Food Diary for Saturday, June 30, 2012 (Updated)

 

Lunch:

Applebee's Oriental Chicken Salad (1/2 order): 690

**I resisted the urge to get a desert shooter! They looked so great!!!!** 


Dinner:

Denny's All American Slam( scrambled eggs and hash browns): 800

Food Diary for Friday, June 29, 2012 (Updated)

 

Breakfast:

Nature Valley Crunchy Granola Bars - Oats and Honey, 2 Bars: 190

Lunch:

Healthy Choice- Four Cheese Tortellini, 1 Meal: 300 


Snack:


Slice of Mary's Good Bye Cake: 330 

Dinner: 

 Red Lobster Salad with at Italian dressing 90 
Cup of potato soup: 220 
Shrimp: 440

Food Diary for Thursday, June 28, 2012 (Updated)

  

So after a very successful weigh in it's time to record my food again!!!

Breakfast:

1 Perfect Oatmeal from Starbucks with Brown Sugar: 190

Lunch:
Rubios Fresh Mexican Grill - Health Mex Chicken Burrito: 500
Rubios side of chips: 260 
(I didn't realize that the chips weren't calculated into the 500 calories of the burrito. I know now though!)

Snack:

Wegmans - Mixed Fruit Tart, Large 1 slice: 260 
Teeyl - Kraft Singles - 2% Milk American Cheese Slices, 4 slices: 180

 Dinner:
Jose Ole- Shredded Steak Taquitos - 4 Pieces: 280

Exericse:
50 jumping jacks, 25 crunches
 

Weigh In Day, Thursday, June 28, 2012

 

 I LOST 3 POUNDS SINCE LAST THURSDAY!!!!

3 pounds!!! I can't believe it!!!!! I was so excited when I read the scale!!!! I can't believe that what I am doing is working! Well I can believe it but it makes all the salads and watching my calories totally worth it!!!! I am so excited. I have been doing my daily exercise too!!! So I sit here eating my healthy oatmeal telling myself that no bread and no soda is totally paying off!!!!

Food Diary for Wednesday, June 27, 2012 (Updated)

 

 So it's Wednesday. Last night's dinner was great. I had a half salad and it completely filled me up! I was so excited!!! It was super yummy too!!! I did my exercise too which kicked my butt but felt great!!! Tomorrow is weigh-in day!!!! So excited to see how I am doing!!!!

Here is my food list for today!

Breakfast:

Quaker Instant Oatmeal - High Fiber Cinnamon Swirl, 1 Packet: 160 

Lunch:

Lean Cuisine (Eating Right) - Chicken with Basil Cream Sauce: 230
 Nabisco - Nutter Butter Bites, 10 cookies: 140
(Let me tell ya, after not having sweets for the last few days those little nutter butters were worth the 140 calories!!!)


Snack:

Carl Budding - Deli Thin Honey Ham Lunch Meat, 10 slices: 90

Cheese Heads String Cheese: 80

Dinner:

Smart Choice Weight Watchers Ziti with Meatballs and Cheese: 390

Snack:

Butter Lovers Microwave Popcorn: 350

Total Calories for the day: 1440 out of 1830

I also did my day 3 of exercise! I did 40 jumping jacks and 20 crunches!

Food Diary for Tuesday, June 26, 2012 (updated)

 

So here we are, it's Tuesday. That means one more day closer to Friday!!! That also means one more day of making sure I eat better!!! It's getting easier to be more aware of what I am eating. It hasn't been easy but I am getting better at it. However, I did not know that waffles falls under Heather K.'s definition of bread so I will have to change my bread plan for a while! LOL!

So here we go!

Breakfast:

2 Eggo Waffles: 190 calories

1/4 cup of sugar free syrup: 35 calories

Lunch:

Healthy Choice- Chicken Linguini with Red Pepper Alfredo: 260
Fruit


Dinner:

Islands - Chips and Salsa with Guacamole: 320
Islands- Wiqui Wiqui BBQ Chicken Salad (half): 480


I also did my Day Two of my Level One exercise plan. I did 30 jumping jacks and 15 crunches!!!! 

Food Diary for Monday, June 25, 2012 (Updated!)

