I walked so I could get.....Day 6

Tomorrow is my half Friday, since I have Friday's off, but I have decided to work half day on Friday's now to help out our sister company, so that make it my half Friday. I am lucky enough to do it from home too!

Breakfast: Yogurt
Snack: String cheese and 48 pretzel sticks.
Lunch: 1/4 steamed cabbage, 1 zucchini and 1 carrot
Snack: small popcorn, 100 calorie cookies and a can of coke
Dinner: Bean and cheese burrito

I guess after my overly healthy lunch I decided I needed something salt and sweet. I think I went a little over board though but to back up my bad eating, I did walk tonight. Katya, Lindsay walked a couple miles.....so booya! We are going to try and do this a couple times a week. So when you are ready to get on board let me know :)

Exercise, what's that.....Day 5

I am half way through my work week. Sweet!

Breakfast: Apple with cheddar cheese sticks
Lunch: Left over roast beast with some mashers and steamed cabbage.
Dinner: Sourdough burger (homemade) with a small side of roasted potatoes.

I had nothing else for breakfast than an apple and cheese. I was in desperate need for a grocery run but didn't have time last night. It always a good snack though so I can't really complain. Had my left over for lunch and they were just as good today as they were on Sunday. I had planned a walk for when I got home with some friends and my day was going pretty good. Then I got home, back hurting really bad for some reason, sat on the couch and decided that I could skip today and just go tomorrow. There was only 3 of us going so it was no big deal. I think the reason for me having so much back pain lately is due to lack of exercise. But I can't help it, I hate to exercise! Did was excellent. We made hamburgers which I only had 1 slice of sourdough instead of 2, so I ate it open faced. Didn't eat too much potatoes either. I was behaving without even realizing it. I went to the grocery store awhile after dinner. We were all busy having too much fun! I'm now debating something sweet but it's a lil late.

Off to bed I go, as I am falling asleep typing this.

Monday Night Football....Day 4

Holla! It's Monday and San Diego is in a slum. Next time Chargers...next time. Adam and Katya were neck and neck with their football poll, she took the lead with her score but neither ended up winning since the darn Broncos won...BOO!

Breakfast was coffee with some pretzel sticks (48=100 calories) and a stick of cheese. I so wanted something really good for lunch and could have been bad but remembered that we were going out for the game and I didn't know what we were going to end up eating for dinner so I stuck with my BBQ chicken breast, avocado, carrots and cabbage. I was going to make a salad but thought that it would be much better if I steamed it and I was right. Put a dash of salt and pepper and that 5h1t was good :) We had subway for dinner. BLT no T plus C. I totally could have totally eaten the whole footlong but I held back and only had half. At the Diaz's they had a whole spread of food but I was, for once, good and didn't eat...at first. I only had a couple potato wedges and a couple bites of macaroni salad. I was so proud of myself, although I can feel myself getting hungry since we ate at 5:15. I downed a glass of water hoping that I will have a good weigh in tomorrow :)

Nite Nite!

The Beast...Day 3

Hello everyone. So I fell behind and am writing this on Monday evening. Yesterday I decided not to weigh myself and just wait til Tuesday. I still need to change the batteries in my scale.

We were so exhausted from Sea World that we all slept in til about 8am, even Joseph! I got him up, changed him and took him back into our room where daddy was pretending to sleep. We watched cartoons for a little while then they headed down stairs for breakfast. I stayed upstairs and started to tackle the "spare room" aka junk storage area. I have guests coming in soon so I need to put a bed back in there. I didn't eat anything until around 11. We had an early lunch that consisted of Frito's, chili, cheese and some pepper flakes aka Frito Pie. Why am I even writing this blog? I thought I was getting back onto my diet not thinking about it :) We hung around the house until Joseph and I decided that it was enough and took off to Party City and Target where I got him a new car seat for Adam's car for $12.50!!!!! I'm sure everyone already knows, I announced it to the world. I could believe the buy. So back to what I shoved into my face. We had dinner at the Coniglio's. Mash potato's, gravy, roast beast and just a medium side piece of chocolate chip cake (with ice cream). It was all so good! I was starving by the time we got over there that I was ready to grub and once again forgot about meaning diet.

What does Monday hold? It's Monday Night Football and the Chargers are playing....might not be good :) GO CHARGERS!

Someone's lying! Day 2

At the dr yesterday the scale read 148lbs. This morning I weighed with my scale and it said 143.8! Someone's scale is lying to me. I think I need to change the batteries in my scale and re-weigh.



Started the morning with a cup of coffee and 2 slices of sourdough toast...my favorite. Played with Joseph until he started getting grumpy and headed up for his morning nap. Had an avocado for lunch with a couple bites of Adam's pizza, then off to Sea World we went where I had just a little bit of popcorn and a diet pepsi. For dinner we had Phil's BBQ and I'm so glad that I didn't eat much for lunch cause I forgot all about any kind of diet. I had the pulled pork sandwich with a side of fries which Adam ate most of.

