Week 1 is in the books!

I have to say, I am pretty darn proud of myself. Hard work and determination paid off. I really tried to watch what I ate and made sure I was in my allotted calories; I also worked out EVERY SINGLE DAY since beginning this journey on Tuesday. I am beyond happy to say that I lost 2.5 lbs this past week.

I am super duper excited. I am gonna take measurements today and next week hopefully will be down in inches as well. (Didnt think to take measurements last week, was so angry with the number I had seen on the scale).

Here's to another week with weight losses!

My menu for today:
Breakfast: protein shake
Lunch: soup and salad
Dinner: pork chops (roasted), wild rice and brocolli

After dinner, we may take the kids to look at holiday lights, if so I will allow myself a small hot chocolate.

Another good day

Another proud moment last night. After church last night, I took the kids to look at some Christmas lights in the neighborhood. We always stop and get hot chocolates while doing so. So I pull up to McD's and order hot chocolates for the kids and a water for me!! I knew I didnt have the calories to spare and made a healthful choice, having already splurged on a piece of cheesecake earlier that evening.

Stepped on the scale and its moving in the correct direction, not gonna officially weigh in til Monday. But I have a bad habit of stepping on the scale habitually. I get a mini high when I see the numbers go down.

Got my hour of pilates in today, am gonna get on the stationary bike today for about 45 minutes....I hope!!

Tonight is my daughter's choir concert and we are going for desert afterward, but I have been very good about budgeting my calories.

Breakfast: protein shake and banana
Lunch: lean cuisine cheese pizza and salad
Dinner: roasted pork chop, rice and brocolli
Afternoon snack: apple and cheesestick
Evening snack: slice of pie

have been very good about my water too. Drinking almost nothing but water, the test is tomorrow when I return to work. I will pack my healthful snacks and water, hopefully I can avoid the vending machine

Day 2 going strong

First off, I am so proud of myself because last night when faced with cheesecake, I had only 1 slice! It was triple chocolate, but I told everyone, 1 slice last night and then another slice tonight. And I stuck to it, didnt get up in the night for a second slice! I also did 40 minutes on the stationary bike last night. Boy do I feel it, my legs feel like jell-o today!

Breakfast: small banana and chocolate chip granola bar
Lunch: Lean Cuisine swedish meatballs and salad
Dinner: baked chicken, stuffing, green beens
mid afternoon snack will be apple and string cheese
desert: cheesecake, gotta get rid of it!!!

My exercise plan is to alternate the stationary bike and pilates. So today is a pilates day. Want nice long lean muscles!!

My main reason for writing in here is to keep myself accountable, I am counting on whomever reads this to keep me accountable.

so far so good.

Today I have been doing very well on my new lifestyle plan.

Breakfast: scrambled eggs
Lunch: vegetable beef soup with barley
Afternoon snack: banana

As today is my youngest birthday, tonight's dinner will be somewhat splurgy. But still healthful, kinda.
Stuffed peppers (with ground turkey and brown rice), cheesy mashed potatoes, and corn. Desert will be cheesecake.

Tonight I will make every effort to work out, think I will jump on the stationary bike while I watch TV tonight.

Lifestyle 2.0

This is how I need to think of it. Not a diet and exercise plan, but a lifestyle change. I need to have better planning. Plan out meals and snacks. No more eating on the run or hitting up the vending machine at work.

I have only myself to blame for falling off the wagon, so to speak. I have a million excuses. But I am sick of excuses. I want results.

Need to go back to the healthy eating and working out that was so routine this past summer. I need to make eating correctly and working out a part of daily life, like showering and brushing my teeth.

I can do this, I have done it before. But this time I will stick with it