Day 5: CHEAT DAY!

Ok, so I posted yesterday about having a cheat day. Well today was it! My friend was having a housewarming party and she makes AMAZING food so I knew I would blow my 1200-1700 calorie diet in one sitting. I still did get in a little exercise today, but not as much as I had planned. Tomorrow is a new day though!

Workouts:
1 mile walk with the family and the 2 extra dogs we are dog sitting! 25 crunches and I will do a few more before bed along with pushups.

Meals:
Breakfast: a banana
Snack: whatchamacallit candy bar (yikes!), cheese and pepperoni slices, and I think some hummus with a few crackers
Lunch: a few slices of left over london broil and 1/2 corn on the cobb
Dinner (this is the killer!): too many salad type things to name (2 pasta,seafood, etc.), beef brisket (3- 1/2 cup servings!) green beans, a couple devilled eggs, baked beans, a chocolate brownie with some sort of icing on it AND a crust to a pie. YIKES! Thank goodness I have this cheat day!

BBBBBAAAAAAAAAADDDD dinner! Ok ok, so tomorrows a new day!

On, also, i have NOT been able to get a workout in on the elliptical! Potty training is going os great but is soooooo time consuming. Tomorrow I need to kick ass on it!

Day 4: Workout and Meals

Workout:
A mile+ walk with both of the kids around the neighborhood and to the park. I also have been doing a lot around the house cleaning so that has to count for something! Tonight is elliptical night and I am excited!

Meals:
Breakfast (random!): 1 98% ff Hebrew National Hot dog on a slice of wheat bread with ketchup and mustard.
Lunch: Leftover spaghetti from last night with 2 meatballs and a handful of What thins with hummus
Dinner: London Broil with a side salad and corn on the cobb

Cheat Day

Ive decided that I am going to have ONE day where I cheat and eat not so healthy. This might give me just the extra motivation to stay on track and eat healthier. I haven't decided exactly what day it should be... maybe I shouldn't designate a day and just go with the flow! If Im having a bad day and want to indulge, that will be my one day that week!

Day 3: Workout and Meals

Workout:
15 min on the stationary bike this morning (that's all I could squeeze in)! We are potty training our 2 1/2 year old and she feels that mommy has to be in the bathroom at all times with her... daddy jut doesn't cut it. So that limits how much time I can spend doing one thing before it's potty time again!
Went on a mile walk with the family!
Its alreayd 9:30 and I havent been able to fit in my last exercise on the elliptical since the little boy is still up, so once he goes to bed I am going to do some push ups and sit ups and some lunges! I WILL get a workout in tomorrow morning though!

Meals:
Breakfast: Bowl of Special K berries and yogurt
Lunch: 2 slices of wheat toast with ham and a little mayo on it
Dinner: Whole Wheat Spaghetti with home made meatballs!
Snack: 6 sun chips (yikes!) and some wheat thins with roasted red pepper hummus.

Day 2: Workout and Meals

I decided to not post my weight daily... if I did that, then I would get frustrated and think that I wasn't losing weight! So I decided to make Tuesday's my weigh in day since I started my workouts on a Tuesday. I'm still weighing myself on the off days, but it will look much better on paper (or screen- lol) if I only post it once a week.

Workout:
A mile walk with the family after dinner. Push ups and crunches before bed. (I'm trying to alternate my "machine" workouts with less intensive ones to give me some muscle confusion and to give my muscles a break!)

Meals:
Breakfast: 2 slices of wheat toast with 2 slices of ham in the middle
Lunch: Lunch date with the hubby! We went to Le Peep and I got a chicken spinach and mushroom sandwich with a side salad and a diet soda. I snuck in about 4 of hubby's beer battered waffle fries.. I couldnt resist!
Dinner: Left over hamburger from a few nights ago.. boring!
Snacks: a few cucumber slices, a few slices of pepperoni, and before bed I had a bowl of special K berries and yogurt!
Let's hope I dont snack AFTER I go to bed!

Goals for tomorrow: Morning work out on the bicycle, eat well, afternoon walk with the family AND a night time session on the elliptical. I'm also going to make a nice family dinner.. I have a bunch of chicken and hanburger... so who knows what I'll make!

158lbs

Yesterday I weighed myself in the morning and weighed in at 159 pounds. I had my 6 week postpartum check up and when I went to the doctors I weighed in at 158! I know its only a 1 pound difference, but it made me feel really good!

On the flip side, I just ordered a bridesmaids dress for my best friends wedding on October 24th and with my measurements, they measured me in at a size 12. My waist is a size 8 but my boobs and hips are a size 12! I can understand the boobs... I'm still breastfeeding and they are ginormous! I'm used to being a size 4-6 so saying that I'm a size 12 was just heartbreaking! I knew it was coming though... oh well, more motivation to lose the weight!

This is the dress I have to fit into... at least the stomach is flattering!

Day 1: Workout and Photos

Weight: 159
Goal: 130
29 pounds to go

Workout today: 30 min on the stationary bike. I ended the day with 20 min on the elliptical machine... I felt pretty good!

Meals:
Breakfast-a bowl of special K chocolate-- yummy!
Lunch: Egg Salad on 2 slices of wheat bread
Snack: Some Hot Tamale Candies, a handfulof frosted mini wheats
Dinner: BREAKFAST! I had eggs (3), a slice of wheat toast, a few burnt hash browns (thanks hubby!), and 3 small ham slices.
Snack: around 10 strawberries and a slice of pepper jack cheese!
I also woke up TWICE and ate :( I had a nutrigain bar and a handful of mini wheats again... its the midnight snacking thats killing me!

Sorry for the pictures...I took these AFTER my workout this morning. After looking at them, I noticed that I really should have cleaned the mirrors before I took them.. guess that's what I'm doing after I post this!