Happy new year

This week has been pathetically busy. I've been covering for two people at work.

I still managed to work out every day (three days c25k, two days wii). My food diaries may be hit and miss, because it was so busy I haven't really had time to keep track of it. I didn't do too bad on the diet at all; just remembering what I ate will be bad from Wednesday on, since I stopped keeping track on Wednesday.

Monday
Breakfast
Two eggs with ham and cheese
Smoothie

Lunch
2 ham & cheese sandwiches

Dinner
2 cups of taco soup

Snacks
6 pieces of taffy
2 nonfat yogurt
Handful of carmel popcorn

128 oz of water

Tuesday
Breakfast
Two eggs with ham and cheese
Smoothie

Lunch
PB&J sandwich
One piece of bread with peanut butter
8 oz of skim milk

Dinner
Six-inch oven roasted chicken breast sandwich with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread

Snacks
Three cups of popcorn
2 nonfat yogurts
Six pieces of taffy

96 oz of water

Wednesday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two eggs with ham and cheese

Lunch
PB&J sandwich

Dinner
Footlong oven roasted chicken breast sandwich from subway with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread

Snacks
Two nonfat yogurts
1 cup of popcorn
Six pieces of taffy

96 oz of water

Thursday
Breakfast
Smoothie
1 cup of oatmeal with 12 oz skim milk

Lunch
Two PB&J sandwiches

Dinner
Six inch oven roasted chicken breast sandwich with pepperjack cheese on jalapeno bread

Snack
1 nonfat yogurt

96 oz of water

Friday
Breakfast
Smoothie

Lunch
Piece of bread with peanut butter
8 oz milk

Dinner
Chicken breast
1 cup of mushrooms
1/3 cup of spaghetti sauce
About 20 spaghetti noodles

Snacks
Half a stick of summer sausage
Half a block of block cheese
15 pieces of taffy
rum and diet coke
half a bottle of champagne

1 beer

So hungry

I have been so hungry today, and I ate when I was hungry. There is no way I lost any weight this week. I ate way too much. But it's been almost seven weeks now since I started, and this was my first bad weekend. I go back to work tomorrow, and work brings routine, which also should help stay on the plan.

Here's my food diaries from yesterday and today.

Saturday
Lunch
PB&J sandwich

Dinner
Three small pieces of turkey
One small piece of ham
Eight small meatballs
Small serving of cheesy potato casserole
Small serving of green bean casserole
Spoonful of green fluff (basically marshmallows, whipped cream)
Large serving of dressing with a dab o' gravy

Snacks
1 chocolate chip cookie
1 chocolate covered macadamia nut cookie
2 chocolate covered coconut cookie
6 oz of egg nog
12 oz iced tea

64 oz of water throughout the day

Sunday
Breakfast
1 cinnamon roll

Lunch
PB&J sandwich
8 oz milk

Dinner
Two grilled chicken breasts
Medium-sized serving french fries
3 battered and fried boneless wings

Snacks
10 pieces of taffy

64 oz of water throughout the day

Holiday binging

I did so much worse on my diet yesterday than I anticipated. There was just so much good food at both places we went to, and my stomach finally revolted against my six-weeks of dieting. I don't feel I binged per se, but I ate WAY more than I wanted to.

I did, however, manage to get the c25k workout in before our whirlwind day yesterday, so yesterday wasn't a complete and utter loss.

Christmas was exceptionally great. I am fortunate to have great families. It was a very difficult year for us financially, and I feel bad we couldn't reciprocate all that was given to us.

Here's the last three days worth of food diaries.

Wednesday
Breakfast
2-egg omelet with ham, jalapenos and cheese
Smoothie

Lunch/dinner
3 cups of taco soup

Snacks
14 saltwater taffies
2 non-fat yogurts
1 Shiner bock holiday brew (delicious, fyi)

128 oz of water throughout the day

Thursday
Breakfast
Smoothie

Lunch
2 ham and cheese sandwiches

Dinner
3 cups of taco soup

Snacks
2 giant pretzel sticks with a tad bit o' chocolate on them
2 mini chocolate-covered pretzels
1 non-fat yogurt
4 taffies

128 oz of water throughout the day

Friday
Breakfast
1 cup of oatmeal
1 smoothie

Lunch
3 pieces of rib meat
3 hot wings (baked, and skin removed)

Dinner
2 ham & pimento cheese roll-ups
2 deviled eggs
6 oz of egg nog, complete with rum

Snacks
24 corn chips with bean dip and guacomole (with lunch)
A metric asston of chex mix (with dinner)

96 oz of water throughout the day

This week's workouts have been hard

I still think I'm recovering from Saturday's 5k. This week has not been fun workout wise. Plus, the office Christmas luncheon was yesterday, and I ate more than I wanted to there, as well.

All around, a pretty shitty week so far. I hope I can make it through Christmas and not suffer any setbacks.

