Challenging myself for February

I was reading Runs for Cookies (link on the side) and there, the owner is doing a February challenge to herself to only eat real food. Well I know I cannot accomplish that, but I am feeling somewhat inspired. I think for the month of February, I will avoid the drive thru. This means no Sonic, no McDonalds, etc. The only exception I will make is a drink, and it MUST be unsweet tea only. (not like that is a problem, I don't drink sweet tea)
I think I will feel better over all if I can do it, and after all, February is a short month. :)
This does ONLY apply to drive thru, because if hubby and I have a chance to go to a sit down dinner, I am taking it!!

Weight gain, eating and skipping

I had the greatest breakfast. It was a smoothie made of ice, low fat pina colada yogurt, pineapple, bananas and an avocado with some pineapple orange juice. It was pretty tasty. I think I will add some fresh carrot juice to the next one I make. That will add some veggies to it.

My weight is up. New all time high. I don't feel like I have been eating more than normal, so I don't know what to blame other than no exercise. Some days I feel like I am fighting a losing battle.

My foot hurts worse. I still think I have a stress fracture. No doubt it is from my weight. The other ankle kills, too.

I tried to teach Amelia to skip. I couldn't do it. I couldn't seem to hop... at all. :(

Pity party. I know I need to just change the way I do things, but I am not, and I should be.

Nice long weekend

Bad decision. Bad Decision. BAD DECISION!!!!
LOL
This weekend, we had Amelia's birthday party. I proceeded to make myself sick on food. By 10 am I had eaten my weight in sandwiches, I had 3 cupcakes, and 2 pieces of pizza. I had a ton of food while watching the game yesterday- and I have already had a big breakfast today, though in my defense, in my eggs are mushrooms and spinach.

GAH. On to better days. Headed back to Beaumont in a bit. The van threw a CEL yesterday so I have to get Doug to his car which is at my moms, and then get the spark plugs replaced in the van tomorrow. Good times.

Birthday Parties

I went to my moms yesterday to get ready for Amelia's 4th birthday party today. This means I spent the day baking cupcakes, which means I was not hungry at all by the end of the day. If I cook a lot, I find that all food grosses me out and I never want to eat.

This morning I have finished icing the cupcakes- blue icing on chocolate and vanilla cakes with Toy Story Squeaky sprinkles. :) I had a lick of icing, but I didn't want any more. That said, I was starving from not eating dinner last night, and I DID devour a pastrami and turkey sandwich loaded with pepperjack cheese. In my defense, I don't anticipate getting much of a chance to eat today, so it is okay I think.
I am so tired and it is going to be such a long, but fun day.

Friday Weigh-In

Well, yesterday finished out okay. For dinner we had a pasta that was essentially the exact same as my pizza, except on noodles instead- garden rotini actually.
I did have a nice dessert- a milkshake- but it was 3 small scoops of ice cream and 2% milk, and only filled a smaller solo cup.

So Friday is my weigh in day. And today was... drumroll please......


204.4

It's a start.

I am a little upset. I was so proud of getting out and running yesterday, and then hubby laughed at how long it took me to run a mile. I am sorry if I cannot run a 7 minute mile like he can... I NEVER could run a mile that fast, and I never will be able to run a mile that fast. (I'd settle for anything under 10) But aside from once or two short bursts on the treadmill, I have not run in a LONG time. It took a lot for me to get off my ass and do it, but I did!! And he laughed.
:(

Running

I decided I wanted to go for a run. I happen to know that from my door, heading south on my road, to the stoplight, across the street, back up north on my road, to the next stop light and back to my front door, is exactly a mile. I decided there was no time like the present, so I started the couch to 5 k app on my phone and took off. Walk 5 minutes, jog 60 seconds, walk 90 seconds, jog 60... rinse repeat. Not a bad plan. Except it is 45 degrees outside. My lungs hurt. And I did not do a full run/walk the whole way. BUT I did a mile in 17:25. My last mile time was 18:23. That is almost a minute less. HOORAY!

