1-14-12

Good Morning! It's been a few days since I posted. Wednesday was payday, so I balanced the checkbook, paid some bills and went shopping at Walmart. Thursday was a busy day, in the morning I cleaned house, then in the afternoon I went to the girls' school and did some Box Top Incentive parties. I am the President of the PTO, every quarter we collect Box Tops from the classes and the ones who collect the most get a treat party. So, Graham and I went to the school and handed out Ice Cream Sandwiches to 2 classes, and I didn't even have one! After that I picked the kids up, came home and cleaned a few more thing, took the girls to Girl Scouts, came home, fed them dinner, then dropped Stasia off at basketball practice and I hustled up to the church because I had to ref a Volleyball game, we both had to be there at 6 so it was a bit crazy, after I refed, I had a game to play in. Meanwhile Brian got home from work around 645pm, he picked Anastasia up at her practice then came up to the church to get Kortnie and Graham who were with me. I got home around 8:30, helped get the kids in bed, played a few games of pool with Brian, then he went to play a video game while I watched a TV show until it was time to check Kortnie's blood sugar. I checked her at 11pm then went to bed, Phew! It was a Go, Go, GO kind of day.

Here's a breakdown of what I ate those days. My cousin Michelle posted a comment on here about what a pain in the butt it is to keep a food diary, and yep it is. It sucks, and not only do I keep a food diary for myself, but for Kortnie, I keep a blood sugar, carbohydrate, and insulin dosage food diary. So it's double duty! BUT...it does help keep me in check, if I want something to snack on, I think to myself, I don't want to write it down for the whole world to see, or I don't want to go find the notebook, or I don't want to have a long list of crap. So, for now it's keeping me accountable, that's a good thing.

1/10/12 Tuesday
1 cup Vanilla Yogurt 190cal, 1/2 cup cereal 112cal, 1/4 cup Craisins 110cal, 20oz water
Lean Cuisine Lasagna 320cal, Lean Cuisine Dip with Pita Bread 200cal, 20oz water
20oz water, 3 miniture Hershey's 120cal
20oz Emergen-C 25cal, 20oz water
3 Broiled Chicken Tenders, 1.5 cups Homemade Mac&Cheese, 10oz water

1/11/12 Wednesday
Slim Fast Shake 170cal (on the way to Walmart)
20oz water (while shopping)
Bannana (on the way home, Graham got some popcorn chicken from the deli, I ate one of the bannanas I bouth, GOOD FOR ME! LOL, I was proud of myself for that one :-)
Cobb Salad, lettuce, bacon, cheese, grilled chicken, grape tomatoes, onion, 1/2 hardboiled egg, ranch (which I bought at the deli at Walmart, premade, it was good, but I ate the whole thing which said it served 5 people???? Well, I didn't eat all of the ranch so that's good, right?)
Bagel 190cal, Brummel and Brown Strawberry Spread 50cal, 20oz water
20oz water
3 Egg Ham & Cheese, Green Pepper Omelet, hasbrowns, 20oz water

1/12/12 Thursday
20oz water, 12oz Peppermint Green Tea
Turkey Sandwich on whole Grain, 20oz water
20oz water
Taco Soup with corn chips and cheese on top, 20oz water
went to Volleyball
Another bowl of Taco Soup, no cheese this time
Here's the recipe,it was Yummy!
http://allrecipes.com/recipe/slow-cooker-taco-soup/detail.aspx

