Happy New Year!

So long to '09!



Calories eaten yesterday: 794
Fat: 21g (28%)
Carbs: 66g (38%)
Protein: 61g (34%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 204

Happy new year everyone! It’s late on new year’s eve as I type this. I’m pretty much binging. :-p I ate my way to work after doing the laundry. At least I got over an hour of walking in. Fueled by sugar, I had plenty of energy.

Tonight Brad and I are having pizza and drinking champagne (ok, technically sparkling wine). Tomorrow is Friday which means grocery shopping. Brad won’t get much sleep tonight since he’ll be up late and then has to get up at 6 a.m. tomorrow, but I promised him an early bedtime Friday night.

Saturday is church. We are doing communion this week. I bake the bread, and this time pastor asked me to serve it. :)

As for my diet, I’ll eat healthy tomorrow, restart on Sunday, and stay on plan (with Saturday being a "cheat day"), until my birthday. I’m off plan on my birthday and then I can really start over without having to worry about any holiday coming up. :) I can’t wait.

See you all in 2010!

Christmas

Calories eaten Thursday: 1427 (I know - why too much food!)
Fat: 24g (16%)
Carbs: 66g (18%)
Protein: 113g (32%)

Friday was Christmas Day so I was off plan.

Weight Thursday morning: 141.4

Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 277
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 0
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 0
Calories burned in exercise today: 255

Friday Brad got off a little early and we hit Safeway because they were closing early for Christmas. We spent the rest of the day at home relaxing and had a Christmas dinner of Cornish games hens, cauliflower potatoes, and rum cake. Yes, I ate almost all the rum cake myself. :-p

Saturday Brad was tired so we left church after the service. He crashed on my bed while I puttered around the house doing household stuff. In the evening we went to Costco and then I had to work from 7-11 pm. Afterwards we went to Applebee's for drinks since we didn't get to go last week.

When we got home I found the Alli pills I bought at Costco missing and I had torn up and thrown away the receipt at work! Since I couldn't do anything right then, we sipped wine and ate McDonald's and stayed up pretty late.

I woke up at 9:30 and saw it wasn't raining and could even see some blue sky. I pulled Brad out of bed and we came to work, found the pieces of the receipt and taped it together. We went back to the store and the cashier remembered that she had forgotten to put the Alli in my cart. So we got the pills.

We also ended up buying napkins and See's candy gifts certificates (those are for my Mom). Brad also upgraded to the Executive membership. :) Along with the we got a coupon for a free Costco pizza. I am thinking of having Brad pick up the pizza Wednesday and then eating it Thursday since I will be off plan for New Year's Eve and we needed something for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. :)

We managed a walk along the San Leandro shoreline before work.

Tomorrow is my meeting the one of the members of the Board of Directors here about the problems with boss Jon. He has no one over him, so I have to go to the board member. I hope to hit the gym before I come into work.

Christmas Eve Day

Merry Christmas everyone!
Calories eaten yesterday: 1010
Fat: 9g (9%)
Carbs: 79g (36%)
Protein: 89g (39%)
Weight this morning: 141.4
Calories burned in exercise today: 277

Back into the 140s again. *sigh* I just need to suck it up and learn to fast. I'm a fat pig.

Today was laundry. I walked to the laundromat and back, then down to the train, then from my stop to work. I stopped at WalMart to give some money to the Salvation Army bell ringer and pick up a few items. Over 1 1/2 hours of total walking and I skipped breakfast. :)

I'm too upset to be very hungry so I sent my salad back home with Brad when I got to work. I'm not going to eat the sardines I packed, but I left them in the fridge here for next week.

Tonight I'll be up late. When I get home I have to hop in the shower, then cook the cauliflower potatoes and rum cake for Christmas dinner. Brad is supposed to buy some meat for us and cook it.

Tomorrow Brad has to work and we are going to Safeway after he gets off. I arranged for him to get off 1 hour early because the store closes really early.

Saturday after church we have to hit Costco, and then I am working 7 pm-11 pm. I need the overtime.

See you all Sunday! No weigh-ins until after my birthday, though.

Thanksgiving

Calories eaten yesterday: 1198
Fat: 25g (22%)
Carbs: 85g (33%)
Protein: 121g (45%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 0

The silliest thing was said to me yesterday in a Flickr photo comment. The person claims I "binge often (on CARBS) because you don't get enough whole grains." WTF? How did mankind exist before the advent of agriculture when there were no whole grains and any form of carbs were few and far between?

No, I binge because carbs are physically addictive and I am an addict. You don't give a drug addict more drugs so why do people push carb addicts to eat more carbs?

At any rate, HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everybody!



Brad is sick and didn't want any Thanksgiving dinner. He bought two very anemic looking boneless, skinless chicken breast because he didn't want anything. Boneless skinless chicken breast holds about as much interest for me as the boneless skinless chicken breast I used to eat every day and am sick of. I eventually dug up some tilapia (a kind of fish) and had that along with the cauliflower potatoes and rum cake, alone at work.

Brad went back and forth with the time. I eventually started around noon today and will get off at 8 or 9 - not exactly sure yet.

Let's see, I guess I have to say what I'm thankful for. I am thankful for
God
having a job
my kitties Xena and Abby (the bestest kitties in the world!)
Brad's friendship

Have a good weekend everyone! I'll be posting a bit of Facebook while I am gone, and other than that I should be back with blog posts next Wednesday and a report on my trip. I may or may not have internet access while gone, but I should be able to post some updates to Facebook via my cell phone if you want to keep up with me.

