My Health Plan

Day 1

Wed, 02 Nov 2005 00:37:46 GMT

The countdown begins. 5 months until I have to fit into that bridesmaid dress, so here we go:

Breakfast
Corn Pops cereal - 2
1/2 cup milk - 1

Lunch (Ruby Tuesday's)
Grilled chicken breast - 5
Broccoli w/butter sauce - 3
Caesar salad (2 bites) - 1

Dinner
Grilled chicken caesar sub - 7
2 servings potato chips - 6

Total: 25

Exercise:

Week 5 - Day 3

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 03:51:36 GMT

Breakfast - Donut Barn
2 pigs-in-a-blanket
chocolate milk

Lunch - Chick-Fil-A
Chicken sandwich
French fries
Cole slaw

Dinner - McDonald's
Double cheeseburger
Large french fries
Large Diet Coke

Exercise
None

Week 5 - Day 2

Tue, 18 Oct 2005 14:17:23 GMT

Breakfast
Kellogg's Special K snack bar
8 oz. light white cranberry juice

Lunch - McAllister's
Chili Nachos
Chocolate Chip Cookie

Dinner
3 breaded chicken tenderloins
1 serving french fries
2 SnackWell's cookies

Exercise
None

Week 5 - Day 1

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 23:27:27 GMT

Well, I definitely overate last week and am possibly retaining some water and/or gained a little bit of muscle from working out. I'm up 1 pound this week, so I had to pay William another $20. I'm very positive that I can get some weight off for next week, though. Of course, I'm definitely indulging a bit today so that I have the rest of the week to work it off.

Breakfast
None

Lunch - Burger King
Double Cheeseburger
Large Fries
Large Diet Coke

Dinner
1 cup Mozzarella and Garlic Tortellini
1/4 cup Alfredo sauce
4 slices french bread w/butter
2 SnackWells cookies

Exercise
Walk Briscoe 1 mile
40 min. elliptical

Week 4 - Day 7

Mon, 17 Oct 2005 00:41:16 GMT

Breakfast
None

Lunch
1 cup Progresso New England clam chowder soup
5 fat free crackers
Ham sandwich w/mayo, mustard, 2% cheese slice

Afternoon Snack
2 oz. Zapp's potato chips

Dinner
4 baked chicken strips w/low fat honey mustard dressing
1.5 serving french fries

Exercise
Walk Briscoe 1 mile
35 min. elliptical

Week 4 - Day 6

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:58:42 GMT

Breakfast
1 Weight Watcher's chocolate muffin
1 cup skim milk

Lunch
Hot Sub - Grilled Chicken Caesar
2 SnackWell Cookies

Afternoon Snack
15 Kashi crackers

Dinner
Hot Sub - Grilled Chicken Caesar
1 cup Progresso New England clam chowder soup
10 fat free crackers
4 SnackWell cookies

Exercise
1 mile - walk Briscoe
25 min. treadmill
25 min. elliptical

Weel 4 - Day 5

Sat, 15 Oct 2005 13:57:36 GMT

Breakfast
Dannon fruit cup

Lunch - Fat Tuesday's
Cheeseburger
French fries

Pre-Dinner
Fried chicken drumstick

Dinner - Garfield's
3 Bud Light's (32 oz. total)
Shared appetizer sampler:
3 mozzarella cheese sticks w/marinara sauce
2 chicken quesadilla slices w/sour cream and salsa
1 potato skin w/cheese and bacon bits and sour cream

Exercise
30 min. elliptical (the hard one with the arm-thingies)

Week 4 - Day 3

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:46:12 GMT

Breakfast
None

Lunch
5 Honey BBQ Chicken Wings
2 servings french fries
Sweet Tea

Dinner
Garlic Chicken Pizza

Week 4 - Day 2

Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:43:57 GMT

Breakfast
(none)

Lunch (Wendy's)
Chicken McNuggets
Med. Fries
Med. Diet Coke

Dinner
Chicken breast
Mashed potatoes

Evening snack
Popcorn
Brownie

Exercise - Choreorobics class - a helluva lot of FUN!!!

