Monday, Monday....

And a good Monday it was!

Calories: 1140 right now, but I'll bump that up to 1200 before I go to bed.
Fiber: 25 g.
Water: 2+ liters
Vitamin: not yet... I should take that before I go to bed, too.
Fruits and Veggies: 5

I even went on a walk with Leif and Ellie after I walked with Shannon this morning! Again, not terribly rigorous, but it's better than nothing and I got about 45 minutes of walking in total today, so that's good!

I weigh in again on Wednesday, but I don't expect to see the scale move after my munchy weekend. I guess we'll see when I get there, eh?

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...

Another lb down...

And that brings me to 118. Hooray!

I've reached a new level...

... of insanity, I think. I actually took my food scale out to eat with me so I could determine how many calories I was consuming. I don't know if I should be proud of that fact or embarrassed, but either way, what's done is done. Here's what I learned:

• My food scale fits in my purse. =D
• A Mackenzie River breadstick weighs 51 grams.
• A piece of mudpie from Mackenzie River weighs 160 grams, and I only ate 60 of those.

I had a bad day today, so Leif came home with flowers and took me out to dinner! I chose to go to Mackenzie River in Belgrade and opted for a house salad and the breadstick that came with Leif's pasta. I drank water to save on calories, too. Then we got a little dessert (after all, I did behave myself and eat salad and drink water!) and I ate less than half of it. It was great! I love their house salads and dressing and knew that if we got a pizza I would over eat on it. I love their pizza too much! So for the first time ever, we did not get pizza from Mackenzie River. Dinner was filling and wonderful and we had a good night out!

I'm sitting here eating a bowl of strawberries right now, and that brings me to 1210 calories for the day, 5 fruits and veggies, and 26 grams of fiber. I've also had well over 64 oz. of water for the day, so I am doing really well! No exercise to speak of, and I've got Zoe tomorrow and then I'm leaving for the women's retreat in the afternoon, so I probably won't get much exercise tomorrow either. Maybe I'll be able to take Ellie and Zoe for a walk. I guess we'll see how the day goes. But we'll take tomorrow as it comes and for now, I'm pleased with today. I didn't eat the ice cream. That in itself is a victory.

Bad day + Messy House =

I want to eat a tub of ice cream! And I know I've got one sitting in the freezer, just calling my name...

The house is a mess, my to-do list is long, my stress level over Protocol is through the roof, and I've had a bad day.

But I haven't eaten the tub of ice cream, at least not yet. I did eat an orange and a banana. I should eat some veggies if I snack any more before dinner. Carrots perhaps.

And maybe, just maybe, I can keep myself busy (laundry and dishes, anyone??) and control my eating so that I CAN have an ice cream cone after dinner. But first I must make it through my day.

Well... that wasn't so good....

I didn't go completely over my calories yesterday, but I came close. And none of it was healthy. 2 slices of pizza (one of them a giant slice from Costco!) and two Costco cookies. Not good! Very high in fat, very little fiber, and pretty much nothing for vitamins!

Really I was fine (at least calorie wise, even if they weren't the best calories) until I had those two cookies. I sort of figured they were around 100-150 calories each, but it turns out they were over 200 each. Ack! AND they have 4 grams saturated fat and 2 grams TRANS fat each!

I think that means Costco cookies are off limits from now on, too. It was especially frustrating since I can make oatmeal cookies at home that have less than 100 calories each and that would have been so much more satisfying! But this was completely an impulse purchase (that Leif and I both made - it wasn't just me! That's when I fall into temptation the most - when we both want it!) and then the first cookie wasn't very good, so I ate another (white chocolate chip... mmm....) to get that taste I was really after.

So I ended the day at...

1500 calories
71 g. fat (after days of only 25 or 15 g.!)
12 g. fiber
and pretty much ZERO for vitamins!

I'm hoping this doesn't become a pattern now that my weight loss buddy is on vacation! Today I'll be working harder to stay on track and eat well. On the plus side, I weighed myself and I'm down to 119.2, so that's encouraging at least!