food log sfs

Monday I ate:
frosted mini wheats
mac n cheese
burrito
2 c. hot chocolate
1 c. strawberries
graham crackers w/ peanut butter

shoveled snow for exercise

weigh in SFS

So when I started blogging here, I think I had about 20-25 pounds to lose.  Now I have 30 to lose, maybe 30 if I can pull it off. 

I've been losing .5 pounds per morning for a few days. 

So, I'm down 2.5 pounds. 

Progress!

Hooray! 

let's not!

food log

The day before Thanksgiving and I'm still trying to diet, exercise, and lose weight. 

Well, what did I eat yesterday? 

I had 2 small blueberry pancakes
a slice of wheat bread with honey and butter
an apple
and mac and cheese with hot dogs

Now that's a winner of a dinner. 

I did 30 minutes of personal trainer on Kinect. 

food log sfs

Tuesday I ate:
frosted mini wheats
spicy chicken sandwich
a few french fries
chicken taco on wheat tortilla
apple
light yogurt

I did 20 minutes of Dance Central. 
I was down 2 of 30 pounds this morning!  hooray, hoping the decline continues. 

food log sfs

Monday I ate:
1.5 c. frosted mini wheats
.75 c. fried rice (home made)
peanut butter and honey on 2 slices of wheat bread
frozen burrito
.5 container yogurt

ugh, not a great eating day :(
The only exercise I got was shoveling the driveway.  My fault. 

food log

Sunday I ate:
1.5 c. frosted mini wheats
turkey and cheddar on wheat bread
1 slice of wheat bread with butter
1 slice of wheat bread with cheese

I did 40 minutes of Dance Central on Kinect

goals

1. be positive about weight loss and my body image
2. exercise: it doesn't matter what you do or when you do it, just do it
3. write down EVERYTHING you eat
4. eat more fiber
5. eat more fruits and vegetables
6. less fast food
7. snack less
8. snack  on healthy stuff
9. drink more water
10. eat fewer sweets

food log SFS

Friday I ate:
2 c. cinnamon pecan Special K cereal
Peanut butter and honey on wheat
tomato basil triscuts
cheddar cheese

I got slammed with this head cold and spent a lot of time lying around.  Definitely didn't exercise. 

oops, I forgot to post

The evening got away with me and I didn't post yesterday.  Not too bad though, considering I had 16 perfect days of posting. 
Thursday I ate:
.75 c. cinnamon Special K cereal
Turkey and cheddar on wheat bread
wheat thins with honey
chicken salad with black beans

I did 30 minutes of personal training on Kinect. 

blah

Do you ever not feel like blogging? 
or dieting?
or exercising?

I don't even know how to diet.  I certianly don't know how to lose weight.  I love to exercise but just don't feel like it.  ugh.  I hate feeling that way.  You too?  Oh good I'm glad it's not just me. 

food log SFS

Monday I ate:
1.5 c. cinnamon pecan Special K cereal
1 large taco salad
20 wheat thins crackers
mozzarella string cheese
.5 c. Spanish rice
.75 c. chicken

food log SFS

Sunday I ate:
slim fast and banana, most of it
chicken taco
rice
beans
oatmeal cookie
chocolate cake
lots of mints and Hershey's kisses

no exercise

food log sfs

Saturday I ate:
pancakes, sausage
pepperoni pizza
lots of Hershey's kisses
some cashews
lots of Diet Coke

I walked 4 miles at a nice brisk pace. 
I cleaned, and cleaned, and cleaned.  Lots of stairs, I was busy all day long. 

food log sfs

Today I ate:
slim fast
banana
chicken enchilada (cafe rio)
rice
black beans
2 slices of pepperoni pizza

I didn't have any snacks and that's probably all there is positive to say about my eating today. 

I didn't do any formal exercise but I was kind of active and very pooped at the end of the day.  Tomorrow I do my big walk, so that will be good! 

food log sfs

Yesterday I ate a lot of bread. 
I had toast for breakfast, a sandwich of peanut butter and honey for lunch, and for dinner I ate fried rice (home made, no msg). 

For exercise I did some deep cleaning and some Kinect. 
Probably not enough exercise, but an overall active day. 

Someone be honest with me... am I eating too much?  I'm not seeing any results yet.  Honesty.  Be brutal if you need to be. 

food log SFS

Not a great day for eating, or exercise for me... must do better today!

Yesterday I ate:
slim fast
banana
cheeseburger animal style
french fries
2 chicken soft tacos
chips with nacho cheese
1 slice of wheat bread with peanut butter and honey
1 apple

Did nada for exercise.  Darn!  I should have too. 

food log SFS

Yesterday I ate:
2 waffles with butter and honey
1 medium banana
peanut butter and apricot jelly sandwich on wheat bread
.5 large apple
.5 c. ice cream
.5 c. white rice
.25 c chili

I did 45 minutes of exercises on the Kinect.  I'm still learning what I like and spent the majority of that time doing kick boxing.  I didn't really burn that many calories though, at least according to the X Box.  I was glad I did something though, as I still haven't made it back to the pool in recent days... (almost 2 weeks)

food log SFS

Yesterday I ate:
2 c. Honey Nut Chex and a medium banana
Peanut butter and honey on wheat bread and Celery with Ranch
1 c. white rice with 1/4c. chili
I had another slice of wheat bread with a little butter and some honey
and 1/2 c. phish food ice cream

I did about 25 minutes on the Kinect

I'm fighting a cold (and so are my kids) so I'm trying to get motivated to exercise but it's hard when you're not feeling super duper. 

food log SFS

Yesterday I ate:
3 cups of honey chex
turkey, potatoes, stuffing, green beans, cranberries, jello salad, roll
yes, we had Thanksgiving dinner yesterday.  My little brother is going on his mission next week so we had it early. 
It was yummy but my sugars were really out of control all day yesterday.  Mostly I think because I'm coming down with a cold.  And partly because I ate too much jello salad. 

I didn't do any exercise

food log sfs

Yesterday I ate:
slim fast
wheat toast with butter and honey
turkey and cheddar on wheat
ice cream

I walked 3.5 miles in 1 hour and 1 minutes
then I got my butt whipped by the Kinect.  "started" a personal trainer on there and did squats then haven't been able to feel my quad muscles since. 

food log SFS

Friday I ate:
slim fast
chicken taco
beef taco
chicken and swiss casserole
trail mix
salsa
cream cheese
brie in pie crust
cracker

Exercise: My husband brought home a new XBOX Kinect last night.  We had a fun time dancing and river rafting.  The Kinect is kind of like the Wii except your body is the controller.  I also did quite a bit of walking. 

food log sfs

15 minutes to spare

yesterday I ate:
wheat toast with honey and butter
turkey sandwich
crackers
mozzarella stick
chicken and Swiss casserole

no exercise

food log SFS

Yesterday I ate:
wheat toast
quesadilla on wheat with ground beef
cheese and crackers
baked potato
chicken
and a little candy

I did another hour of yard work

food log SFS

Yesterday I ate:
slim fast with banana
chicken sandwich and fries
beef taco on wheat tortilla
again, too much Halloween candy
apple

I did an hour of yard work
My energy level was great and my sugars were better

food log SFS

Yesterday I ate:
Special K cereal
turkey sandwich w/o cheese (forgot it at the store, and saved 200 calories on lunch!)
rice and chicken with broccoli casserole
too much leftover Halloween candy

Yesterday I had lots of energy so I got some good activity in:
pulled the kids in the wagon to and from school for pick up (ie. once, not both trips)
mowed my Sandy on-a-hill lawn

If I could keep myself away from the candy, I could keep my blood sugar under control.  Someone stop me from raiding the candy bowl!!!

NaBoPoMo

Did you know that November is National Blog Posting Month (NaBoPoMo)?  It is also National Novel Writing Month, and National Diabetes Awareness Month.  So... what to blog about?  Well, I'm not a Novel Writer, so that's out.  I do have diabetes, but that's no fun to blog about, most days.  On this blog, I'm making a goal to blog each day this month about my diet and exercise.  On my other blog, I'm making a goal to blog about one thing I'm grateful for each day in the month of November. 

I didn't write down what I ate yesterday.  It wasn't a lot but it was way too much sugar.  I had troubles with my blood sugar and a mild emotional break down. 

Today I'm doing well but that Halloween candy is sure not making things easy.  My energy is up so much today!  I've accomplished lots and have wanted to do different activities.  I'm glad that I'm feeling more energy, and hopeful that my thyroid is stabilizing. 

food log sugarfreesweetie

Yesterday I ate:
special K red berries
like 5 different granola bars
a turkey sandwich
half an apple
and a hand full of carrots

I didn't get any exercise and I drank so much diet coke that I didn't sleep last night. 

However, my scale did move in the right (or should I say left) direction this morning! yea!

food log, SFS

Yesterday I ate:
Special K red berries
pepperoni pizza
nature valley granola bars
egg sandwich on an English muffin

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

1 bowl of cold cereal
chicken salad sandwich on a croissant
a lemon bar
celery, carrots, and broccoli
caramel apple
chocolate eclair
apple juice
3 pieces of crazy bread
microwave popcorn

It was NOT a good eating day.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

pineapple mustard chicken
3/4 C rice
lots of fruit with yogurt dip
1 Costco brownie bite

Not much water and 1 hour of Jazzercise.

photo food log SFS

Decided to try a different approach yesterday. I took photographs of my food throughout the day. I was definitely a little more cautious about what I ate when I had to take a picture of it.

Slim fast shake

Diet Coke

turkey sandwich

moment of weakenss: twix

2nd and 3rd Diet cokes of the day

moment of weakness #2 crackers and cheese

string cheese

banana

Fiber one cereal

Went swimming for 30 minutes. 

MJMs Food Log

Once again I gained weight on our trip. I don't get it. I really didn't eat that badly. However, I have been really diligent since returning home and have lost what I gained on the trip.

Monday's Food Log:

peach smoothee and 1 slice whole wheat toast
2 slices veggie delite pizza (Papa Murphy's) and a strawberry smoothee
1 bowl Zoom with a little brown sugar

I drank lots of water and did 1 hour of Jazzercise.



