Saturday, June 19

223 That number looks good to me on the scale. I've struggled this week with the same eating/snacking issues and ending up around 226. Last night I tried to put on my black capris and I don't think I could have got them to button. That's what I planned to wear for JUGS. So maybe one goal will be to wear them in 2 weeks for our concert July 1. I think I'd better get another pair just in case, but that would be pessimistic thinking.

I walked yesterday. It's definitely getting easier each day. I don't feel so clumsy with heavy feet as I did the first days. I know walking helps my stomach fat. So I've got to continue it. Maybe I will walk this morning. I think I have time before getting ready to go to Lindsay's wedding and to pick up Allison at the airport.

I had a good day of eating. Healthy choices. No mindless snacking. I know that it can only be up to ME to lose weight. I can't blame it on anyone else, that I can't go back to WW, that I can't follow my plan, that I can't make good choices. It's just ME who has to follow the plan, who has to make the good choices. It's up to ME to make the change. To plan for good meals and snacks, to bypass unhealthy food, to drink the water, to get myself out the door to walk. It's up to ME; it's for ME!

Today should be OK. Breakfast at home, lunch somewhere after we pick up Allison, supper at the reception, but I heard it won't be much food. Tomorrow morning--breakfast at the hotel. Make good choices!! Skip the donuts and muffins. Choose eggs, toast, cereal, fruit. It's simple--it is ME making the choice and putting the food on my plate and into my mouth.

Tuesday, June 15

225 :-( Not 100% yesterday. Had some M&Ms, cereal and rice krispie bar after muni band, some shoestring potatoes, sandwich cookie, toast and pb after muni band. Not sure how many points. didn't plan. Didn't track. Maybe only 4 cups water.

Good: walked on treadmill 40 minutes, good breakfast, morning snack, lunch, supper before JUGS.

Ways to improve: plan ahead, track, count points, planned snacks, don't eat late at night, try not to eat after 7 p.m., don't eat if it's not planned (toast, cereal).

Today: I plan to walk in Washington this morning, we'll be in Iowa City most of the day, healthy lunch--I'm planning on Subway, drink water! Plan for supper. Get groceries to have ingredients for tasty recipes. I need to be more exact. I think my metabolism has changed, that it won't be super easy to lose unless I'm 100% OP. I can do it! No reason not to. I don't like those old habits of eating at night, snacking during the day with unplanned snacks. So it's time to change. I can! It's up to me! Make it a good Tuesday.

Monday, June 14

(225/223/224--scale not consistent). Whatever I weigh, it's not good. Yesterday was not the best day. Good: breakfast, big salad for lunch, egg salad sandwich and apple salad for supper. Not good: didn't walk, cake/nuts/punch at anniversary reception, ate lots of chow mein noodles, M&Ms, sat around all day. I actually didn't overeat by that much. I think yesterday's weight was more a result of Thursday and Friday's successful days. Today's weight is a combination of Saturday evening and last night.

Anyway--remember to keep planning, keep tracking, keep drinking water, stay active.

Today I will plan out all my meals and snacks, drink 8 glasses of water, eat healthy meals and snacks, make a new recipe, walk 40 minutes on treadmill or track. Make this a good day. Make this a good week. I will not let yesterday pull me down. It is time for me to change my eating habits. Stay positive. Stay healthy. Reasons to lose: Panama, wearing shorts, having clothes to wear, going back to school, Mother and Daddy's 60th anniversary so I'm not the fat daughter, to feel better, maintain my health, to look and feel younger than 52, not older. It's time for a change. Have a good day! Have a good week!

Sun. June 13

222! Yeah! Good things yesterday: walked 40 minutes on treadmill (dripping with sweat), good breakfast, lunch, afternoon. But early in the evening I got bored and finished some leftover sterzing's, had some M&Ms, a cookie from the freezer, rice krispie bar. Ate chex mix, mints, cheese at Gwen's wedding reception. I don't know why I made those choices. I should have drank more water, had a planned snack and healthy supper.

Sat. June 12

224 Yesterday was another 100% day. Yeah! I walked 45 min. (hot!), made good choices with food, planned ahead, tracked everything, tried to stay busy in the afternoon cleaning the living room and mowing, drank 8 cups water, looked at new recipes.

