DAY 20-MANDA

Bad, bad day. Ready to go home at this point.
Is there any chance that you would want to get together tomorrow evening sometime instead of waiting?? I know it is late notice, but I think I'll be heading home in the morning.
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Breakfast: coffee with milk and mocha (2), egg beaters with tomatoes (1)=3/20
Lunch: pulled pork with no bun (5), salad with vinegairette (1), carrot cake--which I thought was sugar free since my grandma made it, but nope it wasn't...(6...guessing, but it DID have raisins and real carrots in it)=15/20
Snack: sunchips (3)=18/20
Dinner: hot pocket (6)=24/20

4 weeklies used
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Water: 10/6
F&V's: 3/5
Dairy: 0.5/2
Lean protein: 2/2
Activity: none
Oils: 1/2
NSV: none
Sleep: yup
Tracking: yup
Limited sugar/alcohol: nope
Vitamin: yup

Total +5...that was a lousy day. At least I got TONS of water.
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Going to use some weeklies today. I don't know why I feel guilty for using them, but I do for some reason.

Day 20-Postgrad

Breakfast: Kashi cereal-2
Soy milk-1
1 c. peaches-1

Lunch: Cantalope-1
Asparagus-0
Zucchini-0
WW Dinner-4
WW ice cream bar-3

Dinner: WW dinner-5
WW ice cream bar-3

Snack: popcorn-2

22/23


I feel not as motivated. I really missed out weekly meeting this week. I think that makes a huge difference.

Daily: water, vitamin, fruits/veggies, protein, tracked, 8 hours, limited sugar/alcohol. 7 for me today.

I think I'm going to change my 200 point prize to a new cd. I'm still deciding which one to get. And I realized that I had no goal for this week. Well, there's always next week.

I'm sorry you've had a bad day. I hope tomorrow is better. I'm always here if you need to talk.

DAY 19-MANDA

Well today is WI, but I have been too scared to step on the scale yet. I know it isn't going to be pretty and that I gained...mostly because all I want to eat is junk food and have been doing a lot of it the past couple days. Also retaining water like a whale. Sometimes I hate being a girl....
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WI Info:

• Lost 1/2 inch off thighs= +1 point
• Attaining stretching goal= +5 points
• 1 AP per day= +5 points
• I was technically OP thise week, but I would definitely like to do better this coming week.= +5 points
• WI: up 2 lbs...yup that's gotta be water weight....=+0
• TOTAL: +16 points!

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• Breakfast: coffee with 1/2 cup milk and mocha creamer (2), egg beaters and tomatoes (1), 1/2 an apple (0)=3/20
• Snack: cocoa almonds (2)=5/20
• Lunch: ff hot dog (1), protein shake (2), 1 oz low fat cheese (2) , 1/2 an apple (0)=10/20
• Snack: baby carrots x2(0), rice cakes (2)=12/20
• Dinner: beer can chicken, two legs cooked with EVOO (4), special K crackers (2)=18/20
• Snack: glass of milk (2)=20/20

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• Activity: nope
• F&V's: 5/5
• Dairy: 2.5/2
• Oils: 2/2
• Lean Protein: 2/2
• Tracking: yes
• Sleep: yes.
• Vitamin: 1/1
• Limited sugar/alcohol: yes
• NSV: remaining positive after a crappy weigh-in.
• Water: 6/6

Total=+10

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My new goal for this week: (thinking about it....)

Day 19-postgrad

Breakfast: 2 small kiwis-1
English muffin w/pb-3

Lunch: turkey & veggie wrap-3
WW yogurt-1
Apple-1

Snack: Cucumber w/yogurt dip-3

Dinner: Spaghetti-6

Dessert: WW ice cream bar-3

Snack: Blackberries-2

23/23

Daily: Water, vitamin, fruits/veggies, protein(turkey and wrap-tons of protein in those wraps), dairy(2 things of yogurt), tracked, limited sugar/alcohol, 8 hours. No NSV today-pretty boring. Went to Shanetha's for dinner but she made me spaghetti that I was able to measure so it was easy. No oil, no activity. 8 total today.

Day 18-postgrad

Breakfast- egg beaters w/onion and mushroom-1
Shredded cheese-1
English muffin-1
Raspberries-0

Lunch: veggie wrap w/ cream cheese-2
WW yogurt-1

Dinner: Veggie wrap w/cream cheese-2
Frozen veggies-2
WW dinner-5

WW bar-3
cottage cheese w/pineapple-4

22/23

My peach was bad and I ran out of turkey. Not the greatest lunch today.

