McFatty Monday!

I'm sitting here eating mini chocolates.

But I ran earlier.

for 20 whole minutes.

and I'm only eating 2 pieces.

So, that's how this week has gone, in a nut shell. After 2 & a half weeks of counting every single thing I put in my mouth & only eating 1,500 calories & seeing no changes on the scale, I gave. 

Apparently it doesn't matter if you're only eating 1,500 calories if those calories are coming from pizza and cookies.

Who knew?

However, I really like keeping the spreadsheet of what I eat because it's surprisingly easy for me to be like oh, a little trail-mix after breakfast won't hurt, a cookie with lunch isn't that big of a deal, some chocolate chips after dinner won't matter & then before I know it, I've eaten like 1,000 calories in just crap not including meals. 

So, I'm gonna keep doing the spreadsheet & I promise to get back to blogging about weight when I'm home & have more options for meals than pizza and fries.

 Until then my friends, take more walks & eat less mac n' cheese.

Fatty Love. 

McFatty Monday!

Well here we are on McFatty Monday once again & I have both good news & bad news for you.

I think I'll start with the bad news, you know, to give you something good to look forward to.

The bad news is that I literally sucked at my diet yesterday. I did awesome the rest of the week. I stuck to 1,500 calories & I kept them on the spreadsheet religiously, but then yesterday happened. It was the Final 4 game & lots of partying happened. I ate half a pulled pork sandwich & chips, popcorn, a cookie from Starbucks & Jimmy Johns at Midnight. So yeah, I'm not even showing you the spreadsheet this week.

But there's good news!

.... My shorts fit again!! They're snug & they wrinkle in the legs, but they fit & I could wear them if it was warm enough. It's nice to know that even when I don't see results on the scale, my clothes are fitting again!

I learned that I'm severely out of Cardio-vascular shape this week. Wowza. I have got to work on it.

I lifted 3 times this week but I learned something. Did you know that you can't target tone? You can't. I get so frustrated that my arms are so strong but they're not defined & the same for my abs but you know, the truth is that I won't see any definition until I start doing a ton of cardio & get the fat off the top of my strong muscles.

So that's what I'm going to work on this week.

I'm still going to do the spreadsheet because I love it. I'm going to try to add more water & more fruits & vegetables & while I'm still going to lift, I'm going to focus most of my attention on Cardio because I think that's where I'll see the most results.

How was your week? Are you seeing any changes? I hope so!

McFatty Monday!

Butler Basketball doing so well in the tournament has been great fun & great for the school, but not so good for my diet.

As I promised, I kept track of everything I put in my mouth. Every single thing. Except for Sunday, because yesterday was awful. I ate like 6 cookies & chugged a couple little apple juices in my sleep because I was so thirsty, so I knew there was no point.

I kept track of what I ate on my Mac. I've tried doing the notebook thing before & it wasn't effective. However, I'm always on my Mac so I thought this would be the best option. It worked out wonderfully.

Day	Food	Calories In	Calories left
Monday	Apple Juice	120	1110
Monday	Cereal w. soy milk	250	860
Monday	String cheese	100	760
Monday	handful of MM’s	50	710
Monday	Sandwich	160	550
Monday	Grilled Chk Salad	400	150
Monday	Sugar Free Pudding	60	90
Monday	Granola Bar	90	0
Monday	EXERCISE	0	burned: 300 calories & lifted weights.
Tuesday	Cereal w. soy milk	250	1250
Tuesday	Apple Juice	120	1130
Tuesday	6 almonds	120	1010
Tuesday	Sandwich	350	660
Tuesday	String cheese	100	560
Tuesday	Dont wanna talk about it
Wednesday	Sandwich	400	1100
Wednesday	Yogurt & granola	240	870
Wednesday	granola Bar	90	780
Wednesday	Grilled Chk Sandwich	480	300
Wednesday	Chocolate	150	150
Wednesday	EXERCISE	0	walked for 45 minutes, lifted arms
Thursday	Trail mix	210	1290
Thursday	Soy Latte	200	1090
Thursday	Sandwich	200	890
Thursday	Oatmeal to go	200	690
Thursday	2 oreos	120	570
Thursday	White bean chilli, salad, 2 potato wedges & 2 mozerella sticks.	Dont wanna know
Friday	Oatmeal to go	200	1300
Friday	granola Bar	100	1200
Friday	Soy Latte	200	1000
Friday	1/2 Peanut Butter Sandwich	170	830
Friday	Yogurt & granola	250	610
Friday	EXERCISE	0	30 min. walk, lifted legs & arms 1 hr.
Friday	Currito Small Summer Burrito	500	110
Friday	Trail mix	210	-100
Saturday	Oatmeal to go	200	1300
Saturday	2 granola bars	180	1120
Saturday	2 almond to go packs	200	920
Saturday	Cheese Bison Burger	770	150
Saturday	Fruit	90	60
Saturday	Small cup of ice cream	170	-110
Sunday	2 apple juices	240	1260
Sunday	1/2 Peanut Butter & Jelly Sandwich	200	1160

The first day, Monday, I only allowed myself 1,200 calories, but that was not enough. I was starving! So the next day, I upped it to 1,500 & that was much better!

As you can see, there were a couple nights when I slipped up. Dinner is always the hardest part. One night we went to Champs to watch the game which meant I ate horribly & then Saturday I worked 12 hours at a promotional event, so my diet was doomed then too. I just tried to do the best I could do for where I was & that seemed to work. I definitely feel a lot better when I'm eating well.

This week was also the week mother nature bestowed me with her kindness so I had chocolate on the brain constantly. The night we went to Champs, Drew told me no to dessert 2 different times. God love him, he's just trying to help & I was thankful the next day but I was not too happy that night.

I worked out 3 times this week, one time for an hour & a half. Working hard again feels really good & I definitely plan to get into the gym more this week.

The verdict is: I didn't lose any weight this week.

However, I also didn't gain. & I certainly could have if I hadn't been working so hard at not. This week was tough.

I plan to keep track of what I eat just the same way this week & work out more. Hopefully those 2 things coupled with not PMSing will cause the scale to move south. 

I do have some good things to share with you that I've learned this week though, so here we go: 

• Ya gotta stick to water. Those little tiny apple juices I have? 120 calories per bottle & they're super tiny. Drinks add up fast & don't fill your belly. Stick to water.
• If you're out to dinner, sub fries for fruit or vegetables. It's a good way to save a lot of calories.
• Also, if you want a burger, get Bison Burger. At the Brewhouse I went to on Saturday, the Bison Burger was almost 300 calories less than the regular burger.
• Start with a salad & dip your fork in the dressing instead of pouring it on top. It's a good way to get a little full before your food comes.
• Workout with a friend! I'm telling you, I would not have worked out nearly as much this week if I wouldn't have had Jessie to do it with me.

Stay tuned for next week's addition, hopefully titled : AND THE SCALE MOVED SOUTH.