Let’s start with the fact that I lost three pounds this week just by cutting out flour products!  I really do not think wheat is bad for you. I’ve been tested for celiac and don’t have it.   I don’t get sick eating whole wheat.  I think it’s an amazing whole grain and I can’t get enough of it.  Which is exactly the problem… I can’t get enough of it!! Anytime I have a slice of bread, I want 3 more. Every time I have a bowl of noodles, I want a plate full of noodles.  So the very fact that I am deciding I just can’t control myself around whole wheat/ or white flour, it’s just easier not to eat it at all.

So, today I was 123lbs.  I feel like as long as I stay under 125 my jeans will fit.  At five feet tall, three pounds is the difference between tight jeans, and lose ones! I promise.

So, here was my breakfast I’ve been having most days:

• Oatmeal
• applesauce
• chopped apples
• cinnamon
• raisins

Lighting is bad, cause I eat when it’s dark, but it’s soooo Good!  I also read the paper every morning. I can’t start my day until I do.

Later today we are going to pick more apples!

Situations to avoid:

• Baking cookies- should be obvious, but yet I do it every weekend!
• Baking bread- another obvious one, because I’m capable of eating a whole loaf and going to bed with a stomach ache.
• Purchasing the red light food (animal crackers, Resee’s puffs cereal, graham crackers, Nilla Wafers, Trail mix with M&M’s)
• Hanging out in the kitchen in the middle of the day! I need to just hang out somewhere else.. Being in the kitchen, even if I’m cleaning it is dangerous. I see the container of peanut butter and, I grab a spoon, and go for it.

I’m sure I’ll think of more, but these are the worst ones for now.

I’ll post a little of what I’ve been eating the last few days, and here is a link to the Dr. Fuhrman article I was referring to in another post.  It’s a must read!

http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/hurtful-food-are-you-a-food-addict.html

Lot’s of egg whites and bananas

Lot’s of salads

A yummy pistachio / scoop of protein powder/ fat free sugar free pudding

Cereal and yogurt of course

Easter Eggs and toast

Some BBQ chicken pizza that I made last night! MMMM.

I wanted to put a photo update, but I am SO embarrassed.  I don’t know who reads this. I don’t know if my brothers or my mother read it…. so I just deleted it.

OK, it’s up again.  First pic. is Feb. 2010

Next picture is April 10, 2010

Breakfast:  sliced pear, egg white with mushrooms and black beans.

Snack: Smoothie with protein powder

Lunch: Leftover multi bean soup from yesterday (but I added chicken and crackers)

Snack: Protein bar at school.

two Resees cups (Our Leprechaun put them in my kids shoes for St. Patrick’s day.  Someone left a few on the counter, and I stole them!)

Being Wednesday: Wade made scrambled eggs for dinner.

And I ate a pear.    

Then for no reason I can figure out ( I was not hungry). I ate TWO granola bars.  Back to back. 

Before the run, some extra food. Egg whites and oatmeal with applesauce

The run was fun: (two hours, 11 miles)

A luna bar During the run

After run: cottage cheese on Ezekial toast.  I had two of these, but I actually didn’t like it much.

Then a cookie.  These were still leftover from SUNDAY!  I have never had cookies last this long in my house, ever!  Which goes to show me, I really was the one eating the cookies, all of them!

Sweet potato, chicken and carrots

Apple, string cheese: Then I wanted to sautee some of this yummy cabbage with feta cheese! It was really good. I had two helpings

And lastly, some taco salad. 

Then I had a meeting at church that went till 10pm!  I was really tired!

My workout- 30 minute intervals around the track behind my house. (photo obviously taken in the spring.) I love the track, because if the kids need me, they can just walk out back and get me.

Breakfast:

egg whites and black beans, with a touch of feta cheese in the middle!! YUMMY! With a banana

Second meal:  Oats/ berries, and protein powder

Meal 3:

Sweet potato and chicken (I do use my plates quite a bit)

Meal 4: I finally made a true green smoothie!  Thanks for encouraging me Venessa!

And then I got weak! Totally anxious as I await mail letting me know if I got into the Masters Program or not!  No letter today, but ate 3 of these macaroons while I watched for the mailman!

And lastly, our cafe rio burritos for dinner:

I really wanted to eat more of those macaroons. But luckily, I didn’t. And thankfully when I woke up this morning, I was still 121lbs.  So the three I ate wasn’t detrimental. Whew!

