Breakfast- Oatmeal w/ 1 cup skim milk, banana, almonds, & cinnamon

Snack- Yoplait frozen strawberry & banana smoothie

Lunch- Taco Salad- lean ground turkey, romaine lettuce, salsa, & sour cream

Snack- 1/2 cup black grapes, 1/2 cup green grapes

Dinner- Beef Stew- Beef stew meat, potatoes, green beans, corn, carrots, & celery in reduced sodium beef broth

Calories Consumed- 1484

So I know how it is when TOM is coming (or in my case is supposed to come) but it’s still disappointing to get on the scale and it says 392.  I’m starting to worry that TOM hasn’t come for the last few months.  Usually when this happens when it does finally come, it doesn’t leave!  Whenever this happens I’m weak and don’t have the energy to do anything.  I know I just have to keep at losing weight.  I have been overweight ever since I was a kid and ever since I was a kid I’ve had crazy out of whack hormones.  My doctor told me losing weight is going to help my hormones balance out and make me more regular.  The other problem I’m having is late night snacking.  The other day I ate a whole box of triscuits.  The entire box!  So I decided I’m not going to buy triscuits anymore.  What I’ve done for the past 2 days is if I’m hungry before I go to bed I’ll eat a granola bar.  But I still feel that after 8 or 9 o’clock I shouldn’t be eating anything.  This is going to be a process for me and hopefully I can get it under control.  I’m trying to do my best to not overeat but my stomach def tries to tell me I’m hungry and that I need something else.  I was very proud of myself the other day though.  I made pasta for dinner and that’s something I usually go overboard on.  So what I did was I ate a salad before I ate the pasta so when I finished my pasta I was pretty comfortable.  I wasn’t stuffed but I wasn’t hungry.  Drank a glass of water and I was all good.  I think another thing my body is trying to adjust to is red meat withdrawal, lol.  Everything I usually use ground beef for I use ground turkey.  And last week I only ate beef one time out the week.  This has def been an adjustment for me because I was doing beef every other day.  If I ate chicken Monday, Tuesday was going to be a beef day.  The most surprising thing of all is I haven’t have a T-Bone in weeks!  I think a T-bone steak will be something I have on a special occasion or every so often instead of how frequently I used to eat them.  I guess what I’ve pointed out to myself is I’ve made great steps toward becoming healthy so the scale might be disappointing now but I know eventually the scale will show me what I want to see.

Okay I decided I’m officially tired of Tae Bo might do the 8 minute workouts before bed but other than that I need some variation.  So today I did Biggest Loser Cardio Max video it was hard.  I did the whole thing and I’ve never sweat so hard in my life!  I was sweating in places I didn’t know could sweat.  My body def feels like I’m working diff body parts and in diff ways so I’m happy with that.  I also plan on doing Leslie Sansone’s 2 mile walk.  What really helps me is playing the video on my computer and having my fav show on the tv so I can walk and watch tv at the same time.

Calories Consumed- 1,632

Calories Burned- 1,629

Net Calories- 3

Breakfast- Oatmeal w/ 1 cup skim milk, banana, strawberries, choc chips & almonds

Snack- Nothing (Exercised through snack time)

Lunch- 2 soft shell tacos

Snack- Oats & Honey granola bar

Dinner- Turkey burger on whole wheat hamburger bun baked potato w/ smart balance olive oil buttery spread & mixed vegetables

Calories Consumed- 1,632

Zumba cardio party DVD- 40 minutes (Did the first 20 minutes twice)

TaeBo- 30 minutes

Calories Consumed- 1,706

Calories Burned- 1,777

Net Calories- -71

Breakfast-Quaker oatmeal w/ 1 cup skim milk, banana, mini choc chips, & sliced almonds

Snack- 1 cup red & green grapes

Lunch- Gorton’s grilled tilapia fillet w/ romaine blend salad, baby spinach, & raspberry vinaigrette

Snack- Oats & Honey granola bar

Dinner- 2 soft shell tacos (lean ground turkey, lettuce, cheddar cheese, green onions, corn, salsa, & sour cream on whole wheat tortilla)

Calories Consumed- 1,706

Not weighing in today because of TOM.  Even though it doesn’t come I still have all the symptoms every month especially the water weight gain and the chocolate cravings.  Hopefully my numbers next week will be good.  My GYN assures me that as soon as I lose more weight TOM will come back  It’s been about three or four months since I had it.  I’ve added more workouts I did Biggest Loser Last Chance workout Friday and today I did Jillian Michaels’ Banish Fat Boost Metabolism.  I can tell that my body got used to doing TaeBo.  I have new body parts that are sore which is a sign that they’re being worked.  Jillian Michaels is crazy!  The workouts are really hard but with time I’ll be able to do them with no prob.

30 minutes of TaeBo

40 minutes of Jillian Michael’s Banish Fat Boost Metabolism

(Hopefully) Leslie Sansone 2 mile walk

Calories Consumed- 1,630

Calories Burned- 2,370

Net Calories- -740

Breakfast- Oatmeal w/ 1 cup fat free milk, strawberries, banana, choc chips & almonds

Snack- 1/2 cup dannon low fat vanilla yogurt w/ strawberries

Lunch- Romaine blend salad w/ baby spinach, boneless skinless chicken breast, salsa, shredded cheddar cheese, & sour cream

Snack-Red & green grapes

Dinner- Eye of round steak w/ asparagus & brown rice

Calories Consumed- 1,630

So far I did 45 minutes of The Biggest Loser Last Chance workout I plan on doing Tae Bo and Leslie Sansone 2 mile walk will post later

Calories Consumed- 1,582

Calories Burned- 1,379