Dull

Sorry it's been so long.  With all the final exams and packing, I skipped a lot of gym time and calorie counting.  I don't want to say I'm giving up but that's just how it feels.  Right now I am back home and I will restart my weight-loss plan probably in a few days.  Tomorrow I need to unpack so much stuff and clean although I really do not want to. (and now my mother is yelling for me sighhhhh, be back in like an hour)

So I guess I will start working out on Thursday or Friday after I finish unpacking and hopefully getting a new container of SlimFast! and hopefully some vegetables.  I just want to get this weight off me now and when I think of how recently I've weighed more than I ever have, it's so depressing.  It's pretty bad: I don't feel like seeing any friends, doing much of anything or I don't know.  What do I have interesting going on?  What do I have to look forward to?  I eat, watch television, sleep and procrastinate on doing work.  Yeah so much fun.  It will be harder and more work to post the calorie counts because there were calorie amounts on the food at school.  I'll probably have to do more estimating especially for dinner meals.  And I should really stop eating so much chocolate.  Too bad I don't have a juicer to make vegetable juice.  By next month I want to be down between eight and twelve pounds.  It would be hard to lose more than twelve pounds within like two and a half weeks.  It would probably be hard to lose that much now that I think of how much time before the month ends.  Shoot this is really going to be a lot of work, guess I should start planning my exercise and eating plans.

But you guys probably aren't interested in all this stuff and I just need to stop this and get on with losing weight.  With summer coming up, are you all ready for swimsuit season?  

4/19/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast    10:45 AM

Chocolate milk                            150 cal
Oatmeal w/ strawberries,             160 cal
raisins, walnuts

Lunch         1:25 PM
  
3 inch chicken salad sub
(wheat bread, cheddar,
lettuce, tomato)
1.5 TBS coleslaw
Green Apple                               50 cal
3 Oreos                                       135 cal
Multivitamin              

Dinner


Gym            11:18-12:45
Elliptical       2 hours 27 min     724 cal burned
Walking
Stairs: 10 down

Crunch Time

It's getting near the end of the semester and I have not lost the weight.  It really is CRUNCH TIME!  Can I lose ten pounds in what is now two weeks?  I should start doing more sit-ups and while lots of websites say that you cannot lose weight in specific spots, you should be able gain muscle. 

Your abs are made of muscles that are almost like a built in corset so strengthing those muscles is important.  I used to find that sit-ups strain my neck more than they work out my abs but the stronger your ab muscles, the less you'll have to rely on you neck.  Also if you keep your neck in a straight line with your back (it helps if you look straight ahead at the ceiling) your sit-ups or crunches should be more successful so I have started doing them.

You should also give reverse crunches a try.  There is virtually no neck-strain and supposedly they work the lower abs.  Cross crunches are also good for the sides although neck-strain is a possibility.  Whatever type I do, I do them 30 at a time.  I've found it to be a pretty decent number of repetitions.

What is your favorite type of crunch or sit-up?   

4/18/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast  8:55AM

1/2 cranberry-chocolate scone                      75 cal (?)
1/2 chocolate-peanut butter chip                   75 cal (?)
cinnamon scone
Skim Milk                                                     90 cal
1/3 serving SlimFast! powder                       37 cal

Lunch  11:45AM

1/2 cup Oatmeal w/ strawberries,                 70 cal
raisins, walnuts
1.5 inch chicken salad sub (wheat bread,      100 cal (?)
cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato)
3 Strawberries
5 celery sticks
Green Apple                                                  50 cal
1/2 cranberry-chocolate scone                      75 cal (?)
1/2 chocolate-peanut butter chip                   75 cal (?)
cinnamon scone
1/2 Orange-Chocolate scone                          75 cal (?)
Snack  2:25PM/6:00PM

1/2 Orange-Chocolate scone                         75 cal (?)
1/2 Orange-Cranberry scone                         75 cal (?)
Dinner

Spaghetti w/ Meat sauce
Baked Potato (small)                                     120 cal (?)
Green Apple                                                   50 cal
1/2 Side Salad                                                3 cal (?)
Calcium pill 

Gym
Elliptical                 2 hours 10 min               1,114 cal burned
Walking
Stairs: 3 up/down, TH up, 4 down

