Dissapointed and Ashamed: Day 9

So I was doing really good for that week
Then my boyfriend's mom came to visit.
I told myself I would have 1 free day where I wouldn't worry about my diet.
That 1 day turned into 2, then 3, then 4.

I know I haven't posted in almost a week, but I'm changing that again.
It takes 4 weeks for something to become a natural habbit.
So Instead of New Year's Resolutions- Create monthly goals.

For the Month of April- I would like to lose at least 8 pounds.

Buckle Down: Day 8

Finally a day off!

I went to the grocery store and got some stuff for lunch today.

Gonna have chicken, basil and tomato sandwiches.

Breakfast:

finished off my raspberries and blueberries.

Snack:

1 whole avocado because I love them so much

Lunch:

Baked Chicken breast, tomato, basil and provlone sandwich on a whole grain wheat bun.

Learned how to make that at work, and since they are so delicious I made them at home!

Snack:

Serving of those wafer snacks

Dinner:

baked cod fillets with mashed potatoes. Made with red potatoes and the cod fillets had lemon pepper and lemon slices

Weight myself today and I am down 1 and 1/2 pounds!

1 week down: Day 7

I feel really sluggish still.
I stopped writing the times down for my food as well.

Breakfast:
Blueberry and starberry smoothie with no yogurt and soy milk.

Snack: Bobo's Oat bars. There are made here in Boulder. They are wheat free and gluten free. And also Vegan

Snack:
3/4 of a bagel with cream cheese that I got at a meeting I went to today.

Lunch:
Salad with romaine, cherry tomatoes, baby corn, beats, pinch of cheese, broccili, olive oil and balasamic vingerette.

Ugh Mondays: Day 6

today wasn't that bad of a monday actually.

I had a really good day.

I am really excited about this project I am working on with J-man.

More details on that later.

Breakfast: 6:26am

Blueberry&Banana smoothie. I skipped the yogurt today and used skim milk.

And for some odd reason- I couldn't finish it!

Breakfast:8:40am

2 5oz boxes of cherrios and soy milk

Snack:

a sliver of Lemon bread. Not a whole piece. Just a teeny sliver.

Lunch:

Salad with chopped romaine, baby corn, cherry tomatoes, broccili, beats and cucumber with the usuale Oive Oil and balsamic vingerette. And also a Cod fillet that was really yummy.

Snack:

Raisins and Almonds

Dinner:

Homemade Chicken fried rice by Arthur. He is being such a good wife! LOL, jk

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Snack:

PB&J, Organic raspberry jelly, creamy peanut butter on Ezekiel bread

Portions: Day 5

I need to try what Oprah did, and that is stop eating after 7 or whatever.
I shouldn't be eating after 10.

I packed my lunch again today.
I packed some raspberries and blackberries, Dannon Light&Fit Lime Yogurt, 2 string cheese, Active Life Style Cereal and a baggie of raw almonds

Snack: 12:23om
Fresh Raspberries and blackberries.

Breakfast 1:45pm
Active Lifestyle cereal with skim milk.

Lunch: 2:20pm
Salad with Spring mix lettuce, broccili, cherry tomatoes, cumcumbers, cherry peppers, Olive oil and balsamic vingerette. No cheese and no eggs today. Just wasn't in the mood for them
Right after Lunch I had a string cheese.

Snack: 3:45pm

Dannon Light& Fit Key Lime yogurt and some almonds

Snack: 5:15pm

String Cheese and a 5.5oz V8 juice

and some more Almonds.

I also had some hot green tea to help with my hunger today. So I avoid mindless and unnecessary snacking.

Dinner:8:54pm

Homemade chili by Arthur. It was really tasty. It had pinto and Kidney beans, beef stew chucks, tomato sauce and tomatoes and 1 small Jalapeño. So tasty. I only had 1 bowl with some shredded cheese on top. I'm going to try not to eat anything else tonight and just exercise.

If I do have something it will be a protein shake after I exercise.

Discipline: Day 4

Phew! made it over the 3 day slump.

Just barely though.

I made a huge boo-boo last night before bed.

I had 2 cookies with some milk @_@

Grrr. I am mad at myself for that.

It seems like I ate a lot of food today but it was just a lot of snacking on small stuff.

I packed my lunch today since It's the weekend.

