12:45pm lunch around 550-600 i think...lunch was healthy and balanced, but have gas due to not using the bathroom this AM yup...ugh!
4:45 snack before gym: bar and caffeine 100 and earlier was a darn really tasty chocolate from a coworker 50. and an orange 100.
Going to bed sorta annoyed at the day's events.
Progress as of today: 1.4 lbs lost so far, only 3.6 lbs to go!
It was a typical relationship type of thing that happened late in the day with a friend, all is basically ok now.
Work 8am: banana 120, wrap 60 with extra cream cheese 150, turkey pepperoni 100?
Lunch: healthy, lower carb and decided to only have an orange for carbs.. turkey with skin 350 at least, roasted greens 150, orange 100. maybe 650.
dinner: maybe hot chicken and some veg...or at least staying away from my beloved light ice cream...i may have dessert for dinner - canned pumpkin sweetened and with cinnamon, stevia, cooked cranberries, yogurt...we'll see what i feel like..
dinner was high, but, no sugar...around 700. it was all healthy....extra on rice and chick peas and the rest was sauteed greens / cabbage and mock tofu fish....VERY tasty and a GREAT change of pace from my sugary dinners. Trying to improve my skin.
I realize i am eating too much sugar (well have been) and i'm working to be a little healthier and at least clear up my skin.
...anyways, i have the CD's and lyrics....fully prepared to learn the music...feels good to challenge myself and it's fun!
I like a few songs of hers - My Church and 80's Mercedes - I don't listen to country radio too often, I think these are the only two I know of her singing. good luck learning the albums.
I split a bottle of Kervita kombucha with my husband and I can't say I was a fan. I will stick to the green tea.
oh wow! the kevita kombucha is the strongest...i had 1.5 bottles this AM...so tired right now...so so so tired.
That is a fun challenge for yourself. It will make more fun to join in at the concert. Have a great day J.
yes i figure it's a gift to myself :-) good for my mind, great for enjoying the concert...and her music is good - and understandable...and easy to sing with! so it's a plus...she has a think a more alto (lower) voice which is what i am...works out quite nicely this time around!
8am breakfast: wrap 60 with turkey pepperoni 70, potato 100, saag 200?, yogurt with cooked cranberries 200: 650..
11am ice cream lol...100, and 30 min later some more almonds 50, tea with monk fruit (friend gave me a sample of this calorie free sweetener) added in.
2pm healthy, larger, lunch: tons of sauteed veggies 300? at least, chicken 100, and chips 150: 550-600.
gym around 3-3:30 till evening. early meal & bed again early tonight.
bigger dinner with little ice cream for dessert (but dinner was healthy sauteed greens and turkey breast cooked with skin on) 600.
total today is still within healthy range and no bingeing: 2150, good.
Plan is to pick up a lot of prepared food to get me thru this week pretty much and later the gym. No other plans, content just staying home and relaxing...body is demanding it...in some ways i should skip gym...but....as long as i get lots of sleep and everything, the gym should be good for me.
We had a snowstorm until like 1am last night. I was supposed to drive to visit my grandma but my dad suggested i don't drive there as roads may not be good...i'll take his advice as I still need to run some errands anyways and pick up groceries for this week...and i need to go to the gym today...Lots to do anyways....but not having to drive to grandma's area will save MAJOR time.
Not that i don't want to see her, but lately i am feeling really tired and sleeping a lot. It's the winter season i'm sure. I slept really well last night again. Lately i just want to sleep - but it seems to be really healthy right now for me to get in these extra z's as it's winter and i'm training harder.
Grandma is not alert, by the way. So, it would be nice for me to go see her, but truth is taking care of my own health is much more important at this time.
Good idea to stay in town. Not worth the risk! Glad to hear that I'm not the only one sleeping more these days. I attribute it to winter as well.
yeah, even the gym by me is more local than visiting my grandma. It's more important right now and thru winter to take care of myself....visiting her is important but not worth the stress today of getting ready early and getting out so early on the roads, etc.
My dad may not understand that - but last night he told me it was ok not to go - so that's what i chose today.
i don't have a lot of wiggle room this winter for stressful events...lol....but relaxation i have extra room for...sorry for such a strange comment back!
