Went home for lunch to take a quick nap, since I hardly had any sleep last night. I was able to catch a quick 30 minutes, and had a moment to grab some crakers (9) & peanut butter (1 Tbsp), a bit of applesause (1/2 c.) and a string cheese snack: 295 calories.
I'm on water number 3. Also had coffee this morning, and oatmeal: 210 calories.
Totals so far: 505 calories, 50 ounces water, 16 ounces coffee
......zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....think I need more coffee
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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
End of the nite tally
Finished the night with soup for dinner (144 calories plus 1/4 c shredded cheese 120 calories, plus crumbled corn chips 274 calories), with a side of tylenol. I have a splitting headache..... No snacks after dinner, but i did have a banana (105 calories) when i got home from work. 2 more bottles of water. Going to bed in a few.
Nite all...
Calories total for the day: 1105
Total fluids: 33 + 33 + 10 + 16 = 92
Nite all...
Calories total for the day: 1105
Total fluids: 33 + 33 + 10 + 16 = 92
Thursday, December 2, 2010
Filling Low-Cal Lunch
For lunch I made a salad of 1 large seedless cucumber, 4 tomatoes, 1/2 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese and 2 Tbsp lite Caesar dressing, with some salt and pepper on top. I ate half of it, which came out to 200 calories. I prefer the mozzarella to be in chunks instead of shredded, but I was out. Actually, last time I made this, I bought mozzarella in the string-cheese type, and sliced them into little rounds. I think you get more flavor that way; however, adding 1/2 cup shredded definitely has fewer calories.
Plus a bottle of water.
Onward!
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4 bottles down! Whew! I thought I had to pee a lot before! That was nuthin!!
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Plus a bottle of water.
Onward!
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4 bottles down! Whew! I thought I had to pee a lot before! That was nuthin!!
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
December Goals
I'm borrowing a bit here....
Sweat Pea posted today about her December Goals, and asked her readers about theirs. I'll admit, I haven't actually broken down my weight loss plan into mini-goals, or given much thought to very time-limited goals, such as what I can get done in the next 30 days. I've really only been thinking in terms of what my end goal is, my goal weight.
Duh....
Feeling kinda silly for not coming up with little milestones along the way, even ones that aren't about a number on the scale. I'm all about tracking what I AM doing (even if what I do isn't the best), but not so good at setting some short-term goals that will help me along the way.
So, for the sake of participating in what works for others, and may work for me as well, here goes:
December Goals
1.) 4 hours (in pieces) doing the Insanity Workout to the best of my ability. (This will take some serious work-up to be able to do the whole thing and at the pace on the video.)
2.) Walk/run 25 miles.....in spite of the weather.
3.) 1200 calories, 82 ounces of water per day
4.) 7 days of coffee with alternate creamer/sweetener options.
Sweat Pea posted today about her December Goals, and asked her readers about theirs. I'll admit, I haven't actually broken down my weight loss plan into mini-goals, or given much thought to very time-limited goals, such as what I can get done in the next 30 days. I've really only been thinking in terms of what my end goal is, my goal weight.
Duh....
Feeling kinda silly for not coming up with little milestones along the way, even ones that aren't about a number on the scale. I'm all about tracking what I AM doing (even if what I do isn't the best), but not so good at setting some short-term goals that will help me along the way.
So, for the sake of participating in what works for others, and may work for me as well, here goes:
December Goals
1.) 4 hours (in pieces) doing the Insanity Workout to the best of my ability. (This will take some serious work-up to be able to do the whole thing and at the pace on the video.)
2.) Walk/run 25 miles.....in spite of the weather.
3.) 1200 calories, 82 ounces of water per day
4.) 7 days of coffee with alternate creamer/sweetener options.
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Day 89 Water, Water Everywhere
Before I decided to lose weight (over a year ago), or should I say when I first started thinking about it, I came to the realization that I was going to have to eliminate all the sweetened iced tea, pop, juice, etc, that I consumed on such a regular basis. Quite honestly, I'm amazed that I hadn't become pre-diabetic for all the sugar I was drinking.
It was pretty common (OK, daily) for me to get those giant size cups of "Sweet Tea" from McDonald's (No ice please, cuz you can get more in the cup that way). I called it my "bucket o' tea". And I'd drink that at work. All day. After work, I'd drink more sweet tea (at home, I'd make a gallon at a time, with a cup of sugar added), and drink that all afternoon and evening. And I absolutely love fruit juice. Pretty much any kind, especially if its got cranberry in it. Which means it must have lots of high-fructose corn syrup. Its nothing for me to pour myself a 16 ounce glass of juice and drink it in 2 or 3 long gulps. No one in my house will share a drink with me, cuz I'll half empty the glass!
So the thought of letting go of all that sweet, tasty, thirst-quenching heaven really filled me with anxiety. After all, we MUST drink a lot of fluids every day, its healthy, right? I got the part about changing foods and eating less fat/sugar/carbs etc. For the most part, I was prepared for that. It was the loss of the sweet drinks that really worried me. I've never been a water drinker, except in those odd moments of great thirst when the only relief is a drinking fountain with metalic tasting tepid water, and your mouth feels like the Sahara. Bleck!! But necessary.