1/13/12 Friday
Yesterday the kids were out of school, Kortnie had an appointment with her Endocrinologist in Scottsdale, so we headed down to the Phoenix/Scottsdale area. We call the cities down there "The Valley" So we headed to the Valley, it's about a 230 mile drive one way and it's the big city, so when you go down you plan for shopping, eating out, etc. We left home around 7:40, our first stop was the mall. Anastasia had a pair of jeans to take back to JCP and also a gift card to spend there. Then Kortnie and I went looking for the Tinkerbell store, but found a different accesories store in it's place. Anastasia and I got new sunglasses, Kortnie got a new headband and a pair of earrings. After that we went Costco, Brian and the kids got the famous Costco food court hot dogs while I got toilet paper. (That's all I bought there, haha, kinda funny). After that we headed over to the Dr appointment, everyone ate in the car so I drove. The Dr appointment lasted over 2 hours (which was good since it was our first visit, the new Dr took the time to get to know us, but that's another post for another blog :-) After the Dr, we went to the airport, I used to work there at Continental airlines, so I went to see a few people and pick up some Blood Glucose test strips that someone was giving us there. (Yay!) We hit traffic so it took us quite awhile, after the airport we were ready for dinner so we headed over to Olive Garden (the kids picked this for their great report cards and we like it too). After we ate we were tired and ready to go home. We were going to go to Sam's Club and Harbor Freight too, but as we are trying to spend less we opted out. We got home around 10:30 last night. Long day!
Here's what I ate.

Bagel 190cal, Brummel and Brown strawberry spread 50cal, 20oz water
Hot Chocolate from Maverick, 20oz water
3 bites of Costco Hot Dog, Lemonade (NO SODA!) I don't really like hot dogs, but they smelled good, so I had a few bites, Brian got 3! of them, so I made him give me a little bit of his **I would have had water, but I was feeling a bit shakey and my blood sugar was probably a little low, some reason it does that when I'm on long car rides, so I got the lemonade, I think that's also the reason I ate that stinkin' hot dog**
20oz water
Olive Garden, I got Seafood Portofino and Salad and water. I ate the whole entree and 2 big bowls of salad. We did not order an appetizer (save money, save calories) and I did not have a breadstick. The kids got dessert but Brian and I didn't . Oh, Graham ordered Ravioli and a side of grapes, he didn't finish his grapes, so I finished them for him, that's okay right, grapes, they are sweet and good for you. :-)

On an end note, Kortnie's Dr did tell us to cut back on some of her carbs, which is a kind of blessing. Every other Dr and nurse has told her since diagnosis, "You can eat anything you want" so she's taken that to heart and so has Brian. Well, yeah, she can eat anything, but it's still a good idea to cut back on carbs. So we are going to have much lower carb dinners M-S, we'll save our bigger carb dinners for Sunday afternoon's after church.

Low carb dinner ideas? Send them my way please!

Have a great weekend everyone!

1-10-12

Tuesday, Oh Tuesday. One of my most favorite days. The girls are in school, Brian's back to work after his weekend, and Graham goes to school for 2 hours in the morning. I spend these 2 alone hours doing....well doing whatever...Today I am watching Netflix and cruising the internet. Just kind of sitting and relaxing.

Here's my weekend in review.

Saturday 1-7-12
Breakfast
1 slice of watermelon
2 chocolate pretzels
1 corn chip
20oz Emergen-C
Yes, I know that's kind of a crazy breakfast, we slept in, Kortnie had a friend spend the night and Stasia was gone to another friends house.

Snack
Popcorn-airpopped and 20oz water
Anastasia had her first basketball game so I popped 1 cup of popcorn kernels and put it in a ziplock bag and we took it to the game with us. Graham, Kortnie, Zoie and I shared the popcorn, I don't think I ate too much.

Lunch
I had a bowl of cereal with milk, I never finish the milk left in the bottom of the bowl
30oz water and a stick of gum

Dinner
3 Broiled Chicken Tenders
1.5cups of White Rice
1/2cup carrots and 1/2cup of Pineapple
20oz water
5 slices of chocolate orange 230calories

I stayed strong and didn't have a soda all day.

Sunday 1-8-12
Breakfast
Hot Apple Cider, I mixed 1 packet of regular and 1 packet of sugar free 95calories
Fried Potatos and scrambled eggs

Snacks
1 slice chocolate orange and 30oz water
20oz water
popcorn and 20oz water
I was feeling kind of yucky all day Sunday you know "girl yucky" so I just laid around

Dinner
Egg Noodles with Stroganoff style Meatballs and Gravy, Green Beans 20oz water
I had one more 20oz water before bed

I weighed in on Sunday and I was 191.4 so that's a loss of 1.6 pounds. I figured it would be more, but I was bloated and yuck, so I don't think it counts. LOL...whatever 1.6 pounds is great and I'm happy with it.

