Yesterday Katie and I were exploring the finer points of Greed and Gluttony. We seemed to have managed an extremely decadent day. Of course, it wasn't planned - so I am not sure if it counts as a sin. Anyway - after I slept late for the first time in a VERY LONG TIME, I got up and.... have no memory of eating breakfast. Oh yeah, I remember, I didn't. Katie had been up since about 8:30 running errands and had just arrived home. I had some re-heated coffee and skim milk and we decided that since we BOTH had a Saturday off we would FINALLY drive up to Forest Heart Studio outside of Frederick to check it out. This is a (sort of) local glass bead supply place. Well, we went hog wild and stocked up on lots of new glass rods and other neat things. We have since burned (literally) through quite a bit of it - having a grand old time.
Once we got home I made us lunch of chicken, with garlic, tomatoes, and shells. Not terribly healthy I am afraid. We also had broccoli and cheese sauce. Then we made more beads.
Katie sang 4:00 mass - and so after church (and a few more beads) we went to Bonefish for a couple of drinks and dinner. We each had a house salad and a seafood appetizer (me shrimp, Katie seared Tuna). After we came home we made more beads and then I read and went to bed. I didn't even THINK about exercising. Seriously - it never crossed my mind.
Today I was again very bad with food. I had coffee for breakfast. THOUGHT about making oatmeal with dried fruit - but settled for Halloween candy instead. Sigh. I made burgers for lunch - and that has been my food for the day. No exercise yet. Maybe I will do that now. I am full still from the burgers - but am kind of craving veggies - so maybe I will start thinking about dinner.
My weight has been going up still. I am thinking it is because it is THAT time of the month - and past due for a while (of course I have never been regular...) It seems that everytime my period takes a long time to arrive, I get more and more bloated. I am hoping that there will be some relief by Tuesday - but I am not couting on it.
Sunday, November 20, 2005
Saturday, November 19, 2005
Ow, ow, ow!!
Today my hips and legs were stiff and I had a pain on the right side of my back, but I made myself go out for a walk in the hopes that everything would loosen up. About two thirds of the way through the walk I realized the reason my back hurt so much is that I walk on the left side of the road and it slopes down from the middle so that my right leg was hitting the ground an inch sooner than my left. I switched road sides then to even it out but I suspect I'll be sore there for a couple of days. The stiffness was just because I'm not used to walking hard. I still did a 40 minute walk today but it was a teensy bit shorter in distance than yesterday.
For breakfast I had a small apple-cinnamon muffin and one piece of bacon (yay me -- only one!), plus a half serving of raisin bran with milk, and some OJ. Lunch was late -- tailgating food -- and I had two small chicken wings, some corn chips and shrimp dip, and a few slices of cheddar cheese. And a beer. For dinner I had a small piece of steak, a smallish salad (with dressing), and a baked potato with the skin. I ate five chocolates today -- that's kind of scary, considering that was with lots of resisting because I didn't want to have to report a high number; how many was I eating when I didn't count? But I still didn't overeat today. I can't weigh myself here -- I'll just have to motivate myself in other ways and hope for a good number when I get back on Friday.
Way to go, Sarah and Julie! Glad you're seeing such good numbers!
For breakfast I had a small apple-cinnamon muffin and one piece of bacon (yay me -- only one!), plus a half serving of raisin bran with milk, and some OJ. Lunch was late -- tailgating food -- and I had two small chicken wings, some corn chips and shrimp dip, and a few slices of cheddar cheese. And a beer. For dinner I had a small piece of steak, a smallish salad (with dressing), and a baked potato with the skin. I ate five chocolates today -- that's kind of scary, considering that was with lots of resisting because I didn't want to have to report a high number; how many was I eating when I didn't count? But I still didn't overeat today. I can't weigh myself here -- I'll just have to motivate myself in other ways and hope for a good number when I get back on Friday.
Way to go, Sarah and Julie! Glad you're seeing such good numbers!
It's been over a week....
....since I did a Pilates workout. I know I said I would do one last night after being thwarted all week, but the evening just zipped by. After I got the kids to bed, I realized it was 11:00 and I was exhausted. So I went to bed. I overdid it at the gym yesterday, too. Last week I got to the point where I could run a solid 30 minutes on the treadmill, but only with it set to no incline. Yesterday, I set the speed for running again, but set the program to random (so you get a bunch of hills of varying height) and the level to five. I was going along just fine until about 30 seconds from the end when I began to feel awful--turns out my heart rate was too high. Next time I'll try a more gradual approach! On the other hand, I burned well over 300 calories in just those 30 minutes, so I can't complain.
For lunch yesterday I had leftover chicken kebabs and rice, so I skipped my afternoon snack since that's more lunch than I usually eat. Dinner was breakfast--I made scambled eggs and waffles (I only had one) and then I realized at bedtime that I had left the frozen waffles sitting out, so we ate them again for breakfast. Lunch today was a fluffer-nutter--I got marshmallow fluff for the kids, but it turns out that they don't like it, and I hate to see perfectly goo marshmallow fluff go to waste (not that it would--I think that stuff could make it through a nuclear attack untouched).
My exercise so far today has been raking the yard--I did all of it myself (took about an hour or so)--six enormous piles of leaves and I know my heart rate was up and that my arms will ache tomorrow!
I had a brief glimpse of 145 on the scale this morning--it flashed on 145.8 before settling on 146 even. That was kind of exciting; like Julie, I hope I can keep it up (or down) until Tuesday!
For lunch yesterday I had leftover chicken kebabs and rice, so I skipped my afternoon snack since that's more lunch than I usually eat. Dinner was breakfast--I made scambled eggs and waffles (I only had one) and then I realized at bedtime that I had left the frozen waffles sitting out, so we ate them again for breakfast. Lunch today was a fluffer-nutter--I got marshmallow fluff for the kids, but it turns out that they don't like it, and I hate to see perfectly goo marshmallow fluff go to waste (not that it would--I think that stuff could make it through a nuclear attack untouched).
My exercise so far today has been raking the yard--I did all of it myself (took about an hour or so)--six enormous piles of leaves and I know my heart rate was up and that my arms will ache tomorrow!
I had a brief glimpse of 145 on the scale this morning--it flashed on 145.8 before settling on 146 even. That was kind of exciting; like Julie, I hope I can keep it up (or down) until Tuesday!
A new low for me!!! (In a good way!)
162.7 this morning. I need to make it last for official weigh in day. I'm feeling pretty happy right now so I am going to go treat myself to a big glass of water.
