I go back to school tomorrow. (Only 12 weeks left!)

My goal for this coming week is to log all my food on fitday.

I did it over the weekend and it really helped me stay away from extra bites and slices and tastes!

Extra credit: Post my meals and exercise here.


What are your goals? How you gonna fit them in?

My week in review..
1. bought my $15 worth of drinks and used some gift certs for some freebies so I had a few more than 5, but they were all worth it.

2. Got my 4 days of exercise in.

3. I posted most days!

I would give myself an A for the week!

My week in review:

Not a pretty picture...I'm having a bad time readjusting back from vacation to work and from Hawaii to DC time, both in sleep and attitude. I haven't been to the gym since I got back from Hawaii and I have only exercised 2 days this week, though I started the week out strong. I ate out 3 times this week--all off plan. Other than while in Hawaii, I think that is more eating out in one week than I have done since maybe October or November.

The good news is that my weight is down 2.5 pounds from my first post-Kauai weight (not quite 2 weeks ago). For those who know how little weight I tend lose even when I am losing at all, that is pretty great. Granted, a good bit of that had to have been fluid, because I didn't take my fluid pill the day I flew back. But the weird thing is that the fluid usually leaves within 24-48 hours after I'm home and it was a week before I lost more than a 1/2 pound of that fluid.

I'm still 2 to 2.5 pounds up from my pre-Kauai weight so that is getting me down...everything is tight, and I HATE tight clothes...and I woke up yesterday in some sort of monumental FUNK.

Finally, I realize now that I didn't do a very good job of establishing goals for the REST of March...when I established new goals after Kauai, I set them mostly for that week I was off work after Kauai and didn't adjust them for going back to work. So it's like some part of my brain independently decided that the goals were not right and said "What the hell, let's just have a party."

(sigh) Ah well. This too shall pass.

Needless to say, my goal for this week is to get in at least 3-4 days of exercise, stay out of restaurants and take-out establishments, and keep working at getting the rest of the Kauai weight off.

Peg,
Thanks for the suggestion. I will check it out!

Todays actuals:

1. had a mocha
2. no exercise
3. I made a yummy dinner. We were supposed to go out to dinner with friends, but postponed it until next weekend. I decided to make a treat...lasagna. I tweaked my original recipe and I thought it was incredible...dh prefers the higher fat original.

I did use a beef substitute called veggie ground and he didn't say a word. I didn't tell him or he would not have even tried it! He said he just preferred the ooey, gooey, cheesier original version.

I also made KD's week 49 tomato, spinach soup today for lunches this coming week. I didn't have tortellini, so I used WW noodles and will add a little cheese when I eat it. I also had no basil, but didn't miss it. It was easy and yummy.

Todays food...
B: oatmeal with frozen berries
S: mocha
L: tuna wrap and small bowl soup
D: lasagna, salad and bread
S: dark chocolate

A pretty good day

Hey Kat,
I'm working on debt reduction too. I found a board very much like this one on iVillage if you are interested in another online support group. It worked so well for me here that I spent a bunch of time wandering the net looking for another happy, supportive group like this one and found one. Here's the link:http://messageboards.ivillage.com/iv-mlsupport?redirCnt=1

Peg

1. Had 2 freebie mochas today.

2. Met my friend at Curves and we stashed our belongings in their lockers and went walking in some pretty nice weather!!! It felt great and we had never walked over the "new" bridge before, so that was fun

3. Stressed about money, so tonight I took a bath and watched Oprah's debt diet. Like healthy eating I like to watch/read things inspirational to help me get out of debt.

Food for today:

B: cottage cheese, applesauce and some leftover rice. Mocha
S: Weight Watcher smoothie and some trail mix I had brought for my reading class.
Later S/Lunch: mocha
Before dinner snack: some more trail mix
D: Red Robin Salmon Burger which was fabulous and some fries with ranch dressing. Should've gone for the side salad. (we used a gift certificate so dinner didn't cost a thing)

quote:

Originally posted by Kat N.:
Jill,
I know how hard it is to be off plan (even a few days) and get back on track. Your Wednesday plan is a great way to get in the groove again. Remember to journal your food...no matter what it is You can do it and be totally successful...but please don't beat yourself up if it doesn't go 100% perfectly.

Baby steps are the key even when getting back on track..right?

Thanks for the encouragement...I did stick to my Wednesday plan of logging food on Fitday, and eating fruit/veg w/each meal. In fact I got in 8 servings of fruits/veggies today! I did not get in 30 min of exercise but there's always tomorrow!

Thursday plan: 30 min exercise, journal on fitday, fruit or veg w/each meal.
jill

update..

1. Have a freebie for a drink in the morning.

2. Went walking twice today!!!

3. Woo Hoo...my conferences are OVER!!!! I worked an extra 14 hours last week just getting ready for report cards and conferences. I am taking a personal day on Monday just to do NOTHING...maybe pamper myself with my footbath.

Food has been pretty good.

Todays actuals...
B: Canadian bacon and cream cheese roll ups (I was in a hurry) Mocha
S: Apple and Weight Watcher Smoothie
L: Cottage cheese, tomatoes, Frozen meal
S: 2 mini bags M&M's, Yogaccino
D: Chili, baked chips, Fruit with cottage cheese.

Jill,
I know how hard it is to be off plan (even a few days) and get back on track. Your Wednesday plan is a great way to get in the groove again. Remember to journal your food...no matter what it is You can do it and be totally successful...but please don't beat yourself up if it doesn't go 100% perfectly.

Baby steps are the key even when getting back on track..right?

I so need to get back on plan. I went grocery shopping today and stocked up on clean foods but I have not been doing well the last few days. And tonight-GS cookies.

Plan for Wednesday:
30 minutes of exercise, fruit or veg w/each meal, journal food on Fitday.
Jill

1. Had my 16 oz mocha this morning.

2. No workout today.

3. I had a much better day today. Tomorrow is my conference day.

B: Oatmeal with cherries. 16 oz. mocha.
S: apple and baked cheetohs
L: Soup and carrots.
S: Pear, mini bag of m&m's
Another S: cherry tomatoes
D: Turkey burger, saurkraut, baked fries with ketchup

I did my food on fitday M and T. So far so good.

Monday...

1. I had a 20oz nonfat decaf mocha this morning...it was the same price as the 16oz today!

2. I worked out today!

3. All in all I did okay. I am certainly craving sweets AND salty foods Funny what stress does to a person I did go tanning tonight which helps relax me. I got my report cards done and just have to print them in the morning. WOO HOO!!!! I have all my conferences on Wednesday (only 9 parents signed up)...so when 7pm rolls around on Wednesday I will feel MUCH better

I think I need to report my daily food intake with goal #3....

B: oatmeal with cherries and 20 oz mocha
S: Pear
L: Soup, grapes and part of a muffin.
S: small/snack sized M&M's
D: Chicken, Leeks, brown rice and some bread
S: FF dip and a few chips, 2 snackwell cookies

My goals for the coming week...

1. I usually worry that I am drinking too many nonfat decaf mochas, but I know I will need them this week due to conferences. If I need them I will get them but my money allotment for them is $15.00 (which is 5 16oz drinks)for the week.

2. I will get 4 days of exercise in this week.

3. I will post my progress daily.

My primary goal is to continue the process of getting back into my routines and especially back into the habit of exercising regularly. I'm pretty much back into eating on plan now (thankfully).