ronit's Journal

Gained a little this week

Nov 08 2009 21:24

Even though I'm not keeping to logging and journaling regularly I am working on making it easier to keep to the diet. I made two Rice and Lental Shepard's pies, one for dinner and one for another day, and will be setting up this weeks baking day. I also have some nice chicken soup measured out for us to take as we want.

Joe will be out Tuesday and I'll be out on Wednesday. The rest of the week is at home. If there's no rain I plan on working in the garden. Maybe I'll even psych myself up for a good walk in the yeshuv. In any case, I need to go though my pantry and menu plan for the grocery list before Joe's day out.

As mentioned earlier I'm going to bake this week. I want a nice breakfast bar for when we travel and I'd like another dessert for Shabbat. Measuring out the dry ingredients for some pancakes would be nice as well. If I get some nice veggies to freeze I expect I'll set that up too.

Mitzi can go out in the morning for her meals now. She's doing quite well even though she did remove one stich earlier. I've told Joe that if it rains or gets too cold during this week Mitzi comes in again.

Atti is gaining slowly. She went up from 2.7kg to 3.4kg over Shabbat. (~4kg is minimum for cats) That's a good gain even if she still feels too underweight and bony. I had to force her to eat some of the sofened kibble before she devored the container I made for her. Later in the day I accidently scared her from eating some dry kibble she found laying around for her. For now I'm thinking the problem might be her sense of smell and eyesight agrivated by some psychological fear of being pushed away by the other cats. Having her in the house should help until she's more normal in weight.

I'm below maint but not sure by how much

Nov 05 2009 20:29

I was good about adding my intake for breakfast and lunch. Dinner was the problem. Since I was right on for fiber and protein, below optimum for fat but high on carb I ended up with a sneaky dinner of a high fiber cracker and salmon spread. It wasn't a good idea to have this at the computer. I ended up eating without keeping track of how much I ate. Still, I'm sure I didn't go over my maint, even if I may have gone over the recomended allotment.

Tomorrow should be fairly easy. I've already made most of the foods for Shabbat. Soup, a gravy for one meat dish and rice are the only things left to make and they shouldn't take very long. I've even begun logging Shabbat and should have the time to complete it tomorrow.

Procrastinating again

Nov 04 2009 17:53

I didn't get to completing the entries of what I ate yesterday nor today. Hence, I didn't do the math for either day. No respectable reason except I didn't make the time to do it.

I did, however, keep to healthier foods than I would normally eat when not logging. Joe and I had oatmeal for breakfast and eggs with homemade hashbrowns for lunch. Tonight I'm having some mixed veggies and some ww small pitas. My snack was some low fat cottage cheese.

Later tonight I'm planning on going to a women's group. It's something in addition to the laughing yoga so I'll be out a little longer than my usual Wednesday.

Tomorrow is a cooking day. I was planning on baking but may not since we have a reasonable amount of bread. While shopping on Monday I found a bakery that makes tiny regular pitas and small ww pitas. I bought enough for at least one to two weeks worth. I'll still do a little 'baking' but not as much as I originally planned. Besides I have two nice chickens that need to be sorted out into soup and main course meals.

Yesterday was hectic

Nov 03 2009 09:18

I was out all day and very very tired when I got home. My younger cat, Mitzi, went in for sterilization. While she was in with the vet I was walking around shopping in the rain. I didn't eat much and by the end of the day I had to have Joe come help me with bringing things home, mostly groceries and the cat items we need.

I'm sure I didn't eat properly or enough compared to how much exercise I had. I had some burekahs for breakfast and lunch and a nice homemade meat TV dinner for supper. Then I plopped into bed and slept until this morning.

I've started the day out well with a nice warm breakfast of oatmeal with maple and wallnuts. Lunch plans will include cottage cheese and veggies. Dinner depends on my totals but should include veggies and protein.

Activities today include cleaning up the livingroom from yesterday's shopping and deciding on what I'll be baking for desserts and on-the-go breakfasts. Caring for Mitzi and checking Atti's weight are also on the agenda. I'll b"n add my deficit remainder later today.

My meal plan is not normal today

Nov 01 2009 15:34

I'm in pain from my back and hips and not eating properly. I'll probably end up going down early instead of having dinner. I may even break down and take asprin/ibuprofin soon. B"H Joe has the homemade tv dinners from Shabbat to eat.

My deficit, if accurate, will be heafty with good totals. The problem is that since I'm so restrictive in movements I don't feel it's an accurate deficit. I did log what I ate, including the 4 marshmallows, and may do the math later or tomorrow. For now I'm just going to relax.

Tomorrow Mitzi is going to the vet for sterilization. Joe wants me to wait on it if I'm still in pain but I'd rather take care of it now and be done with it.
Tuesday I'm home and hopefully working on some house stuff.
Wednesday I go to learn in B'nei Brak.
Thursday I'm hoping to be well enough to bake again.

6003-716=5287

Oct 29 2009 15:46

Yeah. I know. I didn't log for two days and now I'm using the totals from my last log. It's off, probably by quite a bit, but I want to keep to the routine so when I do get back into logging regularly, and not giving myself excuses to not log, I can follow the routine easily.

