P.T.T. Weight Loss Challenge

3/25 Kelly: Up In the Pear

2010-03-25T08:26:00.000-07:00

Breakfast: Apple
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Thanksgiving Dinner, Cran-Bran Vitatop
Dinner:
Snacks:

This whole weight loss thing isn't working for me! There are 4 pounds that I lose, then gain, then lose then gain. It's frustrating AND I know my doctor is going to think I'm not doing anything to lose! Granted, I'm not always super careful with what I eat, but I've been trying to do better. Even going to the gym doesn't seem to do anything. Ugh. Of course, I haven't been going as regularly as I used to, but I thought I'd at least see a little difference by now. BOO!

3/24 Amy: Fruit Salad, Yummy Yummy

2010-03-24T05:25:00.001-07:00

breakfast: fruit salad (yummy yummy) and Coke Zero

3/23 Kelly - Flight of the Nava-tater

2010-03-23T06:41:00.000-07:00

Breakfast: Cran-Bran Vitatop, Fruit 2 Day - Strawberry Orange
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snacks: Grape Fanta* (never had one, but they are new in the vending machine!)

*Fanta is gross. Fanta is the urine of the devil. Stay away from the Fanta.

3/23 Amy: Throw Mama from the Grain

2010-03-23T05:52:00.000-07:00

breakfast: dill potato chips and diet coke-- breakfast of champions
lunch: prunes, shrimp alfredo, coke zero
supper: salad-- I was doing so well until

Jon and the kids brought home Johnny's pizza.

Johnny's may be the best pizza EVER. Even better than mine. I might need to do a taste comparison with Da Vinci's though. Purely for research purposes.

3/22 Amy: The African Bean

2010-03-22T07:42:00.000-07:00

breakfast: string cheese and a piece of whole wheat bread
lunch: rice and beans
supper: broccoli, tomato soup, macaroni and cheese
dessert: cinnamon toast with splenda

3/19 Amy: Uhhh....The Hurt Lox-er?

2010-03-19T05:15:00.000-07:00

3 slices of pizza (2 supreme, 1 cheese)

If I am careful with supper I could still pull this day off.

3/18 Amy: Star Wars The Scone Wars

2010-03-18T10:44:00.000-07:00

breakfast: 2 slices whole wheat toast w/ margarine, cinnamon and splenda, diet coke
lunch: Amy's Mattar Tofu, diet coke
supper: blew the whole day with 3 slices of pizza. Ugh. And a banana.

3/17 Amy: My Wild Irish Potatoes

2010-03-17T05:12:00.000-07:00

breakfast: hot pockets (yes, I know they are bad. I was so hungry) egg and cheese
coke zero

Pretty rough starting the day with almost 300 calories! Didn't get any better either

lunch: peanut butter honey smoothie, no idea how many calories

snacks: 2 apples

supper 1.75 quarter pounders with cheese

3/16 Amy: Greens Zone

2010-03-16T08:10:00.000-07:00

Maybe that should have been my title for tomorrow

breakfast: lays potato chips and Coke Zero. It's HARD to get breakfast from a vending machine, especially if one is not eating sugar

lunch: salad w/ light ranch, baked potato w/sour cream, 2 cauliflower florets, green peas and an orange

supper: 2 fish triangles, creamed corn, green beans, slice bread

Actually stayed w/in my calorie goal this time. Woo-hoo!

3/16 Kelly - Dairy of a Wimpy Kid

2010-03-16T06:22:00.000-07:00

Breakfast- Leftover Chicken Fingers, Pita Chips, Ginger Ale*
Lunch-
Dinner-
Snacks-

*Bad for me, yes, but I was hungry and in a hurry this morning.

3/15 Kelly - Hot Tub Thyme Machine

2010-03-15T10:55:00.000-07:00

Hi! I'm back!

Breakfast: Buddy Fruit pouch - Apple Cinnamon, Banana Nut Vitatops (Check these out! They're good and only 100 calories each. Also high in fiber and very filling.)
Lunch: Velveeta Shells & Cheese Microwave Bowl, Freeze Dried Apple Chips
Dinner:4 Loaded Nachos, Loaded Baked Potato, Chicken Fingers, Green Beans, Sprite
Snacks: 2 Clif Bar Shot Blocks (yuck)

Exercise: Gym- 60 minutes of cardio on elliptical machine. I overdid it though and now I feel awful. :P

3/13 Amy: Toastbusters

2010-03-13T04:39:00.000-08:00

breakfast: banana, Coke Zero. And away we go...

