Off the Rails... in a big way

I would be less than honest if my weight loss blog didn't include the good, the bad and the downright ugly.

Friday and Saturday were ugly.  Not just bad days, but truly ugly.  I did pretty well until Friday evening and then I went off the rails in a big way.  My bad eating behavior continued on through Saturday afternoon at which point I finally stopped eating everything in sight.  I probably only stopped because I was so stuffed that my stomach hurt.  I considered typing out everything I ate, but sheesh, it is already embarrassing enough and pretty unbelievable.

I am pretty certain that my weight loss weigh-in on Wednesday (May 11) will be a negative experience.  Based on what I ate Friday and Saturday, I'm not sure if I will lose any weight, I could even gain weight.  Yes, it really was that bad.

So, trying to turn this negative experience into something more positive, I'm back on track today!  I'm currently enjoying an HMR Multigrain Cereal.  I let it sit too long so it is no longer hot and it is kind-of chunky.  It doesn't taste all that great cold.  :-)  However, out of all of the things I put in my mouth this weekend, none of it actually tasted that great, after the fact, so I can deal with some cold cereal.  No problem!

I'll do some PA (physical activity) later today.  Maybe I'll try and do a little extra each day so that the Wednesday weight loss/gain won't be as bad as I think it could be.  I refuse to weight on my own scale, because I just don't want to know..

It's beautiful outside today, so off the computer shortly, to the shower, to my shoes and out the door!

On... sugar free Jello pudding and gelatins

First: The HMR shakes are tasty, but they definitely require you to be creative, otherwise you are going to burn out on just chocolate and vanilla flavors.  The HMR recipe guide has a number of recipes that use sugar free pudding and gelatin.  So far, I have tried a number of add-ins (both puddings and jello) and I will blog more about that at a later date.  Suffice it to say, the addition of other flavors will help me be successful on the HMR program.

Second: I have my eye on you, Schnucks, Dierbergs and Shop-n-Save!
Your stores have a terrible selection of Jello sugar free pudding and gelatin products.  Each store consistently had cherry gelatin, chocolate pudding, vanilla pudding, but few other flavors listed on the Kraft website.  Granted, I did not check each and every one of your locations, who has that kind of time? Strangely enough, Target had almost as large of a Jello selection as any of the grocery stores and I was able to obtain the sugar free cheesecake pudding.

Need Jello?  Internet to the rescue!  I first checked Amazon.com, but tell me... really, who needs a case of any one flavor?  Me either.  So for my Jello fix, I have turned to netgrocer.com.  I purchased approximately $10 worth of Kraft Jello products with a $9.99 shipping charge.
$20 bucks for Jello products, but at least I'm not going to be driving all over town and I'll have the flavors I want.

Fortunately, I shouldn't need to buy any more Jello products as the HMR shakes require a miniscule amount for flavor.

The Million Dollar Question: Do onions make you fat?

Answer: Onions alone do not make you fat (in case you really needed me to tell you that).

But, I bet, eating loads of French Onion soup could probably make you fat.  It might even clog your arteries with all of that ooey-gooey cheese. Truthfully -- I wouldn't know about the nutritional value of any onion-type dish because I absolutely despise onions and refuse to eat them.

Raw onions make most people cry!  Me... they make me gag!  You will not find an onion ally here, nor will you find an ally of onions.

And yes, if you are in the food service industry, I am THAT customer who can tell if an onion has touched my plate or was just picked off of the sandwich or out of the salad.  A tip: do not use the "onion knife" to slice the strawberries that you place on top of the cheesecake.  Yes, I'm looking at you Mangia Italia.  (¬_¬)