Frantic Friday

I feel like I have traversed the Earth the last couple of days. In between being very busy with errands and appointments, I have managed to stay on my plan. I did switch around a bit though. I ate a bit too much on Thursday because I was craving some pretzels. Thursday I ate 2000, today I am supposed to eat 1700 instead of 1800 and tomorrow I am going to keep my 2700 allotted because I am still within the range, actually under. Now I have a total amount of 13,600 for the week allotted and I am allowed 13,664. This is the first time that I even got close to that amount-usually I am about 400 calories under. I try to keep it under and I am not sure why. That is the amount I am allowed with significant loss and it seems to be working so I may increase my calories another day a week. I will consider that when I make this week's plan.

I have been walking everyday and tomorrow I am going to take the day off. I tried a new Pilates workout this week and was unsuccessful because I had restraints due to the foot problems I have been experiencing. The walking isn't affecting it as badly now though. I walked 35 minutes today and yesterday. I might take tomorrow as a day of rest since I have walked everyday since Monday, but we will see if I want to talk anyway. I would really like to walk as many days a week as possible and I don't mind not taking a day off. I am going to try to walk and do pilates tomorrow(I will most likely exercise because I enjoy it) or Sunday and then again on Thursday and Friday since there is no schedule those days. I might go to the library one day this week to check out some new pilates videos. I am really enjoying them but some poses are just too hard for my foot.

I also weighed in yesterday morning. I weighed in on Tuesday to sneak a peek and I had not gained any weight. When I weighed in on Thursday, I had lost a pound and a half I have lost a total of 23.5 pounds. If I can reach the goal of 30 pounds by Thanksgiving that would be ideal. I would like to lose 5 more pounds by Christmas. I think that is a reasonable amount, 5 pounds a month.

A boring but successful day

Today was pretty boring so I got hungry during the day. I drank my water and that helped. I already drank 8.5 glasses of water today and I will probably drink about 2 more. When I am bored I drink more water and I guess that can be good.

My allotment for today was 1700 calories. I stayed within the limits. I had oatmeal for breakfast and a hot chocolate(90). For lunch I had a grilled chicken sandwich with mayo, lettuce, and tomato(330) and I also got a small order of fries from Wendy's(332). I had an apple(60) also to quench the sweet tooth I had after the salty fries. For dinner I had a small turkey croquette with gravy, mashed potatoes and some cucumbers with a small amount of salad dressing for a total of 610 calories. I have 30 calories left and I may eat some carrots later for snack since they are a minimal amount. Otherwise I meat eat a cup of popcorn since that is 35 calories--only putting me over by 5, which I think is still fine.

I tried to exercise with a new Pilates workout this morning, but it was too hard on my foot so I had to quit after about 30 minutes. Instead, I walked the treadmill for 25 minutes this evening. My foot hurts a bit because of the rainy weather that is upon us.

I am definitely going to weigh in tomorrow to see the results. I am going to walk again in the morning but I won't be able to walk at night due to prior commitments. I have an extremely busy Friday as well, but I am going to get up early and exercise instead of waiting until mid morning to walk like I usually do.

Not such good food

Well, even though I stayed within my calories for the day, I didn't each so healthy. I had a bagel and veggie cream cheese for breakfast and a honey bran muffin with raisins around 11:30. For lunch I had a Lean Cuisine worth 260 calories. I had a snack after work that was a mix of sweet and salt--popcorn and chocolate. Dinner was salmon, creamed spinach, and a baked potato with sour cream. Dinner was early tonight so I can exercise again tonight. I walked for 35 minutes this morning and I thought I was done with that for dinner. Steve called and asked if I wanted to exercise tonight. I think he wanted to exercise but didn't want to do it by himself. I figure keeping him company was good for me so I might as well use the treadmill again. I think I will do pilates in the morning tomorrow since I will have walked twice today.

I will probably weigh in tomorrow if I feel less bloated. The cold cuts I ate on Sunday really made me retain water and I have been peeing a lot. So I hope that I have gotten rid of my water weight. I would really like to see if I have maintained my loss since I was away.

I will let you know.......

The counting begins again

After about 10 days off I got back to the routine today. I did exercise for about 35 minutes, but pilates wasn't added to that. I just had to much to do and to get the kids off to school while getting unpacked and re-organized from vacation was too much to do extra exercise.

I had a 1700 calorie day today and I stuck to it. I had oatmeal for breakfast(160). I snuck in some chocolate for snack(170). I had an individual pizza for lunch with pepperoni(610). I had a hot chocolate for snack(85). For dinner I had turkey with gravy(270), brussel sprouts(200)--I will have to share that recipe someday when I have more energy and salad with dressing(190).
So I have used all but 20 calories today. Tomorrow I will have a 2000 calorie day and I may treat myself to a bagel with cream cheese for breakfast--I have been craving one of those but they total about 450 I think so I save them for high calorie days.

I would say I had a successful day back on the plan. I think I overestimated the salad and the brussell sprouts since I had to do that on my own, but better to overestimate than to under count the calories.

Back to reality

Well, here we are back in New Jersey and I am sitting down to figure out what my calorie plan is for the week. I have a pretty easy week coming up(in relation to work), so that makes it a bit easier. I intend to weigh in either tomorrow or Tuesday to see how I did while we were away. I actually got up to exercise this morning but only got in about 20 minutes of cardio since I had a busy morning. I will return to the usual tomorrow. So here is the plan....

Monday: 1700 and cardio/pilates
Tuesday: 2000 and cardio
Wednesday: 1700 and cardio
Thursday: 1600 and pilates
Friday: 1800 and cardio
Saturday: 2700 and cardio
Sunday: 1800 and cardio/pilates

I feel successful

Well, I am tired,but have been trying to keep up with the plan. I am estimating that i uaed between abot 17OO to 2OOO cals a day while walking between 6and 1O miles a day.

I just exercised and wieghed in at my parent's gym. With clothes i was the same as when i left so i am hopeful that i have lost weight. we will see.

i am using steve's pda so capitals and spelling are difficult - please forgive me.

An early start

When I weighed in this morning, I was a pound up. I knew that even before I stepped on the scale because my fingers felt a bit bloated. Two things happened that explains this. I ate pizza last night, which always leaves me bloated the next day so it isn't a problem. The other thing that happened is that yesterday my period returned. I have not had a such a long period since I was a teenager. I have cramps again this morning and I feel bloated in my stomach. I am hoping that this disappears by the time I have to fly because flying with a bloated belly would be yucky.

I went a bit over my calories yesterday, but not by much. I hope that while I am in Disney I will be able to keep off any larger than normal amount of calories with all of the walking we do. We have even mapped out where the fruit stand is in every park so that we can have some healthy snacks.

Well, off to take some Advil for the cramps and wake up the rest of the family. Hope you have a fun, healthy, successful week!