Day five

4 egg whites
2 cups marshmallow treasures
3 pieces cheese
24 oz CL
12 oz Diet Mug
20 oz Diet 7Up
1 PB&J
2 rolos
1 bag light popcorn
1 grilled cheese sandwich
2 ears corn

Day Four

4 egg whites
1 1/2 cup marshmallow treasures
4 slices cheese
20 oz Diet Sunkist
12 oz CL
12 oz Endurox
2 Chalupa's (bad girl)
Baja Blast

Day three

4 egg whites
12 oz Accelerade before running
12 oz during run
8 oz water during run
12 oz Endurox after run
8 oz water after run
2 pieces cheese
handful of Tostitos
handful of leftover popcorn
shot glass of chocolate chips
1 WP pizza
2 pieces cheese
½ cup ice cream
4 Diet Coke

Day two - Indians/Twins game

4 egg whites (at least I started out well)
½ cup 1% milk
½ cup Marshmallow Treasures
2 baby tootsie rolls
1 gobstopper
5 pops
1 whopper jr.
1 med fry (BK)
1 reg. Roast beef (arby's)
¼ cup curly fry (est. I didn't eat many)
¾ Strawberry Banana shake which was nasty – don't no why I finished that much. Ugh.

Day one

Here we go...

I'm not going to put time frames in or it'll be too confusing.

4 egg whites (hard boiled and right before I ran. Lucky I didn't throw up)
2 small gatorades
12 oz Endurox
3 Twizzlers
3 pieces of cheese
1 piece chicken with bruchetta
fruit – watermelon, purple grapes, melon
1/4 cup baked beans
1 corn on cob
1 slice DQ ice cream cake
1 small bowl popcorn
1 piece sushi
4 Diet Coke with Splenda

A resurrection of sorts - Day Zero

Okay – so here I am again. I explained on the other blog that I'm not going to go back on SB right now (maybe after the marathon) but I need some place to track what it is I eat during the day so I can really see what it is that's keeping me from having the energy I need. So today is Day Zero and we'll begin tomorrow.

week of updates

Here you go, JB:

I suck.

Monday and Teusday were okay, but most of my night meals consisted of tea, pistachios and/or eggs and SF chocolate. Wait, I guess Monday I did have chicken which was pretty good.

Wednesday I didn’t eat lunch…wait no, I had a SB meal bar which tasted icky, and then I broke down and had Wendy’s chicken strips for supper. If it helps they tasted icky too.

Thursday it was a turkey/bacon/avocado wrap at OC’s and another night of eggs and SF chocolate.

Today I had eggs for breakfast and that’s it so far. I’m scared to see what tonight brings. Uffda.

crappy day

Well this weekend was interesting. I was good until Sunday when I had some strawberries and pizza topping. I even successfully avoided the apple pie I made for the ID workers, even though it was seriously taunting me.

Today is okay. Well, no. It’s not I had my eggs without cheese this morning and then I walked down to Speedy to look for SF chocolate, which they had none. I ended up buying SF crème wafers and a Skor bar because it had less sugar than most, amazingly enough. I had 3 of the cookies and all of the skor bar. Today sucks.

Moving into the next phase

• 2 scrambled eggs from cafeteria
• 2 SF Red Vines
• Salad, chicken, cheese, OG dressing
• 1 20oz, 1 24 oz, 1 28 oz bottle CL tea
• Pistachios
• Cool whip
• Chicken from Chilis and some broccoli

I weighed today too. I’m down a couple pounds from the beginning of the month, which basically means I’m down about 3 from the beginning of the week (last weekend was a free for all eating and so I’m sure I gained at least one if not more).

Next week is whoosh week and I’m thinking of going to phase 1.5 (mostly because I was stupid and brought strawberries last night and strawberries sound so good). But also because it’s basically phase 1 anyway with the occasional break with carbs. I need to get running again and I know if I don’t have a little bit of carbs it’ll be rough to get back into it. So just a few of the good ones here and there. That’s it.

