Monday Again

This is a fairly unusual week for me.  Hubs works practically every night and my brother is gone for the week.  So I'm just cooking for me and the kids.  I enjoy making new things but tend not to as much if it is just for me.  I was planning a quinoa dish tonight but I'm not sure I have all the ingredients, so I might just make some simple bean burritos.  I need to go shopping and get some veggies in the house.  I have carrots and celery but that's about it.  I have a bunch of frozen fruit for smoothies but nothing fresh. 

So - here is the vague plan for today. I already ate my nuts this morning, hopefully I can keep my fingers out of the bag for the rest of the day.

Monday Plan:
Pecans - 200
Eggs, corn tortillas, cheese - 300
Soup - 200
Smoothie - 100
Yogurt - 100
Bean Burritos - 400
Total - 1300

Challenge Week 6

I feel like I'm on a treadmill.  Working hard, thinking about what I am eating constantly, yet...going no where.  The scale yesterday did read a 1 lb. loss but I then had a horrible weekend and ate way too much. 

We spent yesterday evening at the Emergency Room with my daughter. We were dancing to Just Dance and she cracked her knee and it made a horrible crunching sound and she couldnt' move. We thought it was dislocated but it turns out that it is just a bad sprain.  She has a knee brace and some crutches and will obviously be laying off the dancing for awhile. 

We left around dinner time and by the time we got out we were starving and went to Subway. I got a sandwich. With bread. Wheat bread.  So stupid.  I could totally feel it right away and have been paying for it all day today as well.  Bad choice.

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Weight:  One pound loss. I'm still eating way too much and just seem to be losing control.  Sometimes I just don't CARE which is really stupid.

Exercise:  We had an easy recovery week for running which wasn't the best for me mentally.  I started my week of running tonight and it was hard to get motivated after having an easy week.  I still was able to finish the scheduled run today and feel confident about the next jump in running time.  I did amp up the weights this week with the lower running schedule.  Plus, a whole lot of Wii Just Dance. 

Water:  So-so. I bombed this weekend, especially today.  Stupid, stupid, stupid.  I'm actually THIRSTY now, which means I'm dehydrated probably.  Off to bed though so I'll drink a ton tomorrow.

Book:  I didn't do a lot of reading this week. Actually, I did a ton of reading, just not the reading that I want to do. I've been reading The Hobbit with my two older kids and Robinson Crusoe with my baby.  (he's 9, not really a baby, but he's MY baby). 

Friday ~ October 21, 2011

I never got around to making the soup yesterday.  The school kids have Thursday and Friday off this week so I had 3 extra kids.  Three extra kids might not sound like a lot but I've noticed that with each addition of kid, it exponentially gets louder and crazier in the house.  So me standing in the kitchen cutting veggies for soup just didn't happen.  Today will be just as crazy, my plan is to make an awesome spaghetti sauce and eat it over zucchini. 

Thursday Results -

Omelette with Southwestern Rice - 250
Yogurt - 80
Tacos - 350
Fries - 200
Apple - 100
Oat Bar - 190
Salad - 250
Pecans - 250
Total - 1670

Friday Plan:
Eggs, Corn Tortillas, Peach Salsa - 300
Yogurt - 80
Tacos - 350
Salad - 125
Zucchini Spaghetti - 400
Popcorn - 100
Total calories = 1355

Thursday ~ October 20, 2011

I think I made a gluten faux pas yesterday.  First, I ate a bite of one of the kids' waffles.  We were teasing her about taking a bite of her food and I snagged a piece before I even thought of it.  I also let the kids put chocolate chips on their waffles (bad mommy) and I ate a couple of handfuls.  Small handfuls but probably about 1/4 cup so about 280 calories. Yikes.


Okay, here is my problem. The bite of waffle and the chocolate chips were in the same 1/2 hour.  Almost immediately I felt the effects of the gluten in the waffle.  Does anyone know if Hershey's Chocolate Chips have gluten?  The ingredients say, "Natural Flavors" and I've been told to stay away from things that say that.  I looked online but there doesn't seem to be any concrete evidence either way.  I know, gluten or no gluten, I need to stay away from the stupid chocolate chips but really? A small bite of waffle and some gluten dust on CChips does THIS to me? I'm gassy and hurting like crazy.  I know, TMI.  It's really annoying though. 

