2 week weigh in

So today is weigh in day, and I lost another 3 lbs this week, putting my total lost at 6lbs, in 2 weeks. I am very happy with that result. Now, honestly I was hoping to do better, as I have in the past been known to lose 10lbs a week in the beginning. But I am finding my weight loss slower this time, and I am also just eating healthier, making better choices, and not doing a fad diet, where I eat hardly anything for the first few weeks (before I quit due to hunger).

I did quit logging my food this week, I know big mistake, and I am going jump right back on it this week. I got off schedule with my husband returning home on Wednesday, but even though I didn't log my food Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or today. (Sunday is my cheat day, so I will not log on Sunday's unless it becomes a problem). I did up my exercise this week, getting in at least a 1 mile walk everyday but 2, Tuesday and Wednesday. But I met my calorie burned goal for both days.

On Wednesday, Nina and I traveled to pick up Hubby, 5 hours away. I did pack us some healthy snacks, water, and juice for the ride. I knew that we would be eating once we got there to pick him up, so I had thought about that before we left, making sure that I knew some healthy choices that I could choose, from several different types of restaurants. But, I still struggled, now we aren't the fancy, sit down type restaurant people, so I knew our choice would be fast food, so we decided on Burger King, we once we were standing there getting ready to order, I had a big problem, I couldn't decide what I should order. So I went with a grill chicken sandwich, with mustard and pickles only, and was planning on ordering a side salad to go with it, but the lady didn't hear me order that, so I just got the chicken sandwich, and I also was hoping for tea to drink but ended up with water. Well, I didn't eat the bun the chicken came on, because I thought it tasted horrible, and I couldn't drink much of the water, because of the chlorine taste. So by the time we walked back out to the car (we were at a PX, food court, and I parked way away from the store). I was starving, so I ate a protein bar, and a banana. After all that I still came in under my calorie intake for the day.

So all in all, I did okay on my first road trip. My daughter liked having the snacks in the car also, and she liked having her water bottle with her. My husband thinks for now, I am a little strange, but poor thing has no idea how to eat healthy, or what it is like to have to watch your calorie intake. Since he can eat 1200 calories a meal and never gain more than 3 lbs a month, only to lose it the next month. But he is being as supportive as possible, trying new things, even though he doesn't want to. And trying to keep his soda out of my sight, so I don't have issues with it. But he is still buying junk food for him, which is going to stop very soon, because I don't want the crap in the house.

Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, I was readjusting myself to him being home. He brings stress with him, honestly. So I did overeat some, and I didn't log my food at all, because I just didn't feel like, hearing his comments about it. He just doesn't get it, and thinks counting calories is crazy. But I told him last night that he needed to stop, because I had to count calories, and it was working for me, and he needed to think about his comments before he made them. And I think he finally gets it? Now don't misread what I wrote, he doesn't make fun of my weight, or anything like that, he just doesn't understand counting calories, or why you need to do it, and he thinks that me being so obsessed with it is a problem. But he just wasn't getting that I have to be obsessed with it or else it isn't going to work.

Sunday is my official cheat day, and last week I logged my food all day, but as the day went on, I would not allow myself to cheat, so this week I decided that on Sunday I am not going to log my food at all. Just so I can actually cheat. Having a cheat day may not be important to some people, but I need it, because I am barely on most days getting in 1200 calories a day, where I am suppose to be eating 1950, I just have a hard time getting that high, believe it or not. But I really never have been a gorge yourself type eater, but I think what has happened is that my metabolism is really shot for all these years of not eating enough. So I am trying to eat as many calories as I can every day, and then bump that up on Sunday, just to let my body know that there is nothing to worry about, that there is plenty of food to eat. And hopefully jump start my metabolism some. We will see how it goes, if I start to gain weight, I will go back to logging my food on Sunday's just to make sure I am not getting to crazy.

I did have 1 soda this week, and I am actually drinking it right now, and it tastes horrible. But it is cheat day, so I thought I would have one of my husband's stash, just so I didn't have to make coffee today, and I wish I would have stuck with coffee.

So there you have it, my weigh in results, and a rundown of my week.

Sunday- Weigh In Day

So today is weigh in day, so I stepped on the scale this morning and to my surprise I had lost 3 lbs this week!! I am very happy to see those 3 lbs gone. I kept forgetting to do the accountability report everyday, sorry about that. I need to start doing it first thing, so I don't forget about it.
I did finally get my BodyBugg, and so far so good. It is amazing to my simple minded self that I am actually burning calories when I am sleeping and sitting around doing nothing. I am still working on my exercising. Some days I really have to push myself to get it done, but some days I just don't feel like it, and I lack the will power to push myself hard enough to get it done. So this week my goal is to exercise everyday, even if it is just the Wii Fit. I did do my Walk away The Pounds last night, and I did 2 miles, I was very proud of that. And I do plan on doing 2 miles a little later tonight. I hope I can do 2 miles everyday this week, and I think that next week I will stay at 3 lbs, lost. I know that 2lbs is the most you are suppose to lose in a week, but I am pretty heavy so I think 3 lbs a week for the firs month will be okay, but honestly I will be happy with any thing that I lose.

