Weight: 172.2. Phew! Finally moving forward this weekend. Down 1.4 from yesterday and 8.2 in 10 days. Absolutely amazing. I am 3 pounds away from the best weight I've achieved in all my failed diet attempts of the last 3 years. I have gotten down from 180 to 169 several times, usually with a month of frustrating dieting and then i just give up and gain it back. This is faster and way less frustrating.
As for today, I guess overeating salad has less impact than overeating winter squash. Slept 11 hours last night. Feeling a bit better, but overall am still fighting the urge to spend the day in bed. Instead I will spend it watching football, but need to rally in order to go see my favorite musician tonight. Really looking forward to that. Though when i bought the tickets six months ago - i had imagined a fancy dinner before hand and instead, we will just go straight to the show. I wish i knew if how i feel this weekend is just a blip or what. Tomorrow we have social plans again and it is with the same crew as friday, so i'm past the awkwardness of explaining my eating plan with them.
Breakfast - Usual with a twist
Carrot - celery - apple - lemon - ginger - cucumber - romaine the twist was some cuttings from the cabbage and fennel from last nights dinner. I loved the fennel flavor and plan to experiment more with this.
Another horrible football day. This time our real team and our fantasy teams seriously struggled. What happened Drew Brees?
Exercise - 3 miles
Started walking, ended running a 10 minute mile. Feeling stronger.
Linner - Warm Autumnal Salad
Raw Kale and Microgreens with Roasted Butternut Squash, Fennel, Mushroom, Onion, and Garlic. Loved this. Didn't sit well with the husband.
Then we were off for the early show of my favorite musician. It was totally awesome. Played one of my favorites that I hadn't heard yet. Still trying to hold on to this lovely memory.
Cheat - had a glass of red wine at the show. This is a big cheat, but maybe not the worst as it is fermented grape juice and i am missing those purple antioxidants from my diet as of late.
The big thing is to not let it happen again.
So we were smug about choosing the early show and returning home with plenty of time to get all set up for Monday morning. I set out to make juice and then BAM - plumbing nightmare is back on. I swear our plumbing issue is like Freddy Kruger or some other Halloween villain that just won't die. I begin to wonder if juicing is destroying our plumbing? it is from the 50s. But I do put the bulk of the pulp in the compost. Alas tomorrow I am off on a vacation day as I've worked from home too many times for our house problems and don't want to upset my boss. But this is good because I get to relax instead of trying to work and deal with plumber at same time. I have promised husband I will be a big girl and not get upset and remorseful about our house as my angst is getting to him.
Monday, October 31, 2011
Sunday, October 30, 2011
Day 10
Weight: 173.6. No change. Definitely overate. Plus feeling very tired and suffering from having period. (It's actually day 3 of that, but some how i feel worse and had a terrible time sleeping).
Our final stage of the plumbing nightmare is this morning. I didn't manage to make juice before they arrive and have to wait a few hours for breakfast.
Breakfast - Savory Green Juice for two
A bit strange, but good. 2 cloves garlic - half bunch parsley - 2 carrots - 1 persian cucumber - handful of spinach - 6 ribs celery
I decide since i don't want to do anything all day anyway, i will juice fast until sunset again. I totally just watched Halloween Themed tv today and tried to enjoy my lethargy.
Lunch - Faux Blood Punch
Beet - carrot - romaine - cucumber - celery - apple - lemon - ginger
One beet and this juice was a deep red
Sunset Dinner - Salad Duet with Dilled Cabbage
Mache Pomegranate Salad with olive oil, raw cider vinegar, nutritional yeast, pink salt
Celery Fennel with same dressing as above
Shredded Cabbage sauteed with dill, onion and caraway seed.
All three were good, but the pomegranate and the cabbage stood out. Husband ate them all, but then eagerly made himself a vegan sausage. I ended up overeating quite a bit because you can't save salad for the next day and i couldn't help myself with the cabbage. This is day two of eating too much. Need to figure this one out. Also feel like i have been using too much olive oil.
