Everything Eaten Yesterday

B: grapefruit, coffee toast
snack: More coffee, croissant
L: the rest of yesterday's tuna/celery salad, piece of Birthday cake.
D: Chicken thigh salad, big glass of wine.

175/184.5/-15.6
BTW: I am an idiot.
I am counting down the days until I hit 170 which I want to be 4/14/2009. That 80 days from now, not whatever I have been publishing.

Whole thing:
Been doing this writing down thing for 175 days.
Present weight: 184.5
Losses by writing down: -15.6
Start weight 256
Total down: 71.5
Speed during first five mile race average 11:30 per mile
Present pace 9-9:15 per mile.
Days to reach 170 80

Joe(Jeez. What a maroon!)Nation

Edemame beans and an apple with coffee

l-hot dog + bag of baked lays
s- clementines toast, and ice cream ( Amys) with peanut butter cookie in it.
Oh ......man.

d-more edemame , 2 apples, and a clementine

only cleaning done yesterday, minimal hooping less than an hour

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 Instant Oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Dr. McDougall's Vegan Curry, 1 serving
Sensible Foods Soy Nuts, 1 serving

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Slow Cooker Jambalaya, 1 serving
Guacamole, 1 serving
Brown Rice, medium grain, 0.5 cup

Snack: Fruit Salad, 1 cup
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Key Lime, 6 oz
Apples, fresh, 1 medium

CALORIES 1766 CARBS 276 g FAT 36 g PROTEIN 73 g Sodium 2147 mg

i made homemade chili with 4 types of beans, 7% ground beef (i stole it godamnit, i broke my resolution already WTFS my problem? well nom money obviously...)
tomota past tomato sauce, garlic chili powder habnero sauce, tapatio, spices etc..

hamburgers with garlic, habnero sauce chili powder a lil bit of ^these^
season all
salt pepper
2 ranch packets
jalepenos

bacon
tomatoe
lettuce
onion


colby jack
kraft cheese

but i made two grilleed cheese sandwiches and used them as the buns


it was the best bacon ranch cheeseburger ive ever had.(well grilled cheese buns for me heh not them) i know it sounds sorta gross but omg, 7% fat makes a huge difference in texture and flavor.

my dad and my uncle were like did "dad/uncle make these?"

i was like naw ..me and they were like wow these are hella good..

this morning:

2 peices of toast

some green tea with lime lemon orange zest
honey , ginseng and mint.


oh my god

I cannot be left alone with cheeses of any kind.

B:Cheese omelette coffee grapefruit
L: More cheese on a turkey sandwich, Diet Coke
D: Red Hot Pepper Chicken Soup (that I just made up as I went along) Broth, tomato paste, mushrooms, some onion, garlic, the last of the green beans-chopped up-, um, chicken breast already cooked and a big sprinkle of crushed chili peppers. Simmered for about an hour. Threw in a handful of Lo Mien Noodles - they cook in three minutes. Had some wine while waiting. AND SOME MORE CHEESE AND PRETZELS.
Another glass with the meal.
177/187./-12.1 79 days to reach 170.

Joe(Cheese-it on the the cheese.)Nation

Cheese is a gift from satan.

b-grilled cheese sandwich / tater tots. a bad cheap breakfast because I did no grocery shopping the night before. Had next to no food. Felt nasty all afternoon.

l-eggplant pizza.
1 eggplant cut into long slices. A little bit of olive oil rubbed onto the tops of the slices, a generous amount of italian herbs sprinkled on top and baked for about 25 minutes. Then add just a little cheese to it and let it melt onto the eggplant.
Ugh. good good good good. Ate a whole eggplant that way

s- one apple

d-squash and beet soup 2 small bags of carrots.

tequilla............uuugh....tequillllllllla

I haven't been posting my food happenings here, but there have been some. SheMama's little sentence struck a chord.

