Holy Crapola

I weighed myself this morning - AGAIN. Seriously, this could get addicting. I wasn't sure I'd lose my .34lbs from yesterday, because, well, I didn't have a BM yesterday. So imagine my surprise when I saw 139.1 on the scale. .9lbs down from yesterday!

And when I came into work today, someone asked me if I had lost weight. I sure have - 2.5lbs since Monday. Sure, this is the 1st week of dieting where it comes off easily and it'll be much harder in the coming weeks - but aaah! So happy to see my hard work paying off.

Last night for dinner, Josh and I stopped at Subway to keep from eating anything bad at my Moms. I got my 6pt, 6inch sub, with some baked lays. I ended up eating only 2 of the baked lays and giving the rest to my Mom, and I grabbed a Mikes Hard Lemonade instead. Then, yeah, I had some skittles. But thats it! Knowing how dieting usually goes at my Mom's, I did pretty well.

Today, also happens to be Subway Friday. I stopped there this morning on the way to work and got my breakfast and lunch (total of 9pts between the two), and packed some cherries, strawberries, and a 100 calorie pack of Yogurt Covered Pretzels.

I also brought my Laptop and will be starting on our Wedding Photo Album. All my coworkers go out to either Cheesecake or PF Changs on Friday, and I'm trying hard really not to go, both for caloric and financial reasons. Gotta save on both.

In other amazingly big news - the Lakers won the NBA Championship Finals in Game 7, against the Celtics. It was crazy! The Celtics lead in the first 3 Quarters with the Lakers being down as many as 13 points during the game. It wasn't looking good, but they pulled it out, and WON! It was so exciting.

Poor little Marley wasn't sure what to do with all the commotion and yelling, and air horns. She pretty much knocks out around 9 and I think was more upset that people were disrupting her sleep. She's adorable.

So plans for this weekend - tomorrow: Pilates!!! I am going to my first Pilates class, also being held through Shepherd of the Hills at a local park. I'm really looking forward to creating lean muscle mass and improving my core strength.
Afterwards we will be celebrating Fathers Day, a day early. Then possibly some outing for Louis's Birthday. This will be a hard day to be good. I shall try.

No plan for Sunday as of yet - though it'd be fun to get out and do something. A hike. Perhaps. We shall see. Josh and I desperately have to do our Thank You cards since it's been a month and a half since the wedding.

Then Monday - BOOTCAMP! Hells yeah.

Reaching Goals

So I had made a goal a couple of weeks ago that I wanted to be 135 by Rafting. I thought that I was at 138, and reaching that goal should be fairly easy. But then I ate McDonalds and Wendys and Panda Express and drank and drank, and ate and ate. Now I'm at 140, and I have 17 days to reach my goal of 135.

I did the math today and saw that I have to lose .34lbs a day.

Is this realistic. Absolutely not.

Am I being ridiculous for giving myself a daily goal? Absolutely.

Am I going to attempt it anyway? You betcha.

Blog Whoring

I've been quite the blog whore recently. Oh well.

So I weighed myself this morning, AGAIN! I know, I know - I'm only supposed to do it once a week, but I neeeeed to know how I'm doing. Seeing the number being atleast slightly lower every morning motivates me for the day, hoping to lower it even more for the next day.

It was 140.0. .3lbs down from yesterday. 1.6 down from Monday. That aint too shabby, if you ask me.

Tonight is the Laker game (GAME 7! AHHH) at my Mom's. Hopefully healthy food will be served for dinner.

In the meantime, here is what currently resides in my lunch box:

English Muffin w/ Cinnamon and Sugar - 1pt
Apples - 0pts
Jello - 0pts
PB&J Sandwich - 4pts
Kellogs Multi-Grain Crackers - 1pt
Strawberries - 1pt
Cherries - 1pt
Banana - 2pts

10pts for all that, leaving me with 11pts for dinner. I could say I have 10pts, but I technically have to lose 1 more oz before I'd drop a point. So I'm keeping it.

I'm hoping work goes by pretty fast today. Hope being the key word here. I have a meeting at 10 that should go for about 30 minutes, and then another meeting at 11 that should last right up until lunch time.

It's already 8, and I still have to go make and eat my breakfast, so I won't really get into work work until 8:30, so that's only an hour and a half until the first meeting.

How do people do this day in and day out for their entire lives? It baffles me.

Wednesday - Part 2

So I ate a cookie. Shoot me. One of my boss's sent out an email to our team informing us she had freshly baked cookie. Who says no to a freshly baked cookie? Certainly not me. And let me tell you, it was delicious. I don't regret it one bit.

