Melissa's Recommitment(comments welcome)

[Zoesmama03]

Starting a new journal up here. I've got to get things rolling along here. Got to get back to journaling my WW points too. And gonna do my best with my long work hours to get in exercise if I gotta do it when I get home. Dh keeps saying he wants to do the workouts with me as his pants have gotten tight and he wants to lose a few and tone up.

I weighed in this morning and not happy. I had lost some but apparently its back. I'm at 289 I dunno why I keep gaining. Still down from 295 I recorded back on Jan 4th.

Breakfast:
wheat chex cereal with soy milk.
glass of OJ

Lunch:
4 oz corned beef, cabbage, potatoes and carrots(early dh is leaving for work)
1 cup soy milk

Dinner:
???

 

[goldcupmom]

Welcome to Wish!!

Journaling is SO hard, but it really works!

Hope you've had a good Sunday and have a good week!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi there and welcome to WISH! Journaling is hard like Julie said but it is good...makes you accountable for everything that you eat!!!!

Hope you had a good rest of the weekend!

Have a great Monday!

 

[Zoesmama03]

breakfast:
Slept late no real breakfast but did eat a few handfuls of popcorn at movie with my dd and a pickle(though dd helped with that) but I had some evil cherry coke .

Lunch:
chicken wrap with a raspberry vinegerette YUMMY!!
A couple potate crisps from dd's meal
Half of dd's Sprite she didn't want

Dinner:
KFC chicken breast
mashed potatoes with small amount of gravy
green beans
4-5 popcorn chicken pieces
Mt. dew. I gotta break the soda habit. We ran out of water or I'd have had Crystal Light.


Id say food choices not bad but SODA SODA SODA lots o' sugar.

 

[Zoesmama03]

Breakfast:
slept too late

snack:
Mini bag of easter egg candys like the whoopers. Atleast it was small amount.

Lunch:
Leftover chicken, mashed taters and greenbeans
glass of melon Gatoraide

snack:
glass of Silk Enhanced soy milk

Dinner:
likely spaghetti making it with sausage since dh requested it.

Ended up having frozen pizza. Sumpreme on whole wheat thin crust and later my dd cooked a spicy chicken sumpreme and I had to try it. It was soooo yummy and the crust came out perfect and soft and chewy. I was shocked as sometimes even the best frozen pizzas come out cardboardy.
DD and I had green beans with ours on top of the veggies on the pizza.
I did have a Sprite with dinner.

And later another Sprite. We soooooo need to get water maybe I can talk dh into doing it in the morning before he goes to work as well as pick up some soy milk for dd and me.

 

[goldcupmom]

Have a great week this week! Is the pic Zoe? She's BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

[CACruisin']

Welcome! I am also new to WISH. The journaling has helped me tremendously! It really makes me aware of what I am eating and when I get off track. (I'm a pre-dinner snacker!) I don't drink soda, but I do drink milk constantly. It has been helpful for me to always have a glass of water with me. I drink water without thinking now. I get my water in this way and it keeps me from grabbing a glass of milk all the time. Good Luck and again, welcome to WISH.

 

[Zoesmama03]

Have a great week this week! Is the pic Zoe? She's BEAUTIFUL!!!

why yes. Thank you so much.

 

[eeyore25]

Hi there,

You are doing great....the soda will go away in time....don't be too hard on yourself for it....it will take time!!!

Keep up the good work! Have a great day!

 

[Zoesmama03]

Well more soda again today.

DH went shopping Sunday night on his way home. Bought 3 cases of soda. One for ZOE!! I don't even like to give her JUICE full strength. AHHHH I do allow her some occasionally when we go out because typical restraunts only offer cows milk and she needs soy and most have apple juice but that give her the runs too.


Anyway for Breakfast:
glass of OJ drank
a cup of red grapes
12 oz can of Sprite

Snack:
mini bagel with peanutbutter

Lunch:
Leftover frozen pizza
Green beans
Sprite

Had a Mt. Dew when I got home I was tired thought the caffine and sugar would wake me up I gotta make it another few hours.

