My 7 day plan ended yesterday, thank goodness. I didn't gain any weight and I didn't lose either. I have done well this weekend with getting some good, heart pumping exercise in. That always makes me feel better and unfortunately hungrier as well.
Speaking of, Husband and I had fun at Oktoberfest last night. Listened to some good ole German music and then also listened to an 80's hair band cover. But they kind of weren't a cover, they kind of looked like they were stuck in the 80's. I am hopeful that was all part of the act. Didn't go overboard on the food or drink so that was a bonus. Though I am bummed we left without me getting a chicken hat. I guess there is always next year.
Busy week ahead and I really hope we can get someone hired at work ASAP. It is tiring doing both positions and I know my boss is getting tired of having to help me, too.
Next weekend I will be making a stuffed cabbage soup. I am really excited as I love stuffed cabbage rolls but never make them. This is just like the rolls, but no rice, in a soup, and obviously not rolled up. I want a recipe for German Potato salad, too. Now that I had it last night, I can't stop thinking about it. Nothing like warm and tangy potato salad on a cool night. Yeah I know, now YOU are thinking about it too.
Hope you all have a good week. I love that it is October, though I am sad to see the trees losing their leaves so soon. Thanksgiving is coming and we all know that is my FAVORITE day ever. So brace yourselves for a lot of turkey talk.
My parents read my blog again and are on my FB page. Hi Mom and Dad! I could use some oven mitts, pass that on to mom, dad. And I will get you that book list soon, I promise.
Go Bears!!
Cat
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Friday, September 28, 2012
Day 6 of 7: losing steam
Hi gang, Happy Friday!
I am relieved that this 7 day blog is coming to an end as I am losing steam. Plus going to Oktoberfest tomorrow is not for the healthy eating set!
Here are my stat's today:
Weight 150.5 I love I can go to sleep and wake up 2 lbs lighter. Crazy
Calories: don't know, didn't track all day!! Proof of me losing steam. I actually ate well today, tons of salad (we had left over cucumber salad from work and I love it) and I didn't have much for dinner and limited myself to a half cup of black bean soup (this stuff is so good, I could eat boatloads of it!). I am kind of hungry now but almost too tired to think about what I would want.
Reviewing the past week, I have to say my biggest downfall is not consistently working out. I log about 14000 steps in an average day, but most of that is at work and though I am on my feet, my heart rate isn't elevated. I really need to carve out time in my day to get my heart pumping and get my sweat on. Even if it is just a brisk walk, that is better than nothing.
Heading to the grocery store tomorrow and will continue to stock up on lean protein and lots of fruits and veggies. Youngest has happily traded his french bread pizzas for lunch for ground turkey with cheese on a whole wheat tortilla. That is good progress for him!
Husband and Middle are at one of the local High School football games tonight. I drove by one of our other HS on the way to pick up Daughter and there were parents tailgating. At a high school football game. Wow. I had no idea parents did that. Looked fun though.
Funny moment of my day: walking into Kroger as the sliding doors were opening, I walked into one of the doors!! They start to open fast but then they stop and I misjudged how far they would open. The guy carrying two cases of beer was nice enough to stop and make sure I was ok. Yeah, I was fine. Good grief.
Funny conversation of the day: Me to Youngest: I wonder how Mrs. C is doing (his previous Behavior teacher who is now at another school)? Youngest: She better be doing well of she will get fired! Ahhh..I love his literallness!
Thanks for sticking with me the last week. I know what I need to do to stay healthy and these little weekly exercises remind me of what works and doesn't work for me. I appreciate all of your support and being held accountable by you.
I hope you all have a great weekend. I am soo looking forward to time with Husband along with German food and crafts. Daughter is getting paid to watch the boys in creme puffs and she is just fine with that. She is injured and most likely won't run tomorrow. We will be icing her up and watching Say Yes to the Dress tonight. Poor Youngest, hopefully he will pop in a movie and ignore us.
Have a great night and thank you again for your continued support!
Cat
I am relieved that this 7 day blog is coming to an end as I am losing steam. Plus going to Oktoberfest tomorrow is not for the healthy eating set!
