Ang’s Rants and Raves

So I fell off the wagon this entire week, first it started with birthday dinner and just went from there. With free lunches and dinners I didn’t hold back and traveling over the weekend didn’t help any.  It’s tradition when steve and I are in chicago to eat at geno’s east for the best pizza ever.  How can  you not go there and not eat it?? So… I got a brand new scale from Steve and have yet to have stepped on it out of fear of what it will read.  I’ll get back on track starting today and weigh myself next week.   I’m afraid I’ve gained at least 3 out of the 6 i’ve lost, but I seriously don’t want to look or it may make me stop again all together.

It’s amazing how eating bad makes me HUNGRIER.  When I’ve been eating my past blogs, I’m hungry but I’ve been eating fruits and veggie’s.  Friday Brienne took me to applebee’s for a chicken salad for my bday and I admit, 2 hrs later I ate a whopper JR.  If i hadn’t been in a car ride, at home, I would have snacked on applesauce or peaches, but no, BK was fast and easy.  Not to mention I ate 2 pieces of pizza that night and a salad.  UGH!  The more crap you eat, the more hungrier I aam–and I think my prevacid is a huge cause of this.

I can’t wait to go to my doctor 2 mondays from now to find out how much longer I have to be on this thing!!!

So tomorrow I will report my eating again.  It is that time of month so i’m craving everything bad you can imagine, but I am forcing myself to go to pilates–kicking or screaming.  Just as long as I can get rid of these cramps I’ve been having since I woke up this morning…. i need a banana and desperately need to get to meijer this weekend sometime….

This weekend went by way too fast.  especially yesterday.  Friday I had cereal and soy milk for breakfast and lunch, jello and for dinner, a wonderful salad from conor o’neils, a glass of white wine, and 3 small potato skins.  Mmm.mm.   Than I made it even worse.  I split a teramesu (sp) with gwenn at gratzi and it was like I had never had chocolate before.  Wow.  Amazing.  AND had the best glass of dessert wine ever.  By this time, I had a great buzz.

Nothing like getting up the next morning and realizing that two glasses of wine causes the worst hangover.  I felt horrible.  So, I pretty much did nothing on saturday.  Cereal for breakfast, side salad and double cheeseburger (no bun) from mcd’s. Salad for dinner.  Managed to do the eliptical for 30 min. before wanting to die.

Sunday Cereal, pizza (uh oh it was on sale), and hamburger helper, peas, cranberry sauce, and small scoop of potato’s for dinner.  One hour on the eliptical.  OOOH boy.  This week is going to kill me with my bday dinner on Wed. (I’m eating whatever I want) and a weekend trip with Steve to Chicago, Wisconsin and back to MI.

Hopefully I can keep myself in check the other meals.

Yup, I didn’t end up posting yesterday cuz I was a little bummed that i gained two pounds back in 3 days, but I think I know why.  Three little words IBS. I won’t go no further.

I haven’t been eating like I was the last three weeks, and that can be a factor as well.  Wed. I had my usual cereal with soy milk, went to olga’s and got a turkey pita sandwhich (ate half), but I think that bread is my own worst enemy with fighting this Prevacid weight gain.  So I *really* need to cold turkey it.  that night i had leftover spaghetti, a litlte potatos and peas, one hour at the gym, 40 abs and boy did our bodies hurt from the pilates! wow.  It didn’t feel like I got anything out of pilates mat, but my rib cage was sore and my lower back and my legs! I wanted to take it again soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo bad last night, but I had a ticket to snow patrol and had to go there.  I can’t believe I’d rather of been at the gym than a show, but thats where my life has been these days.

yesterday I had cereal for breakfast and lunch and had some leftover spaghetti again, but I’m now getting tired of it.  I made a ton and learned my lesson.  Normally boyfriend helps me eat it, but he hasn’t been around for the dinner hour so I seemed to have a TON of it to eat up now.

This weekend will be another challenge for me, as they usually are when trying to diet.  Going out with Gwenn tonight, seeing a movie w/Sarah and Brienne, and than off to kzoo to see my old coworker for dinner and a movie.  Yup, I can see myself gaining those rest three back each day!