Yesterday I ate: oatmeal with choc chips for breakfast with this yummy cinnamon tea that tasted like melted red hots, roasted chicken sub from subway on wheat with those fake baked chips for lunch, and blueberry pancakes again for dinner. I will confess I binged on real potato chips for a bit last night, but then I got indigestion from them so that shows me I shouldn't eat that crap (like Amy & the evil pop tarts.)
I did the pilates dvd again yesterday. I sort of want to mix things up, but I am really enjoying the dvd so I'll stick with it for now. I did try the next level of difficultly and I am not ready for it yet, so I stopped and went back to the beginners version. It's funny when I do the dvd's because Harry just doesn't get it and is constantly trying to either sit in my lap or tug on my sleeves. Makes for an extra challenge I guess.
Yesterday I ate: oatmeal with choc chips for breakfast with this yummy cinnamon tea that tasted like melted red hots, roasted chicken sub from subway on wheat with those fake baked chips for lunch, and blueberry pancakes again for dinner. I will confess I binged on real potato chips for a bit last night, but then I got indigestion from them so that shows me I shouldn't eat that crap (like Amy & the evil pop tarts.)
I did the pilates dvd again yesterday. I sort of want to mix things up, but I am really enjoying the dvd so I'll stick with it for now. I did try the next level of difficultly and I am not ready for it yet, so I stopped and went back to the beginners version. It's funny when I do the dvd's because Harry just doesn't get it and is constantly trying to either sit in my lap or tug on my sleeves. Makes for an extra challenge I guess.
Friday, November 18, 2005
Exercise at last
It wasn't anything fabulous, but I got out and walked hard for 40 minutes today. I came so close to wimping out; I went to bed too late last night and I drove to Huntsville early today so I was tired. I didn't go right after Huntsville; I had some work I really needed to get done first. But shortly after lunch Cecilia was asleep and the kids were playing, and when I started thinking about napping I motivated myself to get up and get moving because I didn't want to have to admit to you all that I had the opportunity and didn't take it!
Julie, I'm going to join you on the exercise challenge. I don't know how I'll do next Friday because we're on the road again but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I'm like you -- if I give myself permission to exercise only four or five days in a week, I try to take my off days at the beginning and then I find myself late in the week and I've missed more days than I meant to. I have to aim for seven. It's sort of the reverse of #2 on Oprah's list -- if I can't take off just ONE day then I shouldn't take any off at all. #2 is the bane of my diet -- I'm better off swearing off all sweets than trying to eat them in moderation. #7 is what we're here for -- we've been talking about that since we started this blog, though it's hard to get my head around it. I still need to lose weight, so that keeps me coming back here -- how will I feel if I ever reach the "maintenance" stage, I wonder?
Food: I had a nonfat latte and half a largeish blueberry muffin at Starbucks for breakfast. For lunch I had ham lunchmeat on white bread (I asked -- MIL really didn't have any wheat bread, and the other lunch option was that macaroni casserole which would have been higher fat and still not whole grain). We had dinner at Daniel's UAH host's house, and it was yummy -- steak, mashed potatoes (with the skins in them, very flavorful and good), green beans, squash and zucchini (with probably a lot of butter or something; they were way too good to be healthy), and a croissant (those refrigerator dough kind). I kept all my portions reasonable in size. But I also had a glass of sherry and a small glass of merlot and two small slices of cheesecake with blueberries and other stuff (granola?) on top (Mary didn't want to eat hers and I couldn't bear to see it go to waste -- this is one of those situations I need to train myself to resist!). During the day I ate a small handful of cashews, a handful of chocolate covered raisins, and several Dove chocolates (another item I need to train myself to resist!). I think tomorrow I will carefully count how much chocolate I consume -- if I'm counting I get horrified at how much it is and I slow down.
Tomorrow is the Alabama-Auburn football game so there will be a lot of food around all day. And a lot of crazy, obsessed people (glad I never get that way! *ahem*...). Maybe I should leave for a walk around 1 and come back at bedtime?
Julie, I'm going to join you on the exercise challenge. I don't know how I'll do next Friday because we're on the road again but I'll cross that bridge when I come to it. I'm like you -- if I give myself permission to exercise only four or five days in a week, I try to take my off days at the beginning and then I find myself late in the week and I've missed more days than I meant to. I have to aim for seven. It's sort of the reverse of #2 on Oprah's list -- if I can't take off just ONE day then I shouldn't take any off at all. #2 is the bane of my diet -- I'm better off swearing off all sweets than trying to eat them in moderation. #7 is what we're here for -- we've been talking about that since we started this blog, though it's hard to get my head around it. I still need to lose weight, so that keeps me coming back here -- how will I feel if I ever reach the "maintenance" stage, I wonder?
Food: I had a nonfat latte and half a largeish blueberry muffin at Starbucks for breakfast. For lunch I had ham lunchmeat on white bread (I asked -- MIL really didn't have any wheat bread, and the other lunch option was that macaroni casserole which would have been higher fat and still not whole grain). We had dinner at Daniel's UAH host's house, and it was yummy -- steak, mashed potatoes (with the skins in them, very flavorful and good), green beans, squash and zucchini (with probably a lot of butter or something; they were way too good to be healthy), and a croissant (those refrigerator dough kind). I kept all my portions reasonable in size. But I also had a glass of sherry and a small glass of merlot and two small slices of cheesecake with blueberries and other stuff (granola?) on top (Mary didn't want to eat hers and I couldn't bear to see it go to waste -- this is one of those situations I need to train myself to resist!). During the day I ate a small handful of cashews, a handful of chocolate covered raisins, and several Dove chocolates (another item I need to train myself to resist!). I think tomorrow I will carefully count how much chocolate I consume -- if I'm counting I get horrified at how much it is and I slow down.
Tomorrow is the Alabama-Auburn football game so there will be a lot of food around all day. And a lot of crazy, obsessed people (glad I never get that way! *ahem*...). Maybe I should leave for a walk around 1 and come back at bedtime?
Thoughts To Make Us Thin
This was in the December issue of Oprah magazine. There is more in the article but you'll have to borrow it if you want to read it. These are the bullets I found relelvant:
#1 Old Way of Thinking: I ordered the grilled cheese, so why not get the fries too? I've already
blown it for today.
Switch To New Thinking...One treat at a time. I'm indulging in grilled cheese so I'll trade the
fries for a salad.
#2 Old: I'll just have this ONE cookie.
New: If I can't stop at one or two coookies I shouldn't have any at all.
