I'M SO SORRY...

Let me start out by saying I'm so sorry for not posting yesterday! I know there are no excuses but time seemed to get away from me so I thought I would take the time to do it now so here goes: I had a pretty good day yesterday. I went to the grocery and bought healthy foods...YEAH! I figured if I had healthy foods in my house I would be less likely to blow my diet on junk food. I substituted my junk food for fruit and veggies. I increased my water intake and I managed to achieve my goal of staying away from drive through's and to get back on track. I managed to stay below my calorie budget even though it seemed like I ate more food. I didn't do my exercise routine yesterday because I spent 1 hr pushing a cart full of food through the grocery store so I considered that exercising...LOL. My goals for today are to remember to post tonight and to do some housework that I have been neglecting. I also am going to try to get my workout in early today because I can't seem to find the motivation at night. Tune in tonight to see how I did today...

GUILTY...

You know how they say you are what you eat? Well today I am one guilty cow! Let me tell you about my day: I woke up at 8 AM like every other weekday to get my girls up and ready for school. My husband had a Dr. appointment early so I had to eat breakfast with the kids instead of after they left like I usually do. After eating I realized that today was Tuesday. What happens on Tuesday you ask? Well, Tuesdays are weigh in day for a group that I joined on Lose It. Every Tuesday we send in our weights to the captain so she can log them for our challenges. I usually weigh 1st thing in the morning and before I eat. Needless to say I was scared when I stepped on the scales. To my surprise my weight was still 225. I hadn't gained any weight but that also meant I hadn't lost any either. My feelings were a little hurt but you have to remember I had just lost 10 lbs in a week so I wasn't complaining.

Next my husband and I head off to the Dr. for his appointment which didn't go as well as either of us had hoped. After the Dr. we had a few more errands to run before taking two of the kids to the dentist later that afternoon. While we were out we decided we had better grab some lunch before we head to the school to pick them up. Did we go to Subway where I had even 1/2 a chance of keeping my daily budget? No we didn't we head straight for the Burger King drive through. I tried hard to be good. I ordered a Whopper Jr., a small fry and a small coke. What happened next you ask? When we pull off I notice that the people in the drive through gave me a medium fry and coke instead of the small I ordered. I guess they looked at me and thought "Man that girl looks like she could really use more food, let's give her more than she asks for." I know, I know all I had to do was just eat 1/2 of it but that is definitely not what I did. i ate the whole damn thing! Afterwards I felt so guilty. that meal alone was almost 1000 calories. 

After we ate we picked the kids up and took them to the dentist. While we were there I realized that I hadn't set any goals for myself today which really bummed me out. How could I have forgotten something that keeps me on track? I tried to shake it off but the guilt inside me was growing and growing. I had one chance to redeem myself and that one chance was dinner. My husband and the kids ate pizza and I did manage to stay clear of that. Lord knows I wanted the pizza but I sure didn't need more guilt! I decided I was going to eat a Lean Pocket which would have still kept me under budget. Did I eat just one? No I didn't. I ate them both which put me over my calorie budget. I haven't done that since I started this program. Imagine my guilt level now. The only thing that saved me was the fact that I hadn't done my exercises yet. Now, I don't usually use my exercise to allow myself more food but today I was really glad I had them to fall back on. So, tonight I am going to go ahead and set my goal for tomorrow (so I don't forget...LOL).

My goal for tomorrow is to get back on track and stay clear of drive troughs!

HERE WE GO...

This is my 1st entry into I hope to be a very rewarding journey. I am on a mission to lose 100 lbs. Wow! I know that sounds like a lot but my reasons for doing so are very good. Let me explain: A couple of weeks ago I went to the Dr. because I was having so much low back pain. I honestly thought I had slipped a disk or something.  To my surprise as well as my relief it was just arthritis ( not that arthritis is a good thing but at least it is manageable). I also found out that I now have high cholesterol. Both of these things are made worse by being overweight. 

On top of my medical issues there is my family. I have 3 children 2 of which are young impressionable girls.  My youngest daughter is 9 and she is overweight. Kids at school are starting to make fun of her and so are her siblings. She has been having problems with her knees and ankles due to her weight. I kept on her and on her about eating healthy and portion size. The one thing I neglected to do was join her in her efforts. I, as an adult, know how hard it is to eat right  and exercise when everyone around you is pigging out on junk food and lounging around. How could I expect a child to be able do that? The truth is I shouldn't have. My other daughter is 11. She is not overweight but I do see the terrible eating habits she has. If she continues down the road she is on  her fate is inevitable. Because of my beautiful daughters and the struggles I see them facing now and in the future I  made a promise to myself to be a healthy role model and to not ask them to do something I myself am not willing to do.

My journey started on January 24, 2012 when I was surfing online. I ran across an app for my computer called Lose It. I explored all the app had to offer and decided that it was worth a try. I had to record my weight and was a little embarrasses to type it in. My stomach was sick as I typed the numbers 235. The site then gave me a calorie budget that I had to stay under for the day. At 1st I thought there is no one that could live on only this many calories a day. I started reading the nutrition information on everything I was going to attempt to eat. Since my diet had consisted of fried foods, cokes, sweets and salty food, I had to seriously adjust my diet. I started examining everything I ate and decided whether or not it was worth eating (most times it wasn't). I began eating Healthy Choice meals and to my surprise they were actually good. I now have them for lunch and dinner most days. I also like the fact that they do all the calorie counting for me. The best thing about this diet is that I can still have whatever I want as long as I keep it under the calorie budget. This works for me because I don't like the feeling that I can't have something!

Since starting Lose It I have lost 10 lbs. I suspect that most of that was water weight but it still made me feel good. Since my body was in no way used to exercise I started very slow with my workout routine which consists of: marching in place for 3 min, 20 windmills, 15 squats, 10 push ups on my knees, 2 reps of side rotations (rep 1=10, rep 2=10), 2 reps of crunches (rep1=12, rep 2=10), 2 reps of back raises (rep1=10, rep 2=6) followed by 2 more min of marching in place. I do this routine 5 days a week. I want to implicate some walking into my routine but the weather hasn't been too friendly lately. I set small goals daily just to push me to do a little better than I did the day before. Today my goals were to drink more water and to take my dog for a walk. I accomplished both these goals even if my walk was for only 12 min. I stayed under my calorie budget so overall I feel that today was a good day.