I didn't get up this morning. I used the excuse that I didn't get to bed until after midnight, but I'm still disappointed. I crammed the three little ones into the double stroller after the big girls left for school and went for a walk. We had to stop every 25 feet or so for some reason or other. It was frustrating, and hardly aerobic. The girls enjoyed it though.

breakfast:
frosted mini wheats

lunch:
leftover meatloaf, potatoes, green beans, slice of bread with jam

snack:
cheese and crackers

dinner:
frittata (egg, spinach, onion, garlic, ham, tomato, Parmesan)
1% milk

Got up before 6 am. to do my prescribed run/walk for the day. Made it up to a 5 on the treadmill. My legs are feeling it a little (I'm sure all the weeding I did yesterday is contributing). On the up side my pants are feeling a little looser. Yea!

Breakfast:
2 eggs, scrambled
2 mini slices of bread with jam
glass of 1% milk

Lunch:
dry turkey and cheese sandwich
canned peaches (in juice, not in syrup)

Dinner:
meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans

Late:
small bowl of Frosted mini Wheats (I know I shouldn't have eaten, but for some reason I was SO hungry!)

Weigh in #2

The alarm went off at 5:30 as usual. I rolled over to get out of bed and next thing I knew it was 6:30! I shot out of bed to get my morning walk in. Before I got dressed I nervously stepped on the scale, not expecting much and praying last week's 3 lbs. were still gone. Much to my amazement I'd lost another 3 lbs! I couldn't believe it. I stepped off and back on again several times just to make sure the scale wasn't playing games with me. I feel like I've been given a free pass of sorts. I'd better not mess it up this week. I just hope its still gone next week.

breakfast:
A bowl of Frosted Mini Wheats

lunch:
dry turkey and cheese sandwich
100% fruit juice

Snack:
several slices of the banana nut mini loaf my visiting teacher dropped off for me. Probably not the healthiest, but yummy!
glass of 1% milk

Dinner:
salad (romaine, spinach, tomato, carrot, jack cheese, ham)
piece of bread with jam

Late Night:
bread with jam (I know. I shouldn't have)

Training Begins

Yea! I got up this morning and started my running program. I was excited and nervous at the same time. Worried for my knees. Worried it would be too hard. Excited for the challenge. Excited for the possibility of being active, fit, and being able to say "I run".


It wasn't so bad (although I definitely need a new sports bra). The running program has you run for 1 minute, walk for 2, every other day for the first week. The key is to build slowly so you don't injure yourself. In the beginning it wasn't hard at all. I felt I could do more, but decided to stick with the program. I didn't run very fast. Jogging is probably a better description for now. I walked at 3.4 and started jogging at a 4.0 then bumped it up to 4.6 for most of the time. On my last run I turned the treadmill up to 5.0 just to see. And I did it! I know that's not an amazing speed, but its a good start.


In my 45 min. total on the treadmill I went 2.5+ miles, and burned 311 calories (which burned off the syrup on my pancakes yesterday). I'm excited about this eight week period. I'm excited to see where I'll be at the end of it.


Breakfast:
bowl of Frosted Mini Wheat's
a bite of peach


Lunch:
a bite of ham
half a canned pear (no sugar added)
chicken tortilla soup (which I learned by plugging the recipe into an analyzer at nutritiondata.com , if you leave the cheese, sour cream, and chips out, has only 95 calories and 1 gram of fat per serving. SUPER!)
1 slice of homemade white bread (probably not so great, but oh so yummy!)


I have to say, the kids are down for a nap and I'm really craving something right now. Something yummy... must resist temptation. Drink more water. Chew gum, but don't eat!

Snack:
Ugh! Did not do well. 3.5 slices of homemade bread with grape jelly on it. NOT good for my sugar cutbacks.

Dinner:
I didn't feel like eating. I mowed the lawn instead (more calories burned, right?). The problem is that at 10 pm I was starving! I ate a dry roast beef and Swiss sandwich. Lesson: eat at scheduled meal times so I'm not eating late at night.

Late Night:
uh... I guess dinner falls under that category. No OJ today. Just pills (bleh. I hate taking my pills with water).

Oh, I am not ending the week well. Not such a great week for eating.

Breakfast:
blueberry pancakes (with butter and syrup)
milk

Lunch:
half a ham and cheese sandwich
grape juice

Dinner:
Chicken tortilla soup (two helpings, one with cheese)
homemade tortillas with honey (I had 4 or 5!)

Late:
OJ and pills

Okay, I ate a ton for dinner! I was really disappointed in myself. I haven't had such a great eating week. I've not been disciplined in the quantities, and I've slipped up some on the sugar intake. I was tempted this evening to eat cookies at Chloe's achievement night since I'd already done poorly I figured, "what the heck?" But then I told myself, "why make it worse?" I'm not excited to step on the scale on Tuesday. I wouldn't be surprised if all three pounds were back on.
On the upside, I printed off a beginning runner's program from Runner's World. I'm going to start tomorrow. I want to be a runner. The challenge is exciting to me. I hope I can do it. I've found a friend who wants to run a 5k with me. A 5k! That's my long term goal for now. I've had that goal for so long, but I never get there. It's always in the distance, somewhere in the future, put on hold for pregnancy... I have to say I'm worried about my knees. I've had some injury in the past couple years that remains untreated. I also know how important shoes are and the ones I have are past their prime. I also don't really know how to go about strength training. I'm worried about being tossed on the sidelines due to injury. I want to be a runner! Here's hoping I make it this time!

Once again, I didn't get up and exercise. I was up quite late last night, and it was raining (however, since I have a treadmill, that's not really an excuse). I did spend the an hour or so walking around Lagoon after Chloe's dance competition today. I haven't had a great week diet and exercise wise. I'll be disappointed come weigh in day.

Breakfast:
a bowl of honey bunches of oats

Lunch:
a Turkey, avocado, lettuce and tomato hogi from Gandolfo's. I forgot to tell him no mayo.
water

Snack:
hot chocolate (not on the "no sugar" plan, but it was freezing due to the rain at Lagoon)
several bites of my kids caramel apples (again, not on the "no sugar" plan, but apples are good)

Dinner:
some kind of steak strips Stuart made for dinner, corn, potatoes

Late:
OJ and pills

Not off to a good start this morning. No exercise. Stuart got in super late last night, which woke me up, and of course I had to welcome him home. Didn't get to bed until 2 am. I figure I needed more than 3 hours of continuous sleep. I feel sluggish, tired and irritable this morning. I'm finding it difficult to be positive this morning. I need to get moving on something. I don't expect to see anything on the scale next week having gotten only two days of exercise in this week.

Breakfast:
bowl of Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds

Lunch:

apple

roast beef and provolone sandwich (This is where it starts to get bad, it tasted so good to me that I had seconds), snitched two chicken nuggets dipped in barbeque sauce from my kids.

Snack:

I made bread today, so we cut up a mini loaf and tried it with honey and jam. I had several slices. Stole a sip of apple juice from the kids.

Dinner:

salad (spinach, romaine, carrot, tomato, vinaigrette, Parmesan)

penne pasta with meatballs, and Alfredo sauce. Ugh! I did not do well with eating OR exercise today. Bleh. Dinner was really heavy and now I feel bleh. Bleh, bleh, bleh...

Late Night:

I'm sure I'll wash the pills down with OJ.

I'll really have to redouble my efforts tomorrow. At least I got some fruit and vegetables in there. And I didn't junk out on candy and sweets. Although, the jam probably counts as sugar...