Saturday!

I actually had a Saturday off! Wow! I'm still doing good on my eating, but I haven't worked out again yet. The kids even BEGGED me to take them to the track and walk tonight, but I'm still really sore and I'm SO enjoying the day off from work, so I promised I'd take them on Monday.

Food/Water from yesterday:

8am: banana & 8 oz chocolate milk
11:30am: celery & fat free dip
3:00pm: salad w/baked breaded chk patty, corn, cheese, salsa & ff sour cream
7:30pm: salad w/boiled egg, ham, cheese, craisins & ff Catalina dressing
10pm: banana
I drank lots and lots of water again! I felt very yucky and water logged... I swear I need bread to soak up the water in my tummy LOL

Food/Water today:

11am: two scrambled eggs w/cheddar cheese
12:30pm: "cutie" orange & 8 oz chocolate milk
5:30pm: bbq grilled chicken salad from Applebees
7pm: 1 chocolate kiss
9pm: herbal tea w/2 tsp sugar & small amount skim milk
I didn't drink as much water today, but I still drank at least 8 cups. After the yucky watery feeling of yesterday I decided to lay off just a bit.

Hooray for day three of healthy eating!

It's Been Forever!

I have SO slacked on this blog, but even worse than that I've slacked on being healthy, at all!

Instead of making this posting a confession time, I'm instead going to make this a I'm-back-on-the-wagon-and-from-here-on-out-going-to-be-better posting :)

Yesterday's Food/Water/Exercise:

8am- 8oz 1% chocolate milk & a banana
11:30am- romaine lettuce salad w/low fat ham, cheese, boiled egg, craisins & ff Catalina dressing
2:30pm- 30 minutes on exercise bike (did 6 miles of rolling hills), 15 minutes weight lifting
3:30pm- banana & boiled egg
4:30pm- 1 can Healthy Request soup
7:00pm- mug of Pero w/2 tsp sugar & a bit of skim milk
9:30pm- 4 celery stalks w/ff dip made of cream cheese, cottage cheese & sour cream
all day- drank lots and lots of water (and peed like every 30 minutes LOL)
10:30pm- did a bit of stretching

Measurements 1-14-10

Waist: 37"
Hips: 44"
R. Arm: 14"
L. Arm: 14 1/4"
R. Thigh: 25 1/4"
L. Thigh: 25"
Weight: 174

I seem to be right at my standard measurements... I sometimes go up and down, but when I'm not working out and eating right then this is where I am. I've packed healthy food for lunch and dinner again, so today should be another good day. I'm also planning on working out again tonight, even though I'm way sore.

I'm trying to avoid carbs for a week to work the cravings out of my body and then I'll introduce whole grains back in. Wish me luck!!!

So far this week...

I've done pretty well. I've worked out a few times, had lots of water and eaten reasonably healthy. Hopefully my next measurements are happy ones :)

This Weekend

Well... I had chocolate cake yesterday :( and I haven't had much for veggies this weekend so far. I did have my spinach salad on Thursday. It wasn't great. I think it's because it was regular spinach with the stems on it. I think the stems traumatize me... LOL. It reminded me of the first time I gave Caleb a salad made from spinach. He looked at it and said "I don't eat leaves". I tried to tell him lettuce is leaves too. He didn't believe me. I think I need to cut the stems off next time. Don't know why it bugged me.

I did a 20 minute work-out tonight. It was pretty good. I avoided lots of junk today at work. I've been drinking quite a bit of water today, which is really good, because yesterday I drank hardly any and then I was so thirsty I bought a Dr. Pepper at the pizza place. It was bad.

I guess I've been so-so. I'll do much better this coming week :)

The cleanse still seems to be doing something, I almost didn't make it to the bathroom twice today at work. I worked all day, from 10-10. I usually take the first dose when I first wake up, and then I take the second when I get off work (usually around 3 or 4) and then I take the last dose right before bed. When I work all day, I don't take a mid-day dose. This schedule seems to work for me. I'm really hoping I'll get rid of some yucky stuff and have more energy when I'm done.

I've been drinking herbal tea when I get hungry at night. I add a bit of sugar to it, but it's not as bad as if I was eating something. It helps me feel full and adds more good liquid to my diet.

Monday Monday

I didn't do my measurements this week because I ate crappy and didn't work out. Time to get back on the workout wagon :) I did weigh myself because I'm wondering what the cleanse is doing. I seem to be losing more than I'm taking in :) I lost 6 lbs since I started the cleanse. Interesting, since I haven't worked out. It doesn't count towards my goal, since my goal is inches, but it's good to know that it seems to be moving out some backed up yucky stuff. I've been drinking tons of water and my skin isn't quite as dry.

Sept 27

I'm still doing good. I've passed on lots of bad treats including the Nutella crepes when we went to IHOP (and oh my goodness they looked good). Nutella is my ultimate fave!

