More food and exercise data

[annathepiper]

(Hrmm. I need me a good 'doing exercise' icon. Maybe something involving bending from Avatar: The Last Airbender, just to go with the Katara healing icon I'm using now.)

Haven't had an exercise/food update in a bit, so here's this.

I failed to do weights on Wednesday. This was not entirely due to lameness; there's this bit that's gotten kind of swollen where I had the mastectomy, and I'm a bit concerned that this has gotten aggravated somehow due to my recent chest exercises with the weights. I did have a followup with Dr. Towbin on Thursday morning (more about this in another post), and he seemed to think it was okay. So I did do weights yesterday morning. But in the meantime, I'm also employing the mini-icepacks I was given before during prior procedures, to try to encourage that swelling to go down.

I have not lost any weight to speak of this month so far, which I'll admit is a little disappointing. However, I also haven't had any significant gains. I've been hovering right around the same immediate area I was in at the beginning of the month. Given that my energy levels have been improving, I'm willing to chalk some of this up to the weights exercises starting to do a little fat->muscle conversion.

We had an article up the other day on the Times site talking about how food diaries work for people for one strong reason: that as long as you're honest with yourself about it, it provides accountability. People were quoted in the article as saying how they found themselves avoiding eating certain things because they didn't want them to be on their food logs. I myself have begun to experience this--it's how I've managed to talk myself out of oh, say, buying Zingers at the corner market store, or getting snack chips out of the vending machines at work.

I have also begun to look for alternate snack concepts like dried fruit packets from Whole Foods, stuff that would store well if kept in my desk drawer at work. Found some tasty dried mango bits that I may be sampling again. Y'all will also notice I've been plowing through Tic-Tacs like they were water. This is an attempt to satisfy the urge to keep my mouth occupied--with something that's hardly any calories.

Meanwhile, food data for the last several days:

7/10/08:

Breakfast: 1 cup miso soup, 1 cup green tea, peanut butter granola bar
Morning drink: Bottle of Lipton green tea
Through day: 1 pack Tic-Tacs
Lunch: 1/2 turkey sandwich, 1 pear, 1 bottle Honest Tea berry black tea
Snack: Apple
Snack: Tall blended strawberry lemonade, reeses peanut butter cookie
Dinner: Sausage, fresh green salad, applesauce with cinnamon

7/11/08:

Breakfast: 2 packets oatmeal, 1 glass water
Morning drink: Bottle of Lipton Pure Leaf lemon tea
Through day: 1 pack Tic-Tacs
Morning drink #2: Cup of hot Awake Tazo black tea
Lunch: 8 pcs crab meat california roll, 1 package raspberries, 1 bottle Honest Tea berry black tea
Snack: Pear, 1 can Nestea
Dinner: 1/2 torta cubano sandwich, sweet potato fries, apple tini, mojito, about 1/2 chocolate mousse

7/12/08:

Breakfast: Miso soup, rice, nori, berry breakfast bar
Snack: Grande blended lemonade drink, petite vanilla scone
Lunch: Annie's Bernie-O's, Triscuit crackers, tangerine Talking Rain
Snack: Tangerine Talking Rain mixed with mango gelato, four squares chocolate
Dinner: 3 pcs Canadian bacon & pineapple pizza, salad

7/13/08:

Breakfast: Millet Rice cereal
Snack: Rasperries
Snack: Tiny dish of burnt sugar, egg crema gelato
Lunch: Bowl of Pink Lady apple pieces (2 small apples) and sharp cheddar
Snack: 1 piece key lime pie
Dinner: Curry, rice, peaches
Snack: 1 cup of rice cracker/cashew/peanut mix
Drunk during day: 3 glasses Aquarius, 3 (?) tea mix

7/14/08:

Breakfast: Miso soup, green tea, berry breakfast bar
Morning drink: 20-oz diet Sobe drink (12.5 cals)
Snack: 1 pack Tic-Tacs
Lunch: 24-oz strawberry/orange/banana smoothie, Thai Chicken bento box (thai chicken w/ rice, salad with peanut sauce, snow peas, 3 potstickers)
Drink: 1 cup Awake Tazo black tea
Dinner: Tuna Helper, broccoli, pears
Drink: 1 glass iced tea mix
Snack: 1 square chocolate, 4 Hershey's kisses

7/15/08:

Breakfast: Miso soup, green tea, strawberry yogurt bar
Morning drink & snack: Lipton iced tea, Tic-tacs
Lunch: 1/2 herb turkey & havarti sandwich, raspberries, Lori's Lemon Honest Tea
Afternoon drink: Awake Tazo black tea
Snack: 1 can Nestea, Clif bar
Dinner: Beef & broccoli, rice, peaches
Snack: Green tea, 1 square dark chocolate, last of the Hershey's kisses

7/16/08:

Breakfast: Miso soup, green tea, strawberry yogurt bar
Morning drink: Bottle citrus green tea
Morning snack: Tic-tacs
Lunch: 6-inch ham sub, packet veggie chips, Dannon strawberry yogurt, apple juice
Snack: Clif bar
Dinner: Fajita, Spanish rice, applesauce
Snack: Green tea, 2 squares dark chocolate

7/17/08:

Breakfast: Miso soup, green tea, berry breakfast bar
Morning drink: Bottle iced tea
Morning snack: Dentyne Fire mints
Lunch: 8 pcs crab meat california roll, pear, glass of tea mix
Afternoon drink: Glass of tea mix
Snack: 1/2 carrot cake Clif bar, some mango pieces from dried fruit packet
Dinner: Sloppy Joe, applesauce, baked beans
Dessert: Apple pie

7/18/08:

Breakfast: Miso soup, green tea, berry breakfast bar
Morning drink: Bottle iced tea
Snack: Tic-Tacs, rest of the Dentyne Mints
Lunch: Vegetarian Thai food, 20-oz smoothie
Snack: Orange-mango smoothie from Starbucks
Dinner: Todai sushi

7/19/08:

Breakfast: Miso soup, green tea, Tiger's Milk bar
Lunch: Curry & rice, glass of green tea Crystal Light mix
Snack: Tiger's Milk bar
Snack: 1 cup rice cracker/nut mix
Dinner: 4 pcs salmon primo pizza, salad, water
Drunk during day: 3 (?) glasses Crystal Light drink mix


And, the walking log:

Miles since July 10th: 22
Miles out of Hobbiton: 2955
Miles out of Minas Tirith: 118
Miles to Hobbiton: 1507

Comments

[prettyshrub.livejournal.com]

Woot for you!

A word about dried fruit - it is sticky and sweet and can do a number on your teeth and gums if you aren't careful about brushing or chewing the appropriate gum.

[annathepiper]

Oh, I've been good about brushing all my life--as my dentist has continued to inform me year after year. And I daresay that the dried fruit I'll be eating won't be any worse for my teeth than oh, say, the soda. ;)

And at least the stuff I've bought from Whole Foods so far hasn't been particularly sweet or sticky; dunno. Maybe it varies by brand.

Thanks, regardless!

[mamishka.livejournal.com]

Remember, muscle weighs more than fat, so that might account for the scale holding steady.

[annathepiper]

Yeah, that's what I figure. :)

Which reminds me, I need to do weights tomorrow!