First big milestone!

I have been setting small goals for myself but I finally have reached one of the big milestones. 20 POUNDS!!! I'm one fifth of the way there. I'm so excited. This week was very challenging. Holidays, dates, movies,parties, pizza tours, I tried but wasn't sure if I was going to lose anything. I did make better choice this week. I planned out the holiday dinner, didn't have any pizza at the pizza tour. Tried to find at least a semi healthy dinner at MOG for movie night. Date night what can I say ;) I had chicken, but also rolls and creme brulee for dessert. I mean really ya gotta live sometimes :)

I know that I said I was going to get back on the workout track. I worked out Monday and Tuesday but stopped because I was so hunger. I'm currently trying to find something that will help curb the hunger when I workout. I'm just starving. I think that I will try the biggest loser protein drink. You mix it up with your water, its only 40 calories and has something like 7 grams of fiber and protein. So I'll give it a shot. I'll let you know what I think.

This week looks better easy. Nothing big going on to worry about. I've been reading Jillian's and Bob's books, getting some good tips. I already have read them before, just reviewing the information. Did my numbers, want a two pounds lost again this week. It funny but when you say two pounds it doesn't seem like a lot to me, but it is 7000 calories less then your BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) That's a lot. Basically without working out its not going to be happening. This is the formula for anyone that wants to figure theirs out. 655+ (4.3 x weight in lbs) + (4.7 x heights in inches) - (4.7 X age in years) After you have that number you multiply it by your daily activity level. Mine is light physical activity, normal for a stay at home mom, that number is 1.2

This is how my numbers worked out 655+1023.4+314.9-192.7 = 1800 x 1.2 = 2160 So that is my daily calories I need to stay at my current weight. Now if I want to lose two pounds a week I need to have 1000 calories less a day. So that would be 1160 daily, don't know about you but that is crazy low for me. And you shouldn't go under 1200 anyway. So this is where exercise come in. Whatever you burn during you workout you can add those calories in to up your daily calorie count. Roughly on cardio days my calories are 1490 and on cardio weight day my calories are 1590. But here is another trick. To help with plateau you should vary your caloric intake daily. Just make sure that at the end of 7 days you have a deficit of 7000 calories. So now that I have confused you totally let me show you what my daily intake is.
Monday - 1500
Tuesday - 1435
Wednesday - 1227
Thursday - 1583
Friday - 1474
Saturday - 1400
Sunday - 1400

For a total of 10033 calories for the week. My BMR is 16658 for a deficit of 6625. So if I want to lose a total of two pounds I need to either workout more or eat less. I'll have to go back and play with my numbers a bit more to get that magic -7000 calories. I might need to workout 7 days a week instead of taking Sundays off. We will see how the hunger goes. Anyway that is this week.

Stats for this week. Lost 2.2 pounds for a total of 20.2 pounds. I have lost a total of 4 inches around my waist.

This week stats

Lost a little over a pound and 1/2 inch around the waist. So that is a total of 18.5 pounds and 2.5 inches around the waist. Going good. I was worried about this week, and I learned a new truth. The two days of REALLY bad eating can overshadow 5 days of good eating. Which I find to be totally unfair! But it made me think this week. Are excessive cheat days worth it. I don't mean the occasional piece of cake or chips and dip. I'm talking about the full on Monty. Let me explain what happen.

It started on Monday night. We decided to get pizza. Instead of thinking ahead and eating one slice then having something reasonable. I have three slices of pizza which ended up being about 1500 calories. On top of the that I had some GS Thin mints and pringles. OK so what was I thinking. If I had just one slice of pizza and then a large salad. I would been great. But instead I ended up eating 2900 calories....WOW. That is almost two full days of food. So instead of losing weight all week I was fighting just to get back were I started on Monday morning.

So finally by Thursday I made it back down a pound so what do I do Thursday night. Have fajitas and chip and dip from On The border. This is just crazy so now the weekend is full of working out hard core and low calories days.

Now here is the truth. I can eat those things I love but in moderation. If I would have had one slice of pizza and salad. If I would have had chicken fajitas and skipped the chips and dip. I would have had a much bigger lost this week. Moderation, moderation, moderation. The only problem is I don't know if I can do moderation. I mean really if I was good at it I wouldn't weigh what I do. It so hard. I'm struggling with should I give up these food until I'm where I need to be? Ok, fellow dieters what have you found to help you? Please leave a comment on what has worked for you. I would love to get any input I can.

