Days 157 and 158

Friday was so long ago I can't even remember it.

Yesterday I worked the Overlook Village street fair from 8:30am to 6:30pm and then raced to Vancouver to vend at the Cassiopia 5th Saturday Belly Dance show till after 10pm. O.M.G. so tired.

Sunday morning... can you believe I've been so busy I didn't have time to weigh myself? We'll check it tomorrow.

Food detail Friday:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving 45 Calories and Delightful 100% Multi Grain Bread (Sara Lee) - 90
1 serving Honey Apple Butter Trader Joe's - 35
1/2 serving Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter - 90
1 serving Special K Cracker Chips - Sea Salt - 110

Dinner
5.2 oz boneless, cooked Chicken Breast (Skin Not Eaten) - 222
3.9 oz Red Potatoes (Flesh and Skin, Baked) - 98

Snacks/Other
3 servings Orange Slices Candy - 390
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160

Total = 1408

Food detail Saturday:

Breakfast
1 serving Deep Chocolate Vitatops - 100

Lunch
1 serving 45 Calories and Delightful 100% Multi Grain Bread (Sara Lee) - 90
1 serving Honey Apple Butter Trader Joe's - 35
1/2 serving Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter - 90

Dinner
2 oz boneless, cooked Chicken Breast (Skin Not Eaten) - 85

Snacks/Other
1 serving Chocolate Chip Cannolis - 190
1/2 Chocolate Cupcake - 82
1 serving Peanut Butter Sandwich Crackers - 180
1 serving Sunset Wheat Beer - 165
1 5 fl oz serving White Table Wine - 122

Total 1139

Day 156

Man, a Last Thursday can really screw up your eating schedule! I was hungry already at 4pm when we went to set up, waited as long as I could to call and ask for dinner delivery at 6:30 and then didn't get my sandwich until after 8pm! Was STARVING by then and very lucky I didn't eat all of Rachel's cookies!

Friday morning, 150.8 lbs

Food Detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving Bistro Smokehouse BBQ Style Ranch (Ready Pac) - 260

Dinner
1/4 California Avocados - 72
1 serving Grilled Cheese - 330

Snacks/Other
2 medium Chocolate Chip Cookies (with Butter) - 156
1 serving Fruit Gushers - Watermelon Blast - 90

Total = 1121

Day 155

So the other day the scale was just teasing me because this is my second day at 150.8 lbs. It's weird though... I'm noticing on the days I have 1300 or more calories, I stay the same or go up, but if I have 1100 or less I go down. Is it really a matter of 200 calories???

Thursday morning, 150.8 lbs

Food Detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 1/2 cups cooked Whole Wheat Spaghetti - 258

Dinner
1 serving BBQ Chicken Pizza For One - 510

Snacks/Other
1 serving 100 Calorie Pack Twinkie Bites - 100
1 serving MGD 64 Lemonade - 64
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160

Total = 1305

Day 154

So must have been a fluke yesterday, because the scale was a bitch again today. I swear it only gives me the good days so it can turn around and spank me the next. Or maybe it was all the spaghetti. I don't know. I just know I don't like it.

Wednesday morning, 150.8 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving Bistro Chef Salad - 270

Dinner
2 cups cooked Whole Wheat Spaghetti - 344


Snacks/Other
1 oz Coconut Milk (with Water) - 65
3 servings Cool Whip Whipped Topping Lite - 60
1 serving Fruit Gushers - Watermelon Blast - 90
2 oz Late Harvest Wine - 64
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160
1/2 serving Special K Cracker Chips - Sea Salt - 55
1 fl oz Vodka (90 Proof) - 64

Total = 1385

Day 153 - OMG, OMG, broke 150!

So yesterday's 5 mile run may have had something to do with it but OMG!

Tuesday morning, 149.4 lbs!

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Deep Chocolate Vitatops - 100

Lunch
3 cups cooked Whole Wheat Spaghetti - 517

Dinner
1 1/2 servings Ceasar Supreme Complete Salad Kit - 210

Snacks/Other
1 serving Fruit Gushers - Watermelon Blast - 90
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160
1 serving Vanilla Ice Cream Cups - 100
1 serving weight watchers weight watchers candy bar ice cream bar - 150

Total = 1327

Days 151 and 152

So, Saturday, I had a 9 hour hair/makeup/photoshoot thing which really messes with your eating... I was doing fabulous until the VERY end of the day when I got home and couldn't resist chowing down 2 cups of spaghetti. Fortunately, it doesn't seem to have hurt me much at all. The scale didn't even move. So yay! Then Sunday, we did a shit ton of yardwork and I have never sweated so much in my LIFE and then went to Stanford's happy hour for a nice salad and Sangria. Spent the rest of the day making beautiful jewelry.

