2/28--heather

Self-sabotage is going on here, I just realized it. I've finally reached the point where I don't think I can actually get down to my goal size, so I'm just eating to keep myself where I am. Today, I went to Dillard's for the additional 40% off sale and found a gorgeous dress marked down to $30 from $169. It was a size 6, and it fit. Now, I know that I'm not there on my bottom half, but I have three pairs of size 6 pants that are snug, but close to fitting. Am I really that afraid of success? Is that why I stalled in October? The Look Alike is walking now almost all of the time, and that means that I can start taking her to the gym. That opens up anywhere from 4 to nine more hours of gym time per week. I know that I need to bump it up at least three to start making gains in fitness and drop body fat. I'm excited, but maybe I'm clinging to the "old me" so that I don't have to figure out who I am all over again.

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)
jam and bread (175)


Lunch:
Olive Garden (1150)
I'd forgotten just how terrible the salad is, and of course I had three breadsticks. I might only have had two, but I calculated three, just in case.

Afternoon snack:
lara bar (110)
green smoothie (100)
chocolate (200)

Dinner:
I honestly don't know what all kinds of crap I ate. It was totally out of control.

Probably ate about 2500, couldn't really say. Maybe 2800, who knows. Tomorrow I get back to the gym and back to my goals, with this knowledge that I'm afraid of what being a small person is like. That's all.

2/27--heather

Today is Friday and, while I usually feel excited that it's the weekend and we get to relax some, this isn't the weekend that that will happen. Today the Music Man gets home a bit early. This is good, because I have to go to both the gym and the grocery store. Tomorrow, the Music Man has the monthly men's meeting at church in the morning, so I'll lose both my Saturday hours at the gym. He's bringing home my friend's daughter's to hang out with us. I'm supposed to have lunch with the girls in my Elijah House small group. Then I'll come home, hang out with the 5 kids for a few more hours. MM will take the girls and the Firecracker Princess over to church for the spaghetti dinner, and I'll stay home with the littles. Sunday I'm in the Monster's class at church. I really do love that time, but those kids are exhausting. Two year olds, they'll wear you out! Thankfully after that all I have left is step, then I can come home and rest for a bit before we gear back up for the week.

Breatfast:
green smoothie (200)
rice cakes (120)
banana (70)


Lunch:
salmon (100)
millet (50)
jam and bread (200)
graham crackers (100)

Afternoon snack:
oreo minis (300)
jam and bread (200)
green smoothie (100)

Dinner:
Odwalla bar (220)
oreo minis (200)
bread and cheese (200)
smoothie (150)
graham cracker (35)

Water:
9

Fruits and veg:
10

Total calories:
2175

Weight:
136.4

2/26--heather

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)
rice cake (60)

Lunch:
banana (60)
jam and bread (100)
tangelo (50)
millet (100)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
rice cakes (100)

After gym snack:
nectar bar (it's an organic post-workout energy bar, if you wanted to know) (170)
oreo minis (200)

Dinner:
salmon (125)
millet (200)

Evening snack:
banana (70)
chocolate (50)

Water:
10

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:
mat and ABL (300)

Total calories:
1595

Weight:
136.4

2/25--heather

Happy birthday to my Pilates instructor and friend, Pam! My second mama and just a wonderful human being.

Breakfast:
green smoothie (225)
rice cake (50)

Morning snack:
jam and bread (75)

Lunch:
onion soup (100)
salad (50)
graham cracker (75)
grapes (50)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
rice cakes (100)

Dinner:
sausage (240)
pancakes and syrup (250)

Evening snack:
chocolate (100)
banana (70)
strawberries and grapes (60)
tangelo (50)
rice cake (40)

Water:
10

Fruits and veg:
11

Exercise:
weights and step (650)

Total calories:
1635

Weight:
137.6

Nicole's Food Log - February 19

Nicole's Food Log - February 19

Breakfast
2 pieces bread with peanut butter (280)

Workout
3500m row (187 calories burned)

Lunch
Canneloni (290)

Uh, snack?
3 pieces Little Ceasar's cheese pizza (720) Crazy bread (400)