Our final stage of the plumbing nightmare is this morning. I didn't manage to make juice before they arrive and have to wait a few hours for breakfast.
Breakfast - Savory Green Juice for two
A bit strange, but good. 2 cloves garlic - half bunch parsley - 2 carrots - 1 persian cucumber - handful of spinach - 6 ribs celery
I decide since i don't want to do anything all day anyway, i will juice fast until sunset again. I totally just watched Halloween Themed tv today and tried to enjoy my lethargy.
Lunch - Faux Blood Punch
Beet - carrot - romaine - cucumber - celery - apple - lemon - ginger
One beet and this juice was a deep red
Sunset Dinner - Salad Duet with Dilled Cabbage
Mache Pomegranate Salad with olive oil, raw cider vinegar, nutritional yeast, pink salt
Celery Fennel with same dressing as above
Shredded Cabbage sauteed with dill, onion and caraway seed.
All three were good, but the pomegranate and the cabbage stood out. Husband ate them all, but then eagerly made himself a vegan sausage. I ended up overeating quite a bit because you can't save salad for the next day and i couldn't help myself with the cabbage. This is day two of eating too much. Need to figure this one out. Also feel like i have been using too much olive oil.
Day 9
Weight: 173.6. Up 0.4 from yesterday. Bummer. Sleeping super solid.
Fast morning.
Bfast - Green Juice
wheatgrass (nearly killed the juicer) - carrots - romaine - celery - cucumber - apple - lemon - ginger
Late morning snack - banana
Exercise - Actually ran 4 miles in 38 minutes with new running buddy yay!
Lunch - leftovers - more "pasta" and some of last nights Mexico inspired roasted veg
Dinner - had to cook at friend's. Was a bit awkward, but so great to see people and do something fun. TJs bag of brussels, bag of duet broccoli/cauliflower, and acorn squash. Some people had some of the green veg I made, but by 10 pm, i had eaten it all. Round two was to deal with the cravings coming from their post dinner snackings. Think i over ate a bit.
Fast morning.
Bfast - Green Juice
wheatgrass (nearly killed the juicer) - carrots - romaine - celery - cucumber - apple - lemon - ginger
Late morning snack - banana
Exercise - Actually ran 4 miles in 38 minutes with new running buddy yay!
Lunch - leftovers - more "pasta" and some of last nights Mexico inspired roasted veg
Dinner - had to cook at friend's. Was a bit awkward, but so great to see people and do something fun. TJs bag of brussels, bag of duet broccoli/cauliflower, and acorn squash. Some people had some of the green veg I made, but by 10 pm, i had eaten it all. Round two was to deal with the cravings coming from their post dinner snackings. Think i over ate a bit.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Day 8
Weight: 173.2. Down 1.6 from yesterday and 7.2 overall. wow.
No time to write anything down yesterday. It was a good day though.
Bfast - leftover juice
Lunch - leftover roasted veggie "pasta"
Jogged 3 miles
Dinner - Sweet potato, poblano, onion roasted with cumin, smoked paprika and oregano a top bed of baked kale. This was not my best by any means. Needed a lot of oil. Plus my favorite salad.
No time to write anything down yesterday. It was a good day though.
Bfast - leftover juice
Lunch - leftover roasted veggie "pasta"
Jogged 3 miles
Dinner - Sweet potato, poblano, onion roasted with cumin, smoked paprika and oregano a top bed of baked kale. This was not my best by any means. Needed a lot of oil. Plus my favorite salad.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Day 7
Weight: 174.8. Down 0.8 from yesterday and 5.6 pounds overall. When I hit 169, that will be the lowest weight i've managed since starting grad school in 2008. And I have tried many different diets. The reboot is only 21 days and the others i've managed a month before going completely back to my old ways. Fortunately, the reboot is helping me with the emotional stuff more because it's a fast not a diet, but the thought of going back to normal really worries me.
I slept heavily last night and was completely surprised by the alarm. I am feeling a bit out of sorts given that i cannot use the sink. So i can not clean up or prepare anything. Fortunately, husband had set coffee up before we discovered problem. At least I have been able to connect with work and i really hope i can be effective working from here today.