Daily: tracked, 8 hours, vitamin, loads of protein, fruits/veggies, NSV(was in a rush but decided to eat at home instead. Went to suab with pizza and burgers and ate nothing), limited sugar/alcohol. Not nearly enough water today. No oil, activity, or dairy. 7 for me today.

DAY 18-MANDA

Sorry I wasn't able to update any yesterday. It turned into one crazy day! :)

I missed being able to update this throughout the day! I really need a smart phone. :)

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Breakfast: fruit smoothie with 8 oz yogurt (3), egg beaters with tomatoes (1), slice of toast (0)=4/20
Lunch: portobello mushroom pita with lettuce and no sauce (3), salad (0), light ranch (1)=8/20
Dinner: Reese's (5), ff hot dog (1)=14/20
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Activity: yoga, stretching=1 AP
Fruits and veggies: 5/5
Dairy: 1/2
Lean Protein: 2/2
Oils: 1/2
Water: 6/6
NSV: nope
Track: yes
Sleep: check
Vitamin: yes
Limited sugar and alcohol: Considering I had a Reese's for dinner...nope.

=7 points

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Lots of eating out yesterday and today...kinda hard...especially with WI tomorrow.... :(

Bad day. It is my time of the month, so all I want to eat is junk, which I did for dinner. I am also bloated and retaining water like crazy.

Day 17-postgrad

Breakfast: egg beaters-1
English muffin-1
Shredded cheese-1
Raspberries-0
Mushrooms and green onions-0

Lunch: turkey wrap w/cheese-3
Apple-1
WW yogurt-1

Dinner: Veggie burger w/ half of bun-10 (This is purely a guess)

Snack: V8 juice-1

Dessert: WW ice cream bar-2
21/23

Best of luck at lunch! I'm sure it'll turn out great.

Daily:

Water, vitamin, fruits/veggies, protein, tracking, 8 hours, NSV(We went to a burger place and I had no fries even though my parents ordered them), limited sugar/alcohol. 8 for me today.

Hope your day was good!

DAY 17-MANDA

I am worried about today because I am going down to the city for lunch with some of my medical school friends and I have no idea where we are going. I am planning on eating a salad maybe with some chicken.

Not yelling below, just tentatively planning with the all caps.
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Breakfast: Coffee with 1/2c. milk and mocha (2), 1/2c. egg beaters (1)=3/20
Lunch: Salad with mushrooms and tomatoes(0), vinaigrette (0), slice of veggie pizza (5), hummus (1)=9/20
Dinner: PF Chang's: chicken lettuce rolls (4), spring roll (2), baked calamari (4)=19/20
Snack: ice cream (4)=23/20 ( 3APs used)
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Activity: walking (3)
Sleep: Yup.
Fruits and Veggies: 5/5
Oils: 1/2
Lean protein: 2/2
Dairy: 1/2
Water: 8/6
Vitamin: yup.
NSV: I chose low fat and veggie options and did a lot better points wise than I thought I would. I was really worried about PF Changs because I had no idea what to get, so I tried to eat small portions of stuff. At Baskin Robbins, I got the low fat stuff (which was actually very good) and it wasn't so awful points-wise. I was very proud of myself today, especially because no one else picked healthy options and it madde me feel really good. I kind of freaked out when lunch turned into lunch-shopping-dinner-ice cream, but I think I handled it pretty well given the circumstances. I really need an iPhone so I can look up points on DWLZ when these things happen!
Limited sugar/alcohol: yes, everyone else had drinks and I DIDN'T! Also, the ice cream was lower in sugar.
Tracking: I tracked all day on my cell phone by texting on my "notes" application thingy.

9 points.
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Well, I survived better than I thought. I really though I would have used all of my weekly points with today and am happy to see the choices I made were the right ones!!!! :)

DAY 16-MANDA

I'm dragging today too. I didn't sleep very soundly. Perhaps it was the storms?
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Breakfast: cereal (2), 1 cup milk (2)=4/20
Lunch: Ham and veggie wrap (2), 1/2 Greek Yogurt Dip (1), baby carrots(0), cucumber (0), sugar free ice cream sandwich (2)=9/20
Snack: baby carrots (0)=9/20
Dinner: WW meal--cheese rigatoni with veggies (4)=13/20
Snack: small rocky road milk shake (anywhere from 6-26....I will say it was 15 for the rest of my daily and AP's)
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Activity: Light jogging/walking on treadmill (+8 APs), stretching
Water: 6/6
Fruits/Veggies: 5/5
Vitamin: Check.
Dairy: 2/2
Oils: 0/2
Lean Protein: 1/2
NSV: Turned down lots of tasty bad food.
Tracking: yup
Sleep: Check-a-roo.
Limited Sugar/Alcohol: Had 1 milk shake.