Who wants to drink water like that? Or the chlorine filled stuff out of my kitchen tap?
And I didn't relish the idea of spending a ton of money on bottled water, either. It seems so ridiculous. Water. More expensive that the gas in my car. How insane is that?!?
But I relented. It hasn't been easy. But it has been surprising. At first, I started drinking a bottle here, and a bottle there. I was not impressed. None of them tasted very good, and some of them tasted rather lousy. So I kept trying different brands. Absopure, Mountain Springs, Poland Springs, Dasani, Ice Mountain. I can't even remember all the brands we've been through. None of them appealed to me. At least not at first.
My husband kept buying cases of water. After all, the kids were drinking it, he was drinking it, occasionally I would drink it. And then one day I realized that I'd become acclimated to drinking water. It wasn't so bad anymore. It happened very gradually. In the beginning, I just forced myself to sip away. More often than not, the water would long since have warmed up, making it even more unappealing, and I'd dump the rest on the plants or in the dogs dish. Hubby was getting pretty worked up about all the "wasted" water that we're paying good money for.
But one day I found myself craving a nice cold bottle of water. Like I used to crave juice or tea.I wasn't forcing myself. Wow! This feels pretty good! I used to dread the idea of having to choke down 32 or 48 or 64 ounces of water in a day. Now I don't even bat an eye. I haven't given up the sweetened morning coffee. But I've pretty much eliminated all the other stuff. And I don't worry anymore about the occassional glass of juice, because I know that the vast majority of the fluids I drink are calorie free. (And not artifically sweetened!).
So that's a hurdle I've passed. I think it was as much a mental hurdle, as it was physical. And besides the benefit of helping with weight loss and keeping me hydrated in a good way, water doesn't give me the headrushes and bloated feeling I used to get from drinking all that sweet tea. And that feels GREAT! My tastebuds have adjusted in ways I never expected! Surprise!
It was pretty common (OK, daily) for me to get those giant size cups of "Sweet Tea" from McDonald's (No ice please, cuz you can get more in the cup that way). I called it my "bucket o' tea". And I'd drink that at work. All day. After work, I'd drink more sweet tea (at home, I'd make a gallon at a time, with a cup of sugar added), and drink that all afternoon and evening. And I absolutely love fruit juice. Pretty much any kind, especially if its got cranberry in it. Which means it must have lots of high-fructose corn syrup. Its nothing for me to pour myself a 16 ounce glass of juice and drink it in 2 or 3 long gulps. No one in my house will share a drink with me, cuz I'll half empty the glass!
So the thought of letting go of all that sweet, tasty, thirst-quenching heaven really filled me with anxiety. After all, we MUST drink a lot of fluids every day, its healthy, right? I got the part about changing foods and eating less fat/sugar/carbs etc. For the most part, I was prepared for that. It was the loss of the sweet drinks that really worried me. I've never been a water drinker, except in those odd moments of great thirst when the only relief is a drinking fountain with metalic tasting tepid water, and your mouth feels like the Sahara. Bleck!! But necessary.
Who wants to drink water like that? Or the chlorine filled stuff out of my kitchen tap?
And I didn't relish the idea of spending a ton of money on bottled water, either. It seems so ridiculous. Water. More expensive that the gas in my car. How insane is that?!?
But I relented. It hasn't been easy. But it has been surprising. At first, I started drinking a bottle here, and a bottle there. I was not impressed. None of them tasted very good, and some of them tasted rather lousy. So I kept trying different brands. Absopure, Mountain Springs, Poland Springs, Dasani, Ice Mountain. I can't even remember all the brands we've been through. None of them appealed to me. At least not at first.
My husband kept buying cases of water. After all, the kids were drinking it, he was drinking it, occasionally I would drink it. And then one day I realized that I'd become acclimated to drinking water. It wasn't so bad anymore. It happened very gradually. In the beginning, I just forced myself to sip away. More often than not, the water would long since have warmed up, making it even more unappealing, and I'd dump the rest on the plants or in the dogs dish. Hubby was getting pretty worked up about all the "wasted" water that we're paying good money for.
But one day I found myself craving a nice cold bottle of water. Like I used to crave juice or tea.I wasn't forcing myself. Wow! This feels pretty good! I used to dread the idea of having to choke down 32 or 48 or 64 ounces of water in a day. Now I don't even bat an eye. I haven't given up the sweetened morning coffee. But I've pretty much eliminated all the other stuff. And I don't worry anymore about the occassional glass of juice, because I know that the vast majority of the fluids I drink are calorie free. (And not artifically sweetened!).
So that's a hurdle I've passed. I think it was as much a mental hurdle, as it was physical. And besides the benefit of helping with weight loss and keeping me hydrated in a good way, water doesn't give me the headrushes and bloated feeling I used to get from drinking all that sweet tea. And that feels GREAT! My tastebuds have adjusted in ways I never expected! Surprise!
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