Tuesday's Food Log:

2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and some wheat germ
1/3 C Malt-O-Meal cereal with brown sugar
3 cookies
black bean/Southwest salad (mostly veggies)
pineapple, cantaloupe, honeydew

I drank lots of water but got no exercise.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1 bowl frosted shredded wheat with milk
6" Cornonado Club Sub
1 homemade Oreo
1 1/2 C black bean soup
2 black and white cookies
handful of microwave popcorn

I drank 1/2 gallon of water and got no exercise.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

cookie dough
chicken tortilla soup
fat-free turkey breast sandwich on light wheat bread with tomato and lettuce and reduced-fat pepperjack cheese

I drank about a half gallon of water and did an hour of Jazzercise.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

pumpkin blueberry muffin
chicken tortilla soup
3 slices of pumpkin spice cake

Not enough water and no exercise

MJMs Food Log

It's been far too long since I've posted and yes, my weight is up. I am fully committed to getting back to this and getting my weight DOWN!

Yesterday I ate the following:

2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and wheat germ
lots of licorice
way too many chips and salsa
1/2 of a large combo platter at La Frontera (including a taco, an enchilada, a burrito, rice, and beans)

I walked for almost 2 hours and drank about half a gallon of water.

good news or bad?

Well, I saw the doctor this week, as I mentioned before.  The results are in.  I have hypothyroidism.  I'm really glad that they were able to diagnose it.  I'm also quite proud of myself for paying attention to my body and noticing that something was amiss, and accurately diagnosing myself on Web MD. 
What is it?  My thyroid isn't producing enough hormone.
What can they do? Give me medication which should bring my levels back to normal, and reduce my symptoms including the weight gain.
What's the good news?  I've been diagnosed and I'll receive treatment.  The treatment should also aid in my metabolism and therefore my diabetes too. 
What's the bad news?  I'll have to take another prescription medicine.  Most likely for the rest of my life. 
What's interesting about it?  People who have one endocrine disorder are more prone to having another.  I recently learned this on a podcast for mothers.  There was a featured story on a young girl with Type 1 diabetes (the kind which I have) who was diagnosed because she'd already had another endocrine disorder; Graves Disease. 

I'm grateful I was able to find help and hopeful that I'll start feeling more normal soon.   The past two weeks have been particularly poor.  Today I've felt so tired and lethargic.  I'm glad it's more than just adjusting to staying at home. 

swimming

I could write an entire post dedicated to my 30 minute experience at the pool this morning.  I think I might just dump my thoughts here too because no one else wants to hear me ramble on. 
I was so pumped that after 8 weeks of the pool being closed it was finally open again.  It is just the best form of exercise for me and the time, while brutal- at least for me, works out the best. 
They had closed for resurfacing and I can't believe what they put on that pool.  Mark my words this is going to be a huge mistake.  They put in some kind of plastic lining on the pool and there are already air bubbles everywhere.  The lane lines and marks on the wall are taped over the top of the lining and you can tell that those things are going to peel right off.  I hope I'm wrong but I'm afraid they're going to have major problems with this crap.
The dumb life guard who works at 5:30 am decided he had to sweep one of the two available lanes and so I had to go over to the lane where there were no lane lines.  I wonder if you know what those lines are for anyway?  Besides holding you in your lane, or marking where you are swimming, they happen to absorb a great deal of waves or wake created by other swimmers.  I was there about 15 minutes when some guy 100 pounds heavier than me shows up and swims in the lane over (no lane lines).  He is creating so much wake that I'm all over the place and feeling super dragged down from him.  Arg!  That is the point of the lane line.  I was the first one there today and I would have really liked to have swum in the first lane. 
If that lifeguard does that tomorrow, I'm going to ask him to move! 
I didn't feel great in the water which wasn't really surprising because I haven't swum laps for quite some time.  I hope I'll start getting back to where I was in a week or two. 
I did 30 minutes and swam about 800 yards.  Before the pool closed I was up to about 40 minutes and 1200 yards, so I've got some improving to do.  Sadly, I can only afford 40 minutes before my husband has to leave but I plan on getting back to where I was before. 
I'm just really glad the pool is back open again. 

bad week

Well, what can I say?  I've been having a really rough time with my diabetes lately.  Things are getting back to normal, I hope!  I've had some other health issues lately too so I went to the doc today.  He is running some tests and I should find out the results by Thursday.  I hope that they are conclusive tests and that I don't have to have any further blood drawn.  No body likes that.  Today I had two different blood samples taken and was given my flu shot.  I feel as though I've been sufficiently poked and prodded. 
I'm planning on hitting the pool tomorrow morning.  It has been closed since the middle of August so that is several weeks without regular exercise.  I'm excited and a little nervous.  These other health problems have left me feeling very tired and even lethargic.  I'm hopeful that I'll be able to wake up and stay awake tomorrow. 
Excited to exercise.  Also looking forward to figuring out these health issues.  And maybe once all that is said and done I can start losing some weight. 
How are the rest of you doing? 
I hardly ate anything today, I was busy, and didn't have much of an appetite. 

from awful to dreadful

Well, because I ate so horribly yesterday, I went to bed with a high blood sugar, I think it was about 270.  I bolused (took insulin) for the high and figured I'd wake up somwehere in the 160 range.  Wrong!  I was 232.  I ate my usual breakfast of a slim fast shake and banana and went to volunteer at the school for a few hours while Ryan was in Kindergarten. 

-Side note- I was in a really crummy mood because yesterday hadn't gone very well and I really didn't want to go over to the school at all but I had promised a few teachers I would go.  I didn't spend as much time as I usually do on myself in the morning and it showed.  I looked like junk.  And people noticed. 

Then I started feeling pretty poorly, and people could really tell.  I had a weird chest pain and what felt like a fever.  Being diabetic, I automatically thought it was my sugar.  I decided that my attempt at getting anything done at school was futile and figured I'd better get home and get some more rest (didn't sleep well last night either which is pretty normal for me).  On my way out into the parking lot I figured I'd check on my pump site.  It was disconnected.  Which meant that it had probably been that way since I put my shorts on, before I ate breakfast, and bloused for breakfast.  Translation: I hadn't gotten any insulin to cover for my high, nor my breakfast, nor for the past three hours.  I KNEW my sugar was high but I only live about three minutes for the school so I decided to just throw the toddler in the car and check it when I got home.  It was 521!  (Normal range is 80-120).  I tested again just to be sure and my meter was only 3 points different. 

So, I'm feeling pretty crappy and now I know why.  I took a shot of 16 units, bloused 2 units with a 1 hour reminder so that I could check it to see how far it had come down. 

It has now been about 6 hours and I'm still running in the 300 range.  I ate a few crackers for lunch and drank 2 diet cokes and 1 water.  I'm hoping my sugars will be down in the 100 range here pretty soon. 

What's really a bummer about highs is the inevitable low that follows.  I'll end up with too much insulin in my system, and probably not enough food, and will go low.  It will probably happen during my tutoring session which is scheduled in about an hour from now.  Then I won't be able to think straight and the kid will think I'm a weirdo. 

Ah, the roller coaster of diabetes. 

food logs SFS

Saturday
fiber one cereal
turkey and cheese on wheat
apple
cheeseburger
yogurt

Sunday
fiber one cereal
peanut butter and apricot jelly on wheat
waffles and sugar free syrup
wheat thins with honey & peanut butter

Monday
slim fast
banana
cheddar on wheat
pepperoni pizza
fruit snacks

Tuesday
arg, today was awful!
oatmeal and banana
3 mini corn dogs
garlic chicken & rice
cheezits
4 cookies
chicken sandwich
small fries
arg, awful!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1 large slice of Great Harvest Cinnaburst bread
2 bowls shredded wheat
1 C veggie Lo Mein
1 BLT roll-up
ice cream sundae with lots of bananas

Not enough water and no exercise.

food log(S) SFS

Thursday:
slim fast & banana
beef & broccoli with rice
garlic chicken with rice
Cheetos
carrots

walked about a mile pulling boys in wagon

Friday:
fiber one caramel delight cereal
four crackers with peanut butter
8 wheat thins
peanut butter and apricot jelly on wheat bread
1/2 apple
1 cup rice
1/2 peanut butter sandwich
1 yogurt

no exercise

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

2 orange scones
cookie dough (1-2 cookies worth)
1 bowl cold cereal
1 slice pepperoni pizza
5 Hershey kisses

1/2 gallon of water and 1 hour of Jazzercise

MJMs Food Log

1 1/2 C cold cereal with milk
1/4 cantaloupe
1 peach
1 slice 9-grain bread
1 C hamburger/hashbrown soup
1 C pasta salad
1/3 C baked beans
3/4 C lemon trifle
2 rolls
1 C peach crisp

I drank 1/2 gallon of water and did 1 hour of Jazzercise.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1/3 C Zoom whole wheat cereal
1 peach
1/2 C dry cold cereal
1 can Progresso Hearty Tomato soup
1 C peach crisp
1 peach
1 C hamburger hash brown soup
3 rolls

I shouldn't have eaten so many rolls but they were homemade and warm - a big weakness of mine. I got lots of exercise (1 hour of step Jazzercise on double risers and 2 hours of hiking). Drank 1/2 gallon of water.

Not losing any weight these days.

food log

B: slim fast and banana
L:peanut butter sandwich , a hand full of Cheez-its and nectarines
D: mini pizzas on English muffins, with pepperoni

I'm feeling so out of it.  I can't get motivated to do anything.  I've felt this way since Sunday night.  Not sure what's causing my funk, but I sure hope I snap out of it soon. 

I think I need a project or something but I just don't feel like doing anything. 

Depressed?  maybe....

MJMs Food Log

1 bowl shredded wheat
1 peach
2 oz smoked fat-free turkey breast
1 peach
1 C dry cold cereal
1 stalk celery with peanut butter
1 C lemon trifle

Not great on water and no exercise (unless you count running around doing millions of errands).

