Day 10

Starting Weight on 3-12-2013: 201 UGH!!
NEW GOAL: Weight for 3-18-2013: 196

Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M
*Gained a pound from yesterday. Not really sure why. I hate when I wake up and the weight didn't go down but went up and I didn't even cheat on anything. Almost makes me wish I did. Back to basics today. Hopefully the warm weather means I can clean my van out and maybe take the kids for a walk. We will see. Hoping to get down 2 pounds by tomorrow.

Breakfast:

1 cup of oatmeal with blueberries

Total Calories: 330

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Day 9

Starting Weight on 3-12-2013: 200 (took some meds for the bloating. ended cycle)
NEW GOAL: Weight for 3-18-2013: 196

Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

1 cup of oatmeal with blueberries


Total Calories: 330

Snack:



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Lunch:

half multi grain pita with tuna
cheese crackers (homemade)


Total Calories: 280
 
Supper:

stuffed haddock
1/4 cup of white rice

Total Calories:440

Dessert:

First Week

Finished up my first official week on my new healthy diet. First 10-16 days are always the hardest on me. Its not because of my love affair I have with sweets and salty foods. And having to give up (or drastically cut back on) them up. But because I give up drinking milk. I can normally drink a gallon every 2 days. So cutting it out of my daily drink of choice is pretty hard core. In another week or so I will bring it back slowly. Watch myself carefully. Buying skim milk. And enjoying it only once a day. I am thinking of killing two birds with one stone and making my favorite. Hot STARBUCKS "hot" chocolate. YUMMY!

Not to worry though. I am getting my dairy intake in other places. For instance my good old stand-by of cheese and yogurts. I am not a big cheese eater to begin with. So its not a guilty pleasure if I do eat it. And yogurt I have always loved. And its a good "treat" so to speak. I usually indulge in the expensive stuff too. I haven't yet eaten it since starting my diet. Only because yogurt is pretty expensive and I am waiting to hit up BJ's to pick it up. Double coupons should do the trick.

I am working hard and eating right. I am hoping to join a gym soon. Exercise is a great way to stay fit and loose weight. But its also a great way to energize my soul and get out of the house for an hour to just be with myself and my music. I take the kids out for a walk during the day if the weather is nice. But its not that easy when you have a 5 year old begging to go home. And a 2 and 3 year old wanting to leave as well.

Walking is my time to just let loose. Listen to music. Get in the "zone" so to speak. I have debating on getting a treadmill for the house or a gym membership. And with a lot of talk and thinking. I decided that this year a membership is better. It will give me a bit more freedom to use more equipment. And next year when we have a bigger house. We can finally entertain the idea of a treadmill.

So all in all first week was a success. March is flying by and pretty soon the weather is going to be warm and the leaves will be on the trees. The days are now getting longer and I can see myself gearing up for my morning walks in the neighborhood. So happy for springs arrival. This winter was brutal!

How did everyone else do?

Day 8

Starting Weight on 3-11-2013: 201 (no change. pms and bloated)
NEW GOAL: Weight for 3-11-2013: 198
Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

1 cup of oatmeal with blueberries

Total Calories: 330

Snack:



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Lunch:

1/2 multi grain pita pocket with tuna
crackers

Total Calories: 270
 
Supper:

pork chop steamed
green beans

Total Calories: 300

Dessert:

Day 7

Starting Weight on 3-10-2013: 201 (no change. pms and bloated)
NEW GOAL: Weight for 3-11-2013: 198
Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

1 cup of oatmeal with strawberries


Total Calories: 330

Snack:

pear

Total Calories: 113

Lunch:

multi grain pita pocket with tuna


Total Calories: 350
 
Supper:

chicken breast
1/2 sweet potato
green beans

Total Calories: 300

Dessert:

Day 6

Starting Weight on 3-9-2013: 201 (no change. pms and bloated)
NEW GOAL: Weight for 3-11-2013: 198
Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

3 eggs
english muffin


Total Calories: 330

Snack:


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Lunch:

multi grain pita pocket with tuna
pear

Total Calories: 410
 
Supper:

smelts (that were gross)
1/2 sweet potato with sour cream

Total Calories: 200

Dessert:



Wasn't very hungry today. 

