Holy crap. I am going to need a long time of serious recovery from this weekend and won't be able to get it. Work is quite a struggle today. Torn on how much of my weekend is really internet-friendly information. Went karaoking with some awesome people and sang a wide variety of fun songs. "Wheel in the Sky", "I Wanna Come Over" "That's the Way it is" "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Part of Your World." I love karaoke at Casey Morans. Great selection and a good crowd.
The rest of the weekend was just pretty awesome.
Food for the weekend was something I did rather well actually.
Friday:
7:45 a.m. - coffee and creamer
12:00 p.m. - Chicken wrap in a low carb tortilla with avocado, half a slice of swiss, roasted red pepper hummas and lettuce. Cottage cheese on the side.
3:00 p.m.- apple
5 p.m. - peanut butter
8 p.m. - chicken breast just straight while I was getting ready
Lots of vodka soda
Saturday:
8 a.m. - coffee and creamer
5 p.m. - Black bean soup and half a chicken salad sandwich from Panera (not low carb but I needed sustenence). Whole grain baguette.
lots of vodka. a bite of pizza late night. I managed to avoid free sliders in the bar... amazing.
Sunday:
11:00 a.m. - Ham and swiss baked eggs with a slice of wheat toast
1p.m. - Skim latte
3-10 p.m. - Three bloody marys and who knows how many beers. Some celery off the plate of a friend who was eating wings. Did I eat dinner? I honestly don't remember. Oh yeah! haha
11 p.m. - Broccoli and Cauliflower - I picked out all of the carrots in a frozen bag of mixed vegetables because I hate carrots.
So so ridiculous. Waking up today was a joke and all of the mess that is my condo is still waiting for me. They are anticipating a crazy intense snow storm and I'm really hoping for a snow day or two :) Would be glorious.
I am down 8 lbs as of now. 17 more to go.
Monday, January 31, 2011
Friday, January 28, 2011
An Interesting Night
Ya know, last night was just weird. Obviously the internet is not a safe space so this blog generally has to stick to totally kosher topics that I don't mind the world seeing. Not a totally safe "strangers and best friends" only sort of space. I'll leave it at weird.
Work was a bit stressful because we had a "learning walk" which is when people from the network come around and observe our every move. During my 3rd hour class, a total of 7 people observed me and that is enough to stress out anyone, let alone a teacher trying to get 25 students organized to do research on laptops and being judged for every single thing in your room from having student work up, to an organized and thorough planning binder using all of the right templates,to proper objectives being written, to explicit instructions and assessment for students, classroom management and a whole bevy of other delights. My coteacher once compared our school to having a garage with an amazing set of tools. Almost every tool you could ever dream to have would be in this garage. Now the only issue is that every time you want to do something using the tools, you have to use every single tool in the garage, no matter how inconvenient or ineffective it might be. Only my school doesn't actually have every tool available. We don't have a library and we only have 23 working computers available to do student research that take more time starting up than you generally have in a class period. By tools, we have a lot of paperwork. OK, work vent session over.
I was denied at the tanning salon because it had not been a complete 24 hours since my last tan (I was short one hour) so that was rather disappointing. Went home and had some leftovers, finally put my laundry away. Had a ridiculous conversation with a ridiculous friend and watched some predominantly mindless television.
American Idol update: For anyone watching this season so far, first of all I really like the positive adjustments. Though I loved Simon, the show just has a lot more energy at this point and the contestants seem way better. Still makes me wish I'd auditioned at some point and now I'm almost too old. Damn it.
In any case, Wednesday night the last contestant they showed was Chris Medina, a talented young man whose beautiful fiance was in a tragic accident, leaving her nearly brain dead. She is in a very long road to recovery and is starting to be able to get back basic movement and speech capacity. Chris stands by her side lovingly, refusing to abandon her so it was wonderful to see the reaction the judges and viewers had to his story and voice. The couple happen to be good friends with many of my friends from Starbucks and you may have noticed that his proposal took place in a Starbucks. It's that whole Starbucks family connection so keep Chris and Juliana in your thoughts through the remainder of this season... they could sure use some good news.
Food for the day:
6:30 a.m. - coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Turkey wrap on low carb tortilla with low fat cottage cheese
3:30 p.m. - banana
5:30 p.m. - peanut butter - this is probably a habit I really should stop although I am losing weight... at a slower rate than would be ideal.
7 p.m. - leftover cranberry glazed pork and cauliflower mashed potatoes.
That's all. Back to work now I suppose.
Work was a bit stressful because we had a "learning walk" which is when people from the network come around and observe our every move. During my 3rd hour class, a total of 7 people observed me and that is enough to stress out anyone, let alone a teacher trying to get 25 students organized to do research on laptops and being judged for every single thing in your room from having student work up, to an organized and thorough planning binder using all of the right templates,to proper objectives being written, to explicit instructions and assessment for students, classroom management and a whole bevy of other delights. My coteacher once compared our school to having a garage with an amazing set of tools. Almost every tool you could ever dream to have would be in this garage. Now the only issue is that every time you want to do something using the tools, you have to use every single tool in the garage, no matter how inconvenient or ineffective it might be. Only my school doesn't actually have every tool available. We don't have a library and we only have 23 working computers available to do student research that take more time starting up than you generally have in a class period. By tools, we have a lot of paperwork. OK, work vent session over.
I was denied at the tanning salon because it had not been a complete 24 hours since my last tan (I was short one hour) so that was rather disappointing. Went home and had some leftovers, finally put my laundry away. Had a ridiculous conversation with a ridiculous friend and watched some predominantly mindless television.
American Idol update: For anyone watching this season so far, first of all I really like the positive adjustments. Though I loved Simon, the show just has a lot more energy at this point and the contestants seem way better. Still makes me wish I'd auditioned at some point and now I'm almost too old. Damn it.
In any case, Wednesday night the last contestant they showed was Chris Medina, a talented young man whose beautiful fiance was in a tragic accident, leaving her nearly brain dead. She is in a very long road to recovery and is starting to be able to get back basic movement and speech capacity. Chris stands by her side lovingly, refusing to abandon her so it was wonderful to see the reaction the judges and viewers had to his story and voice. The couple happen to be good friends with many of my friends from Starbucks and you may have noticed that his proposal took place in a Starbucks. It's that whole Starbucks family connection so keep Chris and Juliana in your thoughts through the remainder of this season... they could sure use some good news.
Food for the day:
6:30 a.m. - coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Turkey wrap on low carb tortilla with low fat cottage cheese
3:30 p.m. - banana
5:30 p.m. - peanut butter - this is probably a habit I really should stop although I am losing weight... at a slower rate than would be ideal.
7 p.m. - leftover cranberry glazed pork and cauliflower mashed potatoes.
That's all. Back to work now I suppose.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Cauliflower Mashed "Potatoes" Delight
I feel like I had something I wanted to discuss in this post but I have totally forgotten whatever it was. I've been really productive today which is unlike me. Work went rather well but was exhausting (I use that word a lot. I'm like an old person or something. It really is just insane how tiring it gets trying to keep a bunch of 18 year olds in line all day... especially when you are trying to get them working lap tops to do research on). Had to stay pretty late to get the newspaper finished... you know that extra thing that takes up so much of my life but that I don't get paid for. It wasn't my students' best work either which is disappointing.
So after work I did something that is probably stupid on a few levels but I'm not regretting it at all. I went tanning. Stupid cause of well, the cancer thing and also the fact that I'm also so judgmental of fake-ish girls and the guys who like them. Mostly stupid because I am seriously barely making ends meet and tanning is expensive. OK but aside from all of the reasons it was stupid, I legitimately feel better about myself. The weight loss has been slow and I'm trying to fade my hair enough to start going back to my natural blonde so being pale on top of these things just really made for feeling more unattractive then I've ever felt in my life. A little color not only makes me actually look better, but the warmth of the bed for those 8 minutes took away some of the Seasonal Affective Disorder blues. I'd been stressed and felt really down but I came back feeling like I made progress and then I weighed myself and FINALLY dropped a lb! Relief!!! I worked out a bit and took a nice shower.
Feeling clean, skinny and with a nicer skin tone, I set to making a beautiful low-carb dinner. Didn't sit on my lazy ass to watch tv until about 10 p.m. and am now enjoying some American Idol... which always makes me wonder why I've never tried auditioning. I mean, singing is my favorite thing in the world and my best de-stressor. Could have been fun. I know people who know one of tonight's contestants who makes it through so I guess that's pretty cool. I'll probably finish up this show and head to sleep. Two days until the weekend. Let's hope the more positive mood can keep up a bit.
6:30 a.m. - Coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Salad with spinach, romaine, rotisserie chicken pieces, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, almonds, avocado and goat cheese crumbles and a side of raspberry vinaigrette.
3 p.m. - Cottage cheese
4 p.m. - whole grapefruit, which is evidently the world's most erotic fruit according to my hilarious co-teacher.
7 p.m. - a bit of peanut butter after working out to hold me over while cooking
8 p.m. - Pork in a cranberry dijon sauce (Dried cranberries, dijon, a drop of honey, Worcestire (sp?), strawberry balasmic, drop of grapefruit juice, rosemary, thyme, sage (but no parsley... haha... get it?), and of course, pork browned in a tsp of butter)
Mashed Cauliflower "potatoes" - Best idea ever when on a low-carb diet or even just eating healthy in general. Boil a cauliflower head in water until tender. Throw it in a food processor with some Greek yogurt, a dash of olive oil, salt, pepper, and paprika. Consistency is similar to mashed potatoes without all the calories. Awesome side dish and super healthy.
Random side note - this new American Idol has made me really like Jennifer Lopez. I think she's beautiful, sweet, and charming and am actually enjoying Idol sans Simon a lot more than I was anticipating.
In other news, I still have not put my laundry away. It's on the futon in my music room, where I have to go every morning to get underwear. Awesome.
