Final Thoughts

Final Weigh-In!!!

Wii Fit at 144.8 lbs.
Bathroom scale at 143.6 lbs!

It's amazing how you can lose weight just from peeing. According to Wii Fit, I lost 2.4 pounds just by urinating.


LOST 11 POUNDS!


Measurements:

Bust: 37 inches
Waist: 39.5 inches
Hips: 41 inches


Okay, so there's a biiit of a problem with the final measurements. See, Dave did my initial measurements and I did the final ones. If you look at the starting numbers and compare them with these, you'll see that I've GAINED inches in stomach. I know this to be false because one of the main areas I've noticed a reduction is my stomach. When I look down, I see boobs. not boobs and a pot belly. I even it out, I'd say I lost about an inch in each measurement.



So, a little bit about this diet.
Yes, it was hard. The first few days and the last week were the hardest. But I did it. I can do it. If I can do this, I know I can do just about any diet. I lost eleven pounds in the three weeks I did this diet. Now, that may seem good, but I know that I probably could have done the same with diet an exercise. Do I recommend this diet? Well...here's the thing. If you are able to (health lending and all that--I am NOT a doctor here), it might be worth trying, if nothing else than to see what your body can do.

What have I learned?
Well, I am still overweight by 10 or 15 pounds. I would have liked to have lost a bit more weight; get down to 140 lbs. I know why I didn't. Because I didn't exercise until the last week of my diet. So, what did I learn? I learned that they're not kidding when they say exercise is crucial to weight loss. And unfortunately, that's unfortunate. In my opinion, dieting is easier than exercise. When you diet, you can choose not to eat something or simply not have it in the house. Whereas you can have an exercise video sitting right there every day and just ignore it. Or not use a machine or not go to the gym. It's easier to NOT do something, you know?


So, what now?
Well, I plan on still doing my exercise videos every day (rest day on Sunday...and yes, I worked out to Gilad today), and I want to eat better. Maybe not this week, as I still want sushi and pizza. I'm going to try to cook more at home and thereby cutting out fast food and restaurant dinners that can be fattening AND expensive. Try to lessen carbohydrate intake, but not cut it out entirely. Eat more fruits and veggies and less starches. I'm going to keep taking my vitamins, and when I can get my appetite for them back, have a protein shake every day.

Despite the title of this blog, I still want to blog about what I'm doing, or trying to do to stay healthy and keep the weight off. It might not be every day. I'm not going to weigh myself every day anymore. Maybe once or twice a week just to keep tabs (make sure I'm not getting pudgy again). Dave and I might get a membership at a fitness centre or something. We'll see. but, I have hope. Like I said earlier. If I can go carb-free for three weeks, I should be able to do anything.


Thanks to Dave, Bil, Reba, Ashley, and everyone and anyone who has been following my blog. Thank you for your patience (Dave), encouragement (Bil, Dave) and inspiration (Reba, Bil, Dave, Lester).


And JUST in case you were wondering...

5:30pm
Turkey - ?g
Mashed potatoes - ?g
Gravey - ?g
Sweet potato casserole - ?g
1 white roll - ?g
Broccoli salad (broccoli, cauliflower, red onion, bacon bits, and special sauce) - ?g
Crackers - ?g
Cheese (brie) - ?g
Cranberry sauce - ?g
Apple pie - ?g
1 scoop of ice cream - ?g
Pumpkin pie - ?g
1 mini chocolate pie with whipped cream - ?g
2 glasses of white wine - ?g


So long and thanks for all the fish...
J. Thompson

Day 21

Weight (Wii Fit): Just over 147 lbs.
Weight (bathroom scale): 144.4 lbs

Well, today was my last day carb-free. Three weeks. I can't believe I did it. I'm very glad it's over.
I'll probably talk more about the journey and things I learned...but not today. Tomorrow perhaps. Right now I have a headache, I still have to make 30 little pies and blog. All while listening to Dave banging a bunch of hookers in GTA IV.
They should have named it GTA: Giving Little Boys Boners Because It's All About Tits Tits Tits.


