it's been interesting!

Alright so this is harder than I thought. One thing is for sure, eating out with my one year old, I don't always get to finish my meal, so that's good. So Friday I left work with 1039 calories and I was going to IKEA for dinner and shopping. Well it ended up that I was trying to get Ellie some chicken strips (the grilled breast) but they wouldn't give it to me w/o the pasta and Alfredo! CRAZY, can't charge a side of chicken! So I made sure they only gave me about 1/2 of what they were going to give and then I at the penne pasta with Alfredo! Grrrrr. So I am guessing I had about 190 for the pasta and 160 for the sauce, 35 for the coffee with only a few of the grilled chicken stripps, as Ellie ate most of those. So I think I left Friday with 1424.

So on to today, I was doing really well and really excited about Red Robin. I know this food infatuation is not healthy :) :( So here is todays:

Breakfast;
Shake -
O.J. 1 cup.......................110
Strawberries..................40
1/2 banana.....................40
1/2 Tbs flaxseed.............15

Lunch and snack
Spicy p-nut chicken.......340
Bunny crackers.............140
Coffee (Sugar free fat free Hazelnut Latte) aprox. 150
Crackers and Cheese......115

Dinner:
Asian Chicken Salad.......350 (it's really 397 but I didn't eat it all)
Arnold Palmer .................35
Cold Stones (25 cal per ounce, only ate about 2-3 ounces) 60 cal

So I made it yet again 1395!!!! BUT....trying to look up all this nutritional information has brought many pictures of nice chocolatey treats and now I want a snack, but am just going to go to bed. So on to tomorrow, wish me luck!

end of the day

ok so I worked out at lunch and had:
spicy peanut chicken.............................340
Salad........................................................22
lemon juice no dressing
Orange......................................................70

So that brings my total to 1039 and I have a little to play with for dinner. This weekend is going to be tough, I am going to be going out with friends a lot but it's good practice right? Well have a good weekend everyone!

I made it...

I did it. Last night I had a cliff bar (240) on the way home, and some potstickers (270) for dinner, with one more serving of pudding (90) to total out my calories for the day at 1550. Not so bad. I did still feel hungry but I drank a BIG glass of water and then went to bed.

Today so far I have had:

Shake:
1/2 banana..........................................47
1/2 cup strawberries..........................38
1 scoop of protein powder.................87
1 cup of O.J..........................................110

Snack:
English Muffin......................................140
1 egg.......................................................70

I know it's early for the snack but it's friday and I have done well all week, so I treated myself with an egg sandwich. Alright I will be back with the rest of the days results soon. This weekend is going to be har we will be going out a lot this weekend and that is the tricky part!

It's time!!!

So I have noticed that I have been leaving myself out of photos with my beautiful daughter. I have been ashamed of my size for some time now. It wasn't always this way, but I was never what I considered thin either. At this stage of my life I just want to be healthy, who cares what I look like, I need to be around to play with my daughter, and hopefully my grandchildren someday.

With this in mind I jumped at the opportunity to join our "Biggest Loser" competition at work. I was thinking if I take you all on this journey with me I will be more apt to stick to this new "way of life" Since I will have obligated myself to report out publicly. So...here it goes!

Tuesday I weighed in at the nurse on site here at work (I guess part of this public part is telling how much I weigh)...260.5 lbs!!!! can you believe it?! YIKES! Well I am here to do something about it. So I have logged onto the Mayo Clinic website (listed in links on the right) and searched for Calorie Calculator: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/calorie-calculator/NU00598

Through this tool I found out I am supposed to eat 2350 calroies a day if I consider myself active. That is a whole heck of a lot of calories! So I decided that if I go by the average caloric intake (1200-1500) and stay active in the gym 3-5 days a week, I should burn off some of this fat. I believe the caloric calculator is telling me what I need to eat to stay where I am, not what I need to eat to loose weight. So that is my goal, 12-1500 calroies per day and go to the gym at lunch hopefully 5 days a week.

I will be keeping a daily blog of my food and the calories and my activity level. I don't know that this will help anyone but me. I just need to be accountable to someone (if there is anyone out there). I also will be trying to limit my carb intake (white carbs) and increase my H2O intake.

The incouraging thing is that I have only started on Tuesday and just by tracking what I am eating I have lost 5 pounds! I was able to make it to the gym today I power walked 2 miles ont he treadmil and did some wieght lifting.

So I will start with my diet today:

Breakfast:

Shake -

1 cup O.J.-------------------------------------------110

1 banana--------------------------------------------94

1/4 cup bluberries----------------------------------20

1 scoop of protein powder --------------------------87



Coffee with coffemate-------------------------------35



Snack:

Banana---------------------------------------------94

5 crackers and slice of laughing cow cheese----------115



Lunch:

Spicy Peanut Chicken with 1/4 cup rice--------------340

1/2 avocado------------------------------------------80

bluberries 1/4 cup------------------------------------20

no sugar/non fat pudding-----------------------------45



So far my day has had 940 calories, with 260-560 calories to go by the end of the day, I don't think I am going to make it. YES I WILL!

Here is a picture that I found from when my husband proposed to me, 5 years ago. This is my goal for now. at this point I was 200 pounds. Still at least 20-30 from my absolute goal, but WAY better than where I am.

I am open to suggestions too, if you have a website or information you have found helpful please feel free to pass it on! Thanks and I hope you enjoy my journey.