kisses (From that rascally Easter Bunny)
My food choices weren't "awful" today. I kept eating after giving blood hoping it would perk me up a little bit. I think the chocolate really helped, but that might have just been me needing to feel a little special. I know that made at home pizza was bad, my sister was in charge of cheese duty, and she went above and beyond the call **razz** However, I have to hand it to her, it was yummy.
OMG! I almost forgot!! Right after breakfast I did 10 minutes on the gazelle again. I bumped myself back down to beginner on the video again since my legs hurt for almost an entire week after doing intermediate. LoL. I know, not exactly forward progression, but me doing any excersise at all is a pretty big WOW in my book. hehe.
Take care everyone!
Monday, April 9, 2007
*yawns*
This is going to be a short post because I'm tired. I'm trying to make sure I write every weekday just to motivate myself and to remember why I'm doing this whole "weight loss thing". So....here it goes....
My Easter weekend was fun. Lots of kids (neices and nephews), candy, and junk food. I tried really hard to stay out of all of it, but I have to say, an opened bag of potatoe chips is my downfall. I ate more chips than I should have, but I did try to moderate myself somewhat. The bag of Easter candy that the bunny left for me has been kind of rough. I got starburts, hershey kisses truffels and coconut. Yum, yum, yum! I ate 4 or 5 of each candy, but I set the rest out on my kitchen table. Hopefully it disappears into someone elses tummy.
I went to the grocery store today, but I didn't bring a list of ingredients for the cottage cheese pancakes. They may have to wait until next week or until I figure out something else I forgot. I will 100% report what I think about them though. Instead, I think I'll try another recipe that I got over the weekend (or a modified version of it at least)
While at the store, I picked up a couple of items that have been suggested in my comments. I got some non-fat cottage cheese (if I'd just rememebered the flour!!!) and some 2% milk string cheese. I'm going to try to use these as snacks so I won't be SOOOO hungry later in the day and for when I just *have* to have a snack before I go to bed. I also bought some egg beaters (much to my sister's disgust) that I'm thinking I'll try out tomorrow for breakfast. I'll admit, I looked at the tofu and soy products and I just don't have the courage to buy any of them up. I have to admit, I'm a pretty picky eater, but that isn't what really stopped me. I just couldn't quite buy anything that expensive without figuring out what type was "the best". So, if you have any experience with those types of products, I'd love to hear about them. hehe. Maybe you can help me work up the courage to buy.
Today's food consumption:
Breakfast/lunch (I was running a little behind this morning): Easter Eggs! I had two small hardboiled eggs. I only ate the whites, even though the yolk is my favorite part! A big baked potatoe with spray butter on it. Diet coke.
Dinner: Skillet chicken with jalepeno salt and hot sauce. YUM!!! I had a piece of frozen corn on the cob and another baked potatoe (I bought a 10 pound bag of potatoes that will NEVER end!) and a diet coke
Bedtime snack: Non-fat cottage cheese with a little bit more hot sauce. =D
I only had 2 diet cokes today, but I didn't drink hardly any water. Tomorrow I will be better!
I think I'll try this recipe for dinner tomorrow night. It is another weight watcher recipe, but it sounds pretty good. I "dumbed down" and "short-handed" the recipe for myself, but if you want the actual version I can get it to you. Just let me know. I'll have to see if I can find a calorie/protein/fat breakdown for this recipe. Always kind of interesting to know.
8 poings
servings 4
prep time 18 minutes
cooking time 30 min
Ingredients:
12oz uncooked lean ground beef
1 med. onion chopped
12.5 oz canned stewed tomatoes (mexican style undrained)
1 1/4 can canned tomato sauce
2 tbsp canned green chili peppers, diced, drained
1 tsp ground cumin
1 cup dry whole-wheat elbow macaroni
15 oz canned kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup kraft non-fat grated cheese topping
instructions:
cook beef and onion until browned. drain fat. stir in undrained stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, chili peppers, chili powder and cumin. BOIL. stir in uncooked macaroni and kidney beans. BOIL. Reduce heat. cover, simer until pasta is done
1 and 1/4 cup per serving
My Easter weekend was fun. Lots of kids (neices and nephews), candy, and junk food. I tried really hard to stay out of all of it, but I have to say, an opened bag of potatoe chips is my downfall. I ate more chips than I should have, but I did try to moderate myself somewhat. The bag of Easter candy that the bunny left for me has been kind of rough. I got starburts, hershey kisses truffels and coconut. Yum, yum, yum! I ate 4 or 5 of each candy, but I set the rest out on my kitchen table. Hopefully it disappears into someone elses tummy.
