5/17/12 = starting up again.

Lost 7 pounds and have kept it off!  But need to start logging my food again.  I want to lose more!  I have Katie's party coming up and need to get down into a smaller size of clothing.  That is my goal.  One size smaller then I am now.  Baby steps!

Rocky Weekend Working

Really had a long weekend and didn't eat 5 times a day like I should.  Have not weighed myself but I have a feeling I have not lost anything.  Just know that my body can withhold food and for some reason I doesn't just melt off like you'd think.  I know its because I miss meals and my body just goes up and down like a yo yo.

I have never really been a big sweet person but love dark chocolate and think maybe I will get some super dark chocolate for now and then as my treat. 

4/24/12

Breakfast, slept in and didn't eat
Snack - none
Lunch - tuscan chicken sandwich on wheat and small cup of soup

Snack - fruit
Dinner - Making a pork lion, veggie and rice

4/23/12

OMG, this day sucked!

I had so many baby's today and just no energy. 

Breakfast had a bowl of cereal and a water

Lunch small salad at the hospital
Drank about 5 glasses of water

Dinner - Steak, corn on the cob and red skins.  Dinner was so good but ate at 9:45 PM.  Not so good eating to late.

4/22/12

Breakfast bowl of rice crispy's

Snack had a small piece of hamburger meat that Eric cooked

Early Lunch/Dinner, omg had the best salad ever.  Went with Eric to Vince and Joes and bought cooked almond encrusted chicken breasts to add to lettuce for a large dinner salad.  It was so good!  I will be making this again for sure!  YUM!

4/21/12

Fit Tracker = Starting this today to give me more incentive

http://fitbie.msn.com/fit-tracker

Kind of getting discouraged that I have not lost more in 2-1/2 weeks.

Only 5 pounds down but I guess its better to lose slowly and maybe it really will stay off!
 I am going to try this above FITBIE to maybe help me a little more.

Wish me luck!

4/20/12 - Day 18 of my challenge

Woke up with a horrible headache.  Nothing is kicking it...ugh!

WEIGHED MYSELF = I LOST ANOTHER POUND!!!

Breakfast = egg and a bagel (need to really cut the starch out!!!)  Maybe the start is really the reason why more weight is not coming off.  Last night I watched this show on LWN Channel 101 and the gal from Biggest Loser was on and she shared some really great secrets.  I need to only intake about 2000 calories a day and I am going to really start watching that.  So, I decided to start following her plan on line.

http://livewellnetwork.com/Live-Big-with-Ali-Vincent/episodes/Understanding-Food/8628053?pid=8628062

Snack = strawberries and cherries
Lunch = taco
Snack =
Dinner = Chicken Ceaser Salad = grilled my own chicken and lowfat dressing

Read this article today and thought I would share = http://fitbie.msn.com/slideshow/best-and-worst-foods-diets/slide/3


Its 12:44 PM and I am on my way out to go to the Fruit Market and Grocery Store.  Just need to load up on a lot of healthy stuff.  Getting tea and want to start drinking more of that to flush my system more.  

Oops! Stressed today and had an "Oops" Day!

Okay, so breakfast went down the toilet today.  I had a piece of pizza, yep cold pizza!  I been ordering senior pics for Kate and trying to get things ordered for her Prom and also trying to get the ceremony invites all addressed and just cracked with a little with some starch/bread/pizza.  Oops, I ate a piece of pizza.  Oh was it good and I had a glass of pop too at 10 AM! The pop was a glass of ginger ale.  I have not clue but it sounded good.  LOL

Lunch = ate a piece of chicken
Snack = Fruit
Dinner = Asparagus, broccoli (Eric hates asparagus so I had to make broccoli too; I'll just mix the two together for me) and sweet potato's and polish sausage (the veggies were great but not so sure on the polish sausage.  I'll start better in the morning tomorrow 4/20/12.  Promise! 

Well, this day might just be a ringer.  Need to focus and move forward.  Guess I can clean up my act the remainder of the day.  Smiles :)

4-18-12 Lunch

4-18-12 morning snack

not hungry but making myself eat and drink this! 
Great now I got the hiccups while eating my 2 carrots.

Losing?

I haven't weighed myself this week, and I think I am going to wait a few more days before I try.  Hope something more is coming off me!  My pants are getting a little lose around the butt cheeks and legs area.  I just want more to come off the top!  LOL  I guess I need to do more upper body exercising.

4-18-12

I dropped Jill off at school today and had to make a run to McDonald's for a coffee, kind of cheating today but one (1) latte should be okay. I needed something to wake me up!
Breakfast =couldn't drink the entire cup.  Only drank about 1/3 of it.  It was really bitter. YUCK!

medium caramel latte
Had 1 egg

snack =  11:30 AM, had to make myself eat a snack and drink 8oz of water.  Not hungry but ate 2 carrots.
Lunch= salad at 1:52 PM
snack = Simply Balancd By Acher Farms - Strawberry real fruit strips -
NO FAT = 0  No Saturated Fat = 0  No Trans Fat = 0  Calories = 45 per strip.  (my new rotating snack between a veg and rice cakes :),  You can find these at Target $2.79 per box.

