[Mindful i Mouse] February Month End Reports

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Time for month end reports and a review. I didn't get a chance to weigh in yesterday, we spent the night at a shipper. I couldn't do it this morning either, so while I would really like to know if 229 stuck, I will go ahead and keep it for the month-end tally. Click to enlarge any report. Net loss for the month was 8 pounds. Sounds good on paper, but in reality, I only had a true 3 pounds loss, as I was at 232 the first week of December. It has taken me this long to get back to that weight and reach the new low. My average for the month was higher than my goal of 1100. I also think my carbs are too high. Most of that carb count was the flaxseed, so the fiber count does offset that somewhat. This month's average is lower than last month's 1334 calorie average, so that is an improvement and may be why I was able to lose weight this month. I also felt more hunger this month, something I felt was fading to a pre-meal sensation (strong but short term), but this month I extended it to the point of all day hunger (less strong but pervasive) and I could feel body changes going on because of it. Here is the breakdown of the average, showing that I really fluctuated daily. I tried to balance getting below 1000 calories with keeping myself from getting too hungry, kind of like listening to my body and honoring hunger but using discipline when I could. The first 4 days of the month were home-time calories. I exceeded my nutritional goals. I am not so far out of range that I think it was a failure. It's just a good report to keep an eye on. BG's have been not as stable as I would like. There seems to be a carb curve, when I get above 30g a day, there tends to be a higher BG within a couple of days. I think that I will work on making March more stable in both calories and carbs to see if that makes a difference or not. Overall, February was a good month, I have had such a long major stall and by being dedicated to lowering the calories, I ended up with a loss. Yesterday was a really horrid day all around. We ended up on Pier 78 in NJ and the whole experience was awful. It was a produce load, two different piers, grapes and pineapples. Husband was livid and stressed with all the crap he had to deal with, which made me feel it. The cussing, the anger, the frustrations engulfed us both. We finally were done by 7pm and headed to a truck stop. Husband wanted to go into the restaurant for dinner and I felt relief. I knew if he got a full belly he would feel more relaxed, I knew if I could get meat and salad, I would feel better. The salad bar was fabulous. The rest of the buffet was rather awful. It had shredded beef in gravy, canned chicken (round slices) in a sweet and sour sauce but they called it teriyaki. Sheesh. There was dried out round ham slices, and roasted Monterey chicken that was over cooked and the seasoning was bitter. I really enjoyed my salad, nibbled on the meats and scraped a tiny bit of chocolate frosting off a tiny piece of cake just to have a taste of something sweet after dinner. There was vanilla pudding, but that tasted like a tin can it came out of. This was one of those type cheap buffets where just about everything came out of a can. The wait staff....well, while I know this place won't have ambiance of any kind, the dang staff was so loud, laughing and talking up a storm with each other next to our table, hollering out to customers across the room, it was so obnoxious. What made them think that a customer sitting down to a dinner to relax wants to hear them talk about their business so loudly? I wanted to sit and talk to my husband, enjoy my meal. I hate these kinds of places and this kind of service. I used my best estimates and what similar product I had in my data base. It was still too much food. The bulk of the salad alone filled me and I was uncomfortable when I went to bed. I told my husband how odd this was, that I use to be able to really pack it away, eat huge amounts of food. It's all changed. I like that. --

Posted By i Mouse to Mindful i Mouse at 3/01/2011 09:33:00 AM