January 28th Food Diary

I started off the morning with a cup of coffee with creamer on the way to work. Then i kept with my new one doughnut on doughnut Friday rule when I got to work. I had a cake doughnut with chocolate icing on it.

For lunch I stopped at a Sushi and Grill after running some errands at lunch. I had a bowl of the miso soup, some white rice, a small salad, some chicken teriyaki stir-fry with onions, mushrooms and zucchini and a California roll. It was great and moderately healthy, I think. Now on to a busy weekend that includes visits with both sets of family.

January 27th Food Diary

For breakfast I had the last of the egg casserole and a glass of strawberry banana juice. Then I had my coffee with creamer in it on the way to work.

For lunch I had left over stir fry from last night, an orange and Cinnamon Roll yogurt. The Cinnamon roll yogurt was as good as I had hoped it would be. I always get the fat free 100 calorie yogurt when I go to the store. It tastes great, is filling and is actually healthy for me. I usually get the Yoplait brand but if other brands are on sale I will get them as long as they are fat free and right around 100 calories.

In the afternoon I finished my eight cups of water. Also it was a coworker’s birthday and he brought in some cookies. So I had a chocolate chip and a sugar cookie at points in the afternoon.

For supper we were feeling a little lazy and running a little late so we made a frozen pepperoni pizza. I had half it and we also had some slices of cheese bread we had bought at the store. Then for dessert I had a Christmas tree cake and a brownie. Not the best night but I didn't binge and we didn't eat out so those are pluses.

January 27th Exercise Diary

I went twenty six minutes on the elliptical today. I averaged 6.2mph and went 2.7 miles. I am so excited that this makes it four weeks in a row working out. That is an entire month! I will be feeling fit as a fiddle by the time I got to Vegas at the end of February if I keep this up. Which is good cause there is a lot of walking to do in Vegas.

January 26th Food Diary

For breakfast I warmed up some egg casserole and washed it down with the last of the apple juice in my fridge. Then I had my usual cup of coffee with creamer on the way to work.

For lunch I had the last of the pizza we made on Monday night, an orange and some yogurt.

I didn't get in eight cups of water until supper tonight because I got caught up in some work I was doing this afternoon and didn't drink as much water as I usually do in that time. I did get ti in though and that is what is important.

For supper we made beef stir fry. We cooked some meat in the electric wok and then added fresh red pepper, onion and mushrooms. (We wanted to add zucchini as well but the store didn't have any last weekend) after we added the vegetables we added a packet of stir fry seasoning we got at the store. It created a nice little glaze over the meat and vegetables. Then we scooped the meat and vegetables on to a bed of freshly made white rice and I added a little soy sauce. It was the first time we have made this and it was great, we will be doing it again the future. I was very proud of myself for only having one plate of food and then I did not have any snacks after supper. I would call this a good day of eating!

January 26th Exercise Diary

Today I did twenty six minutes on the treadmill. I did multiple inclined increments of five, ten and fifteen percent grades. I went 1.4 miles and walked between 3.3mph and 3.5mph. It is amazing how different a treadmill and an elliptical work out your body. It felt like a completely different work out as opposed to my elliptical work outs the last couple of days. My ankles and calves felt like they got a lot more work out where as on the elliptical it is usually my thighs that feel like they got a harder work out.

P.S. The lady who has been using the treadmill wasn’t down there today. Maybe she takes Wednesdays off or maybe I have outlasted here this easily. I am betting it is the former but I can hope. LOL

Loseing Weight Is Hard

So I have been working out four times a week for a month now. I have also been trying to eat better which has been successful some of the time. Another thing I did is cut out pop. I have not had a taste of pop since January 2nd. And after all of that I still can't get the scale to tell me how much I weigh. I thought that I was just a little over 330lbs but maybe I was wrong and I was a lot farther past 330lbs then I thought I was. I also know, from having watched other people close to me struggle with weight loss, that it is a lot harder to lose a pound than it is to gain a pound. I know that if I keep plugging away I will eventually breakthrough that 330lbs barrier. I also know that I am making myself healthier every day I eat right and exercise. I am starting to feel healthier in my everyday life and that is a reward in its self.

January 25th Food Diary

I warmed up some egg casserole and had it with a glass of juice for breakfast. Then I had a cup of coffee with a new Vanilla Cinnamon creamer in it on my way to work. The new creamer is really good and I figure it adds about seventy calories to my coffee. When this creamer is gone I think I am going to try a fat free or light creamer and see if I can tell a difference.

For lunch I had a piece of the left over pizza from last night, an orange, and a yogurt. The yogurt was Strawberry Shortcake and it was great. I am going to have to pick up a few more of them when I go to the store next week.

I finished my right cups of water in the afternoon.

For supper we hit up Runza for Temperature Tuesday. I had a Runza, a large fry and a large lemonade. After supper I had a few peanut clusters but only a few, no bingeing tonight.