Back on track!

Well, I didn't do much today. I was pretty lazy, as I didn't leave the house until late this afternoon when we went to get our flu shots. I went to dinner at Mackenzie River with a friend and by the time I left the house at 6:15 for that I hadn't done any exercise or anything. We got the thin crust Thai Pie pizza and each had a salad. I love their salad! I was good and only put about 1 T. of dressing on (though I counted it as 2 on SP just in case it was more - kind of hard to judge when you're pouring out of a little cup) even though I absolutely LOVE their dressing. Then I ate two slices of pizza. I counted it as 2 medium slices of Pizza Hut thin crust pepperoni, and I think that's fair. Pepperoni is usually some of the fattiest pizza you can get, especially from Pizza Hut, so that's what I usually count pizza as on SP. It was a great dinner out and time with a friend (without kids!) and it's so nice to be able to do that without eating a ton of calories!

So because I didn't exercise before dinner, I knew I'd have to after dinner. I couldn't go two days in a row without exercise!!! Especially not my first week back to exercising and calorie counting! So I put on a movie from hulu.com (Bring it On - a cheerleading movie with peppy music. Peppy music is always good when you're exercising!) and I got on the treadmill and walked at 3.4 mph and an incline of 3-5 for most of the movie. I walked for 90 minutes and finally got off to watch the last 15 minutes of the movie in a chair. =D I figure that was PLENTY of walking. I ended up burning 675 calories in that time, too, so I guess I got my 350 in for today! Made up for yesterday, too!

I don't know what tomorrow holds. We'll have to see how Ellie is doing with her flu shot. Last year she was pretty miserable the day after. If she's that way tomorrow we'll stay home. Otherwise we'll go to playgroup!!

Wiiiiii!

I did housework pretty much ALL day today. I don't know if that counts as exercise or not, but I'm sure I burned more calories than sitting on my bum all day! We had a girls' night tonight, so I saved up my dinner calories and decided to eat dinner there. Because 3 of the 4 of us are working on losing weight (before our 30th, 40th, and 50th birthdays this year!) most of the food was healthy. That made it a little easier tonight! It also was good that I went into the evening with about 650 calories to spare... =D

Because I hadn't done any real exercise today and I didn't think I'd have the energy to once I got home (you know how it goes...) I decided to head downstairs and play some DDR on the Wii quickly to see how many calories I could knock out in the 25 or so minutes I had to spare before I needed to leave. I got about 215 burned, which meant I only had to burn 150 when I came home. Hooray! When I got home Leif was in the hot tub, so I changed and joined him for a bit, relaxing in the warm water and talking. Then he suggested we go play DDR, so I took the opportunity to burn those last calories of the day and maintain my goal. Little did I know that we would have so much fun and play for so long.... I ended up burning a total of 550 calories playing DDR today!!

Hopefully that will encourage the scale to move!!

Forgot the photo....

I forgot to photograph my weight this morning, but I suppose all is well that I didn't... it went the wrong way. I don't even remember the exact weight, but it was 117 something. Up a lb from last week! I've been trying to get my water in, but things haven't been moving along as they should, so that could contribute to the weight gain. In any event, this is the first week I have not met or exceeded my goal, so I'm not too discouraged. I will just keep at it and hope to see the scale move down again. I'm hoping to jump right past this plateau point, but it doesn't seem to be happening that way!!

Today is hard for calorie counting because we're eating dinner at a friend's house and I don't have a clue what we're having. It's sure to be delicious, but I'm afraid it might be pretty caloric as well, so I'll just have to try to eat moderately and make sure I get plenty of water in so I feel full. Most of what I've eaten today (with the exception of some yogurt for breakfast) is fruit and veggie, so I think I'm doing okay. But we'll see.

I went for a little walk/hike today with the mom and me group (this week it was Tracee and Beth who came with) so that gets a little exercise in. Mostly, though, I am still working on organizing and cleaning the house and that means spending most of my day standing, squatting, or moving around. So I think I'm doing fine on my 200 calories burned a day goal.

Impromptu Barbecue!

That's what we had tonight! Right after my last post Leif asked if he could invite people over for barbecue. I said sure! It was 5:00 and I was pretty sure the other people would already have started dinner, but they hadn't! So he told me about 15 minutes later that we were having the Taylors and the Richters over for dinner at 6! I jumped in the shower, cleaned the house, and cut up some tomatoes for the burgers before they arrived. They provided the salad and desserts, we provided the burgers and fruit, and we had a great evening of it! Really we should do stuff like this more often - it was really fun!

Now I have to figure up my calories for the day, but I'm not worried after today's hike! My biggest thing is getting enough water in. I still need to drink more today!

Dinner with friends tonight....

Had dinner with the Koenens tonight. I ate a little more than I probably should, but I don't think I was too overly indulgent. I had a couple slices of pizza, some salad, and dessert. Oh, and a full sugar soda, which I probably should have skipped, but was feeling in the mood for some ginger ale, so I drank it. But all told I'm probably okay for the day. Tomorrow I'm watching Zoe, so I hope to have the snacking curbed by all the toddler activity!

Well....

... the retreat is over. It was great!! I met a lot of people, learned a lot, ate a lot, had fun...

Oh, wait! You caught that I ate a lot? Yeah... I tried to slip that in there and get my confession out of the way quietly. I guess it didn't work. I did great for dinner, but I snacked WAY too much. And the snacking sort of continued after I came home through yesterday. But today I am back on track!
I went for a walk with Shannon today, even. We didn't get terribly far, and it wasn't a terribly rigorous walk, but it was something at least. Maybe I'll do more this afternoon. Maybe Leif will be up for a family walk (or bike ride!!!) this evening. That would be good.

I'm getting back on track with my water drinking today, too. I'm only about 1/4 of the way there at 2:00 in the afternoon, but I am determined to drink all 2 liters today.

Here's to getting back on track. *raises Nalgene bottle* Cheers!

Women's Retreat...

I'm leaving for the women's retreat in about an hour and a half, and I'm eating dinner there. That means I won't be able to record what I eat, so I'm just going to wing it. Hopefully I will exercise some moderation and not over eat, but I'm not going to stress about it. I'll eat what's good for me and try to skip what's not. Same goes for tomorrow, since I'll be there then, too!

I guess we'll see what I have to report when I get home...

Easter Cheat Day!

Today I have been planning as a cheat day. All week I've been being good, telling myself that I could hold out for today - Easter. So I've been holding out, planning to eat Easter candy today and not worry. I wasn't going to track calories at all. But then I decided that it's too hard for me to come back to recording after not doing it at all, so I'd record, but not count calories and limit myself. And you know what? I stayed under 1500 calories! Woohoo! That even includes a couple cupcakes and some Easter candy. So I'm doing good. And tomorrow starts a new week....

Dinner with friends...

We had Ben and Cathy over for dinner tonight and they brought dinner. I saved plenty of calories for dinner (700-1000) since I didn't know what we were having. They brought all the fixin's for really good fajitas, including grilled chicken. Mmmm! I limited myself to one fajita, filled with chicken, peppers, refried beans, rice, and cheese. It was delicious! But it wasn't as many calories as I thought it would be, so here I am at midnight, laying in bed hungry. I'm low on calories for today (980-ish) but I got all my water in for the first time this week! WOOHOOO! We'll see if I can get both right tomorrow. I don't feel too badly about the low calories, though, given the Easter candy I know I will consume this weekend. I will try to be moderate, though. I will try.