Thtrchic's Daily Check-in

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:36 am

Friday - SUCCESS.

B - yogurt with grape nuts, watermelon
L - lean cuisine panini, 100 calorie bag of chex mix, small frozen fruit bar
D - few tortilla chips, Ethiopian food (chicken, beef, lentils, couple bites of potato, Ethiopian bread)

Walked about 50 minutes. Good on water.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:52 pm

Saturday and Sunday: S-Days.

Not idiotic, but not amazing. Had chips and ice cream both days. But also some reasonable meals, especially yesterday.

Need to get to the store today to get some fruit and milk so I'll be set for the week.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 5:05 pm

Monday-Unexpected NWS Day. My boyfriend officially got a job and we went out to celebrate. My food was good, but I had 3 sugary drinks.

B - bagel with cream cheese, apple juice
L - 1/2 bbq chicken breast, yogurt
D - 1/2 bowl of bibimbop

And 3 drinks -- 2 of a cream liquor (Edradour, it's SO good), and one a mixed drink with cream and a good amount of sweetness.

Walked about half an hour and good on water.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Aug 15, 2007 1:32 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS.

B - mcdonalds sausage biscuit and hash brown
L - little leftover noodles with chicken and veggies, mango, small yogurt with grape nuts
D - homemade tandoori chicken, white rice, cabbage

Good on water. Not much exercising, just a short walk.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Aug 16, 2007 1:26 am

Wednesday - SUCCESS

B - great grains cereal with milk, mango
L - 3 small soft chicken tacos, apple, soy & flaxseed tortilla chips
D - 1/2 bbq chicken breast, chips, small frozen fruit bar

Good on water. Not much actual exercise, but put together a desk, which was a good upper body workout.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Aug 17, 2007 12:43 am

Thursday - SUCCESS

B - great grains cereal with milk, dried fruit bar, few almonds
L - 3 small chicken tacos, soy tortilla chips, dried fruit bar
D - linguini with mushrooms, olives, and tomato sauce, applesauce

Good on water. Rode my bike an hour and walked about 10 minutes.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sat Aug 18, 2007 8:21 pm

Friday and Saturday - S- DAYS.

Not too bad at all. No real exercise, though. I need to create a plan that gets me doing something each day to build that habit. And then I can work on doing even more. I'll devise one tonight and begin implementing it tomorrow.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Aug 19, 2007 9:54 pm

Sunday - SUCCESS.

B - 2 pieces toast with butter, 2 sausage links, banana
L - tuna fish, wheat thins, chips, nuts, banana
D - lamb curry, white rice, grapes

Good on water. Walked about 40 minutes including a few minutes of jogging. And will do 10 minutes of free weight lifting tonight.

So, this is my plan for exercise for the next 3 weeks to get the habit of doing something down. Then I'll increase the amounts.

Sunday/Tuesday/Thursday - 10 minutes free weights upper body work
Monday/Wednesday/Friday - 10 minutes lower body/ab strength training
Sunday/Monday/Wednesday - 30 minutes (at least) walking or biking
Thursday - 50 minute boot camp class

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Aug 21, 2007 1:12 pm

Monday - SUCCESS.

B - golean crunch cereal with milk
L - rice with red quinoa and flax seeds, nectarine, yogurt, almonds
D - (at a business thing with no choice of food) pizza, salad, 1/2 glass wine (of course that was a choice)

Good on water. Did my 10 minutes strength training. Only walked about 15 minutes. It was raining all day and I was wearing heels so I decided to move the 30 minute walking to Tuesday. I will come through on that.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Aug 22, 2007 12:42 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS.

It was a weird one based on unexpected scheduling factors outside my control.

B - 1/2 a bottled yogurt smoothie, wheat thins
L - about 1/2 cup golean crunch
D - steak quesadilla, tortilla chips with a little refried beans, nectarine

Good on water. About 1.5 hours of physical work moving supplies and paper and furniture and equipment around the theater and about 40 minutes walking through the grocery store. And my 10 minutes of strength training this morning.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 4:33 am

Wednesday - SUCCESS

B - golean crunch with milk, raspberries
L - mushroom soup, soy tortilla chips
D - (at a movie in the park with friends) bread, spinach dip, crackers, cheese, carrots, strawberries, apple

Walked about 40 minutes, but in 10 minute stretches. And 10 minutes strength training.

I've decided to stop reporting on water unless there's a problem.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 3:10 am

Thursday - SUCCESS.

B - grape nuts with milk
L - turkey sandwich, grapes, yogurt
D - leftover steak quesadilla, grapes

55 minute boot camp class (mostly strength training and yoga like stretching).

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Aug 26, 2007 12:28 pm

Friday and Saturday - S-Days.

Not totally idiotic, but definitely S Days. Somehow no good on water. And no exercise. But they were S days so I'm not worried about it.

Back to healthy choices and exercise today.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Aug 27, 2007 3:30 am

Sunday - SUCCESS.

B - great grains cereal with milk, banana
L - cheese, lots of crackers, hummus, apple
D - (with friends at my book group) small grilled chicken breast, lots of mixed green salad with walnuts, craisins and gorgonzola, little fruit salad, few tortilla chips with salsa, a small margarita

Walked about 40 minutes, walked up and down a bunch of stairs, 10 minutes strength training.

