The Bandy Girl

Out of Office

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:37:40 -0400

I wish I could send that memo to my stomach. Hey you, with the gurgley noise. We are closed for the day, come back later and stop complaining. But I can’t. Anyway, I may have less posts this week as I am attending my first Grad school residency. But I’ll be home in a week and hopefully have some fun things to share. It might be interesting to take pictures of the Dorm food!

Just for kicks, today I ate every meal out, some better than others.

Breakfast: egg white ham and cheese flatbread sandwich from Subway

Lunch: Fish and fries from long johns (ditched the hush puppies, the soda and only made it through half the smallest meal. Fries are still the weakness though.

Dinner: Nutty Chicken Salad from Smokey Bones. Delish, but probably higher in calorie than it looks. on the Plus it had lots of veggies and protein.

Snack: Kelloggs special k bar. I should type this into my fitness pal but I am way too tired and need to sleep!

I am a clothes whore with a fashion sense that extends far...

Tue, 21 Jun 2011 22:30:29 -0400

I am a clothes whore with a fashion sense that extends far beyond my pocketbook, so today, this resonated with me.

diethoroscopes: It is not about guilt, but rather, about...

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:15:41 -0400

diethoroscopes:

It is not about guilt, but rather, about acceptance.

dreamsarebelssings: t.swift. All i listen to.

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:09:49 -0400

dreamsarebelssings:

t.swift. All i listen to.

New Gadget: Post Lap Band Fun

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:02:04 -0400

One of the things I love is sharing my favorite finds with folks who have had weight loss surgery like me, because lets face it. Some products just work better than others. This week I am preparing to go back to school and have a week long residency to attend. I’ll be staying in a dorm room and have no idea what the campus even looks like, let alone how this is going to impact my diet and exercise routine for the week. But I am determined to stay on track. I bought a mini blender, kind of like the magic bullet only a lot cheaper. I have a ninja pro and love love love it to death, so I just needed something small, portable and cheap that would blend my protein drinks. So I made my favorite strawberry shake after my workout to test it out! It didn’t get the strawberries as finely blended as the Ninja, but it did pretty well. Will work for traveling purposes. See the pics below.

Reblog if your HW/ SW/ CW is over 200lbs.

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 12:50:38 -0400

timetogetsmall:

<3

The Low Down

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 01:21:55 -0400

So here’s how my day went.

3 AM. Tummy hurts. Can’t sleep. Up doing work in the middle of the night so I can take vacation next week that isn’t really a vacation but a week long intensive grad school program. Yay me.
6 AM. Still up. But getting Tired.
10 AM must get up if I’m going to make it to Zumba even though Mom and Sis both bailed. Must commit to workouts for myself.
1 PM Shopping, spending money I shouldn’t be spending for my non-vacation vacation. Grabbing Wendy’s b/c Subway has TOO MANY CARBS!!! Should have ate a better meal before hitting the store. 630 calories according to myfitnesspal.com, who isn’t really my pal today.
4PM passed out. Sleep has finally caught up to me. The studying did not get done.
6PM Starving. Mom bailing on dinner.
8 PM still starving. Chipotle strikes back. Chips and guac for everyone.
11 PM Updating Calorie tracker. Holy Mother of God did I really eat that much?
12 AM Another round of Zumba. 700 calories burned in the middle of the night. WTF was I thinking. Bad Chipotle, bad. I may have burned half of what I ate but the guilt is almost gone.
1 AM feeling sweaty, tired and less guilty about food choices though my mind is starting to get that it is easier to just say no than try and burn off the spontaneous bad choices. Thinking I really want my stupid treadmill.

Overall, I really, really, hate carbs. I’m beginning to believe that I am addicted to them.

Trader Joe's Strikes Again

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:16:53 -0400

Yummy Lunch with Trader Joe’s Turkey Meatballs. It only took 5 min to make. Though I once again made more than I could eat. When will I get used to making such small portions?

So what’s in it?