The Anti-IceCream Truck

Around summer I have less of an appetite.  The hot weather makes me want salad and fresh fruit rather than crave pasta or potatoes or other heavy dishes.  That's a good thing because summer is the season for shorts, tank tops and swimsuits.  The downside to summer food?  Icecream.  The hot weather just makes you crave that icy treat, delicious.  Icecream has a very high calorie and fat content so this summer, turn to lower calorie options.  Freeze a mashed banana or dip a banana in chocolate then freeze it.  It is similar to icecream and a whole lot healthier.  Frozen yogurt is always an option but at restuarants it can be pretty unhealthy as well.  If you literally freeze yogurt it will have an icy consistancy rather than a creamy one but it tastes relatively sherbert-like.  I also love frozen watermelon.  Frozen pineapple also tastes pretty good but it is a lot harder to eat than the watermelon because of its lower water content. 
 
In the ice cream aisle, go for whole fruit ice pops (be careful of the sugar amount), Fudgesicles (chocolately but lower in calories than icecream), gelato, sorbet or frozen yogurt.  If you simply must have ice cream, go for a low-fat version made with more natural ingredients such as Breyer's.  The lower the calorie count and the number of ingredients, the better. 

So enjoy your summer ice cream substitutions and remember, everything in moderation!  :) 

4/17/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

Chocolate Skim Milk                   150 cal
Oatmeal w/ apples, walnuts,        130 cal
raisins

Lunch

Plain Non-fat Greek Yogurt         150 cal
4 strawberries                      
3 celery sticks
(small) Oatmeal Raisin cookie     100 cal (?)
1.5 Oreos                                      135 cal

Snack
Free icecream sundaes today.  I've been craving icecream for weeks now because it is so hot out so I had one even though tonight is the culinary meeting. 

Chocolate Icecream w/ 1tsp        280 cal + 80 cal (?)
crushed M&M's, 1 cherry, 1
TBSP strawberries, 1/2 crushed
oreo, 1/3 chocolate chip cookie

Dinner
Culinary Dinner

2/3 small slice quiche (ham,         75 cal (?)       
cheese, spinach, mushroom)
Few pieces pasta                           30 cal (?)
2 spanokopita triangles
3 scones                                      450 cal (?)


Gym
Elliptical      2 hours 15 in           1,195 cal burned
Walking
Stairs:  4 up/down

To Work-out or Not to Work-out

I was going to go to the gym today.  Then I remembered that I have a meeting at 4:30 which might last an hour or more.  Mondays I usually go to the gym right after class so by the time this meeting ends, I would've done like 90 minutes of elliptical or a bit less.  I have a lot of work to do tonight and my eyes hurt a bit.  I should workout because I need the exercise and I also skipped going to the gym yesterday but I really don't have time to today.  So far I have not binged today and eaten pretty decently.  I'd say do an hour on the elliptical instead of two (technically 2 hours 10 min) but it already takes like 40 to 45 min to get there and back.  This week is really busy though.  Tomorrow I have a culinary club meeting and I have to see two plays this week and finals are coming up really soon.  I guess I will skip the gym today and get a lot of work done so that after class tomorrow, I can workout hmmm.  This is not working well.  By the time I start at the gym it'll be 3:45 about.  3:45 to 4:50 then walking back 5:20 then shower and meeting at 6.  And then there is another meeting I was thinking of going to at 8 but that would mean missing a lot of the culinary meeting.  So basically if I rush tomorrow, I can workout at the gym for like an hour.  Maybe I'll try to go to the gym in between classes instead.  That would make more sense.  So I guess today I will not be working out but I MUST tomorrow.   

How often do you cancel on your gym plans and how often are you tempted to (but don't) cancel your gym plans?

4/16/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast  8:55AM

Oreo
Skim Milk
1/3 serving SlimFast! powder

Snack       10:05 AM

1/4 Oatmeal w/ strawberries,
walnuts, raisins

Lunch      11:45AM

1/4 burrito (chicken, black
beans, tomatoes, lettuce, salsa,
guacamole)
5 tortilla chips w/ salsa
Green Apple
Multivitamin
Oreo

Snack       3:45PM

3/4 Oatmeal
Oreos

Dinner

1/2 burrito
5 tortilla chips w/ salsa

Gym
Elliptical
Walking
Stairs: 3 up/down, th stairs up, 4 down

4/15/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

Oatmeal w/ strawberries, raisins
2 Oreos

Snack

Chocolate mini wheats
Grape jelly

Lunch

Leftover turkey (small piece)
Coleslaw
Green Apple
2 Oreos


Dinner

Roasted Vegetable Lasagna
Baked Potato
Carrots
Multivitamin
Calcium pill
2 Oreos

Snack

1.5 Oreos

No Gym

4/14/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast  11AM

Oatmeal w/ strawberries, raisins
3 Oreos
Lunch  2:45PM

Omlete w/ ham, cheese, ketchup
Strawberries w/ walnuts
Coleslaw
Green Apple
2 Oreos