3/12 Amy: A Song of Rice and Fire

2010-03-12T05:42:00.000-08:00

breakfast: 2 tangerines and Coke Zero, only 21 calories accord
ing to Calorie Count. (I recommend that site, by the way. You enter the food, and it keeps a running total of both your calories and your nutrition. Surprisingly, most days my nutrition is grade A).
lunch: big salad with Wishbone Ranch Salad spritzers (I love those) and Coke Zero
snack: cashews, but still <500 calories for the day so far
supper: potato wedges (not great, but I figured I had the calories to spare.. and I would have except...)
when I went home after Brownies, Jon told me he had a Hot Pocket for me. I thought, yum, hot pocket. Turned out it was 600+ calories! Wrecked my whole day. :(

3/11 Amy: Half-Baked Potato

2010-03-11T04:59:00.000-08:00

I think I may have used that before, but Jon was watching Half-Baked yesterday

yesterday was a sick day, gatorade and bread day.

today:
breakfast: 2 slices of toast with margarine, around 200 calories

lunch: salad, orange, coke zero-- at this point I am around 600 calories for the day. Not too bad considering.

snack: sugar free wafers, 200 calories... now I'm about 800

when I went home I went crazy and ate a lot of bread with honey before my dinner of pork chop, mashed potatoes and lima beans... came out at 2,063--WAY above my limit :(

But, hey, tomorrow is another day. And look, it's already tomorrow!

3/9 Amy: How to Train Your Dragonfruit

2010-03-09T05:11:00.000-08:00

There is such a thing as dragonfruit, right? I didn't make that up, did I?

breakfast: none
lunch: salad with ranch dressing

hanging between 200-300 calories so far

supper: tomato cheese pie

3/8 Amy: The Last Pearbender

2010-03-08T05:08:00.000-08:00

I started an account at Calorie Count. They concur that I should be aiming for 1200 a day. It's only been breakfast, but I have over half of my daily calorie allotment. Not good. It was the bagel with cream cheese. I also had a banana and a tangerine.

lunch was a small apple and a salad-- takes me up to 749, which means supper has to be 451 or below. I can manage that. But no more bagels with cream cheese.

supper: KFC-- 2 side salads with light italian dressing, Katie's string cheese, a few bites of Sean's mashed potatoes and gravy-- I still came out at below 1200

3/4 Amy: Diary of a Blimpies Kid

2010-03-04T04:47:00.002-08:00

Man, did I ever fall off the wagon. Trying again.

breakfast: oatmeal, 150
snack: babybel lite, 50
snack: jalapeno Krunchers chips, 140 and GREAT GOOGLY MOOGLY 300 mg of sodium!
lunch: chinese food, I think about 800, so... ooh, that makes 1,140 already. That's pretty rough since I was hoping to keep it to under 1200. :(

Weight loss goal #1

2010-03-03T03:14:00.000-08:00

I weighed in on the Bridgemill contest yesterday. I lost 36 .lbs in 8 weeks. I'm satisfied. That's 14.75%. I might could have done better, but I sure could have done worse, too.

2/15 Kelly: Of Rice and Men

2010-02-15T02:53:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Coke Zero, Sesame Bagel, Peanut Butter
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snacks:

I'm going to try and get on the ball. I'm old now and have failing metabolism. :)

2/12 Kelly: The Gravies

2010-02-12T03:30:00.000-08:00

HELLO?!

Breakfast: Cinnamon Dolce Latte, Scone
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snacks:

Exercise: Missed the gym this morning, but Steve promises we'll go after work. Yeah...

2/10 Kelly: Butter Island

2010-02-10T06:22:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Sesame Seed Bagel, Cream Cheese
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snacks: Saltines, 2 Honey Sticks

Exercise: Had car and time issues this morning and didn't make it to the gym. Hoping to make that time up.

2/9 Kelly: The Brady Brunch

2010-02-09T06:59:00.000-08:00

Breakfast- Raisin/Cinnamon Bagel, Peanut Butter, Light V8 Fusion
Lunch- Lean Cuisine Pizza, Possibly Something Else (I don't remember)
Dinner- 4 BBQ Ribs, Onion Roll, Chips, 2 Small Chocolate Croissants
Snacks- Snicker's Bar, 2 Pieces of White Bread

Not so great today. I didn't even mean to eat the Snickers bar!

2/8 Kelly: I Quiched A Girl

2010-02-08T06:33:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Herbal Tea, Almond Cranberry Thins
Lunch: Protein Shake, Blueberry Acai Gummy Pandas
Dinner: Bacon Cheeseburger*, Chips, Ginger Ale
Snacks: Chips, Bagel w/ Cream Cheese

Exercise: 56 Minutes/700 calories on Elliptical

*I made this at home and was surprised how much less fat/calories it had than one I got from a fast food place. Nice.

2/5 - Greg - Kelly's Hero Subs

2010-02-05T08:35:00.000-08:00

PB and light wheat foldover and skim milk - 230

2 OJ - 280 cals

Footlong steak and cheese from Subway (NOT what I ordered!!!!)

1040 cals

Already freakin' over my calories.....crap. I'll have to go to the gym today and burn it off.

2/4 - Greg - Shattered Cheese

2010-02-04T04:53:00.000-08:00

breakfast: 2 OJ - 280 cals

lunch: 6 inch buffalo chick sandwich, but I'm getting double meat and having some ranch dressing on it. They said their ranch was 25 cals for that they put on a wrap, I figured I would double it.... 110 + 50 + 320 = 480 cals

760 used, 740 for supper

2/3 Kelly: In Clove & War

2010-02-02T20:07:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Cream of Wheat w/ Strawberry Jam, Grapefruit Juice
Lunch: Burger & Fries from Cafeteria - Bleh
Dinner:
Snacks:

2/2 Kelly: Bowling For CurlyFries

2010-02-02T07:50:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Cream of Wheat w/ Dried Cranberries, Green Tea
Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup At Hand, Saltines, Cranberry Almond Thins
Dinner: Too Much, that's what.
Snacks: Gummi Peaches

*WARNING - As long as Lost is on, Tuesdays will be a no cooking day for me. We usually run through a drive through, so I'll need to be careful what I eat during the day. Don't judge me. ; )

What are your thoughts on artificial sweeteners? I don't like them, but I use them a lot. Are they actually healthy or are they dangerous? I get mixed reviews.

