Another Day

I didn't record tonights dinner. I cant imagine that I went over my 1700 calories though. I didn't eat lunch and I had beef stew and rice for dinner that would be hard to figure out the calories I think. I was only up to 600 though when I ate dinner because I skipped lunch. So..another successful day. I felt kind of blucky again though. Not sure if it was from skipping lunch or the phen or what. My stomach just hurt and I was tired. Mabe caffeine withdrawel. I had one pepsi this morning but I would say on average I was drinking anywhere from 32 oz and up each day. Sometimes more. So now I am down to 12oz and less. I thought phen is supposed to give you energy though. I guess if I slept every now and again I would feel better too. I tried to take a nap this afternoon before my son got home from school but the kids were noisy and the phone kept ringing.

Tomorrow I have a Drs appt and will visit with my sis for awhile.

Monday morning

I had a BAD breakfast. I guess I could just say that I had my lunch calories for breakfast. I ate more for breakfast than I have been eating for breakfast and lunch. I ate an odd breakfast anyways. I had leftover chicken potpie. Yummy. I will eat salad and water for lunch. Or maybe I will skip lunch all together.

The scale is showing a few extra pounds this morning from Saturday. Still down 11 pounds. So I hope that it is just water weight or my scale was off on Saturday or something.I do feel kind of bloated and it is almost TOM.  I know it can fluctuate and you shouldn't weigh every day but I haven't conquered that one yet.

Until Later.................................

I didn't blow it

It is Sunday evening and I think that I can safely say that I did not blow it this weekend. I think weekends are always a true test of a diet. Everyone is home and the munchies come etc. I guess next weekend may be tougher since it is pay day next Friday and we generally go out to eat and all but I have refrained from fastfood ALL week which is amazing for us. I really cannot think of a week that we have not eaten at least a 99cent burger. I LOVE McDonalds breakfast too and I haven't gone there either.

I had my usual breakfast. Bagel and V-8 juice and then went to church. I drank 32 oz of water on the way to church. I got home and was really tired so I laid down while my husband grilled burgers for lunch. They came in to tell me lunch was done and I said I would be out in a little while. When I got up my husband had eaten my burger. Dummy. He said he thought I was going to sleep though lunch. So, I didn't eat any lunch. I was a little aggravated at him but it just means that I can eat more homemade chicken pot pie that's almost done in the oven. I doubt I will be able to eat as much as I use to.

fitday.com

I came across this website looking up calories. www.fitday.com It brings it up just like a regular package label. I find it lots easier to just look things up on there and put it in the custom foods. It isnt as easy to find foods on the new food log on here and it annoys me.

I did what the flylady says this morning ang got up and got dressed and put on lace up shoes (I hate shoes). Then I went to the grocery store and got home and put everything away and cooked lunch.

Now I am in a major house cleaning mode. I always put too many irons in the fire though. I got the idea to raise my bed up with blocks to make room under it to store things that we save but never need (old papers and junk) I wanted to put it in boxes and put it up under there. So in order to do that my husband had to take the bed out of the room to put blocks there so now I have a mess cleaning from under the bed etc. In the mean time I am also trying to finish my dining room to get ready for my brother in law to come over tomorrow to fix the floor. That is why I started with the bed thing so I can put some of the baskets from the dining room under there. I know blah blah blah. Boring stuff. But thank God I have the energy to get something accomplished for a change. Now if my back will hold up. Dang, I sound old.

Well I am going to get back to it. I think, I too, am getting addicted to this website but obviously it is working and I am not hurting anybody or costing anyone any money so I think I will keep at it.

   I had my daily pepsi while I was out shopping. Yummy!!!!!

WOW!!!!

I just got up and weighed. I had to do it three different times because I did not believe it. I was down almost 15 pounds from when I started. That is incentive to keep it up.

Last night for dinner my husband made hamburger patties. He was putting cheese on all of them. I told him that I didn't want cheese on mine. They all thought I was crazy. I ate mine plain with A-1 sauce and had a cup of applesauce. The kids thought that I was crazy for wating that. My husband actually defended myself and said that it was a good dinner and the bun wasn't any good for you anyways.

So, I just got finished eating my whole wheat bagle and v-8 breakfast and then I am off to the grocery store to buy more healthy foods. Getting a little expencive because my daughter is eating what I am eating.

It is amazing at how little can fill you up after you have adjusted your eating habits. I am using a smaller plate whenever I eat so I fool myself into thinking that I am eating more. I even do it with my breakfast. Any besides I like my little coca cola plates. So it makes me happy when I eat.

It is weird. I want to tell someone what I accomplished this week but I am afraid that I will curse myself or something. Obviously my sister and others who read this will know but I want to tell my husband and I don't want to at the same time. He is like a politician though and always tries to say what sounds best. I think if he makes too big a deal of me losing weight then (he thinks)he will make me think that he didnt like me how I was. Thats how he thinks. He never knows that right thing to say. Okay, I dont think that made any sense.

