Thursday, October 04, 2007
forward
i'm tired. i miss my puppy.
today is october 4th.
weight = goal + 16.5
so that's pretty good, right?
what i ate:
breakfast: mix of special k red berries and all bran with skim milk (est 245), coffee with skim & splenda (30)
lunch: baked potato with a little bit of butter, sour cream and cheese (240), salad with strawberries and pecans (100), broccoli (50), 2 dried apricots (35)
dinner: 2 mushrooms stuffed with pesto (200), 4 big shrimp (60), a little spinach & feta wrap thing (100) (i was at a reception. i don't usually cook these sorts of things.)
exercise:
none. oh except that the restroom by my office was closed, so i had to walk ALL THE WAY down the hall. does that count?
bed time.
today is october 4th.
weight = goal + 16.5
so that's pretty good, right?
what i ate:
breakfast: mix of special k red berries and all bran with skim milk (est 245), coffee with skim & splenda (30)
lunch: baked potato with a little bit of butter, sour cream and cheese (240), salad with strawberries and pecans (100), broccoli (50), 2 dried apricots (35)
dinner: 2 mushrooms stuffed with pesto (200), 4 big shrimp (60), a little spinach & feta wrap thing (100) (i was at a reception. i don't usually cook these sorts of things.)
exercise:
none. oh except that the restroom by my office was closed, so i had to walk ALL THE WAY down the hall. does that count?
bed time.
Wednesday, October 03, 2007
rollin'
well i'm so excited that i'm going to give the big news first.
i ran FIVE MILES on the treadmill at the gym. yup. 5 whole miles. to some of you that is probably not so big of a deal, but i haven't run that far in, oh, years, so i'm pretty psyched. you might even say that i am stoked.
so. how about that.
anyway.
today is october 3.
weight is goal + 18
still moving in the right direction!
what i ate:
breakfast: go lean crunch with skim milk (245), coffee with skim & splenda (30)
lunch: palak paneer (240), spinach & tomato salad (60), cherry zero coke (0)
snack: nectarine (60)
other snack: apple (60) and string cheese (70)
dinner: a luna bar (180)
so, not quite enough calories today. but i didn't get home until after 8, and at that point i didn't really feel like eating a whole lot. yes, it is me that just said that. i just said the words, i didn't really feel like eating a whole lot. which is quite possibly the first time i have EVER said those words.
one thing that boggles my mind. is when people get a cookie or a brownie or something, and only eat part of it. they throw the other part away!! or give it to someone else!! i ask myself, how can they do this? how can they have deliciousness right there in front of them and not be compelled to finish it? why do i not have this ability? should we get into the psychology of this all? i think not. i think maybe i just need to convince myself that this particular cookie (hypothetical cookie, of course) is not the last cookie i will ever see. therefore, if i don't finish it, i am not wasting the LAST COOKIE EVER and i am not a bad person.
at target tonight i bought a new package of string cheese. new brand. usually i buy kraft 2% but they didn't have it, so i bought the cheese head kind. or something like that. i'm skeptical. i'll keep you posted.
the other thing i bought was two new boxes of crystal light single serve drink mix packets. in two new flavors. cherry pomegranate (how delicious is that?) and wild strawberry. make that, wild strawberry with caffeine. which should be an adventure.
the other other thing i bought was a new case of cherry zero coke. i know some of you out there are newly and vehemently anti-soda, but me, i dig that stuff.
i also bought gum. a lot of gum. like, creepy-girl-who-lives-in-her-parents'-basement a lot. but hey, it kills the cravings.
cheers!
i ran FIVE MILES on the treadmill at the gym. yup. 5 whole miles. to some of you that is probably not so big of a deal, but i haven't run that far in, oh, years, so i'm pretty psyched. you might even say that i am stoked.
so. how about that.
anyway.
today is october 3.
weight is goal + 18
still moving in the right direction!