Running late for work, so this is short. Posting the last two days' worth of food diaries.

Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
Two-egg omelet (cheese, jalapenos and ham)

Lunch
Two ham and cheese sandwiches

Dinner
7 oz of dehydrated green beans
9 pieces of saltwater taffy

Snacks
Two non-fat yogurts

128 oz of water

Tuesday
Lunch
Serving of stuffing with a tad bit o' brown gravy
Two pieces of ham
Two pieces of turkey
1 deviled egg
1 dozen ritz crackers with cheese ball
1 diet dr. pepper

Dinner
Three cups of taco soup

Snacks
1 nonfat yogurt
4 pieces of saltwater taffy

96 oz of water

I did the 5k

I did the 5k, and I did it in under an hour. However, I didn't make my goal of not walking. There was this hill ... it was long and massive. I ended up walking up it.


My family was there, and they made signs. I felt really good afterward. Then we went for my birthday dinner. I wasn't very hungry. Until I ate a chip. Then I was famished. I ate more than I wanted, but it was my birthday.

I was pretty sore an hour or so afterward, however. And was still a little sore today as well. Thankfully, tomorrow's workout is a relatively simple one, so I should ease right back into my routine.

Anyway, here's the food diary from Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday
Breakfast
Smoothie

Lunch
2 PB&J sanwiches
12 oz skim milk

Dinner
Chicken fajitas, with three flour tortillas and about a tablespoon of sour cream
24 tortilla chips with guacamole

Snacks
About 3/4 cups homemade icream (holiday nog ((which is low-fat egg nog) skim milk and cream)
Small piece of german chocolate cake

48 oz of water
16 oz gatorade
about 28 oz of a club special (vodka and sprite, I believe)

Sunday (wasn't very hungry today at all)
14 pieces of egg nog saltwater taffy
3 cups of chicken taco soup

64 oz of water

Today is the day

I'm about two hours away from my very first 5k. Just finished getting my ipod all ready with an hour's worth of songs, capped by "Going the Distance" from the Rocky franchise. I have two goals: 1. Don't walk. 2. Finish in an hour or less. No. 2 is most likely doable, but No. 1 may or may not be. We'll see!

Here's the last two days worth of food diaries, including a completely terrible Friday, which was when we celebrated Christmas with my mom.

Thursday
Lunch
2 PB&J sandwiches
16 oz skim milk

Dinner
2 fried eggs
Two cups of refried beans

64 oz of water throughout the day

Friday
Lunch-ish
12 oz KC strip
1 plain baked potato

Dinner
Two beef tamales
Two egg rolls
 
Snacks
Three pieces of salt water taffy
Three dried green beans
A handful of chips with fat-free spinach dip
A handful of chips with low-fat beef chip dip
1.5 peppermint sticks

About 64 oz of water throughout the day

Vacation = less blogging

I'm way behind on blogging and food diaries, but I will allow myself some slack, since this is my vacation week. Granted, I had to work Monday, but the last two days have been glorious days of doing absolutely nothing (except Wednesday's workout!).

In approximately 48 hours, I will be about to start my first 5k. I'm not sure what to expect. My goal is to not walk. However, since this is twice as long as any activity I've done since I started the c25k program, if I have to walk, I will. Wednesday's run was challenging, and the doubts started to creep in. Tomorrow's workout calls for a two-mile jog. I obviously am not doing that tomorrow, instead doing the 5k on Saturday (which happens to be my birthday). I told my brother about my plans, and now, the whole family is coming down to cheer me on. It's not that far of a drive, since we're doing Christmas at my mom's house tomorrow, and that's where everyone (except me) is staying the weekend. Afterward, assuming I'm not in the hospital (and hopefully after a shower) we're going out to eat to celebrate my birthday. I might allow myself a small sliver of cake.

My brother took me out to dinner last night. He was craving Chinese food, and he assured me he could order me something that wouldn't be too bad for my diet. He ordered me the moo goo gai pan, with white rice instead of fried rice. I'm not sure how it was prepared, but there was white chicken and lots of veggies. Hopefully it wasn't fried too extensively. But I ate that up. And a bowl of egg drop soup (about three cups total, I am estimating). It was delicious.

Anyway, here's the food diary from the last three days:

Monday
Breakfast
Smoothie
One cup oatmeal with 12 oz skim milk

Lunch
Two ham and cheese sandwiches

Dinner
Three cups of leftover taco soup

Snack
One fat-free cherry yogurt
One fat-free orange yogurt

128 oz of water throughout the day

Tuesday
Lunch
Two PB&J sandwiches with 16 oz skim milk

Dinner
Three cups of leftover taco soup

Snack
Two spoonfuls of peanut butter

64 oz of water throughout the day

Wednesday
Breakfast
Smoothie

Dinner
One order of moo goo gai pan with about two cups of white rice
3 cups of egg drop soup

About 36 oz of water throughout the day