March 23-
I haven't been good about blogging the past few days,
but I have done a really good job of eating. I've even increased my
water intake, so I have had less headaches.
Today we
had a luncheon at school, and it's amazing what a difference non-real
food makes. I was anticipating this, so I tried to plan ahead. I still
brought a morning snack (nuts & dried berries) and then when I
signed up to bring something, I signed up to bring a dessert and made
oatmeal raisin bars using some alternate ingredients to make it
healthier. The only thing I didn't sub was the brown sugar, and it still
was too sweet. Anyway, I'll log my foods so far today below, but I did
want to comment that I let myself "slide" by getting a little bit of the
regular pasta to go with my meatballs. (There was no whole wheat
option). For dessert I had one small bar of what I made and then took a
small piece of a cake that was there. Yuck! It was way too sweet. I
should have just thrown the rest away but I didn't want to be rude so I
did finish the small piece. This would have been something that
generally I would have taken a second piece of, but not today- no way!
It was much too sweet for my liking. And now, just 10 minutes after
eating I already have a stomachache. I forgot that non-real foods
aren't only bad for you but they also make you feel bad
too. What a cool reminder to keep it up. Tomorrow will be 1 week since
this began, and I'm pretty stinking proud of myself so far that the only
"cheats" were a small amount of regular pasta & small piece of
cake. KEEP GOING!
Breakfast- 2 banana walnut whole wheat pancakes, drizzled with honey, cheese stick
Snack- nuts & berries
Lunch- pasta (X) with meatballs & sauce (X), salad, fruit, oatmeal raisin bar, cake (X)
Dinner- salad at Outback, honey sunflower icecream (X?) at Leo's
Tomorrow I weigh myself...I was 141.6 last weekend so anything that matches or is under that will feel good!
Friday, March 23, 2012
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
March 19- Day Four
Today was the first day trying to eat healthy at school. Like I wrote yesterday, I moved the candy down to the faculty room, and that worked out well..I'm never in the faculty room so there's no temptation there. I was able to drink what I would consider to be a decent amount of water at school, but still ended up with a headache by the end of the day. I'm not sure if that is due to coming off of sugar...or what. Here is how today looked:
Breakfast: Kashi clusters with bananas & strawberries
Snack: walnuts & dried cranberries
Lunch: veggies & hummus, cheese stick, strawberries
Snack: Kashi clusters
Snack (* was still hungry after school before dinner): apple slices with PB
Dinner: egg salad salad, bruchetta on toast (X), PB no-bake (made with good ingredients)
Today was the first day trying to eat healthy at school. Like I wrote yesterday, I moved the candy down to the faculty room, and that worked out well..I'm never in the faculty room so there's no temptation there. I was able to drink what I would consider to be a decent amount of water at school, but still ended up with a headache by the end of the day. I'm not sure if that is due to coming off of sugar...or what. Here is how today looked:
Breakfast: Kashi clusters with bananas & strawberries
Snack: walnuts & dried cranberries
Lunch: veggies & hummus, cheese stick, strawberries
Snack: Kashi clusters
Snack (* was still hungry after school before dinner): apple slices with PB
Dinner: egg salad salad, bruchetta on toast (X), PB no-bake (made with good ingredients)
Sunday, March 18, 2012
March 18- Day Three
Today was a good day! We experienced our first eating out since talking about making some changes, but both of us made good choices. I don't think I drank as much water as I could have and will need to pick that up tomorrow...Tomorrow is also back to work, so temptation there in the faculty room to resist. First thing tomorrow morning, I am moving my candy basket from my room to the faculty room so that it is no where near me. No Excuses!
Breakfast: oatmeal made with skim milk, apples, cinnamon topped with granola, raisins, and honey drizzle
Lunch: (At Panera) Fugi apple chicken salad -- lettuce, onions, tomatoes, fuji apple, chicken, dipped in dressing (X?)
Snack: granola bar (X)
Dinner: (Using up what was in the fridge so as to not be wasteful) sloppy joes (X) on potato roll (X) with mixed vegetables
Today was a good day! We experienced our first eating out since talking about making some changes, but both of us made good choices. I don't think I drank as much water as I could have and will need to pick that up tomorrow...Tomorrow is also back to work, so temptation there in the faculty room to resist. First thing tomorrow morning, I am moving my candy basket from my room to the faculty room so that it is no where near me. No Excuses!