1 Women's One-A-Day Multi-vitamin
1 500mg Sunkist Vitamin C tablet

*note* In my sleep-late stupour, I idiotically started taking my vitamins and drinking water before I did my weigh in on the bathroom scale. So, that number might be off a bit.



1:15pm
1 chicken breast - 0g
1 tbsp soy sauce - 1g

*note* Uh, ate too late today. No workout today. At first I was going to, but in the long run, having my rest day be Sunday will be easier than Monday, ultimately.


4:20pm
1 scoop chocolate fudge protein powder - 1g

*note* Ugh. I'm so glad to be done with these shakes. Dave and I went grocery shopping today. We bought things for tomorrow and for the party on Thursday. I wanted to make Chocolate pie for tomorrow, but god dammit they were out of pie shells on account of it being Thanksgiving. I = depressed. Like just about every other trip to the grocery store, we got into an argument. Dave is VERY dominant in the kitchen. VERY. Don't get my wrong, he's an excellent cook. But anyone who might be good as well; Ooooo, it's like a competition or something. Or like he believes that there can only be ONE person who is good in the kitchen. So when I come up and want to make something, he asks sly questions (Do you really need all those walnuts?), or says things like, "You know what you could do.../You know what I would do...You know what you should do next time..." and it gets frustrating. I bake, he cooks. That's why I'm not the one who burnt the white chocolate when I was making Christmas bark. When I actually know what I'm doing, he has to poke his head in. That was the argument.



8:15pm
1 chicken breast - 0g

*note* Dave and I made another trip to a different grocery store in hopes of getting pie shells. no luck. They were sold out there as well. BUT I DID find a package of thirty MINI pie shells. So instead of making one big pie, I'm going to make thirty small ones. How cool is THAT? So we had no plans for supper, so Dave and I bought a pre-rotissery chicken. 0g of carbs accoring to the label. I had one skinless chicken breast. Well, most of it was skinless. It sure was tasty though.



10:00pm
1 vanilla Atkins Advantage shake - 2g

*note* Yeah, I know this meal was way early, but that's okay. I don't think I'll be hungry the rest of the night. If I am, I'll have some turkey bacon or a Baby Bel.

I suppose I SHOULD admit that I did cheat a bit this evening. After I made the chocolate part of the pie, I had Dave taste and check it (so I didn't have to). He said it was good but a little heavy on the vanilla extract. Well, you say that to me and I gotta know. So, I took the littlest taste to see for myself.
And I think he's full of crap.

Dave made his famous broccoli salad. Broccoli, cauliflower, bacon bits, a bit of red onion and his secret sauce (I think he should have added mushrooms to the salad, but I don't want to tell hime what to do). It's VERY yummy.
Tomorrow's Thanksgiving potluck is going to be so great!!

54oz, but barely.


Until tomorrow...debating whether or not to actually have cereal in the morning/afternoon.
J. Thompson

Day 20

OH MY GOD TOMORROW IS THE LAST DAY!!!!

Weight (Wii Fit): Just over 148 lbs
Weight (bathroom scale): 145 lbs

I think the reason I didn't lose any is because I had a shitload of cheese before bed. Like at least 3g worth.

1 Women's One-a-Day Multi-vitamin
1 500mg Sunkist multi-vitamin



12:00pm
1 scoop chocolate fudge protein powder - 1g

*note* Yeah, bit of a late start, but I blame Dave. I tend to stay up later on the weekends because he's gone, and then since he doesn't get home until 4:00am, we sleep in late. Very late. Did the Slim in Six today. I didn't take a break, however, I had to adjust a few of the moves. I can't do that many front lunges because of my knees. I still can't do push ups, but I do what I can. Reverse crunches still hurt, but now more because my tailbone gets no cushioning on the yoga matt. Oh well.