#3 Old: After that grueling workout, I deserve a bacon double cheeseburger.
New: Ater busting my butt at the gym, my body deserves the VIP treatment.
#4 Old: It would be rude to turn down another helping of my mother-in-law's lasagna.
New: I'm being disrespectful to my body by forcing down more than my fill.
#5 Old: Other people are going back for more food and they're thin.
New: I need to eat at a pace that's right for my body.
#6 Old: I save dessert for special occasions.
New: I'll eat dessert if I have room left in my calorie budget.
#7 Old: Once I lose ten pounds I can get off this horrible diet.
New: The only way I'll lose weigt is by permanently changing the way I eat.
I think we are each already embracing these to varying degrees. However, I know #1 and #2 still get me way too often so I have to work to change that. #3 is an extreme, but I know sometimes I will be a little less vigilant with my eating if I have walked a lot in a day. Like last Friday in Dresden--I could have taken better advantage of those 10,000+ steps I walked if I would have opted for a smaller treat at dinner than the turtle milkshake I ended up having. I could have just had a strawberry milkshake and it would have been less calories. Although I did forgo the fries and had a side salad and some vegetable soup with my sandwich at dinner, so I still have trouble judging how strict to be with myself. I made a half "good" choice considering the evils that lurked on the menu...
#1 Old Way of Thinking: I ordered the grilled cheese, so why not get the fries too? I've already
blown it for today.
Switch To New Thinking...One treat at a time. I'm indulging in grilled cheese so I'll trade the
fries for a salad.
#2 Old: I'll just have this ONE cookie.
New: If I can't stop at one or two coookies I shouldn't have any at all.
#3 Old: After that grueling workout, I deserve a bacon double cheeseburger.
New: Ater busting my butt at the gym, my body deserves the VIP treatment.
#4 Old: It would be rude to turn down another helping of my mother-in-law's lasagna.
New: I'm being disrespectful to my body by forcing down more than my fill.
#5 Old: Other people are going back for more food and they're thin.
New: I need to eat at a pace that's right for my body.
#6 Old: I save dessert for special occasions.
New: I'll eat dessert if I have room left in my calorie budget.
#7 Old: Once I lose ten pounds I can get off this horrible diet.
New: The only way I'll lose weigt is by permanently changing the way I eat.
I think we are each already embracing these to varying degrees. However, I know #1 and #2 still get me way too often so I have to work to change that. #3 is an extreme, but I know sometimes I will be a little less vigilant with my eating if I have walked a lot in a day. Like last Friday in Dresden--I could have taken better advantage of those 10,000+ steps I walked if I would have opted for a smaller treat at dinner than the turtle milkshake I ended up having. I could have just had a strawberry milkshake and it would have been less calories. Although I did forgo the fries and had a side salad and some vegetable soup with my sandwich at dinner, so I still have trouble judging how strict to be with myself. I made a half "good" choice considering the evils that lurked on the menu...
Why we are losing weight
Every once in a while you meet someone who reminds you of why it is you want to get into shape and lose weight. The positive examples (like my friend Lauren Sue) are inspiring, but I think the negative examples are a bit more motivating. There’s a girl at work that I just feel badly for, but you also want to shake her and say “stop eating so much!” I’d also yell “get some exercise!” except at the moment she can’t. She’s quite young (in her 20’s) and pretty, but very overweight and is dealing with a LOT of the health problems associated with being obese even though she’s pretty young to have them. She was diagnosed with diabetes this year, and just this week she blew out her knee (while getting up out of a chair). In the process of trying to determine what’s wrong with her knee (she may need surgery), they also found out that she may well have gout. Like I said, I feel badly for her, but every one of these problems is directly related to her weight and was preventable. So who cares about the bathing suits—I want to lose weight so I most likely won’t have to deal with diabetes, knee surgery, and gout.
Exercise
I haven't been very good about exercise this week. I got to the gym on Monday and Wednesday and I'll get there again today, but I haven't done ANY of my evening exercise--on Monday I was cleaning house until after midnight (which, even though it's not real exercise, is better than sitting on the sofa all night), on Tuesday I was recovering from my icky girl procedure, on Wednesday Brian and I went to the movies (Pride and Prejudice--good, but not as good as the Colin Firth version, probably because they only had two hours to work with and the casting wasn't as good), and yesterday Neil came over for dinner. He had such a hellish time getting to our house on the Baltimore bus system that I wouldn't let him go back on it--I made him stay until Brian got home at 11:30 so we could drive him back downtown.
I also haven't been eating consistently well. I had popcorn at the movies (although we got a small bag instead of a huge one and I offset it with just a small serving of yucky frozen chicken with cashews for dinner) and yesterday I missed lunch because I was on the road with a container of yogurt and no spoon, so I grabbed some cheese and crackers from a vending machine. Then in the evening when Neil was running late I ate three cookies so I wouldn't pass out from hunger, then ate healthy but too much dinner (chicken kebabs, saffron rice and salad. The kebabs were also vegetable-heavy, so I can't complain of lack of nutrients!) and had key lime pie for dessert. And two glasses of wine. Yum.
So I'm bound and determined to get in an exercise video each day this weekend AND get in two sessions running (today at the gym being one; I might do an aerobics video at home instead of running outside this weekend, though, depending on how cold it is), plus I have to rake leaves this weekend, which is fantastic exercise.
My weight seems to be hovering around 147 now and I need to break that. I drop below, then come up again, then go up above and back down. I did this around 151 as well, but not for as long! I know that if I really focus on good diet and exercise for a solid week or two I can start seeing a regular decline, so my next mini-goal is to hit 145 by December 1. I also like Julie's "no excuses" challenge to exercise daily until December 10. Maybe we can make that our group challenge? It doesn't have to be formal, knock-yourself-out exercise every day, but at least 30 minutes of active movement. What do you all think?
I also haven't been eating consistently well. I had popcorn at the movies (although we got a small bag instead of a huge one and I offset it with just a small serving of yucky frozen chicken with cashews for dinner) and yesterday I missed lunch because I was on the road with a container of yogurt and no spoon, so I grabbed some cheese and crackers from a vending machine. Then in the evening when Neil was running late I ate three cookies so I wouldn't pass out from hunger, then ate healthy but too much dinner (chicken kebabs, saffron rice and salad. The kebabs were also vegetable-heavy, so I can't complain of lack of nutrients!) and had key lime pie for dessert. And two glasses of wine. Yum.
