I'm a young, vivacious woman with terrible health. I'd like to blame genetics and situations beyond my control for this, but I know it is partly my fault. I decided I was sick of feeling like "twenty five is the new fifty two," so I changed my diet and lifestyle to help fix my declining health. No one my age should have a blood pressure of 190/110. This is where I write about it.
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
9.8.10 End
4:00pm
15Mg Tablet Adderall
7:30pm
500MG Tablet Metronidazole
8:45pm (Beans and Barley Cafe)
Vegetable Stir Fry with Brown Rice and Ginger Glaze
309 Calories; 20 Fat Calories
BITE of Chocolate Cherry Cake
Unknown- 50 Calories (?)
Orange Jack Rabbit Juice (Half Fresh Orange Juice; Half Carrot Juice)
101 Calories; 1 Fat Calorie
Total- 460 Calories; 21 Fat Calories
I am pretty proud of myself for eating well at dinner! I really wanted to get the tempeh, lettuce and tomato sandwich, but I decided the bread would be too heavy and throw-off everything I was trying to do. I also have only eaten at BB once before, so I have a hard time choosing things at places I am relatively new to. I am a huge fan of ginger, so the stir fry was an easy choice. I was also really distracted by talking to my friends, so I just kind of picked whatever I saw first, and wasn’t too interested in eating.
Everything went well with my friend. He had a lot of fun stories to tell, and it was nice to talk to him; not awkward at all. I missed his friendship and it is fun to share in the exciting things going on in his life.
After dinner we went back to his house and opened the mountains of packages and mail that had amassed over the past month. It was like having Christmas in September! After that I played around with his kettlebells (he has a gym in his basement) and chatted with a group of people.
I am pleased that I went out and did something last night; it really kept me from mindlessly snacking.
11:45pm
2- 25MG Tablet Topiramate
2 Fiber Tablets
1 Excedrine PM
9.03.10 (so far)
7:00am- 1 15mg Adderall tablet
I need to get my perscription filled for my Topomax, so here’s hoping I survive the day without a migraine.
10:00am-
1/4c Almonds with Cranberries
190 calories; 150 fat cal
12:15pm-
Banana
12:45pm-
orange
organic blue corn tortila chips
70 calories
cashews
So far, so good.
8.23.10
Today was rougher than riding a stegosaurus bare-back… in the nude.
I thought it would be an awesome idea to go to Chicago with my friends on Sunday night to see a couple bands play. I told them I had to wake up at 5:45am for work, so we had to be home by 2:30am at the latest. Sure, what would be doable!
We didn’t LEAVE Chicago until 2:30am! I drove home because my friends were a tad intoxicated, and offered to let them stay at my place. After sleeping in the car the entire ride home, they were a bit giggly and bouncy when we reached my house. One ended up calling her boyfriend to come pick her up, which was a cute little debacle.
I ended up getting a healthy forty-five minutes of sleep. Whoopie!
I stopped at Panera on my way to work, because I didn’t eat supper the night before (unless you want to count those skittles) and I was feeling hungry.
Breakfast (7:30am)
Jalapeno Cheddar Bagel- 310 calories; 30 fat cal.
Reduced Fat Cream Cheese- 130 calories; 110 fat cal.
Total: 440/130
Ew, the cream cheese calories are grossing me out. Not to mention that I decided it was OK to even eat cream cheese again.
Lunch (12:15pm)
Caprese Salad (I made it, and I really don’t know how many calories a few slices of tomato, mozzerella cheese and some olive oil has)
Apple
Five Tortilla Chips and a Tablespoon of Salsa
I didn’t really look at any calorie counts for this
Snack (2:30pm)
Cranberry Trail Mix (Peanuts, Raisins, Cranberries, Almonds, Cashews, M&Ms)
I ate way too much of this, and I know its terribly bad and fatty for you. I try to pick out the peanuts and M&Ms, but… yeah.
Raisins
I also have a bag of raisins. they are kind of healthy, but dried fruit isn’t as good for you as real fruit.
Dinner (7:30-8pm)
Vegan Fajitas
Smart Strips “Chicken” Strips- 80 Calories; 0 fat cals
Red Bell Pepper
Onion
Fajita Seasoning
Salsa
1 tbsp Guacamole
I am going to place this meal around 150 calories
I was tired as hell today, which resulted in me being overly-emotional and cranky. I am surprised I mustered up enough energy to make Caprese Salad for the office, and Vegan Fajitas by the time I got home.
I was also at my parents house and managed to say no to consuming what was probably a deliciously fattening dinner.
However, I did manage to send out several depressing, too-much-information tweets and texts last night. I think that over-tired messaging rivals drunk messaging any day.
Tack on the usual bedmeds, and I was asleep right around midnight.
