Weigh In #12: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

Okay, no real walks to speak of this week. Though more than last week. Same kind of eating. I guess you may be able to tell what that equation equals. Yep, I gained again.  I gained 1.6 pounds this week. Ouch!

The great thing is, I still weigh less than I did at the start of my previous pregnancy! I even mentioned that to my doctor at my visit last week and she did say I looked thinner.

Previous Monday Weight: 223.4

Today's Weight: 225

Weight change from last week: +1.6

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 36.9

Weigh In #11: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

Okay, no real walks to speak of this week. Same kind of eating. I guess you may be able to tell what that equation equals. Yep, I gained again.  However, I can say I only gained 5 pounds in my first trimester. I guess that isn't that bad, though I had wanted it to be less. I am now in my second trimester. I gained 1.4 pounds this week. Ouch!

The great thing is, I still weigh less than I did at the start of my previous pregnancy!

I don't really see losing any more weight this pregnancy.  But who knows.  I am just hoping most of the weight gain will be baby weight.

Previous Monday Weight: 222

Today's Weight: 223.4

Weight change from last week: +1.4

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 38.5

Weigh In #10: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

It appears that being able to take walks during VBS has helped my weight.  I didn't have a huge loss.  In fact, not much of a loss at all.  But I didn't gain, and that is perfect for me right now.  Especially having to eat the pretzel (and sometimes more) at bedtime.  Before I go any further I thought I would clarify one point.  I have mentioned it in the past, but I have noticed by people's comments that not everyone is aware I am pregnant.  I know, perfect timing, in the middle of  a weight loss challenge.  Even if I lose a little, I know I will not be losing the amount needed for the challenge.  I have come to terms with that.  What I haven't come to terms with is my body's cravings for unhealthy foods and my being unable to down my salads the way I was doing before I got pregnant.  You would think that a pregnant body would be craving the healthy things.  Just doesn't seem fair.  I have to eat before I get out of bed in the morning.  Each pregnancy has been different for me.  Last pregnancy I was eating Crispix.  This time it is Life or Cinnamon Life cereal.  I have to have eggs for breakfast, either scrambled or an egg sandwich.  I've tried doing the 1 egg, 1 egg white, but seem to need both whole eggs.  I usually have some sort of cheese with this and try to get in some spinach or broccoli if I remember, which hasn't been that often lately. Hoping posting this will help me remember to add the veggie.  I have a cup of apple or orange juice with my prenatal vitamins and iron.  Mid-morning I need to have a snack.  I usually grab some sort of granola bar or cereal bar.  Lunch varies, but I miss my big salads, as I have already mentioned. We have pb&j, chicken patties, tuna, chicken nuggets, peanut butter and banana sandwiches, or bologna and cheese. Those are what we alternate through usually.  I try to get some sort of veggie, but most of the time I am making a canned veggie for the children, and as I don't like them very much I try to eat a small salad, but can't even down that.  I have been fortunate to have been able to get some tomatoes out of our garden, though they are tiny due to the lack of rain and intense heat last month.  Sometimes I eat fruit, sometimes not.  I definitely find myself eating too much junk.  I AM trying.  At least hubby limited me to one pretzel  at bedtime this week (I'm talking about the soft frozen pretzels that you have to warm up in the oven. We add a very small amount of salt and 2 thin, thin slices of deli Muenster cheese). That may have helped.  As did the hour long walks while the children were in VBS, I'm sure.  

As I said, a small loss.

The great thing is, I still weigh less than I did at the start of my previous pregnancy!