Breakfast - Red Delicious and coffee
1 bunch beet greens - 2 apples - 2 carrots - 1 cucumber - 1 lemon - 1 knob ginger
This actually features galas, but i called it red delicious for the gorgeous magenta color derived from the beet greens - amazing. I had some of this last night and shared some with husband this morning, so not the full amount presented here.
Here's some info on nutritional yeast, which i have been using as my main seasoning during this reboot. This plumbing situation has taken over my kitchen and made me feel robbed blind.
Lunch - Odwalla Superfood (pastuerized)
Bottle claims 2.5 strawberries, 1/10 banana 1/2 peach, 1/5 apples, 1/5 mango and 1500 mg of spirulina are in it.
It must be the house stress, or perhaps that i can keep to a regular eating schedule today, or perhaps that my period is dead set on arriving shortly, but my desire to cheat today has held steady and is growing rapidly by the hour. I long for a bowl of lentils and a huge glass of red wine. Huge.
It's been an exhausting day. I managed to get all my work done, but i've been pretty morose about this plumbing thing. We are underwater and everything in our house keeps breaking (and neither of us are handy). I get really frustrated because i think our house isn't worth the effort. I know i need to get beyond this as it is a problem that sets me back regularly. Sigh. I get that i am fortunate. I still have the house and i can afford to fix it. i guess it is just not what i want from my life. woe is me.
In my work at home day tradition, i've kept to juice all day though one was small and pasteurized, so I decide in honor of the working plumbing i'll make two juices now so i can be ready for tomorrow and have a snack before dinner. I think I'll drink today's in a wine glass.
Very green lemonade
5 leaves kale - 1 head romaine - 1 cucumber - 5 celery stalks - 5 green cabbage leaves - 2 apples - 2 lemons
Faux vino nobile
2 beets - 6 carrots - 2 apples - knob ginger
I've now had a wine glass of each while writing this and if i could do it over i would add one more lemon and one more apple to the lemonade and more ginnger to the faux vino. both are good though. Hmm. More "wine" for me now :)
Took an epsom salt bath. Husband is out with co-workers tonight. Sitting here wallowing in how i should have refused the plumbing work. I feel pretty robbed. I should have said no and gotten another bid. I need to have more strength to do that.
Going to make baked cauliflower with smoked paprika for dinner and have that salad again.
I slept heavily last night and was completely surprised by the alarm. I am feeling a bit out of sorts given that i cannot use the sink. So i can not clean up or prepare anything. Fortunately, husband had set coffee up before we discovered problem. At least I have been able to connect with work and i really hope i can be effective working from here today.
Breakfast - Red Delicious and coffee
1 bunch beet greens - 2 apples - 2 carrots - 1 cucumber - 1 lemon - 1 knob ginger
This actually features galas, but i called it red delicious for the gorgeous magenta color derived from the beet greens - amazing. I had some of this last night and shared some with husband this morning, so not the full amount presented here.
Here's some info on nutritional yeast, which i have been using as my main seasoning during this reboot. This plumbing situation has taken over my kitchen and made me feel robbed blind.
Lunch - Odwalla Superfood (pastuerized)
Bottle claims 2.5 strawberries, 1/10 banana 1/2 peach, 1/5 apples, 1/5 mango and 1500 mg of spirulina are in it.
It must be the house stress, or perhaps that i can keep to a regular eating schedule today, or perhaps that my period is dead set on arriving shortly, but my desire to cheat today has held steady and is growing rapidly by the hour. I long for a bowl of lentils and a huge glass of red wine. Huge.
It's been an exhausting day. I managed to get all my work done, but i've been pretty morose about this plumbing thing. We are underwater and everything in our house keeps breaking (and neither of us are handy). I get really frustrated because i think our house isn't worth the effort. I know i need to get beyond this as it is a problem that sets me back regularly. Sigh. I get that i am fortunate. I still have the house and i can afford to fix it. i guess it is just not what i want from my life. woe is me.
