I Got a Medal!!!

WELL.
First I have to tell you, I was very disappointed in myself for my eating yesterday. Oh, it wasn't even close to my worst, but since I have a goal set for Friday- I should have used some self control!!!
I had a plan. It was taco night so I was going to eat VERY light during the day. But that didn't happen. I did only have ONE taco :) That's something to be proud of.

Here's where I was REALLY disappointed. The Cookies.
Yep, I made some of those cookies after school when my son got home. My plan was to bake 8 of them. That way I would be able to have ONE and not see a whole mountain of them all day or anything. Well, I had a bite of cookie dough while making them. I had one, but they were kind of burnt so I made another 8. I had one of those, and they were SOOO delicious! Probably the best cookie I ever had! SO I had another one. Then I put them away and left them alone... until after dinner. Then I had another one... then ANOTHER one. Ugh. I really don't know what happened! SO all together I had 5 1/2 cookies. And these little things are 120 calories EACH. I really thought I would be ok, keeping my goal in mind. But I failed miserably! Ugh.

Here's What I ate yesterday:
Coffee: 61
Breakfast: 450
1 waffle, 2 fried eggs, lite syrup, 1 cup ff skim milk
Snack: 23
Werther's
Snack: 112
1 String cheese with 10 Special K crackers
Lunch: 402
Leftovers- about 1 cup rice, 3/4 cup stir fried veggies, 1 buttered whole wheat toast, 1 cup ff skim milk
Bite: 60
Cookie dough
Snack: 360
1 cookie, then 2 cookies
Dinner: 802
1 'double decker' style taco, 1 cup spanish rice (just white rice with tomatoes, jalapenos and seasoning), 1/2 cup beans, 1 cup ff skim milk
Snack: 240
2 cookies
Total Calories: 2510
Total Water: 54 oz

Knowing how many calories worth I had eaten in cookies, did keep me on the treadmill longer. :)
26 minutes/ 1.02 miles on incline 1, with 2 LB weights for 5 minutes of it
Days in a row: 5

Now today.
I actually had a bad head ache and ended up going right back to bed after sending the boy to school. When I got up at 11am I weighed in right away. I figured it would be a gain for sure. I just hoped I didn't do TOOOO much damage. The numbers popped up: 277.8. What?!?! So I tried again. YEP, 277.8! UNDER 278! I know that sleeping in might have had something to do with that, using the bathroom an extra time or whatever lol. BUT I'm still happy with it. Now all I have to do is keep it off for tomorrows weigh in!
So I went to my Weight Loss Tracker, and put in the numbers for today...

Do you see that???

Here, how about now:

It's a Medal!! For reaching my goal!!!

How cool is THAT!?!?!?! Obviously this just made my whole day :) I am still disappointed with my eating yesterday.Especially having NO control with the cookies, for sure. But yesterday is gone, and I can do great today! I'm just so relieved I didn't screw everything up. AND I reached my goal. The real test is getting to record it here for my Friday weigh in though. So I am going to do well today :) VERY well :) 

Car still isn't fixed. I still have a headache.

BUT, it is a beautiful sunny day, might even get to 70! AND... I got a Medal!!!!! Woo Hoo!!! :)

I hope you all have a great day :)

Daily Weigh In

I'm still weighing in every morning (2 whole days in a row lol)
As I've mentioned, I'm not going to report it every day here, just every Friday like usual. But I've added a link to my graph if anyone is curios :) It's over there just above my weekly weigh in list.

Weighed In, and it's NOT Friday!

Good Morning!
Yeah, I know it's a little after noon lol. I stayed up watching Men Who Stare at Goats. It had it's funny parts, but over all I didn't think it was great. 3 out of 5? Anyway, I was up pretty late, and slept in until 11:20am.