Snack  3:45-5PM

Chocolate Banana Microwave cake
Plain Non-fat Greek Yogurt
Oreo

Dinner  9PM

Turkey
Red Cabbage
Coleslaw
Green Apple
Oreo

Snack  10PM-1AM

3 Oreos

Gym
Elliptical         2 hrs 5 min                   1,080 cal burned
Walking
Morning Boot Camp routine

4/13/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

Skim Milk
1/3 serving SlimFast! powder
Oatmeal w/ strawberries, walnuts,
raisins
1/2 Biscuit

Lunch

1/2 cup Baked Spaghetti

Snack
1/2 biscuit

Dinner
1/2 cup Baked Spaghetti
2 inch chicken salad sub
Frozen Lemon Cream Pie
Fat-free Yogurt
Microwave chocolate cake (homemade)
Multivitamin
Calcium pill

Snack

1/2 chocolate chip bagel
1 inch chicken salad sub
Dulce de Leche cheerios
2 saltine crackers w/ grape jelly


Gym
Elliptical           2 hours 10 min                          1,137 calories burned
Walking

4/12/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast  10:30AM
Decided to have a treat for breakfast.  Peanut butter is high in calories but it contains good fats and I haven't had it in awhile.  BUT I was looking the nutritional info and Einstein Bros' Bagels Peanut Butter is listed as 330 cal per serving!  A normal serving is two tablespoons and that's more like 180 to 200 calories.  -.-  

Chocolate Chip Bagel             280 cal
w/ Peanut Butter                     190 cal - 330 cal (?)
Green Apple                           50 cal
Oreo                                        45 cal

Lunch



Dinner



Gym
Elliptical
Walking
30 crunches/10 desk push-ups
Yoga Poses/stretching

Fruit Platter, yummy yummy

That Wiggles song really does get stuck in your head.  (Anybody know what I'm talking about?  lol)  The fruit salad offered in the dining halls is mainly comprised of fruit I do not like.  Its not really even fruit salad because there is no variety in it.  Anyway today I discovered that one of the venues (that I never bought food from) has a fresh fruit platter.  And the fruit looked ripe and delicious!  There were two kinds: strawberries, pineapple, grapes and blueberries or strawberries, pineapple, grapes and blackberries.  Both cost $5.99 which is pretty expensive considering the amount of fruit you actually get.  BUT I really wanted the fruit and there was not other meal I really wanted so I got the first option.  I had some of the fruit with the rest of my chicken salad sub.  And it was good so I will probably be purchasing the fruit platter again.  A lot of times I split my meal into multiple parts so now instead of spending a meal on oreos/brownies/yogurt/whatever else, I can purchase a fairly decent sized platter of fresh fruit, mmmmm.  The blueberry was kind of tart so maybe I'll eat them with cereal. 

What is your favorite fruit?  I love so many that I cannot pick just one. 

(in no particular order)
Strawberries
Pineapple
Raspberries
Green apples
Bananas
Grapes
Pears
Blueberries (sometimes)
Clementines (occasionally)
Mango (flavor)
Peach (flavor)
Plum (flavor)
Kiwi (flavor)
Cherry (canned like in a pie lol)

 

Elliptical-ize

As you can probably tell by now, I love ellipticals.  I've even used the elliptical in boots before (I was in a sporting goods store with a friend).  It burns a lot of calories and it has a lower joint impact than running.  (running also tires me out more).  Treadmills make me feel like I'm working so hard to go nowhere.  Spinning burns less calories than the elliptical and it tends to hurt my butt.  Adjusting the seat is so awkward and it rarely is ever comfortable.  While ellipticals are lower impact, it does still have an affect.  I've had days where it hurts my knees so I really should stretch more.  Sadly I do not have access to an elliptical at home so I guess I will be jogging outside.  (Hey, at least I'll get a tan)  Usually I do the elliptical for two hours but somehow I do not think I will want to jog for two hours outside every day.  I will probably have to break up my cardio throughout the day.  Jogging in the morning or evening, walking, etc,.  At least there is a playground near my house so I can use the swings.  (It is pretty good exercise if you do it long and hard enough).  I also would like to take dancing lessons or DVD dancing lessons.  It sounds like some fun cardio that would also be a useful skill.    

