Wednesday

Wow three days in a row Ive made it back here I cant believe it. I know I havent been perfect but its a work in progress and Im getting there slowly.

I never made it back to update my food so Ill go ahead and say we ended up going to Logans and I got a grilled chicken sandwich with BBQ sauce and a cup of chili and I only ate 1 roll and avoided sweet tea so not too bad, could have done much worst to say the least. Oh and ended up with a 45 minute walk for last night as well.

Breakfast: oats & chocolate bar, water
Lunch: chili dog, onion rings (4 or 5), oatmeal raisin cookie, lemonade
Dinner: California Pizza Kitchen BBQ chicken (2 slices), water
Water: 50.7 oz
Exercise: 45 minute walk

For my tips for the day...I ended up signing up for the Women's Health newsletter which I love the magazine it truly is wonderful if you havent picked it up it truly is worth the investment. They have some great stories and very inspirational stuff. My favorite magazine by far. Anyway I got these 40 tips and thought I would share...very interesting...

For my breakthrough of the day Ive been working to try to guzzle down at least 40 oz. a day (hey its a start back) and I got over 40 oz. so Ill work my weigh back up but its a start!

Tuesday

Well today I kind of felt like I had a setback almost, not 100% bad but just one of those days where you arent totally 100% on your game, so in due order my food for the day...

Breakfast: fiber one oats & chocolate, water
Lunch: sloppy joe, corn, baked fries, BBQ sauce, lemonade, oatmeal raisin cookie
Dinner: still up for debates..will fill this one in after dinner...
Water: 16.9 oz.
Exercise:

Im not sure whats up with me but Ive been in this lemonade mood which is actually a half good thing. I have had a few kidney stones (3 to be exact) and have been told to drink lots of lemonade and water. Not sure if anyone else has heard this or not but if you do have kidney stones supposedly the acid in a lemon helps your body not to produce kidney stones which I thought was very interesting. It actually helps to clean your system out from the acid is what I was told by a urologist. Ive been trying to stay away from the sweet tea and not eating out as much either.

My other love Im sure many remember way back but I love the oats and chocolate bars from Fiber one and I found a large 20 ct pack of them at Sams for a great deal so I stocked up on them because they are my quick breakfast when I dont have time to really do one and it still gives me fiber. Probably not the 100% healthies thing but its much better then nothing.

My other struggle is water and getting back into the groove of working out again. Water I used to be sooo good at but since I kind of went downhill on that one its been one of those things that Im working on. Working out has been a toughie but I think me and hubby are going to go walk on the track at our new place tonight.

Monday, Monday...

Well Im back and Im ready to attack this fat thing and get rid of it forever so here I am blogging away my food for the day which is actually pretty good I must add....

Breakfast: Fiber One oats and chocolate, water
Lunch: grilled chicken with BBQ sauce, peas, roll, lemonade
Dinner: salad (lettuce, 6 slices of turkey, wheat croutons, lite honey mustard, bacon bits), water
Snack: cinnamon sugar multigrain cakes (9), 100 calorie chocolate hostess, crispy green freeze dried pineapple fruit, water

So for not doing so hot I think I did pretty well today. My new loves and recommendations:
1) Quaker Cinnamon Sugar mini Multigrain cakes: Amazing...for 9 cakes its only are you ready for this?? 60 calories and 1 g of fat..you cant beat that anywhere....delicious!

2) Ken's Steakhouse Lite Honey Mustard: I love honey mustard but honestly am not a fan at all of light and FF dressings, but the Ken's steakhouse line has made me into a lover of it. For 2 tbsp its 90 calories and 5g of fat which is much, much better then the normal honey mustard for sure. I have never seen it before the other day but if you are a fan of honey mustard its amazing!

3) Crispy Green freeze dried fruits: I found these at a supermarket in another state and tried them and have been hooked since. They are only in very select places but well worth the drive to get them if you can find them. My favorite flavor is pineapple with apple being second. For the entire pouch its only 36 calories and 0g of fat.