Here are my stat's today:
Weight 150.5 I love I can go to sleep and wake up 2 lbs lighter. Crazy
Calories: don't know, didn't track all day!! Proof of me losing steam. I actually ate well today, tons of salad (we had left over cucumber salad from work and I love it) and I didn't have much for dinner and limited myself to a half cup of black bean soup (this stuff is so good, I could eat boatloads of it!). I am kind of hungry now but almost too tired to think about what I would want.
Reviewing the past week, I have to say my biggest downfall is not consistently working out. I log about 14000 steps in an average day, but most of that is at work and though I am on my feet, my heart rate isn't elevated. I really need to carve out time in my day to get my heart pumping and get my sweat on. Even if it is just a brisk walk, that is better than nothing.
Heading to the grocery store tomorrow and will continue to stock up on lean protein and lots of fruits and veggies. Youngest has happily traded his french bread pizzas for lunch for ground turkey with cheese on a whole wheat tortilla. That is good progress for him!
Husband and Middle are at one of the local High School football games tonight. I drove by one of our other HS on the way to pick up Daughter and there were parents tailgating. At a high school football game. Wow. I had no idea parents did that. Looked fun though.
Funny moment of my day: walking into Kroger as the sliding doors were opening, I walked into one of the doors!! They start to open fast but then they stop and I misjudged how far they would open. The guy carrying two cases of beer was nice enough to stop and make sure I was ok. Yeah, I was fine. Good grief.
Funny conversation of the day: Me to Youngest: I wonder how Mrs. C is doing (his previous Behavior teacher who is now at another school)? Youngest: She better be doing well of she will get fired! Ahhh..I love his literallness!
Thanks for sticking with me the last week. I know what I need to do to stay healthy and these little weekly exercises remind me of what works and doesn't work for me. I appreciate all of your support and being held accountable by you.
I hope you all have a great weekend. I am soo looking forward to time with Husband along with German food and crafts. Daughter is getting paid to watch the boys in creme puffs and she is just fine with that. She is injured and most likely won't run tomorrow. We will be icing her up and watching Say Yes to the Dress tonight. Poor Youngest, hopefully he will pop in a movie and ignore us.
Have a great night and thank you again for your continued support!
Cat
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Day 5 of 7: early addition and a lot of swearing(not really)
Hi fans,
So let's get to the nitty gritty of my day. I am feeling surly and you fine people will get the brunt of it!
Weighed in this morning at 152.5. Uhhh What?? So I am up 1.5 lbs from when I started this a couple days ago? Maybe this blog should be titled "Watch me eat well and gain weight". I am not eating as clean as I wanted to but I am pms-ing and sometimes you just have to give in to that. I wasn't able to/wanted to workout today because Youngest had a bad day so I spent over an hour doing homework with him tonight. And that my friends, is like running a Marathon. But not really. Because you are sitting down the whole time.
Not going to post my food stats because I didn't really count today. Too surly to do math. I think it is a condition of some kind.
My weight actually didn't get the better of me today. It is a number that I swear by, but my shorts were looser this morning and my rings came off in the shower. Something is going right amist the weight gain, but I am not sure what. I think maybe my next weekly blog will be "I am going to have bacon at every meal, let's see what that does to my weight". Might be fun, yes??
On to the absolute BEST part of my day: the sub I worked with today.
They have not filled my two hour position yet, which frankly, I am exhausted doing both jobs despite having subs.
But today I had the Honor of working with a gal that retired a couple years ago after TWENTY SEVEN years of Foodservice experience at the HS. She has 8 kids, the first 4 being only 13 months apart each (Husband reminded me that there was no cable back in the day), pencils her eyebrows in, wears what can only be called rouge, beautiful pearl earrings and her New Balance tennies. She is 4 feet of absolute Ninja skills and could take down a stealing highschooler without blinking. She is a low talker so you have to stand close to hear her but she is BY FAR the hippest 74 year old I have ever met. She works tomorrow, too, and I cannot wait to see her again. I would like to adopt her, or her to adopt me. Either way, I want her in my life for a long time. I may have a little grammie love going on here..
Youngest had a crap day today. He didn't eat his lunch and I KNOW that is why his afternoon was hard. Hello, he eats breakfast at 7am, doesn't eat lunch and by 2pm is a bear? Hmmm.. you don't say? I have told his umpteen teachers that he has money on his lunch account and if he doesn't like what I pack him (this is a battle I could write a thesis about.) have him buy something for lunch. Frustrates me to no end but he also needs to learn to speak up for himself.