I know what you mean the weather is challenging here also. Get that rest you need and take care sound like you have all your food planned out. Have a great evening J.
and i am LOVING the extra rest.
I feel happier and happier.
slept really well :-) yes a sleeping pill, but also yes to treating my body sooo right!
My sleep has improved greatly as I am making way better choices. Slowly also improving my diet, eating, drinking (caffeine) habits too.
12:30pm 300 cal snack..1150 or so.
content on relaxing today, lots of sleeping - fell back to sleep after 12:30pm snack...and doing laundry now finishing it up by 6:30pm = relaxed saturday.!!!
Sounds like a good day, HP.
Love to relax....do it a lot at times!
It's nice to be home & relax...I think my body knows best...and it knows to rest with winter!
Work: wrap 70, banana 130, cream cheese 100, peanut butter 150: 450, and some grean tea.
And a processed but high protein bar which i needed, the peanut butter and stuff is good, but not as satisfying as meat in the AM. 220.
total so far: around 670... nice.
1pm Healthy lunch: low protein (dinner will be chicken over a salad...): lots of veggies for lunch (glad i went food shopping for extra food this week, worked out really well with extra & didn't throw a thing out)...a lot...maybe like 750?
I am feeling great...so nice.
My skin on my face is doing MUCH, MUCH better already...just by skipping the coffee and the ice cream...I still had a little of my diet soda and stuff...but quanitites have been lessened and skin is definitely healing big time...as my skin is finally clearing up and that feels so wonderful!
Luckily the snow didn't amount to more than a coating. So thankful for that. Now an easier commute along with not needing to shovel the few feet in front of my garage. I may bring the shovel just to get all snow removed so it doesn't freeze over, but it's only a light coating. Yay.
And then in March, when I don't have any days left, I told myself I can take one extra day - no pay - and enjoy one last day off until April when the new days begin again! That's the plan.
One day of no pay isn't going to ruin my bank account and that one day makes me feel so much better about the long month of March.
I'm taking better care of myself than I ever have. It feels really good to do this. I'm not getting sick in the least.
My workouts are good. I keep getting stronger.
My left ankle is getting stronger and so are my legs. I am getting there.
I'm doing really good in my goal to get into the NYPD for this summer! :) Everything is going according to schedule. More walking and getting stronger in my lower body. I feel really good. Better than ever.
Glad your skin is clearing up. You're doing great!
feels good. less salt a bit too as i have been having less meat in the AM. (have a lot of salami / pepperoni / salted meats / lox in my wraps...feels good to take a break.
Sounds like a good plan all the way around. Keep healthy and enjoy J.
Certainly does feel good to be feeling better on inside and out. Lately feeling so good.
Skin is a plus especially helps with self esteem. I'm glad you can feel yourself getting stronger.
Days off are essential, that is why I left my last job because I couldn't earn enough time off for my needs. I have years with the gov't so I get more hours off, it is a blessing.
What was the previous job? not with the gov't?
Everyone deserves time off for their well-being. It's really sad that not everyone can get it.
So you got a little snow, too...We are looking for some...Thanks for your advice...I especially liked the one about drinking a lot of tea or water before eating...hope you have a good day.
1908 6-day average, EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!! To go from almost a 2200 daily avg around New Year's Day to tomorrow around 1900 is pretty good....see!?...stick to your goals...it's managable :-D !!!!
Office : banana 120, whipped cream cheese 80, wrap 70, peanut butter 160 430 excellent and green tea. not in a meat mood today. but whipped cream cheese and peanut butter was awesome, duh!
lunch: to be healthy... had some basmati rice 150?, some roasted sweet potato 50?, some roasted okra 100, some veggie chicken with a few veggies (all leftovers and tasty!) 250? around 550-600 for lunch. oh and the clementine, calories included.
Home: protein muffin 220 with squash 100 & yogurt 100: 420.. (stevia added to squash).
Congrats on your 1908/6 days avg...that is good. That takes a lot of discipline. Maybe I should take reducing my cals a lot slower instead of expecting to get by on 1700, and end up at 2500 for the day, just go for 1900 a day...that would be a big improvement for me. Have a good evening.
YES...1700 is low. 1200 is too low I think for most women.