Previous Monday Weight: 222.2

Today's Weight: 222

Weight change from last week: - .2

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 39.9

Weigh In #9: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

I gained again.  I hadn't thought I had done that badly. I know the pretzels right before bed are not great for me, but I have to have something and they work the best.  Last week we also walked for an hour Sunday night.  This week I haven't been able to get out and walk.  My son no longer lives with us, he finally got his apartment.  Unfortunately, this leaves us nobody to watch the children at night. When hubby is home we liked to walk around town after the children were in bed. Not as possible now.  So, we'll see how I do next week. Here is my weight this week

Previous Monday Weight: 219.4

Today's Weight: 222.2

Weight change from last week: +2.8

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 39.7

Weigh In #8: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

I know, I chickened out and didn't post last week.  I had gained more weight (another pound).  It had been so hot, I had had no energy the week before.  I actually hadn't been spending a lot of time online anyway, because I was getting headaches and the computer was making them worse.  We also hadn't been taking our walks.  My snacking has not gotten any better either.So, here is last week's weight.  

This morning I was thrilled and a little shocked to see that I had lost that pound and was back where I was two weeks ago.  We have taken a few more walks with the children this week (still hot, but not near as bad). And last night we took a night time walk. When we got home I checked the time and saw we had walked for an hour!  

I have also been eating salads again.  Our little store has a very limited selection.  For a while we have only been able to choose Dole's Greener Selection or the Iceberg Lettuce.  I just don't really like these.  They finally got some Classic Romaine in, and I had a couple of really nice salads this week.  

I have to say I was surprised because we had eaten out at Burger King yesterday and had ice cream for dessert.  Hubby's parents were down helping my son move to his new apartment.  We needed something for dinner besides the few leftovers we have.

So I am happy to be back at

Previous Monday Weight: 220.4

Today's Weight: 219.4

Weight change from last week: -1

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 42.5

Weigh In #6: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

Okay, the late night snacks I need to eat before going to bed and the exhaustion which is keeping me from my late night walks have contributed to a weight gain this week.  Of course the fact that whole grain snacks make me feel nauseous and I gravitate toward the chips and donuts etc didn't help.  I will just have to try to do better next week.  Because this much of a gain is too much even for pregnancy

up 2.4 pounds.

Previous Monday Weight: 217

Today's Weight: 219.4

Weight change from last week: +2.4

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 42.5

Weigh In #5: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

Now that I am pregnant I am obviously not going to be losing 2 or 3 pounds a week.  I am trying to eat the best I can.  At times that is hard because that healthy whole wheat can turn my stomach because it is too dry. So I have an easier job eating food that I know is not that good for me.  Fortunately I haven't had any trouble eating my salads yet, so I do try to get at least one a day.  In fact, the other day we got to try our version of the Wendy's Berry Almond Chicken Salad.  I had seen Debbi post about it a few weeks ago in a post called Salad Power.  Last week I got to try Wendy's version and I really liked it.  I saw that Debbi's recipe calls for raspberries which I didn't have in my Wendy's salad (not sure if I was supposed to or not).  So we had blueberries, strawberries, honey roasted almond slices, some sort of baby lettuce mix (2 cups) and raspberry walnut vinegarette, not sure the brand, but they didn't have the Ken's brand, though they have lots of other Ken's Steakhouse dressings. We added chicken as well.  My son really enjoyed it.  I would like to see if I can find the Ken's dressing as this one tasted a little too vinegary.
We have taken at least one walk a day I think.  I have not done a good job recording anything this week.  I haven't always gotten more than one walk though. And sometimes it is only a slow walk with the children because it is just myself with the girls and one of them needs to walk.  We had 3 late nights last week (soccer game and fireworks were two of them) and I just had no energy for extra walks.  I have not had a lot of energy at all.  Naps in the afternoon.  Only one walk at times.  And it doesn't help that I need to snack before going to bed.
With all that I still lost .4 pounds.