Workout
3.45 miles on treadmill (403 calories burned)

Dinner
Mac and cheese (780)

Total calories: 2470

2/24--heather

Funk was fun again. In fact, my Pilates instructor Pam said that she wanted to stay and "dance with me". Which would be ok, except a)this is a booty shaking class and she's my mom's age and b)I've only been once and am not very good. But the funniest part of this class is the dance moves. The Cabbage Patch, the Rodeo, the Hammer, Tootsie Roll, Grapevine, etc. It's lots of fun, but I haven't tried to do this in at LEAST ten years! But really, I'm enjoying it, and maybe in a few weeks I won't be so bad that I'd mind my Pam around!

Breakfast:
cereal mix (50)
green smoothie (225)

Morning snack:
banana (60)
jam and bread (60)

Lunch:
egg whites (100)
rice cakes (50)
graham cracker (50)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
rice cake (60)
cheese (100)
grapes (50)
caramel (100)

Dinner:
salad (50)
french onion soup (225)
cookies (160)
chocolate (60)

Water:
11

Fruits and veg:
14

Exercise:
funk (400)

Total calories:
1500

Weight:
137.8

2/23--heather

Breakfast:
bananas (160)
cake components (100)

Lunch:
pot roast (100)
sweet potato (150)
salad (50)
fruit leather (70)

Afternoon snack:
banana (60)
rice cake (40)

Dinner:
sweet and sour chicken (400)

Evening snack:
cookies (160)
grapes (60)
dried apricots (50)
rice cakes (100)

Water:
8

Fruits and veg:
10

Exercise:
Reformer (150)

Total calories:
1500

2/22--heather

Breakfast:
banana (80)
cereal and milk (150)

Morning snack:
banana (80)

Lunch:
(guesses, they don't provide nutrition info)
steak taco (300)
chicken tortilla soup (300)
tortilla chips (150)

Dinner:
Ted's montana grill bison pot roast (250)
asparagus (25)
french fries (150)

Misc ridiculous amounts of crap at the in-laws:
doughnut (310)
zebra cake (160)
chocolate ice cream (250)
graham crackers (130)

Water:
9

Fruits and veg:
a pathetic 7

Exercise:
step: a miserable 450. I'm still nursing that knee and am only working out about 75% of capacity.

Total calories:
2185

2/21--heather

I tried my ActiTrainer today, and it says I burn way MORE calories than my heart rate monitor (HRM) does. I'll be interested to see how my weight loss plays out, which one proves true. It just makes me happy to think that I burn almost 1000 calories in 2 hours, only 1 of which is true cardio. Woohoo!

Breakfast:
green smoothie (225)
banana (80)

Workout snack:
banana (80)
rice cake (60)

Lunch:
banana (60)
red beans and rice (200)
green smoothie (100)

Afternoon snack:
grapes (80)
jam and bread (80)
pear (80)
dried apricots (100)

Dinner:
pizza (525)
salad and green beans (50)

Evening snack:
cookies (160)

Water:
15

Fruits and veg:
18

Exercise:
weights (300)
step (650)

Total calories:
1950

2/20--heather

Yesterday was interesting. I went to the gym for my Thursday Pilates mat workout, and my instructor was out sick. Bummer. The gym manager came in and said that Pam wouldn't be in. One of the ladies asked him when he'd put a Friday evening class back on the schedule, and he said whenever an instructor said they wanted to teach then. I told him (somewhat kiddingly) that I'd be finishing my certification in about 6 weeks and would get back to him. He told me to do that, which excites me to no end. I'd love to really work H-A-R-D for the next 6 weeks, both studying and in diet/exercise and see where I get. I bet I could drop at least ten lbs, which is half of the total I'd like to lose. So here goes!