So what's your favorite form of cardio and why?   

4/11/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast  8:55 AM
Skim Milk                                         90 cal
1/3 serving SlimFast! powder           37 cal
1/2 (small) raspberry brownie           125 cal (?)

Snack        10:05 AM

1/4 (small) raspberry brownie           62.5 cal (?)
Lunch        11:50 AM

3 inch chicken salad sub
(wheat, lettuce, tomato, cheddar)
1/3 Fruit Platter  (guessed at how
much fruit)
1 blueberry                                        .75 cal
9 grapes                                              18 cal
8 pineapple pieces                              15 cal (?)
7 strawberry slices                              5 cal
1/4 (small) raspberry brownie           62.5 cal (?)
Multivitamin
Snack        1:00PM
Oreo                                                   45 cal

Snack        3:55/6:20

Peanuts/one almond                          40 cal (?)
Oreo                                                   45 cal

Dinner        7:00PM
Both the quesadilla and burrito mostly are filled with rice than any other ingredient.

Black Bean cheese Quesedilla           480 cal
Salsa/Lettuce/Sour cream                   80 cal (?)
1/2 Peanut butter brownie
Calcium Pill

Snack       10:00PM

1/2 Peanut butter brownie

Gym
Elliptical             2 hours 15 min      1,150 cal burned
Walking
10 stairs down; 3 stairs up/down; 2 stairs up/down
30 crunches, CG Jumping Jacks
knee circles, hip circles

Weekly Meals Draft

Things to buy with meal plan/not necessarily when to eat it

04/16
Breakfast
Lunch         GMP: Chicken Enchilada (260) 
Dinner       

04/17
Breakfast    
Lunch          Fruit Platter
Dinner         GMP: Turkey London Broil (150)

04/18
Breakfast
Lunch         Chicken Salad Sub
Dinner        G: Spaghetti/Baked Potato/Side Salad

04/19
Breakfast
Lunch          G: Tilapia filet
Dinner         GMP: Baked Ziti

04/20
Breakfast
Lunch        
Dinner       

04/21
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner      

04/22
Breakfast
Lunch
Dinner          GMP: Citrus Tilapia (90)  G: Chicken Breast Piccata (300)

Temptation

Still have not lost any significant weight.  Worse is that I started off the year weighing less than I do now.  Recently I've weighed the heaviest I ever had.  I blame the binge I went on during winter vacation.  So the semester ends in three weeks and then its summer.  Summer with it beach days, short shorts, swimsuits and I still have all this FAT to lose.  Can I lose twenty pounds in three weeks?  Somehow I don't think that's possible but I can try for fifteen pounds loss which is still a lofty goal.  I need to start ordering just salad again.  Its hot outside, salad is refreshing and its low-cal.  STOP EATING HIGH CAL FOOD!  I'm going to check and see if the menu is updated so I can plan out my meals. 

DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY MUFFINS
DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY CHEESEBURGERS
DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY COOKIES
DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY CAKE
DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY CHICKEN FINGERS
DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY FRIED CHICKEN
DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY MASHED POTATOES
DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY CALZONES
DO NOT BE TEMPTED BY PIZZA

 these things may be delicious and they may tempt you.  you worked out hard right, you deserve a little treat?  no no no your treat is losing weight, losing fat so don't give into temptation.  people around you are ordering these things left and right?  too bad, you have more willpower than them.  they order bacon cheeseburgers and fries while you just want to splurge for a cheeseburger?  you're not eating that unhealthy right?  it doesn't matter what they're ordering, you can't afford the extra calories don't kid yourself.  which would you rather have: chicken fingers or to proudly wear a bikini?  a calzone or a new tiny wardrobe?  a slice of cake or an acting career?  you may crave a chocolate muffin but remember how guilty you feel after eating it?  remember how heavy the brownies feel in your stomach?  remember the grease of the fried chicken?  remember the far too salty mashed potatoes?  remember  how the pizza does not even taste that good?  remember how you never ordered the cookies before and the cookies you bake taste better anyway?  remember how shocked you were when you found out how many calories were in the pizza?  remember how you hate looking in the mirror?  remember how you hate the cellulite?  remember how you hate how fat your legs look when you sit?  remember how all the fat centers on your stomach so you look pregnant?  remember how you first realized about tank top underarm fat?  remember how huge your butt looks?  remember how if you're tall but not super skinny then you're percieved as "big"?  remember all your skinnier friends?  so stop.  don't give into temptation.  if you really want to be waif-like, if you really think being skinny will make you happy, if you hate yourself for eating junk food then turn your back on temptation. 

