Finally I Come Through

I'm finally posting the "couple-week-after" photos.. Here goes nothing!

Ok. Pictures on blogger are so freakin difficult to post!! Goshhh! If you can't tell, the pics in black are before (they are dated, anyways) and the pics in blue are from 2 days ago. I can see a little improvement. I want to see lots more in the next few weeks!!

As far as dinner went, we went to Outback with cousins/coworkers. We got the Bloomin Onion and Cheese Fries appetizers. I ordered the Grilled Chicken on the Barbie with Vegetables, and mom, Charlie, and I shared a very small piece of cheesecake.

I felt guilty after dinner, so I walked up and down my street, and up and down, up and down, for an hour and a half.. It was boring, but it was good for me, because I did 4.05 miles, and burned 380 calories. I could've done more, but I'm sleepy y'all.

I will blog more in the morning. Gee, I absolutely love blogging! Nighty night!!

My Long-Term Goal

I'm not sure if I ever really said what my long-term goal is. When I went to Weight Watchers before, I started out at 230 and got down to like 170-175 lbs (gosh I miss that). I think this time I will make my goal just slightly below that at 165. I think it challenges me even more than last time. I just did the math right now and that is 96.2 lbs that I need to lose (well, actually minus the 14 lbs that I've lost). That's A LOT! LOL.
I'm not expecting it to happen super fast, but I'm hoping that by this time next year I will be at my goal or pretty close to it.

Starting Weight:      261.2 lbs
Goal Weight:          165.0 lbs
Lbs. Needed:           96.2 lbs
Current Lost:          14.4 lbs
                          =   81.8 lbs left to lose!!!!

That makes it a little easier to understand, right?!

Do Pimientos make Potatoes?

Have you ever tried pimiento loaf before? It basically is bologna with some green and red peppery-looking things inside of it. It is really fattening and tasty. That was my lunch. Two slices with provlone cheese and mayo on 2 pieces Fiber bread. Plus some blue corn tortilla chip crumbs.

I wasn't able to walk, again! I really need to walk tonight. I don't want to make this a habit of non-exercise!! Ahhh!! Help me prevent the couch potato effect!!

Progress

I just wanted to remind myself that I am making progress in this weight loss journey (and stupid me, I forgot to post pics again and still didn't bring charger to work..ughhh).

My Journey thus far-

Starting weight (8/1/10):     261.2 lbs
Current weight (8/25/10):   246.8 lbs
Total weight lost:               14.4 lbs

I haven't forgotten about my rewards, either. I'm not rewarding myself with those earrings until I get down to 245. I'm hoping by sometime next week (like Monday or Tuesday) that I will reach this goal!!! I want a pair of earrings. I was thinking cheap ones at first (like really cheap, like $10). But now I'm thinking like maybe $50-$75 wouldn't be too horrible to put on the credit card... would it?? Well, we'll just wait and see what happens with this weird body of mine first.

I have a weird body..

Last night's dinner was cubed steak, and I ate like 2 and half steaks, a piece of bread, 1 1/2 boiled potatoes with cheddar cheese and crema, and some broccoli. Don't forget that lunchable and everything else I ate yesterday also. I didn't even do exercise last night because I was straightening up my room, and the scale somehow turned up in my favor: 246.8 lbs it said. Is that possible? Yesterday morning it said 248.8 lbs (and that was after doing a lot of exercise). But I felt like a fat whale last night, and today the scale is down?? Amazing. I can't think of any explanation for that one. I'm just grateful.

Breakfast was a bowl of honey nut cheerios and half a banana with a glass of cranberry juice.

Lunch should be pepper loaf and cheese sandwich.

Not sure about my morning snack yet, but I'm not really caring at the moment.

I wanna go back to bed.. :(

I Lied..

So I ate an afternoon snack about 5 minutes ago, and yes, I'm still at work. I planned on waiting until I got home, but I was feeling a little bit sick. So, I decided to eat a pepperoni & cheese Lunchable. It was 300 calories, and 11 grams of fat! Not the best choice for a snack, but hey, I gotta satisfy my cravings occasionally.