I went to the grocery store today, but I didn't bring a list of ingredients for the cottage cheese pancakes. They may have to wait until next week or until I figure out something else I forgot. I will 100% report what I think about them though. Instead, I think I'll try another recipe that I got over the weekend (or a modified version of it at least)
While at the store, I picked up a couple of items that have been suggested in my comments. I got some non-fat cottage cheese (if I'd just rememebered the flour!!!) and some 2% milk string cheese. I'm going to try to use these as snacks so I won't be SOOOO hungry later in the day and for when I just *have* to have a snack before I go to bed. I also bought some egg beaters (much to my sister's disgust) that I'm thinking I'll try out tomorrow for breakfast. I'll admit, I looked at the tofu and soy products and I just don't have the courage to buy any of them up. I have to admit, I'm a pretty picky eater, but that isn't what really stopped me. I just couldn't quite buy anything that expensive without figuring out what type was "the best". So, if you have any experience with those types of products, I'd love to hear about them. hehe. Maybe you can help me work up the courage to buy.
Today's food consumption:
Breakfast/lunch (I was running a little behind this morning): Easter Eggs! I had two small hardboiled eggs. I only ate the whites, even though the yolk is my favorite part! A big baked potatoe with spray butter on it. Diet coke.
Dinner: Skillet chicken with jalepeno salt and hot sauce. YUM!!! I had a piece of frozen corn on the cob and another baked potatoe (I bought a 10 pound bag of potatoes that will NEVER end!) and a diet coke
Bedtime snack: Non-fat cottage cheese with a little bit more hot sauce. =D
I only had 2 diet cokes today, but I didn't drink hardly any water. Tomorrow I will be better!
I think I'll try this recipe for dinner tomorrow night. It is another weight watcher recipe, but it sounds pretty good. I "dumbed down" and "short-handed" the recipe for myself, but if you want the actual version I can get it to you. Just let me know. I'll have to see if I can find a calorie/protein/fat breakdown for this recipe. Always kind of interesting to know.
8 poings
servings 4
prep time 18 minutes
cooking time 30 min
Ingredients:
12oz uncooked lean ground beef
1 med. onion chopped
12.5 oz canned stewed tomatoes (mexican style undrained)
1 1/4 can canned tomato sauce
2 tbsp canned green chili peppers, diced, drained
1 tsp ground cumin
1 cup dry whole-wheat elbow macaroni
15 oz canned kidney beans, drained and rinsed
1/2 cup kraft non-fat grated cheese topping
instructions:
cook beef and onion until browned. drain fat. stir in undrained stewed tomatoes, tomato sauce, chili peppers, chili powder and cumin. BOIL. stir in uncooked macaroni and kidney beans. BOIL. Reduce heat. cover, simer until pasta is done
1 and 1/4 cup per serving
Friday, April 6, 2007
Cottage Cheese Pancakes?
So, I've been doing a lot of reading online. Lots of blog posts, lots of articles, and lots of recipes. This is one I think I'll try next week: http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100159781&page=1
Cottage-Cheese Pancakes
These pancakes, created by Goulding, are not only packed with high-quality protein, but also lighter and fluffier than the classic version. Serve with a bit of butter and sugar-free syrup.
1 c cottage cheese
2 eggs
1/2 stick butter, melted
1/2c milk
3/4c whole-wheat flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2tsp nutmeg (optional)
In a large bowl, stir together the cheese, eggs, butter, and milk. Add the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and nutmeg, and blend lightly until just mixed. Grease a griddle with cooking spray and place over medium heat. Put a large scoop of batter on the griddle and use the back of a spoon to spread it out evenly. The pancake is ready to flip when you begin to see small air bubbles form, about 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook for another minute or 2. Makes about 12 4-inch pancakes.