2/2 - Greg - Aged Cheese of Innocence

2010-02-02T04:16:00.000-08:00

Breakfast - 2 OJ - 280 cals, 1 tbs peanut butter 100

Lunch - chili from wendys - 280 cals

I'm weighing in today for 1 of my weight loss contest. It is the halfway point.

wish me luck

2/1 Greg - Ground(beef)hog day

2010-02-01T07:56:00.000-08:00

breakfast: 2 OJ - 280

lunch: grilled salmon salad - 250 for the fish, I'll say 100 for the salad because there will be some cheese on it.

2/1 Kelly: The Curd Locker

2010-02-01T06:54:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: FF/SF Java Freeze
Lunch: Lean Cuisine Cheese Ravioli, Saltines, 1 1/2 Godiva Gem Truffles
Dinner*: Spaghetti w/ Sauce, Leftover Roast Beef
Snacks: Gummi Peaches

Exercise: 56 Minutes of Elliptical

*There may have been more, but I can't remember!

1/29 Greg - Roxanne Candy

2010-01-29T11:23:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: 2 OJ - 280
lunch: 3 piece grilled KFC with 2 green bean sides: 510

710 left for supper

1/29 Kelly: (Cool) Whip It

2010-01-29T06:44:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Chocolate Milk
Lunch: Frosted Flakes, Skim Milk
Dinner: Baked BBQ Chicken Breasts, Couscous, Hawaiian Sweet Rolls (2)
Snacks: Blueberry Muffin, Hawaiian Sweet Roll (1)

Sorry I've been slack on my entries. I'll do better!

I've also started taking Fish Oil Supplements on the advice of my eye doc, and it seems to have a lot of good things going for it, health wise. I'm currently doing research to see what all of the effects on a person can be, since I have never taken them before and am not fully aware of the benefits yet, but I can tell you this much: My hair looks awesome!

01/27 Amy: "Separate Wheys"

2010-01-27T06:28:00.000-08:00

My first nonmovie title. I was wanting to be a purist and stick to films, but I thought an offering might appease the brainsong gods and they might release me. I love Journey, but enough is enough.

breakfast: Cheerios, tortilla (while making lunch)

lunch: 2 peanut butter tortilla wraps

Someday love will find you! Break those chains that bind you!

12/27 Greg - Wild Scallions

2010-01-27T04:11:00.000-08:00

breakfast: 2 sunrisers and coffee - 400 cals

(goin' to the poultry show....I knew I couldn't eat my free lunch, so I decided to have some breakfast)

1/26 Amy: The Lightning Beef

2010-01-26T09:32:00.002-08:00

Sorry for slacking. I'm going to see if I can go to Weight Watchers this week

breakfast: 2 bowls cheerios, apple

snack: tomato soup

lunch: soup and a candy cane

supper: potatoes and salsa, black-eyed peas, some tortillas and 4 Hershey's kisses

1/26 Greg - G.I. Sloppy Joes

2010-01-26T09:16:00.000-08:00

I've gotten behind on my documentation, but I'm still dieting and losing weight.

Today is the end of week #3. I've been going to LA Fitness a few times a week.

Breakfast: 2 OJ
Lunch: Wendy's ultimate grill and small chili

1/26 Kelly: Tequila Mockingbird

2010-01-26T06:13:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Frosted Flakes, 6 oz. Skim Milk
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snacks:

1/25 Kelly: Porrige and Bess

2010-01-25T06:13:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Cheerios, 6 oz Skim Milk, Grapefruit Juice
Lunch: 1/2 Bowl of Gross Chicken Noodle Soup, Saltines, Special K Fruit Crisps Bar
Dinner: 1 3/4 Chicken Fingers, Broccoli & Cheese, Mashed Potatoes, Most of a Roll
Snacks: 1 Hard Candy of Dubious Origin, Brownie, 1/2 Soda

Exercise: 56 Minutes on Elliptical machine.

Amy 1/21: Lovely Boneless Ribs

2010-01-21T06:06:00.001-08:00

breakfast: 2 bowls Cheerios

1/20---1/21 Greg - How collard greens was my valley

2010-01-21T03:17:00.000-08:00

I weighed in two days ago. I'm 2 weeks into the diet....one contest is 8 weeks and one is 16 weeks. The 8 week one is 25% done. I had lost, on paper, about 17 .lbs. I think I have some tough competition, because there was another man who had lost something similar. I'm supposed to start exercising again today.

