Daily Food Log~ 08/28/08

I had a pretty big breakfast this morning (bigger than I thought!) and dinner for tonight is also a pretty high point meal. I planned a very light lunch and should still be within points as long as I stick to it and don't snack on junk. :) The dinner is SO worth the points too!

Good news on the exercise front! My mom is giving us her basically brand new treadmill! I'm so excited! It's a pretty expensive one too. Jason is trying to figure out when he can go get it (along with a new recliner from her! Yay Mom!) and then I can really get going on the exercise! I'm back in school now so I have a lot of reading to do. Now I can walk on the treadmill while I read during naptime. Hopefully Jason can get it soon!

BTW, does anyone else think the serving size for pretzel sticks (like 32 sticks) is WAY too big? It's only like 2pts but I just can't usually eat that many. I always do a 1/2 serving...guess they're a good snack for the points!

Flex Balance: 35
Daily Points: 29

Breakfast: 2 whole wheat waffles, 1 egg with 1TBSP of cheese, 1 turkey sausage link, 1/2 apple, 2 TBSP sf syrup- 8pts

Lunch: Turkey bologna sandwich, diced pears, pringles- 8pts

Dinner: Shrimp Alfredo (2oz shrimp, 1/2 serving fettucine, 1/4 cup sauce. margarine for cooking), light garlic bread, salad (lettuce, carrots, olives, 1/8 cup cheese, croutons, Spicy Ranch)- 15pts

Total: 31/29 + 3AP
Water: At about 64oz now! It's SO hot today!
Exercise: After dinner 30 min walk with DH/Kids. Dancing with the kids this afternoon. :) And a lot of walking while holding a 25lb baby during errands! :)

Daily Log~ 8/27/08

I have school tonight so I'm posting for the whole day even though we haven't had dinner yet. I've close to meeting all my goals for the day (see prior post). Today is my day off from exercising because it's a school night and we don't have time for our walk before I have to leave. We still have 5 days a week to do it though. :) I didn't have a fruit at the start of my breakfast (see weekly goals!) because I hadn't gone to the store yet and we were out of everything.

Oh and my MIL brought over a 41 OZ bag (OMG!) of Skittles the other day. No idea why. A 1 and 3 year old do not need Skittles and her son is diabetic! GRR! Anyway, Hannah was throwing fits over them and I couldn't keep my hand out of the bag. So I put a couple of handfuls in a baggie to use for potty training and THREW THE REST AWAY!! Go me! Of course I had one last handful but I counted it. :)

WI Day: Wednesday
Flex Balance: 35
Daily Points: 29

Breakfast: 1 egg, 1 egg white (scrambled), 1 slice wheat toast, 1 turkey sausage link- 4pts

Snack: Skinny Vanilla Latte, handful of skittles 3.5pts

Lunch: Tortilla Chips, 1/4 cup cheese, canned corn- 6.5pts

Snack: Apple- 1pt

Dinner: Turkey Swedish Meatballs, WW fusilli (pretty low point!), salad (lettuce, baby carrots, black olives, bean sprouts, 1/8 cup cheese, croutons), 1TBSP Spicy ranch, grapes- 11pts

Total: 26/29- I'll either keep it at that in case of an overage at dinner or have a Luna bar at class if I'm starving.

Fruits/Veggies: 5
Water: Only 4 glasses so far but I'm about to fill up my 16 oz glass again. I'm also bringing a 32oz bottle to school tonight.

Wednesday WI~ 8/27/08

Today was my first WI since I started back on WW. Not too good for a first week but still a loss. I am down 0.6lbs this week. I'm headed to the grocery store today and am going to stock up on some better snacking alternatives. I think that was my main issue last week.

Current Weight: 209
Last Week: 209.6
Change: -0.6
Goal: 180

My goals for the upcoming week are:

1. Get my 8 servings of water in every day.
2. Start each meal with a fruit/veggie.
3. No fast food. (Probably my biggest down fall this week. Within points but the salt makes you retain water.)
4. Find one new way to exercise.
5. Complete my daily food log post every day.

Daily Log 8/26/08

My log for today is a little off. My dentist told me not to eat anything that might get stuck in my extraction area and cause another infection. That limits me to basically soft foods. Ugh! It's also my first night of school and I'm working so I'll only have about an hour after work to get myself and the kiddos fed. I might end up just picking something up for myself on the way to school. Tomorrow is WI day so hopefully I see a bit of loss.

Flex Balance: 30 (I didn't finish my log last night but some dark chocolate dipped into these!)
Daily Points: 29

Breakfast: 1/2 mini bagel, 1TBSP WW cream cheese, 1/2 cup oatmeal, 1TBSP brown sugar- 3.5pts

Lunch: Turkey bologna sandwich, yoplait light yogurt, cottage cheese (plus fruit if the cafeteria has it)- 6.5pts

Dinner: ???

Total: 10/29

Ahhh! ToothAche!!!

I had a horrible night with my tooth problems and went to the dentist today. He said I have a localized infection plus dry socket from having my wisdom tooth removed last month. He then basically stabbed my gum and irrigated it out. Didn't help the pain AT ALL! Ugh! Now it's lunch time and I'm starving but just can't even fathom putting something in my mouth at this point. We'll see how I'm feeling later. 

I purposely had a ridiculously high point breakfast since I figured I wouldn't be eating much the rest of the day. Glad I did since that seems to be the case!