After work I went over to Old Navy to return a bathing suit top I had ordered online that was a little snug. I bought a couple t-shirts to wear while lounging and working out, and when I just feel like wearing a plain old t-shirt. I also bought Josh a couple pairs of swim shorts as they were on sale for $8.

Then we drove over and met my Mom to go to Costco to get our Wedding Pictures printed. The lady was hesitant to print them because apparently we should have had a photo release from our photographer. I'm sure it was somewhere in our original contract? Do I have the contract. I don't know. Eep. Then we proceeded to get sucked in to the amazingness that is Costco. I bought a huge box of 100 Calorie Packs, some razors, and the 2nd Eclipse.

Josh is trying to get me to smell his socks.

They surprisingly don't smell

Wow Wednesday!

It's Wednesday, and I must say that I had an awful time getting up this morning. The alarm went off in the middle of a dream, and I always know it won't be a good idea when I don't finish my sleep cycle.

But alas, here I am and have been at work for an hour. What have I done? Absolutely nothing. Made and ate breakfast, read some blogs. I'm productive.

So I weighed myself this morning. I know you're not supposed to weigh yourself every day, but I did. 140.3. I enjoy that number much better than yesterdays 141.6. It's still about 2lbs more than what I did weigh a few weeks ago, but at least it's going in the right direction.

I got my bathing suit from Old Navy yesterday. The swim bottoms, the board shorts, the tank top and hoodie all fit great. The swim tops on the other hand fit, but were a bit too snug around my midsection than I'd like. I'll be exchanging the mediums for a large. But the fit was really cute, so thats a plus.

The Lakers won last night. Kicked butt, more like it. It was a great game, and it was fun watching with the family. Rachele just got a new puppy on Monday that is absolutely adorable. Her name will be Marley, as Christopher refuses to let us name her something a bit more girly. Oh well. She's just 10 weeks old and is a little bundle of energy. She'll be a welcome addition to our family.

Anywho - here's my food recap (breakfast and lunch) for today

Breakfast: 3pts
Thomas's Double Fiber English Muffin - 1pt
Jelly - 1pt
Light n Fit Yogurt - 1pt
Coffee - 0pts

Lunch: 3pts
2 Slices Sara Lee Delightful Bread - 1pt
Sandwich Ready Tuna Salad Pack - 2pt

Snacks:3pts
Apple Slices - 0pt
Jello - 0pt
Applesauce - 1 pt
100 Calorie Yogurt Covered Pretzels - 2pt

That gives me a whopping 12 points for dinner. I like the sound of that.
I didn't get a chance to work out last night, but I'll be back in action tonight!

Oh noes :(

So I weighed myself this morning, and did not like what I saw. I'm now 141.6 - about 3lbs up from what I was a few weeks ago, which means it will be even harder to get to 135 by 4th of July.

In any event, I'll try. I'd be happy with 137.

Finally went grocery shopping, so I was able to choose different foods to eat today.

Breakfast: (3pts)
Thomas's Double Fiber English Muffin - 1pt
Spray Butter - 0pts
Jelly - 1pt
1/2 Banana - 1pt

Lunch: (6pts)
2 Slices Sara Lee Delight Wheat Bread - 1pt
Sandwich Ready Tuna Salad - 2pts
100 Calorie Pack Yogurt Covered Pretzels - 2pts
Applesauce - 1pt

Snacks: (2pts)
1/2 Banana - 1pt
Mini Box of Raisins - 1pt

This leaves 10 points for dinner, which is good since I'll be at my Moms. This is always where I tend to snack away to my hearts desire, but I need to be good. 141.6.

141.6

Grrrrr.

Official Day #1

So how did today go? Extremely well. Although, I'm sure most people do pretty well on their first day back of REALLY being back.

I stopped at Subway this morning and got a their Breakfast Western and Cheese sandwich, and a footlong roast beef sandwich, which I ate half of for lunch and the other half for dinner.

Josh and I finally went grocery shopping, so there is food in the house again. Hopefully that will yield less trips to fast food joints.

After groceries, I went to the gym. I didn't run 10 straight minutes like I wanted to, but I did run 1/2 a mile straight, which I was pretty proud of. It felt harder than yesterday, but I'm not going to stop working at it. I also did some stepper, some bike, and some upright rows on the weight machine. I feel pretty good.

Points wise:
Subway Breakfast: 3
Subway Lunch: 6
Subway Dinner: 6
Mini-Box of Raisins: 1
Special K Crackers: 2
Laughing Cow Cheese Wedge: 1

19 Points Total - which means I can have my 1 point weight watcher ice cream.

Yay!

Time to watch the Bachelorette!