Yesterday, Bri and I went to do 1/2 hour of weights and abs, and then went to pilates mat class. Wow. Totally diff. from the class amy and I took.  They used a circle thing (weights) and this styrophome (sp) circle thing that you had to balance and lay on your back and do stretching moves.  Wow wow wow .She said if you continue this you can have a brand new butt!  :) 

Breakfast: 1 cup of special k, with skim milk, Mcd’s: double cheeseburger-no bun, side salad. 1 cup of spaghetti, 1/2 cup of peas, and 1 small scoup of au graten potatos.

Our work thing today is sundae’s.  I’m resisting real well since tomorrow is another weigh day for me. Hopefully I’ll have a new scale soon and be able to read body fat too!

Yesterday I got a little off track, which I thought I would considering boyfriends return.  I didn’t get to the gym, but I also didn’t want to leave him, even tho he was sleeping.  I was hoping to walk home from work today for extra exercise, but now the word is, rain all day.  booooo!!!!  I only have  few more weeks of walking home before the weather turns real cold. 

Anyway, on to the stats:

Only 3 glasses of water, special K with skim milk, 1/2 banana, small salad at bennigan’s, 1 cup of spaghetti with 1/2 cup of peas, 2 spoonfuls of au graten potato’s.

boy was that a short one for me!  Brienne and I hope to do weights today and work out.  I gotta get back on the ab machine! When I don’t do it after a weekend, i really notice a difference!

This weekend was yet another challenge for me, but I somehow seemed to manage.  Friday Leilani took me out to lunch since i had a horrible day at work on thursday, but opted for a garden salad at good time charlie’s.  Friday morning and for dinner I had special k but for dinner I also added 1/2 cup of peas.  1 hour at the gym.

Saturday I had to go to a breakast thing for work, and had 1/4 of a cheese  omlet (didn’t like it), two small pancakes with blueberries and strawberries, and two slices of bacon.  For dinner, I had a grilled chicken salad at applebee’s with mom, and cranberry juice at the bar with elaine and lori.

Sunday, I cheated with toast and p. butter at mom’s (all she had), KFC from grandma, but got green beans, small scoup of potatos, and peaches.  Hardly any water drank on saturday–

I woke up with butterflies in my stomach since I get to see my man finally today!  I had to get up early, stepped on the scale and it said 117.  I couldn’t believe it.  5 pounds down.  I moved the scale around 6 times, and once it came up at 120.  It’s sooooooooooooo annoying. I don’t know if my floors are uneven for it to be doing that, but I”ve wanted to get a nice one for a long time–one that also reads the % fat percent. 

My grandma finally got me some $$$ for cleaning her house last weekend.  REAL nice.  Went to meijer and bought a bunch of healthy food, wheat spaghetti noodles, gluten-free cereal, soymilk, sugar free cookies (for my chocolate cravings), jello, fruit, and veggie’s.  It was EXPENSIVE.  Only 2 bags of groceries and I was at $40.00.  Unreal. the price you pay for eating better I guess.  I have  more energy–and require less sleep these days.

I must get moving as I”m only at work 1/2 day today.  woohoo :)  Hopefully I can still keep this up with boyfriend being back.  Whenever I am in a relationship, I tend to slack and start adding on the pounds….

Yesterday, I didn’t have the brownies that work had for us, but Gwenn did convince me to go to dinner with her last night since I havent’ seen her in months.  (thanks for the grub G!:).  So i was really bad at BW’3, but I’ll just have to work it off this weekend instead.  I need at least one meal to cheat a week right?

Breakfast: 1 cup of special K with 1/2 cup skim milk, banana, Lunch: 1/2 serving of spaghettios, peaches, Applesauce for mid-afternoon snack, and dinner: Nachos, with water.  8 glasses of water drank. 1 hr on the eliptical, 30 min. at level 2.

Day 13 of my new diet plan.  Current weight today: 118.  I’ve lost 4 pounds! Woohoo! I think I’m going to target 115 as my new goal instead of 117.  I know I’ll probably start slowing down after this next week, and don’t want to lose another two by next week.  They say the faster you lose it the faster you gain it back.  I’m finally starting to feel better now.  My arms are starting to tone too.  Last night I did 1 hour and 5 min. on the eliptical and 70 ab crunches and felt like I could go some more.  The eliptical is starting to get a little easier, so I increased it to level 2 for 30 minutes and went from 9-8 on the crossramp (the lower the numbers, the more you target while working out).  Kedar was there and I chatted with him about steve and zac’s new baby.  I also have made a new friend at the gym. His name is Iyu.  He seems like he’s in  his late 40’s, and possibly from russia? i haven’t asked him yet. We always seem to see each other around the ab machine and he shows me the proper way of doing them–and isn’t even a trainer or employee! He is my cheerleader telling me to keep it up! :).  Brienne has also finally taken to the weights.  I haven’t really been doing them, but she’s all geeked now and so she said we could do them together 2 times a week.  Germanuel showed her a different way of doing abs on a ball and she said she felt like she was in boot camp!

