Showing posts with label fitday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fitday. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

May 23, 2007

I think I've figured out why I was so hungry yesterday. TOM hit me like a brick this morning. So far today I've done pretty good. I did have a small piece of cheese to help tide me over until lunch. My weight was only up a few ounces.. less than 1/2 a lb, which is unusual for me at this time. I usually gain 2 or 3 lbs. So maybe I'll see a good loss when this is all over.

I'll come back to this post later tonight with my fitday stats. I don't feel much like exercising, but I'm going to try to anyway.

Update

Today I had the following:

Breakfast: EAS carb control shake
Snack: 2 ounces cheddar cheese
Lunch: 1 cup chicken salad (homemade low-carb version of course)
Dinner: Arby's Large Roast Beef Sandwich, no bun
Water: 48+ ounces
Exercise: housework and chasing after kids all day

I didn't have nutritional totals for the Arby's sandwich because all their counts include the bun. I had to just pick something I thought was close. I may be way off, but I can live with it.

Fitday total says:

Calories - 552
Fat - 33
Carbs - 5
Protein - 57

Total Calories Burned - 2,666
Baseline (BMR) - 1,484
Background Activities - 2,424
Logged (exercise) - 0
Digestion - 242

We'll see how tomorrow goes. I have a wedding rehearsal and dinner to be at tomorrow night. I'm praying for something lc friendly. I may keep an protein bar in my purse.. just in case.

Monday, May 21, 2007

May 21, 2007

I slept like a rock last night. I don't remember anything, except hearing my husband get up once. I haven't been that tired in a long time. My weekend went pretty well. We took the kids to the lake on Saturday and went fishing. We rented a little paddle boat to fish out of. We learned a few things from that experience.

#1 - take an anchor or two next time. The wind kept blowing us around, which makes fishing with bobbers almost impossible. Hubby tried to tie up the front of the boat to a log that was sticking out of the water, but then we were just being blown around in circles.

#2 - I don't like paddle boats. Every time the kids would need help with their line, my hubby would stand up and make is way to their end of the boat. The boat would rock and tilt.. and hubby always looked like he was about to fall in head first. Since we are veterans of a somewhat serious boat accident where he almost drowned, I'm a bit paranoid. I didn't like it at all. Every time he'd stand up I'd get sick at my stomach.

#3 - Even out on the water you need bug repellent. We managed to remember the sunscreen, but forgot to spray everyone down with off. The dragonflies landing on our heads was an interesting touch, but finding ticks on my son later in the day was more than a little alarming. We were no where near high grass or trees, yet he managed to have ticks on him anyway. I honestly think they were in the boat.

#4 - Get out there early. It's been so long since we've been fishing, which is probably a sin in some circles, that we forgot the fish usually bite early or late. Midday is not the best time to be plunking in the bait. We did see fish.. but only got a few nibbles, and those weren't big enough to actually set the hook with. We almost accidentally caught a trout, which surprised us all. I didn't even know there were trout in that lake. My hubby was pulling my daughter's bait out of the water to fix it, and low and behold this trout comes to the top and tries to snatch it away.

Topic change....

TOM has yet to rear it's ugly head. I'm assuming it's because of all the stress I've been under. Stress will really mess with the body and I've had this happen before due to stress. So I guess it'll show when it shows.

I'm down another lb today, which leaves only 1.5 lbs left until I'm back at my pre-vegas weight. And today I'm wearing a size 14 jean skirt!!! I haven't worn 14 in a long time. What's funny is I bought this skirt in Vegas and it fit me then. I was so excited about coming back to tell everyone. Then somehow the skirt got put away and I forgot I even had it. I also forgot to tell you all about it. I must have had a brain lapse or something.

I'm not sure If I'll keep updating menus the way I have been or not. I'm thinking of using my fitday program again and then just posting the stats here and the end of the day or beginning of the next. Sorry I'm so wishy-washy on this.. I just can't decide which would be the easiest way to do it. I would like to keep better track of all my nutritional info, and fitday is great for that.

I'm still working on the article I mentioned last week. I also have an idea for a small series of posts that will discuss low-carbing on a budget, so stay tuned for that.

I have a great low-carb chocolate dessert recipe I'd like to share this week. I hope to get to that soon as well.

Oh.. the grill I won in the 2nd Annual Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Blogiversary Giveaway Contest is supposed to be delivered this morning! Whoo Hoo! I'll be sure to post pictures of it for you later.