Day 2

Yesterday was a pretty good day. Had a lot of fun with the gang and didn't really feel deprived eating-wise.


Breakfast:
1 cup Special K red berries with 1/2 cup skim milk-- 2 pt.
1 hard-boiled egg-- 2 pt.
TOTAL: 4 pt

Snack:
Apple (small) -- 1 pt.

Lunch:
6 inch turkey & ham sandwich on honey oat bread @ Subway-- 5 pt

Dinner:
2 cups special K w/ 1 cup skim milk-- 4 pt
1 small Weight Watchers brand chocolate snack cake-- 1 pt
TOTAL: 5 pt

Snack:
1 fudgesicle-- 1 pt
1 cup skim milk-- 2 pt

I only ate 18 points yesterday. Not great, but I just wasn't that hungry. I've asked some people to start texting me during the day & ask me if I've eaten anything lately, just to remind me.

The rest of my day... day 1

Lunch:

1 slice bread-- 2 pt

1 tbsp peanut butter-- 2.5 pt

1 fiber one bar-- 1 pt

1 apple-- 1 pt

TOTAL: 6.5 pt

Snack:

small columbo vanilla frozen yogurt-- 3 pt

Dinner:

1 cup whole grain pasta-- 3 pt.

1/4 cup ragu marinara sauce-- 1 pt.

TOTAL: 4 pt

Snack:

1 bagel-- 5 pt.

2 tbsp. peanut butter-- 5 pt.

Add onto this my 3.5 points from breakfast this morning, and I got all 27 of my points in! The reason I ate such a big snack (the bagel with peanut butter) was because I had 11 points left for the day and it's really important that you use up close to or all of your points to make sure you're not under eating, which is a good way to make your stomach feel like you're starving it. Not a good feeling, and the binge eating later on wouldn't feel that great either.

Night everyone!

Food Plan (& what I ate yesterday!)

One of the biggest hindrances to losing weight is how much great food is out there in the world. I mean come on- my favorite dessert is tiramisu, and my favorite food is pancakes. Really? I hate those people who are like "oh, my favorite food is salad." What? I mean, I love salad. I really do. But to label it my "favorite food" is waayyy too much of a stretch. I'll admit that I love food! I'm not a binge eater, or an overeater, or anything crazy like that. I just really think that food is a great thing- I watch the Food Network like its my job. Anyway, this is how I knew that eating well was going to be a challenge for me. 

Atkins diet. South Beach diet. Grapefruit Diet. Acai Cleanse. Jenny Craig. Nutrisystem. Low/no-carb diet. Diet pills. With all these diet plans and so many more in the world, how's a girl to choose? It's crazy trying to decide what's best for your body. For me, it was kinda easy. 

I picked Weight Watchers because of its simplicity, ease, and variability. I work a LOT in the summer, at a job where I'm constantly on the move (hello summer camp. I will see you in 2 weeks.) This being said, I don't really have the ability to lose all my energy by ONLY eating grapefruit or ONLY drinking a mixture of water, lemon, maple syrup, and herbs (um, gross, by the way. No thank you, Beyonce.) Also, I think that Nutrisystem or Jenny Craig could potentially work, but a) I don't have the money for all that hoopla, and b) it just kinda seems boring to me. On weight watchers, I can eat whatever I want, as long as I stay within my points value. 

How do I calculate how many points I get a day, you ask? Well, thats a good question. You can see the entire process here- http://www.ehow.com/how_4871046_calculate-many-weight-watchers-points.html . For me, after figuring it all out, I'm allowed 27 points per day. On top of this, you receive 35 "flex" points for the week... you can save this up for the weekend (like I might do, since thats when the gang likes to go out to eat and stuff) or you can space them out like my friend is doing... she gives herself 5 extra points a day,7 days a week- see? 35 points extra :)

So. I started Weight Watchers yesterday. Here's a run-down of what I ate.

6-7-10

Breakfast:

1 cup Special K Red Berries with 1/2 cup skim milk -- 2 pts. 

1 peach-- 1 pt.

TOTAL: 3 pts.

Lunch:

1 Tortilla-- 2 pts

3 oz cooked boneless skinless chicken breast- 3 pts

1/2 teaspoon sour cream- 1/2 pt

1/4 teaspoon mustard- 0 pts.

6 grape tomatoes- 0 pts.

1 string cheese-- 2 pts

TOTAL: 7.5 pts

Snack @ 12:30pm: 1/4 cup almonds-- 3 pts

Snack @ 5:30pm: 1 cup sliced strawberries-- 1 pt

Dinner:

12 pieces sashimi/sushi & 1/2 cup white rice-- 9 pts

My total points value for 6/7/10: 23.5 pts

Today, I've only eaten breakfast so far. I'll update again tonight after I've finished eating for the day, but so far...

Breakfast:

5 egg whites, scrambled-- 1.5 pts (for ALL five! not 1.5 points each. amazing!)

Tomatoes, peppers, & onions (about 1 cup) -- 0 pts

Half a slice of american cheese-- 1 pt.

1 cup skim milk- 1 pt.

TOTAL: 3.5 pts

I just took the dog for a 45-minute brisk walk through town. Felt good :) Maybe I'll do some Wii Fit strength training tonight... we'll see! 

This Is It -- Day 1

So. This is it. This is where I have finally decided that enough is enough. Four days ago I sat in a Target dressing room, staring at myself in the mirror, wondering how I got here. Memory after memory of how my weight has affected my life and my happiness flashed through my head. I tried to figure out what it was that had kept me from getting rid of it earlier. And then it hit me... nothing had kept me from losing the weight except myself. All I ever did was ask myself why my sisters were a size 2, when I was a size 16. All I ever thought about was how come I'd gotten the "fat genes." Never once did I tell myself, "yes, you are heavier than everyone around you. But that doesn't mean you have to keep being that way." I'd kept myself fat! I'll admit it. I'd rather eat cookies and watch television shows about the skinny people I wanted to look like than actually look at myself in a mirror and do something about it. So this is what I'm doing... I'm finally doing something about it. 

I'll admit... this is scary as hell. Putting this blog out there for the entire world to see- with my current weight, my weight loss goals, my daily eating log, and my exercise chart- isn't something I really necessarily WANT to do. But I do know that it is something that I actually HAVE to do. Because if not, these 75 pounds are going to stay stuck on me, and more are just going to pile themselves on until I hate myself. I can't do this anymore. And I won't. 

So please, help me out here, friends. If I'm being honest enough to share all this with you, and to show you what I really am under my trademark cardigans and jeans, then please help me. Encourage me. Congratulate me. Understand me. Inspire me. I'm actually going to be selfish here and ask for all this. I know you guys can help me. And I know I can do this... now that I know that it's now or never.

Stay tuned for my first real blog in a few hours... you'll see my current weight, what I ate today, and how much exercise I've done so far. *Gulp.* Yeah, not looking forward to this one ;)