My Fitness Pal

salad with chicken 

after dinner treat 

Numbers

5 weeks from now

#truth 

egg white burrito breakfast 

veggie soup for days 

protein shake 

processed food that is tasty 

later 

Finding my way back

Weight 169

Goal 139

Plan My Fitness Pal

stay away from garbage and processed food ... stick to mainly fruits, vegetables and lean proteins... while not being afraid of fats like avocados and almond butter

Wear my Fitbit as it sync's with the Fitness Pal

continue to work out 2-4 times a week

picture bomb this blog with food pictures

a fresh start

~~~ a Fresh Start ~~~

blog Time Out

I need some time to figure things out
and I think blogging is hurting my path right now
not helping me

I will be back
I love the blog world
but gotta sort things out for myself

tootles bloggity buds

meh

definitely not a great day 

success on the scale made me over confident? 

thinking about going back to work? 

who knows 

started good

so far so good 

scrambled egg whites 

with my morning oats 

I even made an amazing egg white frittata 

thought as I was driving to training 

oh I will get a few (4) Quest bars 

I have 2 meeting days so these will replace my shakes 

when the heck will I learn 

these I freaking LOVE 

BUT 

no control 

I ate 4 of these babies!!! 

salad with 2 T of blue cheese 

WTH ... Blue cheese? 

sheesh 

I gobbled up some grapefruit 

and dinner 

fritatta was delicious BUT 

spaghetti casserole was staring me in the face 

gotta admit I nibbled on a bit 

THEN they brought out the big guns!!! 

Oreo's with peanut butter filling 

I was strong 

only to go home and dig into the pineapple cake 

sheesh  

okay okay okay okay 

today food is packed  

I shouldn't have blogged no time 

but this is important to me 

the accountability

see ya tomorrow 

New beginnings

My food journal from yesterday: 

Sunday is a no training day so I got a good walk in 

5.16 miles in an hour and a half 

broccoli SF BBQ sauce and chicken 

REALLY!!!! apples cost $12.29!!!

I am a frigging apple snob

I LIKE the Honeycrisp 

if you haven't tried them... 

don't!! you can't go back! 

shake a shake a shake 

the Hubster made ground beef kabob's 

so I had that instead of my fish 

on a salad

we went for frozen yogurt 

I consider this a win 

I was on vacation and only had frozen yogurt ONCE!!! 

when this used to be a daily event 

boo yah! 

soooo 

drum roll please 

163 this morning!!! 

5 pounds down this week!!! 

Etsy bracelet ordered 

week one on the books 

week two here we come! 

 

tootles bloggity folks 

see ya tomorrow 

less of me that is 

short rant!

so frustrated with the whole 

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really!!?? 

makes me feel like a criminal 

Goals and wishing

I think I have figured this out 

I have attacked my weight gain with 

a landslide of wishes 

wishing my pants would fit 

denial that I haven't worn a belt to work in 

at LEAST 18 months 

but in searching for a blog topic this morning 

I stumbled across this this morning 

so to make a plan 

I have also read that you should write down your goals 

1. It forces you to clarify what you want 
2. It motivates you to take action 
3. It keeps reminding you of the goal 
4. Helps you to focus on the goal and not the barriers 
5. Helps you to see ...  so you can celebrate your successes

so the plan: get back to goal weight ... okay be realistic.... 138

I am changing my blog layout to reflect this 

I also need realistic goals ... 138 is REALISTIC and high school weight of 125 is not maintainable for me 

yeah it would be super cool but not the goal 

Plan is 6-7 small meals following this general layout... 

when I put this in My Fitness pal the calories were LOW 

so I have some wiggle room... adding almond milk 

extra veggies.. a piece of fruit ... chia and flax in my oats 

wiggle room... not free range though 

daily logging here

even if it is just a picture of my food log 

yesterday: 

        log my weight here weekly

have the food plan (see above)
work out 4 times a week
Goal: 1- 1.5 pound weight loss as an average
Goal:  back into all my clothes fitting

target date my 56th Birthday 

October 2016

so lets do this together 

well.... not really 

I will do this 

you (hello bloggity peeps) will read about my journey 

lol 

see ya tomorrow 

less of me that is 

Posta Posta Post

meal before the gym 

after da gym 

I write on my water bottle 

one

two

three

four 

and cross off as I finish the liter 

4 liters a day 

big ole salad 

lettuce

kale 

cucumber

tomato

some red onion 

3 ounces chicken 

Costco sells cooked chicken breast 

OMG I am sooooo lazy!! 

must hydrate! 

the iced coffee is still in my refrigerator 

I have a love hate relationship 

with Starbucks 

love it, or hate it

shake a shake a shake 

This is kind of where I went a little 

wack a doodle 

when I weighed the fish it was only 1.8 oz! 

crapola... was supposed to be 4 ounces 

and the Hubster didn't eat the remaining vegetables

so I ate 2 giant bowls of vegetables!! 

preggo veggie belly 

but a few hours later I was eyeing the cake... 

so I ate my 4 egg whites 

I have started paper logging again 

paper log on one side 

a gratitude list on the other 

reminds me 

I may get MAJOR push back on this thought but whatever.....

been reading a lot and have run into folks this week that seem to be taking (in my opinion) meds unnecessarily that their condition could be resolved through a healthier lifestyle

ran into someone that takes a medication for IBS.... I happen to know this persons diet is LOADED with wheat... I wanted to scream ... "lay off the wheat!!!!!!!!!"

ran across someone that is taking meds for a binge eating disorder .... I wanted to scream "EAT CLEAN!!!!  you are always eating chips, pasta and crap"

what ever happened to

okay....

:::::::  rant over ::::: 

Vicariously

it's weird when I am uber focused 

I cook MORE 

and I love seeing my family enjoy 

all the deliciousness 

breakfast 

protein coffee 

and 4 whites 

1/4 C measured dry of oats 

scant tablespoon of chia 

ahh yummy!!! 

                                                

after my workout I added a serving of this 

pudding to my shake 

made the shake super creamy 

I think I have FINALLY figured out shakes 

the right amount of ice is the key 

to a perfect shake 

too much ... an icy mess 

not enough... not thick enough 

it's a science 

lol 

                                      

basil tilapia and veggies 

I remembered an old trick I used to do 

instead of butter on the vegetables 

I used the butter sprinkle 

the stuff you buy by the popcorn section

I have horrible kitchen organizational skills 

either I have multiples of something 

or I am out

no in-between!!! 

                                                

this my second Suzy Homemaker event 

The Hubster and MIL LOVED LOVED LOVED 

thank you Google 

I tweeked the recipe a bit 

less sauce, added some sausage and chopped spinach 

but the Hubster went on and on and on and on and on and on 

about this dinner 

  

I had a Huge salad!! 

then I made desert 

 my family loved this!!! 

I have never made (that I can remember) 

a pineapple upside down cake 

truthfully I only made it because 

Stephanie Plum loves this kind of cake 

and I am re-reading the series 

well kinda sorta ... not really reading 

audio book ...

so today is about taking care of myself 

being grateful for all I have 

and focusing on my goals 

tootles bloggity folks 

see ya tomorrow 

less of me that is