Food Journal 2/27/09

This weigh in was pretty depressing; I lost less than a pound since last week. That is definitely not in my game plan. I really tried to stay on track today and for my Chinese I ordered boiled white rice (they didn't have brown) and broccoli in garlic sauce (a healthy veg option), but I did splurge on scallion pancakes. I love those things! The veggie roll I got wasn't good, too salty or something, so that was off my plate in a matter of moments. I guess looking back on it, it wasn't an entire disaster. We had a coworkers birthday to celebrate also, hence the chocolate cream pie. I also was too full to eat dinner after my big lunch, so I guess I saved some calories there. Off to a better day tomorrow!

Weight: 171.7 (down .2)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K Blueberry cereal
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack
- apple

Lunch
- 1/2 c. white rice
- 3/4 c. broccoli w/ garlic sauce
- 5 scallion pancakes (whoopsie!)
- 2 bites vegetarian roll (didn't like it)

Snack
- 2 small bites chocolate cream pie

Dinner:
- none, was still too full from lunch

Snack
- 1/2 c. pink grapefruit segments

Exercise:
- 30 Day Shred w/ Jillian

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/26/09

Another boring day, boring work, boring homework...I'm so freakin' bored! My weight sucks; I went up SOME MORE even though I thought I ate pretty good yesterday. I'm really trying today, so if I don't see a loss tomorrow, and you don't see a post from me...send someone! (lol)
Tomorrow at work, we're getting Chinese food and I'm really trying to talk myself out of the normally vegetarian, yet greasy, food I normally order and more into something like steamed shrimp with veggies. Ok, and maybe just one little indulgence like a veggie spring roll or some scallion pancakes...*drool*...I haven't had Chinese in so long, it's nearly bound to be a disaster. So wish me luck and knock on wood and all that, I just need to have the discipline to avoid all the junk and get something healthy.

Weight: 171.9 (up .3, aaarrrgghh!! I'm so aggravated...)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K Blueberry cereal
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack
- 2 bite size Hershey dark chocolates

Lunch
- Lipton Cup 'o Soup, Spring Vegetable
- 15 reduced fat wheat thins

Snack
- 0% Chobani greek yogurt, strawberry
- 1 peanut butter cracker

Dinner:
- 3 c. mixed greens salad (spinach, romaine, tomato, cucumber, mushrooms, red pepper, 2 t. lite croutons, carrots, 1 t. oil, 2 t. vinegar, parsley)
- 1 small serving Alli recipe Chili Mac
- 1 c. broccoli and cauliflower w/ a dab of brummel & brown

Snack
- 3/4 c. fat free, sugar free butterscotch pudding

Exercise:
- 30 minutes The Firm Cardio Dance Fusion

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Happy Humpday!

Sorry about the lack of pictures lately, I've been thrown a bit off kilter with my BF being home. As you can see I didn't exercise for the past two days! Bad, bad, bad...but I'm back on track today. I had also eaten out for three meals the past two days; honestly, I don't know what got into me, but my dismal weigh-in this morning really hit me like a slap across the face. I have to get my act together!

Weight: 171.6 (up 1.5!!!!)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K Red Berries cereal
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack
- apple

Lunch
- egg salad sandwich (1 egg, 1 t. light mayo, 1/2 t. mustard, s & p, lettuce and pickle on a light wheat bun)
- small handful pretzel sticks
- Chobani 0% greek yogurt, peach

Snack
- a few pretzels
- 100 calorie pack Daisy Go Rounds girl scout cookies

Dinner:
- 1 serving Alli recipe Tuna Casserole
- 3 c. mixed greens salad (spinach, romaine, plum tomato, cucumber, carrot, mushrooms, light croutons, 1/2 hard boiled egg, oil & vinegar)
- 1/2 c. corn

Snack
- 4 Thin Mint cookies

Exercise:
- 35 minutes No More Trouble Zones with Jillian

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/24/09

Weight: 170.1 (down .8) I didn't quite make my 160's goal.

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K Red Berries cereal
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack
- 6 oz. 0% Chobani greek yogurt, strawberry

Lunch
- 1/2 of a roasted vegetable & goat cheese panini
- 1 small container potato salad (seemed to be mayo free)
- 1 pickle spear

Snack
- other 1/2 of roasted vegetable & goat cheese panini

Dinner:
- bowl of cream of corn soup
- 1/2 plate salad (mixed greens, cucumber, onion, green pepper, artichoke, baby corn, egg whites, 1/4 c. cottage cheese, bit of ranch dressing, T. croutons)
- 1/2 baked potato w/ light butter, s & p

Exercise:
- none, oy

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/23/09

Weight: 170.9 (same)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K Red Berries cereal
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack
- 1 lite string cheese

