It's been a few days

I just realized last night that I hadn't written in here for a few days - I was doing so well, too. :-) I think the problem is that right now I am focused on report cards and not much else is occupying my mind. I have been eating healthy, though, which is unusual for this time of year. I tend to get stressed when I am doing report cards and usually don't take care of my body. I was thinking about that this morning and I don't want to put on weight after working so hard to take it off. So, today I went to the grocery store and bought some low calories treats: 100 calories chocolate bars, 100 calorie chocolate covered granola bars, and some low calorie rice cakes (flavoured, of course). I will allow myself to have one each day of the chocolate bars (I can't do without chocolate at this time of year :-) In fact, I almost went up to the grocery store at 10pm last night as I was craving some chocolate - I had worked for 2 1/2 hours on collating my marks and was stressed at the end of it. I will continue to weigh myself each morning to make sure that I am not putting on weight. I will not worry if I don't take any off in these next two weeks, though.

Away for the weekend.....

This past weekend I went to my mom's to visit with her - Krystal came with me with Alexander and I brought Colin and Caleb with me. I debated whether I should bring food with me to make sure I kept within my boundaries, but I decided against it. For lunch the first day, I had a grilled cheese sandwich with half a can of tomato soup (it was Heinz - I am not a fan - it will be Campbell's from now on). :-) So far so good. Then, we went to Warren's daughter's place for the afternoon and ended up eating there for dinner. The only thing was that she ordered pizza - not exactly on my eating plan. I had a slice of pizza, a piece of garlic bread and some caesar salad. Then, still feeling a bit in need of more, I had another slice of pizza. Half way through eating it, I felt full. But being at someone else's place (and them paying for it), I didn't feel like I could just leave it (or take it home), so I ate the rest of the slice. In hindsight, I should have just not eaten the second slice and had something else (like a piece of fruit or a yogurt) when I got home. Another lesson learned. On Sunday, I was really good. Had a half a fried egg sandwich with a small yogurt for breakfast, a big salad for lunch, a bagel with cream cheese for a snack and bbq chicken, potato salad and tossed salad for supper. So, all in all, not a bad weekend, I think. :-) I did get in a long walk when we walked over to the ice cream store. And no, I did NOT have an ice-cream even though Krystal had the nerve to order a two scooper of chocolate peanut butter. :-)

Not much to report....

Today, I was stressed from the morning class and so, when my teaching partner said she was going to go out for lunch, I said I was going with her. I didn't even know where she was going - I didn't care if it was McDonald's - I know it's not a good idea to eat out of frustration - but, it didn't seem to matter today. Luckily for me, we ended up at Subway and I got a 12" cold cut combo (of which I ate half). I need to figure out a way to not take out my frustrations with 'bad for me' food. I'm a little worried about going to my mom's this weekend - I am going to take snacks with me for the trip up there, but feel that I should just eat whatever Mom is offering. I will have to watch my portion size and perhaps that will be enough to keep myself within the boundaries I have set for myself. Menu today: breakfast - Miniwheats, lunch - cold cut sub, snacks - yogurt, trail mix bar, supper - chicken, mashed potatoes, Italian vegetable bake. That was a delicious way to get my vegs: green beans, green peppers, tomatoes, onions and zucchini with spices and lemon juice - very, very yummy!

Being good! :-)

I knew we were going to go to Dairy Queen tonight so I checked the nutrition info on their food and ended up getting a cheeseburger and salad. They were yummy and not bad in calories, etc. and I was full after eating them. I also wanted a granola bar this afternoon, but I wasn't hungry and so I didn't have one. I hope to get better at not eating things just because. Menu for today: breakfast - oatmeal, lunch - pizza (homemade with cheese, pepperoni, red peppers), snack - pineapple, tangerine, supper as listed above. I drank my eight glasses of water and we took an hour long walk with the boys this evening. Tomorrow, I am going to have to do my strength exercises - it's going to be hard to get motivated, but it has to be done as I am taking the boys to Nana's on the weekend and won't be able to get to them then. I think that I am going to have to remind myself that it will only take 30 minutes to do.

