Day 166: Spring Break Saturday!

Posted on March 5, 2011 by theffkid

Why hello there!

I hope everyone had a great Saturday (and Friday… my bad.) I can summarize how my Friday was with a haiku lieu of a blog post:

Not much food in day

Hit by racquetball a lot

Snacked too much in night

I woke up this morning and decided to weigh to see where I was at and I was up from 285.5 on friday morning to 291 this morning! What the crap!?! I really really really really really really really need to stop weighing constantly. It’s become this addiction which I know is really unhealthy. I know that the number isn’t what matter as much. I’m not going to fall below some red line or get voted out by some toolbags on the Red team because I use to be on the Black team just because I didn’t lose enough. I need to be okay with the ebb and flow of this journey and that’s been hard. With that said, I had a NSV today that made whatever the scale says tomorrow moot. (If I were you I would keep reading.)

Breakfast: I went the “eat six small meals” route today to really kick start my metabolism. When I was working on my morning internship duties, I just had a Nature Valley Oats n’ Honey bar pack for 4 points. I think that was the last one I’ll have in a while. I’m getting burnt out on them.

Mid Morning Snack: I decided to make a wafflewich around 10:00 so I could hold myself over until lunch. I did it the right way (aka the way A Girl Who Loves Cupcakes (you really need to check out her awesome blog!!!!) makes them) with half a banana. It was delectable and really filling. Not a bad 6.5 point morning snack.

Non Scale Victory! So if you follow me on either Facebook or Twitter, you may recall I said I turned the clock back to 1999 today. Well here’s why… We went to Old Navy to pick up some cheap flip flops (an American summer tradition) and just to look around. The last time I bought jeans from Old Navy was 1999. After then, I couldn’t really fit into their pants (you know… the obesity thing) but today I found a pair of jeans and a pair of brown pants that fit perfect! So I bought them! And they were on sale! I really never thought I would ever be able to buy pants from a non Big and Tall section ever again back before I started this thing so this was a really big (or little) day for me and it made me realize that even if the scale is moving at a snail’s pace, I’m still making awesome strides and obviously my body is changing. Pretty awesome revelation.

Lunch: After our escapade to ON, we went to Subway. I had the Megan Special which is Black Forest Ham and other awesome things on Whole Grain bread. It was 8 points of yumtasticness.

Snack: I had an apple and some chocolate covered coffee beans because they are awesome; so that was my afternoon snack. 2 points.

Dinner: As part of our dinner and a movie, we decided to make one of our favorite meals together that we haven’t made since we lived in our shoebox of an apartment in Abilene. We made Veggie Lasagna out of the Taste of Home cookbook. It was amazing beyond belief. All it is is lasagna with carrots, peppers, onions and zucchini. It takes a while to make, but you can eat off of it for days. I had 2 ginormous slices with a big ol’ salad with basalmic vinegar and a tsp of olive oil. It was a great meal. We haven’t had a nice sit-down meal at home in a while so it was a special dinner for us. (We are going to go see the Adjustment Bureau tonight. I’ll review it tomorrow.) Oh yeah, dinner was 11 points.

So overall I got to 31.5 points which is fine with me. So as you’ve read, the scale is becoming my enemy (which is one of my no-no’s) since Mr. Scale has been kind of a tool lately. Although I’m a little worried about tomorrow, I’m in a zen state of whatever happens happens. Bring it on Mr. Scale, I want to be your friend, but right now you’re that friend who doesn’t return my calls. See ya tomorrow.

Day 164: Thursday

Posted on March 4, 2011 by theffkid

SPRING BREAK IS HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never thought this day would come. It’s been a long semester so far so some mental rest is much needed. Anyways, I just have to get through my internship tomorrow morning and then I have absolutely no obligations. So awesome. Alright, let’s talk food.

Breakfast:I woke up with a glass of cold water (you have to do that!) and a cup of Chobani awesomeness. I ate the last cup of Pomegranate we had 🙁 which lead me to write this on Facebook…. Pretty awesome. What a great 3 point breakfast.

Snack: It’s been forever since I’ve had Starbucks so since I was on campus, I went over to Club Stroz and had a Iced Skinny Caramel Macchiato. It tasted amazing since it’s been such a long time. Such a great 3 point treat.

Lunch: Since it was Thursday, I went to Ogelsby and ate with the awesome folks from my Church’s college group. I had Pollo Tropical and it was just great. My monster meal was 14 points. A little high, but okay for a workout day.