Lunch
- 1 c. Special K Blueberry cereal
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack
- 100 calorie pack, Daisy Go-Rounds girl scout cookies
- 1 bite size Hershey's dark chocolate w/ rice crisps

Dinner:
- 2 small pieces cranberry walnut wheat bread w/ olive oil
- Field Greens salad w/ vinaigrette & goat cheese
- 1/2 an entree of Blackened Swordfish w/ Scallop & Shrimp Risotto

Snack
- Mini Delights bowl, chocolate cake w/ raspberry swirl (150 calories)

Exercise:
- none, rest day

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/22/09

I'm writing this as I head off to bed and to chat with the BF who is still away.
I will say I was very happy with my weigh in today and my mini goal is to be in the 160's by the time the BF comes home (Tuesday). So I have a couple days to drop about a pound. Based on how I've been doing, I think it should be attainable, definitely.
My day was terribly boring, although I did finish the book I was reading: the fourth and final book of the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn. I loved the whole series and I wish there were more. = ( I guess now I should move on the the final Harry Potter book, but I'm too sad to see that series go, too. *sigh*
Oh well, I'm off to bed.

Weight: 170.9 (down .9)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K Red Berries cereal
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Lunch
- Egg salad sandwich (1 hard boiled egg, 1 t. light mayo, 1/2 t. mustard, s & p, paprika, lettuce, pickle slice on a light wheat bun)
- 1 apple



Snack
- Chobani greek 0% yogurt, blueberry

Dinner:
- small baked potato (w/ brummel & brown, fat free sour cream, bac'n bits)
- 1/2 Hungry Girl BBQ Chik'n Salad (romaine, cukes, tomato, red onion, corn, black beans, cilantro)



Exercise:
- 55 minutes, Boost Metabolism & Burn Fat w/ Jillian

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/21/09

Today was Saturday, but I didn't have much of a full schedule. I kind of have a cough at this point and was having a bit of trouble breathing (I also have asthma) especially since last night's cardio workout. So I really had a relaxing day. I watched the entire show Diet Tribe from Lifetime TV. It was something inspiring to watch. All five women on the show had a goal to lose 30 pounds in 90 days. It was a pretty good show. They should do one with younger twenty-somethings I think, I would like it even more.
I did some yoga in the morning because I felt like I needed some extra stretching. Later on, I did some weights (arms) and did my grocery shopping for the week. The BF is coming home on Tuesday and it's funny to see how my dinners change when he gets back: Sunday - HG Special Salad, Monday - BBQ Chik'n Salad, Tuesday - Sloppy Janes, Wednesday - Tuna Casserole, Thursday - Chili Mac, Friday - Chik'n Parm (of course all of these I make healthy & vegetarian). I find it easier to shop and have the things I need to make healthy meals if I plan my dinners out a week at a time and do my shopping on the weekends.

Weight: 171.8 (down .8)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. cinnamon Life cereal
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Lunch
- Quesadilla (carb balance tortilla, 1/4 c. low fat cheddar, 1 T. onion, 1 T. green pepper, taco seasoning, cilantro)
- 1/4 c. salsa



Snack
- Chobani greek 0% yogurt, strawberry
- 2 wheat crackers w/ 1/2 wedge light laughing cow cheese

Dinner: (I would normally post the recipe for this pizza, but I'm not recommending it, I found it kind of flavorless)
- 2 c. spinach salad w/ carrots, green pepper, tomato, craisins & low fat balsamic vinaigrette
- Hungry Girl Loaded 'N' Oated Spinach & Mushroom Pizza ("dough" made with fiber one cereal and oatmeal)


Exercise:
- 25 minutes On Demand, AM Yoga
- 22 minutes On Demand, A List Arms

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

TGIF!

My nose is so stuffy, I still sound like Steve Urkel, but hopefully I'm on the upswing of things with this cold. I didn't even have homework to do today, since I crammed it all last night. Right now, I'm going to sit down on the couch and watch a nice, sappy romance. Nights in Rodanthe anyone?

Weight: 172.6 (Down .4)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K, Red Berries
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack: (I was actually trying to eat a little bit 'cause I had something caught in my throat, lol)
- 4 pieces of home fries
- 2 pizza goldfish

Lunch
- 1 c. Special K, Red Berries
- 2/3 c. skim milk
- 1 apple w/
- 1 t. reduced fat peanut butter

Dinner: (Indian take-out, courtesy of my near and dear preggo friend)
- 1 cup basmati rice w/
- about 1/2 - 3/4 c. vegetable korma (type of curry)
- 1/4 of a piece of naan bread


Exercise: (this really was tough, even for 20 minutes)
- 20 minutes On Demand, Biggest Loser Cardio Max

