Thank you mother nature, thank you Wendy's

I'm taking a short break from food journaling since mother nature decided to throw a curveball my way via the good ole' once a month phenom. I have been so hungry I thought I would die. But I have been holding steady and not gaining so that's something.

Next, I have to thank Wendy's for NEVER exceeding my expectations with their quality of food. They have never cooked my hamburger all the way through and that would normally just make me mad, but today I'm happy. I tried it, despite my guilt, and it sucked eggs so now I know that I have successfully put that craving to rest. So thanks Wendy's. Love ya, mean it.

Back on the wagon tomorrow.

I'm still here

And still eating right, but I lost the energy to blog about it. Perhaps that's due in large part to the fact that I'm only ingesting 1350 calories per day. But I'm down a total of 8lbs and that's progress folks!

Thursday

How can it already be Thursday and I don't have any meals documented since Sunday. I have done okay and have continued losing. I'm starting to feel a difference in my clothes so that's encouraging. However, I must admit, I ate both pizza and Mexican this week. Yikes...

Sunday

OMG - I just discovered that I CAN put together interesting foods from what's in my paltry pantry. We really had nothing to choose from for lunch so I found a package of Vigo Black Beans and Rice - so I cooked that and added in some homemade salsa, little shredded cheese and a little sour cream and it was AWESOME. I love black beans and I love coming with new stuff to do with them. Today was like redneck, homemade Chipotle. YUM!

I didn't run or exercise yet, but will ride for a while tonight. Today started kind of late - weird kid morning with sleeping and Todd and I were TIRED. To make matters worse, it's Sunday and we are FOOD POOR today and nobody wants to go to the grocery. So today was a day of invention. And on a really positive note, despite my binge yesterday I weighed the least I have since I started this - so that's great.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Sunday, January 13

1. Cascadian Farms Oat and Honey Granola with Skim Milk, 270
2. Toast with margarine, 180
3. Black beans and rice, salsa, cheese, sour cream, 400
4. Pepsi, 140
5. PB&J and glass of skim milk, 435

Daily total
1365

UH OH - I had my entire daily calories and it's not dinner time yet. Oh well. I'm going to ride so hopefully I'll exchange activity for calories.

Saturday

Ran this morning with the dog and found that I was noticably hungrier. An explanation about lunch- Tiki and I went to the bank while the other boys napped and ended up at McDonald's to kill some time on the playground. We both realized it was 1:00 pm and we were hungry from breakfast. The cheeseburger Happy Meal was the lesser of all the evils. And then we ended up moving furniture and realized late that it was 7:00 and we hadn't had dinner. Todd ran to Little Ceasars and we ate a pizza. On a positive note we only got the one pizza to make sure there were no leftovers...a good thing for me and we just got cheese as opposed to pepperoni. Plus - it's the weekend - I can have a break. :-)

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Saturday, January 12

1. Cascadian Farms Oat and Honey Granola with Skim Milk, 270
2. McDonald's Cheeseburger, 270
3. Small fries, 140
4. Small coke, 140
5. Microwave popcorn, 100
6. Pizza - 3 small slices, 500
7. Sm pepsi, 140

Daily total
1380

Friday

I know that I'm doing okay with the actual calories, but I could eat twice as much if I were choosing different foods. But, I'm finding that I'm not really that hungry now that I'm not eating just to eat. I learned an interesting lesson today. This evening I was too tired to cook and Todd was gone so my goal was just to get some quick food and get the kids all settled. I ran through McDonalds - and even though I've had a hamburger since beginning the process - mine was made from 90/10 lean ground sirloin - hardly what McDonald's uses. Anyway - eating that greasy burger and fries made me feel so yucky...and when I say yucky, well I mean ~yucky~.

Gus and I plan to run in the morning.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Friday, January 11

1. Coffee with skim milk, 65
2. Potbelly Turkey Sandwich, 370
3. Baked Lays, 110
4. Med Coke, 140
5. McDonalds Cheeseburger, 270
6. Small fries, 140
7. Large coke,

Daily Total
1305

Thursday

I was home again today and didn't really eat much or eat well for that matter. But what can you do?

