Been down but not out!

Wow! I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted something new on this blog!

I have been slowly losing weight this year, which is a great improvement from years past, but certainly not where I want to be. I'm not going to beat myself up over that. It's a daily struggle that I'm winning at the moment.

Yesterday (10-13), I weighed 203 which is 23 less from my staring weight on Jan 1 of 226. I rejoined the gym a few months ago, so that helps me with my exercise. Sometimes I get so bored from doing at-home videos; going to the gym helps break up the monotony.

I'm energized again about losing weight, and I'm so excited because I'm almost out of the 200's! I know I have a long way to go, but right now my focus is on getting below 200 then I can make a new mini goal!

Still here!

I'm still here! I've been doing good, but I'll update more once I get caught up on all my posts... I promise!

1-25-08

B/L: lasagna, salad w/ff italian
D: peanut butter & strawberry jam sandwich on honey wheat bread, 100 cal cheese puffs
S: whole wheat english muffin w/butter & apple butter, milk

Exercise: 30 mins Walk Away the Pounds (Get Up and Get Started 1 Mile / High Calorie Burn 2 Miles)

Week 4 Update

My weight as of this morning was 220, so I'm slowly working towards my goal.

Also I'm going to do my measurements at the end of the month, and I'll do it the end of each month to so my progress.

Exercise update: I have 1 more 30 min workout to go, and I'll make my exercise goal for the week.
Eating upday: I have only gone out to eat 1 time, so I should make that goal easily.

1-24-08

B: oatmeal, banana
L: lasagna, salad w/ff italian, sugar free chocolate pudding
D: smart ones meal (potatoes w/broccoli & cheese)
S: raisins, granola bar, honey nut cheerios w/1% milk

Exercise: 30 mins The Biggest Loser Workout 2

Rewards! YAY!

So I did horrible the first 2 weeks, but I finally pulled it together for week 3. Today I went and loaded my WM gift card with $10. I tried to take a picture of it, but the lighting sucks. I'll try again later.

I liked the card because it's actually two cards together. The top card says "Load" and the bottom says "Spend" which I think it great since I'm waiting to spend mine when I meet my goals.

1-22-08

Well it could have been worse I suppose. I was doing good all day until I decided I would go by WM to get stuff to make lasagna. That wasn't a problem in itself but my body was used to eating dinner when I got home from work and by waiting longer (cuz I had to prepare and bake the lasagna) I ate while waiting. I ate a banana on the way home from the store then after I put the lasagna in the oven I ate a bowl of cottage cheese mixed with leftover meat sauce, some mozarella cheese, and a few small pieces of the noodles.

Esentially that was a meal by itself and I should have stopped there, but no I ate a small portion of the lasagna and a few bites of a salad when it was hot from the oven. I'm feeling so yucky right now.

B: oatmeal, orange
L: turkey sandwich, 100 cal cheese puffs, peach cup
D: lasagna, salad, cottage cheese (w/meat sauce, cheese, noodles mixed w/ it)
S: raisins, carrots, banana

Week 3 Update

I told myself I wouldn't do this but I did it anyway... I weighed myself on a non weigh-in day. Luckily the number was good. 221 to be exact which is 3 pounds less than my last weigh-in three days ago. That's probably a bit misleading though because like I said on my last weigh-in, I had my weekly allowed "out to eat" meal the night before, so today was probably just all that getting out of my system.

So last week ending 1-19-08, I met both my weekly goals.

1. No more than one meal eaten out
2. Exercise 30 mins 3x

So overall my week 3 was pretty good. The first two weeks went horribly, but I'm back!

My exercise goal for the next three weeks has been increase to 30 mins 4x each week! Yikes! I just got the 3x down... but I know it will only help to increase the weight loss and the getting fit!

