I am losing faith in this blog. The whole point of keeping it was to "keep me honest" and deter me from being lazy and eating unhealthy foods. I'm doing pretty well about not being lazy, but I am very touch-and-go on the dieting piece.
My will to eat delicious food lately is over powering my desire to lose weight. I want to eat Doritos. I want to eat delicious homemade truffles. I ate both of those things today. The funny thing is, today I was also ridiculed for eating raw veggies at lunch once again. "Ridiculed" is quite an exaggeration, but I am still going to use the word for dramatic effect.
Tomorrow's weigh in will not be good. While I did very well on the weight loss challenge, the weight loss did not translate as well on my home scale. Also, I'm pretty sure a couple of those pounds have weaseled their way back into my life.
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Vegetables Are My Friends.
Why is it that I get so many questions and comments about my raw vegetable lunch? For the last few weeks, I've been having a heaping plate of raw veggies along side some sort of lean protein for lunch. "Wow, that's a lot of veggies." "Now that's a healthy lunch." "Do you have some ranch to dip those in?" "The weight loss challenge is over. You're still doing that?"
Yes, that's a lot of veggies and there are probably fewer calories in this entire plate of veggies than there are in the bread in your sandwich. Yes, it is a healthy lunch and that is the point. No, I don't dip them in ranch because that would defeat the whole purpose of eating them. Yes, I am still doing this because my weight loss challenge is not over.
Trust me, I would rather be eating a ham and cheese sandwich and a cup of soup. Unfortunately, that is not going to take me where I want to go.
My cheat week is over and I need to buckle down. Making truffles yesterday was not a good idea, but it needed to be done.
Yes, that's a lot of veggies and there are probably fewer calories in this entire plate of veggies than there are in the bread in your sandwich. Yes, it is a healthy lunch and that is the point. No, I don't dip them in ranch because that would defeat the whole purpose of eating them. Yes, I am still doing this because my weight loss challenge is not over.
Trust me, I would rather be eating a ham and cheese sandwich and a cup of soup. Unfortunately, that is not going to take me where I want to go.
My cheat week is over and I need to buckle down. Making truffles yesterday was not a good idea, but it needed to be done.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Sugar.
I had a check-up at the doctor today, which also resulted in a half day of work. I used my half day to experiment with the truffles that I am going to make for my sister's baby shower. I tried two recipes: chocolate peanut butter and white chocolate raspberry. Both tasted great, but the consistency of the raspberry filling made it really difficult to work with. There must be a secret to working with gooey filling.
As I've mentioned on multiple occasions, I love baking and cooking. That made this afternoon a lot of fun. I wish I could spend every afternoon like that. However, my stomach is not having so much fun tonight after sampling the candy that I was making.
In the last week I really have noticed how much worse you feel when you eat crap all of the time. When I eat healthier I feel more energetic and even happier. Not everyone has the guilt gene, but I do and eating unhealthy makes me feel guilty. That is why I need to get back on this diet. Actually, I did very well today aside from the truffle sampling.
My check-up went well. I had been wondering if my hearing was impaired due to spending my teenage years listening to heavy metal and punk music until my ears rang, but it turns out that there is only one low frequency that I can't hear. I have decided that half of all men speak at this frequency, including my boss and my husband. I apologize guys, and so do the Suicide Machines.
I have a new doctor, and she thinks that I may need to step up my dose of Synthroid. Synthroid is the medicine that I take for hypothyroidism. I'll find out in the next week or so. That could be another step toward figuring out why my weight is such a pain in the ass to control.
As I've mentioned on multiple occasions, I love baking and cooking. That made this afternoon a lot of fun. I wish I could spend every afternoon like that. However, my stomach is not having so much fun tonight after sampling the candy that I was making.
In the last week I really have noticed how much worse you feel when you eat crap all of the time. When I eat healthier I feel more energetic and even happier. Not everyone has the guilt gene, but I do and eating unhealthy makes me feel guilty. That is why I need to get back on this diet. Actually, I did very well today aside from the truffle sampling.
My check-up went well. I had been wondering if my hearing was impaired due to spending my teenage years listening to heavy metal and punk music until my ears rang, but it turns out that there is only one low frequency that I can't hear. I have decided that half of all men speak at this frequency, including my boss and my husband. I apologize guys, and so do the Suicide Machines.
I have a new doctor, and she thinks that I may need to step up my dose of Synthroid. Synthroid is the medicine that I take for hypothyroidism. I'll find out in the next week or so. That could be another step toward figuring out why my weight is such a pain in the ass to control.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
It's Sunny and Cold. Boo.
Sunny and warm would be great. Regardless, I am talking Jet out for a nice long walk today. I'll just have to bundle up.
I've spent the morning shopping. I bought a banana yellow, high waisted pencil skirt that looks great on me. I very much have an hourglass figure, so anything that sits high on the waist looks pretty good on me. Hip-huggers are another story.
I won't be around this evening to post, so I thought that I would just post now. I'm going to go ahead and consider today a pretty good day in light of how the past week has been. I just now ate lunch and I had some tuna salad with a Cheez-It 100 Calorie Pack. That doesn't really follow the 17 Day Diet rules, but it's not a bad lunch. I'm having Indian food for dinner, which is in general not terrible for you. In fact, most Americans could probably benefit from eating more Indian inspired food.
Off spend some quality time with my dog.
I've spent the morning shopping. I bought a banana yellow, high waisted pencil skirt that looks great on me. I very much have an hourglass figure, so anything that sits high on the waist looks pretty good on me. Hip-huggers are another story.
