6-30-10 Food Journal

Calorie goal 1200-1500//WW 32 points

Yogurt 100 (2pts)

Footlong ham sub 570 (11pts)

Baked chips (snack) 120 (2pts)

Chargrilled chicken sandwich 300 (6pts)
Chargrilled chicken salad 180 (3pts)
Buffalo sauce 10 (0pts)
Light italian dressing 15 (0pts)

WW Snickers ice cream 150 (3pts)
7 oz watermelon 56 (1pt)

Total: 1501 calories (oops)///(28pts)


Today went VERY well considering that my husband had surgery today so we were at the hospital for part of the day. Thanks to Cindy I had planned on taking Subway down so I followed through with that. I got the whole footlong because it makes more sense money wise to me plus I was thinking it might be better to have more to eat than be tempted to eat. I also picked up the baked chips just in case I needed a snack later. My uncle came to the hospital and after Ray went back for surgery we went down to the cafeteria to eat. The cool thing was that the food on the line all had nutritional info cards in front of it. I was so impressed and wished the whole world was like that,,,ha. My uncle was able to pick based on the nutr. info and was excited to know exactly how to count it. I ate my Subway which was great. Then my mother in law brought Chick-fil-a down and that is always pretty easy to eat. I had to weigh my options and decide if I wanted more food or fried chicken there,,,,I decided on more food. But I was a little disappointed at the size of their salad. I remembered it being bigger for some reason. It was good though. I'm proud of myself for not using the hospital as an excuse.

I still haven't weighed since I don't know where the scale is,,haha. But I am enjoying it. I was actually just thinking that maybe I shouldn't weigh Monday either,,,,we'll see though. I don't want to be disappointed. I know this isn't a fast way to lose but it should be steady....like it has been before.

*****I'm not doing WW but listing points to compare to counting calories.*****

6-29-10 Food Journal

Calorie goal: 1200-1500///WW daily points 32

1 pack instant grits 100 calories (2 pts)
Red Velvet Yogurt 100 calories (2 pts)

Lean Cuisine Chicken Marsala 250 calories (5 pts)
Progresso Beef Pot Roast Soup 160 calories (3 pts)

2 pc Pizza Hut hand tossed Veggie Lovers 580 calories (12 pts)
Subway Veggie Salad 50 calories (0 pts)
Apple Cider Vinegar 0 (0)

WW Snickers Ice Cream 150 calories (3 pts)

Total calories: 1390 (27 points)

I'm feeling pretty good about today. I didn't weigh in this morning AND I planned around a great friend bringing us dinner tonight. She mentioned pizza this morning and I told her that would be fine but I wouldn't eat any. Then I started looking at nutritional information and decided I could probably swing it. It was so yummy too! Of course the salad helped. I didn't have time for the second piece at dinner but after we went swimming and Brady went to bed I had another one. I could've skipped it but I don't want to dip under 1200 calories so I really "had" to eat something else anyway. How horrible to HAVE to eat a piece of pizza to get over your min. calories,,,haha. I just wanted to note also that it is nice to just enjoy my food and not be worried about a weigh in the next day and what ONE little day did to my weight. Like today I know I did well with calories but the pizza along with my frozen dinner might have had too much sodium or something. I'd rather it work itself out and even out before weigh in than fret tomorrow morning over it....if that makes sense. I know/feel that weighing less will help me.

Ray is having surgery tomorrow and as my dear friend, Cindy, pointed out I need to be ready for the hospital tomorrow. She wanted to know my plan. We decided together that I should stop by Subway on the way down and I could eat it during lunch when Ray is in surgery. That way I'll have something to eat and won't be tempted by whatever. Plus you know hospitals and that there is no telling how long we'll be there even though it is an outpatient procedure. Ray's mom will be bringing Chick-Fil-A for dinner so I need to plan around that too.

