As I mentioned earlier, I've been struggling with what I (think) is blood sugar issues, so my Sunday got MESSED up.
AM: (7pts)
Coffee w 2 splenda + 1/4 c FF Half & Half
1 arnold's sandwich thin, toasted, with:
1/4 c onion cooked in 1 tsp EVOO
3 egg whites
100 calorie pack cheese, melted
AM Snack: Smoothie (4 pts)
1/2 c almond milk
1 frozen banana
1 tsp evoo
1/2 scoop vanilla protein powder
Midday (at work): (13 pts! EEEK)
1 Mrs. Fields Sugar Butter Cookie w Sprinkles
1 serving whole grain pasta with:
3 chicken meatballs + 2 tbs sauce
Evening: (17 pts! EEK!)
1 slice leftover Thin Crust Papa John's Garden Fresh Pizza
12 pieces california roll
1 diet coke
Mentos
So I went WAY into APs, but I still made all 19 of my GHGs. Went into Monday with 13 APs left, because I worked a VERY active shift at work and earned some points back for that.
Monday: Woke up and felt craptastic. Ended up going to Urgent Care.
AM: (7pts)
Coffee w 2 splenda + 1/4 c FF H & H
3 hard-boiled Egg Whites (don't like the yolks)
90 calorie special K bar
1 Kashi Cookie
1 tsp honey
Midday: (18 pts! EEEK)
3 slices leftover Papa John's Thin Crust Garden Fresh Pizza
1 WW Ice Cream Candy Bar
Evening: (13pts! EEEK!)
1 serving whole grain Macaroni & Cheese
3 chicken meatballs
hot sauce (buffalo styleee!)
1 c raw carrots
Evening snack (maybe?): ( 4 pts)
Smoothie:
1/2 c almond milk
1 tsp evoo
1/2 scoop protein powder
1 c frozen strawberries
If I do all of this, I will be DONE WPA and 3 into my APs for the week. If not, I will have 1 WPA left. I'm doing a LOT of emotional eating these last few days ::sigh:: At least I'll hit 17/19 GHGs if I eat everything. Will plan better for tomorrow.
WI on Friday this week, bc if all goes well with my blood work from this morning, I am running Race for the Cure Saturday AM! If I'm NOT running, I'm going to get my shirt, number, & race packet anyway. This week is my LAST WI in NC! HOORAY!
Monday, June 7, 2010
Saturday, June 5, 2010
Sunday's Menu: Planned for 25 pts + 2 WPA
Saturday went pretty well. I edited to include the additional WPA I used. I start Sunday with 22 WPA remaining for the week.
AM: (7pts)
1 c iced coffee w 2 splenda +
1/4 c FF Half & Half
Egg Sandwhich:
1 Arnold's WG Sandwich Thin
3 Egg Whites + 1/4 c onions cooked in
1 tsp evoo
topped with
1/3 c RF melted cheddar jack cheese
AM Snack: Smoothie (3pts)
1/2 c almond milk
1 frozen banana
1/2 scoop protein powder
water to fill to desired level
Lunch (at work): (5 pts)
Lean Cuisine Chicken Enchilada Suiza (Chix Ench + Rice in Sauce - YUM!)
1 c raw baby carrots
Afternoon snack: (2 pts)
Special K Bar - Strawberry
Dinner: (9 pts)
1 serving WG pasta
1/2 c tomato sauce
3 chicken meatballs (unusual, I know, but trying to eat ALL of my food store in the house with the upcoming move!)
salad, dressed with:
1 tsp evoo + red wine vinegar
Planned for 18/19 GHG's. Currently short 1 milk product, perhaps will work it in??? Hoping for no additional sugar issues, as I've worked a LOT more carbs back into my diet. Either way, will be carrying mentos and an extra cereal bar or two for emergencies.