Day 5

Starting Weight on 3-8-2013: 201
NEW GOAL: Weight for 3-11-2013: 198
Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

1 cup of plain oatmeal
1/2 cup of strawberries
2 tablespoons of brown sugar  

Total Calories: 360

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Lunch:

pita pocket with steamed chicken
avacado
light mayo
crackers

Total Calories: 470
 
Supper:

4 oz of fresh trout
medium sweet potato with sour cream


Total Calories: 300

Dessert:

chocolate covered peanuts
  
Total Calories: 150
 

Day 4

Starting Weight on 3-7-2013: 202 REACHED MY GOAL!!!
NEW GOAL: Weight for 3-11-2013: 198
Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

1 cup of plain oatmeal
1 package of raisins
2 tablespoons of brown sugar 

Total Calories: 510

Snack:

mix nuts

Total Calories: 150

Lunch:

pita pocket multi grain with tuna/celery
half an avocado

Total Calories:410
 
Supper:

boiled chicken
medium size sweet potato with sour cream

Total Calories: 400

Day 3

Starting Weight on 3-6-2013: 203
Goal Weight for 3-11-2013: 202
Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

1 cup of plain oatmeal
1/2 cup of cut up strawberries
1 tablespoon of brown sugar

Total Calories: 380

Snack:

raisens
mixed nuts (unsalted)

Total Calories: 240

Lunch:

chicken Croquettes with light sour cream  (made 4 had 3)


Total Calories: 300
 
Supper:

1 pita pocket (multi grain)
tuna with light mayo and cut up celery


Total Calories: 410


Total Calories: 1330

Day 2

Starting Weight on 3-5-2013: 204
Goal Weight by 3-11-2013:   202
Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

2 eggs
1 english muffin with peanut butter

Total Calories: 260

Snack:

Pear

Total Calories: 120

Lunch:

steamed chicken
sweet potato with sour cream

Total Calories: 315
 
Supper:

Shredded chicken steamed
2/3 cup of mozzarella cheese
half onion
flaxseed
salt and pepper
bread crumbs
2 eggs

Total Calories: 300

 Dessert:

1/2 cup of chocolate fat free/sugar free pudding (skim milk)

Total Calories: 80



Total Calories: 1075

Day 1

Starting Weight on 3-4-2013: 205.2
Goal Weight by 3-11-2013:   202
Pant Size: 14
Shirt Size: M

Breakfast:

2 eggs
1 english muffin
1 banana

Total Calories: 395

Snack:

Pretzels

Total Calories: 120

Lunch:

2 tuna wraps with light mayo and avacado
crackers

Total Calories: 186
 
Supper:

Half a chicken breast with salt/pepper and season salt (steamed)
Small sweet potato with sour cream
1/3 cup of peas

Total Calories: 358

*Note* I forgot how hard the first few days (usually the first 10) are. Cutting out the stuff I eat and the habits I have created is tough. I managed to not go into the cabinets looking for chocolate or something to snack on. Instead I did some money budgeting in our bedroom and went to bed. Should be interesting to see how the next few days go. Glad that the next holiday is at the end of the month. Should be well into my program by then. Total Calories: 1059

Introduction

My Daily (Healthy) Diet Diary (Introduction)

At my lightest I weighed in at 165. It wasn't until I was a sophomore in college did I weigh that low. Weight was never a real struggle for me. But it did cross my mind all the time. To look thin, be thin, wear a size 8 and not the average size 12. To wear a bathing suit and not feel uncomfortable.  I was so not accepting of my body that I even wore turtlenecks to Florida in the dead of summer. It wasn't until a large portion of my sophomore year of college brought a lot of heartache and tears did I loose a lot of the weight.

When I got pregnant with my first child I gained only 22 pounds. Not bad for a first pregnancy. And I lost it pretty quickly. But living in an unideal situation brought on a love of all the wrong things. A few moves and some unsettled times brought on added weight gain. Then I found out I was pregnant with Anabelle and with the outcome of her diagnosis gave me license to eat. She was not gaining so eating more was what I needed to do to help her. The downhill spiral started there and continued until the birth of my 5th child. Oliver gave me the NEED to start a long weight-loss journey that I needed to do. Not only for myself. But my family as well.

So its time! Its time to start trudging through the weight loss journey that I started more then 2 years ago. I felt so good when I started my journey in November 2010. I had a lot of energy, my spirits were up and I didn't seem to tire as easily. I watched what I ate. Eliminated the extra snacking and constant "grazing". I stopped drinking milk (my weakness) at every moment. I went for walks in the mornings before starting work and I read the labels on everything.

Since getting pregnant with Everly, it was almost a way "out" so to speak. Even though I continued to watch what I ate and exercised daily, I found that the weight was piling on. Even though I was always on the go. The more weight I gained the more I would "indulge" in all the things I had given up. Creating a cycle that I couldn't break away from.

Just before I got pregnant with Everly I weighed in at 180. The lowest I had been since getting pregnant with Olivia. Though not the lowest I was before getting pregnant with her. My pregnancy was a stressful time. With so much loss and death it was difficult to always deal with all the emotions I was going through and have people around me understand. Even 4 months later I still don't think those around me truly understand how I was feeling during my pregnancy.

So now its time to start back up. Take control and work against the struggles of over eating and indulging. Will it be easy? Nope. Will I break down? Sure will. But its a road I am willing to take and since I have very little control with how people treat me, the world around me and the things that happen. I do have control over this.

So continue with my journey. Help me with my goals. Encourage me. And hey, even give pointers and food ideas. I am on a mission. A mission of healthier eating! Wont you join me.