***Again let me say that I'm not actually doing Weight Watchers. I'm just keeping note of my points to compare WW to counting calories.***

No weigh in

I didn't weigh this morning! Woohoo! Of course I kind of didn't have a choice because Ray hid the scale,,,ha. But I've found them before and weighed. I didn't try that today. It is nice but I am curious. I'll just have to "weight" until Monday!

6-28-10 Food Journal

Calorie goal: 1200-1500///WW daily points 32

2 packs instant grits 200 calories (4 pts)

1 bag steamed green beans 140 calories (2 pts)
Lean Cuisine Chicken Fettuccine 270 calories (6 pts)

Pringle stix 90 calories (2 pts)

Lean Cuisine Chicken Enchilada 280 calories (5 pts)
Lean Cuisine Rice and Beans 290 calories (5 pts)

Eggroll 70 calories (1 pt)
WW Snickers Ice Cream 150 calories (3 pts)

Total: 1490 calories////28 points

I think I did pretty well today. It was nice to EAT,,,ha! I started out thinking that I would do 1200 calories but after lunch I felt hungry and I had to fight that off. I decided that since I was hungry that I should eat all of my calories today so I wouldn't feel crazy or what to over eat later. I think it was a good choice.

You may wonder about my frozen dinners but I did it from Jan-April with great success. I kind of think of it as my own little Jenni Craig program. I like that it is easy with no real cooking, measuring or weighing. I added WW points to see what I'm getting daily compared to the points I would be eating on WW. I think that will be interesting to see. My daily points on WW would be 32. Today I got 28 points.

My goal was to get up this morning and exercise but I was cramping this morning from the "dieter's tea" that I drank so I didn't get up. I was going to do it this afternoon but didn't. I have to do better with that part. I have tons of stuff taped that I can watch and enjoy while doing the elliptical trainer so hopefully I will do it soon. :-)

Oh,,,this is important too....I asked Ray to hide the scale for me so I can't weigh in the morning. I'm excited about not weighing again. It sounds lame but I can't help it. I'll probably weigh once a week but we'll see how I feel when next Monday comes.

Counting calories again

Good morning!

I'm back to counting calories again. I'm looking forward to eating,,,haha. Nothing against the HCG plan at all though,,,,it does work. I think that because I'm more of a "volume eater" though that I'll do better on this. I had lost 34 lbs from Jan. to April before by counting calories and exercise so I know I can do it.

I'll post my food journal here and I haven't decided if I'll weigh in weekly or bi-weekly but I know it won't be everyday. I just can't handle watching the fluctuations!

I'm still down 30 total so that is good! I was a little worried that I'd be closer to 25 after this weekend! I'd really love to be at 50 lbs or REALLY REALLY CLOSE by my birthday, August 28th. I thought I had 9 weeks but I just counted and it is only 8 weeks,,,not sure how I counted the other day. I'm only thinking I'll lose 1-2 lbs a week so we'll see how I do before my birthday. I can't wait to go clothes shopping with Michelle again! :-)

12 Reasons You're Not Losing Weight

Check this out for some good info:
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6-25-10

Good morning!

I was "only" up .5 this morning. Wow,,,that is good news,,,ha. But my stomach is KILLING me! Ray said eating regular food again might help me with my bathroom issues. I'm going to pick up some of that dieter's tea tomorrow too since I'll be at Walmart.

Now I have to decide how I want to list my weight stats. I still want to keep my hcg numbers up so I'll play with it. I'll do my "new" starting weight on Monday.

Ugh....

I'm not doing well. I don't know what I'm going to do. I might just blog and save it to post later until I figure things out and feel better about everything. Or I might just blog every little thing that I think.

I think I'm going to start back counting calories and exercising. Ugh.....I ate and ate when I got home. It is in my head,,,,I know it. I hate myself. I hate feeling like a failure when I do bad like this. I love the feeling of my clothes getting loose and getting into another size and the compliments. I want to do this. Why can't it be easier though??

The paragraph above is what I wrote to my aunt. I wasn't going to post it but I'm making myself. I need to be honest. Honest with myself and my friends and family who read this. Honest out loud.

