Healthy Eating/Exercise Journal 9/6/04

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Healthy Eating/Exercise Journal 9/6/04
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Mon, 09-06-2004 - 1:22pm
Hello!

I overslept this morning...missed breakfast. For lunch, I had left over chili with brown rice and sweet peas, and a cup of soy milk. I love it! Dinnner will probably be turkey burgers, whole grain bread, and some kind of veggies. Right now, I'm going to drink my green tea extract (I mix it in a cup of orange juice...add some ice cubes... and I pretend that it is a mimosa!) LOL I'll check back later. ***Hugs***


Keeyah

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Mon, 09-06-2004 - 7:19pm
I did really well with eating and exercise today. I ate two healthy snacks today, and I didn't overindulge with snacking (my biggest challenge). Yay!!! I drank 4 cups of water today...only half of what I wanted to drink, but I'll try to do better tomorrow. All in all, I had a good day! ***Hugs***


Keeyah

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Mon, 09-06-2004 - 11:02pm
Okay, so I just saw this post. I'm so proud of you, you are doing so well on your eating! Turkey burgers? How do you get them to taste good? I've tried to use turkey in place of ground beef but I can always tell the difference. Suggestions?

I don't know what is wrong with me, it seems like if I get my eating or excercise under control, the other is not. I did great on WW but didn't excercise. Got tired of going to meetings where there were people who only had 20 pounds to lose, so I quit going. Now I finally got my exercise as a routine in my life and the eating is out of control. Maybe I am just stressed right now because work is going to be stressful the next three weeks or so?

Trying to journal my thoughts, but do I hate writing things down. I'm also suppose to have 20 positive statements about myself the next time I see my therapist. Ugh!

Take care!

Chris

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Tue, 09-07-2004 - 2:47pm
Keeyah,

Way to go girl! It sounds like you are doing really well. I can't believe you actually drank a glass of soy milk. If that's not willpower, I don't know what is. UGH! I like the mimosa idea. I think I might have to try that. It sound like you are on the right track. Keep up the good work!

Take Care...

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Tue, 09-07-2004 - 5:30pm
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Tue, 09-07-2004 - 5:46pm
I use to write it down. I probably should again. I never miss breakfast, until today. Today I ate lunch at 2:30 and had a blackened grouper sandwich with tomato and lettuce on roll. Then while writing here, I scoffed a peanut butter cookie. Probably would have passed up a fresh baked cookie here, had I eaten breakfast. But I've walked abt 5 miles along the beach, and against a pretty strong wind, today so some calories are burned. And that cookie will mean I'll spend enough time exercising this afternoon to work off those calories. I play, I pay. I eat, I must work it off! That's the plan on this end.

Kinja

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Tue, 09-07-2004 - 6:06pm
Thank you, Chris! I love Jennie-O's frozen turkey burgers. (One burger has about 160 calories) I usually put them on my George Forman's grill, let them cook a little first, and then season them a with little cayenne pepper, seasonings, etc. and let them continue to cook until they are done. Sometimes, I will put a little olive oil in the pan and cook them that way. But, I have never tried the fresh, ground turkey burgers.

(((Chris))) I have good and bad days with eating too. If I really have a craving for something, I will eat it, and that's o.k. My problem is trying to eat treats in moderation. That's what I am trying to work on now. While it's great to both exercise and eat right. Even if you do one or the other, it's still something positive that you are doing for your body. Pat yourself on the back for doing that positive thing. Tomorrow may be the day that you can accomplish both things, but only if you don't let what you perceive as a failure get you down so much that you give up. I'm so proud of you for taking one day at a time and for not giving up. ***Hugs***

Keeyah

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Tue, 09-07-2004 - 6:11pm
Wow, Kinja! It's sounds like you definitely have a plan. You sound like a very self-disciplined person. I'm hoping to develop that quality more and more as time goes on. I'm glad you joined us. ***Hugs***


Keeyah

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Tue, 09-07-2004 - 6:59pm
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Tue, 09-07-2004 - 10:39pm
Keeyah,

Thanks for the turkey burger advice, will have to pick some up on next grocery trip.

How was school today?

It was a very stressful day at work today, but I truly believe if God see you to it, He will see you thru it. I'm interested to see how it all works out.

I did good today. I tried eating cereal for breakfast but the milk tasted sour so I threw it out. Had subway for lunch. Only had one snack today and then my husband and I had fantasy football draft tonight so I had two vanilla bulldogs and just a little smoked salmon with crackers. Pretty sure I stayed within the WW points I am trying to follow.

Hope all is well with you.

Chris :o)

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Wed, 09-08-2004 - 4:21am
Hiya (((Chris)))


Yesterday, I didn't do as well as I wanted to do with eating. I had a very stressful day at work. I felt a little out of control being away from home, and I allowed a myself to be sabataged by a coworker of mine. I use the word "sabatage" because this coworker knows that I am diabetic, and he knows how hard it is for me to resist sweets when I am under stress. Tomorrow, I will be better prepared for his polite offers of foods, and I will resist them. If I want to eat something because I desire it, so be it. But, I do not like giving in to offers of food, just because someone else wants me to eat something. I am disappointed in myself because I allowed him to gain this control over me, and no one should be able to do that. After that, I allowed myself to fall into a "fatitude" > Oh, since I blew it already, for today, I might as well eat this....and that....and I might as well have this too < This is a problem that I am constanting fighting to overcome. But, today is a new day. I will do better. I find that when I share my thoughts here, it is very theraputic for me. I realize that I need to sort out feelings, etc. and it really helps me to be more aware of these feelings that I have.

Well, enough about me. (I wrote a book - LOL)

(((Chris)))) I am so proud of you for sticking to your program! You go girl!!! Continue to take one day at a time. You can do it! I know you can. ***Hugs***

Keeyah


Edited 9/8/2004 4:25 am ET ET by akeeyah

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