Ack!

I got out of the habit of updating daily and it shows!  Whether it’s related to Aunt Flo or pure laziness, my weight has creeped up a couple pounds.  SO.  Starting tomorrow, I swear, I will be better!  My cousin’s wedding in LA is coming up, and vacations are certainly not diet-friendly, so I need to be good beforehand and afterwards, at the least. 

I hope you’re doing better than I am!

Weekend

Saturday was a total waste, as was today.  Yipes. 

I’m finding going out to eat kind of hard.  When I go to Jimmy John’s or something like that, it’s fine, since they have calorie counts on their website.  But when I go somewhere local, calorie estimations are pretty much worthless.  Today may not have been all that bad, since I had an Amy’s frozen burrito, which was 270 calories, and then I had chicken pad thai from a little Thai place near here, so overall, I was probably ok calorie-wise, actually.  

I should probably go off of how I feel, and I feel kind of gross, so hopefully I did kind of ok?  haha.  I’ll be better, I swear!

Wednesday

I’m watching the Republican National Convention and it is making me sick to my stomach.  Sort of helps curb my normally voracious appetite.  ;-)

Today was good, I “forced” myself to have breakfast and it made the day go so much more smoothly.  I know tomorrow is going to be rough, since an event at work is going to keep me out of the office all day, but I’m going to do my best.  Here’s what I had today!

Breakfast = 2 waffles w/ margarine & cottage cheese

Lunch = Subway 6 in turkey on wheat

Dinner = Chinese food (sweet & sour shrimp, noodles, kung pao chicken)

At dinner, I just had a little bit of all the different dishes my family ordered, which I think worked well.  Breakfast and lunch are getting repetitive, but it has more to do with living alone and having to finish what I buy.  I’ve always been a repetitive eater, so that doesn’t really bother me.  It is easy to stick with what is safe, but I’m sure I should also look for other options as well.  

Now the VP candidate is talking, so I’m going to go.  This should be a great appetite suppressant.  Here’s my summary:

1559 calories/71.2 g fat/142.9 g carbs/96.9 g protein

Have a great night!

Day Off

Nothing to report.  I don’t think I failed, but I didn’t do very well either.  I ate Chinese food for dinner (again) but it sucked.  Rhode Islanders suck at Asian cuisine!

Started and Out

Today was the first time in, oh, 8 months I’ve had a visit from Aunt Flo so I’m off the diet.  HOLY FREAKING HELL it’s miserable and I just can’t diet right now.  I’ll be back in a few days…

Day 8: No idea…

Orientation day.  OMG, I start school in 5 days.  I am freaking out!  I did meet a really cool colleague and I think we’re going to be good friends – that’s always a plus on your first day, right?

Speaking of the friend, we went to lunch at an Indian restaurant.  I didn’t want to say,”Oh, but I hate Indian food” when that’s where people were headed, but I’ll admit, I was NOT looking forward to it one bit.  Since I NEVER eat Indian food, I had NO idea what would have a decent calorie count.  I was ordering blind.  I knew what chicken masala was and I didn’t think I hated it (which surprised me!), so I decided to try it again.  Not bad but it does have cream in the tomato sauce.  However, it was a really small serving (lunch menu) and I don’t eat the extra sauce, but I have no idea what to count it.  The numbers online are all over the place and when I have more time I’ll do some sleuthing.

I had left over stir-fry for dinner, so that was about 400 calories with the scoop of rice I served myself.  I had a cup of coffee with milk and a little bit of caramel to sweeten it (I know, Splenda would have worked) which I counted as 40 calories.  I’m pretty sure I have a few extra calories – there’s no way that lunch was over 960 – so I think I may treat myself to hot chocolate or sorbet.  I haven’t decided which.  Since my hands are frozen, I may go for the former.

Calorie Intake

According to this website, using the BMR and Harris Benedict Equation, I need to eat at a minimum of 1544 calories (for safe, faster weight loss), and at a max 1650 calories (for safe, slower weight loss).  So, technically, I can eat more!  Haha.

http://www.freedieting.com/tools/calorie_calculator.htm

Day 6: Dinner does it again…

I was doing well and then Chinese dinner screwed it up.  I forgot to add the crabmeat rangoon on the list and decided it’d probably be better to just leave it off…  I’m way over in calories when you add the fried goodness, so I really need to step it up and I can’t just keep saying that.