4 TJs Turkey Meatballs (single serving is 2 with only 100 calories!!!)
1 Portabella mushroom cap
1/4 cup hunts fire roasted tomatoes
1/8 cup mozzarella

Total calorie count 269! and I didn’t even eat it all.

Post Workout Breakfast

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:54:48 -0400

I had a yummy breakfast this morning post workout, but I don’t have a picture today! Sorry. It was not so pretty but oober delicious. I made scrambled eggs with cheese, chicken sausage and green onion. I used

one serving of egg beaters
one Trader Joe’s Smoked Apple Chicken sausage link sliced (though two pieces fell on the floor and became victim to the dog)
1/8 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese and
chopped green onion

It was so super good and the stats were even better 213 calories, 9 gms fat, 5 gms of carbs, 26 gms protein! If you want to decrease some of the carbs you can ditch the cheese, but why would you want to do that?

If I make it again before I go off to school I will try to do a better job and add pics. But you could totally eat this any time of the day! Normally I would have added more veggies, green peppers or spinach, but I was out today.

Everyone should be forced to take a picture of their night out...

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0400

Everyone should be forced to take a picture of their night out as evidence of your good or bad food choices. Ours weren’t that great, but it was split between three people and I did, well hey. I’m not even going to try and justify it. I was very stressed and this was about emotional eating. Good news, the gym and Zumba provided more comfort than the greasy food! Hope I remember that next time!

"Failure is an illusion."

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 22:10:53 -0400

““Failure is an illusion.””

- Someone smarter than me.

Just loverly!

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:29:41 -0400

Just loverly!

Dinner, Dinner!!! I’ve got Dinner! Peach Glazed Grilled...

Sun, 12 Jun 2011 21:21:50 -0400

Dinner, Dinner!!! I’ve got Dinner! Peach Glazed Grilled Pork Chops, Grilled Peaches, and sweet and sour slaw. Yum! Of course mom brought baked beans, hot dogs and mac and cheese. I did indulge in a hot dog later, but I skipped the sugary beans and the carb heavy macaroni.

Today’s dinner was super yummy. I love the simply dressed...

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:27:58 -0400

Chicken and Strawberry Salad

Chicken and Strawberry Salad

Today’s dinner was super yummy. I love the simply dressed salad dressing!

Lemon pepper fish and asparagus.

Sat, 11 Jun 2011 20:25:12 -0400

Lemon pepper fish and asparagus.

Still cranky. Still carb craving. Tomorrow the PMS will be gone...

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:49:13 -0400

Still cranky. Still carb craving. Tomorrow the PMS will be gone along with the mood swings, bloating and intense desire to munch on any food placed in front of me.

Words of Wisdom

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 11:47:08 -0400

You don’t need to binge. That food will still be available when you’re hungry next. Speaking of hungry, you’re not hungry. You just think you’re hungry because you want that donut. But that donut won’t make you happier, healthier, or skinnier. So walk out of the kitchen, pantry, or grocery store, because you can prove that you’re stronger than that. Embrace thin.

reachingthin:

This is how I feel this week!

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:58:09 -0400

This is how I feel this week!

Blame it on the what??

Fri, 10 Jun 2011 08:52:23 -0400

I want to be mad at the band. I want to hate it for not delivering me the same success that others have had effortlessly. Okay well not everyone’s journey was effortless but for some folks the weight just seems to melt off. For me. My body is clinging to it like I might keel over if I lose another ounce. Everyday is a constant struggle. But I’ve come to learn that it might not be the bands fault. Actually it has more to do with my body and most likely my metabolism. Unfortunately I think my band has made the metabolism worse! I’m working really hard to counteract that by adding weights into my foods and cutting back on carbs, but it is tough. And this week I gained weight an inches. Okay I gained an inch, in the thigh, which is probably just muscle under the fat!! But I have got to get serious in the gym and out to get rid of these stupid lbs. Time to get the calorie counter back out and figure out why my bodybugg is not working!!

Lap Band Talk Forums

Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:26:54 -0400

Lap Band Talk Forums:

My favorite community of lap band supporters. I read it regularly online and they have a great app for the iphone.