Saturday, March 31, 2007

Friday....

We took some time today to relax in the sun down at Huddart Park with some friends...very nice after a busy week.

Breakfast: 2 slices toast, 1 egg
Lunch: 4 slices baguette, 1 1/2 pieces string cheese, 2 tangerine, carrots, 4 walnuts
Snack: tangerine
Dinner: 1 piece lasagna, 8 c. popcorn (my estimate--popcorn and a movie)

Today's reason to lose weight: I enjoy hiking more when I weigh less.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

God is good....

So, can I just tell you how thankful I am today?
-for my boys playing cello and violin together WITH good timing today : ) (it was beautiful!)
-for oodles of homeschool curriculum and magazines offered to us by an older homeschool family--wonderful stuff!
-for a pan of lasagna and bread and soup Mark brought home from his speaking gig to us!
-for the end of a busy week and looking forward to a day in the woods with the kids tomorrow!

I took my walk this morning and did some more getting ready for our trip to Washington DC.

Breakfast: 1 pancake, 1 string cheese
Lunch: 2 tortilla, 1 1/2 oz beef, 1 egg, red peppers, spinach, 1 banana
Snack: 1 banana, 1 c. grapes
Dinner: 3 slices of pizza, carrots
Snack: 1/2 c. ice cream with strawberries, 2 squares chocolate

Today's reason to lose weight: This may sound funny, but I don't have BO as bad by the end of the day. (I can't believe I just said that, but it is true!)

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

Wild Wednesday Over!

The day is done and was fairly successful. Wednesdays are great, just busy. I really enjoy teaching writing class and the rest of the elements in the day. It was just a stretch for me to also teach the prayer learning lab, but that is done now and I think it went alright, though I don't feel overly confident leading adults.

So, on a different note, I stepped on the scale this morning after all the period bloat and I have reached my March goal! I am 205 right now. I am so excited to break the 200 barrier. It doesn't seem so out of reach anymore : ).

Breakfast: 1 bagel, 1 string cheese
Lunch: 1 corn tortilla, 1 1/2 oz. beef, salsa, tomato, carrots, red pepper, spinach dip
Snack: 1/2 grapefruit, 1/2 dk. chocolate candy bar.
Dinner: French roll with chicken, pesto, avocado, sprouts and cucumber

Today's reason to lose weight: I feel like the disciplines that I am learning losing weight are carrying over into the rest of my life and I am a happier person because of them.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

A day of gratitude....

So, I decided that today would be the day that I especially try to practice gratitude this week--notice the beauty and goodness of God around me today and give thanks. So, I walk out the door and run into a neighborhood prostitute named Deanna. I've known her for a couple of years and we always chat about the weather and my kids. So we exchanged pleasantries and then she said, "You are gettin' skinny and you look beautiful. After those three kids, and now you look gorgeous!" I thought how ironic that I was going to notice and give gratitude and this was the first thing in my face. I smiled the whole walk thinking about it.

So, I am also grateful to report that I found two shirts for the trip to DC. They fit, they feel feminine, they look great on my and one of them came from the "misses" section rather than the "women's" section. It feels great!

So, the details of my day...I took a nice walk today.

Breakfast: 2 pancakes, 1 banana
Snack: 1 piece string cheese
Lunch: 1 egg, spinach, onion, 1 1/2 oz beef, 1 slice avacado, tomato slice
Dinner at Pakwan: 1/2 c. rice, 1/2 naan, 1/2 samosa, 1/2 c. chicken tikka masala, 1 1/2 oz tandoori beef, spinach and potatoes, 1 mango lassi

Today's reason to lose weight: Because it is my choice whether I continue down this road to greater health or not. I like the health that is coming!

Monday, March 26, 2007

Twelve weeks! WooHoo!

So, today was full of cramps and bloating--lovely, eh? However, it was a good day. I was able to remind myself that bloating and discomfort does not equal an excuse to eat whatever I like and therefore gorge myself. I reminded myself all day that I FEEL crappy today, but that doesn't necessarily reflect how well I am really doing. Most of my yuckiness should pass by tomorrow. So, I am happy with my success at getting through the day without giving in to my more negative feelings. I even did the longer version of my walk just to communicate to myself that I really am serious about taking care of myself, no matter what my feelings tell me. (Go me!)