Some very positive things have happened this week. I went shopping with my lovely daughter this weekend. She wanted to go to Old Navy. They had the cutest summer dress. So I grabbed my normal size and a size smaller just in case. My normal size was huge!!! Not just big, they swam on me. Then the size smaller fit just right. It was awesome. So then I decided since its going to be a month or two before its nice enough to wear them I decided to buy a size smaller. That put me in a LARGE!!! OMGoodness!!! I haven't worn a large in I can't tell you how long. Now I'm not saying they fit yet. But I can get into them and they are snug, but I'm thinking about 15 pounds and they are going to look FABULOUS!!!!!

I have also started working out again. I don't know if I mentioned it, but I'm scared to death. I like working out, but it puts my hunger level through the roof. I'm hoping that since I have a semi grasp of my eating (other then the cheat days :) I will be OK. So Saturday I did 2 miles with Leslie Simon then I did the weight lifting portion of biggest loser. Sunday I did 3 miles with Leslie. That is mainly why I had a lost at all this week. I'm going to keep up the workout this week and see how it goes. I think I'm also going to chart my hunger. Just track it and be very mindful of what my body is feeling.

So this week is starting. Its all about the planning. I do best on weeks that the I have planned the weeks menu ahead of time. So today I'm going to sit down and plan this weeks food. Its actually getting easier. I pretty much eat the same thing everyday except for dinner. I thought I would get bored with it. But it just makes it some much easier. I don't really have to think about what i'm eating. I know that when I get hungry to grab either edamame, an apple, or raisin and almonds. I'm still eating about every three hours and that seems to working best for right now. Alrighty, been very long winded this week. So off I go.

Hope everyone has a very wonderful week!

"Happy Birthday" quote by Frosty

Good morning America how are ya? It was a good week. I hate to say I'm getting the hang of this because normally that would derail my efforts. But I'm getting the hang of this! So now I have lost a total of 17.5 pounds since the end of January. Not bad, not bad at all. Brownies and cinnamon rolls are normally my hearts desire, but yesterday I made cinnamon rolls for the family (mostly because they were about to go bad in the fridge) and I really wasn't even tempted to eat them. Not that I have this super willpower. I think I have reach the place that I really want to lost this weight. I have seen the pot of gold and the end of the rainbow.

I don't know if I shared this fact. I haven't told my parents that I'm on a diet. Long story but I want to surprise them when they come up in May. Hopefully they will see a difference :) But I need to prepare myself if they don't notice. Which I guess would be a good test. Since I'm losing weight for myself and my health not anyone else. OK, that not entirely true. I'm losing for my family too, so I'm around for awhile. Gotta help with those grand kids.

My waist is slowly shrinking. I think I have seen the most changes in belly. You know that jiggly wiggly place under the belly button. One word pregnancy, do I need to say anything else?? My clothes are fitting better. I didn't really think I would change size yet, since I pretty much had to squeeze into my clothes. Now they fit with some extra wiggle room. As most women I have clothes in about 4-5 different sizes...lol I'm looking forward to fitting into the pants that I bought a size to small because they were on sale. What kind of thinking is that??? It wouldn't be to bad but I have had them for 2 years.... I think they are still in style...hehe.

Off to a mcdonalds playdate... No worries not eating there :) Have a great week and I'll be seeing less of you next week. So cheesy, but that is me!

Its been awhile

I haven't blog for awhile, sorry about that. I just wasn't feeling it. This week was really good. I can't believe I lost 5 pounds! So happy, doing happy dance. I can actually see myself eating this way for the rest of my life. I'm sure I'll start to add in some sweet, but really I'm not missing them that much. I think the key for me is eating every couple of hours. Here is a breakdown of my day

8am Coffee, yogurt (either Fiber one yogurt 50c or Yoplus)
10:30 Egg sandwich - one egg, two egg whites, slice of 2% cheddar cheese on a bagel thin.
1:30 Lunch - either soup/salad or veggie burger or chicken roll up
3:30 Raisins and walnuts or almonds
6/6:30 Dinner - Chicken/pork, veggie of some sort and brown rice
9:00 Fruit or if I have enough calories I have kashi with blueberries and milk

So this is basically what I follow and it seems to be working for me. I track everything on my spark pages. My calories are normally from 1400 up to 1600. I do have one cheat night a week. This week it was on Thursday. I made fillet Mignon, corn on the cob and baked potato... it was awesome. But actually it really wasn't a cheat day since I saved calories all day so I could eat it. :)

So we are going into the 5th week. I have never stayed on a diet this long. I guess all the previous times where dress reherals and now its opening night. Its a good thing to, I'm ready to shine!

So far:
This week lost -5 for a total of 16 pounds!
Waist -1 inch for a total of 2 inches around my waist. Pants are fitting a little loser now.