I really am trying

Sigh, i'm disappointed in myself. I stopped writing stuff down. You know what happened?

I gained a 1 1/2. After swearing at myself and feeling completely sorry for myself, I decided that I did, indeed, need to write stuff down.

So here I am again, proving to myself (over and over and over) that I NEED to spend the 10 minutes a night and write my food down.

I know what the problem was last week....superbowl....and valentines chocolate in the house and girl scout cookies.

So, I'm telling myself that I'm allergic to that stuff right now.....(so far its working)

Breakfast: 2 buttered waffles, coffee, with two tsp sugar and 1 tbsp or so of creamer

Snack: pistachios (like 12 of them...that was all that was left)

Lunch :1/2 serving of lentils and red beans and broccoli with cheese on it

Snack: I forgot.....oops.

Dinner: pork fried rice (maybe 1/2 cup) and 1 cup of broccoli and I'm drinking water.

Gonna be hungry in a couple hours...this will be a problem but I'm hoping to just drink water.:)

I only walked/ran 2 miles today. Was a bit tired so no other exercises but not going to do that for the rest of the week. Must push through!!!!

See?!?!?!

Its Monday the 6th, and i have blown off a few days journaling. Whoops! See, I get in these moods and I say, screw it. (I've had a bad couple of days and that didn't help either).

So, even though I didn't journal, I did weigh in yesterday and lost some more weight. :)

I'm at 182 now. So basically 4 lbs in two weeks. Mostly because I added exercise, and i added more fruit and veggies to my diet. Still eating things that aren't exactly cooked the healthiest (fried pork chops, mashed potatoes...stuff like that) but I did say it would be a process.

So, so far so good.

I'll add my normal food intake later tonight. :)

Day of rest

Ok, I decided that I needed a day of rest. I've been working out everyday, so I needed to let my muscles rest....that and I can barely walk. :)~ I've been sore before but not to the point of not being able to function. Getting old really does suck.

Anyhoo! Day of rest meant I somewhat blew my diet. Remember the 2 -4 week thing I talked about....I caught myself before I totally said screw it all. That's some progress. I wasn't the greatest but I could have made it a lot worse. That's my story and I'm sticking to it. :)

Breakfast: 2 waffles, 1 banana, 10 oz coffee 1tbsp creamer, 2tsp sugar

Snack: yummy peanut butter banana smoothie

Lunch: thai coconut soup....two bowls....:)

Snack: 2 mint cookies (hormones......evil....simply evil...)

Dinner: Chinese takeout....lo mein (yum), a taste of chicken and mushroom, moo goo gai pan, 1 crab rangoon. Probably ate more than I should, but I did stop and not gorge like I totally could have and usually would.

So! Tomorrow I will work out again, (NO BIKE) and look forward to the weigh in on Sunday!!

(and blow from the Superbowl party...but i'll worry about that next week! :) )

I was weak

Well, hormones won today. I cave and had three mint oreo cookies today.......OH MY......yum :)

Thats alright, I worked out more than I intended today....I rode my bike for 4 miles today and walked two miles. Let me just say that I will be lucky if I can walk tomorrow. My hips are so flippin' sore. All for the good of the cause. :)

Breakfast: 2 waffles, 10oz coffee, 2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp creamer

Snack: 1 tbsp peanut butter

Lunch: lettuce/spinach salad with sprinkling of cheese and 1/4 cup of bbq shredded chicken with 2 tbsp salad dressing

Snack: handful pistachios
Dinner: cheese/potato gnocchi with marinara sauce, carrots and 5 turkey meatballs oh! and 10oz coffee, 2 tsp sugar, 1 tbsp half and half

AND THREE MINT OREO COOKIES :)

Til tomorrow! :)

Oh hormones, why do you hate me so?

Another blah day, but at least the blahs didn't happen until the afternoon. I was able to do my exercises with no problems. :)

So!

Breakfast:10oz coffee 1tbsp creamer, 2 tsp sugar granola with milk and strawberries

Snack: strawberry smoothie...1cup

Lunch: cucumbers with egg salad on them and a salad with my homemade dressing

Snack: strawberry smoothie...1cup and a handful of puffs (hormones made me do it)

Dinner: BBQ chicken with cheese on a bun, beans and spinach, 2 slices of tomatoes and vitamin water

Exercises:4 miles on the greenway and Tuesdays workout list....oye.

And this is the first day I've had a headache in two weeks....must be due to the hormones....sigh.

Monday monday....

Welcome to the new week. Today was a blah day. Hormones put me in a...eh, could care less mood. But I powered through. I really wanted to do more exercises, but just didn't feel like it. This will be the nemesis I will have to deal with every month......sigh.

Breakfast: 3/4 cup of flake cereal with sliced strawberries, 1% milk, 10oz coffee, 1tbsp creamer, 2 tsp sugar

Snack: mint granola bar

Lunch: large salad with romaine and spinach, 1/4 cup black beans, 1/2 avocado and 3tbsp of homemade Mexican dressing

Snack: 1 cup spinach smoothie

Dinner: turkey meatloaf, spinach/black bean side, cucumbers and a little cornbread dressing

Exercise: 3 miles on Greenway, yoga abs video, and 40 sit-ups on ball

The first weigh in

Food Intake for the day:

Breakfast:2 waffles with butter, 10oz coffee with 1tbsp creamer and 2 tsp sugar

Snack: 1 apple

Lunch: 2 1/2 pieces of pizza....yikes....and an iced tea

Dinner: 1 pork chop (breaded and fried of course), spinach and mushrooms, green beans, a little bit of cornbread stuffing and some chunky applesauce.

Dessert! 1 60z chocolate banana strawberry smoothie :)

Drum roll please! I lost 2 and 1/2 pounds!!! Woooo Hooo! :)~

Considering I wasn't really a full week, i'll take it. And yeah, yeah, I know...water weight....but I have to start somewhere. :)

I do have to say that knowing I have to post on this blog is good motivation for writing stuff down. I'm paying attention to what I'm eating. Now, I may not be eating perfectly or am counting calories yet, but I think as first weeks go, I'm pleased and I know what I need to improve upon. And I'm digging the smoothies. Yum. And the kids like it too. AND I get to sneak in spinach into their diet! Woo Woo!! Good mommy. :)

I'm going to start adding more salads into my day. I think one a day would be good, either as my lunch or part of dinner. I'm just afraid i'll get burned out...so dressings will be my search this week. Maybe I can make some.....hmmmmm.

And I'm in love with Pinterest.com. The site has a lot of cool exercises to do for each day of the week; which helps keep it less predictable.

So, tomorrow's another day! Let hope for another good week!