| Food | Units |
|---|---|
| Yogurt mixture | 4 |
| turkey sandwich | 3 |
| string cheese | 1 |
| carrots | 0 |
| pretzels | 3 |
| pasta salad | 3 |
| homemade chicken nuggets | 5 |
| salad | 3 |
| Total: | 22 |
I also did day one of the Jillian Michaels 30-Day Shred DVD, but I’m not counting the activity points with my food points for today.
| Flex points | Units |
|---|---|
| Available | 35 |
| Used | 0 |
| Total: | 35 |
After some thought and math, I decided to switch up my breakfast and drop my morning smoothie. At roughly 6 WW pts., it was just too “expensive” for my first meal.
Breakfast used to be a no-brainer for me, but I’ve discovered I need a good amount of protein and fiber in the morning to keep me going through lunch. Otherwise, I get a snack attack, and that’s no good.
Today’s breakfast was something of an experiment. We’ll see how it holds up for me through the day.
1 cup fat-free Greek yogurt
120 cal.
0g fat
0g fiber
22g protein
3/4ish cup of raspberries (the bag gives the serving by thawed berries, I started with frozen)
80 cal.
0g fat
9g fiber
2g protein
1 tbsp. reduced-sugar strawberry preserves
25 cal.
0g fat
0g fiber
0g protein
15g Trader Joe’s high-fiber fruit and nut cereal (1/2 serving)
45 cal.
0.75g fat
3.5g fiber
1g protein
I mixed it all together in a parfait-like concoction. I used the preserves to sweeten up the yogurt, as it’s really tart and not all that tasty on its own.
Greek yogurt mixture
270 cal.
12.5g fiber
0.75g fat
25g protein
I forgot my food journal at work, so I might have to adjust this if I forgot something. And, you know, if I eat something else seeing as it’s only 7:30.
| Food and activity | Units |
|---|---|
| Smoothie (milk, Kashi mix, raspberries, strawberries) | 6 |
| Turkey sandwich (with laughing cow wedge on double-fiber bread) | 3 |
| two small plums | 2 |
| southwest pasta salad | 3 |
| 2 servings popped potato chips | 4 |
| hot dog and bun | 3 |
| yellow bell pepper strips | 0 |
| cereal | 3 |
| Total: | 24 |
| Activity: Power sculpt DVD | -2 |
| Total: | 22 |
| Flex points | Units |
|---|---|
| Available | 35 |
| Used | 0 |
| Total: | 35 |
I’ve been trying to chew on these thoughts for a while now (ha, chew). I’m officially in a slump. A nasty, low, disappointing slump. I’ve hesitated blogging about it because I don’t really want to hear a sappy peptalk. I don’t want to hear “You can do it! Don’t give up!” because I’ve been telling myself that for weeks. It doesn’t help coming from me, and it won’t help coming from someone else. Words aren’t helping me. In fact, they make me cranky. Which doesn’t help, either.
I know I’m not doing anything good for myself by slumping like this. I know I’m being an idiot. I know I’ll feel better about the world when I straighten up. I know I’ll feel better when I start exercising regularly. I know.
So.
Not only have I not lost any weight recently, I’ve also climbed back up to an average of 153. I’ve been eating too much of too many of the wrong things and I haven’t been exercising enough. I have every excuse why I should eat such and such (including) and for why I shouldn’t move my ass (ranging from heat and humidity to being tired to being too busy).
I claimed last week that I was going to start tracking all my food, but I gave up. At first I forgot, then I just didn’t want to deal with it. I didn’t want to see how I was cheating on myself.
So why am I confessing all this ugliness to the world? Because it’s too easy to hide from myself. You wouldn’t think so, but it is.
I’m going to keep track of what I eat this week and post at the end of the day – the good, the bad and the ugly. I need to re-evaluate what I’m eating and also re-evaluate my life, basically, to better fit regular workouts into my day.
Stay tuned.
It’s actually a pretty sweet little gadget. After some experimenting, Rob was able to get it spraying a fine mist of oil. When I first attempted to use it, it was like the sprayer was blowing drippy raspberries at me. Not cool. But Rob figured out the perfect technique, and it sprays just as nice as those aerosol cans, except it’s plain oil that you’re using, and you don’t have to waste an aerosol can.
I give it two thumbs up. If you use a lot of nonstick spray, this would be a worthy investment.
