Back on the wagon...

Well, I fell off the wagon...hard and it's time to pick myself up and get back. I've been keeping up with my exercising but my healthy eating habits were thrown out the window and run over.

I'm starting fresh today and I'm determined to create some new healthy habits.

I decided to sign up for boot camp again. I weighed in on Saturday and it wasn't pretty. I'm determine to get back down to where I was and then keep dropping! Boot camp starts tonight and I'm looking forward to it and I'm dreading it...my running and push up stats are going to plain suck!

Well, they can only improve...LOL. I'll keep you posted.

Life Happens

Life has just been so busy lately that I haven't had the chance (or taken the time) to keep track of what I'm eating. I've had good days but I think my bad days are winning. I have been keeping up with my exercise but I don't think it's enough to outdo the damage.

So, I'm going to try really hard to stay on top of my eating and make healthy choices and to journal it all.

True Confessions

My eating habits have spiralled out of control lately. Well, they are not totally out of coontrol. I have been having more bad days vs. good days but it's not like my whole day is bad. Most of the day is usually good until late afternoon or evening come around and I get the munchies and I give in.

Well, this has been going on way too long and I've put on some weight, so I need to take it off. I'd like to get back to where I was before this happened. I'm guessing it's about 10-15lbs (I was afraid to weigh in), I'll weigh in tomorrow and see how far up I am and come up with a plan.

We're taking holiday pics in 4 weeks, so I need to work hard. Plus in 6 weeks, we head up north to my in-laws for Thanksgiving, so I would really like to be where I was before I spiralled out of control.

I've been slacking with my journaling (partly because work has been busy) although I have no excuse for the weekends...so I need to journal my weekends, starting with this next one. It's going to be tough...this coming weekend I head out of town with the girls for a weekend of scrapbooking, so I'm sure there will be a lot of temptation...I will stay on track AND report when I get back. :-)

Out of control....

I have spiraled out of control these last few weeks with my eating habits. I do fine during the day but once the sun goes down, you can find me raiding the pantry! Thank goodness I've kept up with my workouts, otherwise who knows how bad the damage would be. Speaking of damage, there is damage, 15lbs of damage! I'm sure a couple of those pounds are due to water retention due to the salty food I had this weekend but still, damage is damage.

So, it's time to recommit! Today is the day. My clothes are starting to feel tight and I'm not happy with myself. Enough is enough...I've got a friend that has started a 24 day weight loss challenge, so I'm joining in. Today is Day 1 and I'm back on track!

Disney World here I come!

Yep, that's right...tomorrow we head to Disney World for the whole week...so no food journaling for me. I'll be back the following week!

Where's my mojo?

For quite a while now, I've been teetering back and forth with my weight. I loose, I gain, I loose, I gain, etc.

When I see the scale go down, I get in this mindset that I lost, I can reward myself, so I eat. I gain, so I start making healthy choices again and I loose. It's a vicious cycle.

I'm tired of going back and forth. I want to get out of the 170's and see the 160's.

In early September we are headed on a family vacation, that's 5 1/2 weeks ago. I would love to see the 160's before we leave!

This morning I was at 179, so that's 10lbs to loose, about 2lbs a week. It's going to be tough, really, really tough...but I'm going to try.

160's, here I come!

Bad Weekend

I did not log what I ate over the weekend. I can tell you that I ate AWEFUL!

On Saturday I didn't get any exercise in because we took a day trip. On Sunday I did get 1 hour cardio in.

So, I'm really going to need to buckle down this week plus this coming weekend I'm heading out Thursday night to the lake with girlfriends for a weekend of scrapbooking. I'll be back on Sunday. I really need to prepare myself and stay on track.

New Week, Fresh Start - Again

I just did aweful this past weekend with my eating. I don't know what happened, I just had this "I don't care today attitude, I'll start tomorrow" and tomorrow never came and here I am, Monday morning, stressing out because The Sisterhood weigh in is on Wednesday and I don't want to let my team down.

So, clean eating starts now!!! Plus boot camp starts tonight...so not only will Team Green be watching me, but so will the nutritionist over the boot camp.