Workout: After class (where the term “Elite Cleavage” was used FTW) I headed over to Leach for a good workout. I warmed up on the recumbent bike then I did arms and core. I felt a little awkward at the gym for some reason today. It was just a weird day; there are some workouts I want to do but I don’t feel comfortable doing in public. I use to not have that issue, but I was kind of self conscious today. Overall though it was a good workout with a lot of sweat so that works for me! 14 exercise points

Dinner: Tonight, we went and saw the Old 97’s play at The Moon. They are a good ol’ Texas rock band and they brought it. When they sang “West Texas” I got homesick. Anyways, before the show we went to Cabo’s since it’s right down the street. I had the Veggie burrito which was just a refried beans burrito. It was good but a little rich. We did eat our share of chips and salsa because they are awesome but it was still a healthier dinner than we could have gotten anywhere else.

So overall, it was a pretty good day! The food was great and the workout, although a little weird, was sweaty and good so it was a day I needed. See ya tomorrow.

Day 162: Tuesday Done

Posted on March 1, 2011 by theffkid

Sorry for no post yesterday. I started working on this behemoth of a paper at 1:30 pm and I finally finished a 2 am. The picture to the left is what grad school makes you look like. You become a zombies and instead of brains, you hunger for sleep and will destroy anything you can to get it. Anyways, now that it’s done, I’m smooth sailing until spring break. Legit. Alright, let’s talk food.

Breakfast: I just had a wafflewich of deliciousness. 5.5 points

Snack: I had a banana 2 points, 2 points of almonds, and a Nature Valley Honey n’ Oats granola bar 4 points.

Lunch: We packed a bunch of food in for the longest day of the week so for lunch I had leftover spaghetti from last night. It was delicious and 6 points. Great lunch.

Dinner: After classes, we had our weekly bible study on campus so I didn’t have much time to eat. I ran in to Pollo Tropical and just got some rice and black beans. It was only $2! pretty good deal (and delicious too!) It was only about 7 points too!

Snack: When we finally got home from a long day, I had some Puffin cereal we got on sale at Earth Fare. It was a lot of cereal for only 3 points (which includes milk.)

So today, I got to 29 points which works fine for me. Again sorry for the no show yesterday, but I’ll make it up tomorrow with a stellar Wordless Wednesday! Get stoked. See ya tomorrow.

Day 160: Weigh In Week 26…

Posted on February 27, 2011 by theffkid

So… Week 26… Intense stuff…

I have been on my weight loss journey for about 6 months. 26 weeks has been half a year, and now I am finally starting to feel the strain from this long journey. This week has been nuts. I have been stressed with school and just life in general. I am so thankful that Spring Break is right around the cornered because it is much needed. Yesterday, I could just feel the gain coming on. We ate out for all 3 meals so I just knew it was going to happen. I wasn’t as careful as I could have been; it’s like when you know you’re screwed so instead of trying to do damage control you just say screw it. Well, I paid for it big time and it sucks. I gained 3 pounds this week (I could hear you cringe and say ouch when you read that.) I know, it was no bueno, but I know why it happened: stress from school, eating things I didn’t know the points of, not counting everything, I hurt my leg at some point in the week, so I didn’t work out as much, and maybe the biggest one, I didn’t drink enough water. So, this is a new week and a clean slate. We are both going to hold each other accountable this week and just eat better food. We are still pressing on even thought it seems to get harder and harder everyday. If anyone has some advice about how to keep going when you’ve been dieting for so long I’d love to hear it. Alright, now that that’s over with. Time to talk food.

Breakfast: I just had an english muffin with a little butter and honey. If you haven’t, you really need to get the Nature’s Own 100 calorie english muffins. They are awesome. Anyways the muffin with a little butter and honey was 2 points.

Snack: Between class and service,I had a Kashi bar to hold me over during church and to get my metabolism going. (Megan and I both lost more when we ate 6 times a day so that’s what we are trying to do.) 2 points of yumness.

Snack again!: We got this awesome dark chocolate peanut butter from Earth Fare that is only a point for a tablespoon! I put it on a waffle for 2.5 points.