1:15pm
2 scrambled eggs - ?g
4 strips bacon - ?g

*note* So our friend Scott is home from Lethbridge for Thanksgiving and we went out lunch with him. We all got breakfast of course. I have no idea the carb count for my food, but I'm hoping it was no more than 6g. It was a little hard to watch the boys eat their home fried and toast. And it kinda sucked to have my meals so close together, but I didn't eat again until...


6:00pm
1 chicken breast - 0g
1 tbsp soy sauce - 1g
1 Baby bel - 0g

*note* Dave and I did some shopping after lunch. We shopped for the CandleLite Party; spent way too much money. Went to M & M Meats and got some foods. Including my favourite ice cream. It was the last one. And omen. So they have to sit there, but only for another day. Maybe I'll have a bowl of ice cream for breakfast on Monday. I joke about it, but I'm still going to try to be smart.


9:00pm
1 vanilla Atkins Advantage shakes - 2g

*note* Haven't had one of these in a while. That's probably why I was craving one.

I'm only at about 40-odd oz of water right now (wasn't home for most of the day), but if I finish this bottle, I'll be at 56. Not to mention I had water at the restaurant. Three small cups worth.

Wish I had more to report. I'm pretty lame today.


Until tomorrow...drop that cookie! It's not time yet!!
J. Thompson

Country 19

I wish I could poop.


Weight (Wii Fit): Just under 149 lbs
Weight (bathroom scale): 145.4 lbs


1 Women's One-A-Day multi-vitain
1 500mg Sunkist Vitamin C tablet


72 oz and counting! Whohoo! Figured it might help me crap. Doubt it. I'm not that lucky.
I had some stuff I wanted to do today inlcude cleaning and walking to the store to get stamps, but I wasn't feeling very good (on account of not being able to shit), so I watched Heroes all day. Season 1. Man. I remember now. I remember when that show was good.


11:00am
1 scoop vanilla protein powder - 1g

*note* Did the Gilad workout today. Didn't need to take a rest, but I can feel myself getting used to the workout, so I may have to ditch it in a bit. My shake today was disgusting, another reason why I wasn't feeling good. I honestly thought I was going to puke it up.


2:10pm
1 chicken breast - 0g
1 cup green beans - 6g
1 tbsp soy sauce - 1g

*note* This is such a yummy meal. If the beans weren't so high, I could do this every damn day.


6:00pm
3/4 cup of egg beaters - 0g
2 slices turkey bacon - 1g
2 pinches dried chives - 0g
Garlic and Onion powder - ?0
2 sprinklings of pepper - 0g
2 [large] pinches of cheese - 1g

*note* I never really want eggs, but once I put cheese in them, they're quite good. I've been hungry all day and nothing seems to help.


Been snacking. A Baby Bel (0g) and cashews (3g per 1/4 cup). Man those cashews are good when you're hungry, but they're deadly.


9:00pm
Lime Jell-o - 0g


Catching up on Supernatural this evening. Finally Dave and I can catch up on THIS season, and watch them THursday nights regularly. We're only one behind in Big Bang Theory which is good.


In light of nearing the end of this diet, I composed a list of foods that I have been craving and would like to eat when I'm done.
In no particlaur order really, but my favourites are on top

1. Avacado sushi rolls
2. Pizza
3. Cookies
4. Corn
5. Nachos from Paddy McSwiggins
6. Mark Vacarro's Chicken Marsala
7. Strawberries
8. Regular Pepsi and Mountain Dew
9. Milk
10. Chinese food
11. Chocolate
12. Cereal


Might have a shake later. We'll see how desperate I am. Or maybe some cheese.


Until tomorrow...does YOUR fiancee have an authentic recipe for pico de gallo?
J. Thompson

Day 18

Weight (Wii Fit): 148.5 lbs
Weight (bathroom scale): 145.8
Dyslexic day I guess.


