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smileLisa 
11 minutes ago
My birthday was awesome!!
I actually had to work a private lesson in the morning, but they gave me a happy birthday Jamba Juice card so that was nice! I went to my awesomely cool therapist afterwards, and then Brian and I hung out until it was time for DINNER!! Yep, the 5 million calorie birthday meal at the Italian restaurant was AMAZING!! omg!
I prepared for the 8,000 calorie dinner by going for a swim in the morning and MAJORLY cutting my calories earlier in the day. It worked out really well, my food was amazing and then afterwards we went for frozen yogurt! yum!!
It was kind of scary though, eating all of that food. That restaurant is amazing because everything is homemade (pastas, sauces, breads, etc) and SOOOO good. It scared the hell out of me though to watch myself shovel piece after piece of breaad into my mouth.
Obviously I planned for this since May, but still it kind of scared me. 
I just need to learn to trust myself. I second-guess everything that goes into my mouth even when it was planned out and I have every right to eat it. It is just hard to get over my fear of losing control...
Today I went for a swim again. My back is still not better, it gets stiff and hurts on and off every day, but the swimming felt really good.
I have a million food and exercise logs to catch up on, so here they all are!
THURSDAY'S FOOD
Pre-workout:
yogurt (60)
Meal #1
dad's oatmeal (600)
low carb monster (20)
venti white chocolate mocha frappuchino light w/energy (285)
Meal #2
strawberry slimfast (180)
banana (110)
Snack:
lowfat cheese stick (60)
Meal #3
cheese ravioli casserole (460)
BIG romaine lettuce salad w/carrots, corn, red peppers and lowfat italian dressing (105)
2 oz grilled chicken (50)
6 oz lowfat cottage cheese (135)
Dessert:
small frozen yogurt (280)
TOTAL= 2,345 calories
THURSDAY'S WORKOUT
1 hour workout with Stacey at the beach:
stretch cords, lunges, squats, pushups, etc
.6 mile walk (.3 mile to beach and .3 mile back)
THURSDAY'S WATER
102 ounces total
FRIDAY'S WATER
100.7 ounces total (BARELY made it!omg!)
FRIDAY'S FOOD My Birthday!! 
Meal #1
6 oz blueberries (50)
mixed inside a yogurt (60)
low carb monster (20)
Meal #2
Brian & I split a salad wrap from Rubio's (230 for half)
24 oz "lava flow" smoothie from Juice It Up with a vitamin boost (375)
1/2 low carb monster (10)
DINNER!!
I had a bazillion pieces of cheesey bread with olive oil, an order of cheese ravioli with sauce on the side, one fried mozzerella stick dipped in sauce, 2 chocolate chip cookies and 3 bites of vanilla ice cream (they brought me ice cream- also homemade- for my birthday)
And then I got a ginormous frozen yogurt that I couldn't finish (but almost!LOL!)
TOTAL= 745 + BIRTHDAY DINNER!! 
YUM!!
FRIDAY'S EXERCISE
I went swimming, all freestyle. I did (in yards, 4 laps per 100 yards)
200 warm up
6 x 100 on 1:30, holding 1:21/1:22 the whole time
200 warm down
TOTAL= 1,00 yards (a little over 1/2 mile)
SATURDAY (today)'S EXERCISE
Swimming again, all freestyle in yards...
100 warm up
50 on :45
100 on 1:30
150 on 2:15
200 on 3:00
250 on 3:45
300 on 4:30
350 on 5:15
400 on 6:00
150 kicking with kickboard
100 warm down easy
TOTAL= 2,150 yards (1 and 1/4 miles)
SATURDAY'S FOOD
Meal #1
raisin english muffin (170)
2 tbsp pineapple cream cheese (90)
1/2 low carb monster (10)
Meal #2
vanilla slimfast (180)
Snack:
my leftover frozen yogurt from last night (200)
Snack:
6 oz blueberries (50)
yogurt (60)
low carb monster (20)
Meal #3
Brian & I went to dinner @ El Torrito!
2 cheese enchiladas (460)
2 oz mexican rice (75)
chips and salsa (400)
TOTAL= 1,895 calories
SATURDAY'S WATER
112 ounces total
Tomorrow is going to be a challenging food day. I am going to IHOP with my friend Danielle to celebrate my birthday, and then later in the day I am going to a family gathering where I will be eating the CHOCOLATE MOTHERLOAD CAKE!!! Yaaayyy!!
I just need to skimp where I need to in order to fit the indulgence food into my day tomorrow. It will be a challenge, but I know that I can handle it. Wish me luck!!
UPDATED GOALS
300 workouts in 2008!
Progress 95%
workouts since Jan 3rd (days)
184
Encouragements: 96
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Drink 100+ oz water daily
Progress 25%
days (#)
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water (ounce)
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Comments
AHHH don't go to IHOP! lol You should come to my IHOP I'd give you free birthday pancakes and serenade you. (if i spelled that right) hehehe Try not to be too tough on yourself foodwise. It's your birthday! Eat what you want and then when you are done celebrating the important part is to get back to healthy eating. Enjoy your amazing cake!!! :-D
Jaime1313
That Italian restaurant sounded fantabulous. I'm so glad your birthday was so nice. You did a great job preparing for the eating end of it with your workout. Nice job sticking to the swimming. Hope the back feels better soon. Hope you have a great time at IHOP with your girlfriend. It's managable there, I did it last week.
I wonder if people who lose a lot of weight and maintain for a long time ever feel confident and comfortable letting themselves eat differently than usual. It just seems so unfair to embrace health like you have done, be so successful and on target and still be feeling that worry in the pit of your stomach on your birthday or holidays when you allow the ONE piece of choco motherload cake. ENJOY EVERY BITE without guilt Lisa!!
Love you and enjouy the rest of the b-day festivities. ((HUG))
Emily75
mmm...i love cheesy bread! I think you will be fine with indulging for your bday!@ You know what you are doing!!! good luck! Hope that bday cake is great!
ahollen1
OMG, I am so impressed with your swimming- way to adapt and still burn a million calories so that you can feel great about eating and enjoying treats on your birthday! For the love of God, if you can't bust your ass all year long and treat yourself on occasion, life is not worth living, is it???HA! Well, kinda dramatic of me to say, maybe, but I want so much for you to just have a blast and forget everything else for the night! LOve you- you deserve to treat yourself Lisa, enjoy!!
Docc
Yum yum yum!!! We have an italian restaurant just like that in town that I just love but totally stay away from now too!! I think you did great by planning ahead and getting in a killer workout to make up for it! I'm so glad you had a great birthday!! I agree with Docc...you deserved after working so hard for so long! You are doing amazing!!!! big hugs to you!
sweetcyndi
Wow! Sounds like an AMAZING birthday, I'm so glad you had a great time! Great job planning workouts and eating lower calories during the day. Very smart!
NCFroggy