Saturday's Eats

For breakfast this morning, I had sleep. LOL

I slept til 10:30 or so and decided that since I was closer to lunch, I would just hold off until then. I had to run some payday errands before heading into work for a little while. So before I went to work, I picked up a double cheeseburger & small fries from Burger King. I know that's not healthy, but I did skip my breakfast calorie allotment, and I did choose SMALL fries. LOL

Haven't eaten dinner yet tonight, and trying to decide what I'm going to get. I will have to buy out somewhere... no groceries yet. More than likely will hit up Subway for a Subway Club, toasted, on Italian Herbs & Cheese bread, with a bowl of golden broccoli soup. Mmmmmmmmm yum!!

Where did the time go???

Sorry about that. Got sidetracked by exhaustion & have put off posting. Doesn't mean I have been cheating. I just haven't been posting. I will recall as much as I can for you, though. No pictures. Too lazy to find & hook up the camera right now.

Wednesday breakfast - dry cereal & 2 hard-boiled eggs
Wednesday lunch - took a co-worker out for a bon voyage celebration. Her last day was this week. We went to Cracker Barrel & I had the hamburger steak with broccoli casserole & mashed potatoes.
Wednesday dinner - I honestly can't remember, though I know it included salad.

Thursday breakfast - apple
Thursday lunch - nothing. I was so tired at work that I couldn't keep my eyes open, so I left at 10am and came home. Laid down to sleep it off & I didn't wake up until 7pm!!
Thursday dinner - salmon, steamed green beans

Friday breakfast - chicken biscuit
Friday lunch - taco bell has new shrimp tacos, so i tried a couple of those
Friday dinner - salad and chicken wings

Which brings us to today. Which I will post on it's own separate entry.

Not as great, but still Good

I did not do as well today, but I'm still making better choices. This is a marathon, not a sprint.

I had the first appointment slot at the dentist's office this morning, so I couldn't eat before leaving the house. So on the way to work after having my teeth cleaned, I stopped at Hardee's and got a sausage biscuit for breakfast. This is a VAST improvement over my usual selection of TWO sausage, egg, and cheese biscuits.


For lunch, I took a can of soup to work with me. Chicken & Wild Rice with about 2/3 of a sleeve of saltines. (I like a little bit of soup with my crackers.)


Snack time came in the form of some truly delicious Roasted Garlic crackers from Kashi. They sort have a shredded wheat texture, so they're very satisfyingly crunchy & hearty without weighing you down. Those with 2 oz of Colby cheese really hit the spot.

Dinner was a special treat tonight. When I made my plans to go on this journey, I decided to allow myself one 'splurge' dinner each week so I didn't feel like I was 'giving up the good stuff'. So tonight's New York Strip & baked potato & salad was delicious. I made the salad my largest portion of the meal. Put two hard-boiled eggs on it, along with some low-fat shredded cheese, and some salad topper stuff that included sesame crunches & sunflower seeds. Because the salad filled me up so much, I shared part of the steak with my dog (lucky, lucky Pico!!!) and only ate half of the potato.


So, again... not a super great day, but still miles better than my usual fare. Which means that I am still improving. And it's only Day #2, so I can only go up from here! :)

I'm Back... With a Mission!

I have made myself a lofty goal. I will lose 215 pounds by my 35th birthday. This sounds astronomical, but it boils down to only 2-3 pounds per week from now til then. Which is Totally reasonable in my mind. Because I've been dealing with some fairly serious lung issues, I have to focus my energy on consuming less calories as opposed to exercising more. Unfortunately, my lungs are in such poor shape that they just can't handle a lot of strenuous activity. I'm likely to pass out if I get too winded.

Anyway... Today was a pretty good day by MY usual standards. This may not sound like a really great diet day to other people, but you have to take into consideration what a totally crappy eating plan I was following before.

For breakfast, I ate a 1.6oz package of Kashi cereal. No milk. Just the cereal. It lasted a lot longer that way, so I didn't feel like I gulped down my breakfast & was ready for something else.



For lunch, I picked up a soup & salad combo from Cracker Barrel. I got the Country Chef Salad with Ranch dressing and a cup of vegetable beef soup with four crackers. This meal was surprisingly filling & delicious too. I love a good salad. I just don't love all the prep work that goes into making one myself. Being able to buy for a reasonable price is awesome.


