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Wednesday Weigh-in

This has been an interesting week.  I think my body was telling me that I was ready to just be eating regularly again.  Could this be just an excuse to go off my plan?  Maybe.  But I really felt like it was time to get off of the strict regimen and I want to be true to myself, so I let go of all of the rules.  I also quit calorie counting because I started to feel the anxiety of oh, I can’t eat this because I don’t have enough room left.  I hate that, and it will only lead to binge type behavior for me.  So done with that, for now.  I’ve just been eating what I feel like, which has still been real whole food, made by me.  I had oatmeal, which was delicious :lol:  I had beans too, which weren’t as glorious as I had them made up to be in my head?!  Anyway, it has been really nice to just eat.  The last couple of days I have been overdoing it though.  I’m having a hard time turning the want to eat off.  It’s probably partly due to that lovely time of the month, and due to the strict way I was eating.  I’m not totally off the rails, still eating big salads and lots of veggies for dinner.  I am still having a hard time being able to eat very much without feeling really stuffed.  I do want to get back to running a lot more, so I am kind of making myself eat more even if I’m not hungry.  I’m not sure that is a good thing, we’ll see.  Anyway!  No stellar results this week.  I’m hoping that next week will be better.  I’m still at the lowest I’ve been in years, and down .2 from 2 weeks ago.

Last week – 136

This week 135.2

Lost .8 pounds

I was up last week from 135.4 the week before, so I’m happy to be back down.  Maybe next week I’ll break past 135!  Actually I’ve been under that most of the week, just happened to bounce back up for my weigh-in, of course :lol:

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by Lauren on March 27, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Lauren on March 27, 2013

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Food Budget Week 12

We did slightly better this week, still over budget ($125) by $25.20.  I definitely tried to shop less, only hitting the stores 3 times this week apparently!  Not bad.  It’s weird because I feel like I have been using tons of produce every day – huge salads and 4-5 cups of veggies for dinner just for me! – but we have still had plenty of food in the fridge.  That is my sign that I have a problem :lol:  Anyway, here’s what we bought this week:

PRODUCE:

  • Asparagus $2.49
  • Avocados $4.49
  • Bananas $3.48
  • Bell Pepper $1.40
  • Baby Bok Choy $1.99
  • Broccoli $1.59
  • Carrots $5.49
  • Cauliflower $1.81
  • Celery $2.50
  • Chard $1.99
  • Fennel $1.99
  • Ginger $.78
  • Green onions $.99
  • Kale $2.29
  • Kiwi $.93
  • Lemons $1.00
  • Lettuce $2.03
  • Mangoes $2.38 – sadly these were rotten :(
  • Portabellos $2.99
  • Onions $2.70
  • Mixed greens $1.99
  • Spinach $3.99
  • Strawberries $4.99
  • Sweet potatoes $2.12
  • Yams $4.36
  • Zucchini $2.49

OTHER:

  • Applegate sliced turkey $4.99
  • Cashews $14.99
  • Coconut milk $1.99
  • Organic ketchup $1.99
  • Mini peppers $3.49
  • Quinoa pasta $3.49
  • Ponzu $2.49
  • Prunes $1.72
  • Rice paper $2.29
  • Salt $1.49
  • Bay leaves $1.98
  • Frozen blueberries $11.49
  • Chicken and lime burgers $3.49
  • Frozen green beans $1.99
  • Whole wheat Pita bread $1.69
  • Lara bars $5.00
  • Pomegranate molasses $3.99
  • Orange blossom honey $13.99
  • Date cookies $4.99

Looking at that, it seems like we got quite a bit of food!  I’ve been spending a little more time at Trader Joe’s, trying to figure out what are the good deals and what aren’t really.  I really like that there are smaller packages of things that only I like, so I can get them and not worry about wastage or trying to force them on M & K :lol:  I should do a post about things I love at Trader Joe’s.  Some things are great value-wise, and others not so much.  If I were eating whatever I wanted right now, I would probably avoid TJ’s since I would be buying way too much stuff!