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/19/09

The sickness is waning...I'm feeling better. I guess that shows by the fact that I worked out for a whole freakin' hour today! I honestly thought I would pass out; my legs were shaky, my muscles were burning, and I wanted to curl up into the fetal position and maybe cry just a little. Jillian! You are a beast!
I really was inspired by the fact that my weigh-in this morning was the lowest so far in this weight-loss endeavor. When I feel like screaming in agony, I just think to myself, "I'm gonna look FABULOUS on this cruise!" It works every time.
Also, I'd like to share a couple of quotes I read in my Self magazine (which, by the way, I thoroughly recommend) at lunch today:
"You are more than food, you are stronger than a craving, you are more complicated than a habit, and you are more thoughtful than a mindless eater." "You are going to eat every day of your life. You don't have to stuff in everything on your plate and finish the leftovers. You'll get another chance to eat soon." - Veolia Gibson, 54, lost 252 lbs.
I thought those were great. Anywho...
My food choices were pretty good today, despite a near crisis in the mid-day snack department. But crisis avoided.
On another quick note, I'm thinking I should change the title of my food journal posts. Any input on this??? It just seems so boring to have it the same every day...I want to give it a topic but it's so just.....not fun.

Weight: 173.0 (Down .7)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K, Red Berries
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack:
- diet hot cocoa
- 3 orange segments
- 1 tiny bite carrot cake, 2 smarties (European M&Ms)

Lunch
- 1 c. Special K, Red Berries
- 2/3 c. skim milk
- 1 apple w/
- 1 t. reduced fat peanut butter

Snack:
- 1 serving natural applesauce
- 1 lite string cheese

Dinner:
- Caesar Chik'n Salad (3 c. romaine, breaded quorn patty, 1 T. feta, 1 T. lite caesar dressing, 1 T. lite croutons)
- 1/2 c. grilled zucchini & yellow squash


Snack:
- 2 squares reduced fat honey graham crackers

Exercise:
- 55 min. On Demand, No More Trouble Zones w/ Jillian.

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/18/09

Alright, everyone, I'm sick. I feel like I've been ill for months now. With getting my teeth out it felt like an illness, and now I have a cold/flu that is terrible. It came on pretty suddenly last night after dinner. My throat got a bit sore and my nose was running a ton. Last night I tried taking some Nyquil to get to bed and feel better. I went to bed at 1 am because I had a ton of homework, and by 5 I was already awake, even with the Nyquil. I couldn't get any restful sleep after that, I kept waking up until about 7:45 when I actually got out of bed.
I didn't want to go to work, but I knew two of my co-workers were out this morning for training, and there are only four of us...so I went in, stupid me. I felt terrible. I asked my boss if I could leave when they were back from their training and she said that was fine, so I worked until 1 pm today, which was still pretty long. I have a mild fever and a terrible headache. Just yuck! Couldn't get much down today, though I did try to have a normal dinner.

Weight: 173.7 (down .8) *I've been seeing a lot of this same number, uuggh...

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- a handful of dry Cinnamon Life cereal
- apple chamomile tea with a bit of sugar

Lunch
- 3/4 can of Progresso Vegetarian Vegetable Barley soup
- about 10 reduced fat wheat thins

Dinner:
- Caesar Chik'n Roll-Up (carb balance medium tortilla, 1 quorn breaded patty (chicken substitute), 1 T. feta, 1 1/2 t. lite caesar dressing, 1 c. lettuce)
- 1/2 c. grilled zucchini & yellow squash


Exercise:
- 10-15 minutes of Self magazine's toning moves

Weekly Weigh-In

So I've decided that I want to include a sidebar that has my weekly weights so I can actually see how I'm doing week to week. It's hard to see progress sometimes when you look at your weight from day to day. I find that it helps me keep myself in check if I see a gain, but like I said, I don't always see progress. So that's going to be the new addition. I'll only count from when I started my blog so as to avoid confusion.

Skinny vibes everyone.

-Adele

Food Journal 2/17/09

I know from my weigh in today that I overindulged yesterday at my girl's night. To be honest with myself, I already knew I did. Oh well, on to a better day!

Weight: 174.5? (I can't remember the point part... Up .8 I think)

Food Log:
Breakfast:
- 1 c. Special K, Red Berries
- 2/3 c. skim milk
- 1 apple

Lunch
- 1 c. Special K, Red Berries
- 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack: It's girl scout cookie season!!
- 4 thin mints
- 1 caramel delight

Dinner:
- Caesar Chik'n Roll-Up (carb balance medium tortilla, 1/4 c. quorn (chicken substitute), 1 T. feta, 1 1/2 t. lite caesar dressing, 1 c. lettuce)
- about 1 T. fat free sour cream veggie dip w/ 2 c. raw veggies
- 1/2 c. jasmine rice w/ a smidge of brummel & brown spread

Snack:
- 1 single serve Sugar Free Jello Pudding

Exercise:
- 25 min. 30 Day Shred with Jillian

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/16/09

Tonight is the girls night I'm hosting, so as soon as I woke up this morning, all I could think about was what a disaster my house is. So I jolted out of bed and started cleaning. That was at 9:30ish and I'm just finally done with everything at about noon. Needless to say, I feel like I've already got my workout in! My boyfriend is gone for the week, so I know I will be eating and working out on track.
It's funny, as I made my grocery list this morning, I realized how little food I actually need without him here. It was like: lettuce, tortillas, milk, cereal. That's it. I'm happy to survive off of cereal and caesar "chicken" roll-ups for the next 5 days. haha...Anyways, drum roll please...after my weekend away with my little splurges on food...