How am I doing?

• 2 scrambled eggs from cafeteria
• 3 SF Red Vines
• Salad, chicken, cheese, OG dressing
• 1 20oz, 1 24 oz, 1 28 oz bottle CL tea
• 1 diet coke
• I small piece steak
• Pistachios
• 2 Red Vines
• 1 SF RS pecan cluster
• Some sugar free coolwhip

Third day - it's still going

• 3 egg whites, 1 full egg, a bit o’ cheese
• 3 SF Red Vines
• 3 bottles tea
• 4 cheese cubes
• ¼ cup chicken noodle soup – mostly broth and chicken (a couple noodles slipped in)
• Standard salad with chicken, cheese and OG dressing
• Pistachios for supper again
• 1 full diet coke
• 1 piece SF RS pecan cluster
• Small piece of LS communion bread/wine

One note of fun – I actually feel better now that I’m back on this. Thought the energy is lacking a bit with lack of carbs I am feeling healthier – cleaner, if that doesn’t seem to gross. I’m debating on staying on Phase one for the full two weeks though. I may move to Phase 1.5 next week and then onto phase 2. We’ll see how it goes.

Keeping strong!

• 4 egg whites, 1 full egg scrambled, cheese
• One 24 oz, Two 20 oz, CL Peach Tea
• One Lite Sargento string mozzarella
• Salad, cheese, chicken chunks and OG dressing
• 3 SF Red Vines (I think I had three)
• Pistachios – yes I had pistachios for supper – a great energy booster since I was dragging having no carbs since Sunday
• ¼ can Diet Coke (Funny, since last week this was my staple liquid)
• More CL Tea

Not bad so far

Monday, Sept. 11, I consumed:

• 3 egg whites, 1 full egg, scrambled with some Kraft cheese
• 1 Lite Sargento string mozzarella
• Lettuce with Kraft cheese and 2 hard boiled eggs (all of the egg!)
• Three 20oz bottles of CL peach tea.
• 1 chicken breast (ginger chicken from the SB recipe book)
• 2 pieces of SF Russell Stover’s pecan clusters
• 1 CL lemonade hard candy
• A few soy nuts (note to self: buy pistachios)
• ¾ can Diet Coke

Finnegan, begin again

Today is the 5 year anniversary of 9/11 and the restart to me and South Beach. Over the weekend I splurged on chocolate and ice cream and pizza and Olive Garden. Today I’m back on Phase 1. I have gained that much from the time I stepped off the program (basically around my Alaska trip) but I’ve gained enough that I’m annoyed and I’m making a new start.

This blog will be boring – just forewarning. I’m going to do my best to list everything I eat and when I exercise so I can see how I’m doing (including the ‘slip ups’ - which may happen today with the smell of fresh cookies for the chapel break...mmmm).

Here’s to making the 1996 135 weight by Dec. 1. Woohoo! Of course, sooner would be better and welcomed. :)

Monday funny

This made me laugh.

Days 12-13, Year 2

So the weekend was interesting, to say the least. Popcorn and ice cream, made some crappy cookies and vegged. But I did get my breakfasts set up for the week – YAY! – and have chicken marinating today to cook up tonight.

I did some research on the different phases of SB this weekend too and figured out I’m on phase 2, with the exception of the ice cream. What I have been eating is on phase 2’s plan, just maybe not in the amounts I have been eating them. So it’s just an adjustment of the portions that I need to do. I can do that. I am capable. YAY!

Oh and exercise more, natch.

Day 11, Year 2

Thanks, JB, for your insightful wisdom. You are truly a smart woman.

I’m not sure that it’s SB that’s keeping me from succeeding, or my boredom with it. There has been a lot of stuff going on lately and I know I’m shrinking into the comfort food stage again because of that. Once some of this sorts itself out and I clean out my kitchen (tossing popcorn and ice cream and, well, more popcorn and ice cream) I know things will get better.