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

1 waffle topped with fresh peaches
2 C light chocolate soy-milk with 1 banana and 2 C strawberries
1 C dry cold cereal
1 C crunchy cheeseroni
1 C peach crisp with light Cool whip

No exercise - I went to Jazzercise but the teacher's asthma acted up so she couldn't do cardio. My shoulder is injured so I couldn't do weights. Such a bummer! Then I just never seemed to fit anything else in during the day.

MJMs Food Log

1/2 C cold cereal
1 peach
3 oz Russian chicken (chicken breast with dry onion soup mix, russian dressing, and whole cranberry sauce)
1/2 C rice
corn on the cob
1 peach
1 Big Hunk candy bar
vanilla ice cream with bananas and hot fudge and caramel
1 burrito

Tips for becoming a Sugar Free Sweetie

I haven't been as diligent as I thought I'd be at posting this week.  I thought that for today, instead of posting my food log or weigh in, that I'd post some tips for going sugar free, or low carb, how ever you like to phrase it.  I wrote this post a while back on my friend's fitness blog.  Her blog is called "Fit me Pink" and she does an amazing job of writing about health and fitness.  You can link to it here: http://fitmepink.blogspot.com My original post can be found here: [my post] but I'll also just paste the text in this post as well. 

My name is Jen and I’m posting mostly because I’m diabetic and I thought I’d offer a few tips for how to go sugar-free, or low-carb. A little about me to introduce myself to the readers… I’m 30 and have 2 kids. I’ve had diabetes for  a little over 9 years.  I have type 1 diabetes which means that I am insulin resistant (ie, I have to take insulin to control my sugars and essentially stay alive). Because I was diagnosed as an adult (20 years old) I was basically expected to figure things out for myself. At the time of my diagnosis, I pretty much went information crazy. I looked up everything I could find about diabetes and learned a lot. I continue to read a lot about the condition and find it very fascinating. I love to talk about diabetes and how it affects my life. I also blog about my diabetes occasionally. You can check out those posts on my blog by clicking on the diabetes label link (found in the footer).


Life post-diagnosis has changed in some ways greatly and in other ways very minimally. I can still eat like pretty much every one else, I just have to monitor all of my carbohydrates. As a diabetic, I’m concerned with all sugars: glucose, fructose, and lactose. But what I have to pay attention to most on a food label or food item that I’m eating is the total number of carbohydrates. I count carbs in everything I eat and drink so that I know how much insulin to take. My diet is not completely carbohydrate-free and I don’t really recommend that sort of an approach.

Having children is one way that diabetes greatly impacted my life. I have to monitor my sugars extremely carefully and work really hard at keeping them within a very normal range. I’ve had two healthy baby boys and they both weighed about 8.5 pounds. Their lungs were fully developed and neither boy suffered any post-birth effects from my diabetes. These are my greatest diabetic accomplishments. While living with diabetes can be difficult, there are even days when I forget that I am diabetic, and for that, I am very thankful. It wouldn’t be possible without the help of all of the wonderful diabetic advancements and improvements science has brought us.

Here are my tips for going sugar free!

1.Decide what kind of carbs you want to cut, and then set some goals.

2.Cut the unnecessary carbs. Desserts and things high in sugar often have an alternative. Be aware that some things that say "sugar-free" or "no sugar added" on the labels actually do have some carbs, so you’ll want to check the label to find out how many. If you compare the sugar free version with a regular product, you usually notice at least a 20% decrease in total carbohydrates.

3.Just because it’s "sugar free" doesn’t mean it tastes like cardboard! There are a lot of really good "sugar-free," or "no-sugar-added" products that taste pretty good. Some of my favorites are: Jell-O sugar free pudding, Yoplait light yogurt, Smuckers no sugar added jelly, light maple syrup, and Dryer’s slow-churned no-sugar-added ice-cream.

4.Choose a favorite sugar-free treat...and stock up! There are actually treats out there that have very few carbs, and some have none. 7-11 has a great Crystal Light Slurpee with only 5 calories per 8 ounces and zero carbs. The Cheese Cake Factory sells a "Carb Free" cheesecake that only has 6 carbs! My suggestion is to take it home and add some sugar free cherry pie filling on top!

5.Eat the good carbs! Fruit and fruit juices are good carbohydrate choices that often satisfy your sweet-tooth!

6.Try to never drink carbs or calories! There are so many great diet drinks out there…drinking empty calories or carbs really doesn’t make sense. My one exception to this rule is while working out…a good sports drink with some electrolytes can be an excellent choice.

7.Keep a back up for when you’re feeling you may cave! Gum works really well. Apparently the ever-so-obvious people from product placement at the Biggest Loser think so too!

8.Choose a day to cheat. Sometimes it’s okay to cheat. Set aside a cheat-day for yourself. One day a week (or less, if you’re brave) is good enough. A friend of mine eats whatever she pleases on Sundays. She doesn’t count calories or carbs on this day, and she’s been able to maintain an 80 pound weigh-loss for 8 years!

9.Remember how good you feel. Going low-carb can be a difficult thing to do. However, it does make you feel great. My sugars get much more level, and overall I feel so much better. Remember that when you’re about have some leftover birthday cake.

10.Do it with a buddy. Having support makes things much easier!

MJMs Food Log

Saturday's food:

Breakfast
2 C cold, dry cereal
peach

Lunch
peach
another peach
celery with peanut butter

Dinner
BLT on light wheat bread using turkey bacon
peanut butter ice cream with waffle cone (Cold Stone)

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

1/4 of a cantaloupe
1 gingerbread scone
pear tomatoes
dry cold cereal (Cinnamon Life)
1 peach
3 orange truffles
1 slice pizza

I Jazzercised for one hour and should have drank more water.

MJMs Food Log

Wednesday I ate the following:

1/3 C hot 7-whole grain cereal with brown sugar
grapes
1 cupcake (from the Sweet Tooth Fairy - yum!)
peach smoothee
ziti
11 potato chips

I drank 1/2 gallon of water and got LOTS of exercise. I did one hour of step class on double risers. Then I did a 9 mile hike. I also spent 1 hour walking around Salt Lake City Cemetery.

Thusday (today) I ate:

2 C light chocolate soymilk with strawberries and bananas
3/4 C white chicken chili soup
2 rolls
tossed salad (no dressing)
1 chocolate chip cookie
12 coconut M&Ms
1 peach
1 apple
1 small Cold Stone ice cream
3/4 C ziti

I didn't drink enough and did 1 hour of Jazzercise.

food log SFS

B: fiber one cereal
L: honey and peanut butter on wheat bread, cheezits
D: nectarine
S: graham crackers and peanut butter, granola bar
E: none :(

Better Eating Day

Good Eating Day for me:
B: Eggs & Cheese, 1 Sausage Patty, 1 pc Ham, Cinnamon roll
L: Chips and salsa
D: Turkey Club sandwich & Fries
sn: 1 bg Sun Chips, Banana

Thats all today: And I am Full

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1 C fat-free yogurt with 1/2 C granola
1 1/2 C dry cold cereal
2 slices of toast
grapes
granola bar
1/2 C Ziti (pasta)

food log SFS

I did not log my food today.  It was crazy busy.  However, I will sit here now and try to remember what I've eaten. 

B: slim fast and banana
L: quesadilla (wheat tortilla, light mozzarella) and salsa
D: half grilled chicken sandwich from McD, small fry (doh!)
I also ate: an almond joy, a fruit snack, two Quaker granola bars and one graham cracker

too many snacks as usual

E: walked while pulling wagon 1.3 miles

Eating lots

Woke up in Montreal, Canada this morning and ate the following:
B: Yogart, Fruit and Granola
Sn: Cookies
L: Peanut Butter & Honey Sandwich, Torilla Chips and salsa, Licorice
D: Hamburger, Fries, Water to Drink
Sn: Cookies ( Cookies all gone now so better tomorrow)
70 oz water, No exercise (Just Lazy)

Back to the routine

Well, I've been out and about so much lately that I haven't had time to blog.  Have you heard the saying; "Living not Blogging"?  Well, that's been me I guess.  Not meant to be an excuse, just and explanation.  I did okay eating my first two and a half days in Seattle.  Came home and washed laundry, did dishes and grocery shopping then packed up our stuff again for another four day weekend.  This time we went to Yellowstone.  We did TONS of driving and hardly any exercise at all (had my 80 year old grandparents with us, they don't get around too well) but we did go pretty long between meals and I didn't do much snacking so I feel good about that. 
Tomorrow I'm planning on getting back into the routine.  I've done so much traveling this summer I don't care if I see another suit case until at least Christmas.  There may be a Thanksgiving trip though, who knows! 
I'm very much one to love the routine, so I'm glad to get back to it. 

MJM

I haven't don well at posting lately.

I've done even worse at eating healthy.

Two good reasons why my weight has gone UP.

Today I am posting to remind myself why I want to eat healthy and lose weight.

1) I want to be healthy. I want to live a long time. I want to lead an active lifestyle. I want to be able to play with my kids and grandkids. I have a family history of diabetes and I would like to avoid that. I just plain feel better and have more energy when I eat better.

2) I want to feel better about myself. By losing weight, I will look better and fit into clothes better. This increases my self-esteem. I am not seeking to be model-skinny but I'd like to look healthy.

3) My body is a temple and I should treat it as such.

I was lost, and I have gained

Thanks for the invite back. I was so focused for 2 days then fell into dispared. Now I am really to start again. Heres my days eating.



B: 2 bowls of Peanut Butter Crunch Cereal

Sn: 2 Cookies, 3 Hersery Kisses

L: Broccoli Soup and Rolls

Sn: 7 Cookies

D: Pasta Ziti, Corn on Cob,

Well now I am back to recording my food, hopefully it will deter my poor eating habits. Exercise might be good. Does anyone have a web site that can help someone learn to swim. I would like to swim however am not very good at it.
Until tomorrow.

MJMs Food Log

What didn't I eat yesterday?

