Food Journal: Day 66 ( Kim)

Well, it was another crazy day at my house starting with a 2:30 a.m. Wake up and a 3:30. a.m. Ride to the hospital in an ambulance with my 22 month old who decided that she didn't want to breath right on her own. She is doing better now but we are still at the hospital. I really don't know if I can remember all that I ate because it was a rough day and I forgot it was my day to blog. I know that mom brought me a Croisanwich, tater tots and a large Dr. pepper from Burger King for breakfast. This was at 7:30 and I was starving so I ate it all. For lunch Ihad a chicken cordon Bleau sandwich and a few tater tots with a 21 oz coke. For dinner I had some turkey pot roast. I had a single serve ice cream for a snack and honestly I don't remember if I ate anymore. Also, with the exception of today, I have have done really well only drinking 1-2 cans of soda and even had one day that I didn't have any. And, my hip isn't hurting...

Food Journal: Day 65 (Heidi)

Woohoo! Finally we are back on track. :)

So I've been doing My Fitness Pal, and that has proven very interesting. It also encourages me to work out! (Because people 'follow' you there and can see if you did it or not!) I really like it so far. One feature that has been fun is the pie chart that shows you graphically what you have eaten for the day.

Breakfast: Steel cut oats, 1 cup of milk and a cup of raspberries. Oh, if only I had a perpetual supply of raspberries. I love them so much. They don't grow here. And they cost a fortune. So lame. But I really enjoyed them today!

Snack: cottage cheese and cucumber slices and wheat thins.

Lunch: Calabacita's, I made mine with 3 oz of chicken, a can of tomatoes, 1 sm. zucchini, some garlic, and corn. Then I served it with a lo-carb tortilla, sour cream and some cheese.

Snack: popcorn

Dinner: Chicken burrito. (Apparently I was feeling the chicken/tomato/tortilla combo today)

:) I had tons of water, iced tea, and mineral water with vanilla stevia today too. I never think to write about my water intake, because I drink a lot. Plus since giving up diet soda, I drink even more water.

Food Journal: Day 64 (Katie)

A Sunday at the ball field!  It was so much fun!  I had a great day with my husband, kids and my parents.  And despite my 2 year old throwing up in the car on the way home I'll still count it among one of my favorite summer memories! :)

Breakfast:  Scrambled eggs with swiss cheese, 2 slices of bacon, some watermelon and some grapes.  Glass of milk.

Snack: A glass of Coke.

Lunch, etc. at the game: A hotdog with relish, mustard and ketchup, cup of Mt. Dew, 2 handfuls of cotton candy, a handful of peanuts in the shell, 1/2 a cup of chocolate and vanilla swirl frozen yogurt, 3 or 4 bites of red licorice rope.

Snack: Diet Mt. Dew on the drive home. 

Dinner: SUPER late for me, around 9:30 because after we got home and got the kids in bed and the vomit cleaned out of the car I wasn't in the mood to cook something.  I had a cheeseburger, fries and Dr Pepper from In N Out.  Then I went to bed, exhausted!

So it could have been worse and though I ate all the things I wanted at the game I made sure I didn't eat too much of anything!

Food Journal: Day 63 (Kim)

Today I did pretty well, I think. I really wasn't very hungry, probably because of the heat, but I feel like I made better choices than I have been.

Breakfast: (ha, I say the above then list this as my breakfast) One slice of leftover pepperoni pizza. :)

Lunch: BBQ chicken with half of a baked potato, peas and about 6 wedges of mandarin orange. I was out of sour cream so the potato only had spray butter on it.

Snack: 12 oz. can of regular Pepsi.

Dinner: A two egg omelet with ham, swiss cheese and mushrooms, shredded hashbrowns and a glass of whole milk.

Snack: An apple with a tbs. of caramel dip.

I also drank about 2 liters of water today.

So, I know there has been discussion on past posts regarding regular soda vs. diet soda but I have not really put much thought into it. However, recently (I would say for about 2 weeks now) I have been having some pretty severe pain in my hip. I was thinking that it was Sciatica but have not seen a doctor about it yet.

My husband was told during a training at work that there has been proof that diet soda's can cause Sciatica type symptoms. So he has challenged me to not drink diet for a while and see what happens. I have not had a diet soda since Wednesday evening and I have to say that my hip is starting to feel better.

