The Revolving Diet

Day 255 ~ 10/1/10

ARRRRRRRRRGH!!!! 

 I gained another pound.  I am so happy this is the last day of this diet!  In addition to the weight gain, I have two contributing factors (clogged up and that time of month).  You all know I was destined to get my period - - I am going on vacation - - why wouldn’t it come??!!

 I know my male readers out there (THANK YOU!!) aren’t interested so much in my monthly set-back, but I include it for my female readers (THANK YOU, too!!) as they also hit that brick road monthly too!

 Just about packed for vacation, once I finish this update – running to in-laws to drop Booby off for her vacation with the nephews (I am not too sure of how she feels about that, I am guessing she will let mw know when we get back) and then back home to finish packing and cleaning!

 As with the last vacations – I will have some sort of post for the days I am away (so check back daily!!).

Today’s Meals:

Breakfast: 1/2 cup Orange Juice, 2 frozen low-fat Eggo waffles

Lunch: Tuna salad (3 cups salad greens, 1 ounce feta cheese, 1/4 cup red kidney beans & italian dressing)....this was actually pretty good & filling!!  1 small banana

Snack: 4 lowfat Triscuits, 1 oz fat cheddar cheese

Dinner:5 Mrs. T’s Pierogies Potato and Cheddar Pasta Pockets , 2 tablespoons of fat-free sour cream (I love pierogies!!), 1/2 cup applesauce

Snack: 2-1/2 cups watermelon cubes

I hope your week goes well and that you are able to add those couple of extra minutes to your work-out.  Whether you are dieting in your own way and/or just reading my experiences – I hope I am keeping you amused and informed.  Being healthy is important and it does not happen overnight.  There will be set backs but you can’t beat yourself up about it.  Do what makes you happy for you – you are not in a race to lose the weight the fastest, you are the only one in the race and the most important part of winning the race is being happy and healthy!!

 Have an AMAZING week and I’ll be back “LIVE” next Saturday/Sunday!!!

 You can do what you have to do, and sometimes you can do it even better than you think you can

Day 254 ~ 9/30/10

Down .2 this morning, at least it is something. Still frustrated in the 2.2 pound gain from yesterday- but what are you gonna do?  I am getting close to that time of month....or it could be the sodium in frozen food....??!!

 

It's raining like crazy here in the NE. Hoping it clears up before I have to fly on Saturday!!! 

 

No exercise today (RAINING) didn't walk at lunch...woke up too late to get it in this morning & I am packing tonight (excuses, excuses!!)

  

Breakfast: 1 Thomas’s English muffin, 1/2 cup orange juice, 1 slice low fat/low sodium swiss cheese

Lunch: 1 Lean pocket (ham & cheese), 1/2 cup applesauce, 2 cups mixed salad (lettuce & tomato only)

Snack: 1 cup skim milk, 1 nectarine

Dinner: 1 frozen Healthy Choice Sweet and Sour Chicken (kinda too sweet for me), 1 cup skim milk, 1 tangerine

Snack: 1 medium banana

 

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I hope your night is WONDERFUL!!!

 

Never look down on anybody, unless you're helping them up.

Day 253 ~ 9/29/10

GAINED 2.2 pounds!!!! 

How the heck can this be?  I stuck to the program (even ate a little less than what I could eat) and I GAINED????  Frustrated this morning.  Knowing I had a pretty good week last week - this just puts a major damper on this diet.

I can not dwell - I just really did not need a gain right before vacation,  knowing that I will have an additional gain from vacation. 

Another late update tonight ...  Hubby needed computer for work and I am just too tired to write more, it's 10:50pm - time for bed!! .....

I did get 20 minutes of walking in today!! 

Breakfast: 1 frozen Weight Watchers Smart Ones English muffin sandwich with ham and cheese, 1/2 cup Orange Juice

Snack: 1 Nectarine

Lunch: 5 oz deli-thin slices of chicken breast, lettuce, sliced tomato, and one tablespoon deli mustard, on two slices of low cal oatmeal bread

Snack: 1cup of skim milk, 1/2 cup applesauce 

Dinner: 1 large banana, Weight Watchers Smart Ones Santa Fe Style Rice & Beans frozen entree (had again - it was good)

I hope your day was productive and you also were able to get a little exercise in (every little bit helps!)  Have a SUPER night!

 Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get.

 

Day 252 ~ 9/28/10

Super Quick Update tonight....Visiting my dad tonight.....

Todays Meals:

Breakfast: 3 frozen low-fat Aunt Jemima pancakes (150 calories),  1 cup of fat-free milk

Lunch: Weight Watchers Santa Fe Style Rice & Beans frozen entree (290 calories),  nectarine

Snack: 1 cup skim milk

Dinner: one-half cup of Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Cheese French Bread Pizza, 1/2 cup of green beans

Snack: 1/2 cup applesauce

I got 20 minute walk in at lunch today!!  I hope you had a FANTASTIC DAY!!

Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance 

 

Day 251 ~ 9/27/10

As you have probably already seen I am only doing this diet Monday through Friday.  Saturday is the upcoming family vacation (YIPPEE).

 I was reviewing the past diets already done and looked at the breaks in the diet due to mini-getaways and vacations this past year.  In order to truly have a FULL 365 Days – I will be adding additional days/weeks/or a month to the Revolving Diet……I will figure all this out when I get back from vacation…..

 

Today’s Meals:

 Breakfast:  ½ cup Kellogg’s Bran Flakes, 1 cup skim milk, 1 medium banana

Lunch:  Healthy Choice Manicotti with Three Cheese frozen entree

Snack: Four reduced-fat Triscuits with 1 oz of light cheddar cheese, 1 dill pickle

Dinner:  ½  of a fully cooked rotisserie chicken breast without the skin, two-thirds of a cup of Ore-Ida mashed potatoes cooked with one-third cup of low-fat milk, one cup of steamed chopped frozen broccoli, ½ cup natural applesauce.

Snack:  1 Edy’s Lime Fruit bar

 I skipped the gravy (GROSS……being it’s fat-free , why bother…PLUS, I just really do not like gravy) and I do not like strawberries and my grocery store only had strawberry  Dole Frozen Fruit bar – so I went with the Edy’s Lime Fruit  Bars. The difference between the two: Edy’s has 80 calories, 20g carbs, 19g sugar and 0 sodium.  Dole’s has 70 calories, 18g carbs, 15g sugar and 15g sodium. Other than that I stuck to diet. I was thinking I would of preferred Raisin Bran and  I noticed after the fact that I could have raisins (anything to make the Bran Cereal better….maybe another day).

The only thing (as you can see) for today that was frozen was my lunch....What's up with that???  I know the rest of the week there is more frozen food.

I got very little sleep last night as hubby was in a lot of pain from his toothache - I am hoping to get some sleep (and in bed early tonight) ....this is my excuse for no exercise (you know I was going to get out of it eventually!!!)

Have an AWESOME MONDAY night!! 

Instead of giving yourself reasons why you can't, give yourself reasons why you can. 

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