So I have figured out why I am gaining a little back....read above, go figure! lol. It's all good though. There's always tomorrow :)

Not so good....day 1

I started my day off right with a slice of toast and a banana. Had a cheese stick and 48 pretzels (100 calories) for a snack to hold me over while I was having my hair done until lunch. For lunch I had a salad and Michael's Grill's calamari. If you haven't had it, you need to! So good! It's lightly fried with green chilies and green onions. A must have if you go there. No dressing with the salad just a little salt and pepper. I snacked on a few chips and salsa around 5:30 and headed to Pho Convoy Noodle for Vietnamese food. Unfortunately, I was very unimpressed with their food. Pho Cao Dou on Mira Mesa has much better food. The fish sauce was incredible salty. I can feel it on my tongue. I ordered god knows what. I don't know why I chose to go outside of my box but I did and ended up ordering Spring Rolls and just eating them.

So I pretty much blew it today. I was going to try and do good all day but the calamari threw me off. Oh well, tomorrow right? Reading this over I guess the day wasn't too bad but it could have been better. Alright, I'm off to chug some water. I'm gonna be bloated tomorrow :)

Also, had a dr appointment today and weighed 148. I have 5lbs to lose to get back down to where I was and where I am comfortable.

How do I keep it off?

I don't know who will actually read this but I'm just gonna put it out there and maybe we can help each other. I have struggled with my weight since I've been out of high school. I don't know what it is that make you gain all that weight. I know not everyone does, but a lot of people do. I didn't even go to college to gain the freshmen 15....I just did it on my own. I'm a go getter! Right before I found out I was pregnant I was probably the fattest I had ever been. I say fat cause that's what it was. I was lazy and fat and it was starting to really show. I was stuck in a routine of doing nothing and eating whatever I wanted. I have no idea what I was thinking. It really effected the way I felt about myself. Then I learned that I had a baby on board. I was cautious to not use the "I'm pregnant" excuses to eat. I still gained 40lbs without even trying. I watched what I ate but I think it also what a little of just watching it on the plate, watching it be picked up and watching it go into my mouth. I was astonished when I tipped the scale at my 38 week appointment. I was 201! and horrified. I may have been 38 weeks pregnant but that was the last thing I had wanted to see at the time. Each appointment I watched it inch up until this day :) I went into labor that day and gave birth to my handsome little Joseph Scott the following morning, as you all know. I'm not kidding when I tell this story. As I lay there, baby being weighed, I asked the Dr. how much the placenta weighed? I was trying to calculate how much I would lose automatically. WHO DOES THAT? I guess a person who is so concerned about their weight. I think it's a funny story to tell but in a way it's kind of sad.

So 8 weeks went by so fast and I was already back to work. At this point I had lost 30 of my 40 baby weight pounds. I was feeling pretty good but knew I had aways to go to get back to healthy and happy. Sarah had told me that people at her work were doing The Biggest Loser weight lose challenge. I was totally on board. It was going to be hard though since I worked so far from her. I asked around my work and a few ladies were interested too. I was so excited to start. To make a long story short. I went from my start weight, 165, to 143. I love that number :) That's 22lbs! I was so proud of myself. I felt great, I felt pretty, I felt like I could be proud of my body....stretch marks and all. I even wore a bikini in Palm Springs. Thank god it was just the girls there. The guy friends would have been horrified lol. I cut out carbs and ate salads like it was nobodies business, but hey, I lost 22lbs.

Now getting to the point. The wedding has come and gone and I have been totally stressed out about all this stuff with my Dad, who I miss more and more every day that I don't get to talk him. I have been eating everything and anything and at anytime of the day like I'm Wonder Woman with that killer bod. I'm no longer breastfeeding so I can't depend on that to burn my calories. I have to, dare I say it, EXERCISE! I hate that word and everything is stands for. I've gained about 3-5lbs (it fluctuates) this month and now I freaking about getting it back off. If I let it go I could let it inch up again and that's not where I want to be.

I'm going to keep a diary right here every day to track what I eat and I encourage you to do the same on here. April and I want to set up a walk group twice a week as well. I'm thinking starting next Tuesday and Thursday. Please let me know if you are also interested in joining us. I will post my current weight every Tuesday and you should also keep track. I have so been avoiding my scale lately and it's time to get serious again. No more messing around or eating bad food, does Taco Bell count as bad food? It's soooooo good.

Sum it up:
Daily: record what I eat. Calories if they are available.
Weekly: weigh in every Tuesday
Weekly: walk Tuesday and Thursday
Goal: TO KEEP IT OFF!
Time frame: I say til December 31, 2009. I have to lose the lbs and keep them off.

Good Luck!