Horrible hunger, and Halloween plans

Calories eaten yesterday: 1713
Fat: 29g (16%)
Carbs: 116g (29%)
Protein: 216g (54%)
Weight this morning: 130.6
Calories burned in exercise today: 277

Up another half pounds today. That's 1 1/2 pounds gained in two days. :( I know I ate too much yesterday. I was so hungry when I got home that I had two cups of cottage cheese instead of one and then had a can of Light Progresso soup. I can't even maintain my weight on 1700 calories.

I am just obsessed with food of late and really hungry. This morning I had a cup of egg whites for breakfast, but was still hungry so then I had a cup of cottage cheese. I started craving yesterday and ate a little more to quash it, but the cravings are stronger today.

So far I haven't given in. Resisting the snack shop at the laundromat and all the fast food restaurants on my walks around town was hard, but I made it to work safely. I know I'll eat too much today but I just want to keep from binging.

Weekend plans:
Make pancakes tomorrow for Brad's birthday breakfast Saturday. Hit Costco and Safeway for groceries with Brad.

Saturday is church in the morning and the new Michael Jackson movie in the afternoon. Since we'll miss lunch at church I'll grab some snacks to take to the movie and we'll also get popcorn. I paid for the tickets but at least Brad will buy the popcorn. He's also going to get a drink, but as a rule I don't drink much during movies because then I have to miss part of it to use the bathroom. :-p

With any luck we'll be home by around 6 and will hopefully get a few trick-or-treaters. I have no idea what this neighborhood will be like because we were gone last year at a party.

I'm planning on wearing my renaissance peasant costume the whole day (photo). :)

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Week 106 Weigh-In

Start: 154
Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 25: 137.6
Week 50: 138.4 - Week 75: 137.6
Week 100: 140 - Week 101: 138.4 (-1.6)
Week 102: 138.6 (+0.2) - Week 103: 139.4 (+0.8)
Week 104: 136.4 (-3) - Week 105: 137.8 (+1.4)
Week 106: 137.8 (-0)
Total loss: -16.2 (since starting a low-fat diet)

Body fat on Tanita scale:
Year start: 25.9%
Last test (May): 25.8%
This month: 25.4%

Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.

Calories eaten Thursday: 1361
Fat: 27g (19%)
Carbs: 81g (25%)
Protein: 149g (44%)

Calories eaten Friday: 1507
Fat: 22g (14%)
Carbs: 71g (19%)
Protein: 156g (42%)

Weight Thursday morning: 131.4
Weight Friday morning: 131.4
Weight Saturday morning: 132.8
Weight this morning: 137.8

Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 283
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 161
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 204
Calories burned in exercise today: 0

It was a long and horrible July 4th. Friday (July 3rd) was okay and pretty unremarkable. I bought groceries and puttered around the house putting the groceries away and prepping veggies.

Saturday after church Brad and I walked from my apartment all the way to Alameda Towne Center. We stopped along the way at Starbucks so I could get a skinny iced latte and at Tuttimelon for frozen yogurt (for me) and gelato (for Brad).

We planned to go to New Zealander for dinner, but they closed the kitchen for the holiday and only had drinks. Brad had a beer and I had a glass of wine (Brad paid for the first glass). We went with the backup plan of Tony Romas at Jack London Square, where the fireworks show would be. I was craving a nice steak. But when we got to Jack London, Tony Romas had closed - no longer in business. We tried a couple of other restaurants that would have steak, but they were too expensive.

I was pretty upset at this point. We ended up at a Mexican restaurant, but after changing my salad order a couple of times I ended up just having a side salad and two glasses of wine. The waiter was very kind about the changes I made and when he messed up the ticket (he charged me for the vegetarian salad [that I had cancelled] and left off the wine) he gave me one glass of wine free for the trouble so I only paid for the salad and gave him a nearly 100% tip (the salad was only $4 and I gave him a $4 tip).

Anyway, at this point I was too upset to care about the fireworks. I told Brad he could stay and watch them if he wanted, but I wasn't interested any longer. We ended up going back to Applebee's. We left a little before midnight, ran to catch our bus to the train station, and took the last bus home from there. Good timing with that or we would have had to take a cab!

At Applebee's I finally got my steak and veggies. Brad ordered the "2 for $20" deal. I ate two cheesesticks from the appetizer and nibbled at his french fries. To drink I had a Mochatini, a Caramel Appletini, two glasses of wine, and Diet Coke. I also had more wine when we got home and am a bit hungover today. When I am depressed I tend to drink way too much.

Today I am at work as usual, but did no exercise and have decided to take it easy for one day even though there were plenty of opportunities to walk. Hopefully I will feel good tomorrow and can go to the gym.

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Working and working out on Memorial Day

Calories eaten yesterday: 862
Fat: 17g (19%)
Carbs: 70g (34%)
Protein: 97g (47%)
Weight this morning: 134 (One month ago: 133)
Calories burned in exercise today: 337

Made it to the gym. Because of the holiday the bus only runs once an hour so I had to leave a half hour later than usual (but it did mean an extra half hour of sleep, too!). I managed almost a whole workout. I did 55 minutes of weight training and then 30 minutes on the stairmaster. I dripped sweat all over the place and my tank top and towel were both soaked! :) I walked to work from the train station for a little extra calorie burn. :)

Yes, I am at work today. I work all holidays that fall on a regular work day and Memorial Day always does. The good news is that it looks like I can take Memorial Day next Sunday and do a longer hike with Brad. Yesterday's hike being cut short because I had to get to work sucked royally. So I'll take next Sunday off. :)

Tomorrow the reign of terror begins again. Boss J will be back from his uber long weekend that began last Thursday. God help us all.