I know the hcg stuff works. I saw it. It is very restrictive though and maybe the "eater" in me needs more. I know calorie counting works. It gave me more of a variety. Weight didn't come back on so fast when I did decide to eat a little. I'm just constantly looking for excuses I think. I KNOW that if I would STICK to SOMETHING that it would work. Anything would work if I stuck to it.

Another thing is I have to stop weighing every day. The hcg plan wants you to weigh every day. I'd probably be doing ok now if I didn't weigh and have trouble this weekend. I need to make a plan,,,weigh and then have Ray hide my scale for a couple of weeks before I weigh again.

Gotta go get some mommy and daddy swimming in before we have company the next two days. I'll blog more tomorrow I guess. Feel free to share your thoughts.

6-24-10

I can't think of titles so I'm just using the date...ha. Sorry if that is boring.

I'm down 1.5 this morning. I was hoping for a bigger loss since I was starting back but I'm happy with what I got. I want to get back down to where I was as quick as I can. It is such hard work! Ugh!!

I'm wearing my "just in case I lose weight" shirt today. It is nice. Also, a coworker brought back a shirt that I let her try on that I had turned in because it was too tight. I tried it on and it fit and looked good so I'm going to see about getting it back. We have uniforms and have to turn them in and replace them and they only provide a certain number.

I did have a few bites last night that I shouldn't have. A bite of Brady's mac and cheese and a nibble of Ray's apple pie. Not too bad considering though.

A ate tuna with cucumber for lunch and still lost. I'm eating it again today so we'll see how it goes. I had tilapia for dinner with asparagus. I hope it won't matter that I'm eating fish twice,,,,hmm. I'll get some chicken soon and cook it so it won't be a problem. Maybe I'll go to the store today....

6-23-10

Good morning!

Ok,,,I'm back on plan this morning. I was up 1.5 on the scale this morning. Time to bring it back down. Last night I finished out my "splurging" with some wings, chips, salsa, cheese dip and guacamole. Bad,,,,yep. But I always feel like I need a little something yummy before I start back. That is the wrong way to look at it but I always do it.

I'm drinking black coffee with liquid vanilla stevia now. Gotta focus on drinking tons today. Also I'm thinking about taking something to make me go to the bathroom. Ugh.....I need to do some research on that because I'm uncomfortable!! I'm hoping the black coffee might help if I can get enough of it down. TMI,,,,sorry! Just saying! :-)

Oh,,,I brought tuna to eat today. It isn't exactly on plan but some people say that is because it used to only be packaged with oil. Some people eat it with success. Since I'm out of cooked chicken it is my only choice really so I'm trying it. It would be really convenient for it to work.

6-22-10

This post is for Michelle. I was going to try to squeak by and not post but she's holding me accountable. Thanks!!

So,,,,I was down .5 this morning. Could've been more but last night didn't go as planned. I got my fish and lettuce ready and ate it but also snacked on Brady's chicken pot pie and blueberries and Ray's doritos with some ice cream as a snack later. Yep,,,,,stupid, stupid.

Today I've had fig newtons so far and a melba toast. I'm being scolded by a few people that know what I'm doing. I know,,,,I know. I need shock therapy or something.

I WILL START BACK FRESH TOMORROW!!!!!! I HAVE TO!!!!!

Monday 6-21-10

I hated to weigh today. I gained FOUR LBS!!!!! I knew I was going to gain but holy cow!!!

Back to it today. I feel hungry or is it in my head? I don't think today is in my head.

I've had my apple and my melba toast already. I need to really drink more water after I take my mid day drops. I brought some unsweetened tea and might have some with lunch. I have to run out to the store to get a few things and then I'll come back to eat lunch. I dread going to the store but will be strong!

Also,,,TMI but I NEED to use the restroom. I might look at this dieter's tea that I remember my mom buying and see what is in it.

Sunday 6-20-10

I hate to even post about this day,,,haha.

