I have some new inspiration

I have a couple of weightloss heroes (sheroes really) that I would like to give some attention too. First is my cousin...well cousin in law. I haven't seen her in several months. We live in the same city, but life gets busy. Well I saw her at church yesterday (her daughters were in the Christmas program) and she has lots 40 lbs since this summer. I had heard from family that she had started hitting the gym. But when I saw her yesterday I just had to go on and go to her about how great she looked and asked what she was doing. She started walking this summer and decided when she lost X #of lbs she would treat herself with a gym membership. Well she did and now goes to the gym at least a couple of times a week.

The other is blogger friend Shannon. She has really stepped things up the holiday season and is seeing good consistent losses on the scale. She has the turtles to prove it ; ) Way to go Shannon.

I have been so wishy-washy about watching what I eat and exercising lately and it is catching up with me. I have been feeling so blah....so again..today is a new day.

Goals this week....not eating out at lunch, none, nada, zip, zlich.
Walking/working out at least 3 times this week.
Logging my food every day...either here or on a note pad...just somewhere.
No unplanned snacking, that means no nibbling here and there. Just 2 planned health snacks a day.

Food log
breakfast
whole wheat english muffin with almond butter
1 cup skim milk
2 cups coffee

snack - 10 almonds

Lunch - Lean cuisine pizza
carrots with 1 wedge laughing cow light cheese
coke zero

snack - 1oz string cheese

dinner - health by sleath meatloaf
organic mac and cheese 3/4 cup
Salad with walnuts, little bit of crumbled feta, cherry tomatoes with lite rasp. vinegerette.

evening treat hubby made me a non-fat latte

I stayed on plan today....yippie!!

I made a BIG effort to stay away from snack this afternoon and I avoided the cake someone brought in the office kitchen. Staying on plan feels like a really big accomplishment.

Food log 10/25/2007

Breakfast - WW english muffin with almond butter
2 cups coffee

Lunch - Lean Cuisine Glazed Chicken
coke zero

#1 snack - lollipop
#2 snack- 1/4 apple

dinner - 3 homemade baked chicken tenders
Annie's Organic mac and cheese with secret cauliflower puree
steamed mixed veggies

dessert - mini-ice cream sandwich


I forget to blog about my weigh in this week. I think I was living in denile. It was gain. I weighed in at 177.8. YUCK!

I can tell I have doing lots of emotional and stress eating. It has been really busy at our house. but that is really no excuse. I have been making better choices this week..finally!

Food log 10/24/2007

Breakfast - whole wheat english muffin and almond butter (I'm seeing a pattern here~ hehe!)
2 cups coffee

Lunch - Lean cuisine rosemary chicken and wild rice
coke zero

snack - carrots and wedge of light cheese
1 oz cheese

dinner - turkey meatballs with pasta and pasta sauce (pasta sause has added spinach)
cauliflower and broccoli in cheese sauce
mini ice cream sandwich

Food log 10/16/2007 (updated)

Breakfast - chicken breast sandwich on whole wheat with spinach, mustard and slice of cheese
2 cups coffee
water

lunch - chicken club pannini (lean cuisine)
coke zero
1 cupcake from yesterday office birthday

snack - 8 almonds

dinner - 2 halves english muffin pizza's (inspired by something to chew on post) They were super yummy!
3/4 cup broccoli and cauliflowers in cheese sauce
3/4 cup brown rice
water

100 cal dark chocolate
100 cal mini ice cream sandwich

pringles cheezums...this was awful!

Food Journal 10/10/2007

Breakfast - chicken breast (deli style) sandwich on whole wheat toast with mustard, cheddar cheese and spinach
2 cups coffee with cream and splenda

lunch - Lean cuisine seasame chicken and veggies dinner
coke zero

snack - animals crackers (240 cals)

dinner - chicken cordon bleu (costco) 1 cup Annie's organic mac and cheese, steamed veggies and fruit salad (apple, peach, grapes)
1 oz string cheese

snack - 100 cal microwave popcorn

Food Journal 10/3/2007

Weigh in day was today and I weighed 176.8. I'm still happy to see that number. It wasn't up too much.

Food Log
Breakfast - Activa low fat peach yogurt and 1/2 English Muffin with Almond butter
2 cups coffee - 1 splenda and creamer

Snack - snack size bag of Chex Mix (210) and some olive tapanad.

Lunch - Wendy's grilled chicken sandwich, fries and iced tea

dinner - whatever hubby cooks (LOL!) tonight he cooked Chicken Cordon Bleu (from Costco) brown rice and zuchini and other veggies.