Work had another free mexican lunch.  Of course, I probably shouldn’t have  had it as it makes me want caffine to settle my stomach and than i get a sweet tooth…so i had a smoothie to help settle everything down.

Anyway on to the stats as I have to get moving:

Breakfast: Special K and skim milk, banana, 2 pieces of watermelon (thanks leilani) Lunch:  2 taco shells smooshed to make a taco salad, light beef, 1/2 strawberry smoothie, serving size peaches and special K for dinner, &applesauce. 

Yesterday (Tuesday) I had to meet my mom in clio since I left my prevacid in saginaw.  Oops! Boy did I notice a difference not taking it yesterday.  I wasn’t as hungry as I normally am, and I wasn’t as thirsty as I barely got 7.5 glasses of water down.  What a difference!  I then made it to the gym by 8 and brienne was already there with Germanuel having her first weight session.  I only did 45 min. on the eliptical with starting to get a cramp in my side (prob. from eating dinner first last night) .

Breakfast: 1 cup of special k with 1/2 cup of skim milk

Mid-afternoon snack: banana

Lunch: 1 cup of special k with 1/2 cup skim milk, mandarin oranges

Dinner: Big Boy, side salad, Big Boy sandwhich (minus 2 buns, left the bottom one)

Not much more to report.  I’m getting so anxious for Steve to get home that I swear my days have completely slowed down now.  It’s only Wed. and wishing it was Friday at least.  Tonight i’m going to work out and then clean the bathroom and hallway closet out.  Tomorrow and Friday evening, trying to get my computer back on track.  I have a CD project that I’d like to try.  I have all my Tori CD’s and singles that I’d like to put on one mp3 disc.  But I can burn anything cuz I have sooo much on my hard drive.  So, I’m putting all my pictures onto my USB port memory thingy, and seeing if there is anything I can uninstall.  I already have a make-up wish list going, I think I’ll end up with a computer one as well!

I haven’t posted since Thursday because I’ve been at a turtle speed connection at my mom’s and know it would take 10 min. just to load blog.com so to recap.  It’s been hard watching what I eat at my mom’s because she has no food in her house and I’m completely broke from having to pay my car insurance last month and now my license tabs and renwal are all supposed to be in this month. It doesn’t help when my Prevacid cost me $75.00 either.  So, I’ve been eating as much “free” food as I can get, therefore, I thought for sure I’d of gained a few pounds.  However, the pharmacist told me not to take metamucil that Citrucel is probably causing most of my bloating.  I took one day off this week on Saturday to not work out, bcuz I had to clean my Grandma’s house and knew that would count for something.  She had 15% GM and 5% of groceries on monday for labor day, but that ended up not working out (long story short, she lost her meijer CC and they were idiots on getting a new one).  So I haven’t got paid from Grandma on cleaning.  Anyway, I woke up this morning, not taking metamucil or citrucel all day yesterday and i couldn’t believe the difference in my stomach this morning–i couldn’t help it, i had to weigh myself.  Another pound lost.  woohoo!  I’m 2 away from my goal and 4 away from my wish weight. 

Friday:  Special K with 1/2% milk, 6 pieces of general tsau chicken and 1/2 cup rice, Applesauce, 1/2 cup of special K and 1/2 cup of peas.  1 hr on the eliptical, (25 min. at Level 2), 10 glasses of water

Saturday: Special K with 1/2%,  Burger King Double Cheeseburger (no bun), 6 pieces of general tsau chicken, 1 small apple, 6 glasses of water drank.

Sunday:  2 pieces of toast with peanut butter, One chicken breast with small side salad (wendy’s) 7.5 glasses of water drank, 1 hr on treadmill

Monday:  Special K with 1/2%, 11/2 cup of chicken salad, fruit cup, 1 slice of turkey with 1/2 cup of green beans&carrots. 6 glasses of water, 40 min. on treadmill.