164 New scales

20 lbs gone!!!!!

Lunch Stuffed chicken roll out of my recipe book. Tiny bit of onion and spinach sauteed in braggs and "wala" it was good. I do wonder on counting calories because my Fitday.com count said it came to 321 for this meal, but the Melba rounds were counting out way higher then what the box stated for 4 rounds. The box said 4 rounds were 50cal and Fitday.com logged them at 78cal so that kind of left me wondering how things are calculated. And cooked spinach comes out different then a raw spinach even though the measurement started at the same point. So back to talking to the nurse friend and a nutritionist friend, here's the scoop, The box would be the better cal count to go from on the melba rounds. Why well every batch and every box is really an estimate and Fitday.com is going from a basic rounding out number. The spinach when cooked becomes higher because it is broken down and the body isn't having to work so hard to do that break down work, therefor you end up with a higher cal count. Also all the vitamins and minerals are lost when it has water added to it unless you drink the liquids that are left. So this is why you see very malnourished people in countries that eat alot of raw food and not so much in other countries that can break their foods down in all the many cooking ways that we have created. Now that's something I never thought about. So a roasted almond has more cal then a raw almond hmm well this would be something we should all learn in high school. Maybe the statistics about the parents out living the kids would change and it could get turned around to the kids being around as long as the parents. (just a thought)

Lunch I took to long and had to much help from kiddos making my flattened chicken to roll cooked spinach in with tiny bit of diced onions and cooked in the juices from sauteing the spinach. Too long meant I ate a handful of almonds that were mixed with cranberries that were dried. When I looked up the cal amount after I nearly choked. After P2 this would be a fine cal amount but not right in the middle of it. Notice I am not writing it down you have to figure it out. Needless to say I did not have my fruit and ate about 2:30 when I finally got to get the chicken cooked and done I had already eaten my 2 melba rounds and the almonds and the dried cranberries so I only partook of the one chicken roll stuffed with spinach. Lesson learned, when kids are underfoot for the day eat a baggy chicken salad that I prep ahead. I felt like I was a taxi driver all day starting at 7 am and ending at 9 pm. I never had a chance to make my own dinner so I am doing an experiment of having what I made the family. Turkey breast with my melba rounds and an orange. I can't remember if I ate my veggie I know I couldn't eat the families broccoli veg. WHAT A DAY can you tell they were all out of school today.

My spray ran out the day before so I have switched to the bottle of drops. I like this way much more then the spray. I choose the spray thinking it would be easy to not have to measure out a drop but now I have changed my mind. The spray is cold and the drops just stay in the one area that they are placed not making all my front teeth cold. Just my own idiosyncrasies.

I watched a documentary by Jamie Oliver in ABC.com http://abc.go.com/shows/jamie-olivers-food-revolution the obesity rate in West Virginia. It was very informational about how we have so much processed food and it is mostly bread type. This is so not green in any form at all. He even talked to the school lunch program trying to point out that if you can't read what the label says below the main ingredient of chicken should you be a bit worried. The next time would be on the way they mix chemicals to keep all these foods freezer safe. It looks evil to see these chemicals and think about it in our food. The one parent who was doing his program said that they had cut out all the snacks that the kids ate and increased the green in their diets and they were all losing weight because of it. I must be a mean Mom because we hardly have candy snacks at our house its always a home made brownie with extra eggs in it or carrot sticks or apples. There is never enough money to buy frivolous snacks.

I AM GROWING A BIG GARDEN AND DRYING AND PRESERVING LOTS OF FOOD THIS FALL.

170.8 LBS New scales are you kidding I went up!!

What a big disappointment my BMI went up today and I gained back a pound good grief what did I do wrong. Well I totaled my cal intake and it was 55-oz over the 500 limit. I took a shower maybe to much soap got on my scalp, we have such hard water that it makes our skin itch so I could have scratched it into my scalp. What if it was the small amount of strength training that I did. I do not even hurt today so I do not think it could be that. Well its frustrating that's for sure, but I will go on! It could just be that my body has a set point there, having been the point that I delivered a baby and weighed at that point for a long time.

Today I went looking as my body decided to not lose and actually gain. Things I found and their links.

http://www.fitwatch.com/

This site has a calorie counter and lots of tips to help make a lifestyle change.

http://www.fitwatch.com/weight-loss/understanding-how-to-lose-belly-fat-503.html

Let me just say this article is my life for the last four years high stress barely

any sleep for two years and glad to understand the cortisol level thing.

http://www.fitwatch.com/weight-loss/6-pack-abs-320.html

Well unearth my ball and start strength training. I want to unbury this 6 pack.

I feel that HCG has helped to burn the fat that was stored here because its the

first place I saw it begin to leave off of me.

February 23,2010 178 BMI 30.37

Oh this feels like such a slow lose yet I know that's not true. I wondered if I would lose slow. I had a grouchy day I wasn't focused and yet I had plenty of energy. I really want to be skinny again. I felt hungry all day it seemed. I realized that I need to eat right on schedule and not go for longer then past the 12 noon hour to eat lunch. Besides I should keep the spray going at the same time everyday too. So as I start to fix my meal I spray and hold under my tongue for 30 seconds or longer if I can and after 30 min my meal is ready to eat and I am good to go again. I had Baked Apple Chicken over Lettuce. I needed to not eat so many melba toasts. I went over by 3 more then the allotted amount. Maybe I should count calories now and make sure I am within the 500 limit for the day. NAAA I am fine.

Did you know that if you are low in your protein intake you will hang on to fat more because your body needs more.

Ok Ok I am going to check my calorie amount. Dinner Lean Steak 114. cal Stevia Carmel Onions .32 cal 1 orange Never mind I ate whats on the list and so I am being good I tell myself.