I think I did pretty good this week. Though I think I need to tweak my snacks. Thanks for your suggestions Shana and Susan. I definitely need to drink more water. I did great at not eating any refined sugar (absolutely zilch) , but the water thing needs work. I need to pay more attention to that. I'll make it a priority next week. Also, I need to log my exercising. I did great. I only missed Wednesday due to my baby being sick, but I did a work out on all the other days this past week.
Great news! I'm taking a day off from counting calories tomorrow. I'm not going to fall off the bandwagon, mind you, I'm just going to give myself a day to relax a little before jumping back in on Monday. See you all then!
Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast
8oz Diluted Pomegranate Water – 19 Calories
2T Flaxseed – 80 Calories
8oz Rice Milk – 120 Calories
1 Scoop Whey Protein – 95 Calories
1 Slice Ezekiel Bread – 80 Calories
½ tsp Olive Oil Spread – 10 Calories
Total Breakfast:404 Calories
Snack
1 String Cheese – 80 Calories
Total Snack:80 Calories
Lunch
6 inch Grilled Chicken Breast Subway w/Avocado – 370
Apple Slices – 35 Calories
Total Lunch:405 Calories
Dinner
½ Grilled Chicken Café Rio Salad (Whole Wheat Tortilla & Vinaigrette Dressing) – 340 Calories
So I have a problem. I've been trying to keep my calories around 1800 per day. I know I should probably make it a little lower if I'm really serious about losing weight - but I really feel like I want to take it slowly and I just want to start out at 1800 and then reduce it little by little.
Here's my dilema:
It takes so much to get my baby and myself ready plus get all my office work done. I'm lucky to get out to my accounts by 9:30am (that's SUPER early actually). Amidst all the hubub of getting out the door, I totally forget to pack some healthy snacks I can have while driving, so I haven't been snacking lately, which drastically reduces my calories for the day. You'll see, yesterday I only had about 1500. I really want to be consistent, but I just don't feel like I have time to pack something every day. I need to figure it out, or just get the ball rolling with having healthy snacks on hand. Hmmm... Any Ideas? I'm really on a roller coaster of calories right now and that can't be good for my metabolism.
Here's what I ate today:
Breakfast
8 oz DILUTED Pomegranate Water – 19 Calories
2T Ground Flaxseed – 80 Calories
½ T. Almond Butter – 45 Calories
1 Slice Ezekiel Bread – 80 Calories
8oz Rice Milk – 120 Calories
1 Scoop Vanilla Whey Protein – 95 Calories
Total Breakfast:439 Calories
Snack
1 Medium Apple – 95 Calories
Total Snack:95 Calories
Lunch
6 Inch Oven Roasted Chicken Breast Subway w/ Veggies and Just Mustard (no mayo) – 320 Calories
K8 I hope I didn't hurt your feelings. I just wish I were you! I meant to say exactly that...we all have things we need to work on and the grass is always greener on the other side of the street, I...um...just didn't say it...awkward pause with crickets chirping in the background...
I must admit there are thousands of women (thousands I tell you) who want to be me. I mean look at me. Who wouldn't envy my dazzling smile, my piercing eyes? And don't get me started on my EARS! These fabulous ears are coveted by the stars themselves! ;-)
I hear you Naomi! Grandpa's genes are going to haunt me for my whole life, but I'm trying not to sit back, relax and tell myself that I'm obese because of my jeans (seriously I'm muffin topping it with these Calvin Kline's)...of course I meant GENES! Because, seriously, it's my own fault I don't (didn't) exercise that much and I eat (ate) garbage food. I feel like sometimes I use my family heritage as an excuse for my poor eating habits and my sedentary lifestyle, but that's a whole NOTHER blog post.
I also agree that there is a ton of info out there, but 1800 calories feels good and healthy to me. Like Haley said, counting calories is the way to go because it works and you don't really have to go without, you just have to minimize it.
My fabulous friend Chela stopped by this afternoon to bring me these babies as a birthday gift. So sweet! Then I told her about how my brain clicked a couple of weeks ago and now it's clicking all the time (how do I stop the clicking?) The clicking has made me allergic to ooohey, gooey delicious yummy cookies. Though once a week the allergy seems to fade away. This week is going to be Sunday and I'm really looking forward to a cookie this Sunday! ...Sigh...they smell so good! Thanks Chela - but I am practicing restraint! I love you my friend, just bring me carrot sticks or a workout video next time! :-)
By the end of today I felt like I was ready to jump off the wagon - hence the post below. Up until this point it hasn't been too difficult, but today, for some reason, I just felt like I didn't want to try so hard. The reality is, I'm always going to have to try hard. I can't, for one minute, lose my focus - even when I'm at my goal weight. That's just how I'm built. And you know what? It's an exhausting thought.
Every once in a while I begin to feel sorry for myself. Why can't I be like those women who don't have to worry about their calories, who can just eat what they want as long as they maintain their active lifestyle? I get so tired thinking that this is going to be a life-long struggle. Am I just lazy? Maybe. But I think it goes a lot deeper than that. I'm really going to try to figure it out. I guess that's the real reason I started this blog - to dig deeper, to find out the real reason I turn to food in times of depression, anxiety, joy, comfort. A big hearty thank you to all of you who have commented up until this point. It's going to be a long journey and I hope you can all stick with me throughout.
Greek Salad with Chicken Breast – 550 Calories Whole Grain Role – 240 Calories
Total Lunch: 790 Calories
Dinner
6 Inch Grilled Chicken Breast Subway on Wheat Bread, Just Mustard (no mayo) and Avocado Added. – 320 Calories Apple Slices – 35 Calories 1.5 Tsp Almond Butter – 45 Calories
Total Calories for Day 3: 1790 (Thanks Betsy for the suggestion to go on to fat2fitradio.com to check out how many calories I should be eating in a day in comparison with my weight and other factors. After checking it out, I think I'm going to stick with around 1800 Calories per day. With my activitiy level, I think that's what I should shoot for to healthily lose poundage.)
