THURSDAY 07/05/07

Breakfast: 1/2 cup fiber one honey clusters + 1/4 cup bar naked triple berry crunch cereal w/1 banana + ff milk
Lunch: protein smoothie
Snack: kashi chewy granola bar + 6 chocolate kisses
Dinner: MCD asian salad + fruit
Snack: coffe + brownie crips cookies

Exercise: 30 minutes on treadmill

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!

Breakfast: 1/2 cup total + 1/4 cup bar naked triple berry crunch w/banana + ff milk
Snack: popcorn + diet coke
Dinner: BBQ chicken drumstick & rib + mashed potatoes + corn on the cob + garlic bread + diet coke
Snack: watermelon & chocolate cookie

Exercise: 1/2 hour walk

TUESDAY 07/03/07

Breakfast: 3/4 cup total + 1/2 cup fiber one honey clusters + 1/4 cup bar naked triple berry crunch cereal w/1 banana + ff milk
Lunch: ham & turkey deli slices w/american cheese slice, lf mayo & mustard, mixed greens on toasted ww bread + baked lays + diet dr. pepper
Snack: orange + kashi chewy granola bar
Dinner: grilled chicken breast + rice & corn + small biscuit + diet pepsi
Snack: 10 chocolate kisses

Exercise: 40 minutes of treadmill + strength training

WOOHOO!

So happy to be back! Even though the Weight Watchen site went down one week after I joined, I really missed being able to post. I hurt my back that Monday (I tore a ligament in my back 2 years ago & ever since then it goes kablooey every once in a while) and I got very off track. I couldn’t go the gym for a week, just did my first work-out on Tuesday. And instead of eating extra good like I should have to make it for it, I did soo bad. I ate fast food, crappy junk food, lots of chips and candy. And I drank like a fish this weekend. I was scared to get on the scale Monday, but to my utter amazement I only gained 1/2 a pound. So if I can make the majority of my meals & get in at least 3 more work-outs for the rest of the week, I should be in good shape!!!

TUESDAY 07/03/07

Breakfast: 3/4 cup total + 1/2 cup fiber one honey clusters + 1/4 cup bar naked triple berry crunch cereal w/1 banana + ff milk
Lunch: ham & turkey deli slices w/american cheese slice, lf mayo & mustard, mixed greens on toasted ww bread + baked lays + diet dr. pepper
Snack: orange + kashi chewy granola bar
Dinner: grilled chicken breast + rice & corn + small biscuit + diet pepsi
Snack: 10 chocolate kisses

Exercise: 40 minutes of treadmill + strength training

TUESDAY 06/26/07

Breakfast: 1 cup total cereal & 1/4 cup fiber one honey clusters cereal w/banana + skim milk
Snack: Quaker low sugar granola bar + cl pink lemonade
Lunch:
Dinner:
Snack:

Exercise: nada

MONDAY 06/25/07

Breakfast: 1 cup total cereal & 1/4 cup fiber one honey clusters cereal w/banana + skim milk
Snack: toasted french bread w/butter + diet coke
Lunch: popcorn+ diet coke
Dinner: MCD chicken tenders w/large fries + hi-c orange + 2 apple pies

Exercise: nada

SUNDAY 06/24/07

Breakfast: 1 cup total cereal & 1/4 cup fiber one honey clusters cereal w/banana + skim milk
Lunch: 1 organic egg & 1/2 cup of eggbeaters w/diced ham & two corn tortillas + lite tropicana oj
Snack: 1 cup of mixed nuts + cl pink lemonade
Dinner: small boboli pizza w/sauce + lf shredded colby cheese + diced ham + light rolling rock beer

Exercise: Clean House for 2 hours

LOST WEEKEND 06/23/07

SInce I spent most of Saturday at the warehouse for my work packing up boxes to move into a bigger space, I figured I would give myself the day off and eat whatever I want. And here's how it went:

Breakfast: 1 cup total cereal & 1/4 cup fiber one honey clusters cereal w/banana + skim milk
Snack: full size bag of light ruffles chips with dip + diet coke
Lunch: hot dog, popcorn, diet coke
Dinner:1/2 bag of light lays chip, pitcher of margaritas, 3 cups of mixed nuts
Snack: skinny cow mint ice cream sandwich

Left to my own devices, I will eat everything and anything in sight. I think from now on, I will give myself a "free" meal once every weekend, but that's it!!!

FRIDAY 06/22/07

Breakfast: 1 cup honey bunches of oat cereal + 1 cup FF milk
Snack: 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: deli slices of ham & turkey w/kraft wa cheese slice, salad greens, light mayo/mustard on 2 slices of ww toast
Snack: fiber one peanut butter bar
Dinner: grilled chicken breast, 1 cup of rice, salad w/carrots & lime juice
Snack: skinny cow mint ice cream sandwich

Exercise: 1 1/2 hour of elliptical/strength training

THURSDAY 06/21/07

Breakfast: 1 cup honey bunches of oat cereal + 1 cup FF milk
Snack: 3 oatmeal cookies Lunch: strawberry smoothie, string cheese + handful of almonds
Snack: popcorn + diet coke
Dinner: 1/2 ham/turkey/roast beef ww sub w/1 slice of cheese & lite mayo/mustard & lettuce + banana+ baked lays
Snack: small bag of brownie crisps cookies w/decaf coffee

Exercise: 1 hour of treadmill/strength training

WEDNESDAY 06/20/07

Breakfast: 1 cup honey bunches of oat cereal, 1 banana, 1 cup FF milk
Snack: lf string cheese + handful of almonds
Lunch: eggbeaters omlette w/light shredded colby & monterrey cheese + 1 tbsp bacon bits
Snack: 5 sf cc cookies w/1 cup of ff milk, Kashi wheat crackers
Dinner: Chicken breast w/garlic & honey sauce, rice w/cilantro + corn, mixed organic baby greens salad with shredded carrots & broccoli w/lime basil vinagrette
Snack: small bag of brownie crisps cookies w/chamomile tea + splenda

