Down the Ocean, Hon!

Tomorrow morning we are headed "Down the Ocean, Hon".  I'm pretty excited.  We are going to Chesapeake Beach Water Park all day Thursday (near Annapolis), then we are headed to OC!!!  So many traditions. 

I have every intention of eating well today, tonight will be stuffed peppers (I think).  I'm taking dinner makings for Friday and Saturday night too (pizza dough/sauce/cheese and chicken pasta with broccoli).  I figure we can eat in our place then go out to enjoy some special treats and spend our money else where!  We will probably take the boys to Jolly Roger for some rides and I know we'll hit the boardwalk.  Should be fun!  Then of course there will be the beach!!  SO PEACEFUL!!  I'm pretty excited about the beach. 

Terri and I hit the road last night.  We went to the track at the HS.  Track running is BORING!  We probably won't do that again and we only went 1.75 miles anyway (only .75 was running).  This is much less than we normally do.  We will hit the road in our neighborhood tonight before I leave.  I hope to run while in OC...the whole city is FLAT so hills won't be an issue.  I CAN do this; I will run in OC!!!

Yesterday's food journal:

Food:	Notes:
Veggie Sausage on Eng Muffin	YUM
Coffee with Cream	Ritual
GM (sweet vanilla almond milk, blueberries, mango, banana, spinach)	Ritual
Pita Chips (staceys naked) big handful	Good but still fried.
Diet Pepsi	caffeine, YES PLEASE>?!
HUGE salad: greens, shredded carrots, ched cheese, salsa, sour cream, left over ground turkey taco meat, 1/2 avocado, 2-3 pita chips broken into salad)	OMG…SO DELICIOUS.  I could eat it all over again.  Note that I used half an avocado…so worth the 135 calories!!!  I LOVE Avocado!
Watermelon	Mmmmmmm
Nature Valley Granola Thin (dark chocolate) 80 calories	Don’t know where this came from but it was on the kitchen counter this morning so I took it.  LOL
Thai Lettuce Wraps (iceberg, ground turkey, asian dressing (lite), PB, peanuts, red peppers, crunchy lo mein noodles) - 3	SO YUMMY!!!
Few Bites of DQ Blizzard	The boys got a blizzard from DQ tonight…what a rip off $10 for 2 mini blizzards and one large!  I had to have a few bites of each!
Banana	Muscles hurting…I thought a banana before my run would help
Exercise:
Ran the Track at BAHS tonight (1.75 miles)	It was OK…didn't LOVE the track!  Ran 1 mile, walked the rest
Water:
Pretty good, 24 oz at work, 8 while running, 16 on return from running

Snack time: Nature Valley Granola dipped in dark chocolate? (Yes Please!!!!)

Yesterday was overall a GREAT food day.  I am definitely on the bandwagon of intuitive eating.  If I want a bite of something I won't let the calories stop me and "I'm not "counting" calories but calories do count"

Life is good!  TTFN (213)

Confession and Inspiration

Confession: I didn't run last night and I really beat myself up about it...I even tortured myself by watching Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives on Food Network!  I LOVE that show but it always makes me hungry and not for healthy food.  Oh well...that was last night!  Today is a new day.

Inspiration:  Roni inspired me last night...I was reading back on some of her old posts and I found this: http://ronisweigh.com/2011/06/stop-what-are-you-grateful-for-at-this-very-moment.html.  I found myself in tears realizing that there are so many other important things in life and not one of them is about my body!  Time to let it go...

Format Change for my posts...I am going to start a food journal (more structured), like Roni does...it is a great way to gauge my indulgences :)  Below is Yesterday's Journal:

Food:	Notes:
Morningstar Veggie Sausage, 1 piece of rye bread and 1/2 slice of American Cheese	LOVE this bfast sandwich
DD Coffee with Cream and 3 equal	Morning ritual
Green Monster (blueberries, almond milk (unsweet), Pineapple, 1/2 banana, 2 c. spinach)	Morning ritual
1.5 cups Watermelon	YUM
Banana	trying to snack on fruit instead of pretzels
1/2 C. Pretzels	didn't work…still had the pretzels
Salad: Greens with shredded carrots, light asian dressing (Kens), 5 Tyson Chicken Nuggets (cut)	OK but didn't really hit the spot
Gala Apple	trying to snack on fruit instead of pretzels
Tacos for dinner (ground turkey and crunchy shells with sour cream, salsa and red. Fat ched. Cheese) - 4	Didn't need 4 tacos but I did gauge my hunger level after 3 and I decided I still wanted another one.
Watermelon (a few pieces)	I have a love affair with watermelon
Exercise?
NONE (BUST)	Not feeling so good about this choice.  I should have pushed myself!
Water?
Horrible	which explains the headache and muscle aches last night!

Note: a little quote I got from Monica at www.runeatrepeat.com (I think she got it from someone else at BlogHer 2011): "You don't have to count calories but calories count" PROFOUND!!!  LOVE IT!

I felt pretty good about my choices and I had to stave off some pretty serious cravings but I did and the results (even without exercise) were interesting (I lost the 2.5 lbs I'd gained over the weekend).  I'd like to get below 210 this century please :) LOL

Alright that's all I got...TTFN (213.5)

Sabotage

That is my only explanation!  I'm not happy at this weight yet I am eating like a crazy woman!  So to recap my weekend...

Friday:  Breakfast was normal english muffin/veg sausage and GM.  During the afternoon we had HR Cut Day.  We went to CPK for lunch and the movies.  At CPK I had the lettuce chicken wraps (650 cal) and a Strawberry Mojito.  Then at the movie I had a little popcorn and some snocaps (NOT GOOD).  For dinner we got Chinese Carryout.  I got Chicken an Broccoli (not a horrible choice) and a veggie egg roll (pretty bad choice).  The worst part is that I wasn't even very hungry.  I felt stuffed (uncomfortably stuffed)!  I put Livie to bed then ended up at Patient First with Mase for an ear infection.  Note: NO EXERCISE

Saturday: Breakfast was non existent.  I woke up and did a quick 1.25 mile run then I cleaned the house like a CRAZY woman.  Around 10:30 I had a little of the left over Chinese food.  We went to the pool around noon for Family Fun Day.  It was a lot of fun.  Lunch around 1p consisted of a cheese burger.  I Snacked Snacked Snacked on pretzels and baked Doritos.  We decided at the last minute to invite my little cousins (Darren 10 and Davina 13) to come up and (a) spend time with the boys and (b) babysit for us while we went to see Harry Potter!  YAY!!!  We'd been dying to see Harry Potter.  Only problem is that before the movie we went to La Tolteca.  LITERALLY the BEST Mexican Food in Maryland (that I've ever had).  The Best food and Margaritas mean +++ calories!  I got an Enchilada and a tamale with some Spanish rice and re-fried beans.  SO GOOD BUT SO BAD!!  Then the chips with Salsa...I was a crazy woman!  After dinner we went to get me a coffee b/c I was tired and still had a 2 hour movie to watch.  The movie was REALLY GREAT!  Date night was a success!

Sunday: We woke up with all the kids and I made French Toast with cinnamon swirl bread.  I had 2 pieces...it was REALLY GOOD!  We left around 11 to get the cousins back home and we made our way to Panera for lunch.  I had the BBQ Chopped Chicken Salad (ALOT OF CALORIES).  Then we went to Mom and Dad's for Dad's Bday dinner #2!  Mom made Lemon Fried Chicken and her homemade Mac and Cheese.  I had a little of both and a LOT of salad.  I then devoured a big piece of pineapple upside down cake. 

Holy Moly, I have it in for myself.  I don't know why I do it!  I consumed ALOT of extra unnecessary calories this weekend.  Today I am back on track (starting to sound like a recording).  I had my veg sausage on a piece of rye bread today, GM and Coffee.  I think I'm going to eliminate MOST refined flour out of my diet...no more than 1 serving to bread a day, no pasta, no cereal and NO REFINED SUGAR!  I'm not going to worry about the trivial servings like salad dressing, etc...

I've done this before...it is really just a cleanse to get me back to where I want to be.   Come on April!!!