Breakfast:
cereal and milk (150)
green smoothie (200)

Lunch:
jam and bread (a lot) (300)
pasta and sauce (100)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
rice cake (50)
chocolate (100)
fruit leather (70)

Dinner:
swiss cheese (100)
red beans and rice (200)
baked onion rings (75)
broccoli (25)
cookies (300)

Evening snack:
cereal and milk (150)
bananas (130)

Water:
13

Fruits and veg:
14

Total calories:
1950

Weight:
138.2

2/19--heather

Breakfast:
banana (80)
green smoothie (200)
rice cake (60)

Lunch:
chocolate square (50)
eggs (120)
salad (50)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
cookies (150)
pretzels (50)
banana (80)

Dinner:
ww pasta and sauce (400)
salad (50)
chocolate (100)

evening snack:
cookies (380)

And here's where things got crazy:
Wendy's 1/2 single w/ cheese (215)
1/2 med. fry (215)
1/2 small frosty (160)

Water:
11

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:
Pilates mat got cancelled. :(

Total calories:
2460

Weight:
138.8

February 18, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

Breakfast
Peanut Butter (100)
Bread (180)

Lunch
Old Chicago’s Pepperoni Rolls (1880)
Pretzel (150)

Dinner
Frozen Mac and Cheese (300)*
*Ok, so this is where dinner was supposed to end, but then I was craving something fried or bready which rolled into…
Two grilled cheeses (480)

Total Calories: 2990

Weight: 71.2kg

Food Choices... Not One of My More Coherent Posts

February 17, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

Here’s my office pet peeve… We all know I make crappy, high calorie food choices… but the fun thing is that those are, well, MY choices.

What I dislike is eating food assigned by others.

For example, if I eat mac and cheese and it’s bad, that’s my decision and it sucks.

When other people choose food that I’m not a fan of, I get cranky on the grounds that I’m now going to eat a bunch of calories and not even get the joy associated with a yummy piece of pizza out of it.

The reason for this tangent is that I don’t (usually) like grocery store cake. So one of my coworker’s birthdays is tomorrow and I was going to make cupcakes. To which the boss apparently decided he wanted to order a real cake.

So I suggest a couple places where at least the odds of having something good (even if fattening) goes up and I get vetoed.

Now one can say “just don’t eat it,” but yeah right… good luck with that!

Same goes for events where the food is preordered… I don’t mind when there’s the “hospitality buffet” and there’s some level of picking and choosing, but when people just bring your plate in and announce “here’s what you’re eating.”

Sooooo not a fan.

Ok, back to being a spoiled brat now. :o)

Breakfast
Banana / Chocolate Smoothie (113)

Snack
Wheat thins (130)
String cheese (60)

Lunch
Wendy’s fries (350)

Snack
Chex Mix Bar (140)
Cheese and crackers (250)

Workout
15 minutes on bike (86 calories burned)
17 minutes hill intervals on treadmill (144 calories burned)
12 minutes (74 calories burned)

Dinner
Spaghetti (630)
Olive oil (120)
Sauce (70)
Parmesan (60)

Total calories: 1923

Weight: 71.9kg

2/18 food long--heather

First of all, it's my friend Rachael's birthday. She and I have been friends since we were eleven, meaning she's known me almost 2/3 of my life. Happy birthday Rachael!

As a little view into my world, I log my food as I eat it. I don't usually total it until the end of the day, but I at least pop it in. Sometimes I total after my afternoon snack, like I did today. That's a good thing because, a few minutes after I left to hit my weights and step classes, the Look Alike erased my whole post and, being blogger, it autosaves. Nice. The good news is that I totaled out at 1000 calories after my afternoon snack, so I'll try to remember what I had all day:

Breakfast:
banana
green smoothie
rice cake

Lunch:
eggs and pepper jack
chocolate
grapes

Afternoon snack:
bananas

Dinner:
stir fry (300)
grapes (50)
green smoothie (100)
banana (80)

Evening snack:
cereal and milk (150)
cookies (250)

Water:
16

Fruits and veg:
14

Workout:
weights and step (650)--had to take it easy because I'm nursing a knee injury.

Total calories:
2000

Sabbatical

February 16, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

Ok, so for the past two weeks I’ve started food logs, then lost track, then forgotten, then gotten backlogged…

So rather than piece together 800 notes, we’re starting over… Though clearly not with the best of habits, but I digress…

Oh and, surprise, surprise, I’ve got six weeks to get down to “bridesmaid dress size” and I haven’t budged much at all since, um, early January.