Before I left for work today at 11:07am I had two wedges of grapefruit

1:27pm

I had another small snack of some fresh blackberries and raspberries I packed for lunc

Breakfast: 2:00pm

Active Lifestyle cereal with soy milk. It's just like the special K with the strawberries in it, but I think, don't quote me on it, is 10 calories less per serving

Lunch: 4:27pm

Salad with Spring Mix lettuce, Cherry Tomatoes, Boiled Eggs, Broccili, Cherry Pepper, pinch of shredded cheese, Olive oil and balsamic vingerette

Snack: 4:35pm

String Cheese

Snack:5:38pm

My other string cheese

Snack: 5:44pm

Dannon Lite&Fit Peach Yogurt, Only 80 calories and very tasty

Before I got off work I had a grilled cheese with pepper jack and tomatoes.

I feel like I ate a lot today I feel really bad, but I actually just snacked a lot through out the day

I was still hungry at 10 so I baked some chicken breasts. I just had the breast, but I seasoned it with Herbamare, Lemon Peppeper and Basil. Really tasty.

I know I'm not exactly having the greatest start, but I'm trying.

I'm looking for something that could help curb my hunger at night.

I Hate Snow: Day 3

So it did snow this morning.
We got dumped actually.
Good thing about where I'm at in Colorado is that it's gone in two days.
March is usally the most snowy month we have.

Breakfast: 10:30am
24oz Blueberry Banana smoothie made with skim milk today and yogurt.
No lemon bread today! I don't know if I should be happy or sad about that, lol.

Lunch: 1:28pm
I dipped into our Salad bar at work, which is very impressive by the way. All of our food here at work is. So I had Salad with chopped romaine lettuce, broccili, boiled eggs, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, olive oil, balsamic vingerette and Baby Corn. Oh How I LOVE baby corn!

Dinner: 5:48pm

I brought home dinner for myself, Arthur and Ty.

I brought home cheeseburgers for everyone. I had fries that I shared with Arthur and I got Ty onion rings. I shared my fries with Arthur. And I know what you are thinking. Let me assure you that the cheeseburgers at work are different than a fast food place or a restaurant. I've read the label that's on the beef. It's not stocked full of preservatives or trans fat. It's all natural. Plus I had lettuce, tomatoes and pickles on it.

Snack: 10:45pm

I had a serving of the chocolate wafer snacks.

and a bowl of kashi cereal with yogurt.

I tried to drink more water today.

I had about 44oz of water today.

Hopefully I can drink more.

Mindless Snacking: Day 2

It was so sunny today!

Too bad we are expecting 5-10 inches of snow by tomorrow morning.

I worked 5:30am-3pm today.

Breakfast 6:20am

-24oz Blueberry and banana smoothie with soy milk and yogurt.

Yes I know! I think I have one every time I work.

I used to drink Venti iced white chocolate mochas with whole milk and whipped cream UNTIL I found out how many calories they were! Plus, because I had a little 'incident' with caffeine when I was working at Game Stop,so drinking caffeine now gives me serious vertigo. If I do drink it, it has to be half of a half of a shot. So I switched to smoothies in December. I used to have Strawberry banana smoothies, but one day we didn't have strawberries so I just used blueberries, and now I'm hooked. Maybe I'll post a video on how to make them at home? Who knows.

Snack 1: 10:23am

A slice of lemon bread.

That's another thing I want to give up. Or at least have it once in awhile.

The lemon bread from work is almost addicting. It's very good and may very well be my new favorite. But I'm sure it's not good for me if I'm trying to lose weight.

Snack 2: 1:46pm

2 boiled eggs.

I think that is a nutrious snack.

If you're noticing, my food intake was very spaced out for the day.

That's because I was in the coffee shop by myself from 5:30am-3pm. I really didn't have a chance to go and get a salad today.

Mindless Snacks:

Throughout the day, I find myself snacking on things. This is where I went wrong December-February. I didn't realize how much they actually added up. But they do. That's one of those habits I want to break. Rome wasn't built in a day, so I'm trying to get rid of the habit slowly. Today I had 2 sample cups of coffee. One decaf and one regular. The Decaf had half&half and 1/2 a splenda, and the regular had Skim milk with 1/2 a splenda. and I'm the kinda girl that likes coffee with her cream. I also had a sample cup of a frozen latte to make sure I made it right, and another sample cup of the watermelon wave smoothie from work- Just to make sure I made it right. So with those put together they equal 16oz. Each sample cup being 4oz.