I've changed the exercise plan a bit --

I'll do 10 minutes strength training on N Days, 3 days a week of at least 30 minutes cardio type exericse, and either boot camp class or 45 minutes of some other cardio on Thursday.

After 2 more weeks of the 10 minutes I'll up that to 15 or 20. Still working on the habit. But I did very well with it last week and did it today so am feeling good. I do need to stay dililgent, though.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 12:10 am

Monday - SUCCESS.

B - golean crunch cereal with milk
L - lean cuisine turkey club panini, soy tortilla chips
D - lite caesar salad, lean cuisine french bread pizza, banana

Weird I had lean cuisine twice in one day. Not ideal for sodium, but still fine.

Walked about 40 minutes, in 2 20 minute increments. Will do my strength training tonight.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Aug 29, 2007 1:09 pm

Tuesday - FAILURE. Ugh.

Stress and hormones got the better of me and I ate a big cookie and 3 munchkins. Plus I didn't make my meals full enough because I just didn't want anything else.

B - great grains with milk
S - 3 munchkins
L - most of a cheese sandwich
S - big cookie
D - empress pork with rice (at a restaurant)

I did do my planned exercise -- 10 minutes strength training.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Aug 30, 2007 5:52 am

Wednesday - SUCCESS

B - great grains ceral with milk
L - fried rice, plum
D - turkey club sandwich on wheat bread, few sips of scotch

Walked about 40 minutes, but slowly. Didn't do my weights because I've hurt my wrist, but I think it'll be ok to pick back up tomorrow.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Aug 31, 2007 5:16 pm

Thursday - SUCCESS. Ish.

B - 2 packets Quaker Harvest oatmeal
L - leftover empress pork, 3 wheat crackers, lite cheese puffs, yogurt
D - spring roll, 1/2 vietnamese beef sandwich, few bites vietnamese chicken curry with bread

Did my 10 minutes of weights in the morning.

I also lost 1/2 pound again this week. And 1/2 an inch overall in the 4 places I measure. So progress continues on all fronts.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Sep 03, 2007 3:25 am

Friday and Saturday - S Days.

Sunday - SUCCESS

B - a large handful of chex
L - chicken salad sandwich on a pretzel roll, fries
D - (out for my boyfriends birthday) 2 crab rangoon, 2 pork stuffed dumplings, tomato based soup with rice and shrimp, 1 edradour on the rocks

Walked quite a bit today -- we walked to lunch, then went to the aquarium and walked around for a couple hours (of course also stopping quite a bit), and then had dinner in chinatown and walked around for a little while after dinner.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Sep 04, 2007 3:10 pm

Monday - NWS day for Labor Day.

I'm worried about today. I just don't feel like caring today. I've slid into bad eating over the last few days and don't feel like doing anything about that today. I'm not sure why. I haven't eaten anything yet and should probably just go have some cereal now and get things started right.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 12:57 am

Tuesday - FAILURE. I had ice cream in the afternoon. Still made my breakfast and dinner ok, though. And ate in the format of meals.

B - great grains cereal with milk
L - 2 square cut pieces of pizza, lite cheese puffs, ice cream
D - pasta with pesto, mushrooms, and olives, caesar salad with lite dressing, little bit italian bread

Wednesday - SUCCESS.

B - cereal with milk
L - potbelly's turkey sandwich, chips, dried apricots
D - carne al pastor based dish with white rice

Walked about 30 minutes, but not in one stretch. It's so hot and humid today doing more was just too hard to force.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Sep 06, 2007 11:24 pm

Thursday - SUCCESS.

B - great grains cereal with milk, banana
L - spinach salad, yogurt, peach
D - wheat thins, piece of cheddar cheese, a little crab salad, watermelon, little popcorn

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Sep 09, 2007 1:04 am

Friday and Saturday - S-Days.

Not too bad. Had a snickers bar yesterday and pizza for dinner (only 1 plate full of it, though). Otherwise good, regular meals.

Had a good lunch today. No real breakfast. Had a serving of ice cream and some pringles tonight. Not really hungry for dinner so not sure if I'll have anything else or not.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Sep 10, 2007 1:49 am

Sunday - SUCCESS.

B - almost 2 fried potato pancakes, kiwi
L - smallish bowl of honey nut shredded wheat with milk, wheat thins, apple
D - small frozen fruit bar, indian food at a restaurant (chicken boti, lamb gosht, some creamy, buttery chicken curry, naan)

Walked about 45 minutes, slowly.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 1:32 am

Monday - SUCCESS.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - turkey sandwich on kaiser roll, apple, yogurt
D - 3 square pizzas of mushroom pizza (at a work thing, the only choice), small frozen fruit bar

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Sep 11, 2007 8:43 pm

Tuesday - NWS Day.

My boyfriend is defending his phd dissertation today and I'm off to celebrate with him. The part of the day until this starts has been a success, though.

B - oatmeal, whole wheat crackers
L - chicken tikka, 1/4 piece naan

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:38 pm

Well, everything fell apart last week and I had a bunch of failures, followed by some S days.

But I'm back and ready to keep moving forward now. I started with cabbage and paratha (indian bread) with a banana for breakfast.

I felt lousy last night and was really ready to get back on track. And I told my boyfriend and we agreed to get back to cooking more and eating better. So hopefully that and the memory of feeling gross will help me get back into this.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 7:13 pm

Monday - FAILURE. Had a caramel oatmeal bar for lunch.