Still lots of room for improvement here so I am really going to make an effort this week to finally get under $125 this week.  When I look at our spending for this month overall though, we are doing really good.  We have been buying less random stuff, and most of what we have spent has been on groceries, which is a good place to invest IMO :)

 

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by Lauren on March 24, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Budget, Food, Goals, Life

Posted by Lauren on March 24, 2013

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Wednesday Weigh-in

Things have been really weird this week.  I’ve added back in daily salads with half an avocado and some olive oil, plus I have been roasting and sauteeing veggies for dinner.  I sauteed some kale on Sunday and added soy sauce – must have added too much because my weight shot up for a few days!  It came down a little today and I am almost back to where I was last week.

Last week – 135.4

This week – 136

Gained .6 pounds

I am fully prepared to see the scale go kind of crazy the rest of this month.  Starting back in on the exercise and weights is likely to throw me out of whack :lol:  So I’m just going to keep doing what I’m doing and see where I am at the end of the month.  I’ve been counting calories for the last 11 days and pretty much staying right around 1700 daily, I’ve been getting around a 500 calorie deficit every day from what I think will be my maintenance number at my goal weight.  Who knows if this will work but I’m going to try and stick with it and see what happens.  Anyway, I hope next week will put me under 135.  Maybe?!

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by Lauren on March 20, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Diet, Exercise, Food, Goals, Happiness, Health, juicing, Life, Losing Weight

Posted by Lauren on March 20, 2013

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Food Budget Week 11

Well, we didn’t do great this week either, but at least we spent less than last week!  Budget is $125, we spent $195.90, so we went over by $70.90.  Hopefully the coming week will be even lower.

Here’s what we bought:

PRODUCE:

  • Asparagus $2.49
  • Avocado $5.67
  • Bananas $6.67
  • Bell peppers $6.49
  • Broccoli $.53
  • Brussels sprouts $3.79
  • Cabbage $.32
  • Cantaloupe $2.47
  • Carrots $5.49
  • Celery $1.42
  • Chard $3.98
  • Southern blend greens $2.29
  • Cucumber $1.53
  • Dates $8.49
  • Grapefruit $1.52
  • Habaneros $1.12
  • Kale $4.58
  • Lemons $1.50
  • Lettuce $3.29
  • Mini peppers $3.99
  • Mushrooms $2.99
  • Onions $3.69
  • Lemon plum $1.17
  • Snap peas $5.99
  • Spinach $11.97
  • Yams $4.05

OTHER

  • Raw milk cheese $2.69
  • Frozen cod $15.59
  • Almonds $12.79
  • Cashews $6.99
  • Dried cranberries $1.99
  • Mints $6.99 (not really food :lol)
  • Raising $8.89
  • Rice milk $13.79
  • Tea $4.99
  • Frozen berries $11.89
  • Frozen veggie burgers $5.88
  • Crackers $1.99

At least most of it was spent on produce?!  I will be juicing a lot less this week so that should cut our costs down by a lot.  I will try to pay more attention to the sales flyers too, and hit the co-op at least one day this week.

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by Lauren on March 17, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Budget, Food, Goals, Groceries, Life

Posted by Lauren on March 17, 2013

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Wednesday Weigh-in

So how was my first week off of all juice?  Pretty good, I think.  I am still drinking 1 1/2 quarts of juice most days, and have added protein powder in 3 different ways.  I mix it with almond milk and ice, another drink is Naked green machine with pp, and then I have been having a fresh green smoothie for dinner with berries, banana, almond milk, and pp.  The emptiness is gone!  I am starting to feel like I have LOTS more energy, and my weight is still down!  Just because I’ve felt like doing it, I’ve been adding up the calories for the last few days and it’s been around 1700 each day.  I guess I am curious to see just how many calories I can eat and still lose weight, so maybe counting is a good thing right now.