Sunday and Monday mornings, 150.4 lbs

Food detail Saturday:
Breakfast
1 serving Colby Jack Cheese Sliced - 80
4 oz Ground Beef (90% Lean / 10% Fat) - 197
1 serving Hamburger Buns - 110

Lunch
1 slice Deli Sliced Ham - 34
1 serving Doritos - Nacho Cheese - 150
0.4 tbsp Mayonnaise 23 1.96 0.288 1.41 0 0.38 0.05 42 2 1
1 serving Pepper Jack Cheese - 80
1 Potato Rolls - 128
1 thin slice Roast Beef - 56

Dinner
2 cups cooked Whole Wheat Spaghetti - 344

Snacks/Other
1 cup cubed Cantaloupe Melons - 54
2 servings Coconut Rum - 102
1 serving Milk Chocolate Bar - 210
1 slice Pineapple - 40
1 serving weight watchers weight watchers candy bar ice cream bar - 150

Total = 1758

Food detail Sunday:
Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
nada

Dinner
1 Sangria - 173
1/2 serving Santa Fe Chopped Salad - 336

Snacks/Other
1 serving 100% Real Fruit Strip - 45
1 serving Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Pop - 100
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160
1 serving weight watchers weight watchers candy bar ice cream bar - 150

Total = 1177

Day 150 - Sweet mother of Fuck YEAH!

The very proof that you can eat yummy food and still lose weight. You've just got to know when to say when.

Saturday morning, 150.4 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43 0.22 0.143 5.94 0 6.24 4.18 64 2 203

Lunch
1 serving Bistro Chicken Caesar Salad - 230

Dinner
1 serving Colby Jack Cheese Sliced - 80
4 oz Ground Beef (90% Lean / 10% Fat) - 197
1 serving Hamburger Buns - 110
1 serving SFWY STEAK FRIES - 110

Snacks/Other
2 servings Coconut Rum - 102
1 serving MGD 64 Lemonade - 64
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160

Total = 1266

Day 149 - where a trip to the movies doesn't put me over by too much

So, got my run in at lunch yesterday - all 4.82 miles of it, and that took up so much time that I wolfed down my Lean Cuisine lunch and didn't have a snack afterwards because I was busy posting things for sale on Etsy. Good thing too, because at nearly the last minute Mark and I decided to go see the new Harry Potter flick and I HAVE to eat something at the theatre, usually popcorn plus something sweet.

Friday morning, 151.9 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving Lean Cuisine BBQ Chicken Quesadilla - 270

Dinner
1 1/2 servings Original Ham Steak - 75
5.7 oz Red Potatoes (Flesh and Skin, Baked) - 144

Snacks/Other
6 cups Oil Popped White Popcorn - 330
1 1/2 servings Peanut Butter Candy in a Crunchy Shell Pieces - 285

Total = 1317

Day 148 - Yay! ankle is better!

Mysterious ankle pain went away and while I had other plans at lunch (had to get my eyebrows waxed and dyed), after work I got in 45 minutes on the treadmill before my abs class (which my friend Deena calls "Ukranian Smackdown" due to the instructor).

Thursday morning, 151.9 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving Bistro Smokehouse BBQ Style Ranch (Ready Pac) - 260

Dinner
1 serving Lasagna with Meat and Sauce (Family Size) - 280

Snacks/Other
1 serving 100 Calorie Pack Twinkie Bites - 100
1 serving Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Pop - 100
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160
1 serving weight watchers weight watchers candy bar ice cream bar - 150

Total = 1263

Day 147 still can't run on this ankle

So either the scale is messing with me, or I've hit upon a formula.... eat like a pig at lunch, and have a salad for dinner - in other words, do like everyone always says and have most of your calories before 6pm. Whatever, perhaps it was sitting around in my new compression bra all morning waiting to go for a run that failed.

Wednesday morning, 151.9 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Golden Corn Vitatops - 100

Lunch
2 cups Chicken Fried Rice - 657

Dinner
2 servings Green & Crisp Lettuce with Iceberg and Romaine - 30
1/2 serving WSHBNE RANCH DRESSING - 60

Snacks/Other
1 serving 100 Calorie Pack Twinkie Bites - 100
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough -160
1 serving weight watchers weight watchers candy bar ice cream bar - 150

Total = 1257

Day 146 - Ouchie! Ouchie! Ouchie!

