Round 2

So I got on the scale this morning just to see how things were going, and according my scale I am back down to the three pounds I had lost. I did pretty good eating over the snowday and weekend. I don't feel like I over ate, and we only ate out once, it was at taco bell, but.......... I also bought some resistance bands at wal-mart yesterday, I WILL use them starting tomorrow morning, there is no more putting off exercising it is time to get serious. No more excuses. It is like I feel more motivated and determined than ever to lose weight and get into better health, but for some reason my mind and my body are not agreeing. My plan is to use the bands and mix in a little cardio to start the day off. I thought I would try jumping jacks, simulated jump roping and even running in place. We also have the Wii active that I need to be using, in fact, I was planning on using it tonight, Jimmy will just have to watch, or he could join it! :-) I found a couple of interesting sites to share again http://www.soyouwanna.com/site/syws/loseweight/loseweight.html this site tells you the four basics to weight-loss and is very cut and dry. The next site http://www.primusweb.com/fitnesspartner/calculat.htm is a calorie use calculator. It tells how many calories are burned during a specific amount of time based on your weight for 222 activities. It was interesting to see how much of what I needed to do to boost my weight loss. The first website said that 500 calories needed to be burned per day to lose 2 pounds a week. So that is my newest goal. Burn 500 calories per day, hopefully by Friday I will have lost instead of gained. Have a great week!!!

Snow Day

I know it has been a couple of days since I have blogged, but I have become just a wee bit discouraged. I don't think I have fallen off the wagon as much as feel like I have been thrown out of the wagon. I have eaten really well this week, or I feel like I have. But when I weighed in yesterday I had gained back 2 of the 3 pounds lost. I know I need to be exercising more, but I really thought that by eating better I would at least lose a little until I got into a steady exercise plan. I have found over the years that I do much better exercising when the weather is nicer and I can be outside. I would rather walk outside than do stuff inside. I just feel a bit discouraged right now, but not failed. I will not give up, I have set on this journey and I plan to conquer it! I am going to get my mind set back over the weekend and start fresh on Monday, I plan to try to work more exercise into my daily routine. I hope everyone is enjoying this snowing morning. Have a great weekend!

Something New

I got to thinking today that if anyone is reading these then they are probably getting tired of only reading about what I have eaten for the day. While I will keep posting what I have eaten for the day I am also going to try to find some interesting tips or funny fads. Today I am including a link to another page about 3 must haves that all women need. The address is http://www.diet-blog.com/archives/2010/01/25/3_goofy_fitness_gadgets_every_woman_needs.php

I found them funny, but at the same time wondering if just maybe the VALSLIDES might be fun.

Here is another site that is full of funny, and I hope not true, insane fad diets. http://www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/insane-diet-fads.php

I hope they add a laugh to someones day.

Today I was able to walk afterschool, inside the building. I had cereal for breakfast, only 2 mini kit-kats today, meat free taco salad for lunch, an apple crispito and then enchiladas and refried beans for supper. I also had a 100 calorie twinkie pack today for a snack. I think today was one of my best eating days so far. Best of luck for the week of cold weather ahead to all who are following along on my journey and your own!

An Ok Day Off

I took today off to try out a new dentist, a hard thing to do after using the same dentist since I was 3, but it went good. I just had a lot of x-rays, and consultation done today, I have to go back for the cleaning. I had cereal and a lean pocket for breakfast, a half of Subway sandwich for lunch. I almost always get a foot long, so I was proud that I was able to resist that and just get the 6 in. sub. I also had a bowl of cocoa pebbles. For supper we had a rump roast and potatoes. So I feel that I did a OK today, I will do much better when I am back at school tomorrow. Till tomorrow.

A Horrible, Awful, No Good, VERY Bad Weekend!

While Jimmy and I had a blast this weekend in St. Louis, it was horrible on my calorie intake. Friday night we ate at Jack In The Box, Saturday we had a decent breakfast but then ate at a place in the mall food court where we got a sandwich and cheese and bacon fries. We followed that up with a piece of cheesecake from the cheesecake factory and finally we ended our night with White Castle! Today has been a much better day, but I am sure it will not help to make up for yesterday. I will just have to work hard all week and keep myself on track. It is so hard to be a good eater being away from home. We did have a great time at the hockey game. The Blues were ahead 3 to 0 at the beginning of the third period and then ended up letting the Ducks score three times to tie the game. This lead to overtime and then a 7 goal shoot-out which the Blues ended up losing. I will check in tomorrow and hopefully things will have gone better. I am off work tomorrow to go to the dentist. I decided to find a dentist closer to home. So this will only be the second dentist I have ever seen in my life.