 
Breakfast:

1 Perfect Oatmeal from Starbucks with Brown Sugar: 190

Snack:

1 Pack of Honey Ham = 90 calories


Lunch:


Yoshinoya teriyaki chicken Bowl with skinless chicken, white rice and veggies: 740


(And get this fun fact! I actually ate the veggies!!! I ate the cauliflower and broccoli and the cabbage! What's wrong with me! LOL!!!!!! The best part, I liked it!!!!)

Dinner:

Subway Turkey, Avocado, Bacon Salad with Red Wine and Olive Oil dressing: 410
 (I honestly can say that I like the salads way more than the sandwiches!!!)

Grand total of 1,610 calories. :) I am a little hungry but I am going to just drink water and not eat for the rest of the night! :) 

Oh I almost forgot! I also did day one of my level one exercise plan that I have in my other blog. I did 20 jumping jacks and 10 crunches! Man that kicked my butt!!! Can't wait for tomorrows!!! :) 

The HK Challenge #1: June 26, 2012 - July 26, 2012

 

NO BREAD FOR A MONTH!

Yup, that's right. My challenge for the month from my friend Heather K. is to have no bread for a month! Now that I can call a challenge. I love bread!! I mean LOVE bread. I love all kinds of bread! However, I know that bread is bad for me. Especially when you really like something it makes it harder to give up! However, I am down for the challenge. It's not going to be easy!!! However, if it were easy I would already be thin!!! I know that God will give me the strength I need and the will power to stay strong! I also have great people who are supporting me!!!!

 

Weekends Are Hard!! (Updated)

Yesterday was a hard day for me and Saturday was too. On Saturday I went over 240 calories with my food. That was discouraging. I hate how I can get so pumped about doing something and then it gets hard and I just want to give up. I am not going to give up. Today is a new day, this is a new week and I refuse to let one bad weekend food wise mess up my goal!!!!! I want to look good in my dress. I want to shock everyone the day of my wedding when I come down the aisle. I know I can do this. I know that I can be thin and healthy. Some days are just so much harder than others.

Saturday I had a perfect oatmeal with a croissant for breakfast. For lunch I had Taco Bell which was wasn't a great choice. I was starving after the event. During the event at work I had about 7-8 rosemary potatoes and a sugar cookie. The food at the event just looked gross! So after the event which was around 2 I was starving. I had a fresco soft taco and a crunch wrap supreme and a lemonade. For dinner I went to Applebees and I had the Oriental Chicken Salad. I only ate half it. Sadly though I went over in my calories.


Sunday wasn't a much better day. I had tater tots for breakfast with a lemonade. Then for lunch I had a breakfast burrito and for dinner I had a steak with a baked potato and garlic bread. Not a successful day. Oh I only have half of the steak though. I couldn't eat the whole thing. Then when I went to Rite Aid for my future mother in law who wanted ice-cream I resisted the urge to get any. There are 2 reasons, 1) I am lactose intolerant so it would have killed me! 2) I didn't need to add anything else to my already bad eating for the weekend.


I can say on a positive I have not had a soda now going on 3 weeks. It has been so hard not to give in and just have one soda. However, I know that one soda turns into 2 or 3 or even more. I can't let myself fall into that trap again. I have been drinking mostly tea and water and every now and again I have a lemonade just just switch it up here and there. I would kill for a Dr. Pepper but I know it's my downfall so I won't do it!!!

So here is to a new week and a new day!!! I can do this!!! I know I can!!!!

Struggling Today

So I woke up early today to come to work. Yes, a Saturday worth of work. The only thing to eat here for lunch is some yucky chicken, rosemary potatoes and some not so good looking veggies and a salad and cookies. So far today I had a croissant from Starbucks and a perfect oatmeal which came to 500 calories for breakfast. I knew there wouldn't be much to eat when I got here so I wanted to fill up for breakfast. I could have done better though! :(  I was getting hungry and kind of moody so I think I had about 9 rosemary potatoes and couldn't resist a cookie. Yeah, not a good day. I am trying though. After work I am going to go see my fiance and hang out for the weekend. I will do everything in my power to eat well! I just need to figure out something good for lunch after work. I can't eat what they have here.

