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For the Record

justoofat — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 02:11:08 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

I tallied and recorded my calories today, but some spreadsheet difficulties have left me unable to post them (yet). I will say that I scarfed down about 1700 calories today. Some canned tuna and a lunch out conspired to make my sodium a bit higher than I would like *and* I still managed too much fat. However, I did rack up a couple of small victories. In addition to keeping up with what I ate today, I also managed to drink 3+ liters of water *and* I went for a 3.2 mile walk tonight. This is the same hilly walk that I was taking nearly every night 2 months ago. However, after 8 weeks of not walking regularly, tonight’s little jaunt nearly killed me. I was really huffing and puffing near the end. But I trudged forward, even when my husband gave up about half way through (wuss!) So… all in all, not a bad day. Hopefully, I’ll be able to post a more detailed report tomorrow. Cheers! :)

An Ominous Return

justoofat — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:42:51 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

Well after a brief (who am I kidding?) hiatus, I’ve decided that it’s time to start tracking, recording and posting my calories again. I have to admit that after today’s high calorie debacle, I *nearly* chickened and out and pulled an “oh, I’ll wait until tomorrow to start back.” But instead I decided to suck it up, and face the music. I may write more about this on my own blog, but for now, it’s good to be back… even if I did eat poorly today.

A couple of things to note:

I recorded things like carbs, fat, protein, etc, in grams, rather than the daily percentage beacuse, well… frankly, I don’t really know what my daily percentage should be. I guess that’s something I need to figure out.
And, man… it takes a *long* time to record all that stuff. So long that I’m pretty sure I’ll think twice before putting a variety of foods into my mouth. I knew Paola’s html food diary would be a tool to help me lose weight, but I didn’t realize it would work quite like this. :)

Anyway, tomorrow is my first official day back to school and *hopefully* that will also mean a return back to the beloved routines that helped me lose the amount of weight that I already have.

*fingers crossed*

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories	Carbs	Protein	Fat	Fibre	Sodium
breakfast	banana	90	23.1	1.1	1	6	1
	Sub-totals	90	23.1	1.1	1.0	6.0	1.0
lunch	my husband and I split an order of nachos while out to lunch with friends. these (over) estimates were the very best that i could do.
	tortilla chips	350	54	6	21	1	354
	queso cheese	200	3	13	16	0	370
	ground beef (I only had 2 bites with meat)	100	0	11	15	0	41
	lettuce (iceberg raw)	4	1	0	0	0	3
	tomatoes (diced raw)	15	7	2	0	2	9
	Sub-totals	669	65.0	32.0	52.0	3.0	777.0
dinner	raw spinach (about 2 cups raw)	14	2	2	0	2	48
	mushrooms (4 raw baby bella sliced)	22	4	2	0	1	5
	tomatoes (diced raw)	15	7	2	0	2	9
	chicken grilled (about 5 oz) (no fat used in cooking)	200	0	43.1	5	0	550
	salad dressing (thousand island — about 3 tbls)	210	6	0	21	0	400
	Sub-totals	461	19.0	49.1	26.0	5.0	1012.0
snack	brownie	170	25	2	7	1	149
Sub-total		170	25.0	2.0	7.0	1.0	149.0
Water	about 2 liters
Total		1,390	132.1	84.2	86.0	15.0	1939.0

Too Tired to Eat

justoofat — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 06:16:35 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

It’s been a long and exhausting week and I just haven’t had the energy/gumption to record my calories. Today, as it turns out, I came in pretty low today… but that hasn’t been the case on several of the last few days. I’m hopeful that I’ll feel more inspired and energetic this week and that you’ll see more posts from me which are ripe with healthy eating. *fingers crossed*

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories
11:00am	banana	100
	Sub-total	100
2:30pm	2 whole wheat cracker breads	60
	1 wedge lowfat laughing cow spreadable cheese	35
	Sub-total	95
6:00pm	iced tall skinny vanilla latte	90
	Sub-total	90
11:00pm	egg sand on whole wheat bread	350
	2 finn crisps with nutella (i was pretty generous with the nutella)	300
Sub-total		650
Water	2 + liters
Total		935