Per pancake: 97 calories, 5 g protein, 8 g carbohydrates (1 g fiber,2 g sugar), 5 g fat (3 g saturated)
I love pancakes, so maybe this healthy version will be great for me! I'll let you all know after I work up the courage to try them! =)
I lost 3 pounds this week, but I'm not going to move my "weight loss ticker" until I get back on Monday. The weekends are rough on me. It is the only time I get to see my boyfriend in our "long-distance" relationship, so when we are together we go out a lot. Eating just seems to be the natural thing to go out and do here. I wish the weather would warm up so we could at least go out for a walk or a bike ride before eat a bunch of food that is bad for us!
Today, I'm all ready up to my 2 liters of water a day goal! (yay!!)
For breakfast, I made another breakfast burrito, but this time since I was just cooking for myself, I made it with 2 egg whites and 1 regular egg. I've heard/read that the yolk is where most of the fat in the egg is stored, so hopefully this was a healthy alternatives (I've read so many different websites with different opinions, I'm getting slightly overwhelmed). I was amazed to see how different eggs cook when it is mainly just egg white. My eggs didn't fluff up at all and the flavor wasn't there quite as much, but puttin in a little bit of pepper and onion made up for all of that. Overall, a very yummy way to start the day. I'm thinking next week, I might try cooking enough for 2 or 3 burritos and wrapping them in plastic wrap for later in the week. I'm ALL about the easy meals.
Have an amazing weekend everyone.
Cottage-Cheese Pancakes
These pancakes, created by Goulding, are not only packed with high-quality protein, but also lighter and fluffier than the classic version. Serve with a bit of butter and sugar-free syrup.
1 c cottage cheese
2 eggs
1/2 stick butter, melted
1/2c milk
3/4c whole-wheat flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 Tbsp sugar
1 tsp salt
1/2tsp nutmeg (optional)
In a large bowl, stir together the cheese, eggs, butter, and milk. Add the flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, and nutmeg, and blend lightly until just mixed. Grease a griddle with cooking spray and place over medium heat. Put a large scoop of batter on the griddle and use the back of a spoon to spread it out evenly. The pancake is ready to flip when you begin to see small air bubbles form, about 3 to 4 minutes. Flip and cook for another minute or 2. Makes about 12 4-inch pancakes.
Per pancake: 97 calories, 5 g protein, 8 g carbohydrates (1 g fiber,2 g sugar), 5 g fat (3 g saturated)
I love pancakes, so maybe this healthy version will be great for me! I'll let you all know after I work up the courage to try them! =)
I lost 3 pounds this week, but I'm not going to move my "weight loss ticker" until I get back on Monday. The weekends are rough on me. It is the only time I get to see my boyfriend in our "long-distance" relationship, so when we are together we go out a lot. Eating just seems to be the natural thing to go out and do here. I wish the weather would warm up so we could at least go out for a walk or a bike ride before eat a bunch of food that is bad for us!
Today, I'm all ready up to my 2 liters of water a day goal! (yay!!)
For breakfast, I made another breakfast burrito, but this time since I was just cooking for myself, I made it with 2 egg whites and 1 regular egg. I've heard/read that the yolk is where most of the fat in the egg is stored, so hopefully this was a healthy alternatives (I've read so many different websites with different opinions, I'm getting slightly overwhelmed). I was amazed to see how different eggs cook when it is mainly just egg white. My eggs didn't fluff up at all and the flavor wasn't there quite as much, but puttin in a little bit of pepper and onion made up for all of that. Overall, a very yummy way to start the day. I'm thinking next week, I might try cooking enough for 2 or 3 burritos and wrapping them in plastic wrap for later in the week. I'm ALL about the easy meals.
Have an amazing weekend everyone.
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Personal Demons...