So, now I have to decide if this is a fluke or if it is really true. I may switch back in a week or two and see if the pain comes back. I have decided that I am not ready to give up soda at this point so I am going to try to limit myself to no more than 24 oz. of soda a day. 

Food Journal: Day 62 (Heidi)

So today was not bad. I joined My fitness pal a few months ago and then like everything else I never actually did anything with it. I decided since I'm journaling anyway, I might as well use it to keep track and to get a better look at what I'm doing nutrients-wise. It's been pretty eye opening actually.

So yesterday:
Breakfast: Toast with an egg, (Cut a hole in toast and cooked the egg in the hole) sprinkled with one teaspoon Parmesan cheese. This was really tasty, but not enough food. I should eat two of these to hold me over for the morning. I tend to snack too much, and eat more calories over all during the day if my meals aren't more substantial.
Snack: 1 cup of cherries and a string cheese
Lunch: Okay, this probably doesn't sound very good to many people, but it is something I really like. I made "Pizza" on the multi-grain wasa crackers with turkey pepperoni and a wedge of laughing cow cheese. Again, not enough food. I will also add another cheese wedge-one per cracker. But I really liked it. And it wasn't hot. Most important part, since it's been about 106*F here.

Snack: Chobani yogurt, and more cherries.
Dinner:Chicken sausage, 1/2 cup brown rice, 1 cup sauted veggies, bell peppers and onion.
Snack: (AGAIN!!!) Goldfish crackers and more cherries.

I also worked out! This is big news. I have plantar faciitis, so that's been an issue for me for over a YEAR. I finally got my left foot feeling better and my right foot went. It's been a problem. So my father in law gave us a treadmill. I made myself walk to watch my show today on TV. My foot did ok, and i stretched and iced it. So hopefully I can keep it up! I have a small goal of 4-30 min walks per week. Baby steps.

If you want to keep my accountable, join my fitness pal, the app for smartphones is wonderful, but you can do it online too! I'm nakedraindancer, and you can add friends and follow along. Make sure I log in and journal. I may also open my food diary to the public if you think you would be interested in seeing my daily food choices/exercise choices. :)

Food Journal: Day 61 (Katie)

So, here I am all out of groceries.  Again.  It's so frustrating. After 2 months of doing this I'm starting to think that one of my biggest problems is planning.  I never plan food out.  I just fly by the seat of my pants every.single.day.

Breakfast: The usual.

Snack: A package of fruit snacks. :)

Lunch: A fish sandwich at Fuddrucker's with fries and 2 cherry cokes.

Snack: Half a strawberry/lemon Eegee's frozen drink and a rice crispy treat.

Dinner: A pork chop, butter garlic noodles (the kind in a package), roasted peppers with olive oil and salt, apple sauce (just enough to dip the pork in) and peas.

Snack: Peppermint tea. 

Food Journal: Day 60 (Kim)

Well, I have to admit that I am happy that Heidi and Katie were off so this doesn't look so bad! :) This post is for Wednesday and that was a crazy day for me. I had Katie's kids for a few hours and then my 22 month old went in for a late evening surgery. We ended up staying overnight at the hospital. (She is doing okay and even came home the next day)

Breakfast: Two egg omelet with swiss cheese and a glass of milk.

Snack: About four strawberries with a little whipped cream and a chocolate chip cookie.

Lunch: Macaroni and cheese with hamburger in it.

Snack: A Simply Fruit Roll-Up.

Dinner: A mushroom swiss burger and onion rings from the hospital cafeteria and a bottle of milk.

Snack: While waiting for the surgery to end one package of Gramdma vanilla cream cookies and then again while waiting for them to let me in her room a Twix bar.

I drank way too much soda today and not enough water. I also really sucked up the vegetable and fruit intake.... oh, well. It was a stressful day and unfortunately eating is what I do when I am stressed.

Does anyone have any suggestions on cutting back on stress eating??? Please share!!!

Food Journal: Day 59 (Heidi)

Wow, this week has been all messed up, my apologies for not posting until now! That camping trip and lack of internet threw us all for a loop I guess. :)

Tuesday was an ok day. I was incredibly busy though and ended up eating out twice. Ugh.

 Breakfast: A bowl of grapenuts and iced tea with Stevia. (I finally remembered to buy some, and this is my slow way of weaning off artificial sweeteners.)

Snack: Cherries and cheetos.

