Everything Eaten Yesterday

Friday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: leftover chicken barley chili, carrots
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, grapes
E: 30 min elliptical, 35 min bike, weights
D: 1/4 rotisserie chicken, cabbage
S: ff cottage cheese

day 265/165/-7.6

My purpose this week, or I suppose, for today is to not sabotage myself which I seem to be doing in a variety of clever and not so clever ways.
B: normal
S: Coffee and bran muffin
L: omelette and English muffin, side of bacon, coffee
E: ran 4.2 miles
D: Hamburger and tomatoes, glass of wine.

275/181.1/

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Fish Oil Capsule
2 Instant Oatmeal packets

Lunch: Vegetables, Mixed Salad Greens, 2 servings
Tuna Salad, 3 oz
Hummus, 2 tbsp
Fruit Salad, 1 cup
Scrambled Egg, 0.25 cup
Vinaigrette, 2 tbsp

Dinner: Vegetables, Mixed Salad Greens, 1.5 servings
Atlantic Salmon (fish), 1 oz
Hummus, 2 tbsp
Mixed Vegetables, 2 c
Bread crumbs, dry, grated, seasoned, 0.5 oz
Yams, 1 oz
Vegetable Oil, 1.5 tbsp

Snack: Apples, fresh, 1 medium
Fiber One Oats and Chocolate Chewy Bar, 1 bar

CALORIES 1602 CARBS 233 g FAT 57 g PROTEIN 62 g Sodium 1716 mg

Ugh, this was Bar Mitzvah eating for both lunch and dinner. Had so little protein. I did hit goals (and was a tad low on calories) but it was easy to get too many carbs (in range but I'm not happy with the proportions) and fat. Oil everywhere! Oof.

Did dance for about 15 minutes, all told. Apparently that torched about 133 calories.

Saturday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana
E: walked an hour
L: ff cottage cheese, hi-fiber lo-fat bagel w/sf jam, dates
D: brown rice sushi (tuna), blackberries
S: air popped popcorn

day 266/165/-7.6

Just a little sabotage in the form of a plate of linguine and clam sauce.
Also ran 6.2 miles.
In the rain.

276/181.6/-18.5

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 Instant Oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Onions, 1 cup, chopped
Green Peppers, 1 cup
Beans, black, 0.75 cup
White Rice, medium grain, 0.75 cup
Guacamole, 2 tbsp
Chicken Breast, no skin, 4 ounces

Dinner: Thai, Panang Curry, chicken, 4 oz chicken breast, 1 serving
White Rice, short grain, 1 cup

Snack: Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)
Skim Milk, 1 cup 90 13 0 8

CALORIES 1828 CARBS 245 g FAT 50 g PROTEIN 102 g Sodium 1547 mg

Starting Weight: 346 lbs.
Current Weight: 199.2 lbs. <--- Thank you all for your most excellent support!!!
Difference From Last Week: down 2.2 lbs.
Overall Difference: down 146.8 lbs.

Jespah girl, you done great.

Fantastic.

Wonderful, Jes, wonderful.



Yesterday -
two coffees, 1 tsp sugar total

quesadilla (two eight inch tortillas, two slices capocolla, mix of monterey jack and cheddar cheese, two sliced black olives, tablespoon chopped mild jalapeno peppers) heated in nonstick pan.

gerolsteiner water x 2
dilute lemonade

penne with sauce involving canned whole tomatoes and juice, a medium onion chopped and roasted, roasted yellow bell pepper, 1 fat roasted garlic clove, 1 sliced porcini mushroom, 1/4 cup of cabernet wine, basil leaves, dried oregano, pepper) - lots left over

glass/red wine

Woo-hoo jes! Welcome to Onederland!

Sunday
B: banana
E: walked 1:20
L: shredded wheat, skim milk, ff cottage cheese
D: bulgur & veggies, cabbage
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn

I had no A/C this weekend. It's amazing how heat & humidity can take away my appetite. Perhaps I should turn it off now and then? No, I don't think so.

day 267/165/-7.6

Thank you all. I sat here at the PC this morning and just sobbed.