No oil. Too much sugar (?)

9 points for me too.
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So I bought the new Hungry Girl cookbook (200 under 200) this morning and have been perusing it. There's not a recipe over 4 points! (I know, they're all under 200--that's the point), but still!!!!! It is awesome!!!!! Everything from soups to sundaes!


So I did okay tonight at the parents....kind of. I turned down fried fish and other bad for you sides (mac and cheese, potato salad). I ate before I went, but by the time James was on his way home I was starving and he offered to bring me a milkshake from Braum's......we all know ice cream is my downfall...... if I know that milk goes into a milk shake, does that count as dairy?? :)

Day 16-Postgrad

Breakfast: egg beaters-1
Shredded cheese-1
English muffin-1
Mushrooms and green peppers-0
Raspberries-0

Lunch: turkey wrap w/shredded cheese-4
WW yogurt-1
apple-1

Dinner: salad-2 (i didn't eat very much of it. I wish I had gotten the soup)
Venetian apricot chicken-7
Andes mint-1 (totally not worth a point)
WW bar-2

Snack: Cottage cheese w/pineapple-3


24/23 (used one weekly point)

I am super tired today and extremely hungry again.

Going to Olive Garden and frozen yogurt place tonight(not anymore. Steph is a flake). I vow to have a salad and low fat dinner choice and then save points for ice cream and fruit. I will now use my extra points for ww ice cream bar and a snack before bed.
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So I think it's hilarious that I was way under all of my points last week and today I had to go down 1 point and it made me go over a point. Oh well. Today was weird because I felt hectic and anxious. I hardly drank any water at work but didn't think about it til I started to write on here this evening. Yesterday I forgot my vitamin. If I'm not constantly thinking about this stuff it goes right down the drain. I had to come home and drink a gallon of water.

Daily points: water, vitamin, fruits/veggies, limited sugar/alcohol (I refuse to count the Andes mint as a sugar), protein, dairy(yogurt, cottage cheese, 2 servings of shredded cheese), tracked all day, 8 hours, NSV(planned before dinner. My peach was awful in my lunch today so I went to Sonic to get some apple slices and they were out. I ordered nothing else but a Diet coke and didn't drink even 1/4 of it). No activity(I suck at this), no oil. 9 total for me.

DAY 15-MANDA

Good Morning! (sorry this is so long)

I hope work isn't so boring today, but if it is, just think, it can only get better. And if it doesn't, I suppose it is lucky to have a job right now...but I am the eternal optimist and think it will get better. :)

So, in this whole better thy-self thing we are doing here I am working on bettering my insides too, and I'd thought I'd share my new rules for myself.

1. For every bad thought or sentence I have about myself, I must say three things that I like/are good about myself.
   
2. I must think of one thing I am thankful for everyday.
   
3. When I am stressed I will meditate/yoga it out rather than turning to food.
   

• This week, I have been trying to stretch A LOT, and have discovered how truly relaxing "yoga" is. My version of yoga is not near what it is supposed to be, but I suppose I'll get there if I keep practicing. I always wondered why all of the celebrities said yoga was so relaxing and they could meditate while doing it, well I finally figured it out I guess. Taking deep breaths while stretching slowly is seriously the most calming thing I've EVER done and I finally see what all of the hoopla is about! It is easier for me to relax when I pick out some moves from the computer or a magazine and do them by myself rather than watching a DVD, but I am learning some of the names and such.
  

Anyway, those are my new strategies. :) I am really trying to fix my relationship with food so when school starts I am not back into my old ways. I am really scared of that because that is exactly what happened last year. I was at my lowest the day I started orientation. And I gained it all back and then some. I am also working on some rules that I am going to follow when I go back to school:

1. Don't eat anything you didn't bring with you. The mod CONSTANTLY has crap/junk that people bring. Cookies, brownies, cake, chips, etc. (like your office?) Where is the healthy stuff we are telling our patients to eat? And why am I the only one with such a shitty metabolism that if I eat it I gain weight!?!? (**My metabolism may be slow, but I am smart, caring and driven.)
   
2. Exercise is a must. I am going to have to schedule this in or I will never do it. Even if I have to get up even earlier, I vow to exercise no less than 3x per week.
   
3. Don't let the toxic people around you drive you to bad habits. "Just one won't hurt" is a saying that not only applies to drugs, but also food (which I honestly consider a type of drug--it can hurt you, make you feel good, and cover up your problems...).
   