Monday 1-9-12
Breakfast
10oz water, Caramel Pecan Crunc Cereal with Fiber and Milk 260calories-but I dind't drink all the milk so I probably didn't have all of those calories

Lunch
20oz water Cup-O-Noodles Spicy Chicken flavor, a turkey and swiss sandwich on whole grain, no mayo, no butter, another 20oz water and a tiny piece of Brownie

Dinner
8oz water
A big Chicken Taco Salad, lettuce, chicken, cilantro, El Pato, cheese, and a few Crispy Tortilla Strips (kind of like crutons)

This morning I am feeling lots better, no more bloating or achy gassy stomach, so I weighed myself again and it was 190.0 pounds so down 3 pounds total. Yay!

I still haven't gotten back on the excercising bandwagon. I'm going to get there though. My plans for the rest of today are to clean up around the house, it's not super dirty, but I do want to dust and vacume the downstairs, then I want go thru the stuff in the Computer/Craft room, get the recipts for tax time all in one spot.

1-7-2012

Well, I'm still pluggling along. I don't think I'm not 100% avoiding sweets or junk, but I do think I'm making progress. I haven't had any soda all year! That's good for me. I haven't had any fast food either. Yay! I am going to Phoenix next Friday to take Kortnie to a doctor's appointment and to do some shopping. We promised the kids we'd take them to Olive Garden. Not the lowest fat dining option by far, but it's a place we all enjoy, we don't get to go very often, Kortnie's the one who has to go to the doctor so she should get to pick and also both girls got very good grades on their report cards, so this will be a reward for that as well. I'll not order soda or dessert, eat lots of salad and maybe only 1/2 of what I order. I'll bring the other 1/2 home for the next day.
Wednesday
Breakfast: Scrambled egs, 1 piece of Whole Grain Toast, 1/2 an apple
Lunch: Turkey, Swiss and Avocado on Whole Grain Toast Sandwich, no Mayo, No Butter
Snack: Air Popped popcorn, 2 gummy bears
Dinner: Shredded beef roast in a tortilla with cheese, cilantro, avocado, white rice on the side. I actually think I had 2 burritos. They tasted so good :-) That's my problem I guess.
Had Water all day, an Emergen-C at lunch

Thursday
Breakfast: Hot Chocolate
Lunch: Turkey, Swiss and Avocado on Whole Grain Toast Sandwich, no Mayo, no Butter
Snack: Airpopped Popcorn and an Apple
Treat: 2 Hershey Dark Chocolate with Almonds Nuggets
Dinner: Spaghetti with Meatballs
I drank tons of water all day and had one Emergen-C Pink Lemonade with lunch 25cal

Friday
Breakfast: Nothing
Lunch: Went grocery shopping and I was hungry, got a bunch of stuff and settled on Lean Cuisine Tortilla Crusted Fish meal 300calories, I also had a Lean Cuisine Spinach Artichoke Dip with Pita Bread 200calories
Treat: Butter Pecan Frozen Yogurt (Graham wanted ice cream and so I had some with him, we have tons of ice cream in the house, I'd like to just get it all gone and not buy any more for awhile)
Snack: Air Popped Popcorn
Dinner: We had "make you own pizza night" the kids all made pizzas, Brian and I made calzones. I put in mine sauce, cheese, green peppers, turkey lunchmeat, mushrooms, peppercini's and garlic-rosemary seasoning. I tried to put less cheese than usual
I drank water all day, no Emergen-C's or Crystal Light's. Oh wait I did have a lemonade blended with ice with dinner. Geez, Lemonade slush and ice cream in one day. Uh Oh!