2 lemon muffins
3/4 C strawberry smoothee
broccoli salad
Caesar salad
pasta salad
Pani Popo (Hawaiian sticky buns)
corn on the cob
BLT wrap
2 macaroons
1 cream slush (from Sonic)
more corn on the cob
more BLT wrap
more Pani Popo
1 sucker

Ugh!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

2 bowls of cold cereal
1 oz fat-free chicken breast
2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and a banana
1 Dunford chocolate donut
1 tomato

I didn't eat too much but it wasn't all healthy either. No exercise and only 1/2 gallon of water.

My weight is remaining constant (which is up a bit).

MJMs Food Log

Sunday I ate the following:

1 1/2 C casserole (hamburger, macaroni, spaghetti sauce, cheese)
1 ear corn on the cob
1/2 C cucumber slices
1 C cantaloupe
1 cupcake
1 bowl of Wheat Chex

Yesterday I ate:

2 bowls of Wheat Chex
1 C non-fat vanilla yogurt with 1/3 C granola
fat-free turkey sandwich on light wheat breat with reduced-fat pepperjack cheese, lettuce, and tomato
11 Lay's potato chips
2 peaches
1/2 raspberry bar
1 stick licorice (small)
9 mini Tootsie rolls

No exercise on Sunday but on Monday I did 1 hour of Jazzercise and went hiking.

food log SFS

Seattle Day #2
So our second day here seemed to be ALL ABOUT THE FOOD! We ate from morning till night but we're having a great time and things back at home seem to be going well too.
B: fat free raspberry yogurt, egg with mozzarella
L:Dim Sum, gellato, chicken chowder, sour dough bread, and a canolli filled with cream cheese
D: BLT, goat cheese, sour dough bread, dark green leafies
S: Tim Tam cookies, YUM!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

1/3 C Zoom (hot whole-wheat cereal)
2 rolls from Texas Roadhouse
2 oz BBQ chicken (from Texas Roadhouse)
1 oz pulled pork (from TR)
several bites of sweet potato
1 piece of chocolate cake
1/3 C Malt-O-Meal cereal
1 1/2 C fat-free, sugar-free pudding

No exercise and not much water.

food log SFS

Day #1 in Seattle:
B: scrambled egg, 1/2 piece bacon
L: turkey club on sour dough and a bag of salt & vinegar potato chips
D: 1/4 of an egg sandwich, 1/4 of a bratwurst, 1/4 C. pulled pork, garlic fries (we went to a Mariner's game and I just ate bits and pieces of things)
S: lots of yogurt covered raisins, 4 fig newtons
E: some walking
I feel I did pretty well for being on vacation. If the brat had tasted better I would have eaten much more of it. As it was, I can make them much tastier at home.

MJMs Food Log

Thursday I ate:

3/4 C fat-free yogurt with 1/2 C granola
1 slice pizza
1 burrito
1 chicken salad sandwich on a small croissant
2 chocolate covered strawberries
grapes

Friday I ate:

3/4 C fat-free yogurt with 1/2 C granola
1 fat-free turkey sandwish on light wheat bread with pepper-jack cheese, tomato, and lettuce
1/2 oz dark chocolate
3 rolls (Texas Roadhouse) with honey-butter
several bites of sweet potato
2 oz BBQ chicken
3 oz BBQ pulled pork
way too many cheese fries!!!!
some peanuts
1 C raspberry slush
1 piece chocolate cake

Thursday was okay. Friday I was doing fine until we went to Texas Roadhouse to celebrate Shanley's birthday. Thursday I got in a Jazzercise class but Friday I taught an early morning seminary class so I didn't get any exercise.

I have totally gained weight this week. Ugh!

food log SFS

Thursday

slim fast, bananas, small yogurt
turkey on wheat with tomato
grapes
Pho noodle soup with chicken
graham crackers with pb and cream cheese (separately)
peach

no exercise again, boo

On vaca in Seattle with the husband (and no kids!) so I'll be keeping close track of my calories so that I don't gain any MORE weight. Hoping to get some good tourist miles on my feet too!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

dry cold cereal
a lemon bar
a chimichanga from Bajio
2 slices of pizza
1/2 peach

I did Jazzercise for 1 hour.

MJMs Food Log

Monday I ate:
cold cereal
hot chocolate
veggie sandwich from Subway
1 oz dark chocolate
1 cupcake
2 slices of pizza

I did 1 hour of Jazzercise and also ran 3 miles.

Yesterday was a blur. I left the house at 4 am and returned about 9 pm. Otherwise I was only home to say goodbye to my children in the morning and to unload groceries. I didn't really take time to eat but snatched whatever was available.

2 C light chocolate soy milk with strawberries and banana
2 Lion House rolls
1 peach
1 Fiber One bar
1 cupcake
2 lemon bars

food log SFS

B: slim fast & banana, I was all jittery in the morning so I didn't really drink it all...
L: turkey sandwich with cucumber and tomato on wheat bread, grapes
D: fiber one bar, banana, gogurt, celery & peanut butter
no snacks, busy day
no exercise though :(

food log SFS

Calorie Manager: Wherever you are, we'd love to have you joining us again! :)

Sunday:
B: Slim Fast & banana (you knew I was going to say that, right?)
L: nectarine, pbj on wheat
D: Quesadilla and oranges
S: graham crackers and cream cheese

E: none

Friday and Saturday: Who knows what I ate. It wasn't great, it wasn't terrible, I just don't really remember. I did do some walking, but that's about it.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:
several cinnamon rolls
2 cupcakes
Huckleberry ice cream sundae
1 peach

Seriously, that is truly what I ate. That is embarrassing! I was too busy and too sick with a miserable cold to care. I just ate what was handy.

Food Log SFS

Why is it that yesterday can seem so long ago?
I, too ate too much yesterday...
B: slim fast and banana
L: Turkey sandwich with cucumber and tomato
D: hamburger
Some cookies, a few more cookies, some peanut butter... and I don't remember what else.
E: I walked two miles while pulling the kiddos in the wagon.

MJMs Food Log

Yikes!

I just keep eating and eating AND EATING!

I can't remember what I ate Wednesday but I know it included several Macaroons (Yum - I love coconut!) and a gingersnap raspberry sandwich cookie.

Today I ate:

2 bowls of cold cereal (peanut butter Cap'N Crunch, no less)
rolls, salads, desserts at a Jazzercise class luncheon
fat-free turkey sandwich with pepperjack cheese, lettuce, and tomato
small Heath bar hot fudge shake from Iceberg (Kevin's fault - he bought it for me. I was hot. It was cold. I ate.)

Not good!

Help! Must get back on track!

food logs SFS

Tuesday:
fiber one cereal
turkey wrap on wheat tortilla with cucumber, tomato, and light mozzarella
chili and rice with mozzarella
nature valley dark chocolate granola thins and one marshmallow

Wednesday:
too much food yesterday!
slim fast and banana
turkey sandwich with tomato and cucumber
orange
whole wheat spaghetti
nature valley dark chocolate granola thins (3) oops, they're yummy
marshmallows
peanut butter
yogurt
handful of Cheerios

I've done some light walking. Trying to let my foot heal and not swimming hasn't worked out well.... Still trying to figure out what to do about exercise....maybe I'll try the morning cycle class.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday was not a good eating day for me! I was hungry all day and too tired to care what I put into my mouth.

B: 2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and 1 banana
snack: 1 apple
L: 2 C wild rice and 1/2 Wunderbar
snack: 1 cookie
snack: 1 C peanut butter trifle
D: fat-free turkey sandwich on light wheat bread with tomato and lettuce
snack: 1 cookie

Notice all the snacks? Yikes! I drank 1/2 gallon of water but got no exercise.

food log SFS

Monday:
B: slim fast and banana
L: southwest salad with grilled chicken from McDonald's
D: leftover pot pie, only ate a little of the breading
S: 2 fruit snacks (had two lows), Yoplait light, banana

E: Well, I was really excited about hitting the pool on Monday morning after a week off. I walked into the gym and my one month membership was "about to expire" and I asked about renewing. The front-desk lady told me I could wait a few days. I walked out to the pool and it was drained. CRAP! They're refinishing it and it won't be open until OCTOBER FIRST!!! Double CRAP!
I'm not sure WHAT I'm going to do for exercise. My husband has an incredibly packed schedule and exercising with a five year old and two year old in tow can prove to be disastrous (Did I tell you about Friday's "work out"? No, well, it was a DISASTER!)
I also have the dang planar fascists so I can't do any kind of out of the water exercise without suffering a ton of pain and further injuring my feet. Triple CRAP!
Anyhow.... I ended up pulling the kids in the wagon for a mile. Something is better than nothing I suppose.

MJMs Food Log

Monday I ate the following:

2 C broccoli salad with grapes, onions, and celery
1 C peanut butter trifle

I did 1 hour of Jazzercise. (We were holding a special fast for our Stake President so I didn't eat much.)

MJMs Food Log

Sunday I ate the following:

2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and 1 banana
3/4 cheese quesadilla
3 oz chicken breast
tossed salad
1 C wild rice
1 1/2 C peanut butter trifle

Yikes! The trifle was incredibly yummy!!!! I drank only about 7 C of water and got no exercise.

food log SFS

Saturday:
B: power bar, apple, banana
L: 2 slices of pizza (again with the pizza, no more I say) 1 piece of cake, 1 scoop of vanilla ice cream
D: fiber one cereal with strawberries
S: .5 c crackers

E: 30 minutes Krank, 60 minutes water aerobics

Husband is back in town and I can resume my morning swim. One week till the boy starts school. Hoping to keep up the swimming while adding in the new routine of school.

MJMs Food Log and Weigh In

Saturday I ate the following:

1/3 C Malt-O-Meal cereal sweetened with brown sugar
1 Fiber One bar
1 small Heath bar shake (from Iceberg - YUM!)
1 peach
lots of grapes
2 bowls of cold cereal with milk
1 chocolate cookie


I didn't eat especially well. I did drink at least 1/2 gallon of water. I also hiked Catherine pass. I hiked quite a bit and then ran the entire way down (about 3 miles) so I got in some good exercise.