Dinner = Going out for dinner tonight but no clue were and what I will eat.  Ugh!

Going for a 5 mile walk with Eric tonight.

Horrible News!

Oh my word!  My partner in crime (sweetest Pam) had a major catastrophe and I just found out about it.  My heart just got so scared for her and her children.  I hope and pray everything is okay.

Phew, just got news that the kids and the family are alright.  They had a major house fire while they were away.  I know this is going to probably put a bump in the challenge plans with my partner Pam, but I am just glad her family is safe, sound and healthy.  

Praying for you Pam!!!  Just take one step at a time.  God will be with you!

XHugsX

Note:  if you happen on my blog, just know that if you need any help or anything for the girls, do not hesitate to call me.

4-17-12

 No, I did not cheat!  Wouldn't this be awesome if it was part of my diet though ;).

Today I was in the mode to cook and bake.  Not sure what got into me, but I just felt like doing it, and it really was a relaxing morning for me.  Just a quiet house and time to pull out ingredients and mix away. 

Yes, I did bake but I did not eat the sweets!  I made cookie dough brownies, very proud of myself for keeping the will power!  Will power!  Will power!  However I did have 1 small roll.  It just had my name on it.   Everything I have been eating these days is on a 8 inch plate, see below.  Sometimes these pictures are deceiving but it is only a small scoop that I had of Rachel Ray's Mexican Casserole.  Everything I used in this was low fat, such as the cheese.  Recipe is on my FB page.

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Breakfast = a piece of toast with peanut butter
snack = none
 Late Lunch 3:45 PM =

snack = I did have a roll that I made.  Still did good for the day!

Emilee and I started to do this new exercise together where you take one elbow and touch your opposite leg (lifting your knee to your elbow.)  I completed 40 and Emilee did 60. 
Dinner = chicken, broccoli and rice (it was good even though it looks like mush!  LOL)

4-16-12

Breakfast = none
snack = none
Lunch=  made a sandwich
snack = celery
Dinner = pork lion and green beans

4-15-12

 Worked at the hospital and no time for food this day!

Breakfast = granola
Lunch = nothing
Snack = when I got home from work I made a half of a peanut butter sandwich.  I was starving!  Not the best diet food but it sounded good to me.
Dinner = Eric made lasagna and I did have a piece

4-14-12

Breakfast = granola dried and a little plain greek yogurt
Lunch = carrots and a small mini hamburger patty that Eric made the day before (brought to work with me)
Dinner = lemon pork lion and green beans

Late night snack = I did have a few pieces of chocolate tonight.  Nothing to bad!

4-13-12 Breakfast

Breakfast = wasn't hungry this morning.

Ate lunch around 2:00 PM, 

 

chicken with a little low fat sharp cheddar cheese in a burrito wrap

small size and only on a 6 inch plate.  Looks bigger then what it really is.  LOL  

Dinner tonight is hamburger 80 % lean meat,

Photo to come

4-12-12 Lunch & Dinner

Lunch - had some celery stalks for lunch and a half of chicken breast
Dinner -  made sausage with chicken broth and tomato's over noodles, with broccoli florets. 

4/12/12 Breakfast - day 10 of challenge!

Cornflakes for breakfast today.

still taking that nut too.  Lost another pound today.  

Down 4 pounds.

Drinking More Water!

Totally need to drink more water today!  Going for the maga-cup (52 oz baby!) to do this!

Here it goes, down the hatch!  lol

4-11-12

Breakfast = granola cereal
Lunch = not hungry.  I know I should eat but I am not even the slightest bit hungry.  Working on finalizing my taxes for the tax man tonight.  My mind is on that!

Dinner = Made Lemon Chicken with Rice and Northern White Beans in my crockpot. (Didn't have brown rice and didn't feel like going shopping so used what I had, white rice.)  The better choice would have been brown rice.

4-10-12 Dinner

Oops, kind of forgot that I had a work meeting tonight and dinner is included.  Need to be there by 6:30 PM.  Going to Panera's in Troy, so I need to make sure that I watch what I eat.  I will go with a half salad and a cup of soup and hope that will be okay.  No dessert for me!!!  Sticking to that plan!

I did good!  Didn't sway from what I told myself I was going to get.  Got the Asian Chicken Salad (small size/half portion) and a cup of chicken soup.

Panera Calorie Counting Here:  http://www.panerabread.com/pdf/nutr-guide.pdf
All Natural Low-Fat Chicken Noodle - You Pick Two® 1 cup  80 calories (only ate half of my cup)
Half Asian Sesame Chicken half salad  - 230 calories

I did GOOD!!! 

4/10/12 Breakfast

What a breakfast combo but it all sounded good today.

Kids back to school today and now to have a quiet house until 3 PM.  House work today and then maybe time for some situps and jumping jacks.  Then pull out stuff for dinner to defrost.  Making Salmon and Lentils for dinner tonight.