Lunch: We went back to the food basics (which is the plan for this week) we had the awesome turkey burgers for lunch. We were going to have salads, but since it was a little bad, we went a difference route and made this garlic rice with red and black quinoa. It was this microwave 90 second Uncle Bens and it was really good. The burger was 6 points and the rice was 3 points. Pretty good lunch.

Snack: I’ve been working on a paper all day so this afternoon, I needed some brain food. So I had some Chobani pomegranate. It was beautiful and delicious. After you are done reading this post, run to the grocery store, and grab yourself some Chobani! It was 3 points!

Dinner: Speaking of food basics, we had Mac and Cheese with broccoli for dinner. It was so good! It was nice just to eat the classics like I was going back home. Pretty awesome stuff. I had a serving and a half for 9 points. It was great.

So today I got to 27.5 points which is good stuff for me. Like I said, it’s a new week, and it’s time to kick some butt. See ya tomorrow.

Day 159: Saturday

Posted on February 27, 2011 by theffkid

Today was an odyssey of weirdness. Both in food and in almost been hitting by a bus. I’m no Ray LaHood (google it) but when someone is crossing the street when you have the little white guy, you should not have to worry about becoming a hood ornament on a City of Tallahassee bus. Fun stuff. Alright, let’s talk food.

Breakfast: Before James had his audition, went to Brugger’s Bagels. We haven’t been there before but we needed to go somewhere psuedo fast but not fast food. I had the Spinach Cheddar Omelet Bagel on a Trail Mix Bagel. It was really good and the trail mix bagel was soooo good but it was pretty high in points. It was 13 points. Ouch, but I want to go there again sometime.

Lunch: After James’ audition, we had a celebratory lunch at Sonny’s! It was really good. I had the Chicken with a baked sweet potato and baked beans. The chicken was a little greasy but the whiter parts were pretty good. It was about 15 points for lunch so not too bad. Megan got a salad that had candied pecans and craisins. It was only 5 points too!

Snack: After walking around downtown, we went over to Nuberri for some frozen yogurt. I went with vaniila and some toppings. It was about 5 points.

Dinner: GODZILLA!!!!!!!!! We went to Super Perros with James so he could taste some of Tallahassee’s Finest cuisine. Megan and I split the Godzilla burrito of awesomeness. It was fantastic. That’s all that needs to be said.

So today was delicious but indulgent and a little over the top. I’m really worried about tomorrow. I know a gain is on the horizon for a variety of reasons I will bore you with tomorrow. Until then, sweet dreams. See ya tomorrow.

Day 158: Friday Fun Stuff!

Posted on February 25, 2011 by theffkid

This week was nuts, and today was just the icing on the cake. Read on.

Breakfast: I just had a bowl of Kashi Berry Crisp happiness. 4 points of awesomeness.

Lunch: So I got up to campus to work on some stats homework that I had to use a certain program. 3 hours later of not having a clue of what I was doing, I had to run to my internship. I didn’t have time to get a real lunch so I snagged this out of the vending machine. The reason the granola bar is out of focus is because I was running to my car while I was taking the picture. Regardless, it was really good and 4 points.

Snack I didn’t really have a lunch so the whole time at my internship I was starving. When I finally got home, I had another 4 point bowl of cereal.

Dinner: We went out to dinner with our awesome ACU friend James who is auditioning at FSU tomorrow and a bunch of the folks from the Music department. We went to La Fiesta which looks small on the outside but is massive on the inside (not that this matters.) Anyways, I had the spinach enchiladas and they were really good. We didn’t get our food for about an hour and a half because we had so many people so I did eat a lot of chips and salsa (can you blame me though? I didn’t eat that much all day. Awe well) Anywho, I’m not sure how much dinner was but it couldn’t have been more that 19 points. I’ll be better next time. See ya tomorrow.

Day 157: Thursday Hooray!

Posted on February 24, 2011 by theffkid

The week is almost over (thank goodness) and we are almost a week away from Spring Break. So close, yet so far. Anyways, today wasn’t that bad. I’m just ready for this semester to be over with. It’s been beastly.

Breakfast: Wafflewich. The best in the west. 4 points.

Lunch: We met up and ate at Pitaria for some lunch. Luckily, they had their awesome creamy vegetable soup today. So we both did that and split an order of hummus. It was great and about a 10 point lunch.

Snack: I had a Kashi bar of awesomeness for 2 points.