Now, I'm definitely not going to eat anything until dinner. I'm going to try and drink a bunch of water, too.

I Love Panera

For my snack, around 10:!5 this morning, I ate half of a pumpkin muffin from Panera. It was gooood.

At lunch, we actually went to Panera. I got the You-Pick-2, with the Broccoli Cheddar soup and the Frontega Chicken Panini. I think all together my meal was like a little bit less than 700 calories, which isn't bad, I don't think (especially compared to all those other restaurants out there i.e Baja Fresh, McDonald's, Lone Star... restuarants close to the office). I got really filled up on that meal plus on some iced tea I got from there.

Afterwards, mom and I went to the Giant and got some groceries and walked around a little bit.

No intense exercise during lunch. Hopefully I will get some in later.

I probably won't eat an afternoon snack until I get home..

By the Way

I forgot to mention I took some "after" pictures the other night. Now, as you would imagine, these are only the "few week after" pictures. They are not the final product. Those won't be for awhile (but hopefully not too far down the road). I am planning on posting those some time this evening (I left my camera charger at home, so I can't hook up the cam to the comp). So, that is something to look forward to (at least for me!).

There's Always a Reason

Morning weight: 248.8 lbs. Again, it's a little bit up, but it is my fault. I'm still not too worried, because I did 4.55 miles last night. But, I had that muffin yesterday, and the hot peanuts, and rice with crema for my dinner and some cookies, and my smoothie.. I'm guessing all of those things played a part on my small gain.

For some reason, I'm not in the mood for oatmeal in the mornings. I hadn't even been eating too long and I'm already tired of it. Maybe like once a week I could eat oatmeal, instead of everyday. Instead I had some cranberry granola bar. It was 160 calories, and a small glass of whole milk.

I might be going out to lunch today, but not 100% sure.

It looks like it's going to rain, so I probably wouldn't get to go walking, even if I ate in.

Is it 10:00 am, yet?? I need a snack..

Burn, Baby Burn

I just finished a walk to old town on my lunch break. I'm sooo hot right now. I thought going to old town and back would be more than 2 miles, but turns out I did 1.90 miles total (to and from) burning 179 calories. I feel tired now..  Too bad I have to work til 5 pm.

For my morning snack, a co-worker had brought muffins from Panera. AHHH!! Muffins are deadly! But I ate one. I ate the 450 calories one, which is the Apple Muffin. I'm not sure if it was worth the 450 calories, but it wasn't bad.

Then for lunch, we were out of mayo, so that was an excuse to go to 7-Eleven and pick up something. I got the TGI Friday's frozen Quesadillas. There are 2 in a pack and each is 260 calories, and I ate them both, bringing my lunch total up to 520 calories. Now, those were worth the calories. I might pick those up again sometime. So that was my lunch.

I also picked up a pack of hot peanuts at 7-Eleven, which I am saving for my afternoon snack. I'm not feeling hungry at the moment so those quesadillas must have done their job. :o)

Going Up?

The scale was up a bit this morning: 248.6 lbs. But I'm not too worried.

Last night I ate Outback Steakhouse. I had the shrimp ceasar salad, but I also grubbed on the bloomin' onion and on 2 chicken fingers and a few fries. BUT, I did 6.21 miles after dinner!! Yes, 6.21 miles. That's a longgg way. I think I will be ok tomorrow as far as my weight goes. I burned like 575 calories, which probably takes away the bloomin onion and maybe one chicken finger.

Today, I ate a Chex Mix bar for b-fast. Those things are really yummy. Anyways, I'll keep you posted.

Breakfast, Lunch, and What's for dinner?

For breakfast this morning I ate one pancake with chocolate chips and lite syrup. That was around 11:00 am. About 2:30 I ate 2 chicken legs with carrots, potatoes, rice, a tortilla with crema and cheese. It was kind of a lot of food. It wasn't anything special, either, but at least I am full!

I think for tonight we are going out to dinner, possibly to Chili's. I was looking at their nutrtional values for the meals, and most everything is 1000+ calories. Not good at all. They do have the Margarita Chicken and Monterrey Chicken in the 400-600 calories ranges. If we do end up going there, that's probably what I will get. Thinking about those other high calorie foods makes me not want to even go out.

