Day 330, 10/9/2011

My morning weight: 133.0 lbs

Objectives:

calorie range (1300-1500) ✘
carbs (≤ 6 servings, ≤ 40 g/meal) ✔
fiber (≥ 25 g) ✔
sugar (≤ 15 g, ≤ 5 g/meal) ✔
4 water bottles ✘ (I had five)
workout ✔

What I ate (ummm... see below):

8:35 AM: breakfast quesadilla
12:50 AM: half avocado, 0.5 cup black beans, 2 slices bacon, 1 tbsp Ranch dressing
5:15 PM and later: 2 caprese bites, 2 deviled eggs, 2 stuffed mushrooms, 1 oz cheddar, 2 deviled eggs, 3 oz pulled pork, 1 oz cheddar, 2 caprese bites, 2 deviled eggs, 2 caprese bites, 1 oz cheddar, 2 deviled eggs, 2 caprese bites, 1 oz cheddar, 2 caprese bites, and 2 stuffed mushrooms

Total nutrition data:

2465 g calories
190.2 g fat
65.5 g carbohydrates (26.5 g fiber, 10.6 g sugar)
133.9 g protein

Workout:

NRLW Stage 1 Workout A2

OK so obviously this day was not "strictly on plan."  I'm not really sure how it got so far away from me.  I still followed my carb restrictions, just not the calorie ones.
We invited our neighbors over and provided snacks.  I knew the snacks that were okay for me to eat would be fairly high-fat and nearly zero-carb so I fit all my fiber in early in the day with my breakfast quesadilla and avocado-black bean mush.  I spent a few hours in the morning and afternoon prepping the food, including baking cookies, which I knew I couldn't eat.  :)
Anyway I had a couple snacks during the party but then a lot more after for my dinner.  I ended up eating about 167% of my daily max calories but was pretty confused about whether or not I was really hungry.  I think I was wanting carbs until I was very very stuffed with other food.  All in all it wasn't a terrible binge.  And I made and ate a lot of delicious food!

our full spread - pulled pork sandwiches, deviled eggs, cheese and Club crackers, bananas, carrots, grapes, caprese bites,  meatballs, and stuffed mushrooms

oops there's more food - chocolate chip cookies, chips and salsa

this was my favorite dish of the night: caprese bites

Caprese Bites Recipe:
marinate chunks of fresh mozzarella cheese in balsamic vinaigrette for a couple hours
cut a bunch of cherry or grape tomatoes in half
assemble toothpicks with a chunk of cheese and a basil leaf sandwiched between tomato halves

Hand-Waving Over a Bad Period

Wow, it's been a while since my last update!  I have had a crazy month of traveling/doing stuff on weekends, which has made me exhausted for the weeks.  Instead of writing like 15 individual posts, I'm going to gloss over what's been going on.

While away from home, I tried to eat low-carb, which I did pretty successfully.  I ate 2-3 times per day instead of my usual 5ish, which meant I got pretty full during my meals.

While at home, I had many days where I overate on semi-on plan foods.  Peanut butter was a chief offender.  I also ate a bunch of Cheezits, Doritos, and tortilla chips on a few days when they were hanging around the house.  Those foods are ok because they contain very little sugar but not ok because they have a lot of carbs.  I basically just didn't care.  My weight didn't increase right away so I felt like I was getting away with something.

I didn't exercise much in the latter part of the month.  I got mildly sick for a few days so I didn't want to work out during that time.

I got up to 134.0 lbs on September 21, 2011, which was a real wake-up call.  After a few days eating on-plan I've gotten back down to my pre-September weight, more or less.  So not too much damage done except for time lost.

To get back on plan I had to remind myself why I'm trying to lose weight at all - namely, to not get Type II diabetes or gestational diabetes.  I also set a new vanity goal for myself - to be in a size 4 dress by the time my 50 Pounds in 50 Weeks project ends.  Maybe I'll even get to wear a sexy dress like this one!

Now that I'm back on the right track, I will post the details of my last few days since I actually have accurate food stats.

10 September 2011 - in Flagstaff, AZ

During My Labor Day Vacation

This is me over Labor Day weekend!  It's neither the most nor least flattering picture of me from that weekend.  You can see I still have a bit of a belly bulge.  I think it's really my butt and thighs that are lagging behind in the fat reduction process.

You may notice that the T-shirt I'm wearing in this pic and the T-shirt I'm wearing in the last one are the same.  I wear them on days when I want to look my best because they (and the third one I have in a different color) are among the best-fitting shirts I have.  Many of my shirts are tents now and make me look larger than I am!

Skinnyclothes

I bought this shirt and skirt when I lost some weight in 2008 - I got down to about my current weight.  The skirt is a size 8 from American Eagle.  I almost always wear pants to work because of lab hazards but my jeans were still wet this morning so I went with a skirt.

I definitely can't wear it again without a belt - I was tugging it up all day.  Even my skinnyperson clothes are falling off now!

I got a couple compliments today, too, from work friends who know I'm losing weight.  They always see me in jeans so apparently the skirt let them know how much I've really lost!