Busy Baby

After three nights in a row of the baby sleeping through the night (so we know he is capable), he woke up last night around 11:30 wanting to party.  I changed him, fed him and every time I placed him in his crib, he began screaming again.  Around 12:30 or 1, thinking I wasn't going to get any sleep any other way, I brought him downstairs into our bed.  Well, we have done a good job of letting him know that his bed is for sleeping and ours is not because he started kicking his legs and looking around and took turns smacking my husband and I.  This wasn't going to work out for anyone.  So I took him back upstairs to his room, put him in his crib, crossed my fingers and walked away.  By the time I was back downstairs in our room, he was just about done.  Talk about a cramp in my style.  This morning I was expecting to see his first tooth or a fever or something remarkable to offer an explanation, but no, just the same old baby bright eyed and bushy tailed at 7 am.  Crazy baby.

Anyway, back to this diet thing, I rounded out Thursday on an ok note.

7:45 am
Greek Yogurt - 1 "thumbs up" protein

10 am
Cheerios - 1 cup - 1 "always" carb
Almonds - 11 - 1 fat

12
Oatmeal - 1/2 cup - 1 "always" carb
Skim Milk - 3/4 cup - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Strawberries - 1/2 cup sliced - 1 fruit
Walnuts - 2 Tablespoons - 1 fat

While out grocery shopping, I had a hankering for some chocolate so I got myself a York Peppermint Patty.  I figure there are worse things I could have gotten.  I guessed it as being 1 fat since it's all sugar but I really don't know. 

1:45
Cherries - 1 cup - 1 fruit

4:25
Carrots - 3 oz - 1 veg
Peanut Butter - 1 Tablespoon - 1 fat

5:30
String Cheese - 1 "thumbs up" protein

8:00 - Tofu Stir Fry with Brown Rice for dinner
Brown Rice - 1 cup - 1 "always" carb
Tofu - 3 oz or so - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Broccoli, Sugar Snap Peas and Onion - 2 veg
Cashews (my husband's idea) - 1 fat
Peach - 1 fruit

Carbs: 3/6
Protein: 4/6
Fruit: 3/3
Fat: 5/3
Veg: 3/4.5

If I had been paying more attention, I would have swapped my 4:25 snack for something else since I ended up over on my fats for the day.  I could have added in some popcorn or a piece of whole wheat toast or something like that to fill in the day better instead of the peanut butter.  I had a glass of red wine with dinner but all in all, I'm still feeling good.

Now today, Friday, I've lost control ever so slightly and I now understand the importance of timing snacks.  I've addressed it and even written it down and have opted to pretend it didn't happen and go about the rest of my day in a healthful fashion, instead of letting one slip up ruin the rest of my day, like I would have done in my previous dieting life.

This is what happened - I started my day like I normally do...
7:45 am
Greek Yogurt - 1 "thumbs up" protein

10:15
Oatmeal - 1/2 cup - 1 "always" carb
Milk - 3/4 cup - 1 "thumbs up" protein
Strawberries - 1/2 cup sliced - 1 fruit
Walnuts - 2 Tablespoons - 1 fat

I nursed the baby around 11 and then went grocery shopping.  I had decided last night that I was going to make this frozen lemonade pie for the weekend.  I started thinking about the whole diet thing and thought that maybe we could have dessert if we limited it to the weekend.  As I type that, I realize that the two of us will not eat an entire frozen lemonade pie over the weekend and there will inevitably be some leftover and spill into the week so I may need to rethink this idea or my recipes, portions, something.  Regardless, this is the plan that I made.  I took a piece of string cheese with me as a snack but I didn't eat it.  As I was driving home, I was thinking about what I was going to feed the baby for lunch and how I could make the pie really quick during lunch time and it may even have time to set before dinner tonight. 

So that's exactly what I did.  I got home with the baby and the groceries and took turns putting more pieces of food on the baby's tray and whipping up this pie.  Well, I went to pour it into its graham cracker crust and there was too much filling for the crust - probably 1/2 cup worth that was left over, maybe even closer to a cup.  Naturally, I had to taste it to make sure it tasted good and then all of a sudden, it was all gone (it did taste good).  Oh no.  Why did I do that?  The answer is because I was hungry.  My body was craving fuel and as soon as I started with the sugary goodness, I wanted more.  When I realized what I had done, I put the bowl in the sink and filled it with water and then ate leftovers from last night for my actual lunch.  I'm feeling a little guilty and a little silly, but feeling better now that I got some real food.

I have snacks laid out for the rest of the day and we enjoyed the salmon so much from the other night that we're having it again tonight, with a big salad (and maybe some frozen lemonade pie).  The baby is fighting his afternoon nap and I'm fighting not taking one.  There's much to do!  Here's crossing my fingers this is just as easy to keep up this weekend when my husband is around.