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Week 99 Weigh-In

Start: 154
Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 2: 148.6 (-1.4)
Week 3: 146 (-2.6) - Week 4: 147.2 (+1.2)
Week 5: 145.6 (-1.6) - Week 6: 144 (-1.6)
Week 7: 143 (-1) - Week 8: 142.8 (-0.2)
Week 9: 143.6 (+0.8) - Week 10: 141.2 (-2.4)
Week 11: 143.8 (+2.6) - Week 12: 142.4 (-1.4)
Week 13: 142.4 (-0) - Week 14: 141.6 (-0.8)
Week 15: 139.4 (-2.2) - Week 16: 140 (+0.6)
Week 17: 139.2 (-0.8) - Week 18: 139 (-0.2)
Week 19: 138 (-1) - Week 20: 135.4 (-2.6)
Week 21: 137.2 (+1.8) - Week 22: 139.6 (+2.4)
Week 23: 143.2 (+3.6) - Week 24: 143.6 (+0.4)
Week 25: 137.6 (-6) - Week 26: 139.6 (+2)
Week 27: 142 (+2.4) - Week 28: 137.2 (-4.8)
Week 29: 137 (-0.2) - Week 30: 136.8 (-0.2)
Week 31: 142.2 (+5.4) - Week 32: 136.8 (-5.4)
Week 33: 137.8 (+1) - Week 34: 135.8 (-2)
Week 35: 137.6 (+1.8) - Week 36: 143.8 (+6.2)
Week 37: 142.8 (-1) - Week 38: 140 (-2.8)
Week 39: 142.4 (+2.4) - Week 40: 140.4 (-2)
Week 41: 139.6 (-0.8) - Week 42: 142 (+2.4)
Week 43: N/A - Week 44: 141 (-1)
Week 45: 138.8 (-2.2) - Week 46: 139.6 (+0.8)
Week 47: 133.6 (-6) - Week 48: 132.4 (-1.2)
Week 49: 138.6 (+6.2) - Week 50: 138.4 (-0.2)
Week 51: 138.8 (+0.4) - Week 52: 139.4 (+0.6)
Week 53: 137.8 (-1.6) - Week 54: 139.4 (+1.6)
Week 55: 137.6 (-1.8) - Week 56: 136.4 (-1.2)
Week 57: 136.6 (+0.2) - Week 58: 139.4 (+2.8)
Week 59: 136.6 (-2.8) - Week 60: 134.6 (-2)
Week 61: 137 (+2.4) - Week 62: 138.6 (+1.6)
Week 63: 137 (-1.6) - Week 64: 137 (-0)
Week 65: 141.8 (+4.8) - Week 66: 135.4 (-6.4)
Week 67: 136 (+0.6) - Week 68: 139.2 (+3.2)
Week 69: 137.2 (-2) - Week 70: 138.2 (+1)
Week 71: 136.4 (-1.8) - Week 72: 140 (+3.6)
Week 73: 139.4 (-0.6) - Week 74: 140 (+0.6)
Week 75: 137.6 (-2.4) - Week 76: 141.6 (+4)
Week 77: 136.4 (-5.2) - Week 78: 139 (+2.6)
Week 79: 138.2 (-0.8) - Week 80: 139.2 (+1)
Week 81: 139.4 (+0.2) - Week 82: 137.6 (-1.8)
Week 83: 137.8 (+0.2) - Week 84: 137.2 (-0.6)
Week 85: 137.2 (-0) - Week 86: 136.2 (-1)
Week 87: 140.6 (+4.4) - Week 88: 138.8 (-1.8)
Week 89: 139.4 (+0.6) - Week 90: 142 (+2.6)
Week 91: 135.6 (-6.4) - Week 92: 140 (+4.4)
Week 93: 138.8 (-1.2) - Week 94: 138.6 (-0.2)
Week 95: 137.2 (-1.4) - Week 96: 137.6 (+0.6)
Week 97: 139.8 (+2.2) - Week 98: 139.6 (-0.2)
Week 99: 141.4 (+1.8)
Total loss: -12.6

Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.

Calories eaten Thursday: 1295
Fat: 23g (16%)
Carbs: 86g (27%)
Protein: 143g (45%)
Weight Thursday morning: 131.2 (One week ago: n/a)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 277

Calories eaten Friday: 2521 (no, that unfortunately is not a typo)
Fat: 44g (17%)
Carbs: 264g (44%)
Protein: 165g (27%)
Weight Friday morning: 129.4 (One week ago: n/a)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 0

Weight Saturday morning: 133.2 (One week ago: 131.8)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 357

Calories burned in exercise today: 148

Yes, I gained a lot of weight. I spent both Friday and Saturday overeating and am paying for it today. I guess I'm pretty much fasting today since I am not very hungry and need to make penance for the last two days. I did have a double tall skinny hazelnut latte though (90 calories), since it is Easter. :)

Easter is over now and I'm heading into week 100, so I will do better!

I haven't done a cat photo in a while, so here's a photo of Xena taken last week on her 7th birthday. Click the photo for a larger size.

Ok, now onto my weekend.

Friday I attended Good Friday services. I came home and then Brad and I went to Costco for Diet Coke, Diet Rock Star, laundry detergent, cat litter, Airborne, and I bought a huge package of Ziploc sandwich bags and Ziploc quart bags. Then we went to Safeway for groceries.