I am very excited! I lost everything I gained in Yellowstone!!!! I am back to the exact weight I was at 2 weeks ago. Now I can work on getting my weight actually going down and not just keep re-losing that which I previously lost and then gained.

food log SFS

Friday:
B: french toast
L: slim fast and banana
D: home made chicken pot pie
S: 3 mini twix, yogurt, hand full of fiber cereal

E: 60 minute walk
4 hours of cleaning

Weigh in:
took me 4 weeks to loose 3.5 pounds
took me 1 week to gain 4 pounds
overall: I'm up .5
awesome


I'm not giving up. This is hard. Harder than I thought. When I'm not working full-time I just GAIN WEIGHT. It is frustrating but I'm learning how to stay at home and not eat all day long. Now I just have to learn to make better food choices. I'm not at all proud of my daily food logs. I know that I've eaten too much, but I'm plugging along. Will keep at it.

MJMs Food Log

Today I ate:

2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and 1 banana
fat-free turkey, pepperjack cheese sandwich on light wheat bread with tomato and lettuce
1 apple
1 stalk celery with peanut butter
1/3 C Malt-O-Meal cereal with brown sugar
2 bites of a Wunderbar
dough of 1 chocolate cookie

I drank 1/2 gallon of water, did 1 hour of Jazzercise, and walked quite a bit around the BYU campus throughout the day.

I am encouraged because the weight I put on in Yellowstone is coming off.

MJMs Food Log

Thursday I ate:

2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and 1 banana
1 apple
fat-free turkey sandwich with light wheat bread, reduced fat pepper jack cheese, tomato, and lettuce
1 piece chocolate/caramel swirl fudge
2 oz fat free turkey
9 grapes
dried apples
1 Biscoff cookie
1/3 C Zoom sweetened with brown sugar
3 oz milk chocolate

I Jazzercised for 1 hour and did quite a bit of walking around the BYU campus but only drank 56 oz of water. (had way too many treats today!)

food log SFS

Is it Thursday already?

B: fiber one cereal and strawberries
L: peach and pbj
D: pizza
S: crackers, string cheese, yogurt

E: chasing kids

weighing in tomorrow..... I fear I've gained, we'll see...

MJMs Food Log

Wednesday's Food Intake:

2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and 1 banana
1 apple
1 piece of Mars Bar fudge
1 fat-free turkey sandwich with light wheat bread, reduced fat pepperjack cheese, tomato, and lettuce
1 slice light wheat bread
1 C nonfat yogurt with tropical fruit mixed in (pineapple, mango, and strawberries)
1 fudge bar

I've only gotten 1/2 gallon of water each day of Education Week (and still I have to go to the bathroom in between EVERY class) but I am getting lots of extra walking and stairs while tromping around the BYU campus.

In addition, I did 45 minutes of Jazzercise this morning and played kickball and dodgeball with the YM/YW tonight. Trying to keep up with those youth shoulc count for something (or at least burn a few extra calories!)

food log SFS

B: slimfast and banana
L: turkey wrap
D: pizza
S: celery & peanut butter, pretzels

E: none :(

food log SFS

Tuesday I ate... too much! :)
B: fiber one cereal
L: turkey sandwich and an apple, two pretzels
D:1.5 corn dogs, wheat crackers and peanut butter
S: fruit snacks, red velvet cheese cake (yikes, it was delicious though)

I didn't get my lazy butt out of bed for swimming and that's not a good thing because Monday and Tuesday were my only swimming days this week due to a change in my husband's schedule. However, I'm planning on walking on Friday which I haven't been able to do due to some plantar fascitis, which is awful! I'm also signed up for Krank and Water Aerobics on Saturday!

MJMs Food Log

Monday's menu:

2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and 1 banana
1 apple
1 Fiber One bar
3 oz fat-free smoked turkey breast
1 piece peanut butter fudge
dried apple slices


Tuesday's menu:

2 C light chocolate soy milk with 2 C strawberries and 1 banana
1 apple
fat-free turkey sandwich on light wheat bread with lettuce and tomato
1 piece german chocolate fudge
2 oz fat-free smoked turkey breast
1 slice light wheat bread
dried apple slices


I gained over 6 pounds on my trip last week. Ugh! Could my weight go up and down any more? I've gotten back on track and lost over 3 pounds of it (probably mostly water weight).

Not much variety in my menu this week since I am running back and forth to BYU Education Week but at least it's healthier than what I ate last week.

Jen - Congratulations on the weight loss! Great job!

food log SFS

Sunday:
I don't really remember much of what I ate.... it wasn't anything particularly tasty, or much... because I have a meeting in the MIDDLE OF THE DAY for three hours. So I never eat lunch, and I didn't fix dinner. Breakfast was pancakes and bacon!

Monday:
B: 1/3 c. fiber one cereal, banana, slim fast
L: light chicken noodle soup
D: peanut butter and apricot jelly sandwich
S: cheese cake (oops!)

E: 30 minutes swimming

Starting to get the feeling like I'm the only one posting...........

food log SFS

Saturday:
B: nature valley bar, small bagel with cream cheese
L: turkey sandwich and apple
D: fried rice, some sort of chicken dishes from Panda
S: wheat crackers, yogurt

E: 30 minutes Krank
60 minutes water aerobics

food log SFS

Friday:

B: yoplait smoothie
L: hot dog & a few chips
D: bbq ribs, broccoli salad
S: oat meal cookie, yogurt, chocolate chip cookie, peanut butter & honey on wheat bread

E: 30 minutes swimming

Weigh In SFS

I weighed in on Friday morning and I was down 3.5 pounds!!!! I was so excited and gave myself a congratulatory speech in the shower. :)

What did I do differently?

I'm not sure, but here's a few things that I've been trying that I think may have contributed.
1. I didn't give up. I've kept up the "diet" or at least counting my calories. I've kept swimming and doing other exercises. Thank Marvelle for creating this website where I can keep going on the blogging.
2. I told myself I could do it. I watched something on TV that inspired me to use a little positive self-talk. I figured if I kept telling myself that I'd never lost any weight, I wouldn't. So, I switched it up and told myself a few times per day that I could do it, that I could loose weight.
3. I took my best friend's advice and I stayed off the scale. We normally keep a scale in our bathroom and my sister-in-law had moved it to weigh her luggage. I left it out of the bathroom until the end of the week. This morning I brought it up and weighed in and was ecstatic about the results.
4. I saw something on Oprah (I know...) and tried to only eat when I was hungry, and slow down and eat in a calm place. Sometimes I eat while I'm fixing lunch for the kids, or in front of the TV, or while on the computer, etc.

It's been 4 weeks since I started swimming so that is ALMOST a pound a week.
Anyway, I'm excited and I hope that I'll be able to loose at least 20 more pounds.

food log SFS

Thursday:
slim fast and banana
fiber one cereal
yoplait smoothy
oatmeal cookies
apple
celery
peanutbutter
wheat bread
honey

no exercise

food log SFS

Wednesday:
B: slim fast & banana
L: chicken quesadilla
D: chicken and pasta
S: peanut butter M&Ms, angel food cake, oatmeal rasin cookies

food log SFS

Tuesday:
B: fiber one cereal
L: turkey sandwich, apple
D: chili & rice
S: nature valley bar
angel food cake with berries and vanilla pudding

30 minutes swimming

food log

Monday:
B: pancakes and bacon
L: protien burger
D: chicken with chips & salsa
S: fiber one, nature valley, peanutbutter, a few jelly candies, and some sugar free cheese cake

Exercise: 40 minutes of swim

food log

Sunday:
B: slim fast
banana
L: granola bar
D: hamburger on wheat bread
S: celery with peanut butter and a yogurt
no exercise

MJMs weigh-in

Yea!

I climbed on the scales this morning for one last weigh-in before my week-long campout in Yellowstone.

I lost the girls' camp weight (must have been water weight gain) plus 0.4 of a pound.

Yea!

It's been very slow but I've lost a few pounds since starting this blog.

Here's the rundown (again the numbers are the last two digits of my weight):
start 7/14 - 6.6
7/21 - 4.6
7/28 - 4.4
8/2 - 3.6
today - 3.2

Now if I can just not gain on the Yellowstone trip. I won't have internet access for a while so I won't be posting.

MJMs Food Log

Today I ate the following:

Breakfast:
chocolate soy milk smoothee with strawberries and bananas and wheat germ

Snack:
1 oz dark chocolate

Lunch:
fat-free turkey sandwich
peach

Snack:
handful of trail mix
caramel popcorn (made it to go camping and just couldn't seem to help popping some in my mouth)

Dinner:
fat-free turkey sandwich

I ran and drank lots of water.

same old

I know I haven't been very good at posting my logs and such this week. I haven't been keeping track of my calories on my app either. I'm eating the same old foods, doing the same old exercises. Still haven't lost an ounce.

This week I was busy with projects at home. Very busy. I had plans to do one big project and unexpectedly my husband motivated me to get another one crossed off my list before fall comes, in fact, before Saturday came. These particular projects kept me doing physical activity and now I'm sore! :) I love being sore though, it helps me know that I've been moving my body and that is my goal, keep moving!

I have a friend who does a fitness blog. It's cool. Check it out here. I even did a guest post on there once. I'll have to tell you about that sometime.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

Breakfast:
smoothie made with 2 C chocolate soy milk, 1 banana, 2 C strawberries, and wheat gern

Snack:
1 oz dark chocolate

Lunch:
fat-free turkey sandwich with light wheat bread, lettuce, pepper jack cheese, and tomato

Snack:
1 apple

Dinner:
same sandwich as lunch
1 cucumber
1 beef stick

I drank a gallon of water and did an hour of Jazzercise. Very good day.

MJMs Food Log

This morning was the moment of truth when I stepped on the scale after being at girls' camp. I gain 2.4 pounds. It is hard to believe I could gain 0.8 pounds per day. Now I have a couple of days to eat well before I spend a week camping in Yellowstone (I already know I don't eat well when I'm camping).

Yesterday I ate the following:
1 slice ham
1 English muffn (plain)
watermelon and cantaloupe
1 orange
2 C cinnamon Chex (dry)
lots of black licorice
1/3 C Malt-O-Meal cereal with brown sugar
1 chocolate bar
1/3 C Zoom with brown sugar

No exercise. Little water. No veggies.