Breakfast: 1/2 c. oatmeal, 2 T. raisins, 1 T almonds
Lunch: 1 c. pasta salad with beans, asparagus, tomatoes, 1 banana,
Snack; 8 almonds, 2 T chocolate chips, 1 french roll
Dinner: 3 oz. beef, 1/2 c. potatos, brussels sprout
Snack: 1 cookie, 1 handful gorp

Today's reason to lose weight: I want to learn to live more in harmony with the truth about my life, myself and the way God made things to work.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Sunday night

Breakfast: 1 pancake, 1/4 c. raspberries
Lunch: cabbage, carrots, 1 egg.
Snack: 10 rice crackers, 1/8 c. chocolate chips
Dinner: 1 1/2 c. pasta salad with cannelini beans, asparagus and tomatoes
Snack: handful of Hailey's gorp

This week I think I need to be religious about measuring things. I wonder if I am beginning to get a little lax with it. And it is so easy to fool myself with a pinch of this and a handful of that. I think that I will try to measure and record very intentionally this week, so as to keep this thing going!

I had a nice, full walk today.

Today's reason to lose weight: I told my mom about my weight loss process and now I really want to follow through so that she can see the difference when she next sees me. (Not sure if that's a great reason, but there it is!)

Saturday, March 24, 2007

The weekend....

I took my day off the walk this morning. I'll keep it short and sweet tonight...

Breakfast: 1 pancake, 1 banana
Lunch: 1 soft pretzel, 1 tofurkey sausage
Snack: 1/4 c. dried berries, 2 T peanuts, small piece chocolate cake
Dinner: 2 slices pizza, carrots, broccoli, 1 T dip, 4 c. popcorn

Today's reason to lose weight: I want to learn the things that this process is teaching me.

Friday, March 23, 2007

TGIF!

We had a bonfire in honor of Hailey's birthday with a few of her friends in Glen Canyon tonight. It was great fun and it was a great bunch of kids! Beautiful day today....I enjoyed a good brisk walk this morning.

Breakfast: 2 slices baguette, 1 egg, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 1 apple, 2 oz goat cheese, 10 rice crackers
Snack: 6 almonds, a chocolate and a bite of cake
Dinner: 1 sausage, 1 bun, garbanzo bean salad (1/2 c.), about 12 chips with guacamole, 1/2 cucumber, 12 oz. lemonade, 1 slice of birthday cake.

Today's reason to lose weight: I feel like I am much more fit and able to walk/hike.

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Keeping on....

I had a nice talk with Mark tonight about my progress in this journey toward health and weight loss on a date tonight. His words were very encouraging to me and renewed my desire to see this thing through to the end. I feel like this is good for our marriage, but in a deeper way than me just being more physically attractive. Oh, that's nice, but I think that there is something deeper happening. I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think that it is many things. I think that some of the things that I am developing as I am on this journey are bringing out the best in me. I want to keep doing that.

Breakfast: 1 c. yogurt, 1/4 c. raspberries, 1 slice oatmeal bread
Lunch: 2 slices oatmeal bread, 1 egg, 1 banana
Snack: a handful of gorp (peanuts, chocolate, raisins, cranberries)
Dinner: 3 pieces bruschetta with goat cheese and tomato, 1 c. pasta salad with veges and capers, 2 aranciata, 1 biscotti

Oh, and I went for a walk today.

Today's reason to lose weight: Whatever this is doing for our marriage, I'd like to continue! We are very much in love!

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Back in the saddle again...

The nice week continued today. In a funny sort of way, I think yesterday's binge turned out to be sort of a good thing. This is what I mean--in the past, I binge, I feel horrible about myself and I tell myself that I'm not capable of anything better. Yesterday was different. After I "snapped out of it", I thought, "Wow. I don't really like that. It sure wasn't very satisfying. I think I'll get back to what I'm about right now." And I did. Not that I'm so confident I could never go back, but I also learned I can screw up and pick it up and keep on going.

Today, I had a nice walk with Chris. We had no writing/spanish/Shakespeare today, so we just did some normal school work, went to Isaiah's violin lesson and then Mark took the kids to soccer! It was a pretty chill Wednesday and it gave me time to prep for the Prayer Learning Lab that Adam and I led tonight. Aaaaah! What a nice day!

