Unmotivated

I have been so unmotivated lately. I'm just not in the exercise or "pay attention to what I eat" mode.

Going over my day here is what I ate:

Breakfast - 2 string cheese pieces, small can of V-8
2.5 Coffees with slenda and 15 cal creamers in each

snack - 1 peanut butter cookie (our Boss's Day present to our Boss)

lunch - Butternut squash lean cuisine

more cookies - 3 more to be exact

Dinner - pecan crusted chicken breast, yukon mashed potatoes, green beans

post dinner snack - chips and salsa

halloween pack of peanut M&M's

So not the meal plan of a person paying attention to what they are eating.

I have been putting it off to, "Oh, I'm nursing, can't restrict my calories too much"...yeah right, cookies are essential to nursing mothers.

I peeked at the Weight Watchers website the other night. I am thinking about it. I know I will have to be ready mentally or it will be a complete waste of my time and money.

just putting it all out there..

Challenges

I am loving the weekly and daily challenges that have been suggested on other blogs. Summer at Something to chew on is making daily challenges and Lyn at Escape from Obesity is making weekly changes.

They have some great ideas of added some healty changes to your day. I think this week I will focus on the one they have in common...drink more water. Since staying at home, I think my water intake has slowed down. I am off routine and I will make an effort to get more water in my day.

Yesterday was a good food day for me. I started with a smoothie at 9am, then a Nutty Mixed up Salad from Jason's Deli at 12:30. It was so good!!

Then I had an afternoon snack of a Grande Non-fat Vanilla Latter from SB's.

It was leftover night at our house for dinner. For me this meant chicken, spinach, & Orzo soup that a neighbor made and some black bean, corn dip with some chips.

I had a bag of Annie's cheese bunnies as an evening snack.

Then we went for a 2.5 mile walk to Starbucks, where hubby bought me a green tea.

That is the best day I have had in a long time.

Checking in

I have already fallen off the wagon so to speak. This getting back to healthy habits is going to be a lot harder than I thought. There have been some low points in the last week or so since I last posted.

Low points are:
I have been eating candy..sneaking it actually. I say sneaking because I am doing purposely when hubby isn't at home.
Not cutting back when i go out to eat.
And going out to eat too often
This weeks weight is 196.8 (yuck)

High points are:
I bought the Biggest loser DVD and worked out to it twice since getting it last week.
I went on a LONG walk with the family on Saturday and Sunday.
We even kicked the soccer ball around the park on Sunday.

Weigh in

My Monday weigh in was 194.8. Not a big loss, but a loss none the less. I haven't done well this week and it is only Tuesday, but that means there is time to get back on track. I did well with my exercise on Sunday. The kiddo and I went to the park twice that day and played. Since then I had an old friend in town visiting and that has lead to my eating downfall. Man that was easy, a little out of town guest and me eating right it out the window.

Tuesday

No walking on Tuesday, but I plan to hop on the treadmill today and see if I can get at least 20 mins in...maybe I will even try for 30 at a good pace.

Food for Tuesday
Breakfast - Chicken noodel soup (220 cals)
Coffee with 2% milk and slenda

Snack - 1/2 c trail mix & one piece string cheese

lunch - steak mushroom cheddar pannini

snack - 3x3 in piece of birthday cake (yellow cake with chocolate filling and white icing)
Diet Coke

Dinner - chili with cornbread
decaf ice tea

snack - 1/2 cup trail mix & 3 parmesan flat bread crackers and 1.5 tb hummus.

Sunday & Monday

Sunday the Hubs and kiddos and I went for a walk. We all packed up and headed to the local park. The big one and the Hubs played, the little one and I watched. Part of the time was did a few little laps around the playscape. Then the whole family walked a 1 one loop around the park, then we walked back home. I would guess I walked almost 2 miles. I felt it too. You can tell I really need to build up by stamina again.

Monday I paid more attention to my food. I bought a little book to write everything down in too.
Breakfast - peanut butter and blueberry preserves on whole wheat
Lunch - turkey breast sandwich on whole wheat (with swiss cheese, mustard, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes)
snack- trail mix (almonds, pitacios, dried cranberries, raisins, cheeries) 1/2 cup
dinner- chicken alfredo, green beans and de-caf ice tea
snack - trail mix 1/2 cup and 2 flatbread crackers and 1 tb hummus.

The whole family walked about 20 mins last night. I wasn't as tired or sore, so this might be my regular walk for the next week. The Hubs and I also kicked the soccer ball around with our olderst son in the front yard.

Cleared

I have been cleared by the Dr. and everything is now a go. My current weight is 195 and I think I have lost everything I am going to from the post pg...now I will have to work off the rest of it. That is similar to my 1st pg. I lost about 1/2 of what I again in the 1st few weeks and then had to work off the rest.

My current plan is to:
1) start on Monday - I have given myself 1 full month of rest
2) drink mainly water, no more full calorie tea or soda, - I have indulged in a few too many sweet teas and Dr. Peppers
3) start walking on the treadmill and build up my endurance, - the Dr. said I would have to build up my strength again.
4) starting eating regular Breakfast, lunch & dinner with 2 snacks, - I have been sleeping thru breakfast or barely eating anything. I need to be more consistent during the day so I don't go over board at night.
5) I plan to stop eating by 7:30 (3 hours before bed time)
6) Start keeping track of calories again - Dr. agreed that now is not the time for strict calorie limits. She suggested I not go under 2,000 a day while I'm still nursing.

So that is the plan and hopefully I can start taking off a few more pounds before I head back to work.