January 11, 2010 - Day 8

Happy birthday mom! For your birthday I decided to go to the gym! Just kidding. :) Not on the gym part, because I did go there. Turns out that I have a free membership to the university gym. Woo-hoo!

I also stepped on the scale this morning right after I woke up and it was 144.5 (-3.5 pounds off of my starting weight). Weighing myself after my delicious dinner, I see that the scale reads 146.5 (-1.5). So, my real weight is somewhere in there! Yay! I'm doing it! I'm losing weight!

Regardless, I gotta say that after a week into this New Year's resolution, I do feel better - both about myself and with myself (if that makes any sense). I have a little more energy, feel like I fit my clothes better, and just really think this is good for me (both physically and emotionally). So, I'm motivated to go on!

My day -

For breakfast

1 english muffin w/a little butter (210 calories; 5 points)
* I shouldn't have used the real butter on this.

1 orange (well not an orange, but like a tangerine small thing) (25 calories; 1 point)

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (20 calories; 1/2 point)

For lunch

1 chicken sandwich with fat-free mayo and romaine lettuce on multi-grain bread (235; 4 points)

Water

For dinner

2 servings of Shepard's pie (450 points; 11 points)
* I absolutely love this dinner, which is why I had that second helping. Shouldn't have, I know. I think it'll be healthier when I get reduced-fat ground beef, which is where a lot of the points came from (well, that and the real butter I used for the instant potatoes).

Water

Snacks

1/2 cup of coffee (20 calories; 1/2 point)

1 rice cake with peanut butter (130 calories; 2 points)

Total Calories (roughly): 1130

Total WW Points: 23

Exercise

35 minutes on an elliptical machine
* This was the equivalent to about 2.7 miles, and I burned a little over 300 calories.
* My goal is to visit the gym at least 3 times a week (MWF). It's easy now since school is out of session. It's going to be harder once the semester starts since it's going to be packed and the multi-purpose room isn't that big. So, I'll have to make sure and scout out the best times to go!

January 10, 2010 - Day 7

My day -

For breakfast

2 Pop-Overs w/ 1 tbsp of honey (200 calories; 4 points)

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (20 calories; 1/2 point)

For lunch

1 ham and cheese sandwich with mustard and romaine lettuce on multi-grain bread (220; 4 points)

Water

For dinner

Sausage and Roasted Vegetable Penne (415 calories; 10 points)
* I got this recipe from watching Food Network's Ten Dollar Dinners, and Cam and I both LOVED it! We decided though to skip the grape tomatoes next time as we both didn't like them.
* We used DreamFields Low Carb pasta which we used in Tucson, and just recently found here in Salem. If you haven't had it, it tastes really good and it only gives you 5 carbs per serving. It really does, as I had to monitor my blood sugar level when I was eating this and my levels didn't spike at all after eating some! It also has 5 grams of fiber!
* It's the sausage in this recipe that gives you all the points; it's fatty but worth it!

Water

Snacks

1/2 cup of coffee (20 calories; 1/2 point)

3 grapes (10 calories; 0 points)

1 package of Smarties (50 calories; 1 point)

Total Calories (roughly): 935 calories

Total WW Points: 20 points

Exercise

A semi-vigorous walk around my neighborhood (about 1 mile) pulling Riley in the wagon

Playing outside with Cam and Riley

January 9, 2010 - Day 6

A good day. My in-laws stopped over and Cam grilled up some delicious burgers. Man was it hard to resist those potato bread buns, but that'd be another 200 calories, not to mention the number of carbs! Actually it turned out to be tasty delicious as it was.

I was pretty proud of myself for going on a walk around the neighborhood. Cam and Riley laid down to take an afternoon nap, so I found myself with nothing to do. I thought about television, but since I did so much tv watching yesterday I just couldn't do it. Plus it was a nice day outside... nice and crisp air; perfect for a walk. I guess I could have jogged, but I hate that.

My breakdown:

For breakfast

1 bowl of high-fiber maple and brown sugar oatmeal (160 calories; 3 points)
* It's interesting when calculating the WW points. So, this actually has 10 grams of fiber, but for WW you only can count up to 4. I wonder why?

1/2 cup of coffee w/vanilla creamer (20 calories; 1/2 point)
* My staple. Can't live without it, but I am doing good and cutting down. And still no sugar, although the the creamer has enough in it to begin with.

For lunch

1 bun-less bbq cheddar cheese burger (415 calories; 11 points)
* This had a lot of fat yes, but a lot of protein too!

Water

For dinner

1 serving of teriyaki salmon (170 calories; 4 points)

1 serving of brussel sprouts (38 calories; 1 point)

Water


Snacks

1/2 cup of coffee (20 calories; 1/2 point)

About 4 animal crackers (40; 1 point)
* I don't have the package anymore for these animal crackers, but based on my other package these would be about the number [although I think that the ones that I ate are a bit healthier as the ones from the package are vanilla style and the ones are ate are just plain]

A small bite or two of kielbasa (50 calories; 1 point)
* I couldn't resist. It was on Riley's plate, and she wasn't eating it.

A serving of Cheerios w/1/4 cup skim and 1/4 cup 1% milk (150 calories; 2 points)

Total Calories (roughly): 1050. So Cam said he read something on line that said that you shouldn't consume less than 1200 calories a day. Man, this is getting hard. Now I'm supposed to consume somewhere between 1220 and 1400 calories a day? (Yeah, I've decided to go with 1400 calories a day instead of my original 1615 I said on the first day.) That's a narrow window if you ask me. I think I'll just keep eating healthy and balanced (although I do have to get more fruit into my diet).

Total WW Points: 24. That burger killed me, but at least I'm not over target.

Exercise
Yay! I got some exercise today. Not a ridiculous amount but I did much better than sitting on my butt all day watching TV. :) I think I'm going to check out how much taking a Zumba class would cost. I don't want to sign up for a year or anything. I just want to check out one at the local Y or something.

200 (!) crunches on my ab lounger

A vigorous walk around my neighborhood (about 1 mile)

A race home from my mailbox (against Cam holding Riley) and raking the yard, as well as playing with Riley outside (racing around the yard with her in the wagon and walking around the neighborhood with her)