Monday, April 21, 2008

4.21.2008

Eating went well this week-end. I got inspired Saturday by a cooking show, and made brown rice w/roasted veggies (zucchini, red and yellow pepper, and onion, and a lot of spices, and olive oil) and baked chicken. Sunday, fixed some pasta w/turkey ham, peas, olive oil and parm. Even did okay today, and got in a walk this afternoon. Had a subway foot long for dinner (roast beast, one of 6 under 6, so even at a foot long, not too bad. and loaded it up w/veggies) Then what do I go and do? Eat a half a box of cheese-its. GAAAA!!!

But let's focus on the good. One slip, lots of good. And I will get right back on the good wagon.

And I think I know what knocked me off the wagon...sugar. After lunch, I had a small snack-size bag of skittles to get rid of the Chinese food breath. Then I had some peanut brittle. So, let's be honest...3 bad things to all the good. Still, I will get right back on the good wagon. All is not lost. My health educator from my insurance company called last week, and she reminded me not to beat myself up. (that doesn't count as exercise; right Shauna?!?!) When I slip, and I will, (or maybe even jump feet first!) I need to get over that, and be more careful for a few days to compensate for the infraction. I can do that. I can be positive and supportive of myself. I didn't blow everything with one (or 3) slips. I am still learning to eat in a more healthy and appropriate manner.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

4.13.2008

Went to a new Chinese buffet in town tonight. Grand opening special, 50% off coupon. They had a large, varied selection, including sushi. I put into practice the concept we learned in my mindful eating training of gourmet, not glutton. I had a little of many different things. I left food on my plate if I didn't like it, and didn't feel guilty about it. I ate a little too much, but left feeling a little past full, not stuffed, miserable and bloated like I would have in the past.

I was talking to Sean afterwards about how I feel a buffet is kind of a waste of money if you're not going to put on the feed bag, unless you have the 50% off coupons like we did. He suggested I see it as a way to try a lot of different things, not to eat too much. I think that was mentioned in the mindful eating training, too. So that's how I'm going to look at a buffet now. Not that I still want to go very often. Still feels pretty tempting.

Sunday, April 06, 2008

4.6.2008

Spring is finally here. We have taken 2 walks in 2 days. We walked around our neighborhood for 20 minutes yesterday, and at Fairbanks Park for about 15 minutes after breakfast today.

We went to Cracker Barrel this morning, and our meal sharing has continued. I got an omelet, and Sean got pancakes, and we split them, so we both got some carbs and some protein. We did this a couple of nights ago at La Familia de Jeshua, too. We both got spinach salads, and split a calzone. Sharing meals seems to be a way for us to indulge a bit and control portions.

Had my last session for the study at ISU yesterday. We were to take 2 foods for a meal; 1 healthy and 1 not so healthy. I took cottage cheese as my not so healthy, and explained my experiment to them. I took my homemade salsa and baked scoops for the healthy. You get about 15 scoops for 120 calories, and my salsa is just tomatoes, onion, garlic, cilantro, jalapeno pepper and salt and pepper; very low in calories and chock full of good nutrients. And if you have your own bowl of salsa, you can double dip those 15 scoops as often as you want!

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

4.1.2008

350.5

Well, the changes I'm making must be having a good effect. I'm down 1 lb officially. 4.5 lbs from Saturday, to be painfully honest.

When the weather finally clears, we are going to start walking again. Tonight after work was cold and windy. Rain is predicted the rest of the week, but the week-end should be nice.

My cottage cheese experiment is going well. It took me 4 days to go through a 24 oz carton, and Sean even got a serving!