MJMs Food Log

This morning was the moment of truth...climbing on the scale after girls' camp. I was up 2.4 pounds. It seems almost unbelievable that I could possibly gain 0.8 pounds per day. I have a couple of days to get back on track before I leave for a week of camping in Yellowstone (I already know that I don't eat well when I'm camping).

Here's my food for yesterday:
1 slice ham
1 english muffin (plain)
cantaloupe and watermelon
1 orange
2 C cinnamon Chex
lots of black licorice
1/3 C Malt-O-Meal cereal with brown sugar
1/3 C Zoom with brown sugar


No exercise. Little water. No veggies.

MJM - Girls' Camp

Aaacck!

Just got back from girls' camp where I ate horribly. We tried foods such as roasted Twinkies (really yummy) and gourmet s'mores made with Reese's and Mounds and Milky Ways and so on. Ate so much. Ate so much sugar. No exercise. I intended to go running this morning until I stayed up until 3 am.

Not wanting to step on the scale tomorrow.

Back on Track

As of today Wednesday, I know I am back on track when I am willing to run in the heat and high humidity for 40 minutes. I am in Minneaplois and it is hot and humid. Lets see my last post had me eating 3 Chocolate Chip cookies yum but baaaaaaad. I didn't finish the day with cookies though my main meal for Monday was a footlong turkey breast and ham sandwich with pepperjack cheese and all the vegetables available at Subway. It hit the spot nicely and I didn't feel stuffed when I finished.


Tuesday:
B: Egg and cheese omelete, 1 sausage patty, 3 strips of bacon, 2 cinnamon rolls, 1c cranberry juice, 1c orange Juice, Banana
L: Assorted Fruit, bowl of cheerios w/ 2% Milk, 4 oz Yogart, Water
D: Pasta Salad w/Chicken, Bread Sticks, assorted Fruit, Brownie
Sn: Brownie and 2 bags Popcorn, peanuts, 3 Reese Peanut Butter Cups, Sun Chips
50 oz of water


Wed:
B: 2 cinnomon rolls, 1 Bagel, 2 eggs, 1 sausage patty, yogart, 1c cranberry juice, 1c orange juice
L: PBJ Sandwich, Banana, water
D: 1 Chicken Wrap, Fruit, Corsaint Roll
Sn: 1/2 Chicken Wrap

Thurs:
B: Muffin, Cheerios, 2% Milk, Grapes and Banana
L: Bag of Popcorn

food log sugarfreesweety

I didn't log what I ate yesterday, so I'll do my best to remember.

slimfast shake
banana
southwest salad with grilled chicken
5 pot stickers
fiber one bar
apple
ritz crackers
gogurt

Didn't exercise.

MJMs Weigh In

I'll be out of town again for the next few days so I weighed this morning.

I am down 0.8 pounds. Yea! It's not a lot but it's down and I'll take my victories where I can get them.

I got a new digital scale a few weeks ago. My weight is still too embarrassing to report but I'll divulge the last digits.

2 weeks ago - 4.6
1 week ago - 4.4
today - 3.6

Slow, but it IS a downward trend.

(oops, pushed save not post on Tuesday)

MJMs Food Log

Today I ate:

lots of cherries
3 oz fat-free turkey breast
1 tomato
1 chocolate cupcake
too many licks of banana bar and peanut butter bar batter
1 cheese quesadilla

Not a heavy eating day (running around TOO much) but not the healthiest of food choices. In addition, I did fairly good on water. I also ran 2 miles and did a Jazzercise class.

Gaining Weight and not caring (help)

Lost interest. Sometimes it just seems to hard. When I dont pack food for work I have to eat out and so I eat nice fattening things that I like so it is a difficult battle. Unfortuately I dont like salads I like fat greasy foods so I have been eating those and the scales show it I gained 5 lbs. Don't look to me as a good example, but the great thing about telling the truth is it simply embarrasses you. hehehe. Today all I have eaten so far is 3 chocloate chip cookies. I need to find a Subway or something. Maybe exercise would help. huh! I will have to ponder that one.

MJMs Food Log

Well, yesterday was Fast Sunday so not too much food eaten.

4 oz Tillapia
1/2 C broccoli slaw
1/2 C chicken poppyseed pasta salad
broccoli, carrots, snow peas, tomatoes
chips and salsa (probably too much of this but the salsa was FRESH!)
blueberry and peach tart

I didn't drink much water and no exercise.

MJMs Food Log

Friday's Food
Breakfast:
1 C whole wheat with a little brown sugar

Lunch: (it was a PTA potluck luncheon and I had a little of everything)
tossed salad
pineapple, watermelon, cantaloupe
bread with dip
tomato salad
chicken poppyseed pasta salad
tomato/basil pizza

Dinner:
salad from McDonalds (it was free!)
2 cookies worth of cookie dough

I got quite a bit of water, lots of veggies, and did a Jazzercise class. Not a bad day.

Saturday's Eating
1 1/2 C whole wheat sweetened with brown sugar
salad from McDonalds (I had another coupon for a free one)
1 cookie
1 hamburger (from Five Guys Burgers and Fries)
some fries
1/4 of a Bundtlet cake

Drank quite a bit of water, got my veggies, and ran 4 miles and did Jazzercise. Please, scale, move down for me this week!

SugarFreeSweety is Cranking it up on Saturday

Saturday morning I attended my first-ever CRANK class. It's a really cool workout machine. The best way to describe it is an exercise bike for your arms. You crank this thing around. There are a few cool things about this class.

1. It's fun
2. It's only 30 minutes
3. It starts 30 minutes before water aerobics
4. My old High School swim coach teaches the class
5. It's fun!


My mom and I got a wild hair and decided to do crank and water aerobics back to back. It was a lot of fun. And, it whooped both our butts! :) I love it when my muscles hurt. The instructor told me I'd be okay as long as I didn't have to lift up any small children today. Ha ha ha! I have a two year old!



Anyway:
Here's what I ate today:


Breakfast:
2 bananas and a slim fast shake


Snack:
fiber one bar


Lunch:
Philly cheese steak sandwich (with a big yummy hoagie roll- crap!)
frozen yogurt with strawberries and granola


Dinner:
celery & peanut butter
graham crackers
Ritz crackers

I had thumbs up on:
+exercise
+fiber (5 servings of fruits and veggies)
+sodium
+water (at least 12 glasses)
+low fat

and a thumbs down on:
-sodium

SugarFreeSweety: Friday

I didn't eat any bread yesterday!
I DID eat LOTS of sugar. Crap.

I swam again on Friday morning. I was a little bit faster and was able to swim a little bit longer.
I love swimming. It's really hard to put it into words but I just feel like its making me strong. The absolute hardest part is getting out of bed. If I can just get my butt off the mattress, then I'm really great; even for the rest of the day. Just getting up is difficult, I have to convince myself that I want to go. Each day I do, I'm really pleased. My goal was 3 days per week swimming, and I've done it!


I didn't track my calories... so I have no idea... not a good thing.

Today will be a new day.

Taking it day by day.

MJMs restart

It's been a few days since I posted. I went to Canada and my computer crashed. Vancouver was delightful, the computer crashing was NOT!

I can't remember everything I ate the last few days - let's suffice it to say that it was too much food and not enough of things that were good for me. I tried lots of new foods which is always a fun experience. Kevin and I shared a plate of Greek food that was really yummy!

I weighed before I left and was down a measly 0.2 pounds for the week. That was a bit discouraging. Then, I ate in Vancouver for 3 days and now I'm up 0.8. How quickly the weight goes on and how slowly it comes off.

I was very active in Vancouver. Well, the first day I wasn't but the second day Kevin and I walked all over. Plus, we rented a tandem bike and pedaled all over for 1 1/2 hours. The third day I worked out for 2 hours. I ran outside for 4 miles, then came in and used the stationary bike and rode for 8 miles. I did some free weight work and then ended with another couple of miles on the treadmill.

Unfortunately, the weight gain just goes to show that probably 95% of my weight loss is food and only 5% is exercise. I've always been really consistent about exercising. It's watching what I eat that gives me trouble.

So, I'm back home and back to watching what I eat!

What day is it?

Okay so Wednesday:
Breakfast: Banana nut Cheerios (pretty tasty!)

267 calories

Lunch
chicken soft taco
rice
beans
chips

434 calories

Dinner
yoplait smoothie (yummy)
chips and cheese

369 calories

Snacks
yogurt
buttered toast
cookies

502 calories

exercises:
30 minutes of swimming

I've figured out I'm doing a half mile each morning. That's pretty good!

Thursday:

Breakfast:
cold cereal
166

Lunch
chicken and rice casserole
159

Dinner
protein burger
330

Snacks
fiber one bar
cheezits
el fudge cookies
623

Exercise:
None really. We had a rough night with the boys and I turned off my alarm at 4:00 when I put them both back to bed.... I did pull them in the wagon down to the park but my sis in law pulled it back. Not even a half mile there. Bleh!

I suck! I haven't lost any weight and if I'm being REALLY honest, it's because I'm not sticking to my plan. I eat too many calories between meals, too much junk food. So, I'm going to try to recommit and really work hard on no bread and no sugar.
There is this weird thing that happens when you're diabetic. You cut out the sugar, and your blood-sugars go down!

But here's what happens. I start getting really afraid that I'll go TOO low (lows are the worst!), so I just eat more to compensate. It's a really tough balance. My insulin pump is set to give me specific amounts of insulin throughout the day and when I kick up the exercise and change my eating habits, my blood sugar levels also change (decrease). I just have to figure out how to balance it all. Maybe I'll buy some of those nasty glucose tablets to carry in my purse.

update, sugarfreesweety

I'll just do a quick update today.
Monday and Tuesday were pretty good days for me.
I ate pretty well and exercised too.
Monday my analysis page on my diet app told me I had ALL thumbs up! I was pretty excited about that.
Yesterday I only had one thumbs down!
I swam on Monday and Tuesday I slept through my alarm, but my mother redeemed me and called me to go to water aerobics with her in the evening. I was able to arrange my schedule to get the exercise in, and I felt really good about that too.
I can burn the same amount of calories in 30 minutes of swimming as in 60 minutes of water aerobics, but it's nice to switch it up and try something new.
I've REALLY been loving the swimming. It's definitely a challenge for me to wake up so early, but I feel so good that I'm willing to do it, and I feel even greater afterward.