Not really all that enthusiastic today.

Breakfast
2 bagels (420)
Cream Cheese (15)
Margarine (200)
Eggs (140)

Lunch
Fettucine (520)

Snack (Throughout day…)
Pumpkin tortellini (600)

Workout
3,500m on rower (187 calories burned)
49 minutes on bike (279 calories burned)

Dinner
Mac and cheese (780)
Mayo (80)
Tuna (50)

Total Calories: 2805

Weight: 71.1kg

2/17-heather

The "good" news is that my trial is over, yay! And while I'm pleased, it's a bit bittersweet. However, it buys me time, and that's a good thing while I'm in this home stretch to lose the last 20 lbs or so.

And while we're on the topic, let's talk about that. The accepted weight range by the doctors is 104 lbs-134 lbs for my height, 5'2". People are telling me that's too low, etc., but I think that's just because they've never seen me at that weight. Fair enough, I'VE never seen me at that weight! But when you look at a weight chart compiled by one who studies the health of indigenous peoples, the TOP end of the weight for my height is 99 lbs. I'd like to say that I think I could get there and be healthy and fit, but I'm not sure that's a possibility. What I really want to do is drop 20 lbs, reassess, and see if I need to lose a few or gain a few or stay where I am. Of course, this is all provided that I don't discover that I'm pregnant before I get there!

Breakfast:
rice cake (50)
green smoothie (200)

Lunch:
hershey kisses (60)
chili (200)
fruit leather (70)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
rice cakes (100)
orange (50)
fruit leather (70)

dinner:
chili (200)
pretzels (50)
cookies (360)

Evening snack:
banana (90)
cereal and milk (150)

Water:
13

Fruits and veg:
12

Exercise:
mat and funk (450)

Total calories:
1750

Weight:
139.8

2/16--heather

The waiting continues! Sigh!

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)
rice cakes (100)
pretzels (20)

Morning snack:
banana chips (200)

Lunch:
chicken with pepper jack (200)
asparagus (25)
orange (50)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
hershey kisses (80)
tortilla chip (130)
fruit leather (70)
banana (80)

Dinner:
lentil chili (350)
1/2 banana (40)
salad (40)

Evening snack:
assorted chocolates (100)
cheerios (150)

Water:
12

Fruit sand veg:
16

Exercise:
Reformer and treadmill (350)

Total calories:
1935

2/15-heather

Breakfast:
cheerios (135)
banana (90)

Morning snack:
fruit leather (70)
orange (50)

Lunch:
roast beef sub (150)
banana chips (100)
pumpkin pie (300)

Afternoon snack:
banana (100)

Dinner:
banana chips (150)
chicken (200)
asparagus (80)
small baked sweet potato w/ sour cream (100)
orange (50)

Evening snack:
pie (300)
um, a crazy mix of snacks (250)

Water:
12

Fruits and veg:
12

Exercise:
Step and treadmill (650)

Total calories:
2125

Who Says Mac and Cheese Doesn’t Fix Life’s Problems?

February 4, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

Ever have one of those days where you’ve completely fallen down the rabbit hole?

Yeah, that was today… A perfectly nice, happy, normal day until it all went to hell.

And not hell in that “Everything bad that could happen did” kinda way.

No, that would be way too normal.

I mean hell in that “one person said one thing that probably wasn’t really so bad, but then it made the rest of the day spiral into damn the world sucks and everything’s miserable and and and…” kinda way.

There are five ways out of a spiral like that: A sufficient distraction; working out; sleeping it off; booze; or mac and cheese.

Some people say that “eating your feelings only makes things worse.”

Liars.

Those people just haven’t found proper food. Hahaha…

Anyhow, after a crappy day in which I just wanted to curl up and cry for hours, I can proudly say that curling up with Kraft Deluxe made the world a better place and I’d resumed a Nic-level of cheer by the time American Idol came on.

Now what this did for the scale?