This brings me to dinner: tonight for the Boys, I made grilled sub sandwiches. Nice sub rolls with ham, salami, pepperoni and cheese, toasted on my indoor grill. They ate 6 of them and I think they could have eaten 6 more. Just a dinner idea from me to you.
Glad the real Refs are back in NFL. Tired of my FB being bogged up with football stuff.
Have to go look for a dinosaur part. Then baths and then bed for me. I am exausted.
Rock on.
Cat
So let's get to the nitty gritty of my day. I am feeling surly and you fine people will get the brunt of it!
Weighed in this morning at 152.5. Uhhh What?? So I am up 1.5 lbs from when I started this a couple days ago? Maybe this blog should be titled "Watch me eat well and gain weight". I am not eating as clean as I wanted to but I am pms-ing and sometimes you just have to give in to that. I wasn't able to/wanted to workout today because Youngest had a bad day so I spent over an hour doing homework with him tonight. And that my friends, is like running a Marathon. But not really. Because you are sitting down the whole time.
Not going to post my food stats because I didn't really count today. Too surly to do math. I think it is a condition of some kind.
My weight actually didn't get the better of me today. It is a number that I swear by, but my shorts were looser this morning and my rings came off in the shower. Something is going right amist the weight gain, but I am not sure what. I think maybe my next weekly blog will be "I am going to have bacon at every meal, let's see what that does to my weight". Might be fun, yes??
On to the absolute BEST part of my day: the sub I worked with today.
They have not filled my two hour position yet, which frankly, I am exhausted doing both jobs despite having subs.
But today I had the Honor of working with a gal that retired a couple years ago after TWENTY SEVEN years of Foodservice experience at the HS. She has 8 kids, the first 4 being only 13 months apart each (Husband reminded me that there was no cable back in the day), pencils her eyebrows in, wears what can only be called rouge, beautiful pearl earrings and her New Balance tennies. She is 4 feet of absolute Ninja skills and could take down a stealing highschooler without blinking. She is a low talker so you have to stand close to hear her but she is BY FAR the hippest 74 year old I have ever met. She works tomorrow, too, and I cannot wait to see her again. I would like to adopt her, or her to adopt me. Either way, I want her in my life for a long time. I may have a little grammie love going on here..
Youngest had a crap day today. He didn't eat his lunch and I KNOW that is why his afternoon was hard. Hello, he eats breakfast at 7am, doesn't eat lunch and by 2pm is a bear? Hmmm.. you don't say? I have told his umpteen teachers that he has money on his lunch account and if he doesn't like what I pack him (this is a battle I could write a thesis about.) have him buy something for lunch. Frustrates me to no end but he also needs to learn to speak up for himself.
This brings me to dinner: tonight for the Boys, I made grilled sub sandwiches. Nice sub rolls with ham, salami, pepperoni and cheese, toasted on my indoor grill. They ate 6 of them and I think they could have eaten 6 more. Just a dinner idea from me to you.
Glad the real Refs are back in NFL. Tired of my FB being bogged up with football stuff.
Have to go look for a dinosaur part. Then baths and then bed for me. I am exausted.
Rock on.
Cat
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Day 4 of 7. Whole lotta nothin
Hi all,
Happy to report after my weird day yesterday, my day was redeemed with a whole lot of zilch. Work was good, kids had good days, made linguine with clam sauce for dinner. You know, standard stuff.
So without boring you with my nothingness, here are my stats:
Weight 150.5 All I can think to say is that coming in at the top of my fat intake the last two days may be killing my weigh ins.
Calories 1313, 144 carbs, 51 fat, 72 g protein. My carbs were crazy today because I had homemade black bean soup for lunch and then a little pasta for dinner. I did psych myself out with my dinner pasta intake by putting it on a bed of fresh spinach. Of course that did not keep me from the garlic bread, but we all have our demons. Mine just has butter, garlic and bread involved.
I did 30 minutes of aerobics today which was sort of pathetic by my standards. I used to do at least 45 minutes a couple days a week. Working myself back up to that.
Tomorrow and Friday should be interesting at work. My boss is out for two days and the sub for my old position is one of the original cooks from the HS. I think she worked there when it opened 100 years ago. I have been assured she is like the energizer bunny, so I am curious to see how this shakes out. Thankfully the menus for all the schools the next two days are pretty easy.
