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May 19 2008 02:23
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SUN AUG 17: Do you snack in between meals? Are they planned/scheduled?
Yes, most afternoons I have a piece of 85% dark chocolate and usually right after work I'll have a few chips/doritos 3-4 pieces while I fix dinner. Not really planned but pretty routine
SUN AUG 17: Do you snack in between meals? Are they planned/scheduled?
yes, i eat 5 or 6 times a day, and sometimes snacks are actually bigger than meals (i am for some reason always hungry at 3 pm, so my 3 pm snack is often bigger than lunch at 12)
SAT AUG 16: What are your 5 favorite spices right now?
Lemon Pepper, Weber Chicago Steak Seasoning (I use it on fish), garlic, rosemary
Can't think of 5.
SUN AUG 17: Do you snack in between meals? Are they planned/scheduled?
Yes, they are mostly planned. I have several things I keep on hand for this purpose. Prunes (love the orange essence ones), power bars, apples, frozen blueberries, sometimes almonds.
Wow, I'm way behind. I just got back from a trip to the Oregon coast, where I managed to pick up about 5 pounds worth of water weight. Hopefully it won't stick around long.
THU AUG 14: Do tyou ask for nutritional information at restaurants? (Or check online yourself?)
I look at the nutritionals for horrendous restaurants where I would never eat because I find it amusing. I don't really eat at chain restaurants, so there isn't much info available for the places I eat. I don't eat out enough for it to really make a difference, so I try to choose wisely, and don't worry about it beyond that.
FRI AUG 15: OK, 'Fess up... have you ever tried a fad diet?
My mom and I did Stop in the Insanity. The basic premise was that you don't eat anything that gets more than 30% of the calories from fat, and you exercise multiple times a week. It actually worked pretty well, until I discovered that Skittles and Coke get less than 30% of their calories from fat. Man, that lady was annoying.
SAT AUG 16: What are your 5 favorite spices right now?
Tumeric, saffron, nutmeg, mustard powder, and celery salt
SUN AUG 17: Do you snack in between meals? Are they planned/scheduled?
I snack all day when I'm not at work. They're not planned, but I log as I eat so I know where I stand.
MON AUG 18: Have you ever been SHOCKED by the calorie count of some food item?
Granola! OMG! and fettuccini alfredo.
MON AUG 18: Have you ever been SHOCKED by the calorie count of some food item?
Yes...all my favorites! :o)
MON AUG 18: Have you ever been SHOCKED by the calorie count of some food item?
all those "healthy, good for you cereals"
TUE AUG 19: List your 5 favorite 100 calorie (or less) snacks!
yogurt, fiber one, Laughing Cow cheese wedge on a slice of whole grain toast, light string cheese, 2 squares of Lindt Dark Chocolate (actually I think it comes to 104 calories but hey it's chocolate!)
TUE AUG 19: List your 5 favorite 100 calorie (or less) snacks!
I love sugar free popsicles...but I've eaten them so much over the summer!
I like the itty bitty Hostess carrot cake with cream cheese cupcakes - 100 calorie pack...you get about one bite per little cupcake, but still so good for a sugar fix.
Laughing cow cheese wedges.
Baby carrots.
Any piece of fruit.
It's Tuesday Aug 19 and we're in the Anchorage Airport waiting for our flight to Seattle, then on home to Fresno. We should land around 10pm tonight. We haven't had good Internet access the past 5 days, so I haven't posted as much as I'd hoped. On Mon Aug 18 (yesterday) we spent the day in Anchorage, enjoying some museums and shopping and touristy-exhibits and having dinner with my online friend, Erin... which was nice (fresh halibut ... yum!) Afterward, we were driving around Elmendorf AFB when we spotted a mama moose and a calf right next to the BX parking lot, so we parked and watched them happily munch on clover for about 40 minutes. Being about 30-45 feet from two moosies was the NIFTIEST thing ever!!!!
On Sun Aug 17 we decided to ride the Alaska Railroad from Portage to Grandview, with a whistle stop at the Spencer Glacier. The scenery was just breathtaking and it was nice to sit back, relax, and drink it all in! Seeing vast fields of wild berries, large patches of snow all over the ground, and dozens of beaver dams -- all very cool. On Sat Aug 16 we drove from Girdwood to Whittier (population 300) and took an afternoon cruise of the glaciers of Prince William Sound. We saw thousands of kittiwakes nesting, rafts of adorable fuzzy-muzzle-puffed sea otters, calving glaciers, and seals. We also saw a mom black bear and 2 cubs. On Friday Aug 15 we drove from Seward to Kenai to spend some time with CC's very own Cruebug... which was just delightful! She took me berry picking in her very own back yard! Driving back from Kenai to Girdwood we watched two black bears fishing for salmon along the river -- and even saw one catch (and chomp) a pestering sea gull. On Thursday Aug 14 we visited some lakes, rivers and glaciers around Seward -- our boat trip was cancelled due to 15 ft swells.