1 Women's One-A-Day multi-vitamin
2 500mg Sunkist Vitamin C tablets

I had two tablets today (at different times) because I've been a bit sneezy and coughy. It couldn't hurt, certainly.

Dave's been sick all week and called in sick today. He needs the rest. He's been worn down so badly.

Did my workout this morning. The Slim in 6 one. I did a bit better at it today, but I still needed to take a break. I found out how to do the squats easier. And I've decided to go at my own pace. They'll do the move and then speed it up, but I can't do the full movement when they do it that quickly. So I say, fuck 'em.


10:30pm
1 scoop chocolate fudge protein powder - 1g

*note* I'm so sick of protein shakes.


1:35pm
1 chicken tender - 0g
Cream cheese and seasoning mix - 1g
2 slices of turkey bacon - 1g
1 Baby bel - 0g
1 diet soda - 0g

*note* I'll be so glad to drink Mountain Dew again.



4:30pm
2 hotdogs - 4g
2 sprinkles of cheese - 1g

*note* That's right, I had hot dogs, dammit. And they were great.


7:30pm
1 scoop chocolate fudge protein powder - 1g


I didn't do much today. Did a couple loads of laundry and worked on a puzzle. Dave finished Batman: AA. Now he's playing Marvel Alliance? I think that's what it's called.

I convinced Dave to get off the diet. He's been miserable, depressed, cranky, irritable, sick, irritable, worn down and irritable all week. And I want this understood: he is NOT cheating. He did NOT fail. He's not in good health and he needs to get back up. The only way to do that is to get proper nutrients into his system.

We're almost out of meat here, which means the next three and a half days are going to be even tougher. I will finally know how Dave feel when I'm forced to eat eggs and protein every day.


Until tomorrow...don't let your room mate catch you sneaking out of the kitchen naked with an Oreo in your mouth,
J. Thompson

Day 17

Weight (Wii Fit): 148 lbs
Weight (Bathroom scale): 144.6 lbs

54 oz of water. Barely. I'm getting sick of water. I should drink way more. In fact, I may just fill my bottle and choke down some more. I mean christ. I haven't pooped in I don't know how many days. I know that's normal on a no carb diet, but still. All that dietary fiber in the meat? I should be pooping.
Just sucked down another 18 oz. Puke.


1 Women's One-A-Day multi-vitamin
1 500mg Sunkist Vitamin C tablet


10:50am
1 scoop vanilla protein powder - 1g

*note* had my shake after my workout today. Did the Gilad one, which I like. The cardio is really good, but it's easy. Don't get me wrong, some of the moves I get wrong, but usual by the end, I'm better at it. I don't do the toning though. Honestly, I'll worry about toning later. Right now, let's burn some fat. Plus, I like the way Gilad says "Buttocks." I like that he SAYS "Buttocks."


1:45pm
2 slices fried ham - 2g
1 tbsp mustard - 0g
1 baby bel - 0g
1 diet soda - 0g

*note* Ham is gone. Yay. No walking today. Too fucking cold. Oh yeah, it snowed. Yeah. This afternoon it was flurries, but around nine this evening it was full on snow. That cold icey pelty stuff.


5:20pm
2 chicken tenders - 0g
Cream cheese and seaoning mixture - 2g
4 slices of brick cheese - 1g

*note* Oh my god I love brick cheese! It's SOOOO yummy. I played my new Prince of Persia: Sands of Time game. and by new I mean fucking acient, but new to me because now I own a copy. It's one of my all time favourite games. Unfortunately, I need a memory card. but whatever. Point is, the first time I played the game, I would be up late easting crackers and drinking Mountain Dew. I wanted that SOOOO bad today!! :(


10:00pm
1 vanilla Atkins Advantage shake - 2g
Cashews - 3g

*note* I'm actually sick of these shakes. And I've been snacking on the cashwes, so I have to be honest here.