That's all from here. Need to thaw out some more things that oink and cluck so I have plenty to eat over the next three days.
Happy Hump Day!!
Cat
Happy to report after my weird day yesterday, my day was redeemed with a whole lot of zilch. Work was good, kids had good days, made linguine with clam sauce for dinner. You know, standard stuff.
So without boring you with my nothingness, here are my stats:
Weight 150.5 All I can think to say is that coming in at the top of my fat intake the last two days may be killing my weigh ins.
Calories 1313, 144 carbs, 51 fat, 72 g protein. My carbs were crazy today because I had homemade black bean soup for lunch and then a little pasta for dinner. I did psych myself out with my dinner pasta intake by putting it on a bed of fresh spinach. Of course that did not keep me from the garlic bread, but we all have our demons. Mine just has butter, garlic and bread involved.
I did 30 minutes of aerobics today which was sort of pathetic by my standards. I used to do at least 45 minutes a couple days a week. Working myself back up to that.
Tomorrow and Friday should be interesting at work. My boss is out for two days and the sub for my old position is one of the original cooks from the HS. I think she worked there when it opened 100 years ago. I have been assured she is like the energizer bunny, so I am curious to see how this shakes out. Thankfully the menus for all the schools the next two days are pretty easy.
That's all from here. Need to thaw out some more things that oink and cluck so I have plenty to eat over the next three days.
Happy Hump Day!!
Cat
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Day 3 of 7: rainbows and bats
Good evening friends.
I had a very weird morning today and I look forward to sharing it with you.
* Morning math problem: My alarm goes off at 5:40 every morning. My snooze is 6 minutes long. Today was picture day at work, I had to actually "do" my hair. I hit the snooze 6 times. This equals me getting up way too late but I managed to get out the door a little earlier than usual and make all the packed lunches needed in my house. Have I ever mentioned my skin breaking out? No, I haven't, because it doesn't. Except for picture day. Yep, it is High School all over again.
*My drive to work was full of lots of lightening and thankfully light traffic. People in our town cannot drive if there is any rain, wind, snow, air, clouds, etc. When I got out of my car at the school, I looked to the West and saw a red rainbow. Odd for two reasons: 1) The sun was not up yet and 2) who the hell sees a red rainbow??? The next event may explain it..
*I enter the building thru the maintenance garage doors. I have walked this walk for three years and have never noticed the HUGE chimney at the entrance. I probably have never noticed it because I come in after sunrise and don't get to see the THOUSANDS of BATS that go down into it when the sun is coming up. Holy Crap. I have never seen anything like it. I asked one of my maintmen if they were indeed bats and he said "Yup". My skin crawled for a good couple minutes. I asked my maintmen where that chimney goes and he didn't know. "So there are thousands of baths just hanging out where I walk in and out everyday?" "Yup". Gross. Skin crawling, nothing like Twilight, Gross.
*Another morning math problem: red rainbow + thousands of bats = portal of hell. Great, I work at a portal to hell. It actually explains a lot about where I work. But I love my job. And grilled cheese.
*I broke our printer trying to get new cartridges in it today. Guess we will be getting a new one. Anyone have any advice on a new, wireless printer? Just need it to print kid's stuff and pics. It can scan but I don't need it to fax.
And now for the boring part of the day, my food stats:
Weighed in at 150
1170 cals, 97 carbs, 58 grams fat, 69 protein. I just realized that the ground chicken I am eating is 11 grams per 3oz serving. Ground turkey is only 6. I am also getting killed on fat grams with olive oil (good fat, whatever, still fat) and salad dressings.
I did not work out at all today. Between spending time breaking my printer, doing the 4 plus loads of laundry that appeared over night (I think my laundry baskets are part of the portal to hell), the kids showers, homework, dinner, etc, I just couldn't muster the energy. I may do some weights while watching tv later or I may just lay my weight on the couch.
Middle child is grounded for a couple days for clothesling his brother outside while playing ( I am a seasoned Ref and can make such calls without mistake). When he treats youngest like crap, all the neighbor kids do too. That crap stops now and should have stopped a long time ago.
Have a great rest of your night. Tomorrow is Hump Day!! Thank goodness. I am ready for this week to be over all ready.
Cat
Hell's gate keeper
I had a very weird morning today and I look forward to sharing it with you.
