Plowing along…

{Written by Jeremy}

Greetings all!

We apologize for not writing yesterday. We are both swamped in a lot of work, but still want to make sure that we write in this as often as possible to help record our progress.

Emily and I didn’t have breakfast on Sunday (tsk tsk) and had 2 slices of a supreme Digorno pizza and a side salad for lunch (~500 calories). We watched the Chargers-Raiders game which resulted in the Chargers 13th straight win over the Raiders. Woo hoo! Following the game I went back to my apartment and did some laundry and finished grading the mid-terms that I had as well as began reading for my readings in Modern Japan seminar. For dinner we had a chicken salad (~400-500 calories) with cucumber, tomatoes and cheese over hearts of romaine and topped lightly with ranch dressing.

Today I had apple/cinnamon oatmeal with sliced up banana in it for breakfast (~200 calories) , a homemade teriyaki bowl (400-500 calories) for lunch, 2 slices of digiorno supreme pizza for a mid afternoon snack (~400 calories) and after that I was still hungry so I went to a campus restaurant called “Joe’s Pizza & Subs” and got a small tuna sandwich and a side of fries with a medium diet coke. Emily says she’s very proud of me for not caving and getting 2 slices of pizza and a gigantic Mr. Pibb. I was tempted, briefly. Still, the sandwich was very good and the fries were great, though I wish they had a smaller size.  Emily had 2 slices of Digiornio pizza for lunch (~400 calories), a small bowl of cereal for snack (~200 calories), and a Lean Cuisine (Chicken in basil cream sauce) with a salad on the side for dinner (~450 calories) and a yogurt for dessert (170 calories).

We each have our own vices when it comes to food. Emily misses cheese dearly (though we still have shredded cheese on salads and the occasional cheese-stick as a snack) and I just miss, well, everything else. At the same time I shudder at the thought of some of the food I used to eat without second thought: Panda Express for lunch, 10 double stuf oreos for snack in the mid-afternoon followed by some Papa Johns and topped off with a Ben and Jerry’s for dessert, as an example. We are working really hard to make things work, even when we go out to eat. There are a number of tempting trips that we are going to be making in the next few weeks, including our 3 year anniversary trip to San Francisco in 2 weeks. We’ve been looking at CalorieKing and some other sites to see what we could eat that wouldn’t be too bad. And then of course there’s the daunting event known as Thanksgiving.

I’ve come to the conclusion that November and December should just be titled “The time that diets die”. I mean, how could you not want to toss your whole diet plan overboard in the face of a beautifully brined turkey, piles of mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, pumpkin pie, stuffing and ham? Who could have the nerves of steel in order to resist a stocking full of candy? Freshly baked sugar cookies topped with cake icing and M&M’s or sprinkles? Yet, in the face of such challenges, Emily and I are going to try our best to perservere.

It’s getting late, so I’ll sign off here.

Working hard to lose more than our minds,

J&E