Yesterday - 2 OJ -280
chicken breast subway - 740
salmon, corn on the cobb, potato - 300
pudding with real whipped cream - 85

Today - 2 OJ - 280 cals

1/20 Kelly: Porkahontas

2010-01-20T06:18:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Grapefruit Juice, Cranberry Almond Thins
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snacks:

Exercise: 35 minutes on treadmill, 25 minutes resistance weights.

I prefer the elliptical machine!

1/18 Greg - Avocado

2010-01-18T05:22:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, I did fairly well. It was a lot of food, but the calories were reasonable.

Breakfast: 3 eggs and 1 piece of toast

Lunch: 3 lowfat hot dogs and 2 pieces of light bread (with ketchup).

Supper: 6 inch chicken breast sub

snack: raisin bran

Today:

Breakfast : 2 OJ - 280 cals

1/15 Steve: Bram Stoker's Chocula

2010-01-15T12:21:00.000-08:00

Dinner: Number 1 combo, Large Size, Chick-Fil-A, sweet tea, 12 nuggets
-Calories 1300g
-Calories from Fat 423g
-Total Fat 47g
-Saturated Fat 10g
-Cholesterol 160mg
-Sodium 3060mg
-Total Carbohydrates 150g
-Dietary Fiber 6g
-Sugars 68g
-Protein 71g

Breakfast: 4 Chick-Fil-A nuggets, half a cup of OJ
-Calories 130g
-Calories from Fat 54g
-Total Fat 6g
-Saturated Fat 1g
-Cholesterol 35mg
-Sodium 550mg
-Total Carbohydrates 6g
-Sugars 1g
-Protein 13g

Lunch: Chedder's New Orleans Pasta

1/15 Kelly: Creuller Town

2010-01-15T04:31:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Grapefruit Juice, Fruit Smoothie, Cranberry Almond Things
Lunch: Lunchables Ham/Cheese mini Sub, 2 Cookies
Dinner:
Snacks: 2 Godiva Gems, 1 Hard Candy of Questionable Origin

Exercise: Made it to the gym today! Woo! 56 minutes on the Elliptical machine.

Greg - 1/14 - Big Trouble in Little China Wok

2010-01-14T08:09:00.000-08:00

I suck at this. I'm now using the names of restauraunts. I'm not spending enough time at this.

Breakfast - 29 fritos - 130 cals
2 cookies - ??? I'm going to say 300 cals. I'm probably overshooting it, but that's what I get for not looking it up first.
2 OJ - 280

Lunch - Honey BBQ Sand - 310
side of green beans - it's normally 25, but she got me a ful side, which I'm guessing is 3 times that, so we'll go with 75

already used 1095...geez

1/14 Kelly: Revenge of the Curds

2010-01-13T22:13:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: 1 Pop Tart*, Grapefruit Juice
Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup, Saltines, Gummy Pandas
Dinner: Had Dinner from Chick-Fil-A
Snacks: 2 Godiva Gems, Chocolate Chip Cookie

*Which is the way I wish they would package them.

I'm going to try and start using my iPod calorie counter again. It's tedious, which is why I don't do it, but I'm beginning to understand the process a bit more now!

1/13 Kelly: Veal Genius

2010-01-13T08:19:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Cup of Green Tea, Almond Cranberry Thins
Lunch: Saltines, Chicken'N Stars Soup, 100 Calorie Pack of Cookies
Dinner: Almost all of a bacon cheeseburger and Fries, Dr. Pepper*
Snacks: 2 Hard Candies

*Curse you, dinner!
I also overslept and couldn't go to the gym. I'm going to be fat forever!

01/13 Amy: The Breakfast Club Sandwich

2010-01-13T05:05:00.001-08:00

breakfast: not a club sandwich-- oatmeal and Metamucil
snack: orange
lunch: salad, super sugar coffee
snack: apple, cheezits

1/12 Greg - Casino Royale with Cheese

2010-01-13T03:50:00.000-08:00

I know I've used that one before.

protein shake, 2 OJ

1 jolly rancher that was 23 calories!!!!! geez.....

500 KFC meal..2 piece grilled white meat with 2 green beans.

295 - smart ones lasagna bake and salad

2 light wheat toast with sugar free jam

1/11 Greg - The Wizard of Au Jus

2010-01-12T05:07:00.000-08:00

Skim milk - 120

Buffalo Chick 12 inch from Subway - 980 (had mayo and chees which I didn't want)

Baked potato, scalloops, salad - 325

desert - 1 piece of light wheat toast with sugar free jam

1/12 Amy: In the Froot Loop

2010-01-12T05:04:00.000-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal and metamucil
snack: apple and some admittedly sugary coffee
lunch: salad and an orange
snack: apple
supper: turkey ham sandwich, salad, and 2 bowls shredded wheat for dessert
exercise: 1 hour walk plus Wii Fit

1/12 Kelly: Triscuit + Isolde

2010-01-11T22:17:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Fruit 2 Day Smoothie
Lunch: Lunchables Turkey/Cheese Mini Sub, Pita Chips
Dinner: Potato Soup, Bread Bowl, Cherry Coke
Snacks:Godiva Chocolate Covered Strawberries (they were a gift. I couldn't be rude)

1/11 Kelly: Gosford Pork

2010-01-11T05:37:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Jello Chocolate Mousse Cup, Grapefruit Juice
Lunch: Lunchables Mini Sub - Ham & Cheese, Pomegranate White Tea Gummy Pandas*
Dinner: Fried Calimari, 2 1/2 pieces of bread, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Lily's Chicken
Snacks: Lollyphile Sucker, 2 Chocolate Chip Cookies

Exercise: 50 minutes of elliptical

In the interest of full disclosure: I was doing so well until dinner. One of Steve's vendors gave him a gift card to Bonefish Grille so we ate there. :( It's dinner that always gets me.