Here's what I did right:

had a real breakfast and dinner
had 2 servings of vegetables and one of fruit
didn't go to steak and shake as was being suggested and have greasy food and a milkshake for dinner even though the day was technically already a failure
walked for a long time

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Sep 19, 2007 12:34 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS. So far. I really really want to eat some dessert.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - chicken sandwich, apple
D - salmon patties with mayo, chips, raisins

I'm eating the raisins and a diet root beer now hoping that will satisfy my cravings. It's feeling very hard to do this right now, but I know if I make it through tonight I'll feel better and tomorrow will be easier.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 2:59 pm

Wednesday - SUCCESS.

And I did stick it out Tuesday night.

B - honey nut shredded wheat, milk
L - salmon patty, whole wheat crackers, sunchips, yogurt
D - bi bim bop, unsweetened banana chips

Walked half an hour or so.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 12:14 am

Thursday - SUCCESS

B - 2 packets of Quaker Harvest oatmeal, raisins
L - lean cuisine chicken and lasagna, apple, whole wheat crackers
D - sauteed tilapia and green beans, white rice, small frozen fruit bar (the kind that's just real fruit, only 40 calories)

Planning to do a 20 minute strength workout tonight.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sat Sep 22, 2007 1:22 am

Friday - S-DAY. Not too bad of one.

I had cereal and milk for breakfast, which always make a huge difference in keeping the day from being idiotic.

Had frozen pizza for lunch and dinner, a frozen fruit bar with the lunch serving, a snack of a bag of microwave popcorn this afternoon, and half a candy bar this evening.

Also walked about 45-50 minutes, although pretty slowly.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 10:40 pm

Saturday - S-DAY.

Sunday- SUCCESS.

B - steel cut oats, banana, piece of buttered wheat toast, 3 pieces turkey bacon
L - apple with peanut butter, goldfish (100 calorie pack)
D - bbq chicken with rice casserole, carrots, small frozen fruit bar

Walked close to an hour. Plan to do my 20 minutes of strength training tonight.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:54 am

I was SO hungry I just ended up having a cup of dry shredded wheat. I'm still calling the day a success because it was a reasonably healthy choice -- i could have had candy or cookies, but didn't want to do that.

I did do a good amount of exercise today and ate pretty low calorie so I think I actually just needed a little more food. I've kept it so I'm still not even full, just not feeling starving so I'll be able to sleep.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Sep 25, 2007 3:32 am

Monday - SUCCESS

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk, banana
L - chicken with rice and bbq sauce, sun chips
D- 1/2 grilled chicken breast, few bites spaghetti, 2 pieces bread

A pretty carb heavy day I guess. Dinner was out at a business thing.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:54 pm

I'm still sort of here, but not really following the plan. Things have gotten kind of chaotic and my boyfriend of 4+ years and I are breaking up as he moves across the country. But I haven't quite given up either and think that there are habits that are truly habits having stuck me with through all this.

I'm planning to not worry about the rest of this week (the last I have with my boyfriend) and then get back to business on Monday. I dont want to let sadness and loneliness be excuses for eating badly.

Expect me back with a positive report on Monday.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Oct 14, 2007 11:44 pm

Saturday - Day 1, S-Day. A lot of sweets, but could be much worse considering it was a rough day with a rough schedule.

Had about 1/3 of a doughnut for breakfast (at the airport while seeing my boyfriend off), 1/2 a piece of leftover pecan pie, a few pieces of dried mango, and a cup of orange juice for lunch, and (with a friend) bread, cheese, olives, shrimp, and pineapple for dinner, plus (still with the friend) an eclair for dinner.

Sunday - Day 2, S-Day. Better than yesterday and involving more structured meals, which is what I consider a successful S-Day.

B: (with a friend) half a bagel with cream cheese and lox, 2 pieces of bacon, a piece of french toast with an apple, cinnamon, cream cheese topping, piece of pineapple
S: 1/2 piece of leftover pecan pie
D: 2/3 of a frozen tombstone pizza

Also walked about 25 minutes and might do a little more still tonight.

And I've planned out healthy meals for tomorrow and feel good about that.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 12:05 am

Did end up having a piece of chocolate last night too. But still fine since it was an S-Day.

Today, Monday: Day 3, SUCCESS. Although the days not over, but I feel confident.

B - small bagel with brie, raisins
L - 2 packets of instant whole grain oatmeal, tortilla chips with a little guacamole (weird combo I know, but i had planned the oatmeal for the morning and the bagel for lunch)
D (cooking now) - baked potato with butter and sour cream, black olives, mango (or if it's not ripe enough, an apple)

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Oct 16, 2007 11:42 pm

Tuesday: Day 4, SUCCESS.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - lean cuisine fettucine alfredo, raisins, apple, yogurt
D - tomato rice soup, annie's cheddar crackers, 100 calorie pack of doritos, banana

No real exercise, but going to be lifting and taking down many trips worth of garbage. Maybe I'll actually take a walk at the end of getting the garbage to the dumpster.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Oct 17, 2007 2:34 am

Ugh, scratch that success.

Ended up not liking the soup so not eating much, but then was stupid and then had 2 100 calorie packs of little hostess cupcakes and a bag of light microwave popcorn.

Calorie-wise not too horrible, habit building-wise it sucked!

