tomorrow tomorrow I love ya tomorrow....

Yup....so.... got a teensy little tiny bit sidetracked

such is life.

Starting over tomorrow :)

I will be good- totally motivated myself by going through all of my old/smaller cute clothes. I want to wear them and feel good about myself darn it!

Wish me luck (again!)

Wk #3- Monday and Tuesday!

The past two days have been super productive days for me- just haven't had a moment to jump on here. I decided to go through my files and get rid of old papers/bills, etc... well I have bills and papers all the way back from 2000! Crazy- so am doing a LOT of shredding and sorting.

Monday~

B~ Banana bread and butter- 230/9
L~ Chili with cheese- 360/12
D~ shrimp tempura roll and calamari- 495/18

Total~ 1085/39
Exercise~ 35 minutes on the elliptical, 25 minutes on treadmill walking/jogging
Water~ 56 ounces

Tuesday~
B~ Banana bread- 230/9
L~ Cheese and grilled veggie quesidilla- 430/25
D~ Pot roast with carrots and potato and a chicken strip- 530/18.5

Total~ 1190/42.5
Exercise~ none :(
water- 64 ounces!

Oh and finally got a chance to watch the biggest loser last night- oh my gosh! total water works over here, can't wait to see the awesome transformations :) Later!

Weigh in #2

Beginning weight~ 167.3
Wk 1 weigh in~ 167.1
Wk 2 weigh in~ 165.8

have officially lost 1.5 pounds! Not a ton, but I'll take it- slow and steady :)

Plan for the day is to drop by M's school, head to the gym- home to shower and then either clean the house, make a menu for the week or take a nap! Getting up at 6:30 doesn't really agree with me so we'll see!

Here's to a great start to week 3 :)

My enemy!! The weekend....

Didn't do terrible, could've done better. Why is it that I am not able to exercise on the weekends? it just doesn't happen. There are just too many other fun things to do with my family and sorry for my bum, but that has to be the bigger priority right now. The main thing is if I'm not able to get the exercise in then I really have to watch what I am eating- big time. I think that I did really good, all things considered I could've really pigged out. We went to a lunchtime show at a stadium- hello, fries, hot dogs, popcorn, ice cream, etc- NOPE, none for me thanks :) ChuckEcheese today, I ate at the salad bar thank you very much...... though..... yeah that birthday cake was just too yummy to pass up and I actually had to physically move where I was sitting so that I didn't continue to eat more of it. Anywho.. heres the breakdown!

Friday~
B~ homemade french toast with raspberry syrup- 410/17
L~ cooking light mac-n-cheese- 320/9
D~ weight watchers recipe macaroni and beef casserol- 380/13

Total~ 1110/39
Water~ 64 ounces
Exercise~ :(

Saturday~
B~ Cooking light recipe banana bread with olive oil spread- 230/9
L~ leftover mac n beef casserole- 380/13
D~ super duper yummy homemade chili with a million veggies, corn, carrots, broccoli, zucchini, red and green peppers, mmmm... with lowfat cheese and lite sour cream- 2 cornbread muffins and butter- 570/23

Total~ 1180/45
Water~ not sure, but I know I drank a bunch!
Exercise~ I did ride the scooter around the street with the kids- does that count?

Sunday~
B~ Banana bread- 230/9
L~ Chili with cheese- 360/12
D~ spinach salad with egg and bacon and 1tsp salad dressing, 1 cup jello, 4 slices of beets (I LOVE BEETS!!) and 3 slices of cucumber (obviously my salad bar plate) and 1 piece of cake- 530/26.5
S~ Dang pumpkin spice latte!! got nonfat this time, makes a world of difference! 130/3

Total~ 1250/47.50

Weigh-in tomorrow!!!! EEEEEK- wish me luck!!!!

Catch up!!

Real quick before dropping M at school am going to do a catch up of the past week!