Back home and back on the wagon

I've been gone since last Friday. We went to a family member's wedding in Austin and after the wedding we headed to San Antonio and spent 2 days at Sea World. On top of all this, right before we left, I came down with strep. While gone, I ended up with an upper respiratory infection and on Monday, the first day we were heading to Sea World...I woke up with pink eye. What a vacation!?!? Anyways, it was a lot of fun and my 3.4lb gain will show how good the food and snacks were. :-)

So, I'm back home and back on the wagon with healthy food and I am so looking forward to getting back into my exercise routine!

Off to the Lake

I was out of town Thursday night through Sunday. I had a weekend away with the girls for some scrapbooking by the lake. I tried to be good, but I spiraled out of control.

I started to keep track of what I was eating and lost track but here's what I remember...

Boot Camp

I did aweful today. I signed up for a Boot Camp at the gym and it starts on Monday. It goes for 5 week, 3 workouts a week and I must keep a daily food journal and track calories and fat and turn it in ever Saturday. So, since I'll be tracking my food for 5 weeks and turning those journals in, I went overboard today.

Here's to the next 5 weeks. :-) I hope I survive.

Mini Goals

Lately I've been on this ice cream/frozen yogurt kick and we're not even into the summer yet...yikes! I need to stop eating that and just save it for treats every now and then.

So, I think I need to start setting mini-goals...one week goals. I'm thinking I'll set my goals to go Mon-Sun but since I'm coming up with this in the middle of the week, this one will go from today, Thursday - Sunday. So, the rest of this weeks mini goals are:
1 - set up my wii fit and do 30 min of something on there
2 - log my food over the weekend (i tend to slack on weekends)
3 - no ice cream or frozen yogurt or popsicles or anything along those lines

By the way, I'm on day 9 of no chocolate...yeah me!

Saturday, 2/28

I did not keep a food journal today. Why? Because I ate AWEFUL! I planned on it though. I am entering the Biggest Loser competition at my gym and I'm getting my measurements taken on Sunday, 3/1, so Saturday was my last day of getting all that bad stuff in.

I did exercise...I got a good one in...1hr spin and 1 hr body conditioning...I love Saturday exercise...I get an awesome workout in!

The season of Lent is upon us

...and I've decided on what I'm giving up: C-H-O-C-O-L-A-T-E!!!

Yep, I'm gonna do it...all forms and colors of chocolate, except for the teaspoon of unsweetened cocoa that I put in my oatmeal. :) That's the only way I'll eat the oatmeal and I only eat it 2-3 times a week (if that). So, other than that, no chocolate for 40 days!

Friday, 2/13 through Sun, 2/15

Friday the 13th lived up to it's name. My day was a day from hell. It started out good. Got up at 4:30am, headed to the gym at 5am, did the 5:30am spin class, headed back home and helped get my daughter off to school, got in the shower and ready for work, had my breakfast and was about to head out when my day went S-O-U-R to put it mildly.

Let me just say that I had my day planned out and all that went out the door. I was going to head into work early so that I could make a stop before work to get my hubby's VDay gift. I was then going to work super hard on this document that I have due this coming week. At lunch, I was going to go keep my brother's cat company...my bro was out of town, he lives 2 blocks from where I work, so I was going to head to his place over my lunch hour to work and keep Leo company. I would then head back to work, work super hard, leave work on time and we were going to take my hubby and I were going to take our daughter out on a date. :) NONE of that happened.

I was about to shutdown my laptop and head out the door Friday morning when I got a call from my boss that there were production problems at work due to some code that was released Thursday night and I had to start looking into it right away. I sat right back down, worked until noon, packed up, headed into work and worked until 7pm and then I still had to head to my bro's apartment to feel Leo. Needless to say, I didn't get home until 8pm.

Anyways, so for food journaling...I didn't really keep track but I'll try to remember what all I ate, although I can tell you my eating sucked!