I didnt input in today to see how many calories and such but I think Im well in my range for WW today which is a major improvement.

Wow...Wow...

Well Tuesday I did weigh in and was up .8 lbs which after a vacation, eating too much I consider that not too bad at all. I normally seem to gain around oh 3-5 lbs which is bad but hey vacation is vacation and you always want to splurge a little, right??

Well I have had the week from hell with school and by that I mean there has been so much going on that I havent gotten to do much else other then my job. I was so smart to give 5 different tests for 5 classes which wouldnt be so bad if it was just this is the right answer but being a computer teacher Ive had to go into every file and grade every single little thing. I think I learned my lesson the hard way on that for sure. Next time Ill give half on one week, the other on the other week so maybe I can stay sane for sure. Oh and then on top of all that we got the new software Ive been waiting for since the beginning of school (Adobe Design Premium for any curious..) and its taking forever and ever to install so yeah my week has been pretty busy. On top of all that my poor little pup got really sick and has thrown up everywhere and Ive had to take care of her and I think she is back to good now thank goodness! But I have to state the really good news of the week.....

I weighed in this morning and LOST...yes LOST...1.8 lbs bringing me back to my all time lowest Ive been at which is 170.6 Im so happy about that, now I can start working on getting it really off and thats just the motivation I needed it really made my day after having a heck of a week. I have been doing better on foods, trying to get back into working out (which hasnt been a ton this week).

Next week will be much better (no tests that will be given until the following week) and the software is all installed so Ill have a bit more free time for sure.

So to say the least I was very happy and so glad Im back into the low 170's almost in the 160's Ive got to prove to myself that I can get there by next week no excuses! Its only .7 lbs and I know I can do it!!

Oh and I changed my ticker..it has a little weight as my icon, so cute and at the end is the little treasure as I lose the weight Im getting closer to my treasure.

For the other news, me and hubby have decided that for our 5 year anniversary (May 24, 2008) which is 8 mths away we are going to be going to Hawaii..woo hoo! so Ive got to work really hard to make sure Im down to my goal weight by then I cant wait so ive got something to work at as well!

Weight Gain....

Sorry I havent made it back any sooner but I weighed in on Friday and was up .6 lbs to 172.4. I dont think I was quite great or as good as I had said I was going to be so Ill blame it on that + AF started Thursday night of all times which I always seem to gain during that time especially if its the night before.

We did have a great time on the beach this weekend I got a little burnt but not too awfully bad. I did feel much better in a bathing suit but I really need to tighten down and get serious because I really havent done that quite yet. I did splurge a little but it wasnt near as bad as Ive done some trips thats for sure. I think with being out in the sun + walking on the beach and such helped as well. Ive been playing yo-yo here and there and have kind of stayed around the same, gained a little but nothing I cant get off in a week if I work really hard. So my goal is to start back losing 1 lb per week like I once had said and really write down everything I eat and watch it.

I think Ill not weigh in officially but weigh in for my own curiosity tomorrow morning to see how bad/good it is and go from there.

This is going to be a work in progress but Im going to type all this out and at least get it down and hopefully it will get a bit better:)

Breakfast: plain bagel with light strawberry cream cheese
Lunch (bad, bad): baked chicken nuggets, rice with brown gravy, roll, apple roll twisty thing, lemonade, peas
Dinner: fajitas (grilled chicken meat with seasoning), onions, bell pepper, salsa, light sour cream, fajita shell, water
Exercise: none (unless you count walking around the school from class, cafeteria, etc.)

Lunch was such a big mistake today...the cafeteria does bake not fry most everything which is a big plus but they had these cinnamon apple rolls which everyone had been talking about so dumb me decides to try one..big mistake they were soooo good and me saying Oh Ill try a bite ended up eating the whole thing...bad bad.

So here is my first day posting Im determined to keep up with this, get back on a regular routine and keep this thing updated...