Final count of animals seen in the wild: 5 black bears, 3 moose, 2 Dall sheep, about 15-20 beluga whales, about a dozen otters, 2 elk, 2 loons, 3 seals, LOTS of bald eagles, LOTS of ravens, LOTS of magpies, thousands of kittiwakes, one rabbit and one pika.
RON ENCOUNTERS MORE ALASKA WILD LIFE
CHUGACH NATIONAL FOREST (TEMPERATE RAINFOREST)
Glad to see you're trip's gone well, Molly.
Let's see, my 5 favorite snacks:
hard boiled egg whites filled with salsa
spinach enchiladas (I make them with cottage cheese and they're 100 cals each)
strawberry and almond breeze smoothie
thin sliced cucumbers with rice vinegar and red pepper flakes
blueberries. lots of blueberries.
Well.
291.2.
Crap.
Up about 15 pounds from my lowest.
Getting on the scale was a bit sobering, a bit depressing, not terribly surprising, but VERY motivating. I apparently "suck" at maintenance (who am I kidding, I have been in full-blown vacation mode for the last 7 weeks) and it's time to get back on track. With logging everything. With measuring everything. With counting calories. And with losing. And with getting my blood sugars back under control. Dagnabbit. Gaining 2 pounds a week is a heckuva lot easier than losing 2 pounds a week, ya know?
I am trying hard to keep things in perspective -- and focusing on the positive. I've still lost 85 pounds and kept them off for a year (as of Friday.) Who knows, maybe I will be down a pound or two by that one-year mark. Anyway, I'll take 85 pounds for my first year at Calorie Count. I wanted my official loss to stay at that magic 100 mark, but I didn't want it badly enough to stay on track. A lesson learned. Fall off the bike? Get your butt back on the bike.
I did it once, I can (and will) do it again.
(sigh)
UPDATES ON THE DIET FRONT
The scale today was much kinder -- then again, it was so very dreadful yesterday that the only way it COULD move had to be an improvement, right? Anyway, I was at 283 -- down 92 pounds from when this all began, 8-22-08. I will weigh daily through Friday (my one-year mark), because I want to know that number, then I will resume my Official Weigh-in Days (OWIDS) on Saturdays. I must admit I am looking forward to re-entering the 270s (which had been my lowest weight to date.)
- Starting Weight: 375
- Current Weight: 283
- Total Weight Loss: 92 pounds
Breakfast this morning was one cup of Fiber One cereal (120), one half cup of unsweetened vanilla Almond Breeze (20), one Western Bagel Perfect 10 high fiber/low carb/high protein bagel (140), and one slice of Kraft fat free cheese (31).And I logged them. I would've had my usual eggplant hummus, but need to get some at the store, first. I have definitely been neglecting my fiber intake, and I've had only passing flirtations with vegetables. We're nicely stocked at home with some things, but I definitely need to hit at least 3 stores today.... which will get me out of the house, right? (I am still adjusting to the fact that it is 40-50 degrees warmer here than in Alaska!)
UPDATES ON THE HOME FRONT
The exchange student company contacted us a few days ago and informed us that they cancelled the 4-week program here due to an inability to find enough host families, so we are bummed that we aren't Motoko and Minjung -- especially after we did quite a bit of preparation and furniture re-arranging and even assembled the niftiest gift bags for them. Silly me didn't save the receipts from Bath and Body works, so I will be giving away cool sprays and lotions as presents for a long time to come. We've spent a few hours putting things back to normal, and my wonderful DH has agreed to take the "teenager food" we bought to his work so it won't lurk in my pantry, whispering my name.
Surprise, Surprise .... the military completely failed to pay our normal mid-month paycheck. When we noticed it wasn't in our account on the 15th (we have direct deposit), we emailed them and ONLY THEN did they start the "fix it" process. Bottom line? We have to wait 12 days (until Aug 27), to get our normal Aug 15 pay. Sheesh -- welcome back from Iraq, did you really expect that we'd pay you properly??? (Sorry I sound a bit tweaked about this, but they mess up his pay when he deploys, they mess it up while he's gone, and they mess it up when he returns!)
Today's agenda? Laundry! Laundry! Laundry! I also need to run to the grocery store, Trader Joe's, Smart n' Final, and to pick up a prescription. I've filled back yard bird feeders -- still need to do front. And I need to study (start my training for my new job) .... I did some reading on the plane, but need to do more. I figured I'd study in the pool this afternoon! (Doesn't that sound decadent?)
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