So first thing yesterday morning, I tweaked my ankle.... not by DOING anything, just walking around the house and it seized up. Same shit it does occasionally, but hasn't been doing it much since I've been running regularly. I still contend that when the surgeon cut off a bone spur a dozen years ago, that he left a chip in there and that it just swims around and around the ankle hurting me in different spots depending on where it happens to be. Can't prove it, of course, but that's what I imagine it is.

Oh, and I seem to be forgetting to log some foods as they are eaten, and then I end up adding them at the end of the day right before I export the log to my email and discover I've gone over my count. This is not a good habit.

Tuesday morning, 153.2 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving Kettle Chips - 214
1 piece Meat Pie - 258

Dinner
1 cup Chicken Fried Rice - 329

Snacks/Other
5 servings Cool Whip Whipped Topping Lite - 100
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160
1 serving weight watchers weight watchers candy bar ice cream bar - 150

Total = 1424

Day 145

Went to film a scene in a vampire movie yesterday and only managed to have some toaster waffles before I left the house and had no idea how long it would take or anything, and around 2 or 3pm I was getting a little hungry and had to film a scene where I was sucking the blood of my victim and got a gullet full of fake blood and nearly hurled. Had to run to the craft service table and wolfed down 3 chocolate brownies to get the taste of the fake blood out of my mouth so kinda ruined my count for the day. On top of that I made Mark take me "somewhere not gross" to eat after I had showered and we ended up at the pub (not exactly low cal) but I needed that.

Monday morning, 153.2 lbs

Food detail: (I wonder.... do I have to count the fake blood?)

Breakfast
1 serving 7 Grain Waffles - 150

Lunch
uh.... fake blood?

Dinner
1 serving Kettle Chips - 214
1 piece Meat Pie - 258

Snacks/Other
3 Brownies - 387
1 serving Marshmallow Circus Peanuts - 140
1 pint Blackthorn cider - 193

Total = 1342

Day 144

So I go from one extreme to the other. Usually happens on run days. Especially when it's 100% humidity and the sun is BEATING down on me.

Sunday morning, 153.2 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
nada

Lunch
1 serving Macaroni & Cheese - 300

Dinner
Sukis dinner salad =
1/2 cup slices Cucumber (with Peel) - 8
1 serving Mixed Salad Greens - 20
1/2 cup pieces or slices Mushrooms - 8
0.125 cup shredded Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese - 43
1 tbsp Ranch Salad Dressing - 73
1 medium slice Toasted Garlic Bread - 94

Snacks/Other
3 servings Coconut Rum - 153
5 servings Cool Whip Whipped Topping Lite - 100
1  Lindor Stracciatella Truffle 76

Total =  875

Day 143

Ok, I see the problem now. I am having way too many snacks, and snacks have more calories than my meals. What I need to do is add a 4th meal. I'll work on that.

Saturday morning, 153.2 lbs

Food Detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Deep Chocolate Vitatops - 100

Lunch
1 serving 45 Calories and Delightful 100% Multi Grain Bread (Sara Lee) - 90
1 serving Honey Apple Butter Trader Joe's - 35
1/2 serving Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter - 90

Dinner
2 servings Colby Jack Cheese Sliced - 160
4 oz Ground Beef (90% Lean / 10% Fat) - 197
1 serving Hamburger Buns- 110

Snacks/Other
2 servings Buccaneer Joe's Unburied Treasure White Cheddar Corn Puffs - 280
1 serving Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Pop - 100
2 servings Orange Slices Candy - 260
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160
1 serving Ultra Lime Cactus Beer - 95
1 serving White Mint Truffle Bar - 100

Total = 1777

Days 141 and 142

So, I didn't blog yesterday because I was angry at the scale. After several days at 152.1, I was back up to 153.4. I have no idea why, perhaps I'm cheating my numbers again, but damnit, I'm tired of being in the 150's. I went for a run and did Day 1 of Week 8 of Freeway to 10k and it didn't even make a difference.

