Day Nine 01/05/10 Tuesday

Today went by in a blur! The morning started out as per our well known routine, Kevin made coffee last night so I just had one cup instead or two or three. This breakfast is working out really well for me, I'm so so so lucky that Kevin gets up each day and makes it for me! We weigh ourselves each morning and today I had lost a pound! I was also very excited to see that I had lost two pounds over December. It's not a lot, not nearly as much as I have lost other months, but December was a food orgy for us, and losing any weight is a huge success. HOORAY!

My whole day was really busy, I started out with an appointment at the HR office, I met with a woman to talk about FMLA, disability, etc. I feel pretty good about my status, if I do have MS and I do end up taking a lot of sick leave as a result, I'll be covered. School starts on Friday and there are a lot of students to audit yet, it's time to weed out those students who have become ineligible for their classes. I met with a few this morning and dealt with the audits as well. I didn't have a snack until I was working out, I ate an apple while Amy and I were doing stair work.We ran into some CMGT faculty in the Rawl building, everybody likes to comment on people who exercise, it's so strange. One certain administrative assistant snidely asked what we were trying to lose, assuming we were trying to lose aything, how rude! A professor chimed in that we were working on improving cardiovascular health...here here! Three cheers for the guy who knows that it's about being healthy, not just hot.

At lunchtime I discovered that I'd forgotten to pack a can of soup, doh! Luckily, I've had an Atkins protein bar in my bag for months, I munched on that and a cup of Greek yogurt with blueberries. It was delish, it had been far too long since I'd had any Greek yogurt. It's so hard to find! And thank goodness for the protien bar! It wasn't a lot of food but it filled me up, and it was quick.



All of a sudden it was time to go home and I hadn't eaten anything else! I ate a quick cup of mixed nuts just before I left the office and a banana on the car ride home.

Now it's time for me to enjoy a glass of wine and eat my spinac salad - yum! - while my baby makes me dinner. It's a good day!

Day Seven 01/03/10

Wow it's hard to keep track of food over the weekend!! Sitting down to blog really takes an effort, I put it off most of the weekend with the idea that I would have lots of free time at work to update the weekend. That's true, of course, but I saved all the weekend food fotos on my laptop, AT HOME! Doh! I'll get it updated tonight and try to do better next weekend.

The good news, though, is that I did think about food before eating! I photographed everything, now I just have to piece the pictures together in chronological order. We had a lot more fun with food than I had originally anticipated - we had happy hour on Thursday, on Saturday we had chili and homemade biscuits with our friends Amy and Brian, and Sunday we hit our favorite brunch spot - The Tipsy Teapot (where I only had one plate full of delicious homemade buffet food!). All in all, I lost a pound! Just under three weeks to my sister's wedding, doing well so far!

Day Eight 1/04/09 Monday

Breakfast during the weekend has become a snap: coffee, eggs, toast, and fruit. This weekend I added some milk and I did that again this morning, although just half a cup this time. I've been worrying that by cutting out most cheese I'm skimping on calcium. So here goes the breakfast:

1/2c milk
2 beaters
1 bread
1 banana

I had an early mid-morning snack, I usually hold out until 10:30 but today I had an apple at 9:30. That, of course, has made me hungrier! Is it just me or do apples affect everyone in this manner?? Holding out a bit more to eat again, I want to be sure I get some protein just before the lunch stairs workout. I think I'll eat my mixed nuts at 11:00, just 45 minutes to go!




I had a great lunch workout with Amy, we did 30 minutes on the stairs in Rawl and it went by so much more quickly than when I was running it alone! I wolfed down my soup as soon as I got back so all I have left is this picture of an empty bowl. It was tasty. I also had a little nubbin of sweet potato, cold but whatever, I'm not picky. I am allowing my students to stress me out a bit today, I have a lot of panickers (students and parents) - everyone must have woken up today and read their email for the first time in a month. I've got a couple appointments scheduled for the afternoon, it's kind of strange after having a few weeks off!