Quick Post

Just a quick post about the weigh in. I only lost one pound this week, I was hoping for 2, but that is ok. It is better than gaining a pound. I will just have to work harder next week. I hope everyone has a great weekend!

A great day!

So I started using one of the websites I posted this morning. I love it, I was able to plug in everything I ate today and according to it I only consumed 1200 calories, which is well in my range. It is such an easy site to use and find foods on. The web address is http://www.fitday.com/ and it is totally free. You can pay a premium for an upgrade, but the free version is great. I was even able to enter in custom foods that were not listed. It also provided diagrams, which showed that almost 50% of what I ate today were carbs. But since I am going with the calorie thing only I am not going to worry about the types of food, I am going to see how well I can do with just monitoring calories. I didn't get in any exercise today other than going up and down the steps to my classroom about 20 times today. I had the usual bowl of cereal for breakfast and lunch, along with a rice crispy treat and 60 cal. pudding cup. I had 3 mini kit-kats, a fiber bar and one slice of provolone cheese. For supper we had shake-n-bake pork chops with mashed sweet potatoes. I also had a 100 cal. chocolate snack cake. And I just realized I haven't had any soda since Saturday, and I haven't even missed it. I do drink a lot of tea sweetened with splenda or sweet n low. But, I have to have something, I guess I need to be drinking more water. Jimmy and I are leaving for St. Louis tomorrow after work to spend the weekend. We are going to stay with family, going to a Blues game Saturday night and I am not sure what we will do through the day, I think we may go on a brewery tour. Hopefully we will get in some walking and I will be able to manage my caloric intake while we are away. Tomorrow is my second weigh in day. So I will try to post my weight loss, or hopefully my weight loss and not weight gain. Then it will be off for the weekend and no computer, nice break, but I think I will miss blogging, I have really grown to love this. Till next time... And Abby, I hope you had a good night at work!

A day late

Thought I would post this morning since I didn't get it done last night. Yesterday was another pretty good eating day, cereal for breakfast and lunch, 2 super mini snickers and 1 mini kit-kat. I guess this is why I need to post in the evening, because I am having trouble remembering what I ate. I made Stromboli and rice for supper, didn't eat after supper. I had one fiber bar before my meeting, and I think that was pretty well it. I am sure there were a few other little things throughout the day. Jimmy and I walked yesterday afternoon, I am glad he is walking with me some too. I haven't started the morning workout routine yet, but I will get my butt in gear soon! I am including a couple of sites that Abby and Sara shared with me. They are both tracking websites that are free, I haven't had a chance to try out either one yet, but I plan to when I have a chance. Abby shared this site http://www.fitday.com/ and Sara shared this site, http://www.nutritiondata.com/. I hope someone else is able to use these sites to help out. I need to go for now. Have a great day!

Another Day, Another Success

Today was another pretty good day. Had the usual bowl of cereal for breakfast, about 5 super mini snickers, a 60 cal. pudding cup, a handful of choc. covered marshmallows, another bowl of cereal for lunch (I love cereal), a quarter of a bagel and one fiber bar. Then for supper I fixed polish sausage with potato slices and cornmuffins. I am sure the polish sausage wasn't the most healthiest of food, but I am pretty sure I ate less than a serving size. I also walked after school for a little more than 30 minutes. I am going to try to start doing some muscle toning in the mornings since we get up at 4:50 these days. I have a few weights to use and then just some of the basics like pushups and crunches, and of course squats! I am sure I will be sore by Friday, but no pain to gain! LOL :-) I hope all is going great for everyone that is following and taking a journey of their own. I thought I would start adding a little humor to the blog. I have several ready for the next few days.