Day 1 again tomorrow. Meals are planned and hopefully I'll be a little stronger willed then.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Oct 22, 2007 3:51 pm

Things largely fell apart and I ate sweets every day last week. But I'm back on the wagon trying again today.

I had 2 packets of high fiber oatmeal and a little box of raisins for breakfast.

Lunch is spaghetti-os (I know, not very healthy, but within the rules and easy, which is what I need right now), a yogurt, and an apple.

Dinner will be chicken with rice and barbecue sauce and a mango.

I'll be back to report the success on all of that tonight.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Oct 24, 2007 12:32 am

Things have gone better than last week, but not actual technical successes.

Yesterday I had a few bites of cookie. That was the only sweet and snack. Dinner wasn't the greatest either, but better than some other recent days.

Today I had a fun size kitkat bar. Other than that I've been very good. Breakfast was honey nut shredded wheat with milk and a banana. Lunch was grape nuts with a teaspoon of sugar with milk, a mango, and about a cup and a half of plain popcorn. Dinner was chicken with rice and bbq sauce. Real focus and dedication would say that that would be it for the night. That'll be a challenge -- but I think I can do it.

I have meals planned for tomorrow already too.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Oct 25, 2007 1:30 am

Today was even a little better. A technical success!

B - 2 packets of oatmeal with soy
L - chicken with rice and bbq sauce, yogurt
D - bread and a little fancy irish cheese, 1 guinness, frozen fruit bar

Breakfast and lunch are planned for tomorrow:
cereal with milk, raisins for breakfast and a lean cuisine, a yogurt, and an apple for lunch.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Oct 26, 2007 2:28 am

Not the worst day ever, but not a success.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - lean pocket, yogurt, apple
S - fun size kit kat, 1 milano cookie
D - 1/2 a fried chicken salad, 2 cheese sticks, 1 chicken tender, 1 onion ring

Walked about an hour, although not continuously.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 4:32 pm

Friday and Saturday were my usual weekly S days. Friday was a little insane, but I wouldn't say idiotic. Yesterday was definitely an S day, but not TOO extreme.

Today is a NWS day, but I'm only allowing S's around the specific special event -- my book group meeting tonight. That might sound minor, but it only happens every couple months and a major point is the eating and drinking and I will feel very deprived and unhappy if I refuse.

I've been really struggling lately, but my eating truly is much better than it was pre-No-s. I'm sure if I was going through this difficult time last year before I started with No-S, I'd be eating a lot more and a lot more mindlessly. At least being aware of what I'm eating is a very positive step. And maintaining probably at least some reasonable meal-based structure, even when extra snacks are added is a big step. I have not once in this difficult time had cake or ice cream as my meal -- that's a big (and incredibly important) step for me so I'm at least somewhat happy with myself.

And I'm also not giving up, which is maybe even more important.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Oct 29, 2007 2:02 am

It was a pretty good No-S day.

B - grape nuts with milk
L - salad with cheese, little bit of bacon, black olives, ff french dressing, some wheat thins, frozen fruit bar
D - (at book group eaten over several hours) several pieces of sushi, 2 mini pitas with hummus and spinach dip, few baby carrots, little salad, few bites of tortellini with tomato sauce, piece of pumpkin angel food cake with sugar free cool whip, glass of cherry lambic beer

Was slightly active -- up and down my stairs to the third floor 6 times (5 carrying somewhat heavy things) and walked about 15 minutes. Not a ton of work, but not nothing at least.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Oct 30, 2007 3:50 am

Woohoo! Success. I resisted dunkin donuts munchkins and lots of new fun size candy bars. Plus I didn't have the chips I was craving. Yay!

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - grape nuts with milk, apple, little bit of mushroom rice pilaf
D - (at a work event) few pieces of cheese, 1 chicken satay, 1 beer

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Oct 31, 2007 12:45 am

REALLY close to a success. But sadly not quite.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - 1 taco bell original taco, small cup of chicken and dumplings, yogurt, 1 milano like cookie (literally eaten with my lunch -- I have no idea why i did this)
D - baked chinese mandarin chicken with white rice

Walked about 20 minutes, and up and down the three flights of stairs a number of times taking out garbage, bringing up groceries, doing laundry.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Nov 02, 2007 2:21 am

SUCCESS!!!

B - maple shredded wheat with milk
L - chicken thigh, about 1/2 cup rice, half small fried potato, banana, 100 calorie pack of cheez-its
D - 4 small square cut pieces of pizza, frozen fruit bar

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Nov 06, 2007 7:39 pm

Monday - SUCCESS.

B - grape nuts with milk
L - tuna salad, wheat thins, tortilla chips, yogurt
D - few tapas, margarita

Not the healthiest day ever, but a success. And I wanted candy SO bad in the afternoon and didn't do it, so I feel good.

So far, so good today.
Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Nov 07, 2007 2:26 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS. But I've finished dinner and I'm hungry. I'm not sure if I'll end up having something else and spoiling the success or not.

B - cocowheats, banana
L - lite caesar salad (the kind from a bag), combos cheddar crackers, lean pocket
D - yogurt, apple with cheddar cheese, few dates, 100 calorie pack of cheez-its

I think the problem is that I had too many carbs and not enough protein so I'm left hungry. I also went to yoga tonight. It was really a meditative type of yoga, not too much of a workout, but it was moving around for 45 minutes and I haven't been doing much of any exercise lately.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Nov 08, 2007 2:00 am

Wednesday - SUCCESS.

