So today didn't go as bad as I thought it might.
I consumed 1622 calories which is over my suggested calorie intake by 85 calories BUT I also burnt 785 calories by scraping the ice off the driveway.
I went back to my go-to-the-bathroom-drink-water plan and drank 56oz of water that way (and will have another 8oz before I go to bed). I probably should be drinking more but slow and steady right?
I've decided not to track my coffee intake since a cup is a measly 2 calories and I drink so much of it it's a pain to track each one. What I'm doing instead is tracking my creamer intake. I've also consciously cut down on that. Since I don't drink coffee very fast, a lot of my day is just topping up my cup. So I've done it that I make a normal cup of coffee with my normal creamer, then just adding black coffee until I can't stand the taste anymore. Only then am I adding more creamer.
All in all, a pretty good day. Well see how much water weight is dumped off by Friday's weigh in (since I'm going back to my old Fri/Mon weigh ins)
I find it funny that my longest paragraph here is about coffee lol
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Day 1
Day 1 of a weight loss plan is always painful. It's the day you step on the scale to see how much you suck. Today I sucked enough to have gained over 10lbs since October. Yup, I suck. I was down to 181.4lbs at my last weigh in, today I was at 192.2lbs. *cry*
On a bright side, I did find out that shoveling snow is great exercise and burns lots of calories. Here's hoping we get several feet of snow before spring comes! Another good note. Brianna was asking today when we were going to do more "gym class" type stuff like hiking/running/ect... So that means even after the snow is gone, I should still be getting off my ass.
Today I discovered the nice cheap bagels I bought are over 500 cals a piece *cry* Guess I'm going back to the expensive Weight Watchers bagels. At least they were only 150 cals. I'm also rediscovering my cup-o-soup pouches. While they are pretty high in sodium (never something I've had a problem with so not terribly worried), 2 pouches is just over 100 cals and fills me up. Chances are, this will be my lunch quite often!
Now to figure out supper. I am a BIG lover of comfort food. That sucks. Comfort food usually has 486,935 calories per serving *sigh*
My first long term goal is to be down 25lbs by Olivia's birthday (so 167lbs). My first short term goal is to be 185lbs by my birthday (so down 7.2lbs). I worry more about the short term goal than the long term one.
On a bright side, I did find out that shoveling snow is great exercise and burns lots of calories. Here's hoping we get several feet of snow before spring comes! Another good note. Brianna was asking today when we were going to do more "gym class" type stuff like hiking/running/ect... So that means even after the snow is gone, I should still be getting off my ass.
Today I discovered the nice cheap bagels I bought are over 500 cals a piece *cry* Guess I'm going back to the expensive Weight Watchers bagels. At least they were only 150 cals. I'm also rediscovering my cup-o-soup pouches. While they are pretty high in sodium (never something I've had a problem with so not terribly worried), 2 pouches is just over 100 cals and fills me up. Chances are, this will be my lunch quite often!
Now to figure out supper. I am a BIG lover of comfort food. That sucks. Comfort food usually has 486,935 calories per serving *sigh*
My first long term goal is to be down 25lbs by Olivia's birthday (so 167lbs). My first short term goal is to be 185lbs by my birthday (so down 7.2lbs). I worry more about the short term goal than the long term one.
Friday, January 14, 2011
New (to us) Appliances
These are probably the newest appliances I've ever owned lol
Lee's ex-wife called a few days ago to see if we were still looking for a washer and dryer. Well, they may not work *great* by my washer and dry *were* still working. Anything's better than the laundry mat. Well she said that her husband bought new front loaders (supposedly better in the country with a septic tank) and she wanted to give us her old (5 yrs) set.
Hell yes! Free is my friend :)
Tested out the washer tonight. It's a super capacity so I was able to stuff more than Lee's work clothes into one load. And it's so quiet! And didn't dance across my kitchen! Woooooo!
We didn't try out the dryer though since we dry majority of our clothes on the dry rack in the living room. Especially if it's only one load. When I do 2+ loads over the weekend all the jeans and little things will get to test out the new dryer.
Lee's ex-wife called a few days ago to see if we were still looking for a washer and dryer. Well, they may not work *great* by my washer and dry *were* still working. Anything's better than the laundry mat. Well she said that her husband bought new front loaders (supposedly better in the country with a septic tank) and she wanted to give us her old (5 yrs) set.
Hell yes! Free is my friend :)
Tested out the washer tonight. It's a super capacity so I was able to stuff more than Lee's work clothes into one load. And it's so quiet! And didn't dance across my kitchen! Woooooo!
We didn't try out the dryer though since we dry majority of our clothes on the dry rack in the living room. Especially if it's only one load. When I do 2+ loads over the weekend all the jeans and little things will get to test out the new dryer.
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Lifestyle Changes
I've decided that my new diet lifestyle change will start on the 19th. Olivia's 18 mth birthday. My first long term goal is to drop 25lbs by her birthday. At 24 weeks to go that barely over a pound a week. Doable right? HA!