This Morning's WorkOut: Elliptication (Cecily that was for you), and cyclation (I just made up that one too...not as fun as elliptication though).
P.S. As per your comment Naomi...I drastically dilute the pom juice I drink (abt 1oz of juice to 8oz of water), so I don't have to gag when I take my ground flaxseed. It's Knudsen's "Just Pomegranate" with no sugar added. There are only about 19 calories to it!
J is doing a little better. I took him to the Dr. and he said it's teething on top of a cold. The poor little guy is miserable and has a fever...and of course I'm super paranoid. Needless to say, I didn't make it to the gym yesterday, but I did keep up my calorie counting. Betsy, thanks for the suggestion of fitday.com, I'm totally going to try it.
Breakfast
8oz Diluted "Just Pomegranate" Juice - 19 Calories
(I had a few bites of the deep fried tortilla shell (I know shame on me) and didn't use any dressing. I looked on their website and they didn't list nutritional information for this, so I used the "Baja Ensalada" and added the calories for avocado and a few bites of tortilla shell)
Total Lunch - Approximately 500 Calories (I'll be sure to pick a different salad next time)
Dinner
(I don't know what it is, I just crave breakfast for dinner lately!)
2 Egg Whites - 50 Calories
Mixed Fruit - 93 Calories
Turkey Bacon - 71 Calories
1 Whole Wheat Pancake - 155 Calories
1T Sugar Free Syrup - 17 Calories
1/2 tsp Butter - 20 Calories
Total Dinner - 406 Calories Total Calories for Day 2 - 1286.5 Okay - so my calories for yesterday are significantly lower than Monday. All I can say is that I didn't have time to snack yesterday! Between working and taking J to the doctor and (literally) driving all over tarnation, I just didn't have the time to sit and think about how hungry I was...which is a good thing, I guess. Monday was an office day so I was home (thinking about food) all day long. I can't decide what a good amount of calories is for me each day. Any suggestions? It looks like I'm staying between 1300 and 1800. I don't want to go too low because I don't want to crash and burn and go crazy with the chocolate. I want to take this slowly and healthily.
I wasn't able to go to the gym today. J's really sick and he needs his mommy. The poor thing has never been sick and he doesn't really know why he feels this way. I'm super paranoid because I've never had a sick baby before! Poor Baby! I'm going to try to do a workout video later on today for missing the gym.
Anyhoo...here is what I ate yesterday and the calories that go with it:
Breakfast
8oz Diluted "Just Pomegranate" Juice (to dilute it I add 4oz of unsweetened pomegranate juice and add water to make 32oz - similar to the cranberry water from the Fat Flush Plan. I can't do cranberry because it causes me to have monstrous kidney stones.) - 19 Calories
2T Ground Flaxseed (I love Barlean's the best) - 80 Calories
8oz glass of water with the juice of a half of lemon - 6.5 Calories
2 Egg (34 - Don't eggs have more calories than that? That's all I could find...let me know if it should be different) Omelet (Turkey Sausage (120), Cheese (110), Bell Peppers (2), Tomatoes (7), Avocados (117)) - 390 Calories
Ezekiel English Muffin - 160 Calories
2tsp Olive Oil Margarine - 40 Calories
Total Calories: 590 Calories
Snack
8oz Skim Milk - 90 Calories
1 Scoop Chocolate Protein Powder - 140 Calories
Total Calories: 230 Calories
Total For Day One- 1714.5 Calories
So, I haven't decided if the above number is what I should go for or not. I probably need to cut out a few more things, but I think I'll stick to around 1800 calories for this week and see where it gets me when I weigh in next Monday.
My Goal for This Week: Drink more water and absolutely no refined sugar. (ugh...it's gonna be tough)
Hey there! Well. I got up this morning at 6am and headed straight to the gym. I'm really serious about this and I know I can do it. Thank you to all of you who have commented! It really is getting me more and more motivated. Okay - here are my stats for this week:
Height: 63 Inches Weight: 198.2 (Yeah - I had a great birthday weekend :-) Waist: 41" Hips: 42" Body Fat: 44.6% BMI: 34.7 kg/m2 Dress Size: 14-ish
Sometimes it's so funny to go to the gym. There are so many "different" people to watch.
As I walked into the gym, I headed straight to the elliptical machines. There was a woman mulling around them. I walked up to a machine and the lady just about jumped on top of me. I guess she had chosen that machine and she really started to lose it when it looked like I was going to steal it from her. Sheesh - I'll go to the next one over - crazy.
So I get set up and get going with my workout. She (literally) jumps on to her machine and starts working out at like 700 miles an hour. I look over and she's guzzling a huge Starbucks Coffee - while working out! "Ooooookay" I thought, "that explains the 700 mile-an-hour elliptication." Well, all of a sudden she's out of coffee and she jumps (literally) off the machine and instantly returns with a caffeinated energy drink. Seriously - I don't think speed could have made her fly higher. I should have taken her car keys from her...people shouldn't drive buzzed like that!
Wow! That's me...sigh...all 196 lbs of me. I can't tell you how frightening it is to actually post that weight (and that picture) on a public blog! But I can't live in denial any longer. It's not about image anymore, it's about my health. I need to do this so I can be a better, more active mommy. I also need to get healthy if I want to give my future babies a fighting chance.
I've been making healthy choices all week, but tomorrow is the day I'm going to put it all out on the table. Please stop by often and send me good affirmations along the way. A healthy recipe or workout tips are always appreciated!
