Day 267 - WTF????

Now I feel like I'm being punished way far after the fact. Seriously, I would have understood if the scale was saying this a few days ago when I first looked, but the fact that it's going UP since I started limiting calories again is really just pissing me off. Especially since I went for a run yesterday. Effing scale bastard!

Wednesday morning, 148.9lbs

Food detail for Tuesday:

Breakfast
1 serving 80 Calorie Cereal - Honey Squares - 80
1/2 serving Fat Free Milk - 45

Lunch
2 servings Light Chicken Noodle Soup (Progresso) - 140

Dinner
1/2 serving Penne with Creamy Basil Chicken - 485
Snacks/Other
3 servings Hard Cider - 375
1 serving Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Pop - 100
2 servings Low Fat Ice Cream Bars - White Mint Truffle - 200

Total = 1425

Day 267 (or 278?)

I am choosing to not count all the vacation days that I neither had access to a scale nor the inclination to stay within my calorie budget. And boy, were they unkind. I shall be restarting the diet this week (and restarting my running program as well.)

Tuesday morning, 147.5 lbs

Food detail for Monday:
Breakfast
1 serving 80 Calorie Cereal - Honey Squares - 80
1/2 serving Fat Free Milk - 45

Lunch
1 serving Cheddar Bagels - 340
1/2 serving Whipped Cream Cheese Spread - 35

Dinner
1 5 fl oz serving Chianti Wine - 124
1 serving Lasagna with Meat and Sauce (Large Size) (Stouffer's) - 260
2 servings white bread - 99

Snacks/Other
1 serving Kettle Corn 100 Calorie Pop - 100
1 serving Low Fat Ice Cream Bars - White Mint Truffle - 100
1 serving Low Fat Ice Cream Cups - Dulce de Leche - 150
1 serving Mint Chocolate Chip Cuties - 130

Total = 1463

Day 266

So this will be my last post for about a week.... I'm leaving town this morning and wont have access to a scale... I will try to be good and still count and all, but on vacation there's no promises ;)

Thusday morning, 144.9 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Old World Style Flavored with Meat Pasta Sauce - 80
1 serving SAFEWAY 3 CHS BLEND GRATED - 25
1 cup, cooked Spaghetti - 220

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

Dinner
1/2 cup slices Cucumber (with Peel) - 8
1 serving Mixed Salad Greens - 20
1/4 cup, shredded Mozzarella Cheese - 85
1/2 cup, pieces or slices Mushrooms - 8
1 tablespoon Ranch Salad Dressing - 73
1 medium slice Toasted Garlic Bread - 94

Snacks/Other
4 servings Coconut Rum - 204
1 serving Low Fat Ice Cream Bars - White Mint Truffle - 100
1 serving Tater Tots - 160
1 serving Whipped Vodka - 69

Total = 1406

Day 265

So I had PLANNED to be good. I also PLANNED to go for a run. But then I remembered there were miniature peanut butter cups in the house and I had to work overtime so both of those plans didn't work out.

Wednesday morning, 145.9 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Old World Style Flavored with Meat Pasta Sauce - 80
1 serving SAFEWAY 3 CHS BLEND GRATED - 25
1 cup, cooked Spaghetti - 220

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

Dinner
1 medium (2-1/4" to 3" dia, raw) Baked Potato (Peel Eaten) - 194
1 Skin from 1 large (3" to 4-1/4" dia, raw) Baked Potato Skins - 109
1 cup, flowerets Cooked Broccoli - 34
1 serving Light Soft Spread - 45
1 tablespoon Light Sour Cream - 22
0.2 cup White Corn - 121

Snacks/Other
2 servings Chocolate Miniatures - 440
1/2 serving Low Fat Ice Cream Cup - Dulce de Leche - 75

Total = 1625

Day 264

Wow. I have NO IDEA how I did so poorly. I really didn't intend to. It's like... I had breakfast, and then there wasn't anything for lunch so I made a Caribbean egg sandwich on a cheese bagel and it all went to hell. Oh yeah, and then there were peanut butter cups. And red wine. And then somehow the eggnogg and vodka and hot toddy (with rum) just happened. I seemed to think I wasn't "snacking" but add those drinks up and it's about as much as the chocolate. :(

Tuesday morning, 145.9 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Everything Bagel - 340
1 tablespoon Light Cream Cheese - 35

Lunch
1 large Egg - 74
4/8 serving Everything Bagel - 204
1 serving Fat Free Miracle Whip - 15
1 slice (1 oz) Havarti Cheese - 105