what i ate:
breakfast: go lean crunch with skim milk (245), coffee with skim & splenda (30)
lunch: palak paneer (240), spinach & tomato salad (60), cherry zero coke (0)
snack: nectarine (60)
other snack: apple (60) and string cheese (70)
dinner: a luna bar (180)
so, not quite enough calories today. but i didn't get home until after 8, and at that point i didn't really feel like eating a whole lot. yes, it is me that just said that. i just said the words, i didn't really feel like eating a whole lot. which is quite possibly the first time i have EVER said those words.
one thing that boggles my mind. is when people get a cookie or a brownie or something, and only eat part of it. they throw the other part away!! or give it to someone else!! i ask myself, how can they do this? how can they have deliciousness right there in front of them and not be compelled to finish it? why do i not have this ability? should we get into the psychology of this all? i think not. i think maybe i just need to convince myself that this particular cookie (hypothetical cookie, of course) is not the last cookie i will ever see. therefore, if i don't finish it, i am not wasting the LAST COOKIE EVER and i am not a bad person.
at target tonight i bought a new package of string cheese. new brand. usually i buy kraft 2% but they didn't have it, so i bought the cheese head kind. or something like that. i'm skeptical. i'll keep you posted.
the other thing i bought was two new boxes of crystal light single serve drink mix packets. in two new flavors. cherry pomegranate (how delicious is that?) and wild strawberry. make that, wild strawberry with caffeine. which should be an adventure.
the other other thing i bought was a new case of cherry zero coke. i know some of you out there are newly and vehemently anti-soda, but me, i dig that stuff.
i also bought gum. a lot of gum. like, creepy-girl-who-lives-in-her-parents'-basement a lot. but hey, it kills the cravings.
cheers!
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
today
since this blog is called 'today, and what i ate' i thought it might be nice to actually post about today, and what i ate. since it is 8:05pm after all, and i no longer eat after 8pm. so i will be able to tell you acurately what i ate. and all.
anyway.
today is october 2
weight is goal + 18.5
what i ate:
breakfast: go lean crunch with skim milk (245), coffee with skim & splenda (30)
snack: coffee with creamer & splenda (30)
lunch: palak paneer (240), spinach & tomato salad (60), cherry zero coke (0)
snack: nectarine (60)
other snack: apple (60) and string cheese (70)
other other snack: half a bottle of gatorade (60)
dinner: mahi mahi (100), chickpea & tomato salad (100), slice of toast (90), glass of wine (120)
dessert: small chocolate chip cookie bar (100) and a few grapes (50)
exercise:
15 mile bike ride with my buddies after work
so. feeling good about the scale moving back down. the weekend was unfortunate- even though i worked out a bit (a couple times on the hotel treadmill, one short run outside, one LONG walk around the mall of america), it was pretty much a bust. i eat SO much better when i am home.
for those of you who have expressed curiosity- palak paneer is an indian dish, basically sauteed spinach and cheese cubes. plus or minus some rice and red beans. i eat the frozen dinner kind. the 'amy's' brand has rice and red beans and 270 calories. the 'ethnic gourmet' has rice and 240 calories. and i have to say- i love that stuff. man. i LOVE it. iloveitiloveitiloveit. that and a cherry zero coke and i am in heaven. people at work make fun of me because i eat the same thing every day. but once you taste it you will understand why!
so the other thing is that i was up in the kitchen talking to my mom about yoga, and started doing a couple poses, and realized, i love that too. i miss it! i used to take a yoga class a couple of days a week back in the lou, and haven't done it since. i need to check out what my options are.
the other other thing is that i love cycling. today's ride was so awesome- i am not trying to sound like a brat but i am a great cyclist- it is totally my sport. i've got these long strong legs, and some days i feel like i could just ride forever. i was thinking today that i should do more than just this recreational riding- i think i want to really train. not sure what for... maybe we build to that. so how do you find a trainer? better yet, how do you find a FREE trainer?