After work, I went to the grocery store to pick up meal ingredients for the rest of the week. Since there is a Subway store inside Wal-Mart, I got soup & a sandwich for dinner. I forgot to take a pic though :( So I'm going to borrow from the Subway site. LOL


So. Under 2750 calories today, which is EXCELLENT compared to my usual intake. And I got in some walking today - just around the grocery store. But if you've ever seen me grocery shop, I am on a mission when I go in. I am Not a browser. So I move my tookus when I'm in there. Plus, I parked about half-way down a row so I would have to walk extra.

Whew. Good day! I'm proud of myself. And I'm not hungry. THAT is the biggest victory :)

Today's RAOK

Today's Random Act of Kindness was me speaking very cheerfully & politely to my former next-door neighbor. She's as sweet as she can be, and very very kind. But she is elderly, and like many other persons of her particular generation, she deems me as far beneath her solely because of my age. It's not the words she says. It's not the tone she uses. It's just the air about her and her body language. I feel like she expects me to feel grateful for the opportunity to learn from her wisdom. And honestly.... she is a SUPER nice lady. But I am somewhat solitary in my living preferences, so I don't necessarily appreciate the uninvited conversation of my neighbors. You leave me in peace, I leave you in peace. I know that's not exactly "nice" of me. But it is what it is.

Anyway - when she came over today as I was hurriedly moving boxes and furniture into my car and the bed of a co-worker's truck, I was VERY polite to her. And I talked to her with a smile on my face. And I said "Thank you" to her as she left.

Yes, I do agree with you, that this is simply commonplace good manners. And this is how I should treat ALL of my conversational partners. However, if you know me at all, you know that talking to me while I am in the middle of strenuous physical activity is NOT the time to expect me to be Susie Sunshine.

And therefore, I declare my display of extreme good manners to be a wonderful Act of Kindness.

i hate moving

I hate moving so much. It's such a pain the rear. And doing it all by yourself makes it a thousand times worse. I have had some help in moving the big furniture items. But I mean, as a single person, it sucks to have the entire burden on my shoulders. The only reason I had to move was because my landlord/property owner let the duplex I was renting go into foreclosure. She's had an incredibly tough year, so I'm not angry with her for falling victim to her circumstances. What pisses me off is that I continued to pay my rent every month, and she didn't even have the decency to let me know there were any kind of issues. The only reason I found out is because the attorney's notice of foreclosure auction got addressed to "Tenant" & the mailman placed the envelope in my mailbox. Needless to say, I was freaked out when I read it. I immediately called my landlord (who did not answer her phone) looking for answers. She had none for me. Great.

A month later, I attend the "auction" in the hopes of pleading with the new owner to let me stay as a tenant - guaranteed income, right? I even went to the trouble of making up a nice little one-page bio sheet about myself that included my picture, employment history, salary info, and character references. All for naught. Because I was the ONLY person who showed up. So the duplex went to the bank. And the bank told me to get out.

Luckily, the local Realtor who was contracted to handle the eviction & subsequent listing of the property has been extraordinarily kind to me. My official deadline to be out of the old place is January 11th, which is swiftly approaching. I am trying my best to hurry up and get everything out, but I am in poor physical condition to say the very least, and I just can't do much at one time. It's been difficult.

Anyway. My new year has started in a new dwelling, and I am praying that that is a good omen for things to come... a fresh start, a new day, a second chance.


RAOK of the day: I yielded to a harried-looking driver trying to turn left onto the busy highway that I was driving down. He waved and seemed very appreciative. Day 2 of Resolution a success!

2010 Resolution

In 2010, I resolve to perform one act of random kindness every day. Surely, I can manage to keep up with that. And in the end, I will feel like I have contributed to the world in a meaningful way. Maybe some good karma will find it's way back into my life one day. In the meantime, I want to take all focus off of myself and instead put my energy to use for others. That's what makes me happiest. Being of service to others truly fulfills me. Here's to 2010!!

Today's random act of kindness (henceforth RAOK):

I took my neighbor's newspapers out of the box and placed them on his front step. I think he's out of town this week, and his paper box was full. Didn't want the paper delivery person to keep stuffing them in there to the point that they would hang out & get wet if it rained.