I woke up and weighed. I knew that if I didn't lose it was going to be bad for me. I GAINED .5. I couldn't believe it!! After I turned down ALL of that stuff yesterday!!! So even though it isn't how the diet works, I decided I needed a break. It wasn't like I really decided it though,,,I was just pissed. Ha. So I fixed us French toast with bacon. Then we went out and enjoyed the pool for about an hour and a half and afterwards we all had a long nap. For dinner we went to my parent's house and had squash, cabbage, hash brown casserole, a small chunk of chicken, beets, and mixed fruit. Other than the casserole I thought I did pretty good......but still not on plan. I drank sweet tea and didn't have any water.

Still glad that Krispy Kreme wasn't close by.

Saturday 6-19-10

I didn't post this weekend. Sorry! I'll split my posts into days so it won't be so long.

Saturday morning I maintained. That was a big bummer since I was so good on Friday and didn't eat out with my hubby. We had a birthday party to go to at 1 and they had cake, ice cream and chips and salsa. I didn't touch it. Then we had family come over to swim later that night. They ate Mexican before coming over,,,yum. Then later they decided to go get donuts!! Luckily it was from Dunkin Donuts instead of Krispy Kreme but it still kind of set me off. Not to mention that my aunt wanted to talk about food the WHOLE time!! I probably would've driven the hour to get Krispy Kreme if they wanted to go.

Oh,,,I did eat a MINI corn dog off of Brady's plate. It was tiny but still not on plan.

It was a hard day.

Late dinner

I'm about to go to bed but wanted to check my facebook page....annoying habit. One of my best friends got a tattoo this afternoon so my sister came over to watch Brady so we could go watch. It was fun to see her get it because we're too chicken to get one ourselves. Then what were we supposed to do afterwards? We've always gone out to eat when we were out. She asked if we were eating and I told her that they could go and I'd sit and watch so we decided not to go. She couldn't wear her shoe anyway so I guess it worked out. Plus it would've sucked for me. Ray and I headed to Walmart to get a few things and I decided to get a pedicure. Might as well use the sitter wisely,,,ha. Then we bought groceries and headed home. Throughout the night we talked about how weird it seemed to have a sitter and not be going out to eat. Isn't that what you do on a "date" or for fun or for just whatever reason? It was kind of sad but I know that one day I'll be able to go again. Hopefully by then I'll have changed my idea of what fun is supposed to be.

We didn't get home until around 9 or later so we ate late. I'm hoping that I'll still lose something in the morning. At the store I got a few grapefruit and had half of one tonight. It was so good. I'm glad I bought a different fruit. Too bad you can only have half!!

Ok,,,I just wanted to talk a little about how weird it was to go out and not eat. Sure, we've done it before but it is a lot easier to accept when we have the baby and it just doesn't sound ideal....if that makes sense. Usually when I'm on a diet I'll go ahead and go and splurge or eat on plan the best I can. It is probably a good thing that I didn't feel like I could go on this plan.

I'm stop rambling now.

Good night!

Friday Jean Day!

Good morning!

I'm down .5 lb this morning. You know how I feel about a .5 lb...ha. But I'm still glad to be down something. I'm still working on my feelings about "small" amounts. I'm down 18.5 lbs now with HCG and I'm hoping to hit 20 this weekend. I hope I don't confuse everyone using two different weights but I'm keeping up with my total since January AND my total since starting HCG. So I'm at 35.5 since January. I can't wait to hit 40!!

Also,,,,I'm wearing those jeans today!! Yes,,,they're still kind of tight (to me) but they look a lot better than my other jeans and I even got compliments on them at work. Yay!! In another clothing area,,,I desperately need new bras! Sorry if TMI. I doubt I have any guy readers other than my dear husband and he already hears about it daily..ha. I was really excited today to wear one that I bought a couple of years ago but never wore UNTIL I got in the car and sat down and the underwire poked up to my neck. I was disappointed because the girls were looking better in it. Haha. So I really need to get some more soon. It really made a difference in the way I looked and the way my shirt fit even....or maybe that was in my head. I think my stomach looked different though. I guess because they were actually lifted and the shirt just hung differently. Ok,,,enough rambling about my breasts,,,ha. Sorry! I could delete this but I won't because it needs to be said,,,haha.