Anyway, this week it seemed like my body didn’t quite know what to do.  There were four days when the # stalled and then inched up, then finally today it went back down.  I haven’t seen today’s number in probably 3 years!!  And before that, it had been another 3 years I’m sure.  So glad to finally be back in the 130s for good, and I’m looking forward to leaving those, hopefully in the next month!

Last week – 136.8

This week – 135.4

Lost 1.4 pounds :D

So this week I am adding a lot of things!  I have mapped out a running schedule in hopes that I will be training for a marathon once again.  The running starts today, not much, only 1.5 miles but I haven’t been doing much of any running since October.  I have done a few runs here and there but nothing consistent.  The plan is to start out and see where I am in a few months, then decide about marathon training.  Strength training starts today too.  I plan on doing it 2-3 times per week, probably 3 times right now since I won’t be running longer than 3 miles for a while.

I’m also adding salads this week!  Or cooked veggies.  I’ve decided too that if I want some fruit I can have it too, but really I’m getting plenty in my juice and smoothies.  I’m probably going to finish off the bulk of the fruit that I have left in juices and then switch it to mostly veggie juice because I think I might be getting too much fruit.  Sometimes I feel a crash and I suspect it is too much sugar from the fruit.

So that’s that.  I’m so glad that I didn’t automatically put on pounds since I added more than juice, but we’ll see what happens now that I will be eating actual food :lol

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by Lauren on March 13, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Diet, Exercise, Food, Happiness, Health, juicing, Life, Losing Weight, Running

Posted by Lauren on March 13, 2013

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Food Budget Week 10

Another big spending week over here!  We spent $280.10 and the budget is $125, so over $165.10 – yikes!  We went shopping every single day this week :lol:  K has decided to just do 7 days of juice fasting, so hopefully we will be spending a little less this coming week.  Also I’m going to start eating salads this week and maybe whole fruit, so that should help too.  Here’s what we bought:

PRODUCE:

  • Apples $5.27
  • Avocado $2.25
  • Bananas $5.74
  • Beets $.98
  • Bell peppers $4.17
  • Blackberries $1.98
  • Broccoli $.50
  • Cabbage $7.77
  • Cantaloupe $6.92
  • Carrots $5.49
  • Celery $5.77
  • Chard $3.98
  • Collard, spinach, and turnip greens mix $6.87
  • Cucumbers $1.53
  • Grapefruit $4.68
  • Habaneros $.6
  • Basil $5.78
  • Jicama $1.64
  • Kale $6.87
  • Lemons $3.80
  • Limes $5.58
  • Onions $1.66
  • Oranges $13.20
  • Pears $.60
  • Pineapple $4.00
  • Daikon radish $1.22
  • Spinach $7.98
  • Tomatoes $12.00
  • Yams $10.80
  • Wheat grass $2.98

OTHER

  • Brown rice flour $.01 (free with another flour purchase)
  • Buckwheat flour $5.78
  • Garbanzo bean flour $2.99
  • Chocolate bars $11.96
  • Coconut milk $3.98
  • Honey $8.75
  • Macaroni and cheese $4.58
  • Mushroom stock $6.00
  • Cashews $5.00
  • Peanut butter $2.79
  • Jasmine rice $6.99
  • Rice noodles $10.76
  • Crystallized ginger $6.59
  • Spaghetti sauce $10.00
  • Tea $12.00
  • Wild rice $4.99

We also spent $34.49 at the asian store on various jars and noodles, I’m not going to itemize those though.  A lot of the OTHER stuff we didn’t really need, but it was on sale so we took advantage of that.  I’ve been trying not to buy special flours, but I do want to try some things with the brown rice and garbanzo flour so I’m pretty sure I’ll use it up instead of waste most of it.  We also didn’t need to buy the macaroni and chocolate, but oh well :lol:  I hope we will do a lot better this week and spend A LOT LESS!!

