Garlic Bread Over Dose

Last night we had awesome lasagna. I made 3 mini-loaf pans of lasagna and froze one. I would have frozen 2 but Brian insisted he would eat a whole pan by himself. I was skeptical... but he ate nearly all of it. If I had to give a percentage, I'd say 85%. Now, I knew it was enough lasagna for 2 people because as I was making it, I made it the same way I make a standard size lasagna, which I always cut into 6 pieces. See? 2x3=6! No conversions needed.

We also had garlic bread. It was my idea. All the bad for you but oh so good ideas are my ideas. I asked him to go to the store to get us a loaf of garlic bread. In my head, I thought we would get the tiny 'just for 2' size they had at the store. (which is a dollar) but Brian got the 'omg we are feeding an army size' which serves 9. I ate 2/3 of that loaf last night. (that's 6 servings...)

Now to be completely honest, we hadn't eaten really at all all day. I made us turkey sausage and toast for breakfast at 1 pm and we didn't eat dinner until 11 pm so that was 10 hours of not eating anything else.

Our gluttony can be blamed on that, also the fact it was really good. And also the fact I'm a horrible wife and made him do the dishes so I could cook. (I never do dishes! ha!)

So last night was filled with garlicy laced nightmares. I was so stuffed of bread and cheese. I dreamed I was in a lair of vampires and they weren't drinking my blood or turning me. They were just tormenting me. Awesome. Then I woke up, fell back asleep. Suddenly I'm at M5 (home to the Mythbusters- this one is logical- I had Mythbusters playing in the background) and then a troll attacks me. Also logical- I played a lot of Oblivion before bed.

Basically the rest of the night was just as unpleasant. I kept tossing and turning. Suddenly my comfortable Queen size bed is uncomfortable and barely bigger than a twin. I usually beg Brian to cuddle with me. (We sleep butt to butt most of the time, or as I refer to it "the headache position") Last night I just wanted the bed to myself.

The toilet in our master bathroom runs constantly. It needs some sort of new assembly, and I need to call maintenance to come and fix it, but that requires cleaning the bathroom. So its running and I can't hear Adam & Jamie destroying something that was once usable, and I am getting irritated. Brian fixes the toilet, lets the dog out and is generally very happy. It's annoying. I ask why. Someone paid up for their commission. I see. I turn over.

He's awake and I finally have the bed to myself. Max is all over Brian lately so it's really ALL MINE. Then it thunderstorms and the whole company retreats back to my bed. Brian hates storms. Max hates storms. I didn't even know it was storming! I'm grumpy now because I missed a storm and it's still before noon and I am still not sleeping.

So I wake up. It's now just a little after 1 pm. Brian and Max are cuddling in bed. I laugh. I go to the kitchen and discover the left over lasagna. I slapped it in the oven. I mourn the loss of the garlic bread. I look out side, and its raining. I need to go get the mail, but I have crazy lady hair. I decide when Brian wakes up, he can go get it.

I am no longer bloated and stuffed with bread and cheese (much to my dismay thank goodness!)

And that is why I can't do low-carb. I mean look how I act around carbs! If I tried to cut them out (which I have) I do okay for a while then I tend to go insane (which I have) and then I turn into some sort of Hulk-mixed-with-the-Cookie-Monster-beast lady and destroy everything I have done.

But the good news is, I did not eat the whole loaf. Like I wanted/could and it will not be in our house for another 3 months or so. Hurray!

No Weight Loss for you, come back 1 week!

Work is psychotically busy. My jaw hurts from talking so much all day long. But other than being so busy you cant even take a drink of water and literally worshipping any breaks you get, it was a fantastic day. I had a lot of people just hang up on me- oh well. I had a lot of people who had to call back later- oh well. I even helped a few people- yay!

Today I tracked everything that went in my mouth.

I ate 40 points+ (6 over my daily limit)

I'm not going to lie, I had *another* gain this week. I will tell you whyyyyyy.....

-Christmas Eve dinner with my family. I said I had 40 points, but who really knows? I had 3 oz of ham, 4 deviled eggs, 2-3 oz of summer sausage, 2-3 oz of cheddar cheese (sharp, full fat) mashed potatoes, gravy, stuffing, and corn casserole, as well as a slice of my mom's pie. It was probably more like 65,000 points.

-Saturday, Christmas, I spent working and had left over ham and turkey sandwiches, cottage cheese, and lots of rum and cokes. I didn't bother tracking this day.