In my work at home day tradition, i've kept to juice all day though one was small and pasteurized, so I decide in honor of the working plumbing i'll make two juices now so i can be ready for tomorrow and have a snack before dinner. I think I'll drink today's in a wine glass.
Very green lemonade
5 leaves kale - 1 head romaine - 1 cucumber - 5 celery stalks - 5 green cabbage leaves - 2 apples - 2 lemons
Faux vino nobile
2 beets - 6 carrots - 2 apples - knob ginger
I've now had a wine glass of each while writing this and if i could do it over i would add one more lemon and one more apple to the lemonade and more ginnger to the faux vino. both are good though. Hmm. More "wine" for me now :)
Took an epsom salt bath. Husband is out with co-workers tonight. Sitting here wallowing in how i should have refused the plumbing work. I feel pretty robbed. I should have said no and gotten another bid. I need to have more strength to do that.
Going to make baked cauliflower with smoked paprika for dinner and have that salad again.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Day 6
Weight: 175.6. Well it's not dramatic, but I am up from yesterday. Is that too much solid food or is that PMS? I wonder how this whole thing will effect my cycle?
I slept really well last night. My husband is wearing earplugs and I think that is helping us both. He seems a lot perkier too, though he is hard to wake up now.
Breakfast - Green Juice and coffee
3 leaves Kale - Handful of Spinach - 2 Apples - 3 Carrots - 1 Lemon - 4 Celery - Ginger
This made enough juice for two, but I think my husband is on a break from this and I'll drink it all this morning.
Late morning snack - Raw Persimmon
Thanks to co-worker's family tree. OMG this was delicious.
News from the day: I found a news article to justify my continued coffee drinking. I also note how much more fresh water I drink at work compared to home, which, in my mind, really justifies the Britta purchase yesterday. Last night we only drank Pelligrino though, which I am also a big fan of. And my co-worker asked if i would run with her on Friday! Very excited as my last running buddy moved to Shanghai. This will be great for me.
2nd late morning snack - banana
Exercise - 3 mile jog
Great run outside in gorgeous weather with a friend. I am feeling a bit sluggish though most likely as a result of this fast.
Lunch - Autumn Veggie Bake
Butternut squash, brussels sprouts, broccoli - left over from last night, still delish.
After work, walked 20 minutes in sunshine to meet husband at car in an attempt to avoid viadoom traffic. We still had to wait in incredible traffic. Husband had very frustrating day and desired beer. I agreed to stop at store with him and busied myself over-purchasing veggies while he selected a six pack.
Got home, began our combo of chores/cooking. He put away dishes and took out recycle, while i got to work on dinner. Mid-way through I discovered a bit puddle of water on the floor, he went to investigate sink and garbage disposal fell out of it. Absolute horror. We managed to get it cleaned up, but had to microwave dinner in the end. He enjoyed a beer after and i had a small glass of the juice I had made for breakfast tomorrow as my feel better drink. I have to work from home tomorrow to deal with the plumber, but i guess at least i can do mostly juice then. I have to say that the zen state and the juice somewhat helped as I was extremely upset. This is the 5th major issue we have had with our house since July. I am nervous that my boss is grumpy about how much i have had to work at home because of these problems.
Dinner - Roasted Vegetable "Pasta" and Salad
Spaghetti squash - eggplant - red pepper - zucchini - onion - mushroom - usual toppings
Spinach - avocado - green onion - tomato - usual dressing
I am still in my habit of chop up veggies to roast then make juice while they are roasting. This combo was excellent. The nutritional yeast braggs combo brought the spaghetti squash to new heights, i had tried it before with brown butter and sage, but this totally topped that. I could really eat this meal every day. Plus we are seriously loving that salad combo of the avocado/tomato/green onion. So good.
We ate late again re: problems with kitchen and watched two episodes of Luther. I love this show, but had been putting it off in favor of lighter stuff, but the grittiness of this show really matched the mood i was in last night. All in all, i think this reboot and the zen state helps me. This house stuff has put me in hysterics in the past and i think i recovered ok from the mini-coma that occurred when the dishwasher first fell out of the sink. my only concern is that in the end i told husband, please don't leave any beer with me while i am at home tomorrow, and he delightedly indulged in the whole six pack. I feel like i should have been stronger and not encouraged him to do that as it's too much and i feel for his liver now. I better give him some of my juice it has beets and other liver cleansers in it.
