Good day ... physically AND food wise

This morning I started out the day with a light breakfast and a 4.6 mile walk. My husband, daughter, and I took a walk down to a local shopping center to run a few errands. This gives us all exercise AND saves us gas ($4.67/gallon here). I had a good food day, too. Here's what I had:

Breakfast: 3/4 c. cheerios & 3/4 c. nonfat milk
Lunch: turkey sandwich (2 slices 45-calorie bread, 2 slices turkey, 1 tbsp. mayo) & 2 wedges of fresh pineapple
Snack: Cinnamon Bun Carb Rite Bar
Dinner: breakfast burrito (flour tortilla, potatoes, scrambled egg & 2 whites, 2% cheese).

The burrito was high in calories so I won't have a snack tonight if I can help it. If I need something, I'll have a 10-calorie sugar free jello cup. Even with the breakfast burrito, I"m still under my 1500 cals.

I've had 84 oz. of fluids today. It's been hot, plus my daughter and I cleared out her room getting it ready for paint this week. This included moving furniture, packing up everything off shelves to moves things out, and vacuuming the carpets and walls ... yes I VACUUMED the walls!! hahaha. After 9 years of living in this house, it's amazing what accumulates on the tops of the walls from running a ceiling fan. I never realized. How gross!!!!!!! My son's room gets done the week after next.

My weight is holding steady since last week. Yesterday I got a little more serious and I'm really going to get this weight off. Cruise date is rapidly approaching. I'm also going to a convention at the end of July and I'd really like to lose a few before then, too, since we'll be going to dinner every night for 5 nights. Of course the week will include a lot of walking but I still would like to have a few extra pounds off before I go.

Never giving up

One thing I can say about myself in the past 3 years, going thru the ups and downs of my weight loss journey, is that I have NEVER given up. Even now, being approx. 15 pounds heavier than I was last year at this time, I still go to the gym, I'm still working with a trainer, and I'm still trying to lose weight. I have good days, and I have bad days. I need to learn that when I have a bad day it's not the end of the world. It's just LIFE !!!! We can't be good all the time.

We are going on a cruise in August, and my goal is to lose just 10 pounds before the trip. I have 8-1/2 weeks before we leave. I think 10 pounds is very doable. If I am really diligent, I can probably lose 20. Two years ago when I lost the first big bulk of my weight, I lost 23 pounds in 9 weeks and I can do it again if I REALLY work hard !!!!!!!

At the gym, i'm still working 3x a week with my trainer, and I'm going in on Tuesday and thursday evenings to do some elliptical while my daughter is at karate. I get in 35 minutes and burn any where from 390 to 420 calories depending on the level I do. Tuesday is a regular trainer day in the morning, so I get double workout that day. Monday has been my rest day but I'm going to try to go in, even if it's only for 30 mins. Anything is better than nothing.

With the heat (104 here today) I am drinking a lot more water. That is something that always helps me drop the weight.

I think I will start posting my food journal daily. Here's what I had yesterday:

Breakfast: Cheerios w/fat free milk
After-gym snack: Carb Rite diet bar
Lunch: 1/2 of a 6" RB from subway (wasn't feeling good -- only ate half)
Snack: at the movies, 1/2 of a child size popcorn, XL Diet Coke
Dinner: 1/2c. rice and chicken/bellpepper/zucchini stirfry
Snack: Fat free frozen yogurt

Today I have been good. We are going to dinner to the new California Pizza Kitchen, so I tried to keep my cals low. Here's my day so far before dinner:

Breakfast: Cheerios w/fat free milk
After gym snack: leftover chicken/veggies from last night (maybe 2 oz.)
Lunch: 1/2 c. rice, 5 oz. chicken breast, 5 chips, 2 Tbsp guacamole (kids had mexican food ... i just stole a few of the chips!)

Workout today was:

Chest/Shoulders
Precor Elliptical - 33 minutes 398 calories