Fighting...

I'm fighting with these two pounds and they seem to be winning right now! Ugh. I have been getting some walking in, which is more than I had been doing, but apparently not enough. Not sure what's going on, but it's annoying. I have not been recording my food, but I don't think I've been over eating really, so maybe I just need to go back to tracking every single calorie. I hate being tied to the computer to do that, because it's so nice outside Ellie and I have been just playing and I haven't wanted to be tied to this thing! *sigh*

Maybe I just need to go for a LONG walk today and kill a couple hours. Unfortunately, I don't think I can stand the heat for that long, so I'm not sure what the plan for today is yet. But so far I've just had 200 grams of strawberries for breakfast, so at least I'm okay on food at this point.

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!

I made it!!

115.4 today. That means I lost .8 yesterday. Another .6 and I'll be down to my lowest point yet and I can work on my next goal, which is....

110 by July 19.

That's what I am aiming for this summer! 5 lbs to go in 5 weeks. That should be totally doable. And I'll look great for Ellie's birthday party that day. =D

Almost there!

No walk today thanks to the snow and then trying to get everything kitted for class tonight, but I weighed myself this morning and I was down .6! That brings me to 116.2 and if I can lose .4 more today I'll make my goal for the week! Hooray! I am doing good on calories for the day, so I am hopeful for tomorrow!

Yesterday

Took Ellie for a little hike yesterday. I had planned to meet up with some friends for the first "Mom and Me" hike, but most people emailed and said they couldn't make it this week, so I didn't know if anyone else would show up. I waited about 15 minutes and when no one else was there, I started hiking with Ellie on my own. I went for about 15 minutes and decided I wasn't too sure about being on a secluded, wooded trail in town by myself! Probably crazy, I know, but I decided to turn around and just hike Peet's Hill instead. When I got back to Peet's Hill there was a group of women with strollers and as I passed them I happened to catch someone's eye and recognized her! It was Molly Hannan, Leif's boss' wife. We said hi and she said they hike every Monday and yesterday it was Peet's Hill! So I hiked with them and it was a lot of fun! Lots of toddlers and Ellie got to get out of the stroller and hike most of the way! She did get tired and hungry after a while, so I put her back in the stroller and let her eat while I pushed her the rest of the way. All told we ended up walking about an hour and a half. Then I took Ellie over to Bogert Park to play for a bit while I ate some lunch (carrots) and she got to play on the slides! It was a good way to start out the morning and start out the week and the rest of the day went pretty well food-wise. I'm hoping today goes well, too! So far so good as I just had a banana for breakfast. Hoping to head out for a walk with Ellie soon - she's clingy today and driving me crazy!

making progress...

I forgot to weigh this morning, but yesterday when I weighed I was at 116. Hooray! Just one more lb to reach my goal of 115 by Thursday. I can do it!

I just filled up my water bottle, I'm packing some carrots for lunch, and I'm getting ready to head out for the first Mom and Me hike of the season!

Yesterday got away from me!

At least for the food tracking it did. My biggest downfall was that Eliana and I made soft pretzels, so there was some snacking. Eek. But I skipped dinner (I wasn't hungry after eating a soft pretzel in the mid afternoon, and then it was time for me to leave!) and I roughly figured out what I ate during the day before I went to bed and I think I did okay. I did NOT drink my water though, and I'm disappointed by that. Didn't exercise either. Like I said, yesterday got away from me!

But today I have been counting calories and am doing fine! We're having spinach lasagna for dinner, so that will be good. I've already entered that into Spark People so I know that I can have 200 calories of snacks yet today. Good to know! I have also been working on my water today and am over halfway done, so that is encouraging! And... I weighed this morning and I'm back down almost a lb from where I was yesterday. I'm back to 117 (.8) so at least I'm headed in the right direction.

No exercise yet today, but I'm hoping for a family walk after dinner. We'll see if the weather cooperates.