Yeah, I dunno about that, but I felt better and didn’t jump off my two-story roof, so isn’t that what counts? :o)

Breakfast
1 ½ bagels (315)
Margarine (90)
Scrambled eggs with cheese (190)

Lunch
Lasagna (400)

Workout
52 minutes on stationary bike (304 calories burned)
Dinner
Lasagna (600)
*Uh, yeah, I kicked the wallowing off early by eating cold lasagna while I cooked.
Mac and cheese (1280)
Hot dog (120)

Total calories: 2995

Valentine's Day--heather

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)

Gym snack:
Clif bar (240)

Lunch:
green smoothie (150)
banana (80)
ww lentil pasta (100)
dried apricots (50)

Afternoon snack:
chocolate (100)
tortilla chips (200)

Dinner:
roast beef sandwich, salad, and blackberies (700)
orange (50)

Evening snack:
pumpkin pie (300)
Yes, again. Did I mention that I bought three and froze two?

Water:
10

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:
weights (250)
step (550)

Total calories:
2170

February 13--heather

Going through a bit of a trial, a waiting trial, right now and am not terribly concerned with my diet at the moment. I'll be ok, but this waiting is no fun!

Breakfast:
cereal (200)
orange (50)

Morning snack:
green smoothie (200)
cheerios (50)
jam and bread (150)

Lunch:
eggs (150)
hershey kisses (40)

Afternoon snack (MM and I decided to finish the cake when the kids were asleep!):
cake (400)
green smoothie (100)

Dinner:
hearty lentil spaghetti (recipe below, this was excellent) (500)

Evening snack:
2 oranges (100)
hershey kisses (100)
fruit leather (70)

Water:
9

Fruits and veg:
14

Total calories:
1860

Hearty Lentil Spaghetti from Taste of Home

Ingredients:

* 3/4 cup chopped onion
* 2 garlic cloves, minced
* 1 tablespoon olive oil
* 1-1/2 cups dried lentils, rinsed
* 4 cups vegetable broth
* 1/2 teaspoon pepper
* 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
* 1 can (14-1/2 ounces) Italian diced tomatoes
* 1 can (6 ounces) tomato paste
* 1 teaspoon white vinegar
* 1-1/2 teaspoons dried basil
* 1-1/2 teaspoons dried oregano
* 12 ounces uncooked spaghetti
* 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese

Directions:
In a large saucepan coated with cooking spray, cook onion and garlic in oil until tender. Stir in the lentils, broth, pepper and cayenne. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20-30 minutes or until lentils are tender.
Stir in the tomatoes, tomato paste, vinegar, basil and oregano. Return to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40-45 minutes.
Cook spaghetti according to package directions; drain. Serve with lentil sauce. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Yield: 8 servings.

February 12--heather

The days before Valentine's Day are always interesting to me. I can't imagine we'll do anything, but I always think about what I WOULD do if we did something. Probably go out for a nice dinner at most, though with the weight gain, I'm not sure I can afford the calories. A girl can dream!

Breakfast:
banana (80)
green smoothie (200)
rice cake (50)

Lunch:
ww veggie pasta (250)
banana (80)
jam and bread (100)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
hershey kisses (100)
cake (shakes head) (200)

Dinner:
pizza (525)
tangerine (30)
hershey kisses (40)

Evening snack:
key lime pie (300?)
fruit leather (140)
pizza (150)
twix (125)
(had a bit of an evening binge due to some stress. Totally let it happen and didn't worry a thing about it, sigh).


Water:
14

Fruits and veg:
15

Exercise:
pilates mat (150)

Total calories:
2575

February 11--heather

I'm back and getting back on track. The scale says I gained seven lbs while we were gone. Math wise, I might've gained two, but all the sodium and junk messed up my system, and I think I might be retaining water for the first time in my life--all my pants feel tight! Two hours at the gym helped a bit, now it's back to the routine!

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)
jam and bread (100)

Lunch:
eggs with swiss cheese (270)
jam and bread (80)
2 tangerines (75)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
rice cake (40)
1 square chocolate (45)

Afternoon snack:
banana (70)
fruit leather (70)

Dinner:
ww veggie pasta (300)
salad (50)

Evening snack:
birthday cake (300)
banana (75)

Water:
13

Fruits and veg:
16

Exercise:
weights (200)
step (500)

Total calories:
1775

Food Log 2/10--heather

Back home, and trying to get my system readjusted to our normal eating. Sorta.

