Tuesday, 1/30

Breakfast: Everything bagel with cream cheese and small iced caramel latte
Lunch: Salad & chips
Dinner: pasta with alfredo and broccoli
Snack: apple pie with ice cream and caramel.

Horrible

Ok, so the weekend was terrible. I'm not going to re-hash all of the terrible things I put into my mouth over the weekend. My only saving grace - went to the gym on Saturday.
BUT, Monday was better...
FTR, Monday 1/29:
Breakfast: An apple
Lunch: A salad and a couple pieces of chicken (left over Chinese)
Snack: Fun size pack of MnMs
Dinner: Burger King - crispy chicken sandwich, french fries and sprite.
Dinner wasn't good, but i didn't snack at all after dinner. That's an accomplishment!

Chocolate will be my downfall

I worked out last night for thirty minutes! Yay. Then I ate two chocolate covered strawberries. Not yay.
Also had pizza for dinner. But lunch was fairly healthy – just a half turkey sandwich.
So I guess that’s some improvement.

So far today, I’ve just had a banana. And I brought a Lean Cuisine meal for lunch. Dinner will be a challenge – we’ll probably go out, but maybe I can find a good salad.

I think it’s just going to take a little while before we see results. Especially since we’re not doing anything too dramatic. It’s like that commercial – guys can cut out soda and drop like ten pounds just from that. But girls are made differently – we have to work a little harder.

I know for me the thing that really makes me lose the weight is decreasing portion size. I’m trying to cut in half what I normally would eat. I’m still full after, but I feel a whole lot better. I haven’t weighed myself recently, but I don’t think I’ve lost anything yet either. Stepping up the exercise would probably really help, too.

I’m also taking a supplement – 5-HTP – and it seems to be helping. It’s an appetite suppressant, as well as a sleep aid and mood booster.

Anyway, hope everyone has a good weekend!

Not sure why the last post was posted 3 times... o well.

It's in the past...

Thursday, January 25th:
Breakfast: A bowl of frosted cheerios
Lunch: 6" Subway Turkey sub, slice of pizza and one bread stick
Dinner: 6" Subway Turkey sub
Snacked on a couple of pieces of candy though out the day, but did not give into the urge to have popcorn while watching Greys.
So... I weighed myself this morning and I haven't been making progress. To be honest, I've gone in the wrong direction since Monday. Any thoughts or incites as to why would be appreciated (such as, looking at the food intake - is that the cause. Or do i just need to exercise more. My take is that its a little bit of both).

Wednesday, Jan 24th

Breakfast: An Apple and 2 cinnamon rolls (left over from night before & I shared)
Lunch: Salad & some chips
Dinner: 2 pieces of pizza hut pizza and 2 1/2 bread sticks.
Guess that's it. Any ideas to boost self-control?

So out of shape

So I worked out on my new elliptical machine last night, and it totally kicked my butt. Wow. But I feel pretty good today, although my back's a little sore. So the arm things might need some adjustment.

My goal is to do 30 minutes a day. As I get stronger, I'll increase it and add in some other exercises as well.

 

Let's see, what did I eat…

 

No breakfast, except my coffee.

For lunch I had a tuna pita – just tuna and lettuce and cheese. Pretty good.

Dinner was a little worse – six chicken wings and ranch dressing.

Oh, and a sundae for dessert. Oops.