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