Previous Monday Weight: 217.4

Today's Weight: 217

Weight loss from last week: -.4

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 44.9

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Slimmer This Summer July 5th 2011

Okay, I saw the theme of Debbi's post this week is "Stick With It."  I have to say this past week has been really hard to keep on track.  There are a couple of reasons for this.  
Writing down what I eat and recording it on my blog had been getting easier, then I sort of lost it.  I was getting frustrated at trying to add it into Spark People and having to add food all the time because the site didn't have the food I ate.  So I sort of gave up on Spark People, which I really don't want to do, because I need to know how many calories I am consuming (I'll explain below).  I have also been really unfocused this past week.  My mind has been elsewhere and I have been exhausted.  I mean really exhausted.  I have been taking naps in the afternoon and there are nights where I just haven't felt like taking my walk.  
The last two nights we got home really late.  On Sunday we went to a Soccer game in Rochester, a couple of hours away.  And last night we went to see the fireworks. We actually got home later than planned because we had found someone's cell phone and decided to wait at a nearby town for them to come and pick it up.  Unfortunately we stopped outside a McDonald's and we were hungry.  How nice of them to just recently be open 24 hours.  
Anyway, the reason I have been so tired and have been eating before bed is that we just found out I am pregnant.  I feel so guilty for not being extremely happy with this news.  I knew we wanted to try for another baby (especially because hubby would love a boy), but I so wanted to be closer to my goal weight.  On the plus side, I am 20 some pounds lighter than I was before getting pregnant the last time.  And I am eating better and exercising more.  I hope to keep up the walks if nothing else.  The biggest problem is I have to eat before bed.  If I get too hungry I get so nauseous.  When I started this weight loss journey, one of my goals was to not eat after dinner.  This was because during the last pregnancy I had to eat and the best thing I found to help was soft pretzels with muenster cheese.  We got into such a habit of eating these, that we just continued on months after Hannah was born.  I'm sure it was a big thing that added to the weight gain.  
My doctor said I can eat 1800 calories and continue to exercise.  And I can continue to drink my 1 cup of green tea.  I had read there was controversy over green tea consumption and pregnancy.  I guess green tea, too much of it, can inhibit the absorption of folic acid, which is so critical in the early weeks for neural tube growth.  I actually stopped drinking it (even though I only drink one cup a day) for a while, just to be safe.  Then I will go back to it, because it is good when it comes to antioxidants.  
I am hoping to continue to link up to Slimmer this Summer, Weight Loss Wednesdays and Plus Size Bloggers.  I need the motivation I get and the accountability.  Obviously I am not trying to lose weight right now.  But I am going to continue to try eating healthy and exercising.  I know from past experience, it is not always as easy as it sounds.  Sometimes I just have to eat what I can stomach and it is not always the healthier choices (i.e. the soft pretzels).
Sort of sad I won't be making my 15 pound loss goal.  I was heading in the right direction.

Weigh In #4: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties!

We are a tad bit in a rush today to go to see the fireworks, but I wanted to get my post in because we won't be back until really late.  So, I am just posting my weight with no exercise or explanation or anything.  Will post my Slimmer This Summer post later tonight or tomorrow morning.

I have lost weight since last Monday, though, like last Monday, I am the same as last Wednesday.  What is up with that??

Previous Monday Weight: 217.4

Weight on Wednesday: 218

Today's Weight: 217.4

Weight loss from last week: 0

Weight change from Wednesday: -.6

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 44.5

Tracking My Food and Water Intake week of 6-27-11 through 7-3-11

Monday, June 27, 2011

2 cups water (with lemon wedge) with vitamins

Breakfast:
Scrambled Eggs made with 1 whole egg and 1 egg white, 1/2 oz Monterey Jack cheese, 1/8 cup green peppers, 1/8 cup chopped onion, 1 mushroom
1 Thomas' Whole Wheat Thomas's English Muffin with 1/2 Tbs light I Can't Believe It's Not Butter

2 cups water

Lunch:
2 slices whole wheat bread, 1 slice turkey bologna, 1/4 avocado, 1 slice tomato, 1 slice onion
1 1/2 cups salad,  1/8 cup green pepper, 1/2 serving honey roasted peanuts
1 cup watermelon
1 Subway White Chocolate Macadamia Nut cookie
1 cup milk