Until next time,
JT

Loving your body

Today I am feeling sort of blah and a little depressed so, I decided to reread some of my favorite articles that I have saved on SparkPeople.com, and I came across the article that I had saved dealing with loving your body 5 Ways to Love Your Body this was exactly what I needed to read today. I have issues with my body big time, I always have, I really just hate a lot of things about my body, and today I am really feeling horrible about my body, since I just don't think I have worked hard enough to lose any weight this week and part of that reason is because my body has let me down once again. There is only so much this Heavy, Fat, body of mine can do, and it pisses me off, there is so much more I want to do. So I needed to reread this article today.
I am going to give you the 5 ways, but I reccommend that you read the article for yourself, just so you can get a good understanding of each way.
1. Stop picking yourself apart! I should really start here today.
2. Conside the marvelous functions of your body.
3. Get Real!
4. Change your inner dialogue. I need to work on this alot.
5. Take care of your body. I need to work on this also.

So there it is 5 steps that you can use to start learning to love your body. The article goes into detail about each step, I am not going to do that here. I just know that today, I needed this article, because I was beating myself up really bad about my lack of exercise this week and the fact that my feet/ankles would not let me do some of the things that I wanted to do, and I was beating my body up pretty bad this morning. I have changed those thoughts to positive ones, I did get in some exercise this week, which is better than before, and my body didn't really let me down, I tried to push it too hard, it needs more time to rest. I hope that you will go check out the article, so that you can work on loving your body too.
Until next time,
JT

Accountability Report for February 5 2009

 

Accountability Report 02/06/09

**NUTRITION**
(Per SparkPeople Guidelines)
[My personal Goal]*My Totals for the day*

• Calories: (1680-2030)
  [1968] *1772*
  
• Fiber: (25-35g) [25-30 g] *33*
  
• Sodium: (0-2300)*3572*
  
• Carbs: (217-314g)*312*
  
• Fat: (43-75g)*33*
  
• Protein: (60-169g)*88*
  
• Veggies/Fruits: [4 servings]*8servings*
  
• Water: (8+ cups) [12 cups]*6 cups*
  
• Vitamin: [4x a day]*no, I forgot again*
  
• Supplements:{folic acid, omega 3} [3x a day]*No*
  

**Exercise**

• Walk: (Daily)*no*
  
• Strength: (Every other day)*no*
  
• Cardio: (Daily)*no*
  

**MISC**

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

**Reflections**

• I was waiting for the UPS Person all day, waiting for my BodyBugg. It finally arrived at 6pm, good gracious, what takes them so long to get to my house. I was once again being lazy, I didn't do much of anything, no exercise, no housecleaning nothing. This laziness explains why I am so Fat, I really think that is one of my major issues, I am just lazy. I ate well, staying within my calorie range, but I did have a case of the munchies, I just wanted to snack all day long. I did allow myself to snack often, just so I didn't feel deprived, I just ate the right kinds of snacks (fresh fruit, whole grains, etc.). I also found myself putting a ton of stuff on the plate for snacking, but then I wouldn't eat even half of it, because I was full. This is a big imporvment, before I would snack in huge portions and just keep snacking. So I was surprised when I couldn't finish the big plate that I had made up for snack. I did drink some calories, I had a juice at 3am, and then a vitamin water later in the day, I would really like to not drink many calories at all, but I am not drinking water now like I was in the beginning, I have gotten tired of it, and I am craving flavored things to drink. Since I have been under my calorie count a lot lately, I thought it would be okay to go ahead and drink some things with calories in them, to push up my calorie count a little. I am still not able to get to my calorie mark of 1968, and I have been trying, that is just too much food for me. But I do know that I ate way more calories than that before I started this, because I did log one meal the week before I started, only one meal because I was surprised at the calorie count in that meal (Close to 1000), so I know I was eating way over 1968 calories in a day before. But now it seems like a lot of food, because I am eating healthier foods, making better choices. One of my things going into this was that I didn't want to feel deprived at all, because if I do even for a minute, I will give up. I have in the past, did well for a few weeks, but as soon as I was tempted by a food I couldn't have, it was over, I would eat that food, and say well I failed and then give up. So this time I will not be depriving myself, so if it means that I go over my calories for the day, well then, I will just be over for that day, and I will get right back on track the next day. I now know my body does not need a ton of calories and junk to survive, it is doing just fine with the calories and foods I am eating right now.
  