Lunch: Panda Express noodle bowl and string bean chicken. I ate all the beans and chicken and some of the noodles. But not all of them, or even a majority of them. It's been really really hot here in Tucson, so hot food is just lacking any appeal.

Snack: hot tamales candy.

Dinner: Personal pan pizza from the Pizza Hut express inside Target. I should have thought twice about it, and not eaten it, because I paid for it all evening. It really did not settle for several hours.

Snack: Around 9pm I had the munchies so I had some fruit leather.

Eating at home needs to be more of a priority, because I make lousy choices when I'm hungry and on the go. Luckily I did get my errands run in one day and have been better off the rest of the week. :)

Food Journal: Day 58 (Katie)

We are apparently not good at doing this if we get off track!  Hopefully this post (from what I ate on MONDAY!) will be quickly followed by Heidi and Kim's post from Tuesday and Wednesday! 

Breakfast: The usual.  :)

Snack: A piece of See's chocolate and a can of Sunkist orange soda and 4 Cheeto's I stole from the kids :) 

Lunch: Leftover dutch oven potatoes, BBQ chicken and green beans. 

Snack: A See's Root beer sucker, another piece of See's chocolate.  Does it count as a fruit if it's the fruit flavored kind?  No?  Hm.

Dinner: A salad from Chuck E Cheese with ranch and a couple sodas, a bit of macaroni salad and cottage cheese.

Snack: Since I didn't eat much I dinner I was really hungry later so I had a handful of pretzels and some cheese before bed and drank a cup of tea.

I think that I definitely need to be better about snacking.  I need to get some healthy snack ideas and have them available so I eat them regularly. 

Food Journal: Day 57 (Kim)

Well, you would think that since we were home from camping on Sunday that I would have done better but alas, I did not. Since there were major fire restrictions we did not get to do our Dutch Oven meal while we were on the mountain, so we had everyone over to our house to do it for Father's day.

Breakfast: Waffles (two squares) with butter and syrup and a glass of orange juice.

Snack: Some trail mix (Katie described it in her last post) and a couple handfuls of grapes.

Lunch: Dutch Oven BBQ chicken and Dutch Oven potatoes with onion and bacon. MMMM. My dad is an awesome cook. And some green beans.

Snack: Dutch Oven cherry cobbler and vanilla icecream.

Snack: One piece of chocolate from See's and a sucker.

Dinner: Korean BBQ ribs from a friend and more of the yummy potatoes from lunch.

I also drank soda all day long. I did manage to get in three glasses of water (probably about 30 oz.)

Food Journal: Day 56 (Heidi)

So this has been hard to sort out in my brain. :) So this post is for Saturday. I was camping. And forgot it was my day to journal. So I'm going on memory, but it's so terrible that it doesn't even matter anyway! :)

Breakfast: Pancakes (I had three, they were about 3inches across), two slices of bacon, and I'm guessing about the equivalent of two eggs, scrambled.
Snack: BBQ chips, diet cream soda, candy. (small random handfuls of candy, starbursts, a couple of twizzlers, and some swedish fish).
Lunch: Pasta salad that Katie made, it was pasta, turkey pepperoni, cauliflower, broccoli, and olives, with a little ranch dressing. I had about 2/3 cup.
Snack: More random candy, and cookies. We were sitting under a tarp in the rain. It could have been worse I guess. :)

We wound up packing up and going home early, thanks to the cold, wet, yuck and fire restrictions. I finally fed my kids dinner, and grabbed a cheeseburger and small fries from McDonalds. Which ended up not tasting good, so I only ate the burger and about 5 fries.

Then I got home, vegged out after showering, and ate...more candy. I'm so ashamed....But oh well. It was vacation!

Food Journal: Day 55 (Katie)

Since we went camping this weekend we didn't have access to a computer to do our blog.  But don't worry!  We are back (at bit early...we are big weenies and decided it was too cold and rainy to stay Saturday night since we couldn't have a fire!).  So this post is for Friday!

Breakfast: Carnation Instant breakfast.  I'm lucky I even got that since I'm such a procrastinator and had to get all my camping stuff ready by 8 in the morning! :)

Snack: A couple of graham crackers and two glasses of water.

Lunch: A Santa Fe chicken pita, french fries and a large Dr. Pepper at Jack in the Box on our way up the mountain!