1 cup water

Snack:  1 more silly cookie

1 cup green tea

Dinner:
2 tacos: 1/4 cup taco meat, 2 hard shells, 1/4 avocado, couple tbs tomato, 1/8 cup chopped onion, tiny bit of taco sauce
couple bites of peanut butter cookie (Subway)
spoonful Hannah's yogurt
1 cup milk

2 cups water

Walked around town with children- 30 min
Walked around town twice after children were in bed- 1 hour


Snack:
1 Thomas's Whole wheat English Muffin with 1/2 tbs Light I Can't Believe It's Not Butter
2 Spicy Chicken Strip

Tuesday June 28, 2011

2 cups water (1 with lemon) vitamins

Breakfast:
2 waffles, 1 tbs peanut butter, 1/2 apple

Snack at playgroup: some cheerios, peanuts and M&Ms not sure how many.

2 cups water

Lunch:
2/3 cups mashed potatoes
1 cup LaChoy junk
1 oz cheese (cheddar and Monterey Jack)

Snack at Walmart (was getting late) 1/2 bag (1 1/2 servings approx) snow peas 1 chocolate covered donut (1/3 serving)
at home: 2 more donuts and maybe 1/2 or one more

Dinner:
2 slices pizza and some extra cheese of Steven's (minus what I gave to Hannah)
1/2 cup chocolate milk
3 cups water

1 30 minute walk while waiting for pizza
53 minute walk (2 times around plus River road) after children in bed.


Wednesday, June 29, 2011

3 cups water (1 with lemon wedge) vitamins

Breakfast:
1 Whole Wheat Thomas' English Muffin
1 whole egg, 1 egg white, scrambled with 2 mushrooms, onion and 1 oz Monterey Jack cheese
1 orange
1/2 Tbs I Can't Believe It's Not Butter light

1 cup water

Lunch:
1 whole wheat wrap
1/2 batch Chickpea sandwich filling (1/2 can chickpeas, 1/2 stalk celery, 1/4 onion, 1/2 tbs mayo, 1/2 tbs lemon juice, dill weed)
1 1/2 cup classic romaine
4 slices cucumber
2 tbs sliced olives.

snap peas 1/4 bag maybe

Dinner:
grilled cheese sandwich with 1 1/2 slices cheese
1/2 cup tomato soup
1/2 apple and 1 cup watermelon

Snack after walk:
not sure how much popcorn
3 Ritz type crackers
1/2 oz monterey jack cheese
at least 1 serving honey roasted peanuts, probably more.

Walked around town with children after going to the park
quick stepped to HPSS for 25 minutes (didn't feel like I could do any more so I stopped. Tad nauseous, ended up falling asleep for remainder of movie)


Thursday June 30, 2011

2 cups water (lemon wedge)

Breakfast:
2 slices wheat bread, 1 oz Cheddar cheese, 1 whole egg, 1 egg white, spinach

Lunch:
salad: 2 cups spinach, 1 1/2 cups classic Romaine, 1/2 cucumber, onion, 2 tbs fat free french dressing
2 slices wheat bread, 1 slice turkey bologna, 4 slices cucumber, 1 serving honey mustard

Snack while waiting for dinner:
part of the chocolate/peanut butter bunny, 1/2 apple, 1 serving honey roasted peanuts, some bites of chicken

Dinner:
Chicken thigh, 1/2 cup rice, 6 tbs homemade gravy, beets

1 walk around town at a slow pace.  Tabitha and Amelia took turns walking. 50 minutes


Friday:
Can't remember

Saturday:

1 cup water

Breakfast:
1 cup Honey Bunches of Oats, whole milk, 1/2 cup orange juice

Lunch:
13 spinach cheese raviolis, salad, fat free french dressing, Rib thing, 1 hot dog roll

1 slice homemade pizza
walk to library and back


Dinner

walk around town and back plus River Rd 2 times


Sunday July 3, 2011

1 cup water with lemon

Breakfast:
1 whole egg and 1 egg white, scrambled, 2 slices whole wheat toast with butter

Snack at church:
2 pieces (they were small) pineapple upside down cake, some watermelon and apple slices

Lunch:
Leftover Brown rice with gravy and chicken (ate some chicken while cooking) and green beans
side salad with fat free French dressing

Dinner:
Wendy's (on our way to Soccer game in Rochester)
Berry Almond Chicken Salad
Jr Bacon Cheeseburger
Several bites of breaded chicken
several fries

4 oreos, 1 1/2 chicken nuggets, 2 cups water
( on the way home)

1 1/2 scrambled eggs with cheese before bed.