Dave's having a real hard time with this diet. He's not feeling good, which is not good. I've been lucky, where I haven't yet gotten sick (knock on wood), but Dave's been fighting a bug for over a week now. If he breaks it...I'll be glad. Because then he'll get proper nutrients in his system. it's not cheating and it's not quitting. It's being concerned with one's health. And Monday won't come quick enough.


Until tomorrow...who's cooking the turkey?
J. Thompson

Day 16

Weight (Wii Fit): JUST under 149 lbs.
Weight (bathroom scale pre-pee): 146.2 lbs
Weight (bathroom scale post-pee): 145 lbs.

So...not only did I lose over a pound of weight due to urination, but for once, Wii Fit and the bathroom scale agreed: I lost only 0.2 lbs since yesterday.
AH well, fuck the both of them. I'm almost done anyway.


I'm quickly trying to choke down my 54 oz of water. Only to say I did it.
[Done]

Women's One-a-Day multivitamin and 500mg Sunksit Vitamin C tablet.
You know, I really thought I'd get sick during this diet (because I'm not eating anything with fucking nutrients my body needs), but I've been fine (knock on wood...[Done]). Knowing my luck though, as soon as I put fruit in my mouth, I'll come down with the swine flu or something. Which actually wouldn't bother me; it would be a prolonging of my diet. A cold would suck though.

Woke up (later than I wanted) and did the Slim in Six video workout that Dave downloaded for me. It's...hard. There are no breaks. You know like walking in place? It's just go go go. And then go some more. I had to pause it to take a break. And because of my knees, I can't do the squats like they do, nor the "push ups." They do girl push-ups, but the way she started the move out was really awkward and I couldn't do it. Plus the yoga matt is kinda thin and our floors are SUPPER hard. Also, I can't do the reverse crunches because of my back.
You know what else? The woman leading the video has NO rhythm. You're supposed to keep in time with the music, but she just goes on her merry way, or speeds it up. I just had to stop looking at the screen and go with my ears. And the speed ups? Can't keep up! I don't know how they do the complete move in that short of time.
I'm going to Gilad tomorrow. At least he understands me.



10:45am
1 scoop chocolate fudge protein powder - 1g

*note* I was literally catatonic after the workout. I was really depressed and stuff and just sat there and couldn't move. But I DID have my shake within the necessary time limit.



2:00pm
1/2 chicken breast - 0g
1 chicken tender - 0g
A couple green beans (literally) - 2g
Soy sauce - 1g
Cream cheese and seasoning - 1g
1 diet soda - 0g
1 Baby bel - 0g


*note* Basically I had the leftovers from last night's supper and a chicken tender I made with cream cheese and herbs. Today I also walked to the grocery store and back. Dave wanted me to pick up chicken broth and mushrooms. When I got back, I cleaned off the outside chairs and brought them in. Oh yeah, also had to swiffer the guest bathroom because the FAN WAS LEAKING. Something overflowed in the bathroom in the vacant apartment above us last night, so we had to call in the plumber dude. Didn't get to bed until midnight. But that's neither here nor there.



6:00pm
Egg drop soup:
Chicken broth - 0g
Egg beaters - 0g
1 real egg - ?0
Bacon and mushrooms - 2g
Chives - 0g

*note* Dave made dinner again tonight. Once again, I have to make up numbers because I don't know the exact measurements of factoids about certain ingredients, like mushrooms. He also added salt and pepper, though once again, I don't know how much. It was yummy. The eggs were a bit bizzare, but they were cooked, so who can complain?


Dave and I went with a friend to see Zombieland. At first I thought, "Oh great. Another trip to the desert." But I was totally cool with it. Had a medium diet Pepsi. And by medium I mean Movie theatre concessions medium, so fucking huge. I did okay with no popcorn. Although, I saw a poster cut out for "Chance of Meatballs" cartoon movie, and they had animated doughnuts...chocolate, with sprinkles. it was like Homer Simpson pocessed my body (after the movie our friend went to Tim Hortons. Luckily, I had to pee really bad, and that kind of blocked my inate desire for doughnuts).

