The Food Diaries of Daphne: When losing is gaining - Day 12

I was not horrible on my diet today, but not great either. I at least exercised, I have been so tired this week from studying for my upcoming test in History.

My meals:

1 1/2 cup of milk and 1/2 cup of raisin brand (breakfast)

1 smart ones frozen meal (lunch) with Crystal light

1 Large strawberry limeade chiller (snack)

1 1/2 flour taco with hamburger meat, lettuce and cheese with ranch (dinner)

I forgot to log in my calories today, but I probably went over by 200?

I started my Turbo Fire exercise program today, and all I got to say is it is fun but will whoop your butt! I think I sweat so much I needed a float to get out of the puddle I was in.

The Food Diaries of Daphne: When losing is gaining - Day 11

I figured today was going to not be so good..I started off good but then ate a lot for Memorial's day. I hope this is not a foretelling of future holidays for me.

I think if I could learn portion control on these days, i would be ok.

Here's what I ate:


1 bowl of Raisin bran (breakfast)

2 pork boneless ribs, 1 chicken breast fillet, 1 corn on the cob, and some grilled veggies and 2 dinner rolls, 1/2 cup of icecream (lunch) see what I mean?

2 grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup (dinner)

I understand that once I get a good exercise regimen I can be a little looser with my food, however I want to get in a good routine first before I do that.

My total calorie count was 1635, so I went over 235.

I rested today for exercise and plan on hitting the Turbo Fire Tues.

Night!

The Food Diaries of Daphne: When losing is gaining - Day 10

Today was SUPPOSED to be my rest day, but it is good that I left it with a good ending as I was not very diligent today with my calorie counting diet. I am getting to the point where I can look at something and tell if it is too big of a portion, will be too many calories after I have ate my other meals or etc. I just chose to ignore it today, which was a no-no. (as I would have told Maddie when she did something she wasn't supposed to)

It was a date day with my hubby which I enjoyed very much- we went to the Irish Bred pub and I ate a huge angus burger, which would have probably been ok today if I didn't overdo it at the movies.

I brought two boxes of movie candy for myself- and ate both! That is where I go wrong. I normally don't eat overboard, but when I have random days where I splurge-it really makes a difference.

So, needless to say after watching Pirates of the Carribean with Eric, I decided after I heard Natalie say she, Raven, Patrick and all the boys were going to walk tonight that I would join them too to make up for my splurging.

And boy I think I did!


We walked quite a bit- probably not as much as they normally would because I think they were having mercy on me, but I think Natalie said I walked 4 miles today- did around 16ish laps? Ran a lap to see if I could and we conquered the steps on the stadium. I was soaking wet afterwards, but it felt good.

Here is my bad meal plan today (which wasn't too bad, but I overdid it on the snack!):

1 bosc pear
1 Lowfat Yoplait yogurt

1 black angus burger and broccoli salad (lunch)

2 boxes of movie candy ( my big no-no!)(snack)

1 Smart Ones Creamy Rigatoni with Broccoli and Chicken meal

To noone's surprise, I hit 1833 calories, so I went over 433 calories. I am hoping I burned close to that to at least make up for that.

I am starting my Turbo Fire program tomorrow! Keep me in your prayers :) How is your weight loss program going?

I would like to end with this..through Christ, all things are possible.


I am still staying on 180 lbs today so no fluctuation! Whoo-Hoo! Night!

The Food Diaries of Daphne: When losing is gaining - Day 9

Today was very successful. I weighed at 180- this I was happy about because I have been fluctuating between 185-190 up and down all week. Watch me be excited and then tomorrow be 185 again! But I hope not, my fingers and toes are crossed.

My meals today:

1 nutritional shake (breakfast)

Chunky Campbells baked potato and steak soup and a diet Mountain Dew (lunch)

Handful of roasted almonds (snack)

1 cup of raisin bran cereal with whole milk (dinner)

Handful of sunflower seeds (snack)

Guess what my calorie count was today? 1035 out of 1400!

Still fluctuating between too short or over but I am getting closer. I might have another 1/2 cup of raisin brand to level it out or a fruit cup.


I plan on continuing with 2 workouts from dancing with the stars tonight, and maybe a little on the exercise bike. I plan on taking a rest tomorrow and start full fledged on my TurboFire on Memorial day!

Happy memorial day to all of you!

A hurting, confused world

You are a vessel, and God has shaped you to become something to be poured out that only you can do that will touch many. The Master has crafted, and moulded you unlike any other.

Never try and change who you are.

If you never stepped outside your own backyard to take a look around and notice, I would like for you to challenge yourself and do so after you read this blog. I probably rant and rave about a lot of things that touch me emotionally, but as we all do, I suppose.

I stumbled across an album on Flickr when I was searching online for a dinner theater around this area..and saw a woman dressed up for the Atlanta theater by the name of Chloe Prince. As I was looking at her photos, I thought, wow, what a beautiful woman! Sound familiar? It didn't to me. So, as I was browsing through her pictures (as all of us nosy people do) I began to read some of the comments below. One was of a dress that affected her and she gave to someone during a SCC conference. It had a moving story. It was before her "operation". I was wondering what was about to happen to her so I delved further and noticed she mentioned gender surgery.