Breakfast: So I met up with some people (shout out to Andrea and Quinten what what!) for a group project around 5:30 so we went to Panera. When I got there, I had the dropsies really bad so going there might not have been the best choice. I wanted to dominated their pastries. Instead, I got a plain bagel. No bueno. It was 6 points completely dry. That’s more than a Krispy Kreme doughnut. Fail. Anyways, to add insult to injury, I spilled coffee all over my hand Old-Lady-From-McDonald’s style. That sucked, however the coffee was good and we got a ton done! (Take the bad with the good right?)

Dinner: By the time we were done at Panera I was starving so Megan and I decided to hit Chipotle in its awesome glory. I went with the Vegetarian Bowl with guac and sour cream on the side. It was a pretty awesome meal and 16 points. Pretty awesome stuff.

Today wasn’t the best day but it’s how it works. I got up to 38 points. Should have skipped on the bagel but awe well. See ya tomorrow.

Day 156: Wordless Wednesday!

Posted on February 23, 2011 by theffkid

Enjoy.. Even though it’s not that great.

Day 155: Tuesday Time!

Posted on February 22, 2011 by theffkid

Sup G’s!

So I’ve been pretty sick all week. I can’t figure out if its allergies or a cold but either way I wake up in the morning with Slimer dancing around in my head. I’ve been drugged up on cough medicine since Sunday so if I seem loopy that’s why.

Breakfast: I went with the classic wafflewich which was good. I finally get to crack open the Central Market Peanut Butter so I’m pretty stoked about that. Good ole 5.5 points

Lunch: I knew that Tuesdays are insane so I decided to make an early lunch. I basically had breakfast twice (which is fine with me) I toasted two English muffins with two eggs and two veggie breakfast sausage patties with a little cheese and some spinach leaves. (I was a Noah’s Ark of a meal.) It turned out really well. Pretty awesome lunch and 11 points.

Snack: While I was waiting for class to start, I had my afternoon snack of Kashi TLC granola bar for 2 points. You should really try them out.

Snack: We bought some awesome Charlie Brown gummies from Publix so I had a little package. They were 2 points.

Dinner: I really needed to eat something spicy to knock the snot out of me so Megan made some curry. She made it extra hot (emphasis on way too hot) It was a green Thai curry that she got for Christmas and we put in some shrimp, yellow peppers and zucchini. We used a low fat coconut milk that was a little different, but regardless it was pretty good. With a massive glass of milk to offset the hot it was about a 13 point dinner.

Overall, I got to 33.5 points which is fine with me. The past couple of days I’ve been too sick to get up to work out so I’m hoping I’ll be well enough to get up in the morning. See ya tomorrow.

P.S. did anyone watch Biggest Loser tonight? What did you think?

Day 154: Special Monday Weigh In Day!

Posted on February 21, 2011 by theffkid

So last week I was in a bit of a rut. I was just getting bored with what I ate and stuff like that. But I think this weekend with little control of the meals and portions jump started my rut. I came home ready to eat healthy and just live better. I had no clue how this week’s weigh in was going to be so when I got on the scale and found out I lost 3.6 pounds I was so stoked! I couldn’t believe but that’s just how it works. So I’m finally in the 280’s at 288 and I have lost a total of 69 pounds. Pretty insane stuff. Alright, food time.

Breakfast: I had my classic 4.5 point wafflewich which was just amazing. Gotta love your favorite breakfast.

Lunch: I didn’t have time to take a pic but I wish I would have. I put a veggie chicken patty on an English muffin. Basically, it was a light Chick-Fil-A sandwich. I really enjoyed it… even though I made and ate lunch in about 3 minutes today. It was only 3 points.

Snack: I brought a snack for around 3:00 when I get hungry, but I was just too hungry not to eat it. It was a Kashi granola bar with black cherry and dark chocolates. It was really good and 2 points.

Snack: After work, I had to have something before dinner. I had a bowl of Kashi Berry crunch which was only 4 points of awesomeness.

Dinner: Megan tried to make this fried rice for dinner and it was awesome. We bought these Uncle Ben’s microwave-in-the-bag so we added that to some peppers and onions and a scrambled egg. I was really impressed. It was 8 points which isn’t too bad.

Snack: I had another Kashi bar. 2 points

Dessert: Megan tried to make this new dessert that I just loved. She cut open an acorn squash and put it in the oven with butter, cinnamon, and nutmeg. It was cooked perfectly which really made the difference. A good little 3 point dessert.