My eating got out of control that night. I couldn't sleep and woke up shortly after falling asleep and pigged out. Curse those Cadbury eggs! I'd bought a package of four and alas, I ate all four. :(

I bought hot cross buns on Saturday morning to take to church and ended up eating most of them myself. They were not very popular I guess because so much of the icing came off and stuck to the package. :(

Saturday we left church after eating (I didn't stay to clean up like I usually do). I pigged out at church on rice, pizza, soup, and apple pie. I had a second piece of pie even though I wasn't hungry just because it tasted so good. :(

We went home and I quickly cut up some veggies to snack on this week. Then we went for a long walk (two hours to two and a half hours) in Anthony Chabot Regional Park starting at Bort Meadow and did a nice little loop. It was a bigger loop than we expected because we took a wrong turn, but the walk was still shorter than I would have liked.

Today we went to Easter Sunday services. We left afterwords and, since I was wearing my Easter dress, we took a short, flat walk up the Stream Trail in Redwood Regional Park to the point where it starts to go up. It was still a little muddy from the rain last week.

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Week 98 Weigh-In

Start: 154
Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 2: 148.6 (-1.4)
Week 3: 146 (-2.6) - Week 4: 147.2 (+1.2)
Week 5: 145.6 (-1.6) - Week 6: 144 (-1.6)
Week 7: 143 (-1) - Week 8: 142.8 (-0.2)
Week 9: 143.6 (+0.8) - Week 10: 141.2 (-2.4)
Week 11: 143.8 (+2.6) - Week 12: 142.4 (-1.4)
Week 13: 142.4 (-0) - Week 14: 141.6 (-0.8)
Week 15: 139.4 (-2.2) - Week 16: 140 (+0.6)
Week 17: 139.2 (-0.8) - Week 18: 139 (-0.2)
Week 19: 138 (-1) - Week 20: 135.4 (-2.6)
Week 21: 137.2 (+1.8) - Week 22: 139.6 (+2.4)
Week 23: 143.2 (+3.6) - Week 24: 143.6 (+0.4)
Week 25: 137.6 (-6) - Week 26: 139.6 (+2)
Week 27: 142 (+2.4) - Week 28: 137.2 (-4.8)
Week 29: 137 (-0.2) - Week 30: 136.8 (-0.2)
Week 31: 142.2 (+5.4) - Week 32: 136.8 (-5.4)
Week 33: 137.8 (+1) - Week 34: 135.8 (-2)
Week 35: 137.6 (+1.8) - Week 36: 143.8 (+6.2)
Week 37: 142.8 (-1) - Week 38: 140 (-2.8)
Week 39: 142.4 (+2.4) - Week 40: 140.4 (-2)
Week 41: 139.6 (-0.8) - Week 42: 142 (+2.4)
Week 43: N/A - Week 44: 141 (-1)
Week 45: 138.8 (-2.2) - Week 46: 139.6 (+0.8)
Week 47: 133.6 (-6) - Week 48: 132.4 (-1.2)
Week 49: 138.6 (+6.2) - Week 50: 138.4 (-0.2)
Week 51: 138.8 (+0.4) - Week 52: 139.4 (+0.6)
Week 53: 137.8 (-1.6) - Week 54: 139.4 (+1.6)
Week 55: 137.6 (-1.8) - Week 56: 136.4 (-1.2)
Week 57: 136.6 (+0.2) - Week 58: 139.4 (+2.8)
Week 59: 136.6 (-2.8) - Week 60: 134.6 (-2)
Week 61: 137 (+2.4) - Week 62: 138.6 (+1.6)
Week 63: 137 (-1.6) - Week 64: 137 (-0)
Week 65: 141.8 (+4.8) - Week 66: 135.4 (-6.4)
Week 67: 136 (+0.6) - Week 68: 139.2 (+3.2)
Week 69: 137.2 (-2) - Week 70: 138.2 (+1)
Week 71: 136.4 (-1.8) - Week 72: 140 (+3.6)
Week 73: 139.4 (-0.6) - Week 74: 140 (+0.6)
Week 75: 137.6 (-2.4) - Week 76: 141.6 (+4)
Week 77: 136.4 (-5.2) - Week 78: 139 (+2.6)
Week 79: 138.2 (-0.8) - Week 80: 139.2 (+1)
Week 81: 139.4 (+0.2) - Week 82: 137.6 (-1.8)
Week 83: 137.8 (+0.2) - Week 84: 137.2 (-0.6)
Week 85: 137.2 (-0) - Week 86: 136.2 (-1)
Week 87: 140.6 (+4.4) - Week 88: 138.8 (-1.8)
Week 89: 139.4 (+0.6) - Week 90: 142 (+2.6)
Week 91: 135.6 (-6.4) - Week 92: 140 (+4.4)
Week 93: 138.8 (-1.2) - Week 94: 138.6 (-0.2)
Week 95: 137.2 (-1.4) - Week 96: 137.6 (+0.6)
Week 97: 139.8 (+2.2) - Week 98: 139.6 (-0.2)
Total loss: -14.4

Body fat on Tanita scale:
This month: 26.7%

Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.

Calories eaten Thursday: 300
Fat: 0.2g (1%)
Carbs: 35g (47%)
Protein: 2g (2%)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 277

Calories eaten Friday: 1252
Fat: 19g (14%)
Carbs: 71g (24%)
Protein: 112g (37%)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 76

Weight Saturday morning: 131.8 (One week ago: 133.4)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 230

Calories burned in exercise today: 171

I ended up fasting for 36 hours on Thursday/Friday instead of 24 because someone challenged me to 36. It was hard sleeping when I was so hungry and I didn't feel too great after 36 hours. I think I need to keep fasts to 24 hours.

Friday I bought very few groceries because so much food was left over from last week.

