WI, Food log for 2 days and a little mini challenge....
Well, today was WI and I am happy to report another 1.2 pounds gone!! So I am getting closer to getting those pesky 7 pounds off that I gained and back to where I was a month ago. :) I am happy to be able to report another loss. And it was not that hard, to be honest. Just journal, water, exercise. Focus is on the basics....they always work for me.
And now to the mini challenge....and I don't have to change a thing that I am doing.....how many weeks in a row can I NOT gain??? So far I have 2 weeks in a row of losses. This would include a loss or maintain to be counted. So who wants to be in with me?? All we have to focus on is NO GAIN. :) Even a maintain....a .2 loss....anything that is not in the opposite direction, would count.
C'mon...you know you wanna do it!?!?! lol.
Alright...happy Saturday to all. I am sure I will check in again over the weekend. We are spending a nice, relaxing time, doing nothing. Today we will walk with my son over to the park for a while. And then when I get home I will do 2 miles on the ole Judge Dread!! lol. :)
So today is another day that is goooood!!! I really feel good with this many solid days in a row!! I think it is 9 days now that I have been journaling here....and it is helping me a lot. So I will keep it up.
Isn't it funny how just looking backward to see what you were doing that made you successful would do. I know that what I am doing is very basic. But I have to say that it is pretty amazing how following the program, as designed, will get results. Yeah....I know. DUH!!! But that is okay. Perhaps we just need to keep banging our heads against a wall over and over again to get it. The thing that I have had that a lot of people don't is the ability to not give up on myself. Even when I have gone in the wrong direction for a while, I am able to make a u-turn (yes...Tatumsmom...this is stolen from your blog. Just take it as flattery...lol) and start going in the right one. I mean, I have to remember, I have maintained a majority of my loss since 2004. 2004!!! I mean, that in and of itself is a success, wouldn't you say?
But here I have been sitting in Comfyville. Not ready to go forward and see what another 10 pounds.....20 pounds....30 pounds will look like. I know this because I have been sitting around this weight for quite a while. Comfortable in my own skin where I am.....but always with the desire to move forward....just not with the drive.
But the drive is here and now I am taking it and running with it!!!
Journal
1/2 yogurt 1 apple 1
LC Chicken - 8
Turkey patty - 5 bun - 2 baked fries - 5
Ice cream 1 cup - 4
Total for the day 26 points. Exercise: DOR
Well, that is all I have for you for now. :) There are a lot of people who are back on track and doing good things so I will say congrats to all of the great losers today!!! I will be joining you on Saturday!!!
Total points - 25 Exercise - 35 minutes on treadmill
Okay....*yawn*...now that we are done with that, on to bigger and better things. :)
I am really feeling good about the progress I am making overall. I really *want* to keep this going just as it is and if I were able to do that, then I really believe that I will get to goal. And get there this year. I really feel like this is something that is a reality.
And there are stressors in my life right now but they are not getting to me...or my eating. So I am pleased. It feels like progress.
Carne asada 3 flower tortillas cheese guacamole and sour cream
golden spoon small reeces peanut butter cups topping
I did put the points for dinner because I did not really take in the portions. So I know that my flex are gone and I am a little negative into them.
Not a bad weekend overall. We don't have much planned for the summer so I should be able to continue with the focus that I have been having. This will be another good week...I am sure of it.
I don't really have much more to talk about. I feel good about the progress I am making....what the scale said last week....my water intake.....my exercise....so it has all fallen into place and I feel good about that. As long as I do the habits that keep me healthy, then I will get the other results that I am looking for....losses. So my focus is on creating healthy habits....not being a journal NAZI! :)
Hey there. Not anything exciting going on today. Just wanted to post my journal from last night. We went out with some friends and hung out until late so we had a late night snack at Jack in the Box. I actually thought it was going to be worse than it was so I was pleasantly surprised. :)
So that is the title that was partially suggested by another EPer (THANKS!!! lol)...and so I just added the 'and taking names' part. We are creative PIONEERS!! lol.
Okay...first things first...journal....(yes...I am crazy to let you all see into my food world...but it helps me so there you have it....)
Grapes 1c - 1 yogurt - 1 Cereal 1/2 cup - 1 (you will all notice a pattern here...same every day...fruit, yogurt, Kashi Go Lean...lol)
Lean Cuisine Sweedish Meatballs (yummy!!) - 6 (you will also see a patern here with the LC lunches...pretty standard for me too but I get variety in the different choices)
Total points for the day 26 Exercise - No formal exercise but my honey and I went on a nice walk last night to run a few errands....about 45 minute walk...I think that counts for something, right?? lol.)
On one of the errands I found a nice new water mug. I have been looking for one for quite a time now but have not been able to find it. So, when I saw this one, I was filled with GLEE because it was exactly what I wanted. It has a lid...plastic straw.....and ounce measurement on it...so I can measure how many ounces I have left to go. The ounces start at the top of the glass and go down so I can see how many I have left. It holds 64 ounces. Right now, I have only 26 left to go of this mug!! Yeay me!
So I am feeling really good about what I am doing. My revelation really helped me a lot and I actually feel like a normal person. Just focusing on the basics is something I know I should have figured out long ago...but sometimes we have to figure things out by ourselves...and no one can tell them to us. We have to find out on our own. Another friend of mine, who is at goal really and doing maintenance, is going through the same thing. We both had this similar revelation and since then, we have been doign great.
This is something that I feel I can sustain. I did it for over a year and a half when I lost the initial amount of weight. And all I did were these basics. So using the formula that I used before will get me similar results....and I feel happy that I am finally feeling like I am in such a good place.
And having all of my *~*~*~virtualfriends~*~*~*~ to support me is so very helpful!!