Week 3 - Day 6

Sat, 08 Oct 2005 19:08:32 GMT

Breakfast
1 cup fresh fruit - 2 pts.
1 boiled eggs - 4 pts.
1 cup milk - 2 pts.

Lunch
Lean Cuisine sub-sandwich - 6 pts.
Cool ranch baked Doritos - 4 pts.

Week 3 - Day 5

Sat, 08 Oct 2005 19:07:23 GMT

Breakfast
1/2 dozen donut holes
chocolate milk

Lunch - Wendy's
Spicy chicken sandwich
Medium french fries

Pre-Dinner
1 Bud Light

Dinner - Mellow Mushroom
1 Amstel Light
1 Miller Light
1/2 order of cheese bread
1/2 order of hummus and pita bread

Week 3 - Day 4

Fri, 07 Oct 2005 13:24:49 GMT

Breakfast
Yoplait yogurt

Lunch (Empress)
1/2 of entire lunch:
Soup
Salad w/dressing
Fried Rice w/sauce
Chicken w/sauce
Shrimp w/sauce
Vegetables (broccoli and zucchini)

Dinner (Empress)
1/2 of lunch (leftover)

Week 3 - Day 3

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:20:08 GMT

OK, so I messed up on counting my days again last week. (This is all very confusing.) Every Monday, my official weigh-in day, will be Day 1 of each week. I think this will just be easiest, and I won't miscount again.

It's amazing how you can eat somewhat poorly and still lose a little bit of weight here and there. I certainly haven't been eating the "right" food lately, but I have cut back on my portions. On Sunday, rather than eating a full TV dinner, I ate a kid's meal. Yesterday, rather than the regular box combo at Raising Cane's, I ate the snack box. Just a little here and there. I think it's helping, as the scale went down again this morning.

Breakfast
Teddy Grahams - 3 (at this point, I'm just trying to eat what's left of these and be done with them!)

AM Snack
Rice Krispies - 2

Lunch
Ham Sandwich - 3
Chips - 3

PM Snack
Kit-Kat Bar stick - 1

Dinner (Wendy's)
Small Chili - 5
Sour cream & chives baked potato - 7

Week 3 - Day 2

Wed, 05 Oct 2005 14:14:33 GMT

Breakfast
Yoplait yogurt

Lunch - Fat Tuesday's
Cheeseburger
French Fries

Dinner - Raising Cane's Snack Box
2 pcs. chicken w/sauce
french fries
Texas toast

Week 3 - Day 1

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:24:48 GMT

Whoo-hoo! Even though I ate very, very poorly for most of the week, I somehow managed to lose two pounds. This brings my total weight loss, since I started this journal, to 3 pounds.

Breakfast
None

Lunch (Penn's)
Shrimp Po-Boy
French fries
2 Hush puppies

Dinner
PB&J Sandwich
Baked cool ranch Doritos

Week 2 - Day 7

Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:23:35 GMT

Breakfast
Banquet Fried Chicken Breast - baked
Zapp's Potato Chips

Lunch
Kid Cuisine - corn dog meal w/corn and chocolate pudding

Dinner
Baked Chicken
Tater Tots (baked)

Week 2 - Day 6

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:50:16 GMT

Breakfast
1 Krispy Kreme Doughnut - 5

Lunch
2 slices Papa John's pizza - 18

Dinner
I honestly don't remember. This is what I get for not updating every day.