B - cocowheats, banana
L - carrots, hummus, combos cheddar crackers
D - chicken taquitos with a little sour cream, butter and herb flavored noodles and sauce, applesauce

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Nov 09, 2007 2:52 am

Thursday - SUCCESS.

B - maple frosted shredded wheat with milk
L - jumbo hot dog on a bun, lipton noodles and sauce, couple bites chicken taquito
D - grape nuts with milk, banana

Also walked about half an hour.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sat Nov 10, 2007 4:33 pm

Friday - S Day. I ate kind of a lot of candy, and about 1/4 of a very rich (and VERY yummy brownie). But also a usual good breakfast, a small, but fine lunch, and a reasonable dinner (out with work people). I also had one strawberry margarita with dinner.

Today is S Day #2. Had a small, but healthy breakfast. Planning homemade bread (which is baking now) and soup for lunch. And planning on a snack of a little fancy chocolately caramel corn for a snack after that. Not sure what will happen with dinner yet. Definitely allowing it to be an S day, but trying to keep it a more moderate one.

Tomorrow will be the bigger challenge. It's an N day, but also a weekend. I changed up my planned S days to Friday and Sat instead of Sat and Sun some time ago, but the last few weeks haven't been too controlled so I'm a little worried about tomorrow. But I know I can definitely do it and will feel good for it.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Nov 11, 2007 1:42 am

Saturday - S Day. A fine one.

B - yogurt with grape nuts
L - can of cream of mushroom soup made with 1/2 milk, 1.5 largish pieces of homemade sourdough bread
S -around a cup of chocolate-y caramel corn
D - thin and crispy pizza
S - more chocolate-y caramel corn

Walked up and down the stairs a bunch doing laundry, getting groceries, taking out a bunch of garbage.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Nov 12, 2007 2:52 am

Sunday - SUCCESS.

B - bagel with cream cheese and a little butter, 3 turkey sausage links
L - baked potato with butter, cheddar cheese, and a little sour cream, apple, light microwave popcorn
D - fresh spring roll, garlic noodles with chicken

Walked about half an hour.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Nov 13, 2007 1:15 am

Monday - SUCCESS. Barely.

B - 1.5 cups honey nut shredded wheat with cup of milk
L - 2 pieces homemade sourdough toast with butter and cream cheese, 100 calorie pack of cheetos, applesauce
D - 1/2 baked chicken breast, microwave popcorn, 1 very large drink of edradour on the rocks (i'd say this was really 2 drinks)

I'm chewing gum now instead of having the chocolate I'm craving. I know I can make it through the night -- it'll be challenge, but one I can meet.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Nov 14, 2007 5:27 am

Tuesday - FAILURE. Barely.

B - 1.5 cups honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - 1.5 ounces almonds, yogurt, 1 piece homemade bread, skim latte
D- (out with my boss over about 2 hours, and oh, was it good) goat cheese with crostinis, pistachio crusted chicken breast, little garlic mashed potatoes, couple bites of his ropa vieja, scoop of burnt caramel gelato

Went to yoga. It was very good. Walked about 15 minutes.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Nov 15, 2007 1:30 am

Wednesday- SUCCESS.

B - cocowheats, banana
L - pistachio crusted chicken breast, couple bites garlic mashed potatoes, apple
D - boca burger with cheese and ketchup on a bun, baked (from frozen) fries with ketchup, frozen fruit bar

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Nov 16, 2007 2:17 am

Failure. But damn close.

B - 3/4 cup grape nuts with milk
L - (at a work meeting) corned beef sandwich on rye, french fries with ketchup
S - 9 whoppers malted milk balls
D - honey nut shredded wheat with milk, 100 calorie pack of chex mix, pistachio nuts

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 1:39 am

Friday - S-Day. Indulgent, but not idiotic.

And walked about 15 minutes.

And I ordered a treadmill today. Will have in about 10 days. I'm pretty excited. And determined to use it regularly. My plan is to be on it while watching tv.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 6:53 am

Saturday - S-Day. Slightly idiotic, I think. It included a friends birthday party with tons of very good homemade food and desserts. And a bunch of crap throughout the day. That was the idiotic part. Especially since I knew what was coming with the party. Oh, well.

I'm looking somewhat forward to being back to N days tomorrow. But I've had a lot of sugar so breaking that pattern to get back to it will be a little hard. Knowing and being aware of that will help I think.

I did walk about 45 minutes today.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:09 am

Sunday - SUCCESS.

B - 1/2 c. grape nuts with milk and a teaspoon of sugar
L - bagel with light cream cheese, plain popcorn, banana
D - bowl of healthy request cream of mushroom soup, 1/2 bagel with brummel and brown, largish piece of cornbread, applesauce

Walked half an hour. And did about half an hour of fairly light strength training.

It was hard not to snack this afternoon. I really wanted chocolate. I had a headache and was feeling very tired and generally sad and really wanted to eat sugar to "help" with all those feelings. But I kept myself from it, reminding myself that it wouldn't actually solve anything and 20 minutes later I'd feel worse. Im proud of myself for that.