Food Diary for 6-22-12 (Updated)

So here is what I have had so far this morning:

I have a grand total of 1,830 calories for the day:

Breakfast:

1 Starbucks Perfect Oatmeal: 190

Snack:

1 Strawberry Yogurt: 170 


Lunch:


Healthy Choice Cafe Steamers- Honey Glazed Turkey and Sweet Potatoes : 250
1 slice of Safeway Select - European Style Artisan French Bread: 120

(I really enjoyed the Honey Glazed Turkey and Sweet Potatoes! I will be buying that one again!!!)

Dinner:

Lay's Kettle Cooked 40% Less Fat Applewood Smoked BBQ Chips 1 Package: 180

1 Footlong Subway Black Forest Ham on 9 Grain Wheat with Light Mayo, Cucumbers, Red Onion, Lettuce and American Cheese: 750


Total calories for the day: 1,660


I had tea and water for the day!!! I am very proud of myself!!!! :) 


It's so funny because now that I am more aware of what I am eating I realize that something as simple as a cookie for 95 calories is a lot in the long run!!! I am learning what to eat and what to avoid!!! 

Weight Loss Ticker (updated)

                                                                                   

June 22, 2012

So I was shown how to use myfitnesspal.com yesterday. They have this cute little ticker that shows my weight loss. So as I lose weight I am going to update the ticker on this page to show my progress!!!

June 28, 2012

The ticker automatically updates!! Awesome!!!! :) 

Last Nights Dinner was a SUCCESS!!!

So last night we took my Papa out for his birthday dinner. We went to Spaghetti Eddies in Glendora. I LOVE THIS PLACE!!! I have been going here since I was little. They have the most amazing Italian food. However, since I am trying really hard to watch what I eat I had to be more careful than ever. I can't get my usual which is usually ravioli or something else horrible and eat tons of bread that is so yummy too. So before leaving work Heather K. and I worked together to figure out what to eat. The restaurant has actually come up with 3 meals that were under 600 calories. It came with a bowl of minestrone soup or a salad and bread. Well I skipped the bread. One piece would just not be enough because I LOVE BREAD! Instead of getting tea I simply drank water with dinner. I had 5 glasses of water yesterday at dinner. Here is what I had for dinner:

I had the Cappellini Bandiera. It was Cappellini pasta tossed with a basil-pomodoro sauce, and served on a bed of steamed thin cut zucchini and topped with Romano cheese. It was only 451 calories. It was actually really good. I was shocked at how good it actually was. I also had the minestrone soup instead of salad. It was yummy too!!

 

 It was a really good dinner. After dinner we went home and I didn't have anything else to eat for the night! I was full! I couldn't believe that something that was good for me actually kept me full!!!

Motivational Pictures 6-21-12

I found this picture of a scale and I just love it!!! I am thinking that on my next pay day I am going to buy a scale for my house and write this on it. I may actually have one at home I can do it to! Such a great idea!!!

I am not longer just interested in losing weight. I am committed to it! I am committed to living a healthier life and to be able to do things without running out of breath or feeling tired doing the simple things. 

I have only ever known myself as being a "bigger girl." I don't know what it's like to be skinny and in many ways it's scary to me to think of anything else. However, I can't hold onto my fears I have to face them and do this for me and my future as well as the future with my soon to be husband!!!

Weigh In Day!

 

I HAVE LOST 3 POUNDS!!!!

So today was weigh-in day with my co-worker Cherice. I was nervous but excited. Last Thursday I weighed 253.7 on our scale here at work. When I stepped on the scale today I weighed 250.0! I couldn't believe my eyes! I had to look twice to make sure I wasn't imaging the number!!! I am so excited that my hard work is paying off. Yesterday I was so tempted to have pizza for lunch and now after seeing the numbers on the scale I am so glad I went and had Heather K. tell me that I could do better for lunch!

This is my second week of having no soda. I can tell you this, "I WOULD KILL FOR A SODA RIGHT NOW!" However, I am so proud of the fact that I have stayed strong for this long. I am drinking water and iced tea when I am thirsty. I saw another co-worker yesterday with a Diet Coke and I looked to another co worker and said, "oh man that looks so good!" However, I know that the stuff in that soda was not helping me lose weight! So tea and water are my new best friends!!! 