Weighed in FIRST thing. After using the bathroom of course :) I'm at 279.4 this morning. Nice! 2.2 pounds gone since Friday? Can't ask for better than that! I know it's most likely because I slept all morning. I'm hoping that all the water I drank and smaller portions helped too :) I think weighing in every day is going to help me. Knowing I had to weigh in, made me say NO a lot yesterday. No second chicken wrap, no seconds on dinner, No snacking late last night. BUT I won't let my self get crazy, you can see by my eating that I didn't starve myself- not even close lol. And I know from watching Margie M's daily weigh ins that it goes up and down, and it's normal. So I won't let that bother me, PROMISE! If I start acting obsessed, let me know! I won't be recording my daily weight here, just over at the Weight Loss Tracker

Here's what I ate yesterday:
Snack: 40
1/2 bite sized snickers
Lunch: 645
Ray's Chicken wrap (baked this time not fried, that's a first!), Water
Snack: 200
MultiGrain Cheerios with ff skim milk
Coffee: 84
Dinner: 805
5.7 oz chicken, 2/3 cup of red beans and rice, 1 cup ff skim milk
Total Water: 53 oz
Total Calories: 1774
As I mentioned yesterday, I thought I had done pretty well, until I added up the calories. I knew the wrap was high (even though lower than usual) but I way under estimated dinner. Oh well. I'm fine with 1774.

Treadmill: 20 minutes/ .77 mile Incline on 1, with 2 pound weights for 5 minutes of it
Total days in a row: 1

K, there you have it.
I feel a lot better today about all of it, and being able to see my weight in a graph at the weight loss tracker is helping me I think. I feel more motivated. :) Keeping track of the Days in a row on the treadmill should keep that in check too. I feel good. I set that goal of 278 for Friday and I REALLY want to hit it!!!
It's a beautiful day so far. It says 52 degrees, but it is nice and sunny so from inside the house it looks beautiful anyway lol.
I hope it is where ever you are also! Have a GREAT DAY!

Quick Post

It's late, and I've decided to do post in the morning, for the day before. That way I will be able to stick with my "Get to bed by midnight" rule. That doesn't go for Saturdays, but I'm tired lol. My brother lost his internet, so transferred his NetFlix account to our Xbox, so me and Ray are going to pick a movie for the night. Don't know how long we'll have Netflix, just till his month runs out. I think he cancelled it today... so maybe the whole month??? :)

I did Ok today. I THOUGHT I did really well, until I added up the calories. I'll do a full post on it tomorrow, but it came to 1774 and while it's not TO bad, I could have done better. I DID get on the treadmill. I'm going to take Marks advise and start counting again. I think that will keep me on track.

I'm also going to weigh in every day. Yep, EVERY day lol. So I can track it in my weight loss tracker (see last post). It is going to be weird!!! We'll see how it goes. It might really help me, or it might make me crazy. I'll be recording it there and recording it weekly here like always.

K, see you in the morning! Have a good night!

Oh, any suggestions on movies we should watch while we take advantage of the Netflix?

I Found Something You Might LIKE!

I had to quick come and share with you.
I've been following Mark over at Fatophobia for a while now. I never signed up for the weight loss tracker or any thing. I was curious, but I just figured I keep track of all that here. Well, now he also has a place to Share, and I thought I might as well sign up, so I can take advantage of that and comment when I want, ect.
I checked out the Tracker today, and I have to say, it's pretty awesome!
I'm not one to weigh in EVERY day, but it has that option... It also has a food diary option (haven't checked that out yet).
It keeps track of your "target" dates, which I thought was pretty nice too. You know I don't do target weights, but as I said yesterday, I really want to do well this week and get back in the green. I need a jump start to get my ass in gear lol. So I set my target for next Friday (weigh day) and I want to weigh 278 pounds. So we will see!!! You can also set your goal weight, and any other targets. It has a calendar and a chart that keeps track of your weight. I like it :) In fact, I wish I would have signed up earlier! Maybe I will try and weigh in ever day, for just a little while! I'll see if it helps or makes me CRAZY. lol :)
I put in my info, and found out my BMI is 43.6. I was curios, and just never took the time to check it out. That's probably pretty horrible, but at least now I know. And now I will be able to keep track of it.
Oh, and by info- I meant name, email, height, weight, and a user name to go by (TinaM). You don't have to fill out some long form or anything, Or I wouldn't have done it lol! Easy Peasy.
Ok, that's all I wanted. Had to share because I think it's pretty cool. You should check it out!

Thanks Mark!

I'll be back later for your regularly scheduled program :)