My March Food Diary

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notes: I want to eat more fruit...

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March Weight Loss		note: we increased my neurontin on 2/29.  this might be why my weight increased!!!!
3.1.12
Weight	151
Exercise Done	yoga class, part of cbs, walk to lighthouse, dance class
Food eaten	turkey, tortilla, milk, brussels sprouts w/ red onions agave, vinegar
	smoothie, yogurt w/ agave, almonds, & raspberries.  Apple
3.2.12
Weight	152/153	note: actually 152 but scale dial was below zero by 4
		pounds, now it is below zero by only 3.
Exercise Done	yoga class, cleaned house, short walk
Food eaten	1/2 bran muffin, smoothie, oatmeal w/ blueberries, agave & nf milk
	tempeh, zucchini, brown rice, chard
	yogurt w/ almonds (roasted), agave, & raspberries
3.3.12						if I get down to 149 I need to think of a reward…
Weight	152	scale back to 4 below
Exercise Done	tai chi, 2 bike rides on westcliff, self defense class
Food eaten	tortilla, turkey, egg, yellow pepper, smoothie w/ peach
	tomato, broccoli, tempeh, onion, garlic
	a couple almonds, banana
	tangerine
	huge salad w/ romaine, tuna w/ mayo, onion, tomatoes, avocado
	beets, carrot
3.4.12
Weight	152
Exercise Done	danced for hours at party & salsa by the sea, also kevin's yoga class					I wish I had protein powder for the smoothie
	and biked to & from yoga					and more meat in the pasta
Food eaten	smoothie, pear, pasta w/ salmon, smoothie
	pasta: w/ bok choy, broccoli, and buckwheat pasta, cilantro, navy beans					I ended up coming home and eating a lot… I wish I had eaten
	went to party.. A little bit of asparagus salad, some fruit salad,					more at the party
	2 apples
	yogurt w/ raspberries, almonds, agave					I think I could have lost some weight if
	in total I ate a huge bowl of the pasta combo.					I had eaten some more food at the party
						and not eaten when I got home.  Next time I am going
3.5.12						to try to just eat the healthy food at the party and not eat a
						big meal later.
Weight	152
Exercise Done	cardio burn sculpt longer version 30 min, bike on westcliff,
	yoga class, dance class
Food eaten	big yogurt w/ agave rasp almonds, 2 eggs w/ tortilla n hot sauce
	orange
	also beans in with eggs
3.6.12
Weight	153
Exercise Done	gardening, yoga class
Food eaten	2 eggs, tortilla, chard.  Brussels sprouts, onion,
	smoothie, tempeh, smoothie w/ PP
	orange & almonds while gardening.
3.7.12
Weight	154!!!!
Exercise Done	50 min cardio burn sculpt, yoga class, walk to lighthouse, dance class
Food eaten	smoothie, small goat burrito w/ avocado
	2nd smoothie
	lots of water
	apple
3.8.12						I think I need to improve my sleep.
						Last night I slept from 10:30 to 6:15.
Weight	154 (why!?!?)					I want to return to sleeping from 9 to 6
Exercise Done	bike ride to lighthouse & back
Food eaten	smoothie
	2nd smoothie, buckwheat pasta w/ cabbage and black beans
	3rd smoothie, rice and veggies
ok.  There are some serious problems going on here.  I am going to check
my records and REVERSE this weight gain.
						just stayed in and rested yesterday, feeling
3.9.12						more back to normal.  Took extra neurontin
						slept well.
Weight	155					woke up once.  Maybe getting back to great
Exercise Done	short walk, some cleaning and gardening (not much)					sleep is going to be the key to losing weight again.
Food eaten	2 bowls of squash with lentils, quinoa, and chicken broth.					going to reduce my activity, calm my life down.
	yogurt w/ agave.  Apple (2?)
	breakfast? I think a smoothie probably
3.10.12						FINALLY STOPPED THE WEIGHT GAIN!
Weight	155
Exercise Done	short walk, some yoga
Food eaten	breakfast: lentils, quinoa, and squash					note: I slept better and longer last night.
	more lentils and squash and barley					went to sleep at 8 and slept until 6
	smoothie					took extra neurontin (2 pills)
	oatmeal w/ agave & almonds					and put in earplugs so cat wouldn't bother me
3.11.12						only took 300 neurontin
Weight	156
Exercise Done	rueda by the sea, sbts, walk to & from sbts, yoga class (kevin's)
Food eaten	carnitas burrito, oatmeal, ice cream bar, breakfast=?