So after work I did something that is probably stupid on a few levels but I'm not regretting it at all. I went tanning. Stupid cause of well, the cancer thing and also the fact that I'm also so judgmental of fake-ish girls and the guys who like them. Mostly stupid because I am seriously barely making ends meet and tanning is expensive. OK but aside from all of the reasons it was stupid, I legitimately feel better about myself. The weight loss has been slow and I'm trying to fade my hair enough to start going back to my natural blonde so being pale on top of these things just really made for feeling more unattractive then I've ever felt in my life. A little color not only makes me actually look better, but the warmth of the bed for those 8 minutes took away some of the Seasonal Affective Disorder blues. I'd been stressed and felt really down but I came back feeling like I made progress and then I weighed myself and FINALLY dropped a lb! Relief!!! I worked out a bit and took a nice shower.
Feeling clean, skinny and with a nicer skin tone, I set to making a beautiful low-carb dinner. Didn't sit on my lazy ass to watch tv until about 10 p.m. and am now enjoying some American Idol... which always makes me wonder why I've never tried auditioning. I mean, singing is my favorite thing in the world and my best de-stressor. Could have been fun. I know people who know one of tonight's contestants who makes it through so I guess that's pretty cool. I'll probably finish up this show and head to sleep. Two days until the weekend. Let's hope the more positive mood can keep up a bit.
6:30 a.m. - Coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Salad with spinach, romaine, rotisserie chicken pieces, raspberries, blueberries, blackberries, almonds, avocado and goat cheese crumbles and a side of raspberry vinaigrette.
3 p.m. - Cottage cheese
4 p.m. - whole grapefruit, which is evidently the world's most erotic fruit according to my hilarious co-teacher.
7 p.m. - a bit of peanut butter after working out to hold me over while cooking
8 p.m. - Pork in a cranberry dijon sauce (Dried cranberries, dijon, a drop of honey, Worcestire (sp?), strawberry balasmic, drop of grapefruit juice, rosemary, thyme, sage (but no parsley... haha... get it?), and of course, pork browned in a tsp of butter)
Mashed Cauliflower "potatoes" - Best idea ever when on a low-carb diet or even just eating healthy in general. Boil a cauliflower head in water until tender. Throw it in a food processor with some Greek yogurt, a dash of olive oil, salt, pepper, and paprika. Consistency is similar to mashed potatoes without all the calories. Awesome side dish and super healthy.
Random side note - this new American Idol has made me really like Jennifer Lopez. I think she's beautiful, sweet, and charming and am actually enjoying Idol sans Simon a lot more than I was anticipating.
In other news, I still have not put my laundry away. It's on the futon in my music room, where I have to go every morning to get underwear. Awesome.
Another Successful Carb-Free Day
It was a stressful day at work (shocking) and of course that means I came home and did very little. I find it so hard to motivate after working non stop all day. I don't understand how people do things like raise children with full time jobs. I seriously don't think I can ever have kids unless I get to be a stay at home mom. Can't even imagine coming home after an exhausting day at work and having to be mom instead of sitting on the couch or cooking a meal (whatever I want that is... not fish sticks). That being said, I don't know how I'd come home to a man either. If I end up alone forever, I doubt anyone will be all that surprised. I do quite well by myself. It will take quite an independent man to be my husband one day.
Food:
6:45 a.m. - Coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Turkey wrap on low-carb tortilla with swiss, lettuce, tomato and avocado
3:00 p.m. - cottage cheese and veggies with hummus and Laughing Cow Cheese (celery, cucumbers, cauliflower and tomatoes)
6 p.m. - Peanut Butter
8 p.m. - Chicken in a Jalefrez Curry Sauce *jar and veggies (rotisserie chicken, snow peas, green pepper, onion, water chestnut, broccoli, jalepeno)
10 p.m. - greek yogurt with raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, almonds and cinnamon
Monday, January 24, 2011
Forgetting Sarah Marshall... because she's the lesser of the two anyway
Well, made it through Monday. And the good thing is, I actually only gained .6 lbs this crazy weekend. Good feeling. It was day one of no carbs and I've been successful. Let's see how long I can keep it up. At least I have lunch ready for tomorrow because everyone knows I don't wake up early enough to take care of these things.
Work was alright. Teaching the kids about Chicago history and introducing their topics for the research paper and surprisingly, I got very few whines about it. They've just accepted that they have to deal with it and a few almost seem to like the idea of some of the topics. I wish we would hire someone to replace my coteacher. The students have nothing really productive to do so they just goof around, making me feel like I should do something about it but the truth is, I'm on my planning periods and would rather pretend I didn't have to be responsible for a bunch of students during that time.
Slightly warmer in my place which is nice. The reason for my status was that after watching Sarah Marshall, I decided to make it clear that Mila Kunis is hotter than Kristen Bell. My friend disagreed so I had to start polling people. Mila won hands down. Friend still disagrees. That was pretty much the big thing of my night besides cooking dinner and finally finishing my laundry. I folded it.. but didn't put it away. It's still on the futon.
Food:
6:50 a.m. - Coffee and Creamer
11:00 a.m. - Steak Tips Portobello Lean Cuisine
3:00 p.m. - two hard boiled eggs and cottage cheese
5:30 p.m. - About 3 tablespoons of peanut butter. Maybe a little more.
7:30 p.m. - Leftover Coconut Tilapia with vegetables ( snow peas, asparagus, water cress, green pepper, onion, jalapeno, mushrooms, thai chili sauce, fresh grated parmseano reggiano)
Very sleepy and really have nothing interesting to talk about... now or ever evidently. This blog is super boring and isn't even chronicling weight loss because I keep cheating. Gah.
Work was alright. Teaching the kids about Chicago history and introducing their topics for the research paper and surprisingly, I got very few whines about it. They've just accepted that they have to deal with it and a few almost seem to like the idea of some of the topics. I wish we would hire someone to replace my coteacher. The students have nothing really productive to do so they just goof around, making me feel like I should do something about it but the truth is, I'm on my planning periods and would rather pretend I didn't have to be responsible for a bunch of students during that time.
Slightly warmer in my place which is nice. The reason for my status was that after watching Sarah Marshall, I decided to make it clear that Mila Kunis is hotter than Kristen Bell. My friend disagreed so I had to start polling people. Mila won hands down. Friend still disagrees. That was pretty much the big thing of my night besides cooking dinner and finally finishing my laundry. I folded it.. but didn't put it away. It's still on the futon.
Food:
6:50 a.m. - Coffee and Creamer
11:00 a.m. - Steak Tips Portobello Lean Cuisine
3:00 p.m. - two hard boiled eggs and cottage cheese
5:30 p.m. - About 3 tablespoons of peanut butter. Maybe a little more.
7:30 p.m. - Leftover Coconut Tilapia with vegetables ( snow peas, asparagus, water cress, green pepper, onion, jalapeno, mushrooms, thai chili sauce, fresh grated parmseano reggiano)
Very sleepy and really have nothing interesting to talk about... now or ever evidently. This blog is super boring and isn't even chronicling weight loss because I keep cheating. Gah.
Grey. So Very Grey.
This weekend started out with good ideas and hope. I already ate too much at school because though I brought a tuna sandwich and greek yogurt, the staff lounge was filled with absolutely amazing things thanks to the Honor Roll Breakfast and Planning Potluck. I knew I was going to Tuscany so I figured I'd just make Friday a cheat day and get back on track Saturday , knowing that I'd be going no-carb on Monday. I got home with the intention of working out or cleaning before hopping in the shower, but of course did neither. It was about 10 degrees out and it turns out, the heat in my place is rather horrific. The thermostat read 62. Little did I know that no matter how high I turned the heat up, this would not raise until the outside temperature did today, Monday. Because it was so cold, I sat myself in a blanket for an hour and then got ready for Tuscany.
On my way with Michelle, I got rear-ended on 90/94 as a perfect continuation of my crappy car week. It was so cold and we were already so late for dinner that I was extra frustrated. My car is a beast and bore not a single scratch while the poor individual who ran into me had much damage on his own part. He was rather angry and I felt bad because though he was obviously following too closely, I did hit my breaks rather hard. Michelle and I had to wait about an hour and a half at Tuscany, which was all the same since we'd have just sat there forever anyway. We enjoyed a beautiful dinner and when I got back at 11:30, I just went straight to bed.
Food:
6:45 a.m. - coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Greek Yogurt
11:30 a.m. - piece of butter cake and a piece of banana bread
1:00 p.m. - tuna sandwich, a bit of fried rice
3 p.m. - brownie
9 p.m. - lots of bread and olive oil
10 p.m. - Butternut Squash Ravioli in brown butter sage..... so worth it
Also - two martinis and a glass of wine
Saturday - I woke up late and was so cold all day I could barely function. Due to the snow tracks and disaster that is my floor, I realized I seriously needed to clean. I put on some warm clothes and cleaned the place up but my toes were so cold I couldn't feel them even wearing two pair of fuzzy socks and Uggs. I realized that my vents were only blowing out or up which is a huge problem when you live on the first floor and your vents are at the top of the walls. Good to know that if I cared to sit on a ladder on the top two feet of my place that I might experience some heat. I unscrewed all of them and flipped them upside down trying to get them to aim some of the heat down. A while after switching and angling one of them, it fell down, shattering two martini glasses that left shards of glass from one end of my just-cleaned condo to the other. One of them was a really awesome Pottery Barn martini glass that was jet black with a light grey skull on the inside and I don't think it can be replaced. The other was from World Market and wasn't quite as nice or unique but disappointing nonetheless, not to mention the fact that there is probably still glass because it's almost impossible to know you got it all when something shatters from one end of the room to the other like that. I was supposed to go out but it got to the point where I was so cold that I couldn't face the thought of getting ready and going outside and spending money on a cab or waiting in the cold for the el so I stayed on my couch all day after cleaning, not even finishing the laundry I started. There is still wet laundry in the washer. Not the most productive or glorious of days.
Food:
12:30 p.m. - coffee and creamer
1:30 p.m. - Grilled cheese. I used one of those sandwich thins, a slice of Kraft American, some goat cheese, Parmesan, tomato and sauteed onion. Delicious.
