Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Raspberry Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Dried Cranberries; 1 Bowl of Watermelon

Dinner- Spaghetti with Cottage Cheese Marinara Sauce served on a Bed of Spinach

Dessert- 1 Chocolate Pudding Cup

Beverages- Iced Tea; 2 Bottles of Water

Exercise- H2O Kickboxing; 45 Minutes

Food Report- Yesterday

Breakfast- 1 Peach Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Dried Cranberries

Dinner- 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Zumba with Strength Intervals; 60 Minutes

Weekly Weigh In

Height- 5'4"
Weight- 181 lbs
Cruise Countdown- 159 days

Short Term Goal- 175 lbs
Intermediate Goal- 160 lbs
Long Term Goal- 130 lbs

Gained a pound- I suppose I shouldn't be surprised. I missed two days at the Y, and a couple of the days I did go I didn't work as hard as I should have. My eating was totally off over the weekend too- I went to the Pub Friday night, a BBQ Saturday, and Sunday I only had one real meal (and a couple snacks). I'll have to work harder this week.

Weekend Food Report

Saturday-

1st Meal- 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato; 1 Bowl of Fruit

2nd Meal- (Daria's BBQ) 1 Hamburger (plain), Asian Salad, Cucumbers, and Watermelon

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Treadmill- 2.75 Miles; 40 Minutes

Sunday

1 Strawberry Yogurt

1 Bowl of Watermelon

1 Two Egg Omelet made with Evaporated Milk, Spinach, Cheese, and Peach Pineapple Salsa; 2 Slices of Toast with Butter

Fiber Rich Crackers

Grapes

Beverages- Iced Tea, 1/2 a Bottle of Water

Exercise- Walked the Track with Brenda; 60 Minutes

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Bowl of Fruit

Lunch- Worked through lunch (was not happy about that)

Dinner- Pub 34- Green Chili Burger (Cheese, Sliced Chilies, Lettuce, Tomato, and Guacamole) with a Side Salad (read plate of lettuce).

Beverages- Iced Tea, 2 Bottles of Water

Exercise- None (Dinner and Movie with Friends)

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Harvest Peach Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Dried Cranberries

Dinner- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Dessert- 1 Cup of Chocolate Pudding

Beverages- Iced Tea, 2 Bottles of Water

Exercise- H2O Kickboxing; 45 Minutes

Food Report

Breakfast- Grapes

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Dried Cranberries

Dinner- 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Snacks throughout the Day- Grapes (I ate a lot of grapes yesterday)

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Zumba to Core; 60 Minutes

Weekly Weigh In- 1 Day Late

Height- 5'4"
Weight- 180 lbs
Cruise Countdown- 166 days

Short Term Goal- 175 lbs
Intermediate Goal- 160 lbs
Long Term Goal- 130 lbs

Met my first short term goal!!! I'm so excited, I might actually make my intermediate goal before the cruise!

I think I'll order a gift certificate as a cool prize AND, I've set a new short term goal!

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Blackberry Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Dried Cranberries

Dinner- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 1 Chicken Sandwich with Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Dessert- 1 Chocolate Pudding Cup

Beverages- Iced Tea, 2 Bottles of Water

Exercise- H2O Kickboxing; 45 Minutes

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Apricot Mango Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Oatmeal w/ Dried Cranberries, 1 Bowl of Fruit

Beverages- Iced Tea, 2 Bottles of Water

Dinner- None, I was sleeping

Exercise- None, I was sleeping

Will need to weigh in today (Tuesday) to make up for Monday's laziness.

Food Report- A Little Late This Time

1st Meal- 1 Two Egg Omelet with Evaporated Milk, Spinach, Cheese, and Peach Pineapple Salsa; 1 Bowl of Fruit

2nd Meal- 1 Chicken Sandwich with Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Dessert- Grapes

Beverages- Iced Tea, 1 Can of Diet Coke, 1 Bottle of Water

Exercise- Y Track- 60 Minutes with a friend (no idea how many laps)

Let it be known that there was chocolate cake and cherry chocolate ice cream at True Blood night this week. I didn't eat any of it. Damn it.