So I'm bound and determined to get in an exercise video each day this weekend AND get in two sessions running (today at the gym being one; I might do an aerobics video at home instead of running outside this weekend, though, depending on how cold it is), plus I have to rake leaves this weekend, which is fantastic exercise.
My weight seems to be hovering around 147 now and I need to break that. I drop below, then come up again, then go up above and back down. I did this around 151 as well, but not for as long! I know that if I really focus on good diet and exercise for a solid week or two I can start seeing a regular decline, so my next mini-goal is to hit 145 by December 1. I also like Julie's "no excuses" challenge to exercise daily until December 10. Maybe we can make that our group challenge? It doesn't have to be formal, knock-yourself-out exercise every day, but at least 30 minutes of active movement. What do you all think?
Yesterday...
all my troubles seemed so...oh wait...
I ate: cottage cheese and pears, carrots, french onion soup (without the cheese and bread, so pretty much onions in beef broth), a breadstick, pretzels, and blueberry pancakes for dinner. A very odd day. My weight was down again slightly from my horrible number on Tuesday.
I did exercise yesterday as well--I did a pilates DVD when I got home, and then I didn't sit down until Joe came home because I was cleaning the disaster area formerly know as our kitchen. The floor is still scungy, so I will attend to that tonight. Somehow half the leaves from outside managed to blow inside. I guess when we are taking Harry out and the door is open? Who knows exactly.
I have issued myself a challenge that is similar to one Amy came up with before. I am going to exercise EVERY DAY between now and 12/10 (I just picked that date). Whether it's a walk or a DVD or whatever, I am going to spend 30 minutes of my life each day moving my body somehow. I was going to stick with a 5 out of 7 days kind of thing, but I get lazy so quickly and start procrastinating ("Tomorrow" is such a good day!) so I decided I am going to start with a more rigid approach for myself and then back off instead of trying to build up. There are 2 days where this is going to be difficult: 12/2 and 12/9. 12/2 I am going straight to the crop at ReCollections after work (anyone want to join us?) and 12/9 I am meeting my County Planning friends to celebrate Christmas together, again right after work. But like Sarah said in a post a while ago, I'm just going to have to make it a point to fit it in. No excuses. it is really obvious to me that just adjusting my food has little bearing on my weight. I'm not gaining anything anymore, but it isn't going away either.
And Amy, you inspired me to get my hair whacked off last night. It is just a shorter version of the layers I have been wearing.
I ate: cottage cheese and pears, carrots, french onion soup (without the cheese and bread, so pretty much onions in beef broth), a breadstick, pretzels, and blueberry pancakes for dinner. A very odd day. My weight was down again slightly from my horrible number on Tuesday.
I did exercise yesterday as well--I did a pilates DVD when I got home, and then I didn't sit down until Joe came home because I was cleaning the disaster area formerly know as our kitchen. The floor is still scungy, so I will attend to that tonight. Somehow half the leaves from outside managed to blow inside. I guess when we are taking Harry out and the door is open? Who knows exactly.
I have issued myself a challenge that is similar to one Amy came up with before. I am going to exercise EVERY DAY between now and 12/10 (I just picked that date). Whether it's a walk or a DVD or whatever, I am going to spend 30 minutes of my life each day moving my body somehow. I was going to stick with a 5 out of 7 days kind of thing, but I get lazy so quickly and start procrastinating ("Tomorrow" is such a good day!) so I decided I am going to start with a more rigid approach for myself and then back off instead of trying to build up. There are 2 days where this is going to be difficult: 12/2 and 12/9. 12/2 I am going straight to the crop at ReCollections after work (anyone want to join us?) and 12/9 I am meeting my County Planning friends to celebrate Christmas together, again right after work. But like Sarah said in a post a while ago, I'm just going to have to make it a point to fit it in. No excuses. it is really obvious to me that just adjusting my food has little bearing on my weight. I'm not gaining anything anymore, but it isn't going away either.
And Amy, you inspired me to get my hair whacked off last night. It is just a shorter version of the layers I have been wearing.
Thursday, November 17, 2005
In Alabamaville...
... and not a minute of exercise to call my own in over a week. Unless you count running up and down the stairs trying to get things done; I did a lot of that this morning. I didn't exercise yesterday AGAIN; I really couldn't figure out when I could do it. Cecilia did not nap all day, except for a brief catnap during school in the morning and 30 minutes in the car while Mary was at rehearsal, and since she didn't nap she was cranky and wanting attention much of the day.
Yesterday I had my usual breakfast, plus lunch of tuna and whole-wheat toast (with minimal margarine), and dinner of two (shame on me) slices of pizza (pepperoni and green peppers). I had almonds and a few packages of candy for snacks. And Daniel brought me another creamsicle after dinner. I don't remember many details about what I ate yesterday, but I know it wasn't all that healthy, and I think it was too much, with too little water.
Today I ate even worse. I had my usual breakfast, and snacks of string cheese and almonds, and for (a late) lunch I ordered a Wendy's BLT salad (no dressing, and I avoided most of the cheese and bacon bits, though it's hard to avoid bacon bits!) and had water to drink. But Mary's Girl Scouts Nuts & Candy order came in today, and we had the snacks on the drive, so I ate several small handfuls (handsful?) of cashews and far too many chocolate covered raisins (which sound healthier than other candy because they're raisins, but 1/4 cup has 210 calories and 8 grams of fat!). And I ate a handful of plain raisins. I drank part of a Diet Coke on the drive, too, because I was starting to fall asleep at the wheel, and Wendy's had accidentally given us this extra drink, so I used it for the caffeine. (About a half of a soda is as much caffeine as I can manage.) I used to like Diet Coke, back when I drank it all the time and got used to it, but it's been ages since I drank it and now it tastes terribly salty to me, and not at all sweet, oddly enough. But it did the trick.
At dinner time I was hungry but not feeling all that well, thanks to the cashews (I should quit at ONE small handful; more than that sits heavy on my stomach), so I ate a small portion of a macaroni casserole (macaroni, peas, some reddish sauce (probably tomato sauce), hamburger, and velveeta -- not my style but pretty good), several chunks of melon, and a plain biscuit (which finally succeeded in settling my stomach when the other foods didn't). And water to drink again. I've had several gazillion more calories today than I wish I'd had. Ugh.
Tomorrow I have to drive Daniel into Huntsville first thing in the morning for his visit to UAH, but when I get back I plan to head straight out for a walk (well, I bet Cecilia will need me first, but THEN I'll go out). Maybe I can make a morning walk part of my routine here -- I'm so glad to have a week without school!
