I spent most of the day cooking; my stuff, hubby's stuff, my kids stuff. Goodness! I thought I was going to be buried in food. Hubby is preparing for a show and is eating very clean. I was preparing his sauteed mushrooms and I baked his asparagus. I also baked his salmon. I continuously washed my hands so that  the oils didn't permeate my skin. Speaking of permeating, I also went ballistic when  sprayed my hair with my glycerin. It was so dry and I thought I could wait a few days for the natural oils to kick in, but I seriously wouldn't have had any hair left if I did.

Back to the cooking, hubby bought me Orange Roughy so, I prepared that and some cabbage. The girls were allowed to splurge this weekend, so I brought home a Rotisserie chicken from Target, steamed some vegetables and whipped up some mashed potatoes.  I'll work on my asparagus tomorrow (I've had enough of cooking for a bit).

My headache was around a bit this morning, but I think it's made its way out finally. I didn't need any pain meds and I was good about drinking my water. I want to be better and get back in the habit of drinking two or three of my 32 ounce bottles per day. In the meantime, I'm sucking down the herbal tea regularly.

I was 196.6lbs this morning, which is a loss of 1.6lbs. The roughy can be fatty and I may not see a nice loss tomorrow because of it; however, I do remember the "oily voids" that normally appear a couple of days later. With the probiotics I'm taking, I'm really not sure what I'll see but enough of that, here's what I had today:

Your Food Diary For:

Breakfast	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar
Rooibos Celestial Seasonings - African Red Herbal Tea, 1 tea bag	0	0	0	0	0	0
	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lunch
Kroger's - Kroger Kosher Dill Baby Pickles, 4 pickle	20	4	0	0	880	0
Tomato - Tomato Slice, 3.5 slice	35	7	0	0	0	4
Beef - Stew Meat, 3 oz. cooked	158	0	9	17	49	0
Grapefruit - 1/2 Medium (123g) , 1 cup	52	13	0	1	0	8
	265	24	9	18	929	12
Dinner
Generic - Orange Roughy Fish, 3 oz.	60	0	1	12	53	0
Home Made - Steamed Green Cabbage, 1 cup (75g)	34	8	0	2	856	4
Strawberries - Raw, 1 cup, halves	49	12	0	1	2	7
	143	20	1	15	911	11
Snacks
Private Selection - Colombian decaffeinated coffee, 1 tablespoon	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kroger - Lactose Free 2% Reduce Fat Milk, 0.16 Cup	21	2	1	1	20	2
Lipton - Green Tea All Natural Naturally Decaffeinated, 1 (1.4g)	0	0	0	0	0	0
	21	2	1	1	20	2
Totals	429	46	11	34	1,860	25
Your Daily Goal	1,370	188	46	51	2,500	27
Remaining	941	142	35	17	640	2
	Calories	Carbs	Fat	Protein	Sodium	Sugar

I won't even utter what my weight was, yesterday. Scary! I did document it on thedailyplate and have been keeping that pretty consistent. The nice things is that I did show a two pound loss this morning. The water weight is still there, but I don't feel as bloated. I always forget; is it two or three days after TOM that the water goes away completely? I'm hoping it's two, because today is my last day and I'd like to enjoy a piece of Julian bread again before the week ends (if possible).

Yes. I've been revisiting P3 food options to try and correct the damage from the weekend. It seems to be working. I haven't worked out again this week, but plan to tomorrow (I don't have calls that start at 6:00am, thankfully so I'll actually be able to get in my 30 minutes - -I'm a morning workout, girl).

The salt is way too high and I'm steadily sipping on my water and chastising myself for going salt overboard. I plan to do much better tomorrow. Here are my totals for the past couple of days:

August 4th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,331; calories consumed: 1,379; calories burned: 0
Net calories: 1,379

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Enchantress's Bacon and Cheddar Quiche	1.00	265	23g	90mg	488mg	3g	0g	0g	9g
Bar-S Foods Bacon	0.50	40	4g	8mg	140mg	0g	0g	0g	2g
Folgers Classic Decaf Instant Coffee 8 oz	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Archer Farms Hazelnut Coffee Syrup Sugar Free	0.50	0	0g	0mg	5mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Enchantress's Loaded Baked Potatoes (It's Cauliflower!)	1.00	289	25g	28mg	600mg	9g	6g	1g	9g
Guacamole	1.00	60	2g	0mg	130mg	6g	0g	0g	1g
Bar-S Foods Bacon	0.50	40	4g	8mg	140mg	0g	0g	0g	2g
Enchantress's Loaded Baked Potatoes (It's Cauliflower!)	0.50	145	12g	14mg	300mg	5g	3g	1g	4g
KFC Double Down Original	1.00	540	32g	145mg	1,380mg	11g	1g	1g	53g
Totals:		1,379	101g	291mg	3,182mg	34g	10g	3g	81g

