Have a Holly Jolly...

Back on track! Okay, I've been making up excuses to avoid the gym like the dickins (that's a phrase, right?). Here are a few:

1. I don't have time (not true)
2. I'm not wearing underwear today (true)
3. It's Christmas Eve! They close at 5! I won't get there until 4:30!

I mean, #3 is true, but I could have gone this morning if I had put a little thinking into it.

I have five pounds to lose before I hit even my first goal of 140 pounds. Why is it so hard? I know if I just get back on the exercise trail, it will be easier for me. I also need to go to sleep earlier. It makes me happier and it keeps me from late-night snacking.


11:00 AM

1 can of chicken noodle soup
1 piece of pita bread


3:30 PM

Panera chicken caesar salad (dressing on side)
Whole grain baguette


Plan for tonight? NO bread, lots of veggies. Let's see !

Thurz

BREAKFAST

Oatmeal


LUNCH

Cous-cous
Portabella burger
1 bag of Panera chips
3 bite-sized chocolate muffins

(When people bring treats to work, it's dangerous!)

SNACK

Carrots & dip

DINNER

2 chicken legs

EXERCISE

Walk to work and back (2 miles)


The scale says 144.5
Could it be?

Tomorrow = gym, and eating an egg white omelette for breakfast. Oatmeal is delicious, but it's pretty heavy in the morning.

Creeping Out My Friends*

*I love you Rischa.




I'm so noshy!


BREAKFAST

Oatmeal
Clementine


LUNCH

Quinoa
Portabella Mushroom Burger

DINNER/SNACK

Street Hot Dog (hm, mistake...)

DINNER PART II

Green Peas
Chicken Noodle Soup

Lovestoned

Listening to some awful(ly great) Justin Timberlake...

Okay, so I've been bad about posting my food intake and I think that's been detrimental, so I'm going to start again. So far I'm almost at the finish line of holiday parties that are heavy on the eating. I haven't done that great, but it's almost over...

OFFICE HOLIDAY PARTY: 2 slices of pizza, 2 garlic knots, 1 rice krispie thing, 1 glass of wine, 1.5 bottles of beer, a couple pretzels and a couple chips.

GINGERBREAD HOUSE MAKING PARTY: 2 mugs of hot apple cider, 2 cups of Coke (non-diet), lots of candy!

While at Rischa's, I did the creepy thing that I do which is go to the bathroom, take off all my clothes, and weigh myself on someone else's scale. It said 145.6, so that's all right. Gads, FIVE pounds, Maggie, you can do it! I went to the gym yesterday to work off the office party, so that was good, and I'm going to go again after work today.

And here's a video that still keeps me mesmerized. Nothing weight-loss related at all.



BREAKFAST:

1 string cheese
2 pieces of candy
1 omelette

LUNCH

1 slice of chicken pizza
Diet Coke


DINNER

Carrots
Salad
String cheese
2 cookies

EXERCISE:

Walked to work & back (2 miles)
15 min treadmill
15 min elliptical
15 min bicycle
Weights

Weighed myself: 147 lb! MEHHHH

Quickpost

I'm about to fall asleep so a quick post:

- Forced myself to go to the gym today
- Ate pretty well, besides overdosing on some Kashi crackers
- Saw a loss on the scale.

If I can keep this up, I'll feel really good. Losing weight is SO motivating. Just seeing one pound drop makes me want to go back to the gym tomorrow.

Time for sleep.

Zoned Out

So, I ended up wasting most of my calories last night on alcohol - I drank four beers, I think! Wow. I ate 2 pieces of pizza and 1 piece of (amazing) cake baked by my friend/domestic goddess Melanie.

I did weigh myself and I'm at 146, so I'm definitely gaining weight back and I have to nip it in the bud. Tonight when I go food shopping I'm going to bring along a couple recipes and the Zone cookbook Alice got us, so I don't just get the same things over and over again (chicken, frozen brussels sprouts, cheese, etc).

BREAKFAST

Oatmeal

LUNCH

Salad

SNACK

Celery and sunflower seed butter (yum!)

DINNER

Spinach
Cous-cous
M&M's

So I weighed myself and I'm just zooming all the way up there. I would be depressed about that, but I just watched "Taxi To The Dark Side" which depressed me so much that gaining weight seems fairly minor. However, I'm going to blame these pounds on my period, which just arrived today.

WORD OF WISDOM: DON'T WATCH A DOCUMENTARY ON TORTURE ON THE FIRST DAY OF YOUR PERIOD!

On the Scale

I need to start weighing myself again. When I don't, I just over-eat and blindly hope that I'm not going to gain weight. Then I'm afraid to weigh myself even more because I know that I'll have put on pounds.