Yesterday I had my usual breakfast, plus lunch of tuna and whole-wheat toast (with minimal margarine), and dinner of two (shame on me) slices of pizza (pepperoni and green peppers). I had almonds and a few packages of candy for snacks. And Daniel brought me another creamsicle after dinner. I don't remember many details about what I ate yesterday, but I know it wasn't all that healthy, and I think it was too much, with too little water.
Today I ate even worse. I had my usual breakfast, and snacks of string cheese and almonds, and for (a late) lunch I ordered a Wendy's BLT salad (no dressing, and I avoided most of the cheese and bacon bits, though it's hard to avoid bacon bits!) and had water to drink. But Mary's Girl Scouts Nuts & Candy order came in today, and we had the snacks on the drive, so I ate several small handfuls (handsful?) of cashews and far too many chocolate covered raisins (which sound healthier than other candy because they're raisins, but 1/4 cup has 210 calories and 8 grams of fat!). And I ate a handful of plain raisins. I drank part of a Diet Coke on the drive, too, because I was starting to fall asleep at the wheel, and Wendy's had accidentally given us this extra drink, so I used it for the caffeine. (About a half of a soda is as much caffeine as I can manage.) I used to like Diet Coke, back when I drank it all the time and got used to it, but it's been ages since I drank it and now it tastes terribly salty to me, and not at all sweet, oddly enough. But it did the trick.
At dinner time I was hungry but not feeling all that well, thanks to the cashews (I should quit at ONE small handful; more than that sits heavy on my stomach), so I ate a small portion of a macaroni casserole (macaroni, peas, some reddish sauce (probably tomato sauce), hamburger, and velveeta -- not my style but pretty good), several chunks of melon, and a plain biscuit (which finally succeeded in settling my stomach when the other foods didn't). And water to drink again. I've had several gazillion more calories today than I wish I'd had. Ugh.
Tomorrow I have to drive Daniel into Huntsville first thing in the morning for his visit to UAH, but when I get back I plan to head straight out for a walk (well, I bet Cecilia will need me first, but THEN I'll go out). Maybe I can make a morning walk part of my routine here -- I'm so glad to have a week without school!
Katie is the Big Winner
Water-wise that is... I PERSONALLY think this contest should have only been allowed to apply to people who READ the blog. When we first started it she spent the whole first day asking ME questions about what was allowed, what was the prize, when did the contest start, when did it end. ALL of this had been hashed out by us on the blog the day or two before - which she would have known had she been reading it. BUT - I have noticed that since I told her that it was only for people on the blog she HAS gotten better about reading and responding to it.
So, Katie is very sloshy right now - having consumed over 100 ounces of water each day for the past week. I think I was in second place sticking to between 80 and 96 ounces per day. No one else reported regularly what they were drinking. Congrats Katie! Thanks Julie for donating the prize.
I don't know if it helped any or not - but yesterday I didn't drink enough water (maybe 48 ounces all day) and today my weight is way up - 207.6. Ugh.
I am getting frustrated. I did exercise yesterday - but didn't the day before - but did on Monday. I have to get back to something EVERYDAY. I also have to get better about my food intake. Up until Halloween (blame it on the spooky day... I know... but REALLY) I was SO GOOD about my food. Even days when you would think I would be bad (Renn Fest, Wedding, birthdays at work, lunch meetings) I was still eating beautifully. Carefully chosing what I should eat, not over eating - snacking on fruit or vegetables when I was munchie - and it was working. NOW - for no apparent reason I will grab a box (or two, or three) of Junior Mints and eat them, JUST because they are there. Well - I also blame it on the fact that I am reading The Outlander series again. My weakness has always been eating while reading. I don't watch much TV - and I almost never eat when I do, but I have always liked to eat while I read.
Today my resolution is to eat nothing that is not in my lunch bag. I have oatmeal, "dried plums" grapes, cottage cheese, wheat thins, broccoli, V-8 and a PB&P sandwich. We are having grilled salmon and vegetables for dinner. That should be PLENTY of food for me! Maybe what I will do is if I get the urge to eat candy I will do sit ups instead - then I will have negative associations with candy... yeah.
So, Katie is very sloshy right now - having consumed over 100 ounces of water each day for the past week. I think I was in second place sticking to between 80 and 96 ounces per day. No one else reported regularly what they were drinking. Congrats Katie! Thanks Julie for donating the prize.
I don't know if it helped any or not - but yesterday I didn't drink enough water (maybe 48 ounces all day) and today my weight is way up - 207.6. Ugh.
I am getting frustrated. I did exercise yesterday - but didn't the day before - but did on Monday. I have to get back to something EVERYDAY. I also have to get better about my food intake. Up until Halloween (blame it on the spooky day... I know... but REALLY) I was SO GOOD about my food. Even days when you would think I would be bad (Renn Fest, Wedding, birthdays at work, lunch meetings) I was still eating beautifully. Carefully chosing what I should eat, not over eating - snacking on fruit or vegetables when I was munchie - and it was working. NOW - for no apparent reason I will grab a box (or two, or three) of Junior Mints and eat them, JUST because they are there. Well - I also blame it on the fact that I am reading The Outlander series again. My weakness has always been eating while reading. I don't watch much TV - and I almost never eat when I do, but I have always liked to eat while I read.
Today my resolution is to eat nothing that is not in my lunch bag. I have oatmeal, "dried plums" grapes, cottage cheese, wheat thins, broccoli, V-8 and a PB&P sandwich. We are having grilled salmon and vegetables for dinner. That should be PLENTY of food for me! Maybe what I will do is if I get the urge to eat candy I will do sit ups instead - then I will have negative associations with candy... yeah.
Lazy Wednesday
So who is the official water winner?
I was terribly lazy yesterday when I got home from work. I had every intention of exercising--I even changed clothes, pulled my hair up, etc, but then I sat down to watch the news and pet Harry for a minute and woke up when Joe called to tell me he was on his way home. So maybe lazy isn't the right word...I really was tired all day yesterday. I should have kept moving.
Food yesterday was ok; I've done better, but it wasn't disasterous. Cottage cheese, pears, carrots, banana, fig newton, vegetable soup, cheese, wheat crackers, pretzels and meatballs for dinner. I did drink a lot of water and herbal tea. I find myself eating vegetable soup alot because I pretty much don't like vegetables any other way. The only raw vegetables I eat these days are carrots and lettuce.
