Yay, I lost 2 lbs!

Even after that big huge dinner I had last night I weighed myself this afternoon and I was down 2 lbs! now, my goal is to stay away from big huge dinners next week so I can keep going down down down :)

I didnt eat enough today, but I dont think one day of under-eating is going to hurt anything.

Breakfast

• 1/2 c. cherrios                                         22 - 1
• light and fit yogurt                                  21 - 1

Lunch

• grapefruit                                                 20 - 2

Dinner

• rice                                                            18 - 2
• thai salmon                                              16 - 4
• tortilla wrap                                              12 - 1

Total: 11 points under 

Flexi Points Used: 0/35

Work Out

• eliptical- 2hours/1134calories 

changing my weigh in day

I am going to weigh tomorrow like I did last week to face the damage I did tonight but starting next week I am going to do my weigh in on wednesdays. My weakness is obviously my weekends, especially on sunday because that is when we have our big family dinners (usually at a restaurant or my mom's lavish cooking. At first I thought by making my weigh in on monday it would prevent me from overeating on the weekends, but it is just so hard... and that is what flexi points are for. By the end of the week I am almost out of my flexi points and I just feel like I dont even get a chance to try to work off those calories before weighing so I am changing it starting tomorrow. 

Today is my last day of the week, and I am too lazy to look up all the points I ate for dinner, so I am just going to estimate the whole meal.... 

Breakfast/Lunch

• 2 pieces bread                                     22 - 4
• tunafish w/ mustard                             18 - 2
• cheese                                                   16 - 3
• veggie soup                                          13 - 1
• raspberries                                            12 - 2

Dinner/dessert                                                   10 - 27?

• grilled calamari
• 6 oysters 
• chipinno (w/ 1/2 lobster tail)
• 2 pieces of bread w/ butter
• creme brulee (yummmmmmmm)

Total: -17 over

Flexi Points Used: 42/35 

Work Out:

• day off

yummy day

 It was so weird, but EVERYTHING I ate today I was like "mmmm this is soooo good" lol. I enjoyed every little thing I put in my mouth and I didnt go over my points. I was craving thai food (I seriously could eat it every day) so instead of going out to Thai Kitchen I looked up some recipies, adjusted them a little bit and made an AWESOME thai salmon with green curry and peppers and cilantro and mint and lots of good flavors and then I made some ginger rice and portioned it out and my craving was totally satisfied.

Breakfast

• 3/4 c. peanut butter Puffins                        22 - 2
• 1/2 c. soymilk                                                20 - 1

Lunch

• Veggie wrap  (same as last night)            19 - 4
• 2 dill pickles                                                  15 - 0

Snack

• mini whole wheat bagel                              15 - 1
• hummus                                                         14 - 1

Dinner

• Thai salmon                                                   13 - 7
• 3/4 c. rice                                                        6 - 3

Dessert

• WW mini cake                                                3 - 1
• raspberries                                                     2 - 1
• tea w/ honey                                                   1 - 1

Total: 0 points 

Flexi points used: 25/35

Work Out

• Walking- 30 min/2mi/200cal
• Swimming- 1000meters/20min/200cal

1000 calories BURNED!

So i was thinking about my strengths and weaknesses in my weight loss journey.... basicly my weaknesses are yummy food, eating as entertainment (with my friends), and thinking "that little extra wont hurt me". My strengths are portion control (most of the time), eating healthy food (most of the time), and working out (and enjoying it too!) So yea, if i ever slip up a little with my weaknesses (over eating) i can just work towards my strengths and just work out a little bit more to work it off. It is totally common sense, but I was planning on working out for an hour today and changed it to 2 hours because of what I ate yesterday.... and I burned 1000 CALORIES! yay. 

Breakfast

• 2 small pancakes w/ sugar free syrup                 22 - 6

Lunch

• 1 cutie                                                                        16 - 1
• 1/3 veggie sandwich                                               15 - 7
• Cheez-its                                                                    8 - 4

Dinner

• 1 cutie                                                                         4 - 1
• Veggie wrap (arugila, 1 tsp dressing, 2 slices low call swiss cheese, low cal tomato basil tortilla, a few crutons           3 - 4
• Green Tea

Dessert

• WW mini cakes                                                        -1 - 1

Total: -2 points

Flexi Points Used: 25/35

Work Out

• Walking- 6.05mi/800cal/1h40min
• Stair Climber- 200cal/20min 

Went over AGAIN!