Friday morning, 153.2lbs

Food detail Wednesday:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving pad see ew - 570

Dinner
1 serving Brown Jasmine Rice - 160
1/4 serving Extra Crunchy Peanut Butter - 48
1 serving szechuan chicken - 210

Snacks/Other
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160

Total = 1361

Food detail Thursday:
Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving Cranberry Walnut Mix - 110
1 large Toasted Pita Bread - 236
1 serving Traditional Hummus - 90

Dinner
1 10 chip serving Tortilla Corn Chips - 146
1 serving Veggie Fajita - 290

Snacks/Other
5 servings Coconut Rum 255 (2 were actually Kraken rum)
1 serving Orange Slices Candy - 130
1 serving Vanilla Ice Cream Cups - 100

Total = 1570

Day 140

So for anyone who didn't read the astonishing news yesterday, one of my favorite artists and in fact my absolute fav fantasy artist, Amy frickin Brown, "favorited" some earrings on my Etsy site so I offered her a coupon to get them for free just so I can say Amy Brown wears my stuff. So that's my big news.

In other news I almost nearly failed to complete Week 7 because I went at lunch and only get 45 minutes for lunch and my training runs are now up to about an hour and 20 minutes so I did 4 intervals of the 6 and came home after about 55 minutes. which, is probably more than YOU did at lunch, am I right?

And then Mark went to book club with me (yay!) and we cozied up on the velvet sofa in the balcony of the Bagdad and watched Maltese Falcon with a glass of Pinot Blanc and a big ass chocolate chip cookie, 'cause some days my life is just perfect.

Wednesday morning, 152.1 lbs (even after that big ass cookie)

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving Bistro Smokehouse BBQ Style Ranch Salad - 260

Dinner
1 serving Cranberry Walnut Mix -110
1 large Toasted Pita Bread - 236
1 serving Traditional Hummus - 90

Snacks/Other
3 Chocolate Chip Cookies (Soft Type) - 206 (there was no option in the program for "big ass cookie" so I just put in for 3 soft types - I am guessing it was probably more than this anyway, but I think I over-charged myself for dinner so it's all good)
2 servings Pinot Blanc Wine - 241
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160

Total = 1516

Day 139

I don't get it. Some weeks I will be the same thing every single day and it's infuriating that no matter what I do or eat that it doesn't change. And then there's weeks like this one where it changes every single day and I cannot find any rhyme or reason for it. I had a small breakfast, a salad for lunch and then WAY too much Pad See Ew for dinner (OMG, so much nom) and then a little snack before bed and LOST weight? I just don't get it.

Tuesday morning, 152.1 lbs

Food detail:
Breakfast
1 serving Deep Chocolate Vitatops - 100

Lunch
1 serving Bistro Chef Salad - 270

Dinner
1 1/2 servings pad see ew - 855 (I'm guessing here, I was too hungry to weight it and I had two bowls)

Snacks/Other
1/2 serving Buccaneer Joe's Unburied Treasure White Cheddar Corn Puffs - 70
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160

Total = 1455

Day 138 - WTF?

So perhaps I'm not being as vigilant as I should when choosing from the list of items that come up when I do a search in the program for what I am about to eat. Yesterday, we ordered a BBQ chicken pizza. So I looked it up in the program and just selected the first thing that came up, saying 900 and something for a whole pizza and put in the quarter of it I ate. And then later, when I had 2 more slices, I recorded them as well. I think maybe the math is off, even though 2 slices WERE a quarter of this pizza, it's really not possible that they were only 242 calories total,  because the scale is being a bitch this morning :(

Monday morning, 153.4 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
nada

Lunch
1/4 serving BBQ Chicken Pizza - 242

Dinner
1/4 serving BBQ Chicken Pizza -  242
1 medium stick or slice Soft Bread Stick with Garlic and Parmesan Cheese - 191

Snacks/Other
2 servings Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 320
Total = 995

Days 136 and 137

So Friday we went to the pub for dinner - there's no listing in my program for Cornish Pastie, so I entered it as "Meat Pie".... hopefully that's close.

Then Saturday I had leftovers and ran Day 2 of Week 7, then walked the Mississippi Street Fair for a while and then got all dolled up and danced all night with Voodoo Cirkus.

Sunday morning, 152.3 lbs

Food Detail:

Friday
Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
3.8 oz Beef Top Sirloin (Lean Only, Trimmed to 1/8" Fat, Select Grade) - 137

Dinner
1 cup Mashed Potato (from Fresh) - 256
1 piece Meat Pie - 258

Snacks/Other
2 servings Coconut Rum - 102
1 1/2 servings Hard Cider - 188
2 servings Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 320

Total = 1474

Saturday
Breakfast
nada

Lunch
1 piece Meat Pie - 258

Dinner
1 serving Corn Dog - 210
1 cup Mashed Potato (from Fresh) -256

Snacks/Other
4 servings Budweiser Light Beer - 440
3 fl oz Vodka (90 Proof) - 193

Total = 1357

Day 135

Thought I was going to go over because I was SOOO hungry after my run that I ate 2 whole servings of pasta and then had to get something else at Suki's after. Didn't end up going over too much.