Exercise: nada

Doomed? 06/20/07

Went in today for a check-up & had a talk with the doc about me stalling @ 289 for a couple of months. In the past, as long as I made an effort to work-out and eat right, I could consistently lose 2-5 pounds a week. I know a body’s metabolism slows down with age, but with soo much to lose, it always felt like an advantage to see results quickly at the start. But having been on my diabetes meds for a year, he said it will only be more difficult for me to lose. Not impossible, but I’m going to have to really push myself to see results. I’m going to get my bloodwork done again & he wants me do a sleep test, but it’s probably the meds. Sigh. Some days, it really is all overwhelming. It’s just me and sometimes there aren’t enough hours in the day to do everything I want to do. My hats off to anyone with kids. I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately. That biological tick-tock is getting louder and louder. But I wonder how can I do it when I can barely take care of myself!

Comments:
Author : bmaxy
Hi! You can do it! Having kids does seem overwhelming, but then you have them and you learn to adjust. My 2nd child had kidney problems (transplant too) and I look back and wonder how I handled all the chaos! Life flys by so quickly-so make the most of it now. I know the meds can hinder weight loss results too, but you can do it!

TUESDAY 06/19/07

Breakfast: 1/4 cup special K + 1 cup honey bunches of oat cereal, 1 banana, 1 cup FF milk
Snack: 1/2 grapefruit
Lunch: deli slices of ham & turkey w/kraft wa cheese slice, salad greens, light mayo/mustard on
2 slices of ww toast
Snack: fiber one peanut butter bar
Dinner: grilled fillet steak, with shoestring fries & small roll
Snack: chamomile tea w/splenda + 5 sf chocolate chip cookies

Exercise: 1 hour of elliptical/strength training @ gym

MONDAY 06/18/07

Breakfast: 1 cup special K + 1/4 cup honey bunches of oat cereal, 1 banana, 1 cup FF milk Snack: fiber one peanut butter bar + dannon ff vanilla yougurt Lunch: string cheese + almonds Dinner: 5 bites of lasagna + romaine salad w/cucumbers & italian dressing + garlic bread + diet coke Snack: orville redenbacher’s lite popcorn + diet pepsi Super Late Night Snack: 1 cup of strawberriers + skinny cow mint ice cream sandwich
Exercise: Walk for 15 minutes

Hello World! 06/17/07

My weight has been an issue for most of my life. I’m “big-boned” & everything about me feels big! My head, hands, feet…all huge! I can never find hats or rings that fit. My criteria for buying shoes is if it fits, I’m buying it. And that doesn’t happen very often. Growing up, I was frequently told by well-meaning relatives that I could stand to lose some pounds. I remember buying clothes that fit being a problem even back then. And yet, looking back at pictures, I see a healthy girl. Not thin, I don’t think I’ll ever be called that. But not fat. I felt so self-conscious about my body in high school, but now I all I wish for is to get back to the weight I was then.
It wasn’t until a little after my 20th birthday that I really started to gain weight. After a highly tramautic event, everything just stopped. I don’t know how to describe it. It’s like I went to sleep. Looking at it now, with perspective, it’s easy to see I was eating my emotions. I never processed what I went through. Food was my drug. It dulled the pain and allowed me to live my life as best I could. But it’s taken its toll. I was told in the late 90’s I had high blood pressure. While that should have been enough, it took a Type-2 Diabetes diagnosis last year to wake my ass up. I had tried to lose weight off and on through the years. But I never took it seriously. At the most, I would lose 20-30 pounds. But I would always put it back on, and them some.
While I know now that most diets don’t work, I think part of the re-gain had to do with the attention I would get. Having people notice me makes me nervous. All those years, I was unconsciously doing my best to become invisible. When you’re really big, people don’t look at you. At least not directly. It’s like a big ol’ security blanket wrapped around you. After my diagnosis in February 2006 (I was @ my highest weight, 289 — at that point unfortunately–), I signed up for Weight Watchers, joined a gym and went at it full force. By June of that year, I had lost 35 pounds and was feeling better than I had in years. Then I went to Germany for work for six weeks. I met a guy. Fell hard head over heels and got my heart broken. I know that’s not an excuse, but I used it to fall off the wagon. Hard! I spent the rest of the year in a self-imposed coma.
As part of my “every friggin’ year” New Year’s resolution to lose weight, I got on the scale. And got the shock of my life. Weighing in @ 301, I finally, finally realized that I was killing myself. If I didn’t start to lose the weight NOW, there wouldn’t be a later. I made a decision to do things differently. I’ve always been an all or nothing person. If I wasn’t being “good” on my diet at all times, I would binge the rest of the week and start the next Monday. If I didn’t exercise one hour for six days a week, I would beat myself up. And while it hasn’t been easy (I stalled @ 289.5 last April), I’m down to 288.5 as of today! Woohoo! I’ve always wanted to do a blog, and I’m hoping this gives me the push I need to keep going!!!

Comments:
Author : laughingalltheway
Welcome to the world od blogging. I know how you feel! It is not easy to stay on track and very easy to fall off the track. You are taking the right steps! Congrats on that fact! :)

Author : Julie
blogging has encouraged me through some rough stuff. i think you are taking positive steps. sometimes writing out what you are feeling is good. especially if you are an emotional eater like i am. keep your eye on the prize, a healthier you. your weight is just a number, and i always tell myself it is how i feel, not so much what the scale is telling me. also....beauty comes from within. good luck and keep on blogging