So...I went to check out sparkpeople and this is what they said I should be eating:
1200-1550 calories
27-60g Fat
135-252 Carbs
30-136 Protein
25-35 Fiber
I guess I'm looking at this as a "knowledge is power" type of thing, but I'm still having trouble figuring out when I'm going to eat that many calories. I don't think I can eat them in my current 3 meals a day world, at least not without those calories being filled with fat. I'm a college student, so I spend most of my days either in class or tucked away in the library. Neither one of those environments is very good for eating snacks. I do have to say though, that I love sparkpeople's excersise "how to" videos. Now, I wish I could find someone to go to the gym with me. I'd be so much braver if I had a buddy!! Especially if that buddy could help me figure out how to use all those torture machines....uh....I mean workout machines.
My boyfriend asked me how my weight loss goals were going the other day....*sigh*....I can't quite decide if he is doing this because he wants to be supportive or because he wants to gloat that I haven't lost any weight. hehe. Isn't that awful? When the subject of my weight comes up, I immediately go to the worse case scenario. He isn't talking to me because he is concerned, or because he wants a buddy to lose weight with; instead, HE IS OUT TO GET ME! LoL. I guess growing up as the "fat kid" got to me more than I ever realized. The sad part is, I think he is trying to be supportive and I just can't deal with it. He is doing the NS diet (I don't have the cash for it) and really wants to have someone to share weight loss goals with (especially for our trip to Vegas!). I'm hoping blogging some of my weight loss issues here will help me gain a support system (I love reading everyone's stories and knowing I"m not alone in the struggle to make it to the gym), as well as work through some of my own personal demons.
Okay, enough airing of my personal demons. I need to go upstairs and soak in the bathtub. I dyed Easter eggs today and my fingers are all multi-colored. It is kind of fun, but I'm really hoping I don't have blue, green, and pink fingers for very long!
*grins* I made it through the ENTIRE week without eating a single crumb of the half pan of brownies mom sent home with me. Yay!
Ooh! End note:
Breakfast: Burrito with egg (sis refuses to even try egg beaters *sigh*), onion, green pepper, and some pico de gallo all rolled up in a tortilla. Yum!
Lunch: Left over pizza from the night before.
Dinner: (Sis's turn to cook) Baked Macaroni
After Dinner Snack: Glass of V-8 Fusion. I really love that stuff! Who knew that I'd ever enjoy anything with carrot juice in it!
I drank 2 diet cokes today and 1.5 liters of water. *slosh*
Excersise: Hmm...I mowed the backyard...and I did it FAST. My heart was really racing, but I wanted to finish it before dinner time...plus it was cold outside *shivers*
1200-1550 calories
27-60g Fat
135-252 Carbs
30-136 Protein
25-35 Fiber
I guess I'm looking at this as a "knowledge is power" type of thing, but I'm still having trouble figuring out when I'm going to eat that many calories. I don't think I can eat them in my current 3 meals a day world, at least not without those calories being filled with fat. I'm a college student, so I spend most of my days either in class or tucked away in the library. Neither one of those environments is very good for eating snacks. I do have to say though, that I love sparkpeople's excersise "how to" videos. Now, I wish I could find someone to go to the gym with me. I'd be so much braver if I had a buddy!! Especially if that buddy could help me figure out how to use all those torture machines....uh....I mean workout machines.
My boyfriend asked me how my weight loss goals were going the other day....*sigh*....I can't quite decide if he is doing this because he wants to be supportive or because he wants to gloat that I haven't lost any weight. hehe. Isn't that awful? When the subject of my weight comes up, I immediately go to the worse case scenario. He isn't talking to me because he is concerned, or because he wants a buddy to lose weight with; instead, HE IS OUT TO GET ME! LoL. I guess growing up as the "fat kid" got to me more than I ever realized. The sad part is, I think he is trying to be supportive and I just can't deal with it. He is doing the NS diet (I don't have the cash for it) and really wants to have someone to share weight loss goals with (especially for our trip to Vegas!). I'm hoping blogging some of my weight loss issues here will help me gain a support system (I love reading everyone's stories and knowing I"m not alone in the struggle to make it to the gym), as well as work through some of my own personal demons.