Weight Loss Wednesdays June 29, 2011

I am not sure what happened.  I weighed the same on Monday that I did last Wednesday. I had that same result last week.  Only this time I went up from Monday.  It may be the two slices of pizza, 4 mini donuts and sodium filled lunch from yesterday.  I realize I should have had one slice of pizza and some salad.  I really should have had a salad for lunch instead of the canned LaChoy Chinese food.  Especially knowing that I had to weigh in today.  But with our long walks at night I thought I was okay.  I have found it more difficult to record my calories these last few days.  Not sure how to figure out how to fill in the tacos I ate the other night.  Definitely not sure how to fill in the pizza as it was store bought.    Then I ended up having a snack after our walk today.  Oops.  And I was doing pretty good not snacking too much.

Previous Wednesday Weight: 217.4

Weight on Monday: 217.4

Today's Weight: 218

Weight gain from last week: +.6

Weight change from Monday: +.6

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 43.9

So this week I did try to write down what I ate at the time I was eating/preparing the meal.  Sometimes I succeeded, other's I didn't.  I either lost the paper or forgot altogether.  I can say I did better on the days when I got the food recorded.  With trying to keep up with the children it is a little daunting spending time online trying to find the food that matches what I ate and if it is not there I have to add it in.  Very time consuming.  In fact I still need to log in today's.  I'm trying really hard to eat healthy, but sometimes I just need to eat what we have available.  

Weigh In #3: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

This was definitely a better week.  I have been recording what I eat over at Spark People.  I was really surprised how fast the calories were adding up. I was doing better at the beginning of the week.  (Better eating healthy and better remembering to record.) Last night I messed up, but I didn't realize how many calories and grams of fat were in some of the foods and I misread the package and ate too much of the chocolate rabbit.  I insisted in trying to walk it off though, so we walked about 3 1/2 miles last night.  

Here is this week's activity log.  We actually did walk on the 24th, but we didn't get home until after the date changed on the Wii, so it went on the next day's log.  And we haven't walked today yet.  In fact, we will be heading out as soon as I have finished posting.  The 23rd we walked from the library, so only a 10-15 minute walk, but Tabitha was walking too so it was a slow walk.

Here is the last two weeks'. Definitely got more recorded this week.

I have lost weight since last Monday, though, like last Monday, I am the same as last Wednesday.  What is up with that??

Previous Monday Weight: 220.2

Weight on Wednesday: 217.4

Today's Weight: 217.4

Weight loss from last week: -2.8

Weight change from Wednesday: 0

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 44.5

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Tracking My Food and Water Intake week of 6-20-11 through 6-26-11

Here's to a better week

Monday June 20, 2011

2 cups water (1 with lemon wedge)

Breakfast:
1 onion bagel, 2 egg white, 1 oz low fat cheddar cheese
1 orange

Licks of cool whip and pudding while making dirt dessert.
1/2 lowfat graham cracker
a few raisins while making lunch and maybe a tsp of peanut butter

2 cups water

Lunch:
1/2 cup mini carrots, 1 stalk celery, 1/2 cup rice/cream of broccoli soup mixture
1 slice watermelon
A few spoonfuls of Hannah's dirt dessert

1 cup green tea

Dinner:
4 oz chicken cutlet (breaded with egg, bread crumbs and pan fried in olive oil. Then baked)
12 (1 1/2 servings) tater tots
mini carrots
1/2 cup dirt pudding
2 more oz chicken cutlet (eating a couple of pieces of the girls' and one bite in the kitchen)