7 p.m. - Indian food - Chicken Tikki Masala with Paneer cheese. Probably wouldn't have been too terrible if not for the rice and naan. Like I said, this weekend was a waste of my life in many ways. I was way too cold to work out, though if I would have, it might have created some heat at least.
Brings me to Sunday. Super super depressing Sunday. Woke up and grocery shopped to get a bunch of carb-free food to fill myself on this week. Swoowsk met up with me and we met a bunch of friends at Vines to watch the Bears-Packers NFC champsionship. The loss was heart-wrenching and I continued to stay out drinking pretty much all day and night, resulting in today's headache. In addition to the devastating loss of the Bears, I felt very confronted with the bleakness that is the next few months. It's cold and grey, just a lot of lame work, I'm bored and lonely. I really just want to meet someone I have fun with who appreciates me and is not selfish but thinking about yesterday's conversations all day, sometimes I wonder if there is a such thing as a man who is not selfish. In any case, I am really sick of being second place or worse in everything and that's very much how I feel right now. I want a man who sees me as his number one, not just the best available option at that very moment or at that particular time, which is all I've been to any man I've so much as glanced at in the last three years. It's more than old. In other news, I found a beautiful wedding dress thanks to Michelle introducing me to the best site ever.
I also am realizing just how very poor I am and am currently wondering how I will even get through the next few weeks on my unbelievably limited funds and the knowledge that I have to pay a mortgage, bills, and my credit card.... the thought makes me sick because I'm pretty sure it's going to be impossible and I don't even buy things.
Food for Sunday:
9:30 a.m. - Coffee and oatmeal with brown sugar and cinnamon
1 p.m. - Flat bread artichoke and goat cheese pizza
9 p.m - Frozen Yogurt with pomegranate, graham cracker and coconut
10:30 p.m. - burrito. Yes, I really did this after having the frozen yogurt. I am ridiculous and destined to be fat my entire life.
In other news, I watched a ton of totally pointless movies all weekend. Seriously need to get myself together.
On my way with Michelle, I got rear-ended on 90/94 as a perfect continuation of my crappy car week. It was so cold and we were already so late for dinner that I was extra frustrated. My car is a beast and bore not a single scratch while the poor individual who ran into me had much damage on his own part. He was rather angry and I felt bad because though he was obviously following too closely, I did hit my breaks rather hard. Michelle and I had to wait about an hour and a half at Tuscany, which was all the same since we'd have just sat there forever anyway. We enjoyed a beautiful dinner and when I got back at 11:30, I just went straight to bed.
Food:
6:45 a.m. - coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Greek Yogurt
11:30 a.m. - piece of butter cake and a piece of banana bread
1:00 p.m. - tuna sandwich, a bit of fried rice
3 p.m. - brownie
9 p.m. - lots of bread and olive oil
10 p.m. - Butternut Squash Ravioli in brown butter sage..... so worth it
Also - two martinis and a glass of wine
Saturday - I woke up late and was so cold all day I could barely function. Due to the snow tracks and disaster that is my floor, I realized I seriously needed to clean. I put on some warm clothes and cleaned the place up but my toes were so cold I couldn't feel them even wearing two pair of fuzzy socks and Uggs. I realized that my vents were only blowing out or up which is a huge problem when you live on the first floor and your vents are at the top of the walls. Good to know that if I cared to sit on a ladder on the top two feet of my place that I might experience some heat. I unscrewed all of them and flipped them upside down trying to get them to aim some of the heat down. A while after switching and angling one of them, it fell down, shattering two martini glasses that left shards of glass from one end of my just-cleaned condo to the other. One of them was a really awesome Pottery Barn martini glass that was jet black with a light grey skull on the inside and I don't think it can be replaced. The other was from World Market and wasn't quite as nice or unique but disappointing nonetheless, not to mention the fact that there is probably still glass because it's almost impossible to know you got it all when something shatters from one end of the room to the other like that. I was supposed to go out but it got to the point where I was so cold that I couldn't face the thought of getting ready and going outside and spending money on a cab or waiting in the cold for the el so I stayed on my couch all day after cleaning, not even finishing the laundry I started. There is still wet laundry in the washer. Not the most productive or glorious of days.
Food:
12:30 p.m. - coffee and creamer
1:30 p.m. - Grilled cheese. I used one of those sandwich thins, a slice of Kraft American, some goat cheese, Parmesan, tomato and sauteed onion. Delicious.
7 p.m. - Indian food - Chicken Tikki Masala with Paneer cheese. Probably wouldn't have been too terrible if not for the rice and naan. Like I said, this weekend was a waste of my life in many ways. I was way too cold to work out, though if I would have, it might have created some heat at least.
Brings me to Sunday. Super super depressing Sunday. Woke up and grocery shopped to get a bunch of carb-free food to fill myself on this week. Swoowsk met up with me and we met a bunch of friends at Vines to watch the Bears-Packers NFC champsionship. The loss was heart-wrenching and I continued to stay out drinking pretty much all day and night, resulting in today's headache. In addition to the devastating loss of the Bears, I felt very confronted with the bleakness that is the next few months. It's cold and grey, just a lot of lame work, I'm bored and lonely. I really just want to meet someone I have fun with who appreciates me and is not selfish but thinking about yesterday's conversations all day, sometimes I wonder if there is a such thing as a man who is not selfish. In any case, I am really sick of being second place or worse in everything and that's very much how I feel right now. I want a man who sees me as his number one, not just the best available option at that very moment or at that particular time, which is all I've been to any man I've so much as glanced at in the last three years. It's more than old. In other news, I found a beautiful wedding dress thanks to Michelle introducing me to the best site ever.
I also am realizing just how very poor I am and am currently wondering how I will even get through the next few weeks on my unbelievably limited funds and the knowledge that I have to pay a mortgage, bills, and my credit card.... the thought makes me sick because I'm pretty sure it's going to be impossible and I don't even buy things.
Food for Sunday:
9:30 a.m. - Coffee and oatmeal with brown sugar and cinnamon
1 p.m. - Flat bread artichoke and goat cheese pizza
9 p.m - Frozen Yogurt with pomegranate, graham cracker and coconut
10:30 p.m. - burrito. Yes, I really did this after having the frozen yogurt. I am ridiculous and destined to be fat my entire life.
In other news, I watched a ton of totally pointless movies all weekend. Seriously need to get myself together.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Chicago History and stuff
Today my lessons went very well. Our research paper is going to be centered around Devil in the White City and they will be selecting Chicago History topics on Innovation and Progress for their papers. I introduced the Columbian Exposition and some key Chicago facts that they seemed to actually connect to and find interest in. Overall, the day was not bad and my students were pretty on task.
At the end of the day, as I was just making copies and planning to get out of the building reletively early, my computer caught a heinus virus and wouldn't do anything. Anyone who knows me understands the general hysteria which any technology mishap causes in my life so it was not a pleasant next hour. Our amazing substitite was able to restore the computer and it is working fine again with minimal lost files. After all of this, I was very ready to get home and watch tv. I'm always very disappointed on Thursdays when there is no Grey's Anatomy. There will only be another episode or two which makes me sad and I have no other show like it until Friday Night Lights comes back on in the summer. Gotta get my drama fix!
Food:
6:45 a.m. - Coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Turkey Sandwich with turkey, avocado, swiss, light mayo, tomato and a sandwich thin
11:15 a.m. - Greek Yogurt with Cherry
3:30 p.m. - Honey Crisp Apple
5:30 p.m. - Fiber Bar
7:30 p.m. - Coconut Crusted Tilapia (no, I did not make this. I bought it at Jewel). Vegetables (snow peas, green pepper, onion, mushroom, jalapeno, garlic in thai garlic chili sauce).
Pretty healthy day overall although I'm still not losing weight. It's rather discouraging so starting Monday I'm going to go no carbs for two weeks to see if I can jumpstart the weight loss so I can work on maintaining rather than losing closer to Vegas. That is what my mom is doing anyway.
At the end of the day, as I was just making copies and planning to get out of the building reletively early, my computer caught a heinus virus and wouldn't do anything. Anyone who knows me understands the general hysteria which any technology mishap causes in my life so it was not a pleasant next hour. Our amazing substitite was able to restore the computer and it is working fine again with minimal lost files. After all of this, I was very ready to get home and watch tv. I'm always very disappointed on Thursdays when there is no Grey's Anatomy. There will only be another episode or two which makes me sad and I have no other show like it until Friday Night Lights comes back on in the summer. Gotta get my drama fix!
Food:
6:45 a.m. - Coffee and creamer
11:00 a.m. - Turkey Sandwich with turkey, avocado, swiss, light mayo, tomato and a sandwich thin
11:15 a.m. - Greek Yogurt with Cherry
3:30 p.m. - Honey Crisp Apple
5:30 p.m. - Fiber Bar
7:30 p.m. - Coconut Crusted Tilapia (no, I did not make this. I bought it at Jewel). Vegetables (snow peas, green pepper, onion, mushroom, jalapeno, garlic in thai garlic chili sauce).
Pretty healthy day overall although I'm still not losing weight. It's rather discouraging so starting Monday I'm going to go no carbs for two weeks to see if I can jumpstart the weight loss so I can work on maintaining rather than losing closer to Vegas. That is what my mom is doing anyway.
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Double flat-- and I'm not Talking about my Stomach
Today started off just fine. Got out of bed at the normal time, grabbed the lunch I prepared the night before, didn't screw up my coffee, got on the road after a brief ice scraping. All prepared for what was to be one of the easiest days of my work life as we were going to the Art Institute, on the field study that I planned. Students had an early dismissal and the rest of the day was to be spent planning.
