I made an omlette. (Day 4)

I usually attempt to make omlettes and fail. But today I succeded! I made the (poor looking) omlette above. It only has cheese in it (I wish for more veges! Soon, I hope). I made it with two eggs. I was pretty proud of myself.

Today’s Meals:

Breakfast: 1 2-egg omlette with cheese

Lunch: The last of the pasta with veges (still yum even a few days later)

Dinner: salad with a skimpy bit of honey mustard, one slice deli ham and a sprinkle of cheese, and an apple with 1 tablespoon of peanut butter.

Snack: 2 small cookies with milk

Exercise: 20 minute arm workout on EA SportsActive

Secret Goal

Guys, I have a secret goal. ADA Southwest Missouri is holding a 5k on September 11. Now, on Tuesday, I tried running 1/4 of a mile and failed miserably. But, if I keep walking and eventually start running, maybe I can run a 5k by September. Crazier things have happened, have they not?

So I copied and pasted this into an excel file:

http://www.coolrunning.com/engine/2/2_3/181.shtml?cmp=2

Umm, I am nervous. Can I really do this?

All I can do is try, right? Failure is the worst that can happen. But what I’m learning is that failure isn’t really that devastating. It just means that you have to try again. And that you are human.

(P.S. Tomorrow…it’s Friday.)

Much Ado about Peaches

Day Number 2: June 9, 2010

I had a peach tonight. It was mighty tasty. I didn’t even know we had them until my dad told me about them. I’m weird, I peel the skin off with a carrot peeler because I don’t like the fuzzy outside. But the inside is so juicy and good.

I wonder what possessed Ronald Dahl to inhabit giant bugs inside a giant peach pit? He must have been eating a peach when he came up with this idea.

Anyway, today was much better than yesterday. Today’s consumption:

-One bowl of cereal
-One grilled ham and cheese (no butter) on low carb bread
-One graham cracker
-Three cookies (little ones) and one glass of milk
-Samples of several different salads at my church’s Salad Cook Off they do every year and I have to say it’s my favorite Wednesday Night Dinner of them all!
-One peach

Wow, is that really all I ate? FANTASTIC. I need more fruits and veges. Had a discussion with my dad about this. I prefer fresh but he hates spending the money on fresh fruits and veges. I don’t blame him! So he’s buying me some peppers and onions so I can whip up some fantastic stir fry in the near future. NOM.

Someday I’ll have a job and will be able to buy my own groceries. But until then, I make due.

Exercise:
1 hour and 15 minutes of walking with my new walking buddy, Pam. I highly encourage you to find an exercise buddy. It makes ALL the difference.

A revior until tomorrow, lovelies. It’s 2am and I have to take a test at 7:30 :-/. Next weeks goals include MORE SLEEP AT NIGHT. (and less sleep during the day).

Emotional Eating Monster

Day 2, June 8, 2010

Emotional Eating is going to be a monster of an obstacle to overcome.

Today, I felt depressed. So in the morning, I ate not one but two candy bars. I felt out of control, like I couldn’t stop it. I actually bought them and ate only half of one and put them in the freezer. I was hoping to get four days out of those babies. Maybe even six days. But then the emotions struck. And I not only wound up eating both candy bars before noon, but I also ate a whole plate of tortilla chips with melted cheese, which I counted as my lunch.

Bleh.

I can’t even bring myself to tell you about the rest of my day. It was not so good. There was a lot of eating. While it probably wasn’t the worst day I’ve ever eaten (I can judge by the total daily dose) let’s just say I fought three low blood sugars, had an Okay dinner, and gave in to two separate cravings. (boo)

On the bright side, I did go for two, that’s right, two 35 minute walks today, which was absolutely an accomplishment. I even ran 1/4 of 1/4 of a mile. Okay, that sounds ridiculous, but I did set a goal of being able to run 1/2 mile without stopping by the end of the summer. We’ll see how my legs can handle it. They’re actually quivering right now.

So all in all while it was a bad day of eating, it wasn’t too bad of a day of exercising. Now it’s time to go off to bed so maybe I can actually get the morning work out in that I want to.

Day One: June 7, 2010

Day one journal entry

Food:

Breakfast: Skipped (thumbs down)

Low Blood Sugar at 9:30 am: 2 laffy taffy

Lunch at 11 am: grilled cheese, 4oz steak, ice cream (thumbs down, way down)

4pm: 1 cup coffee with milk and sugar

6pm: dinner – pasta and veges with cheese, 1 serving (about 1 cup)

9pm: snack, apple with peanut butter

Exercise:

7:30 pm 30 minute walk with BFF and her puppy

10:30 pm EA Sports Active: 30 minutes (wii game)

11:30 pm 10 minutes yoga

Not too bad. Need to come up with healthier lunch ideas. How did you do today?

(I need to find a more interesting way to blog my daily activities).

Self Challenge: Sunday Update Number One

Week one of my eleven week journey to lose fifteen pounds starts today. This blog is inspired by the lovely Ginger Vieira, a twitter and facebook friend of mine who runs the website living-in-progress dot com and has challenged her blog readers to lose ten pounds by August fifteenth here. I am upping it to fifteen just because of the sheer amount of weight I need to lose. I am hoping not to get overwhelmed this time. And, besides, I have you guys to help me out and keep me motivated, right?

Does anyone else want in on this challenge? Let me know and I will be sure to personally email you and check up on you during this time. Set a modest weight loss goal for the next eleven weeks, while the weather is nice and the sun is out, and we can work towards a healthier lifestyle together.

Starting Weight: 246 lbs

Goal Weight: 231 lbs

Goal Date: August 15, 2010

Week plan:

• four small meals a day
• 30 minutes of exercise a day
• Post meal plans and work outs on sarahlosesit.wordpress.com and weekly updates via sarah loses it as well as Sarahndipity
• Weigh in and update weight next Sunday

Good luck!