2 cups water

Walked around town plus River Rd 2 times (timed second time at 5 minutes)

Calories consumed: 1385

Tuesday June 21, 2011

2 cups water (1 with lemon slice)

Breakfast:
1 Lender's onion bagel with 2 small brown eggs, 1 slice onion, 1 slice processed American cheese
1 small orange

2 cups water (took vitamins)

1 graham cracker at play group
2 cups water

Lunch:
Salad (1 1/2 cups Dole Greener Selection, 1/2 cup broccoli, baby carrot, onion mixture, 1 oz Monterey Jack cheese, 1 Tbs raisins, 8 slices turkey pepperoni, 1 Tbs French dressing)
Peanut butter and banana sandwich (1 Tbs pb, 2 slices whole wheat bread, 1/2 banana)
1/2 cup strawberries
1 cup milk
1/4 cup dirt dessert

1 cup green tea
1 cup water

Dinner:
1 cup Crock Pot Turkey Chili
1 slice sweet onion, chopped
1/4 cup shredded cheddar cheese
1 cup water

Walked around town- 30 minutes

Calories Consumed: 1536

Wednesday June 22, 2011

3 cups water (1 with lemon wedge), with vitamins

Breakfast:
Lender's Bagel (onion) with 1 whole egg and 1 egg white, 1 slice onion, 1 oz Monterey Jack
1 orange

2 cups water

Lunch:
Salad with Greener Selection, broccoli, 3 mini carrots, onion, celery, mushrooms, 7 Turkey Pepperoni slices, tuna fish with mayo, Fat Free French dressing
1/2 cup diced watermelon
1/2 serving pretzel sticks
Special K bar

2 cups water
3 mushrooms

Dinner:
1 cup spaghetti with sauce
leftover chicken cutlet (4 oz)
side salad with Greener Selection and spinach, broccoli and 2 tbs fat free french dressing
1 chicken strip
1/4 shredded mozzarella
1 cup water

2 cups water

We walked around a few different times today (once in the afternoon while the children slept, once for our regular walk with the children and then after the children were in bed, hubby and went around twice), for a total of 2 hours and 15 minutes.  

Calories Consumed: 1571

Thursday June 23, 2011

2 cups water
1/2 cup water (forgot to finish it) with vitamins

Breakfast:
Thomas's Whole Wheat English Muffin, 1 oz Monterey Jack cheese, 1 whole egg, 1 egg white
1 orange

2 cups water

Lunch:
Redi-Serve Rib Patty, 1 hot dog roll
8 Tater Tots
Salad

2 cups water

Dinner:
4 pancakes with butter and syrup
4 turkey sausage links

The only walk I remember taking was home from the library after Summer Reading Program, about a 10 minute walk.

Friday

2 cups water

Breakfast:
One whole egg and one egg white on a Thomas's Whole Wheat English muffin
1 oz monterey jack cheese
1/2 cup spinach
1 orange

2 cups water

Lunch:
Turkey hotdog on a roll with ketchup, mustard and relish.
Salad with spinach and romaine, broccoli, carrots, celery and onion. 2 Tbs fat free french dressing
1/2 cup macaroni salad.

1 cup green tea
2 cups water

Dinner:
2 slices whole wheat bread, 1 chicken patty
Macaroni salad
Salad

Saturday

1 cup water (with lemon wedge)

Breakfast:
2 eggs scrambled (was supposed to be 1 whole egg with 1 egg white but I had a little trouble separating the egg this morning), 1 oz Monterey Jack cheese, 1/2 cup spinach
24 Frosted Mini Wheats
3/4 cup milk

2 cups water (with vitamins)
2 cups water

Lunch:
Peanut butter and jelly sandwich
salad with 1 cup spinach, 2 cups romaine, 1 radish, 1/2 cup chopped cucumbers, 1 slice onion, 1/4 cup broccoli and fat free french dressing
1/2 cup macaroni salad