I was terribly lazy yesterday when I got home from work. I had every intention of exercising--I even changed clothes, pulled my hair up, etc, but then I sat down to watch the news and pet Harry for a minute and woke up when Joe called to tell me he was on his way home. So maybe lazy isn't the right word...I really was tired all day yesterday. I should have kept moving.
Food yesterday was ok; I've done better, but it wasn't disasterous. Cottage cheese, pears, carrots, banana, fig newton, vegetable soup, cheese, wheat crackers, pretzels and meatballs for dinner. I did drink a lot of water and herbal tea. I find myself eating vegetable soup alot because I pretty much don't like vegetables any other way. The only raw vegetables I eat these days are carrots and lettuce.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Another weird week underway
I'm leaving town Thursday and until Monday I had company, so this week is a mess. School is all out of order for Mary and eating and exercise are all out of order for me! I didn't exercise yesterday and given that I barely sat down all day, except to nurse the baby (that's when I did the cruise research to determine it wasn't possible), I don't know when I *would* have exercised. Today is another challenge -- normally I would exercise between piano lessons and swim lessons, but now we've added pageant rehearsals to that slot (starting halfway in between, which is terrible) so I don't know what I can do. And it's pouring so I can't go outside for a walk during the pageant practice. So I'm hoping I can get to the DVD Sarah gave me but it's still a time problem!
Yesterday I had my usual breakfast, some breakfast casserole for lunch, and a very small piece of grilled chicken with a slice of sourdough French bread and margarine for dinner. My snacking was not so good -- I grazed on Halloween candy off and on during the day, and I had an orange creamsicle (or the Kroger generic thereof) after dinner, and I had chips and salsa before bed. I can't recall eating any fruit (except the last bite of Cecilia's applesauce) or vegetables (except the green peppers in the casserole). I had about seven points of water. I think I came in last for the water challenge! The sad thing is that my water was still an increase over previous weeks.
I'm not worried about overeating on Thanksgiving -- my in-laws make "dressing", which is all onions and wet, instead of the nice bready stuffing I like; their vegetables are usually creamed corn and southern-style green beans (which involves cooking them for several hours until they no longer contain any nutrients and they resemble flatfish, in shape and color); the gravy has eggs in it, so I can't bear it, but the mashed potatoes are too dry to eat without it. (And I know everyone else at the table absolutely loves the food, so it's just me being picky, and not actually bad food!) I do love the bread they fix. What I am more worried about regarding next week is eating well during the week -- I posted from my previous visit about how hard it was to come by whole grains -- and getting exercise (but Daniel has promised we'll go walking every day -- I'm going to go by myself if I must).
Oh, I will get some whole grains -- we've got two trips to the movies planned, and that means popcorn!
Yesterday I had my usual breakfast, some breakfast casserole for lunch, and a very small piece of grilled chicken with a slice of sourdough French bread and margarine for dinner. My snacking was not so good -- I grazed on Halloween candy off and on during the day, and I had an orange creamsicle (or the Kroger generic thereof) after dinner, and I had chips and salsa before bed. I can't recall eating any fruit (except the last bite of Cecilia's applesauce) or vegetables (except the green peppers in the casserole). I had about seven points of water. I think I came in last for the water challenge! The sad thing is that my water was still an increase over previous weeks.
I'm not worried about overeating on Thanksgiving -- my in-laws make "dressing", which is all onions and wet, instead of the nice bready stuffing I like; their vegetables are usually creamed corn and southern-style green beans (which involves cooking them for several hours until they no longer contain any nutrients and they resemble flatfish, in shape and color); the gravy has eggs in it, so I can't bear it, but the mashed potatoes are too dry to eat without it. (And I know everyone else at the table absolutely loves the food, so it's just me being picky, and not actually bad food!) I do love the bread they fix. What I am more worried about regarding next week is eating well during the week -- I posted from my previous visit about how hard it was to come by whole grains -- and getting exercise (but Daniel has promised we'll go walking every day -- I'm going to go by myself if I must).
Oh, I will get some whole grains -- we've got two trips to the movies planned, and that means popcorn!
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
148.8 today! If I could keep losing 0.4lbs a day, I'd be SO happy!
I did end up with 128oz yesterday. Perhaps more, because I have a water bottle next to my bed and it was mostly empty this morning (it was full last night--I've been REALLY parched at night recently), but I don't know if that counts as yesterday or today.
Time to teach. Bye!
I did end up with 128oz yesterday. Perhaps more, because I have a water bottle next to my bed and it was mostly empty this morning (it was full last night--I've been REALLY parched at night recently), but I don't know if that counts as yesterday or today.
Time to teach. Bye!
Tuesday update: water--100 ounces. I think Katie wins this challenge.
Food: cereal for breakfast, almonds for snack, yogurt, pretzles, and an apple for lunch, string cheese for snack, fried rice for dinner, a few Smarties and Skittles in the evening. WHY can't I bring myself to throw them out? I realize the fried rice ain't exactly health food, but it was a homemade version and I used the smallest amount of oil possible and not nearly enough soy sauce (about a teaspoon and a half total, and I made about three servings so it tasted bland), and I made it vegetarian. I should have put more vegetables in it, but I was trying to cook quickly and didn't want to dig through the basement freezer for veggies so I just used the peas and corn that were in the upstairs freezer.
Exercise: nothing, but I planned it that way. I had (ewwww) cervical polyps removed yesterday and just thought that doing anything involving situps would be a bad idea. As it turned out, by the evening I felt fine and though I might do a pilates video, but Connor had other plans and stayed up late, plus I was madly cleaning house so by the time I had everything finished it was 11:30. So I drank more water and went to bed. This morning I was 146.4, so I think eating fried food and not exercising agrees with me!
Julie, I think the thought of ramen noodles with American cheese has put me off food for the entire day. Yuck! And it sounds like a heart attack waiting to happen. If it makes you feel any better about Thanksgiving, at Brian's family's house they deep fry their turkey (which is really good, but I'm sure it adds a lot of calories!) and make nothing but creamed vegetables. The good side, though, is that I can't stand the stuffing they make and I don't like creamed vegetables, so I always leave thanksgiving dinner still hungry. Now if we end up at mom's, I'm in trouble (especially if Amy makes that cream-laden, pecan crusted sweet potato thing). But we still don't know what we're doing. I brought it up once with Brian and I don't think he's called his family yet.
