January 7, 2010 - Day 4

Today was a baddddd day, emotionally speaking. I had just decided that I couldn't take it any more, since I had been feeling hungry since I started this stupid diet! AACCK! I figured I was doing something wrong, because certainly I shouldn't feel hungry 24/7! So I did some research (even looking into the Weight Watcher Points that my aunt told me about), and I got so frustrated! There was too much to take into consideration. So I pretty much said "F*&@ it!" to the whole thing and ate 2 servings of mac and cheese.

But then I got thinking that perhaps that is what I needed. I need to be able to enjoy my comfort foods every once in a while. As long as I balance out the rest of the day, things like my mac and cheese would be fine. And, as you'll see below, it was fine. :) Moderation is the key!

After my daughter woke up from her nap, we took a family trip to the local grocery store and bought more healthy, but still yummy, food. I even bought some of the "Smart Ones" frozen meals by Weight Watchers (they were on sale) just so I could eat a relatively healthy option in a pinch.

So, here's my break down:

For breakfast

1 bowl of Cheerios in 1% milk

1/4 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (30 calories)

For lunch

2 servings of Stouffer's Macaroni and Cheese

Water

For dinner

2 servings of fajita mixture
* I put shredded cheese and soy sourcream on top; 1 had a low-carb tortilla

Water

Snacks

1 cup of 1% milk

1 serving of animal crackers

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (30 calories)

1 rice cake with peanut butter (130 calories)

Total Calories (roughly): At some point I calculated all of the of the calories, with the help of my husband. However, I forgot to write down the numbers that I collected, so I can't put them here. However, I do remember that it was roughly 1580. So even though it was a hard day emotionally, it turned out that it was a good day calorie-wise. :) And even with my mac and cheese binge, I still think I made it under the daily recommendation of fat intake. Finally, and most importantly, I don't have that starving sensation! Yay!!

Exercise
Nothing really. But I did do my standard 100 ab-crunches on my ab lounger. :)

January 6, 2010 - Day 3

I thought it'd be interesting to track the number of calories I am eating each day. These are rough numbers that I am getting from either online or the package of the food I cooked. I figured if I was tracking my food, I should try and see if I can keep the numbers of calories I intake under the number of calories I should be eating. Now I went online and found out that for my lifestyle (I put sedentary, although I am trying to [slowly] change that) I should be ingesting about 1615 calories to maintain a weight a 130 lbs. Now, I'm not 130 pounds yet, but since that's where I want to be, I figured I would use that number of calories as my target! (Note that Cam had to go find another site that said that if I weighted 148 pounds and wanted to weigh 130 pounds, then to lose 1 pound a week I'll need to intake only about 1400 calories a day. Yuck. I'll have to decide on that one. For now the magic number is 1615.)

My food day:

For breakfast

1 cup of Quaker Instant oatmeal, golden brown sugar variety (200 calories)

1/4 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (30 calories)

For lunch

1 piece of breaded pork loin (360 calories)

1 cup of sauteed butternut squash and cauliflower (168 calories)

Water

Yay! I ate leftovers! Woo-hoo!!! :)

For dinner

3 pieces of kielbasa (510 calories)
* Slow-cooked in sauerkraut

1 cup of steamed broccoli (54 calories)

Water

Snacks

4 tablespoons of trail mix (213 calories)

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (35 calories)

1/2 stick of string cheese (45 calories)

Total Calories (roughly): 1615 (On target!)

Exercise
Nothing really. I did housework all day, plus 100 ab-crunches on my ab lounger.

January 5, 2010 - Day 2

Day number 2 and it was good (on the eating front mainly). Well, except for the afternoon... man was I starving as we were shopping around Target. It was all I could do not to pull into the grocery store at a high speed to buy everything in sight, even after subtly hinting to my husband that we needed to buy food. I think he saw through my ploy and said (paraphrasing) "Nah, let's keep going home." Thanks honey! :)

My day:
For breakfast

2 whole-wheat pancakes w/blueberries and a tablespoon of syrup

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer

For lunch

1 bologna and cheese sandwich w/mustard
* Bread was white (I know, I know...)
* Cheese was American

5 grapes

Water

For dinner

1 slice of Tofurkey w/chicken gravy (I only had chicken...)
* We had this in our freezer after getting intrigued by it on Food Network's "Unwrapped." It wasn't bad. In the words of my husband (not paraphrased) "It wasn't the worst thing."

A 1/2 cup of stuffing (that came with the Tofurkey)

A 1/2 cup of carrots

Water

Snacks

A bite of my daughter's banana (that she had decided she was done with)

About 5 pretzel sticks

1/2 cup bowl of cheerios with 1% milk
* This was to satisfy my afternoon melt-down!

1 mocha latte (w/1% milk)

The following were done randomly throughout the day and mainly because my daughter (21 months) was literally shoving this food in my face! :)

A bite of my daughter's string cheese

A raisin or two


Exercise
Okay I didn't really anything too much today! But I did do...

Does raking the yard for about 20 minutes straight count?