Eileen's Check In - 2012

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Wed Jan 25, 2012 5:59 pm

I've been counting calories for the last 60 days (still mostly using No S principles) and I'm growing weary of it, so I've decided to take another stab at vanilla No S.

I will document my 2-3 meals daily, and I am committed to exercise for 15 minutes each day. Maybe the exercise will turn into more, maybe not. But I will do a minimum of 15 minutes of exercise each day.

Day 1

B: Leftover Thai Coconut Curry Shrimp, stir-fry veggies and rice (half a serving, on a small dessert plate)

L: Chicken Cacciatore, pasta, broccoli, tangelo

D: Chicken Enchiladas, Cilantro Lime Rice

BIG FAT FAILURE! The day was good up until dinner. Waaaayyy too much tasting as I was cooking. I'll try again tomorrow.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Thu Jan 26, 2012 1:18 pm

Day 2 - Try Again

B: turkey Sausage, cheese, bagel thin

L: chicken enchilada, broccoli, tangelo

D: (planned) tilapia, potato casserole, brussel sprouts

Feeling like I have a food hangover from yesterday. And I didn't do my exercise either! I am DETERMINED to do better today.

Updated: SUCCESS! I am so happy!

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Fri Jan 27, 2012 2:13 pm

Day 3

B: 1/2 thin bagel, 1 oz. cheddar cheese

L: (planned) 6 buffalo wings, tangelo

D: (planned) turkey/beef burger, 6 baked onion rings, green beans

I hope today will go smoothly. Chicken wings are a weakness of mine, but I have to go to the grocery store today on my lunch break. I will limit myself to 6 wings and I brought an orange from home. I had hoped to bring a better lunch from home, but time got away from me this morning!

Update: SUCCESS! I stuck to the 3 plates, though I had too much fried food today.

r.jean · Post by **r.jean** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:39 am

I am not sure of your size, but this amount of food would leave me very hungry.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 2:06 am

I'm not small by any means, but I am not a tall person - only 5'2". I need to lose 50 pounds.

Usually my lunch is larger, but the wings kept me from being hungry all afternoon. I suppose that was due to the fat content.

Sometimes I am a little embarrassed about the amount of food on my plate when I eat lunch at work. I guess shame is a good motivator to keep the portions smaller! When I eat from containers, the amount of food I'm consuming can be deceptive. When I take it out of the containers and put it on a plate, it looks twice as big!

r.jean · Post by **r.jean** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 12:13 pm

I am 5'6" and I exercise daily so I eat more than some people. I also need sufficient protein to feel satisfied. My biggest piece of advice to others is to not restrict meals too much or it can backfire on you. Eventually undereating will lead to falling of the wagon and overeating.

That said, it sounds like you are doing well. Your other days look more filling than the day I commented on. I wish you success!

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Sat Jan 28, 2012 9:16 pm

r.jean wrote: That said, it sounds like you are doing well. Your other days look more filling than the day I commented on. I wish you success!

I usually do eat more food. I was not able to get my lunch made in the morning due to time constraints, so I knew I would go for wings. Since they are on the really fattening side, I tried to minimize the damage. Thanks for the well wishes! I hope I have as much success as you have had.

Day 4

L: huge salad with chicken, 1/2 baked potato, and sauteed onions/peppers thrown in. It was delicious! And my daily orange.

D: (planned) home made pizza, tomato and cucumber salad

updated: SUCCESS!! I had 1 "S" today - 2 chicken wings (leftover from yesterday). I LOVE chicken wings, can you tell?

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:02 am

Day 5

L: grilled ham & cheese sandwich, fritos, red grapes

D: pot roast with mushroom gravy, consomme rice, glazed carrots, peas, biscuits

SUCCESS! 1 S today - second helping of rice and gravy. Technically, it should be yellow, but I planned for one S each Saturday and Sunday, and I did it!

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 1:16 pm

Day 6

L: chicken hash (made from leftover baked potato, chicken, sauteed peppers/onions), peas, apple

D: (planned) tilapia, rice, broccoli

My husband does not like fish, so I usually have it when he eats leftovers.

However, I love it and could probably eat it everyday!

Updated: SUCCESS! Dinner as planned, except I had mashed potatoes instead of rice.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 3:19 pm

Day 7

L: (planned) shrimp & vegetable pasta salad, broccoli, orange

D: (planned) carnitas, spanish rice, black bean/corn/tomato salad

I've been feeling really good the past week - all green except for the first day.

I have a rather important medical procedure tomorrow; hopefully the stress won't derail me!

Updated: FAILURE! I did not eat my planned dinner, and I had too much wine.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:27 pm

Day 8

FAILURE! Oh, there are too many ways to name. On a good note, my medical procedure went well, and I'm expecting good news.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:29 pm

Day 9

B: carnitas, spanish rice

L: carnitas, spanish rice, carrots, broccoli

D: (planned) salad with chicken, black beans, & orange chipotle vinaigrette

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Mon Mar 05, 2012 6:09 pm

Day 40

B: leftover spaghetti (on a dessert plate)

L: Tuna salad

D: Chicken and Dumplings

Sweet: Home made blueberry/cream cheese coffeecake

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:36 pm

Day 41

L: Curried vegetables with rice, glazed carrots

D: Fish tacos

Success!

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Wed Mar 07, 2012 1:14 pm

Day 42

B: Yogurt smoothie

L: Red beans and rice soup, roasted carrots, orange (All orange food, and I ate from an orange plate and bowl! Not very appetizing).

D: Country fried steak, gravy, cauliflower gratin, broccoli

I'm going to call this a failure, however, as I went back for seconds on the meat, and I "tasted" too much from the mashed potatoes I made for my husband.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:23 pm

Day 43

Lunch: Asian Chicken Salad

Dinner: Pork Fried Rice, eggroll

I have to call this a major failure, as I had mass quantities of the pork fried rice. I let myself get overly hungry and felt like I had no control whatsoever. I think the failure came because of alcohol consumed before dinner, and dinner not being ready until 8:00.

I read Kathleen's post today about coming up with a different strategy for cooking dinner, and I think she's onto something. I will have to ruminate on this before I decide what my plan shall be.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Fri Mar 09, 2012 1:27 pm

Day 44

Lunch: Pork and gravy on mashed potatoes, broccoli, 1/2 an orange

Dinner: Cheese ravioli wtih meat sauce, green beans

SUCCESS! I even resisted snacks that were served at my small group meeting last night.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:29 am

Day 45

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs

Lunch: BBQ pork sandwich, green beans, 1/2 an orange

Dinner: Beef & mushroom gravy over rice

Success! I should have had some vegetables with dinner, but didn't. My plan for the S days is to have 1 S each day, and it will probably be something sweet.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:58 pm

Day 46

Lunch: Hot wings

Dinner: Home made pizza

S: 2 homemade chocolate chip cookies

It's an S day, so I can't fail, but my choices sucked when I look at the whole picture.

Eileen7316 · Post by **Eileen7316** » Mon Mar 12, 2012 2:59 pm

Day 47

Lunch: Chili's restaurant with a friend - chicken nachos

Dinner: Pot roast, rice, mushroom gravy, peas, biscuit

S: 2 homemade chocolate chip cookies

Well, at least I had mushrooms and peas! It certainly did taste good!