Weight: 173.7 (up .4 from 2 days ago, not bad...)

Food Log:
Breakfast: none, cleaned my house

Lunch
- Onion & Bell Pepper tortilla pizza (w/ lf mozzarella, feta, parsley, tomato sauce, wheat tortilla)

Snack
- 1/2 c. pretzels, cranberries, & sunflower seeds

Dinner: the food we made was delicious!
- reduced fat wheat thins w/ 75% reduced fat sharp cabot cheddar
- fat free sour cream veggie dip w/ crudites
- 2 c. thai cabbage salad
- 2 c. tom yum soup (spicy broth soup w/ shrimp)
- 1/2 - 1 c. thai fried jasmine rice
- 2 glasses white zinfandel

Exercise:
- 2 hours of housework
- 20 minutes On Demand, Biggest Loser Sculpting w/ Jillian

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Valentine's Day

So my Valentine's day was awesome. My boyfriend surprised me with a trip to the city. We had an amazing italian dinner, probably the best italian food I've ever eaten. I WANT that house italian dressing recipe! We stayed in a 5 star hotel, so nice with a big tub, too (a luxury because we don't have a tub at home). He also took me to a comedy show with Frank Caliendo from Frank TV. He does all sorts of crazy impressions and is really good at 'em! It really was great; definitely the best V-Day I've ever had. So I hope everyone had a good day too. I know it's usually a bummer day if you're single, but you still have to live it up! All right, I'm off to bed. I'm glad to be home with a scale, healthy foods and an opportunity to get in a good workout.
Tomorrow I'm hosting a girls' night at my house. We're going to be making some great (but healthy) Thai food since a friend of mine just took a Thai cooking class, then have some wine and play games. Should be pretty fun.
Well, I'm off to bed, hoping to weigh in without a gain tomorrow, although doubtful.

Night,
- Adele

Food Journal 2/15/09

Weight: ? (disfunctional scale)

Food Log:
Breakfast: none, had brunch

Lunch
- Grilled Veggie wrap (grilled veggies, lettuce & tomato, on a pita wrap w/ tahini sauce)
- 1 c. rice pilaf
- 1/2 of a chocolate chocolate chip cookie

Dinner: guilt over lunch
- sandwich (faux bologna, 2 % american cheese, light mayo, mustard, on wheat)
- 2 c. 94% fat free popcorn

Exercise:
- 20 minutes On Demand, Jackie's Core 1-on-1 workout
- 10 minutes On Demand Slimmer Legs Pilates

Water Intake:
- 8 cups

Food Journal 2/14/09

Weight: 173.3 (down 2.4)

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 packet oatmeal, strawberries and cream
- 16 oz. raspberry Crystal Light

Lunch
- 1 faux bologna sandwich (bologna, 2 % american cheese, light mayo, mustard, on wheat)
- 2 c. 94% fat free popcorn w/ white cheddar sprinkles

Dinner:
- Garden Salad w/ italian dressing
- 1/2 an entree of Eggplant Rollatini (eggplant rolled with ricotta cheese)
- 1 glass chardonnay

Snack:
- 1/2 of a big chocolate chip cookie

Exercise:
- about an hour of walking around the city

Water Intake:
- 6 cups

Food Journal 2/13/09

So last night the bf and I went out with some friends. We got our dance on and ended up on the beach having a bon fire. It was a blast!! Anyways, gotta run out the door. We're going somewhere but it's a surprise for V-day. We shall see!! More to report on that front later.

Weight: 175.7 (same)

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 packet Cream of Wheat, Maple Brown Sugar

Lunch
- 1 sandwich (ff cream cheese, low sugar apricot jelly on wheat)
- 8 oz. V8

Snack:
- 1/4 c. pretzels

Dinner: this was so hard to eat, the first time since my teeth came out I tried eating salad...
- 1 garden salad, w/ ranch dressing on the side (only used a smidge)
- 1 glass chardonnay

Snack:
- 1 glass chardonnay
- 2 glasses vodka w/ soda water & a spash of cran
- 1 lite string cheese

Exercise:
- about 1 hour of dancing!

