Today's Run

...was very painful. But I haven't run in weeks so I think I earned a little pain. Twisted my ankle a little in the California sand this past weekend (I know, your heart is breaking right in two for me isn't it?), and now it really smarts. Might need to find something a little lower impact for a while.

According to Map My Ride I did 2.45 miles in 25 minutes. That translates into just over a 10 minute mile (or just under 6 mph for you treadmill folks). Not bad considering the break I've been on. The pitbull who ran alongside me for half a block was friendly enough, but he sure gave me a bit of an adrenaline boost....probably didn't hurt my rate :)

Now just to avoid eating a dozen freshly made oatmeal chocolate chip cookies before the day is over. I know, what was I thinking??

Today's Food

I open a new post each morning, and fill it in with what I've eaten as the day goes on. It's 11 AM right now, and I'm already off to a rough start. I have a problem with sweets....just zero self control. Probably shouldn't have made that yummy dessert last night.

breakfast: 1 piece whole wheat toast, 1 egg with a little cheese on top, 3 (yes three) pieces of dessert, oh, and 1 piece of left over pizza from last night (tough start, dang-it)
lunch: gigantic taco salad. Tons of lettuce, tomato, onion, olive, cilantro...with a little bit of taco meat, some taco sauce...and probably a bit more sour cream than necessary, diet Pepsi. About 10 tiny slivers of dessert. I'd feel bad about this big lunch if it wasn't 95% veggies.
dinner: chicken enchilada, little bits and pieces of the kids' pizza they didn't eat, dessert.
snack: dessert. dessert. dessert. dessert (dang you Betty Crocker) dessert. and more buttered popcorn than I ever imagined I could eat.

Exercise: None

Some notes:

I'm so glad the regular Coke is GONE. When it's there, I drink it. When it's not, I'm perfectly happy with a diet pop or water.

Buy low fat or fat free sour cream from now on.

Only make desserts occasionally. We can still enjoy a little something sweet after a meal...fruit, jello, popsicle, etc. It doesn't' always have to be chocolate (gasp! sniff! muffled sobs!)

I am weak. Very, very, very weak. When I want to eat something yummy I consider the calorie ramifications for all of 2 seconds, and then I eat till my heart's content. No one is going to be "calling me skinny" any time soon.

Today's Food

I am determined to do better than yesterday. It can't be too difficult, given the disaster that was yesterday's food!


breakfast: 2 1/2 blueberry bran muffins with Take Control spread
snack: a handful of baby carrots dipped in light ranch dressing
lunch: whole wheat tortilla wrap with grilled chicken, lettuce, tomato, onion - more carrots and ranch - coke
snack: chips and salsa
snack/mini meal: left over salmon and pasta from Macaroni Grill (less than 1/2 of original amount)
snack: one bite of Sammy's chocolate covered "granola bar"
dinner: 2 pieces of pizza, 2 pieces of dessert
snack: handful of popcorn from Sammy's bowl

Exercise: family walk around the neighborhood. Not a lot, but not nothin' either.

Well, I did better today from a nutritional standpoint. I got some veggies at least. Probably still too much food for me though.

My attitude today was, "when hungry...eat...just make healthy choices". I think that's still a pretty good starting point for me, only now I'll work on smaller portions.

Food Today

Part of what I think I need to do is keep better track of the foods I'm eating. Doesn't it always seem to start there? If you want to build a financial plan, the experts tell you to keep track of every penny you spend for a couple of weeks. If you want to lose weight, they tell you to keep track of foods eaten. I guess it makes sense...get some baseline data, if you will. So here's what I ate today (to the best of my memory):

breakfast: 1 piece whole wheat toast, 1 egg w/cheese on top, ketchup
lunch: Big Mac and 1 can of Coke (drat)
snack: chocolate chip oatmeal cookie dough...probably 3 cookies worth
snack: one bite of Sammy's chocolate covered "granola" bar
dinner: 2 chicken enchiladas, corn, jello
snack: DQ hot fudge sundae with extra fudge
snack: chocolate chip oatmeal cookie
snack: handful of potato chips
snack: 1 piece Dove dark chocolate

exercise: NOTHING

Pardon my language...but, holy crap! Would you say I have a bit of a chocolate problem? No fruits, and my veggies consist of ketchup and corn...not exactly rock stars in the veggie world.

I actually heard once (not sure if it's true)...but I heard that the US is the only industrialized nation in the world where the people eat corn. All others only feed it to their animals to...you guessed it...FATTEN THEM UP because it's really nothing but sugar. It's practically void of any nutrition. And ketchup? The main ingredient in mine is high fructose corn syrup, not tomatoes.

Wow. When I write it out, I feel a little sick to my stomach. I ate like garbage today! If my kids ate like this, I'd scold them big time. Maybe I should just start eating whatever I feed them.

And what bothers me the most? I'm nursing a baby right now. Just LOOK at what I fed him today. Ugh. Sorry Thomas. I'll try to do better tomorrow.