I know I haven't posted in a while... sorry. It's been crazy here I'm trying to get the house and laundry all clean so I can on vacay for spring break.

Just to catch up... I did maintain my calorie count and twice I rode my bike 20 minutes almost 4 miles 110 calories burned.

I weighed on Friday... 187 !! I lost another pound...

Today I weighed again cause on Friday it was "that time of the month" so i was holding water. PLUS my baby had been sleeping 9 hours so I was really full from not feeding him as often. Today both those things were over so I wanted to see if it made a difference. Apparently so because between that and riding my bike 2 more days and eating right 2 more days I lost more. My scale this morning said 185 !!!

SO... 185 !!! I am so excited ... I'm going on vacay this week but I'll check in when I can. I'm going to try and stick to my calorie budget as much as possible.

Peace
Steph

Tip for today...vitamins. I had not been taking mine but I started on day 6 and I've noticed a difference in how I feel. I think with cutting my calories and breast feeding my multi (I'm using prenatals still) is helping to ensure I get all my nutrients and so does Colt. :o)

Still nothing really to say today... except I noticed I've gotten far enough into my diet that I'm stating to miss a few things. I really hope to see at least a pound gone on Friday to help shore up my resolve.

"The Skinny" for today is
No formal exercise I was running errands today.

Breakfast:oatmeal 260
AM Snack: granola bar and pears 240
Lunch: Steak and cheddar panini 360
PM Snack: apple and cheese 405
Supper: corn dog cauliflower and cheese sauce choc skim milk 370
Dessert: Kashi oatmeal dark chocolate cookie 130

Daily total 1,765

Peace
Steph

It looks like I may have to change my schedule and post the days stuff the following morning. That just keeps working out better.

Todays tip is don't go crazy with your diet. Make sure that you don't cut your calories by to much. Eating to little causes your body to go into survival mode and it will hold on to everything it can.

Nothing much to say today...

"The skinny" for today is...

Rode bike for 20 minutes about 3 and a half miles and burned a little over 100 calories !!

Breakfast: Shredded wheat skim and orange 310
AM Snack: grapefruit 100
Lunch:Healthy choice chicken 420
PM Snack: peanut butter whole grain and skim chocolate milk 410
Supper: Chicken club Panini 360
Desert: 170

Daily Total 1,770

Peace
Steph

Sorry no tip today !

Today was ok just super busy so I didn't have time to even think about boredom or depression eating !! YAY !! Being so busy makes it hard to blog though...

"The skinny" for today is
No formal exercise LOTS of work and projects

Breakfast: shredded mini wheats and an orange 310
AM Snack: biscuit and cheese 365
Lunch: pepper jack and bacon stuffed chicken breast and cauliflower in cheese sauce 300
PM Snack: Peanut butter toast and 8oz chocolate milk 410
Supper Salad 300
Desert low fat ice cream sundae 130

Daily total 1,815

Day 5 is a so so day not happy, not sad just kinda there...

Today's tip is... MINTS !!!!
I know this may seem silly and like I'm just trying to come up with something in a hurry but thats not the case. Like I mentioned before I've been watching The Biggest Loser and one of their sponsors is Extra sugar free gum. They are constantly plugging it on the show which is getting annoying. But it does seem to work ok at keeping my mouth busy and giving me a little bit of sweet. On jillianmichaels.com she suggests brushing your teeth every time you eat cause it is so yucky to snack or drink with that minty taste in your mouth. I like that idea better but I have really thin enamel and sensitive teeth so that option was painful. But I found a happy middle ground, sugar free mints. Icebreakers are my favorites cause they are strong. They have the same few calories as the gum and same minty fresh feeling in your mouth as the tooth brushing. It has helped me TREMENDOUSLY with my boredom grazing!!!

Normally today would have been hard not to emotionally eat with Justin leaving out again so I am VERY glad I got on that scale yesterday. Seeing that 4 pound drop was exciting enough to keep me in check. Also knowing that I have 6 weeks til he gets home again and I can look so much better than I do now when he gets back. That is the whole reason I started when I did so it's a help to see that I'm already making progress in such a short time. Imagine what I can do in 6 weeks.

SO "the skinny" for today is...
I don't do formal exercise on the weekend. Just whatever I get cleaning and playing with my kids. It gives my muscles a little recovery time. But today Andrew and I played outside and we washed the car which took MAJOR scrubbing and "elbow grease".

Breakfast: Peanut butter toast, grapefruit 360
AM Snack: Granola bar 120
Lunch: tuna sandwich and a salad 305
PM Snack: pretzels 130
Supper: Beer batter chicken and cheese fries 780
Dessert: low fat ice cream 120
Daily total 1,815

That wraps up day 5
Peace
Steph

So I wasn't going to weigh today because I just did on Tuesday. I was gonna wait til next Friday. Well I couldn't help myself and I got on the scale anyway... I lost 4 pounds between Tuesday morning and this morning !!!!!!!!!! I am so excited and so extra motivated ! Then the boys and I went to the playground with a friend and I used that as my exercise chasing them around. It was so much fun ! We are gonna have to make it a regular thing. Then to make a good day GREAT Justin got to come home for the night !!!!!!!!

So no tip today I'm typing this in a hurry to go spend time with my hubby before he leaves :o)

I am soooo glad I didn't binge yesterday when I was so down. It was so awesome to get on that scale and see that drop ! Today was easy to stay on track I was so busy !

I will add my calorie count for today on here tomorrow Justin's ready to watch a movie! Gonna go snuggle :o)

OK small problem ... can't find my paper with all my calories on it...
But I remember my daily total was 1785 !!

Today I have no tip. I've been busy... I had a friend visit and I'm preoccupied with the bad news I got today. So I haven't had the time or mind set to put together the tip section of my blog. PLus I didn't get yesterdays typed up and posted til today so it's gonna cover both days :o)

So as you can guess today has been really hard in the emotional eating area... REALLY hard. Today I get warned that Justin may not be home on April 30th he may have to be out up to 3 more weeks. I am so NOT HAPPY... I want warm brownies, fudge sauce and vanilla ice cream or a brownie batter blizzard from DQ or even a chocolate or jamocha shake from Arbys. My skin is crawling I want it sooooooo bad. But maybe, possibly, eventually they will let him come home and I want there to be a noticeable difference so I'm NOT gonna run out and get all those and eat them. But it's tempting, very tempting.

SO the "skinny" for today is
15 minutes on my bike but I fogot to write down the calories it said I burned :o(

Breakfast: Frosted shredded wheat and skim, orange and 8oz gatorade 365
AM snack : apple and 3oz colby jack 405
Lunch: peanut butter on whole grain, 8 0z chocolate skim, half cup carrot sticks 493
PM snack: pretzels 130
Dinner: Healthy choice chicken parmigiana 350

NO DESSERT tonight... there was an "apple crisp" cup in the healthy choice and if I eat anything sweeter I'll pig out and ruin my progress...

That wraps up day three

Peace
Steph