Snack:  This is where it gets a bit fuzzy.  When we are camping there are always so many snacks laying around that I munch on them and get distracted :)  I guess it's fortunate that we only go once a year! I definitely ate several Twizzler's and I had a diet cream soda. 

Dinner: A cheeseburger with mayo and ketchup and I got distracted by the kids and didn't have any chips.  A Cherry Seven-UP. 

Snack: I munched on some trail mix with peanuts, M&M's, raisins, etc.  I also had another Twizzler and a glass of hot cocoa.  I'm not sure if I had other things, to be completely honest, we were playing games and such but I was also really busy trying to get kids in bed and such so I was really distracted.  I guess I should have been writing it down but we only had one small pad of paper. :)

Hope you all had a great weekend too!

What's your favorite camping recipe?  Is it healthy or do you indulge while camping?

Food Journal: Day 54 (Kim)

Today was strange. I wanted fruit all day long. So, I ate fruit. I also did pretty good with the veggies. However, my water intake stunk yet again! I feel like a broken record.

Breakfast: Banana and an apple.

Snack: I shared a gogurt with my little one.

Lunch: Pepperoni Hot Pocket and a green salad with croutons and lite Cesar dressing.

Dinner: Crockpot chicken with two tortillas.

Snack: Watermelon.

I am not sure how I wasn't starving all day. Very strange eating day for me. I also had two 12 oz. cans of diet soda, and probably 30 oz. of water.

Well, folks, the three of us, our kiddo's and Grammy and Pop are off for a weekend camping trip! Check back Sunday afternoon (Monday morning at the latest) to see how much candy and junk we ate while roughing it!

Food Journal Day 53 (Heidi)

So yesterday did not go well. In terms of the day over all or my eating. And this late post for yesterday this late today is just part of it. :) It sort of blurred together into a great deal of crazy.

Breakfast was cereal and toast. I was still ravenous after eating that.
Snack: About 2 hours later, pretzels and diet dr. pepper.
Lunch: left over lasagna! (Thanks Chelle!) and water.
Snack: Skinny caramel machiatto (Grande)
Snack: (I was like a bottomless pit, starving, pms'ing and who know what!) pudding cup, a banana, and more pretzels.
Dinner: A gross bbq chicken sandwich I made. (Just didn't like the sauce), on a white bun, and a huge serving of lightly saute'd zucchini. Thank goodness for the zucchini!
It was girls night, so we hit Dairy Queen too, I was mostly good and got a mini-Blizzard.

Then we went shopping for camping supplies and then I just passed out when I finally got to bed. (And my sisters got home even later! Yikes.)

It's good too, because yesterday I felt like I could eat a house.

Food Journal: Day 52 (Katie)

Today was not my best showing.  I don't really have any excuse other than I seem to have no will power.  I used to do Weight Watchers, which I actually really liked.  But I canceled my membership when my daughter was so sick because I wasn't even using it.  As my weight eeks upwards every month I'm starting to think that I might need to get on that bandwagon.  It certainly gets you motivated and it sticks you with a plan.  I have to have a little accountability or I (obviously) eat whatever I want.

Breakfast:  Carnation Instant breakfast and a  handful of blue berries.

Snack: A large Cherry Limeade from Sonic and a small tater tot.  (back to that will power thing- They had a big ol' picture of them right there on the sign for everyone to see!)

Lunch: A cheddar brat in a whole wheat bun (I have to get points where I can!) and a handful of Veggie Straws.  I also had a few bites of leftover salad from Olive Garden but the lettuce was kind of slimy so I threw it away instead.

Snack: A (large) handful of chocolate covered almonds and a Orange/Carrot smoothie from Jamba Juice.

Dinner: Something called "Daddy's Stuff" that my dad invented. It's basically rice, hamburger, onions and soy sauce, green beans and a glass of water. 

Dessert: A piece of cake.  (My dad made this too :) )

I'm going to have a cup of tea and a banana now and go to bed.  I'm kind of tired and cranky.  And since I haven't done it in a while my weight is 155.0 :(

Food Journal: Day 51 (Kim)

Yay! We are officially over the hump! More than half way there! I am super excited that we have made it this far and I am pretty sure that one of our husbands is out some money by now since there were probably bets going around about how long we would stay with this. :)

Today was a pretty even keel day. We were a little busy but made sure that we had time to just relax and enjoy Jason's day off together.

