I cannot let this get to me though, I gotta keep on going and change things little by little. This week, starting today, I am going to continue to count my calories, but my goals for this week is drinking more water and watching my calorie intake closer on the weekend. I am going to allow myself to go one night without counting (Saturday night because I have an engagement party for my cousin) but I am still going to be smart about what I put into my mouth! But mainly this week I am really going to watch my water and make sure i get in at least 6 - 8 glasses a day! :) The lack of loss could very well be from not drinking enough water... I know for a fact that water has a BIG impact on weight loss.
On my iPod I use this application called Loseit to keep track of my calories eaten and I have lowered my allowance from 2050 to 1950 :) I figure lower it 100 for now, at least until I start to exercise more regularily and see what happens then :) I can only take it day by day and play around with it a little more.
I am super proud of myself. Last night Josh and I went grocery shopping, $150 later and I walked out with a grocery cart FILLED with veggies, fruit, water, whole wheat bread products, soup, and some healthier snacks that I plan on fitting into my calories when I eat them. I did score some of the new baked lays southwest rach, which are awesome... and Josh and I got some baked cheetos that we wanted to try, but I am def portioning them out and eating only the suggested serving size :) I love zip-lock baggies! :) Last night and this morning I divided a lot of the different groceries I bought into baggies and wrote the calories on that bag, take the guess work out of it :) I have to finish that tonight, but I did it with everything from baby carrotts to crackers to orangic gingersnaps.
As I mentioned I have to do this day by day, week by week... I have decided that I am going to change one thing every week from here on out..
Week Two - Drink more water
Week Three - Exercise at least 3 days a week!
Week Four - Eat More Veggies
Week Five - Exercise at least 4 days a week!
Week Six - Eat Less Snacks
Week Seven - Exercise at least 5 days a week!
Now some of these may change, but I feel that if I take it bit by bit I will not overwhelm myself. I can do this and you know what whether I see .2 of a lb loss or I see a 5lb loss... as long as it is in that direction then GREAT! :) I am doing this, this is the time... This is my chance! :)
Okay I have gabbed on enough... Yesterday's Food:
Breakfast
1 slice whole wheat bread - 110 cals
1 tbsp smooth pb - 94 cals
1 cup 1% milk - 110 cals
Snack
1 small peach - 51 cals
Lunch
1/2 can tomatoe soup made with milk - 163 cals
8 Saltine Crackers - 80 cals
Snack
1 small peach - 51 cals
Cheese slice and yogurt - 90 cals
Sugar Dropped VERY low again :( ... Emergency snack:
1/2 cup of OJ - 55 cals
2 Melba Toasts and One Laughing Cow Cheese - 62 cals
1 gingersnap (large) cookie - 58 cals
Dinner (I ate out and had fries, BUT it was within my calories and I only had a small! :P)
A&W Mama Burger with Cheese - 450 cals
A&W Small Fry - 260 cals
Ketchup - 44 cals
Snack
Oreo Ice Cream Sandwhich - 250 cals
Okay... so I didnt exactly eat GREAT foods, but I stayed within my calories!
CALORIES CONSUMED - 1930
CALORIES BURNED - 3245
WOW!!!! I burned more than I thought, just plugged my Bodybugg in now! :) YAY ME! :D I guess I did move around a lot more at work yesterday and I went grocery shopping and did some cleaning last night.. Super happy about that!! :) Thats a Deficit of.....
1315 CALORIES!!!! THATS NEARLY HALF A LB :) hehe I can do this!
Anywho! Have a great day everyone!
xx
Hey Brooke
ReplyDelete1 pound lost is better then one gained, you're doing great so keep it up!
Thanks Amy :) you are right :)
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