 

Daily Mood Check: *Good*

Healthy Lifestyle Scale:*On Your Way*

Until next time,

JT

Vitamin Water Review

First let me start off by saying that this is my personal opinion, I have not been paid or given any kind of reward, whatever for doing this review. This is just my honest opinion for what that is worth. Okay now that that is out of the way I can start with my little review:

I am going to only review the two flavors that I have tried so far, the Energy (tropical citrus) and the Power-c (dragon fruit) flavors.

I will start with the Power-C one:

First off let me say that you view the company website here.

I really didn't know what to think of these waters to tell you the truth, I had never had one, nor had I before thought of drinking one. It just sounded well nasty to me, I mean Vitamins in your water, Yuck. I was imagining an awful vitamin tasting drink, but, boy was I wrong. Once I opened the bottle of Power-C and gave it a sniff I knew that it was not going to taste like the vitamin nightmare I was thinking of, the smell was fruity. Now, I knew that this drink was not going to give me a ton of vitamins, or do anything miraculous; I am just looking for different options when it comes to my drink selection. I am a recovering soda addict, and just need lots of different options with flavor. The Descriptions on the sides of the bottles make me laugh, they are written by someone with a great sense of humor, and I laughed out loud several times just reading the bottle. As I turned up the bottle to take my first drink, I didn't know what to expect, maybe the fruity smell was just a cover up for that vitamin taste. But, after that first drink I was hooked. It was wonderful, a nice fruity taste, not too sweet, but not liked flavored water either. There was no strange aftertaste, which I hate. So all in all I like it a lot. Now it will not become a daily drink for me, because the calorie count is high for the bottle (well high for me, and I don't want to be drinking all my calories). But it will be my occasional treat drink. (There are 125 calories per 20 oz bottle)

Now about the Energy:

Now, this taste test started off a little better, since I knew that I wasn't tasting a disgusting vitamin tasting thing. I opened the bottle and gave it a sniff; it had a nice fruity smell, okay great. Then I take a sip, hummmmm, not as great tasting as the Power-C but not bad. The Energy one is lacking a little something, I am not sure what but it is a little bland to me, it actually tastes like water that you put a little citrus into, whereas the Power-C tasted more like a fruit drink. But all in all it is okay, this one doesn't make my list of treat waters though. I just don't think I will waste my calories on this one.

Okay so there is my little reviews take them or leave them, but they are honest. Now both of these drinks are high on the Sugar count, so if you are watching that I would say: DANGER!! Stay Away! But, all in all they are okay for an occasional treat.

PS (The Energy one does have 50mg of natural caffeine if you are looking for some caffeine, like me).

I think that you can purchase these just about anywhere. Remember what I said before though if you run out to buy some, these are not the way to get in all your vitamins for the day, they are just a fruity tasting beverage and should be used as such.

Until next time,

JT

Accountability Report for February 5 2009

 

Accountability Report 02/05/09

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

• Calories: (1680-2030)
  [1968] 1610
  
• Fiber: (25-35g) [25-30 g] 20
  
• Sodium: (0-2300)4324
  
• Carbs: (217-314g)185
  
• Fat: (43-75g)46
  
• Protein: (60-169g)129
  
• Veggies/Fruits: [4 servings]11
  
• Water: (8+ cups) [12 cups]5
  
• Vitamin: [4x a day]no
  
• Supplements:{folic acid, omega 3} [3x a day]no
  

**Exercise**

• Walk: (Daily) *no*
  
• Strength: (Every other day) *no*
  
• Cardio: (Daily) *no*
  

**MISC**

• Post daily updates + Weekly Weigh-ins: (Sunday-weigh in): *yes*
  
• 15 minutes housecleaning daily: *no*
  
• Stay off of scale: *yes, even though I am getting curious*
  

**Reflections**

I woke up in a good mood even though I only slept for 6 hours but, that didn't last long. I thought that it was the 6^th when it was truly the 5^th, and that put me in a depressed mood. (I thought my BodyBugg was coming but it isn't scheduled to arrive until the 6^th). So from that point on I was in a depressed mood all day, so I was being lazy and didn't do anything. Yes I know that if I would have gotten off my lazy butt, and did some exercise that would have most likely lightened my mood. But I just decided to be lazy. So no exercise now, for 2 days, and I am not happy about it, but, I will pick it up tomorrow. My eating went okay yesterday; I still came in under my calorie intake goals, which is okay by me. But, I did not eat my 4 meals, I only ate 3 meals, this included my Morning Meal (or Wake up Meal), and Brunch, and the Dinner. But I wasn't hungry at all. I made a protein shake in the morning, but it was way too thick, so I only drank part of it. When I make my next one, I will go lightly on the frozen fruit and see if that helps, if not I may have to use more milk, I just can't stand to drink something so thick. I made a new recipe for dinner again, this time a Crockpot meal it was really good, but was lacking some spice, so next time I will add some spices to it. All in all it was an okay day.

Daily Mood Check: Depressed but okay

Healthy Lifestyle Scale: On Your Way (OH dang it, I went down from healthy, probably because of my water intake)

Until Next Time,

JT

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