Dinner
1 serving Old World Style Flavored with Meat Pasta Sauce - 80
1 serving SAFEWAY 3 CHS BLEND GRATED - 25
1 cup, cooked Spaghetti - 220

Snacks/Other
2 servings Chocolate Miniatures - 440
1 tbsp Honey - 64
1 serving Light Eggnog - 120
1 serving Mint Chocolate Chip Cuties - 130
1 serving 5 fl oz Red Table Wine -125
1 fl oz (no ice) Rum - 64
1 serving Whipped Vodka - 69

Total = 2110

Day 263

Yesterday I felt awful all day. Blaming hangover.

Monday morning, 145.9 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Everything Bagel - 340
1 tablespoon Light Cream Cheese - 35

Lunch
1/4 cup slices Cucumber (with Peel) - 4
1/2 serving Mixed Salad Greens - 10
1/4 cup, pieces or slices Mushrooms - 4
0.125 cup, shredded Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese - 43
1 tablespoon Ranch Salad Dressing - 73

Dinner
1 serving Chicken Corn Chowder - 200

Snacks/Other
8.3 servings Cool Whip Fat Free - 124
1 serving Fiber Plus Antioxidants Chew Bars - Caramel Coconut Fudge - 130
1 serving Light Eggnog - 120
1 serving Low Fat Ice Cream Bars - White Mint Truffle - 100
1 fl oz Rum - 64
8 crackers Saltine Crackers - 103
1 serving Tater Tots - 160

Total = 1510

Day 262 - the upside of a hangover? the scale is nice.

Did much better than expected yesterday due to shopping for hours and not being home and then going out and just having half a salad for dinner. Rum helps. Or hurts. both.

Sunday morning, 143.5 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
2 large Egg - 147
1 slice (1 oz) Havarti Cheese - 105
1/4 cup White Corn - 151

Lunch
1 serving Everything Bagel - 340
1 tablespoon Light Cream Cheese - 35

Dinner
1/4 cup slices Cucumber (with Peel) - 4
1/2 serving Mixed Salad Greens - 10
1/4 cup, pieces or slices Mushrooms - 4
0.125 cup, shredded Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese - 43
1 tablespoon Ranch Salad Dressing - 73
1 medium slice Toasted Garlic Bread - 94

Snacks/Other
4 servings Coconut Rum - 204
2 servings Whipped Vodka - 138

Total = 1348

Day 261

Ate WAY too much dinner but then went to bed hungry again... ate dinner pretty early and then only had whipped cream for a snack in all the hours we spent watching DVDs of Dexter before bed...

Saturday morning - 145.3 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Asiago Cheese Bagel - 310
1 tablespoon Light Cream Cheese - 35

Lunch
1 serving Everything Bagel - 340
0.2 serving Light Vegetable and Noodle Soup - 24

Dinner
1 tbsp Guacamole - 23
1/2 cup Refried Beans - 118
1 serving Sauteed Onions and Bell Peppers - 160
1 taco or tostada Taco with Beef, Cheese and Lettuce - 221
1 10 chips Tortilla Corn Chips - 146

Snacks/Other
8.3 servings Cool Whip Fat Free - 124
2 servings Fortune Cookie - 64
1 cocktail Margarita - 168
1 serving Whipped Vodka - 69

Total = 1802

Day 260 - Back on track...

Did really well - mostly because we went out and I couldn't "snack" all evening.. but then we got home late and went straight to bed but we were both STARVING because we'd been smelling the bagels Crystal gave us all the way home. Will be eating at least one of those today...

Friday morning, 145.3lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Bagels - 157
1 tablespoon Light Cream Cheese -35

Lunch
2 servings Organic Split Pea Soup - 200

Dinner
1 1/2 servings Homestyle Selects Lasagna Italiano - 390
1 1/2 servings white bread - 74

Snacks/Other
4 servings Coconut Rum - 204
12 servings Cool Whip Fat Free - 180

Total = 1240

Day 259

Did slightly worse today because I went out for a drink with the girls and just HAD to have a can of cider. man, that stuff will be the death of me.