Eye Opening Speech

We had a speaker come to school today, and while I thought I knew what I needed to do for a life style change, he really drove the point home. He said that honestly the best weight loss and life style change is calorie deficit. It doesn't matter if you are only eating healthy foods that if you go over your daily caloric intake then you will not lose weight, and on the flip side if you are only eating twinkies and drinking coke but staying under your caloric intake then you will lose weight, although not a very healthy way, LOL! This really made sense. Of course you can always increase your calorie deficit by exercising. Our speaker said there are 3 important parts to an exercise program, 1 is cardio, 2 is weight training and 3 is stretching. If you don't know how many calories you should be eating, take your weight divide it by 2.2 and then multiply that answer by 25 and that will be close to how many calories you should try to consume less than to lose weight. Today's food journal, the usual bowl of cereal for breakfast, one super mini snicker, mccallisters for lunch, half of a grilled chicken sandwich, and half of a baked potato, and one pickle. A scoop of trail mix that was popcorn, bran flakes, dried cranberries, choc. chips and pretzels. Half of a bagel, we had meetings all day so there was lots of food around, but I still feel like I did pretty good. I also had about 7 low fat wheat thins with some pepper jelly dip, and then for supper we had salad with fat free dressing, a hamburger pasta casserole and bread. I finished off with a 100 calorie snack pack. So all in all with all the food that presented itself, I feel like I did a pretty good job of self control. I really feel that knowing that even one person is going to read this makes me more conscience of what I am eating throughout the day, and Abby, I am being truthful... LOL :-) Bye till tomorrow!

The start of a new week and a new way of life

I am happy to say that my dear friend Abby has also decided to blog along with me on our journey of weightloss and better lifestyles. We have been friends longer than I can really remember so having her join this journey is awesome. And according to Abby I need to start saving money for a trip to the beach when we have lost some of our weight. Yesterday was not the best eating today, but today has been better. Yesterday I had Chinese with my friend Tamara and then we went and watch "The Blind Side" (it is an awesome movie!) and of course with a movie comes movie popcorn. Today we took the Christmas lights off of the house, so I think that climbing up and down the ladder several times counts for some exercise. Starting Tuesday I will be walking with a friend afterschool. We have decided on 3 days that we will be able to walk. I read a tip that says to make exercise a routine of your week, even if you can only get in one or two days, just don't stop! I will check in again tomorrow. Enjoy the last few hours of the weekend!

Food Journal

I just decided that it might be easier to just keep my food journal in my entries instead along the side. I have done MUCH better today. I had a fiber bar for breakfast, after I weighed in and had lost 2 pounds since Monday!!! The school feed us a lunch of chicken potpie and Cesar salad, it was wonderful and then I have had 1 hersey kiss and one extra mini kit-kat. I am not sure about supper, but I will let you know later on. Well............... I had done good today until Jimmy and I went to Red Lobster for supper, I guess I will just have to be extra good this weekend and try to exercise more. Have a great weekend if I don't check in.

Good and Bad Day

I thought I would do better today by keeping the food journal, but I failed big time this afternoon. However I did go for a walk after school and realized how out of shape I am, but that is ok, I will start slow and work my way up to longer walks. Tomorrow is my first official weigh in, hopefully I have not gained, otherwise I have to pay up. I am looking at this as a life style change, not just some short lived diet. I am not eliminating anything, I am just trying to watch portion size and amount. I will let you know tomorrow how the weigh in went.

And the journey begins

I decided that I needed to become more accountable for myself and for what seems to be my lifelong journey to lose weight. So I decided that blogging would become my means of accountablitly and sharing. I am hoping to at least "weigh" in weekly in more ways than one. I will be weighed once a week at school because I have entered a contest and I hope to weigh in on my blog at least weekly if not more often. I am not sure how many or if anyone will read or follow along with me on this journey, but if you do, I am open for suggestions, hints, tips or simply words of encouragement! I officially started my latest and hopefully last journey on Monday the 11th of January, and I am hoping this time it will become a life-long journey and not just a few months like in the past. I am also considering using the blog as a food journal so that way I will think twice before I eat something in the case that someone might read what all I eat in a day. I have been unable to work exercise into my daily routine (I know it is a horrible excuse) but I am hoping that will follow soon. I wanted to get my eating habits in order first and then introduce exercise. I am not going to put my beginning weight on here, but I will say that I have a goal to lose 22 pounds by my birthday in April. So I am done for tonight, and hope to check back into tomorrow and post my first food journal!