Too Much Steak

When I got home around 12::30 pm yesterday, I decided to eat my leftover dinner from Friday. It still tasted pretty good. Then for dinner I had more steak, barbecued steak.. Oh my goodness it was reallllllly delicious. I also ate some more rice and guacamole and pico de gallo. A little bit later on, I had  a dish full of fudge royal icecream. That was all I had for yesterday.

Today I weighed and the scale said 246.8 lbs. I'm a happy camper!

Breakfast and such

Breakfast was a Chex Mix Turtle Bar.. now I'm on to my snack, a 210 calorie Beefaroni.. Yumm

Big Dinner

Yesterday I got to leave work early to take Charlie to the doctor for his 15-month checkup. Afterwards, I was in the mood to make a good dinner and surprise my mom. I headed over to Giant and got my ingredients. When I got home I got right to the kitchen and started the dinner. I made Carne Asada (Grilled Steak) corn on the cob, cilantro-lime rice, black beans, guacamole, homemade corn tortillas, and I bought some Queso Duro, Crema, and Romaine lettuce salad to go with the meal. I thought everything tasted pretty good, and even though I was hungry I didn't keep going back for seconds (or thirds and fourths). I didn't overindulge.

After dinner, I went for a walk around my neighborhood. I went almost 1.5 miles.

Today's weight: 248.8 lbs. I don't know what I did to deserve this, but I am thrilled!

Lunchtime Inspiration

I just finished an absolutely fantabulous Fuji Apple Chicken Salad from Panera.. plus a French Baguette. Yummmmm.. The 700 total calories was definitely worth it. I'm stuffed also, which is a good thing, because I probably won't think about food for awhile. Oh, and let me tell you about my morning snack.. I ate a heaping tablespoon of Peanut Butter. That was satisfying enough for me, plus packed with protein.

I want to share a very useful and motivating blog with the blogging world: Skinny Emmie . It's a blog about a woman in her 20's who was classified as morbidly obese and now has changed her life and is trying to lose weight. She has already lost over 60 lbs I think, and she is doing a great job. She isn't perfect. Just like me. She might make mistakes and go off the wagon at times, but she is succeeding and making progress. It's such an inspiring blog. I love it!

No lunchtime walk today since I went out to eat! Oh well! That means some intenseness later!

Bad Girl, Bad Girl, What you gonna do?

Yesterday afternoon I had a little mini-binge. I had some blue corn tortilla chips, coffee cake, and grapes. When I got home I was making chicken burritos and eating off the food while I made it. I ended up eating 1 and a part of a burrito. It had chicken, beans, cheese, crema, hot sauce.. Not too bad. I also snacked on some chips and bean dip before we ate. After we ate, I finished up the little bit of icecream that was left. At 9:30 pm I did 4.16 miles in 1 hour and 30 minutes, burning 388 calories.

This morning the scale said 250.0 lbs. I'll take that. I realize that exercise is the main component in weight loss. I've got to exercise no matter what!

I had a Chex Mix Turtle Bar for breakfast (130 calories) and shared a glass of whole milk with Charles.

              I'm ready for some serious weight loss, already!!!

Tuna & Cheez Its

Snack was at 10:30ish. The usual Ritz Crackerful. Lunch was tuna fish sandwich (tuna, mayo, pickle, Mrs. Dash, pepper) and 29 Cheez Its (Yes, I acutally counted out 29 of them). At 12:00 pm I did at least 2 miles walking outside. My app kept closing on me because I was multi-tasking (gabbing away on the phone) while walking. It wasn't too hot so I didn't get too tired. Now I'm preparing for a good positive afternoon at work.

I Scream for Icecream!!

Yesterday when I got home from work I finished up that sub. Then, I decided that I would drink a smoothie for my dinner (bad idea). I made my smoothie (pineapple, apple, banana, orange, pear, Chia seeds) and drank it all!