* Morning math problem: My alarm goes off at 5:40 every morning. My snooze is 6 minutes long. Today was picture day at work, I had to actually "do" my hair. I hit the snooze 6 times. This equals me getting up way too late but I managed to get out the door a little earlier than usual and make all the packed lunches needed in my house. Have I ever mentioned my skin breaking out? No, I haven't, because it doesn't. Except for picture day. Yep, it is High School all over again.
*My drive to work was full of lots of lightening and thankfully light traffic. People in our town cannot drive if there is any rain, wind, snow, air, clouds, etc. When I got out of my car at the school, I looked to the West and saw a red rainbow. Odd for two reasons: 1) The sun was not up yet and 2) who the hell sees a red rainbow??? The next event may explain it..
*I enter the building thru the maintenance garage doors. I have walked this walk for three years and have never noticed the HUGE chimney at the entrance. I probably have never noticed it because I come in after sunrise and don't get to see the THOUSANDS of BATS that go down into it when the sun is coming up. Holy Crap. I have never seen anything like it. I asked one of my maintmen if they were indeed bats and he said "Yup". My skin crawled for a good couple minutes. I asked my maintmen where that chimney goes and he didn't know. "So there are thousands of baths just hanging out where I walk in and out everyday?" "Yup". Gross. Skin crawling, nothing like Twilight, Gross.
*Another morning math problem: red rainbow + thousands of bats = portal of hell. Great, I work at a portal to hell. It actually explains a lot about where I work. But I love my job. And grilled cheese.
*I broke our printer trying to get new cartridges in it today. Guess we will be getting a new one. Anyone have any advice on a new, wireless printer? Just need it to print kid's stuff and pics. It can scan but I don't need it to fax.
And now for the boring part of the day, my food stats:
Weighed in at 150
1170 cals, 97 carbs, 58 grams fat, 69 protein. I just realized that the ground chicken I am eating is 11 grams per 3oz serving. Ground turkey is only 6. I am also getting killed on fat grams with olive oil (good fat, whatever, still fat) and salad dressings.
I did not work out at all today. Between spending time breaking my printer, doing the 4 plus loads of laundry that appeared over night (I think my laundry baskets are part of the portal to hell), the kids showers, homework, dinner, etc, I just couldn't muster the energy. I may do some weights while watching tv later or I may just lay my weight on the couch.
Middle child is grounded for a couple days for clothesling his brother outside while playing ( I am a seasoned Ref and can make such calls without mistake). When he treats youngest like crap, all the neighbor kids do too. That crap stops now and should have stopped a long time ago.
Have a great rest of your night. Tomorrow is Hump Day!! Thank goodness. I am ready for this week to be over all ready.
Cat
Hell's gate keeper
Monday, September 24, 2012
Day 2 of 7
Hi gang,
Hope you all had a good Monday. I won't bore you with exact details of what I ate today but let me just say it was a lot of things that cluck and gobble. And I will not mention it daily but I drink at least 64 oz of water every day. Yes, that is a lot of bathroom breaks.
Here were my stats:
Weighed in at 149 this am (down 2) (I expect my number will be back up tomorrow)
1142 cals, 57 carbs, 60 grams of fat (at the absolute max!), 94 grams protein
I did have a moment of weakness: my boss made grilled cheese for the HS kids and sent me home with the one extra we had. I put that darn thing on the counter and stared and stared at it. I will have just one little sliver of it...oh boy, that's good, before I knew it, I was wiping the crumbs off my shirt. But, I logged it and included it in my tally. No lie, my boss makes a killer grilled cheese.
I had to run some errands in the small town I work in after work today, so I decided to walk them. It was a good 25 minutes of walking, so that was my exercise for the day.
Took Daughter to Target tonight to get her some girly hair and makeup stuff (Homecoming ruined her) and I was slightly disturbed by the sight of young girl's underwear with words on the butts. Why? My mind went to Odd, then to creepy, then back to Odd. NO one should be reading ANYTHING on young girls underwear. Back to creepy now....
Thankfully, that is all I have to report from here. Watching football and doing laundry. Please, don't be jealous. You too can have this life of dullness. Though honestly, I like it BEST when we are in a place of dullness.
Oktoberfest this weekend. Hmmm....not sure how that is going to fit into my plan....Thankfully creme puffs are not my kryptonite...but fries and beer are..