*They are just as pretentious as they sound, yet quite delicious. I bought them on a whim.

01/11 Amy: Sno-Ball Day

2010-01-11T05:32:00.000-08:00

I wish it were another snow day!

breakfast: oatmeal
lunch: homemade "kitchen sink" soup
snack: cookies, oops, and peanut butter
supper: salmon from Captain D's with broccoli, green beans and rice, an orange

exercise: 1.5 hour walk, 40 minute Wii Fit

weekend update: did a lot of Wii Fit. I didn't keep track of my eating, but it was about half good and half bad. Maybe more good than bad. I made an effort anyway.

At least as of yesterday the Wii thinks I am "overweight" not "obese." Yay, I'm overweight!

1/9 Greg - Tin Cup of Soup

2010-01-09T04:58:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: 430 Sausage biscuit from McDonalds

Lunch: 2 oranges, 2 pickles = 140

Supper: Publix 12 inch Boar's head turkey on wheat - 720

1/7 and 1/8 - Big Fish Fry

2010-01-08T05:12:00.000-08:00

Breakfast:
Protein Shake - 130 cals.
1/2 banana - 86 cals (ouch)
2 OJs - 280

Lunch:
Wendy's Ultimate Grill Sandwich and small chili - 530 (I think, I don't have my notebook in front of me and I'm in too big of a hurry to look it up)

Supper: 3 baked chicken tender, 1 small potato, salad, broccoli - 330 or so...around there somewhere.

Snack: 1.5 pieces of bread

1/8

Protein Shake, Banana, 2 OJ's - 582 cals

Lunch: KFC Grilled Breast and Wing - 270
double order of green beans - 50

(902 before Supper)

1/8 Kelly: The Butterball Effect

2010-01-08T03:07:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: N/A - Don't Judge Me!
Lunch: Chicken Salad, Pita Chips
Dinner:
Snacks: Candy Bar

Exercise: No dice. Got to the end of the driveway before the car started to slide and couldn't make it to the gym! BOO. Things are not getting started in a good way, gym wise!

I'm not doing so well with the healthy eating today.

1/7 Kelly: Big Clove

2010-01-07T06:36:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Peppermint Nog Latte
Lunch: Everything in the Cabinet Soup, Saltines, Almond Cranberry Thins
Dinner:Pork Chops, Mac & Cheese, Biscuits
Snacks: Chocolate Chip Cookie

01/07 Amy: A Starfruit is Born

2010-01-07T05:03:00.001-08:00

breakfast: usual
snack: banana
lunch: low-sugar pb sandwich and an orange

1/6 Greg - The Cook of Eli

2010-01-06T08:34:00.000-08:00

I know that's not really a "food", but it's food related and I'm in a hurry.

Breakfast - 1/2 Banana and 2 OJ - 366 calories
Lunch - 1 Fresco Bean Burrito and 1 Fresco Steak Soft Taco - 500

866 total. That give me 634 calories for supper.

01/06 Amy: Guavatar

2010-01-06T04:47:00.001-08:00

breakfast: ehh, the usual
snack: an apple, which is both a) red and b) delicious
lunch: cucumber with ranch dressing and an orange
supper: baked potato and broccoli, with some more ranch dressing (that wasn't too good for me), and an orange for dessert
snack: peanut butter sandwich on wheat bread. At least it's reduced sugar pb this time!

01/05 Amy: Alice in Wonderbread

2010-01-05T10:14:00.001-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal and metamucil
lunch: peanut butter on a whole-wheat bagel, black-eyed peas
snack: Chex bar
supper: peanut butter sandwich and grilled tilapia, and more peanut butter. If I don't get sugar-free pb soon, this will sink me

exercise: 1 hour walk plus 40 minute jog on Wii Fit. I've been walking an hour every day plus doing something on Wii Fit, mostly jogging, every day since New Year's. Today I am dead tired.

1/5 Kelly: The Fry Next Door

2010-01-05T06:49:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Yogurt
Lunch: Ham & Cheese Sandwich, Jello Chocolate Mousse
Dinner:
Snacks: Freeze Dried Pears - meh.

New Start

2010-01-04T12:04:00.000-08:00

I'm going to have to start over...yet again.

Tomorrow is one more day of eating. Then, it's diet time. I'm starting 2 more contests.

My 4th and final reboot. I'm going to keep going until I get under 190. I will not go over 190 again. Bank on it.

This is called "mouth writing checks that your butt can't cash".