Here's where I am so far. I'll update later.

Flex Balance: 35

Daily Points: 29

Breakfast: 1 3/4 McDonald's Sausage McMuffins (took off top muffins)- (15.5pts), 1/3 hashbrown (1pt)- 16.5pts

Lunch: ???

Dinner: ???

Total: 16.5/29 (12.5 Left)

Exercise: 30 min walk with hubby and kids if I feel better. 

Quick Food Log

I'm suddenly having some problems with the area where I had my wisdom teeth removed and am prettu uncomfortable tonight. I'll just post a quick log of my food for today. It's not the best since I started having trouble eating this afternoon. No exercise either since I took a pain pill as soon as I got home from work and was definately not in any shape to go for a walk! Hopefully I can get into the dentist in the AM and get back on track!

Breakfast: Apple pie muffin, 1/2 oz of cheese- 4.5 pts

Lunch: Turkey bologna sandwich, 1/2 oz pretzel sticks, yoplait light yogurt- 6pts

Snack: Small slice german chocolate cake- 6pts?

Dinner: 1/4 cup rigatoni, 1/4 turkey spaghetti sauce, garlic cheese bread- 10pts

Snack: Milk shake w/ nonfat fro-yo (sorta helped the toothache...not really...bummer)- 2.5pts

Total: 29/29

Local Fair Day!

I worked this AM and kind of spur of the moment, Jason and I decided to take the girls to our local fair once I got home. Going at 4 in the afternoon obviously changed our dinner plans. So instead of a fairly healthy taco salad, we thoroughly enjoyed our fair food! The rest of my day was pretty decent in points and I earned about 6APs for walking around the fair for about 4 hours! I don't feel bad at all about what I chose to eat. We enjoyed the time so much and got some exercise in too!

Oh and I did really well on water today. I bought my normal 1.5 liter bottle (6- 8oz servings) but instead of taking all day to drink it (and not always finishing it), I drank it in 2 hours! :)

Flex Balance: 35
Daily Points: 29

Breakfast: Apple Pie Muffin (made with Splenda BS Blend/Partially WW flour) (3pts), 1 oz colby jack cheese (3pts)- 6pts

Lunch: Turkey bologna (1pt), 2 slices wheat bread (2pts), 1/2oz pretzel sticks (1pt), 1/2 yoplait light yogurt (1pt)- 5pts

Snack: Luna bar- 4pts

Dinner: 1 slice RoundTable pepperoni pizza (5pts), 1/2 large grilled corn on the cob (1pt), fried ravioli (4pts), 1/3 funnel cake (eek...8pts!)- 18pts

Total: 32/29 + 6AP.
Exercise: 4 hours of walking at the fair. Part of it while carrying a 23lb baby! LoL

Daily Post 08/22/08

I am going to do my best to post my daily food log, as well as exercise, every day. It's tough on work days but I'll do my best! I had cancelled WW online because we're trying to save money but I'm finding it difficult to look up points without it. I've been using the online tools for so long that it's hard to go back! So I'm signing back up today. I figure I'll stop buying Starbucks which will save not only points but also balance out the 16.95 I will pay for the E-tools.

Weigh In Day- Wednesday
Flex Points Balance- 35
Daily Points- 29

Breakfast: 1 graham cracker (1pt), 100 cal english muffin (1pt), 1/2 cup 1% milk (1pt), 1 turkey sausage link (1pt)- 4pts

Snack: 1/2 Tall Nonfat iced mocha- 1pt

Lunch: 1 slice turkey bologna (1pt), 2 slices bread (2pts), 1/4 cup light mac&cheese (1.5pts)
1/2 cup apple sauce (1pt)- 5.5pts

Snack: ??? 6 points to use but probably a banana and cheese with crackers.

Dinner: Turkey keilbasa (5pts), 1 cup red beans and rice (3pts), broccoli (0pts), veggie salad (0), croutons (1pt), black olives (0.5pts), 2TBSP spicy ranch (4pts)- 13.5pts

Total: 23/29
Fruit/Veg Servings: 5

Exercise: 30 minute after dinner walk with Jason and the kids.

Welcome to My Journey to Becoming Healthy!

This was orginally going to be my weight loss blog but I realized I shouldn't only be focused on losing weight but also being healthy! There are so many ways of losing weight that are unhealthy and won't help you in the long run. While weight loss is a big part of my goal, I also want to be fit and in good overall health with good habits.

About 2 1/2 years ago, after the birth of my first daughter, I started Weight Watchers Online. I lost about 50lbs before getting pregnant with my 2nd daughter. Unfortunately, I gained it all back during that pregnancy. I have lost about 45lbs (from my ending pregnancy weight) in the past 11 months but have pretty much stopped in the last 2 months. I'm still at a very unhealthy weight and really need to get going again. I'd like to try to conceive our 3rd child next Fall and will not do it until I'm at my goal weight and healthy.

Another reason I want to make more of an effort to create a healthy lifestyle is because my husband is a newly diagnosed diabetic (as well as has bad cholesterol). I do all of the food shopping and meal prep in this family and my choices have a direct effect on Jason's health (not to mention my kids'!). We want to have him around for a long time and in order to keep him healthy, we need to change our lifestyle!

This blog will keep track of our eating, exercise and goals. I'm hoping this will enable us to be more accountable and keep us going on the right track!