As I pulled out, I noticed a strange sound. Salt, ice, snow... I figured. I continued to drive about 5 minutes when I realized that no, something was definitely wrong with my car. Pull over and sure enough, flat tire. No problem, I have a spare and 24/7 roadside assistance with my insurance. They said they'd be there within an hour so I called work, told them I was running late but would still make the field study. I'm pushing it when roadside comes but the guy was nice and took care of things... until informing me that in fact, I had TWO flat tires. Two flats, one spare = zero good. He had to get on his way so of course I mildly start to panic. Towing? Two replacement tires? I'm poor! And now officially not making it to work. Call in on what was to be my sweet day to be productive. Then call roadside... again. They will cover the tow up to $100. First good news of the morning. But they'll be 100 minutes. So since I didn't make it very far, I walk back home and grab my computer and hang out in Starbucks where at least I can do some work. The tow guy was very nice, as were the people we took the car to over at Ashland Tire. They were able to fix both of my tires and only charged me $25. Apart from the 5 hours lost and the waste of a sick day, it ended up being really awesome staying home and not being sick. It's so rare to see daylight in my place on a week day. I came home, cooked a healthy lunch and was impressively productive the rest of the day.
I stared at my computer too long that working out was actually difficult because I was in a daze, but at least I was able to get in a mild amount of cardio. Now I'm enjoying some great television and am looking forward to the fact that I only have two days until the weekend. It's a beautiful thing.
Food:
6:50 a.m. - coffee with creamer, which I drank while sitting in my car for an hour and a half, causing me to have to go to the bathroom really bad and have nowhere to go to do so for a very long time
12:30 p.m. - Egg sandwich. Fried egg, Canadian bacon, slice of American cheese on English Muffin with some Italian seasoning
3:30 p.m. - Tomato Parmesan Bisque soup at hand
Throughout the afternoon - too many pecans
8:00 p.m. - Leftover blue cheese pork with vegetables (snow peas, green pepper, mushroom, garlic, jalepeno, onion with thai garlic chili sauce) and an English muffin with guacamole.
I'll probably have either some greek yogurt or something later. I think next week I may try to go no carb to jump start more weight loss. I'm only down 7 lbs in 2.5 weeks and almost all of them came off in the first week. I can't believe how long I have weighed what I weigh. It's disgusting.
As I pulled out, I noticed a strange sound. Salt, ice, snow... I figured. I continued to drive about 5 minutes when I realized that no, something was definitely wrong with my car. Pull over and sure enough, flat tire. No problem, I have a spare and 24/7 roadside assistance with my insurance. They said they'd be there within an hour so I called work, told them I was running late but would still make the field study. I'm pushing it when roadside comes but the guy was nice and took care of things... until informing me that in fact, I had TWO flat tires. Two flats, one spare = zero good. He had to get on his way so of course I mildly start to panic. Towing? Two replacement tires? I'm poor! And now officially not making it to work. Call in on what was to be my sweet day to be productive. Then call roadside... again. They will cover the tow up to $100. First good news of the morning. But they'll be 100 minutes. So since I didn't make it very far, I walk back home and grab my computer and hang out in Starbucks where at least I can do some work. The tow guy was very nice, as were the people we took the car to over at Ashland Tire. They were able to fix both of my tires and only charged me $25. Apart from the 5 hours lost and the waste of a sick day, it ended up being really awesome staying home and not being sick. It's so rare to see daylight in my place on a week day. I came home, cooked a healthy lunch and was impressively productive the rest of the day.
I stared at my computer too long that working out was actually difficult because I was in a daze, but at least I was able to get in a mild amount of cardio. Now I'm enjoying some great television and am looking forward to the fact that I only have two days until the weekend. It's a beautiful thing.
Food:
6:50 a.m. - coffee with creamer, which I drank while sitting in my car for an hour and a half, causing me to have to go to the bathroom really bad and have nowhere to go to do so for a very long time
12:30 p.m. - Egg sandwich. Fried egg, Canadian bacon, slice of American cheese on English Muffin with some Italian seasoning
3:30 p.m. - Tomato Parmesan Bisque soup at hand
Throughout the afternoon - too many pecans
8:00 p.m. - Leftover blue cheese pork with vegetables (snow peas, green pepper, mushroom, garlic, jalepeno, onion with thai garlic chili sauce) and an English muffin with guacamole.
I'll probably have either some greek yogurt or something later. I think next week I may try to go no carb to jump start more weight loss. I'm only down 7 lbs in 2.5 weeks and almost all of them came off in the first week. I can't believe how long I have weighed what I weigh. It's disgusting.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Sex and Candy
Today was a hectic day at work. While this poor girl was doing a demonstration lesson for the available position in my classroom, a group of students got in a hugh "ghetto brawl" as they called it and everyone was distracted. I think if that happened during my demo lesson, I'd have walked out and never come back. In any case, I'm still really on top of my work load which is really nice.
Swoowski came over after work and we hung out which was awesome as usual. Made a delicious dinner and now will probably relax another hour before bed. Art Institute with the kiddies tomorrow which I'm a tad bit nervous about but hopefully it will go well. I really have nothing interesting to say in my life. I should really just stick to writing about food. Not down any weight. This is the fattest I've ever been for the longest time and it's just really depressing. I can't believe I let myself do this. I seriously need to lose this weight and never ever do this again.
Food:
6:45 ish or so whatever.. Coffee and creamer
11 a.m. - Sandwich - Sandwich thin, light mayo, turkey, a half piece of Swiss cheese, tomato and avocado
3 p.m. - Celery and grape tomatoes with roasted red pepper hummus
4:30 p.m. - Honey Crisp Apple
6:30 p.m. - Blue Cheese sauce over pork with salad. Sauce was made with onion, garlic, a bit of flour, milk, blue cheese and white wine poured over pork cutlets that I peppered and broiled for 6 minutes on each side.
10 p.m. - Fiber Chocolate bar - was too hungry not to eat anything else.
I need to go to Trader Joe's and get some of that really good and easy to make healthy food. Gotta keep this up through a few months... this has to be doable. I will lose weight damn it.
Back at 20 lbs to go.
Swoowski came over after work and we hung out which was awesome as usual. Made a delicious dinner and now will probably relax another hour before bed. Art Institute with the kiddies tomorrow which I'm a tad bit nervous about but hopefully it will go well. I really have nothing interesting to say in my life. I should really just stick to writing about food. Not down any weight. This is the fattest I've ever been for the longest time and it's just really depressing. I can't believe I let myself do this. I seriously need to lose this weight and never ever do this again.
Food:
6:45 ish or so whatever.. Coffee and creamer
11 a.m. - Sandwich - Sandwich thin, light mayo, turkey, a half piece of Swiss cheese, tomato and avocado
3 p.m. - Celery and grape tomatoes with roasted red pepper hummus
4:30 p.m. - Honey Crisp Apple
6:30 p.m. - Blue Cheese sauce over pork with salad. Sauce was made with onion, garlic, a bit of flour, milk, blue cheese and white wine poured over pork cutlets that I peppered and broiled for 6 minutes on each side.
10 p.m. - Fiber Chocolate bar - was too hungry not to eat anything else.
I need to go to Trader Joe's and get some of that really good and easy to make healthy food. Gotta keep this up through a few months... this has to be doable. I will lose weight damn it.
Back at 20 lbs to go.
Monday, January 17, 2011
Thanks for the Day off, MLK!
Woke up today and did a pilates and yoga class with Mom. The pilates part was rather challenging but I got through it so I mean, that's good. I'm still fat and all of course but if I can just get through a few weekends without eating like I did this one I'll actually get thin again. It's amazing how difficult it is. Like, all of the things I have accomplished in my life and I can't figure out to stop stuffing my damn face so I can look good. Actually, that's a lie. I haven't accomplished many things in my life either.
Sang a bunch of man-hating songs with a great friend who was in need last night which was a lot of fun. It was nice being able to go out on a Sunday and not have to work today. It's also really nice that it makes the week shorter. I always get that "weekend is over" knot in my stomach around this time before going back to work for the week but nothing I can do about it obviously.
I ate pretty healthy today and watched The Other Woman with my mom which was a pretty good movie and I love Natalie Portman. OK, well as I rest my hand on my stomach and feel the intense lard blob that lies there, I realize it is time to record my food intake for the day.
11:30 a.m. - Panera Fuji Apple Chicken salad with no Gorgonzola and dressing on the side with a whole grain baguette but I only ate about half of all of it.
3:00 p.m. - Chocolate Fiber Bar
6:00 p.m. - About 7 chicken meatballs with pita chips
7:00 p.m. - Grande skim latte
9:30 p.m. - half a cup of oatmeal with cinnamon and brown sugar
OK back to the Golden Girls marathon. I'm so productive.
Sang a bunch of man-hating songs with a great friend who was in need last night which was a lot of fun. It was nice being able to go out on a Sunday and not have to work today. It's also really nice that it makes the week shorter. I always get that "weekend is over" knot in my stomach around this time before going back to work for the week but nothing I can do about it obviously.
I ate pretty healthy today and watched The Other Woman with my mom which was a pretty good movie and I love Natalie Portman. OK, well as I rest my hand on my stomach and feel the intense lard blob that lies there, I realize it is time to record my food intake for the day.
11:30 a.m. - Panera Fuji Apple Chicken salad with no Gorgonzola and dressing on the side with a whole grain baguette but I only ate about half of all of it.
3:00 p.m. - Chocolate Fiber Bar
6:00 p.m. - About 7 chicken meatballs with pita chips
7:00 p.m. - Grande skim latte
9:30 p.m. - half a cup of oatmeal with cinnamon and brown sugar
OK back to the Golden Girls marathon. I'm so productive.
A Long Weekend Lacking in Weight Loss
Friday was a decent day at work. No students and just a few meetings with a lot of time to use how I saw effective, which I spent rearranging, organizing and cleaning my classroom. I'm sort of excited about the change of scenery. We'll see how it goes. Still no update on a new English teacher so hopefully that will be resolved soon and then it will be up to someone else to figure out where he's gonna sit as I took the liberty of taking the classroom desk back. In any case, this weekend I wasn't so excellent at eating healthy and now it's the end of the weekend and I'm not too psyched about working out, eating healthy or working normal hours.
Friday
6:30 am - coffee and cream
9 a.m - leftover mini cupcake
12:30 - Orchard Harvest Chicken Salad from Panera with no Gorgonzola and a whole grain baguette
1 - Two beer battered biscuits and a brownie (I have no will power when people have delicious free food in the classroom next door).