-Sunday my best friend was in town with her fiance. This is the first time I've seen them since the engagement and we went out bowling. I hate bowling. So I had a pint of hard apple cider to get me going. Then I had deep fried chicken fingers and french fries with ranch dipping sauce, Burger King chicken fries with french fries and bbq sauce, and breadsticks from Papa John's.
I didn't bother tracking this day either. I tracked BK but that was it.

-Monday I didn't bother tracking. I was so frustrated and worried about work that I didn't really eat to begin with and I do remember making a turkey skillet dish which was delicious.

-Today I tracked all day! YAY ME! I had 2 kashi lean granola bar thingies for 4 points each (2 sticks per pack), 6 oz of fat free yogurt for 3 points, and 10 oz of bbq pulled pork for 20 points, and 1 cup of mac and cheese for 11 points.

Although I didn't track my food, I did track my activity. I earned 6 APs this week. Zumba and Your Shape are a lot of fun. I also did Dance Central. It's no wonder that my knee is killing me.

Even though I ate on plan and tracked everything today, I still want to eat more. I am still hungry. I think I have to get used to eating less again.

 I pretty much failed at tracking my food this week and pretty much let life get in the way. I went to the store and I got some more apples and snack-type foods.With work it is more difficult to eat because there isn't any down time between calls (ok, there is 30 seconds, but that's barely enough time to chew!) I need to have items in my reach so I can snack on them and be able to control portion sizes. The kashi bars are 4 points each and take a long time to get through, so those are perfect. I also got a small bag of Quaker rice cakes in pomegranate and blackberry- DELISH! I ate the whole bag in one setting.

Tomorrow I have to get up early anyway due to a chiro appointment. So here's whats on the menu....

Breakfast: 6 oz of fat free vanilla yogurt with one crumbled Kashi bar (5 points) with a honeycrisp apple (0) and 6 oz of black coffee with 2 Splendas, 1T of fat free creamer, and 1T of milk (2 points)

Snack: .5 cup of cottage cheese with paprika and an apple- before work starts. (3 points)

Lunch: 5 ounces of  chicken with 2 ounces of corn (7 points)

Snack: Apple with the other half of my Kashi bar (2 points)

Dinner: 5 ounces of pulled pork (10 points) with 1/4 shredded fat free cheddar (1 point) with .5 cup of cottage cheese (3 points)

Total: 33 points.

If I am still hungry (like now) I am going to grab another apple. I am so glad that my apples are still in season- I have been devouring them like crazy!

Every Action Has An Equal and Opposite Reaction

No this isn't a physics lesson. I suck at physics. But you know what? It's still a lesson, so listen up.

Let's use today as a scenario:

I went to my parent's today. My grandma bought me a grilled chicken sandwich from Dairy Queen (she bought everyone else a fried one, so she's helping lol) for 9 points.

Then I was hungry later. So I had a 1/3 of a pizza sub (19 pts for the whole thing so 6 for a third)

Then I was hungry on the way home. So I stopped at Taco Bell.... seeing a pattern here? Chicken quesadilla= 12 points.

Brian had to work late and no groceries in the house so I ordered pizza. Thin crust, half cheese, half pepperoni. Order of garlic parmasan breadsticks (who invented these? sadistic bastard). I had 4 breadsticks for 11.5 points and 4 slices of cheese pizza 15 slices.

Total damage: 53.5 points for the day.
Yeah.

But I pretracked so it was a conscious decision. I regret only that I didn't hit up the store on the way home for something a little more filling lol

But I tried something new today: Raspberry Iced Tea. That shit is heaven on wheels. I'm not sure what that means.

Good news: I did dance central for an hour with my mom (4 points earned) and then another half an hour when I got home (2 points earned) so that helped some of my damage. I will just have to go to the store tomorrow, stock up on goodies I can make from home and stay far the fuck away from fast food.

BAD CHRISTIE. *slaps wrist*

My first major screw up. And I have already moved on. I felt the need to blog about it because its very telling. I was doing fine without fast food. Perfectly well. But one screw up and I went almost on a fast food binge today. My stomach has been most unkind to me. Probably because I have been most unkind to it.

Bummer.

I'm really tired. But I have an interview tomorrow so I am too excited to sleep. Weee! It's a phone interview, so lets hope my charming personality can woo someone over voice. :) Wish me luck, internet friends!