Accountability Report for February 4 2009

Okay everyone here is my report for yesterday:

Accountability Report 02/04/09

**NUTRITION**
(Per SparkPeople Guidelines)
[My personal Goal]

• Calories: (1680-2030)
  [1968]
  *1561*
  
• Fiber: (25-35g)
  [25-30 g]
  *23*
  
• Sodium: (0-2300)
  *3620*
  
• Carbs: (217-314g)
  *227*
  
• Fat: (43-75g)
  *40*
  
• Protein: (60-169g)
  *75*
  
• Veggies/Fruits: [4 servings]
  *9*
  
• Water: (8+ cups) [12 cups]
  *8*
  
• Vitamin:[4x a day]
  *NO*
  
• Supplements:{folic acid, omega 3}[3x a day]
  *NO*
  

**Exercise**

• Walk: (Daily) *Day off*
  
• Strength: (Every other day) *Day off*
  
• Cardio: (Daily) *Day Off*
  

**MISC**

• Post daily updates + Weekly Weigh-ins: (Sunday-weigh in): *YES*
  
• 15 minutes housecleaning daily: *NO*
  
• Stay off of scale: *YES*
  

**Reflections**

Well today started out horrible, I woke up with a migraine, because I forgot to drink any caffeine the day before. After a cup of coffee and a couple of Aleve, and some time it was gone. I was having some issues with my right calf muscle, so I decided to take the day off to rest it. Everything will return to normal tomorrow. I ate well, came in below my calorie range for SparkPeople and under my goal as well, but I wasn't hungry at all, well until around 2 am, but I did not eat anything then because I knew I just needed to go to bed. My BodyBugg should be here in a couple of days and I can't wait to get it. I am really curious as to how many calories I am really burning during the day. We are getting closer to Sunday, which is weigh-in and I am curious to how this week has went weight loss wise. I have stayed within the SparkPeople calorie range, everyday but 1, and that was the first day. I have been under my target calorie range everyday but the first day. I did not do a protein bar for my morning meal today (The meal before breakfast), I just ate a banana and I found myself really hungry by breakfast time. And I was also a little hungrier throughout the day, but once I had my meal I was fine. I also realized that I could eat lots of vegetables and not worry so much about the calories since most are lower calories. So I can see that in the future I will have to grocery shop for fresh produce every week. I made my first healthy dinner for Nina and I last night, we had baked "fried" chicken, a recipe I found on SparkPeople, canned corn, canned French cut green beans, brown rice, and my veggie mix (onions, yellow and green peppers, and mushrooms sautéed (using PAM)). It was confusing at first to figure the calorie count of the recipe and of my veggies, but I finally got it all figured out. (My chicken was not the same as the one used in the recipe, I also didn't have margarine, I only use real butter, so I had to do the calories myself). I t was a very filling dinner, the chicken was very yummy (Nina loved it), the rice was good, and the veggies were yummy. I couldn't eat everything that I put on my plate; it was just too much food. I did eat most of the veggies, and all of the chicken, but only at about ¾ of the rice, and ¾ of the mixed veggies. Later in the evening I decided to try one of the 100 calorie Ice Cream Bars that I purchased, it was also yummy. So all in all it was a great day.

Daily Mood Check: Happy, lonely, and a little stressed

Healthy Lifestyle Scale: Healthy

All in all yesterday was a good day. I hope today I can do better with the exercise. My eating is going well, and I am very proud of that. I am eating under 2000 calories most days, and I am not really hungry. I have found out that I really need to have a protein bar/shake first thing in the morning I do not have the urge to snack throughout the day. I really need to start taking my vitamin and supplements, but I forget about them. I will talk to you all tomorrow.

Julie