I slept really well last night. My husband is wearing earplugs and I think that is helping us both. He seems a lot perkier too, though he is hard to wake up now.
Breakfast - Green Juice and coffee
3 leaves Kale - Handful of Spinach - 2 Apples - 3 Carrots - 1 Lemon - 4 Celery - Ginger
This made enough juice for two, but I think my husband is on a break from this and I'll drink it all this morning.
Late morning snack - Raw Persimmon
Thanks to co-worker's family tree. OMG this was delicious.
News from the day: I found a news article to justify my continued coffee drinking. I also note how much more fresh water I drink at work compared to home, which, in my mind, really justifies the Britta purchase yesterday. Last night we only drank Pelligrino though, which I am also a big fan of. And my co-worker asked if i would run with her on Friday! Very excited as my last running buddy moved to Shanghai. This will be great for me.
2nd late morning snack - banana
Exercise - 3 mile jog
Great run outside in gorgeous weather with a friend. I am feeling a bit sluggish though most likely as a result of this fast.
Lunch - Autumn Veggie Bake
Butternut squash, brussels sprouts, broccoli - left over from last night, still delish.
After work, walked 20 minutes in sunshine to meet husband at car in an attempt to avoid viadoom traffic. We still had to wait in incredible traffic. Husband had very frustrating day and desired beer. I agreed to stop at store with him and busied myself over-purchasing veggies while he selected a six pack.
Got home, began our combo of chores/cooking. He put away dishes and took out recycle, while i got to work on dinner. Mid-way through I discovered a bit puddle of water on the floor, he went to investigate sink and garbage disposal fell out of it. Absolute horror. We managed to get it cleaned up, but had to microwave dinner in the end. He enjoyed a beer after and i had a small glass of the juice I had made for breakfast tomorrow as my feel better drink. I have to work from home tomorrow to deal with the plumber, but i guess at least i can do mostly juice then. I have to say that the zen state and the juice somewhat helped as I was extremely upset. This is the 5th major issue we have had with our house since July. I am nervous that my boss is grumpy about how much i have had to work at home because of these problems.
Dinner - Roasted Vegetable "Pasta" and Salad
Spaghetti squash - eggplant - red pepper - zucchini - onion - mushroom - usual toppings
Spinach - avocado - green onion - tomato - usual dressing
I am still in my habit of chop up veggies to roast then make juice while they are roasting. This combo was excellent. The nutritional yeast braggs combo brought the spaghetti squash to new heights, i had tried it before with brown butter and sage, but this totally topped that. I could really eat this meal every day. Plus we are seriously loving that salad combo of the avocado/tomato/green onion. So good.
We ate late again re: problems with kitchen and watched two episodes of Luther. I love this show, but had been putting it off in favor of lighter stuff, but the grittiness of this show really matched the mood i was in last night. All in all, i think this reboot and the zen state helps me. This house stuff has put me in hysterics in the past and i think i recovered ok from the mini-coma that occurred when the dishwasher first fell out of the sink. my only concern is that in the end i told husband, please don't leave any beer with me while i am at home tomorrow, and he delightedly indulged in the whole six pack. I feel like i should have been stronger and not encouraged him to do that as it's too much and i feel for his liver now. I better give him some of my juice it has beets and other liver cleansers in it.
Monday, October 24, 2011
Day 5
Weight: 175.4. Same as yesterday. Not sure what to make of that.
I fell asleep fast last night, which was a relief, but man that early alarm was brutal. I did get my 7-8 hours though. I seemed a bit dehydrated this morning. Was very glad i organized most things last night and had the time and impulse to do some dishes this morning.
Breakfast - Green juice from yesterday and a bit of cold coffee.
I don't feel like i had enough coffee and seriously doubt this juice will get me through to lunch. Will probably eat early at the rate i am going.