Okay, enough airing of my personal demons. I need to go upstairs and soak in the bathtub. I dyed Easter eggs today and my fingers are all multi-colored. It is kind of fun, but I'm really hoping I don't have blue, green, and pink fingers for very long!
*grins* I made it through the ENTIRE week without eating a single crumb of the half pan of brownies mom sent home with me. Yay!
Ooh! End note:
Breakfast: Burrito with egg (sis refuses to even try egg beaters *sigh*), onion, green pepper, and some pico de gallo all rolled up in a tortilla. Yum!
Lunch: Left over pizza from the night before.
Dinner: (Sis's turn to cook) Baked Macaroni
After Dinner Snack: Glass of V-8 Fusion. I really love that stuff! Who knew that I'd ever enjoy anything with carrot juice in it!
I drank 2 diet cokes today and 1.5 liters of water. *slosh*
Excersise: Hmm...I mowed the backyard...and I did it FAST. My heart was really racing, but I wanted to finish it before dinner time...plus it was cold outside *shivers*
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Yay! I got comments!!!
First off, I want to say thanks for the great comments. It is really motivating to read everyone's blog and listen to all your great ideas/stories. I'll 100% check out Sparkpeople tomorrow.
Oh yeah, I have to say the Taco Soup is yum, yum, yum! I add some more spices to it (just like the soy sauce --I'm a sodium fiend!) because I like things hot, but it can be made really mild too (my sis hates spicy food!). When I cook it, it makes a HUGE amount so me and my little sis eat it all week long. Also, if I know I'm going to be super busy next week, I make it in advance and freeze it. It freezes/unfreezes great. My mother-in-law gave me the recipe...she got it from a WW meeting so there are all kinds of variations to it.
I guess I never really thought about getting "too few" calories per day. I rarely excersise, so I guess I just figured that I didn't need the extra calories. I'll go to the grocery store and look for some low-fat yogurt and cheese tomorrow. I'd really like to get this weight loss started and if eating more helps out...*grins*...I'm all for that!
I was lazy today. Since I kind of realized from just journaling my food the last couple of days that I wasn't getting enough calories, I tried extra hard today to eat a little bit more. I ate cereal for breakfast instead of just drinking juice. I had 3/4 cup of Honey Bunches of Oats (trying really hard to keep myself portion conscious) with 1/2 of 2% milk. Lunch was cheese raveoli with a garlic/basil pesto. Not exactly healthy, but I once again stayed true to the portion size instead of eating gobs and gobs of the pasta (which I SOOOO could do with raveoli!!) Dinner was very tastey, but not so good for me. I thought it would be fun to make my own pizza. My little sis had never done it before, so we went to the store and bought a pre-made pizza crust and some green peppers and onions. I had cheese and peperoni at home all ready. Like I said, very tastey, but I definately ate too much of it =0) I've seen several posts about how yummy turkey peperoni is, so after this package of regular peperoni is gone, I plan to pick some up. Is there a big taste difference with the lowfat cheeses? Or does it melt differently?
I ask this because the little sis I keep referring to is really skinny. I mean, so skinny that you'd almost love to hate her (especially since we generally eat the same foods!!), but I still get to love her cause she is my sis =0) I don't really want to cut too many calories/fats out of her diet (we almost always cook our meals together) because I don't think it would be too healthy for her to lose weight.
I've been bad today. I didn't go to the gym, which is sad (my legs hurt from that crazy gazelle) and I drank 3 diet cokes instead of drinking water. Funny thing is, I'm really thirsty now. Maybe I'll go drink my water bottle now. hehe. That will help me get up early tomorrow to go to the gym. LoL
My happy thoughts for the day...
--I had to give a presentation at school today and after I was done the teacher told me I had done a good job. She is the kind of person that doesn't lie or offer praise if you've done poorly, so I'm excited about that !
--As a "bribe" to my class, I made chocolate chip cookies. I didn't eat any cookie dough or any of the cookies that I made (even though they smelled SOOO good!). I didn't even lick the extra dough off my fingers! It is a small victory, but one I am proud of.