Day Six 1/2/10

What a great day! Kevin was off to the golf course early this morning and I got to sleep until after 10am! When he got home we had breakfast together - back to the standard with one exception. I decided to start heating a cup of milk to use with my coffee. My regimen has been devoid of calcium so this is both a way to beef up the calcium level and get through the half gallon that's threatening to go bad in the fridge.

Day Five 01/01/10 HAPPY NEW YEAR!

We're home on a Friday and we're committed to eating well all weekend! I started off with my usual healthy breakfast: 2 beaters, 1 slice of toast, and some coffee. The snacks and lunch may be off, but I'm going to try to diligently watch the calories today. Let the new body of 2010 begin!

Because we got up much later than usual my timing is all off today. Kevin made me breakfast around 10am, just when I'd normally be having my morning snack. By 12:30 I was suddenly ravished and needed to eat NOW! I fought it off with ten carrots and 1/4 nuts (no skinny cow cheese in the house), which worked.

A bit later I had about 3oz of ham left over from Christmas. There is some ham on the plate but I didn't eat it, and I only had about half of the ham shown. Sometime today between the football and the online shopping we'll need to get some exercise worked in, Kevin was not excited about the idea of doing a kickboxing or similar video workout, we'll see how this goes. it's really important of me to start a habit of having a strict day after a day of gluttony.



2 coffee with creamer
2 beaters
1 bread
10 carrots 1/4 nuts
3 oz ham

Day Four 12/31/09

New Year's Eve! Kevin and I have decided to relax our food restrictions today and have some food at one of our favorite happy hour locales, Ham's. We usually share a big plate of their fabulous nachos with tons of cheese and salty chips. I'll probably have a few drinks as well and we've talked of making either pizza or chicken nuggets later tonight.I'm getting out of work early today, at 2:30, first we'll go to the gym and then to the bar. Maybe we'll end up passing on the pizza/nuggets idea, depending on how we feel. I'm not sure my body could process that much food after the reductions of this week!! In preparation for at least the food at the bar, I've cut some calories out of my day today. And did it happily! Here is my breakfast, the normal minus the apple:
I mixed up the fruit a bit as well, I had one cup of fruit - blueberries and pomegranate seeds, with some mixed nuts. I saved a second cup of fruit for later, just in case.




I had a great workout again today on the stairs in the Rawl building. Up and down the stairs, it's grueling but very satisfying. I forgot to take a picture before I ate my lunch (the first time!). Here is the empty dish that held:

2c spinach
10 carrots
4oz chicken
1 tbs bbq sauc

2 creamer
2 beaters
1 bread
1c blueberries & pomegranates
1/4c mixed nuts
2c spinach
4oz chick
10 carrots

We had a delicious time at Ham's for happy hour, as always. I ate half of the nachos above, a zillion calories for sure, Happy NYE!

Later on tonight we had some chicken nuggets from Food Lion, some BBQ and some spicy. YUM! Unfortunately, by the time I remembered the food blog, (alcohol really does lower food inhibitions!!!) all I had left to photograph was the containers!

BACK ON THE WAGON TOMORROW!

Day Three 12/30/09

Day three and still going strong!

The day is off to a good start! I just met with an employee relations representative to talk about my health issues and how I can use various laws to my favor (FMLA, ADA, sick leave, flex, short-term disability, etc) to my favor. Next week I'll meet with a representative from HR to discuss the technicalities. Not too much to do today at work, the campus is empty and so quiet, it's a nice change.


The morning flew by and before I knew it, it was time to workout. It was WAY too cold to head over to the gym during lunch today so I hit the stairs in the Rawl building for thirty minutes. It was every bit as grueling as I could have hoped for, and that was before I slammed my hand into a door frame!



Totals for the day:

2 beaters	60
apple	50
bread	50
banana	100
nuts	170
apple	50
soup	160
1c spinach	7
10 carrots	50
cheese	30
apple	50
bar	140
2c sw pot	360
6 oz chick	165
bbq	90
salad	63
	1595