Ok, so those are both works-in-progress, but are things I have been thinking about lately. Especially becaue I have exactly ONE MONTH until I am back into the lions den.
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Breakfast: Coffee with 1/2 cup milk and mocha(2), English Muffin (1)=3/20
Lunch: Mini Subway with out cheese and extra veggies (2), apples (1), sugar fee ice cream sandwich (2)=8/20
Snack: PB&J(3)=11/20
Dinner: veggie stuffed portobello mushrooms (0), whole wheat pasta (3), pasta sauce with veggie crumbles and EVOO (3), milk (2)=19/20
Snack: sugar free ice cream sandwich (2), 1/2 cup milk=22/20 (2AP used)
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Activity: Running on a treadmill (+10 AP's), stretching x2!
Sleep: 8.25 hours
Vitamin: yes
Tracking: yes
Dairy: 2/2
Oils: 2/2
Fruits/Veggies: 6/5
Lean Protein: 2/2
NSV: Making new rules for myself and trying to fix my relationship with food.
Limited Sugar/Alcohol: Yup.
Water: 6/6

=11 Points!
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I'm sorry. I'm allergic to that. It makes me break out in fat."


I feel really dumb right now.....so no one ever really measured me to tell me how tall I was....and if they did I must have had shoes on or shrunk. I have 5'5" entered as my height....I am actually 5' 3 1/2". CRAP. At least it doesn't change my daily points allowance. Thank goodness I am not 5'1" instead.


THAT IS GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a good loss! How much in 2 weeks?? WOW!


I liked it too! Notice, I have put another helpful link up....it goes to people.com and Marrissa (hairspray) has a weight loss blog!!

Day 15-Postgrad

Breakfast: Kashi-2
Soy milk-1
Raspberries-0

Lunch: turkey sandwich-3
Peach-1
WW yogurt-1

Dinner: Green pepper w/yogurt dip-1
WW lasagne-6
WW ice cream bar-2

Snack: cottage cheese w/pineapple-3
yogurt dip w/veggie tortilla-2

22/24

I'm a little scared about tonight. I'm hoping the at home scale and the WW scale will be different.

I love yourlist. I have more to say but its hard to type it out on the phone. Ill update when I get home.

I am so hungry. I may weigh in early so I can eat sooner.
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Weigh-in:

Lost: 1.4 pounds!

Inches:
Waist-lost 1 inch
Hip/thigh area-lost 1 inch
Bust-lost 1 inch
Arms-Stayed the same

I measured my thighs and hips separately so next time I should be good to go. I feel weird about the measurements. I'm not sure how exact they are. I got as close as I could.

Went to a WW meeting(5), Lost (5), Ate OP all week(5), measurements(3). 18 total

Daily: Water, veggies/fruit, tracked, 8 hours, limited sugar, dairy, protein. 7 total.

What did you think of dating in the dark? I actually liked it, although I love all those reality shows.

DAY 14-MANDA

I have got to start going to bed earlier and getting up earlier. It is almost lunch time by the time I get around to all this and eating breakfast.
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Breakfast: English muffin (1), 1/2 an apple (0)=1/20
Lunch: 2oz. of low-fat mozzerella (4), 1 cup little tomatoes (0), 2 tsp. EVOO (2.5), 2 tsp balsalmic vinegar (0)=7.5/20
Snack: 1/2 apple (0), cereal with cup of milk (4)=11.5/20
Dinner: lean, trimmed sirloin (4), corn on the cob (1)=16.5/20
Snack: sugar free pudding (1), cereal and milk(4)=21.5/20 (1.5 AP's used)
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Fruits and Veggies: 5/5 half cup servings
Dairy: 3/2
Oils: 2/2
Water: 8/6
Lean Protein: 2/2
Vitamin: Yes
Activity: Gardening (+5 APs), stretching
Sleep: 8.5 hours
How many sugar/alcohol?: 2 bowls of cereal. I consider that limited because they come with milk. :)
NSV: James brought home candy and I didn't eat any!
Tracked every Bite/Lick/Taste?: Yup!
+11 Points
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Day 14-Postgrad

Breakfast: Kashi-2
Soy milk-1
Blackberries-0

Lunch: cucumber and green pepper w/yogurt dip-2
WW dinner-4

Snack: 2 bags of WW popcorn-2

Dinner: Frozen veggies-2
grilled chicken strips-4
ww ice cream bar-2

Daily: Water, vitamin, protein, veggies/fruit, 8 hours, tracking, limited sugar/alcohol, oil(chicken and veggies), NSV (I popped my own popcorn to take to the movie), activity(walked 30 minutes and did 45 minutes of pilates). 10 points!