April 5, 2018

Well, today my diet was kind of a mish mosh.  I took with on the morning bus run one of my oatmeal bars and a banana.  Later, after I got back home my mom and I ran to Wolcott so I could do my bulletins for Sunday service, so mom and I had breakfast at the little cafe in town.

I had two scrambled eggs, half order of hashbrowns and an order of toast.

On the way home, we had to stop at The Homestead.  I bought a blueberry scone which was my snack for this evening. (edit...forgot I also bought a chocolate covered peanut butter egg at store and ate it in the car on the way home.  An impulsive bad snack.)

I really didn't have any lunch since we ate the breakfast around 10am.  So, around 1pm I had a gluten free monster cookie with a small glass of milk.  There were better things I could have eaten, but also worse.

One other afternoon snack was a small bag of Cheeze-It crackers.

For dinner I had a hamburger with no bun, some peas and a few Sun chips.  I really did not overeat today, but also did not make great choices.

No walk today..it's freaking cold for April.

April 4, 2018

So far today, while on the school bus I ate a small oatmeal bar and a half a banana.  Later, Chris and I went out for breakfast at a local restaurant.  I had the normal 2 egg/bacon/hash brown/toast breakfast.  Only ate half the hash browns, they give you so much!  Ate 2 slices of the toast.  

Lunch today will probably be another tuna fish on a sandwich round, but will record what I actually eat later today.

Yes, tuna fish with mayo on a sandwich round as well as a few Sun chips was what I had for lunch.

Snack---had a piece of my energy bar and also a small bag of Graham crackers.

Dinner tonight will be one slice of pizza.  At least am going to try and eat one slice.  Chris wanted pizza from our favorite pizza place and I'm waiting for him to bring it home now.

Different subject...I broke our wifi bathroom scale today.  Was picking it up to clean the floor and bumped the toilet.  It has an all glass top and the thing shattered.  Luckily it's safety glass so wasn't too bad to clean up.  The scale was about 3 or so years old and I really liked it.  I just don't want to spend the money on a new one right now.  They cost between 65.00 on up to 200.00.  So, we will be scaleless for awhile.  

Tuesday, April 3, 2018

This morning I took on the school bus a banana and one of the oatmeal bars I made.  Plus some coffee, that was breakfast.

Later for a snack I ate a half of an energy bar.  The energy bars I like I buy at a bakery near me.  They make these really good homemade, gluten free energy bars.  The bars are made up of peanut butter, flax seeds, oat meal and some other things.  They are a good one or two bite snack that is pretty satisfying, for me at least.  There are recipes all over the internet for similar bars, but being the lazy butt that I am and since I have a source nearby that makes them...I just buy them.

Ok, on to lunch.  Had tuna fish with a bit of mayo and mustard on one of those sandwich rounds and a few Sun Chips.

Snack---a little snack bag of bunny grahams.

Dinner - Homemade chicken noodle soup, small bowl and a small slice of Italian bread with a bit of butter.  Couple bits of chocolate barkthins.

Evening snack - toasted english muffin with some butter and grape jelly.  Small glass of milk.

All in all, not a bad day.  Weather did not cooperate for a walk, rained most of the day.  I did spend 10 - 15 minutes doing some floor exercises so at least I did something!  Hopefully I can get a walk in tomorrow.

Monday, April 2, 2018

Wow, I haven't posted in my blog for a year.  I guess I am just someone who is not good at keeping a consistent blog.  I'm actually coming back here to use it as a place to record my daily food intake.  I really need to lose weight, but I just don't want to do the tedious food logging at places like "My Fitness Pal" or "Weight Watchers".  I'm just going to try recording what I eat.  I'm not going weigh anything, but will just try to eat sensibly, mindfully, etc.  My weight today - 233.  (see, I very much need to drop some weight)

For exercise, I'm going to get back to walking.  Since spring is here (tho it doesn't feel like it today) I'm going to make a goal of walking at least 4 times a week.   I have a set of nice exercise bands and plan to use those at home.  Chris and I did rejoin the local gym, but I knew that was a mistake.  I just am never motivated to go there.  I'm more inclined to head out to walk outside.

So, for today so far:

Breakfast - Oatmeal, two packs of sugar and a little milk, a scrambled egg.

Lunch - Mixed green salad with some chopped turkey, black olives and Newman's Oil and Vinegar dressing

Snacks so far - banana, couple pieces of Barkthins chocolate.  

Another snack: - oatmeal banana bar.  I found a recipe for baked oatmeal banana bars.  I'm trying to find something we can take on the school bus in the early morning and the oatmeal bars may work.  They turned out really good..going to try the recipe for a peanut butter oatmeal bar next.  They also make for a good snack.

Dinner - ground chicken burger, a sweet potato with a bit of butter.  Should have had some greens, but didn't.

Evening snack - English muffin with butter and jelly.  Small glass of milk.

All in all I feel I did pretty well today.  Hopefully I can get a walk in tomorrow if it doesn't rain all day.