This morning I had a half a bagel while sitting at the kitchen table with my Papa. Today is his 84th birthday! As I was going out to the garage to get my clothes this morning that I had left out there since I washed them last week, he looked at me and said, "so a bagel this morning?" I said, "no just a half a bagel!" He looked at me with this proud look on his face. To only have a half a bagel is a huge step for me. One thing I love is carbs and bread is amazing. However, I was actually pretty full from just the half a bagel. For a snack at work I had a strawberry yogurt. So today at lunch will probably be another lean cuisine and yogurt. Dinner I am not sure about yet but I know that I want to continue to see the numbers go down and not up on the scale!!!

50 more pounds to lose!!!!!

Update for today, June 21, 2012

For lunch I went to Page One (cafe behind my work) with a friend/co-worker. For lunch I had the Bookmark sandwich. It was wheat bread with cream cheese, tomatoes, fresh basil, red onions,  and fresh cracked pepper. I also had a small side of fruit. I ate the cantaloupe and grapes that came in the fruit. I don't like honeydew melon or pineapple. I also had an iced tea to drink with lunch. I did really good though. My friend got some garlic cheese bread and I wanted to see if I could have a tiny piece and I told myself no that I didn't need it. Lunch was good. :) It's weird not getting what I usually get which is the chicken caesar panini which is so good but so bad for me!!! However, those 3 pounds I saw come off today is so worth getting something better for me!

For a snack I decided to have a string cheese and some slices of ham. I am getting the munchies but I am trying my best to not give in and have the bad stuff that I can have. 

Successful Day 6-2012

So it has been 5 days since my last post. Over the weekend I did pretty good. I had one bad meal but after the morning and afternoon I had I just simply needed to eat. I had a burger and fries but I made sure to not make my meal a large and only eat till I was full. Sunday was Father's Day and I took my fiancé out for dinner. I did good. I had a salad and popcorn shrimp. I made sure that I didn't go to crazy with what I was going to eat.

Monday for breakfast I had a Starbucks oatmeal and black iced tea. For lunch I had some ham and a yogurt. For dinner I had a big chef salad with red wine and olive oil dressing. It was also a snack later when I got hungry. 

Tuesday I had a really bad migraine and didn't end up going to work. I had cereal for breakfast and a tostada for dinner with iced tea. 

 Today I had a Starbucks oatmeal and black tea for breakfast. Then lunch time came around. My work was having pizza. I was so tempted. I almost gave in but instead I found my friend Heather K. and she helped me by encouraging me to eat a better lunch. I had a lean cuisine and a strawberry yogurt. For dinner since my Papa came home from his trip we had El Pollo Loco. I had two chicken roll ups and a half of a BRC burrito. I also had an iced tea. I haven't had anything since and won't for the rest of the night. It took a lot to not have the pizza today. I figured, "what the heck I'll just have a couple pieces." The I stopped and found Heather. She helped me keep on my goal. I weigh in tomorrow!!! We will see how it's going!!! :-)

Haven't Done So Well So Far

"Think about the wedding dress!" - Heather King

So I started my whole "going to get fit" plan and yeah it's been hard already. The one thing I have kept up with is the fact that I have had no soda. It sucks! Let me tell you!!! I miss my Dr. Pepper!!!! Yesterday, I was up stairs with my supervisor and we were getting her and my other co worker a soda. I thought, "hey this is kind of cruel to take the girl who has given up soda up to get soda when she can't have one!!!" However, I resisted the urge as well as hearing my friend Cherice tell me as I walked out the door that I was not going to have any soda!

So as Heather said, "THINK ABOUT THE WEDDING DRESS!" Today I went to lunch and didn't do so good. I will say that in some ways this is helping because even though I did order crappy food I felt bad for it because I thought, "uh oh now I have to post!" EEEK! So there is no Monday. There is only TODAY! So I am going to stay strong.

I am going up the hill to see my fiance and I am going to stay strong. I am not going to eat like crap. I am going to find healthy stuff to eat. We are going to the movies tonight. I will get a bottle of water since they don't serve iced tea. I am going to do this! I am going to be thin!!! The only person standing in my way is me! I have to step aside and remember that I can do this!!!!

So here is to another day and another chance!!!!

