Elder Sister's Friday/Saturday Food Logs

Pulled from the comments section:

 gaidheallass (AKA "Elder Sister") said...

Stuck to my diet yesterday (Friday) with regular breakfast (yogurt, berries, granola, almonds - all in moderation). For dinner,tuna "fish" without mayo, only egg, tomato, and pickle relish.

Today I did good, too. Regular breakfast, then tomato and cottage. About 8pm the "OMG - I would trade my own child for a bowlful of ice cream" feeling. Instead, I ate a banana, a pear, and a peach. I am NOT hungry - just having withdrawal symptoms.

ARGHHHH!!! Whose idea was this? Remind me again "why" we are doing this.

- Elder Sister

Yoda-speak, from Elder Sister

gaidheallass said...

"Overly enthusiastic and delusionary" - which is Yoda-speak for "Don't think for a millisecond that this is going to be easy". It took seven or eight years to gain this weight, so shedding it will be tedious and slow.Particularly considering what I ate today.

Confession follows: For some reason, by about 3:30 I was absolutely famished...you know that, OMG, I feel a little yucky and I am HUNGRY! Did I think to eat the pear that I had for that type of emergency? Well, what do you think? Absolutely not! I managed to wolf down three packages of single serving graham crackers and two (or was it three?) packages of Fruit Treats. I daresay there was everything in the world in the latter, with the exception of fruit. Then, I ate the pear, too. At the professional development meeting I was scheduled to attend from 4:30 until 6:30, there was popcorn and a Diet Coke. Then home for two average size slices of Margarita pizza. I declined the Guinness, even though I am confident that Guinness qualifies as "real food"...just think of those whole grains - barley, hops, etc. Yummy!

Continuing to count the positive choices, I did NOT stop at Wendy's for a burger with lots of mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles - accompanied by French fries with catsup (oh, yes--I love carbs!), and a vanilla Frosty.

So, the two pounds that I had lost have probably been "found" yet again! (Such a peculiar way to describe it..."lost" weight.)

I will climb back on the wagon tomorrow. And weight again next week!

Elder Sister's First Post

Lifted from the depths of the comment section, and brought in to the light of a Real Blog Post:

Elder Sister said...

Ditto!! This was not the best choice of times to begin this endeavor...but, as I mentioned before, there is no such thing as a good time.

I started back to work yesterday, and I already look years older than I did only ten days ago. That pinched, "I have too much to do and not enough time to do it" look. In my mind I keep trying to go back to this time last month, but I am having little success, at that or my new diet.

Yesterday and today, we were surprised with breakfast items before the prof. dev. began.......bagels, Danish w/ different fillings, croissants, all with different flavours of cream cheese, sliced fruit w/ dip (strawberries, pineapple, kiwi, honeydew, cantaloupe, oranges, grapes, etc.)every juice under the sun (mango, pineapple, orange combo is superb!)

Then, lunch was catered so that we wouldn't leave. It was a working lunch.

Anyway, tomorrow is prof. dev. off-site. I will make a sincere effort to begin again.

Get back on the wagon, and remember, that it was only a minor fall. Start again.....false starts are expected. We are trying to make major life changes, and our bodies ( cheating, conniving things that they are) will do almost anything to maintain the status quo. Be Smart!

Remember, svelte bodies require smaller sizes, so they require less room in our luggage. Meaning.....more room for other things!

Be strong!

Love,

E.S.

August 12, 2010 11:28 PM