Water Intake:
8 cups

Food Journal 2/12/09

Weight: 175.7 *goin' down, down*

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 6 oz. 0% greek yogurt, peach
- 1/2 slice dry wheat toast

Lunch
- 1 c. leftover chicken pot pie

Snack: (guilty as charged, I traded my soup for my boss's half sandwich AND ate chocolate)
- 1/2 tuna sandwich w/ american cheese on wheat
- 1 bite size Hershey's dark chocolate w/ peanuts

Dinner: (I felt guilty about my snacks)
- 1/2 can Healthy Request tomato soup
- 1 lite string cheese
- 1/2 cup canned lite fruit cocktail

Exercise:
- 30 minutes On Demand, Jillian's 30-Day Shred (haarrd!)

Water Intake:
8 cups

I really want to lose weight for this cruise. I need to stay focused and continue to work out.

Cruise!

So I just found out that the bf and I got an invite for a cruise on April 19th to the Western Caribbean. We are so going, especially since it's only about $450 a person. Two of our friends have already booked (the inviters) and I'm going to invite a few other friends of ours tomorrow when we officially book our tickets. I am so excited. Going on a cruise is on my bucket list, and there is nothing that excites me more than being able to cross something off.
Anyways, we will be going to Key West, Grand Cayman Islands, and Jamaica. I can't WAIT to leave. Ahhh...heaven...(cayman islands below)


Also, on a side note, the bf has something planned for this Valentine's day that's a surprise, so I can't wait to find out what that is either.
Being that I'm going to be going to tropical and warm places where I'm sure I'll want to be scantily clad in nothing but a bikini practically the whole time, it really puts the pressure on to get fit before this trip. I counted and I have 11 weeks to prepare for this which should be more than enough time to lose more weight and get in much better shape! If I estimate about 2 lbs per week, I figure I can lose 22 lbs by then, so I am going to set an official goal. I think this is pretty important, so I'm giving it its own line.

Goal for cruise: 156 lbs (loss of 20 lbs)

Since we're really talking about weight loss goals and what not, I figure you should see where I'm at...Here is a before pic I HATE! My bf took it of me across the room when we were out with friends one night. It was taken Nov. 28th '08.

I'm having some technical difficulties apparently at the moment, but I also have a pic I took tonight after working out. I will edit this post later in hopes that it will let me upload...not sure why it won't let me right now. UPDATE: Pic below, taken today 2/12. Not extremely happy with this one either, but I'm working on it.


Food journal for today shortly...

- Adele

Food Journal 2/11/09

Weight: 176 *silent cheer*

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 packet Cream of Wheat, Maple Brown Sugar

Lunch
- 1 Campbell's Soup at Hand, Classic Tomato (reduced sodium)
- 1 light string cheese

Snack:
- 1/2 c. mandarin oranges in lite syrup

Dinner
- 2 slices meatloaf
- 1 c. mixed corn & green beans w/ brummel & brown
- 1 c. roasted potatoes

Exercise:
- about 30 minutes of digging through old boxes, walking up and down the stairs and carrying heavy boxes/papers (I honestly was dripping sweat at work...eeww, so anyways I'm counting this)
- 10 minutes On Demand cardio sculpt

Water Intake:
8 cups

Recipe:
Vegetarian Taco Meatloaf, adapted from Hungry Girl

- 1 bag (12 oz) Morningstar Farms Grillers crumbles (faux ground beef, equal to 1 lb if you use the real thing)
- 1/2 c. green bell peppers, chopped
- 1/4 c. onion, chopped
- 1/2 c. sweet canned corn kernels
- 1/2 packet taco seasoning
- 1/2 c. egg beaters
- 1/2 c. oats
- 2 slices fat free cheddar cheese
- 1/2 c. low fat/fat free cheddar cheese
- 1/2 c. salsa

Preheat oven to 375.
1. Saute onions and peppers in a saucepan sprayed with non-stick cooking spray about 3 minutes, or until tender.
2. Combine sauteed onions, peppers, "meat," taco seasoning, corn, egg beaters, and oatmeal.
3. Spray loaf pan with non-stick cooking spray and layer half of the meat mixture in pan.
4. Now place the cheese slices in the center of the loaf. Cover with the rest of the meat mixture.
5. Pour salsa over top and bake for 30 minutes.
6. Top with shredded cheese, bake 15 more minutes, and enjoy.


I noticed that the loaf stuck together more like a true meatloaf if you let it cool for about 10 minutes before serving. Next time I might experiment with the oatmeal more...I was trying to figure out how to make the loaf bind together.

Food Journal 2/10/09

As I sit here writing this to you, these are my reading materials that have kept me company since my surgery last Friday. Books are a girls best friend, especially cookbooks, and I don't care what anybody says.