I've changed a lot about the way I eat over the last 4 -6 months. Two of the results, my tolerance for large meals has shrunk (har har har, I crack me up) and I can't handle deep fried foods well.

Yesterday there was a noon lunch event at a big Chinese buffet place - almost every single item on the miles of hot tables was deep fried. Trying to put together something healthy was tricky, and I was not successful.

oh yeah. I urped and rumbled all afternoon.

Later in the day, I was meeting Set and the hamburgers to go to dinner and the Theatre. I drove downtown, had a fancy roasted veggie (snow peas/mushroom/asparagus/sweet potato) appetizer for my meal, then made Set walk to the theatre and back with me, while the hamburgers cabbed it.

Ginger ale with my veggies finally made the urps stop, but, man, my stomach told me that I've really been making some changes. The pants that tried to fall off last Saturday gave another clue.

I have noticed the same thing lately.

I remember, this time last year, I had dizzy spells, confusion, fluttering in my chest.. you name it.

I have had none of those things for a long time. I sleep well and as I should , I crave water all through out the day like I used to crave sugar.
When I think about what to eat, my mind goes to green stuff.. or.. what new foods to buy in the produce section. Great example , that beet soup mix. Normally I would have never thought to even consider a root veggie or squash before. Soup was always meat and potatoes with tons of salt. Not anymore.

i was sick a couple of days ago and spent only one day laying down and I have to say I felt worse. I cant sit still anymore. walking everywhere is just what -I do- now instead of hopping in the car.

And it feels almost effortless because if I dont do these things, I feel like crap. I dont think about it.. it is just what I do.


( I have jeans on the floor next to yours too. Got tired of roping them up with a belt. Just bought new ones. ) High five lady

yesterday, day 175 - weight steady (154)

2 coffees, splashes 2% milk

2 scrambled eggs with 2 chopped olives/1 chopped dried tomato - wrapped in 1 warm 8" flour tortilla

1 O. Presidency cookie

2 glasses pellegrino/ice/lime

2 fat bowls of soup that involved some packets of leftover baked farfalle with 3 cheeses, a can of diced tomatoes with jalapeno, water, chicken broth, a bunch of swiss chard stems chopped, a bunch of swiss chard leaves chopped, fat tablespoon previously made basil parsley pesto, last minute addition of previously cooked chicken breast. Lots leftover.

1 rum/ice/pumpkin soy milk

another O. P. fruit cookie

5

those poor pants. I couldn't wear them for about 2 years because I was too big, then I was happy for about 5 minutes because they 'fit', then I cursed at them the rest of the day as I had to keep hitching them up, hitch hitch hitch hitch, then my skivvies started to slide with them ... I was pretty grumpy/happy by the time I got home.

I like it when the bod changes to actually preferring good-for-you food. That's what happened to me with sugar, I stopped craving it. I do eat some sugar - there's some in canned tomatoes, I put a little in my coffee if I don't add milk instead, I get some via alcohol, put some in cookies - which I don't make often - though nowhere near what recipes call for, and there was some in that pumpkin panna cotta I made. But mostly I lost my oldie sweet tooth about twenty years ago, in Italy. I call it the italy cure.

And I've lost a lot of my enthusiasm for "greasy" food. On the other hand, I still have the Potato Chip gene, which I am trying to stop feeding. I've improved on salt over the years, mostly getting it from when I add some packaged product (or cheese) although I look for low salt in those. I use a lot more pepper instead. Oh, except for f/g salt and pepper potato chips, which I am not allowed any more of this year...

But anyway, I find the changes in taste preferences to be real and lasting...

Adding, my sodium levels are dandy...

I know about the hitch, hitch, hitch, although I've been living at size 18 for a while. I had been 22 for a few months, maybe 6 months ago, before that bigger and when I had started I was a 26 up top and 28 below. I have some 16s and 14s, not quite there yet. Maybe March?