Have a great night!!
Cat
Hope you all had a good Monday. I won't bore you with exact details of what I ate today but let me just say it was a lot of things that cluck and gobble. And I will not mention it daily but I drink at least 64 oz of water every day. Yes, that is a lot of bathroom breaks.
Here were my stats:
Weighed in at 149 this am (down 2) (I expect my number will be back up tomorrow)
1142 cals, 57 carbs, 60 grams of fat (at the absolute max!), 94 grams protein
I did have a moment of weakness: my boss made grilled cheese for the HS kids and sent me home with the one extra we had. I put that darn thing on the counter and stared and stared at it. I will have just one little sliver of it...oh boy, that's good, before I knew it, I was wiping the crumbs off my shirt. But, I logged it and included it in my tally. No lie, my boss makes a killer grilled cheese.
I had to run some errands in the small town I work in after work today, so I decided to walk them. It was a good 25 minutes of walking, so that was my exercise for the day.
Took Daughter to Target tonight to get her some girly hair and makeup stuff (Homecoming ruined her) and I was slightly disturbed by the sight of young girl's underwear with words on the butts. Why? My mind went to Odd, then to creepy, then back to Odd. NO one should be reading ANYTHING on young girls underwear. Back to creepy now....
Thankfully, that is all I have to report from here. Watching football and doing laundry. Please, don't be jealous. You too can have this life of dullness. Though honestly, I like it BEST when we are in a place of dullness.
Oktoberfest this weekend. Hmmm....not sure how that is going to fit into my plan....Thankfully creme puffs are not my kryptonite...but fries and beer are..
Have a great night!!
Cat
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Day 1 of 7
Hi friends,
Hope you are having a great Sunday of football and family. I am exhausted today after and epic day of all things Daughter yesterday. But, she had a great day, great time at the dance and I am reminded how lucky I am to have a Daughter with good friends and their parents. I cannot stress enough how important it is to at least meet your kids friends parents.
FYI: I saw some super slutty outfits going into the dance last night. Wow. I can only imagine what Prom will be like. Yick.
Ok, so here are the numbers for today:
Weighed in at 151
Breakfast: 2 cups coffee, 1 egg, 1 piece wheat toast
Lunch: 3 slices of low sodium turkey (this is not an adequate lunch but I was in between stops)
Snack: some celery
Dinner: 3oz cooked ground chicken (made it like a hamburger)
2 servings garden veggie frittata: this is my favorite way to eat eggs (though I use more whites than the actual egg since I am married to Captain Cholesterol). Throw in some eggs, whites, milk, any veggies you can nuke or saute, some cheese of choice and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. I put spinach, mushrooms and onions in mine tonight. And here is the Twilight Zone moment of the day: the BOYS even ate it and liked it. What the hell????? It was green as could be and they were still all in. Maybe I didn't feed them lunch???
1 6oz glass of wine (ok, maybe it was more like 8 oz..)
919 cals, 38 carbs, 38 g fat, 80 g protein
I also did 22 mins on the elliptical. I did my share of walking thru grocery stores but I won't count that.
Aldi has great ground chicken and turkey at really spectacular prices. I make patties and bake them to keep them moist. Easy to eat for breakfast or lunch and very satisfying.
The downside to the hours I put into food prep today is this:
Celery and lettuce draining in the dish drainer, dishes piled high because if you can see, they dishwasher just finished it's cycle and needs emptied. It will all be cleaned by bed time, I cannot stand a Monday morning with a dirty kitchen.
I am hopeful that all my planning will pay off this week like it has done in the past. Though I am really tired, I don't feel so mean as I usually do.
Thanks for reading and I hope we all have a great start to the week. Can you believe next Monday is Oct 1st? That means less than a month that my "baby" turns 9. Crap. But if I can live thru false eyelashes and sparkly heels, I think I can get thru anything.
Cat
Hope you are having a great Sunday of football and family. I am exhausted today after and epic day of all things Daughter yesterday. But, she had a great day, great time at the dance and I am reminded how lucky I am to have a Daughter with good friends and their parents. I cannot stress enough how important it is to at least meet your kids friends parents.
FYI: I saw some super slutty outfits going into the dance last night. Wow. I can only imagine what Prom will be like. Yick.