Wait- this was a guy!? So of course, I started looking further, she had a link to the page she started called Pink Thoughts by Chloe Prince. It went over her story about how her and her family were affected by the emotional conflict that former Ted-now known as Chloe went through.

I watched the ABC family secrets video on the bottom of the page and it really touched my heart. Now, I by no means support gender change nor education about it for I feel that this is something that is a rebellion against God and his plan for us. But, I still felt a connection and love towards Chloe.

You can see the conflict, the problems, the hurt she went through. The medical issues that brought her where she is today. The pain, the confusion brought to her family.

I still believe things like this is what tears families apart. And I do believe that is a consequence from walking further away from God and his plan for us. Things fall apart and don't work right without his presence and we wonder why. We don't give him time to heal or put us together.


But, If you are not aware, recently there was a news release on ABC News about a teacher teaching elementary children about gender diversity and it is ok to be a girl if you are a boy or vice versa. You can read about it here:http://losangeles.ibtimes.com/articles/152536/20110526/california-elementary-school-uses-lesbian-lizards-and-clownfish-to-teach-gender-diversity.htm

Now the bible says in Psalm 139 " “For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother's womb. I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made. . . . My frame was not hidden from you when I was made in the secret place. . . . your eyes saw my unformed body” (verses 13-16)" and that we were created in his own image.(Gen 1:27)

So God did not see us as in the wrong body or made incorrectly, so to be unhappy withourselves is to question God's work. We should be happy with our own self worth. The issue with Chloe is not who she is, it is her inability to be able to get the confirmation she needed from God, and not her own decisions. It is just as wrong as going to become a preacher without finding out if that is what he wants from us.

We need the word to confirm things to us and know what God wants for us.

Our country needs prayer. We need to pray for people who are hurting, who feel lost, and disconnected,even from their ownselves. This is not a message to attack Chloe, in fact, my heart actually hurts for her. The point of this is to keep our country in the forefront of our minds.

The devil is trying to kill, steal and destroy. He is a wolf in sheep's clothing, so you may be fooled and not realize what he has done until it is over.



He tries to create death in marriages, in our selves and wants to steal from us the promises made from God and the blessings we are to receive. He wants to destroy families and our view of how we see others, ourselves and God.

Pray that the church does not judge but uplifts and helps to restore.

Pray that the children are brought up correctly to discern what is false teaching and what is true doctorine.

If you would like to hear the heartwrenching story of Chloe, you can find out more on www.chloeprince.com.

The Food Diaries of Daphne: When losing is gaining - Day 8

WHEW! Today has been a looooooooong day. But I have been diligent. I started trying to look at how many steps I take at school and it is at least 430- I think it is more because I didn't count the way there and back since I didn't get the app on my phone until that afternoon- so I think I walked about 2 miles today. The calorie counter was way off on the phone, so who knows on that- may have to get an improvised one.

But, my legs were sore and calves stiff by the end of today. So good news!

My meals today:

1 nutritional shake (breakfast)
1 skinny caramel macchiato from Starbucks (this was actually very good in calories!)

1 can of chunked chicken breast from Hormel
1/4 cup of baby carrots and 1/4 cup of cherry tomatoes with 2 tbsp of ranch dressing
7 pieces of dried apricot and water (lunch)

1/2 powerbar (snack)

1 turkey burger with cheese, and green leaf lettuce, and 1tsp mustard
1/4 cup of baked beans, 1/2 cup of macaroni and cheese and water (dinner)

1/4 bar of hershey chocolate (snack)My total calories today were 1277, in case you didn't know..based on my body structure I burn 1200 calories a day so need to consume that or less to lose weight-and of course diet correctly and exercise.

I had sooo much energy around 12 pm but now I am tired as crap.

I think I am gaining more endurance because I didn't feel like I was going to pass out after 5 min of walking around campus in the heat. Now it's 10 min?

Anyway, I just completed 2 workouts w/ Dancing with the Starts- The Quickstep and the Jive. If you want to feel like you are dying- the Quickstep is perfect for you..I am a sweating maniac today!

The Food Diaries of Daphne: When losing is gaining - Day 7

Once again, I am sore as crap today. My back muscles, arm muscles, legs and calves are stiff, but I'm lovin it! My shake weight and Turbo Fire fitness program came in so I'm psyched! I plan on starting that this upcoming Monday once I have bought some more healthy snacks to coincide with it.

I have discovered through some research that most good workouts include some minimal exercise equipment. My suggestion if you plan on trying a program is to at least get some resistance bands and some hand weights in varying sizes. Maybe even an exercise mat if you have a hard floor. I plan on getting some next week to work out with my Turbofire routine. Wish me luck! I am very excited and in hopes of seeing results by next weekend in time for Amy's shower because pictures claim to start seeing effects within a week to 9 days...sometimes even by that weekend.

So..you know I will definately update on that!

My meals for today were:

1 nutritional shake (breakfast)
Meatball sandwich w/ fries and water (lunch)
1/3 cup of chili from Bears Creek with 8 oz of Crystal light.

I went over by 104 calories today- so my total was 1304. However, I have been running around a lot today, so I feel confident that I haven't failed completely today.

I took a rest today and plan on hitting the exercise bike, shake weight, and dancing with the stars dance of the calories dvd.