Monday, Monday

Well, for not being perfect on my diet, 3 pounds is a great number to lose!!  This week my goal is water, water, water.  I seem to always drink more Diet Coke than water.  I am going to try to get at least 32 oz. of water in before drinking any Diet Coke.  Then, another 32 oz. of water in throughout the rest of the day.  Yes, I am a Diet Coke addict.  I can't give it up quite yet.  I will try this week to get my water in as well.  That is a lot of liquid!!  If you need me, I will be in the ladies' room....

Need to Blog

Okay, I did not do as good as I did last week.  Partly because last week was my first week and I probably lost water weight.  And, partly because I was not blogging.  If I blog every day, I tend not to cheat.  When I don't blog I don't have to account to anyone, so I cheat.  I am going to do better.  I am glad I lost 1.6 pounds.  I don't think I deserved it.

Breakfast today:  Costco weight loss shake, light Activia yogurt, grapefruit.

My New Realization

Last night, as I was watching The Biggest Loser, I came to a realization that you CAN eat healthy at restaurants.  You just have to know what to look for.  Also, most restaurants will give you their nutritional info, if you ask for it.  It is all up to me.  In my crazy life, I don't have time to prepare every meal from scratch in my own home.  I eat out. 

Last night was one of those crazy nights.  I stopped at Panda Express.  Right in front of me as I walked in, they have a sign showing the dishes that have 250 calories or less.  Plus, instead of rice or noodles, they have an option of steamed veggies.  So that is what I did.  I had steamed veggies, with broccoli beef and fiery pineapple chicken.  I think my total for that whole meal was about 6-700 calories.  It is not something I would do every day, but it could have been a 1200 calorie meal.  I feel a little better about that.

Weigh In: Week 1

268.8 lbs!!!  5.6 lbs lost.  WAHOO. 

I am so pleased with this result.  This keeps me going when I can see results!  I did cheat once over the weekend when my dear husband brought me up some ice cream.  He was so thoughtful, I couldn't turn him down. 

Breakfast Monday:   Quinoa with a little brown sugar, light Activia yogurt, and grapefruit.

Food Log

Dinner Friday night:  6" Subway roasted chicken breast sandwich, no cheese, lots of lettuce, tomato, green peppers, with a smidge of lite mayo and red wine vinegar (fat-free, so they say, but full of flavor).

Breakfast Saturday morning:  2 eggs scrambled, 1 piece whole wheat toast, grapes

Lunch Saturday:  Costco hotdog  ( I was shopping and hungry and that is the healthiest thing there.)

Dinner Saturday:  A couple of handfuls of chopped lettuce, with some rotisserie chicken (Costco!) on top with light dressing.

Snack Saturday:  A few chips (Costco again!)  with fresh Jack's salsa and homemade canned peaches.  Yummy!!

I seem to be a little more disciplined during the week when I am at work.  I am going to post my weight every Monday morning.  Hopefully, that will help with my weekend discipline.  :)

Shopping Trip

Last night, I went to the mall to get a new pair of tennis shoes.  The last time I bought tennis shoes was 1999.  I am a sandal girl all of the way.  I bought a pair of running/walking shoes.  (Hey, if you have the equipment, you are more likely to go, right??)  It was close to 8 pm when I left the mall.  I hadn't had dinner yet since I came straight from work. 

The only thing standing between me and my car was.....the food court.  Uh Oh!  Could I resist?  I was really hungry.  I took a few tentative steps into the food court and the Sbarro guy stops me.  I felt like he was the wicked old hag in Snow White tempting me with the poison apple.  "Buy one slice, get one free." he said.  Oh boy, was I tempted.  I would have been the hero wife bringing home two slices of pizza to her dear husband.  Or, I would have stuffed both slices into my mouth in the driveway at my house to hide that I bought anything.  Which way do I go?  I decided I would rather not have blogged about either incident, (though I did stop and smell the pizza, yummy!)  and politely said, "No, thank you."  and ran out of the food court to my car before I could double back.

On my way home, I was trying to decide what to do for dinner.  I could pretend to be healthy at any of the unhealthy fast-food restaurants on the way home.  It was the first day of the road to healthy, so I resisted.  I had a bag of lettuce in my fridge, I decided I would have a salad.  When I got home, my dear husband was pulling out a nice thin crust, healthy pizza out of the oven.  What a great guy.

This morning, I had quinoa for breakfast with a weight loss shake from Costco.

Work brought in Papa Johns pizza for lunch (What is with all the pizza??)  So I had the smallest piece I would find to go with my carrots and sweet peppers and a peach.  I am feeling healthy today!!

The Start of a New Life

So, here I am.  Coming out to the world that I am overweight! 

I hate that word!
 
Overweight!

I woke up this morning and before I got in the shower, I hopped on the scale (not my favorite thing in the world!).  It read 274.4 lbs. 

WHAT?!?!?!?

I have not been this weight ever.  I was not even this heavy when I was 9 months pregnant with either of my children.  This is bigger than some of the contestants on Biggest Loser.  This is bigger than lots of things.

How did I get this way? 

I have been on every diet in the book.  I did LA Weight Loss for a while until I got pregnant with numero uno.  Before that, I had lost 60 pounds.  Well, they are no longer there.  But, I did learn some good things.  One of them was that for me, I need to be accountable to someone for my food, exercise, and everything.  My husband thinks I am beautiful no matter what I look like.  (So nice, not helping)  So I figure, if I can blog about my weight loss journey, then I am accountable to everyone.  I don't want to let everyone down.  So here goes....  They journey begins.