Breakfast: oatmeal made with skim milk, apples, cinnamon topped with granola, raisins, and honey drizzle
Lunch: (At Panera) Fugi apple chicken salad -- lettuce, onions, tomatoes, fuji apple, chicken, dipped in dressing (X?)
Snack: granola bar (X)
Dinner: (Using up what was in the fridge so as to not be wasteful) sloppy joes (X) on potato roll (X) with mixed vegetables
Saturday, March 17, 2012
March 17- Day Two
Today was tougher, but we also did a good job today. Happy to say that I weighed myself this morning and am 141.6, which is down a few pounds from last week when I weighed myself. That probably has a lot to do with the fact that my digestive tract seems to be working again. At any rate, I'm proud of us and hope that tomorrow can be another good day. I need to organize the kitchen better and make it easily accessible to the new foods, spices and oils I'll be cooking with. In the meantime, I've also decided to mark each food that wouldn't count under the 100 day challenge with an X just so I can see any trends over time. I want to keep the X's to a minimum, obviously, but I know that X's will be there, especially as we get started. Here goes:
Breakfast: Whole wheat banana nut pancakes with honey drizzle, peanut butter and an orange
Lunch: Leftover chicken pear walnut salad with homemade vinaigrette, peppers, carrots, cucumbers and hummus; apple dipped in PB (and a little Jiffy PB to taste test compare X)
Snack: Odwalla bar (X?)
Dinner: (At Val's) baked chicken, salad with homemade strawberry dressing, potatoes w/salt & pepper and canola spray (X)
Dessert: Kashi clusters & milk
Thought for tomorrow: Drink more H20.
Today was tougher, but we also did a good job today. Happy to say that I weighed myself this morning and am 141.6, which is down a few pounds from last week when I weighed myself. That probably has a lot to do with the fact that my digestive tract seems to be working again. At any rate, I'm proud of us and hope that tomorrow can be another good day. I need to organize the kitchen better and make it easily accessible to the new foods, spices and oils I'll be cooking with. In the meantime, I've also decided to mark each food that wouldn't count under the 100 day challenge with an X just so I can see any trends over time. I want to keep the X's to a minimum, obviously, but I know that X's will be there, especially as we get started. Here goes:
Breakfast: Whole wheat banana nut pancakes with honey drizzle, peanut butter and an orange
Lunch: Leftover chicken pear walnut salad with homemade vinaigrette, peppers, carrots, cucumbers and hummus; apple dipped in PB (and a little Jiffy PB to taste test compare X)
Snack: Odwalla bar (X?)
Dinner: (At Val's) baked chicken, salad with homemade strawberry dressing, potatoes w/salt & pepper and canola spray (X)
Dessert: Kashi clusters & milk
Thought for tomorrow: Drink more H20.
Friday, March 16, 2012
March 16- Day One
Today is the first day of (I hope) a change in eating habits that will last a lifetime. I would say that we are pretty healthy before, but we don't eat as well as we could. We tend to go for convenience and cost over quality. Unfortunately though, our food purchases each month have continued to rise, and it's time that that money is going towards only good, real food. Additionally, I have a MAJOR sweet tooth, and at any available time, will turn to sugar or some kind of sugary treat if one is near me. I want to retrain my taste buds to eat -- no, enjoy!-- real food. I came across www.100daysofrealfood.com a few days ago, and Lisa has become my inspiration. I'm sure there are lots of other good things out there, but for now I think what she has done is pretty incredible. I figure, if she can get her husband and two girls to eat ONLY real food for 100 days, I should be able to give it a try for 1. Looking forward, this day may end up being more like Day Negative Five, because it was a day of gathering new foods and talking about some changes. We don't plan on following the 100 day challenge, or even the 10 day challenge. I'd say instead we plan to make small, manageable changes over time to see if eventually we're able to eat only real foods 90% of the time. There will always need to be flexibility -- when we go to someone's house or out to eat, but there will still be plenty of room to make good choices. But I plan to make this a new life focus...as our daughter will be starting solids in a few short months and I would like her to start solids that are real. I also want to be and feel healthy for a long time...and sometimes both the hubs and I just feel OLD.