Monday~

B/L~ I forgot breakfast again. yogurt, 1/2 cup granola, 1/4 cup raspberries- 400/7

D~ WAs really hungry! 2 helpings of cooking light mac-n-cheese- 640/20

Total~ 1040/27

Exercise~ 30 minutes on the elliptical, 30 minute (5 mile) bike ride, upper body and ab weights

Water- ?? don't really know, but know it was more than 50 ounces

Tuesday~

B~ same thing- yogurt, granola, raspberries~ 400/7

L~ leftover mac-n-cheese- 320/9

D~ McChicken sandwich, McCafe mocha- 620/21

Total~ 1340/37

Exercise~ 3 mile walk/jog

Wednesday~

B~ oatmeal- 150/2

L~ Yogurt, trail mix, raspberries- 400/7

S~ pumpkin spice latte- 375/15

D~ 2 homemade tacos- using all no fat/low fat ingredients- 630/18!! not a low fat meal no matter how you make it!

Total~ 1555/42

no exercise

Thursday~

B~ yogurt and granola- 370/6

L~ 2 pcs homemade french toast made with cinnamon raisin bread and raspberry syrup- 410/17

D~ Chicken sandwich - 420/10

S~ piece of Miranda's bday cake- 400/20

Total~ 1600/53

Exercise~ 4 mile brisk walk

Water- not enough.

I Need to start drinking more water and tracking it better. No more coffee drinks- takes up a 1/4 of my cal intake for the day, but those pumpkin spice lattes are sooooo yummy!!!

After eating cake last night- there was still a half sheet left and yes this is wasteful, but I dumped the rest down the garbage disposal. Its better than me eating it all today!

Here's to a great friday :)

Still here.....

Hmmmm.... the whole point of this thing here was for me to blog daily and keep myself accountable. So easy to fall into and out of habits! Not really, its just been a super busy week with Back to school nights, dance classes and girl scouts starting, etc. Just stuff but I am still doing good- still going strong. Eating well and exercising.

I am a big list person. I make myself a monthly, weekly and then daily list. I have my food intake, exercise written down just don't have time right now to copy it all to here. I will try and do a big week post on here tomorrow. Tonight I'm going to go watch biggest loser and get re-inspired!

Weekend and weigh in...

The weekend was okay- well better than okay, I had a blast. Just okay as far as eating goes. 2 kid birthday parties, on Saturday I didn't even give my eating a second thought- hot dog, hamburger, salads and chips and then cake!! Ofcourse not a bit of exercise was to be done either- go figure. Sunday on the other hand I ate only carrots, grapes, melon and popcorn at the party- not gonna sabotage myself the day before weigh in again!

Sooo.... got up this morning and....

165!!!!!! Yay me!!!! There is nothing like seeing the number go down to keep the motivation going :)

After that got to the gym and did 30 minutes on a sort of elliptical machine and then a 30 minute bike ride, felt great- I did not track my calories today, but am afraid that I am under again.

To be honest I'm feeling totally icky lately- I think I need to have my bloodwork done and my THS levels tested cause I'm an emotional wreck and sort of feeling a lot like I did right before I got started on the synthroid. Anyway- it doesn't make me want to eat... like AT ALL. It was 1pm before I ate, and only because I knew that I needed some fuel in my system.

So although I should feel totally elated about my loss I'm not. I'm just feeling like a big old mess....... yup.... time to make that appointment.

wk 2 day 4&5

Yesterday was day 4 of week 2 and I had a great day!! All 3 kids had school again and after dropping the last one off I went for another 3 mile run- felt awesome!!! I cannot stand running on the treadmill, something about doing it outside though just feels so GOOD! Got done with that and had to take the old man doggie to the vet for his Senior exam- hes all good. Got home in time to get lil man off the bus and go run a few errands and clean up the house before collecting kids from school. I had thought that my eating for the day was really good, but when I sat down and added up my calories I once again fell short- 760 calories. HOw is that even possible? seriously? So guess what I got to do... I sat down with a big old bowl of ice cream :)

Totals-~
B~ nutrigrain bar~ 130/3
L~ Potato sausage casserole~ 330/15
D~ Cooking lite recipe beef stroganoff~ 300/10
S~ Ice cream!! 360/10
Total~ 1120/20