TTFN (216)

CAN

can: (v) [kan]:  1.  to be able to; have the ability, power, or skill to.  2.  to have the power or means to.

Discovery of the word CAN has been interesting.  Terri noticed on Saturday (during our quick 1.25 mile run) that we said "can't" alot...she then went to WW and saw on the window - CAN (spelled out in huge letters).  It is interesting how much further you can go when you just think Can instead of Can't.  Last night was fairly successful.  We've done more but total distance was about 2.3 miles.  About 2/3 of this distance were run (jogged, slightly hopped, whatever you wanna call what we do LOL).  The point is really just to push a little further, do a little more and NO EXCUSES!!!  We can do it we just have to do it!!!  Tired legs, numb toes, side stiches, heat, there are lots of things that can stand in our way...we just have to push through!!  Let's see where CAN can get us!!!

Last night we went out to dinner for my dad's bday...as such I didn't get home until a little before 8.  Terri waited for me and we hit the road.  It felt good but this morning I'm exhausted!!!  I am completely wiped out.  I'm drinking my coffee now so hopefully this will help.

BFAST today is from DD.  I got my egg white flat bread and coffee.  I'll GM in about an hour.  Lunch will be a veggie burger on english muffin and 3 left over potstickers from dinner last night (TGI Fridays).  Snacks will be light b/c I have a meeting from 10am til about 11/12.  Dinner tonight will be grilled chicken or grilled fish...not sure which!  Then we'll probably hit the pool for an evening swim before I hit the road (with Terri) again tonight!

Life is good...just need a nap!  :)
TTFN (215) note: I've been gaining and losing the same 2lbs since June 1st!

This week...

This week has been crazy...I feel bad for not posting :(

I'm still holding fast between 212 and 215.  Exercise this week has been ok.  From last week:
Thursday: Ran 2 miles with Terri
Friday: nada
Saturday: 1 mile with Terri
Sunday: Ran by myself 1 mile
Monday: Monday Ran by myself 1 mile
Tuesday: nada
Wednesday (tonight): Plan to run with Terri 2 miles

Food has been ok too.  Veggie Burgers for lunch, Dinner has been light, Bfast has been veggie sausage sandwich with GM.  Dinner tonight will be out at Friday's for my dad's birthday.  Lunch today will be out also...I'm meeting a friend at Chili's.  Based on the fact that we're going out to dinner tonight, I'm going to make lunch really light!  I think I'll just have a side salad.

That's all I got for today!!  TTFN

Come on motivation!!! 

Last night I had an icecream at the pool then a couple chips around 8p (UGG...I never eat this late).  I've got to stop eating just b/c I feel like it!  I love summer but it's killing me this year :)!

It's Offical

It's official I'm a runner!!!  LOL  We ran 1.8 miles last night without only a .2 mile break in the middle (walking).  IT FELT GREAT!  We're taking tonight off but will be back on Saturday morning! 

Food has been a little crazy this week.  Lunch has been standard veggie burger/salad until yesterday.  We went to Cafe Spice...OMG...I get in trouble here.  It was so good and I ate WAY too much.  I felt ill all night only had some mussels blanco at the restaurant where we went for dinner and a glass of wine.  Then we ran almost 2 miles but I still gained back 2lbs I'd lost earlier this week.  I hope I can keep it together at the pool this weekend.  I've GOT to figure out how to keep the snacking to a minimum.  No idea but I'll figure it out.  Tonight is crabs at the pool with my mom and dad.  Saturday will be pool all day and Sunday we may drive to Chesapeake Beach Water Park b/c I have passes and it would be fun :)

TTFN all :)  215.5

Holy Moly

We RAN last night.  Like REALLY RAN!!!  We ran almost the entire route (just under 2 miles)!!!  Thanks to Terri for pushing me!!!!  I'm very proud of us!

Food is being crazy but I'm really happy at my progress over the last two days.  I'm back to my stuck spot: 213.  This was my weight when we left for Ireland.  I'd really like to be 209 sometime soon!!!

GM still every day, good protein breakfast, lunch has been light, snacks have been sparce, b/c I'm SO BUSY!  Exericse is happening every day...WOOT!