More Paola-Inspired Snacks

justoofat — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:45:14 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories
10:30am	3 oz lowfat peach yogurt	90
	1/2 cup fibre one cereal	60
	20 blueberries	15
	Sub-total	165
12:00pm	2 cracker breads	40
	1 wedge lowfat laughing cow cheese	35
	Sub-total	75
2:30pm	1/2 apple	35
	2 cups raw spinach	25
	2 tbls dressing	150
	Sub-total	210
6:30pm	1/2 cheese panini	250
	1/2 chocolate chip cookie	125
	Iced skinny vanilla latte	90
	Sub-total	465
10:30pm	2 finn crisps	100
	1 tbls (maybe even less) nutella	95
Sub-total		195
Water	3 + liters
Total		1,110

Mmmmm….

justoofat — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:33:10 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

Like Sylvia, I too received a lovely package from Paola today! Mine was a complete surprise and I was utterly thrilled! Even though I *had* to try one of everything upon opening it, because all of the treats inside were very low cal, I still managed to stay under my calorie allotment for today. :) I adore everything, but I’m definitely having a love affair with the cracker bread. So good. Thank you again, Paola!

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories
9:30am	3 oz lowfat strawberry yogurt	90
	1/2 cup fibre one cereal	60
	1 wedge lowfat cheese	50
	Sub-total	200
11:00am	7 wholewheat/honey mini pretzles	110
	Sub-total	110
12:45pm	2 stalks celery	12
	4 oz tuna + <1tsp mayo + pickle relish	160
	1 finn crisp (from Paola!)	50
	1 cracker bread (from Paola!)	20
	1/2 caramel ricecake (from Paola!)	25
	Sub-total	267
5:20pm	carrot/apple/celery soup (from Paola! well… kinda)	150
	about 5 oz grilled chicken	200
	<1 cup steamed cauliflower	25
	1 cup fresh pineapple chunks	75
	Sub-total	450
7:00pm	< 1 tbls peanut butter	75
	2 cracker breads (from Paola!)	40
Sub-total		115
Water	around 3 liters
Total		1,142

Paola’s (Cousin’s) Carrot/Apple Soup

justoofat — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 01:26:55 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

I made Paola’s (cousin’s) carrot/apple soup this afternoon and must say that I very much liked the flavor. Per Paola’s suggestion, I did not add the sugar and found the soup to be plenty sweet without it. I also modified the recipe by using low sodium veg stock and left out the bay leaf (simply because I didn’t have one). And finally, I didn’t follow the garnishing instructions… I just left mine plain. I think next time I will only puree 1/2 the soup and leave the other half of the veggies in their whole state, just to add some texture to it. That said, as prepared, I found the soup to be very tasty. Oh, one more thing… this recipe is supposed to make 4 portions, but there’s no way the portion I ate (which was more than enough) equaled 1/4th of the amount made. I imagine that I’m going to get at least 6 servings out of this recipe, but I went ahead and counted it as the full caloric amount of 150. Anyway, thanks, Paola! This soup was very yummy… I’m glad I made it! :)

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories
11:00am	3 oz lowfat peach yogurt	90
	1/2 cup fibre one cereal	60
	20 blueberries	15
	Sub-total	165
12:30pm	5 oz tuna + < 1 tsp mayo/lemon juice	180
	1.5 c raw spinach	20
	1/2 sliced tomato	15
	Sub-total	215
3:00pm	100 calorie pack crackers	100
	1 wedge lowfat cheese	50
	Sub-total	150
6:00pm	carrot/celery/apple soup (from Paola’s recipe)	150
	5 oz grilled chicken	200
	Sub-total	350
8:00pm	1 cranberry/orange muffin	150
	Sub-total	150
Exercise	3.2 mile walk
Water	3 + liters
Total		1,030

whew

justoofat — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:56:28 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

Not super healthy, but at least I didn’t go over.
One thing I’ve learned: exhaustion is not conducive to healthy eating.