So today we went to BB's, a discount food store. Sadly, most of the store is filled with convenient, high-processed foods. We scoured the aisles, and were able to make some good finds in organic cereals, lots of spices (key to flavoring real food to keep taste buds interested), veggies, fruits and cheeses. We came home & enjoyed lunch (more on that later) and then went out to Wegmans for some other organic finds-- seeds, nuts, flour, coconut, PB, and some fresh bread and produce. We came home to enjoy dinner (more on that later). And after a walk, putting the little lady to bed, and watching a movie, I decided that it might be time to look into this whole blogging thing. I don't anticipate this becoming anything more than a place for me to log what we've tried for the day (food wise) and to recall my challenges, triumphs, and share any resources I come across through this journey. The hubs will make fun of me and certainly this will be difficult. But I know that it will be worth it, and perhaps keeping track (if only for myself) will make it fun to look back in the future.
Weight- Didn't weigh myself today, will tomorrow.
Breakfast- egg sandwich on a potato roll
Snack- granola bar
Lunch- carrots, red & yellow pepper slices, cucumbers with hummus; vanilla yogurt with kashi clusters
Dinner- spinach and romaine chicken salad with pears, onions, walnuts and homemade vinaigrette; bread from bakery & butter
Tomorrow- bring on another day of real food!!
Today is the first day of (I hope) a change in eating habits that will last a lifetime. I would say that we are pretty healthy before, but we don't eat as well as we could. We tend to go for convenience and cost over quality. Unfortunately though, our food purchases each month have continued to rise, and it's time that that money is going towards only good, real food. Additionally, I have a MAJOR sweet tooth, and at any available time, will turn to sugar or some kind of sugary treat if one is near me. I want to retrain my taste buds to eat -- no, enjoy!-- real food. I came across www.100daysofrealfood.com a few days ago, and Lisa has become my inspiration. I'm sure there are lots of other good things out there, but for now I think what she has done is pretty incredible. I figure, if she can get her husband and two girls to eat ONLY real food for 100 days, I should be able to give it a try for 1. Looking forward, this day may end up being more like Day Negative Five, because it was a day of gathering new foods and talking about some changes. We don't plan on following the 100 day challenge, or even the 10 day challenge. I'd say instead we plan to make small, manageable changes over time to see if eventually we're able to eat only real foods 90% of the time. There will always need to be flexibility -- when we go to someone's house or out to eat, but there will still be plenty of room to make good choices. But I plan to make this a new life focus...as our daughter will be starting solids in a few short months and I would like her to start solids that are real. I also want to be and feel healthy for a long time...and sometimes both the hubs and I just feel OLD.
So today we went to BB's, a discount food store. Sadly, most of the store is filled with convenient, high-processed foods. We scoured the aisles, and were able to make some good finds in organic cereals, lots of spices (key to flavoring real food to keep taste buds interested), veggies, fruits and cheeses. We came home & enjoyed lunch (more on that later) and then went out to Wegmans for some other organic finds-- seeds, nuts, flour, coconut, PB, and some fresh bread and produce. We came home to enjoy dinner (more on that later). And after a walk, putting the little lady to bed, and watching a movie, I decided that it might be time to look into this whole blogging thing. I don't anticipate this becoming anything more than a place for me to log what we've tried for the day (food wise) and to recall my challenges, triumphs, and share any resources I come across through this journey. The hubs will make fun of me and certainly this will be difficult. But I know that it will be worth it, and perhaps keeping track (if only for myself) will make it fun to look back in the future.
Weight- Didn't weigh myself today, will tomorrow.
Breakfast- egg sandwich on a potato roll
Snack- granola bar
Lunch- carrots, red & yellow pepper slices, cucumbers with hummus; vanilla yogurt with kashi clusters
Dinner- spinach and romaine chicken salad with pears, onions, walnuts and homemade vinaigrette; bread from bakery & butter
Tomorrow- bring on another day of real food!!
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