Oh yeah, I have to say the Taco Soup is yum, yum, yum! I add some more spices to it (just like the soy sauce --I'm a sodium fiend!) because I like things hot, but it can be made really mild too (my sis hates spicy food!). When I cook it, it makes a HUGE amount so me and my little sis eat it all week long. Also, if I know I'm going to be super busy next week, I make it in advance and freeze it. It freezes/unfreezes great. My mother-in-law gave me the recipe...she got it from a WW meeting so there are all kinds of variations to it.
I guess I never really thought about getting "too few" calories per day. I rarely excersise, so I guess I just figured that I didn't need the extra calories. I'll go to the grocery store and look for some low-fat yogurt and cheese tomorrow. I'd really like to get this weight loss started and if eating more helps out...*grins*...I'm all for that!
I was lazy today. Since I kind of realized from just journaling my food the last couple of days that I wasn't getting enough calories, I tried extra hard today to eat a little bit more. I ate cereal for breakfast instead of just drinking juice. I had 3/4 cup of Honey Bunches of Oats (trying really hard to keep myself portion conscious) with 1/2 of 2% milk. Lunch was cheese raveoli with a garlic/basil pesto. Not exactly healthy, but I once again stayed true to the portion size instead of eating gobs and gobs of the pasta (which I SOOOO could do with raveoli!!) Dinner was very tastey, but not so good for me. I thought it would be fun to make my own pizza. My little sis had never done it before, so we went to the store and bought a pre-made pizza crust and some green peppers and onions. I had cheese and peperoni at home all ready. Like I said, very tastey, but I definately ate too much of it =0) I've seen several posts about how yummy turkey peperoni is, so after this package of regular peperoni is gone, I plan to pick some up. Is there a big taste difference with the lowfat cheeses? Or does it melt differently?
I ask this because the little sis I keep referring to is really skinny. I mean, so skinny that you'd almost love to hate her (especially since we generally eat the same foods!!), but I still get to love her cause she is my sis =0) I don't really want to cut too many calories/fats out of her diet (we almost always cook our meals together) because I don't think it would be too healthy for her to lose weight.
I've been bad today. I didn't go to the gym, which is sad (my legs hurt from that crazy gazelle) and I drank 3 diet cokes instead of drinking water. Funny thing is, I'm really thirsty now. Maybe I'll go drink my water bottle now. hehe. That will help me get up early tomorrow to go to the gym. LoL
My happy thoughts for the day...
--I had to give a presentation at school today and after I was done the teacher told me I had done a good job. She is the kind of person that doesn't lie or offer praise if you've done poorly, so I'm excited about that !
--As a "bribe" to my class, I made chocolate chip cookies. I didn't eat any cookie dough or any of the cookies that I made (even though they smelled SOOO good!). I didn't even lick the extra dough off my fingers! It is a small victory, but one I am proud of.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Excersise
Well, I did 10 minutes on the gazelle tonight. Boy, that could sound really dirty =0p I did the intermediate setting. Hopefully that counts as a little bit of excersise, I was definitely working up a sweat. So, here is a question. Am I supposed to do the beginner time AND the intermediate time? Or am I just supposed to do the intermediate? I'm not sure. Depending on how badly my legs hurt tomorrow, I might try to do both (which would be 20 minutes!)
I also tried to do some jump roping. I didn't count that towards my excersise time because I couldn't "get going". The highest number I got was 18 jumps before messing up and having to start over again. Hehe. I probably jumped for about 10 minutes, and I definitely got my heart rate up, but I don't know, just didn't seem worth counting since I started and stopped so much.
Food
V-8 Fusion
Serving Size:8 fl. oz.
Calories: 120
Fat: 0
Dietary Fiber:0
Protein: 1g
Taco Soup (1 serving this time)
Serving Size:1 cup
Calories: 209
Fat: 4g
Dietary Fiber: 6.5g
Protein: 14.8g
Fried Rice (Okay, I make this myself, so I'm kind of just trying to guess a little here)
Rice (half the bag)
Calories: 95
Fat: 0
Dietary Fiber: 0
Protein: 2
Soy sauce (I love the soy sauce! I have no idea how many Tbsp I ate tonight, so this is a guess!)