 I went a lot over my points today, im not upset, because I totally enjoyed myself. (yea, i am saying that now, but wait to see what I say once I weigh in and see what damage I did). I just really need to be careful this weekend and WORK OUT. Wish me luck for the next few days until monday :)

Breakfast

• Tall Soy Latte                                            22 - 2

Lunch

• 1/3 of a BIG veggie sandwich                 20 - 7

Snack

• Tea with splenda                                       13 - 0

Dinner

• Veggie Burrito w/ everything                    13 - 12
• horchata                                                         1 - 4

Dessert

• Gelato                                                             - 3 - 7

Total: -10 points 

Flexi Points Used: 23/35

WorkOut

• day off

Day off

 Today is my day off of working out..... and from looking back at my journals, I eat an average of 10 whole points more on the days that I dont work out. It is suppose to be the other way around! I am kind of worried because I have already used 13/25 flexi points and it's not even the weekend yet (eventhough the weekend is the end of my week.... i still ALWAYS eat more points of the weekend). I really need to be careful with what I eat today, I am aiming for using no more than 5 of my flexi points.... I hope i can do it!

ehhh

  I've been sticking to my points (well not today exactly) but i havnt been eating especially healthy... nothing too bad, but i could be better. I am proud of myself for working out every day though.

Breakfast

• Special K Protein Plus                               22 - 2
• Light and Fit Yogurt                                    20 - 1

Lunch

• Jamba Juice Light                                      19 - 4

Dinner

• Garlic Bread                                                15 - 5
• Spaghetti                                                     10 - 10

Dessert

• 2 cookies                                                      0 - 10

Total: -10 points 

Flexi Points Used: 13/35

Work Out

• Walking: 2.05mi/30min/250calories
• Swimming: 1000meters/25min/250calories

1. 500 meters freestyle 
2. 300 meters breaststoke
3. 200 meters freestyle cool down

I cant stop sleeping

 Ok so one of my goals this week was to wake up before 10:30 every morning since i have been sleeping in until at least 12 or 1 every day... but yea, i didnt do it today. I slept in until 12 o'clock again today! I even went to bed somewhat early last night too, so i dunno what happened. AND THEN i went to the gym only for like 30 minutes, went tanning, then ryan came over and we took a nap for like 3 hours! I really need to stop lol. Anyway, I ate all of my points for today so im trying to stay out of the kitchen for the rest of the night... I hope i can do it.

Breakfast

• 4 cuties                                                             22 - 2

Lunch

• 2 pieces high fiber bread                              20 - 2
• Cheese                                                             18 - 6
• grilled                                                                12 - 2

Dinner

• 2 veggie burgers                                             10 - 2
• potatoes                                                             8 - 4
• salad                                                                   4 - 2
• Broccolini w/ oil                                                 2 - 2 

Total: 0 points

Flexi Poinrs used: 3/35

Work Out

• Swimming- 1000meters/30minutes/300cal

1. 250 meter freestyle warm up
2. 5, 50 meter butterfly sprints
3. 5, 50 meter freestyle sprints
4. 250 meter freestyle cool down

down one pound

 I'm down one pound this week (174 to 173) so i'm pretty happy... it is understandable (and even good if you ask me) considering I had thai food and gelato last night and it is my TOM. My hunny comes home tonight and I am soooooo excited to see him, i missed him so much so i cant wait to hug him and kiss him all over! lol wow, im a dork... and ya'll probably didnt want to hear that but it's the truth! It is going to be harder to find time to work out once he gets home, but i'll find a way... it is my challenge for the week. My goal for next weigh in (1/14/08) is 3  pounds.... I dunno if i can do it, but im aiming high. 

I had a weird day with eating today, I slept in until 11:30, then I went to the gym and went tanning, ate a really high point breakfast/lunch, took a nap, just woke up and I havnt had dinner yet. So Im going to start writing my journal here and then ill come back tomorrow and finish it.

Breakfast/Lunch

• 2 tortillas                                                 22 - 4
• soy meat                                                 18 - 2
• cheese                                                    16 - 4
• sour cream                                             12 - 2

Dinner

• Pizza                                                        10 -  13

Total (pending): -3

Flexi points used: 3/35

Work Out:

• Swimming- 2000meters/80laps/45minutes/400calories

1. Freestyle: 1000 meters (40 laps)
2. Butterfly intervals: 5 sets of 50 meters (10 laps)
3. Breast Stroke: 500 meters (20 laps)
4. Cool Down Freestyle: 250 meters (10 laps)

not so good

So I weigh in tomorrow, and I am kind of worried. It is my TOM and I had a really good week this week but not the past few days. I've used all of my flexi points but I am hoping that my exercise paid off, since I didnt eat them as "exercise points". Whatever my weight is tomorrow, I am not going to get discouraged (if the loss isnt as high as I want) and just keep going, as long as the number is less then what I started at (173.3 lbs). Here is to being honest with myself....

Breakfast

• 1 flour tortilla                                          22 - 2 
• soy meat                                                 20 - 1
• 2 egg whites                                          19 - 0

Lunch

• 2 pieces double fiber bread                 19 - 2
• veggie burger                                          17 - 1
• cheese                                                      16 - 2
• 2 cuties                                                      14 - 1
• tea                                                               13 - 0

Snack

• Slimfast bar                                                13 - 5

Dinner

• veggie curry rice                                      8 - 12
• Thai ice tea                                                   -4 - 4

Dessert

• Getato                                                            -8 - 6

Work Out

• day off

Total: -14 points 

Flexi points used: 40/35