Exercise~ 45 minute walk/jog/run
Water~ 64 ounces

So then today happens. We have our family dentist apt scheduled for 10:45- I woke up with a headache and then spent the next hour or so fighting with my pre-teen just because I wanted to sit down and drink my coffee and read my emails, she had only been on the computer for 90 minutes allready. Apparently I'm a horrible mean mom... she doesn't get to use the computer again until Monday. Besides the point, did not get a chance to eat breakast before leaving for the dentist. M and I both have cavities and A needs braces- AWESOME TIME!! Can you see how my day is going? No, really it wasn't that bad- the kids and I stopped off for lunch and Oliver and I shared some french toast and eggs. Got home- head still hurts, laid down and A and I both totally fell asleep for a good hour, woke up to take her to girl scouts. Came home and fed everyone, but just wasn't feeling great so I skipped out- the took M to dance class. Home now and realising that I've only had about 500 calories the entire day :( I'm gonna go eat some leftovers from yesterday and go to bed. Wasn't a bad day- just a long one and I'm not feeling so great. Have a ton of stuff planned for the weekend, 2 kid parties... can I go and not eat cake?? That is the plan- lets see if I can do it! Wish me luck- I really want to see some downward action on that scale on Monday.

wk2 day3

Obviously I'm not getting on here in the evening to post like I should. Yesterday was just super busy!

Went to the gym and got my butt kicked at my favorite class- trek and spin, except that I was on the elliptical because all of the treadmills were taken- but got a spin bike and tried to kill myself :)

got done with that and came home and did housework before going to get a really great haircut and color. By the time I was transformed it was time for the kids to come home from school, so homework and more housework commenced. Then a quick dinner and Avs and I out the door to our youth groups. Got home around 9 and had to catch up on my shows!! Priorities people..

B~ 1 egg, 1 english muffin with butter and honey~ 235/10
L~ half a lunchable shared with Oliver~ 170/9
S~ cakebites (the rest got sent to a friends house and aren't here to tempt me now!!) 400/14
D~ potato sausage casserole~ 330/15

Total~ 1135/48- woooop!!

Exercise~ 35 minutes on the elliptical, 30 minute spin

Water~ 64 ounces

Yay me!!

Week 2 Day 2- success??

Okay so at this rate I'm going to start gaining weight......

The day started out awesome- All 3 littles at school and this momma went for a 3 mile run outside, perfect!! Came home and ate a good healthy breakfast, cleaned up a bit and waited for the boy to get home from preschool. A friend came over with her boys and we all played and had a healthy lunch. All in all a really great day for us!

Then.... I went out with friends for dinner. I mean c'mom, just cause I'm trying to lose weight does not mean that I need to deprive myself of good food and fun occasionally right? And to be quite honest I don't go out often!

I really was gonna be good and limit myself, but what can ya do? Its just so darn yummy at the Melting Pot!! The good news is that I really didn't go too crazy, I didn't leave feeling sick or bloated or mad at myself for eating too much. I had good portions and felt good :)

My day~
B~ 1/2 cup granola, 1/2 cup ff milk- 1 apple~ 325/4.5
L~ turkey sandwich and 1/2 chicken strip~ 255/5.5
D~ Carrots, apples, and bread in cheddar cheese fondue
No salad cause really?? why waste the stomach space on salad?
shrimp, beef and chicken cooked in veggie broth
cheesecake, brownie, strawberries and banana in melted chocolate~ 1million and 5 calories :)

Exercise- 3 mile walk/jog- 45 minutes
Water~ 70 ounces

Heres to yummy food and friends- lots of laughs and getting my butt kicked at the gym the next day to make up for it!!!!

Week 2- day 1

My stuff always goes downhill on the weekends- why? who knows! Maybe its getting totally off of schedule, sleeping in- having everyone home and lots of stuff to do. Regardless it totally messed me up and I forgot to take my thyroid meds- anyone of you that have to take synthroid know what I'm talking about when I say BIG boo boo to forget it, you really do kinda turn into a crazy person. So I'm going to scratch Saturday, Sunday and part of yesterday up to that- yes thats why I ate so many cake pops, mmmhmm....

Actually yesterday was not horrible- I think that I actually under ate, which isn't good either!

B~ 2 fried eggs, english muffin with butter and honey~ 325/12.5
L~ errrr kinda forgot to eat that
D~ cooking light chicken and dumplings (sooooo good!) 290/3.5
S~ dang cake pops~ 200/7

Total~ 815/23- yeah, not good!