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by Lauren on March 10, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Budget, Food, Goals, juicing, Life

Posted by Lauren on March 10, 2013

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Food Budget Week 9

Not a good week over here!  The budget is $125 and we spent a whopping $208.57!!  So we overspent by $83.57.  In our defense, we stocked up on a few things, like the apples, oranges, macaroni, and Naked drinks.  The fridge is also pretty full right now so we have enough stuff for a few days maybe.  Although with K starting a juice fast tomorrow I can only see the food spending going up higher.  Oh well.  It won’t be like this every week!  Once we are all done with the fasting stuff I will really try and buckle down and make up for these overages!  My plan is to hit up the co-op more this week, I got some pretty great deals there this past week.

Here’s what we bought:

PRODUCE

  • Apples $12.73
  • Avocado $1.96
  • Beets $.98
  • Bell peppers $3.43
  • Broccoli $1.08
  • Brussels Sprouts $3.69
  • Cabbage $3.61
  • Cantaloupe $3.62
  • Carrots $10.98
  • Cauliflower $2.39
  • Celery $2.98
  • Chard $7.96
  • Cucumber $2.51
  • Grapefruit $2.28
  • Grapes $6.30
  • Green onions $.55
  • Lemons $1.50
  • Limes $1.54
  • Onions $2.96
  • Oranges $13.20
  • Mini peppers $3.99
  • Pineapple $6.98
  • Yukon potatoes $2.00
  • Salad blends $6.98
  • Baby spinach $7.98

OTHER

  • Cereal $7.48
  • Chana Masala from Costco $7.59
  • Naked smoothies $19.47
  • Annies’ macaroni $12.00
  • Tea $10.97
  • Canned tuna $12.69
  • Sprouted wheat bagels $2.49
  • Crackers $6.67
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by Lauren on March 3, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Lauren on March 3, 2013

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Food Budget Week 8

We did lots of shopping this week.  We had 6 different trips to the grocery store!!  I guess I have been trying to have  a little bit less in the fridge, so of course more trips were needed.  Our budget is $125 and we spent $202.40 – yikes!!  That is $77.40 over budget.  To be fair I did find a receipt that should have gone on last week’s budget total, the bill totaling $30.32.  So last week’s should have been $177.12, and this week would have been $172.08.  Either way we overspent, both times :lol:

What did we buy?

PRODUCE

  • Apples $6.70
  • Bananas $2.90
  • Bell peppers $8.98
  • Strawberries $3.00
  • Broccoli $1.59
  • Cabbage $6.29
  • Cantaloupe $3.94
  • Carrots $4.99
  • Celery $10.78
  • Chard $5.97
  • Cucumber $2.68
  • Garlic $1.18
  • Grapefruit $4.92
  • Green onions $.78
  • Kale $6.87
  • Lemons $1.98
  • Lettuce $2.49
  • Limes $2.00
  • Mangoes $2.50
  • Onions $3.12
  • Oranges $5.29
  • Pears $2.84
  • Pineapple $3.49
  • Spinach $3.99
  • Tomatoes $2.37
  • Zucchini $.89

OTHER

  • Hot dogs $4.99
  • Chicken sausages $3.99
  • Turkey burgers $2.99
  • Organic sugar $11.49
  • Naked smoothie $5.99
  • Olive oil $12.39
  • Pepitas $6.99
  • Coriander seed $4.79
  • Amy’s canned soups $20.00 – I guess I was thinking of after the fast :lol:
  • Canned diced tomatoes $5.99
  • Canned tomato paste $5.99
  • Canned tomato sauce $6.99
  • Pita bread $1.69
  • Tamales from the co-op $5.63

I will say that we have not been throwing ANYTHING away, save  a few leftovers that didn’t get eaten and the pulp from my juice ;) .  We aren’t throwing away any produce at all, which has always been an issue for us, sometimes a big one but sometimes small.  I guess we did kind of stock up on some things, so I’m hoping this coming week I can tighten up a little and not spend so much.  I have been really trying to make my juices greener so I have been using more greens.  The juicing experiment has been good, but I will be glad to be done and spending less money!  I still have a few more weeks to go of juice heavy meals though, so I don’t see the spending going down by much for another month.  Still, not bad considering all of the produce I’ve been needing!

