week 3

Another pound and a half down!

I was so hungry week before last and I figured out why. I was not eating a 300 calorie snack that I was supposed to be eating around 4:00. To help myself, Trevor and I sat down on Saturday evening and planned out each meal for the upcoming week and made a grocery list. (Trevor twitched a little) Sunday morning we went grocery shopping, only purchasing the things on our list, and it only cost $75 for a full week of groceries! I love having all the fresh produce in the house and instantly available. I still didn’t do great at eating my snacks but I did do better. I planned out this upcoming weeks meals and I can’t wait to try the mango salmon tonight. I went grocery shopping (all by myself!) and am ready to start this week.

 I was a little disappointed that I had been losing 2 pounds a week and this week I only lost 1.5 pounds. I am reminding myself that people who followed this diet strenuously for thirty days lost between 6 and 8 pounds. It has only been twenty one days and I have lost a total of 5.5 pounds. I still have a week and half left to thirty days and am doing great just making better choices! Plus this week we had pizza one night when Trevor had a lot of homework, and another night we were busy we ate a fresco chicken soft taco for a snack. Those choices cost me a half a pound this week, and being aware of that I am able to make better choices this week!

week 2

Woo hoo! 2 more pounds down this week J

It’s a slow process but I am starting to enjoy making better choices. Weighing in on Sunday mornings is such a reward I feel motivated to do better the next week. The thing I love so far is that I have not even gone out and ran yet. I am making small changes to only this area of my life at this time. I do realize eventually I will plateau and at that point I wall add some physical activity. For now I am going to enjoy the success of good choices!

I was really amazed that even though I ate out once this week (tex-mex even!)  that I still had success this week in my weight loss goals. It is encouraging to know that even if I eat an unhealthy meal or two a week it does undo all my hard work. Sometimes I used to get caught up in feeling guilt over “blowing” the day, but if my goal is to make better choices I am free to make a good choice the next time.

I am still working on new ways to celebrate fine moments if life that do not involve food. I did think about it this week and it seems a pretty common practice worldwide to celebrate with a feast. Maybe I am just lucky and have too many reasons to celebrate!  Maybe an alternative would be to reassess what calls for a celebration and what should just get a high-five.  

week one

I made through the first week! I lost 2 pounds total over the week and I am super pumped to continue next week. I had lost three pounds by Wednesday and then made some poor food choices. I ate chili-cheese fries and had a few beers at Eskimo Joes to celebrate Trevor’s successful first day of school this semester. My sister came up to visit me and we went out to eat again. Even though it cost me a pound I am glad to have those memories and it was worth it to me. I am really learning to have a better relationship with my food. I noticed that Trevor and I often use food to celebrate and am going to explore other ideas this upcoming week. Any ideas?

After making good choices for three days I felt wonderful! I had so much more energy and felt so much more “me”! The biggest factor towards my success this week was sassy water. I hate drinking plain water and this water is so fantastic! I drink a half a gallon a day and feel so refreshed. Here is the recipe if you want to give it a try, it’s from Prevention’s Flat Belly Diet. I make it the night before and let it chill overnight.

                1 gallon of water

                1 lemon

                1 cucumber

                1 tsp of grated ginger

                12 mint leaves

Today was the kick off ! Trevor decided to do this with me so we both weighed in and measured this morning. That was a downer but I was excited at the same time to be making a proactive change in life. Besides being hungry, the biggest problem I am facing is emotional! My goal in this is to better educate myself so that I am able to make better choices on my own. Trevor is doing this with me and has different goals. He really wants to follow this by the book and not “cheat”. I am constantly reminding myself that I want to make better choices, not feel tied to a diet.

The first lesson I learned this week is not to go grocery shopping on Saturday morning, especially if you are buying items that you are unfamiliar with! That was a nightmare, my next trip will be during school hours.

Today is my one year marriage anniversary! After giving myself the first year to focus strenuously on making our relationship as healthy as possible, my second year of marriage I plan to spend focusing on my physical health. 2011 is the year that I am better educating myself about my health and I have made two challenges that compliment my goal.

Challenge #1: I am only going to eat out one meal per month for the full year.

Challenge #2: Loose one pound each week until I reach a healthy weight for my height.

Here’s the game plan: At 5’4 a healthy weight for me is 129. Currently weighing 162 I will need to lose 33 pounds. I am taking this week to read through the book "Flat Belly Diet" to better educate myself and my first weigh in will be this friday!