Looking over my food log + tangent = underthings photo

OK so if you've been on my blog for awhile, I am sure you are aware that I am still nursing Baby Girl (though she is also eating some baby food too).

I thought I'd look over my average daily calories by month and summarize it here.

For August 2010 - Daily Average: Food: 1790kcal (Fat: 63.93g, Protein: 85.19g, Carbs: 226.25g)
For September 2010 - Daily Average: Food: 1878kcal (Fat: 67.11g, Protein: 90.80g, Carbs: 235.61g)
For October 2010 - Daily Average: Food: 1647kcal (Fat: 58.75g, Protein: 80.34g, Carbs: 207.59g)
For November 2010 - Daily Average: Food: 1621kcal (Fat: 62.11g, Protein: 77.72g, Carbs: 195.22g)
For December 2010 - Daily Average: Food: 1681kcal (Fat: 67.77g, Protein: 75.57g, Carbs: 213.79g)

For January 2011 (so far -- except for the 4 or 5 days in the hotel)  - "Daily Average: Food: 1584kcal (Fat: 60.10g, Protein: 68.37g, Carbs: 202.42g)"

*edited to add January's totals on Feb 2nd*
Daily Average: Food: 1636kcal (Fat: 62.41g, Protein: 72.09g, Carbs: 211.82g)

I do my best to track all my food but I only track deliberate exercise, if you know what I mean -- any shopping over 15 - 20 minutes and then my walking, my workouts that sort of thing but I don't track regular day-to-day stuff like laundry or child-rearing etc...

That actually looks better than I thought re: my protein consumption as Dr. W wants me to have 75-90 grams of protein daily.

But again, those are what my monthly averages are.  S-girl picked up more of my protein powder for me while she was out today and I tossed her the cash for it so I can get back into the habit of my shakes as I've been slacking in the fruit department a bit (aside from apple slices).

I feel cranky and tired today - am wondering if it's because I haven't had ANY green tea today -- oh crap, and I haven't had my vitamin D or my b12 or my iron yet -- the day kind of got away from me today.

It's been 4 yrs since Hubs and I first met in cyber-space though.

So that's the nicest thing I can say about today, followed by a quick trip to the store with S-girl so I could look for some sports bras that would hold me in better (no luck with my low budget) but I did get two new (and smaller) pairs of pants so hopefully the next time I run, job or "wog"  - I don't need to hold my pants up.

And since Hubs won't likely read this until maybe tomorrow or Thursday - I did get a cute pair of panties and a matching bra.  Decorative only because, frankly, the bra (38DD) barely contains the girls but that was the largest size they had where we were shopping, especially in anything I would consider to be remotely "sexy".

*innocent look*

I am NOT going to model them on the blog but here's a pic of the items...

Balancing breast-feeding with healthy weight loss

OK, I know you aren't supposed to "diet" when you are breast-feeding and that you are supposed to eat approximately 500 more healthy calories per day.

That being said, when I was pregnant, I was told because I was obese that I didn't need to gain weight during my pregnancy and that, so long as I wasn't dieting, some weight loss would be acceptable.

Of course I did gain during my pregnancy (though not nearly to the amount I gained when pregnant with Son).

So now I am not dieting... but I am working on making healthier food choices, only eating when I am hungry and not eating when I am bored, stressed or angry and I am increasing my activity levels.

My family DR told me as long as I don't go under 1200 calories per day, it's OK.

Fatsecret says I should be consuming 2300 per day for "moderate" weight loss (1 lb per wk) but I think that estimate might be high.

Looking at my food diary my daily average intake is 1553 cals so far for October.  But I've had a number of high days and one day where I ate more than my RDI.

With some of the stuff that went on this month personally, it was a bit hard but I am committed and it's going to get better!

Hmmn, for August my average daily intake was 1790 calories.  And for September it was 1878 calories per day.

Maybe I'm not eating enough?

I have started taking MilkMaid Tea because I think I've been producing less breast-milk lately.

I should email my naturopath and ask for some guidance since I didn't think to ask about this yesterday.

I really need to write a list whenever I consult ANY professional because I always think of things I should have asked after the fact.

How many calories does having an orgasm burn?

I was wondering about this one...

I tried looking online and I've seen from 27 cals to 1000 cals listed.

Most sites seem to say 50 - 100 cals burned.

Well I royally screwed myself yesterday

weight: 277.6

I blame the stress, my stress-induced eating, and actually having pizza and cupcakes in the house.

When it's here - it's hard to resist as a battle royale of my willpower vs my need to eat when I am upset -- willpower always loses.

Been awake for about an hour and a half.

Consumed thus far:

• plain cold water (not flavoured)
  
• handful of baby carrots
• 1/2 cup lean, lifestyle turkey breast on
  
• 1 piece Wonder Bread Head Start whole wheat bread with omega 3 butter
  
• 1 Velveeta processed cheese slice

I did not get on the squeaky elliptical yesterday as hubs didn't want to take the kids out and the portion of time I did leave him alone with the kids, I was disposing of items we no longer needed.

Of course the housework I was doing should've helped but 6 slices of pizza does not equal weight loss.

Confessions (from yesterday):

• 6 slices of pizza
• 3 "two bite" mini-cupcakes w/ frosting
  
• 2 cups of ice cream
• 1 grande tazo chai frappuccino blended cream w/ whipped cream & cinnamon

Checking out Calorie Count but I am not so good with logging things.

Today is a new day - let's see how it goes.