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by Lauren on February 24, 2013  •  Permalink
Posted in Budget, Food, Goals, Happiness, Health, Juice Fast, Life

Posted by Lauren on February 24, 2013

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Food Budget Week 7

I can never remember if I am including Sunday’s spending on Sunday’s post.  I don’t think I am.  I colorfill all of the days that I’ve already accounted for on my numbers sheet though, so I am not double counting any days.  Anyway!  I am not going to include Sunday spending on Sunday, only the previous Sunday.  Confusing? ok!  That was more for my benefit anyway :lol:

We spent $146.80 this week, and the budget is $125, so we overspent by $21.80.  Still not doing horribly I guess, considering that I am on a juice fast and we are buying a lot of produce.  This past Sunday we did kind of stock up though, so the spending will probably be a bit higher.  Here’s what we got this past week:

PRODUCE

  • Apples $5.44
  • Bell peppers $6.49
  • Strawberries $1.98
  • Brussels sprouts $3.69
  • Cabbage $1.79
  • Cantaloupe $5.99
  • Carrots $4.99
  • Cauliflower $2.06
  • Celery $4.58
  • Mixed greens bag $2.29
  • Cucumber $2.07
  • Basil $2.49
  • 2 bags of chopped kale $4.58
  • Lemons $1.00
  • Mini sweet peppers $3.99
  • 2 pineapples $6.98
  • Baby spinach $3.99

OTHER

  • Frozen cod $15.99
  • Frozen mahi mahi $23.99
  • Naked smoothie $5.99
  • Pepitas $5.79
  • Brown rice $12.99
  • Sleepytime tea $4.99
  • Edamame $10.99
  • Pita bread $1.69

We also picked up our meat CSA over the weekend!  And we got a new chest freezer and put it downstairs, so now our freezer isn’t overflowing anymore.  It is so nice!!!

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by Lauren on February 19, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Lauren on February 19, 2013

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Food Budget week 6

We didn’t do too badly this week, considering I am on the juice fast!  Things did start to add up quickly though.  And I have been using oranges and apples that we had already up until the weekend.  The bill will probably go up even more this week.  There were 4 different shopping trips this week.  Oh and also this includes 2 extra days, or 1 extra shopping trip.  The budget is $125 and we spent $166.90, so we went over by $41.90

Here’s what we bought:

PRODUCE

  • Apples $10.95
  • Bananas $4.14
  • Bell peppers $6.49
  • Broccoli $2.27
  • Brussels sprouts $3.69
  • Red and green cabbage $4.40
  • Cantaloupe $1.68
  • Carrots $4.99
  • Celery $3.98
  • Cucumbers $1.96
  • Garlic $.67
  • Ginger $1.91
  • Grapefruit $3.52
  • Pre-cut kale $4.58
  • Lemons $4.00
  • Lettuce $2.49
  • Limes $4.00
  • Onions $1.96
  • Oranges $3.79
  • Snap peas $4.13
  • Pears $1.81
  • Pineapple $6.98
  • Tomatoes $2.99
  • Yams $4.58

OTHER

  • Cheese $8.49
  • 3 pounds chicken breasts $9.51
  • Mahi mahi $23.99
  • Almond milk $8.99
  • 2 bottles kombucha $5.98
  • Frozen blueberries $10.99
  • Mary’s gone crackers $6.99

So again, not great, but considering the juice fast this is pretty good.  You should see the pile of veggies I use every day for juicing!!  More on the fast in the next post :)

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by Lauren on February 10, 2013  •  Permalink
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Posted by Lauren on February 10, 2013

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