If you haven'ty seen Zombieland, get off your ass.
I think I may have a crush on Woody Harrelson. I can't believe that motherfucker was on fucking CHEERS, dude.
And can someone tell me why they keep advertsing for 2012? John Cusak is just a shit poor substitute for Nic Cage. Yeah. Think about it.


9:15pm
1 vanilla Atkins Advantge shake - 2g


Until tomorrow, say NO to the Krispy Creme!!
J. Thompson

Day 15

Weight (Wii Fit): 149 lbs
Weight (bathroom scale): 145.2 lbs

1 Women's One-a-Day multi-vitamins
1 500mg Sunkist Vitamin C tablet

54 oz of water. In fact, just about every day us 54 oz of water. I tend to be forgetting to note my water intake, so standing order: if I don't notate it, just assume 54 oz.


Woke up to another dream I didn't understand. I had to finish it in my head when I woke up.


12:00pm
2 slices fried ham - 1g

*note* I fried the ham in canola oil (og). I was so hungry this morning, but I didn't want eggs. I'm so sick of eggs. And meat. I'd kill for a strawberry.



3:30pm
1 scoop vanilla protein powder - 1g

*note* I worked out today! More on that later.



6:30pm
1.5 chicken breasts - 0g
Broccoli and green beans - 7g
Soy sauce - 1g
Garlic powder - 0g

*note* Dave made dinner, but it didn't work out the first time, so just added garlic powder and soy sauce to the veggies and chicken and heated it up. It was a LOT of chicken, so I didn't eat it all. I can have it for lunch tomorrow. I made up the numbers for the greens as I have NO idea how much of what was made, or how much I ingested.


11:45pm
1 vanilla Atkins Advantage - 2g



So, I walked to the store today to get my dad a birthday card, so I got a little exercise doing that. Then, I went to do an exercise video that Dave had downloaded for me, only I couldn't find it (turns out I needed to reset Glitch. Oops!). So I put in the Gilad (YES GILAD!!) DVD that my mom sent out with me. It's for beginners, and I really liked it. It's a warm-up, three sets of cardio, two sets of sculpting and cool down. Unfortunately, I was pretty winded after the cardio plus I kinda ran out of time. I'm hoping to get up at a "decent" hour tomorrow and do it then. But yeah. Good on me. I had a headache afterword, so I must have to drink a bit more water.


Until tomorrow...countdown until Thanksgiving!
J. Thompson

Day 14, Part II

I can't believe it's two weeks tomorrow. I sure don't have much to show for it, which is unfortunate. OH well.


Weight (Wii Fit): 150 lbs
Weight (bathroom scale): 146.2 lbs


1 Women's One-A-Day Multi-vitamins
1 500mg Sunkist Vitamin C tablet


12:40pm
3/4 cup egg beaters - 0g
2 strips turkey bacon - 1g
4 sprinklings of pepper - 0g
Pinch of texmex cheese - 1g
Dash of salt seasoning - ?0

*note* Yeah, got up WAAY late. I probably would have gotten up earlier, but it was so damn cold I didn't want to get out of bed. It's so damn cold here, but I don't want to turn on the heat. Our winter heating bills were so mind boggling last year...we just won't be able to afford it (Rumour has it we're supposed to have snow by Wednesday. Course the weathermen here are fucking idiots. Their idea of snow and flurries are completely ass backwords). Eggs tasted good. Cheese and salt season really helped.


4:15pm
1 scoop chocolate fudge protein powder - 1g

*note* Dave and I went to health place in the mall and picked up a small jar of chocolate protein powder. It's low in cholesterol which is good, and even lower in carbohydrates, which is better.



7:45pm
2 slices of meatloaf - 6g
Cheese - 1g
Bacon - 1g
1 Baby bel - 0g
1 Diet soda - 0g


I have a headache and a sore throat. I hope I'm not getting sick. If I DO get sick, I don't want a stupid cold. I want the flu!!