The first 5lbs will fly off simply by water weight. Not only have I not been drinking my water, but I haven't gotten off my ass in over a month. I can see that first 5lbs off before 2 weeks are gone.
The next 5lbs should still relatively fall off quickly. Just tracking my food portions and not snacking will take care of that. Those should go in another 2-3 weeks.
The remaining 15lbs will hang on for dear life and I'll have to threaten anorexia on them for them to even start looking like they're gonna go away. Unfortunately my fat knows I love food waaaaaay to much to go close to anorexia so it'll probably take me until July 18th to come even close to my 25lbs goal.
Now, I guess to start I'll have to dust off the scale.....
The first 5lbs will fly off simply by water weight. Not only have I not been drinking my water, but I haven't gotten off my ass in over a month. I can see that first 5lbs off before 2 weeks are gone.
The next 5lbs should still relatively fall off quickly. Just tracking my food portions and not snacking will take care of that. Those should go in another 2-3 weeks.
The remaining 15lbs will hang on for dear life and I'll have to threaten anorexia on them for them to even start looking like they're gonna go away. Unfortunately my fat knows I love food waaaaaay to much to go close to anorexia so it'll probably take me until July 18th to come even close to my 25lbs goal.
Now, I guess to start I'll have to dust off the scale.....
Monday, January 10, 2011
Toaster Ovens Rock!
So I took the advice of a friend and found a toaster oven that would fit my bread pan (it also fits a 8in square pan so I can make smaller casseroles too). Such a life saver! I'm back in the bread business!
While completely without baking capabilities I used my breadmaker as it was intended... to bake bread. I didn't like how the loaves were formed, kinda like a cube. One sandwich was about the size of 2 since the bread cube was so large! I did find a yummy recipe though that I'll have to try in the oven/toaster oven.
Lee is of course thrilled since he had been bugging me for a while to buy one, but I didn't see the point since we had a perfectly good oven.....
I'm curious to see my electric bill next month. While I am still using the stove part, the toaster oven says it uses 68% less energy than a regular oven. If my bill is noticeably lower I think I'll keep using the toaster oven unless I need the larger size of the regular oven!
While completely without baking capabilities I used my breadmaker as it was intended... to bake bread. I didn't like how the loaves were formed, kinda like a cube. One sandwich was about the size of 2 since the bread cube was so large! I did find a yummy recipe though that I'll have to try in the oven/toaster oven.
Lee is of course thrilled since he had been bugging me for a while to buy one, but I didn't see the point since we had a perfectly good oven.....
I'm curious to see my electric bill next month. While I am still using the stove part, the toaster oven says it uses 68% less energy than a regular oven. If my bill is noticeably lower I think I'll keep using the toaster oven unless I need the larger size of the regular oven!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
New Year, New Goals
I've always hated New Year's Resolutions but I love goals and lists and challenges. Today I started 101 in 1001. This one I didn't sign up for formally (the official site is down, so I'm doing it on my own), but it looks like fun and was quite challenging to come up with my list. I was going to post my list on this and my homeschooling blog but thought it would be easier to make a separate blog for it and just link it to my existing ones.
I also signed up for a reading challenge (for me? super easy!). That one I've signed up for through my homeschooling blog so head over there if you wanna follow along or sign up yourself!
I also signed up for a reading challenge (for me? super easy!). That one I've signed up for through my homeschooling blog so head over there if you wanna follow along or sign up yourself!
Door Mat Parents
A friend of mine pointed me to a blog that rubbed me the wrong way. I read both the post the link took me to and the previous one that "caused" the author to write the linked one. I can TOTALLY see the humour in the posts, but the blog read to me that BECAUSE toddler behaviour is normal, we as parents should just sit back and let our toddlers/preschoolers, hell, teens, do whatever, because their behaviour is normal for their ages.
And yes, I'm betting the author DOESN'T just sit there and smile while her child pisses on the floor, but it reads like she does. Unfortunately I see this too often. Parents that just let their kids do whatever. This was one of the reason I pulled Brianna out of school to homeschool her. Cause a lot of parents don't give a crap anymore! They don't raise their kids, they let other kids do it or the media. There is no more teaching of manners, courtesy or appropriate behaviour. It's just easier to tell them to go play.
I could go on and on about this topic, but in this day and age it's like beating a dead horse.
And yes, I'm betting the author DOESN'T just sit there and smile while her child pisses on the floor, but it reads like she does. Unfortunately I see this too often. Parents that just let their kids do whatever. This was one of the reason I pulled Brianna out of school to homeschool her. Cause a lot of parents don't give a crap anymore! They don't raise their kids, they let other kids do it or the media. There is no more teaching of manners, courtesy or appropriate behaviour. It's just easier to tell them to go play.
I could go on and on about this topic, but in this day and age it's like beating a dead horse.
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