Food Report

First Meal- 1 Two Egg Omelet made with Evaporated Milk, Spinach, Cheese, and Pineapple Peach Salsa

Second Meal- 1 Bowl of Spaghetti with Cottage Cheese Marinara Sauce

Dessert- 1 Chocolate Pudding Cup

Beverages- Iced Tea, 1 Bottle of Water

Exercise- Treadmill- 4 Miles, 60 Minutes

An Open Letter to Warehouse 13

Dear Writers of Warehouse 13,

What the hell dudes? That was some sloppy writing. Why would college students be concerned about a local bottling plant closing down? They're in COLLEGE! Apparently a pretty nice one, given Gary's dorm room. Seriously? He's got single room and he's worried about a scholarship? Financial worries mean roommates- or living at home. (If your college is located in your hometown AND you have financial issues, you go cheap and live at home.)

If he's in college, I'm guessing he's already got the means to pay (or some serious future debt), and ambitions that will take him beyond a bottling plant. College degrees give you options beyond staying in your hometown. I'm guessing that the school draws some folks that aren't local- maybe he can try living in one of their towns.

Point two- there is no South Dakota University. East river we've got University of South Dakota, South Dakota State University, Dakota State University, and Northern State University. West river (where Warehouse 13 WOULD be located), there's Black Hills State University and South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Those are just the public universities- there's a ton of private colleges as well. What's the matter SyFy, couldn't get any of the local schools to pony up an endorsement? I guess that's not you're fault, but as a South Dakota resident, I feel it's my duty to pick on these things.

You don't even want to know what I think of the racial make-up of Univille. Have you ever been in a small South Dakota town? Yes, there's a white majority- but come on. Major cop out making the vet Hispanic. Native American would have been much more believable, giving the locale. I suppose I'll buy her being a recent transplant. But seriously folks, a cafe AND a Chinese restaurant? In a town that small, they're lucky to have one place to eat and a hotel B/B thing (neither of which is a bar).

Seriously, come to South Dakota. Explore a little. Soak up some of the local flavor. Then get back to work.

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Raspberry Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Raisins

Dinner- 1 Bowl of Spaghetti with Cottage Cheese Marinara Sauce

Dessert- 1 Chocolate Pudding Cup

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Treadmill- 3.75 Miles; 57 Minutes

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Apricot Mango Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Raisins

Dinner- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- H2O Kickboxing, 45 Minutes

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Strawberry Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Raisins, 2 Slices of Wheat Toast with Butter

Dinner- 1 Bowl of Spaghetti with Cottage Cheese Marinara Sauce

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Zumba to Core, 60 Minutes

One of the girls in class said that I looked like I had been losing weight- made my night!

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Blackberry Yogurt

Lunch- 2 Scrambled Eggs made with Evaporated Milk and Krazy Salt; 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Raisins

Dinner- 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Beverages- Iced Tea, 2 Bottles of Water

Exercise- H2O Kickboxing, 45 Minutes

Food Report and Weekly Weigh In

Height- 5'4"
Weight- 185 lbs
Cruise Countdown- 173 days

Short Term Goal- 182 lbs
Intermediate Goal- 160 lbs
Long Term Goal- 130 lbs

Today's Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Strawberry Yogurt, 1 Plate of Melon

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Raisins, Grapes (a lot)

Dinner- 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Snack- 1 Chocolate Pudding Cup

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Zumba with Strength Intervals, 60 Minutes

Food Report

1st Meal- 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

Snack- Blackberry Pomegranate Mini Oat Cakes

2nd Meal- 1 Two Egg Omelet made with Evaporated Milk, Spinach, Cheese, and Peach Pineapple Salsa

Snack- Grapes

Beverages- Iced Tea

Exercise- None, I was very lazy today.