Dave is converting some workout videos for me. They are ipod videos that he's converting so I can watch them on the XBox. I sure would like to know how people can work out and follow along on something the size of a book of matches. That seems assanine to me.


Head is heavy. Need to lay down.

Until tomorrow...take your Vitamin C!
J. Thompson

Day 14

(FROM YESTERDAY)

Weight (Wii Fit): Just under 151 lbs
Weight (bathroom scale): NA


Started with my usual vitamins; Women's One-A-Day and Sunkist Vitamin C 500mg.
I got up at 9:30 am after having not slept very well on account of knowing I had to get up. I was helping my friend take her cats to the vet and I need to be ready by 10:30am.
Maybe that accounts for the weight fluctuation. Or maybe I'm just fat.


10:00am
1 scoop vanilla protein powder - 1g
1 scoop Chia Pro - 4g

*note* I didn't want to wake Dave up, so instead of using the blender, I used a shaker. Well, it sure as hell didn't blend things together very well; it had soem chunks in it. Wasn't smooth at all. Almost threw it up. On the plus side, the Chia Pro is gone and I'm on to the fewer grams of carbs and WAY less cholesterol in the vanilla stuff.


1:00pm
1 vanilla Atkins Advantage shake - 2g

*note* I took this shake on the go because I knew I'd be out an about today. A friend was having an Epicure open house (same lady who had the games night with the pistachio cake? Yeah), and it started at 1:00pm. NOW, once again, she put out an amazing spread. The majority of which I can't eat. I ate what I could though! From about 1:30pm to 4:00pm I snacked on:
Raw broccoli
Raw mushrooms
Raw celery
Dill dip (the herbs were 2g, but I don't know how much she used, and I don't know how much was in the cream cheese and sour cream. Still, it had the least amount. And I only had about a tablespoon, tablesoon and a half.)
Cheese dip (this shit is to DIE for. Maybe had two teaspoons of that.)
Teryaki chicken ( I was told it was just terryaki and chicken. Turns out it's the mix AND brown sugar. Luckily, I only had three SMALL pieces of that. But the brown sugar...man, wish I would have known.)
Antipasto consisting of salami, provolone cheese and tomato (I took of the tomato.)

Man, it was so hard NOT to cheat. You know what I compare it to? Remember Jesus in the desert, and Satan's tempting him? Well, that table full of Epicure stuff was my desert, and that cheese dip was Satan. I think I did okay, considering. I wasn't happy that I snacked though. I should have just had some and then cut myself off.


4:30pm
Meatloaf - 6g
Cheese - 1g
Bacon - 1g
Green beans - 5g
1 diet soda - 0g

*note* When I came home, Dave had supper cooking. He also changed the sheets, did laundry and did dishes. I was pretty damn impressed, I'll tell you. He went to Premium Meats and got the meatloaf. He asked what was in it and apparently just beef, onions, garlic, and egg. Probably other seasonings too. Still...you never know. Dave put bacon and cheese on it (mmm cheesy bacon is the BEST). I had two slices of that. I should have only had one, but it was damn good. And there were green beans in garlic butter. YUM. The butter by the way is Becel, and it's 0g.


We then went BACK to the friend's house for some more games night-ness. Unfortunately, Dave had to work, but I think it was for the best because he ws kinda tired and a little crabby. Anyway, not long into the night they all decided to get pizza. MAN. This desert NEVER FUCKING ENDS!! But they pulled out some of the veggies from before and I had a little bit of that. But I didn't have much and I didn't bring a meal with me because I figured I had been snacking all afternoon, so I shouldn't get a meal. That snacking was at least a meal in itself.
So I resisted pizza. HaHA!

Unfortunately, by the time I got home, at FUCKING MIDNIGHT, I was starving. Also, that's why I didn't create this entry then.

12:00am
1 vanilla Atkins Advantage shake - 2g

Day 12

Holy shit...almost two weeks. How depressing.