Week 2 - Day 5

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:49:04 GMT

Breakfast
2 cupcakes

Lunch (The Haute Pig)
Sweet Tea
Pulled pork sandwich
Cole Slaw
French fries

Dinner (Roadhouse)
Onion-thingies
1/2 cheese roll
1 1/2 roll w/butter
Loaded potato skins appetizer - 2 pcs.
Breaded Chicken appetizer - 2 pcs.
8 oz. prime rib
Loaded Baked Potato
Coke

Week 2 - Day 4B

Sat, 01 Oct 2005 19:46:50 GMT

Breakfast
None

Lunch (Moe's)
Chicken Nachos

Dinner
Breaded Chicken Breast Fillet
Corn

Week 2 - Day 4

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:40:52 GMT

Breakfast
Rice Krispy Treat - 2

Lunch (Domino's)
2 slices pizza - 16

Dinner (McDonald's)
Quarter Pounder w/cheese
Med. fries
Diet Coke

Week 2 - Day 3

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:31:41 GMT

Breakfast
Apple Jacks cereal w/skim milk - 3

Morning Snack
Fruit Cup - 1

Lunch (Fat Tuesday's)
1/2 Cheeseburger - 8
French Fries - 6
Sweet Tea - 6

Dinner
1/2 Cheeseburger (leftover from lunch) - 8
Potato Chips - 3

Total Points: 35

Yikes! I just automatically ordered that sweet tea at lunch, and it really sent me over the edge. I also meant to count out my french fries, but I was so riled up when I left for lunch, I just didn't do it. The rest of the week will be much better! I have plans to workout Wednesday and Thursday night and will do my best to make good choices the rest of the week.

Week 2 - Day 2

Wed, 28 Sep 2005 03:27:54 GMT

Breakfast
Special K Cereal Bar

Lunch (Cozumel)
Chips w/ salsa & queso (cheese) sauce
Chicken Taco Salad

Dinner
Breaded Chicken Breast Fillet
Potato Chips
Rice Krispy Treat

William took my official starting weight today, so be prepared to start seeing a loss each week!

Week 2 - Day 1

Mon, 26 Sep 2005 00:10:45 GMT

Breakfast
None

Lunch
Honey BBQ Chicken Wings - 9
Potato Chips - 4

Dinner
Pizza - 9
Ice cream - 3

Total Points - 24 regular pts. + 1 flex pt.

Flex Points for Week 2: used 1 of 35

So, as of this morning, I have lost a grand total of 2 pounds. I should have definitely lost more, but I know I didn't stay within my points, so only losing two pounds is not unexpected. It fact, I should be happy that I lost anything at all. William will take my official weight tomorrow, so that will be my true starting point, and we'll begin calculating my weight loss thereafter.

Day 7B

Sat, 24 Sep 2005 04:31:14 GMT

Breakfast:
Kellogg's Special K Bar - 2

Lunch (Abner's):
3 pcs. chicken -
French fries -
Cookie -

Dinner (church)
2 pcs. fried catfish -
Coleslaw -
Red Velvet cake -

I'm honestly too tired to calculate the points right now. I already know, though, that I did very poorly today. I also don't see tomorrow going well. I'm heading to Oxford for the Ole Miss-Wyoming game, and I don't think the stadium sells grilled chicken salads. I'm really looking forward to Sunday, though. I've picked out a couple of recipes to cook and will do some healthy grocery shopping.

Day 7A

Thu, 22 Sep 2005 18:24:07 GMT

Breakfast
None

Lunch (McAlister's)
Sweet tea (32 oz.) - 8
Nachos - 13
Cookie - 6

WOW! I had no idea that the sweet tea was that many points!! It may be little bit less with ice, but I'll go ahead and count the full 8 points. Goodness, that really makes me rethink getting sweet tea there again. Of course, it's just soooo delicious!

So, um....I'm already over my points for the day - AGAIN! Rather than dissect and analyze why I allowed it to happen, I'm just going to do well tonight and not kick myself too much for overindulging at lunch. I realized recently that I HAVE to get off the "Well, I did 'bad' for one meal, I might as well just start over again tomorrow," train. I think this is a never-ending cycle that will never lead my anywhere. Of course, I say this now, but we'll see how well I stick to it.

(later that evening)....OK, so I didn't stick to my "light" dinner that well.

Dinner
Fruit Roll-Ups (4) - 4
Ice cream w/sprinkles - 3

Total Points: 34