Friday morning, 152.3 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Deep Chocolate Vitatops - 100

Lunch
2.2 oz Beef Top Sirloin (Lean Only, Trimmed to 1/8" Fat, Select Grade) - 79

Dinner
2 servings Angel Hair Pasta - 420
1 serving three cheese pasta sauce - 80
1 medium slice Toasted Garlic Bread - 94

Snacks/Other
4 servings Coconut Rum - 204
1 serving Ritz Crackerfuls - Four Cheese - 130
1 serving White Mint Truffle Bar - 100

Total = 1207

Day 134

Went to abs class last night - a friend who works with Mark who also attends the class on occasion likes to call it Ukranian Smackdown. The tiny woman who runs the salon below the gym teaches it. She's not a great teacher in that she doesn't always know what she's doing, but she does manage to find ways of making you hurt. Last night she said she was going to "take it easy on us" because it was so hot out and the gym didn't have the A/C on. All that seemed to mean was that we didn't have to use the step props during the warmup.

Went home and Mark BBQ'd steak for us while I took a shower. Mmmmmmmmmm......

Thursday morning, 152.3 lbs

Food Detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43

Lunch
1 serving 45 Calories and Delightful 100% Multi Grain Bread (Sara Lee) - 90
1 serving Concord Grape Jelly 50 0 0 13 0 10 0 4 0 0
1/2 serving Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter - 90
1 serving Vanilla Ice Cream Cups - 100

Dinner
4.3 oz Beef Top Sirloin (Lean Only, Trimmed to 1/8" Fat, Select Grade) - 155
1 cup fresh Cooked Green String Beans (from Fresh) - 77
10 strips French Fried Potatoes (Cottage Cut, Pan Fried, Frozen) - 99

Snacks/Other
1 serving 100% Real Fruit Strip - 45
1 serving Crispy Tahoe White Chocolate Chunk Macadamia Nut Cookies - 130
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160
1 serving Michelob Ultra Lime Cactus Beer - 95

Total = 1304

Day 133 - the end of F210k Week 6

Got back on track yesterday, and then went to the gym and ran the hardest I ever have. I've been trying to increase my speed to get a better time on my next race and I guess running outside I just don't have any way of judging that. It was pretty warm and WAY too sunny yesterday so I went to the gym and finished Week 6 of my Freeway to 10k program on a treadmill. Week 6 had me run 6 intervals of 8 minutes each with a 1 minute walking recovery. I managed the first interval at 4.7 mph, the second at 4.5 mph, the 3rd at 4.4 mph and did the other 3 at a mix of 4.2-4.4 mph. At the halfway point I was already DYING (the A/C doesn't work so well at the gym, but I had a fan next to my treadmill or I would have straight up quit).

By the time I got to the 4th interval I was really ready to quit. I got to thinking about how some days are just too much and it's ok to not finish, but then I saw the time on the treadmill saying I'd only been at it for 25 minutes, and felt like if I quit then I'd be a failure. I figured I'd keep going till I hit at least 30 minutes (I completely forgot that I already did 10 minutes on a different treadmill then switched to the one by the fan), which would be the end of that interval. Then I got to thinking about how much I disliked the music in Week 6, and if I quit I would have to hear it AGAIN. That's really all that kept me going. And then the only other gal in the gym finished her elliptical workout and got on the treadmill next to me. That kind of helped too.

It's sort of a competitive thing when I get to the gym and work out longer than ANY OTHER PERSON THERE. She had arrived after me and if I could just keep going till she left..... and she started with a walk, and when she started to run, I was pacing her, which also helped. And she figured out how to turn on the tv over her treadmill (mine was missing it's remote) so I watched her tv for a while and that helped. And then on my last interval, she quit and walked away so I had won my internal time competition and then the very last thing that got me through it was that.... I miscounted. I thought I had a whole minute left to go on my last run and my podcast gave the musical indication to switch to a walk and I had done it. I had finished Week 6. I was the color of a pomegranate, but I did it.