Saturday someone brought chocolate cake to the church potluck. My compulsive eating got the best of me and I ate several pieces (the pieces were small).

To help make up for it Brad and I walked in Point Pinole Regional Shoreline for 1 1/2 hours. The photo is me at Point Pinole. Click it for a larger size.

For dinner Brad and I made up one of the last two soy pizza crusts. I will be glad when they are gone now that I know how bad soy is. We topped it with turkey pepperoni and low-fat shredded cheese and had that for dinner. Of course I couldn't stop eating after that, even when I finally felt full. I full scale disaster though the food was generally healthy.

I am fasting today to make up for yesterday - just a 24 hour fast so I will eat something when I get home from work. My last food before bed was around midnight. All I've had to eat today was communion, one bite of cheese, and one bite of cookie.

Brad and I went to Palm Sunday services at the Episcopal church by the lake this morning, then went for a hike on a nearby trail. We'd been waiting to do it, but it's been too muddy. Today it was dry. We only managed a little over an hour walking in Anthony Chabot Regional Park starting at the Big Bear Staging Area. I was hoping for at least two hours and Brad wanted three! Oh well. It's the beginning of Holy Week so things will be a little crazy until Easter is over.

I'm barely hovering under 140, but oh well. It will come off. I am deciding whether to fast Friday or not, as least for most of the day. It's Good Friday so it would be traditional and help me lose weight. :)

Tomorrow I hope to go to the gym.

I'm replacing my "10 Commandments for Saturday Cheats," with just a couple simple rules. I may add on later.

Rule #1 - Skip breakfast 6 days a week unless I go to the gym. Then have a protein shake before and after. (I like the weight room and need the protein.)
Rule #2 - Saturday breakfast will be 2 scoops of Muscle Milk Light and nothing else, or nothing at all.

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Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Calories eaten yesterday: 983 (no, that not a typo - I wasn't very hungry after all I ate last week)
Fat: 22g (21%)
Carbs: 69g (28%)
Protein: 126g (51%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 373

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Ok, so I get these blog entries posted late.

Made it to the gym today. I was tired so after an hour of weight training (upper and lower body) I just walked on the treadmill at 4.0mph - 2 miles. I also walked to work from the BART station, stopping at WalMart for more Crystal Light.

I really think the 112mcg of thyroid med are causing this tiredness. I felt SO much better on 100mcg. Who would think that 12 measly micrograms could make such a difference? I think once I have the blood tests done (April 3) then I will drop back to 100. I can't keep feeling like this forever and it's not getting better. 112mcg could be too low, but I suspect it's probably too high.

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Week 96, Day 5

Calories eaten yesterday: 1164
Fat: 21g (17%)
Carbs: 100g (35%)
Protein: 134g (48%)
Weight this morning: 129.4 (One week ago: 130.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 219

Here's a couple photos from Ash Wednesday - the ashes, and me with the ashes. Click either photo for a larger size.



My small 4 cup coffee maker died yesterday. I turned it on and it did nothing - the coffee didn't perk and the heating plate doesn't even warm up. Mike bought it for me in 1999, so it lived a good long life of nearly 10 years.

Today I did laundry so I walked down to the laundromat and back, then down toward BART. I had to stop at the laundromat again because I left my coffee cup there this morning. Thankfully the lady who works there had found it and put it in the office so it wouldn't be taken.

I walked as far as the 7-11 by the bridge into Alameda, hopped the bus, stopped at Safeway for some salad, and then came into work. Tomorrow is grocery shopping and some major cooking. I have three days of overtime this coming week and will have no time or energy to do anything.

Saturday is church (of course) but we will be there all day because after church we are watching the movie Fireproof at Brent's house. Then they are having games and probably dinner at some fast food place. :-p Brad and I are at Anita's mercy with his car in the shop so I don't know how much of this I will be subjected to. I don't mind the movie, but games and fast food - bah! I guess I should bring a book to read in case I get stuck for the games.

Sunday? God only knows - literally. It depends on how late I'm out. With the crazy week I will probably skip the gym to prepare food.

The Hydroxycut (official site) I bought yesterday is making me a bit hyped up, but nothing I can't handle. It seemed to help my appetite a bit, but who knows. It's too early to tell really.

If I feel it works I'll let you know. So far the only diet pill that does what's promised is Alli. It promises to block some of the fat you eat, and I can see the results in the toilet. I would recommend it.

I'll be back on Sunday with my weigh-in and what happened over the weekend.

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Ash Wednesday

Calories eaten yesterday: 1217
Fat: 30g (22%)
Carbs: 79g (26%)
Protein: 152g (51%)
Weight this morning: 131.6 (One week ago: 132.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 160

Today is Ash Wednesday so instead of going to the gym I went to the noon chapel service at a local Episcopal church. I need to research and find a church that believes in what the Bible says, but this one will do until then. We had the ashes imposed and took communion. The wine seemed super sweet, not like regular wine at all. At the left is last year's photo of me after getting the ashes. Click it for a larger size.

I walked to BART, and walked from my stop to work. I was so hungry that I stopped at Pac N Save and bought a 12 oz. bag of salad so I can have two salads today. I also picked up some cottage cheese since I always need that.

Then I went to WalMart to spend the rest of my money on the BodyBugg refund. I got the stuff I needed, and splurged a couple of shampoos for red hair, plus picked up more conditioner for red hair.

I'm also desperate again and picked up a bottle of Hydroxycut. I did a little research and found something on WebMD about one of the active ingredient in it - hydroxycitric acid. It doesn't seem to have too much caffeine - about one cup of coffee per pill. I'm desperate to get these last few pounds off!