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Fish Oil Capsule
sensible foods apple harvest, 1 serving
sensible foods cherry berry, 1 serving

Lunch: Mixed Vegetables, 6 oz
White Rice, medium grain, 1 cup
Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces
Chutney, 1 tbsp

Dinner: Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Slow Cooker Jambalaya, 1 serving
Guacamole, 1 serving
Brown Rice, medium grain, 0.5 cup

Snack: Stonyfield Farm Fat Free chocolate, 6 oz
Fruit Salad, 1 cup
1 Pear

CALORIES 1759 CARBS 296 g FAT 22 g PROTEIN Sodium 1610 mg

Hey.
Joe did not beat me here this morning.
We generally post the same time every morning.
Wake up lazy bumm!

B- steel cut oats with a little butter
l-fake crab meat with 2 tablespoons of miracle whip +1 piece of toast. (comfort food)

s- book club day. 5 donut holes... or was that 10? .. No.. maybe 8... or 3?
A couple small slices of salami ( small meaning smaller then 1.2 my hand and very thin) 4 crackers a handful of baby tomatoes and a whole lot of water.

d-the remainder of my beet soup and some bean + cabbage soup I made.. which turned out .. eh.. pretty damn bad.


No real exercise to speak of. General housecleaning, a few minutes of hooping. I got some of the girls from the book club excited about it so we will meet today and hoop some where. Pretty lazy day yesterday. Quite nice actually.

And.
Wait for it.. here comes my big grin smilie ->

My scale reads 205.
205!!! I can not TELL YOU the last time I was that weight.
I was looking at myself in the mirror and my hour glass shape has come back. I look like one of those pin up girls. Broad shoulders, narrow waist, round butt... long legs.. I look like a WOMAN.
Where did this come from??!!

One of the ladies in the book club has not seen me in months.. she was.. shocked.. and eyeballing me like crazy. Even some of the others who have seen me.. at least in the last month or so.. say they see a difference now too.
Oh.. I feel good this morning Its a great f-n day.

Went to a lovely party last. Ate but, well, here's the list:

B:grapefruit, coffee, toast
L: Chicken sandwich, coffee, apple-bran muffin
S: small coffee
D: Hot Peppers stuffed with some kind of ham
Shrimp, mushrooms, little cheese balls.
Martini, dirty.
Orange Chicken w/Rice Salad
(3 kinds of brown rice and cranberries)
Asparagus,
1/2 Martini
and two cupcakes.

I feel lucky to have escaped. No, I really felt pretty controlled which is not like me, or is like me now.

I took several guests home( we were in New Jersey) driving them into the city, dropping the last at 78th and Lex. I took the car back and walked about a mile in the really frigid air. So cold. Got home at about 1:30AM. Slept like a rock.

178/187.5/-12.6 78 days to 170.
Joe(get tough, get serene)Nation

shewolf -- isn't it amazing when the figure suddenly snaps back?

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Jif Creamy Peanut Butter, reduced fat, 1 tbsp
Cheerios Cereal, 1 cup
Mixed fruit, 0.5 cup
Bread, whole wheat, 2 slices
Jam, 1 tbsp

Lunch: Feta Cheese, 0.5 oz
Sour Cream, 1 tbsp
Mixed Vegetables, 8 oz
Bread, pita, white, 0.5 pita, large (6-1/2" dia)
Vegetables, Mixed Salad Greens, 0.5 serving

Dinner: Couscous, 1 cup
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c

Snack: Fruit Salad, 1 cup
Stonyfield Farm Fat Free Key Lime, 6 oz

CALORIES 1591 CARBS 294 g FAT 25 g PROTEIN 64 g Sodium 1623 mg

Revel in it!

2 cups of cappuccino
cinnamon crunch bagel

gatorade

leftover beef bourguignon & 2 slices of oatnut bread
bottle of cream soda

dinner @ the 99 (we had a gift certificate)
12-ounce NY sirloin
corn
garlic mashed potatoes

cafe mocha

24/173.2/+0.2