9 p.m - Sushi with the family. I was pretty good here and didn't eat too much sushi but then I continued to drink all night long.
Did the Jillian Michaels workout before going out for sushi.
Saturday
Some coffee and cream
10:30a.m. - Baked eggs with ham and swiss, piece of whole wheat toast.
3 p.m. - Corn and chicken soup
7:30 p.m. - Thai green curry and rice with pot stickers and crab rangoon (OOPS)
Sunday
Snacked throughout the day on hummus, veggies, some chicken meatballs and stuffed mushrooms. Healthy food but too much of it.
2 a.m. -White Castles again oops
I haven't been too healthy--- obviously. I'm so bad at this whole working out and eating healthy thing. In other news, the Bears have to play the Packers for their shot at the Super Bowl and I'm pretty psyched about it.
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Friday
6:30 am - coffee and cream
9 a.m - leftover mini cupcake
12:30 - Orchard Harvest Chicken Salad from Panera with no Gorgonzola and a whole grain baguette
1 - Two beer battered biscuits and a brownie (I have no will power when people have delicious free food in the classroom next door).
9 p.m - Sushi with the family. I was pretty good here and didn't eat too much sushi but then I continued to drink all night long.
Did the Jillian Michaels workout before going out for sushi.
Saturday
Some coffee and cream
10:30a.m. - Baked eggs with ham and swiss, piece of whole wheat toast.
3 p.m. - Corn and chicken soup
7:30 p.m. - Thai green curry and rice with pot stickers and crab rangoon (OOPS)
Sunday
Snacked throughout the day on hummus, veggies, some chicken meatballs and stuffed mushrooms. Healthy food but too much of it.
2 a.m. -White Castles again oops
I haven't been too healthy--- obviously. I'm so bad at this whole working out and eating healthy thing. In other news, the Bears have to play the Packers for their shot at the Super Bowl and I'm pretty psyched about it.
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Thursday, January 13, 2011
Snow Fights and Finals
Today was day two of my school's screwed - up finals schedule. An hour advisory and four straight 75 minute finals with a 20 minute lunch break is way too much testing for any high school student and it was felt throughout the entire building. The icing on the cake definitely came when the fire alarm went off right before the last final of the day, causing us to stand coatless in the January snow for 25 minutes while they figured things out. Not an ideal work day. A snow fight ensued and then we were responsible for rallying up any students who threw snowballs so they could get punished before coming back to take their last final and there was just a lot of drama. While I was exhausted at the end of the day, I am caught up with my grading and just about ready to submit all of it and I'm very up to date on my unit plans so I feel pretty confident about that.
Food:
6:50 - Coffee and cream *I woke up at 6:40 today haha
11 - Mexican soup
3 - Greek yogurt with peaches
4- two mini cupcakes....oops
6 - a few club crackers
7 - leftover chicken with cherry glaze and caprese salad
9 - Weight watchers chocolate ice cream bar
I was finally down a pound today but think I ate too much to keep it. We shall see. Sushi with the fam tomorrow!
Food:
6:50 - Coffee and cream *I woke up at 6:40 today haha
11 - Mexican soup
3 - Greek yogurt with peaches
4- two mini cupcakes....oops
6 - a few club crackers
7 - leftover chicken with cherry glaze and caprese salad
9 - Weight watchers chocolate ice cream bar
I was finally down a pound today but think I ate too much to keep it. We shall see. Sushi with the fam tomorrow!
A Week of Plateau
Not only have I not really lost weight this week but I was lazy about the blog too. Fail. Monday was an uneventful day where I was just really tired. Its finals week and I was trying to prepare my students for the final, which the last two days would prove didn't help them anyway. Monday I had to try to undo the damage done by Sunday, and I didn't end up going back down until this morning, Thursday.
Monday's food:
6:30 - coffee and cream
11 - I think I ate a Lean Cuisine... I don't even remember which is sort of sad. I know I didn't bother with making a sandwich though.
3 - Cottage Cheese or some similar snack I'm sure.
5 - Too many walnuts becuase I was very hungry. Leftover baked eggs... just one of the dishes.
7:30 - Leftover scallops with a side of a lot of vegetables.
I had a lot of things I was supposed to do, such as working out and grocery shopping that just didn't end up happening. I was feeling rather brain dead for some reason.
Tuesday was a new day. I ate rather healthy most of the day and went grocery shopping straight after school which was much needed. I was out of some basic necessities. When I was there, I forgot to bring my stickers to get my stir-fry pot and they had it there. It also slipped my mind that I needed butter to bake the cupcakes I intended to bake for my advisory students so I had to improvise the baking of them.
I baked the cupcakes while watching Cupcake Wars which was sort of entertaining. My mom got me a mini cupcake maker for Christmas which makes batches of 7 mini cupcakes about 10 minutes a batch. I need to figure out smaller amounts to make it more useful because setting up the batches was time-consuming but in the end I did have 42 little cupcakes.
Becuase I didnt have enough butter, or a good mini cupcake recipe, I completely improvised it. Inlcuding the amounts. Surprisngly, they turned out rather good, though a little heavy. The batter was made with a cup of flour, a half a stick of butter, a dash of half and half, a cup of brown sugar, a cup of cocoa, and a cup of crumbled graham crackers (weird but it worked). The frosting was a half cup of peanut butter, a cup of confectioner's sugar, and a half cup or so of Greek yogurt (in place of butter). As I said, though they were a bit on the heavy side, the end result was good and my students and co-teachers enjoyed them. They went quickly.
Oh, but I did do a Jillian Michaels yoga workout that was pretty good and I'm still a bit sore from it so at least I had that going for me.
6:30 a.m. - Coffee and creamer
11 a.m. - Lentil soup
3 p.m. - Greek yogurt with sliced almonds and honey
7 p.m ish - Rotiserrie Chicken and a side of leftover vegetables
9 p.m. - Bits of batter, frosting and eventually a mini peanut butter chocolate cupcake. (this could explain the plateau...)
Wednesday - It was the longest day of work in a while. Students had finals but instead of three or four half day finals like most schools, they had an extended advisory (which is like a homeroom with a character development focus), three finals and then four 22 minute study sessions. I think it was exhausting for everyone.
I went back to Jewel straight from work to pick up that stir-fry wok with my stickers and to get some butter in case I need it. While I was there I picked up some chicken breat cutlets as well to make dinner with and ended up having enough stickers leftover that I purchased a last piece of cookware for only $5.49 using 25 stickers. I still have about 20 left if anyone needs a few... I was only 5 short of getting that 3rd skillet for free. Oh, I'm sorry, for a penny.
Came home and cooked a beautiful dinner for myself and Julia and then we sat around discussing life most of the night rather than being productive. No workout happened so hopefully today after work I will do that. No excuses when you're trying to lose 25 lbs and have 19 to go. Julia and I watched this movie, Wild Orchid. Weirdest damn movie. I selected it totally randomly because nothing was on tv and it was free. Really weird and screwed up, not that we paid all that much attention to it. Anyway, food break down:
6:30 - Coffee and cream but I didn't drink that much of it really
11:00 - Pasta Primavera Lean Cuisine
3 - Greek Yogurt with cherry sauce
4:30 - Honey Crisp Apple
6:30 - Chicken cultets in a cherry glaze with a salad
I dipped the chicken in flour, salt and pepper for some flavor and texture and cooked it over medium heat, 5 minutes on each side in a tbsn of butter and olive oil (this recipe is for four servings).
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, I brought 1/2 cup ruby red grapefruit juice, 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/3 cup dried cherries, and a tbsn of honey dijon mustard to a boil and reduced it by half. Poured some of it over the chicken.
Salad was the usual - sliced cucumbers, grape tomatoes, ovallini fresh mozarrella, fresh basil, italian seasonings, avocado, red onions in orange olive oil and strawberry balsamic. I wouldn't mix the orange and strawberry next time... one flavor would be better.
Later in the night I was still really hungry so I snacked on some pecans and eventually caved and made a Chicken Soup at Hand. Eating healthy doesn't mean going hungry and this morning I was down a pound anyway.
This was a really boring post. I hope no one actually read it.
Monday's food:
6:30 - coffee and cream
11 - I think I ate a Lean Cuisine... I don't even remember which is sort of sad. I know I didn't bother with making a sandwich though.
3 - Cottage Cheese or some similar snack I'm sure.
5 - Too many walnuts becuase I was very hungry. Leftover baked eggs... just one of the dishes.
7:30 - Leftover scallops with a side of a lot of vegetables.
I had a lot of things I was supposed to do, such as working out and grocery shopping that just didn't end up happening. I was feeling rather brain dead for some reason.
Tuesday was a new day. I ate rather healthy most of the day and went grocery shopping straight after school which was much needed. I was out of some basic necessities. When I was there, I forgot to bring my stickers to get my stir-fry pot and they had it there. It also slipped my mind that I needed butter to bake the cupcakes I intended to bake for my advisory students so I had to improvise the baking of them.
I baked the cupcakes while watching Cupcake Wars which was sort of entertaining. My mom got me a mini cupcake maker for Christmas which makes batches of 7 mini cupcakes about 10 minutes a batch. I need to figure out smaller amounts to make it more useful because setting up the batches was time-consuming but in the end I did have 42 little cupcakes.
Becuase I didnt have enough butter, or a good mini cupcake recipe, I completely improvised it. Inlcuding the amounts. Surprisngly, they turned out rather good, though a little heavy. The batter was made with a cup of flour, a half a stick of butter, a dash of half and half, a cup of brown sugar, a cup of cocoa, and a cup of crumbled graham crackers (weird but it worked). The frosting was a half cup of peanut butter, a cup of confectioner's sugar, and a half cup or so of Greek yogurt (in place of butter). As I said, though they were a bit on the heavy side, the end result was good and my students and co-teachers enjoyed them. They went quickly.
Oh, but I did do a Jillian Michaels yoga workout that was pretty good and I'm still a bit sore from it so at least I had that going for me.
