Tuesday, November 23rd

I cheated...I weighed myself this morning...only good thing is I weighed 1 pound less. 188...Yeah.  My nephew is here visiting.  I figured it would be good to weigh myself to keep an eye on things.  As I think I might get a bit stressed.  Tonight he really fought sleep.  I am hoping it will get easier.  I am trying to be lenient without being too and trying not to be too strict...I tend to lean towards strict so it has been hard.

Here is my food for the day....was hoping for a lower number but with having 2 slices of pizza and 2 breakfasts...what can I say.  We did walk today, however it was pretty short.  Once around, Abby was asleep before we even did that much....Caleb and I played in the yard for awhile then we ended up all going out to eat pizza.  Yummy.

Tuesday, November 23
Breakfast
Bacon & 3 pancakes	350
Sandwich…Jimmy D Turkey Delite	260
Lunch
Pasta with olive oil and veggies, brie and foccacia bread	400
Snack
Animal Cookies	100
Dinner
Pizza 2 slices	540
Drink	160
Total	1810

Weekly Weigh in....189

I guess I am kind of happy.  :)  I am down .4 of a pound from last week.  Though I do have to say I cheated and stepped on the scale tonight.  I hate evenings...as I always weigh more.

However, today I exercised.  We did some walking this morning at the mall before grocery shopping.  OUr biggest problem was that Abby didn't want me to leave her side.  Then this afternoon we all (me and SHeldon) Crashed.  Abby had nothing to do with it.  I think I took a 2 hour nap.  SHeldon who wasn't feeling good only was able to get about an hour.

Then later we went for a walk together and I tried to do a little walk a little run.  My left knee started hurting a bit so after a few runs I decided maybe to wait and do some more another day.  So not including this mornings walk I did over 7200.  :)

Calorie wise I did a lot better than other days.  I was trying to do SOuth Beach but ended up eating a little bread and a lot of fruit.  So we will see after this week how it is going.  I am hoping with the walking and overall eating right the weight will come off.

My nephew Caleb is coming to spend a few days with us.  He is 5.  I hope he and Abby will have a ball and play well together and that my exercise doesn't get too far off of track.  My inlaws are coming at the end of December and I would love to be under 180 before they get here.  They are pretty active people and I would like to be able to keep up with them. 

Okay...here is todays food journal. 

Monday, November 22
Breakfast
Smoothie	200
Turkey Sausage Sandwich	260
Snack
3 Pretzels	110
7 cheese cubes	120
17 pieces of turkey pepperoni	70
Dinner
Salad with boiled egg, brie, dressing (ranch 1 T) bacon (3 Slices), Sunflower Seeds (1 T), ½ pear, grape tomatoes	415
Chocolate covered raisins.  2 T chocolate chips and 20 homemade raisins	180
Animal cookies	120
Total	1475
Exercise…yeah finally did some.  7200 + Steps

Week of November 15-21 Food Log

Here is my weekly account...though I don't have MOnday or Tuesday.  :)  I have to say I had so much fun seeing Ruby & Freeman this weekend.  I hardly ate at all.  LOL  Though I did have a couple of big meals as we went out to eat yesterday.  Mexican, my absolute favorite.  I did pretty good though about not eating all the chips and salsa...but my actually meal choice probably wasn't the best.  Steak Fajitas.  Then today, we ate here   most of the day and I made 2 homemade meals.  Freeman is my best friend right now....HE LOVES EVERTHING I COOK.  Thank you Freeman.  :)