Other than that, it's the same old for me. My mouth aches, so much that I'm beginning to think I may have an infection on the bottom left. I think the stitch came out of that one too early and it didn't close. My good friend from work reminded me to swish with warm salt water more. I haven't been doing it nearly enough as I should. So I'm going to do that after eating every time because I think food is getting stuck there and irritating it. Anyways...

Weight: 177.0 (it's really starting to annoy me that my weight is not going down!!)

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 packet Cream of Wheat, Maple Brown Sugar
- a couple bites ff strawberry yogurt

Snack:
- 8 oz. Lipton's Cup-a-Soup, Spring Vegetable

Lunch
- 1/2 c. homemade mashed potatoes, leftover
- 1 light string cheese

Snack:
- SoBe Lean, blackberry currant
- single serve cinnamon lite applesauce

Dinner
- 1 c. chicken pot pie (recipe below!)
- 1 tiny baked potato w/ ff sour cream, lf cheddar, 1 t. Bac'n Bits, Brummel & Brown spread

Exercise: I'm still not feeling up to exercising. I need to get back into a routine and soon!

Water Intake:
a lot, definitely at least my 8 cups.

Recipe:
Easy Chicken Pot Pie, adapted from Hungry Girl

- 8 oz. quorn (chicken substitute)
- 10 oz. frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 can 98% ff cream of celery soup
- 1/2 tube reduced fat refrigerated crescent rolls (4 crescents)

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mix first three ingredients and pour into pie dish.
3. Bake for 30 minutes.
4. Take the four crescents and roll out into a thin circle that will fit your pie plate. Top chicken mixture with it.
5. Bake for about 15 more minutes, until crust is golden.

Serves 4.



This really turned out delicious and couldn't be easier with 4 ingredients. For 1/4 of the pie, it is only about 250 calories. I almost forgot to get a picture of it and didn't until we had finished eating. The bf loved it as well!

Food Journal 2/9/09

So today is my first day back to work since my surgery. I was totally screwed up on Percocet most of the day. I just felt dizzy and disoriented, even a bit nauseous. I didn't realize that when you take it while you're not lying down, it really makes a difference. My mouth is still really hurting, but I'm moving towards eating more solid foods.

Weight: 176.8

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 packet Cream of Wheat, Maple Brown Sugar
- 6 oz. fat free strawberry yogurt

Lunch - I tried eating a half sandwich...BAD IDEA! PAINFUL!
- 1 c. homemade leftover mashed potatoes
- 1 half sandwich (wheat, fake bologna, 2% american cheese, light mayo, mustard)

Snack
- 1 packet diet hot chocolate
- single serve natural applesauce

Dinner
- 2 c. taco soup (soy crumbles, pinto & kidney beans, hominy, diced tomatoes, green chiles)
- small handful baked doritos
- 2 cornbread muffins

Snack:
- 1 c. strawberry banana smoothie concoction, created by the bf (skim milk, non fat vanilla ice cream, strawberries, 1 banana, 2 t. cane sugar)


Exercise: I really wanted to exercise, but when I got home I was feeling pretty loopy still.

Water Intake:
not sure...

Food Journal 2/8/09

Weight: 177.0

Food for the day:
6 oz. fat free strawberry yogurt
1 small omelet (egg beaters, minced mushrooms & onions, feta)
Campbell's Soup at Hand, Classic Tomato
1 cup homemade mashed potatoes
8 oz. Silk Light Soymilk
tiny handful craisins
2 c. Dr. McDougall's Vegan Tortilla Soup


Water:
Not enough!

"You look like you have apples in your cheeks..."

I'm starting to feel really bad that my posts are so boring! I want to be up and making recipes, sharing them and actually have some pictures to post. But, ah, the wisdom teeth prevail. Actually, I'm getting nervous to go to work tomorrow. I still look like a chipmunk during the fall harvest. It's going to be painstakingly embarrassing!! There's not much I can do except ice it a lot today and hope that the swelling goes down. Well, ok, ok, I'll post you some pictures... Just promise not to laugh TOO loudly. :)

Terrible, right? So anyways...
After yesterdays liquid diet, I only lost .3 pounds. That kinda sucks. I figured weight would just be falling off. My caloric intake is really low, but then maybe that's the problem. My body going into starvation mode, saving all the calories I do take in. Who knows??... I can report that I got some awesome compliments from my boyfriend about how I do look like I have definitely lost weight, and I don't mean just from not eating for this surgery. He thinks I may be gaining muscle mass since I'm working out everyday and that's why I'm not seeing too big of a difference in the numbers on the scale. Apparently, though, my "pooch" at the bottom of my belly is gone. He told me how flat my stomach was...aaahhh...like music to my ears.
I'm glad we can finally see a difference, especially since a friend of ours brought up going on a cruise together yesterday. I would LOVE to go, I just want to be comfortable in a bathing suit by that point.
I'm contemplating working out today, since it's been two days since I've done anything active. Second, and most important goal for today: get caught up on my homework!! I have two chapters due by Tuesday and two by Thursday. I need to get focused, but it's hard when I feel so loopy on this percocet.