Food: cereal for breakfast, almonds for snack, yogurt, pretzles, and an apple for lunch, string cheese for snack, fried rice for dinner, a few Smarties and Skittles in the evening. WHY can't I bring myself to throw them out? I realize the fried rice ain't exactly health food, but it was a homemade version and I used the smallest amount of oil possible and not nearly enough soy sauce (about a teaspoon and a half total, and I made about three servings so it tasted bland), and I made it vegetarian. I should have put more vegetables in it, but I was trying to cook quickly and didn't want to dig through the basement freezer for veggies so I just used the peas and corn that were in the upstairs freezer.
Exercise: nothing, but I planned it that way. I had (ewwww) cervical polyps removed yesterday and just thought that doing anything involving situps would be a bad idea. As it turned out, by the evening I felt fine and though I might do a pilates video, but Connor had other plans and stayed up late, plus I was madly cleaning house so by the time I had everything finished it was 11:30. So I drank more water and went to bed. This morning I was 146.4, so I think eating fried food and not exercising agrees with me!
Julie, I think the thought of ramen noodles with American cheese has put me off food for the entire day. Yuck! And it sounds like a heart attack waiting to happen. If it makes you feel any better about Thanksgiving, at Brian's family's house they deep fry their turkey (which is really good, but I'm sure it adds a lot of calories!) and make nothing but creamed vegetables. The good side, though, is that I can't stand the stuffing they make and I don't like creamed vegetables, so I always leave thanksgiving dinner still hungry. Now if we end up at mom's, I'm in trouble (especially if Amy makes that cream-laden, pecan crusted sweet potato thing). But we still don't know what we're doing. I brought it up once with Brian and I don't think he's called his family yet.
Better today
I knew I was carrying water weight--down to 165 this morning. Still up from last week, but not as awful as yesterday was. My line on the chart looks like a bouncing ball. Gotta stop that.
I lost on the water challenge. I am going to keep trying though. I'll volunteer the prize this time unless someone really wants to collect $2 from everyone. It goes through today? Or were we done with it yesterday?
Thanksgiving is going to be a challenge for me. I have to come up with a game plan now. I generally overeat at Joe's mom because there is a lack of anything else to do. It's not like there is even good conversation--seriously--it's Travis and Michelle. Some of you understand completely what I am inferring and the rest of you just be thankful that you do not understand. Plus Joe's mother is like that lady on the food channel that cooks with 10 lbs of butter in everything. Looking at her weight it isn't a secret why she is so obese. She told us once she eats ramen noodles with 2 slices of american cheese melted in them for a snack most nights. Bleah!! Joe told me she is talking with her doctors about that stomach surgery to lose weight.
Food yesterday was: cottage cheese & pears, half an orange (wasn't very good), tuna fish on wheat, carrots, chips ahoy crisps, veggie fajitas (no rice last night), and wheat crackers and low fat cheese.
I didn't exercise yesterday, and I forgot to post that I did exercise Monday--a DVD and 15 minutes on the stair climber. Last night I wasn't feeling too good so I just took it easy. I plan to do the pilates dvd tonight. Can anyone recommend a pilates DVD that targets the lower body? The Pilates for Dummies only has a few exercises focusing on the lower body and I think they are incredibly effective so I want to find a DVD that spends a little more time on that area.
I lost on the water challenge. I am going to keep trying though. I'll volunteer the prize this time unless someone really wants to collect $2 from everyone. It goes through today? Or were we done with it yesterday?
Thanksgiving is going to be a challenge for me. I have to come up with a game plan now. I generally overeat at Joe's mom because there is a lack of anything else to do. It's not like there is even good conversation--seriously--it's Travis and Michelle. Some of you understand completely what I am inferring and the rest of you just be thankful that you do not understand. Plus Joe's mother is like that lady on the food channel that cooks with 10 lbs of butter in everything. Looking at her weight it isn't a secret why she is so obese. She told us once she eats ramen noodles with 2 slices of american cheese melted in them for a snack most nights. Bleah!! Joe told me she is talking with her doctors about that stomach surgery to lose weight.
Food yesterday was: cottage cheese & pears, half an orange (wasn't very good), tuna fish on wheat, carrots, chips ahoy crisps, veggie fajitas (no rice last night), and wheat crackers and low fat cheese.
I didn't exercise yesterday, and I forgot to post that I did exercise Monday--a DVD and 15 minutes on the stair climber. Last night I wasn't feeling too good so I just took it easy. I plan to do the pilates dvd tonight. Can anyone recommend a pilates DVD that targets the lower body? The Pilates for Dummies only has a few exercises focusing on the lower body and I think they are incredibly effective so I want to find a DVD that spends a little more time on that area.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Not as good as I'd like
I was 149.2 this morning. Down from yesterday (yaye!) but not as low as I have been in the past. I'm kicking butt on this water challenge, though. Yesterday I had 128oz of water (and cran water) for a total of 16 points. Today so far I have had four bottles of water and two bathroom cups full, so I'm at 96oz. I'll probably drink another bottle before bed, and another bathroom cup, so I would say I'm probably going to have 128oz again today. Are we ending the challenge tomorrow (meaning today is the last day it counts) or are we going to keep it going? Amy and I were also talking about each of us chipping in $2 instead of just $1, which would give us a nice $10 present. Maybe a Target gift card?
I did pilates today when I got home from school. My hips hurt when I do the side kicks, but other than that I'm really getting to like this particular DVD. Amy and I were both saying that we need to get back into the swing of things with the exercise, so we're probably going to go back to our original videos. The Jenny Craig "Move and Lose" and "Tube and Tone." Back in the day when we were alternating back and forth between them we were working out at least five days a week, and I think that made a huge difference. Recently we've been really slacking, and our weight has leveled out. *sigh* But we do have to keep telling ourselves that we're doing better than we were three months ago! Like Amy said, we're making a LIFESTYLE change. These have to be changes we're comfortable sticking with even long after we've reached our goals and given up the blog. Although the blog is fun, so we should keep it up anyway!
On a non-weight-loss-related subject...when I got home today there was a stack of catalogues in our front door from the mailman labeled "MAILBOX FULL! PLEASE HELP!!!" oopps. So, in debating what to do for our mailman (who is really nice, btw), we thought we'd give him a box of Girl Scout cookies. Nice thing to do AND contributes to getting rid of our overabundant stash. Is that a kosher thing to do? Are they allowed to accept gifts (esp. in the form of food?) or does that somehow count as mail fraud or tampering or something? What do you think?
