Day 4

Posted by 1fatgrrl on January 24th, 2009 |Filed Under food | Leave a Comment

Going good.  I snuck a peek at the scale and I won’t post it since I’m only supposed to weigh in once a week, but I’m hopeful.  I have bananas!  Yay!  Fruit today.  Going well.  I’m pumped.  I think I’ll clean out the closet.

Day 3… sluggish.

Posted by 1fatgrrl on January 23rd, 2009 |Filed Under moods | Leave a Comment

I don’t know.  After almost a week of following my meds correctly and not self medicating in other ways, I’m feeling a little off.  I don’t know if it’s the meds are wrong or I am.  Give it more time I suppose.  I just keeping cranking up the showtunes or watching Family Guy.  Give me strength!

Last night I made an exciting discovery… McDonald’s Southwestern salad dressing is 100 calories less than Jack in the Box!  And, I think I liked it better.  I also liked that they have carrots in theirs and far less cheese.

Day 2… Later

Posted by 1fatgrrl on January 22nd, 2009 |Filed Under self esteem | 2 Comments

While I wait for my salad to arrive, I just scanned in the picture that was the straw that broke the camel’s back.  This is New Year’s Eve, just 21 short days ago.

Cat at 200 lbs

Day 2 Ug…

Posted by 1fatgrrl on January 22nd, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

Well, lunch set me back.  I had a well ordered less than usual meal until me dad shouted out “NACHOS”!  I caved.  I’m not looking at it like that means the whole day is lost.  Yes I ate something I shouldn’t.  But the rest of the day will be well behaved.  I will try to stick to fruits and veggies for the rest of the day.  Also, I should really get a pack of gum.

I have already set my goals for next week as well.  Since I have them, may as well post them.  Aside from adding in the points values to the food journal, I will also:

Not keep any snacks in my bedroom except for water.  (I spend most of my day working in my bedroom.)

Not eat anything after 9 pm.  (Most people say 8, but I stay up a little later.)

Walk three times on the bike path.  (Even if it’s slow and in my boot.)

That’s my plan for next week, and this week is to continue to cut portion sizes, make smarter choices, and write everything in the food journal without points values.  Also, to add one piece of fruit per day which I have yet to accomplish.

Later Day 1

Posted by 1fatgrrl on January 21st, 2009 |Filed Under food | Leave a Comment

I’ve decided my eating plan for the first week.  Because it is the start I want to just spend this week making adjustments, but not major changes.  Let me explain.  My lunch was half the amount I would normally have.  Meaning, I ate to the middle and stopped for a while to see if I actually was still hungry or eating because there was more food in the bowl.  Turns out I was full.  For dinner, I had a salad.  Sounds good, but it was a fattening dressing and fried chicken bits.  However, I chose that over my normal burger and fries so it was a lesser choice calorie wise and bigger choice veggie wise.

Unfortunately, haven’t been to the store yet, so I wasn’t able to fulfill my goal of adding one piece of fruit every day.  That’s the next step, hopefully starting tomorrow.

Just to clarify, yesterday was my weigh in, but today was my actual Day 1 as far as trying to accomplish anything.  In case that was confusing to anyone.  I also got out my old Weight Watchers materials and have my food log out keeping track of what I’m eating.  Since this week is mainly trying to lessen portions and make smarter choices, I won’t track the point values until next week.

Day 1

Posted by 1fatgrrl on January 20th, 2009 |Filed Under Uncategorized | 1 Comment

I’m starting a new blog here for a fresh new start.  I had one at MySpace but never followed through.  And with the starts and stops, it seems a little intimidating to start in that space again.  New year… new blog.

I’ve also changed my weigh in days to Mondays.  It’s sort of an “attack the week” approach.  This week I weighed in at 200 lbs, a weight I swore I would never reach again.  Reality check:  I did. 

My goal date is August 1st which gives me just under 8 months to lose 70 lbs.  I will be happy of course with 50, but I don’t want to aim low.  The reason I’m choosing August 1st is because mid-August is my 20 year high school reunion.  If you’re gonna have a deadline, that’s a motivating one.


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