Breakfast:
green smoothie (175)
school bread (600)

Lunch:
eggs (130)
apple (50)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (125)
rice cakes (100)
cake (250)

Dinner:
sweet and sour chicken (300)
cake (200)
banana (80)

Water:
11

Fruits and veg:
11

Total calories:
2010

Trip Food

Hello folks! I'm back from a weekend away with the Music Man. After four months of planning a surprise, I took him to Disney World. I have no idea how many millions of calories I ate while gone, but here's a relatively educated guess:

Saturday:
Breakfast:
cinnamon roll (250)
banana (80)

Lunch:
fried cheese (400?)
roast beef sandwich (700?)
fruit salad (100)

Afternoon snack:
grapefruit cake (500?)

Dinner:
1/2 cheese plate (400?)
filet with potatoes and cured veggies (600)
cake with custard and strawberries (350)

So Saturday we're talking about three thousand calories. Yipes!

Sunday is much, much worse:
Breakfast:
bagel and cream cheese (400?)
banana (80)

Morning snack:
strawberry shortcake (300?)

Lunch:
fish and chips (700?)

Afternoon snack:
shaved ice (250)
1/2 school bread (125)
Mickey ice cream sandwich (280)

Dinner:
1/2 cheese plate (300)
roll with butter (200)
french onion soup (250)
roasted duck breast and leg confit with haricot verts (skipped the sweet potato puree, it was foul) (700)
lemon tart with tangerine sorbet (400)

That's just a sample, those numbers could be w-a-y off. But if that's right, we're looking at FOUR THOUSAND CALORIES! Ay!

Monday:
Breakfast:
school bread (300)

Lunch:
buttered roll (150)
mushroom bisque with creme fraiche (300)
cobb salad (350)
2/3 ribeye with arugala and roasted potatoes (750)
creme brulee (300)

Dinner:
(and I use that term loosely, it was McDonald's)
cheeseburger (300)
small fries (230)
school bread (300)

Evening snack:
cake (300)

Yeppers, that's 3300. Wowza, I really need to get my tail to the gym!

I will brave the scale again in a couple of days; I'm not sure I could take the shock that awaits me now...

The Dress

February 3, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

I came home from work today and found a package on my porch. Not my Olympic ring… (which I’ve been ANXIOUSLY waiting for since I had to send back the one they sent me when I realized it was, um, the wrong ring!) Oh no, this box was bigger and could only be one thing…

My bridesmaid dress.

Sigh.

Perhaps a pipe bomb would have left me more excited.

Anyhow, I’m in my best friend’s wedding at the end of April and I knew from the get-go that I was going to have problems with the dress.

For starters, when we discussed colors forever ago, the list was all what my friend Alyssa calls “fairy colors.” Pale pink, peach, light green… All very spring.

Whatever. All very “I’m a size 4.”

Ultimately the color my dear friend chose was what could best be described as celery.

But not like the green part of the celery. The reallllly light part on the ends. This is unflattering for several reasons. Um, first off let’s start with the part where I’m gonna look like a cow.

That’s the biggest one. The second is more easily fixable… I’m going to look yellow. See, my skin tone doesn’t work with that kind of color… I come out looking jaundiced to be frank. Colors like that are best for those who are “Paltrow Pale” or “Fresh From Maui Tan.’

And then there’s the part where the dress itself makes me look like someone should be chasing me through a field to herd my ass into a van that says “Burger King.”

See, it’s silky / satiny / clingy. Allegedly a dress that should make one look thinner as there’s this extra material around the waist.

Yeah, that’s a cute thought created by skinny people, ‘cause in this case it ain’t true.

I’d like to say I used the dress as motivation to skip dinner.

But no.

I think I should just get credit for not laying on the bathroom floor and sobbing.

At this stage I have two options… get my ass in gear during the next two months…

OR

Hand the dress to my friend Jill’s pitt bull and tell Paige the TSA must have killed it when I flew.