Ok, so here are the numbers for today:
Weighed in at 151
Breakfast: 2 cups coffee, 1 egg, 1 piece wheat toast
Lunch: 3 slices of low sodium turkey (this is not an adequate lunch but I was in between stops)
Snack: some celery
Dinner: 3oz cooked ground chicken (made it like a hamburger)
2 servings garden veggie frittata: this is my favorite way to eat eggs (though I use more whites than the actual egg since I am married to Captain Cholesterol). Throw in some eggs, whites, milk, any veggies you can nuke or saute, some cheese of choice and bake at 350 for 35 minutes. I put spinach, mushrooms and onions in mine tonight. And here is the Twilight Zone moment of the day: the BOYS even ate it and liked it. What the hell????? It was green as could be and they were still all in. Maybe I didn't feed them lunch???
1 6oz glass of wine (ok, maybe it was more like 8 oz..)
919 cals, 38 carbs, 38 g fat, 80 g protein
I also did 22 mins on the elliptical. I did my share of walking thru grocery stores but I won't count that.
Aldi has great ground chicken and turkey at really spectacular prices. I make patties and bake them to keep them moist. Easy to eat for breakfast or lunch and very satisfying.
The downside to the hours I put into food prep today is this:
I am hopeful that all my planning will pay off this week like it has done in the past. Though I am really tired, I don't feel so mean as I usually do.
Thanks for reading and I hope we all have a great start to the week. Can you believe next Monday is Oct 1st? That means less than a month that my "baby" turns 9. Crap. But if I can live thru false eyelashes and sparkly heels, I think I can get thru anything.
Cat
Saturday, September 22, 2012
NoMoMoJo the 7 day blog
Hard to believe I started this blog a year ago. My intentions were to share my weight loss struggle, my interest in food and exercise, and some funny quips about my life. I believe I have accomplished most of this over the year.
Though I have to admit, my interest in the exercise/eating well portion of my life is getting dangerously close to my old, bad habits. I did well when I was training for the Quarter Marathon a couple years ago, but once that race was over, I had had it with running. The thought of hitting the pavement sent me straight to the couch. The only redeeming thing about running was it kept my weight and depression at bay. I did not like it, I did not get the "runner high" all I got was numb feet and aching knees.
I had lofty goals of getting into better than ever shape this summer but the heat was so bad here, it was difficult to find a time of day that wasn't close to 90 degrees. Plus it was summer, time to slack off, right?
My new job has thrown all of our schedules into new territory and though it is going well, I feel like I constantly come up short somewhere. Throw in the kids sports and therapy schedules and well, you will find me in the McD drive thru more than the last three years combined.
I am relying more on processed foods frankly for the convenience. I do like to spend time Sunday getting my meals ready for the week ,but sometimes I find that to be time away from something else I should be doing. Easier to reach for a box or something out of the freezer.
These are all excuses. I feel soft all over, mentally more negative than usual, and am ticked that my jeans are tight. I have worked too hard to fall back into a bad place.
I felt my absolute best when I was blogging what I was eating on a daily basis and when I was doing some kind of exercise. I felt better when I was eating way less processed food and took time to take care of myself. I don't need to be as obsessive as I was before about it. I don't have time to make it a part time job like I did before. But I can certainly take the time to make sure I am doing what makes me feel my best.
Starting tomorrow thru next Sunday, I will be blogging about my meals, my mood, and what kind of exercise I will be doing. Ultimately I need to be accountable to myself but sometimes, it is easier to be motivated if I am accountable to everyone else. I am weird like that.
Meanwhile, I have a bathroom full of girls getting ready for their Homecoming dance tonight. Look for pics on FB later. I am happy to report that the sight of them dressed up is not making me a sobbing mess like I thought I would be. I actually find it slightly comical the lengths they are going to. And when I say "lengths" I mean the false eyelashes, they look like Kardashians. Sigh.
Thanks for reading!
Cat
Though I have to admit, my interest in the exercise/eating well portion of my life is getting dangerously close to my old, bad habits. I did well when I was training for the Quarter Marathon a couple years ago, but once that race was over, I had had it with running. The thought of hitting the pavement sent me straight to the couch. The only redeeming thing about running was it kept my weight and depression at bay. I did not like it, I did not get the "runner high" all I got was numb feet and aching knees.