1 hour later when it was time for my family to eat, I did the dumb thing of eating AGAIN! I ate one helping of the chicken parmesan my mom made. To top it all off, I was in the mood for icecream. ICECREAM! I had one big bowl of Moose Tracks (which is like 150 calories for a mere 1/2 cup). Then I filled my bowl up again! AHHHH! What's wrong with me?????

To counter-act my bad behavior I left my house to go on a walk. I ended up doing a little over 4 miles in about 1.5 hours. That burned about 360 calories (maybe a fraction of the icecream I ate).

I was still worried about gaining again this morning, but I was pleasantly surprised.. 251.6 lbs. At least it's down from yesterday.. Hopefully I won't go wacko again today.. :/

Subway...Eat Too Much

Can you guess what I ate for lunch?? Yep, good ol' Subway (home of the no-longer 5 dollar footlongs). I ordered the 12" Italian Herbs and Cheese with Sweet Onion Chicken Teriyaki. I looked up the calories before I went there and it said 380 calories (that's the 6" without cheese and mayo and all that good stuff). So I ate half of the sub (with lite mayo, honey mustard, cheese, sweet onion sauce) with a bag of the Sun Chips (Garden Salsa flavor). Those were 210 calories. I wanted to devour that whole sub at one time but I tried my best to think about if I was actually hungry or not. I held out, but still feeling guilty about how many calories I consumed. I'm thinking it was like 600 calories for that half of the sandwich I ate, plus the 210 from the chips is 810. Yikes.

Then it was raining outside, so I couldn't walk. But a light bulb came on in my head and I said to myself, "Christina, go back in room 4 and do the Leslie Sansone exercise tape". So, I did. I did the one-miler. It wan't a whole lot of exercise, but it made me feel better about what I ate. Maybe I burned like 100 calories off that sandwich.

3 hours or so later, I've eaten half of the other half of the sub. It seems to taste better when I drag it out like this. I'm planning on eating the other half of the half when I get home from work.. Tonight I need to kick some major butt exercising. I've got to get this weight off. I'm not accepting a gain on the scale tomorrow! It's got to go down and stay down!

Frustrated Some More

When I got home from work I went a little snack happy and ate some white cheddar popcorn, a few cashews, and a 210 calorie Beefaroni. I felt guilty but I did go walk to pick up Charlie, which turned into a 30 minute walk because of Charlie's adventurous spirit. It was like a mile and something. Then I cooked our dinner. (We finally had steak sandwiches) I ate 2 of those and about 10 french fries. Then I walked again in the evening with my friend Fredy, but it wasn't as great of walk as I had planned. After that I made my late night smoothie and went to bed.

This morning I could just feel heavier. The scale confirmed my suspicion. 252.2 lbs.. I'm thinking that because I lost a few pounds so fast from the virus that it is now coming back because I'm not constantly running to the bathroom with diarrhea. Also the mini binge that I had must've contributed to that. If I gain more weight tomorrow I'm going to be seriously disgusted!!!!

Oatmeal was for breakfast. That's a positive, right?

Post # 67

Just got back from my walk. I did 1.61 miles in 33 minutes, burning 141 calories (there goes those crackers). I could've done more, but I just felt like I needed to come in already!! I will try for some more walking tonight.

Bologna Again..

Lunch is 2 slices bologna, provolone cheese, mayo on 2 slices bread with about 24 multi grain crackers (140 calories for those). I'm going to attempt to take a walk in just a few minutes!!

10:00 am

I waited and waited for 10:00 to roll around to eat my snack. I guess that shredded wheat didn't fill me up like my oatmeal does. Anyways, I ate my Ritz Crackerful and I'm currently satisfied.

A Little Discouraged

Well the scale didn't make me too happy this morning like it usually does. 250.0 lbs. :(  

That's up by like .8 lbs. I was somewhat disappointed but I don't think it was really that I gained weight. I think it's just from what I ate last night. (Afterall, I did eat a lot of beans..aka the magical fruit) Oh well.

For breakfast I switched up and ate a little shredded wheat and just a small glass of grape juice. I'm now sipping a Fuze Healthy Infuzions drink (Pomegranate Acai Berry). It is quite refreshing.

