I was going to do a post about my new grocery routine which is saving me about $50 a week but then the Norovirus struck our house. When the bathroom floor seems like the most inviting place ever, blogging is definitely not going to be taking place.
I'm 3-days poke pukefest though and am starting to get a little energy back. Obviously, I haven't eaten much these past few days, and unfortunately what I have eaten yesterday and today have been carby and salty. I've tried chicken broth and a bit of protein here and there but it just doesn't set right. Water, grape juice, Gatorade, Ramen noodles and Cheez-Its seem to be about the only things that don't re-upset my stomach.
While trying to look at the bright side, I'd hoped that the torture that is the Norovirus would at least help me get past my weight hump at which I seem to be stuck, but with all the carbs I'm eating, I'll probably stay about where I've been.
I'll be back at some point about my grocery budget!
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Showing posts with label failures. Show all posts
Sunday, January 27, 2013
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Oops... I did it again
I had a moment of stupidity yesterday and completely forgot that I had splurged a bit at Red Lobster for lunch with a biscuit and some dessert. I had such a huge meal then that I wasn't hungry come dinner time, so by 9 p.m. my stomach started growling. I then stupidly forgot that I hadn't eaten dinner so instead of throwing together some sort of healthy meal, I snacked.
And chose pickle-flavored Pringles and Oreos.
The Pringles aren't too bad... 14g for 16 chips. My plan was to have like 5 chips, which would have only been like 6g. However, I wasn't paying attention as I snacked and the next thing I knew, I'd eaten almost half the container.
The Oreos... well, I have no explanation there. They were the tiny ones so I guess my thinking was that I'd just have a few but I grabbed the bag and just kept snacking while I was distracted doing some research online. I don't even know how many I ate. :(
Anyway, so this morning I woke up feeling completely hungover. Luckily, the kids spent the night at my parents last night so I was able to sleep in and basically just take it slow and easy all morning. By the afternoon, I was starting to wonder if I was getting sick - queasy, headache was coming back, dragging, etc., but I just kept drinking water and taking it easy. By about 7 p.m. I started feeling well enough to do some cleaning.
I'm hoping by tomorrow morning I'll feel completely back to normal. We ended up taking a day off today - no chores, no exercise, no school, bare minimum cooking, no errands, etc. - so now I'm behind on all that.
I did finish reading a book though! Here's to a new day!
And chose pickle-flavored Pringles and Oreos.
The Pringles aren't too bad... 14g for 16 chips. My plan was to have like 5 chips, which would have only been like 6g. However, I wasn't paying attention as I snacked and the next thing I knew, I'd eaten almost half the container.
The Oreos... well, I have no explanation there. They were the tiny ones so I guess my thinking was that I'd just have a few but I grabbed the bag and just kept snacking while I was distracted doing some research online. I don't even know how many I ate. :(
Anyway, so this morning I woke up feeling completely hungover. Luckily, the kids spent the night at my parents last night so I was able to sleep in and basically just take it slow and easy all morning. By the afternoon, I was starting to wonder if I was getting sick - queasy, headache was coming back, dragging, etc., but I just kept drinking water and taking it easy. By about 7 p.m. I started feeling well enough to do some cleaning.
I'm hoping by tomorrow morning I'll feel completely back to normal. We ended up taking a day off today - no chores, no exercise, no school, bare minimum cooking, no errands, etc. - so now I'm behind on all that.
I did finish reading a book though! Here's to a new day!
Thursday, January 3, 2013
New Year, new start... again
The holidays got the best of me and I once again fell off the low carb bandwagon.
It started at Thanksgiving with my mom's pumpkin pie and was just downhill from there. I've gotten back into daily cups of tea with real sugar in them, have added clementines and apples (with parmesan cheese on top... mmm!) back to my snack list and just yesterday had a raspberry-filled Krispy Kreme donut, half a McDonald's pancake, a handful of McDonald's French fries and two oatmeal creme pies.
Yikes. (For the record, yesterday was supposed to be my "Start Over Again Day." Obviously, I failed miserably.)
The good thing is that I haven't gained weight. I mean, my smaller-sized pants that I just bought two weeks ago are now tight, but the scale is the same. I know with just one week of eating low carb, they'll be back to fitting nicely again.
I partly blame my lack of will power on us being out of our regular routine for the entire month of December. We have done so much running (which translate into "eating out") that we're just all over the place right now. Even the kids have been acting up a bit. So, with the New Year, I am very excited to get back into our (new) daily routine. I've tweaked our schedule and have worked in exercise, cleaning time, family time and school time. I know it all can be done - I just have to stick to it.
It started at Thanksgiving with my mom's pumpkin pie and was just downhill from there. I've gotten back into daily cups of tea with real sugar in them, have added clementines and apples (with parmesan cheese on top... mmm!) back to my snack list and just yesterday had a raspberry-filled Krispy Kreme donut, half a McDonald's pancake, a handful of McDonald's French fries and two oatmeal creme pies.