Wednesday, November 17th 189.4
Breakfast
No Breakfast
Lunch
8 inch Larry’s BLT	750
Fritos	320
Half diet coke/dr. pepper	80
Dinner
3 pancakes	200
7 slices of bacon	140
Snack
Gold Fish Crackers	140
Cheese Stick	100
Daily Total	1730
Exercise (1 Mile)
Oops…forgot the ½ c egg nog…YESTERDAY	170 (Sheldon measured it out for me.
Thursday, November 18th
Breakfast
Smoothie	150
Pancakes and 4 slices of bacon	350
Sausage Balls	255
You can see that I am hungry this morning……Will try not to eat too much else until dinner or a late snack.  This is 755 calories.  (Maybe I better wait to make the muffins & cookies and chocolate covered pretzels until tomorrow.)
Lunch
No Lunch as I ate so much earlier.  Wasn’t that hungry.
Late Snack
3 chocolate/peanut butter covered pretzels (homemade)  YUMMY	355
Dinner
Egg Omelet w/tomatoes/cheese/olives	200
4 Slices Bacon	80
English Muffin Bread (2 Slices) w/jelly	265
Total	1655
Exercise Walked with Sheldon & Abby about 2 miles
Decided not to have any eggnog today…half a cup wasn’t enough to do anything.  LOL  Except for add a bunch of calories
Friday, November 19th
Headache, Headache go away…all day.  L
Breakfast
Smoothie	250
Egg Nog	200
2 pancakes/2slices of bacon	180
Lunch
Ham sandwich (Subway	310
Doritos	260
½ diet coke/1/2 dr. pepper (Mr. Pibb)	80
Snack
Animal Cookies (2 sERVINGS)	240
Dinner
Garlic Cheese Bread (Mellow Mushroom)	750
1 Coke	160
Total	2180
Absolutely no exercise.  L
Saturday, November 20th
Breakfast
3 sausage rolls	265
Lunch
Sweet Potato Mac & Cheese 1 slice of English muffin bread with butter	400
½ pear	40
Dinner
Chips & Salsa	100
Steak Fajita Quesadilla with beans	750
Coke	160
Snack
3 chocolate covered pretzels	250
Total	1965
No exercise again….besides chasing 2 kids.  Had the best time though visiting with Ruby & Freeman
Sunday, November 20th
Breakfast
Bread Pudding French toast	275
2 sausage rolls	170
Lunch
Enchilada casserole	300
With a pear	40
Snack
2 chocolate covered pretzels	170
Dinner
Subway ham sandwich (no cheese)	310
Doritos	260
Soda	160
Total	1685
Again, no exercise…I so need to get back on target.

Tomorrow is the deciding factor to see how bad I did this week.  I am hoping to stay about the same...Hopefully I am not going to go back up.

How to get back on track?

Definitely not feeling it today.  After I made the smoothie for Sheldon and I this morning I went back to bed...until 10 am.  I never do that anymore...usually if I feel like wasting time I will just type on the computer.  But I have had a headache today that just will not go away.  And I was so tired.  Still am and I am not going to bed yet.  Soon though because my friends Ruby and Freeman are coming to visit tomorrow.  SO I have tons of stuff to get done.

Today was probably the worst eating day I have had in awhile....hopefully it isn't a sign of things to come.  :(  Almost forgot to add thae eggnog I had this morning...I remembered and it really put me over.

Friday, November 19th
Headache, Headache go away…all day.  L
Breakfast
Smoothie	250
Egg Nog	200
2 pancakes/2slices of bacon	180
Lunch
Ham sandwich (Subway	310
Doritos	260
½ diet coke/1/2 dr. pepper (Mr. Pibb)	80
Snack
Animal Cookies (2 sERVINGS)	240
Dinner
Garlic Cheese Bread (Mellow Mushroom)	750
1 Coke	160
Total	2180
Absolutely no exercise.  L

Do I love Bacon or What?

I had bacon twice today....a total of 8 slices....a serving is 3 slices with a total of 60 calories...so calorie wise it isn't that bad...but what about all the other stuff.....sodium???  Etc.....

Next week, Sheldon and I are going to start on the South Beach Diet.  I need a kick start to start eating healthier and get away a little more from the sugar.  Hopefully it will help and make a difference.

Here is todays calories.... I am not including my exercise right now because I don't feel like I exercised hard enough to make a difference.  SHeldon has a friend who just took a parttime job as a trainer and I want to talk with her about working with me.  She is amazing...she has personally lost 140 pounds and is still ogoing strong.  I know she said she is on a pretty strict diet so I am curious to learn what she is doing.

Oops…forgot the ½ c egg nog…YESTERDAY	170 (Sheldon measured it out for me.
Thursday, November 18th
Breakfast
Smoothie	150
Pancakes and 4 slices of bacon	350
Sausage Balls	255
You can see that I am hungry this morning……Will try not to eat too much else until dinner or a late snack.  This is 755 calories.  (Maybe I better wait to make the muffins & cookies and chocolate covered pretzels until tomorrow.)
Lunch
No Lunch as I ate so much earlier.  Wasn’t that hungry.
Late Snack
3 chocolate/peanut butter covered pretzels (homemade)  YUMMY	355
Dinner
Egg Omelet w/tomatos/cheese/olives	200
4 Slices Bacon	80
English Muffin Bread (2 Slices) w/jelly	265
Total	1655
Exercise Walked with Sheldon & Abby about 2 miles
Decided not to have any eggnog today…half a cup wasn’t enough to do anything.  LOL  Except for add a bunch of calories