Tomorrow is payday and I'm doing laundry.

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New Year's Eve and New Year's Day

No nutrition stats today since I was off plan for New Year's Eve. But I am back on now!

Weight January 1 of last year: 145.6
Weight January 1 this year: 141.4

Calories burned in exercise today: 245

I ate bad on New Year's Eve day - granola bars, candy, cookies, and fast food. Two servings of oatmeal before I went to bed.

I'm a little hung over today but not too bad. I feel fat and bloated and my jeans are tight. Time to get back to a strict low-calorie diet. My goal is about 1200 calories a day, whether or not I work out.

I walked up to the bus only to find that the bus is only running once an hour since today is a holiday. I had forgotten to take my vitamins so I walked back home and took them and then walked back to the bus. At any rate, I got to the gym late so I got out late.

I went to the gym and did 45 minutes of weight training, 30 minutes on the elliptical, and 15 on the stationary bike. I decided not to take BART since I figured I missed the 2 o'clock train so I took the bus into work. I was nearly a half hour late. I should have taken the train. It would have been close, but I would have been on time at least. Oh well. I'm going to use my 4 hours comp time from Christmas Eve to make up for leaving two hours early last night, so it will cover the half hour.

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New Year's Eve

Calories eaten yesterday: 1103
Fat: 20g (16%)
Carbs: 107g (39%)
Protein: 122g (45%)
Weight this morning: 133.2
Calories burned in exercise today: 300


I finally weighed myself this morning. I'm up a couple of pounds from where I should be on a Wednesday but I did eat in the middle of the night so hopefully that's why. Still, I have a feeling it's not. My pants are unbearable today! I think I really have gained some weight over this holiday season. Tomorrow (after my cheat day today) I have to weigh myself to get a starting weight for the year.

Lots of walking a bad eating today. It's a cheat day since it's New Year's Eve. Back on plan and (hopefully) back to the gym tomorrow. I can't think of a better way to start the new year than to work out! :)

Today I walked to the laundromat and back, then up to the bank and health food store and back, then down to BART, then from my BART stop to work. About 1 hour 49 minutes. Tonight is champagne at home with Brad. I'm getting off two hours early tonight and Brad is going in two hours late tomorrow so Lisa will work 9 pm-9 am. I have to work my regular shift tomorrow.

Blood tests on Friday so I didn't take my Levothyroxine in the middle of the night and won't take it tomorrow either. I also stopped and bought a Larabar and a Clifbar. They are loaded with soy protein that should raise my TSH a bit. I have two soy patties left and will eat them tomorrow. I'm not buying anymore, but this is the perfect time to get rid of the last of them.

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Christmas Day

Calories eaten yesterday: 1169
Fat: 20g (16%)
Carbs: 123g (43%)
Protein: 118g (41%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 167

I don't remember the last time my carbs were higher than my protein. Not good, but it's the Kombucha putting me over. I've been drinking one a day as part of my detox this week.

I broke down and had oatmeal for breakfast. It wasn't very good or satisfying. I regret now that I craved it. I also got up early and was hungry and had some toast with Walden Farms jelly, and cottage cheese. Also a little of the cauliflower potatoes for Christmas dinner with Brad at work. I made myself coffee with sugar-free hot chocolate ("poor man's mocha"), and plain hot chocolate.

As for my sugar addiction, *sigh*. I dived into the cookies and candies sitting out at work. Blech. I must do better. I must break this addiction! I managed to send Brad home with the rest of the cookies that were sitting out (I had eaten the rest of the candy!) so I wouldn't eat any more. Bad, bad Victoria!

Brad didn't buy egg nog because the health food store was closed when he got there yesterday. I was very upset since I allow myself store bought egg nog just once a year, at Christmas. He thought I only wanted that kind so didn't get anything else. :-p I sent him out to get it. Thank God his Safeway was open. I noticed when I walked to work from BART that Pac N Save was closed. I had him get a quart of light egg nog since it has less fat and calories. My annual treat. :) I arrived at work about an hour early so Brad clocked out to get the egg nog and I clocked in early.

This weekend I will do Brad's annual treat - homemade low-carb egg nog made with heavy whipping cream and whole eggs (and Splenda). Very high in fat, but it's just once a year. Brad would like it more often, but I have to watch my fat.

For Christmas dinner we had lamb, cauliflower potatoes (made with low-fat cheese and fat-free cream cheese), oatmeal cookies (homemade with my healthy recipe), egg nog, and Perrier. It was yummy, but combined with all my treats - well, I am stuffed.

Dinner tonight will be the rest of the oatmeal cookies, some peanuts from the vending machine downstairs, and a turkey and cheese sandwich I made this morning. Maybe some Ritz crackers Ray gave me. Possibly some left over salad I brought from home.

I opened all my Christmas gifts including my whole Vicki box, but that will have to wait for another post about the cool stuff I got. I also opened a couple presents last night and got some cool stuff.

I'm working this weekend. 3 pm-7 pm tomorrow and 7 pm-11 pm Saturday night. Then back to my regular schedule Sunday. I might drop a post, or not. Ah well. I need the overtime badly.

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Merry CHRISTmas!

Happy Jesus Day everyone!
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10 Million Steps!

Calories eaten yesterday: 1236
Fat: 18g (14%)
Carbs: 124g (41%)
Protein: 137g (45%)
Calories burned in exercise today: 319

My pants are fitting a bit better so that's a good sign. I'm still steering clear of the scale. With tomorrow being Christmas - forget it!