4/10/2012 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast 11:10 AM


Oatmeal (less than usual) w/                  120 cal
2 Oreos                                                   90 cal

Lunch 1:20PM

3 inch Chicken salad sub                        216 cal (?)
(wheat, cheddar, lettuce, tomato)
Oreo                                                        45 cal

Snack 4:00PM

Trailmix                                                  50 cal
Oreo                                                        45 cal

Dinner 7:00PM

Citrus Tilapia                                         180 cal        
Baked Potato                                          160 cal
Whole Green Beans                                      
Multivitamin
Calcium Pill

Snack    8:30PM - 10:30PM

Trailmix w/                                           120 cal
Two Oreos                                            90 cal

Gym          3:50 PM - 5:57PM
Elliptical    2 hours 10 min                    1,170 calories burned       
Walking
2 flights stairs up/down; 10 flights stairs down

4/09/2012 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast  8:50AM

Skim Milk                                                   90 cal
1/3 serving SlimFast! Shake powder          37 cal
1/3 (small) raspberry brownie                    100 cal
     
10:00AM

1/2 (small) raspberry brownie                 150 cal

Lunch  11:45AM

1/3 Beef Burrito                                        150 cal
Oatmeal w/ Strawberries, Peaches,          160 cal
 raisins
1/6 (small) raspberry brownie                  50 cal

Snack  2:25PM

1/2 Oreo                                                   22.5 cal

Snack  6:00PM

Oreo                                                         45 cal

Dinner

2/3 Beef Burrito                                       300 cal
Green Apple                                            50 cal
Honey Vanilla Greek Yogurt                  150 cal
Small Chocolate cookie                           100 cal (?)
1/3 small Oatmeal raisin cookie              33 cal (?)

Gym  4:10 - 6:00
Elliptical            1 hour 50 min                950 cal
Walking

Laxatives

So I took a laxative for the first time Friday night and they are supposed to work in six to twelve hours. I thought it didn't work but it did more like 22 hours later.  I don't even know if my dinner digested which is oddly satisfying.  Wouldn't it be so cool to choose what calories you absorbed so you could eat whatever you wanted?

Anyway I don't think I would use them on a regular basis though because of the cramps (although I got my period the day after so it could have been from that).  I will probably reserve them for binge days.  Today might be  good day to take one since I ate quite a bit of food and didn't go to the gym but I already have cramps and I have four classes tomorrow.

So have you ever used laxative, diet pills or other forms of "cheating"?

4/08/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

Cocoa Rice Krispies                         250 cal
Skim milk                                         90 cal
Biscuit                                              180 cal 

Snack

Fat free Blueberry yogurt                100 cal
5 Oreos                                            225 cal 

Lunch

2 slices ham                                     100 cal (?) 
Potatoes                                           80 cal 
Biscuit                                              180 cal 
1/2 Oreo                                          22.5 cal 
Multivitamin 

Dinner
Not many options today.  There was only three slices of pizza and they all looked like they were pepperoni and sausage. 

1 slice sausage pizza                       260 cal (?)
Green Apple                                    50 cal
1/2 Oreo                                          22.5 cal
Calcium pill 

The gym was closed until 3PM today and I got my period so cramps.  Really should go to the gym but  arghhh.  Definitely going tomorrow though and the rest of the week and if I have a light dinner that should hopefully make up for some of the damages. I thought about taking another laxative but that  might be twice the cramps and I have class tomorrow.

30 crunches, CG jumping jacks, stretching
Walking              2 miles                  159 cal 

Total:  (1,899 + 159) - 1,560 = 498 calories burned (not including jumping jacks) 

4/07/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

Oatmeal w/ Strawberries, raisins         160 cal

Snack
Peanut Butter Cheerios                        50 cal
Chocolate Mini Wheats                        60 cal
2 Oreos                                                90 cal

Lunch

1/2 Salad (usual w/ chicken)                80 cal (?)

