April 20th Update!

There are about 10 days left in this month, so how did I do?

Well, I totally fell off the map this week. I have been eating junk food and I have not been eating regular meals. I have been snacking all day long! I could not bring myself to make another turkey sandwich. I fell off the breakfast plan when the salad stopped working for me. I am in a slight depressive funk.

I have 10 days left to make a difference and lose some weight this month before May Starts. Tommorrow is April 21 and I will start my May plan early. I will get a new webcame so that I can record videos easier and post them to my youtube for updates.

For the next 10 days and for the month of May this will be my new plan.

Walkn for 30 min (the hour walks did not work, will cut back thirty minutes an effort to at least get the walk in.)

Breakfast and Lunch = Energy bar and fruit-cup (I know, I know, I hate the bars, but they do give me protein, portion control, and cal restriction)

Dinner = Chicken soup (Cause I know it works!)

Drink = water

And a multi vitamin!

CLM

My Shopping List!

This is a sample of my shopping list for my plan.

Veggie Patties
V8 Juice
Fresh vegetable of choice (cucumer, tomato, carrots, celery)
Whole wheat bread
Mayo
Mustard
Turkey lunch meat
Energy Bars of choice
Fruit-cups
Trail-mix
Ice cream
Cookies
Cheese sticks
Yogurt
Popcorn
Water
Flavored water
Paper Plates
Plastic Bags
Plastic cups
Plastic ware

CLM

Tweaks!

I had to make a few tweaks to my plan to make it more liveable based on my slips.

1) I now am drinking V8 juice every morning with my veggie patty

2) I will keep some trail-mix and popcorn on hand in addition to my yogurt for my evenig snack.

3) I will keep an a special treat on hand as a reward for managing my cravings and stick to my plan ( a small cup of ice cream that I can have once a week on saturday nights or a bag of chocolate chip cookies,or a cheese stick) Will work on my managed treat day!

4) I will keep energy bars to have on hand when even making a sandwich is too much work.

5) I will incorporate fresh veggie snacks, rotating vegetables weekly (carrots, celery, tomatos, cucumbers)

CLM

Progress Report April 14th

The Good: I have not given up on my plan! I had a glass of v8 juice and a veggie patty this morning and I took my multi. I am still downing my water. Yesterday I was on the run so I carried an energy bar with me and had that for breakfast. I had some tuna salad and nuts for lunch.

The Bad: I have not been able to just stick to my meal plan completely. I have been over my grandmothers house and had some fried chicken and french fries. Last night I I ate a chicken burrito from taco bell, french fires and a milk shake! Yikes, I have had some pizza last weekend another big no.

The ugly: I have had some things that have set me back like treating myself with unhealthy things, and not being prepared for emergencies.

What I can do to improve:

I ran out of salad and then started wondering what to eat for breakfast and that threw me off for a few days. My fix, I will now have v8 juice for breakfast each morning so that I will make sure I have vegetables each morning no excuse. I will still have my raw vegetables, they will be for snack. I will rotate between cucumber, carrots, tomato and celery for a while, every once in a while I will do mixed greens with salad dressing.

I sometimes do not have time to make my sandwiches, in those situations I will bring a energy bar and have that with my fruit.

I need a more hearty snack, so I will have to get me some trail-mix to have with my yogurt and of course popcorn.

I will also get me some really special treat to have as a reward for stick to my plan. With these tweaks I plan to stick to my over spring break. I need to set my alarm clock to seven so I can go on my walks.

Even with a few slip ups I am still hoping I lose a few pounds this month and have my skills down for next month.

CLM

DO NOT BEAT YOURSELF UP!

When it comes to a health plan beating yourself up is not the answer, feeling guilty is not the answer. Feeling guilty makes you want to give up and commit worse acts. Just repair the damage. If you failed to eat a good breakfast,do not throw the day away, drink water and eat a healthy lunch and dinner. If you ate an unplanned snack yesterday resolve to do better today. It takes time to learn good habits, develop strategies for overcoming that obstacle the next time. If you missed yesterdays workout go today! Get right back on the horse when you make a mistake, do it as quickly as possible!

You will make mistakes, its what you do after them that counts! Resolve to repent and move forward instead of keeping your head down in shame!

CLM

Day 3 so far!

Highs:

Ate my salad
took my vitamin

Challenges:

1) Was so tempted to eat the last peace of cheese cake, but I said no and my hubby ate it, will not be keeping that stuff in the house.

2) Walking so early with my peeps that I will have to do my own workout later today since I am leaving at 9:45 this morning. Neeeded to sleep in because I stayed up late!

Be ware:

Staying up late

1) makes you tempted to eat crazy!
2) makes you too sleepy to workout the next day!

CLM

Progress Report!

Highs for day 2:

walked over 20,000 steps
did ujam dance class
went for my 3 mile walk
walked to bart
ate my salad
took my vitamin
drank 8 cups water
ate my sandwiches
ate my fruit
ate my yogurt
ate light at the party, 1 chicken and a few nuts

Lows

ate some cornuts and some cookies last night at 2:00 in the morning. I was taking down my husbands hair and it we started at 10pm, will not do his hair that small again. Will not stay up that late again, because it makes my resistance weaker. Will also try some techniques to resist temptations.

CLM

Anti- Social!

Today is the second day of my plan.

A final report on yesterday:

I finished the day with 13,000 steps. I reread some sections on "Secrets of a Former Fat Girl" I mainly realized the importance of keeping some parts of my plan to myself so that I won't get set up for failure.