I had no interest in tacos or chipotle chicken salad with an upset stomach so I ended up eating pecans and going to bed early.


Wednesdays Results:
Omelette with Southwestern Rice - 250
Yogurt - 80
Asian Broccoli Slaw - 375
Apple - 100
Chocolate Chips - 280
Pecans - 400
Total = 1485


Thursday Plan -
Omelette with Southwestern Rice - 250
Yogurt - 80
Tacos - 350
Apple - 100
Vegetable Soup = 200
Salad - 125
Smoothie - 150
Total - 1255

Wednesday ~ October 19, 2011

I started rummaging around the kitchen too often yesterday.  I ate an apple and a bit of peanut butter before lunch.  I was so in a snacky mood.  Then I finished the little bit of sloppy joes in the frig, I don't think it was actually 200 calories but I'm not sure.  I told myself that I just wanted to get the containers out of the frig but it was just me with some serious snacking going on. Then I ate my nice healthy 300 calorie portion of the squash gratin.  And proceeded to eat more for another 200 calories, just because it was so tasty.  Moral of the story, I keep eating more calories than I want to!  I just need to stay out of the kitchen today!  (ya right)

Tuesday Results:

Omelette with southwest wild rice - 250
Yogurt - 80
Apple - 100
Peanut butter - 100
Asian Broccoli Slaw - 250
Pumpkin Sloppy Joes - 200
Salad - 125
Spaghetti Squash Gratin - 500
Popcorn - 100
Total = 1705




Wednesday Plan -
Omelette with Southwest Wild Rice - 250
Yogurt - 80
Asian Broccoli Slaw - 250
Spaghetti Squash Gratin - 300
Chipotle Chicken Salad - 400
Pineapple - 100
Total = 1380
Today I'm planning to eat more leftovers. I actually love having leftovers in the frig, it makes choices for lunch much easier.   Then I have a chipotle chicken salad I'm making for dinner while the rest of the crew will eat tacos. 
 
Plus I'll try not to be snacking!

Tuesday ~ October 18, 2011

Well, I stuck to the plan.  And I would have done awesome if I hadn't made some homemade peanut butter bars. They were small and highly caloric and I indulged in way too many.  I have to stop making desserts, they get me in trouble way too much. Now today I will be craving sugar all day. 

Monday's Results:

Eggs, Corn Tortillas, Peach salsa - 300
Yogurt - 80
Pumpkin Sloppy Joes - 200
Potatoes - 150
Salad - 125
Southwest Wild Rice Pilaf - 250
Broccoli - 50
Homemade bars - 600
Total = 1755

Tuesday Plan:
Omelette with southwest wild rice - 250
Yogurt - 80
Asian Broccoli Slaw - 250
Salad - 125
Spaghetti Squash Gratin - 400
Popcorn - 100
Total = 1205

I haven't figured out the calories for the spaghetti squash gratin yet but I think it's going to be pretty low cal for a healthy portion. I'm going to shoot for less calories today to make up for the peanut butter bar incident yesterday.

Monday ~ October 17, 2011

Having a plan last week really worked.  Writing it down really helped.  So we're trying it again.  Another week without gluten. 

Monday's Plan:
Eggs, Corn Tortillas, Peach salsa - 300
Yogurt - 80
Pumpkin Sloppy Joes - 200
Potatoes - 150
Salad - 125
Chicken - 150
Southwest Wild Rice Pilaf - 250
Broccoli - 50
Total = 1305

Challenge Week 5

Well, I for sure ate too much this weekend. I still managed to stay gluten free which I am very happy about though.  I ate about 1800 calories both Saturday and Sunday.  Overall, I think I had a great week and am very pleased.  I succeeded in planning, and for the most part, I stuck to the plans fairly well.  I didn't eat any wheat or gluten this week and I feel really good about that. 

Weight:  It stayed the same.  I am not bothered about this.  I refuse to be a slave to the scale and don't want to feel the need to look to it for redemption.  I did GOOD this week. I set out to do what I planned and I'm building muscle with regular exercise. So phooey on the scale. 