I won't be around this evening to post, so I thought that I would just post now. I'm going to go ahead and consider today a pretty good day in light of how the past week has been. I just now ate lunch and I had some tuna salad with a Cheez-It 100 Calorie Pack. That doesn't really follow the 17 Day Diet rules, but it's not a bad lunch. I'm having Indian food for dinner, which is in general not terrible for you. In fact, most Americans could probably benefit from eating more Indian inspired food.
Off spend some quality time with my dog.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Too. Much. Food.
I was so bad today. I'm feeling it. In fact, this morning I was thinking to myself about how much better I felt before starting this binge week. Apparently my body was enjoying the break from carbs and excessive amounts of fat.
I could have done worse at lunch. The peanut sauce on my stir fry and the flat bread served with it were probably the only unhealthy ingredients. By the way, loved the Flat Top Grill.
For dinner, Chris wanted Olive Garden. I was not about to skip out on an opportunity to avoid cooking dinner, so we went. It tasted great, but my stomach is revolting a bit right now. We each had two drinks, salad, bread sticks, and an entree. We split a dessert. I only ate half of my entree. Does that count as a win?
On a positive note, I discovered this morning that I have not totally lost my endurance. It's been a while since a ran for more than 5 minutes. You may recall that I've been doing 2, 2 minute sprints at 7 mph after lifting each morning. Well, this morning I had already finished my lifting for the week so I decided to spend 20 minutes on the treadmill. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could run at 5.5mph for all but one minute of it. If I had pushed a little harder I probably could have ran the entire time.
I'm thinking about running the Dexter-Ann Arbor 5k. My employer will match my registration fee in a donation to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. That's a $60 donation. My brother spent a lot of time there as a kid, so Mott is a special cause for me. Also, I was just two days out from running my first 5k when my brother passed last fall. I did not end up doing it and he's probably complaining to Jesus right now about how I broke my plans because of him.
I could have done worse at lunch. The peanut sauce on my stir fry and the flat bread served with it were probably the only unhealthy ingredients. By the way, loved the Flat Top Grill.
For dinner, Chris wanted Olive Garden. I was not about to skip out on an opportunity to avoid cooking dinner, so we went. It tasted great, but my stomach is revolting a bit right now. We each had two drinks, salad, bread sticks, and an entree. We split a dessert. I only ate half of my entree. Does that count as a win?
On a positive note, I discovered this morning that I have not totally lost my endurance. It's been a while since a ran for more than 5 minutes. You may recall that I've been doing 2, 2 minute sprints at 7 mph after lifting each morning. Well, this morning I had already finished my lifting for the week so I decided to spend 20 minutes on the treadmill. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I could run at 5.5mph for all but one minute of it. If I had pushed a little harder I probably could have ran the entire time.
I'm thinking about running the Dexter-Ann Arbor 5k. My employer will match my registration fee in a donation to C.S. Mott Children's Hospital. That's a $60 donation. My brother spent a lot of time there as a kid, so Mott is a special cause for me. Also, I was just two days out from running my first 5k when my brother passed last fall. I did not end up doing it and he's probably complaining to Jesus right now about how I broke my plans because of him.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Where Are You, Spring?
I've had about enough of this 30 degree weather. My tulips and daffodils have, too.
My cheat week continues. Leftover pizza for dinner. Tomorrow I will be trying Flat Top Grill for lunch. I've never been, but I hear it is very similar to Mongolian BBQ and is delicious. I will be sure to report my findings tomorrow.
On Saturday, I'll be eating dinner at Shalimar with Chris, my sister, and her husband. Shalimar is a great Indian restaurant in down town Ann Arbor, and I'm really looking forward to it.
How can someone that loves food as much as I do ever be able to stop being on a diet? I can't. I am going to have to go through life constantly denying myself the food that I really want to eat. There is a positive side to that though. After weeks of eating "healthy" foods, the indulgent foods feel so much more indulgent. Everything in moderation... I guess.
My cheat week continues. Leftover pizza for dinner. Tomorrow I will be trying Flat Top Grill for lunch. I've never been, but I hear it is very similar to Mongolian BBQ and is delicious. I will be sure to report my findings tomorrow.
On Saturday, I'll be eating dinner at Shalimar with Chris, my sister, and her husband. Shalimar is a great Indian restaurant in down town Ann Arbor, and I'm really looking forward to it.
How can someone that loves food as much as I do ever be able to stop being on a diet? I can't. I am going to have to go through life constantly denying myself the food that I really want to eat. There is a positive side to that though. After weeks of eating "healthy" foods, the indulgent foods feel so much more indulgent. Everything in moderation... I guess.
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
"Late Night Snack."
I just discovered a new Ben & Jerry's flavor called "Late Night Snack." It has a vanilla ice cream base with a salty caramel swirl and fudge covered potato chip clusters. Doesn't it sound awesome!?!? I was thinking about getting Coldstone for my Friday night treat, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to get this instead.
They also have a new "Red Velvet Cake" flavor that I will be trying another time.
By the way, there wasn't any thunder or ice last night. The Weather Channel is a tease.
I had pizza for dinner tonight, just like I planned. It was good, but there is a lot left. There is probably enough left for dinner tomorrow. That does not bode well for my diet.
Still no word on the payout for the weight loss challenge. I hope I hear something tomorrow.
They also have a new "Red Velvet Cake" flavor that I will be trying another time.
By the way, there wasn't any thunder or ice last night. The Weather Channel is a tease.
I had pizza for dinner tonight, just like I planned. It was good, but there is a lot left. There is probably enough left for dinner tomorrow. That does not bode well for my diet.
Still no word on the payout for the weight loss challenge. I hope I hear something tomorrow.
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