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August 3rd, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,331; calories consumed: 943; calories burned: 0
Net calories: 943

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Enchantress's Bacon and Cheddar Quiche	1.00	265	23g	90mg	488mg	3g	0g	0g	9g
Enchantress's Taco Bake (low in carbs)	1.00	282	18g	172mg	450mg	4g	1g	0g	25g
Celestial Seasonings True Blueberry	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Good Earth Original Caffeine Free, Sweet & Spicy	1.00	3	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Good Earth Original Caffeine Free, Sweet & Spicy	1.00	3	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Marketside Southwest Salad	1.00	160	13g	10mg	210mg	8g	2g	2g	3g
Walmart Rotisserie Chicken	1.00	170	10g	60mg	650mg	0g	0g	0g	20g
Guacamole	1.00	60	2g	0mg	130mg	6g	0g	0g	1g
Totals:		943	67g	332mg	1,927mg	22g	3g	2g	59g

Well, hubby and I had our weekend away. It started off nice enough, but things quickly turned down hill. It's the usual story; hubby and wife get away from the children and then find that there are irritations that go beyond the children and home life. The good news is that we made up, once we got home. We try to work things out whenever we argue it's just some things are harder to get over than others.

Hubby was there to support a friend in a body building show. I was invited to spend the free time with him. Having been to Vegas lots of times, we steered clear of the strip and visited the malls and outlet stores. We also went to our favorite places to eat. Unfortunately, the economy has had it's effect on those, too. Dang it!

The French Market Buffet is rated on of the best in town. We've been several times and have never been disappointed...until Saturday. Ugh! What the heck?! Low quality, tasteless, hard. You name it, we found it. The best thing was the strawberry shortcake and it wasn't even that great. Even the crab legs were ice cold. Bleck! We went to a chicken strip joint Friday night that was oh, so mediocre. (I saved up my carb gram allotment for this?!) We went to In and Out. It was the only thing good that we had, and they're building one right around the corner from my mother's house. Doggone it! We could have waited and ate that here!

I worked out with hubby on Friday afternoon for about 45 minutes and we swam on Saturday (I'm still sore from the swimming) TOM decided to show up Saturday morning, which was three days early after the change in elevation. We went from 4300 feet above sea level to 2000. I've had this happen before...like, getting on a plane to go somewhere and viola! Hello, TOM. So, I didn't weigh the entire time I was gone and I didn't weigh this morning. I had a protein day to sort of counter-act all the drama over the weekend (so not worth it and it's such a shame). I will allow myself more carbs later in the week and, hopefully, they'll be better than what we had this weekend. Here's what I had today:

August 2nd, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,277; calories consumed: 642; calories burned: 0 Net calories: 642 Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
Bumble Bee Chunk Light Tuna	2.00	100	0g	60mg	360mg	0g	0g	0g	26g
Western Family Real Mayonnaise	1.00	100	11g	5mg	85mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Heinz Dill Relish	1.00	0	0g	0mg	230mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Myown Hard Boiled Egg Whites	2.00	36	0g	0mg	0mg	1g	0g	0g	8g
Enchantress's Taco Bake (low in carbs)	1.00	282	18g	172mg	450mg	4g	1g	0g	25g
Guacamole	1.00	60	2g	0mg	130mg	6g	0g	0g	1g
Ezra Brooks Bourbon	1.00	64	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Coke Zero Cherry Coke Zero	0.75	0	0g	0mg	30mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Totals:		642	32g	237mg	1,285mg	11g	1g	0g	60g

Oh! I forgot to add my slice of Julian bread with dinner. I thought the fiber would be good to get things "moving", if you know what I mean. The count is so high that the carbs or unsubstantial but I thought I'd at least mention that I had it. Happy Monday!

I've got to get to bed earlier. Seriously! Things just aren't good if I don't get enough sleep. Cool news, though; I worked out, yesterday morning. Wow! It felt great and I went longer than I initially planned.

Not having performed any sort of cardio for a while, I gave myself a 20 minute max to work with. It's a good idea to start off slow, when you've been in dry-dock for months. Well, I'm chugging along on the elliptical and realize that I'm doing okay. Nothing is burning uncontrollably and my heart-rate was at a good, steady pace. I kept going. Thirty minutes was my log time. Hooray! But did I stop there? Of course not! I grabbed some light, free-weights and ran through three sets for my biceps, triceps and shoulder-caps. I'm not sore today, but I have a feeling that I will be tomorrow (it usually takes a day or so for my body to figure out what I've been doing to it).