I made 10 million steps today! Yay me! Please take a look at my Walker Tracker stats in my sidebar. :)

I've been keeping a close eye on my numbers and thankfully the rain has mostly held off so I could get in plenty of walking the last few days. Today I walked up to the bank, down to the laundromat, back up to my apartment, back down to the BART station, and from my BART stop to work.

I stopped at the fruit stand for their bag of mixed fruit for a treat tomorrow. I also bought a double tall skinny vanilla latte at Starbucks and a petite cheese croissant for tomorrow. Today I'm being good and just ordered tea.

Mom's Christmas check yesterday along with the money my employer set aside for me. I deposited those. I had already done a bunch of shopping on Amazon so after I put the checks in I hit a few buttons and put the order through for the new camera, used camera, and a bunch of used CDs.

My Vicki box came today! :) She sent it late and paid a ton of money to get it here on time. A box from Amazon also arrived. I knew the cat calendar I wanted was in there because I noticed it missing from my wish list, but the CD of worship music was a nice surprise. :) I have so much music on my wish list that I would never notice one CD missing.

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My Thanksgiving - Working Out, Then Working

Calories eaten yesterday: 1230
Fat: 22g (17%)
Carbs: 119g (39%)
Protein: 134g (44%)
Weight this morning: 129.2 (One week ago: 129.2)
Calories burned in exercise today: 332

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope yours was a great one!

Here's what I am thankful for:

1) God's salvation.
2) God's Word, the Bible.
3) my friend Brad.
4) a job in this poor economy. My employer laid off a bunch of people just this past week right before the holidays. So I am thankful that I still have work.
5) my two cats Xena and Abby.

Yesterday was the first truly cold and rainy day of the season. It was freezing. I actually took hot tea with me on the bus, and had three cups of hot tea at work. Today it was 60 degrees like yesterday, but felt warmer.

I had a ton more energy today because I ate more. Breakfast was some of the veggie casserole I made, plus coffee with milk and Splenda, two of my healthy homemade oatmeal cookies (plus I ate one last night and one in the middle of the night), about a cup of unsweetened applesauce, and a small apple.

We live in a graceless world. I walked up to the Starbucks inside Safeway this morning and this one woman insisted that I had cut in front of her. I don't know if I did or not, but since that one minute was just so important to her I let her go ahead. As I said, a graceless world. The unsaved don't even know what graciousness really is. And I was the one on the tight schedule and working today. She was just picking up items for Thanksgiving dinner with her family. Gee, wish I could have Thanksgiving at home with my family. At the Starbucks I got a tall non-fat, sugar-free Cinnamon Dulce latte, a small bar of dark chocolate, and one petite vanilla scone.

I'm not sure that Starbucks got my latte order right (I wanted two shots), but I was too busy to check every detail. Then the bus didn't come. I had let the first one pass so I could get go up to Starbucks and get coffee, but the next one didn't show up. That made me late getting to the gym because the next bus didn't come for an hour. I wish I would have taken the first bus.

So I had a crappy morning, but things got better once I got to the gym. Like Emo Phillips said, "Some mornings it just doesn't seem worth it to gnaw through the leather straps."

The gym was busy this morning. It was open in the morning, but they were shutting down at 2 pm. When I came in a little before noon there were a ton of people in both and cardio and weight rooms. I had to do my weight training as machines were available. I did some leg work with my arms as I didn't get a leg day this week.

For cardio I did the pedal-type Stairmaster for 30 minutes. Sweat was literally dripping off me. :) I tried to wear my heart rate monitor so I could work hard enough to keep my heart rate up, but the Stairmaster doesn't have a heart rate feature on it! :-p

Brad and I had Thanksgiving dinner here at work. Turkey of course, and veggie casserole with coffee afterwords and homemade oatmeal cookies for dessert. I did eat bad on the way here. I walked to work from the train station. Burger King was open and I tried to assuage my chicken sandwich craving with chicken nuggets. Didn't work. I bought the six pack of cheesy tater tots. They were only so-so, so when I got panhandled outside I gave the woman the remaining three. I also got a crispy chicken sandwich, but with no mayo (dry sandwich). It was what I was craving and hit the spot. At the convenience store I bought a Snickers bar (was craving that, too), and a small bag of Doritos, but I split those with Brad.

So I didn't do as well as I could have food-wise, but things could have been much worse. My weight will majorly rebound tomorrow. :(

A word on my diet for those who don't know:
I am no longer doing a strict low-carb diet. As some of you may know, my calories were going too high so I had to switch to a low-fat diet to keep the calories down. I still watch my carbs. I don't like how the Cream of Wheat runs my carbs up higher than I'd like, but it's the lowest calorie way to get my iron up.

With my fat low and my carbs controlled, the rest of my calories come from protein. As some of you may know, I am a huge fan of protein and feel pretty good on a high protein diet. I try to get about 1g of protein for every pound I weigh. When I don't get the normal amount of protein my body is used to I start craving it.

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Week 84, Day 5

Calories eaten yesterday: 1339
Fat: 20g (14%)
Carbs: 119g (36%)
Protein: 162g (50%)
Weight this morning: 130.4 (One week ago: 129)
Calories burned in exercise today: 264

Nothing much today besides laundry and a lot of walking. The wet season is setting in right on time. It tried to rain today, but by tomorrow we'll be seeing the real storm roll in, then it will rain all day Saturday and into Sunday.

I'll be back posting on Sunday with how the weekend went. Until then, have a safe and happy Halloween!