I got up early to relieve the night nurse for our little one, so I decided to make breakfast. We had biscuits and sausage gravy with scrambled eggs. I ate two biscuits and two eggs and probably 1/2 cup of gravy (maybe closer to 3/4). I also had a glass of skim milk. ( I may have to try the whole milk theory *see comments on day 49, since I love whole milk so much.)

Snack: A handful of dry roasted peanuts and about a dozen cherries.

Lunch: Grilled pork chops, augratin potatoes and corn.

Snack: Chocolate pudding.

Dinner: One BLT with extra T, and a handful of Sunflower Market Cheese Puffs. (Pretty good, they are made with real cheese.)

Snack: Reese's Peanut Butter Cup ice cream treat.

I was super hot today, I could not seem to cool down, I drank a bunch of water all day and two cans of diet Cherry Pepsi.

I probably should have left the ice cream for later since I ate it at 10:30 at night, but I was still super hot and it was screaming my name from the freezer. :)

Food Journal:Day 50 (Heidi)

Half way there!!! Wow. I can't believe we started this 50 days ago. :) It's been fun, and I hope you are still enjoying reading. As has been mentioned, the next set of 100 posts will be drastically different from these, I think it will be surprising and possibly far more interesting to read. Thanks for hanging in there with us!

Breakfast: grapenuts and a package of splenda. This will be changing soon, as I'm starting a new endeavor of giving up artificial sweeteners, it's mostly to test a theory I heard about fake sugars and joint pain. So soon I will be using Stevia exclusively.

Lunch: It got crazy today and I didn't get lunch until 2:30 at a birthday party for some of my kids friends. I had two slices of pizza. And I had a venti Skinny caramel machiatto to kick my raging headache. (It worked too, which is good because the party was at a bowling alley with 20 kids!)

Dinner: Crockpot chicken cooked in salsa, wrapped as a burrito in a flour tortilla, with some lettuce, a tbs of sour cream and some cheese. It was fantastic. Katie made it because I'm babysitting for them so they could have a date night, plus I had ulterior motives. My washing machine is on the fritz and I am buried in laundry. I've done 7 loads so far. ;) Thank goodness for family!

Snack: I had some peanut butter pretzels she has in her cupboard. I had 2 servings, because I didn't look at the serving size before I ate them. You only get 8. I'm sure had twice that amount.

But I figure it's ok since I didn't have any other snacks today. I hope to finish that laundry and be on my way home shortly so I can go to bed. So that's it for the day.

Food Journal: Day 49 (Katie)

My goodness!  We are nearly half way there already!  I can't believe it! 

Today was atypical for me actually.  Saturdays we generally spend working or running all around like crazy people trying to get things that have been put off done.  But today we decided we just needed to chill and spend the day at home (admittedly getting a few things checked off the "at home" to do list) and let the kids hang with their things for a while.  My day started rather abruptly (and a tad earlier than I prefer) at 6 am with my 1 year old screaming her head off from her crib.  I was in her room in less than a second (no really, this is probably not an exaggeration, which those of you with children will understand) just to find her with *both* her legs stuck in the crib bars.  A predicament I was initially under the impression only a younger baby could get themselves into.  And with that my day was off and running!

Breakfast: 2 Cinnamon waffles (the freezer kind) with syrup.

Snack: A glass of coke and some (I didn't count, but maybe 8ish?) whole wheat Ritz crackers.

Lunch: 1/2 a Totino's Supreme party pizza.  Another glass of coke.

Snack: An ice cream sandwich from Skinny Cow.

Dinner: Hubby wanted Italian and since he knows my cooking abilities so well he volunteered to run to Olive Garden for take out. :)  I had a bowl of Zuppa Toscana, a bread stick, a salad with their house dressing, and 4 bites of lasagna and four bites of fettuccine Alfredo.  And yes, I did count because I was so full by this point that I was just tasting my actual dinner! ha! 

Dessert: I made these yummy baked apples in the crock pot.  Each apple was cored and then stuffed with oatmeal, brown sugar, cinnamon and butter.  I cooked it a little too long but it was pretty tasty!

I then had another glass of Coke.  I'm not sure why I was craving it so much today.   But I do fill the glass almost entirely with ice before I drink it so I probably had about 24 ounces today.

Food Journal: Day 48 (Kim)

Well I had a crazy busy day today as usual and I was out of the house from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. So, I ate fast food for lunch but didn't do too bad for the rest of the day.