Julie

gratefuldeb67 · Post by **gratefuldeb67** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:21 am

Hi Julie. Sorry you were feeling so down today.
I agree that candy isn't the cure for all that. But I can't help asking,, it's an S day on Sunday. Why didn't you let yourself have a little chocolate?
Hope you are feeling better and have a good week!
Peace and Love,

Debs

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:31 am

I do my S days on Friday and Saturday. I found a few months ago that that works better for me because by Friday night I just can't resist treats. So I decided that as long as I'm consistent making that change for myself is fine.

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 3:04 am

Monday- SUCCESS. And I'm feeling much better in general today.

B- 2 packets of instant oatmeal
L - (bought for me at a business lunch) ham and cheese panini, chips, 1 bite pumpkin bread that I just couldn't get out of (since I only had the one bite I'm calling it a success)
D - four crackers with cheese, boca burger with cheese on bun, apple

30 minutes exercise: 10 walking, 20 light strength training. Yay for doing some exercise!

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:23 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS

B - 2 packets instant oatmeal
L - bagel with light cream cheese, yogurt, 100 calorie pack of cheetos
D - tuna melt on a bagel, fries (baked from frozen) with ketchup, apple

Walked about 20 minutes, slowly. And about to do 20 minutes of moderate strength training.

I'm heading out of town for the holiday weekend tomorrow morning. I'll be driving a lot of tomorrow. I'm not sure I've ever done that without snacking, but surely I can. So, tomorrow's an N day, although probably a hard one to maintain. Thursday is an S day. And then my usual Friday and Saturday days. Then Sunday is back to N. I'll probably be driving again -- I'm going to be great at this new way of traveling.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Nov 25, 2007 10:29 pm

Wednesday was a failure. The not snacking while driving thing fell apart. And then I had dessert and snacks once in Michigan. Oh well.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday - S Days. Good, indulgent (Saturday was VERY indulgent), not idiotic.

Walked at the mall for a couple hours on Friday. Didn't do anything yesterday. That was a shame -- but it was very cold out so I couldn't walk and not in my own house it was very difficult to do anything in the house.

Today, drove home without snacking. Did have Wendy's for lunch, which is no good, but within No-S laws so I'm still on my way to a success for the day. Also, will do some exercise tonight.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Nov 26, 2007 1:29 am

Sunday- SUCCESS. Yay!

B - 1/2 bagel with cream cheese, banana, few cheese nip chips
L - 2 wendy's junior bacon cheeseburgers, most of an order of small fries
D - steel cut oats with little butter and sugar, banana, apple

Walked about 10 minutes and did 20 minutes of strength training. I'm proud of myself for keeping up with the exercise. And not having any snacks or sweets in my travels today.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Nov 27, 2007 1:51 am

Monday- SUCCESS.

B - 2 packets of instant oatmeal with a little sugar, banana
L - 1 can of spaghetti-os with meatballs
D - homemade chicken salad with melba crackers, yogurt, 100 calorie pack of chex

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Nov 28, 2007 1:21 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS

B - 2 packets of maple and brown sugar oatmeal, banana
L - (out at a lunch meeting) 3 pieces of shumai, little tom yum soup, chicken pad thai (AND I DIDNT EAT MY THAI FORTUNE COOKIE)
D - chicken salad, melba crackers, frozen fruit bar

Walked about 20 minutes and about to do 10-15 minutes moderate strength training.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Nov 29, 2007 1:33 am

Wednesday- SUCCESS. And I really wanted cookies this afternoon. And a drink. But I skipped both.

B - steel cut oats with a little butter and sugar, melba crackers
L- spinach and chevre salad with apples, raisings, and pecans, banana
D - aloo sabzi, 2 pieces of paratha, frozen fruit bar

Walked about 10 minutes, and about to march in place as minor aerobic exercise for 10 minutes and then do 10 minutes of moderate strength training. I'm in a mode of doing 30 minutes every day, even if it's easy and broken into multiple pieces. And I'm very proud of myself for keeping it up.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Nov 30, 2007 1:58 am

Thursday- FAILURE.

Stupid me. I was doing so well. And, of course, can again. But still it felt good with the steady successes for a few days so it's disappointing to have messed it up.

B - 2 packets of maple and brown sugar oatmeal
L - little less than 1/2 a container of a massaman chicken frozen meal from trader joes (which I didn't really like, which led to my later downfall), apple
S - 5 cookies. Yes, 5. Ugh.
D - melba crackers and an ounce of cheddar cheese.

It might be a bad idea, but I'm keeping my dinner very small to try and sort of make up for the cookie mess. I'm hungry, but ok I think. And then am actually fine calorie-wise for the day.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 2:35 am

Friday - S-DAY.

B - 2 packets of apples and cinnamon oatmeal
S- cookie
L - chicken club (chicken, bacon, avocado, cabbage, mayo, bread), chocolate hazelnut creme brulee

I might still eat something else tonight since I haven't had dinner and am hungry. But I'm also exhausted and might just sleep.

EDIT -- I did end up having some cheese and crackers for dinner.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 4:29 am

Saturday- S-DAY.

B - frozen pancakes with sausage and maple syrup
L - 3 mini cheeseburgers with bbq sauce, 100 calorie pack of cookies
S - kona coffee glazed macadamia nuts
D - beef stew, 2 pieces italian bread

Got my treadmill and got it put together tonight. But I can't seem to get it to turn on. I can't figure out what's wrong and I don't know what's wrong. I was all dressed and ready to get on it after my friends left at 10pm tonight, but I can't. I'm hoping maybe either something will come to me on how to fix it tomorrow or I can get them to come back and they'll see something I'm missing to fix it. I'm sad right now. But I'm sure there's a solution and I'll be going soon.