Today has started out great though- good healthy breakfast and I went for a run- am gonna go clean up the house and have friends over to play. Tonight I'm goint out to dinner with friends at a fondue restaraunt. I will be strong, I will drink water- eat veggies, chicken and shrimp... I'm going to keep track as well!! Seriously- wish me luck- and NO MORE CAKEPOPS!! Why did I seriously think that I could make these things and NOT eat them? right!!

weigh in

167.1- blah! too many bites of cupcakes :(

New week- new start :)

The weekend...... ugh!!

I do NOT eat good on the weekends- whats up with that?

So yesterday was not horrible- not great, but not as bad as I normally am. Today is going to be a good day!

Yesterday I went with a friend to a cool shop with lots of fun stuff for cupcakes, candies, etc- exactly the type of stuff that is great for a diet yeah? so I'm making cupcake lolli's- they are going to be cute and I'm not going to eat them all, going to give them to friends :) Okay so I'll probably eat a couple of them, but this whole thing is NOT about depriving myself of the things that I enjoy- more so about moderation.

Totals for yesterday~
B~ Yogurt and granola- 380/7.5
L~ Turkey, cheese, and red pepper sandwich (bread has so many calories) 500/18
D~ 2 slices pizza- 370/15
S~ errr, cake and frosting while making the bites- lol- 200/7

Total~ 1450/47.50

Exercise- nodda

Water- 64 ounces

Today and tomorrow are going to be challenging- going to an end of summer shindig with a friend tonight and going to a family crabfeast tomorrow!! Back to the gym on Tuesday.....

Tomorrow is weigh in day!!!!

Day 4, cravings and rings...

Good day today! Was very busy, but happy none the less- the only downside to being busy was that I didn't make it to the gym and don't honestly plan on exercising at home tonight. It is just me and Oli here and he is sleeping so I'm going to write this blog and go take a bubbly bath and read!!

Anywho... My wedding ring has not fit me since I was 7 months pregnant with Oliver! This is going on almost 4 years ago. Makes me sad, I am too dang stubborn to go get it resized. I am determined that I will just lose this dang weight once and for all and it will fit again and thats that. My fingers were feeling skinny today- sounds silly but its true, tried it on- nope, nadda. 4 days aint gonna do it- maybe in like 4 months?

So onto cravings- they aren't nice, I do not like them and they always always visit me late at night. There is no hiding from it, after the kids are sleeping and the house is quiet the bad things in my house start calling me.... now I usually defeat this by not having junk food in my house- my poor kids- but last night there was a box of donut holes, dang it! Glad to say that I did manage to resist them (since I'd allready had 4 of them in the morning- ugh) by drinking water and telling myself how much better I would feel about myself when I got up this morning and hadn't eaten them. Guess what- its true, I felt great :) but now here I sit at 8:45 with the house quiet and I feel like my body NEEDS chocolate, like it would just solve all of lifes problems to have a hersheys bar but since thats what got me into this mess to begin with I'm gonna go ahead and fill up that water bottle and RESIST!!!

Todays tally~
B~ 1 cup cheerios, 1/2 cup skim milk and nectarine- 200/2.5
L~ Leftover casserole- 300/7
D~ Mexican casserole- 400/11
Total~ 900/ 19.5

So technically I'm under my calories for the day- thats not good, but I'm gonna leave well enough alone and not go find something else to eat.

Water- 64 ounces

Exercise- not gonna happen today!!

Day #3

Blogging about day 2 this morning did not work for me- it literally threw off my entire day. It just took too long to find all of the caloric intake for everything and write it out, but it needed to be done before I could concentrate on my current day. As of now I'm going to blog about my day the day of- no matter how tired I am!!

Because of taking that time this morning I forgot to eat breakfast, got both kids to school later than usual and didn't get any of my normal cleaning done. That being said it ended up being a great day. I got to the gym- got a kick butt workout done, decided against cleaning the house in favor of taking a much needed nap with Oliver and then ordered sushi for dinner. lol- so not really a very productive day, but I just was NOT feelin' it and cleaning and cooking when your not in the mode very often does not turn out well. I have learned that lesson.

Oh, and I know that this is cheating... but... I took a peak at the scale this morning and am happy! so far 2 pounds down- wow, not expected but I hope that it keeps going in the downward direction for my official weigh-in on Monday! That means being good over the weekend....... usually my downfall.