For a while I looked forward to weighing myself every night because I would hope to see a drop. It gives me something to work towards and I feel myself veering off track. Tonight, I will weigh myself and just deal with whatever number is there.

BREAKFAST

Salad
Leftover chips (I know, gross)

LUNCH

Panera salad with chicken, dressing on side
Piece of whole grain bread

DINNER (PLANNED)

1-2 pieces of pizza (@ pizza party)
1-2 beers
1 piece of dessert if it's super tempting, otherwise, skip it.

Drunk, economical post

BREAKFAST

Oatmeal
1 Cheese stick

LUNCH

1 cup chicken noodle soup
Celery and sunflower seed butter

DINNER

1 cheese stick

COCKTAIL PARTY

Multiple glasses of wine = drunkkkkk
3 cookies
3 pieces of bread & olive spread

POST PARTY SNACK

Tortilla Chips

Exercise

Walked around Flushing, Queens = 2-3 miles

The TMI Post

I ate sooo much today. I've also been drinking so much Diet Coke that it soon it will run through my veins like blood. It's gross.

I think I'm turning into an old lady whose body can't process certain types of food. Both times I've gone to the local Thai restaurant, I've gotten sick afterwards, even though used to love Thai food. Tonight I got pancakes and eggs at the diner and spent a disgusting amount of time in the bathroom afterwards (and I mean disgusting. I'll leave it at that). What it could be? Pancakes and eggs seem like harmless foods. I'm wondering if I'm a tad lactose intolerant. When I was at my parent's house I ate cereal and milk, which I never do anymore, and had stomach problems then too. Alas, alack.

BREAKFAST

Oatmeal
Egg white omelette (with a touch of yolk)

LUNCH

Cous-cous with chicken & spinach
Apple
Piece of chocolate

SNACK

Carrots & hummus
WW String cheese

SNACK #2

Celery & sunflower seed butter

DINNER

Pancakes at the Neptune Diner [quickly ejected from my body!]
2 eggs

Sunflower Seed Butter

So I've been bad about blogging because (surprise!) I've been bad about eating. I've just been in this unholy binge-eating mentality for a couple days now and it's been difficult to shake.

But I need to own up! Today wasn't terrible, but I did eat popcorn when I really wasn't hungry for it. When I have the noshing urge, I just want all carbs, all the time.

I went to the gym today, which was good. Tomorrow I have a complimentary training session, which I got when I signed up for membership.

Okay, so Mission (Im)possible: Coming up this month I have loads of social events that will inevitably involve eating. Pizza party, cocktail party, pot-luck party, my work holiday party... There are a couple strategies I've tried in the past and none of them have worked too well. I usually eat way more than I need to and the calories just pile on when you add beer and wine.

The only thing that has succeeded in even a minor way was trying to eat light all day before the event, so that my total intake for the day isn't ridiculous. I hate that when I'm at a party, I'm inwardly freaking out that the food will be gone if I don't go back for seconds and thirds. It's a sick mentality and it takes away from my enjoyment. But it's hard to break free. Any advice?

BREAKFAST

1 cup oatmeal
1 WW skim cheese stick

LUNCH

Panera salad with chicken
Piece of bread
100-calorie bag o'popcorn

DINNER

Carrots and hummus
Celery and sunflower seed butter (actually very good! Leftover from Talia)
(I know that's a terrible dinner, but I feel lazy)

SNACK

WW Cheese
Apple

EXERCISE

Walked to work and back (2 miles)
20 minutes treadmill
10 minutes elliptical
10 minutes bicycle
5 minutes weights

Happy Holidays! I enjoy the photo below because there is such a range of emotions going on. Wow. Santa.

Back on track-ish

So I weighed myself and I am still 145...a miracle! So maybe I gained a pound during Thankgiving-palooza, but to still be at 145 makes me feel good.

I was sitting eating two giant bowls of cous-cous/chicken/spinach mixture, thinking about how healthy I was being despite my disgusting portions, when I stumbled upon this:


Yuppie Foodies Hoodwinked by "Health Halo"


Describes me to a T! Portion control ye are my nemesis.

Key Foods

I didn't eat a very healthy or filling lunch today, but I think my body sorely needed a break from being overstuffed. Tomorrow - the GYM!


BREAKFAST

Apple


LUNCH

Tortilla chips
Some Mary's Gone Crackers oh dear lord they are so good

SNACK

1 Weight Watchers 1-point cheese stick

DINNER

Salad
Carrots & Hummus
1 more Weight Watchers 1-point cheese stick

SNACK

100-calorie snack bag o'popcorn