Amy 01/04: Jawbreakers

2010-01-04T05:38:00.000-08:00

I've been halfway too... I don't always put down my supper or whatever I ate at home, which is sometimes shameful and considerable. I often forget. :( Will do better.
breakfast: the usual oatmeal and metamucil
lunch: leftover New Year's greens
snack: Chex mix bar
supper: tomato-cheese pie, of which I ate too much, and cookies. I worked out a lot though. 1 hour walk and then 40 minutes on Wii Fit (in which I jogged 5 miles, which somehow I can only do in place).

1/4 Kelly: 10 Things I Ate About You

2010-01-04T02:06:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Jello Pudding Mousse Cup- Tasty and low in fat/calories!
Lunch: Lunchables Ham & Cheese Sub, 2 Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dinner: Hamburger Helper, Saltines, 2 Chocolate Chip Cookies
Snacks: Absinthe Lollipop, 10 Gummi Bears, 1 Hawaiian Sweet Roll, Glass of Wine

Exercise: 50 minutes of elliptical training. My knee is very vocal about how much it didn't like the workout.

It's amazing what you can eat without feeling guilty as long as you have portion control!

Also, I don't particularly like wine, but Steve wanted to drink the bottle I brought back from the Montelle Winery and I didn't want him to drink a whole bottle himself!

Just FYI

2009-12-31T17:16:00.000-08:00

I haven't given up on doing this, I promise! Things have just been so busy and everyone wants to feed us. I knew that I wouldn't be able to keep up half the time, so I've just been on a temporary hiatus. :)

I will return at the beginning of the new year, when I can be sure people aren't shoving food down my face constantly!

Here's to a new, healthier year!

12/31 Amy: Hamhock Holmes

2009-12-31T06:01:00.000-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal, Metamucil, banana
snack: apple
lunch: baked tilapia

12/28 Amy: The Popover

2009-12-28T08:55:00.000-08:00

Back from the sugarfest of Christmas and ready to do better

breakfast: oatmeal and metamucil
lunch: turkey sandwiches (2)on whole wheat, clementine, ginger ale

2009-12-23T06:14:00.000-08:00

I've been bad. This Better Weight than Ever starts in 2 weeks. I'll be back on full time then.

12/23 Amy: Santa Claus Conquers the Marshmallows

2009-12-23T05:08:00.001-08:00

breakfast:

12/22 Amy: Beauty and the Feast Enchanted Christmas (with Pipe Organ and Fife)

2009-12-22T05:35:00.001-08:00

breakfast: tea and the usual. This time I made a double portion of oatmeal since I usually get so hungry mid-morning.
snack: leftover spaghetti
lunch: wheat thins with hummus, peanut butter, smarties for dessert
supper: vegetarian baked beans, and more wheat thins and smarties

12/21 Amy: How the Grits Stole Christmas

2009-12-21T05:41:00.001-08:00

breakfast: just oatmeal
snack: potato chips--just got so hungry, and this is the only thing I can afford. Been a while since I've eaten these, and I can't believe how salty they seem to me now.
lunch: super-sweet tea, 2 pb&j and some Christmas candy--if I ate no more sugar for the rest of the day, I would have overdosed on this meal alone. I am def. giving up sugar entirely for the New Year.
dinner: spaghetti and veggies
snack: pb&j (I gotta stop eating so much pb&j) and mulled wine while watching the sing-off. I still <3 you Bubs!

12/18 Amy: The Polar Espresso

2009-12-18T10:21:00.000-08:00

breakfast: breakfast cookie-- stomach still upset from teh headache and just couldn't take the thought of oatmeal
snack: fail fail FAIL! Got into the Christmas goodies at kids' halloween party: doughnuts and muffins and red hots oh my!
lunch: Indian veggies and rice
supper: fish and veggies-- thanks Jon!

12/18 Kelly: The Land Before Thyme

2009-12-18T06:30:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Caramel Brulee Latte (full fat, unfortunately. I forgot to ask for the skinny kind)
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snacks:

Didn't go to the gym due to a nasty headache. If I can get my medicine today, hopefully I'll be able to go tomorrow. :)

12/17 Kelly: Bannana Montana

2009-12-17T06:32:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Fruit 2 Day Smoothie, Pop Tarts
Lunch: This -n- That = Granola Bar (found in my desk), 1 Cocoa Almond, 2 Danish Butter Cookies
Dinner: Publix Chicken Fingers, Mashed Potatoes, Hawaiian Sweet Rolls
Snacks: Potato Chips, Ginger Ale

Today was an unsatisfying food day. Nothing seems to taste good to me right now, so I eat a little bit of everything trying to find something I want. BOO!

12/17 Amy: Whitebread Christmas

2009-12-17T05:44:00.000-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal, Metamucil, soy milk-- the oatmeal is starting to kind of expand in my mouth now.
snack:almonds
lunch: the leftover pasta from last night.
supper: pb and j

no exercise due to the killer migraine

12/16 Kelly: Any Given Sunde

2009-12-16T08:53:00.001-08:00

Breakfast: Peppermint Hot Chocolate
Lunch: A few bites of what was possibly a salad that had started going bad, 100 calorie pack of cookies!
Dinner: Chicken & Rice Casserole, 2 1/2 Chocolate Chip Cookies
Snacks: Potato Chips, 2 Ginger Ales

No exercise today. I overslept!