1 cup green tea

Dinner:
Turkey burger made with lean ground turkey, 1 tbs barbecue sauce, 1 tbs steak sauce, some shakes of Worchestershire sauce
1 hamburger roll and 1 oz monterey jack cheese
1/4 mashed avocado, 1/2 cup spinach
some of Amelia's burger (1/4 of the meat plus several pieces from Hannah)
1/2 cup boiled potatoes
Yoplait yogurt-light, fat free (Apple Turnover flavor)
10 Frito Lay Chester's Cheesy Puffcorn

Sunday June 26, 2011

2 cups water (one with lemon wedge) with vitamins

Breakfast:
2 eggs scrambled, 1 oz Monterey Jack cheese, 1/2 cup spinach
1 cup Honey Bunches Of Oats
1 cup milk

Lunch:
1 Redi-Serve Chicken Patty, Hamburger roll, 1/4 avocado, spinach
1/2 cup macaroni salad

took a nap of course
1 cup green tea
1 cup water

Dinner:
1 cup chili, 1 oz cheddar cheese, 1/4 cup onion, 1/4 cup chopped green pepper
side salad
1 tbs fat free french dressing
1 graham cracker
some bites of Hannah's Bar-S Hot Dog (couldn't help myself)

I will edit this in a bit, but I want to get it up.  I think I am missing a few things from last week.

Weight Loss Wednesdays June 22, 2011

I mentioned last week that I wasn't sure how I would do with the birthday cake during the weekend.  On Monday I still weighed the same as I had last Wednesday.  I already confessed how bad I was on Friday and Saturday.  I do have to say though that I used to down a lot more of the cake after birthdays.  Does anyone else do this, I will see the cake and take a tiny sliver, thinking one little bit won't hurt.  Then I will take another and another until I've eaten most of the row away.  I didn't do that this time.  I had my one piece, with some ice cream at the party, then I had only a couple more little slivers the next day.

Another thing that affected my weight loss, or lack thereof, was the fact that I wasn't getting in my second walk or my stepping.  I have remedied that.  I stepped for 35 minutes last night (that includes the 5 minute increase I said I would add) and the last few nights we walked around River Rd two times instead of one.  See, we walk one mile around town and then when we head over the bridge by our house their is another dirt back road that follows the curve of the river and comes out a little ways up the street.  I used to know the exact distance, all I know is that it takes me 5 minutes with the stroller and 4 minutes without the stroller.  In effect I added 4-5 minutes to my walks.

Drum roll please...
                    

Previous Wednesday Weight: 220.2

Weight on Monday: 220.2

Today's Weight: 217.4

Weight loss from last week: -2.8

Weight change from Monday: -2.8

Finally, finally, finally, I made it below 220!  

Here is the new outfit I bought

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 44.5!

And here is this week's discussion from over at Confessions of a Snowflake.

This week we're talking about what is working for us in our weight loss journey.  Are there certain habits that you have changed that you are really enjoying?  Is there something you have substituted in your diet that you really like?  Or a certain workout that you are surprised you can actually do?

I think what has really been working for me lately is exercising in the evenings.  I do so much better when I get my walk in plus the extra walk with hubby or stepping while watching tv before bed.  And it is not cutting in to our lesson time, which is a big plus.  As always I am drinking 2 cups of water before or during a meal with another cup in between each meal and in the evening.  And I have been enjoying a cup of green tea in the afternoons.  

I Think I Like This

Okay, it's taking me longer than it should, you know, what it probably takes normal people, to track my food, get my calorie info, but I think I may just like this.  I am using SparkPeople's nutrition tracker.  The biggest problem is not being able to find the specific food I use so I have to input them manually.  I figure once I get everything imported that I use things will get easier.  I was shocked to see I am close to the calorie limits of the Slimmer this Summer challenge.  A lot closer than I though.  I was also shocked to realize my lunch today had more calories than my dinner.
The great thing about SparkPeople is that I can type in my recipe and get the nutrition information.  I had no idea how many calories my chili has.  Now I do.  I am not sure on the serving amount as the cookbook I found it in doesn't have that info.  But I said 1 cup is a serving.

