Food Journal 9-13 (Mon)

Breakfast
Cheerios w/ skim milk

Snack
1 pkg. Keebler Cheese Sandwich Crackers

Lunch
WW meal (a 6 pt meal)

Snack
32oz Wild Cherry Pepsi
1.5 yummy 7 layer bars

Dinner
2 md fry bread
w/ beans, meat and cheese

4 water bottles
6 hours of work

A new challenge

Chuck and I are starting a 6-week challenge this Thurs

Like in 2 days!!! {well, one full day and 2 nights...}

Here are the details...

There are 100 points possible a day,

600 total for the week

I'll explain later why only 600 not 700.

Here is how you earn points

30 meal points

-6 pts per meal (5 meals)

-must journal food eaten

- focus on 1 protein, 1 carb and 1 f/v

- have at least 2 veggies a day

{{{btw... I'm not a veggie eater}}}

***penalty: minus 10 pts for snacking b/w meals

(besides cucumbers/celery)***

20 exercise points

-exercise 30+ min a day

-BONUS: add 5 pts for working out for an hour

10 water points

- 3 liters of water (100 oz)

-32 oz pure water...

-the rest can be flavored (sf) or not

15 sleep points

-7 hrs a night

-lights out by 7 hrs before wake time

20 transformation points

-10 pts: kick out old bad habit

-10 pts: bring in new good habit

***must be same habits the whole challenge.

changing habit choice will result in a 35 pt penalty***

5 communication points

-communicate with at least 1 team member a day

-communicate with at least 1 opponent a day

-well... we have no opponents,

so we will just communicate w/ each other!

you get 1 day off for each category

doesn't have to be the same day!!!

That's why there is only 600 pts possible

ex: no exercise Sunday...

but if you miss another day, you miss the points!

but you cannot exercise all 7 days

and get points for all 7 days,

only 6 days count point-wise!

WI day... if you lose 1% of your weight...

{ex: 200 lbs = 2 lb loss for 1%)

you get a bonus of 20% of total points earned!!!

So... Chuck and I are not competing with this.

We are working together...

our reward is VEGAS!!!

But we have to get an "A"...

that is we have to be 90% or above on points earned.

So, check back and see how we are doing.

I just needed something that would not feel like a diet!

So I think this is the answer.

It's all about making good choices!

Day 3...

Not doing so well on my challenge for myself. I'm having a hard time getting going. I'm confused as to what I should do. Should I count POINTS? Should I just focus on controlling my portions? Controlling my portions sounds less "diet-y", which is what I'm looking for. I just don't know. I don't feel so good right now. Food looks gross, so when I eat, I just eat whatever, trying not to think about it. Usually it is something not good for me. Hummmmm.... Ok, I will figure it out. I want a lifestyle I can live w/out feeling deprived. I really just need to start exercising. I'm just staying the same weight-wise, so if I add in exercise, I will more than likely drop some poundage. Talking with Chuck made me decide I may just keep a food journal of what I eat and how I feel when I eat it. So I will write if I'm hungry, bored, famished, sad, happy, hanging with friends (that's when food flies in my mouth). So maybe that will be the plan of the week.

I changed a couple things on my goals...

1. drink 72 oz. water (I need to ease into this one and 96 oz just wasn't working and I was feeling like a failure! No good!!!)

2. Some sort of exercise 5/7 days... (Working on this one... should work count? I'm on my feet walking, lifting, squatting and such for the 4-5 hours I'm there???)

3. Accurate food journal (no counting POINTS, just focusing on portions and moods)

4. 8pm cut-off for eating (I thought this was more important for weight-loss as compared to a vitamin)

5. No bad fast food (Still keeping this one. I like it! I have done good for 3 days! Woohoo! My girlies even asked for Taco Bell last night and I told them no, we didn't need to eat that junk!)