I'm off workouts today, aside from a stroll with hubby later (maybe). He wants to do a guest-pass at a gym tomorrow, when we take off for our trip. Back in the gym...that ought to be interesting. I'll certainly have to pace myself there and make sure he doesn't have me on every machine, trying it out (that crazy man). ;)

I was up in weight, yesterday morning, but I know it's because the salt is here and TOM is on the way. I opted for a mostly protein day, only getting my carbs from the Julian bread (love that stuff...just wish it weren't so dang expensive) and ketchup from my burgers (not much). Please note that the Daily Plate takes your workout time away from your total calories, so the calories listed are net not gross: Here's what I had:

July 28th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,277; calories consumed: 1,647; calories burned: 309 Net calories: 1,338 Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
McDonald's Scrambled Eggs (2 eggs)	1.00	170	11g	520mg	180mg	1g	1g	0g	15g
McDonald's Sausage Patty	1.00	170	15g	30mg	340mg	1g	0g	0g	7g
Julian Bakery Smart Carb Bread	1.00	119	1g	0mg	140mg	13g	0g	12g	12g
McDonald's Butter	1.00	40	5g	0mg	55mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Enchantress's Loaded Baked Potatoes (It's Cauliflower!)	1.00	289	25g	28mg	600mg	9g	6g	1g	9g
Seasoned Baked Chicken Breast	1.00	189	3g	66mg	244mg	7g	0g	0g	31g
Wendy's (Value Menu) Double Stack - Bunless	2.00	480	32g	150mg	1,200mg	6g	4g	0g	38g
Wendy's Caesar Side Salad (w/ Dressing, No Croutons)	1.00	190	18g	30mg	360mg	7g	2g	2g	7g
Fitness	Minutes	Calories Burned
Elliptical trainer: general	30.0	-309.0
Totals:		1,338	109g	824mg	3,119mg	44g	13g	15g	119g

I was 143.2lbs the morning of Wednesday, July 28th.

We went into Salt Lake last night to say good-bye to the girls' pediatrician (who is retiring). It was a bitter-sweet trip, but I was glad we made it out there to see him. It started raining hard and the temperature dropped 30 degrees in about fifteen minutes. We were wet, but it wasn't cold. We came back home and the temperature was 30 degrees warmer in our area. Crazy weather! I suppose that was enough to give me a cough.

I've been drinking tea all day. I could probably build a mountain from all the tea bags I've used. The food intake was pretty good, but I went higher on the carbs than I would have liked (but the sugar intake was low). The protein, of course, was nice and high. We'll see what tomorrow brings:

Here's what I had tonight:

July 27th, 2010

Calorie goal: 1,258; calories consumed: 1,326; calories burned: 0 Net calories: 1,326 Write in your diary: How do you feel today?

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Food Item	Servings	Cals	Fat	Cholest	Sodium	Carbs	Sugars	Fiber	Protein
3 Egg Whites	0.75	43	0g	0mg	124mg	1g	0g	0g	9g
Louis Rich Turkey Bacon	4.00	140	10g	60mg	720mg	0g	0g	0g	8g
Lipton Peppermint Herbal Tea	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Bigelow Green Tea	1.00	0	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Enchantress's Loaded Baked Potatoes (It's Cauliflower!)	1.00	289	25g	28mg	600mg	9g	6g	1g	9g
Spinach	1.00	7	0g	0mg	24mg	1g	0g	1g	1g
Signature Parmesean Cheese	0.25	23	2g	5mg	65mg	0g	0g	0g	2g
Green Leaf Lettuce	1.00	15	0g	0mg	40mg	3g	0g	1g	1g
Red Bell Pepper Slices	1.00	25	0g	0mg	10mg	5g	0g	2g	0g
American Pride Catfish Nuggets	2.00	320	9g	50mg	1,320mg	32g	2g	2g	26g
Good Earth Original Caffeine Free, Sweet & Spicy	2.00	6	0g	0mg	0mg	0g	0g	0g	0g
Ethnic Gourmet Chicken Tandoori With Spinach	1.00	170	5g	30mg	840mg	19g	4g	3g	14g
American Pride Catfish Nuggets	1.00	160	5g	25mg	660mg	16g	1g	1g	13g
Hush Puppies	0.50	129	6g	68mg	483mg	17g	0g	0g	2g
Totals:		1,326	60g	265mg	4,885mg	103g	13g	11g	85g

I was 141.2lbs this morning; a .4llb loss from yesterday. I've decided I will be careful documenting everything here for P4 until mid August. After that, I will post occasionally with any updates or changes as I incorporate my work-out routine. My sister is trying to get me to model so, if I tone this body, I'll consider it.