Stable

Oh to have a never ending supply of shift dresses and stacked heels!

Feeling like I'm leveling off after downward spiral...might go to the gym tonight...

Money:
Coffee $2.oo

Food:
apple w/ peanut butter 150 cal
broccoli galette 250 cal
tomato basil soup 200 cal
dinner (who knows?) allotting 500ish

Disaster Weekend continues into the following week

Wedding this weekend and lots of eating and drinking and I've been sucked into the black hole. Trying to crawl my way out. Lesson: drinking! Not okay. Okay on the money front, though.

Money
tea and cookie $5.oo
Dry cleaning $20.oo
Water club $5.oo
Rx's $50.oo

Food
Apple and peanut butter 150 cal
burger and fries and cookie 1200 cal
broccoli flat bread 300 cal

Doing It All

I did NOT go to the gym as planned because I had to work on a dress for a wedding I'm attending Saturday night. I would like to not have to work on it tomorrow, but i'll have to, which means I must choose my saturday afternoon activity: gym or Jon Stewart rally?

I wish I was one of those Do It All types, but I'm just too high strung. I also wonder how many lovely times with friends or romantic saturday morning lay arounds I've missed because I don't want to overdrink/eat or felt like I MUST go to the gym.

Money:
Lunch $6.oo

Food
salad w/ veggies and barley: 200
rehersal dinner... ???

Huh? Wha?

Stepped on the scale last night after a nice restrictive day and voila: 139. Ugh. I'm finding as I eek into my 30s it is harder to to loose weight. A year ago, I felt like I had 3 lbs that would slide off after a lean day, but now I seem to just rest at 140 no matter what I do. Then again, Tuesday I ate a LOT of bread. Like toast for breakfast, a roll for a snack, and a grilled cheese for dinner. That'll do it.

I really want to go to my office cafeteria for lunch since they have my fav healthy soup and salad combo. But I already brought garliky kale, so I am going to stick with the plan and save some money and calories for the day. My stomach is grumbling, so I'm taking that as a good sign. I SHALL go to the gym tomorrow morning to weigh in. Crossing fingers.

Money
afternoon coffee $2.oo
Dinner at Italian joint $20.oo

Food
2 clementines for breakfast 50 cal
garlicky greens 100 cal
sandwich and salad 600 cal

Only Wednesday?

Fully demonstrating the money/food connection, the only thing I spent money on yesterday was an afternoon salad bar snack. Better than the chocolate bar I originally picked up, though. Today I'm hoping to restrict a bit in preparation for the scale tonight after gym class.

Money
er, maybe a coffee in the afternoon? $2.oo
I'm running low for ther rest of the week till payday on monday. Hepefully if I save up, I'll actually have some cash for the weekend.

Food
half an apple and a clementine 100
ginger tofu soup 100
more clementines for a snack 200
dinner? may try and skip...

I forgot about mom's bday and spent almost $100 on her present yesterday. Will have to hold off on picking up laundry and putting in Rx so I can stick to the tightened budget. Have about $19.oo/day. If I can down green tea at my desk all day, I think I can forgo my afternoon coffee.

Money
$0

Food
Toast with fancy salted butter 240 cal
salad with tofu and garlic dressing 200 cal
sunflower seed drops 130 cal
dinner...grilled cheese? wine? cookie? 7oo cal
TOTAL 1050ish cal

Skinny Monday

Feeling good about the weekend. Enjoyed myself without going bananas.

Money
Laundry $24ish

Food
apples and peanut butter 200 cal
soup and fruit for lunch 300 cal
cookie snack 100 cal

Going to try and skip dinner since I have yoga class tonight.

Weekend Forecast

Ugh. I just wrote a whole post and now I've lost it somehow. Here's the summary:

Money

$70 for the weekend.

Food

Hopefully at about 15oo for today.
Boozy weekend coming up. Will try and restrict when I'm solo so I don't act cray cray when I'm socializing with friends. Should get in yoga and aerobics, though.

Dress

Money
Dinner and a cab and maybe some new school supplies: $30

Food
handful of peanuts: 150 cal
soup: 300 cal
sandwich/salad: 600 cal (I'm just going to go nuts and eat my italian sandwich, okay?)

Back on?

Maybe I'll try doing this again. I'm not sure if it helps and it is just one other thing to keep track of...

Money:
$2.oo coffee

Food:
300 cal apple and peanut butter
300 cal cauliflower and spinach soup
150 cal peanuts (only healthy snack at work)

I may try to skip dinner. I'm going to the gym at 7:30, so I might be able to work through the hunger.

Rampling.Martha.

Binge Day

I told myself it's regime time, and then lasagna opened the flood gates.
Writing the promise down.

Money
$10.oo lunch

Food
Million calories!

Plan for the next few:
Tue: am gym class, shit ton of green tea
Wed: fruit, salad, some sort of bar, pm gym class
Thur: green tea, salad
no more than $10.oo/ day
no more than 850/day
no dairy
no sugar
no refined carbs or grains
no meat

Back to School Glasses?

Warby Parker

Only a month left for white jeans...

Money
0

Food
half a grapefruit 50
kale and cashew soup 200
dinner ?