Serving size: 1 TBSP
Calories:10 (Like I said above, no clue here, maybe 8 servings?) =80
Fat: 0
Fiber: 0
Protein: 2 (WTH? Why is their protein in soy sauce?!?!) = 16
Chicken (Once again, I didn't measure, so I'm going to guess I had at least 8oz)
Serving size: 4 oz.
Calories: 110 = 220
Fat: 1g = 2g
Fiber: 0
Protein: 23g = 46g
egg (We used two for the meal, so 1 for me?) http://www.fitwatch.com/phpscripts/refreshviewfood.php
Serving Size: 1 large egg
Calories: 74
Fat: 5g
Fiber: 0
Protein: 6g
I drank 1 liter of water and 2 diet cokes today.
Daily Total
Calories: 798
Fat: 11g
Fiber: 6.5g
Protein: 85.8
I'm no exert, and I may be really, really off on my calculations for that fried rice, but that seems kind of bad. Why am I not getting at least 1000 calories a day. Is that why I'm having troubles with my weight? Am I actually starving myself? I mean, you can see that I eat!!! but maybe I'm not getting enough? *Sigh* Wish I wasn't so confused by all this stuff!
Well, I did 10 minutes on the gazelle tonight. Boy, that could sound really dirty =0p I did the intermediate setting. Hopefully that counts as a little bit of excersise, I was definitely working up a sweat. So, here is a question. Am I supposed to do the beginner time AND the intermediate time? Or am I just supposed to do the intermediate? I'm not sure. Depending on how badly my legs hurt tomorrow, I might try to do both (which would be 20 minutes!)
I also tried to do some jump roping. I didn't count that towards my excersise time because I couldn't "get going". The highest number I got was 18 jumps before messing up and having to start over again. Hehe. I probably jumped for about 10 minutes, and I definitely got my heart rate up, but I don't know, just didn't seem worth counting since I started and stopped so much.
Food
V-8 Fusion
Serving Size:8 fl. oz.
Calories: 120
Fat: 0
Dietary Fiber:0
Protein: 1g
Taco Soup (1 serving this time)
Serving Size:1 cup
Calories: 209
Fat: 4g
Dietary Fiber: 6.5g
Protein: 14.8g
Fried Rice (Okay, I make this myself, so I'm kind of just trying to guess a little here)
Rice (half the bag)
Calories: 95
Fat: 0
Dietary Fiber: 0
Protein: 2
Soy sauce (I love the soy sauce! I have no idea how many Tbsp I ate tonight, so this is a guess!)
Serving size: 1 TBSP
Calories:10 (Like I said above, no clue here, maybe 8 servings?) =80
Fat: 0
Fiber: 0
Protein: 2 (WTH? Why is their protein in soy sauce?!?!) = 16
Chicken (Once again, I didn't measure, so I'm going to guess I had at least 8oz)
Serving size: 4 oz.
Calories: 110 = 220
Fat: 1g = 2g
Fiber: 0
Protein: 23g = 46g
egg (We used two for the meal, so 1 for me?) http://www.fitwatch.com/phpscripts/refreshviewfood.php
Serving Size: 1 large egg
Calories: 74
Fat: 5g
Fiber: 0
Protein: 6g
I drank 1 liter of water and 2 diet cokes today.
Daily Total
Calories: 798
Fat: 11g
Fiber: 6.5g
Protein: 85.8
I'm no exert, and I may be really, really off on my calculations for that fried rice, but that seems kind of bad. Why am I not getting at least 1000 calories a day. Is that why I'm having troubles with my weight? Am I actually starving myself? I mean, you can see that I eat!!! but maybe I'm not getting enough? *Sigh* Wish I wasn't so confused by all this stuff!
Monday, April 2, 2007
Okay, this isn't exactly what I intended but...
