Day 192

Breakfast late, due to blood test...
The 400 calories "quick-added" are the snacking/grazing I did during the afternoon on things like corn bread, pistachios, a couple potato chips... I'm pretty sure I over-estimated.  The quick-add means that the carb, fat, protein, fiber and sodium counts are all too low.  Especially the sodium... the next morning, the scale definitely had something to say about that (up a poundish).

WeighIN

Weighed in this morning at 228.5, 4 lbs down from last week (which was inflated because of a Friday eve out), and 2 pounds down from 2 weeks ago.  Pretty decent.  Passing 229 puts me at my lowest adult weight, at least since I graduated college.  The last time I weighed 229 was sometime in college - not sure exactly.  I only have records back to Jan 2002.  If I had to guess, I think I was around 180-190 when I graduated high school ('95) and I was around 215 by my sophmore year of college ('97).  I've had few significant weight losses since then -- 20lb in 2002 and 30lb in 2008 -- but never a real serious effort.  I finally closed out my WeightWatchers account online.  I've been keeping it because it had a history of weights on it.  It feels good to close it -- I'm having more success just tracking calories and learning to eat right.  I felt like WW was learning how to game the system without making real changes (at least for me!).  This is the data from the last 9 years...



Day 191

Weird lunch today...  Had a bit of leftover salad (probably less than listed, but I think I ate more than a serving last night.)  So I ate that at school and stopped a grocery on way home to get deli meats and veggies.  Also bought a small (3 serving) bag of Cheetos... meh.  Ate half, along with some snacky things at home around 4.  Wasn't terribly hungry for obvious reasons... decided to walk on the treadmill for the first time in 2 months... totally an impulse thing. Walked for 18 minutes, 1.3 miles while watching Jeopardy.  Ran 7 minutes at 5-6 mph.  COnsidering I hadn't done anything for a while, it wasn't too bad.  Didn't feel like eating after for a bit... dinner around 8.  Dressed up the BMD Penne a la Vodka with red pepper flakes and a big handful of arugula.  It was soooo good.  I love arugula!  A very satisfying 235cal meal!  Going in for updated blood work tomorrow. 





Not a great pic, but super tasty!





 

Day 190

New breakfast to add to the rotation... I'm finding that the BMD breakfasts do keep me feeling as full as my english muffin sandwiches, even though they have more calories.  I'm always starting to get hungry by 2nd period after a BMD meal; after a muffin snadwich, I don't think about the snack until 3rd or even 4th.  Based on that observation, plus the fact that I wasn't very hungry this morning after last night's feast, I decided to eat a breakfast sandwich.  Unfortunately, I have no ham or turkey... So, I improvised with some almond butter with a slice of apple and it worked just as well.  Very filling.

Ended up at my brother's house for dinner.  I brought leftover salad to share, added roasted chicken and some edamame.  We also baked some chicken springrolls - 210cal for 3 of them... They were tasty.  Not terrible when eating with a salad.  Would've been even more reasonable if I hadn't eaten like 5 of them.

Day 189

Last minute invite to dinner at a friend's... Wonton soup, teriyaki chicken and rice. I volunteered to bring a salad.  I used napa cabbage, snap peas, yellow bell pepper, green onion, almonds with a dressing of soy, rice wine vinegar, and sesame oil.  Pretty tasty!  I brought apples and caramel for dessert, but it got turned into an ice cream sundae night.  Oh well, it was small!

Day 188

Day 187

Meetings after school... with snacks.  That quick-added 210 calories is a partial snack bag of mini chocochip cookies...