Rules: no snacking, no sugar, eat dinner really really slow!

Horrible bloat and back pain today. Didn't make it to the gym today.

Money
0

Food
apple 50
rice and tofu stirfry 300
who knows for dinner maybe I can get away with skipping. outfox the bf.

Money
Lunch 10.oo

Food
half a grapefruit 50
salad 300
salad 300
Total 650

Trying to skip lunch. Crossing fingers.

Money
coffee 2.oo
chinese food 10.oo
TOTAL 12.oo

Food
half a grapefruit 50
vegan beef w broc. 600
TOTAL 650 cal

Felt tired and cranky when I got home last night and ended up binging. Things not working. Trying to take a more laid back attitude.

Money
Lunch 10

Food
half of a grilled cheese and an apple 300
crazy buffet 600
dinner who knows?
TOTAL ???

rules: don't be such a head case

Money
$0

Food
half a grapefruit 50
veggie risotto 400
dinner unknown 500
TOTAL 950 cal

Rules: shit ton of water

Money
AM coffee 1.oo

Food
Dinner 500

Rules: no sugar, fast till dinner

Money
Bagel 1.oo
Lunch 4.oo
Friend's bday dinner 50
Total $55.oo

Food
grapefruit 40
bagel 370
lunch 400
dinner 700
TOTAL 1510

Rules: no sugar

SUGAR! NO progress with ice cream in the house.

Money
Garden store 15.oo
Lunch 5.oo
B-day pressie 20.oo
TOTAL $40.oo

Food
half a grapefruit 40
salad 400
dinner unknown less than 600
TOTAL 1040


Rules: no sugar! No snacks!

Money
Breakfast 2.oo
Lunch 5.oo
TOTAL 7.oo

Food
Apple 60
bagel 300
salad 400
TOTAL 760

Allergies and PMS making me impatient and cranky. Cookie dough binge again last night.

Money
Lunch at work $10.oo
TOTAL $10.oo

Food
Oatmeal w/ apple 300
Salad 300
Chinese food w/ friends 400
2 glasses of wine 400
TOTAL 1400

Rules: one bowl of chinese food ONLY!

Binged last night on cookies and white wine while watching old episodes of Buffy.
Money
Coffee 1.oo
TOTAL 1.oo
Food
half a grapefruit and a was of cookie dough 150
Almond joy 270
Soup 400
Total 820 Cal

Rules [for the rest of the day anyway]: no sugar, no dairy, no bread/grains, no TV!

Money

Card for step mom 4.oo

snore stips 13.oo

TOTAL 17.00

Food

apple 70

greens and tempeh 300

cookies 300

dinner made by bf less than 500

TOTAL 1170

Money

Crepe cupon $20.oo

Lunch at work $6.oo

TOTAL 26.oo

Food

half a small grapefruit 50

tiny bit of oj 50

soup/ salad 400

tofu stir fry w/ rice 400

TOTAL 900

Rules: no dairy, no sugar, no white flour

Money

lunch 6.oo

sewing class 150.oo

TOTAL $156.00

Food

yogurt 50

coffee cake 50

grapefruit 30

lunch: asparagus, tofu noodles 500

TOTAL 630 cal

Money
steak dinner for bf 100
Total $100.oo

Food
dark and stormy 180
broccoli rabe italian sandwich 400
eggs and toast 200
burger 400
glass of wine 200
TOTAL 1380 cal

Money

Coffee 2.oo

Wine gift 15.oo

TOTAL $17.oo

Food

blueberry yogurt shaky thing 200

green tea, green tea, green tea!

dinner at friends house 800

TOTAL 1000 cal

RULES: only coffee and green tea until dinner.

Money
Lunch 5.oo
TOTAL $5.oo

Food
Chocolate for breakfast 200
Salad 300
Carrot soup 300
TOTAL 8oo

Rules: no carbs, no booze

Bloated and back so achy today. May just go home, lie on the floor, and fast.

Didn't end up buying shampoo and face wash. Ahead with cash for the week.

Money
Lunch 6.oo
Casual shopping 50.oo
TOTAL $56.oo

Food
Oatmeal with dried cherries 250
Corn chowder soup 400
Broccoli/cabbage fried rice 500
TOTAL 1150

Rules: No booze. No sugar.

Money

Rx 55.47

Fancy shampoo and face wash: 50.oo

TOTAL $105.47

Food

Granola 500

OJ 120

Risotto/ Salad 600

Baked tofu/ Salad 400

TOTAL 1512 cal

RULES: no sugar/ no booze

Money

Lunch 7.oo

Possible evening outing [20.oo]

TOTAL $27.oo

Food

Lara bar 200

Salad 300

Salad 200

Risotto 400

2 Wine 350

TOTAL 1550 cal

Friday

Money
I'm buying breakfast and lunch and dinner today, so it'll be a challenge to stay within budget. Trying to stay at about $20 so I can afford a Sephora treat tomorrow.
Breakfast 1.oo
Lunch 5.oo
Dinner/Happy hour 14.oo. Okay this is impossible 24.oo.
Total $30.oo

Food
Bagel with butter already 400
Salad for lunch 300
1 Cocktail and dinner 600
Total 13oo