What I also like is that you can see your daily nutritional report at the end of the day.  It shows where you are getting your calories from: fats, carbs, proteins.

This is how I did yesterday:


Daily Totals:
Calories/Fat/Carbs/Protein

1,385

36

203

56

And this is today:


Daily Totals:
Calories/Fat/Carbs/Protein

1,477

56

175

77

My Tracking Goals for the week.

Okay, I have GOT to do a better job recording what I put past these lips of mine this week.  I think I will also include my exercise on my tracking post so if I forget to get on the silly Wii, the exercise will still be recorded.  I'm still sticking to walking and stepping to movies/shows this week.  Maybe one of these days I will add in the Wii Fit again.  Oh, wait, I have to get working batteries first.  Unfortunately that is not high on my priority list when I can get exercise in by walking around town. Perhaps I will make it my goal this week to increase my walks by 2 minutes each day and my stepping by 5 minutes for this week (not 5 minutes each time, just 35 minutes instead of 30) and see if I can increase it another 5 next week.
I really am not sure what my calorie goal should be with nursing.  I realize I am not exclusively nursing as Hannah is over a year old.  But I really don't think 1200 to 1400 calories is enough.  Maybe I am wrong.  I'm not trying to look for an excuse to eat more calories, I just want to know I am eating right.  I do think the fact that I am eating healthier calories than I was half a year ago is better for Hannah anyway. The other problem I have is trying to figure out the calories.  I have been writing down what I've been eating.  But how do you figure out the calories in the quiche I made last week or a casserole.  I am trying to focus more on the amounts, knowing I am eating 1/2 cup of rice for example.  I need to find my First Place book.  In the old program I was doing (I don't believe they teach this anymore) we were to count exchanges.  I did pretty good knowing I had to eat so many veggies, fruits, grains, milk products and protein foods.  That is what I think will work best for me.  Instead of having to figure out the calories in everything I eat.  Of course not knowing the healthy calorie limit isn't helping.  I think the most important thing for me is to stop the snacking and make sure I write everything down accurately.  I was doing great at the beginning of the year and I wasn't tracking.  But I know it is a requirement for the Slimmer this Summer challenge.
The water intake is easy enough to remember usually. Two glasses before each meal and 1 between each meal and before bed.
Let's see if I can make this work.

Weigh In #2: Plus Size Bloggers Tracking Challenge: Bye Bye Booties! and Slimmer This Summer Check In

I did not have the greatest of weeks, but if you figure in that we had birthday cake and I had 8 cookies on Friday (some at VBS some at home) I guess I could have done worse.  I actually thought I was going to do better because 2 days while Tabitha was in VBS last week, I took Amelia and Hannah on a 1 hour walk around the town we were in.  Unlike our hometown which is flat all the way around, the other town had a few different places with inclines.  The one was quite steep, so I figured I was getting a great workout.  Unfortunately I forgot to record every day again (We come home from our walks and get the girls ready for bed, by the time I remember it is after midnight and you can't go back on the Wii to record in the Activity Log).  I like having it on the Wii, but I guess if I keep forgetting to record it I might just as well write it down before I forget.  Each day this week I at least took a walk around town in the evening, I don't believe we missed once, even on the days I took the hour long walk.  Though one day we only got to go to the bridge and back because of road work.  Here is what I did record.

I can't believe I am still looking at the 220 on the scale.  I did lose weight from last Monday, but it is the same as Wednesday.

Previous Monday Weight: 220.8

Weight on Wednesday: 220.2

Today's Weight: 220.2

Weight loss from last week: -.6

Weight change from Wednesday: 0

Total Loss since weight loss journey got serious on December 13th 2010: 41.7

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