After weighing in on Monday I have gained 2.5 pounds back. Not much more to say.

Well this has not been a good week at all. I tried hard to stick to around 1500 calories but the real problem has come with the exercising. I have been so tired and congested lately that I have not done my exercise in several days. It is really showing on the scale. I am up about a pound and I am so disappointed, I need to get it together this next week and see if I can't loose enought to reach my 7 pounds for the month. it is not looking good though. I will see what I can do, I will let you know the actual lose or gain tomorrow night.

well I have not been able to get on a computer (mine went down) for a few days. I stuck to about 1500 calories a day. I did not exercise as much as I wanted to do only 30 minutes every other day. I am back on line and am going to try to blog everyday. When I weighed on Monday I only lost .5 lbs but am still ahead of my goal of 7 pounds per month. I am back at work after the snow days and it will be easy to keep eating right. My only problem lately is been trying to exercise everyday for 30 minutes but I am going to keep at it. The hardest part is to step on the scale after a week and only loose .5 pounds.

Oh to have a quick fix. A fellow teacher had her stomach stapled and lost 80 pounds in 6 months and I am really jealous. I don't want to resort to such a drastic thing but there are times when I think I might. it was so easy for her. I will keep at it and be extremely glad to loose 80 pounds in a year. God give me strength.

Well I can't believe that I didn't blog last night. I worked out both days on the treadmill and and did some weight work. I tried to keep the calories down to under 1500 but I am not sure. I know that since I have been snow bound I have not drank enough water lately. I can really tell that I am holding water. My fingers are swollen and I need to try to drink more the next couple of days. I really can't wait to have this snow melt so that I can get back to work. When I am at work I eat less and drink more water.

I am going a little stir crazy we have been snow bound for 3 days. I have tried to stick as close to 1500 calories as possible but I had a few oatmeal peanut butter chocolate cookies my daughter made. They are some of my favorites. I did go walking outside in the snow for 30 minutes and then I helped to scrape the ice and snow off our driveway. It is hard to believe that you can sweat so much when it is 30 degrees outside. Tomorrow is another day and I will start all over again. This has to be what it is like to be an alcoholic; one day at a time. The only difference is that you can live without alcohol but not without food. Well enough justifying, I'll do better tomorrow.

Well I have completed week one of a life long process. I kept my calories down to 1500 and I made up for not exercise yesterday by doing 2 consecutive 30 minutes workouts(boy am I tired). I am still on track for 15 hours a month in exercising too. Well I got on the scale and am down 4.5 pounds. So after week one I have met all my goals for the first week. I am so proud of me. Yeah!!!

Well I was unable to blog yesterday but was a good girl and kept my calories down to 1500 and did quite a bit of walking too. I was not able to do my treadmill work out but spent most of the day walking so I am going to call it even. Today I kept my calories down as well and spent the day preparing for bad weather that is forcasted to hit tonight and stick with us in Georgia (USA) for a couple of days. School was canceled tomorrow so I will have a chance to make up for the non exercise day. I don't want to start not exercising when things get busy. I need to weigh in tomorrow and exercise for at least 1 hour. I can't wait to see how I have done this week. I keep telling myself that my goal only requires me to loose 1 to 2 pounds per week but I am hoping for more. I'll let you know tomorrow.

Well I have made it through the week at school. I kept my calories down to lower than 1500 per day and did at least 30 minutes of exercise each day or course I only got in 15 minutes so far today. My dear husband took me out for a salad this evening. That was so nice. I will have to make up for it in the morning. i am feeling good about my achievements this week and cant wait to see how the scale moves on Monday. I only need to lose about 1 1/2  to 2 lbs per week to achieve my goal. I think I will be able to do this. Well the weekend is here and that is harder than keeping on the diet during the week at school. I know I can do it though. 

i am a little tired today. However I did stick below 1500 calories again today and did a new treadmill workout that was much more intense than the other one I have been doing. I burned a few more calories and went about one half mile longer. I still did my weight lifing workout too. I am feeling very positive about my efforts to start this life changing endeaver. I am very committed to make these changes to myself and my habits. Thanks for coming along for the ride. I will not disappoint.

Well I am on day three and feel good about it. I kept my calorie intake down to about 1500 and did my 30 minutes on the treadmill and 15 minutes of weight work. I don't know if anyone is reading my blog and I am not sure if that is even important. i think the whole purpose of me doing this is to be accountable to myself. If it helps me to think that other people are reading what I write and that keeps me working in the right direction than I am OK with that too.