I love that Garmin! I won it at the half marathon last summer!

Ate a banana before the run, since I knew I’d be gone long.

Super hungry after the run.   Eggs and tortilla. 

Spent an hour with my sister while she finished up this video! It turned out way cute.  She’s doing some sort of Palm Pre product thing.

After Sarah’s, another Protein bar.  These were the best price of protein bars for the amount of protein in contains.  (we found them at Costco), But in the past, I would have never eaten a meal replacement bar that contained 300 calories! It just seemed way to high.  But it hasn’t affected my weight loss in anyway way.  So, I’ll just keep eating them for now.

1:00, I realize this does not look appetizing.  But it was super good.  Some beef roast on a salad with some string cheese and tomato. And a pear.

3:00: sitting down to study, so I’m munching on carrots, rather than pirate bootty this time!  Along with some cottage cheese, a small scoop of yogurt (because it was flavored, and I didn’t want the whole amount), and banana.

For dinner: Some broccoli and an egg white.  I just didn’t have much of an appetite for some reason.

Some foods that I have not been getting enough of, and I will try harder tomorrow is Brown rice, wild rice, beans, maybe some quinoa…

I’m still 121 lbs.  I know it isn’t much, but I’m 5 foot 1, and carry all of that 121 lbs in my butt.  So, instead I’m keeping measurements.  2 weeks ago, My hips measured 39 inches.  Now, under 38 inches, in just two weeks.  Mostly water I’m sure, but I’m thrilled, and it feels great!

I was at the gym by 5am. Much preferred. Especially being lame on the weights, I don’t need anyone watching!  There were still quite a few people there, but not as many people as there were by 6. 

So, I did an upper body weight routine.  (Body for life style).  Then I got on the elliptical for 30 minutes.  Luckily someone left a SELF magazine for me to read. Whew!

My eating was much more intentional!  Scrambled egg whites on whole wheat tortilla with a banana at 7:15 am

9:00 AM: Cottage cheese and peaches

11:30 AM: The rest of the peaches, chicken, and sweet potato. So addicted to those sweet potatoes!  They are seriously so super filling! I could eat them everyday.  That was my last one, so maybe I better stop at the grocery store tomorrow.

2:00PM Protein bar (just before class)

4:30 PM Greek yogurt (plain with agave syrup), pear, hard boiled egg, carrots, orange… ate in the car on the way to my night class.

All packed in this handy Speed Racer lunch bag

Well take note: Although I don’t eat what I plan, somehow it has helped me stick to the carb/ protein balance.  Because yesterday, I did not!  I didn’t eat any thing BAD by regular standards… the problem is I don’t know what I ate, or how much.  I do remember a couple of bowls of popcorn (no butter.. but needed to snack while I wrote my paper).  And then several handfuls of Pirate Bootty (Yum, Yum.) So, I think I really overdid it on the salt today.

Here is what I do remember, and what I am accountable for:

Great run!!  5.4 miles!  I averaged very slow, no intervals.  But I really enjoyed it. Super Hungry after that, but all I had time for was a protein shake:

Then, I thought I could wait the two hours before another meal, but those protein shakes can’t have any more than 150 calories, so I was getting nauseous!! I needed more food. So I had a banana and oatmeal with berries.

It definitely hit the spot.  Then two hours later, I had a chicken wrap with tomatoes, and a cutie:

Then, from there… it gets a little hazy.  I know I had popcorn, pirate booty, and maybe one of these:

OK, I definitely had one of those!! Super good!

I must say, I think I often get too complacent.  Such as right now, I would be completely content to stay at my current weight.  Its really hard to stay motivated to try to lower my body fat, when I feel super comfortable in my jeans.  However, I will not give up.  I really want to see what I’m capable of (as far as actually seeing my muscles!) So, it is far from over.

Workout:  I did a lower body/ body for life workout, but I don’t think I lifted enough weight. I’m not even sore today, and I kind of wimped my way through it.

Breakfast: Camera battery dead… But oats and egg whites!

Snack:

Lunch: Sweet potato and chicken and an avocado.

Snack: Avocado (the other half) chicken wrap (in the car, on the road).. and a huge bag of carrots.

Snack: Pear and string cheese (in the car, on the way home this time)

Dinner: Roasted broccoli and chicken.