1-20-08

B: oatmeal, 2 scrambled eggs (1 whole, 1 white)
L: lean cuisine (chicken enchilada suiza), cottage cheese double (pineapple)
D: 2 pieces shake n bake chicken (tenders), pea salad, field peas, chicken n broccoli flavored noodles
S: granola bar, honey nut cheerios w/1% milk

1-19-08

B: oatmeal, orange
L: 2 pieces shake n bake chicken (tender size), pea salad, field peas, chicken n broccoli noodles
D: english muffin w/fried egg & cheese
S: granola bar (2)

Exercise: 30 mins Biggest Loser 2 DVD (all those lunges and squats are NO JOKE... I'm still sore, but it feels good!)

Edited to add exercise!

1-18-08

I did weigh in this morning so check out my weekly weigh-ins on the side bar.

B: lean cuisine (french break pepperoni pizza), small salad w/ff Italian
L: 2 pieces shake n bake chicken (tenders), pea salad, chicken & broccoli noodles, field peas
D: 1 piece shake n bake chicken (tenders), pea salad, chicken & broccoli noodles, field peas
S: orange, raisins

Exercise: 30 mins walking

As long as I don't eat out tomorrow, and if I get another 30 min workout in I will have my first monetary goal of $10 to reward myself. No problem... right?

1-17-08

Well I intended that my one time to go out to eat would have been today (Friday) but instead I did it Thursday. I think that affected my weight loss for the week. (I think it would have been more had I waited... such a big meal the night before weigh in). But I still lost weight which is good!

B: oatmeal, banana
L: turkey sandwich, 100 cal cheese nips, sugar free chocolate pudding
D: chili relleno, rice, taco, few chips & salsa, sour cream
S: apple, orange, frosted mini wheats w/milk

1-16-08

Today has been a rainy, dreary, cold day, so I was quite glad that I made a lunch to take to work. Also it was a good excuse not to go back out into the rain to get some pizza (which is almost what happened). Ate some pancakes which I know aren't the greatest, but I figure it was better than pizza.

B: oatmeal, banana
L: homemade chicken noodle soup, salad w/ff italian
D: 2 fried eggs, 1/2 of 3 stack of pancakes w/syrup
S: apple, granola bar, WW mint chocolate ice cream thing

I don't know why, but I've been so hungry today... right now my stomach is growling. But it's 11pm and I don't need anymore food and I need to go to bed so I don't have to think about food.

1-15-08

Another good day! 3 days in a row... hey you gotta take them while you can. I have been kinda all over the place with my weigh-ins, but I'm thinking I'll start weighing every Friday. I'm still deciding on the pics but maybe that will be motivation... don't know yet.

Breakfast: 2 scrambled eggs (1 whole, 1 white), banana
Lunch: homemade chicken noodle soup, salad w/ raspberry vinaigrette, sugar free pudding cup
Supper: homemade chicken noodle soup
Snacks: apple, frosted shredded mini wheat cereal

Exercise: none

1-14-08

I was good again today! I planned on eating a frozen chicken cordon blue, but my sister said that would be bad (I knew that but I thought I'd eat it to get rid of it). Instead I had a WW frozen dinner, and then made some homemade chicken noodle soup. I've had a cold for over a week now you would have thought I'd think of chicken noodle soup before today. Oh well. It was so good though! I even did 30 mins of walking today. I'm on a roll!

Breakfast: cheese omelet (1 whole egg, 1 white), banana
Lunch: WW frozen dinner (potatoes w/cheese & broccoli)
Supper: homemade chicken noodle soup, salad w/raspberry vinaigrette
Snacks: granola bar, couple small carrots

Exercise: 30 mins walking

1-13-08

I had a much better day today!

Breakfast: oatmeal, banana
Lunch: lean cuisine frozen dinner, banana
Supper: sloppy joe, 100 cal cheese puffs, milk
Snacks: granola bar, skittles (i only ate the skittles because work was so boring and they were left over from 2 weeks ago)

Overall a good day. See... I can do this. (Gotta remind myself)