11 am snack - banana
12:15 light lunch - Autumn Veggie Bake
Leftovers from last night - about 1.5 cups maybe
Exercise - Walk 3 miles
Didn't have it in me to run, but it was gorgeous out!
2 pm big lunch - Italian Veggie Bake
Asparagus, red pepper, mushroom, garlic, zucchini
This was seriously filling.
I felt fine today, but maybe a little too zen for the work. I'm not as quick and spaced a meeting. Fortunately, I was able to catch up and chat with the person I missed. As the day drew to a close though, all I could think about was happy hour and how desperately i wanted to go to it. It was almost a crippling sensation. I don't know if this is just the reality of work and mondays or if it has some other deeper meaning that i need to find a more fulfilling thing for myself or whatever. All i know is that happy hour is what i crave.
I resisted, despite the horrible traffic. We went to Home Depot and dealt with bundle number one of errands. Hit Costco for juicing supplies. Got gas. Went to the library. Unloaded the car. Fixed up the new Britta, did dishes, made juice for tomorrow, made roasted veggies and salad, fixed the coffee, made lunch and then finally settled down with Dancing with the Stars.
We didn't get to eat dinner until 9 with all the stuff we did. Amazingly I am just getting used to not eating much. But I am a little worried that after 3 meals of roasted veggies and perhaps too much olive oil, I'll be up in weight tomorrow. Plus I am PMSing. Sigh. I need to relax about this and not get obsessive. I'm following the rules and I could use the extra fuel after a mostly juice weekend, but I also do not want to mess up all the good work i've done.
Dinner - Autumn Veggie Bake and Salad
Roasted Butternut Squash, Chanterelles, Broccoli, and Brussels Sprouts with the same topping. Arugula, Spinach, Tomato, Green Onion, Avocado, with the same topping as on the bake.
I fell asleep fast last night, which was a relief, but man that early alarm was brutal. I did get my 7-8 hours though. I seemed a bit dehydrated this morning. Was very glad i organized most things last night and had the time and impulse to do some dishes this morning.
Breakfast - Green juice from yesterday and a bit of cold coffee.
I don't feel like i had enough coffee and seriously doubt this juice will get me through to lunch. Will probably eat early at the rate i am going.
11 am snack - banana
12:15 light lunch - Autumn Veggie Bake
Leftovers from last night - about 1.5 cups maybe
Exercise - Walk 3 miles
Didn't have it in me to run, but it was gorgeous out!
2 pm big lunch - Italian Veggie Bake
Asparagus, red pepper, mushroom, garlic, zucchini
This was seriously filling.
I felt fine today, but maybe a little too zen for the work. I'm not as quick and spaced a meeting. Fortunately, I was able to catch up and chat with the person I missed. As the day drew to a close though, all I could think about was happy hour and how desperately i wanted to go to it. It was almost a crippling sensation. I don't know if this is just the reality of work and mondays or if it has some other deeper meaning that i need to find a more fulfilling thing for myself or whatever. All i know is that happy hour is what i crave.
I resisted, despite the horrible traffic. We went to Home Depot and dealt with bundle number one of errands. Hit Costco for juicing supplies. Got gas. Went to the library. Unloaded the car. Fixed up the new Britta, did dishes, made juice for tomorrow, made roasted veggies and salad, fixed the coffee, made lunch and then finally settled down with Dancing with the Stars.
We didn't get to eat dinner until 9 with all the stuff we did. Amazingly I am just getting used to not eating much. But I am a little worried that after 3 meals of roasted veggies and perhaps too much olive oil, I'll be up in weight tomorrow. Plus I am PMSing. Sigh. I need to relax about this and not get obsessive. I'm following the rules and I could use the extra fuel after a mostly juice weekend, but I also do not want to mess up all the good work i've done.
Dinner - Autumn Veggie Bake and Salad
Roasted Butternut Squash, Chanterelles, Broccoli, and Brussels Sprouts with the same topping. Arugula, Spinach, Tomato, Green Onion, Avocado, with the same topping as on the bake.
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