Food blog later today, though I'm sure it won't be very exciting...

- Adele

Food Journal 2/7/09

Another day of pain. My jaw today is so swollen, my face looks like a square. I was more hungry today, but I couldn't get much down. Even just drinking my cup-a-soup made my jaw hurt.

Weight: 177.3 - this is the only thing I'm psyched about.

Food for the day:
6 oz. fat free strawberry yogurt
2 Lipton Cup-A-Soups, Spring Vegetable
1 small chocolate milkshake, made by the bf
8 oz. Silk Light Chocolate Soymilk
1 serving Yukon Gold box mashed potatoes
4 oz. strawberry applesauce
1 no sugar added popsicle

Water Intake:
not really sure, maybe 5 glasses.

Food Journal 2/6/09

Warning: Day my wisdom teeth came out. Eating was severe agony! None of my teeth were showing and the doctor said they were down extra deep. No good!

Weight: 179.5

Food for the day:
- 1 single serve no-sugar-added applesauce cup (the first thing I ate, I had tears streaming down my face)
- 1 serving box Yukon Gold mashed potatoes (that my loving boyfriend was so kind to make)
- 1 Campbell's Soup at Hand, tomato, lower sodium
- 1 18.5 oz Fuze Slenderize Tangerine Grapefruit beverage (got this on sale at my grocery store)
- 1 small chocolate milkshake my boyfriend concocted with Silk light chocolate soymilk, non-fat chocolate frozen yogurt, a drizzle light Hershey's chocolate syrup, and a dash skim milk, and a swirl of fat free Reddi Whip. Delicious!

Snack: Percocet and Penicillin cocktail. lol.

Water intake: Whatever I could get down, probably only a few glasses.

I'm pretty sure this whole eating less than 500 calories a day thing will really give me a boost to my weight loss, as twisted as that thought is. I was thinking about my last few weigh-ins and my short-term goal at this point will be to stay under 180 now that I'm down there. So I'm going to be extra conscious of my eating, especially as I start eating more solid foods here in the next few days. I haven't been seeing a ton of weight come off, even though I've completely overhauled both my eating and my exercise habits. If for some reason, I'm still having trouble here in the next few weeks, I'm thinking of seeing an actual licensed nutritionist to review my food & exercise logs and hopefully be able to tell me what I'm doing wrong. My boyfriend says to just have patience, which I guess is true. Every other time I've lost weight, it's been on a certain diet, but now I'm just trying to go at it the natural way by eating healthier and getting active. I suppose it takes longer for you body weight to naturalize if you're not counting (points or calories) or removing whole food groups from your diet. It's hard for me, though, because patience is what I lack. Hopefully, I'll know when and if I do really need help from a nutritionist and can make it happen then. The thing is I seem to bounce from one solution to the next (yo-yo dieter anyone?), especially when I don't see results right away. My mind automatically starts weighing the benefits of other methods and diets and I usually head off on a different track. Well, I'm going to try to be patient for once, then go from there.

Hope everyone is having a much better day than I am. My face is so swollen I look like a troll. Off for an ice pack!!

-Adele

P.S. Anyone else out there who has wisdom teeth removal horror stories? Comment me!

My Adventure for Today

So I have to tell you, I'm getting my wisdom teeth out today, so I probably won't be posting much of anything, nor eating much of anything in the next few days. Please wish me luck, I'm nervous!!!

-Adele

Food Journal 2/5/09

Weight: 179.7

Food Log:
Breakfast
- None (I had a consult for my wisdom teeth extraction)

Lunch - there is a new shop here that just opened who specializes in paninis, i had to try one.
- 1 Roasted Veggie & Goat Cheese Panini
- Dill pickle spear
- 1/2 c. pretzels & dried cranberries
- Honest Lemon Tea

Snack
- 1 apple

Dinner
- 3 crunchy tacos w/ soy crumbles, black beans, corn, green & red peppers, tomato, lettuce, salsa, lf cheese
- 1 c. spanish rice


Exercise: 35 minutes The Firm Jiggle Free Buns (I feel the burn!)

Water Intake: 8 cups (check!)

Food Journal 2/4/09

First I just want to say that through the glory of what is my nutrition class, I've discovered the website www.mypyramid.gov. It is an awesome tool to see exactly what servings you need of each food group and what constitutes that serving. And, just pondering here, I thought that the food pyramid was a boring old fact sheet you learned in 4th grade. Apparently they've updated it and made it better; now you can even analyze your nutritional or exercise intake, along with customizing the food pyramid for your age, weight, height, and gender. Definitely worth checking out.