...but for me to maintain a low weight (and i really don't have much muscle in lower body) of 115-120lbs, I can eat 1800 and not have a problem with maintenance. Even 1900 seems to be possibly alright to maintain.
You do not need drastic reductions...and...i find that after a binge day, it's hard to eat much lower the following day...work your way into it - as you said - I agree with you.
When I'm at home and counting calories I normally have about 3 days a week at 1200, then the other days are 1300, 1400, or up to 1700.
Yes that's really low and easier to lose weight at those levels...right now mine is maintenance...sometimes i get a hair up in weight bc i like to push my limits with calories, but i've learned my maintenance is in the 1800s or so.
1950 5-day avg and today was a healthy day and far less sugar and caffeine = success.
Here at the office doing my 'thang. Feeling decent despite a lack of sleep. It was the caffeine but i am not worried in the least as tonight I'll get adequate sleep to keep on going.
8:30am breakfast: banana 120, wrap 70 with extra cream cheese 100 and turkey pepperoni 100: 400, decent.
Dinner was totally healthy - but around 700 calories. No added sugars or fake things - except for tofu chicken and some tofu. also included cashews, some white basmati rice and veggies sauteed in some oil - all leftovers.
total today is good - 1850 - success :-D need to get off the quick fix dinners and eat healthier meals which i am starting to do...it helps to have enough already prepared at home. so i will be doing more of this. What i grabbed was one of the lunches i made for this week...so now i must put together another lunch :-D maybe i'll cook some eggs either tonight or tomorrow night to add to friday's lunch since i need a good protein source since i already ate friday's meal tonight! was tasty!
Wax was GREAT. She took long but she did a nice job for half price! NICE! I always tip her $10 which is 50%. Love her!
Feeling very good this week in general - 3-day weekends are NICE! March will be hard for me...but...i did plan for one 3-day weekend so that should really suffice.
There's something in early February i have plans for - on a Thursday early evening it starts in NYC. It's a country concert. I would have liked to take the Thursday & Friday off so that I could get home late that Thursday (which i still will get home late) and sleep in & stuff...but it's a no go.
I need my days (2 left) to last till end of March..so i have to choose which day i want to take off - that Thursday or that Friday the day after the concert.
AND MAYBE I WILL JUST TAKE BOTH THE 2 DAYS AND CALL IT A LONG A$$ WEEKEND...BUT THEN MARCH WILL BE LONGGG. LOL. ONE DAY, YEP, THAT'S ENOUGH.
Feels good to start making better choices.
Home: a lot of ACV but didn’t work bc I ate dinner lil later than expected. Really nice to eat a crab cake as well as half a 6oz filet minon. Good to get the real protein in me and natural food last night, thanks to my coworker.
8:30am work: banana 120, wrap 70 with cream cheese 100, lox 50: 350., green tea throughout morning, 2 cups, no sugar no equal.
11am very hungry! Snack: very low sugar bar, 230 cal. high protein and decent fat. natural type of bar - i may buy these on Amazon - they are good.
1pm - Lunch: healthy – some starch (few chunks of roasted sweet potato! tasted great!) some meat (tiny portion of around 1.5oz filet minon leftovers the other half will be tomorrow!) in a bit of oil some oil:500? - if I finish it.
1200 after gym...will have something small tonight...maybe even a protein bar on the way home and bed early. tired today. NO ICE CREAM. but i may have some squash i cooked up in a protein muffin - as the total sugar is 10g but i doubt i'll wait till i get home tonight to eat...we'll see. either way, it's early to bed tonight again.
I have no choice but to make the right choice – I am laying off all equal and Monster energy drinks until Friday because my skin is inflamed and breaking out too much in whiteheads which is full-out inflammation. I sorta need to fix this problem since I am an adult….perhaps I should start facing the problem like an adult. Either way, I am not going to drink the Monster Energy drinks but still drinking caffeine in a couple different forms this week. I’m going to LESSEN the bad stuff, see if it helps, versus lay off everything bad which would be a bit of a nuisance as it would really mess with just about everything I eat. Ohhh – I am also not going to have any ice cream this week until Friday. There’s a lot of sugar in it when I eat the whole pint (around 20g) which can be affecting my acne also – in addition to it being a milk product.
