And Miles to Go I like eating. I’m not always crazy about exercising. But I want to lose weight.

Days 10 and 11

Well I did get up on that treadmill on Wednesday so you can be proud of me! Just 2 miles, but they felt good, and I'm glad I followed through.

Also it's a good thing I went because I will need all those burned calories to make up for yesterday! My BF finished his last class for his Masters so I baked him some carrot cake cupcakes with cream cheese frosting (and I bought a bottle of champagne, but we decided to keep it to drink another day).

I didn't eat a cupcake but I ate a bunch of the crumbs and they were so full of sugar and fat that my stomach started to hurt. I logged the "Crumbs" as a small slice of cake (I ate a lot of crumbs!) and went over my calories by about 300-400. Eep! But today I'm back on track.

Although I do have a (free!) whiskey tasting I'm going to tonight. That's going to be really difficult to navigate. I've estimated 4 shots (probably 3 drinks) and that leaves me 300 calories for dinner. Very tricky.

Tomorrow though I'm going to start my kickboxing class so hopefully that will torch any extra calories I might consume!

Day 9

Went well in terms of calories, but maybe not well in terms of choices/lifestyle/exercise. As you saw breakfast and lunch were kind of a disaster. Dinner was fish and collard greens as I said, but I ended up getting home around 9pm, so I was done with dinner around 10pm. My BF said I should just digest for 30 minutes and then go to the gym for 30 minutes. But I was exhausted after a long day at work so I just read and went to sleep early.

I tried to get up early to go running but that did NOT work. I need a ton of sleep so if I'm not in bed by 10 waking up before 7 just won't happen. I know I set my alarm, but I don't even remember turning it off.

Food has been WAY off today too. I'm way under calories at this point because I never had a chance to set up an actual meal. I'm just been snacking here and there. I think I've only had 500 calories which leaves about 800 for dinner.  I think I'm going to have a huge salad w/ chicken and a quesadilla or something.

I'm definitely going to get on that treadmill tonight though! Promise!

Oh well. Tomorrow's another day.

Day 8

Went great! I took the day off from working out because I was soooooo sore. But I managed to stay within my calories despite going out to eat with friends. I just budgeted the calories for dinner and drinks before hand and ordered only that. When I was finished I stuck to water!

Today isn't going as well--I got up late so I just left without packing food--I ended up eating a banana for breakfast. 3/4 of a free cookie someone put in front of me. And I haven't had lunch yet. I may just snack on some apples/crackers/pb that I have stashed away. Dinner will be fish with a peanut sauce and collard greens. And then a 2 mile run later!

I think my iPod sensor is messed up though. Gotta look into that before my run.

I'm one week and one day into my month on track and I'm doing well!

Week in Review

Not bad! You see the mess that was Wednesday, but the rest of the week was pretty good! And don't worry guys--I ate all my calories everyday. I look under because of exercise which is deleted from the daily calories. I don't always eat those calories back, it kind of depends on how hungry I am.

Today was a fantastic day--it was gorgeous out and a couple friends and I walked across the bridge to Georgetown and went to the free Sunday yoga class at lululemon. It was a great class and after we decided to stop in at Pizza Paradiso for lunch. Then I walked back home. So one hour of yoga and abot three miles walking. I feel great!

Day 4 and 5

Day 4 was really tough for me. At the end of the day I had some extra calories so I ate a few tea cookies. I don't know what set me off but I ended up going back and back and eating more and more cookies--I ended up eating about 2 servings worth (a serving is 7 cookies). And then after that I had a big bowl of raisin bran. I totally blew my calorie goals and I didn't feel like recording the food in my log, or even posting about it.

But I thought about it and I think this is part of the process. I'm going to screw up. I'm going to feel like a failure. But this isn't a one day or a on week, or even a one year thing. This is going to go on for as long as I live. I need to make allowances for mistakes and just pick myself up and try again.

Day 5 was better, although I went a little over my calories at the end of the day due to an extra glass of wine.

Today I had a nice hour long work out--30 min weight training, and 30 minutes cardio. I've had a healthy, filling breakfast--plain yogurt, a little honey, topped with kashi go lean crunch and some berries. Yum! :9

Tomorrow I've got a free yoga class that I'm going to try. Here's to a good week!

Day 3!

It's getting a little easier now. I've logged all my food, it's all been whole food (as long as you count Kashi crackers as whole foods ), and I'm getting plenty of water.

I could use a little more sleep, and I ended up not working out last night because I got home from work super late, but I'll work out tonight and then hopefully get to bed!

I made some collard greens yesterday and they turned out SOOOOOO delicious. I'm unsure how many calories were in them though--I used a smoked turkey leg that rendered out into the water I boiled them in. I just added a tablespoon of oil to my calorie count assuming that that's about right.

Day 4 has been going well thus far too. If I can make it a week maybe there's hope for the month!

Day 2

Day two ended up going well also. I just pushed my meals back a few hours. I'm not getting as many veggies as I probably should, but I'm eating a lot of fruit and staying within my calorie goals--baby steps!

I also did the elliptical and hill climbing on the treadmill for about 30 minutes. Woo!

I was actually under my calories for the day so at the end of the day I enjoyed some tea biscuits and tea while reading a nice trashy romance novel. Hehehe...

This morning started well with an egg "fried" in a bit of pam cooking spray, 1.5 ounces of my homemade bread and a cup of grapes. Lunch is brown rice and beans again (my go-to quick and easy lunch), and dinner will be baked tilapia and some collard greens.

I'm debating working out, or doing some yoga.

Day 1

Day one went well! I was on target with my calories, and I worked out for 20 minutes, burning 200 calories. I also baked my own bread yesterday. I've been thinking that I might take one a "no refined carbs unless I make them myself". So if I want bread, or a cookie, or cake or whatever I've got to haul out the flour, yeast, etc and spend the hours baking and cleaning up.

Not only will that stop me from eating refined carbs so often, but at least when I do eat it I know what has gone into it.

Today has not gone quite as well. I haven't eaten breakfast yet even though it's already noon. I think I may eat the breakfast breakfast I brought now, then lunch around 4 and dinner around 8.

Here's to day 2!

Challenge Week 11 Results!

I'm on time this week! Krista's back in the lead this week. See? Maintenance does pay off!

Not for me though since I'm maintaining like a 2 pound loss. I've decided to go for it in March. I'm going to post my weekly calorie balances from my iPhone app, and I'm going to try to burn at least 200 calories extra each day.

I used a new conditioner this morning--know what it smelled like? Coconut. Know what that reminds me of? The beach! I definitely want to feel comfortable and unselfconscious at the beach this year and that means I need to put in the work now!

Challenge Update!

Oh dear--I haven't been doing my job very well have I? Let me give a quick update of how our challenge has been going:

Week 8

In week 8 Krista, jumped ahead of Julie and is in the lead with a 6.8 pound loss that gives her a 3.68% total loss!

Week 9

In week 9 Krista maintains her 6.8 loss and the lead, but Amy jumps into second place with a 8.8 pound loss and 3.43% loss overall!

Week 10

Last week Amy pushed ahead and is now in the lead with a 9.8 pound loss which is 3.82% overall!

Great job everyone!

I on the other hand have maintained my same loss from about oh--5 weeks ago.

But there's still 5 weeks left in the challenge. Let's all try to finish strong!