What the hell am I gonna do in 55 or so lbs. when I hit goal?

When I'd lost 100, I went to NYC for a long weekend. (And met ehBeth, Boida, and other interesting folks.)

My upcoming Italy trip is really my reward for turning 50, but it will double as either I-made-it-to-goal or I'm-damn-close-to-goal reward.

I've been talking about getting my ears pierced when I get to goal. Something which requires the purchase of new jewelry seems like a great idea.

Emotionally, I plan to be a basket case. Visualizing that day is a great motivator for me.

Works for me.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: Fruit Salad, 0.5 cup
Whole Wheat Tortilla
Cottage ch and veg omelet, 1 serving

Lunch: White Rice, short grain, 1 cup
Thai, Panang Curry, chicken, 4 oz chicken breast, 0.5 serving

Dinner: Baked Potato, with skin, 1 large
Mixed Vegetables, 1 c
4 oz skinless fried chicken
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad

Snack: Blueberries, fresh, 0.25 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1778 CARBS 281 g FAT 48 g PROTEIN 107 g Sodium 2250 mg

sabotage proving hard to ignore

want to have a nice jespah inspired week.
B: normal
S: last snack at Starbucks this month Muffin/coffee
L: chef lunch diet coke/ bagel
D: steamed shrimp/ bread fruit
277/183.9/ linguine!

Monday
B: shredded wheat, skim milk, banana, hb egg white
L: baked catfish, carrots, zucchini
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn
E: 30 min elliptical, 35 min bike, weights
D: brown rice, cabbage
S: ff cottage cheese

day 268/165/-7.6

Eek, it's the "I-word" again!

Your dinner sounds verra yummy.

t'WAS.
t'WAS also the cause of about a three pound soar!
B: coffee toast grapefruit
L: Fruit and a bagel, diet coke
D: hamburger w/onions, Sprite, cookie
278/184./ that's three days of up. what Weight Commander derides as a trend reversal.
No more bagels or cookies until 170 appears.

Rained here now for four days straight and it's still below 50F this morning. (c'mon, warming!)

Ah well -- shrimp is good, fruit is good, bread okay in moderation, you know the drill.

Yesterday:
Breakfast: 2 Instant Oatmeal packets
Fish Oil Capsule

Lunch: Jespah's Bean Soup (slow cooker), 0.75 serving
Sensible Foods Soy Nuts, 1 serving

Dinner: Rice Cakes, 2 cakes
Guacamole, 1 serving
Skim Milk, 1 cup
14 oz mixed greens salad
Slow Cooker Penicillen, 1 serving
Low Sodium Matzoh Balls, 1 serving

Snack: Apples, fresh, 1 medium
Fruit Salad, 1 1/4 cup
Yogurt, Stonyfield Farm fat free plain (6 oz)

CALORIES 1342 CARBS 193 g FAT 35 g PROTEIN 61 g Sodium 1390 mg

Calories and carbs were low, a change from the last weekend carb blowout.

Probably reflect on the theme "What in tarnation was I thinking, when I let my weight build up so high?"

This is not intended as a criticism, I've done it too.

Tuesday
B: hi-fiber English muffin, skim milk, banana
L: leftover bulgur & veggies
S: mini bag of 94% ff popcorn, grapes
E: walked 50 min
D: rotisserie chicken 1/4, broccoli
S: ff cottage cheese

day 269/163/-9.6

Thanks, jes, I know the drill and you know the drill too.
Re: your 'sobbed at the PC" remark. May I offer a running analogy?

Right now, if I have the ratios right, you are at the 20 mile mark of a 26.3 marathon.

Some people, surrounded by the thousands of others, float along to the finish.
Some people at this point grit their teeth and while arguing with their right knee, stop.

You, I think, will grit your teeth a little and bear down a little more so you finish strong.

Joe(go go)Nation