We’ll see which I go for in April…

Breakfast
Two biscuits (440)
Egg (70)

Lunch
Leftover lasagna (400)
Part of a biscuit (80)

Workout
3.8 miles on treadmill (420 calories burned)

Dinner
Spaghetti (600)
Sauce (70)
Parmesan (60)
EVOO (120)

Calories: 1800

Weight: 72.3kg

And The Aftermath

February 2, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

So it started off as a day in which I knew I was going to my friend Nicole’s for dinner, so my intention was to keep it light…

Yeah, that went to hell the second Monica and I had a KFC craving.

The good news is I learned you can calculate your calories at KFC.com. The bad is I didn’t bother to do that before I ate.

And then there was the dinner.

The good news is I actually cooked something. Lasagna… and it was yummy. Made a version where you replace most of the ricotta with a combination of cream cheese and cottage cheese. Theoretically it was supposed to be 280 calories a piece… less actually as I cut the thing into 12s not 8s.

That was until I added another layer and decided that only crazy people would top an ENTIRE lasagna with a QUARTER CUP of mozzarella cheese.

I sneeze more than that.

Oh… and I definitely enjoyed cupcakes and breadsticks with the rest of dinner, so clearly all around not a good day.

And, best of all, I got crazy busy and blew off my afternoon workout.

For the second day in a row.

Officially making me a deadbeat.

Breakfast
Bagel (210)
Margarine (120)
Egg (70)

Lunch
KFC (1535)
Chicken strip
Two and a half biscuits
Large mac and cheese
Individual mashed potatoes

Can’t you feel your heart starting to stop?

Dinner
Lasagna (800)
Breadsticks (600?)
Cupcakes (550?)

Total calories: 3885

Super Bowl Sunday

February 1, 2009

They say Americans eat more on Super Bowl Sunday than any other day of the year except Thanksgiving.

From the way today went, I’d say that’s true…

Breakfast
Two bagels (420)
Margarine (200)
Two eggs (140)

Lunch
Frozen pasta (310)

Snacks / Dinner / Super Bowl Madness
Chips (250)?
Queso (500)?
(I ate lots of it, but the good news is it was made with ground turkey!)
Dijourno garlic bread pizza (1050)
Potato skins (210)
Two cupcakes (550?)

Total Calories: 3630

February 4--heather

Today I got my crown for the implant, and I'm so stinking happy! For the first time in memory, I have a full mouth of healthy teeth. Isn't that great?! OK, it might not seem like a big deal to those of you (ahem, Nikki) who have never had a CAVITY, but for someone with four root canals and an implant, it feels amazing. From nine until 25 I literally couldn't chew using my back teeth because my molars were just circles of teeth with nothing in the middle. Yeah, seriously. It cost about $15,000 out of pocket, but really, it's been worth every penny.

As I was about to leave, I asked when I was due for a cleaning. Apparently that was last month (ay), and she said she could get me in RIGHT then because of a cancellation. Woohoo! It wasn't a lot of fun, but she said I obviously do a good job brushing and flossing because I had no cavities, no plaque and a leeeeetle tartar on front bottom teeth where apparently it's really common to get it.

Did I say yay?

Yay!!

Breakfast:
green smoothie (175)
chocolate cupcake (200)
What a combination, eh?

Lunch:
eggs (200)
jam and bread (100)
pasta (50)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (175)
banana (80)
jam and bread (75)

Dinner:
dried apricots (100)
Chicken fajitas (250)
peach (50)

Evening snack:
pumpkin pie (400)
chocolate (100)

Water:
10

Fruits and veg:
16

Exercise:
step (575)

Total calories:
1955

Weight:
135.4 I decided not to mess with what it says since this is the scale I've used for the last seven months; it's relatively consistent for both myself and the kids, and that's what really matters.

January 31, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

Breakfast
Biscuit (500)
Margarine (60)
Egg (70)

Lunch
Pierogies (227)
Margarine (30)

Workout
3.8 miles on treadmill (3.79 calories burned)

Dinner
Pizza (640)

Total Calories: 1527

Weight: 70.9kg

I Might Kinda Like Morning Workouts

January 30, 2009 – Nicole’s Food Log

It’s a conclusion I come to every once in awhile… one that I eventually fall off the wagon from, but such is life… I kinda like working out in the morning.