I did walk around Target while shopping for about 45 minutes. Plus carried garbage down 3 flights of stairs and groceries up.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:35 pm

Sunday - SUCCESS.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - boca "chicken" sandwich on bun with mayo, from frozen fries with ketchup, apple
D - empress pork with white rice, banana

Walked 20 minutes on the treadmill this morning (I figured out turning it on) and will do another 20 minutes tonight. Plus a few trips with garbage and groceries up and down the stairs.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:32 am

Monday - SUCCESS.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - empress pork with white rice, banana
D - apple, yogurt, 2 appetizer things of brie, walnut, and apple in phyllo

I'm really hungry now, but I think I can hold out and just sleep.

I walked on the treadmill this morning before work. That was very good.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Dec 05, 2007 1:12 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk, banana
L - chopped asian chicken salad with french dressing, flatbread cracker with butter, cup of cream of mushroom soup
D - bread with butter (brummel and brown, actually), kiwi, orange

Walked about an hour, slowly. And will do 10 minutes of strength training tonight.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Dec 06, 2007 5:03 am

Wednesday- SUCCESS. Although a highly caloric one due to a nice dinner out.

B - small bagel with cream cheese (brought a packet of oatmeal too, but never got to it)
L - lean pocket, yogurt (brought an apple, but never got to it)
D - (out) piece of bread with butter, part of a mixed greens salad with blue cheese, apple, grapes, walnuts, guinness mac & cheese (so good!), pork chop with a fruit chutney topping

No real exercise. Also no dessert at the restaurant. No alcoholic drink with dinner. And no cookies after the show (we have milk and cookies out for the audience every night).

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Dec 07, 2007 1:38 am

Thursday - FAILURE. Although within an ok calorie limit. Funny how that worked.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk, banana
L - lean cuisine pasta florentine bake, 3 cookies (hence the failure)
D - hummus, cheddar cheese, melba crackers, orange, kiwi

I'm really struggling with PMS related cravings. I just desperately want both sweets and to munch of salty snacks. I succumbed to cookies this afternoon, but resisted getting anything else at the store on my way home tonight. And am managing to have a reasonable dinner.

Also, will get on the treadmill in a few minutes.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sat Dec 08, 2007 2:11 am

Friday - S-DAY. A kind of ridiculous one. I feel pretty lousy about that. I've had way too many cookies today. And a small piece of brownie. And a kitkat bar. Ugh.

Also, salad for lunch. And pizza for dinner.

Ugh.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Dec 09, 2007 12:56 am

Saturday - S- DAY. A better one.

B - grape nuts with milk and a teaspoon of sugar, banana
L - leftover pizza
S - air popped popcorn with butter
D - cheese, crackers, orange, kiwi
S - smart ones molten chocolate cake

Cleaned out and totally re-organized my linen closet including taking down and setting up shelves. And will get on the treadmill tonight.

EDIT -- did 30 minutes on the treadmill and 10 minutes of strength training.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:16 am

Sunday - SUCCESS.

B - steel cut oatmeal with a bit of butter and brown sugar
L - 2 6" homemade (ie no oil) quesadillas, apple
D - (with friends, take-out) chicken pad thai, 2 crab rangoon, 2 shu mai, 1 chicken satay skewer

Walked about 25 minutes today and going to do another 20 on the treadmill tonight.

I'm feeling hungry, but dinner is over so I need to focus on the happiness of the growling tummy meaning I'm losing weight.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 4:23 am

Monday- SUCCESS.

B - cocowheats, banana
L - lean pocket, yogurt, apple
D - (out, at a business dinner) eggplant parmigiana, 2 pieces of bread with butter

I wanted sweets SO bad this afternoon. It was quite a success to resist that, especially with the continuing barrage of cookies at the theater.

And I did 30 minutes on the treadmill this morning.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 3:28 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - chicken pad thai (leftover from sunday), 1/2 banana
D - yogurt, apple, hummus, lots of melba crackers

Did 30 minutes on the treadmill this morning.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 1:44 am

Wednesday - Ugh. Failure. Will I ever get this damn thing down?

Today I fought the fight with PMS and PMS won. Ugh.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:49 am

On the upside I just finished 40 minutes on the treadmill (the last 10 very slow) with 10 minutes of strength training. It felt good.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 4:49 am

Another big fat failure. I'm so frustrated with myself. I need to STOP EATING COOKIES!!!!!!

On the positive, I did 30 minutes with 10 of strength training this morning. And ate my good breakfast and half of my good lunch. And an ok dinner that was within rules. And no dessert. Sadly I also ate what seems like about a zillion cookies throughout the course of the afternoon. Ugh. Again.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 3:00 pm

Miraculously I actually lost a pound this week. I guess that must be largely from exercising every day. And luckily it's helping me want to be back on track to keep moving it forward rather than feeling like it gives me permission to eat too much bad stuff.