Challenges of the day:

1) At the end of the day after I had eaten my yogurt I was tempted to destroy my progress by eating some pretzel. I did not give in and I have lived to fight another day. I realize that every morsel counts!

Thoughts on the day so far:

So far I have taken my daily walk, drank 2 glasses of water, am currently eating my salad and veggie patty and preparing to take my vitamin, and pack my lunch for the day.

Challenges of the day:

1) A class party. I will not partake in the junk food fest, it is really hard for a person losing weight because so many socal interactions center around food! I realize that I have to eat my meal before or after the party,(before works better, because you are not hungry)and that I will just drink my water and chill and talk. I cannot eat when it is convient or others nor what is convient for others!

2) Invitation to walk with friends on Saturday. I view this as extra or an addition to my normal walk not a replacement for my normal walk. My friends are not free to walk with me every day and it is hard to coordinate schedules. I will work out with others, but I will view it as strictly a social activity,not my exercise for the day.

Lesson for the day:

In the battle for a fit body, sometimes it is good to be a little anti-social!

CLM

My reward system!

In my bathroom I have two cups. Each day that I exercise I will drop one bead into one of the cups. Each day that I eat right I will drop one bead into the other cup. when the cups become full I will combine them into a third larger cup which will represent all my pounds lost, a combined effort of eating right and exercising daily.

I will also use a sticker system. For every so many days of eating right and exercising I will be given a sticker. When I acrew a certain amount of stickers I will earn prizes like getting my nails done and shopping sprees!

CLM

The End all and Be all plan for April!

First, let me admit right now I totally ditched that energy bar diet! It was not enough food, I don't really like them and they are not healthy enough to justify eating.

Second, I totally ditched snacking, even healthy snacking! It was just a gateway to overeating. (see the No "s" diet)

The new and improved plan that will take me through April and my life!

Exercise: walk daily

Breakfast: vegetables and protein (salad and veggie patty)

Lunch: turkey sandwhich and 1 fruit-cup (whole wheat bread, with light mayo)

Dinner: same as lunch

Drinks: water and diet ice tea, hot herbal tea

Supplement: Daily multi-vitamin

Measures: track weight monthly! Track good eating and exercise daily, reward for each day of good eating and each day of exercise!

CLM

TCB (Taking Care of Business!)

I am so happy right now! Reasons I am happy!

1)I just finished a 3 mile walk, 7,000 steps and I have only been out for 1 hour! (300cal burned before breakfast!)

2)I just ate salad today! I am doing a good job of eating my vegetables! Eating vegetables is now my top priority and that is why I ate them for breakfast!

3) I drank 16 oz of water already! (I started my day by drinking water!)

4) I know exactly what I am going to eat for lunch, dinner and dessert today!

5) I have a new plan to treat myself!

6) I found a new way to measure success!


CLM

Super Snacks!

Looking for snacks that will keep you from starving?

100 cal popcorn (yum) (Good if you really want to feel your belly!)

10 cal sugar free jello (a nice fruity treat)

15 cal ice pop (great when it's hot)

100 cal yoplait yogurt, sugar-free (feel like some ice cream, have this instead!)

0 cal pickle ( need some thing salty like chips, eat this guilt-free)

Simple salad (just lettuce, 15 cal salad spray and a pinch of sunflower seeds, just a pinch, great way to get folate)Bonus hate baby carrots, I do! Have some shredded carrots or beats on top!

A whole sliced apple ( ton of fiber and one is pretty much a guilt-free snack when you are hungry.

Celery Sticks ( A nice filler, especially with some V8 juice, spicy please)

Cucumber Slices ( The new refreshing chip when you just need that crunch)

Sugar-free ice tea or crystal light ( Great way to get in more water)

Rice cakes (The traditional kind are low cal, great when you need a snack so you wont feel starved)

Pretzels ( The hard kind, they pack a big bang cause you can eat more of these than chips, if you don't dig salt, get the salt-free kind. My friend dips these in mustard for a little flavor.)

Sugar-free gum (Helps stave off the munchies when you just want something in your mouth, but you are not hungry just stressed or bored. Bonus also cleans teeth!)

Hope these ideas are helpful!

There is no, absolutely no reason to feel totally deprived and starving just cause you are trying to loose weight!

CLM

First Day Progress Report!

Today I went to the gym at 9:00 am and I walked on the treadmill for twenty minutes I did one mile. I have already walked 9,000 steps today according to my pedometer.

What I ate today:

For breakfast I ate a peanut butter Larabar. It was so good. I drank some water with lemon juice and took my multi,c and hair, nail and skin vitamins today.

For lunch I ate a chocolate chip cliff bar. It tasted like a cookie. I drank plently of water, lemondae vitamin water, zero cal of course. I drank some ice tea and crystal light no more than 15 cal.

For dinner I ate red beans and rice, a super small portion.

I still need to eat:

Probably a 100 cal yogurt for calicum and some fresh vegetables! If nothing else I will have a glass of V8 vegetable juice. I may have a 15 cal ice pop since it is hot.

CLM

Happy April!

I am back with a brand new plan and a brand new attitude.

My Stats: Weight 268lb Goal 258LB by the end of this month!

Plan:

Breakfast and Lunch : Energy Bar of Choice

Dinner: Soup or Veggie Burger with Vegetabes or Taco Salad sans cheese

Drink: water, zero cal drinks, tea

Snacks: v8 juice, pickles, sugar free pops, jello, raw vegetables, non-fat yogurt

Exercise: Walking and weight-lifting

Will update on progress!

PS: Also using Alli pills.

CLM