Day 35-Weigh-in Day

Well, no change on the scale. It was a little upsetting. I know I burned more than 3500 calories with exercise. And that's supposed to equal a pound! Oh well, maybe I'll have a big week next week. I am logging my food and exercise on www.sparkpeople.com. I really like how they have it layed out. And when the Self Challenge begins again, I will try that. I am going to do that instead of the Jump Start Diet. I feel the tips are helpful, but maybe not specific enough for me? I don't know. I need something to tell me, "Put that damn fork down now!". I do great for breakfast and lunch, but everything falls apart at dinner! Maybe it's boredom? I don't know. However, hubby had a BIG box of Little Debbie brownies and I didn't eat ANY of them!

Exercise today was 20 minutes of a Denise Austin toning DVD (I woke up late!).
I'm at about 5700 steps right now, so I'll have to sneak some extra steps in while cleaning tonight.

Day 33

I admit I am suffering from a drop in motivation. I slept in yesterday and this morning. I did work out yesterday when I got home. Today, since hubby was off, we went to the beach and I walked in the sand. That's quite a glut workout! But I am sure I didn't burn as many calories as when I do a DVD. I am starting to focus more on diet. I think I eat reasonably healthy foods, I just have a hard time with portions. Especially when I get home, I seem to eat more than I need. I will try to focus on eating more slowly. I am trying the Jump Start Diet from www.self.com. It gives different tips to try each day. The kids are screaming, so more on that later.

Day 31

We took the kids to a park with a walking track. I surprised myself by running a half mile w/o stopping. I didn't think I could do it. I would love to add on to that, but finding a place to run with the kids is a challenge. That was my exercise for the day. I alternated walking and running on the track while hubby watched the kids. That is until they started screaming for me. The rest of the time was chasing them around the playground. I am almost to my step goal and hope to add some more before bed.
Breakfast: 2 frozen pancakes w/ sugar free syrup, yogurt, coffee w/ milk
Lunch: Leftover bulgobi
Snack: Cucumber and cream cheese on a piece of wheat bread
Dinner: Small steak, baked homemade "fries", green beans
Dessert: It was supposed to be a key lime yogurt pie, but the crust fell apart so it was more like pudding. It was yummy, though!
Estimate is around 1800 calories.

Goal for tomorrow:
30 minutes of exercise
10,000 steps
1800 calories

Day 30

Lazy Saturday day....the weather was awful. We had hoped to take the kids to the park (and I could walk the track while they played) but it was too damp. Instead, I took them to McDonald's playland to burn off some energy. And I only had a yogurt parfait there. No fries (okay, I ate 2 of Paige's-while she wasn't looking...that child does NOT like to share). I did a 45 minute workout DVD. It was one called Fit to Firm Fast (which is what I'm hoping for). Didn't meet my step goal. Will have to try harder on that tomorrow.

Breakfast: 2 eggs scrambled w/ veggies and cheese, yogurt, coffee w/ milk
Lunch: leftover tacos and corn from yesterday
Snack: Cucumber sandwich (piece of bread w/ light cream cheese and cucumbers) then yogurt parfait and McDonald's later
Dinner: I made a dish called Bulgobi that we love to get at this Korean restaurant nearby. It was sooo good.
Calorie count estimate=1800

Goals for tomorrow:
45 minutes of exercise
10,000 steps
1800 calories

Day 28/29 And Weigh-in day

I have been a little busy in the evenings. But I'll try to do better now. It keeps me honest to write about my days. Thursday was weigh day. I lost another 2 pounds! Very exciting. I did a 30 minute DVD for my morning work out. Then proceeded to ruin the rest of the day by eating out twice! We had another Counselor Appreciation luncheon (I had prime rib!) and then went to a buffet that night. I tried to stick with the crab legs and boiled shrimp. I did have an egg roll and some stir fry. And a piece of sugar free pie...nowhere near the damage I usually do at a buffet! So I guess that's progress.

Friday, I took the day off from exercise. I did try to get my steps. I'm not sure if I did, because I think my jeans rubbed the pedometer and reset the numbers! I did make my weekly Walmart trip that evening. And with 2 kids, that's quite a workout!

Breakfast: Oatmeal, yogurt, coffee w/ milk
Snack: PBand J sandwich
That was supposed to be my lunch, but I was still so hungry, I went to the cafeteria and got a "baked" corn dog. Nice. But I refused the fries and asked for green beans instead. But they tasted to good not to have something bad for me in them.
Dinner: 2 Hard tacos and some corn
Snack: Skinny cow Popsicle

Goals for tomorrow
45 minutes of exercise
10,000 steps
1800 calories

Day 27

Goodness, had to go out to eat again. And the day before weigh in day! Hubby wanted to go to Denny's. I thought my best bet would be breakfast, so I did that, and only ate little more than half. Which is good, since I also had a sweet tooth today! I did my morning workout, 33 minutes of a Leslie Sansone's walking w/ weights DVD. It was a little too easy. I should have pushed it more. So far, only 7500 steps, so I'll try to fit some more in before bed.

Breakfast: Oatmeal, yogurt, coffee (ran out of milk!!)
Lunch: Leftover tuna casserole, orange
Snack: 2 Truffles
Dinner: 2 pancakes, English muffin, eggs, hashbrowns
Snack: Ice cream sandwich (!)

By my estimates on mytrainerbob.com (and I looked up the calories for the Denny's online), calorie count is about 1900.

Goals for tomorrow:
Morning work out
More steps
1800 calories

Day 26

Forgot to post last night. It was a good day. I did my morning workout, 35 minutes of a Kathy Smith DVD. And I met my step goals of 10,000. By the calorie counter online, my calorie count was about 1900, not too bad.
I'm off to work so I don't have time to post my diet.