Monday:
Left over buffalo chickens taco
Quaker Granola Bites (Peanut Butter)
Serving Size:1 bag
Calories: 90
Fat: 3.5g
Dietary Fiber:2g
Protein: 2g
Taco Soup http://www.recipezaar.com/81029
Serving Size:1 cup --> I ate 2 servings
Calories: 209 (418)
Fat: 4g (8)
Dietary Fiber: 6.5g (13)
Protein: 14.8g (29.6)
rice krispy treat
Serving Size: 1 treat
Calories:90
Fat:2.5
Dietary Fiber:0
Protein: >1g
Daily Total (without breakfast/lunch thrown in)
Calories: 598
Fat: 14
Dietary Fiber:15
Protein: 31.6
No excersise. I suck!
Monday:
Left over buffalo chickens taco
Quaker Granola Bites (Peanut Butter)
Serving Size:1 bag
Calories: 90
Fat: 3.5g
Dietary Fiber:2g
Protein: 2g
Taco Soup http://www.recipezaar.com/81029
Serving Size:1 cup --> I ate 2 servings
Calories: 209 (418)
Fat: 4g (8)
Dietary Fiber: 6.5g (13)
Protein: 14.8g (29.6)
rice krispy treat
Serving Size: 1 treat
Calories:90
Fat:2.5
Dietary Fiber:0
Protein: >1g
Daily Total (without breakfast/lunch thrown in)
Calories: 598
Fat: 14
Dietary Fiber:15
Protein: 31.6
No excersise. I suck!
So Today I read...
I read an article today on MSN about weight loss. http://health.msn.com/dietfitness/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100158805&page=2It gave a way to decide how many calories to intake and since I've decided to start a food log to see how many calories/fats/fibers/proteins I eat, I thought it was pretty interesting.
"Gold also helped the Blittersdorfs set daily calorie goals, based on how many calories they needed just to maintain their current weights. A simple formula gave them a ballpark range: their current weight in pounds, times 12. Since one pound of fat contains about 3,500 calories, they'd need to cut 3,500 calories on average—about 500 per day—to lose one pound a week. Doubling that to 1,000 fewer daily calories would let them lose approximately two pounds per week. (The lowest calorie goal on the plan is 1,200 daily calories; below that level, "it's hard to meet your daily nutrition needs," explains Harvey-Berino.)"
So, let's see, for me 190 x 12 = 2280 calories.
Wow! To me, that seems like a lot of calories to eat in one day. I really didn't think I consumed even half that number. I guess I'll soon be proven right (in my assumptions) or wrong. So, to meet my 2 pounds a week goal, I need to cut 1,000 calories a day out of my diet. WOW! That sounds exceptionally daunting. So, that means I need to eat about 1280 calories a day, right?!?!
I guess my question is, if I don't eat that many calories in an average day, then why I am still gaining weight? Is it my complete lack of excersise? Speaking of which, do I get to count mowing my lawn as excersise? hehe. I sure think it is!
Off to the store. Wish me luck this week. I'm going to need it =)
"Gold also helped the Blittersdorfs set daily calorie goals, based on how many calories they needed just to maintain their current weights. A simple formula gave them a ballpark range: their current weight in pounds, times 12. Since one pound of fat contains about 3,500 calories, they'd need to cut 3,500 calories on average—about 500 per day—to lose one pound a week. Doubling that to 1,000 fewer daily calories would let them lose approximately two pounds per week. (The lowest calorie goal on the plan is 1,200 daily calories; below that level, "it's hard to meet your daily nutrition needs," explains Harvey-Berino.)"
So, let's see, for me 190 x 12 = 2280 calories.
Wow! To me, that seems like a lot of calories to eat in one day. I really didn't think I consumed even half that number. I guess I'll soon be proven right (in my assumptions) or wrong. So, to meet my 2 pounds a week goal, I need to cut 1,000 calories a day out of my diet. WOW! That sounds exceptionally daunting. So, that means I need to eat about 1280 calories a day, right?!?!
I guess my question is, if I don't eat that many calories in an average day, then why I am still gaining weight? Is it my complete lack of excersise? Speaking of which, do I get to count mowing my lawn as excersise? hehe. I sure think it is!
Off to the store. Wish me luck this week. I'm going to need it =)
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