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Thursday, January 10

1. Coffee with skim milk, 65
2. Cascadian Farms Organic Granola w/skim milk (1/2 serving), 135
3. Grilled cheese on white (no margarine or butter), 210
4. Tostitos tortilla chips, 150
5. Grilled cheese on white (no margarine or butter), 210
6. Tostitos tortilla chips, 150

Daily Total
920

Wednesday

Another strange day, but I'm not ready to post all about that yet, but I will say that it impacted my eating and will continue to do so for a while. I just have to figure out how to cook around it :-). But hey, I did lose weight after eating that high cal meal last night.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Wednesday, January 9

1. Spoon sized shredded wheat with skim milk, 203
2. Subway Veggie Sandwich, 400
3. Leftover penne pasta, 400

Daily Total
1003

Tuesday

Today was a strange day. I was working from home (as I now do every Tuesday and Thursday) but for some reason didn't thaw anything or prepare anything. So at the last minute I threw together this very delicious recipe for dinner BUT it's 800+ cal/per serving - yes per serving. So I ate less than 1 serving to avoid having to write that down AND I wanted some bread :-)

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Tuesday, January 8

1. Spoon sized shredded wheat with skim milk, 203
2. Smart Ones Three Cheese Ziti Marinara, 360
3. Penne Pasta with Vodka Cream Sauce, 600
4. Bread, 200
5. Becks Beer, 64
6. Wheat Thins, 120

Daily Total
1547

Monday

Today was a weird day. I ate breakfast, then attended a 10:00 am funeral assuming we would get lunch afterward, but didn't. So I ended up not eating until around 1:30 pm.

Daily Goal = 1350

Monday, January 7

1. Spoon sized shredded wheat with skim milk, 203
2. Potbelly Turkey Sandwich (I know she put too much mayo), 400
3. Baked Lays, 110
4. Hotdog with Bun (mustard & sauerkraut), 280
5. Baked Doritos, 120
6. Large Coke from McDonalds :-) (it was worth it), 240

Daily Total
1353

And the BEST part is, Gus and I went for a run - so 30 minutes of cardio for me today! YAY!

Sunday

Today was an okay day. I had another migraine and just kept grabbing handfuls of whatever might make it go away.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Sunday, January 6

1. Spoon sized shredded wheat with skim milk, 203
2. Handfuls of this and that - yes I kept track,200
3. Easy Mac (GROSS), 130
4. Baked Fries, 150
5. Hamburger (w/ bun and cheese - 97% lean sirloin, 600
6. Low Cal Fudgsicle (2 - I know!), 120

Daily Total
1403

Saturday

Today was the best I've ever done on a weekend - when I wasn't sick - haha.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Saturday, January 5

1. Yogurt Burst Cheerios with skim milk, 160
2. Smart Ones Three Cheese Ziti Marinara, 260
3. Hotdog with Bun (mustard & sauerkraut), 280
4. Baked Doritos, 120
5. Large Coke from McDonalds, 240 (WORTH IT)
6. Becks Light Beer (I deserved a break), 64

Daily Total
1224

It was indeed a beautiful day, but I decided to rearrange all the cabinets in the kitchen, so I did nary an activity. But I did open the windows :-)

Friday

Today was a good food day.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Friday, January 4

1. Yogurt Burst Cheerios with skim milk, 160 (ate smaller bowl than yesterday)
2. Diet Coke, 0
3. Taco salad, 422
4. Diet Coke, 0
5. Brownie (1/2), 120
6. Baked Chicken Breast, 200
7. Brown rice, 150
8. Green beans, 20
9. Lemon herbal tea with honey, 64

Daily Total
1136

And tomorrow the forecast is calling for low 70's and pleasant. That should be great for getting outside for some activity!

Thursday

Started out better, but when a migraine took hold around 2:00 I just started trying anything food wise to get rid of my nausea and headache. I think that my body needs more than 500 calories to operate between waking at 6:00 am and 2:00 pm. Just a thought. It's all about adjustment.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Thursday, January 3

1. Yogurt Burst Cheerios with skim milk, 180
2. Hard boiled egg (2), 100
3. Yogurt Burst Cheerios dry snack, 90
4. York Peppermint Pattie (2) thought the chocolate might help head, 80
5. Can Coke, 140
6. Lipton Soup, 86
7. Quesadilla, 320
8. 1/2 Hamburger (w/bun & cheese), 300
9. Homemade fries (baked), 150
10. Lemon herbal tea, 0

Daily Total
1446 - a little over, but far less than my pre New Year intake of 60,000 per day.

Wednesday

Was a good day - calorie wise. I visited my new fave site, Calorie Counter Database. There is a cool online tool where you put in your weight, your height, age, goal weight and current activity level and it tells you your optimal daily calorie intake for losing weight. So, I'm doing pretty well.

Here is the rundown for Wednesday - day 1.

Daily Goal = 1350 (or less)

Wednesday, January 2

1. Cascadian Farms Oat and Honey Granola with Skim Milk, 270
2. Starbucks Tall Nonfat Latte (1/2), 63
3. Potbelly Turkey Sandwich, 370
4. Baked Lays, 110
5. Med Coke,
6. Baked chicken breast, 200
7. Brown rice, 150
8. Green beans, 20
9. York Peppermint Pattie, 40

Daily Total
1333