6:30 a.m. - Coffee and creamer
11 a.m. - Lentil soup
3 p.m. - Greek yogurt with sliced almonds and honey
7 p.m ish - Rotiserrie Chicken and a side of leftover vegetables
9 p.m. - Bits of batter, frosting and eventually a mini peanut butter chocolate cupcake. (this could explain the plateau...)
Wednesday - It was the longest day of work in a while. Students had finals but instead of three or four half day finals like most schools, they had an extended advisory (which is like a homeroom with a character development focus), three finals and then four 22 minute study sessions. I think it was exhausting for everyone.
I went back to Jewel straight from work to pick up that stir-fry wok with my stickers and to get some butter in case I need it. While I was there I picked up some chicken breat cutlets as well to make dinner with and ended up having enough stickers leftover that I purchased a last piece of cookware for only $5.49 using 25 stickers. I still have about 20 left if anyone needs a few... I was only 5 short of getting that 3rd skillet for free. Oh, I'm sorry, for a penny.
Came home and cooked a beautiful dinner for myself and Julia and then we sat around discussing life most of the night rather than being productive. No workout happened so hopefully today after work I will do that. No excuses when you're trying to lose 25 lbs and have 19 to go. Julia and I watched this movie, Wild Orchid. Weirdest damn movie. I selected it totally randomly because nothing was on tv and it was free. Really weird and screwed up, not that we paid all that much attention to it. Anyway, food break down:
6:30 - Coffee and cream but I didn't drink that much of it really
11:00 - Pasta Primavera Lean Cuisine
3 - Greek Yogurt with cherry sauce
4:30 - Honey Crisp Apple
6:30 - Chicken cultets in a cherry glaze with a salad
I dipped the chicken in flour, salt and pepper for some flavor and texture and cooked it over medium heat, 5 minutes on each side in a tbsn of butter and olive oil (this recipe is for four servings).
Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, I brought 1/2 cup ruby red grapefruit juice, 1/2 cup orange juice, 1/3 cup dried cherries, and a tbsn of honey dijon mustard to a boil and reduced it by half. Poured some of it over the chicken.
Salad was the usual - sliced cucumbers, grape tomatoes, ovallini fresh mozarrella, fresh basil, italian seasonings, avocado, red onions in orange olive oil and strawberry balsamic. I wouldn't mix the orange and strawberry next time... one flavor would be better.
Later in the night I was still really hungry so I snacked on some pecans and eventually caved and made a Chicken Soup at Hand. Eating healthy doesn't mean going hungry and this morning I was down a pound anyway.
This was a really boring post. I hope no one actually read it.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Reporting from my Sunday Fatday
I started off with the best of intentions. After a pathetic and foggy el ride home after a rather intense Saturday night where I ended up staying at a friend's because it was too late to get home, I came in and made baked eggs. Michelle came over to enjoy a lazy Sunday with me and to recover while catching up and watching cheesy movies on tv - my favorite way to spend a Sunday. I usually throw some football in there but didn't even do that.
After a a couple of hours of vegetation, I realized that baked eggs weren't going to cut it. My hangover was killing me and I needed real sustenance. Pizza ensued. Followed by my go-to hangover helper, smoothies. And it gets worse. Because there was a delivery minimum and the smoothies didn't hit it yet (and yes, I had smoothies delivered. I am that lazy on Sundays), we had to add something and what better than a Nutella crepe? We shared it if that makes it any better.
Well needless to say, I'm right back up where I was before the two dehydration lbs and hopefully will stay on track this week. No cheat days until the weekend.
Breakdown:
10:30 a.m. ish - Starbucks grande latte while I waited for the el at the Sox 35th stop holding a cowboy hat and looking awkward
11:30 a.m. - Baked eggs. I beat egg whites, saving the yolks, and a dash of cream. Chopped up red pepper, asparagus, onion, goat cheese and put the mixture into four small baking cups. I poured the egg mixture over it and then gently added one yolk to each center. Sprinkled with rosemary, salt and pepper and baked for 15 minutes at 350, letting stand and set for about 10. They were delicious, don't get me wrong, but not good hangover food. At least I have two leftover.
3 p.m. - Lou Malnati's thin crust pizza. From this point on, I picked at the pizza until by the end of the night, I had successfully eaten an entire half of a large pizza though I suppose it constituted lunch and dinner.
6 p.m. - Mango, peach, banana smoothie with half a nutella crepe
Better luck tomorrow.
After a a couple of hours of vegetation, I realized that baked eggs weren't going to cut it. My hangover was killing me and I needed real sustenance. Pizza ensued. Followed by my go-to hangover helper, smoothies. And it gets worse. Because there was a delivery minimum and the smoothies didn't hit it yet (and yes, I had smoothies delivered. I am that lazy on Sundays), we had to add something and what better than a Nutella crepe? We shared it if that makes it any better.
Well needless to say, I'm right back up where I was before the two dehydration lbs and hopefully will stay on track this week. No cheat days until the weekend.
Breakdown:
10:30 a.m. ish - Starbucks grande latte while I waited for the el at the Sox 35th stop holding a cowboy hat and looking awkward
11:30 a.m. - Baked eggs. I beat egg whites, saving the yolks, and a dash of cream. Chopped up red pepper, asparagus, onion, goat cheese and put the mixture into four small baking cups. I poured the egg mixture over it and then gently added one yolk to each center. Sprinkled with rosemary, salt and pepper and baked for 15 minutes at 350, letting stand and set for about 10. They were delicious, don't get me wrong, but not good hangover food. At least I have two leftover.
3 p.m. - Lou Malnati's thin crust pizza. From this point on, I picked at the pizza until by the end of the night, I had successfully eaten an entire half of a large pizza though I suppose it constituted lunch and dinner.
6 p.m. - Mango, peach, banana smoothie with half a nutella crepe
Better luck tomorrow.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Poor Life Decisions...
Writing for last night now. Take note that the poor life decisions referenced above have nothing to do with my diet and exercise plan. Apart from some rather excessive alcohol intake, I was a rock star of healthy living yesterday (as far as weight loss is concerned). So I woke up pretty late for no reason seeing as I did nothing the day before but it's always nice to sleep in. I fully cleaned the condo while rocking out to some cheesy tunes and singing at the top of my lungs. I absolutely love the feeling of a clean place when I even take the time to mop the floors. The hours of daylight I get to spend here do not go unappreciated and sometimes cleaning can be rather relaxing in a way.
I found a way that I could attend both of the parties I was debating between as I had another friend doing the same and driving. Transportation is usually my biggest concern when I'm drinking and going places where the el and cabs are not readily available. Considering party one was Country Thunder themed and my fantastic black cowboy hat and cream boots are at home, I made my way to what is quickly becoming one of my favorite stores - Ragstock. It's pretty much the king of all things themed. Found a great shirt and hat for a grand total of $10. Perfect.
Came home, listened to a friend vent, WORKED OUT (I get really proud of myself) and got ready while watching Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - a very cutesy little indie film of sorts. The work out was good and also served as another reminder of just how out of shape I really am.
Country Thunder themed party was a great time and I stuck to vodka and Diet Coke throughout the party save for a few shots I had to take against my will (resulting in pretty extreme intoxication). Behaved rather annoyingly when I found myself pouring butterscotch schnapps into people's beverages as though I was a 16 year old drunk for the first time but hey, shit happens and I told them I didn't want to do shots. (I have persuasive friends and at 26 still don't just say no it seems).
Party two was a friend's little sister's 21st birthday and it was karaoke themed in a favorite dive on the south side. I rocked out to some Sweet Child O' Mine and Red High Heels and continued to party excessively resulting in some slightly bad decision making which I do not regret at all. All things considered, I still party like I'm in college and wouldn't have it any other way. Getting off the el at 10:30 and walking down Belmont I felt very much in love with my life, even in my hungover state. Now my best friend since I was 13 is coming over to bum around with me so I will post again later.
Food:
12 ish - Omelet with 1 egg, 2 egg whites, a dash of cream, red pepper, onion, jalepeno, Canadian bacon, goat cheese and asparagus with some Italian seasoning.
7 p.m. - Swedish Meatballs Lean Cuisine - that sounds dirty but it was delicious and definitely not enough substance for a night of alcohol
8:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. - Vodka and Diet Coke with occasional stops for shots of various sorts and sizes.
Today I was down two more pounds and though I know it doesn't count because clearly I'm dehydrated, I will count it as a small victory. If I could stay at this weight it would mean I have 17 lbs to go (from the 25 I actually started with).
I found a way that I could attend both of the parties I was debating between as I had another friend doing the same and driving. Transportation is usually my biggest concern when I'm drinking and going places where the el and cabs are not readily available. Considering party one was Country Thunder themed and my fantastic black cowboy hat and cream boots are at home, I made my way to what is quickly becoming one of my favorite stores - Ragstock. It's pretty much the king of all things themed. Found a great shirt and hat for a grand total of $10. Perfect.
Came home, listened to a friend vent, WORKED OUT (I get really proud of myself) and got ready while watching Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist - a very cutesy little indie film of sorts. The work out was good and also served as another reminder of just how out of shape I really am.
Country Thunder themed party was a great time and I stuck to vodka and Diet Coke throughout the party save for a few shots I had to take against my will (resulting in pretty extreme intoxication). Behaved rather annoyingly when I found myself pouring butterscotch schnapps into people's beverages as though I was a 16 year old drunk for the first time but hey, shit happens and I told them I didn't want to do shots. (I have persuasive friends and at 26 still don't just say no it seems).
Party two was a friend's little sister's 21st birthday and it was karaoke themed in a favorite dive on the south side. I rocked out to some Sweet Child O' Mine and Red High Heels and continued to party excessively resulting in some slightly bad decision making which I do not regret at all. All things considered, I still party like I'm in college and wouldn't have it any other way. Getting off the el at 10:30 and walking down Belmont I felt very much in love with my life, even in my hungover state. Now my best friend since I was 13 is coming over to bum around with me so I will post again later.
Food:
12 ish - Omelet with 1 egg, 2 egg whites, a dash of cream, red pepper, onion, jalepeno, Canadian bacon, goat cheese and asparagus with some Italian seasoning.