Food Report

1st Meal (woke up too late to call it breakfast)- 1 Chicken Sandwich with Swiss Cheese, Mayo, Mustard, Spinach, and Tomato

2nd Meal- 2 Bowls of Spaghetti with Cottage Cheese Marinara Sauce

Beverages- Iced Tea, 1 Bottle of Water

Exercise- Treadmill- 4.25 Miles, 64 Minutes

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Apricot Mango Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Raisins

Dinner- 1 2 Egg Omelet made with Evaporated Milk, Spinach, Cheese, and Peach Pineapple Salsa

Dessert- 1 Chocolate Pudding Cup

Beverages- Iced Tea, 4 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Treadmill- 3.36 Miles, 50 Minutes

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Strawberry Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 1 Bowl of Oatmeal w/ Raisins

Dinner- 1 Bowl of Spaghetti with Cottage Cheese Marinara Sauce

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- H2O Kickboxing, 45 Minutes

Let it be known that there was a party at work and I did not eat ANY of the snacks. Not a brownie, cookie, or lemon square (and they looked sooo delicious!)

Why Did the Deer Cross the Road?

Apparently to get to my front yard.

I wish I could have taken a picture, but I was on my way to work (and running late, as usual).

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Apricot Mango Yogurt

Lunch- 2 Scrambled Eggs, made with 1 Tbsp of Evaporated Milk and a Dash of Krazy Salt, 1 Bowl of Oatmeal with Raisins

Dinner- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 3 Cheese Quesadillas with Peach Pineapple Salsa

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Zumba with Core, 60 Minutes

Zumba Kicked My Ass Tonight

Zumba totally kicked my ass tonight. I was expecting Karla, our regular Wednesday teacher- but instead we had Elizabeth.

I take zumba with Elizabeth on Mondays, so I know her style and her routines, but I was expecting a more relaxed zumba experience today.

Elizabeth is my preferred instructor. I love her music, her routines are interesting, and I always get a great workout with her. However, she doesn't do as much actual teaching as Karla.

Karla is zumba for beginners, Elizabeth is definitely the advanced class. Karla moves slower, explains more. Elizabeth just says "Follow me", that and "Energy guys, come on!"

As one of the rhythmically challenged, I have a hard time following- I leave her class feeling uncoordinated and out of step. (Which is sad, because I've been taking classes with her for a couple of months now. I still don't have her routines down!) Of course I also leave sweaty, sore, and out of breath.

The Emperor's Old Clothes

Today I am wearing my khaki pants. I've owned these pants for awhile, but I haven't worn them in more than a year. The last time they were on my body, it felt like they were cutting all circulation off at my thighs. I couldn't wait to get them off at the end of the day- and not in the sexy way.

I've had them on for two hours now and, while the thigh cut still isn't REALLY comfortable, I don't feel the need to change when I go home for lunch.

I've been working toward losing weight for the last six months- some months have been more serious than others. I've gotten to the point where I work out at LEAST twice a week (which is way more than the zero times per week it used to be.)

I still have food issues- which explains the daily food diary featured on this blog. I read that people lose more weight when they write down what they eat- I thought I'd give it a try, and a public forum to see if that would keep me more honest.

I guess it's working- slowly, but working- I can now say that I have lost the weight I gained when I moved to my current location!

Yay me!

Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Peach Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Fruit Salad, 1 Bowl of Oatmeal

Dinner- Spaghetti with Cottage Cheese Marinara Sauce

Dessert- 1 Chocolate Pudding Cup

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- H2O Kickboxing, 45 Minutes

Food Report and Weekly Weigh In

Height- 5'4"
Weight- 187 lbs
Cruise Countdown- 180 days

Short Term Goal- 182 lbs
Intermediate Goal- 160 lbs
Long Term Goal- 130 lbs

Today's Food Report

Breakfast- 1 Blackberry Yogurt

Lunch- 1 Bowl of Fruit, 1 Bowl of Oatmeal, Cottage Cheese (no idea how much, I ate straight from the container)

Dinner- 2 Black Bean and Cheese Quesadillas with Peach Pineapple Salsa, 1 Bowl of Fruit

Beverages- Iced Tea, 3 Bottles of Water

Exercise- Zumba with Strength Intervals, 60 Minutes

An Introduction

A. Nona Mouse here,

Yes, I understand that anyone with half a clue will be able to deduce my actual name and location.

The thin veil of anonymity, combined with the sheer number of blogs, should give me the freedom I want. There are things going on in my head that I don't feel comfortable discussing with anyone in my life, things that I think need to be talked about. I just need one place where I can be completely myself.

Combating Ennui is my journal.

Feel free to read, to comment, to judge.