Breakfast: 1 banana, 1 tortilla, 1 scrambled egg, salsa
Snack: 1 banana, 15 flat pretzels
Lunch: cabbage, carrots, 1/2 c. black beans, 1 apple
Snack: 1 slice bread, 1 T peanut butter, dried cranberries, 1/2 c. juice
Dinner: 2 c. vegetarian chili, sprinkle of cheese, 1 1/2 corn muffins
Treat: 1 carrot minimuffin

Today's reason to lose weight: I am very close to being out of the "obese" range on the BMI chart. Pretty soon I'll be merely "overweight". (I know it sounds funny, but really, I will feel good about that!)

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

A relaxing Tuesday

I spent much of the day with friends today. Mark is out of town and the kids were at Nature Studies, so I felt very much at leisure. I got my walk in with Holly.

Breakfast: 1/2 c. oatmeal, 1/4 c. milk, 1 T dried cranberries
Lunch: 1 bagel, 2 c. vegetable bisque soup, 1 square chocolate
Snack: 1 banana and countless (really I don't know) Girl Scout Thin Mints, 2 squares chocolate, 2 chocolate truffles
Dinner: 2 slices pizza, broccoli, carrots and dip.

Not sure what to make of that afternoon sugar binge! This is not what I want to do!

Today's reason to lose weight: I really like my new body, the feelings that my new habits generate in me and I don't like the way I feel in any sense after an afternoon binge!

Monday, March 19, 2007

Eleven Weeks and a surprise!

So, today I weighed in at 206! I was sure that I would've stayed the same this week after some very sloppy eating. (Not that I want to repeat that!) I had an extra bit of a walk today, taking the hill from Dolores Park up and over to 24th St. That got my heart pumping!

Breakfast: 1 egg, swiss chard, 1 crumpet
Snack: 1 banana, 5 hershey's kisses
Lunch: 1/2 c. black beans, 1 1/2 tortilla, broccoli
Snack: 1 crumpet
Dinner: 3 oz. corned beef, 1/2 potato, carrots and cabbage
Snack: 4 c. popcorn

I am still having a hard time getting enough fruits and veges. Today there were almost enough veges, but hardly any fruit! I need to keep planning!

Today's reason to lose weight: I want to reach a healthy weight this year, not gradually lose 10 here and there over many years!

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Another restful day...

So, I started the day with a good walk and was able to get rested today.

Breakfast: 1 egg, onions, 1 crumpet
Lunch: 1 roll, 1 banana, 1 egg, arugala, 1 T. pesto, 1/8 c. cheese
Snack: 1 apple, 2 hershey kisses
Dinner: 1 banana, tomato salad, 1/2 c. chicken salad, 1/2 c. rice, 1/2 c. tofu ceviche
Snack: 5 c. popcorn

We'll see how the scale reads tomorrow...The eating urges were better for me today. This week has the opportunity to be a quiet one. I need to make it a really healthy week for me and make sure that I get back on board my good habits!

Today's reason to lose weight: I want to continue working toward greater health and fitness.

Saturday, March 17, 2007

Aaaah! Saturday....

So, I skipped blogging last night. By the time I came home, I was just exhausted and beside myself. However, I had a very quiet morning today and find myself much refreshed tonight. I have one more day of rest for the most part tomorrow so I should be in good shape for the new week. I took the day off from my walk.

Breakfast: 1 crumpet, 1 egg with onions
Lunch: 3" piece of pastry, taco salad with lettuce, onions, 1/3 c. black beans, 1/4 c. cheese, 10 chips and salad dressing
Snack: 20 gumdrops
Dinner: 3 squares pizza (roughly equivalent to one piece) veges and dip, 10 chips and guacamole, 4 almonds, 2 glasses soda

I know it sounds crazy, but I did better today on eating than the last couple of days. I am really having a difficult time keeping traction right now and eating as I should to keep losing. Here's a couple of things I need to do: Get rested, do some menu planning and be strict with myself again until I get back on track. I don't think I've done any damage, but I'm sure that I'm not making any progress either. Dinner tonight was pretty good, considering that I was at the dance Hailey planned and it was potluck and I didn't graze all night. By the way, I danced and had fun doing it!

Today's reason to lose weight: I would really like to follow through with this goal and know that I can do it!

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Thursday...

Okay, bare bones posting today. I am tired. Next week I need to do my week differently. I am afraid I am going to lose traction if I am not vigilant! I did walk today.