Today I walked! Yay! I walked to the bank to do some banking (go figure), then to the Macs station to mail out some things. You know what's almost worse than rude people in this town? People who are still rude while calling you Miss/Mame. Fucking jerk.
Anyway, then I walked back. Felt guilty about not getting my dad and step-mom an anniversary card. I really should call them. Oh shit and my dad's birthday is on the fifteenth. Same day as my Partylite Party. I must remember to call him...early.


Took my usual cocktail of Women's One-A-Day multivitamin and Sunkist 500mg Vitamin C tablet.
Also drank 54 oz of water so far. I might drink more. I must be sick or something.


12:10pm
3/4 cup egg beaters - 0g
2 strips turkey bacon - 1g
2 pinches dried chives - 0g
3 sprinklings of pepper - 0g
1 pinch of cheese - >0g

*note* my eggs smelled funny today. I can't explain how or why, they just did. And I think I'll try the texmex cheese next time.


3:30pm
1 scoop choco-starberry-cookies and creme protein powder - 3g
1 scoop Chia Pro - 4g

*note* I'm assuming by the Frankenstein shake you can guess what happened. I don't think the poweder was 3 grams of carbohydrates as there was only half a scoop of choco-strawberry left, so I had to fill the rest with 0 gram cookies and cream stuff.
It literally looked like cold diarrhea in a dixie cup.

Had a fix of a diet soda and Baby Bel (0g both).


6:30 pm
1 cup green beans - 6g
1/2 tbsp cream cheese - 0.5g
4 slices fried ham - 1g
1 tbps mustard - 0g

*note* Very yummy and carb-filled dinner. I attempted to fry the ham in a skillet, but it didn't get as crispy as I'd hoped. Still, it was good. Culdn't taste the cream cheese on the veggies, so that's a right-off. And the serving size for the beans is 2/3 cup. Do you know how hard it is to measure 2/3 cup of beans? Yeah, I rounded. Up.


10:30pm
1 vanila Atkins Advantage shake - 2g

*note* Forgot to eat at 9:30...I was soaking in the tub watching the first episode of Heroes. The FIRST episode. God. Everyone looked so young. And thin.


Oh, I also cleaned the bathrooms this afternoon and the floors this evening. So I guess I got a bit of a workout. Talked to my mom on the phone. She's been sick, so I wanted to give her a quick shout. I talked longer than I had anticipated (on account of her sore throat), but we just can't seem to shut up. Especially when we talk to each other.


Until tomorrow...you can't eat that flesh until Hallowe'en, zombie!
J. Thompson

Day 11

Weight (Wii Fit): 151.5 lbs
Weight (bathroom scale): 147.8 lbs

1 Women's One-A-Day Multivitamins
1 500g SUnkist Vitamin C tablet


I really didn't do anything today. I meant to; actually deliberated with myself, but decided against it. I didn't mean to sleep that late either. I had a dream and I woke up, and it was so odd. I had a dream that I just did NOT understand.
54 oz of water today.


12:00pm
1 scoop choco-strawberry protein powder - 3g
1 scoop Chia Pro - 4g

*note* Almost done with this Frankenstein mix; hopefully only one scoop left. Then about two or three more of the Chia Pro.


3:15pm
1 chicken breast - 0g
1 Tablespoon of Dave's Parm/Cream Cheese/Nut crust mix - 2g

*note* Yum. Not. I need veggies dammit.


6:45pm
1/2 steak - 0g
1 strip bacon - 0.33 (1/3)g
2 tbsp Dave's parm/cream cheese/nut crust mix - 4g
1 diet soda - 0g

*note* That strip of bacon was a third of a gram of carbs. Glad that mixture is gone. Too many carbs and it makes me thirsty for milk.


9:45pm
1 vanilla Atkins Advantage shake - 2g


I'm walking tomorrow if it kills me.


Until tomorrow...thank god I'm not Catholic because the no meat on Fridays would kill me,
J. Thompson