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories
10:30am	3 oz lowfat strawberry yogurt	90
	1/2 cup fibre one cereal	60
	20 blueberries	15
	Sub-total	165
3:00pm	1/2 cheese panini from starbucks	225
	100 calorie pack shortbread cookies	100
	Sub-total	325
5:30pm	skinny vanilla latte	90
	Sub-total	90
7:30pm	grilled chicken kebab	160
	raw veggies w/dip (not as much as yesterday)	270
	Sub-total	430
9:30pm	1/3 can rootbeer (if that much)	65
	100 calorie pack shortbread cookies	100
Sub-total		165
Water	2 + liters
Total		1,175

In A (Peanut Butter and Jelly) Jam

justoofat — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 03:31:44 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

Eating at 10:00pm was a mistake. Eating a whole sandwich was a mistake. But the thing is, I was just really hungry. I had a very long day and dinner just didn’t hold me. *shrugs* I refuse to feel bad about it. It wasn’t overeating… I was hungry and I ate. Tomorrow I’ll try to keep my calories down.

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories
12:00pm	3 oz lowfat peach yogurt	90
	1/2 c. fiber one cereal	60
	20 blueberries	15
	Sub-total	165
2:45pm	100 calorie pack crackers	100
	Sub-total	100
6:00pm	chicken kebob w/ approx 3 oz grilled chicken +
	grilled onions, peppers, mushrooms	175
	raw veggies with dip (too much dip)	300
	mixed fruit salad w/ approx 1 oz vanilla yogurt	100
	Sub-total	575
8:00pm	1 c vanilla icecream	250
	100 calorie pack shortbread cookies	100
	Sub-total	350
10:00pm	peanut butter and jelly sand (I should have just had half)
	2 slices whole wheat bread	240
	1 tbls peanut butter	95
	1 tbls jam	65
Sub-total		400
Water	2 + liters
Total		1,590

Meh.

justoofat — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:33:22 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

We went out with some friends this afternoon and I ate a lot more than I should have. The calories are bad enough, but what bothers me most is that I was pretty full early on, but just kept eating.

In better news, this evening, my husband was hungry and suggested we run out and get something to eat. He said something along the lines of, “well, if you’ve already blown it today, what’s a little something else?” But I resisted, remembering my recent post about not falling prey to the “all or nothing” mentality. I’m feeling a little hungry now and may still have a yogurt and/or a piece of lowfat cheese. I’ve added the calories just in — just in case.

Anyway, tomorrow is my chance to do much, much better.

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories
2:30pm	about 4 oz grilled chicken	150
	grilled onions and peppers	90
	small salad with about 1 tbls of guacamole	100
	more chips and salsa than a care to count	600
	queso dip	250
	Sub-total	1,190
6:00pm	1/2 skinny vanilla latte from starbucks	50
	Sub-total	50
9:30pm	3 oz lowfat strawberry yogurt	90
	1 wedge lowfat cheese	50
Sub-total		140
Water	about 2 liters
Total		1,380

A Terrible Realization

justoofat — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 03:57:40 +0000

Posted by Jennifer

I took a summer job at a bookstore that has a Starbucks in it.
I’m doomed.

Meal	Food \| Drink	Calories
10:30am	3 oz lowfat peach yogurt	90
	about 25 blueberries (I didn’t count them out)	20
	Sub-total	110
12:30pm	last of curry couscous (there was a lot more veg than couscous left	200
	so I think I’m way overestimating the total cals)
	Sub-total	200
2:30pm	small brownie	180
	Sub-total	180
6:00pm	3 oz lowfat strawberry yogurt	90
	20 blueberries	20
	1/2 c. fibre one cereal	60
	grande iced skinny vanilla latte	100
	Sub-total	270
8:40pm	marshmallow bar from starbucks	280
Sub-total		280
Water	3+ liters
Total		1,040

The Food Confessional » justoofat

For the Record

An Ominous Return

Too Tired to Eat

More Paola-Inspired Snacks

Mmmmm….

Paola’s (Cousin’s) Carrot/Apple Soup

*whew*

In A (Peanut Butter and Jelly) Jam

Meh.

A Terrible Realization

whew