Wednesday morning, 152.3 lbs

Food Detail:

Breakfast
1/2 serving Fat Free Milk - 45
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170

Lunch
1 serving 45 Calories and Delightful 100% Multi Grain Bread (Sara Lee) - 90
1 serving Concord Grape Jelly - 50
1/2 serving Reduced Fat Creamy Peanut Butter - 90

Dinner
1 serving Lasagna with Meat and Sauce (Family Size) - 280

Snacks/Other
1 serving Ritz Crackerfuls - Four Cheese - 130
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160
1 serving white cheddar rice & corn cakes - 40

Total = 1055

Days 130 and 131 and 132

So I am floundering just above 150 because I keep having too many days where I just can't be made to give a shit. Perhaps it's because I look SO much better at this weight than I did when I started, or the long days, weeks and months of denying myself good foods and my repeated mantra of "I can't eat that" are taking their toll. I recovered from my week in St. Louis only to be thrust into a shitty 3-day weekend where we were constantly reminded how we fucked up by buying a house too close to an apartment building.

Tuesday morning, 153.8 lbs

Food detail:

Saturday, July 2, 2011

Breakfast
1 serving Instant Oatmeal - Maple and Brown Sugar - 160

Lunch
1 serving Whopper Jr. Sandwich with Cheese - 390

Dinner
1/2 cup slices Cucumber (with Peel) - 8
1 serving Mixed Salad Greens - 20
1/2 cup pieces or slices Mushrooms - 8
0.125 cup shredded Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese - 43
1 tbsp Ranch Salad Dressing - 73
1 medium slice Toasted Garlic Bread - 94

Snacks/Other
1 serving 100% Real Fruit Strip - 45
1 serving 90 Calorie Chewy Bars - Chocolate Peanut Butter - 90
2 servings Coconut Rum - 102
1 serving snackwell's chocolate chip cookies - 100
4/8 serving Tater Tots - 96

Total =  1229

Sunday July 3rd

Breakfast
1/2 serving Fat Free Milk - 45
1 serving GOLEAN Crunch! - 190

Lunch
1 serving Aranciata (Can) - 130
1 Chicken Sandwich with Spread - 265
1 serving Kettle Cooked Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper Potato Chips - 140
1 serving Roasted Garlic and Parmesan Potatoes - 140

Dinner
4 1/2 oz Fresh Spinach Pasta  -370

Snacks/Other
1 serving MGD 64 Lemonade 64 0 2.4 0
1 serving White Mint Truffle Bar -100
I swear there was something else here, but I forgot to record it..... hmmmm

Total - 1444

Monday, July 4th

Breakfast
1 serving 7 Grain Waffles - 150

Lunch - nada

Dinner
1 Sangria - 173
1/2 serving Santa Fe Chopped Salad - 336

Snacks/Other
1 cup Berry Cobbler -  508 (really? doesn't that seem high?)
1 serving Crispy Tahoe White Chocolate Chunk Macadamia Nut Cookies - 130
1/2 serving Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Pop - 50
0.125 serving Red Velvet Cake - 59
1/2 cup Vanilla Ice Creams - 145

Total = 1551 (having dessert at Stanfords... yep, that's me not giving a shit)

Day 129

I went for a short run and kept the calories down and lost more than a pound from yesterday, so I think the damage has been controlled.

Saturday morning, 152.8 lbs

Food detail:
Breakfast
1/2 serving Fat Free Milk - 45
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Cereal - Berry Yogurt Crunch - 170

Lunch
1 serving Chicken Corn Dogs - 180

Dinner
1 3/4 cups Meatless Fried Rice - 439

Snacks/Other
1 serving Orange Slices Candy - 130
1 serving Smooth & Dreamy Ice Cream Sandwiches - Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough - 160

Total =  1124

Day.... well..... so I took a week off so we'll just go ahead and call this 128.

So a week in St. Louis with my sister and the first day I had a Dunkin doughnut for breakfast. Yeah. It was like that. Then we had White Castle for lunch. Oh Yeah. Add to that some Italian food, a Scottish pub, a steak house, the Cheesecake Factory and I just totally blew the diet for a week, but hey, I was working hard even if it was mostly mental working and running around town (not so much running for reals). SO, yesterday was my first day back on the diet.

Friday morning, 153.9 lbs

Food detail:
Breakfast - uh, nada.

Lunch
Wendys Ultimate Chicken Grill Fillet - 320

Dinner
Taco Bell Beefy 5-Layer Burrito - 400

Snacks/Other
1 serving Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Popcorn - 100
1 serving Orange Slices Candy 130 0 0 33 0 25 0 15 0

Total = 950