Today is Saturday. I have some chicken out, think I'll make grilled chicken, rice and veggies for dinner. The kids want me to cut open a watermelon for breakfast, so I'll probably have some of that. Lunch, who knows? It's a whole different ball game on weekends when the kids are home all day. I have to say that I'm dying for a Diet Coke. If I'm going to have one, it's going to be tomorrow or Monday, those are Brian's day's off and he'll go to Maverick and get a mug and I'd go with him. I hope I can hold myself off, but I'm not sure if I can. Maybe I'll tell myself that if I don't have one this weekend I'll let myself have one on the 3.5 hour drive down to Phoenix next Friday.

Tomorrow is Sunda, I'm going to weigh in the morning and see if I'm down any pounds. I have gotten on the scale a few times this week and at one point I was down 3.0 pounds. I have to remember to get on the scale in the morning when my clothes are off. I think morning weights are usually the most accurate, I wonder if that's true or something I just made up myself.

I have not gotten back on any kind of excercise plan. I'm going to have to work on that next week.

1-2-12

I weighed and measured myself this morning. I'm gonna put it all out here so I can see my progress in loss and to keep myself accountable. So here goes....

Weight: 193.0 pounds
Waist: 39.5 inches
Hips/Butt: 48.0 inches
Thighs: 41.5 inches
Neck: 14.25 inches

I stayed away from soda yesterday, Yay! It wasn't that hard. After I blogged last night I ended up having another glass of water and 2 Lindor Truffles, which they are 73 calories each, I just looked that up. Yikes! Next time only 1...or none.

So far today, I had a cup of hot tea, Orange Spice and 4 mini taos and 2 tater tots. More leftovers.

Okay, gotta get busy, the girls are back to school this morning and Brian had to go in to work on his day off for inventory. I have almost all of the Chrismtas stuff down, today I'm going to take the tree down and then reorganize the closet under the stairs. I keep most of the holiday decorations in there and I'd like to be able to fit more of the Christmas stuff in there as well, instead of keeping it in the garage. There are so many decorations that I don't use anymore, so I'm gonna try to go thru it and put some of the stuff we don't use in the yard sale pile.

1-1-12

I'm off to a good start, New Year, New Me. This year I plan on working on all kinds of things. I want to be healthy and happy. I am fairly healthy and pretty happy, but I want more. I'd like to lose some weight, I'm definitly overweight and I want to work on that. I want to be more active. I want to feel good about the way I look. I want to run around with my kids and enjoy life. I don't want to be a bump on a log anymore. I want to make myself pretty everyday for my husband. I want to get dressed, do my hair and maybe some makeup too. It's gonna be a good year. It's all about me. I love my kids, I love my husband, but it's not going to be "all about them" this year, it's going to be "about me" too.

JANUARY GOALS
No soda
Lots of water
Make healthier choies when cooking, buying and eating food
Excercise more often, 4 out of 7 days a week

Today, I haven't made the best choices, but I haven't fallen off the wagon yet. I'm already pretty sure that Sunday's are going to be my "cheat" days. Sunday is the one day all of us are at home, Brian's off work, the kids are out of school.

Breakfast: 1 mini cheeseburger and 3 mini tacos and 36ozs water. (We had the cheeseburger and tacos leftover from our finger food buffet from New Year's Eve)

Went to church 11am-2pm

Lunch/Snack: 36ozs water, then we went to Show Low, had to get something so Brian could fix the kitchen sink at Lowe's, then we went to the China Wok Buffet, I ate 2 plates of food, 1 cup of soup and 1 scoop of tapicoa pudding. I got mostly rice, veggies and chicken. I stayed away from the fried stuff...mostly. I still probabaly had way too many calories, but it could have been worse. I also had 20ozs water with my meal.

Came home, took down the Christmas lights outside then sat down to look at the computer and write this new blog.

Dinner: We usually only have one big meal on Sunday afternoon's. For dinner we'll just look for leftovers or something. I'm not really hungry, I'll probably have another glass of water and maybe an apple.

It's 6:30 now, so I guess I'll ask the kids if they want something to eat, and then I'll start getting them ready for bed. Back to school tomorrow (they've been off for 2 weeks for the Christmas break), I am so ready for them to go back to school.

Tomorrow I'll post my measurments and weight. I also plan on getting myself back to Zumba tomorrow!