Anyway, to the food! 

Yesterday was kind of hard because I was out all day, and I danced all night at the concert, so I was really hungry compared to most days.  I ate a couple of hot dogs, and stuck to water, but when we left the concert I was starving.  So I gave into an old throwback of mine:  the Subway Veggie sub, which is 510 calories the way I eat it: All veggies, no jalopanos one line of light mayo, no cheese.

That put me at the 1916 mark, because the hotdogs were 528 calories for both.  Sheesh!

But, then I looked up how many I burnt in activity calories and it was about 786 – at least, which evens me out almost to almost 30 over for the day.  Not to shabby, but I could have done better.

Today was Easter, so you know I wanted to eat the world.  But, I didn’t – and we even went to Golden Corral, who, by the way has all of their nutritional facts on their website!

For those of you who want to know how to stay on a diet during holidays and special occasions – this was the weekend that was a true test of my commitment to my health.  Mom’s birthday, youth event out at the beach, Easter – sheesh, I was really beat up.

But, the journal helped a lot, exercising an extra day helped a lot, dancing helped a lot, and the support of my husband and mom helped a lot.

These were all helpers.  Plus a mirror and a bathing suit, lol!

Goodnight.

Well, on a birthday celebration such as this, naturally I went over on my calorie count a little.  No worries, I just promised myself I will treadmill in the morning, on a Saturday, which is supposed to be a day off.

Anyway, I did really well all day and didn’t starve myself to hold out for dinner and that is why I went over.  I was however, tempted to throw it all to the wind, but, in the last minute I realized it all doesn’t have to be black and white.  I told myself, hey I can enjoy a meal, a piece of cake, and a little ice cream without gorging myself.  So I did.  I measured out my steak to 4 ounces, made myself a huge salad, and took a little scoop of potatoes instead of a mound.  All the butter I use is Smart Balance light, even in the cake.I made the cake with SB and Egg Beaters, to make the pieces 50 calories less, and I made sure I cut out portion pieces instead of ginormous ones like usual.  Turns out, 1/12 of a cake isn’t as small as I thought it would be – and each piece coming in at 350, although a meal size for me lately – wasn’t a deal breaker to celebrate my mom’s birthday.

My only sacrifice really for this event, was laying off the wine – but, that helped me to keep motivation enough to clean up afterwards.

Total day count= 1382.5

Not too shabby!

I tried to do the one I got from Carrot’s N Cake, but I am not in shape enough yet.  By about step 4 I had to just turn the thing to 4MPH on an incline of 4.

Here is the awesome treadmill workout if you are up to it – I am working on it!

http://carrotsncake.com/2008/02/45-minute-treadmill-workout.html

See for yourself!

Nuggets Ingredients: Calories

Egg Whites and Milk: 25

Bread Crumbs (Homemade): 70

4 ozs of chicken: 120

Butter (Smart Balance Light): 50

Honey Mustard Sauce (Homemade/1TBS Honey. 2TBS Mustard): 60

Big Salad with 2 TBS Free Ceasar Dressing: 75

Total: 400 Calories!

Leaves me with 125 for the rest of the night, what to do, what to do!

While at first, I was scared that it may be a dust collector in my shed, I quickly shook the thought and caught a wave of excitement!  TREADMILL, of my very own?  No more stinky gym?  I can watch anything I want on the telly?  No more showering in public?  Whoo hoo!  I realized it was a great blessing from heaven!

I have been praying for help, because I know everything good comes from God almighty, and temptation gets strong and I need help.

So here, check it out – my very own

Thank you guys so much!  And thanks to my hubby for lugging it into the house all by himself :*

Now, when she first told me this, I thought to myself – I have done this before!  I have carefully measured out everything I am going to eat for the day, set it aside, and ate it.  I actually spent a TON of time and effort to do this.  But, my downfall with this is – office birthday cake, chips out of my husband’s bag, soda’s I crave, blah blah blah – all not counted, because I pretended it never happened and there is no accountability.  Before you know it, all those oopsies end up to at least 500 calories or more a day!

So tada a real food journal – well, close enough I think.

Here is my new journal that I made – it is plain and simple and small enough to carry in my “wallet – purse.”

I just started this new one yesterday – the one I used for 10 days before it was a mega-mess, so bad that I was getting by with 200 extra calories or more as you can see on my transfers.

I just wanted something that said what I ate, how much it cost me and what I have left, just like a checkbook ledger.

When I need to check calorie content, I go to www.calorieking.com, www.nutritionaldata.com, or www.thedailyplate.com.

Before I go out to a restaurant, I check their website to see what I can eat, and I have started collecting nutrional value sheets for the car if I want to go through drive-throughs.  I have circled the things I could eat at Burger King if I feel like eating there for dinner.

I also keep track of my exercise in little notes that way I remember later how many a days I worked out, which needs to be at least 5 days a week of 45 minutes on the treadmill.

Anyway, journaling helps me, because it keeps me accountable for what I eat and it really helps me answer the question “is it worth it?”