Off to the grocery store. I hate shopping. I have a defective shopping gene.

I wanna eat cookies

I feel blucky today. Just kind of clammy and yucky. I have had to force myself to eat today. I fixed a small grilled chicken salad and had to force myself to eat the whole thing. Just because I thought I should. Not because I really wanted to.

The mind is a horrible thing. I never thought I was a stress eater. Just a stress drinker but I just got in a disaggreement with my son about his Algebra grade and when he went out to mow the yard I felt the urge to go and eat a box of girl scout cookies. That is why I am here blooging so I don't eat a box of cookies.

I am thinking I am not eating enough calories but I don't really feel like eating anymore. I am sure that is a side affect of the Phen. Maybe I should get a good multi vitamin or something. Not that I would take it since I hate taking medicine and do good to take what I HAVE to. But I don't want to be unhealthy. I just want to lose weight and be in better shape.

Flylady Ideas for Morning routine

This is something I jsut came accross on flylady.com. It is ideas for getting your morning routine better. I know I have read that it helps your mood and day do get dressed and put real shoes on even if you aren't leaving the house. I am bad about that. Waiting to get decent until I absolutely have to. I guess it makes you feel more like a sloucher and unenergetic.

1. Get up and weigh
2. Shower, get dressed to lace up shoes,fix your hair and face
3. While you are in the bathroom Swish and Swipe
4. Grab a load of laundry and start the washer
5. Check your calendar for today's activities
6. Empty dishwasher to start your day
7. Eat something good for you, take your medicine and vitamins
8. What's For Dinner
9. Drink your water.
10. Put some Loving Movement into your day.

Day 5?

HMMMMM  I looked at my blog posts and I said that the 6th was my first day so I guess I am on day 5. I think I just didn't start an active healthy eating until Tuesday although I watched what I ate on Monday.

Day #4

I already broke my oath of not weighing every day. I guess I am still weak in that respect. Okay I am starting over. I will try not to weigh until at least Sunday. Maybe if I put it in my room instead of in the bathroom, I will be less likely to weigh because then I would have to carry it to a hard floor.

We didn't exercise yesterday. I will try to go a .75 mile today to make up for it. I did alot more house work than usual yesterday and I was tired from not sleeping the night before. I guess I shouldn't make excuses. I should just do it anyways.

I haven't been sleeping well the past three days. It really isn't an unusual thing because I suffer from insomnia quite often. The thing is, I am really not missing the sleep. I still feel like I have more energy than usual. Because I usually have 0 energy until night time. The first two nights I took the phentermine I tossed and turned all night long. That was even with taking tylenol P.M. The nurse practioner I used to see wouldn't even prescribe phentermine because I am on medication for depression and I have anxiety problems but this new Dr I have seen the last couple of times thinks that the pros outweigh the cons. Especially since we have diabetis, etc in our family.

Now we are to my first weekend of a new lifestyle. That seems to be when I really sabotage(sp) my diets. I think I am in a better emotional place this time though. I am usually in a bad mindset. I feel bad because I am having to eat differently than everyone else and when the family wants to go out for a burger I feel like a failure because I shouldn't eat it because I am overweight. But not now. I think I am going about all his better. AND my family shouldn't be eating all that junk anyways. The day I first started this, I had to go the grocery store and the family didn't want to wait to eat so it was decided to go to Checker for a 99 cent burger. I did't get one and got a salad instead. My husband was a little aggravated but I promised to get something to eat at the store. I got a big garden salad that was only like 200 calories for the whole huge thing. I didn't feel bad at all. So I am making progress. In fact my son wanted some of the salad and I gave some to my daughter when I was full.

So here we go, day 4.

Oh yeah, I might add that I was wide awake at 6am. I am usually not wide awake until after 10 or 11.

Another Day

I did well again today on calories. I felt hungrier today than I have in the past two days. I did find by researching on the internet that I shouldnt go with 1500 calories because it is too little for my body weight. So I get to add about 280 more calories a day. I guess you can actually eat too little calories and it makes you not lose weight. So......I came in right at 1780 for the day so that is good according to my research. Supposedly I can lose 5 pounds a week at that rate.

I am challenging myself to not get on the scale for two days. I keep weighing every day and that is not healthy and can be discouraging at times. I guess I just want everything to happen instantly and see instant results. I can't wait to buy a smaller size jeans. I have a hard time finding jeans to fit me anymore. Maybe by my birthday (Nov. 28 th) I can be in the next smaller size.

My sis and I set up mini goals which I think is very productive. A little less daunting than looking at the big picture. Maybe a record. I have gotten through three full days of not just a "diet" but eating healthy. Can't say that I wasn't hoping that I would have some extra calories left over so I could eat some pudding or something but I will just be content with water and go to bed.