Losing Daze

Wow, I have missed a few days here. Let see I guess I better review yesterday.
B: No Bake Cookies
sn: No Snack
L: Dried Apples
Sn: Dry Roasted Peanuts
D: BK Whopper Jr., Fries, Root Beer
Sn: Biscoff Cookies and more Dry Roasted Peanuts
Wow can't believe I ate that poorly
Water: 92 oz
Well I obviously need more fruits and vegetables eating like this is going to kill me.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1/3 C 7-grain cereal
1 apple
1 C fat-free yogurt with 1/2 C granola
6 pieces of chocolate
1/2 C peanuts
1 C cold cereal with milk
lots of cherries
1 no-bake cookie

I didn't eat any vegetables at all! I am not only trying not to overeat but I'm trying to make healthy food choices. I am really good at eating plenty of fruit during the summer but I'm not always as good about eating my vegetables.

I also only drank 1/2 gallon of water. (I try to drink a full gallon.)

I did an hour of Jazzercise and then spent the day moving furniture so I made lots and lots of trips up and down the stairs (that should count for something).

SugarFreeSweety, food log

Yesterday I ate:
Breakfast:
2 waffles with strawberries 507
Lunch:
2 packets of fruit snacks and a fiber one bar 250
Dinner:
1 chicken taco
1 pork taco 479
Dessert:
several cookies (darn, I've got to get away from those things)
1/2 c. sherbet 497
Total calories: 1733
Exercise: none

My analysis told me I should have exercised more by 447 calories

My scale told me I was down by two pounds. However, this isn't a loss because I actually gained three pounds last week. S0, I have to loose 1 more pound before I can actually start losing weight for real.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday was a much better day. It really helps when I am at home.

1 C fat-free yogurt with 1/2 C granola mixed in
1 apple
2 C milk with strawberries, soy protein powder, and wheat germ
1 burrito (small)
1 large cucumber
1 no-bake cookie

The eating was better but I didn't even get 8 glasses of water drank.

SugarFreeSweety, food, exercise, and analysis

MJM, you don't eat very much. At all.

Yesterday I ate:

Breakfast:
slim fast shake with banana 322

low blood sugar correction food: fruit snacks, cookies 236

Lunch:
Peanut butter & honey sandwich 392

Dinner:
cheeseburger protein style 330

Fireworks snacks:
cookies, chips 156

Total Calories: 1616 (over my goal by 277, darn those cookies)

Exercise:
I walked for 60 minutes and took the boys to the water park

Total Calories burned: 656

Analysis: (+ for positives, - for negatives)

+ burned 656 calories
+more than 25 g. of dietary fiber
+ 0 grams trans fat
+ 80mg. cholesterol = a low cholesterol day
+Low sodium 1699mg (yea! I did it!)

-21g. saturated fat

MJMs Food Log

Another not great day.

1/3 C 7-grain cereal
1/2 Quine Amann (French pastry)
1 slice multi-grain bread
chicken salad sandwich
cherries
string cheese
orange creamsicle
2 slices pizza
1 Godiva chocolate bar

Notice the lack of vegetables and the last 3 items. Ugh! Also, my only exercise for the day was moving furniture - not the greatest cardio workout though it porbably burned some calories. I pledge to have a great eating day tomorrow!

New Day!

Oops missed yesterday just living life in the fast lane and didn't find a computer last night. So heres todays eating;

B: Bagel, Raisin Bread, Kit Kat
Sn: None
L: Turkey Sandwich, Chips, Grapes, Kettle Corn
Sn: None
D: Pizza, Ice Cream, Laffy Taffy
And lots of water for the heat!

MJMs Food Log

I do NOT want to post what I ate yesterday.

Oh, well. I guess I'll just get this over with. Here goes...

1/3 C 7-grain cereal
1 poptart
lots of watermelon
chicken Caesar salad wrap
1 ice cream drumstick
1 piece fried chicken
1 roll
1/4 C coleslaw
1/4 C jello
cherries
grapes
1 fudgesicle
2 No-bake cookies


Could I have eaten any more? (yes, probably but that's beside the point). I actually did okay until about 7 pm. The last 9 items on the list were eaten after that. The ice cream was trying to fend off the overheating from being on the soccer field all day. The rest was dinner at my Mom's.

I did do a Jazzercise class today and drank nearly a gallon of water.

I'll do better today!

food log- SugarFreeSweety

Breakfast:
Slim fast shake 200 cal
banana 100 cal

blood sugar got low after breakfast so I ate a Fiber One bar, 90 calories

Lunch:
1 medium apple 72
2 pieces of wheat bread. 138
1/2 can tuna 169
8 baby carrots 30

Snack:
another Fiber One bar 90

Dinner:
chicken quesadilla from Taco Bell 520

Dessert:
Weight Watchers ice cream bar 140 calories

Total: 1431

Exercise:
I cleaned out my garage, it took three hours. I burned 737 calories.

Net calories for the day: 694

I have an app on my phone that tracks my calories. I really like the app because it has a plan where I can customize my weight, my goals, my other nutrition and fitness goals. What I like best about it is the analysis at the end. It tells me how many calories I ate, how many I burned, and how I did based on my goals. It also gives me like three thumbs up and a couple of thumbs down for what I did well and not so well on for the day. I always struggle with sodium. Does anyone have any good tips for lowering sodium?

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1 C cold cereal with milk
chicken salad sandwich
1/2 roll
1 1/2 servings Lays potato chips
tons of cherries
1 snowcone
strawberries with milk,soy protein powder, and wheat germ
monkey bread
tons of watermelon
1 wunderbar (Kevin brought home as a special treat from Canada - can't get them in the U.S.)

As you can see - not a great eating day. The only veggies I got was the celery in the chicken salad. Also, chips and treats. On the other hand, I did spend the entire day in Layton at a soccer tournament so my eating could have been much worse!

Also, I did get most of my water drank, did a Jazzercise class, and ran 3 miles.

Bad Eating Day!

Wow! I really don't want to post today. I was out of control eating. However, I guess by doing this it will help me stay in check in the future.
B: Blueberry Muffin & Pink Grapefruit Juice
L: Turkey Sandwich
Sn: Potato Chips sm bag, Hot Dog and Cherry Slush, Another Turkey Sandwich
D: Hot Dog, sm bag of Chips

I snacked on different things all day, just can't remember what they were. I must be alittle stressed since I tend to eat when I am stressed. Anyway I tend to do this if I am not committed to count my calories and just write them down. Tomorrow I will count the calories. I knew there was a reason I was doing that.
Exercise: 0, haven't done that since Monday--Must try harder
Water: 80 oz

Good day for SugarFreeSweety

Breakfast:
1 banana 105 cal
1.5 c. banana nut Cheerios 166 cal

Lunch:
1 medium apple 72 cal
1 wheat tortilla 180
turkey 34
cucumber 8
mozzarella 120

snacks:
wheat thins 133
cheddar 113
Capri sun 62
fiber one bar 90

Dinner:
2 wheat tortillas 160
ground turkey 193
salsa 20
cheddar 113

Total Calories: 1569

Exercises:
Swimming: -642 calories

Net calories for the day: 927

Blood sugar average: 100!

I feel good today. I think I eat too much. I'm happy about my exercise, I'm REALLY happy about my blood sugars (not that they were "out of control" before).
I am NOT happy about my weight. Booh!

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1/3 C Zoom (whole wheat cereal)
1 peach
2 slices fat-free turkey on a bagel thin (with lettuce)
1 apple
1 stalk celery with peanut butter
1 tomato
1 C chicken poppyseed pasta salad
1 butterscotch hard candy

I feel pretty good about my eating yesterday. I was a little extra motivated because of the 2 lb weight loss. I got an hour of Jazzercise step class in (using double risers - ugh) and drank a gallon of water. Not a bad day!

Plus and Minus

What I ate:

slim fast shake with strawberries
2 slices of pepperoni pizza
1 banana
1 carton of yoplait light
1 fiber one bar
1/2 c. wheat thins
1 otter pop
2 chicken nuggets
1.5 pop tarts (I'll never buy those again)
1 Weight Watchers mint ice cream sandwich (a delicious 140 calories)

How I worked out:

30 minutes of swimming laps
1 mile of walking while pulling my kids in the wagon

Positives: My blood sugars have been nearly PERFECT! Each time I test I've been about 100 and that's perfect. I've been really concerned in starting lap swimming that I'll have too many low blood sugars, but I've been timing my carbohydrate intake and exercise and it's worked out really well. I'm so pleased.

Negatives: Bread. I ate pizza today and I wish I'd made a smarter non-bread choice.

Eating, Eating, Eating

Another Day of food! I feel full right now as I have eaten two good meals today.
B: Yogart, Bowl of Cheerios, 2% milk, Grapes, Banana, Blueberry Muffin
Sn: Apple
L: Pasta, Grilled chicken, Bread Stick, Grapes, a strawberry, a pc of Pineapple, Brownie 230 cal ouch
D: Turkey Sandwich, Apple, Oreo Icecream Sandwich, Cadbury Thin bar
Water 67 oz

MJMs Weigh-In

It's been one week since I started this. I weighed in this morning and the result was...

(drum roll please)

I'm DOWN 2 pounds! Yea!

That's exactly what I'd like to do - lose 1-2 pounds per week.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

watermelon
1/3 C Malt O Meal cereal with a little brown sugar
1 cucumber
1 apple
1 celery with peanut butter
3 oz. fat-free turkey breast
1 piece whole wheat toast
1 C nonfat yogurt with granola

It wasn't too bad of a day. I ate pretty well and got my veggies in. I also drank a gallon of water.

Special Occasions I eat like a horse

Well, as I was traveling today I spent the day with my parents which usually means eating alot. And I did.

