Day 8

I'm trying to figure this one out...

September 8th at 7:51am
BMI: 33.54
Weight: 196.4 lbs
Wii Fit Age: 28

I seem to have gained 1.1 lbs since after eating much less yesterday and counting points. Hmmm... Guess we'll see what happens throughout the rest of today and the rest of the week. I now have 5.5 lbs to lose to reach my goal in the next three weeks.

Breakfast:
~ 1/2 Bagel - 3pts
~ 1tsp Butter - 1pt
Total Breakfast: 4pts

Lunch:
~ 1/6 Chicken Burrito - 5pts
~ 20 oz Water w/Strawberry Lemonade single mix - 0pts
Total Lunch: 5pts

Snack:
~ 1/2 c Low Fat Ice Cream - 3pts
~ 5c 94% Fat Free Micro Popcorn - 1pt
~ 20oz Water/Strawberry Lemonade single mix - 0pts
Total Snack: 4pts

Dinner:
~ 1/5 Chicken Burrito -6pts
~ 1/4 Avacado - 2pts
~ Water - opts
Total Dinner: 8pts

Snack:
~ 2 Banana Oatmeal Cookies - 2pts
~ 1c Low Fat Ice Cream - 6pts
Total Snack: 8pts

I have decided to use three of my weekly allowance to have a full cup of ice cream tonight...

Day 7

Today I start counting points. I've pulled out the Weight Watchers points guides and such that I'd borrowed from my mother-in-law last winter and am starting again! I have 27 points to work with on a daily basis and there are a TON of foods out there that are considered to be "filling foods" and even more that are good-for-you 0-point foods! I may need to make another trip to the grocery store. I'll be making sure to log everything that I eat through my 27-point days as well as my weigh-ins and workout schedule.

September 7th at 8:06am
BMI: 33.35
Weight: 195.3 lbs
Wii Fit Age: 29

Breakfast:
~ 1/4 lg banana - 1pt
~ 1c Special K with 1/2c Lite Silk - 3pts
~ 1c Tropicana Pure Raspberry & Acai juice - 3pts
Total Breakfast: 7pts

Workout: 8 Minute TaeBo

Lunch:
~ 1c Powerade - 1pt
~ 1/2 Bagel with 1T peanut butter - 6pts
Total Lunch: 7pts

Snack:
~ 5c 94% Fat Free Microwave Popcorn - 1pt
Total Snack: 1pt

Dinner:
~ Small Handful Potato Chips - 2pts
~ 1/2 Hamburger - 2.5pts
~ 1/2 Bratwurst - 2.5pts
~ 1/2 Slice Fat Free Cheese - 0pts
~ 6 Small Potato Wedges - 1pt
~ 1 Small Corn on the Cob - 1pt
~ 1c Watermelon - 1pt
~ 6 Cherry Tomatoes - 0pts
~ 12oz Can Diet Coke - 0pts
Total Dinner: 10pts

There is a chance I may have ice cream before the night is over, since I still have 2pts to spare and 2 Active POINTS earned for the day. But chances are it might just be 0pts worth of air popped pop corn...

Day 5

Today seems like a slack-off day in the world of working out and eating healthy. I guess I am still eating fairly healthy, just not working out today. I went to bed last night with a twing in my back and woke up this morning with a full blown pinch that I am attempting to nurse today in the hopes that it doesn't not end up any worse than it already is.

So I will try to drink my water and not snack so much today. I will try to be as active as my back will allow me without causing me any more pain or injury to it.

I will make it a point to do better with this whole thing next week!

Days 3 & 4

The past two days were a bit hectic around here in the mornings so I have not weighed in or really worked out much. I was able to go "swimming" with Hannah yesterday. I am hoping to have a couple of "relax" afternoons over the next couple of days and with that, up my water intake and lessen my snacking! I'm hoping that taking a short nap and maybe working on a few things for youth group and Christmas will help me with that goal...

I will update more about at least what I've eaten today before I go to bed tonight, provided I can get to the computer.

