Week 2 - Weigh In

Loss for the week: +1.0 lbs
Starting weight: 238.0 lbs
Current weight: 237.4 lbs
Total loss to date: 0.60 lbs

Well I am not happy about my weigh in today but I had a suspicion my weight would go up after this weekend, so I was kind of prepared for it.

On Friday I suggested to my sister that we go out to dinner and guess where we ended up? A Fish Fry. And yes.. It was my idea. I had two Fried Cod fillets, some fried shrimp, and potato pancakes. Very yummy, but not so good for the diet.

Then on Saturday I skipped breakfast but went out to lunch with my Mom and sister to Perkins. I had a Grilled Chicken Salad though, so that was good. I even omitted the bacon it came with and added hard boiled egg. Then at the Holiday party I had some kind of Chicken meal with rice and some unknown substance on top (looked like gray guacamole??), and green beans. I also indulged in dessert and then had a few drinks. It was a good time though. I got a few compliments while I was there that I looked nice, so that felt good. I only danced for one song though, so didn’t really burn any calories off.

Sunday I went grocery shopping and then had Chips & Hummus for what we’ll call lunch and Chips and Taco Dip for what we’ll call dinner. It was kind of more just like an all day thing during the Packer game. So yea… Not a good weekend for my journey, but hopefully I can work extra hard to lose the gain plus some.

On another note, I bought some Whey Protein {Vanilla Cream flavored} & some Orange flavored drink mix. I read online that if you mix it together it tastes similar to a dream sickle. I had that for breakfast, in place of my Slim Fast. At first I got the dream sickle flavor, but after a while I had to choke the rest down. I could taste the iron flavor in it. So I’ll have to find some other way of drinking it. Any ideas? I read that you can also mix it with yogurt, tuna, or make a shake out of it. So maybe I’ll try one of those ideas. I’m still confused if I should be using this in place of a meal or if I should be having it after a workout? Any advice on that?

I’m giving blood today over my lunch hour at a sister company of ours. Think I’ll lose some weight? ;-)

2 Workouts in One Day??

Who worked out twice yesterday?! à this girl ß Oh yea, that’s right! I actually can’t even remember the last time I worked out more than once in a day… if ever! I did the 30 minutes on the elliptical when I woke up {which I mentioned in yesterday’s post} and then did 40 minutes with my Biggest Loser 2 Workout DVD. I actually thought I sold the DVD in a rummage sale that we had this summer, but I was happy to see it still sitting in the pile of stuff that didn’t sell! Haha. It was a pretty good workout, too. The DVD does a lot of the stuff that my aerobics class used to do {l-o-t-s of lunges, squats, etc.}, so that was cool. I think I will use it many more times in the future! I’m glad I found it! I’m also thankful that Grey’s Anatomy and Private Practice were repeats last night or it might not have happened! I used to try and exercise when my shows were on to “kill two birds with one stone” {as Char mentioned in a comment yesterday} but I am just so sick of my elliptical right now. I was thinking about looking for a used Treadmill after I get my tax returns. At least it’s something different. Then when I get sick of that, I can go back to the elliptical, or workout DVD’s. I also think the treadmill would be a good tool to help with my Couch to 5K goal. You can’t really get the same effect on a Elliptical.

Eating also went pretty well yesterday. I have been trying to eat mainly Lean Cuisine’s or other diet meals for dinner and making the kids and Dave something separate. Yesterday my Mom fed the kids Ravioli before I got home so I didn’t even have to worry about dinner for them and Dave was already at volleyball so I was just able to warm my meal up for myself. I did end up having to share it with Brayden, my son, though because he’s like a dog when it comes to food and begs for bites every 10 seconds. {yay- less calories! Haha} Then Dave called on his way home from Volleyball and wanted me to pop in a pizza for him. When it was done, I jokingly pretended to grab for a piece and he said, “Nooo… you’re on a diet.” I’m actually glad he said something though because I’m not sure if it would have been a joke if he hadn’t. I don’t know if I would have been strong enough to not eat a piece myself. I was already justifying in my head “it’s only 150 calories.. that’s not much” even though I was already about a 100 calories over my goal already. {I snacked on some carrots and natural peanut butter with the boys as an evening snack}. But I didn’t have one, so that’s good.

And alright.. I admit it.. I weighed again this morning! {I’m addicted!!} I was happy that it was 2 lbs down from yesterday, but if you remember yesterday it was 2 lbs up out of nowhere, so I pretty much just broke even. I stepped on the scale again to see if it would change, but it stayed the same. So I’m kind of bummed, but I guess I should just be happy that the 2 spontaneous lbs came back off. I’m starting to wonder if maybe I am eating too many or too little calories for my height and weight. I have been aiming for between 1500 and 1600 calories and have been trying to exercise about 3 times a week. Any input?? Should I keep it there or go lower? Higher?

I took a water pill today and I’ll probably take one tomorrow too. I guess I’m hoping I’ll drop a quick lb or two before the Holiday party tomorrow. I’m really, truly, not going to weigh until Monday now… I promise! I still haven’t even tried my dress on yet. I bought two for last year’s Holiday party, and decided to wear the other one. So we’ll see how I look in this dress. I think I’m about the same weight, but I’m dreading putting it on. My dress is similar to the one below, but is red underneath instead of blue.