Going to Lose: My Weightloss Journey!

Hi All,

So I weighed in the morning and guess what!? 220.8!!! I’m so excited! I realized how much a weekly weigh in and mini goal can keep me motivated! I think there are a couple of reasons for my couple pound loss this week!

1) last week when i weighed in, it was at night, so my actual weight last night might have been lower

2) even though i still have slip ups, im still eating much less than i was eating in the past.

So, anyways, I’m SO SO excited, and I realized that having a mini goal is something I never had before and now I realize how useful they can be. I also think weekly weigh ins are really helpful because they really keep me on track, and even if I go up, it makes me more cautious, and if I go down, it makes me want to stick to my plan, because I know its working!

So, YAY ME!

OK food journal for the day:

Breakfast: Activa yogurt (70 cal) and half a banana

Lunch: Chicken Souvlaki, Lettuce, Rice, some Pita

Snack: SBD bar (140 calories)

Dinner:Some grilled chicken and couscous/brown rice (not sure what it was?) and salad (just lettuce),1 piece of chocolate covered banana slice and 1 slice of apple, half covered in banana.

Snacks:  1 small chocolate almond cluster, 1 sugar free jello cup (10 cal), 1 piece of wheat bread (45 cal) with some FF cream cheese (30), and a handful of popcorn (40?)

I’m pleased cuz even though my snacking looks like a lot, it is quite low call. I feel good overall about today, but i’m REALLY looking forward to working out again next week. just gotta get completely better this weekend.

No exercise today except biking to and from class, etc. I’m still sick and its super rainy out. But I’m starting to feel better, and if I stay lowkey this weekend, I should be back to 100% and be able to go on my full exercise plan on Monday. Excellent.

BYE!

im still sick today which sucks. ive been trying to stay on my food plan, but havent been exercising much except going to and from class (biking)

today i had a bigger breakfast than usual because i knew it would be a while till lunch

breakfast: 1 airborne drink (5 cal) , 1 lower sugar oatmeal packet (120), one piece of wheat bread (45), a dab of fat free cream cheese (30), and some proscuitto (no clue), kinda a lot, i know

lunch: some turkey noodle soup, a few spoons of mac and cheese (eek i know, baddd), a few bites of a hot dog (not even half), and (gasppp!, seriousily im mad) some french fries. and 2 small slices of water melon.  this is the problem with a dining hall! since you can take little bits of things, i end up getting bites of bad things. i can exhibit total control when im ordering from any place, but once im at the dining hall, sometimes my control goes out the window.  its something im REALLY gonna have to work on.  maybe thats a mini goal i can have; to really exhibit control in the dining halls.

for dinner i had some spinach and lettuce salad with some candied walnuts and feta cheese, no dressing, and i had 1.5 small pieces of cheese-less pizza, so basically bread with light tomato sauce.

snack: one campbells on the go 70 calorie soup.

ok well i think i would have done fine for  today if it hadnt been for the bad choices at the dining hall. ive really got to work on that.

i get frusterated, because when i look at other people’s food journals, they seem to be exerting so much control, and eating such small portions, and counting calories so exactly, which i cant do in a dining hall setting, and its frustrating because so many women are cooking and having success, which i just cant do because im just not in a situation where i can cook.

but i guess the point is that i have to work with the situation im in, so all i can do at this point is exert good self control and make healthy decisions.

also, i havent worked out properly at the gym yet cuz im still sick.

and tomorrow is weigh in day, and im really not expecting the scale to go down, but i guess im just hoping it doesnt go up too much.  at this point i jsut have to hope that i can get better from this stupid cold so i can start up with my full plan next week and be on my regular work out sched, etc.

argh…alright–night