7 p.m. - Swedish Meatballs Lean Cuisine - that sounds dirty but it was delicious and definitely not enough substance for a night of alcohol
8:30 p.m. - 2 a.m. - Vodka and Diet Coke with occasional stops for shots of various sorts and sizes.
Today I was down two more pounds and though I know it doesn't count because clearly I'm dehydrated, I will count it as a small victory. If I could stay at this weight it would mean I have 17 lbs to go (from the 25 I actually started with).
Being Lame on a Friday
Delayed post to match my delayed mind right now but clearly I must play a bit of catch up. So the Indian food only set me back a lb which I made up for by the end of the day and was back so it was as though I broke even. I'll take it. My mom and brother were supposed to come down to have dinner and karaoke with me but ended up canceling because it was so cold out and they are lame. I ended up not going to the other party because my bests weren't going to be there and I chose to avoid a potentially awkward situation. In any case, Swoowsk came over and we watched Going the Distance - a very entertaining film.
Work was absolutely insane so what I really needed was a calm night to clear my mood anyway and I think it was nice. When I'm stressed I like to cook so I cooked a rather fancy meal just for myself and am looking forward to enjoying leftovers tonight actually.
6:30 a.m. - Coffee with creamer. I might add that all these coffees never even get finished because I won't drink it once it is luke warm anyway.
11:00 ish - Greek Yogurt with Peach
1:30 p.m. - Pasta Primavera Lean Cuisine
7:30 p.m - I made baked scallops and a salad
I cooked the scallops in a bit of butter and white wine and topped them with whole wheat bread crumbs, jalepeno, rosemary, onion, and then sundried tomato at 425 degrees for about 14 minutes. They were very delicious.
Salad was just some fresh mozzarella, tomato, avocado, red onion, italian seasoning, basil, olive oil and strawberry balsamic. Basically a caprese.
Still too sore to work out. Could barely move.
Work was absolutely insane so what I really needed was a calm night to clear my mood anyway and I think it was nice. When I'm stressed I like to cook so I cooked a rather fancy meal just for myself and am looking forward to enjoying leftovers tonight actually.
6:30 a.m. - Coffee with creamer. I might add that all these coffees never even get finished because I won't drink it once it is luke warm anyway.
11:00 ish - Greek Yogurt with Peach
1:30 p.m. - Pasta Primavera Lean Cuisine
7:30 p.m - I made baked scallops and a salad
I cooked the scallops in a bit of butter and white wine and topped them with whole wheat bread crumbs, jalepeno, rosemary, onion, and then sundried tomato at 425 degrees for about 14 minutes. They were very delicious.
Salad was just some fresh mozzarella, tomato, avocado, red onion, italian seasoning, basil, olive oil and strawberry balsamic. Basically a caprese.
Still too sore to work out. Could barely move.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Paneer and Naan... Oops :)
Alright, alright I already had a cheat night. Bad, I get it. But see that's what happens when you buy Groupons. They expire right when you're on a diet and you're torn between wasting the $20 you spent to get $40 off at India House or regressing on the weight loss progress. I regressed. I assume. I won't weigh myself after eating it now. The good thing is I actually forgot the leftovers so I can't have any more.
Today was an insane day at work. Two students got into a fight in my classroom (I was in a classroom down the hall) right in front of the principal and mass chaos ensued. Blood everywhere, desks shoved, papers flying, dropped projectors, screaming.... chaos. It happened at 9 a.m. and set a tone for the remainder of the day. While future issues were smaller in scale, the day just felt very tense. At first I thought I just really wanted to go home and vegetate and instead I left work at exactly 4:10 p.m. (might be a record for me on a non-Friday) and went to India House to use my Groupon with my dear friend Jen. The brisk walk to the el was sort of refreshing and the food was absolutely amazing. I definitely overdid it on the naan as I'm all or nothing. If I'm in a restaurant, I'm going to order what I want and eat until I'm a little more than full if not busting out of myself. This is why I usually avoid restaurants and take out when I'm trying to eat healthy. I spent about $4 for this delectable meal though so it was totally worth it and nice to get out on a weeknight.
Besides, yesterday I let Jillian Michaels kick my ass via Comcast OnDemand so that helps, right? I can hardly move at all today. I'm so embarrassingly out of shape. I would have liked to workout again today but seriously couldn't move. Here is the food break down:
6:30 a.m. - Coffee with Creamer - OK 6:30 is a lie. Really, I pushed snooze until 6:30, took my sweet ass time getting ready and made it out the door by 6:55... a good 20 minutes late but Thursday is my non-meeting day so I feel no serious hurry to get to work before 7:30.
11:45 a.m. - Cottage Cheese. I sort of forgot to eat lunch today. We were interviewing a new person and I was grading papers and dealing with putting my classroom back in order. Food just didn't happen.
3:00 p.m. - Greek Yogurt with a bit of cherry
8:00 p.m. - INDIAN FOOD :) Naan... sooo much naan... like a lb of naan in delicious mattar tomato sauce followed by Chickin Tikki Masala with jalapeno and Chani Paneer. It was some of the best Indian I have ever had. Right there with Amol India (Cincinnati). Maybe worth undoing about two lost pounds.
This all being said, I was down 6 lbs after work... before India House. 19 to go! (Obviously it will slow significantly now.)
Sushi with Mom and Zach tomorrow!
Today was an insane day at work. Two students got into a fight in my classroom (I was in a classroom down the hall) right in front of the principal and mass chaos ensued. Blood everywhere, desks shoved, papers flying, dropped projectors, screaming.... chaos. It happened at 9 a.m. and set a tone for the remainder of the day. While future issues were smaller in scale, the day just felt very tense. At first I thought I just really wanted to go home and vegetate and instead I left work at exactly 4:10 p.m. (might be a record for me on a non-Friday) and went to India House to use my Groupon with my dear friend Jen. The brisk walk to the el was sort of refreshing and the food was absolutely amazing. I definitely overdid it on the naan as I'm all or nothing. If I'm in a restaurant, I'm going to order what I want and eat until I'm a little more than full if not busting out of myself. This is why I usually avoid restaurants and take out when I'm trying to eat healthy. I spent about $4 for this delectable meal though so it was totally worth it and nice to get out on a weeknight.
Besides, yesterday I let Jillian Michaels kick my ass via Comcast OnDemand so that helps, right? I can hardly move at all today. I'm so embarrassingly out of shape. I would have liked to workout again today but seriously couldn't move. Here is the food break down:
6:30 a.m. - Coffee with Creamer - OK 6:30 is a lie. Really, I pushed snooze until 6:30, took my sweet ass time getting ready and made it out the door by 6:55... a good 20 minutes late but Thursday is my non-meeting day so I feel no serious hurry to get to work before 7:30.
11:45 a.m. - Cottage Cheese. I sort of forgot to eat lunch today. We were interviewing a new person and I was grading papers and dealing with putting my classroom back in order. Food just didn't happen.
3:00 p.m. - Greek Yogurt with a bit of cherry
8:00 p.m. - INDIAN FOOD :) Naan... sooo much naan... like a lb of naan in delicious mattar tomato sauce followed by Chickin Tikki Masala with jalapeno and Chani Paneer. It was some of the best Indian I have ever had. Right there with Amol India (Cincinnati). Maybe worth undoing about two lost pounds.
This all being said, I was down 6 lbs after work... before India House. 19 to go! (Obviously it will slow significantly now.)
Sushi with Mom and Zach tomorrow!
Delayed Post from Yesterday - Blogger issues
Work was great today. The usual frenzy which accompanies my attitude at work was gone and I was quite on top of things. It’s a good change not feeling like I’m going to get canned or explode any second like I did back in September. I was able to call all of the parents I needed to, schedule a conference with a parent, leave messages scheduling a field study, had a meeting with one of my many bosses about my success tracking students and maybe even taught someone something in addition to having my copies made for tomorrow and Friday. Damn! Sometimes I still feel like a kid playing grown up when I’m doing things like calling a parent to discuss their 18 year-old’s behavior issues.
There was still a slight crack of daylight present as I left work today. What to do with the extra time? Have Jillian Michaels kick my ass! It was a great workout, I hated every minute of it and every muscle in my body hurts but hey, pain is gain. Or in this case, hopefully loss. At least I started the workout part of this deal.
As for meals today:
6:30 a.m. – Coffee with creamer – you’ll notice a trend here.
11:00 a.m. – Turkey sandwich with avocado, light mayo, Swiss
4 p.m. – Giant honey crisp apple – this was my last giant apple so I’m not sure what my after school/pre drive home snack will be. Oh no!
7 p.m. – Alaskan Cod in a citrus salsa with brussell sprouts. I made this off the top of my head and some of the flavors didn’t work. I baked the fish in an orange olive oil and topped it with a mixture of bread crumbs, fresh squeezed mandarin orange, mango chunks and rosemary. Something about the flavors didn’t go.
I made the brussell sprouts in a horseradish sauce of sorts with a touch of half and half, all spice, and cardamom
Now I’m sleepy and will probably read a bit. I think I’m too tired to attempt writing. I’ve been trying to write at least one page of my novel a day but I’m frustrated with a lot of parts of it and am seriously doubting my own writing ability. Today, there will be no page written. Some bastard needs to break my heart or something. I write better when I’m sad.
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
Switching Between Definitely, Maybe and Cupcake Wars.... TV at its Finest
So it's 8 p.m. and I'm so tired I could already fall asleep on this couch. Work was definitely better today and I was more optimistic. Obviously, I'm not thrilled that the person I was closest to at work and most comfortable with left so abruptly, but I've moved into the phase of just dealing with it and doing what I can. Hopefully his replacement will be someone I get along with naturally.
Watching Cupcake Wars when I'm eating healthy is dangerous. Clearly, I'm now mouth-watered at the very idea that a cupcake could potentially be within a close vicinity to me. Luckily, I have nothing of the sort and just cleaned up the kitchen from dinner so even if it weren't for the necessary weight loss, I would definitely be too lazy to bake anything. I did get a mini cupcake maker for Christmas. You know you're getting old when you get kitchenware and home decor for Christmas and you're truly psyched about it. New Martha Stewart MultiPot, Cuisinart... Last year was the KitchenAid Mixer. My mom rules.