3.12.12						I think took 400 neurontin
Weight	155
Exercise Done	dance class, yoga class, walk on westcliff (1/2 way)					sleep is ok, sleeping a lot of hours, wake up a little bit
Food eaten	low cal soup (2 big bowls) salad w/ avo & bell pepper etc, break:					but am able to fall asleep again
	2 eggs, hot sauce, tortilla, and 2 apples for snack
3.13.12
Weight	154
Exercise Done	yoga class, 50 min balance ball workout, dance class
Food eaten	2 bowls of soup, eggs w/ hot sauce & tortilla, 2 avocados
	yogurt, rasperries, small amt of agave
	apple
	popcorn
3.14.12
Weight	153
Exercise Done	exercise video (30 min of CBS), gardening at CS, yoga class
	dance class
Food eaten	almonds, tortilla, eggs, hot sauce, soup, rotisserie chicken
	(lots of rotisserie chicken, lots of soup)
						took 300 mg of neurontin last night
3.15.12						sleep was a little disrupted.
Weight	152					have to make sure I have a peaceful book to read b4 bed
Exercise Done	yoga class, walk on westcliff					clean house & a bath.
Food eaten	2/3 bowls of soup, 2 smoothies, bowl of popcorn
	apple
	eggs, smoothie, avocado
3.16.12
Weight	153
Exercise Done	tae bo workout, yoga class, baptiste yoga dvd, planted flowers
Food eaten	bowl of soup (veggies, brown rice, lentils, veggies/squash, and rotisserie chicken
	w/ yogurt on top, popcorn?
	breakfast: eggs? w/ smoothie.  Not sure about everything but def lots of soup. And chicken.
3.16.12
Weight	152
Exercise Done
Food eaten	fage 2%yogurt w/ carton of raspberries, almonds, and agave
3.24.12
Weight	154
Exercise Done	1/2 hour cardio burn sculpt, small amt of dancing at party.
Food eaten	small smoothie w/ nf milk. Banana, pb.  2 pieces of jicama
	regular smoothie w/ protein powder & blueberries
	apple
	bowl of soup, couple of almonds, 2 more bowls of soup
3.25.12
Weight	153
Exercise Done	walk to stop sign on westcliff, abs balance ball youtube video,
	kevin's yoga class, 1 hr at sbts, bike to mike's house
Food eaten	eggs, tortilla, spinach, 2 bowls of soup, 2 smoothies
	1/2 a power bar
3.26.12
Weight	152
Exercise Done	yoga class, walk to lighthouse, dance class, shopping
Food eaten	1/2 power bar, soup, more soup, pear, almonds, egg, tomato, avocado
	and spinach
3.27.12
Weight	152
Exercise Done	gardening, short walk in de la, 30 min cardio burn sculpt,
	30 min balance ball w/ T.D.
Food eaten	egg, spinach, half an avo, tomato
	2 bowls of soup
	pear
	2nd pear
	smoothie w/ cherries
	fit n fruitful jamba juice
	yogurt w/ honey & almonds
3.28.12
Weight	152
Exercise Done	vinyasa yoga w/ mom, weeding, some abs work, dance class
Food eaten	salad w/ mom, 2 smoothies, 1/2 grapefruit, some almonds
	bread w/ pb
	yogurt w/ raspberries, almonds & honey
3.29.12
Weight	151
Exercise Done	dance class, walk on westcliff, lil ab work, yoga class
	carried rocks
Food eaten	yogurt w/ honey & almonds, 2/3 of pjb larabar
	tangarine, cherry smoothie, salad (in 2 pieces) w/ avo
	egg, bell pepper, dressing, almonds
	2 apples
3.30.12
Weight	150
Exercise Done	2 dance classes, walk on westcliff,
Food eaten	blueberry protein smoothie
	popcorn, grapefruit, eggs avo tomat n ww tortilla (2x)
	4 almonds
3.30.12
Weight	150
Exercise Done	abs workout, bike ride, yoga class (victor int.)					hanging out w/ laurie & lea
						lea brought over crackers…
Food eaten	cherry smoothie, turkey tortilla wrap, part of a grapefruit,					Lots of social time (dif from normal)
	crackers, fava dip, carrots, yogurt, honey & raspberries					kind of stressful, but nice.
	bite of a larabar, apple					need to have down-time.
	apple
weight lost during march: 1 pound (I'm happy to have maintained)
lessons learned - I can definitely gain weight from my medication so pay attention to
that and make sure to manage mental health so I don't need med increases.
goals for april: get good sleep.  (get to sleep early)