Long Lost...

Well a quick update on life, weight loss and all the other things inbetween.

I weighed in on Friday and have lost 1.1 lbs bringing me down to 171.8 so Im pretty proud of myself for that one! Its been a tough few weeks I think more so with figuring out all the ropes, roles, etc but Im getting there slowly but surely.

For the other part..Ive been eating in the cafeteria at school since we cant leave which isnt so bad except a few days when they have things that I dont care for but they usually have decent things to choose from. So the question is what do you do when you have no clue on the nutrition part? They post nothing about nutrition for any items which honestly I wish I knew. They usually have a meat, side item and veggie which has been pretty decent most days but still in the back of my head Im wondering so how many calories is this really? They do have a salad bar most days and for pretty much anything you want its $2.00 and includes a drink for teachers only, students are about twice as much so you really cant beat it.

I really am going to try to get back to my daily posts because it really does help for sure and I know I really havent gained much over the past few months but I havent lost any either. The lowest I ever got down to was 170.6 and I was at 171.8 on Friday so not bad at all as much stuff as Ive been through/ate but things are getting back to a more normal tone now and I really have a ton of time in the afternoons which is wonderful! I get off at 3:10 and go in at 7:45 and I have two periods off on top of that so maybe Ill start posting either during my off periods or when I get home so early, well see. I also am trying to get back into a normal exercise routine as well which hubby is helping with as well which I think helped me last week for sure. Its also starting to cool down a bit as well, instead of being 110, its only about 95 + humidity..haha

Also, we are heading to the beach this weekend for Labor Day weekend and I cant wait with all of my family and we got a condo on the beach..ahhh relaxation here I come!! So this week Im trying to be super, duper good with all choices so I can at least tone some..even if its a little.

I hope things are going well for everyone I need to come drop by soon!

Oh and I finally get to change my ticker, its been in a standstill

One week post?!

Well it seems as though once a week has turned into a pattern and all I can seem to find time to get here, maybe once I get this teacher thing down pat Ill have more fun time to do things like this but for now Ive been doing a ton of planning, researching and all that fun jazz that comes along with teaching.

Well for my WI today I gained but only .1 lb so I find that little more like a maintain then a gain.

Hope everyone is doing well!

Weight Loss....

Well I weighed in this morning and lost 1.2 lbs from last week bringing me to 172.8. Im not really sure what I did but hey Ill take it anytime. Weird part about it was I didnt exercise once last week. Its been so unbelievably hot that sitting outside for one second is horrible in this Mississippi heat. Maybe it will cool down sometime so I can start back working out but I know I need to do it anyway even if its in the fitness center.

For any of those curious my first day as a teacher went well I had one problem class but I took care of them by having to get a little mean but they listened to me after that..haha!

Have a great weekend!

Where did I disappear to?!

Yes, yes Ive gotten several emails asking me where have I been and did I disappear or something. Well no I really still am alive. The diet is well just some diet and I havent been doing 100% great, but not horrible either. Ive had very few moments to exercise at all lately and yes yes my clothes they need some exercising time.

Ive been busy with being a teacher and getting ready for school which the first day is tomorrow and hopefully once I figure out my schedule and such things will be better but its a little tough with getting things ready (schedules, classrooms, etc) but I know I will enjoy it for sure.

Thank you to all of you who have been pestering me to post (yes, yes Im bad...) and Ill try to keep more posted and maybe actually even post a menu by Monday (I really do need to get back into the habit of it.

I did go this past weekend (tax free weekend in many southern states) and get a ton of clothes which I fit into a size 10 and a medium shirt I really dont know how long its been since I could say that....maybe 11th grade? Its a foreign concept for sure but I loved every minute of it!

I hope everyone is doing well I promise I will try to check in sometime soon with those of you who have blogs!

For anyone curious last week I had a 2 lb gain which put me up to 174 so maybe tomorrow I will have a loss and get some of that 2 lbs off!