Last night I had tilapia, lettuce, melba toast and my apple from lunch. Then later I had an orange for snack. I hope it was ok to do it that way. Also, I got a tea from Wendy's but I hated drinking it because I didn't want it to mess up my weigh in. Ha. I didn't finish it for that reason. I bought a tea at lunch and didn't taste it until after I put my sweetener in it and then realized it was already sweet before adding it. I poured it out instead of drinking it. Yay me!

Ok,,,looks like I've rambled enough!

Another lb!!

Ok,,,I know I can't use the same title for every post but I just might keep using it. I'm down another lb this morning. That makes 18 since June 7th and 35 since January. So yes,,,,I'm at my highest weight loss EVER now! Woohoo!! So exciting!

Of course I'm still battling NOT being disappointed about losing "just" one lb. I need someone to knock me in the head or something. I am very excited about one more lb now though. It is just the initial disappointment when I first see that number I guess....silly I know. What am I expecting??

I realized that I've stopped posting about my food. Yesterday I had two apples because I saw a post that said her husband had better losses when he ate two apples in a day instead of two different fruits. But I missed my orange really bad last night so I probably won't do that again. I had chicken and cucumber for lunch and tilapia and lettuce for dinner along with my melba toasts. I had 4 bottles (16.9 oz) of water, a large unsweet tea with stevia and a cup of coffee. I really need to up my drinking but what I did yesterday was pretty good for me.

I tried on some jeans last Friday that I could get on and button but they were too tight for my liking. I'm wondering if I can wear them tomorrow. I've lost 7 lbs since I tried them on and maybe more with tomorrow's weigh in. So we'll see.....

Back to "highest weight lost"!!

On April 14th I hit my record high weight loss of 34 lbs. After that I started seeing small gains on the scale and it just threw me off of the diet and I gained 17 lbs (with vacation too) before starting this new one. But today I lost 1 more pound and I'm back at 34 lbs!!! I've lost 17 lbs since June 7th and 34 lbs total since January 4th. I'm excited that after today anything I lose will be a new "record" for me.

I was a little disappointed to "only" lose 1 lb this morning after only losing .5 lb in the last two days. But then I talked to myself and realized how SILLY that is. On a regular diet you might "only" lose 1 lb a week and here I have lost 17 lbs in 9 days!! Wow!! So I'm not disappointed now....keep it coming!!! :-)

"Only" -.5

Good morning!

I was only down .5 this morning. I'm glad to be down something and I'm glad to be down 16 lbs in a week pretty much BUT I'm hoping to lose more tomorrow!

Today I'll have two different proteins so hopefully that will help. Also, I ate kind of late last night for me so that might have had something to do with it.

Here is a TMI issue,,,,I haven't researched it though so I'm just going to ask for your experience and opinions. I read a blog and the writer said that she had read and experienced that she didn't have a good loss after sex the night before. Do you find this is true??

How long does everyone hold their drops under their tongue? My drops call for 2 minutes but I read on another site 15 seconds. Today I didn't hold mine under my tongue for as long as usual so I hope I don't have any trouble!

Monday morning

I maintained today. I thought I'd be upset but I can deal with that after losing 4.5 lbs this weekend! I do wonder if it was the extra shrimp I ate or the Crystal Light I used or a combination of both. Or the sunburn that I read could make me retain water. Regardless,,,,I maintained and I'm ok with it.

I'll be eating the same protein twice today again but it didn't seem to bother my weight loss last time so I hope it doesn't this time either.

-2.5!!!

Good morning!

I'm down another 2.5 lbs!! Wow!!!!! Total encouragement there!

I forgot to share a little story last night. I fixed Ray and Brady mac and cheese and I was checking Brady's to see if it was hot and out of habit I put one in my mouth to eat. I realized what I was doing and spit it out before I even chewed it. Ha! I thought it was funny and wanted to share.

