suechru's Journal, 13 August 2010

Today was interesting. First off, the bloating that I was claiming all week really was the case and the scale was FINALLY down this morning. That's always a huge relief since while I did have a day of not eating so well I didn't think I'd had/done enough to actually cause me to gain weight at the rate my body was seeming to pile it on.

I'm actually almost at 17 lbs lost now! That's really exciting to me since I can see 20 on the horizon and to me, that's enough of a weight loss to really consider an actual loss. I know it makes no sense but as we all know the scale can fluctuate so anything less than 10lbs could be TOM or whatever in my mind. 20 though, that's progress. Real honest progress.

Plus, today brings me to 7.2 lbs away from my first big goal - the 25 lbs lost one. I've mentioned it before but I'm buying myself a new iPod when I hit that milestone. I debated about it since in a way I didn't want to feel like I was bribing myself to lose weight. However, at the end of the day, I really really want a new iPod and I've been really good about not going out and just buying myself stuff. I figure something as big as losing 25 lbs is a great reason to indulge.

I know this sounds crazy but my obliques (I think that's what they are) and abs are actually sore today. I did a lot of core related stuff last night on the wii and I didn't think I was really doing anything at the time but I feel it today. I haven't done a hell of a lot yet on those areas yet so and I'm pretty damn certain my abs are weak since that's never been an area where I had super strength in any regards. I've historically always had strong legs but weak abs.

Didn't actually get to exercise officially today but I did do the stairs again at work so climbing up to the 4th floor twice has to be something and I do park at the edge of the parking lot. Not that this equals a real workout but at least I'm not sitting all day. I was really tired when I got out of work (TOM fatigue) and debating doing anything and ended up getting in contact with a friend I hadn't seen in over a month. We ended up at a diner where I actually made a pretty good and healthy food choice - an egg white Italian omelet. Which is basically an egg white omelet with pizza type veggies, sausage, mozzarella cheese and sauce. I tried to enter it as close as possible but if I figure it can't have been that bad - even though it was huge I didn't eat the whole thing.

Actually I couldn't eat the whole thing. Especially since it came with hash browns and toast. I had probably 2/3 of the omelet, a 1/3 of the hash browns and one of the slices of whole wheat toast. Brought the rest home. Not sure if it'd be okay reheated but I hate the thought of wasting food. Plus, the omelet was damn good. I don't think I can eat egg whites in scrambled eggs but mix them with enough stuff in an omelet and I can't taste the difference.

Maybe I shouldn't have had sausage in the omelet but I said no to the free bagels at work this morning AND didn't get pancakes or the giant waffle covered in syrup so I'm not going to feel guilt about sausage. Even if my counter's higher I still don't think I'm over 1500 calories

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1371 kcal

Fat: 43.52g | Prot: 84.82g | Carb: 170.47g.   Breakfast: Cream (Half & Half), Coffee (Brewed From Grounds), Water, Greek Style Nonfat Yogurt - Blueberry, No Calorie Sweetener Packets, Peaches. Lunch: Low Salt Deli Sliced Ham, Diet Dr. Pepper, Light Wheat Bread, Dijon Mustard, Red Delicious Apples, Rold Gold Pretzel Sticks. Dinner: egg white omelet, diet coke, marinara sauce, hash browns, whole wheat toast. Snacks/Other: dasani, salsa, tostitos scoops baked. more...

3546 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Calisthenics (light, e.g. home exercise) - 10 minutes, Sitting - 30 minutes, Desk Work - 8 hours, Resting - 5 hours and 50 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours, Housework - 30 minutes, Driving - 1 hour. more...