4/30 Thur

Too much to do today but I am still going to be in control of my food choices and hold myself accountable to everything I put in my mouth. Tomorow is Elise's birthday and I have to get ready for that!

Breakfast: 

2 pieces of wheat bread w/butter

applesauce

1 glass of water

Exercise: jog 20 min w/ friend to coffee shop & 20 min back

1 glass of water

snack/drink

americano w/white choc. & soy foam

Lunch:

2 glasses of water

sandwhich w/ 

cheese, olives, pickles, cucumbers, mayo, basil

(ran out of lunch meat!)

rice crackers

Snack

Rice crackers

Dinner

Pinapple

bbg pork sandwhich

2 glasses of water

4/29 Wed

I had a paper due so I slacked this weekend on posting my food!

My goals I am thinking about right now:

Keep up on the water, choose to eat fruits or veggies more often- four a day..., post food even if it is just a bite!

So.... here's today's food journal:

7 am

Peppermint tea

9 am

Coffee w/creamer

cottage cheese

toast

sliced apple

1 glass of Water

1:15

2 glasses of water

tortilla chips w/salsa sour cream & chopped avocados

cup of coffee w/creamer

2:30 

1 glass of water

cut up cucumbers

couple of grapes

handful of pita chips

5:00

handful of Pirate booty

6:15

veggie burger w/ketchup and mustard (fresh veggie burger from costco-yummy!)

applesauce

2 glasses of water

sleepytime tea

I'm posting it now because I plan on not having anything else tonight!

Exercise: jog 1.5 miles at 8:30 pm

Low-Budget healthy food ideas

http://www.inspire.com/PamPeeke/journal/feeding-your-family-while-the-grocery-dollar-shrinks/

Here is a great website that has a ton of healthy alternatives!  I love reading it~It inspired me!

All of the ideas on this site are friendly for a family or single household!

You should be able to copy and paste it!

4/25 Sat

Breakfast

Coffee w/creamer

2 pkgs of oatmeal

Lunch

potuck for Christian's soccer team

roll

salad

pasta salad

california roll

magib bars, small choc. muffin

Snack

Honeydew bubble jet tea

Dinner (lazy saturday dinner!- we all ate something different because we were all hungry at different times because of Christian's soccer potluck)

coffee w.creamer

chips w/sour cream and salsa

aplesauce

Exercise: jog 1 1/2 mile

4/24 Friday

A fresh start, a new day to be in control of my choices:

7:30 coffee w/creamer

8am breakfast

1 1/2 pkgs of instant oatmeal w/cold applesauce on top

no water for me yet, I have a test this morning at 9:30 and I don't want to be going pee in the middle of it!

1:30

Salmon

Salad

Red potatoes

2 glasses of water

Snack

samples at costco!

some ice cream bar

4:00

2 glasses of water

5:30 Dinner

lasagna

salad

1 piece of bread

2 glasses of water

4/23 wed

Today was a hard day- I felt like my self control was not as strong today.  I was craving sugar.sugar.sugar.  I wish the struggle wasn't there with eating but it is, some days I am dealing temptation or no control every minute.  On those days I see food and I think I am hungry.  That is why I am posting what I eat right now so I can stay in control and hold myself accountable!

8am breakfast

bowl of cinnamon toast crunch

chai latte w/soy

1 glasses of water

1:30Lunch

rice w/homemade sweetn sour chicken

1 glass of water

3:00 

12 oz robecks

1/2 of a peanut butter sandwich

6 pm Dinner

2 glasses of water

tonight was fridge leftover night and I decided to have a peanut butter & Jelly sandwhich since the half I had earlier was so good.

Bowl of salad

(We got a new keyboard so my spacebar works now!!!)

4/22-WED

Breakfast-7:45am

Coffee-w/creamer

6-turkey-sausages(that's-right-I-said-6)

1/2c.-hash browns

1c.-of-oranges/grapes

Lunch-1:30

2-glasses-of-water

pad-se-ew(Lunch-out-w/mom-at-Pad-Thai)(thanks-Mom!)

veggies

peanut-salad(you-know-u-ate-too-much-when-ur-still-full-2hrs-later!)

2-glasses-of-water

5:15-3/4-of-a-slurppee

Migraine-coming-on-from-my-contacts!Took-those-out-right-away-and-had-some-of-a-slurppee-to- take-the-queasiness-from-my-migraine!

Dinner-6:10(Little-Caesars:Christian-had-track,Elise-soccer-practice,&Justise-guitar~!)

1-1/2-piece-of-pizza

1-crazy-bread

2-glasses-of-water

(2)-servings-of-celery

Should-I-Say:9-Pounds-to-go-now?!

(space- bar-still-not-working!)

If-you-don't-want-to-daily-post-your-food-like-me-I-understand,I-know-that-is-a- big-time-commitment!-Instead-You-could-take-the-step-of-commenting-on-one-of-my- blogs-and-type-to-the-cyber-world-what-your-goals-are-and-what-you-want-to-achieve!

I-do-need-some-sort-of-feed back-from-the-scale---even-though-I-am-feeling-really-good-a bout-my-self-control!--I-planned-to-weigh-in-today.--For-myself-I-like-to-weigh-in-mid-week-(i-started-sunday-officially)just-to-confirm-that-what-I-am-doing-is-working!--So-at-7am,-my-eyes-still-half-shut-and- body-still-heavy-from-sleep,-I-figured-I- better-do-it-early-cause-the-younger-two-kids-will- be-getting-up-soon-and-I- better-do-it-now,-since-most-of-our-plans-go-out-the-door-when-kids-are-involved!--My-report:lost-a-pound,that-redeems-my-choices-so-far.--I-never-expect-a-huge-loss-since-it-is-only-mid-week!