B: 2 eggs w/ cheese, 4 sausage, 2 pc bacon, Banana, 8 oz Orange Juice, 8oz Cranberry Juice, Bagal w/ Cream Cheese see what I mean aurgh!!
Sn: Bag of Popcorn
L: Sm Hamburger, Garden Salad, Lg. Lemon Lime Slush aahhh so refreshing on a hot day
D: 2 packages of cheese and crackers

Exercise log

I thought I'd switch it up today and log my exercise for the past day and a half.

Yesterday I walked the Porter Rockwell Trail with my mom for 60 minutes.

I pruned three trees and did a little other yard work.

And, I helped a neighbor prep for a new fence, so I did some shoveling.

Today I woke up early and hit the pool.
I did 1200 yards, pretty much continuously swimming for 30 minutes. Not too bad since I haven't actually swam laps for YEARS!

Then, I walked a pretty slow pace for about 45 minutes.

Planning on swimming more laps tomorrow.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

strawberries and raspberries with milk, soy protein powder, and wheat germ
7 pieces of salt water taffy
1 C yogurt with 1/2 C granola
1 black bottom cupcake
1 apple
1 Charms Blow Pop
1 piece chocolate haystack
1 cheese quesadilla
lots of watermelon!

Again, I had planned for more veggies but ended up doing a few spur of the moment activities which took me away from home for a large chunk of the day. I did drink a gallon of water and did a Jazzercise class and ran 3 miles.

Goal for tomorrow: no sweets!

Rough Eating Day?

Well started good with a 3 mile run, and was very busy today. When I am busy unfortunately eating usually isn't thought of much.

B: None
SN: Salt water taffy: 100 cals
L: Chicken Salad Sandwich: 500 cals
D: Turkey Sandwich: 240 cal
Apple: 60 cals
Sun Chips: 140 Cals
Cup cake: 165 Cals
Sn: Popcorn: 200 cals

Total Cals: 1405

Water: 74 oz

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate:

1 C frosted flakes (dry)
1 C fat-free vanilla yogurt with 1/2 C granola stirred in
1 apple
1 brownie
1 C whole wheat (sweetened with a bit of brown sugar)
1 1/2 C pasta salad (pasta, chicken, apples, celery)
1 black bottom cupcake

Yeah, I know, a brownie and a black bottom cupcake in the same day -- not good. I could have used more veggies! I also drank a gallon of water.

SugarFreeSweety- Food Log #2

Breakfast:
Slim fast shake with 1 large banana and 4 strawberries

Lunch:
2 Light Mozzarella string cheese sticks
20 Ritz crackers

Dinner:
1 hamburger patty with .25 c chili on top
3 pieces pineapple
.5 c grapes
20 Mn'Ms (Okay, I did have sugar AGAIN today, however I was at a Birthday party and I DID fore go the cake and ice cream and I was feeling pretty good about that)

Overall I feel like I did really well today. I did not have a white bread bun on my hamburger and I skipped on cake and ice cream too!
Lunch was really light due to my schedule so... I'm feeling positive about it.

Food Consumption List

Well its Sunday and being home alot doesn't always make it easy staying out of the cookies and Ice cream. However, today is another good day:

B: Oops! to busy skipped breakfast. Bad not a good Idea

L: 2 Pc Celery 20 Cals

2 T of Peanut Butter 190 cal

1 Apple: 60 Cals

2 Hard Candies 40 Cals ( Wow I could have eatten 4 Celery Stalks for 40 Cal)

D: Pasta Salad: Pasta Shells, Mandrin Oranges, Apples, Salad Dressing, Celery: 295 cal

Sn: Black Bottom Cup Cakes: Yum: (2) 328 cal

Sneeking Cupcake mix: 252 Cal

Popsicle: 50 Cal

Daily Total: 1235 cal

Also I am going to start listing water intake since I need alot of Water. Yesterday I only had 64 oz. Today 100 oz. Really helps on keeping the full feeling and keeping my appetite down.

SugarFreeSweety- Food Log

Today is one of those days where you DON'T want to post what you've eaten. But, I think that's the idea behind this blog. So... here' goes.

Breakfast:
2 c. cold cereal
Lunch:
1c. brown rice with chicken and mango salsa casserole
Snacks:
3 graham crackers, 2 tbs. peanut butter
Dinner:
6 buffalo wings (yikes!) I have no idea the calorie content thereof and am looking it up after this post
Dessert:
1.5c. white chocolate ice cream with strawberries in a waffle cone

Dessert is what I regret the most. I've done perfectly on no sugar until then, but it was date night and I didn't stick to it.
Planning on doing much better today! :)

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1 C whole wheat (with a little brown sugar)
strawberries and raspberries with milk, soy protein powder, and wheat germ
1 stalk celery with peanut butter
1 apple
10 cocktail weiners
1 roll
4 pieces black licorice
10 coconut M&Ms
2 C popcorn

I needed more fruits and veggies but I did get in a gallon of water. I also got in a 3-mile run and a Jazzercise class.

Good Day for the Calorie Mgr

Happy Day! Did good eating:

B: Strawberry Oatmeal: 150 C
Banana: 120 C

Sn: Apple: 60 Cal

Lunch: Turkey Sandwich: 320 C
Banana: 120 C
Sun Chips: 140 C
Dinner: 2 pc Pizza: 600 Cal

Evening Sn: Popcorn: 220 C
Popcycle 50 Cal

Total Today: 1780 Cal.

I had alot of mental battles to not eat. I am an emotional eater and if I have a hard working day I try to talk myself into eating extra treats. Today since I was writing in this blog. I went without a hot Fudge Sundae and some cookies.

MJMs Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:


1 C whole wheat (with a little brown sugar)
1 peach
1/2 apple
1 small potato
1 peanut butter cup
1 C blackberries
1 slice bread
1 C frosted flakes cereal (no milk)
1/3 C Malt O'Meal cereal (with a little brown sugar)
8 pieces black licorice
2 C light popcorn
1 tootsie roll

Yes, I attended a movie in the park and ate too much junk! Oops! Hopefully the Jazzercise class and the 4-mile run helped. Also, I did manage to drink an entire gallon of water.

Calorie Mgr Food Log

Well started off the day good by doing a nice run of 4 miles. That hurt!
As for eating the day went like this:

Breakfast: Peaches & Cream Oatmeal 140 Cal
Snack: Banana: 120 Cal (2 Fruits)
Lunch: Tomato Soup 1 C: 110 Cal
Ham and Cheese Quesidilla: Tortilla: 140 cal, Ham: 20 Cal, Cheese: 98 Cal(1/2 Cup)
Snack: Blackberries 1/2 C: 31 cals
Dinner: 2 pc homemake Pizza: 600 Cals

Candy: 1 hard Butter Scotch: 20 cals
5 miget Tootsie Rolls 110 Cals
12 Red Vine Licorice: 420 Cal (Ouch)
1 Bag of Popcorn: 200 Cals

Did good until evening then ate bad. In order to lose 2 pounds a week I need to eat 1850 Cals a day. Didn't start out very good. Today totalled 2029 Cals. Glad tomorrow is a new day

sugarfreesweety- kick off

I'm joining MJM on the Why Weight blog.
I'm excited to have a place to talk about weight loss and look forward to seeing some personal improvements.
I've NEVER lost any weight In. My. Life.
I don't really know I even know how to do it. But, I'm ready to give it a REAL effort and I do have a plan.
So, for my first post, I'll lay out my plan. I'll post to update on my progress, and I hope to do so often, maybe daily!

The Plan:
1. eat no bread
2. eat nothing made from white flour (enriched/bleached)
3. eat no sugar
4. exercises 30 minutes of cardio at least 4 times per week

I've done 4 days so far of the no bread and no sugar, but I've had a harder time making it to the gym. Hoping, like MJM, that by posting, I'll do better.

Wish me luck!
- sugarfreesweety

where I've been and where I want to be

As I said in my first post, I had lost 53 pounds in the first several months of this year. Yea! Unfortunately, I got off the wagon during the 4th and the family reunion and gained 5 pounds. Eek! Besides that, even with the 53 pound loss I still couldn't possibly be accused of being "too skinny" - not by any stretch of imagination!

I want to lose the 5 pounds plus another 10.

I love food, though! I enjoy food that is good for me (fruit, whole grains, etc) but I also really enjoy baked goods, sugar, and CHOCOLATE! Even when I try to stick to foods that are healthier, I tend to eat TOO much of them.

In losing the 53 pounds, I cut out most carbs and sugar. I'm not quite ready to go that drastic again but I am hoping to reduce my caloric intake (less food, less junk). I'm hoping that posting what I eat will prevent me from, at the very least, eating everything I want.

MJMs food log

Yesterday I ate the following:

strawberries, raspberries, and milk mixed with soy protein powder and wheat gern
1/2 BBQ chicken pineapple panini
1/2 C macaroni and cheese
peach
celery with peanut butter
apple
sausage/apple/potato skillet
2 bites of brownie

I also drank 14 cups of water and did an hour of Jazzercise.

Calorie Mgr

Hi;
I decided to title this Calorie Manager since this seems to be the battle of my life. Like many people I like to eat particularly sugary baked goods, chocolate chip cookies and ice cream are a few of my vises. My hope is to find and learn to like alot more foods that are good for me and keep to the right portion sizes and shrink my stomach so I am the right size and eating the correct number of calories for my body size and bone structure. Therefore, I am pledging to put all the foods that I eat on this blog for at least a month and then try it keep doing it daily. Also, I am planned on adding any exercise activities that will help keep my heart in shape. I have 30 lbs to lose. Lets see how it goes. Hopefully many will join so we can be a support group to help one another.

MJM's Food Log

Yesterday I ate the following:

1 banana, 1/3 C 7-whole-grain cereal, 1 C Thai peanut noodles, 1 stalk celery with peanut butter, Zupa's mangoberry salad and 1/2 barbeque chicken pineapple panini and bread and chocolate dipped strawberry and walnut caramel brownie.

It was an okay eating day (I know, the brownie is not low-cal or low-fat but whatever). I got plenty of fruits/vegetables but only 9 glasses of water (I like to get 16 cups).