So... on to a new day tomorrow! Wish me luck! And good luck to everybody who has their own goals! I know you can do it! Maybe we should post again on "Goal-den Girls" again for everyone who wants support. Does that work for you guys or is something else better for you? Let me know!

Have a FABULOUS night people!

8 Week Challenge

Tomorrow starts "Day 1" of my 8 week challenge I set-up for myself.

Here are the details...

1) Drink 96 oz water daily (flavored H2O is OK!)

2) Exercise in some manner 5/7 days a week

3) Keep accurate food journals daily (counting POINTS or not)

4) Take a vitamin

5) No bad fast food (greasy = gross!!!)

My goal... lose 15 lbs in the 8 weeks!

Totally do-able!!!

Anyone care to join me???

My biggest mistake...

As I'm sitting here feeling completely down and depressed, I realize my biggest mistake was taking those stupid "happy pills". They didn't make me "happy" in the end. I have gained back every single pound I worked so hard at losing. I'm totally depressed right now and can't seem to get out of it. I think I should probably go back on those meds, but for what??? To gain another 50 lbs? It's terrible... I worked for 3 years to get to a healthy weight, now I have to work hard for it all over again. And the road seems long! VERY hard... I don't know if I can do it. It's too hot here to even want to think about working out... and to get in a swimsuit right now... WHATVER!!! I just want my "thinny" body back. I will take the impatience with children again... b/c they all head out the door for school again... yes, all of them. My baby goes to Kindergarten this year. So I think having that break from being a mom for a short time every day will be a help. Please "perfect moms" out there, don't judge me for the joy I feel of sending my kids back to school, my kids love school so it isn't hard on me, plus I like the break... they will be back everyday soon enough.

I just have to get back into the swing of things again. Maybe when school starts. But for now I will just not eat too much... yes, that is my goal... when school starts, I will figure other things out.

Food Journal 7-21-10

Target POINTS 28... hit 27


Breakfast @ 930am
1/2 packet of blueberry instant oatmeal... gagged down (1)
nectarine (1)


Lunch @ noon
1/2 roast beef sandwich (3)
1 oz. baked chips (2)
grapes (1)
1/2 c. cottage cheese (2)


Snack @ 230pm
strawberries (1)
banana (1)


Snack @ 430pm
rice krispie treat (2)


Dinner @ 6pm
3/4 c. rice (3)
spray butter (0)
romaine & spinach salad (0)
2 T. caesar dressing (3)
3 oz. chicken (2)


Snack @ 930pm
lg fro yo... pb, pb cup, graham cracker flavors... YUM!!! (5)


Not bad for the first day back on track!
Will post again tomorrow.

Making myself happy...

That's what I said I was going to do this week. We just got back from another trip to DISNEYLAND* late Monday evening. I ate too much junk while I was there and I could totally feel it (and the scale totally felt it as well, poor thing). But that's ok... it's a journey! So yesterday, even though I didn't "count POINTS" I did focus on not eating too much and just drinking water. No "LiQuiD SaNitY" for me! And then today I counted POINTS and just water again! YEA ME!!! Although I have a killer "caffeine withdrawl" headache, but that's ok... it will be gone in the next few days.


So, if you couldn't guess, the thing I'm doing to make me happy is to take care of myself mentally and physically. I have been neglecting the physical for the past year and the mental... well I've been using a crutch. But now it is time to go head on and work everything out w/out the use of meds that make it hard to lose weight and without the stress of hard school classes. I signed up for a sewing class and in October I'm taking a medical terminology class online. I also just started working more regularly at scrapbook.com warehouse again. I love it there. The people are nice that I work with and the scheduling is fairly flexible. So when school starts I plan on working whenever they need me. It would be nice to have some extra cash flowing in! So... I'm super tired and want to go to bed, so that is what I'm doing. Just wanted to post about my life a bit. I'm going to post here more often now with my ups and downs and anything I feel that is important to share! I'm hoping this will help me stay on track!