(And-look-at-my-food-journals-I-had-a-slurppee-one-day,a-big-cookie-another-day,I-am-definitely-not-depriving-myself.)

Here-is-what-is-working-for-me-so-far:

1)Positive-thinking-and-drinking-WATER

2)I-am-not-"testing"-food-as-I-serve-it-to-my-kids

3)I-make-sure-I-HAVE-to-sit-when-I-eat-anything-(even-just-a-bite)and-really-enjoy-what-I-am-eating

4)I-stop-when-eating-even-if-I-am-not-sure-I-am-full-yet(and-then-after-the-meal-is- being-put-away-and-I-am-still-hungry,-then-I-will-eat-a-little-more-and-enjoy-it

5)stopped-grazing-thorough-out-the-day-like-a-momma-cow

4/21Tues

(my-spacebar-or-arrows-aren't-working-today!)

FYI:After-taking-a-nutrition-class-last-quarter-i-don't-eat-drink-anything-diet-low-fat-non-fat- because-it-is-made-up-of-chemicals-that-are-not-good-for-you.-If-you-compare-a-regular-food--with-a-light-food-the-regular-has-simpler-ingredients!-That-means-no-more-i-can't- believe-it's-not- butter!-The-thought-of-what-i-was-feeding-my-kids-with-the-chemicals-in-them-scarred-me!-

8:45-Breakfast

coffee-w/creamer

2-pkgs.-oatmeal

2-glasses-of-h20

11:50-Snack

1/2c-cottage-cheese-regular

1c-applesauce

1-glass-of-water

1:00-Lunch

4oz-salmon

1/2c-red-potatos

2-glasses-of-water

 2pm-Big-CHoc.Chip-cookie-at-a-school-play-and-juice

3pm-Iced-white-choc.-mocha-w/soy

5:00pm-snack-dinner-won't- be-done-for-over-an-hour-and-I'm-hungy

1/2c-cottage-cheese

handfull-of-red-grapes

1glass-of-water

6:45-Dinner

Palm-size-piece-of-lasagna

cut-up-cucum bers-and-celery

green- beans

2-glasses-of-water

4/20 Monday- I DARE you to comment with your food journal too!

8:30 breakfast

2pkgs of instant oatmeal

coffee w/ creamer

1:45  Lunch  After school (grabbed food to go because had to pick up Elise from deb's)

Taco time light chicken taco

small white chilli

2 glasses of water

3 pm snack

small cherry coke slurpee(yummy on this sunny day in Bellingham!)

1/4 bagel w/ butter

2 glasses of water

1 red potato before I served the kids their dinner

6pm Exercise soccer game- ran hard, got sweaty!

at least 2 glasses of water during my game

8 pm Late Dinner because of soccer

salmon

red potaotes

salad

2 glasses of water

proably would have eaten more- but I knew I had to blog my food for everyone to see!

not enough fruit or veggies today but I'm working on eating only when I'm hungry right now!

4/19 sunday

I worked today from 7am -3 pm

7:30 am

coffee w/ creamer

8 am Breakfast

2 pkgs of instant organic oatmeal made with water

9 am Snack (funny thing to have at 9 but I have been up since 6, that's ok then right?!)

1 chocolate cookie  (they smelled so good at my work that i gave in! and it was so chewy and-yummy=)

2 glasses of water

1 c. applesauce (to keep me from eating another one of those freshly baked double chocolate chip cookies)

1:30 Lunch

1/2 deluxe burrito split with Zee from mi mexico=

Flour tortilla

Shredded chicken

Cheese, lettuce, guac, tomato, sour cream, onions

14 chips w/ salsa (would have eaten alot more it i weren't bloggin!)

2 glasses of water

(Did NOT eat any refried beans and rice- I probably would have if I wasn't posting my food on this blog!!)

4 pm  snack\

2 glasses of water

Applesauce

6 pm  dinner: (didn't know I'd be having mexican food for lunch and dinner!)

taco salad= (homemade)

2 glasses of water

three bites of the tortilla shell (they really aren't that good for you, especially if you eat the whole thing. you might as well as order something other than a salad if you are going to eat the shell!)

ground turkey w/ taco seasoning on it

lettuce

tomato

salsa

sour cream

cilantro

a little cheese

fresh pieces of avocado

yah- I hit 9 glasses of water today-! As you can see I love applesauce;  When I don't know what to eat, it's what I choose.  For me it's sweet and I like it cold from the fridge!  You'll see later that I do many things with applesauce!

I  stopped myself at least four times today from eating something because I asked myself "Do I want to post this on my blog? " No. I wasn't hungry anyways- just my eyes were.

Exercise: Fast and sweaty  30 min. walk with hill w/ my neighbor  - 

I am really struggling working out right now.  I love the way I feel when I work out; it is just really hard   to make it a priority- but this blog will hold to me to do it (and it's fun with my neighbor)!  When I exercise I do it w/ intent.  I intend to get sweaty and get my heart pumpin! 

Healthy and In Control

ok- so I really want to loose my last ten pounds! I know I am not fat. And it really isn't about the 10 pound number; For me it is about making healthy food choices and exercising. When I am doing those two things I feel strong.  

So who's with me?.............
It doesn't matter if you have 5, 10, 15, 20, 30, 50 or more pounds to go- Just make a commitment. If you do want to take this challenge of getting healthy, you can reply with your update of your food or exercise on my daily posts.  It might help to put it in writing for everyone else to see and hold yourself accountable!

My commitment :
1) I am going to enter everyday on this blog what I've eaten
2) I am going to exercise 4 days a week- I am not going to set specific days because then I can be flexible in my busy life - but I will post when I do exercise
3) I am going to drink 6 glasses of water a day (I know i need more but I'd like to be realistic)


I will also post periodic pics of myself so I can see what my results are from a cameras point of view!