Stats for today~
B~ Nutrigrain bar and 4 donut holes (ugh!!) 350/13
L~ potato with lf s/c and cheese 235/9
D~ Sushi :) 700/28

total- 1285/50- Not my healthiest eating day by far, but still within range of my goal. Missing or grabbing a quick breakfast just messes up my eating for the rest of the day. I have to do better!

Exercise~
* 30 minutes on the treadmill- 10 minutes running/jogging and 20 minutes fast paced walk
* 32 minutes- 5.5 mile bike ride

Water~ 76 ounces

official Day #2 post

Yawn.... I am so tired this morning, but I'm sticking with this so I have to journal my day yesterday. It was a good one- just got up to early, stayed up to late and got up too early again today. 6:30 is not my friend- never will be.

I had good intentions of getting to the gym at 9:30 for a Zumba class, but I got to M's school and ended up chatting with some ladies and sitting in the sun for a bit instead- was good for the soul ;) Still did get to the gym though- thats what counts for me! After the gym I came home and cleaned the house and boiled a bunch of chicken- my BF came over with her littles to hang out, was a great afternoon.

Here are my totals~

B~ 1 cup cheerios, 1/2 cup skim milk, 1 peach- 190/2.5
L~ Leftover fettucini again 400/13
S~ Trail mix 280/12
D~ Chicken chili casserole 230/5.5
Total~ 1100/ 33

Exercise~ 7 mile ouch bike ride took 35 minutes
Water 70 ounces

Good day all in all- will have another good one as soon as I can wake up a bit and have some coffee. I need to get my hair done- that will make things just that much better :)

measurements

You forget when you are out of the "dieting" world for a while just how much measuring you have to do to really keep track of what is going in and what is going out of your body.

I realised that this morning as I went to poor myself a bowl of cheerios and realised I hadn't measured it out- back it went and out came the measuring cup. So, here I sit with my 1 cup of cheerios and 1 cup of skim milk with a peach on top :)This is good for me- day 2 of making sure that I eat breakfast. That is one of my major downfalls- forgetting to eat in the morning and then pigging out later in the day because I'm starving.

I have to leave in 20 minutes to take M to school and then head to the gym.. I am having some major inner struggles with it today. How frustrating!! Its only day 2 and I'm allready not feelin' it- how lame. I WILL do it though and I now from experience that it (exercise) can become addicting so off to Zumba I'll go and look very silly in the back of the class but will work up a serious gross sweat.

Part of the plan on Monday was to make a menu for the week- has yet to happen so I'm hoping to get that done today as well.
One other thing I learned (remembered) drink that much water during the day can seriously screw up your sleep! I got up 3 times to go to the bathroom last night- maybe thats why I'm cranky this morning???

It officially begins- Day 1

September 1st- day one of project shrink Amber :)

The goals~
*Exercise- 4-5 days at the gym doing 45-60 minutes of cardio, weights 2x per week
*Eating- 1200-1500 calories per day
*Water- minimum 64 ounces of water per day

Long term goal is to lose 40 pounds and fit back into my awesome smaller clothes that have been living in storage bins for the past 3+ years now (Thanks Oliver! lol) I realise that 40 pounds is a pretty big goal, but ideally I will be losing 1-2 pounds per week by doing this the healthy way!

I've done this twice before I know I can do it again. The main thing is to get started and stick with it. I have started this blog to help me stay accountable for myself- I'm far more likely to eat a bit less if I have to list it for everyone to see at the end of the day!

Been a really good first day so far- heres my tally~

B~ yogurt and granola~ calories- 370/6.5- fat
L~ leftover Cooking light recipe fettucini with peas and ham- 400/13
D~ homemade meatloaf, lf crescent roll, green beans- 350/12.50
S~ pepperjack cheese and 5 turkey slices- 220/1.5

Total~ 1340/33.50- yay me :)

Exercise~ 30 minutes on the elliptical and a 5.5 mile bike ride that took 27 minutes

Water~ 88 ounces

OH yeah, guess I should also track my weight- lol- I'm not afraid to put it out there... as of this morning 167.3- blah. I was down to 159 at the beginning of summer!

Gonna be positive- I can get that back off :) Tomorrow I'm going to post my measurements as well. The plan is to get to the gym for a Zumba class tomorrow morning at 9:30- boil a bunch of chicken to use for healthy dinners, etc.
Wish me luck!!