Calories:  Very good. In a perfect world I would like to continue to lower it a bit.  I want to keep regular on the planning and tracking.  Lowering the calories will come. 

Exercise:  I still did my 3 days of Brad's 100 days to run a 5K challenge.  He raised the bar and I was afraid of the jump in running but was pleased to see that I was able to do it.  I had my weight training on Monday night and I used weights at home on Thursday and Friday.  We're also a bunch of dancing fools here.  We now have Just Dance 3 and it's really so much fun.  Quite the workout too.  Plus, just being able to spend time with the family and laughing is priceless. 

Water: I did good until this weekend.  Well, today was fine but yesterday, I just forgot to drink. No idea why.  We went to the corn maze, it was gorgeous but super windy so I was really cold.  The kids had fun.  I just forgot to drink throughout the day.  It's harder when the schedule is different. 

Book:  I'm now alternating between Wheat Belly and Elisabeth Hasselbeck's G-Free Diet book.  While I love the facts in Wheat Belly, parts of it are not easy to read, especially when I'm in the car with kids yelling and singing and stuff.  It's getting very technical as he's showing proof of what wheat can do to you.  He's associated wheat as a problem with many diseases, neurological problems and even aging.  It's really quite fascinating.  Elisabeth's book is an easier read and I'm learning a lot.  I don't like her term "G-Free" though. It makes it seem more like a fad. It's okay though, I am still enjoying the book. I just wish I had more time to sit and read!

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Bad eating day. I just munched and ate all day it seems.  Plus, I drank 250 calories!  I have been only drinking water for a long time, but Costco has these flavored drinks that I used to drink that are only like 10 calories.  Well, when the husband came home with these, I THOUGHT that these were the ones.  Then I find out that they are 50 calories a serving at 2.5 servings a piece.  Grr.  I drank 2 of them and there are still a ton of them here. I hate to pawn them off on the kids because they don't need the extra calories either.  So we might just share one a day or something, we'll see. 

We went to some friends house for a bible study and had a lot of fun. My friend had a gluten free chocolate cake that was awesome!  I just had a small piece as it did have sugar. 

Friday Results:

Veggie omelet with peach salsa = 140
2 vitawaters - 250
Yogurt - 80
Blueberries - 50
Southwest Casserole - 500
Salad - 150
Cheese - 200 
Teriyaki broccoli slaw - 300
Gluten free chocolate cake - 250
Total - 1920 calories

Sadly, I have no idea what to expect for the weekend.  Often my husband works all weekend and it's much easier to plan meals when I am home. Well, he has the whole weekend off and we're planning to do a bunch of stuff tomorrow.  I made a big batch of teriyaki broccoli slaw tonight so I'm planning to eat that for lunches. I'm really going to try to avoid eating out. 

I've had a good week for eating so the scale should look good but so far it isn't budging.  Hmmm...  Hopefully tomorrow it will be nicer.

Friday, October 14, 2011

I stuck to the plan pretty well. The southwest rice casserole turned out to be more caloric than I thought. Lots of cheese, yum.  As far as I can tell, I've been gluten free the entire week, yet something made me quite gaseous this evening.  I've eaten black beans before with out problem so I can't imagine it being that.  I had Campbell's Chicken & Wild Rice Soup and it appeared to be gluten free, but I'm wondering? 

Sorry if this is TMI. One of my reasons for wanting to write all this down is so I know what I am eating and to find out what is happening with my body!  I am noticing the lack of veggies, despite the fact that my frig has a ton of them.  Even though the pumpkin applesauce is healthy, I should have stuck to the salad with veggies. 

Thursday Results:

Raisins - 130
Eggs, corn tortillas & peach salsa - 300
Chicken wild rice soup - 200
Homemade Pumpkin Applesauce - 200
Cheddar Cheese - 100
Southwest casserole - 500
Total = 1430


Friday Plan:
Veggie omelet with peach salsa = 140
Yogurt - 80
Blueberries - 50
Southwest Casserole - 500
Salad - 150
Teriyaki broccoli slaw - 250
Misc - 200
Total - 1370
 
We're going to a friends house for bible study after dinner and they are bound to have something to eat so I'm allowing 200 misc. calories for such thing.  She is gluten free as well so I don't have to worry about there being cake or something.  Hopefully...