Monday morning (January 17, 2011) at 4:55 a.m. I got back onto that dreaded scale. I was shaking a bit, without knowing if it was because our house is freezing at the buck crack of dawn or because I didn’t want to see 225lb (or more!) pop up on the dismal thing again. Nevertheless, the scale finally stopped blinking at 216.4. I have to admit that even seeing those numbers were better than what I saw around Christmas.
I’m hoping to do my weigh-in on Monday mornings when I first wake up and record the weight on here as I go. I’d aslo like to jot down the things I’ve eaten throughout the day along with any emotional jaunts that my day has taken me on in regards to this journey. Here were Monday and Tuesday.
Monday:
Weigh-in: 216.4 lb
Food: Breakfast was a cup of Orange Juice with some baked oatmeal (including blueberries … yum!). Because I wake up quite literally at the ass-crack of dawn I normally grab a cup of coffee before I get to the classroom. On Monday morning I had the special, Caffè breve in a 16 oz. (I know this probably wasn’t the best choice, but that was my treat for the day). I had water with my turkey sandwich and a few natural tortilla chips. (That crunch of chips is so tempting for me. It’s something I crave. If you have a good suggestion, besides carrots, that I could eat that would satisfy that salty, crunchy goodness please let me know). I had a clementine for my dessert with lunch. As an afternoon snack with more water I cut up an apple with about two tablespoons of peanut butter. That was so good! My roommate had brought cookies to the kitchen table. I ripped one in half, but after one bite ended up throwing the rest in the trash. It didn’t taste good after having just worked out. Our work celebrated this year’s holiday party at the Ugly Mug in downtown Minneapolis. When there, I ended up having a salad with Romaine lettuce, tomato, onions, carrots, and a bunch of other yummy veggies for dinner. On the side? I added a small slice of a baguette (unbuttered). To drink? I had a Captain and Diet and then made the switch to water.
Exercise: Besides taking the stairs at work and trying to be on my feet as much as possible, I headed to the gym after work. I spent about an hour on the elliptical and burned off more than 600 calories.
Tuesday:
Food: Breakfast was a cup of Water with some baked oatmeal with blueberries again. I love that stuff! This morning I was up early again and dashed out the door before even thinking about making my lunch! I grabbed a cup of coffee (light roast with a shot of cream) and at the same time I snagged a Diet Coke, a bag of baked potato chips, and a baby lunchables (can you blame me? It had about 5 dollar-coin slices of ham and swiss cheese on whole-grain crackers) I figured that had to be better at 340 calories than the tuna sandwich. This was the best I could come up with by way of quick thinking. Today’s afternoon snack was a cup of tea and about a 1/2 cup of fresh blueberries. For dinner I made a spinach salad with a little feta and parmasean cheese, walnuts, carrots, tomato, red pepper, and turkey. I used a homemade poppyseed vinegarette as a dressing. mmm.. it was so tasty! I also had another cup of tea (when I drink tea there’s no milk, honey, or sugar added) before going to bed.
Exercise: None today. Normally on Tuesday I go straight from work to my church’s small group. Sometimes I have enough time to run home, change, scarf something down, and run out the door. The only exercise I got was the sitting I did, both at my desk and behind the wheel of my car. Sad day.