12/16 Amy: Eight Craisin Nights

2009-12-16T06:01:00.000-08:00

What? I can do Hanukkah titles!

breakfast: oatmeal, soy milk, Metamucil
snack: peanuts

Today is my 3rd work Christmas party. I won't be able to eat much there. I know there are supposed to be some crudites at least.

lunch: I partook of everything. I decided it would be better not to hurt anyone's feelings by not eating their food. Tis a strategy that will hurt me in the holiday season, but that just means I'll have to be extra-vigilant at other times. It was chicken pot pie, turkey, celery with cream cheese, buffalo chili and cookies.

supper: scallops and whole wheat pasta and peas. I ate a bit too much of it, but it was heart-healthy stuff at least.

exercise: jogged for 30 minutes while watching the Sing-Off. Thanks SoCals for that Journey medley!

glass of wine after-- actually a mug of fake mulled wine

12/15 Kelly: Flour Christmases

2009-12-15T06:25:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: OJ, 100 Calorie Pack of Cookies (I forgot my bagel!)
Lunch: Lunchables - Mini Ham/Cheese Sub, 2 Chocolate Chip Cookies
Dinner: Chicken Parmesan minus the Chicken, Leftover Chicken Wings & Fries, Chocolate Chip Cookies
Snacks: Apple, Oyster Crackers, 1 Piece of String Cheese

12/15 Amy: Beer without a Santa Claus

2009-12-15T05:18:00.001-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal, metamucil, soy milk
snack:strawberries, yum
lunch: a big smoothie from Smoothie King with soymilk and blackberries
snacks: almonds
supper: fish, veggies, and a pb sandwich for dessert

I did my 30 minutes of Wii Fit. I think I overdid it on the abs yesterday, because my tummy was really hurting, so this night I ran for 15 minutes and then did mostly Yoga and some gentle strength exercises. Oh, and Kung Fu.

12/14 Amy: Pringle All the Way

2009-12-14T05:11:00.001-08:00

Wow, this weekend was bad. Fun, but... bad. Three parties in three days, and I was not good at avoiding temptation.

Starting today, I am laying off sweets for a while.

Breakfast: soy milk, oatmeal, metamucil

snacks: mixed nuts

Lunch: Amy's Teriyaki bowl

Supper: this n' that-- more nuts, 2 croissants, broccoli, squash and some Cheerios

oh yeah-- J was playing MarioKart, so I couldn't do Wii Fit, but I did do situps and jacknives

12/14 Kelly: Jello & Julia

2009-12-14T02:49:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Egg White & Ham Burrito, Fruit 2 Day Smoothie
Lunch: Lunchables Box Lunch- Turkey Mini-Sub, Applesauce, Nilla Wafers
Dinner: Chicken Wings, French fries w/ Cheese and Bacon-I had a bad day. :)
Snacks: Hot Chocolate

Exercise: 40 Minutes of Elliptical, 10-15 minutes Resistance Weights

These Lunchables boxed lunches are surprisingly filling and the whole meal, dessert and everything, comes in under 400 calories. Nice.

12/11 Kelly: A Christmas Caramel

2009-12-11T06:39:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: OJ, Fruit 2 Day Smoothie
Lunch: Lunchables - Ham/Cheese Sandwich, 2 Chips Ahoy Cookies, & Pita Chip Crumbs.
Dinner: Home Made Quesadillas, Corn Chips, Salsa
Snacks: Tangerine Lollypop

Exercise: 41 Minutes on Elliptical Machine, 20-ish Minutes of Resistance Weights

12/11 Amy: The Bell Peppers of St. Mary's

2009-12-11T05:08:00.001-08:00

Got another Christmas party tonight, so y'all pray for me.

breakfast: oats, soy milk (for protein), Metamucil
lunch: forgot the campuswide faculty and staff Christmas party. Managed to fill a plate with just the various non-cheesy, non-eggy green salads, and then had a small piece of key lime pie for dessert. At least it was supposed to be a small piece. It was a very tall pie. However, it was very whipped, so I think there was a lot of air in it.

"Iron Butt"

2009-12-11T05:03:00.000-08:00

I have a daily exercise tip--I don't remember where I heard it, but it's been a while. If you have occasion to climb stairs and can safely do this, try taking them two at a time. It's supposed to work like a kind of vertical lunge and be very good for the backside. I used to do this, and could really feel the results, although I don't know if they were visible (too behindy).

From Amy

12/10 Amy: Rudolph the Breadnosed Reindeer (Reindeer is also a staple of Scandinavian cuisine)

2009-12-10T07:23:00.000-08:00

breakfast: sandwich baggie of dry Lucky Charms, because it was in the car, and clementine
snack: clementine
snack: peanuts
supper: chicken caesar salad (my goal of being a pescatarian isn't working so well yet), plus several clementines during the course of the evening (a seasonal weakness of mine) and some M n Ms filched from the kids' Advent calendar

glass of red wine mixed with DDP

Found out last night that excess sugar consumed can adversely affect the trigylcerides. I have such a sweet tooth that this could be a major factor for me.