Eating out - sort of.

Tonight, I went up to Terri-Ann's to help look after the boys for the afternoon/evening. Someone was supposed to bring dinner, but for some reason, none showed up. Terri-Ann suggested we use the roast beef that was left over from Sunday. There were no potatoes and so James suggested stuffing. Peas were on the menu for vegetables. While dinner was yummy, the stuffing was 160 calories for 1/2 a cup. But, rather than worry about it, I ate the half cup of stuffing and half cup of peas and took home the package/can of those foods and added them to my menu for tonight. I am happy to say that I was able to still stay within my calories, etc. for the day. I was hungry during the day, but after dinner I was fine. I wanted to have a snack when I got home and so checked out how may calories, etc. I had left for the day. I had 124 calories and checked out the granola bars and chips ahoy thinsations. The granola bar was 150 calories and the thinsations were 100 calories. I debated what I should do because I really wanted the granola bar. I thought to myself "It's only 26 calories over my limit." Then, I thought that that wasn't the right attitude to have. I needed to stay within my limit - so I did. And the thinsations with a little milk were delicious! :-) Menu for today: breakfast - cheese and egg on toast and orange juice, lunch - chili over potato, snacks - pineapple, yogurt, fruit salad, supper I already mentioned. I am wondering if I was hungry because the potato wasn't that big and didn't stay with me for very long. It seems that bagels/breads stay with me longer. Something to keep in mind for the future.

Still hung up on food!

I am really enjoying using sparkpeople - it's great being able to put in what I eat and have the program tell me how many calories, etc. I have used. And almost all days I am totally within my limits. But, the thing I am also finding is that, even if I am not hungry, I want to eat all that I am allowed to eat that day. I plan ahead what I will eat each day (it works better for me that way) and so I know what I am allowed to eat for that day. Today, for instance, I still have half a cup of pineapple left over to eat today. I am full right now from supper (Mike and I eat late when he is working) and yet I still want to eat that pineapple - not now, but I will eat it later. I just love to eat and if I have it on the menu, I want to eat it. I know that I should eat to live rather than live to eat, but it's hard to change years and years of eating style overnight. I did do something today that I thought really worked well - I put my snacks (pineapple and fruit salad - half a cup each) into containers earlier today so that when I was ready to eat them, all I had to do was go into the fridge and it was ready to eat. So, still learning. Menu for today: breakfast - pancakes, strawberries and milk, lunch - pita with chicken, tomatoes and cucumbers, green peppers with dip, snacks - fruit salad, pineapple, supper - macaroni with spaghetti sauce and green peppers topped with shredded cheese. Supper was really yummy with the green peppers added in there - added a lovely flavour to the meal. I also added turkey meatballs to it. They didn't taste as yummy as beef meatballs, but they have less than half the fat and they were good. I would be fine without any meat, but Mike likes his meatballs with his pasta.

A delicious dinner tonight - my tongue is still watering! :-)

Today was a good day - I stayed within my limits, I did a fifteen minute walk with Mike, I drank my eight cups of water, and now I am writing in my blog. Hopefully, this is the beginning of a winning streak with my 'other goals'. Lunch was a BLT on a bagel. I decided to make it a BELT (like Tim Horton's) - bacon (chicken), egg, lettuce and tomato and cheese. It was delicious! But, I knew from the other day, that a whole one would be too much all at once. So, I ate half at lunch time and then the other half two hours later. It was so much better that way - I didn't feel overly full and yet I didn't feel hungry later on. Supper was so yummy, too - it was tortillas filled with steak, green peppers, onions, cheese and salsa. I got to have two six inch tortillas and I loved it. The dinner on Sparkpeople called for 2 ounces of meat and I decided on 4 ounces, but I really could have done with just 2 ounces, I think. Next time, I will try 3 ounces and see if that's still too much. But, another meal to go into my favourites list. :-)