Today at lunch I plan to change into my exercise clothes and go for at least a mile walk. I think I should be able to manage that..if it's not too hot, at least.

Leftovers

The plan for dinner was to make steak sandwiches, but that got shot down on the ride home from work (ahem..mom.) Then we were going to get Atlantis to take to James, but I was hungry! I couldn't wait for us to feed the dogs and let them out and change and feed Charlie and order the food and pick it up and take it to the hospital and then eat. That was too long away for me. So... I resorted to yesterday's On The Border leftovers, which consisted of Loaded Queso with refried beans, ground beef, pico de gallo, sour cream, and guacamole and tortilla chips. Then another box had some mushy leftover chicken taco salad and some black beans. I mostly ate the box with the Loaded Queso and chips, because the salad was a little soggy for my liking. I also helped Charlie eat part of his Chef Boyardee meatballs and O's (I don't think that's the actual name). So, that was my dinner. And boy am I paying for it now. I have major indigestion.

Once we got to the hospital, Charlie wouldn't let me rest (I guess that's a good thing, though). He was in the mood to run around, therefore, I was running around as well. We went up and down the halls, and down to the first floor and to the cafeteria and through the visitor lobby, and down close to the Cardiac unit (where Charlie randomly started screaming at the tops of his lungs) and then we got away quickly from there. By the time we left the hospital I was feeling like I had gone for a power walk (sweat stains and all.. ughhh)

Later tonight I did some shopping around at Kohl's. It wasn't the traditional walking I like to do, but I still hope I lose weight tomorrow.. :)

Resistance

I resisted carrot cake shortly after I arrived back at the office from the hospital. It honestly wasn't that difficult to resist. When 3:00 pm rolled around, that's when it got a little difficult. It was snack time, but I was debating between carrot cake and my yogurt. I knew the yogurt was obviously the healthier choice, but I just wasn't in the mood for it. What tipped the scale in my mind was when my mom said "I can taste the grease in this thing" (talking about the carrot cake). That made my decision for me. I ate the yogurt. Yay me!

Lunch on the Fly

I ate my snack/lunch combo around 10:45 am this morning, because I had to go see James in the hospital at lunch and take him some Baja Fresh by 11:30 am. I had a sugar free Jello, 1 bologna sandwich (2 slices bologna, 1 slice provolone cheese, mayo, and 2 slices bread) and a 100-calorie pack of baked Cheetos. I did a little walking from the parking lot at the hospital to my brother's room (Not the typical lunchtime walk but hey peor es nada = worse is nothing). Now I'm back a the office, sipping some iced Green Tea, trying not to think about food.

Wild, Wild Weekend

So starting Friday, I was hit with the virus. NOT FUN! The only positive side to this was that I lost weight. 249.4 lbs is where it left me. I had hardly any appetite, although I did end up eating chicken nuggets and fries on a few occasions. Basically, this weekend sucks. I didn't even get to say goodbye to Liishaladii!! :( Today I plan to get back into the swing of things. I'm going back to work. I made my oatmeal and Green Tea. It might be a little rough, but if things go as plan I should be fine. Well, I will keep you posted

Update

I didn't walk like I normally do. I actually went to the hospital to visit James, so I walked a little bit (from the parking lot to his room and back). I have to admit that I snuck a few bites of his stuffing. It tasted kind of good, actually. Now I have been drinking hot Green Tea all afternoon. I wish this nausea would go away!!

Did I Just Have a Baby?

I just finished eating lunch: soup, jello, and water.. Sounds like my post-pregnancy diet. Ughh. I'm still feeling a little nauseus. I didn't even feel like eating my lunch, but I knew I had to. I'm debating if I want to walk or not. They say it's not as hot out as yesterday, but I'm sure it's still pretty hot out there. That might make me feel worse.. If I do walk, it will only be a short distance. I will keep you posted.

Green Tea & Orange Juice

Yesterday afternoon I ate a yogurt for my snack. I wasn't feeling too perky. I was afraid of getting the virus, which my mom suddenly got yesterday morning. I started drinking a bunch of hot Green Tea to try and stop myself from getting sick.