Breakfast: 1 crumpet, 1 egg, mushrooms
Snack: 1 granola bar
Lunch: 1/2 c. pasta, 8 carrots, tomato and vege sauce, 12 almonds, dried cranberries, 1 banana
Snack: 1 apple, 1 banana, handful of goldfish
Dinner: 3 corn tortillas, carne asada, beans, veges, cheese, sour cream, 1/2 c. ice cream with fruit

Today's reason to lose weight: I like the benefits that I have experienced in losing 20 pounds. I'd really like to keep on going with it!

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

Wacky Wednesday

Well, it's over! How's that for an opener? Wednesdays always feel crazy and though they're very good and I can't think of anything that I'm willing to eliminate from them, I feel pretty tired come Wednesday night! This day's walk came in little 15-20 minute pieces, but that was truly all I could do this day!

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 crumpet
Snack: 1/2 muffin
Lunch: 1/2 c. pasta, mushroom, pesto
Snack: 1/2 muffin, handful of almonds, 1/4 c. dried blueberries
Dinner: 3/4 c. pasta with tomato sauce, Sun chips

Way too many carbs today and way too few veges! I'm all for a quiet day tomorrow with better nutrition.

Today's reason to lose weight: I need to stay on this journey because I am more proactive when I am on it!

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Tuesday

I walked this morning for a good hour or perhaps more with a friend. I had a goal of getting a couple of new shirts today to go with a couple skirts that I already have. I want to have a couple well fitting outfits to wear when we go to Washington DC at the beginning of April. Shopping ended up being very frustrating. Either the shirts were sloppy tshirts or they tended not to look very good on me. I came home with no shirts. I went to Ross. Maybe I need to try a different store...

Breakfast: 1 crumpet with lemon curd
Lunch: 1/2 c. pasta, 1/2 c. pinto beans, mushrooms, pesto
Snack: granola bar
Dinner: (at Dosa with Mark's cousin Michael) 1/2 c. rice, a bit of lamb curry, a bit of chicken curry (probably about 1/2 c. total), 1 piece dosa, 1 piece bread, 1 open faced pancake type thing with curry sauce (forget what it's called), 3 fried onion bits, papadum, 1/2 c. salad, 1 glass reisling (This sounds like alot, but it really was small bits of everything. We ate family style)

Today's reason to lose weight: It will be nice if someday shopping isn't so entirely frustrating!

Monday, March 12, 2007

10 weeks!

So, today I weighed in at 208. It was very warm here in the city. I got my walk in and spent most of the day outside. I worked in the garden with Aurora, weeding and planting flowers. Then, we went to park day with the homeschool group. I am such a wimp in the heat! I over grazed at park day.

Breakfast: smoothie with 1 c. yogurt and berries, granola bar
Snack: 1/2 small pastry
Lunch: roll, 2 oz cheese, 1 c. grapes
Snack: 1 cookie, 4 handfuls cheese puffs, 10 almonds
Dinner: Taco salad: 10 tortilla chips, large plate of lettuce, 8 carrots, pinto beans, taco meat, 1/4 c. cheese, onions
Darren's bday: small sliver tollhouse pie and 1/4 c. ice cream

Wow! Overdid the snacky calories today....I will need to rein that in for tomorrow.

Today's reason to lose weight: This ten weeks has not really taken that long, in retrospect. If I continue another ten weeks, going step by step, my goals are not as far away as they may seem to me at times.

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Sunny Sunday

It was so warm here today and the kids were not yet back from sleepovers. I went for my walk and stopped off for coffee and knitting before coming home to do a few tasks. It's the kind of weather that makes a person want to go to the beach, be outside, anything but get things done! That said, I did get the family finances updated and mailed out part of the newsletter--both things that had been nagging my mind for a while and felt good to complete. The day was fairly uneventful concerning food.

Breakfast: 1/2 c. whole grain cereal with dried blueberries
Lunch: 1 petite scone, 2 eggs, tomato, mushrooms
Snack: smoothie consisting of 1 c. yogurt with berries and kiwi
Dinner: 1 tostada shell, 1/2 c. beans, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, 6 chips, 1 piece of spinach paratha, 1/2 c. sangria

Today's reason to lose weight: If I can stick with this and experience my own freedom, I may be able to encourage others in their journey to freedom from the things that enslave them. (Of course, I can encourage people now, but if I am no longer experiencing freedom at some point, it is then harder to be a voice for it for others. )

Saturday, March 10, 2007

Home Alone!