I had lofty goals of getting into better than ever shape this summer but the heat was so bad here, it was difficult to find a time of day that wasn't close to 90 degrees. Plus it was summer, time to slack off, right?
My new job has thrown all of our schedules into new territory and though it is going well, I feel like I constantly come up short somewhere. Throw in the kids sports and therapy schedules and well, you will find me in the McD drive thru more than the last three years combined.
I am relying more on processed foods frankly for the convenience. I do like to spend time Sunday getting my meals ready for the week ,but sometimes I find that to be time away from something else I should be doing. Easier to reach for a box or something out of the freezer.
These are all excuses. I feel soft all over, mentally more negative than usual, and am ticked that my jeans are tight. I have worked too hard to fall back into a bad place.
I felt my absolute best when I was blogging what I was eating on a daily basis and when I was doing some kind of exercise. I felt better when I was eating way less processed food and took time to take care of myself. I don't need to be as obsessive as I was before about it. I don't have time to make it a part time job like I did before. But I can certainly take the time to make sure I am doing what makes me feel my best.
Starting tomorrow thru next Sunday, I will be blogging about my meals, my mood, and what kind of exercise I will be doing. Ultimately I need to be accountable to myself but sometimes, it is easier to be motivated if I am accountable to everyone else. I am weird like that.
Meanwhile, I have a bathroom full of girls getting ready for their Homecoming dance tonight. Look for pics on FB later. I am happy to report that the sight of them dressed up is not making me a sobbing mess like I thought I would be. I actually find it slightly comical the lengths they are going to. And when I say "lengths" I mean the false eyelashes, they look like Kardashians. Sigh.
Thanks for reading!
Cat
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
My Bi Polar Day
I would like to first acknowledge that being Bi Polar is a very serious thing. It requires medication, therapy, and a life of living differently.
My Bi Polar day wasn't as serious as all that, though at one point, it felt like it. To my knowledge, I am not Bi Polar nor is anyone in my immediate household.
My day, in a nut shell.
Happy Side:
Didn't realize that our new gloves at work (all good lunch lady's wear gloves) have powder in them. They have not in the past. As I took my apron off to use the restroom, I went to brush some sweet potato crumble off my purple shirt. I surprised myself by noticing that I had left nice white hand prints on my boobs from where I was wiping off the crumble. A Happy Moment that I laughed about all day and even texted people about. I mean come on, white powder boob prints?? That's funny.
Down side:
Youngest has really struggled with his behavior the last few weeks. Today was no different and it has escalated to more than I expected. He is grounded from everything and I am thinking about trying medication again. This whole process makes me sad and it is even sadder that he can't explain to me why he does what he does.
Happy moment:
Daughter and her friends are going to Homecoming together and are coming here for makeup, hair, pics, and dinner. I am thrilled to be such a big part of her Homecoming and am excited that my neighbors are excited, too.
I know we all know this, but life is a series of ups and downs. Sometimes it feels like one more than the other but I think it evens out in the end.
I have been running again. More to follow. I hope you are all doing well and thank you for your continued support.
Cat
My Bi Polar day wasn't as serious as all that, though at one point, it felt like it. To my knowledge, I am not Bi Polar nor is anyone in my immediate household.
My day, in a nut shell.
Happy Side:
Didn't realize that our new gloves at work (all good lunch lady's wear gloves) have powder in them. They have not in the past. As I took my apron off to use the restroom, I went to brush some sweet potato crumble off my purple shirt. I surprised myself by noticing that I had left nice white hand prints on my boobs from where I was wiping off the crumble. A Happy Moment that I laughed about all day and even texted people about. I mean come on, white powder boob prints?? That's funny.
Down side:
Youngest has really struggled with his behavior the last few weeks. Today was no different and it has escalated to more than I expected. He is grounded from everything and I am thinking about trying medication again. This whole process makes me sad and it is even sadder that he can't explain to me why he does what he does.
Happy moment:
Daughter and her friends are going to Homecoming together and are coming here for makeup, hair, pics, and dinner. I am thrilled to be such a big part of her Homecoming and am excited that my neighbors are excited, too.
I know we all know this, but life is a series of ups and downs. Sometimes it feels like one more than the other but I think it evens out in the end.
I have been running again. More to follow. I hope you are all doing well and thank you for your continued support.
Cat
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