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Health: Progress
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Jan. 10th, 2008 @ 06:22 am
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A few days ago, I took out my bottle of pure lavender oil from where I'd stored it. I've been using it since on my pressure points, in my hair, and in a warming diffuser, and my stress levels have fallen a bit every time I've done so. |
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Health: Food Diary (for Jan. 8)
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Jan. 9th, 2008 @ 11:04 am
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"Breakfast" (5:30 am):
1 can tuna in water
Diet iced tea
Breakfast (9:30 am):
1 McSkillet burrito
1 fruit and yogurt cup
1 small diet coke (plus 1 refill) with LOTS of ice
Lunch (12:30 pm):
1 slice greasy cheese pizza
1 large diet coke
Snack (?):
1 can Arizona Rx: Energy tea
1 3-serving bag Spicy Nacho Doritos
Dinner (5:15 pm):
1 can Progresso lentil soup
A few corn chips
Snack (9:30 pm):
3 pieces chocolate candy
One of my biggest problems with to-do lists is setting reasonable time limits. I did not accomplish by Saturday what I had expected of myself, mainly due to extenuating circumstances, but I could have seen those circumstances coming a mile off if I had taken note of the signs in myself that I was stressed and needed a day off with a friend. Pay attention to what you're telling yourself, self! |
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Health: Food Diary (for Jan. 7)
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Jan. 9th, 2008 @ 11:00 am
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Breakfast (11 am):
1 bowl whole wheat squares with 1% milk, honey
Lunch (1 pm):
1 small hot dog from 7-11 with bun, mustard
Seltzer water
Diet iced tea
Dinner (4:30 pm):
2 McChicken sandwiches
1 large fries with BBQ sauce, hot mustard
1 caramel sundae
Snack (10:30 pm):
Several (3?) glasses 1% milk
Also: some diet iced tea and seltzer water over the course of the day |
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Health: Food Diary (for Jan. 6)
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Jan. 9th, 2008 @ 10:57 am
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Tsk, tsk, self. Keep the paper diary with you, and write things down as you consume them! Let this be a public reminder. |
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Health: Food Diary (for Jan. 5)
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Jan. 9th, 2008 @ 10:52 am
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10 am:
1/2 white chocolate/cranberry scone
12:15pm:
A little more than half of a loaf of restaurant basket bread with a bit of butter
1 small Caesar salad
A few leaves with dressing from my lunch companion's unwanted salad
1 plate penne alla vodka
1 slice black forest cake
3 pm:
1 almond latte
1 unsweetened iced tea
...since I wrote this down two days later, I can't remember if I ate dinner or, if so, what I had. |
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Health: Food Diary (for Jan. 4)
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Jan. 9th, 2008 @ 10:44 am
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Breakfast (10 am):
3 eggs, fried in butter, with salt and pepper
1 1-inch slice of Grandma's poppy seed bread
Snack (1 pm):
1 Braeburn apple
Lunch (2:20 pm):
1 chicken Caesar salad
Seltzer water
Snack (3 pm):
1/2 slice iced cake
Snack (?):
1/2 slice iced cake
Dinner (7 or 8 pm?):
2 1/4 lb 7-11 hot dogs
1 3-serving bag Spicy Nacho Doritos
Snack (12:30 am):
1 cupcake
Also: Most of a bottle of diet iced tea over the course of the day
Conclusions? I eat more at work. I'm unhappy there, lately. |
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Health: Food Diary
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Jan. 3rd, 2008 @ 09:54 pm
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Breakfast:
2 slices cheese pizza
1 bite of a white chocolate and cranberry scone
1/2 piece of peppermint bark
1 brownie
1 piece of vanilla/chocolate marbled, iced cake
Lunch:
2 slices pepperoni pizza
1/3 of a bag of peeled mini carrots
1 slice of stewed beef
3 slices of a giant cookie
a 1 liter bottle of seltzer water
Dinner:
18 maki rolls sushi
2 slices pepperoni pizza
1 piece of vanilla/chocolate marbled, iced cake
Some icing from another cake
1/2 a 2 liter bottle of ginger ale
1/3 of a bag of peeled mini carrots
Today was a pre-diet practice run of journaling what I eat. It is proof that poor planning leads me to make bad food decisions, for I woke up late, had nothing portable in the house to take with me as I ran out the door, and subsequently gorged on food from the anniversary party of the store in which I work. In addition, I had not realized just how often I've been using food as a means of relieving stress, but today was a stressful day, and I was eating everything in sight, regardless of how hungry or full I was!
Yikes, look at that list! No wonder I've gained so much weight lately!
But this isn't something over which to berate myself; rather, it's something from which to learn. I know even better than before that I need to change now, and I am even more driven to make those changes I need.
So here goes: before I go to bed on Saturday evening (05 January), I will...
- Choose enough South Beach Diet recipes to cover all my meals for the next week
- Modify them for less costly ingredients
- Choose healthful snacks for between meals
- Buy groceries
- Prepare all the food I need for until Wednesday (09 January)
Scale of Awesome: anxious |
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Health: Progress
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Jan. 3rd, 2008 @ 09:51 pm
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Today I bought a cheap, easy to carry paper journal in which to record what I eat and when I exercise, and I made my first entry!
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Health: Status
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Jan. 3rd, 2008 @ 09:47 pm
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As of today:
210 lbs
Carb junkie
Out of shape
Frequent back, neck, knee, and foot pain
No current caffeine addiction
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Health: To do
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Jan. 1st, 2008 @ 10:17 pm
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Change Eating Habits
- Get rid of unhealthful things around house
- Modify South Beach Diet recipes for my income level
- Plan several weekly rotations of meals and snacks
- Schedule weekly grocery-buying and food preparation times
- Make list of healthful alternative bought lunches in case I can't prepare one
- Keep a paper food journal
- Keep an online food journal
Change exercise habits
- Schedule long walks with fun destinations in mind 2x/week
- Phase in bike-riding 1 mile 2x/week
Reduce Pain
- Find exercises for strengthening back, knees, and neck
- Schedule the above exercises for completion as many mornings as possible
- Get referral to podiatrist
- Make appointment
- Go to appointment
Improve Allergies
- Wash all chair coverings
- Wash curtains
- Buy hypoallergenic duvet cover
- Buy two more hypoallergenic pillow covers
- Schedule cleanings of carpet, curtains, bedding, and coverings
Learn to Relax
- Plan several weekly rotations of short yoga routines
- One a few minutes in duration for mornings
- Several half-hour ones for 2x/week
- Schedule regular playings of body scan tape
- Schedule regular hot baths
- Schedule regular writing of self-affirmations
- Use lavender scents
- Use night scent every night
- Try a new meditation technique monthly
Control Mood
- Schedule times 2x/week to write positive self-talk
- Schedule a time at the end of a month to turn the best ones into a tape to which to listen to for the next month
- Make a list of non-food treats to give self for accomplishing a good general mood on a difficult day
- Keep them handy!
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Health: Goals
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Jan. 1st, 2008 @ 10:06 pm
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- Weigh 165 lbs.
- Cease to suffer pain as the result of normal activity
- Relax at will
- Control my mood at all times
Scale of Awesome: determined |
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