I did pilates today when I got home from school. My hips hurt when I do the side kicks, but other than that I'm really getting to like this particular DVD. Amy and I were both saying that we need to get back into the swing of things with the exercise, so we're probably going to go back to our original videos. The Jenny Craig "Move and Lose" and "Tube and Tone." Back in the day when we were alternating back and forth between them we were working out at least five days a week, and I think that made a huge difference. Recently we've been really slacking, and our weight has leveled out. *sigh* But we do have to keep telling ourselves that we're doing better than we were three months ago! Like Amy said, we're making a LIFESTYLE change. These have to be changes we're comfortable sticking with even long after we've reached our goals and given up the blog. Although the blog is fun, so we should keep it up anyway!
On a non-weight-loss-related subject...when I got home today there was a stack of catalogues in our front door from the mailman labeled "MAILBOX FULL! PLEASE HELP!!!" oopps. So, in debating what to do for our mailman (who is really nice, btw), we thought we'd give him a box of Girl Scout cookies. Nice thing to do AND contributes to getting rid of our overabundant stash. Is that a kosher thing to do? Are they allowed to accept gifts (esp. in the form of food?) or does that somehow count as mail fraud or tampering or something? What do you think?
I'm back!
I just spent quite a while reading everyone's posts since I hadn't checked the blog since I left town. I am among the worst in the groups for progress, if not THE worst. I was still at 148 this morning. But I was relieved it wasn't worse because I was at Emily's through Monday, and I kept hitting the French toast casserole and her Halloween candy! I'll try harder.
Holding Steady
OK - You should all keep a chart... It is interesting to look at the overall affect of our work. I KNOW right now we all feel like we have stopped losing. And, for the most part I KNOW I have reached a flat point. BUT if you look at the weekly chart of all of our losses we all ARE going down. Maybe more slowly than we might like - but it is still a trend downward - Which is WAY better than the upward trend we were all doing before. Granted, we all hit a low point and are mostly UP from that low point now (except Emily - Darn her! Emily, do you know you have lost 19 pounds so far???) but we will get there again.
Repeat after me: I am changing the way I look at food, eating and healthy living. I am changing for the better and weight loss is just a nice little added bonus!
This moring I was 205.8. Well - it was weird - I was 206 even, but I wasn't feeling that heavy (silly I know...) I said to myself I FEEL more like 205.8. So - I stepped back on the scale (not even 5 minutes later) and it WAS 205.8. So that is the number I am going with. 8-) So this is not my low point - but still .6 down from the week before.
Ok though. I am still shooting for 5 pounds a month (the 6th of the month being the counting point). So far this month I have lost a grand total of -.8. Yeah - I am UP from my point on 11/6. That means I have JUST THREE WEEKS to figure out how to get out of this slump and start on the downhill again.
I have THREE MONTHS to get myself into a bathing suit. Oh? Did I mention that I will be going on a scrapbooking cruise in March? Hee hee.
So - someone else needs to come up with a challenge. I came up with the exercise one (which I didn't participate in) and the water one. Someone else come up with something...
Repeat after me: I am changing the way I look at food, eating and healthy living. I am changing for the better and weight loss is just a nice little added bonus!
This moring I was 205.8. Well - it was weird - I was 206 even, but I wasn't feeling that heavy (silly I know...) I said to myself I FEEL more like 205.8. So - I stepped back on the scale (not even 5 minutes later) and it WAS 205.8. So that is the number I am going with. 8-) So this is not my low point - but still .6 down from the week before.
Ok though. I am still shooting for 5 pounds a month (the 6th of the month being the counting point). So far this month I have lost a grand total of -.8. Yeah - I am UP from my point on 11/6. That means I have JUST THREE WEEKS to figure out how to get out of this slump and start on the downhill again.
I have THREE MONTHS to get myself into a bathing suit. Oh? Did I mention that I will be going on a scrapbooking cruise in March? Hee hee.
So - someone else needs to come up with a challenge. I came up with the exercise one (which I didn't participate in) and the water one. Someone else come up with something...
So can I claim credit for even more weight lost?
If I gained two pounds this weekend then I must have lost four since last week, because I was at 154.5 this morning! I definitely can't explain that, given that I also ate ten pounds of bacon this Sunday (which is very impressive -- how did Sarah and I eat 20 pounds of it when I only cooked two and a half?). I didn't exercise yesterday, either -- Daniel was stressed about work so he didn't want to go to the gym, and I was in a rotten mood so I didn't make myself exercise (which is stupid -- if I would exercise, I wouldn't be in such a rotten mood). So I haven't exercised since about last Wednesday, although on Saturday and Sunday I barely sat down. Friday, too, come to think of it.
Yesterday I had my usual breakfast (I very much needed ordinary cereal yesterday, after Sunday's food), and then for lunch I had some of the sausage, egg, and green pepper casserole. For dinner I had leftover beef stew and for dessert I had a half slice of French Toast casserole (the good one with the nuts). I had snacks during the day of almonds and string cheese, and I also snacked on some of the Halloween candy, two marshmallows, several of those chocolate animal crackers Mom and Dad left behind, and a lump of brown sugar (see, I told you I was in a rotten mood -- I was scrounging!). So I have no excuse for having lost two pounds.
I've also fallen off the wagon on the water challenge. On the second and third days I drank about three bottles and enough miscellaneous to count another half bottle, for seven points each day. Since then I haven't been keeping track, but it's been a lot less.
Today I'm trying to get back on the wagon. I'm still not doing well on the candy front -- we stopped by Daniel's office this morning and he handed me a half Kit-Kat, and, hey, I'm not made of stone -- but I'm going to drink water and eat better and exercise. Really. Somehow.
Yesterday I had my usual breakfast (I very much needed ordinary cereal yesterday, after Sunday's food), and then for lunch I had some of the sausage, egg, and green pepper casserole. For dinner I had leftover beef stew and for dessert I had a half slice of French Toast casserole (the good one with the nuts). I had snacks during the day of almonds and string cheese, and I also snacked on some of the Halloween candy, two marshmallows, several of those chocolate animal crackers Mom and Dad left behind, and a lump of brown sugar (see, I told you I was in a rotten mood -- I was scrounging!). So I have no excuse for having lost two pounds.
I've also fallen off the wagon on the water challenge. On the second and third days I drank about three bottles and enough miscellaneous to count another half bottle, for seven points each day. Since then I haven't been keeping track, but it's been a lot less.
Today I'm trying to get back on the wagon. I'm still not doing well on the candy front -- we stopped by Daniel's office this morning and he handed me a half Kit-Kat, and, hey, I'm not made of stone -- but I'm going to drink water and eat better and exercise. Really. Somehow.
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