I think I need to drink more water. I do fine in the summer, but as it gets cooler I just don't drink as much. I haven't been drinking anything else though, no pop, no juice so that's good. Hopefully I see the results I want by Halloween and then Christmas.

Sept 18

For breakfast today I had a bowl of cracked wheat cereal w/pumpkin pie spice, brown sugar and light vanilla soy milk. For lunch I had a good salad. It was romaine lettuce, tomato, edamame (soy beans), canned chicken breast, muenster cheese cubes and fat free Catalina dressing. For snack I had a muffin and a piece of whole wheat pinto bean bread with a bit of jam. Dinner was a breakfast casserole. It had eggs, cheese, tatortots and bread with ketchup on top. I had applesauce on the side. I drank only water today and worked out for 30 minutes while I watched Supernatural :)

Sept 17--- still doing great :)

Today for breakfast I had 2 whole wheat pancakes w/ a peach sliced on top and light whipped cream... I was surprised that the whipped cream only had 1 gram of fat, 15 calories and 1 gram of sugar per serving. Light syrup has 100 calories and 24 grams of sugar. I was happy to know that whipped cream and fruit were the better choice and much yummier. Lunch was a ham & cheese sandwich w/lettuce, tomato & pickles and an apple. For snack I had a piece of dried sweetened papaya. I also sampled two california rolls, a couple of cubes of cheese, a chip w/ hummus and a little thing of soynuts at the store this afternoon. Dinner was baked beans... pinto beans, hamburger, bacon bits, cheese. Lettuce and corn went on top and I had a piece of cornbread on the side. I've had lots of water today and I exercised for 35-40 minutes. Yeah.... things are still going great. I gave my cookies and chips that came with my lunch to my coworker. I passed on the chocolate cake and ice cream someone brought me at work and didn't even look at the brownies Nina made tonight. I'm am surrounded by junk food at work almost every day, but I've been doing really good at Just Saying NO :)

sept 16

Still doing ok :) I had a piece of whole wheat toast with a slice of cheese melted on it for breakfast with a peach and water to drink. For lunch I had a ham & cheese sandwich w/lettuce and tomatoes and 1/4 c of potato salad. I had water to drink. I had a piece of that fruity cake for one snack and an apple for the other. I ate tuna melt, soybeans, green bean casserole and corn for dinner. I had quite a bit of water today and exercised for 30 minutes while I watched my show.

Sept 15th

I did pretty good today. I didn't have any junk, although I did eat a small piece of cake after dinner for my brother's birthday. I made it with dried fruit and whole wheat flour though, so it wasn't any worse than a muffin. I worked my abs for 10 minutes this morning and 20 minutes last night. They are so sore. I'm going to do another work-out tonight. I haven't had that much water today, so I need to drink more, but overall it was a good day :)

My goal is to lose an inch to 2 inches on my waist by Halloween! I know I can do it!

So Sad

I measured myself yesterday, and my waist is back where it was before I started losing weight. My hips, thighs and arms are still smaller, although they also have grown. I will not eat anymore sweets. I did it last year and I can do it again. Also, no pop, juice or lemonade. Just water to drink.

I exercised last night for about 30 minutes. My tummy and thighs are sore. Yeah!

For breakfast today I had a granola bar, a banana and a bottle of water. Lunch was a big bowl of vegetable soup, 2 pieces of whole grain bread and a slice of monterrey jack cheese w/ of course another bottle of water. It was very filling. I know you don't have to ever be hungry to lose weight. I'm drinking more water as we speak. (or as I type)

Once I go off of sweets, the sugar in other things generally satisfies my sweet tooth. I especially love dried fruit or smoothies. After a few weeks of no sweets, I will get sick if I have any at all, even a bite makes my stomach churn. It's kinda nice. It takes away the want.

Well... I'm off to do a little work-out :)

Not too bad

I've done pretty well the last couple of days, no terrible splurges (even though I've very much wanted to), I did 15 minutes of abs and 10 minutes of arms today. I've had a few bottles of water a day, but not enough. Not great, but not horrible. I can definitely do better.

Ok... I suck

I have been really bad at eating at non-exercising. I need to keep journaling, it keeps me on track.

Today I had a granola bar and skim milk for breakfast. At work today, I had cake (bad), a cookie (bad), a ham sandwich and cheetos (bad). For dinner I had a healthy salad and a bran muffin. I drank lots of water today, which is good.

I did 15 minutes of arm exercises and 10 minutes of abs.

Tomorrow I will do better.

Slacker

Ok, so I've been a complete slacker at posting on this blog. But... I've got my American Homemaker blog, my personal family blog & my work blog all to keep up on... Yikes. Of course this one is slacking.

I haven't been slacking on my healthy eating though. I haven't been great, but pretty good.

I've also been drinking a gallon of water a day... yes... a gallon. Which means I pee about every hour, and even wake up twice in the night to head to the potty. No fun.

I've lost a quarter inch everywhere since my last measurement... Sweet.