AM: (7pts)
1 c iced coffee w 2 splenda +
1/4 c FF Half & Half
Egg Sandwhich:
1 Arnold's WG Sandwich Thin
3 Egg Whites + 1/4 c onions cooked in
1 tsp evoo
topped with
1/3 c RF melted cheddar jack cheese
AM Snack: Smoothie (3pts)
1/2 c almond milk
1 frozen banana
1/2 scoop protein powder
water to fill to desired level
Lunch (at work): (5 pts)
Lean Cuisine Chicken Enchilada Suiza (Chix Ench + Rice in Sauce - YUM!)
1 c raw baby carrots
Afternoon snack: (2 pts)
Special K Bar - Strawberry
Dinner: (9 pts)
1 serving WG pasta
1/2 c tomato sauce
3 chicken meatballs (unusual, I know, but trying to eat ALL of my food store in the house with the upcoming move!)
salad, dressed with:
1 tsp evoo + red wine vinegar
Planned for 18/19 GHG's. Currently short 1 milk product, perhaps will work it in??? Hoping for no additional sugar issues, as I've worked a LOT more carbs back into my diet. Either way, will be carrying mentos and an extra cereal bar or two for emergencies.
Saturday's Menu: Planned for 25 pts + 4 WPA
Morning: (7.5 pts - I typically eat better in the morning, but save food for after WI)
Coffee w 2 splenda +
1/4 c FF Half & Half
Special K 90 Calorie Bar
**Blood Sugar Recovery**
2 tbs honey (from bottle, estimate - may have been less)
Special K 90 Calorie Bar
Lunch: (10pts)
1 c uncooked carrots
2 slices of thin crust, Papa John's Pizza (Garden Fresh Variety)
8 oz Diet Coke
Midday Snack: (5pts)
Smoothie:
1/2 c almond milk
1 banana
1 tsp EVOO
1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder
2 frozen strawberries
add water to desired level
Dinner: (6.5 pts)
"Chicken Burger"
1 WG Arnold's Sandwich Thin
3 oz Raw Ground Chicken, mixed with:
1/2 tsp EVOO, garlic, + 2 tsp Old-Fashioned Oats
Topped with:
onion cooked in 1/2 tsp EVOO
1/8 cup reduced fat cheddar
Side:
1 serving "Garden Medley" Vegetables - Green Giant, frozen variety
**No APs scheduled, depends on how I feel later today. Still feeling VERY low blood sugar-y**
EDIT: Also ate 2 WW Ice Cream Bars at the end of the night, when my sugar felt low again. This means that 13 WPA were used, total. I hit all 19 of my Good Health Guidelines! YAAAAY!
Coffee w 2 splenda +
1/4 c FF Half & Half
Special K 90 Calorie Bar
**Blood Sugar Recovery**
2 tbs honey (from bottle, estimate - may have been less)
Special K 90 Calorie Bar
Lunch: (10pts)
1 c uncooked carrots
2 slices of thin crust, Papa John's Pizza (Garden Fresh Variety)
8 oz Diet Coke
Midday Snack: (5pts)
Smoothie:
1/2 c almond milk
1 banana
1 tsp EVOO
1/2 scoop chocolate protein powder
2 frozen strawberries
add water to desired level
Dinner: (6.5 pts)
"Chicken Burger"
1 WG Arnold's Sandwich Thin
3 oz Raw Ground Chicken, mixed with:
1/2 tsp EVOO, garlic, + 2 tsp Old-Fashioned Oats
Topped with:
onion cooked in 1/2 tsp EVOO
1/8 cup reduced fat cheddar
Side:
1 serving "Garden Medley" Vegetables - Green Giant, frozen variety
**No APs scheduled, depends on how I feel later today. Still feeling VERY low blood sugar-y**
EDIT: Also ate 2 WW Ice Cream Bars at the end of the night, when my sugar felt low again. This means that 13 WPA were used, total. I hit all 19 of my Good Health Guidelines! YAAAAY!
LONG POST! Review of a Week/This Week's Challenge/Blood Sugar
So I lost .8 today, but it was a TOTALLY undeserved .8. STILL, I'll take it! I was MAJORLY in the red this week. Are rather carelessly, which started with the feeling of having low blood sugar Sun/Mon/Tue. It made me overindulge in carbs.