I need to figure out what to do today to stay busy. Gwen's wedding reception is tonight. I want to make sure I have plenty of points to eat, but plan to make good choices there. It's not an excuse to go off program. I want to walk, but it rained a lot this morning. Maybe I'll drive down to the track or walk on the treadmill. Walking is not easy--I feel heavy, my shoes feel heavy. I'm really out of shape. But I have now walked 3 days in a row--probably more than I did all winter!

Make it a good day. Keep working on the changes: plan, track, drink water, no mindless eating, exercise, prepare good food.

Friday, June 11

224.5 Yesterday was a super day. Positives: walked 40 minutes, drank 6-7 cups water, 100% OP, tracked everything I ate, planned meals and snacks ahead, bought good things at the farmer's market (rhubarb, onions, cucumbers), bought good things at Hy-Vee (pwd. milk, water, lettuce, green peppers), made an apple salad, yummy chicken fajitas for supper, salad for lunch, yogurt and strawberries for snack, strawberry shake after muni band. Good day!

Today I walked 40-45 minutes after taking Allison to leave for her mission trip. I just made some rhubarb sauce that I'll add cool whip to. I plan to cook some eggs and cook the chicken breasts I got yesterday. I need to decide on something good for supper. Lunch will be the leftover fajita mixture, tossed salad, apple salad, and rhubarb sauce.

I plan to stay busy today: folding clothes, putting away winter clothes, getting out summer ones. I need to see if I have any shorts that fit that will look OK for summer. If it doesn't rain, I will probably mow. This will be another good day.

June 10 Thursday 225.5

(yesterday--228!) Well, it's summer vacation and I have no excuse to not get in shape. Good things yesterday: walked 40 minutes, drank 4 c. water, tuna for lunch, less salty food, made bean salad for supper, lots of strawberries. Not good: ate M&Ms, need to drink more water, too many rice krispie bars and BLTs.

Today: plan ahead all my meals and snacks, drink 8 cups water, walk this morning, no mindless eating, eat at the table, make apple salad, jello, chicken for supper, no eating after supper, buy some groceries to help with food choices.

I hate being at this weight. I hardly have any clothes that fit. I don't think I have any shorts I could wear in public. I look unhealthy and feel unhealthy. Reasons to lose: class reunion, Panama, classes in the fall, 60th anniversary, looking better, feeling better. It is time for a change!

Wed., June 2

223 :-)

Well, yesterday didn't go as perfectly as I had hoped. I did make some improvements and made some good choices: good breakfast and lunch, drank almost 6 glasses of water, planned snack after school, no M&Ms, much less salty food. My hands aren't as puffy this morning.

I ate too many cookies, animal crackers. I didn't have a good supper, no exercise, didn't track. I did get busy after school and fold clothes. I need to NOT read the paper at the table after school, because I want to mindlessly eat at the same time.

Today's challenge: eating lunch at Casa Grande. I will eat very few chips. Choose a chicken meal and eat only half. No beans. Lots of water.

Today: 8 glasses of water, write down everything, prepare a healthy supper, prepare apple salad or pumpkin fluff, exercise? I could walk on the treadmill because Allison is working tonight. Make it a good day, because it's time for a change.

June 1--Here I go!

June 1. 226. It is the day to start. The day to put aside the awful eating habits I have developed the last several months: eating mindlessly, too much salt, too much fat, too much sugar, buying food to eat in the car on the way home. Not planning ahead for healthy meals. Not exercising.

Today--it's time for a change. My goals for today: drink 8 glasses of water, write down everything I eat, plan my meals and snacks, eat 26 points. I need to find my WW materials to figure up my daily points. It's probably more than 26. I have not weighed this much in many, many years. I hate how I have let myself go. No more.

Breakfast: oatmeal, milk

Lunch: sandwich with turkey, strawberries, yogurt

Snack: apple, cereal, milk

Supper: chicken breast, rice, stir fry, watermelon or cantaloupe

8 glasses of water

I can do it. I'm ready for a change. June 1--a great day to start. Good luck.