Weight: 179.2

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 c. Special K Red Berries cereal
- w/ 2/3 c. skim milk
- 1 small banana

Snack
- 1 small apple
- 1 light string cheese

Lunch
- Chicken Sandwich (whole wheat bread, Boca Spicy Chik'n Patty, ff american cheese, sweet onion, tomato, ketchup, honey mustard)
- 2 c. salad (cucumber, artichoke, chickpeas, onion, tomato, s & p, 1 t. evoo, 1/2 T. white vinegar)

Dinner - I ate this on a rush to get out the door for babysitting...
- 4 small potato pancakes
- 1/2 c. chunky tomato bisque soup

Snack - I admit my rush to get down dinner and not eating much definitely didn't help my late night snacking...
- 1/4 c. wheat thins
- 2 t. alouette cheese
- 1/2 c. natural blueberry applesause
- 1 ice cream sandwich


Exercise: 45 minutes The Firm calorie blaster step aerobics & sculpting (sooo hard!!)

Water Intake: 8 cups (check!)

Food Journal 2/3/09

Weight: 180.7

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 c. Special K Red Berries cereal
- w/ 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack
- 1 small banana

Lunch
- huge taco salad (romaine, tomato, green pepper, red pepper, black olives, corn, black beans, soy crumbles, lf cheddar cheese, fresh salsa, taco sauce, dollop ff sour cream, 8 tortilla chips crumbled)

Dinner - this meal was a result of tofu gone wrong. I just haven't mastered that skill yet.
- 1 c. whole wheat spaghetti noodles w/
- 1/2 c. sugar snap peas &
- 1/4 c. red pepper strips sauteed in
- 1 t. evoo

Snack
- 4 homeade, lowfat jalapeno poppers

Exercise: 40 minutes cardio dance by Crunch

Water Intake: 8 cups (check!)

Food Journal 2/2/09

Weight: 180.1 - no doubt due to that damn wine!

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 c. Special K Red Berries cereal
- w/ 2/3 c. skim milk

Snack
- 1 small banana

Lunch
- tomato & provolone on wheat, w/ light mayo, honey mustard, grilled
- 4 tortilla chips
- 1/2 c. pretzels
- 2 c. salad (romaine, cucumber, 2 T. feta, 1 T. craisins, light raspberry vinaigrette)

Dinner
- 1 apple
- Bell Pepper and Onion Tortilla Pizza - this was delicious!
1. Preheat oven to 400. Heat 1/2 t. olive oil in a small skillet.
2. Add 1/2 c. each diced green and red pepper plus 1/4 c. diced onion. Saute until tender.
3. Spread 3 T. tomato sauce on a whole wheat tortilla. Add pepper mixture. Top with 1/4 c. shredded mozzarella cheese and 2 T. feta. Sprinkle with fresh parsley (optional)
4. Bake in oven for about 10 minutes, until cheese is melted and tortilla is crisp. Slice and enjoy!


Snack
- 6 oz. nonfat strawberry yogurt
- 1 mini bag 94% fat free popcorn

Exercise: 40 minutes The Firm aerobic sculpting

Water Intake: 8 cups (check!)

Food Journal 2/1/09

Ok, I'll admit it. I had a setback last night. I went to a Superbowl party, I had just eaten dinner and I thought I was prepared to turn down whatever delicious goodies may be there. Little did I know that my will power is just not that strong yet...especially after numerous glasses of wine...

Weight: 179.5 (yay, i broke into the 170's!)

Food Log:
Breakfast
- 1 c. Special K Red Berries cereal
- w/ 2/3 c. skim milk
- 1 small banana

Lunch
- Lean Pocket, broccoli & cheese
- 1 oz (14) organic blue tortilla chips w/
- 1/3 c. fresh salsa
- 1/2 c. leftover roasted vegetables

Dinner
- 1 baked potato w/ lf cheddar cheese, ff sour cream, and bac'n pieces (yes, these are vegetarian)
- salad w/ romaine, cucumber, 1 T. cranberries, 1 T. almonds, 2 T feta cheese (oh my goodness, so delicious!!)

Snack - if you can call this a snack...i definitely blew my day.
- 4 glasses chardonnay
- probably 4 small, homemade bread sticks
- uncounted number of tortilla chips w/ guacamole and fresh salsa
- 1 small slice delicious carrot cake

Exercise: 10 minutes AM yoga, 1 hr ab work from laughing at our hilarious charades game last night...don't think this counts but thought I'd throw it in there.

Water Intake: 8 cups (check!)

Post ya later,
-Adele

Too Late

So I know I didn't get a chance to post today, but I promise I'll post tomorrow. I was up waaay too late for superbowl night! BTW, I had a really delish dinner tonight. More later...

-Adele