1st Saturday

Hi!

I have almost made it through my first Saturday on plan. Yay!! We got up and went to Walmart first thing this morning and was done by 9:30 so that was nice. Then I came home and cut the front yard. I thought I was going to be sick before I was done. It must be from not eating much. Afterwards we had family come over to hang out so I used his truck and cleaned some stuff out of the garage. That didn't help either!! I really felt horrible. I went inside and had my melba toast early. Then when I was done with everything I got my chicken and my cucumber ready and went outside and jumped in the pool before eating. The pool felt amazing!!!! Yes,,I've thought about eating today but I've been good. For dinner I had steak, asparagus, and my melba toast. I'll have my orange before bed.

I was late with my lunch drops but I am feeling fine. I'm looking forward to my weigh in tomorrow and hoping that the sunburn that I got today and the lawn mowing that I did doesn't hurt it!!

I'll post as always!

-2 lbs!!!!!!!

Good morning!!

I'm so excited to be down two more lbs this morning!!!!!!! So that makes 13 lbs since Monday and 30 lbs total!!! Woohoo!!!!!! This really pumps me up to stay on track this weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That's all,,,,so excited!!!

Dinner post

I had my hair cut and colored today after work and I love it! Yay! Since I was getting home later and I ate the last of my cooked fish last night, I decided to just eat some of my frozen chicken. I had chicken for lunch too so I hope having the same protein twice doesn't hurt my weigh in.

My mother in law came down and she noticed how little I was eating and asked about what I eat all day. I told her I eat the same thing for lunch and that I was just trying to eat less. I didn't mention the drops or the diet.

I did sneak a peak at the scale tonight and I was only up .5 so I can't wait to weigh in the morning now. It seems like I'm usually about 3 lbs heavier at night so I hope that works out to be true in the morning. We'll see,,,,I'll post.

Our nephew is spending the night with us and I already told him that we can't go out for breakfast tomorrow. He gave me kudos for eating my orange tonight. Ha.

Ok,,I just signed on to talk about dinner but I've rambled!

Have a good night!

Random thought

I just had to share this.....it is hard to hear people eating the mint lifesavers from my supervisor's candy dish...ha. I just looked and 4 pieces would be 60 calories so that makes me feel better because I can eat them by the handful! Stevia needs to make some gum and mints!

-1.5!

Good morning!

I'm down 1.5 this morning! I don't know why I was thinking that I should be upset with "just" a lb a day,,,how silly. A lb a day is awesome! I've lost 11 lbs since Monday,,,wow! I know that won't continue but STILL!!! So my total since Jan. is 28 lbs. Soon I'll be back to my total of 34 and will be ready to pass that. I'm excited.

I did have a tiny bit of pity for myself last night but it is very true that I'm not hungry and I just want to eat. It is kind of sad to realize that is what I'm feeling. But it is good to realize it and deal with it. I'm kind of dreading the weekend but not really. I know I just have to remember how well I'm doing. I dread our pool parties too,,,,,but again,,,I just have to be in control.

I'm having my hair cut and colored today. Should I be worried about the chemicals at all in the color?? I hope not!

Have a good day!

Tired again!

I'm ready for bed tonight. I haven't been going early like normal. Tonight we had dinner and then went out to the pool for the first time. It was nice and Brady loved it but oh my goodness he pitched the biggest fit when we had to come back in. This summer should be interesting,,ha. I kept wondering how the salt water might effect/affect my weigh in. Ha. The weigh in is the main reason I'm posting,,,,,,,just wondering (out loud??) how I'll do tomorrow. We'll see!

Another lb

I lost another lb this morning. I thought it would be a lower weight loss so I'm ok with that!

This morning I forgot my apple at the office but I didn't touch a donut or the vending machine. The cool thing is that I'm not even hungry. I thought I'd be starving!!!!! Yay!!!!! But I'm back at work now and about to go get my lunch ready. I'm having the usual...chicken, cucumber and melba toast and I'll save my apple for an afternoon snack.