and... i think that's it for today.
anyway.
today is october 2
weight is goal + 18.5
what i ate:
breakfast: go lean crunch with skim milk (245), coffee with skim & splenda (30)
snack: coffee with creamer & splenda (30)
lunch: palak paneer (240), spinach & tomato salad (60), cherry zero coke (0)
snack: nectarine (60)
other snack: apple (60) and string cheese (70)
other other snack: half a bottle of gatorade (60)
dinner: mahi mahi (100), chickpea & tomato salad (100), slice of toast (90), glass of wine (120)
dessert: small chocolate chip cookie bar (100) and a few grapes (50)
exercise:
15 mile bike ride with my buddies after work
so. feeling good about the scale moving back down. the weekend was unfortunate- even though i worked out a bit (a couple times on the hotel treadmill, one short run outside, one LONG walk around the mall of america), it was pretty much a bust. i eat SO much better when i am home.
for those of you who have expressed curiosity- palak paneer is an indian dish, basically sauteed spinach and cheese cubes. plus or minus some rice and red beans. i eat the frozen dinner kind. the 'amy's' brand has rice and red beans and 270 calories. the 'ethnic gourmet' has rice and 240 calories. and i have to say- i love that stuff. man. i LOVE it. iloveitiloveitiloveit. that and a cherry zero coke and i am in heaven. people at work make fun of me because i eat the same thing every day. but once you taste it you will understand why!
so the other thing is that i was up in the kitchen talking to my mom about yoga, and started doing a couple poses, and realized, i love that too. i miss it! i used to take a yoga class a couple of days a week back in the lou, and haven't done it since. i need to check out what my options are.
the other other thing is that i love cycling. today's ride was so awesome- i am not trying to sound like a brat but i am a great cyclist- it is totally my sport. i've got these long strong legs, and some days i feel like i could just ride forever. i was thinking today that i should do more than just this recreational riding- i think i want to really train. not sure what for... maybe we build to that. so how do you find a trainer? better yet, how do you find a FREE trainer?
and... i think that's it for today.
miss me?
sorry for my absence. the weekend, as suspected, was rather a disaster.
here we go again.
yesterday was october 1.
weight was goal + 20
what i ate:
breakfast: go lean crunch with skim milk (245), coffee with skim and splenda (30)
lunch: palak paneer (270), spinach & tomato salad (60), cherry zero coke (0)
snack: nectarine (60)
other snack: apple (60) and string cheese (70)
dinner: salad made of romaine lettuce, tomatoes, black beans and low fat ricotta cheese (200)
dessert: 1 chocolate chip cookie bar (100?)
exercise:
2 mile run, 1 mile walk on the treadmill at the gym
so. pretty good day after a pretty not good weekend.
something my boss said the other day is sticking with me. he said it about work, but i think it applies to this arena as well. 'excellence comes from diligence.' or something like that. ok maybe the exact words aren't sticking with me, but the idea is. that you have to work hard to achieve great things. but also, that if you work hard, you will achieve great things.
here we go again.
yesterday was october 1.
weight was goal + 20
what i ate:
breakfast: go lean crunch with skim milk (245), coffee with skim and splenda (30)
lunch: palak paneer (270), spinach & tomato salad (60), cherry zero coke (0)
snack: nectarine (60)
other snack: apple (60) and string cheese (70)
dinner: salad made of romaine lettuce, tomatoes, black beans and low fat ricotta cheese (200)
dessert: 1 chocolate chip cookie bar (100?)
exercise:
2 mile run, 1 mile walk on the treadmill at the gym
so. pretty good day after a pretty not good weekend.
something my boss said the other day is sticking with me. he said it about work, but i think it applies to this arena as well. 'excellence comes from diligence.' or something like that. ok maybe the exact words aren't sticking with me, but the idea is. that you have to work hard to achieve great things. but also, that if you work hard, you will achieve great things.