At home, I ate a slice of leftover pizza and a big helping of my leftover enchilada casserole even though I was feeling nauseous (how stupid was that?) and I drank some more tea as well. Then at like 7:30 pm Charlie and I went to bed, and we stayed there. We didn't wake up until 7:30 am this morning!! I had to get up and get my shower, oh and of course I weighed myself: 251.4 lbs thank you very much. 

Then after my shower I drank a big glass of orange juice. I guess the virus passed over me. I sure hope so. I'm not feeling sickly like yesterday, at least. 

I just finished eating my breakfast, which was NOT oatmeal. I ate a granola bar instead and am still drinking Green Tea. 

Back On Track

At 10:00 am I ate my Ritz Crackerful and ate 11:00 am I ate my lunch: 1 can of chicken spread with a little mayo and black pepper with 2 slices cheese on 2 slices double fiber bread + a 100-calorie bag of Baked Cheetos. I really didn't care for the chicken spread at all. It made me feel sick. In fact, I still feel sick from it. I think it's too rich or something. At 11:30 am I left for my walk. Finally, I get a real walk in! Yippee! It was really hot though. Right now my work uniform is soaked. I did 2.03 miles in 42 minutes, burning 178 calories. Gosh, I feel like I should've burned more than that for all I've sweated. Oh well.. :o)

Finding Ways to Move

After my lunch yesterday, Charlie and I took a nap for about 2 hours. Later that afternoon, I ate a yogurt and some animal crackers (just a few). Unfortunately, for dinner, we ordered Domino's Pizza. I actually did good, though. I ate 2 slices of pizza (compared to my usual 4 slices) and 3 chicken kickers with ranch dressing. I was unable to walk again (this time because my brother had to go to the hospital :( !!) So I called up Liishaladii and asked her if she wanted to go walk around Kohl's.. and so we did. I enjoyed myself. It's fun to look at all the clothes I will be able to get into in a few months (hopefully so!). Plus, even though it was super-low impact, we were still getting exercise in!

When I got home I will still full from the pizza, but I did make a smoothie after my shower. It was just a small one with an apple and some strawberries and blueberries and of course Chia seeds.

This morning's weight was: 252.8 lbs! It's coming down slowly, but it's coming down!

Craziness

Yesterday, right after I did my lunchtime walk, I got a call from Charlie's babysitter saying he was throwing up!! Yikes! I left right away and got him and we took a nap until 5 pm. When I woke up I ate 2 cookies, not a healthy choice, but I thought hey, I haven't had my afternoon snack. Then I proceeded to make our dinner, enchilada casserole. During this process, I snacked on a handful of cashews as well as a few tortilla chips with homemade guacamole. I decided that since I was snacking on the chips before dinner, I didn't need any during dinner. So I had 2 servings of the enchilada casserole (chicken, homemade corn tortillas and pinto beans, cheese, enchilada sauce, Honduran crema) plus the guacamole.

After dinner the plan was to walk with Liishaladii, but I was having trouble with getting Charlie to sleep, so we decided not to walk :( Instead, as suggested by my mom, I popped in the Leslie Sansone DVD (Walk the Walk). I first did the 1 mile. When that was over, I did the 2 miles. I didn't really feel like that was sufficient enough, even though I was sweating. But, with Charlie awake and moody, I really had no other option.

After that was over, I made myself a smoothie. I used a banana, an apple, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and Chia seeds. It was very berry I must say.

Then this morning I didn't go to work because of Charlie. I took him to the doctor, but I weighed in beforehand. It said 253.4 lbs!! I guess I reached my weekly goal. It looks like the grand total for the week is 8.4 lbs lost. I'm excited about that but my problem is keeping up with it!

I ate no breakfast this morning and I just finished eating lunch about 25 minutes ago. I had a big helping of last night's leftovers with a Coke Zero. I'm really stuffed, but I can't go out and walk since I have to take care of Charlie. I might end up doing the Leslie Sansone DVD again in a little bit, but right now I'm feeling kind of lazy. I need more motivation!! Life has been crazy/busy!

Next week's goal: I want to weigh 248 lbs by next Monday, August 16! Wish me luck!