So, good. Onward and downward!
Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 7:00 pm

Yesterday was an S day. I ate a ridiculous amount of chocolate. It almost feels like a compulsion. I've been insane about it, particularly this week. It feels like a cycle where once I start I can't stop and just keep adding more and more day after day. So I'm cutting myself off for the week (until next Saturday, so 1 full week because I already had chocolate today). Today is an S day. And Friday will be an S day. And both of them I can have anything I want EXCEPT anything chocolate from this point on. And during the week I can, of course, also not have chocolate. Really none. Nothing. Not even with fruit. Under no circumstance. I need the break.

I think if I can do that and clear it from my system I can calm back down and be in better control again because this is ridiculous. I keep making myself sick and need to stop that.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:02 am

Saturday - S Day. And successfully kept away from chocolate since my commitment to that this afternoon.

B - 2 chocolate truffles, weight watchers individual frozen chocolate cake, cheese and crackers
L - Boca chicken sandwich on bun with mayo, tater tots with ketchup
S - about 10 kona glazed macedamia nuts
D - totinos pizza
S - microwave popcorn

Did 40 minutes on the treadmill with 10 of strength training. It was a good workout.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 12:47 am

Sunday - SUCCESS.

B - (out with friends) banana pancakes
L - pint of blackberries, little bit of cheese and crackers
D - meatloaf with bbq sauce, macaroni and cheese, apple

About to get on the treadmill. I'll do 30-40 minutes there with 10 minutes of weights.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:00 pm

Monday - FAILURE on food and exercise. I'm really getting frustrated with myself on all the sweets Im eating.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 2:40 am

Tuesday - SUCCESS!!! Largely due to the fact that I was too busy to think about cookies today, but still a success. I was at 2 points very hungry and tempted to snack, but instead had my meals (which I was late for and therefore very hungry). That was very good given the bad streak I've been on.

B - odwalla strawberry banana smoothie, skim latte
L - 2 packets of instant oatmeal, yogurt
D - spinach fettucine alfredo (from frozen, so easy and fast to make and helps satisfy my salt craving when I just want to snack instead of eating a meal), orange

Walked about 25 minutes, half of it while mostly pushing and sometimes carrying a small desk.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 2:08 am

Wednesday - SUCCESS.

B - bagel with light cream cheese, orange
L - amy's pesto tortellini bowl
D- honey nut shredded wheat with milk

Also did 25 minutes on the treadmill with 10 of strength training.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:36 am

Thursday - SUCCESS. This is the first Thursday success I've had in sometime so I'm very pleased with myself. It was also a sort of crazy day that involved me being at work at 5:45am. It was kind of a weird food day involving too many carbs, but nothing particularly unhealthy.

B - 1.5 bagels with cream cheese, banana (the extra half bagel was eaten later, but given the (for me) extraordinarily long day I had pre-decided that if I was very hungry nearer my usual breakfast time I could have a little more)
L - bagel with cream cheese (we had them at the theater from the early morning tv news shoot)
D - 2 ounces cheddar cheese, melba crackers, apple

About to get on the treadmill for something like 30 minutes of work.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 1:17 am

Friday -- S-DAY. With too many cookies and too much eggnog at the theater. Not all that much real food, though, what I did eat included 2 fruits and some whole grains.

Saturday - S-DAY. A well-balanced and mild one.

B - honey nut shredded wheat with milk
L - boca chicken on bun with light mayo, kind of a lot of tater tots with ketchup, small banana
S- mrs. fields butterscotch cookie
D - largish green salad with cheese, sunflower seeds, olives, a few raisins, and kind of a lot of poppyseed dressing

Walked about 10 minutes outside earlier and am about to do 30 minutes on the treadmill.

I bought a piece of cake that I love and thought I'd have it for dessert tonight, but I'm full from the salad so I think I'll save it.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 3:30 am

Sunday and Monday - Failures. Ugh. Do I never stop? I was going to call them S days as part of the holidays and absolute craziness suddenly came up with work yesterday, but those are really excuses. These were supposed to be N days and could have been. And I think admitting that is better than pretending.

Tomorrow is an S day and then I'm back on track. I'm heading out on vacation on Friday, though. I think Friday can be an N day with the possible addition of a couple of drinks that night. The rest of the time I don't think snacking will be a huge problem, which is really my biggest problem (and by virtue of snacking too many sweets since I tend to snack on sweets). But I'm sure it will involve both drinks and sweets each day that will be special and location specific so nothing I want to miss. I don't want to stress too much about it. But that means I need to keep my non vacation days on target.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 11:05 pm

I realized that calling today an S day would just be an excuse for me. I'm not doing anything today so there's no reason to be snacking and sweeting. So I was strong and took that out of my plans and am proud of myself for it. The day isn't technically over, but I know I'll do it right.

So, Tuesday - SUCCESS.

B - 3 frozen waffles with syrup, 3 turkey sausage links
L - 2 6" homemade quesadillas with about a tablespoon of sour cream, apple
D - 2 baked salmon patties with lowfat mayo, small baked potato with brummel and brown and a little sour cream (and via virtual plating I've saved a little cup of unsweetened applesauce for later if I want it)

Walked about 10 minutes so far and will do 30 minutes on the treadmill with 10 of strength training later tonight.

I've also planned my meals for the next 2 days.

Julie

thtrchic · Post by **thtrchic** » Thu Jan 03, 2008 5:13 pm

Back from vacation and general holiday chaos and ready to get back on track.

I'm planning my meals for today and will get on the treadmill tonight.

Back tonight to report my success.

Julie