Thursday morning, 146.6 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
Mark's leftover sausage skillet from Village Inn consisting of:
1 large Egg - 74
2 oz French Fried Potatoes (As Purchased, Salt Added, Frozen) - 99
3/4 serving 2 links Fresh Pork Sausage - 128
0.125 cup Sausage Gravy - 47

Lunch
Caribbean Egg Sandwich with cream cheese substituted for Cheddar consisting of:
1 large Egg - 74
1 serving Fat Free Miracle Whip - 15
1 tablespoon Light Cream Cheese - 35
2 slices homemade bread - 148

Dinner
1 3/4 cups Chicken Fried Rice - 575

Snacks/Other
12 servings Cool Whip Fat Free - 180
1 can Crispin Hard Cider - 270
4 homemade sugar cookies - 158

Total = 1803

Day 258

Did nominally better than yesterday, and with Mark's help, we are now free from Almond Roca torture. I shall try to be better in future. And ran again. Ankle still tweaking, but manged to feel ok after a couple miles. Seems to be working though...

Wednesday morning, 146.6 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1/2 cup Milk (Nonfat) - 43
1 serving Selects Great Grains Crunchy Pecans Cereal -210

Lunch
1 serving Light Vegetable and Noodle Soup -120

Dinner
1 medium (2-1/4" to 3" dia, raw) Baked Potato (Peel Eaten) - 194
1 Skin from 1 large (3" to 4-1/4"dia, raw) Baked Potato Skins - 109

Snacks/Other
3 0/3 servings Almond Roca - 660
1/2 serving Bagels - 78
1 tablespoon Light Cream Cheese - 35
1 serving 5 fl oz Red Table Wine - 125

Total = 1574

Day 257

So my first day back to counting calories and I've done DREADFULLY. Part of the problem is having Almond Roca in the house, the other part is going grocery shopping and spying the CPK BBQ chicken pizza and that my Safeway out of the blue has suddenly started carrying THE GOOD CIDER. Both of my favorites (Woodchuck and cans of Strongbow!!!!!!) So naturally that was dinner that destroyed all the good I had done by having a can of soup for lunch and going for a short run... even though my ankle isn't quite up for it yet.

Tuesday morning, 148.5lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1 serving Almond Roca - 200

Lunch
2 servings Light Roasted Chicken & Vegetable Soup (Reduced Sodium) - 140

Dinner
1 1/2 servings CPK BBQ Chicken Pizza - 558

Snacks/Other
1 serving Almond Roca - 200
2 servings Hard Cider - Amber - 400
2 oz  (35 nuts) Honey Roasted Peanuts - 318
4 servings sugar cookies - 158

Total = 1975

Days 254, 255 and 256

Fell COMPLETELY off the diet wagon as soon as PMS hit. Been eating chocolate like it was going out of style and did the final damage yesterday by going to Village Inn and eating nearly my ENTIRE breakfast of strawberry crepes, country potatoes, bacon and biscuit with gravy. I even had one of Mark's pancakes. I felt awful the rest of the day for being so full and I can't even say it was worth it. I simply have no willpower when it comes to those kinds of breakfast foods.

So I am attempting to "restart" the diet - I only had 9.9 pounds to go and now I'm back up so many by this morning that I'm literally embarrassed to post them. And I thought I would weigh LESS after my period. Guess that depends on how much you let yourself eat DURING hell week.

Monday morning, 148.5lbs

Food eaten? Oh, tons. And none of it recorded due to embarrassment but there were entire bags of Halloween chocolate bars and at least two large bags of M&Ms and a jar of honey roasted peanuts.

Days 252 and 253

As this is "period week" I've been awful about recording things. Especially things like all the chocolate I've been eating.

Thursday morning, 144.9 lbs

Day 251 - Halloween!

Ate breakfast really late, and had super yummy leftover curry chicken from Suki's so didn't need to have lunch, then Mark made ham and potato cube dinner so that was good and then we went to the bar and I remembered they added sweet potato fries to the menu....mmmmm..... and then for Halloween they had candy on the bar, so naturally I had to have some.

Tuesday morning, 144.9 lbs

Food detail:

Breakfast
1/2 chicken breast with sauce Chicken Curry - 160
1 1/2 cups , cooked White Rice - 306

Lunch - nada

Dinner
1/4 cup, chopped Green Peppers - 7
1 serving Ham Steak - 90
1/4 cup, chopped Onions - 17
1 potato medium (2-1/4" to 3- 1/4" dia) Red Potatoes (Flesh and Skin) - 153

Snacks/Other
4 servings Coconut Rum - 204
10 tsps Powdered Sugar - 97
1 serving Sweet Potato Fries - 360

Total = 1394 (plus random candy corn and halloween candy eaten at the bar wilst ordering drinks.