Dinner

Spaghetti w/ six meatballs                 150 cal + 240 cal 
2 TBSP leftover spinach                      8 cal (?) 
Green Apple                                       50 cal 
2 Oreos                                               90 cal 

Snack

2 Oreos                                             90 cal 
Gym
Elliptical     2 hours 10 min                   1,159 cal
Walking     45 min

4/06/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast  8:40AM

Oatmeal w/ Strawberries, raisins,
dried cranberries, walnuts

Snack  10AM
1 Oreo

Snack 11AM
1 Oreo

Lunch  12:30AM

3 inch Tuna sub on wheat
Roasted Red Pepper & Tomato Soup
Oreo
Multivitamin

Snack  Eaten over 2.5 hours going to and during the gym

1/2 Chocolate Chip Brownie
1/3 Cream Cheese Brownie

Snack  4:45PM

Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt
1/4 Chocolate Chip Brownie

Dinner  7:00PM (?)

Baked Potato
Chicken Breast (small)
Spring Mix Lettuce
Corn w/ Honey Mustard
Oreo
Calcium Pill

Snack  8:30 to 11:30  (?)

1/4 Chocolate Chip Brownie
2/3 Cream Cheese Brownie
2 Oreos
Laxative

Gym
Elliptical           2 hours 10 min                1,085 cal burned
Walking
30 crunches
10 Desk push-ups

4/05/12 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

Oatmeal w/ Strawberries and Raisins           160 cal
Biscuit w/ slice of cheese                              180 cal + 60 cal (?)                         
Green Apple                                                  50 cal

Lunch

Sliced Honey Ham                                        100 cal (?)
Yams                                                             80 cal (?)
Green Beans                                                  20 cal (?)
Green Apple                                                  50 cal

Dinner

Beef and Tomato Macaroni                         250 cal
Side Salad (romaine, chickpeas,                  9 cal
celery, mandarin oranges)
Potatoes                                                        90 cal
Green Apple                                                 50 cal

Gym
Elliptical                2 hrs 10 min                   1,134 cal
Walking                 3.2 miles                         273 cal
30 crunches/10 desk push-ups
Morning yoga/stretches

Total: (1,899 + 1,407)

Massages

Today my shoulders were way more sore than usual, just so stiff.  It's a bit better now and I've been rubbing the soles of my feet so they are pretty good except for my pinky toes which hurt probably from one of my pairs of sandals.  They're fine sometimes and then other times it hurts them.  Could really use a shoulder massage- its not as effective when you're massaging your own shoulders but it does help.  I think going to some sort of massage school or classes would be interesting.  It would be an impressive skill to know.  Not to mention very relaxing...well at least for the person getting massaged lol.

So would you ever buy a massage chair or other massage device?

Scale

So yesterday I want to Target and I figured I wouldn't buy a scale just yet because there's less than a month of school left and it would just be another thing to bring back home.  BUT Target had one brand of scale on clearance and it is the kind that shows not only weight but also calculates body fat percentage and water weight.  I wanted a scale with those features and while the clearance price was only $4 less than the original price but I wasn't sure how long they would carry that brand and I do need a scale.  I was going to use it this morning but apparently the battery compartment needs to be open with a screwdriver which I need to look for.  I'll just look for it tonight so I can use it in the morning.

I've never known what my body fat weight was before so I'm curious but a little apprehensive.  I also bought primer which was listed as a reward but it was a new product that there were not many of and since its summer, primer would block some of the grease.  What kind of scale do you guys use?

4/04 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

3/4 Omelet w/ ham and cheese                 217 cal (?)
Ketchup
1 cup oatmeal w/ strawberries,                  160 cal (?)
walnuts, raisins 

Lunch

4 Chicken fingers                                         320 cal (?)
Lettuce
Green beans                                                40 cal (?)
Honey Mustard                                            80 cal (?) 
Multivitamin 

Dinner
I was not planning on eating all the cookies.  I was going to eat half of the large cookie in Greek Yogurt but since I was thinking of going to an event tonight, I didn't put away the rest of the cookies.  And then I ate them.  I really need to start putting away the food I'm not planning on eating during that meal and to stop buying so much junk food.  It would help if I drafted these posts before I ate.  Pretty sure if I knew/remembered exactly how many calories were in the cookies, I wouldn't have eaten them.  