Of much surprise to many people (largely based on my perpetual tendency to be late), I really am a morning person. I tend to be up before 6 for no other reason than I like to lay around, read a book, catch up on my DVR, etc.

Well this morning I got motivated to ditch the house early and had two options: go to the office (hahahahaha… now THAT’S funny) or do a quick workout.

One of the bonuses of working at the OTC, of course, is weight room access… because while you can easily talk yourself out of a drive to the gym in the cold and dark, it’s much harder to convince yourself that you can’t take a three minute detour (and only that long because of the speed bumps!) across complex to the weight room.

So I didn’t have much time, but am always amazed at how much even a quick trip to do something makes one feel better later.

(Of note, I also remembered that Friday at that hour is when my athletes have my morning training session, so just when you think you’re being productive you realize those guys have been there for at least an hour, so perhaps you’re not quite that good after all, but still…)

Fortunately I made it back post-work too, so did later get the rest of the workout in.

Ok, fine, the reality is the scale’s not moving, so I’m trying to find something to be happy about and it’s clearly not my diet…

Workout
3,000m row (161 calories burned)

Breakfast
Egg (70)

Snack
1/3 bagel (115)
Cream cheese (70)

Lunch
Hot Pocket (280)

Workout
52 minutes on stationary bike (325 calories burned

Dinner
Lipton chicken noodle (420)

Snack
Egg salad (240)

Calories: 1195

Weight: 71.4kg

February 3-heather

The "oh crap, carb fest" day. Yeah.

Breakfast:
egg whites (120)
toast (100)
banana (80)

Lunch:
pizza (425)http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8917322002776194072
jam and bread (100)
banana chips (150)
plum (50)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (175)
rice cakes (100)
random chocolate craving, which is clearly better satisfied with dark chocolate hershey kisses then mini 3 musketeers mint and mini twix, sigh (200)

Dinner:
salad (50)
pasta (250)
cupcake (200)

Evening snack:
yet more chocolate (100)
peach (50)

Water:
9

Fruits and veg:
13

Exercise:
30 mins Pilates, not enough to count

Total calories:
2150

February 2--heather

In case you're wondering why my rice cake values are always different, well, that's because I've discovered that I sort of enjoy them. They're a bit hard to come by these days, so I buy a few varieties. The 40 calorie ones are white cheddar, the 50 are caramel, and the 60 are "chocolate". I thought it might help curb the chocolate craving I've developed, but alas, they just make it worse in their impostor status. I'm working on a way to make it more chocolaty, though.

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)
rice cake (60)

Lunch:
pizza (480)
french onion soup (125)
peach (60)

Afternoon snack:
green smoothie (100)
rice cakes (110)

Dinner:
lo mein (350)
salad (50)

Evening snack:
mint 3 musketeers (100)
jam and bread (250)
tortilla chips (100)

Water:
11

Fruits and veg:
12

Exercise:
Reformer (200)

Total calories:
1985

Weight:
135-139.2. I weighed several times today, just trying to see what the heck is up with the scale. 135 was first thing this morning, as usual. 139.2 was after having breakfast and several glasses of water, so who knows what the real number is. It's driving me NUTS!

February 1--heather

Already February, who can believe it?!

Breakfast:
green smoothie (200)
rice cake (50)
apple (60)

Lunch:
pizza (600)
rice cake (50)
green smoothie (125)

Afternoon snack:
tortilla chips (140)
hershey kisses (60)

Dinner:
french onion soup (80)
salad (50)
(real) fruit roll-up (70)

Dinner:
french onion soup (75)
salad (50)

Evenig snack:
twix (75)
rice cake (60)
tortilla chips (140)
hershey kiss (20)

Water:
12

Fruits and veg:
12

Exercise:
60 min step (475)

Total calories:
1905

Weight:
135 (but I think the scale is wrong. Really, it still says the Monster weighs 24 lbs)