Deb's December
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| Tue, 12-04-2007 - 8:56pm |
Tuesday, December 4
CW: 168.5
November was not good to me in terms of the scale or the gym, and I have no one but me to blame it on. I decided to be in a funk over my stupid knee and haven’t quite gotten over it. My eating habits took a nosedive and it finally started to show up on the scale after Thanksgiving. Well, it’s a new month and time for a new commitment to a healthy me.
My "new month's" resolutions for December:
- eat more veggies. I’ve had big homemade salads the last three days and they have been really wonderful!
- eat less cheese. This has always been a weakness for me and I want to cut it down to at most two ounces a day.
- drink more water. I’ve been doing OK with that but it is something I struggle with when it's cold. I drink at least a liter of herbal tea every day, though!
- start exercising again. This is a big key for me with my turtle’s metabolism, and I have no excuse not to do it now that the semester is winding down (two more weeks, whooo hooo!!!)... well, I did try to sign up for a Zumba class, but it was cancelled because of low registration. Still, it's not like anyone can exercise for me.
Today was better than most Tuesdays --- I brought some lunch for a change so I wasn’t starving at 4 pm and making lots of bad choices. However, we’re pretty much out of food again so I didn’t get all my requirements. Didn't I just go to the store??!?
Breakfast: spicy v8; oatmeal (1/4 c uncooked) with a little cinnamon, sf maple syrup, Splenda and ff milk
20 minutes after breakfast: sf gingerbread nf latte
Lunch: chicken breast with roasted garlic pan sauce (leftovers from last night’s dinner) and a small banana. Diet Dr Pepper. Need more veggies at lunchtime! Plus garlic and bananas are not the best combination.
Snack: the other ¼ c of oatmeal from this morning. I am out of fruit, and tried nuking some frozen raw cranberries with Splenda and a little water until they were broken down, and adding that to my oatmeal. OMG, that was sooo good! It also had sf maple syrup, a little more Splenda and ff milk in it. (I liked this so much I made more cranberries for tomorrow’s breakfast.)
Dinner: half of another leftover chicken breast with roasted garlic pan sauce; humongous salad (at least four cups of veggies)
Dessert: Kashi pumpkin spice bar
Exercise: none
So, a little short on grains and maybe half a serving short on fruit. I could have drunk more water: my goal is 2L a day and I probably had 1.5. OK with veggies and I squeaked by with two servings of dairy, I think. But only half an ounce of cheese (rf feta on the salad) --- that is huge for me!

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Hi Deb,
It's so good to have you back and back on track.
Welcome back!
Joy, I made baked oatmeal once and didn't really like it very much.
Friday, December 7.
Hi Deb - Congratulations on getting published!
Congratulations on being published!
Congratulations, Deb!
Do we all clean up for the cleaning lady?
Love your chart Deb!!! You are just about at the weight right now that I want to be...someday!!! And can I say that I'm so happy that you're back??? I missed you terribly!!!
Where would we be without our Dr Deb!!!
Congrats on the papers!!! I don't pretend to understand all of that, but it sounds like a very big deal and I'm so happy for you!!!
Rebekah
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Thanks so much, everybody!
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