Dinner: 11:00pm

I know I'm eating dinner late, but I was extremely tired when I came home from work.

I had a little bit of brown rice that Arthur cooked in my rice maker. That wasn't a complete dinner so I made a home made pizza. With thin crust, lots of tomato sauce, cheese, pepperonis, basil, and shredded Parmesan to top it off with.

I didn't do anything for exercise because of how late my nap was and because my ankles still hurt.

A problem I am having is not getting enough water. I have only had about 36oz of water today. I need to try harder to get more of that in with my day!

I'm wondering if I should be calorie counting?

I really don't know.

New Day: Day 1

Today is a brand new bright and shinny day!

I'm feeling really lazy today.

I don't know if it's because I'm depressed

Or because I'm depressed that I'm stuck inside working on a beautiful sunny day like today

My Food intake was like this today:

Breakfast: 1:45pm
-24oz Blueberry& Banana smoothie with Soy Milk and Yoplait Vanilla Yougurt.
and and slice of lemon bread.

Why I am eating breakfast so late? Because I like to roll out of bed at the last mintue and when I work 11:30-8 it's hard to eat breakfast at a, I guess you would say, Normal time.

Lunch: 3:45pm
A Delicious salad with chopped Romaine lettuce, Cherry tomatoes, Broccili, Boiled Eggs, Cucumber, Olive oil and Balsamic Vingerette.

I gave up Ranch when I started dieting in December. It took me a little bit of time to get used to the taste of olive oil and vingerette but now I really perfer it over ranch on my salad. It's just so tasty!

Snack: 5:17pm

8oz of Cabbage & Potato soup.

It was really tasty. It had carrots and red potatos- which I like better than Russets. Usually during the week we have two soup choices in the cafe. The cabbage and potato had less sodium than the second choice. And the second choice had mushrooms in it-Which I don't like.

Second Snack: 8:26pm

A serving of chocolate Quadratinies. They are this wafer snack. They come in different flavors- Toffee, Hazelnut, Vanilla, Chocolate, Lemon and another one I don't know. Currently in my cupboard I have Chocolate and Toffee. Probably not the best choice for a snack, but I was really hungry when I got off work.

Dinner: 8:50pm

Grilled cheese sandwich on Ezekiel Bread and with Shredded casserole cheese.

Usually I like Monterey Jack or Pepper Jack cheese, but that was the only cheese I had. I also bake my grilled cheese sandwiches. I'm too lazy to actually grill them, and when I bake them the bread turns out perfectly toasted, and the cheese perfectly melted. No butter was used, Only Olive Oil to grease the baking sheet.

After dinner I played Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3 ( I have 1,2&3) for xbox360 from 9:40pm-10:21pm. Not sure how many calories I burned. There is a workout option where you can track how many calories you burn. I only played for that long because my ankles started to hurt, and I was just listening to my body. Now I think I am going to have a protein shake made with Rice Milk.

That's day 1 in a nutshell :)

RESTARTING

Why does losing weight have to be so hard?

I started dieting and exercising December 12th. I met with the dietian at work and she really helped me out. She set me on a plan of 1,600 calories a day, fast food 3 times a week to start because I was eating fast food 5-6 times a week. How can you eat so much fast food? I know, now that I look back it's hard to believe. But It's easy to make bad habits, and ever harder to break them.

I was off to a good start, but it's so easy to get side tracked.

I was playing DDR everyday for at least 30 minutes a day, eating right and I lost about 3 pounds.

I then decided to go Vegetarian in January 2010. When I was vegetarian it was hard for me to balance all the protein I needed. And So I ate a lot of Sugar. I found that I gained weight because of that, so I started eating meat again slowly. But I didn't go back to cramming Cheeseburgers and Fries in my face. I hardly eat fast food now. Maybe three times a month. Which I'm really proud of. But that took me a few months to stop that. I was also planning to make a weight loss vlog series on my youtube channel. I made 1 episode and never added anything on to that.

I am now inspired by my friend Brittany.

Her and I came to some shocking realizations.

Realizing exactly how big we actually are.

I am doing these blogs with her, and hopefully I will start doing vlogs again.

I'm haven't been as disciplined as I should have the first time around, but now that I have a friend who is motivated, it has motivated me.

And so I am restarting