1. 16-19 GHGs Daily: 3/7 days. Boohiss. This goal stands for next week. MUST have at least 5 days.
2. 4 Runs + Wii Fit: Got in 3 runs. I think right now with my time constraints, this is all I can *REALLY* manage. We'll see how it goes this week with only 1 day of work.
3. DO NOT GO OVER WPA + AP. -> FAIL. BIIIIG FAIL.
4. 20 APs. Also a fail. I'm thinking maybe that for now, this goal is *too* high for my lifesytle.
Still don't know how I lost .8. I decided that after last week's DISASTER, I am going to post my daily menus, and then whether or not I adhered to them, on the following day.
The Challenge lies in this: I am moving in a week, and NEED to eat from the food supply I have in my house. Hopefully I can come up with some creative menus to get all of my GHGs in. This means probably eating more processed food, but I have virtually no budget, and don't want to have to pack up food to bring back to NY - or discard it!
Blood Sugar: I'm having what I'm GUESSING to be low blood sugar issues. It's really scary. I have no health benefits and cannot afford a local clinic (we don't have free care in my region). Today, after WI, I had a particularly scary episode. I always bring my iced coffee & a breakfast bar of some kind to WI. I WI, and then if I lose, I allow myself a SMALL non-food purchase as my reward.
I went into Ulta to look for a nail polish. While there, I began sweating profusely - I wasn't sure if I needed to pee, vomit, sit down, or poo. I felt faint. Thankfully, I was only 5 mins from home. I flew home, where my body had begun shaking. I guzzled approximately 2 tbs of honey from the container - which was difficult to hold in place due to the shaking. I ate another cereal bar, and had a few BIG glasses of water. The shaking subsided. The exhaustion has NOT gone away.
I ordered a large, thin crust, garden fresh pizza from Papa Johns & had 2 slices for lunch, along with 1 c of raw carrots. I'm hoping that the carbs in the pizza will help me through the rest of the day.
I'm REALLY upset about working these carbs back IN to my diet, after only having 1 Whole Grain carb 1 meal/day for WEEKS. Carbs are a HUGE trigger for me. But for now, while I can't afford to see a doctor, I need to work carbs back into each meal. :-( Hopefully when I get back to NY in a week, I can work out a payment plan and someone to take me for blood work - but in the meantime will use one of my mom's sugar testing machines/kits.
I'm very scared, considering I have a 5K next weekend. Considering picking up some GU energy gels for the race - so that I can grab some quick carbs/sugar if I start to feel woozy on the course. Hoping it's a cool morning.
*I have previous experience with GU from training for a Marathon in 2008. They are for long-distance running (usually). I love the Chocolate Outrage - tastes like chocolate icing, as well as the Vanilla Bean. They USED to carry a yummy raspberry as well.
1. 16-19 GHGs Daily: 3/7 days. Boohiss. This goal stands for next week. MUST have at least 5 days.
2. 4 Runs + Wii Fit: Got in 3 runs. I think right now with my time constraints, this is all I can *REALLY* manage. We'll see how it goes this week with only 1 day of work.
3. DO NOT GO OVER WPA + AP. -> FAIL. BIIIIG FAIL.
4. 20 APs. Also a fail. I'm thinking maybe that for now, this goal is *too* high for my lifesytle.
Still don't know how I lost .8. I decided that after last week's DISASTER, I am going to post my daily menus, and then whether or not I adhered to them, on the following day.
The Challenge lies in this: I am moving in a week, and NEED to eat from the food supply I have in my house. Hopefully I can come up with some creative menus to get all of my GHGs in. This means probably eating more processed food, but I have virtually no budget, and don't want to have to pack up food to bring back to NY - or discard it!
Blood Sugar: I'm having what I'm GUESSING to be low blood sugar issues. It's really scary. I have no health benefits and cannot afford a local clinic (we don't have free care in my region). Today, after WI, I had a particularly scary episode. I always bring my iced coffee & a breakfast bar of some kind to WI. I WI, and then if I lose, I allow myself a SMALL non-food purchase as my reward.