Tired!!

I'm tired tonight! I had another day at class today with donuts and lunch was country fried steak,,,,yummo!! I love country fried steak. But I ate my cucumber and chicken again. I think the drops must be doing their job because I wasn't hungry a lot today. I haven't really been really hungry anyway but today was better,,,,if that makes sense.

For dinner I had tilapia, radishes and a melba toast. I'll have my orange soon. I bagged up the rest of my crock pot chicken and put it in the freezer. I only had regular ziploc bags so I hope it does ok. I figure I'll be eating it pretty quickly so it should be. I couldn't believe how far a family pack of chicken stretched though. It goes a long way when you're only eating 3 ounces! I think I have 14 bags in the freezer now,,,,wow!


I'm out of cucumbers so I guess I'll have radishes with lunch tomorrow.

I'm looking forward to weighing in the morning. I know I can't expect a big loss every morning so don't worry.

I have my last day of class tomorrow complete with a 1 hour 12 question exam (ick!) to earn a certification. Wish me luck!

I'll try to do a quick post tomorrow morning again after I weigh in.

Weigh in

Good morning!

I had to sign on and post my weigh in for the morning!

Down 4 more lbs!!! Woohoo!!!

Have a good day everyone!!

A lot of entries in one...

Hi there!

I was out of the office today (and tomorrow and Thursday too) so I didn't post anything.

First of all let me say that I weighed this morning and I'm down 4.5 lbs!!!!! Yay!!!

Dinner was good last night. I had a VERY SMALL portion of tilapia with half a head of lettuce (probably too much) with some apple cider vinegar drizzled over it and a melba toast. Then later I had an orange for my snack. I really wanted more fish......

Today I attended a class for work. Of course they served donuts and other pastries for breakfast and then lunch which included fried okra and some yummy looking desserts. But I took my lunch and stayed on plan,,,,yay again!! I ate my apple early, around 10. Then I had the same lunch as yesterday which was chicken, cucumber and melba toast. I drank a lot of water but I don't know how much. I tried to drink some coffee but all they had was the pink packet and the blue packet. I did try the blue packet even thought it isn't on plan but I just couldn't drink it,,,,ick!

For dinner I had the same thing as last night. Boring but I planned it that way. I like easy. I had my orange for a snack and I'm really happy to be having something so sweet for a snack.

I did get on the scale after using the bathroom tonight and I was down another lb. Usually my weight is up at night so I look forward to seeing what my actual loss is in the morning. I know I shouldn't have weighed again but I was curious!

I'll probably have to wait until tomorrow night to post again but I'll be back.

Lunch, day 1

I'm including a picture of my food. Since I'll be pretty much eating the same thing all of the time I won't do it for every meal.

I was getting hungry before lunch but I waited. It helped that I had to wait to take my drops and then wait after I took them too. I'm happy to say that my crock pot chicken was great. I'll probably never bake it again. Yay! I'll probably do some more and freeze it now that I know that I like it. My cucumber was yummy and the melba toast was better than I expected. Of course I would've liked more food,,,haha,,,but it was good. I'm saving my apple for later. I think.....I might break down and eat it soon but right now I'm planning on waiting an hour or two. I finished my second bottle of water and drank a third bottle while at lunch. I have to drink more!

On another note, I ordered some vanilla cream liquid stevia and some stevia packets online. I can't wait to get that stuff. I paid more than I would've liked for it but I can't find it around here. It will be worth it when I have my coffee and "sweet" tea.

6-7-10 First day of low calorie

Good morning!

I'll probably post a lot at first so forgive me. So far so good this morning. Of course it is only 9:25 though. I grabbed 3 oz of my crock pot chicken, a cucumber, melba toast and an apple to bring to work with me so I'm ready for the day. I drank 16.9 oz of water on the way in and now I'm trying to drink some BLACK coffee. I never found any Stevia that I felt good about buying so I decided to wait and get it later. I think I could really enjoy this coffee if I had some flavored Stevia. I'll work on getting that. I know that www.desiredreflections.com has some so I might order it from them.