The kids are all on sleepovers tonight. Mark and I had a nice date and the house to ourselves tonight ; ). I skipped my walk today and will resume walking tomorrow. Odd day for eating as I inadvertantly missed lunch. We ate out for dinner tonight so things evened out a bit.

Breakfast: 3/4 c. whole grain cooked cereal, dried berries, 1/4 c. milk
Lunch: 5 crackers, 2 oz. cheese, small wedge birthday cake
Snack: tangerine
Dinner: 3 slices pizza rustica, chicken asparagus fettucini (1 c. ?), 1/2 piece tiramisu

Aurora gave me a pair of corduroy pants today that didn't fit her and lo and behold they fit me fairly well (a little loose at the middle, but so much better than some of my other jeans). I put my largest current pair of jeans in the give away bag, chose one of my smaller shirts and I think I looked pretty good. It felt a little strange, like I was more exposed. Mark and the kids said I looked great, though. I think it will be an adjustment for me to lose weight and feel confident in my clothing and body.

Today's reason to lose weight: It felt really nice to feel attractive today. I'd like to get used to that!

Friday, March 9, 2007

Friday night...

Went for a lighter version of my walk today, with my cold and all. Tonight we celebrated Mark's birthday as a family. We started by going out to dinner with the Princes at Tulan, a favorite restaurant of Mark's. Ended the evening opening presents at home and eating ice cream.

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 piece toast
Lunch: 1/2 c. grain salad, 1 piece toast, 1 1/2 oz cheese, 1 banana
Dinner: bits at Tulan, where I tried to be moderate: rice (perhaps a cup), chicken curry, ginger chicken, vege chow mein, beef salad, and VN beef, VN coffee
Dessert: 1/2 c. ice cream

Today's reason to lose weight: It is a gift to myself.

Thursday, March 8, 2007

Thursday, after missing a day

So, I missed yesterday...not that I did badly, though. I went for my walk and had an extremely busy and productive day. It was Mark's birthday and I threw a big party. At the end of the party, though, it was late and I felt ill. Today I have a terrible achy cold. I can't even quite remember the details of yesterday's eating, so I'll skip it.

Today, went for a one hour walk, allbeit a slower walk than usual. I hate feeling ill and often like to pretend that I'm not. I did take it easy today though and we did school-lite today. Everyone enjoyed that : ).

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 crumpet, 1 banana
Lunch: 3 lamb meatballs, 1/4 c. spinach and chickpea salad, 8 rice crackers, 1/2 c. mushrooms
Snack: 1 orange
Dinner: 2 slices pizza, 1 virgin mojito, 1 banana

So, I realized today that it will not be long until I have been at my new habits for 3 months. I don't think that I have ever sustained such effort before in my life. I am enjoying the benefits: greater self confidence, productivity, my body is looking better, my husband is very interested in the changing shape of my body : ) (though he's always shown interest), my skin feels good, I feel like presenting myself better, I am learning where the issues that I need to address are, I have hope that I can see this through to the end, and the list goes on. I hanging in there to hit that 3 month mark! (and likely beyond!)

Today's reason to lose weight: I am curious to see what my body will look like under all the "extras". I don't think I've ever quite been at a healthy weight since I was in grade school. I'd sure like to try it out!

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Whew, what a week!

This is the kind of week where all sorts of things pop up and keep me from doing what I had intended. Also makes for the kind of day where I want soda and candy bars! So, taking a deep breath this afternoon, I tried to eliminate the things that can wait and ask for some help on the things that can't. Trying to learn, here! I did get for my walk, despite the crazy day.

Breakfast: 1 piece french toast, 1 orange
Lunch: 1/2 c. grain salad, 8 carrots, 4 ginger chew candies at Trader Joes
Snack: 1 piece string cheese, 1 crumpet, 16 almonds, 3 small candies
Dinner: 1/2 c. rice, 1 c. Thai curry

Oops! I guess that the bits of candy crept in a little more than I thought. Overall, though, I still feel pretty good about this day, considering how crazy I felt! I am going to get off the computer now and go knit, read, and go to bed on time!

Today's reason to lose weight: I still have lots of lessons to learn about handling life, food and stress!

Monday, March 5, 2007

And this would be nine weeks!

So, I still weighed in at 210 today, but I have confidence that next week the scale will have moved again. I'll just keep on moving with this journey! I walked an hour this morning with Aurora.