Baked Potato w/ ketchup                           160 cal
Green Apple                                               50 cal
Large Peanut butter cookie                       400 cal (?)
Small Peanut butter cookie                        100 cal (?)
Calcium pill

Gym
Elliptical                   1 hour                          509 cal 
Walking                   3.8 miles                     301 cal 
(not including stairs- 3 up/down HUbuilding, Up theater stairs, Storm stairs up/down) 

Total:  (1,877+810) - 1,527 = 1,160 calories burned    (probably less b/c food might've been higher calorie)

4/03 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

Oatmeal w/ strawberries                       120 cal 
Small chocolate muffin                           200 cal (?) 

Lunch

3 inch Tuna sub on wheat w/ lettuce
and tomato
Green Apple  


Dinner

Baked Potato                                          160 cal
Grilled Chicken Breast                            120 cal
Ketchup
Green Apple                                            50 cal

Snack

Greek Yogurt                                          150 cal
Cereal                                                      30 cal 

I went to Target today so no gym but some walking.  

4/02 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

Gym
Elliptical       1 hour 5 min 

4/01 End-of-Day Cal Count

Binge day no gym

3/31 End-of-Day Cal Count

Binge day no gym

3/30 End-of-Day Cal Count

Binge Day and no gym

Binge Days

Today was such a binge day.  I don't know why but dinner really did not fill me up so I kept snacking.  It was definitely a protein mood because I kept craving the leftover chicken fingers from the fridge.  I was going to have the leftover oatmeal but I accidentally threw it out instead of the two week old cooked apple slices (they were in identical containers).  The oatmeal wouldn't have counted as protein obviously but I thought the fiber might fill me up.  I know I should stop eating but I'm hungry and I still have work to do even though it is really late.

So when do you usually get in a binging mood and how do you stop it?

3/29 End-of-Day Cal Count

Breakfast
The muffin was definitely a regret.  Afterwards I should not have had the muffin.  I guess I should throw out the other half.  I feel bad about wasting the food though.   Maybe I'll just eat it as a snack throughout tomorrow.

Oatmeal w/ peaches, strawberries, raisins       130 cal
1/2 Cranberry Orange Muffin                          175 cal (?)

Snack

Trailmix                                                             50 cal (?) 
Oreo                                                                 45 cal 

Lunch

1/3 Cheese Calzone (all ricotta)                       200 cal (?)
1 small chicken finger                                       50 cal (?)

Dinner

1/2 salad (no meat, no cheese,
pineapple instead of mandarin oranges)         50 cal
1/6 Cheese Calzone                                          100 cal (?)
1 small chicken finger                                       50 cal        
1 dinner roll w/ vegetable oil spread, jelly)      120 cal (?)
1/3 strawberry yogurt                                       33 cal
1 Oreo (no cream) w/ jelly                               45 cal  

Snack
3/4 small chicken finger
Oreo
1/6 Cranberry Orange muffin

Gym
Elliptical                  1 hr 35 min                        814 cal
Walking
Sit-ups                   30  

Cookies 'n Cream Cupcakes

Chocolate Cookies and Cream Cupcakes

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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 29 g

Amount Per Serving

Calories 94 Calories from Fat 40

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 4.5g 7%

Saturated Fat 0.9g 4%

Trans Fat 0.2g

Cholesterol 8mg 3%

Sodium 75mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 13.5g 5%

Sugars 7.6g

Protein 0.9g

 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
½ cup natural unsweetened cocoa
½  cup sugar

2 tablespoons sugar substitute
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon salt
2 eggs
½ cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla
¾ cup milk
½ cup hot water

1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce
 42 Oreos

¾ tub Cream Cheese Frosting

Preheat oven to 350°F.  Break chocolate cookies into pieces and place on the bottom of cupcake pan or use the whole cookie.  Mix together the dry ingredients and then add the wet to the mixture.  Fill the mini muffin tins three-quarters full with batter.  Optional: Swirl frosting into batter.  Bake for 5-6 minutes and then top with frosting and either whole miniature cookies or broken pieces (about 1/6 size) 

Makes about 50 minature cupcakes. 

Banana Nut Bread

Banana Nut Bread

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour
1 1/4 TSP baking powder
1/4 TSP salt
1/2 TSP baking soda
1/2 cup sugar
1/3 shortening OR 3 TBSP canola oil OR 2 TBSP butter + 2 TBSP canola oil
2 eggs
2 TBSP skim milk
1 cup mashed ripe banana (about 3 medium bananas)
1/4 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Bake at 350°F till a wooden pick inserted near center comes out clean, about 60 to 65 minutes.  Cool for another 10 minutes.  Good for breakfast, a snack or dessert.  

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