Yikes. (For the record, yesterday was supposed to be my "Start Over Again Day." Obviously, I failed miserably.)
The good thing is that I haven't gained weight. I mean, my smaller-sized pants that I just bought two weeks ago are now tight, but the scale is the same. I know with just one week of eating low carb, they'll be back to fitting nicely again.
I partly blame my lack of will power on us being out of our regular routine for the entire month of December. We have done so much running (which translate into "eating out") that we're just all over the place right now. Even the kids have been acting up a bit. So, with the New Year, I am very excited to get back into our (new) daily routine. I've tweaked our schedule and have worked in exercise, cleaning time, family time and school time. I know it all can be done - I just have to stick to it.
Thursday, November 1, 2012
hungover
Every once in awhile, I temporarily become an idiot and overindulge on carbs.
This past Friday, my niece was over doing last minute preparations for her 14th birthday party we were having at our house the following day. Said preparations included stuffing a pinata full of candy and baking 24 cupcakes and two 2-layer cakes.
Basically, our dinner that night became tootsie rolls, cake batter and icing.
It was delicious.
That night, my stomach was killing me. I couldn't even lay on it because that would cause stabbing pains to shoot through my abdomen. I took medicine and tossed and turned all night. The next morning, my stomach was better but I felt completely hungover. Headache, nauseated, sooooo tired, dehydrated. It seriously felt as if I'd been out drinking the night before.
And that's the price I paid for the delicious, sugary carbs. Even if it hadn't been a meal of basically pure sugar, like if it had been too much pizza or bread, I need to remember that my body just can't handle it. None of our bodies are not meant to eat that type of food.
Now to keep reminding myself that very thing so I stay away from my kids' Halloween candy.
This past Friday, my niece was over doing last minute preparations for her 14th birthday party we were having at our house the following day. Said preparations included stuffing a pinata full of candy and baking 24 cupcakes and two 2-layer cakes.
Basically, our dinner that night became tootsie rolls, cake batter and icing.
It was delicious.
That night, my stomach was killing me. I couldn't even lay on it because that would cause stabbing pains to shoot through my abdomen. I took medicine and tossed and turned all night. The next morning, my stomach was better but I felt completely hungover. Headache, nauseated, sooooo tired, dehydrated. It seriously felt as if I'd been out drinking the night before.
And that's the price I paid for the delicious, sugary carbs. Even if it hadn't been a meal of basically pure sugar, like if it had been too much pizza or bread, I need to remember that my body just can't handle it. None of our bodies are not meant to eat that type of food.
Now to keep reminding myself that very thing so I stay away from my kids' Halloween candy.
Sunday, September 9, 2012
starting again
I am on and off the low carb bandwagon way too often. I do well for a week or two and then start relaxing a little bit and next thing I know I'll realize that I've been eating badly for a week straight.
It starts out innocently enough. I had dropped my carb limit from 100g to 80g a day but never really stuck to it. Then I'd be all, "Oh, I've only had 70g today, it won't hurt me to eat this donut - that'll just put me over 80g!" Which is true, but not helpful at the whole breaking the sugar addiction thing.
The good news is that I haven't been gaining wait... I've just completely stalled out.
So today I decided to start again and I'm dropping my limit down to 60g OR LESS. None of this "I've got this many left to work with so I can splurge!" stuff. That'll give me 15g per meal and 15g for snacks throughout the day. I've done great so far. It's almost 3 p.m. and I'm only at 25g. I'm nervous about dinner though because I have no idea what we're having yet and know I need to get to the store so my low carb options are kind of scarce.
I'm also working on drinking more water back. My plan is to drink 12 oz first thing in the morning and then 12 oz with each meal. That will at least put me at 48 oz a day. I need to add vitamins back, too. They'd been making me nauseous - even with food - so I started dreading taking them which led to be stopping them altogether.
Edited: At bedtime, I was at 51g net carbs for the day. Score. :)
It starts out innocently enough. I had dropped my carb limit from 100g to 80g a day but never really stuck to it. Then I'd be all, "Oh, I've only had 70g today, it won't hurt me to eat this donut - that'll just put me over 80g!" Which is true, but not helpful at the whole breaking the sugar addiction thing.
The good news is that I haven't been gaining wait... I've just completely stalled out.
So today I decided to start again and I'm dropping my limit down to 60g OR LESS. None of this "I've got this many left to work with so I can splurge!" stuff. That'll give me 15g per meal and 15g for snacks throughout the day. I've done great so far. It's almost 3 p.m. and I'm only at 25g. I'm nervous about dinner though because I have no idea what we're having yet and know I need to get to the store so my low carb options are kind of scarce.
I'm also working on drinking more water back. My plan is to drink 12 oz first thing in the morning and then 12 oz with each meal. That will at least put me at 48 oz a day. I need to add vitamins back, too. They'd been making me nauseous - even with food - so I started dreading taking them which led to be stopping them altogether.
Edited: At bedtime, I was at 51g net carbs for the day. Score. :)
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