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 piece of toast, 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: 1 banana, 1/2 c. grain salad, 2 oz. cheese
Snack: 1 peanut butter cookie, 1/2 grapefruit
Dinner: 1 c. pasta with veges and turkey, 8 carrots
Snack: 1 piece chocolate

Today's reason to lose weight: The longer I keep at this, the more that I am learning about why I eat, and becoming stronger in finding better ways to deal with food. This is a lesson I really want to learn.

Sunday, March 4, 2007

Sunday

Today was my day off of my walk. I tried to get a leg up on food this week by doing some cooking in advance. I made a wheat berry salad, seven grain bread, and coleslaw today. Mark came home and made a nice lunch for us of broccoli and chicken. Somehow, we've been getting a magazine called "Eating Well" in the mail. I don't recall ordering it and neither does Mark, but I really like it. It has some great articles, the food is tasty and often low cal or low fat, but without using things like lowfat cheese or margarine (which lots of recipes tend to do and which I really dislike! I'd just prefer to eat less of the real thing). So it seems to fit my sensibilities. The wheat berry salad is from there and it is very good--it has apples and cranberries and walnuts, tossed in a raspberry/orange vinaigrette. Mmmmm.

Breakfast: 3/4 c. whole grain cooked cereal with dried cranberries and blueberries with 1 T almonds
Lunch: Broccoli and chicken and onion stir fry (about 1 1/2 c.), 1 banana
Snack: 1/2 bottle of soda, 1 piece whole wheat bread
Dinner: 1 c. coleslaw, 1 c. wheat berry salad, 1 slice bread, 1 lacey cookie, 2 truffles, 1/4 macaroon

Oooh. Still need to watch those little nibbles of sweets in group settings!

Today's reason to lose weight: I want this area of my life--my personal care and well being--to also reflect God's work in my life more fully.

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Sunny Sabbath

A beautiful sunny day today! We spent it at the beach as a family--the first quiet day together in a while. Very nice. I went for my walk when we came home. I come to the end of the day feeling refreshed.

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1/3 c. granola with milk
Lunch: 5 peices chicken bites, 8 carrots, 1 c. grapes, 1 orange, 2 chocolate truffle
Snack: 1/2 c. granola, 1 chocolate covered pretzel
Dinner: 1 pancake, 2 1/2 breakfast sausage
Snack: 4 c. popcorn

I can see by my food intake of the last couple of days, that I need to do some menu planning and cooking!

Today's reason to lose weight: Each 10 pounds I lose makes me healthier in the long run.

Friday, March 2, 2007

Friday...

We had beautiful weather today so the morning walk was a treat! Girl Scouts met in Glen Canyon, so that the day was spent out in the sun. My eating was a bit less focused than usual today.

Breakfast: 1/2 c. yogurt, 1/3 c. granola
Lunch: 5 slices dried pineapple, 3 slices bread, 1 1/2 oz goat cheese, 1 orange, 4 slices irish cheese
Snack: 2 chocolate covered pretzel sticks, 2 squares chocolate
Dinner date: pasta salad, 1 aranciata, 1 bruschetta, 3 proscuito wrapped melon pieces, 4 olives, handful goldfish crackers, couple sprigs broccoli, 3 cubes cheese, 2 chocolate chip cookies, 2 inch square noodle kugel

Date night wasn't too good for the diet today. Well back at it tomorrow, I guess.

Today's reason to lose weight: I'm not finished yet. I've made progress, but I am not finished!

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Finally, a quiet day

I have needed a quiet day and today it finally came. I slept in until almost 8:00 and then went for my walk. I came home and Noah and Hailey were still both sleeping. Turns out that they are both a bit under the weather. So, we cancelled knitting club and did some schoolwork. I got some computer work done and then went out by myself for a bit. I ventured to the yarn shop to look at books and yarn. I was craving sweets so much today. I wound up buying my first diet Coke in ages. I figured it was better than winding up with a candy bar or something like that!

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 pancake, 1 tangelo
Lunch: 5 slices dried pineapple, 1 vege burger, 1/2 english muffin, 4 mushrooms
Snack: 3 chocolate covered pretzel sticks
Dinner: 2 tostadas (2 tostada shell, 1/2 c. refried beans, lettuce, 1/4 c. cheese, salsa)
Snack: 2 squares dark chocolate

Today's reason to lose weight: I want to knit myself a beautiful sweater!