Messed Up App

I ate about a cup of watermelon after my lunch and then I went walking. Part way through my walk my Run Keeper App got messed up, so I just turned it off. I did about 42 minutes of walking, so I am estimating that I did somewhere between 2 and 2.5 miles. I thought that was good. I decided to go longer because I wanted to make up for last night. At first I was dreading going on the walk, but I was weighing out the outcomes in my head, and I chose to go further and do as much as I could. At the end, I knew I had made the right decision.

Double the Flavor, Double the Fun

For lunch I am eating a pepper loaf sandwich (2 slices of pepper loaf, 2 slices of cheese, 2 slices of bread, mayo, and black pepper). I'm also eating a bag of the 100 calories baked Cheetos. I'm scared that I will still be hungry after I eat! Oh well. No time for hunger. I have to walk after this!

Time Goes By.. So Slowly

It was hard for me to wait for the 10:00 am snack. It took forever, it seemed. But I waited until a little bit after 10 to eat my Chobani Greek Yogurt. I'm ready for lunch now. I'm walking today though at lunch. I have to do better!

I Messed Up..

Last night when my parents got home they had brought me a cupcake, but I didn't want that. I decided to make some popcorn instead. I was eating the popcorn and then my mom opened a bag of Cheese Curls. I couldn't resist. I ate maybe 10 of those. Then, she rocked out the Cheese Balls, and I went to town. Finally, I went and got my cupcake. It was heavenly. Then, it hit me. I felt horrible, disgusting, fat... I knew I would pay for what I did, and I did. When I weighed this morning I gained. 254.8 lbs. :(

I'm so mad at myself. I'm not screwing up like that again.

Smoothie and Other Junk

Alisha came to my house after I ate my dinner. (I think she is the one who gave me the munchies!! But shhhh.. don't tell her) So I was craving everything, plus my parents had gone to the grocery store. I decided to eat the last few crumbs of those frosted animal crackers and they were goooood. Then I was craving some pinto beans that I made, so I took a bite of those. Plus, we made a smoothie (banana, strawberries, blueberries, coconut milk, raspberries, and Chia seeds). On top of that, we are not going to go walking tonight. It's my fault though. I'm just so tired and feeling lazy. But tomorrow I will get back on track!!! I promise!

Early Dinner

I decided that for tonight's dinner I would use the leftover rice and vegetables from the other night. So I sauteed some garlic, onion, and a can of black beans in olive oil, and then I added the rice. It wasn't bad at all. I ate about 1 1/2 cups of the rice mixture and 2 homemade corn tortillas with Hondurian crema. I'm still feeling hungry.. just waiting for it to pass.

Snackalackin

I ate my snack today around 3:30ish. It was just those leftover raviolis from last night's dinner. I think they might have been yummier than yesterday. Now I am cooking tomorrow night's dinner. I don't really know what I'll eat for dinner tonight, though. It's just gonna be Charlie boy and me.

Catching Up..

Wow. So I haven't posted since yesterday morning! That's just horrible!! Let me give you the run down of what's happened this weekend. So yesterday I got home from work around 12::30 pm and I ate a Lean Cuisine Chicken Parmesan (310 calories) with some water. Then Charlie and I went to see Carlos and we went around to a couple of stores so I got a little bit of walking in. Around 5 pm we went to the Olive Garden. I ordered the Shrimp & Crab Tortelli Romana, which is 840 calories AND I only ate about 2/3 of it. I also had a breadstick (150 calories) and salad (? calories). I thought I did pretty darn good. Then in the evening, around 9:30 pm I had a piece of watermelon.

So this morning when I weighed myself I was 253.2 lbs. I lost again! I skipped breakfast ( not on purpose, but it was late) so I went to Wendy's around 12:00 pm. I was very tempted to get a fried chicken sandwich but instead I chose to eat their new salad the BLT Cobb and I didn't the whole thing (I'd say about 9/10 of it). I just looked up the nutrition info and it has 670 calories.. not too bad. Well that's the weekend so far. I'm exhausted today since Charlie is sick and kept me up all night.. I hope he will get better. :o)