Breakfast: Slimfast shake. (No, I am not doing a diet, it just happened to be in my fridge and I was in a hurry), I also had a granola square and a few grapes.

Lunch: 6 and a half hours later, I got to eat lunch. Not the best choice but I was starving. I had a quarter pounder with cheese, a large fry and a large Dr. Pepper from McDonald's. :(

Snack: A handful of grapes and a couple cherries.

Dinner: Spaghetti with meat sauce, garlic bread and one ear of corn on the cob with spray butter.

Snack: Three Oreo cookies.

I drank three 24 ounce glasses of water and a diet Code Red Mt. Dew today as well.

I try to plan ahead, and fully intended to pack a lunch since I knew I would be out all day but time got away from me and needless to say a lunch was not packed.

Food Journal: Day 47 (Heidi)

Today was one of those off the wall sorts of days. It involved a bathroom remodel, painting, an entire night of insomnia and nightmares and an upset stomach prior to starting the day, and also running kids to mariachi music camp across town.

Breakfast: Cheerios.
Snack: Diet Dr. Pepper and a chewy granola bar.
Lunch: two small red potatoes and about 2oz of pork tenderloin. I wasn't feeling very hungry and had to get out the door.
Snack: A skinny caramel machiato at Starbucks (Grande) and then when we got home I had a plum, a handful of pretzels and some popcorn.
Dinner: A hot dog in a bun. A handful of Fritos chips and raisins. I don't know why, but raisins sounded good. I had another plum too. It's the only fruit in the house, and even though they aren't very ripe they were cold and juicy and after painting all day it tasted very refreshing anyway.

I also had lots of water and iced tea to drink. I'm wiped out, so I'm going to call it a night now at 9pm and head to bed. So nothing more for me. :)

Food Journal: Day 46 (Katie)

Hey all! I'm late posting again. :)  I don't like being up late so since last night was girls night I was late getting in and then I didn't want to write.  I figure it's better to get the post late but have it make sense than to get it on time and have to spend an hour deciphering what I was trying to say! 

Breakfast: Nothing exciting here.  Just my usual Carnation Instant breakfast.  Until we started this blog I don't think I realized that I really do drink it almost every day!

Snack: A couple handfuls of pita chips as I walked past the open bag at work. 

Lunch: A PB&J sandwich and some Veggie Straws (*not as good for you as they sound ;) ).  Diet Mt. Dew and a few cherries.

Snack: 3 chocolate chip WhoNu cookies.  You know the ones with the annoying commercials?  Well it turns out they actually are pretty tasty.  As to how nutritious they are, well, they aren't health food but in a health battle between them and a regular cookie they are gonna win! :)

Dinner: A Chicken bacon ranch wrap at Arby's, 1/2 a medium curly fry and almost 2 glasses of regular Mt. Dew. 

Snack: A soft serve ice cream cone.  The guy made it enormous!  But it was skinny.  At least that's what I'm telling myself to make it sound better!

So overall it wasn't a great day! I suck at making good choices.  I have no will power.  Apparently I need to look in the mirror more often.  And I need to join a gym.  And I need to make a menu.  Or I'm going to be overweight for as far as I can see into the future. 

Food Journal: Day 45 (Kim)

Well, like Katie I have a million excuses for why I didn't post this yesterday, but I think you may understand when you read about my day.

My morning started with a puking baby (note she is almost 1 so her puke is not just formula). Then my 22 month old was running a fever, mind you, she was supposed to have surgery so needless to say that did not happen, and she was not feeling well, so I had to make an unplanned visit to the doctor, who decided that she needed a chest x-ray stat. So, we headed that way. Also, take into consideration that I have all three of Katie's kids, plus a not feeling so great 10 and 1/2 month old. Luckily my mother-in-law was able to stay and watch them so I wasn't dragging them around with me.

It just continued that way all day. When I went to take Katie's kids to her, I discovered that Della's (Katie's youngest) car seat was not installed. I could not get it in so Katie and Terry had to come pick the kiddo's up. It was just pure chaos all day long. And, I succumbed to my stress eating habits. a.k.a.- non-stop grazing.

Breakfast- A bowl of Grapenuts cereal. (this was before anyone else was awake. My intentions for the day were good.)

Snack- Beef jerky and popcorn.

Lunch- Grilled chicken sandwich and mashed potatoes with gravy from Culvers and a diet Pepsi.