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Week 68 Weigh-In

Start: 154
Week 1: 150 (-4) - Week 2: 148.6 (-1.4)
Week 3: 146 (-2.6) - Week 4: 147.2 (+1.2)
Week 5: 145.6 (-1.6) - Week 6: 144 (-1.6)
Week 7: 143 (-1) - Week 8: 142.8 (-0.2)
Week 9: 143.6 (+0.8) - Week 10: 141.2 (-2.4)
Week 11: 143.8 (+2.6) - Week 12: 142.4 (-1.4)
Week 13: 142.4 (-0) - Week 14: 141.6 (-0.8)
Week 15: 139.4 (-2.2) - Week 16: 140 (+0.6)
Week 17: 139.2 (-0.8) - Week 18: 139 (-0.2)
Week 19: 138 (-1) - Week 20: 135.4 (-2.6)
Week 21: 137.2 (+1.8) - Week 22: 139.6 (+2.4)
Week 23: 143.2 (+3.6) - Week 24: 143.6 (+0.4)
Week 25: 137.6 (-6) - Week 26: 139.6 (+2)
Week 27: 142 (+2.4) - Week 28: 137.2 (-4.8)
Week 29: 137 (-0.2) - Week 30: 136.8 (-0.2)
Week 31: 142.2 (+5.4) - Week 32: 136.8 (-5.4)
Week 33: 137.8 (+1) - Week 34: 135.8 (-2)
Week 35: 137.6 (+1.8) - Week 36: 143.8 (+6.2)
Week 37: 142.8 (-1) - Week 38: 140 (-2.8)
Week 39: 142.4 (+2.4) - Week 40: 140.4 (-2)
Week 41: 139.6 (-0.8) - Week 42: 142 (+2.4)
Week 43: N/A - Week 44: 141 (-1)
Week 45: 138.8 (-2.2) - Week 46: 139.6 (+0.8)
Week 47: 133.6 (-6) - Week 48: 132.4 (-1.2)
Week 49: 138.6 (+6.2) - Week 50: 138.4 (-0.2)
Week 51: 138.8 (+0.4) - Week 52: 139.4 (+0.6)
Week 53: 137.8 (-1.6) - Week 54: 139.4 (+1.6)
Week 55: 137.6 (-1.8) - Week 56: 136.4 (-1.2)
Week 57: 136.6 (+0.2) - Week 58: 139.4 (+2.8)
Week 59: 136.6 (-2.8) - Week 60: 134.6 (-2)
Week 61: 137 (+2.4) - Week 62: 138.6 (+1.6)
Week 63: 137 (-1.6) - Week 64: 137 (-0)
Week 65: 141.8 (+4.8) - Week 66: 135.4 (-6.4)
Week 67: 136 (+0.6) - Week 68: 139.2 (+3.2)
Total loss: -14.8

Body fat on Tanita scale:
Year start: 26.6%
Last month: 23.6%
This month: 24.4%

Ok, now to catch up on other numbers.

Calories eaten Thursday: 1280
Fat: 21g (15%)
Carbs: 70g (22%)
Protein: 161g (51%)
Weight Thursday morning: didn't get on scale (One week ago: 128.2)
Calories burned in exercise Thursday: 97

Calories eaten Friday, July 4th: 1491
Fat: 20g (12%)
Carbs: 113g (31%)
Protein: 140g (38%)
Weight Friday morning: 133.2 (One week ago: 128.8)
Calories burned in exercise Friday: 272

Weight Saturday morning: 132.6 (One week ago: 129.2)
Calories burned in exercise Saturday: 136

Calories burned in exercise today: 396

I was off plan three days last week so I knew I would gain weight, and it's real weight, not just water weight that whooshes away. I put on about 3 pounds from my two cheat days, so that will take a strict diet and lot of exercise to get off.

Therefore, today is the first day of the rest of my diet. Now that I am all moved in and unpacked, I made it to the gym today for the first time in a week and a half, and hope to make it three days this week. The move messed with everything, exercise-wise and diet-wise.

I thought I would have to take the bus to BART and take BART to the gym, costing me an extra $1.50 every time I went. But Brad and I were out walking the neighborhood yesterday and I discovered that the 11 bus starts several blocks from my house. The 11 goes within a block of the gym, so I'll just walk up the street and take the 11. It takes a little longer (though not much), but the money I'll save is worth it.

Friday I took a little walk down the street and back, then Brad and I did an hour 40 minutes of walking later. Two hours total for me. Then we went to Jack London Square to see the fireworks and I have pictures and video. We had drinks at Tony Roma's. I counted my two glasses of wine there as the two glasses I allow myself on Fridays.

Saturday after church we walked up the street and then down MacArthur all the way to the Laurel District. About 1 hour total. Then we Pay-Per-Viewed 10,000 BC, which Brad expressed an interest in seeing. Not too bad of a movie. I missed some of it because I was in and out of the kitchen so I insisted on seeing the beginning of the movie again so I could figure out the plot better.

In the midst of seeing the beginning of the movie a second time Abby escaped and roamed the neighborhood looking for her old home. I finally asked Brad to leave as she wouldn't come to him; she's bonded to me. I went outside a couple more times calling to her and eventually heard her bell and corralled her back inside. Cats need to be kept indoors for two weeks after a move and it's only been a few days. Give Abby some more time to know where home is and she should do fine.

Today I went to the gym and did one hour of upper body weights followed by 30 minutes of running. It was so good to get back to the running. I missed that. I forgot to pack my salad today so I had to stop at the store and buy some. I was running a bit late so I took the bus over the first overpass, then walked the rest of the way to work - 20 minutes.

Tomorrow I am hoping to hit the gym again and do lower body. Since it is hard to run after working my legs for an hour, I figure I'll do the elliptical or something easier on my legs.

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