Exercise: 30+ minutes of Wii Fit, including running and several of the plus routines

12/10 Kelly: The Secret LIfe of Cheese

2009-12-10T06:37:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Chick-Fil-A Chicken Biscuit, Fruit Cup, Orange Juice
Lunch: 1/4th of an orange. It had seeds. I bailed on it.
Dinner: Home Made Steak Quesadilla, Corn Chips, Cheese Dip, Salsa, 100 Calorie Butterfinger
Snacks: Chai Tea Lollypop, Potato Chips

Exercise: 30 Minutes of Wii Fit. It taunted me! TAUNTED ME!

Colon Cleanse

2009-12-10T04:50:00.000-08:00

Amy...when I used up my Metamucil, I started using Colon Cleanse. It's about $10 a jug at GNC. It is a concentrated type of Psillium (sp?) Fiber, with is the soluble fiber that makes taking Metamucil worth it for lowering cholesterol. I think one serving has 6.5 grams of the fiber.

Just FYI.

12/10 Greg - Voodoo Chile

2009-12-10T04:48:00.000-08:00

We're counting songs now, so I'm going to start off with this one.

Breakfast: 30 oz of OJ, half a cupcake (sorry)

Lunch:

Supper:

12/9 Kelly: Slaw & Order

2009-12-09T08:24:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Breakfast On-the-Go Cookie, Skim Milk
Lunch: Denty Moore Beef Stew (gross)- Black Pearl Steamed Rice
Dinner: FAIL
Snacks:

Didn't wake up in time to go to the gym. :( Will try and do more Wii Fit tonight if I have time.

I had 4 meals today. I have realized that my main trouble is eating well, even if I don't eat that much. I need to make better choices!

Didn't have time to do Wii Fit tonight! Tomorrow is another day!

12/09 Amy: Wendy's Frosty the Snowman

2009-12-09T05:17:00.001-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal and Metamucil
snack: clementine
lunch: I was ravenous-- had two pb sandwiches and 2 clementines

snack: cookies and punch at the President's House-- I think I'd better let that count for dinner

dinner: well, I did have a small piece of the chicken I cooked, for quality control purposes, and a clementine

30-something minutes of Wii Fit-- some of which while watching Glee!

12/8 Kelly: Welcome Back, Ricotta

2009-12-08T06:39:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: Cinnamon Roll Oatmeal w/ Dried Cranberries
Lunch: Chicken Noodle Soup, Pita Chips (wish I could stay within serving size of the chips! NOM!)
Dinner: 2 Jr. Hamburgers, Sour Cream & Chive Potato, Small Chocolate Frosty w/ Andes Chips.
Snacks: Lifesaver

I did 30 minutes of Wii Fit, and they were harder than I thought they'd be!

rule change

2009-12-08T06:22:00.000-08:00

Yes....I say we make it movies, songs, or books....anything with a title

12/8 Greg - Pretty in Pink Salad

2009-12-08T06:21:00.000-08:00

Breakfast = 30 oz of OJ = 420 cals
Lunch = 12 inch Subway
Supper = Lasagna, birthday cake

12/08 Amy: It's a Wonderbread Life

2009-12-08T04:52:00.000-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal, metamucil
snack: chocolate bar-- craving satisfied, not gonna beat myself up about it
lunch: uh oh, student worker Christmas party-- two slices of pizza and several cream-cheese-stuffed celery sticks and some York peppermint patties. I am going to be facing a lot of Christmas parties, and need to stay on track. My goal is to lower my cholesterol and hope to lose weight as part of that-- pizza and cream cheese bad for both. Need to stay strong
supper: cold slimy leftover oatmeal from breakfast, couple of spoons of peanut butter, choked down some red wine. Tomorrow is another day.

I did get my Wii Fit in-- did several of the routines in My Wii Fit Plus

12/07 Amy: Miracle Whip on 34th Street

2009-12-07T04:48:00.001-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal and Metamucil, yum yum
snack: a very yummy candy cane
lunch: turkey sandwich from Arby's-- thanks Jon!
snack: York Peppermint Patties
dinner: pb sandwiches and English peas-- a weird combo

12/7 Sherlocks and Bagels Holmes

2009-12-07T04:11:00.000-08:00

OK....let me get back into the swing of this.

Breakfast: 1 apple and 30 oz of Orange Juice (I'm drinking a lot of OJ because it's supposed to raise your HDL...although drinking this much gives you a lot of calories)

480 cals total for breakfast

Lunch: Captain D's Salmon...with rice, cole slaw, breadstick, fries.

Supper:

12/07 Kelly: Wild At Tart

2009-12-06T19:28:00.000-08:00

Breakfast: 2 Fruit Fruit Smoothie
Lunch: Baked Chicken Breast, Rice & Mushroom Soup
Dinner: Teriyaki Chicken, Steamed Rice - Not good for me, but convenient.
Snacks: Bourbon Lollipop, Apple

Exercise: 57 Minutes on Elliptical Machine

Can we expand our titles to songs and TV shows as well as movies? I'm running out of ideas!

12/06 Amy: New Moon Pie

2009-12-06T08:15:00.000-08:00

breakfast: oatmeal, berry Metamucil
lunch: peanut butter sandwich
supper: cheerios (lots)

exercise: Wii Fit-- I actually burned off a piece of fried chicken today

snack: Buffalo Rock