Day 2

September 2nd
BMI: 33.38
Weight: 195.6 lbs
Wii Fit Age: 28

Loss of 0.4 lbs leaving 4.6 lbs to lose by September 14th in order to reach my goal.

Today started out slowly for the most part. Breakfast was the whole Special K thing with blueberries and then a handful of Ritz for a snack before heating up leftovers to share with Hannah for lunch. She ate all the carrots out of the Shepherd's Pie, however, and left me with the mashed potatoes... I think, for the first time in my life, that I would have rathered the carrots!

I am hoping to get another small workout in today. Maybe instead of a 30 minute free step on the Wii, I'll try to do the Basic Step and some balance games. Next week I plan on adding some Yoga and Strength Training in my rotation. The only hope I have with that is that I can get both of my kids to take a nap at the same time and for longer than 30 minutes (for the youngest one, anyway) at a time. I am finding it harder to do anything in the way of "working out" unless they are both sleeping. Hannah tends to try and climb on the balance board with me and I'm always afraid that Caleb will end up crawling up right behind me and I'll end up stepping on him!

Well, lunch was not what I was hoping for and dinner will not be Special K in place of anything else, due to being out of the house with my mom (who's up from Florida right now). However, a plus will be being able to come home and add some swimming time with Hannah to my Fitness Log on the Wii before going to bed!

At the ending of a day...

I think that I've learned a downfall to dieting and working out is to just completely change everything all at once. My 30 minute step went well, but I was very light headed and tired afterward. That was something new to me. Breakfast and lunch were of the same thing with a SlimFast bar in between for a snack. After my workout to have some protiens and sugars (as it is said that is the best to do after a workout), I had a small bagel with one half having some peanut butter on it. My true downfall, however, is that I have a tendency to eat when I'm stressed out or even just bored, so I think that it has become a bad habit to just kind of always have something to eat whether I'm really hungry or not. Today proved difficult and I did have a snack after my bagel and p.b. and I did have a snack after dinner, of which started out fairly healthy (hommus on Wassa crackers) but then ended up turning back when I forgot about the snack I'd already made and grabbed a handful of Ritz Honey Butter Crackers for myself when Hannah got her snack. Oops!

On the plus, Hannah's leftover birthday cake still sits untouched by me today! YAY! :-D

So now I go to bed with thoughts of what to do to help me with all of this whole weight loss thing and what really will help me to make it happen. The goal I set today was to lose 5lbs in two weeks. Do I think it can happen? Sure. Do I think it will happen? I'm still trying to be positive about that answer, so for now I guess I'll just go get ready for bed and drink some more water...

Day 1

Here we go!

Today was probably not the best day to start this, but after finally getting home from the DHS office (supposed to have my meeting at 8:00 but didn't get in until 8:20) I was able to weigh in and do my body test using WiiFit and our Balance Board. My goal would be to weigh in before having breakfast in the mornings, so I have yet to eat. I know, I know, not smart, but it's been one crazy morning!

So here are my stats for today:

September 1st at 8:41am
BMI: 33.46
Weight: 196.0
WiiFit Age: 30

My breakfast today will be a bowl of Special K cereal with skim milk (everything portioned out) and a handful of blueberries for some flavor. I may start buying the vanilla flavored Silk to have with my Special K for a while for some flavor, seeing and berries will be going out of season and becoming much more expensive before I know it! I'm thinking that I'm going to spend the next two weeks trying the "Special K Challenge" where I will have Special K for breakfast and lunch every day for two weeks. I also have stuff for SlimFast shakes and snacks as well, to help me not to indulge in too many things that I shouldn't eat if I'm trying to lose weight steadily. I'm hoping to log what I eat every day, either way, so maybe I'll get embarassed by putting things on here more often than not of things that I probably should omit from my daily diet.

Well, I think it's time for some breakfast now. I'm hoping to get a chance to do a 30 minute step later, and maybe fit in a TaeBo 8 Minute Workout. However, that is all providing that both Hannah and Caleb take good naps this afternoon and don't hinder my workout time any. Perhaps we'll all take a family walk this evening before after dinner and bedtime.