Lunch Pizza

This pizza is only around 450 calories. I have never thought shrimp on a pizza sounded good before but this was AMAZING. I topped an 8 inch Boboli crust with a little pizza quick, and sauteed some shrimp, mushrooms, artichokes and spinach in a tiny bit of olive oil. Topped it on the crust with a little part skim mozzarella and there you have it!! It was SOOOOOOOO good!!!

Breakfast Milkshake

And it is a literal milkshake. In the medium canister of my ninja, I put some ice, a frozen banana and a few handfuls of frozen strawberries. I added 2% milk until it would blend smooth, and it came out like a milkshake. It made enough for me, Kay and Mimi.

The cool part is that I am REALLY full from it.

Well, it could have been worse.

Well, yesterday, I took the kids to get a birthday lunch for Amelia, who turned 4.
We went to Sonic, and instead of getting my usual double cheeseburger and a large fry and extra large coke, I got a hot dog meal (which is two small hot dogs, (though one was chili and cheese, in my defense, the other was onions and saurkraut, so it wasn't as bad fat and calorie wise) and I did not make it a larger combo, which means I had a medium fry and a medium coke. I did not even finish the soda though because half way through driving around, Chandler started trying to steal Kays, so I gave him the rest of mine.

After we got home, I crashed because I had been up since 9 pm the night before. I slept straight through until about 330 this am, and so here I sit. I had to run to the store to grab garbage bags, and I must admit I bought and tried one of the new coconut 3 musketeer bars. I MIGHT have chased it with a regular one too, and then came home and ate one of those little packs of the two sausage biscuits. SIGH. Now I feel gross and REALLY wish I had my incline trainer already.

At this point I am begging hubby to just do it already.

Pasta Lunch

Garden rotini with scallops, spinach and mushrooms in a light tomato sauce.

This makes me feel guilty, but I made one bowl of it, so I couldn't over eat, and that was IT. It was so amazingly good.

Breakfast Smoothie

This has a lot of fruit and juice in it, so I am sure there are a good bit of calories, and a LOT of sugar, BUT at least there is no fat in it!!!

It is just ice, mango-passionfruit juice, strawberries and pineapple. Stuck it in my trusty ninja my mom got me and TA-DA!!

Yum.

Pioneer Trail Style

I didn't just fall off the wagon this time. The wheels broke while crossing the river, the horses drowned, and I barely managed to paddle to the other side.

I gorged myself through the holidays. That was fun. Not so much now, but while it lasted. I started going to the diner again while hubby is home. Bad decision. Mmmm french toast.

I started back on soda. I was doing so good without it, but I needed the caffeine one day, and just fell for it. Bad decision.

I started snacking on things more. Bad decision.

I quit going to the gym again, mostly because hubby is never here for me to go, but even when he is, I go maybe 2 times a month. Bad decision.

As you can see, I am not really making excuses. I am owning up to the fact that every one of these is a bad decision.

Last week, I was at my moms for a few days. Thursday, after I got there, we had a delightful meal of tamales and baked potatoes covered in taco meat and tons of cheese (bad decision). That night, I had one of my stomach upsets that left me wondering if I had consumed artificial sweetener, which is what usually causes it.
Friday, I went to lunch with a friend. We had Cheddars, and I had a great New Orleans pasta covered in a spicy alfredo sauce (bad decision). That night, it started again, and it was CLEARLY my gallbladder. I was in so much pain, I nearly went to the hospital. Just as that decision was being made, it finally quit, and I was able to sleep.

After the two days I spent in pain, I decided it might be a good idea to chop a few trees and rebuild that wagon. I cannot live in pain, and I am in no place to have surgery to remove my gallbladder. So step one is cutting out fatty extras. No fried meats, less butter, less processed fat filled foods. Maybe I will realize that losing it is more than just vanity. (good decision)

I am after hubby to buy me a NordicTrack incline trainer. Most people, it would go by the wayside, but I am a treadmill junkie, and I think that I need it, since he is never around long enough for me to go to the gym. Here is to hoping he will agree. (good decision)

Also, I really have to write in this more, even if it is just to say, "Hey, today SUCKED!!" (good decision)