Last update...Hubby had a sweet tooth and I had low will power. He went to the store and bought a WHOLE PECAN PIE. Uggggghhhh!!! Yes, I had a piece, a relatively small piece and my best estimate on calories is 250. Hubby promised to take the pie to work today.

Benefits of keeping a food journal

I go back and forth (and back and forth and then back again) on keeping a food log. But I have come to realized that is really does help me keep on track with my eating.

I really keeps me honest about what I am eating and makes it harder for me to forget when I slip up. So here I go again. I will be trying to log my food here everyday.

Some links on benefits of keeping a food journal

1) Quakers Oats

2) Yahoo

I am also trying to change my taste buds for sweet. I am cutting down the Splenda I add to coffee and tea. My diet soda comsumption is down too. I will have one here and there but not as many as I used to have. Ooooo more news. I brought my walking clothes today so I can walk after work today. I haven't done this for well over a week.

I will come back and edit this post to include the rest of my food for the day, but so far....

Breakfast

Whole wheat English muffin with almond butter

Decaf Ice tea with 1 splenda

Coffee with 1 splenda and little cup of creamer (15 cals)

snack

5 green olives, 1 kalamata olive (with pits)

Kashi TLC trail mix granola bar (140 cals)

Lunch

small bag of baked lays (140 cals)

turkey breast on whole wheat sandwich

raspberry limon ice tea

Dinner

spinach ravioli with extra spinach and cherry tomatoes

1 slice whole wheat toast

decaf ice tea

Dessert

1 scoop coffee ice cream

(full disclosure - i had a few bites of little one scoop too)

Friday August 24 food log

Breakfast - breakfast bite (140), blueberry juice smoothie (70),

Lunch - OH BOY! this one was bad. The office catered in Mexican food. I had too much. 1 cheese enchilada, 2 beef fajita tacos with sour cream and guac., chips & queso, 1/2 a brownie

Dinner - 1/2 cup corn, 2 hot dogs

dessert - 1 cup ice cream.

I did get out an do my walk (20 mins) and my steps yesterday were over 6300.

It is hubby's birthday weekend. That means cooking him breakfast of his choice and dinner out with friends and family.
The breakfast he has requested in biscuits, sausage, strawberries and he has requested Kolaches for Sunday . I am planning a 1 hour walk on Saturday to help combat this menu.

Food log 8/22/2007

B-fast
breakfast bite 140
blueberry fruit smoothie 170
string cheese 70

Lunch
Chick-fil-A chicken strips salad (with lite ving. dressing and sunflower seeds) 500 approx guess

Dinner
3 oz baked chicken with shake n bake 200
1 cup brown rice 220
1/2 or less broccoli and cheese 70

Totals for the day 1405 approx.

Steps taken 6375

Waist Ratio

There is another weight related measure to be taken now. Along with BMI, body fat percentage, waist measure and weight...we now have the Waist to Hip ratio. Something to chew on recently discussed the same topic.

I actually like this one, because finally I am not in the "bad" range on something!!!!! (edit....great I just found another site that says I am not in the good range...oh well, that didn't last long. )

I took mine and it turns out to be .75. The idea being are you an apple or a pear? I have always thought I was a pear, just look at my buttttt. Apples carry more weight around their middle (waist) while pears carry more weight around their hips. The apple weight is more dangerous because the fat is being held around your organs and leads to heart disease along with increased risk for diabetes and ovarian cancers.

In Dr. Oz and Dr. Rozen's book You on a Diet. They recommend a waist measure of 32 inches or less in women. I just have an inche to go to be there...but oh so close.

steps walked 8/20/2007 - over 6000 (I am not showing an exact # because I put my pedometer on at about 9am, so I'm just giving a general #)

Today's food log:

Breakfast - english muffins with almond butter (130 + 70)
2 cups coffee with cream (50 cals)

Snack - granola bar (140)
Lunch - vegetable soup (180)
carrots w/cheese (55)
diet DP

Snack - veggie crisps (130)

Dinner
Meatloaf with ketsup(300)
Mac & Cheese (270)
Salad (70)

Hot tea

Wrap-up - I ate around 1400 calories... I had to total them up to see if I could have a little after dinner treat...no such luck ; (

Monday Aug. 20th

B-fast - 1 piece breakfast bite (homemade) (130)
1 fat free yogurt blueberry (100)


2 cups coffee with cream (50 cal)


snack - granola bar (140 cal)


Lunch - lean cuisine spanish rice (290)

bag of carrots (25) & wedge of laughing cow cheese lite (35)
2 diet DP

Dinner
leftover veggie spaghetti (1.5 cups)
salad with vingerette dressing (1 Tbs)
1 slice whole grain toast with smart balance spread

hot teas