Snack again no real dinner(dd ate at school so I'm not worried about eating):
Nutragrain bar
cucumbers w/ FF ranch dressing
Sprite

Not the best day but I guess cutting out dinner will help.

 

[CACruisin']

You ate really well today if you don't count the soda. Have you tried maybe soda water and OJ mixed together? That way you get the bubbles. Then you can gradually reduce the amount of juice vs. soda water. For me, I drink milk all the time. Now I just have a glass of water with me at all times. It has really cut down on my milk consumption. Hang in there. Just take baby steps and take each day one at a time!

 

[eeyore25]

Hi there,

All in all you had a good day....don't be too hard on yourself about the soda...it will come....baby steps.

Keep up the good work...have a great day

 

[Zoesmama03]

You ate really well today if you don't count the soda. Have you tried maybe soda water and OJ mixed together? That way you get the bubbles. Then you can gradually reduce the amount of juice vs. soda water. For me, I drink milk all the time. Now I just have a glass of water with me at all times. It has really cut down on my milk consumption. Hang in there. Just take baby steps and take each day one at a time!

I don't mind Crystal Light we are just out of water(only drink bottled AZ water is horrible) so I couldn't have that. I don't like to have all the aspartame but I know that it gets me more water and eventually I drink plain water and "crave" it as funny as that sounds.

 

[Zoesmama03]

Friday's journal

Breakfast:
Nothing but 2 bites of cake(well the frosting one kid left on special cake treat)

Lunch:
Nothing I was sick though really didn't want anything to eat.

Dinner:
Barilla Plus thin spaghetti w/ sausage/beef sauce lots of veggies green/yellow peppers
brocolli, carrot, cauliflower mix veggies
soy milk

Today's Journal

Breakfast:
skipped wasn't much hungry still alittle under the weather
I did have a cup of white grape juice with my BP pill normally would do water but out of that. I went to fill the bottles but it wouldn't take my quarters sooo I'll have to go later we had to get ready for birthday party tonight

can of Mt. Dew

Lunch/Dinner(having early dinner to celebrate dh and FIL's birthdays):
lasagna 2 helpings.
garlic bread

2 Pepsi's

Then went for the Crystal Light MIL had in fridge.

CAKE AHHHHHHHHHH I'll just have alittle but atleast I have calorie room for it.

Mt Dew



On good news I was down 1 lb from the last 6 days.

 

[Zoesmama03]

AHHHHHH Just out of curiousity I plugged all todays in fitday.com and its over 2400 calories. WHOA!!!!


BUT I got water tonight so I can make up some Crystal Light and limit the soda for good and perhaps cut it out. I gotta get dh to quit buying it. We will eventually its just too costly to us we'd rather use that money for other things.

 

[CACruisin']

Fitday was a big eye opener for me too! I thought I was doing pretty well, but stuff really adds up fast. I have found that I am definitely making better food choices and limiting my milk since I started entering everything into Fitday.

Sorry you were not feeling well, but Congrats on the 1 lb down. That is great!!!

 

[eeyore25]

Hello,

Yes things can add up pretty fast!!! It's amazing isn't it?

Congrats on being down 1 pound!! That is great!!

Keep up the good work! Happy Monday

 

[Zoesmama03]

Have been really stressed out with work. Didn't get much sleep last night so I ended up calling in to work and slept a few more hours until dd got up. Not much I could do about it then.

joked with dh tonight that we should put in Tae Bo but I guess he twisted his ankle. I know he wants to fit in his pants again too. His jeans are all getting tighter and tighter.

I missed breakfast. No surprise lately.

Lunch:
made mac N cheese(boxed kind and added a couple sprinkles of cheese)
half a can of peas added.

Tuna salad sandwhich.