Snack/Dinner- This is where it really went downhill. I think that I was unwinding and just kept eating...
I had an ice cream cone after Katie's kids left. Then I had more beef jerky, then I ate a cheeseburger that my in-laws had bought me for lunch, then I had some popcorn, two chocolate chip cookies, a glass of milk, two Code Red Mt. Dew's (diet) and a hard boiled egg.

On a good note, I drank tons of water. I could not get enough water today. I easily drank six 24 oz glasses of water.

Food Journal-- Day 44 (Heidi)

Today was just plain boring and mundane. Made eating right difficult. But I did ok.

Breakfast: a piece of toast and a banana and a cup of milk.
Snack: Popcorn
Lunch: I went to Chipotle with my friend and her daughter. I got a bowl instead of a burrito, it was rice, chicken, black beans, a little salsa, a little cheese, and sourcream. Even still we looked it up and it was abut 700 calories! Yikes. I ate most of it too. Very hungry today.
Snack: Ice cream bar that Katie's husband bought from the ice cream truck yesterday and left in my freezer. It was in there yelling my name. I blame Terry.
Dinner: white rice, homemade gravy with ground beef (we call it hamburger gravy), and green beans. Normally we don't even have white rice, but it was in there as a leftover so I heated it up so it didn't go to waste. :) (I bought white rice for cell phone incidents...ahem.)

Food Journal: Day 43 (Katie)

Yesterday was Kim's birthday! Happy birthday Kim! We got together as a family and then by the time I got home and kids and animals settled it was late and I was tired so that is my excellent excuse for why this is getting posted late!

And yesterday was not my greatest day...

Breakfast: I had Grape-nuts with a little sugar and a glass of water.

Snack: Piece of string cheese.

Lunch: A little bit of rotisserie chicken.  And that's it because I got distracted by my kids then I put my toddlers down for nap and then I forgot until it was too late to do anything about it and we had to leave. 

Snack: 20 oz. Dr Pepper (normally I'm happy drinking diet but I really wanted the sugar/calories since I basically skipped lunch!)

Dinner: Cheeseburger with mayo and ketchup, some pita chips with an avocado dip and a diet Mt. Dew.

Desert: A s'more and an extra marshmallow just roasted.

And I think that's about it.  I suppose it wasn't horrible but it could have been better.  I'll make up for it by having a salad for lunch today. ;)

Food Journal: Day 42 (Kim)

I feel like my day went pretty well. I tried to make better choices for my meals and snacks today and did okay. There are somethings that I could have done better with but I was really craving sweets so considering the fact that I really wanted cookies and ice cream and candy bars...

Breakfast: Two egg omelet with bacon pieces and cheese.

Snack: Handful of pretzel Goldfish.

Lunch: Peanut butter and jelly sandwich, four bean salad and about 8 baby carrots with 1 tbs of ranch.

Snack: Chocolate pudding cup with whipped topping.

Dinner: Baked chicken, mashed potatoes with gravy and stir-fried zucchini with spray butter and a little parmesan cheese.

Snack: A large tortilla with a little butter, sugar and cinnamon crisped under the broiler and I fully intend to make my husband share the bag of popcorn he just popped. :)

I also had two diet soda's and three 24 oz. glasses of water.

Tomorrow I don't think I will be so good. It is my birthday after all and Heidi is promising s'mores. ;)

Food Journal: Day 41 (Heidi)

Today was a hot one. I'm not sure on the "official" temp, but I saw 105*F today according to the weather channel on my iphone. I'm going with that. And when it's that hot, it's pretty easy to do nothing but drink water.

Breakfast: Lucky charms and a banana. Yeah, I cannot resist those little marshmallows. Luckily whenever sugared cereal enters my home, my kids eat it in such a hurry that it would seem that they are starving. So that should be gone by tomorrow or so. Then I can return to adulthood and eat something more "grown up".

Lunch: A peanut butter and jelly sandwich and some pretzel sticks and some raspberries.

Snack: 1/2 cup of tapioca pudding, and about 10 more pretzel sticks.

Dinner: Grilled burgers, added a little cheese and then had carrots and grapes.

Snack: a chewy granola bar.

I took the kids swimming today, that was fun and gave me a bit of exercise. Which is good, because my foot has been really hurting lately and so anything that is not weight bearing but movement is fantastic! :) And it just felt really good. We went at 10am and it was already 100*F, can you believe that!? Crazy hot desert.