I did weigh this morning and it was kind of sad to see the number back up. I wasn't going to post the weight BUT I guess that is silly. I always like to see how much someone weighs to see if I identify with them so here it goes,,,,,,,,,,today's starting weight is 280.5. Yep,,,I said it. There. I didn't say before but I'm doing the 40 day round of drops. I'd love to lose 40-50 lbs with my first round so we'll see. I have a pool and we have a lot of company during the summer (lots of boiled peanuts, pizza, margaritas and other stuff) so that is going to be hard. Hopefully seeing the lbs drop off will help though. I think I'm going to do my measurements today if I can get some help with it so I'll be able to post inches lost sometime too.

Load day 2 - 6-6-10

I think I did a little better loading today. We got up and went to Waffle House for breakfast. I got a t-bone (oh yeah!) with two eggs over medium with some grits and some of Ray's hash browns and coffee with real sugar and cream. Very good. Then we headed to Walmart to shop for the week. I bought a sleeve of eight small Hershey bars and ate them throughout the day,,,so good. Around 3:30 my aunt, uncle and cousin came over and we had Church's fried chicken. I had chicken, potato salad, slaw and fried okra with sweet tea. Yikes! Then later my sweet friend that tried to get donuts with me Friday night brought over donuts,,,FINALLY! Ha. I ate three with whole milk. Then later I saw that one was left so I ate that one too! So four donuts and four pieces of fried chicken for the day.

I put some chicken breasts in the crock pot with water to cook overnight for lunch and dinner. I seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic.

Load day 1 - 6-5-10

I started my drops on Saturday and had my first load day. Of course it was easy because you just eat like normal really. Well you're supposed to have a lot of fat but apparently that isn't a problem for me.

I didn't eat breakfast because we were going to Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen at 11 for their lunch buffet with my aunt, uncle and cousin. We dropped Brady off at my parent's house and headed to eat. It was yummy but probably not too fattening with all of the fish and shrimp that I ate. I did finish the meal with a big shared piece of Reese's cheesecake though,,,,YUMMO! Later we picked up a dozen donuts from Krispy Kreme and then I got sushi for later at Publix while shopping. We never got to eat the donuts because a cat sneaked her way into my car at my dad's house and ate some and it grossed us out!! So that was a dozen donuts wasted! I need to add that I tried to get donuts on Friday night with a friend but they were out of everything we wanted except ONE lemon filled donut which I was glad to take off of their hands.

Oh,,,let me also add that I kind of had a load week since I knew I'd be starting the diet.

A little about me

I guess I'll start with a little about me. This is my first blog so I'm nervous,,,ha. I don't use punctuation well so you'll notice that fast. My grammar is off too so you've been warned.

Here's the general stuff: I'm 30, married to an awesome man (Ray) for almost 10 years now and we have a little boy (Brady) who will be 2 in September. He is our JOY and we're blessed to have him,,,,and each other for that matter!!!

Now the fat stuff....I think I've always been on a diet. I've gone up and down, off and on for years now. Weight Watchers is usually the diet I go on but I've changed that up lately. In January I started counting calories with my aunt and uncle and walking a lot. I had lost 34 lbs in April and that was with pretty much wasting March but I slacked off then went on a cruise and never got back on it. So now here I am this morning "just" down 17 lbs. I'm kicking myself of course for gaining half of my weight back BUT Ray told me to stop it and to just start back today,,,,gotta love him.

Now what I'm doing...a friend told me a while back about a friend of the family who was using HCG drops. I looked at it and dismissed it because of the drops and because of the low calorie diet. For some reason I started looking into it when I couldn't get back on the calorie diet I had been on and I was feeling kind of desperate. So I started looking into it and emailing and I ordered the stuff from www.desiredreflections.com. Right now I'm ready to try something new and I hope it will get me back on track.