PS. Thanks Heather for checking in with me and for yelling at me! It helped! :)

Monday 6-11-12 & Tuesday 6-12-12

So yesterday, Monday, June 11th) was my first day of making a mental note of everything I ate. I was going to take pictures but I didn't have my phone by me. Here is what I ate yesterday:

Breakfast:

1 bowl of cereal (apple jacks - I know I need better cereal but can't let it go to waste)

Cereal with whole milk

Lunch:

Cup of iced-tea

2 halves of a Cesar chicken salad wrap

8 pieces of watermelon

** I passed up the cookies and chips!**

Snack:

Small bowl of BBQ rice

Dinner:

Chicken with cheese topping 

Snack:

Bowl of pretzels

This is what I have I had so far today:

Breakfast:

1 bowl of cereal (apple jacks - I know I need better cereal but can't let it go to waste)

Cereal with whole milk

Lunch:

I also have had to small cans of pink lemonade but am now turning to water! :)  

As my afternoon snack I had a Nature Valley Granola Bar (2 in a pack). In Weight Watcher points it is about 5 points. It filled me up so that helped! :) Also had one pack of Ocean Spray fruit snacks. Yummy!! :)

Goal for the evening is to eat nothing after dinner! :)

Pictures of Me

 These pictures below is after I had lost about 30 pounds a couple of years ago!!! I felt so good then!!! I am determined to feel that good again and even better!

Level One Plan of Exercise

So here is my plan for Monday!!! I love Pinterest!!!

Level One Exercise Plan

I truly hate jumping jacks but willing to do what it takes!!!!

My Weaknesses

So since I have decided to start make this positive change in my life I should probably figure out what my weaknesses are for food. So I thought I should probably list them. I am an audio and visual learner! So might as well make a list. I LOVE LISTS!

1. Soda (Dr. Pepper)
2. Candy (Reese's Peanut Butter Cups)
3. Starbucks (Mocha Cookie Crumble Frap)
4. Potato Chips
5. French fries
6. Hamburgers
7. Taco Bell (Nachos, crunch wrap surpreme, soft tacos)
8. Pancakes
9. Pizza (Pizza Hut)
10. Pop tarts 
11. Pasta
12. Ranch dressing
13. Bean and cheese burritos
14. Chips and guacamole 
15. Donuts

So I am sure this list can go on and on. My goal is to update it as I think of things. 

-DK

Day 1 - Time to Make a Change

November 10, 2012 will mark a new change in my life. I will be getting married, moving out of the home I have known for the last 28 years and starting a new life with the man God has found me. As of this Sunday, June 10, 2012 there is 5 months till my wedding! HOLY COW! Until right now I didn't realize that it was so close!!! Well as the days have been coming closer I have realized, "Donna you need to stop eating the crap you eat and lose weight!" There so many reasons. 1) I just need to be healthy! 2) I need to make sure my wedding dress fits! 3) I am tired of being out of breath and not feeling good about myself physically. I know it won't be easy and it's not always going to be fun but I have to do something. This whole being "overweight" thing has got to come to an end. I have been overweight my whole life. I don't even know what it means to be "thin" because I never been thin. 2 years ago I lost about 30 pounds after having a gallbladder surgery. I felt good about myself and was determined to not gain it back. Well, push comes to shove and I have and plus some. 

Well, the day has come to where I have decided that I am no longer going to be a fast food junky and I am not going to be fat anymore. Yes, I will have my weak days and I will have days where I just want to give up. However, I am not going to. I have a fiance,  friends and family who will support me. I know that in order to live a long and fun and fulfilling life I need to take the steps necessary for me to lose weight and be able to do the things I want to do. 

So here is my plan (my friend Heather K.) gave me this idea. I am going to keep this blog going of my weight and what I eat every day. Each Monday I will weight in and I will post it. I will also post what I eat for the day. It is going to help keep me accountable for what I eat. The good thing about technology is that I always have my phone with me so I can take pictures. Also knowing that I have to post about it is going to make me even more aware that I don't want to eat it if I have to post it! (Thank you Heather for this great idea).

When I weighed myself yesterday morning I weighed 246 lbs. OYE! I am going to weigh in on Monday and I am going to start my new plan. I am also going to start exercising and becoming more active. I have to do this! I am going to do this!!! 

So to my fiance, friends and family who I share this blog with, if I tell you I am craving soda please yell at me and tell me no. When I want candy please tell me no! Same goes for what you know I shouldn't eat! I promise I won't get mad because I know you are just trying to help! 

So here it goes!!! It's Friday, June 8th! Time for a new and healthy Donna to start! The weekends are always the hardest so why not start out with a challenge!!!! Operation from Chubby to Curvy Starts today! 

-DK