So, I will see on Friday if there’s any change in inflammation by not having the Monster drinks, less caffeine, and no Halo Top Ice Cream. I do need to clear up my skin.
I have cut my caffeine down as well. I can relate to the skin issues, I have the worst skin...ever! Hope you have a great day.
Yeah, i gotta do something about my skin bc it's really not improved for a long time. I want cleaner & clearer skin like I should have at 34yrs old...so I guess that can be an additional New Years Resolution to work on :-D i don't want to give up my beloved Monster energy drinks but i maybe can just cut them down...a lot!?
Monster Energy Drinks! I tied my first one a month or so ago when I had the sinus infection and I drank the Rehab one. I loved it! Won't let it be a habit, though and I try to drink 1/2 at a time! Guess what? My daughter is being recruited for the local police force! I don't know if she will pursue it, but she is strongly considering it. I thought of you when she started talking about it. Of course here is very different than in NYC and she has some compelling reasons to consider it - more on that later. Thanks for your comments to me!
yes i want to hear more about it...your daughter...is it because of the good benefits and decent pay? that's also the case in NYC...decent pay & great benefits.
Yeah i love the taste of many of those Monster drinks. It's odd - some flavors I hate and some I love. Laying low on them right now though. Half is the actual serving size...so you are smart...and half is same caffeine as cup of coffee. approx.
Yea, I'd cut way down on the Monster drinks and sugar. Hate zits! I still occasionally get one even at my age. Hardly had any as a teen.
yes, i'm working on cutting those to things down. Not eliminating, bc i feel like i'm being restrained and i binge back on them...but lessening.
Yeah, as a teen i had few in high school though in college i sometimes had bad ones due to late hours and bad eating habits. but the worst acne i ever had was now.
i know i need to eat better...that's a main culprit right now. Already my skin is getting a little better in just a few days of having LESS. Not NONE, but LESS.
I have the day off as a union holiday for New Years Day. If it falls on a Sunday, we get the Monday :-D So nice!
I was up around 8 and decided that since i forgot to put a couple of clothes in the laundry yesterday, that i would do a small load today since it's already built up after yesterday's workout and also added some relatively clean towels in for good measure. haha...i feel better with an empty hamper...less laundry for next week, sorta.
I am reading & relaxing this morning.
Later, I'm meeting up with an older male friend (maybe late 50's), as he lives close and had asked if i wanted to see a movie today if i was free. So we are meeting at the theater (he lives close and i'm driving there) at 1pm to see the Star Wars movie. We are getting an early dinner after that. It's nice to have friends that are close.
...I wouldn't have gotten together with him earlier on say back in my late 20's, but now i have known him several years and i know he is a nice guy. I wouldn't date him, as I'm not attracted like that and the age difference is WAY too much. Also, his health isn't the best. But either way, he's only a few years younger than my dad and no i am totally uninterested in that. But he is a nice person and friend to me.
I was going to also walk today, but i do not care to schedule any exercise in today. I am a bit sore from increases in exercise lately (cardio) and my body could use the day off.
Hope you enjoy your walk and have a good day off. Thank you for your comment about the goal weight.
I am thankful to be part of this select and small group of DDers because of the wonderful support we are! Year after year, we've always had a great group of people here. It's awesome because we aren't Sparkpeople or some large network but a very small and strong group. #underdog?!
11am Breakfast: banana 120, almond milk with 2 cups fiber one 270, dried goldeberries added in 80, later caffeine: 470 great!
2:30pm large lunch: potatoes in a curry type seasoning, but no sauce, 150-200, tofu 100, bamboo shoots and veggies in light seasoning 150, 450, and chips 230. 680 - was getting shaky low blood sugar from such a high carb breakfast....and deciding to increase my carbs right now.
2150 today. A bit high but decent.
Later, in about 1hr, I'm off to my cheap gym next to my job bc it's opened normal hours. I've NEVER been there on a weekend. One thing - I KNOW parking will be very simple bc the gym is on an industrial road so less residents are parking there and work isn't open so no workers should be working there as well as the street signs for no parking aren't in effect on Sundays - so parking will be simple.
I hope nobody takes offense...it is what it is....and the neighborhoods in Queens, NY vary greatly depending wherever you go!!!
yes, we do. I'd say we are a pretty smart bunch as well!