I went into Ulta to look for a nail polish. While there, I began sweating profusely - I wasn't sure if I needed to pee, vomit, sit down, or poo. I felt faint. Thankfully, I was only 5 mins from home. I flew home, where my body had begun shaking. I guzzled approximately 2 tbs of honey from the container - which was difficult to hold in place due to the shaking. I ate another cereal bar, and had a few BIG glasses of water. The shaking subsided. The exhaustion has NOT gone away.
I ordered a large, thin crust, garden fresh pizza from Papa Johns & had 2 slices for lunch, along with 1 c of raw carrots. I'm hoping that the carbs in the pizza will help me through the rest of the day.
I'm REALLY upset about working these carbs back IN to my diet, after only having 1 Whole Grain carb 1 meal/day for WEEKS. Carbs are a HUGE trigger for me. But for now, while I can't afford to see a doctor, I need to work carbs back into each meal. :-( Hopefully when I get back to NY in a week, I can work out a payment plan and someone to take me for blood work - but in the meantime will use one of my mom's sugar testing machines/kits.
I'm very scared, considering I have a 5K next weekend. Considering picking up some GU energy gels for the race - so that I can grab some quick carbs/sugar if I start to feel woozy on the course. Hoping it's a cool morning.
*I have previous experience with GU from training for a Marathon in 2008. They are for long-distance running (usually). I love the Chocolate Outrage - tastes like chocolate icing, as well as the Vanilla Bean. They USED to carry a yummy raspberry as well.
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
Reflection on a Week
Had a GOOD WI on Sat! Lost 2.4. I expected to lose, but I didn't think it would be THAT good. I lost 2 pts due to a lifestyle change, and I think that made ALL of the difference. Plus, I've been eating way cleaner. Looking back @ last week's goals:
1. GHGs: 16-19 DAILY. (There can be up to 20 with the optional milk serving)
2. Earn 20 APs
3. Do 4 training runs for my upcoming 5K.
4. EAT CLEAN! (minimum amount of processed foods & refined sugars)
5. DO NOT go over WPA + AP earned (I've been WAY in the red the past two weeks)
#1. I was able to get at LEAST 16 GHGs for 5 out of 7 days! Woohoo! Aiming for 6 this week
#2. Earned about 16 APs, so room for improvement there.
#3. Only got in 2 training runs before WI
#4. Goes along well w GHGs. Will leave this one out next week.
#5. Was in the red about 10 pts after WPA + AP earned. MUST correct. Can't believe I still lost!
I've been hitting refined sugars like CRAZY this week, because I am feeling very weak/like I'm going to pass out. I've been CRAVING them. I'm done with my WPA/APs already. Need to make it till Friday PM under remaining points and earn about 7 more APs to break even. I'll do it, though, for sure. Whether or not I will lose with all of those processed foods is another issue ENTIRELY.
Getting my hair cut SHORT before I move back to NY. I worry that my "fat girl" face won't work well with my style. But it grows back, right???
1. GHGs: 16-19 DAILY. (There can be up to 20 with the optional milk serving)
2. Earn 20 APs
3. Do 4 training runs for my upcoming 5K.
4. EAT CLEAN! (minimum amount of processed foods & refined sugars)
5. DO NOT go over WPA + AP earned (I've been WAY in the red the past two weeks)
#1. I was able to get at LEAST 16 GHGs for 5 out of 7 days! Woohoo! Aiming for 6 this week
#2. Earned about 16 APs, so room for improvement there.
#3. Only got in 2 training runs before WI
#4. Goes along well w GHGs. Will leave this one out next week.
#5. Was in the red about 10 pts after WPA + AP earned. MUST correct. Can't believe I still lost!
I've been hitting refined sugars like CRAZY this week, because I am feeling very weak/like I'm going to pass out. I've been CRAVING them. I'm done with my WPA/APs already. Need to make it till Friday PM under remaining points and earn about 7 more APs to break even. I'll do it, though, for sure. Whether or not I will lose with all of those processed foods is another issue ENTIRELY.
Getting my hair cut SHORT before I move back to NY. I worry that my "fat girl" face won't work well with my style. But it grows back, right???
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