That has been the biggest problem…I haven’t been buying what I should, I haven't been taking the time to pack my lunch and breakfast like I used to. And that's not only hurting my eating plan but my checkbook. Plus it’s not that I don’t like the SB plan…I really do. I like how I feel when I’m consistent with it, I like the meals – there are so many options!, and I really enjoy that it keeps my weight down.

When I was on it religiously, no pun intended, I didn’t miss ice cream or popcorn. I’m not sure what set me off to start up with all that again. Maybe I just need to focus more. Again – starting with cleaning out my house. Perhaps this would be a good weekend to do just that.

Thanks!

Days 2-10, Year 2

Well, I’m not doing so well keeping up with this now am I? OH well…

So let’s see…last weekend I had to do my FitTest for guards – I ran the 1.5 mile in 15:21 with a lot of help from my running buddy. The head wind sucked. Oh well…that wasn’t the only thing – I REALLY need to be doing sit-ups and push-ups on a more regular basis. I can’t believe how out of shape I truly am. Losing weight doesn’t mean crap if you can’t lift your body up off the floor.

OH and the food thing – SO not good lately. In fact, yesterday was national popcorn day and I took it one step further in making it also Orange Day because I had pizza (Jack’s – which often looks orange), Diet Sunkist soda, and…yes…Old Dutch Cheese Popcorn. Not sure why I was craving the orange soda. I was standing at Rainbow and a guy in front of me had a bottle and suddenly I just needed orange soda. Weird.

And I also bought real ice cream – Speedy’s had Edy pints on sale this week – 3 for $3. sinful.

So I am truly living up to the sinner I am – orange food, ice cream, can’t sit up to save my life and truly am a fatty.
Any advice from the 2 people who read this? HELP!

Day 1, Year 2

Well, here we go again. Thus beginneth year 2 on the South Beach eating plan. Of course, I’m sorry to say that this year is not beginning as well as last year.

First, last night was salsa and chips night with Kris which was a blast, so though I ate very well during the day, I screwed it all up at 5pm…because not only did I have salsa and chips, but I went home and made cupcakes for the boys today and had to sample them AND I had some ODCP. I’m so screwed.

I did get up and ellipticate today. I have my fit testing this weekend so I need to keep going. Hoping the weather clears so I can run tonight. I hate running on the treadmill in summer, it seems so futile.

So I’m going to do my best to be phase 1-ing it this week, but it may have to be more official next week.

Day 363-31

This day really should be 364 but whatever. I’m not starting off well, at least via exercising, but I’m doing well starting out with eating.

I’m back on Phase 1 – at least until Guard weekend (during which I’ll probably have pie because it’s Fay’s retirement) – because I desperately need to drop some poundage. I don’t feel bad, I feel okay actually, but I’m back to 150 which isn’t good. So I’m back to my original goal of losing 10-15 pounds. 10 would be great, 15 would be perfect.

So last night I baked up some ginger chicken after eating my last SB pizza for awhile. I chopped that up and this morning I mixed that into my standard salad – lettuce, cheese and chicken. Mmmm. I also made up my eggs this morning and sliced up some celery for my snacks. Yep, I’m back on track hopefully. OH shit…I just realized tonight I’m supposed to go out for drinks with Kris. Shoot. Well, at least I’m starting out okay and tonight I’ll cheat as usual and then tomorrow will be completely back on track. YEP!

I didn’t get up to work out this morning because I’m a total loser. I rolled over and said screw it and went back to sleep. Of course now I feel incredibly guilty so I packed my gym bag and after drinks with kris tonight I’m going to go straight to the gym – so I can hurl up all my salsa and chips. :) yeah, that’s brilliant, isn’t it?

I have been amazed that I haven’t gained more than what I have over the past year. I dropped from 167 to 143 and now I’m back to 150. Not bad really.