Yesterday I did get out to Bnei Brak and had my usual walk. I also had my new usual cottage cheese and vegetables so I think I did pretty well. Tuesday was another matter as my friend came over and we had a drink. Today I'm back on track with good totals and I logged my meals. I'm just having difficulty taking care of the activities I planned for the day.

I still have a few hours left to do the cooking and cleaning I want done. I found a recipe for making meat stuffed grape leaves, which will take a bit of time to make since I'll have to potch around filling the leaves. I made some vegan refried beans already and I have two other recipes I want to make; French cut green beans and a Lental barley cottage pie. The pie can wait until next week if necessary but the cleaning of the kitchen and floors I want done today so I can have my spa day tomorrow.

On an off topic note: My cat, Attilifchic, has been having problems with eating. She's now is just under 6lbs (9lbs is the usual minimum for a domestic cat). It could be a physical problem or it could be because the other cats we feed have abused her such that she's afraid of getting hurt while eating. Biggest problem is that she doesn't trust us anymore either, hiding when we try to help her.

6545-543=6002

Oct 26 2009 17:48

OK. The totals are all off from where they should be and I didn't get out to walk today but I had a reasonable deficit and I logged everything.

My totals were off because we had an omlet in the morning and I had two rolls of the bread I made for Shabbat. Whole Wheat Kubaneh is delicious! I didn't want any of the left over chicken or soup though I could probably have some soup later tonight, if I get hungry, and still keep a good deficit. Currently I'm not really hungry, only thirsty.

I could blame the distant sound of thunder on why I didn't go walking but that would be a lie. I wasn't even that stiff or uncomfortable to really keep from the walk. I just didn't want to go walking. I'm not too sure what to do about this since it's mostly laziness and lack of interest in walking with only the dog for company. Everyone else in the yeshuv is either already in a walking group, prefers walking slower/faster than I do or not interested in walking at all. The walking groups are all Hebrew speakers and I'd feel the outsider so that's not an option either. I'll have to think some about this.

Tomorrow Joe is out in the afternoon so I'll probably do some work on the house while he's away. I'm also planning on making something with lentils and various other supplies I want to use up. Legumes and spices mostly.

7000-455=6545 remaining til Sunday

Oct 25 2009 20:43

I'm not doing well and it's my own fault. I gained again! It wasn't much but still it was a gain. The good news though is that I logged most of today, less some cheese, butter and jam that is. Tomorrow I should do better.

Meal wise, Joe has been asking me to make a meal of beans and rice he found on an internet site. The recipe is supposed to be a healthier substitute to the Rammine noodles many programers use in place of cooking. The analyser gave it a good grade but it wasn't that filling to me and Joe found it lacking in taste. We have 2 servings already measured and enough beans for another 4 servings if I want to experiment. Or...I can make some other nice bean dish we both know we'll like.

Not much going on this week:

Today- stayed home and was on the computer
Monday- Planning on a morning walk around the yeshuv and checking the pantry for things I need for the week.
Tuesday- Joe is out to Netanya for a dental appt. He'll do some shopping as well. My plan is to work on my library again. Cleaning the livingroom to music might be good as well.
Wednesday- My day to go to B'nei Brak. We changed days for a number of reasons. In any case it will be a good exercie day with all the walking.
Thursday- Clean house for Shabbat and majority of the cooking. Restocking the premixed oatmeal packets and maybe even some pancake mix preperation.
Friday- If all goes well this will be a day to go for a nice walk then a simple home spa before Shabbat.

7000-455=6545 remaining til Sunday

Oct 25 2009 20:43

Not much going on this week:

Today- stayed home and was on the computer
Monday- Planning on a morning walk around the yeshuv and checking the pantry for things I need for the week.
Tuesday- Joe is out to Netanya for a dental appt. He'll do some shopping as well. My plan is to work on my library again. Cleaning the livingroom to music might be good as well.
Wednesday- My day to go to B'nei Brak. We changed days for a number of reasons. In any case it will be a good exercie day with all the walking.
Thursday- Clean house for Shabbat and majority of the cooking. Restocking the premixed oatmeal packets and maybe even some pancake mix preperation.
Friday- If all goes well this will be a day to go for a nice walk then a simple home spa before Shabbat.

Another no log day

Oct 22 2009 06:52

I spent the morning rearrainging the area Joe and I have our computers so we could fit the large printer someone gave us between us. In the pm I baked Kubaneh for Shabbat. The recipe calls for white flour but I used half white and half ww. They smelled delicious as I was taking them from the oven. One loaf is going to a friends today.

Meal wise I don't think I was too off with what I ate, except maybe for lunch, though I'm sure it wasn't as balanced as it would have been if I logged. I had my usual coffee and some oatmeal for breakfast. Lunch was pizza toppings on slices of dark rye bread and two slices of pb&j. Dinner was chicken barley soup with extra veggies. And I didn't keep track of exact portions. I could probably estimate enough to get a good idea how off I was but today is gong to be another busy one so I don't want to take the time to analise it.

I'm hoping that next week I'll be better at keeping to the routine of logging. For now keeping I'll accept that I'm working on posting regularly.