Dinner:
Didn't feel like cooking and dh said go to Taco Bell so I did
I had Nacho bell grand though I share with dh and dd but still eat A LOT
Had hard taco supreme
Large fruit punch I shared some with dd but not enough.

Snack:
Ate the other portion of dd's taco she didn't eat.


BUT on a good note I turned down ice cream tonight. I figure one splurge or off ideal meal was enough for today not to mention the 2 Mt. Dews I had this morning because I had been lazy and didn't mix up some Crystal Light because I had to clean out the jug(*hates dishes witha passion and could not survive without a dishwasher* ) BUt I did make some Crystal Light between the two cans it just wasn't cold yet. Tomorrow I will have to remember to fill my water bottle and bring it to work so I can stay hydrated and drink something other than bringing sodas which i don't have to bring anwyway



Oh the best thing was I weighed in this morning at 279. Down another couple lbs. Probably water weight and I'm afraid it will shoot back up but if I keep watching and changing habits I can get back on track and keep it going. I've been half way doing a Biggest Loser challenge with some girls on a parenting/birth month,year board I've posted on since we were all preggo with our July/August babies and I just noticed that from the start of that back on Jan 4th. I'm down a nice 13.8 lbs without much work and not sticking to plans. I guess that is around 2 lbs a week in some sick way. Even though its been up and down all the time.

I really gotta start posting in the WISH daily exercise threads again. It kept me going for months despite never making my exercise goals each and every month. My thought was the 200-300 or more minutes I did was better than the ZERO I'd do normally.

 

[CACruisin']

Hi Melissa,

Congrats on the WI loss!! Every pound counts and you have a really great attitude to keep at it!

Good idea to bring the water jug to work. I know it really helps me if I just have my big water glass at my desk, I'll drink it. Everything I keep reading really stresses the importance of jumpstarting your day with breakfast. I'm not always good at it, but I'm working on it. Have you tried any protein bars. Currently I like NatureValley's HoneyNut or Sweet & Salty Almond. I'll grab one (or two!) of those if I don't have time for a real meal and they keep me going. I bought a Luna bar at Target this week to try, but now I can't find it. Guessing that one of my DD's may have made off with it! Yogurt or individual cottage cheese are other quick options you could have at your desk. Whatever I choose, I try and get some protein in. Otherwise, I'm starving a few hours later.

Don't stress the slip ups, just start over and get back on track like you are doing! Keep up your good work!

 

[Zoesmama03]

had a rough weekend. Was sooo busy an dhardly got any time for online. We went swimming on Saturday and then Sunday I was on for a short while but couldn't do much. I was waiting on laundry so i could go by my moms and my brother ended up taking us all to dinner at Olive Garden. So I'm sure I went over with that but I think I did pretty good before then.


Today I think is going great.

Breakfast:
Nutrigrain waffles(2)
OJ

Lunch:
Avocado and tomato sandwich-2 sliced multigrain bread, 1/2 avocado and whole roma tomato with 2 bread and butter pickle stackers. Oh with about 3 tbs of FF ranch dressing.
8 oz of soy milk
can of Mt Dew

Snack:
1/4 cup raw sunflower seeds
Mt. Dew

Dinner:
Tuna salad sandwich on multigrain bread
fresh cucumbers and cauliflower 3 spears of green onion
2 tbs FF ranch dressing
Pepsi but atleast I'm still in my calorie range.

Total calories according to sparkpeople(switched from fitday):1881 the range they set for me is 1540 - 1890 so I'm in range
A tad over ideal carbs(7 grams over) but not bad atleast they were "better" carbs meaning multigrain.

OH and for DH who thinks that a red meat free(or vegetarian) diet is low in protein I had 48 grams of protein. TAKE THAT!!!


I only got 2 fruits if you count OJ and avocado(considered a fruit). But I think I did great with veggies.


AND OOOHHHHH Man I'm having troubles finishing this dinner. LOL Who says veggies don't fill you up.