Friday
breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

snack
ww english muffin with laughing cow light cheese

snack
banana
advocare fiber fruit bar

dinner
thin and crispy pizza

junk
chocolates, cupcakes

exercise
1 hour spin class

Saturday
breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

snack
sb snack bar

lunch
ww english muffin with laughing cow light cheese

dinner
steak, potatoes, 2 drinks

junk
brownie, ice cream, cupcakes, chocolates

exercise
1 hour spin
1 hour tone and sculpt class

Sunday
breakfast
cupcake, 2-3 chocolates

lunch
sb meal

dinner
chicken nachos, chips and queso and flour tortillas

junk
pint of ben and jerry's fro yo

exercise
45 min cardio (15min stair master, 30min elliptical)
lower body weights

Moving onward and upward...

This last week and weekend have just been aweful where my eating is concered. I have made some pretty unhealthy choices, over indulged, etc. My working out has been consistent but my eating healthy has been lacking.

So, I stopped journaling on Friday.

Today is the start of a new week and I'm getting back on the wagon. So, here's to a good day, good week, good month!

New Year, Fresh Start

Happy New Year everyone! I'm back. Well, I *tried* to keep a food journal while out of town and I semi-succeeded. I kept a journal Friday through Tuesday, started one on Wednesday and never looked back. Well, I did look back and I was eating so bad and doing so much grazing that I would loose track of all I ate.

Here's a sampling of the journals I kept.
Friday, 12/26
3-4 cookies
protein shake
south beach meal
banana
mc d salad with grilled chicken and lite italian dressing
apple dippers with caramel
3 cookies
exercise - spin and upper body weights

Saturday, 12/27
protein shake
banana
1/2 kashi bar
candy and cookies (too many)
3 slices pizza

Sunday, 12/28
cinnamon roll
bbq sandwich and corn
meatballs
cookies (too too many)
candy and chips (too many)

Monday, 12/29
shake
8 cookies, doritos, 2 candies, marshmallows
1 hour walk
mexican food
more candy and cookies

Tuesday, 12/30
shake
1 hour walk
candy
chicken sandwich and soup
candy, cookies
starbucks
cheese burger
cookies, candy, doritos

Need I say more...

Thursday, 12/25

Merry Christmas to all!

Well, it's been hard keeping track of my food lately because of all the goodies around, the parties, being out and about all day, etc.

My goal is to start journaling everything I eat starting tomorrow, the 26th. It's going to be tough because we head out of town for 1 week tomorrow, but I will do my best to keep track of it all. I will try to keep a little pad in my purse so I can write it down as the day goes.

I don't know that I'll have internet access while out of town, but if I do, I'll post my food journal. If I don't have access, I'll post it all when I get back in town.

Have a wonderful Christmas and a healthy and prosperous New Year!

Extinct Food Journal

I haven't posted my food journal these last couple of days because...well...because...I'm ashamed of it. I don't know what's wrong with me. I've been in a slump. I do good during the day, eat healthy, and then the sun goes down and I binge. I think it's just a combination of tired and stressed and I turn to food. Lately I've been very busy at work and I've been coming home and working in the evenings. So I sit here on the computer, working, and I get stuck on something and I turn to food to take a break. I really need to stop the madness before I undo the good that I've done.

I'm still drinking plenty of water and exercising but my eating habits have not been good.

It's time to change that.

Tonight I'll post my food journal for the day...whether good or bad.

Crazy Busy Weekend

I had a crazy busy weekend and did not track my food intake plus I made some bad choices.

My daughter's birthday party was on Saturday afternoon, then on Saturday evening she had a birthday party to go to and then after that we stopped at the high school and watched a local football game for 11-12 year olds. We didn't get home until almost 11.
On Sunday...pick up the house and run errands.
Monday was my daughter's first day in PK and I was an emotional wreck. All was good until I let my guard down in the evening.
Breakfast
advocare meal replacement shake

Lunch
ground meat with peas

Snack
advocare protein shake

Dinner
ground meat with peas

Snack
cookie dough and cookies (I left 3 cookies at home for my daughter and I brought the rest to work and put in the break room; cookies be gone!)

Exercise
weights
1 hour spin class