Friday, August 31, 2012
Monday, August 27, 2012
Still at it....
Yep, I'm still here! And unlike most blog hiatuses, I have not fallen off the wagon. Woohoo for that. As you can see from the sidebar, I am currently down 20 pounds since we started HFA. My little girl is down 4.6. And we are actually still having a great time. Having all of the meals planned is making food choices simple. I don't always follow each day perfectly, but rather mix things up throughout the week. The recipes are pretty yummy so that always helps too.
We are back in school now. Which makes it a little harder for Mommy because there is no one but me around to make control decisions on what I eat. But so far so good. My cravings are tapering off and I feel satisfied with what I do eat.
And, oh yeah, I'm still binge free!!! For 42 days!!! This is my longest streak of being binge free since at least 2007. Maybe even longer. And it feels amazing. :)
We are back in school now. Which makes it a little harder for Mommy because there is no one but me around to make control decisions on what I eat. But so far so good. My cravings are tapering off and I feel satisfied with what I do eat.
And, oh yeah, I'm still binge free!!! For 42 days!!! This is my longest streak of being binge free since at least 2007. Maybe even longer. And it feels amazing. :)
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Hello, Reality
Our "Healthy Family Adventure" is continuing to go great. It seems so random though that meals out are scheduled into their plan. That's good I suppose, but it still was strange today to tell my daughter that a hamburger and fries at a fast food joint was our "planned" lunch. :)
We ended up at McDonald's and we each got a cheeseburger Happy Meal. I like their new ones. It came with the burger, a very small serving of fries and a pack of apple slices. We both got iced tea to drink.
Once I came home, I logged onto WW to enter my points. They did not have the new style happy meal listed so I went searching for the nutrition info on the Mickey D website. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that our lunch was right around 400-450 calories. That's awesome!
What I also discovered is a nifty "meal builder" tool on their site. You just click on the food and "add" it to your meal. Then, it gives you the nutrition info for your meal.
Let's back up a little. McDonald's is one of my go-to binge spots. I love their food ( I know, most people don't.) One of my favorite things to do was wait to drop my daughter off at kindergarten so I only had my little boy, and then go get ridiculous quantities of food from there, come home and sit on the couch, and eat all of it. By myself. With no other eyes to see and no one to know. I shudder thinking about it and hate to admit it, but it's the facts.
Out of curiosity, while on the site today I built a meal with all the food that I normally would get there on a binge trip. The total made me sick to my stomach. I'm not stupid. I knew it was a lot. But seeing the total was mind boggling. Ready for it?
2600 Calories.
347 grams of Carbs.
105 Fat Grams.
105!!!
That's nearly 2 days worth of calories!!!
Some weeks, I would go there twice a week to order that. And then wonder why I was physically and mentally sick for the rest of the night and most of the next day.
There are no words. The numbers speak for themselves.
We ended up at McDonald's and we each got a cheeseburger Happy Meal. I like their new ones. It came with the burger, a very small serving of fries and a pack of apple slices. We both got iced tea to drink.
Once I came home, I logged onto WW to enter my points. They did not have the new style happy meal listed so I went searching for the nutrition info on the Mickey D website. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that our lunch was right around 400-450 calories. That's awesome!
What I also discovered is a nifty "meal builder" tool on their site. You just click on the food and "add" it to your meal. Then, it gives you the nutrition info for your meal.
Let's back up a little. McDonald's is one of my go-to binge spots. I love their food ( I know, most people don't.) One of my favorite things to do was wait to drop my daughter off at kindergarten so I only had my little boy, and then go get ridiculous quantities of food from there, come home and sit on the couch, and eat all of it. By myself. With no other eyes to see and no one to know. I shudder thinking about it and hate to admit it, but it's the facts.
Out of curiosity, while on the site today I built a meal with all the food that I normally would get there on a binge trip. The total made me sick to my stomach. I'm not stupid. I knew it was a lot. But seeing the total was mind boggling. Ready for it?
2600 Calories.
347 grams of Carbs.
105 Fat Grams.
105!!!
That's nearly 2 days worth of calories!!!
Some weeks, I would go there twice a week to order that. And then wonder why I was physically and mentally sick for the rest of the night and most of the next day.
There are no words. The numbers speak for themselves.
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