Cuuupppppcaaaaakkkkess. I don't know what the deal is with my cupcake obsession. I just adore them. It's a relatively new obsession, though I've always thought they were the world's happiest food. In another life, I'd have opened up a cupcake bakery. Maybe I should marry someone wealthy and start a cupcake business. Cause that would be really good for my diet.
Speaking of, I pretty much ate the same food today as yesterday.
6:30 a.m. - Coffee and creamer. Tried one of those coffee house specials or whatever they are called. Hazelnut Cream... Not sure it was as good as others I have tried.
11:00 a.m. - Turkey sandwich with light mayo, tomato, swiss, avocado
4 p.m. - Ginormous Honey Crisp Apple - seriously, I was asked by a student today if I injected it with steroids, Good Burger style.
5:30 p.m. - Clementine on the drive home.
7 p.m. - Came in and cooked up some more rotisserie chicken with asparagus, red bell pepper, onion, jalepeno, garlic and an Indian butter chicken sauce.
Another Caprese salad.
I will have some kind of low cal ice cream bar to soothe the craving and probably some tea. Woohoo!
No work out. I stayed at work too late for that again. No way I'm getting home at 7 and working out. My goal is to leave work by 5 tomorrow so I can do some yoga or something... stretch my lardmobile self out. I DID buy a groupon today of 30 classes at LA Boxing... look at me! Let's see if I use them.
Speaking of Groupon.. I have two about to expire. An Indian food one that will be expunged from my life on Saturday and one for Tuscany that ends on January 21. Gonna be hard to healthy but I mean, I already paid for them!
Good news! - I'm down 4 lbs since Sunday night (not surprising considering the insanely high weight that I was at that time). At least I'm doing something about it. Back to cheesy movies and reading. Maybe a bit of writing.
Watching Cupcake Wars when I'm eating healthy is dangerous. Clearly, I'm now mouth-watered at the very idea that a cupcake could potentially be within a close vicinity to me. Luckily, I have nothing of the sort and just cleaned up the kitchen from dinner so even if it weren't for the necessary weight loss, I would definitely be too lazy to bake anything. I did get a mini cupcake maker for Christmas. You know you're getting old when you get kitchenware and home decor for Christmas and you're truly psyched about it. New Martha Stewart MultiPot, Cuisinart... Last year was the KitchenAid Mixer. My mom rules.
Cuuupppppcaaaaakkkkess. I don't know what the deal is with my cupcake obsession. I just adore them. It's a relatively new obsession, though I've always thought they were the world's happiest food. In another life, I'd have opened up a cupcake bakery. Maybe I should marry someone wealthy and start a cupcake business. Cause that would be really good for my diet.
Speaking of, I pretty much ate the same food today as yesterday.
6:30 a.m. - Coffee and creamer. Tried one of those coffee house specials or whatever they are called. Hazelnut Cream... Not sure it was as good as others I have tried.
11:00 a.m. - Turkey sandwich with light mayo, tomato, swiss, avocado
4 p.m. - Ginormous Honey Crisp Apple - seriously, I was asked by a student today if I injected it with steroids, Good Burger style.
5:30 p.m. - Clementine on the drive home.
7 p.m. - Came in and cooked up some more rotisserie chicken with asparagus, red bell pepper, onion, jalepeno, garlic and an Indian butter chicken sauce.
Another Caprese salad.
I will have some kind of low cal ice cream bar to soothe the craving and probably some tea. Woohoo!
No work out. I stayed at work too late for that again. No way I'm getting home at 7 and working out. My goal is to leave work by 5 tomorrow so I can do some yoga or something... stretch my lardmobile self out. I DID buy a groupon today of 30 classes at LA Boxing... look at me! Let's see if I use them.
Speaking of Groupon.. I have two about to expire. An Indian food one that will be expunged from my life on Saturday and one for Tuscany that ends on January 21. Gonna be hard to healthy but I mean, I already paid for them!
Good news! - I'm down 4 lbs since Sunday night (not surprising considering the insanely high weight that I was at that time). At least I'm doing something about it. Back to cheesy movies and reading. Maybe a bit of writing.
Monday, January 3, 2011
Diet Cherry Coke for Dessert? It'll Have to Do...
I must say that getting fat has a few benefits. For example, certain body parts have become delightfully round and plump... at the expense of the rest of my body getting round and plump of course. Clearly, they will be the first thing to go and I'll have to deal with going back to blah in that region if I'm successful in this plan. Just some notes I was observing to myself when I got home from work.
So today is day one of this whole eating healthy thing and already I'm sitting here craving something sweet. In all honesty, the title of this post is a bold-faced lie. I don't even have Diet Cherry Coke. Jewel Osco was all out. Out of that and just about every produce item I wanted as well. How does Jewel run out of celery? Ridiculous. They didn't even have the stir-fry pan I've been saving stickers to get for free. :( In any case, I chose some Diet A&W Root Beer instead. Either way, it's not the ice cream sundae I want. Or the second dinner for that matter.
OK, enough whining about that. Truthfully, I didn't eat as much as I should have today. As a teacher on my first day back from winter break facing the fact that my coteacher and confidant just up and quit, I was too stressed to really think about food. I worked through my lunch break picking at a Lean Cuisine and didn't really end up eating much until I got home around 7:30. Here's the break down:
6:30 am - Coffee and a small amount of creamer. The only reason I'm really lured out of bed in the morning at all.
11:30 am - Pasta Primavera Lean Cuisine - A favorite, but one of the smaller, lighter versions of what is already a smaller, lighter excuse for a meal.
12:30 am - Clementine.... it was virtually juiceless. Waste of calories (the about 25 calories it probably was)
4:00 pm - Large Honey Crisp Apple - So large my coworkers all commented in fact.
7:30 pm - Chicken and vegetables in a curry sauce and a side of caprese salad
- I always try to keep a rotisserie chicken on hand, especially when I'm trying to eat healthy. Easy to cut up and throw into a stir fry with pepper, onion, jalapeno and a little curry sauce. Can't eat the skin of course.
Made a salad on the side with fresh mozzarella, sliced tomato, avocado, red onion, basil, italian seasoning, a dash of olive oil and a strawberry basil vinaigrette.
I'll probably eat one of those healthy Jello Mousse things or something in a little bit. So far so good.
As for working out, well I didn't get home from work until 7:15 tonight and was tired and hungry so no form of working out happened. Hopefully I'll kick my ass or something soon. Look at me, already making excuses. But hey, I didn't spend any money today!
OK, off to enjoy how clean and tidy my place is now that the Christmas decorations are down and watch some meaningless TV.
So today is day one of this whole eating healthy thing and already I'm sitting here craving something sweet. In all honesty, the title of this post is a bold-faced lie. I don't even have Diet Cherry Coke. Jewel Osco was all out. Out of that and just about every produce item I wanted as well. How does Jewel run out of celery? Ridiculous. They didn't even have the stir-fry pan I've been saving stickers to get for free. :( In any case, I chose some Diet A&W Root Beer instead. Either way, it's not the ice cream sundae I want. Or the second dinner for that matter.
OK, enough whining about that. Truthfully, I didn't eat as much as I should have today. As a teacher on my first day back from winter break facing the fact that my coteacher and confidant just up and quit, I was too stressed to really think about food. I worked through my lunch break picking at a Lean Cuisine and didn't really end up eating much until I got home around 7:30. Here's the break down:
6:30 am - Coffee and a small amount of creamer. The only reason I'm really lured out of bed in the morning at all.
11:30 am - Pasta Primavera Lean Cuisine - A favorite, but one of the smaller, lighter versions of what is already a smaller, lighter excuse for a meal.
12:30 am - Clementine.... it was virtually juiceless. Waste of calories (the about 25 calories it probably was)
4:00 pm - Large Honey Crisp Apple - So large my coworkers all commented in fact.
7:30 pm - Chicken and vegetables in a curry sauce and a side of caprese salad
- I always try to keep a rotisserie chicken on hand, especially when I'm trying to eat healthy. Easy to cut up and throw into a stir fry with pepper, onion, jalapeno and a little curry sauce. Can't eat the skin of course.
Made a salad on the side with fresh mozzarella, sliced tomato, avocado, red onion, basil, italian seasoning, a dash of olive oil and a strawberry basil vinaigrette.
I'll probably eat one of those healthy Jello Mousse things or something in a little bit. So far so good.
As for working out, well I didn't get home from work until 7:15 tonight and was tired and hungry so no form of working out happened. Hopefully I'll kick my ass or something soon. Look at me, already making excuses. But hey, I didn't spend any money today!
OK, off to enjoy how clean and tidy my place is now that the Christmas decorations are down and watch some meaningless TV.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Happy New Year!
Cupcakes are the happiest food in the world. You cannot be depressed when you are eating a cupcake. The frosting is brightly colored and fluffy and it tops the perfect amount of delectable cake. The variety in cupcake style and flavor is expansive and I suppose this is how I expect this blog to be. I shall fill your mind with cupcakes.
That being said, the purpose of this blog is actually quite the opposite of cupcakes. Cupcakes make you fat. I need to get skinny. I am leaving for Las Vegas in 107 days. This sounds like a lot of time to get skinny, but if you know me, I'm very all or nothing when it comes to my health. Because I don't actually plan to start until Monday, I really will have 105 days. In these 105 days, I want to not only lose around 20 lbs, but tone up a bit too. This is not a New Year's Resolution or anything. It happens to be the first because well, who starts a diet at Christmas time and I chose to enjoy the last week laying around on my couch about as useful a walrus on land to the extent that I'm starting to resemble one.
The blog is to hold me accountable for writing down what I eat and what I spend - two issues that are becoming problematic. My plan of action is to make sure I do not eat take out on any week days, bring a healthy lunch to work, and cook myself dinner every night. Weekends I need to tone down the drinking for a while because drinking leads to eating.
You will not learn anything interesting by reading this blog. It's purpose is rather self-satisfying but when I cook things... I'll let ya know.
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