Oh dear… November 15, 2006

So it isn’t pretty, but here we go:

Food Journal
B- Coffee w/ 8 ounces of milk
L- Egg white scramble w/ .5 oz feta cheese .5 oz of pine nuts, 2 pcs bread
D- 4 griddle cakes and suasages
S- 21 whoppers and popcorn

Exercise Journal
0 Minutes

So, not a great day although again I didn’t gain any weight.  Probably because I didn’t eat a whole hell of a lot before the breakfast for dinner scenario.

I realized what it was about though.  Mike was gone for the night and I missed him a lot.  I feel like we haven’t really been connecting much as of late and in my melancholy I decided the Bee and I were going to have a quiet night in.  I rented The Break Up and The Da Vinci Code.  And then I had to decide on food.  Because there isn’t any healthy food ready to be prepared…or even frozen for that matter and I was too tired to shop, I decided IHOP was the way to go.

Which blew my night.

So, two things learned here.

1.  Have some food ready to be cooked in the house at all times.
2. I need to find some ways to treat myself that don’t involve food.  Or at the very least, be content with the idea that I don’t have to have food to treat myself.

I am going to go to the gym tonight though and that’s a good step. (ha ha)

My goal this week is to lose at least 2 pounds and next week maintain my weight.  My best friend is coming into town and when he is here, we go to our favorite restaraunts and although I need to learn to not treat with food on a daily basis, I refuse to not do what I love to do when he’s here.  So maintain it is!

How to Break a Habit November 14, 2006

Food Journal
B- Scrambled egg sandwich, coffee w/ 8 oz. milk
L- Tuna sandwich w/ ff sour cream and relish
D- Chicken cacciatore w/ whole wheat pasta, 3 slices of bread w/ butter
S- 21 whoppers, coffee
Exercise Journal
0 minutes

Well my day was going well right up  to the 21 whoppers.  Although I did meet my goal of not snacking after 9PM.  I was totally done by 8:59.  Now there’s some resolve for you.

Dr. Phil talks about having a fail safe environment and with that huge (seriously the thing is a behemouth) bowl of Halloween candy just sitting out in plain sight, my environment is anything by fail safe.  I think I will bag it up and put it in Mike’s drawer.  I will know it’s there, but honestly the only time I eat it is when I walk in to the kitchen for a carrot and am confronted with the alternative.

I did weigh myself today and I am down 2 pounds. I think a lot of it was water weight from all the processed foods I ate this weekend, but some of it is fat.  I know that as long as eat healthy and exercise a moderate amount, nursing the Bee takes weight off quickly.  It’s just that for some reason, I don’t do that stuff.

It’s interesting too, isn’t it?  I feel better when I eat well and drink plenty of water.  And once I am past the aches and pains of beginning exercise, it makes me feel better too.  When I am thinner my knees don’t bother me, my back doesn’t ache as much and I have more energy.  Since gaining my baby weight, all that stuff hurts on me.  So why do I have such a hard time remembering that in the moment?  Is it habit?
Chime in – what makes you do things you know won’t make you feel good?

Here’s the Skinny #1 November 13, 2006

Well this is my first entry in my weight loss journey.

I am 25 years old and just had my first baby in May. I’ve lost about 2/3 of my baby weight, but am having trouble getting the rest to melt off as quickly. In an attempt to provide accountability and hopefully find some support, I am starting an online weight loss blog.

Each day I will post my food and exercise journal along with any posts about how I’m feeling or information on weight loss. Each week I will post my current weight, measurements and a picture of me that week.

I’m using Dr. Phil’s book as a resource and so I will post information on the keys I am focusing on.

So – friends I don’t know I have yet – here’s the skinny:

Current Weight: 200.00 Pounds

Net Loss/Gain: 0

Pounds to Goal (160 pds): 40
Current Waist Measurement: 40 inches

Current Hip Measurement: 46 inches

(sweet jesus it hurts to write those things)

Goals for the coming week:

Exercise 4 times for one hour each.

Begin doing some strength training.

No snacking after 9PM!