Day 143

Feeeling good and in control.  I like that when I have a little slip up (in a way), that I know how to get it back on check.  I need to figure out when to workout today since I am going out with a friend. I almost got up early this morning to do it, but I just like my warm bed too much. ;)

January 31- 139.4

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia seeds and tea

Lunch- chicken pieces, roasted veggies, couscous, grapes and larabar (this seems like a lot-- I'm going to have to watch it at dinner)

Snack-apple

Dinner- roasted veggies and fruit

Exercise- none :(

Day 142

Better direction for actual weight but the other percentages were not. Oh well!  

January 30-140.9

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia seeds and tea

Lunch- tortilla soup, carrots and pea pods, apple and larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- salad with chicken, chia, almonds, and croutons

Post workout- pink smoothie 

Exercise- total circuits (which kicked my butt!)

Day 141

Ugh-- still up. But thankfully I am headed back to work. I am still eating healthy food, but it's just not enough to lose. I also know that I am gaining muscle. We'll see what happens. I really just want to get back down to 135. So close and yet it feels so far away!

January 29- 141.5

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia seeds and tea

Lunch- stuffed pepper, carrots and pea pods, and Larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- salad with chicken, croutons, almonds and chia seeds and pink smoothie

Exercise- rest

Day 140

I'm feeling a lot of mixed emotions right now. Mostly, I'm pissed because of the weight on the scale. I'm bummed that it's up so much after being down. I was really hoping to never see the 140's again. 

But I'm also glad that I'm taking the time to really look at the numbers. When I measured, my arms and legs are down this week. Like a lot from last week!  And it am thankful that I have my new scale. Because while my weight is up, my body fat percentage is down and my muscle mass is up. So that helps to make sense about why the overall weight number is what it is. It still makes it hard to see because that has been my focus for so long.  I am even down two more inches since I started using t25 and down 3 pounds in the two weeks since I started. I need to keep that in mind. But I really need to watch the bites, licks and tastes.  I don't really think that my bite of the whole wheat pizza crust or the bite of the granola did this, but I feel like in my mind I need to rationalize it somehow. I'm thankful that I have these blog posts that I can go back and read. I want to see what it was that I was eating last week when I did have the big drops. It will also help to have just the ab and stretching workouts the next two days. I probably should have a day of rest too. We'll see. 

January 28- 141.3

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia seeds

Post workout- pink smoothie

Lunch- Caesar salad, black bean soup and apple

Snack- larabar and carrots

Dinner- quinoa stuffed peppers and tortilla chips (felt okay until I ate chips)

Exercise- ab circuits 

Day 139

Up a little bit again. I felt it coming after the pita chips and beef for dinner. Lots of salt again yesterday. But I'm ready to eat like I was during the week last week. However, with the snow days here again it could make for a challenge, but it's okay. I'll just pretend I'm at work and eat what I would have packed. It will be fine. 

Today is also supposed to be a double workout day. I doubt that I will really do both, but I might try. I'm just not sure I will do them back to back. Maybe one in the morning and one in the afternoon since we are home. We'll see. 

January 27- 140.9

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- spinach salad with chicken, chia seeds, almonds and croutons and half an apple

Post workout- pink smoothie

Dinner- quinoa and steamed veggies (Asian medley)

Exercise- lower focus

Day 138

Up a little, but I'm okay with that. I haven't been eating the best I can to lose for the past day or so.  I am also assuming the salty popcorn before bed didn't help. I am probably retaining some water as a result. I'll get back on it on Monday. 

January 26-140

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia seeds and tea

Lunch- tortilla soup and multigrain pita chips

Post workout- pink smoothie

Dinner- corned beef and cooked carrots

Exercise- cardio

Day 137

Well, even though I was so hungry yesterday and felt like I ate a LOT (especially for dinner), I managed to stay in the 130's.  I was up a little bit, but I'm okay with that.  Still feeling good and loving how things are progressing.

January 25- 139.6

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia seeds and tea

Lunch- peanuts and raisins (not the best but it was chaotic and it was all I could squeeze in)

Post workout- pink smoothie

Dinner- taco meat, black beans, quinoa, lettuce, and a little cheese

Snack- popcorn

Exercise- T25 Speed 1.0 (I did almost all of this today.  I only modified for a few minutes!!)

Day 136

Hello 130's!!  Well, I'm pretty sure it won't last because I haven't eaten anything since about 4:00 yesterday and that was just an apple. So I'm expecting it to go back up a little in the morning. But that's okay. At least I know how close it is. It will be nice to have a snow day and be able to get some food made and get a good workout in.

January 24- 139.1

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia seeds and tea

Lunch- whole wheat couscous with Tuscan veggies and a few pita chips

Post workout- pink smoothie

Dinner- taco meat, black beans, quinoa, lettuce, cheese and blue corn crackers

Exercise- total circuit 

Day 135

Another day and more loss. I am honestly surprised but it. But when I think back or read back through my posts this week, I have been really sticking to the pink formula pretty closely and working out the way that I am supposed too. I am excited to be on the brink of the 130's and really just want to keep at it and see how far I can go. I don't think I want to say a specific weight, rather just an overall feeling of health and fitness. 

January 23- 140.0

Breakfast- oatmeal and chia seeds and tea

Lunch-salad with chicken and almonds and croutons, carrots and pea pods and Larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- none (I went to get my haircut and didn't get home until after 7:30 and I don't like to eat that close to going to bed). 

Exercise- none (again with the whole lateness and no husband at home to help. I'll get it in tomorrow.)

Day 134

Of course, another morning down means I'm feeling pretty great about everything. I am also liking the way our cupboards and refrigerator are changing. I went to the store yesterday and got so much good food. It makes me excited about making food for myself and the boys. I am hopeful that it will keep us healthy and give us all the energy we need. I'm also excited to try new recipes. Although a lot of times, I have to get Josh's opinion about whether we should do it again because I don't normally eat it myself. I'm also loving the way the boys lunch boxes look. If I could only figure out a way to keep it looking the same at grandma's house too. 

I am going to try chia seeds in my oatmeal today. We'll see how that goes. They are apparently a food powerhouse. 

January 22- 141.5

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia seeds and tea

Lunch- salad with chicken and larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- salad with croutons and almonds and smoothie

Exercise- t25 cardio

Day 133

Still feeling good. I think my lack of food yeterday moved the scale down, but I'll take it. I'm looking forward to my stretching workout today. I know it will still be hard, but it will be good. 

January 21- 142

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- salad and apple

Snack- Larabar

Dinner- chicken and mixed steamed veggies

Exercise- stretch 

Day 132

Feeling good about the progress. Even though it was only a little loss, I'll take it. Especially after I haven't lost in a while. My eating got weird today because of the funeral. I knew I didn't want to eat at 3:30 with everyone else (not to mention the choices weren't great). So it is what it is. 

January 20- 142.4

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Lunch- apple

Snack- larabar

Dinner- salad and pink smoothie

Exercise- rest day

Day 131

I think I'm maintaining because I'm eating in more of a maintenance mode. I think tomorrow would be a good day to do a quick reset and start again. Then in a few weeks I can come back to maintenance mode. We'll see what life brings. 

January 19-143.5

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- chicken with peppers and onions, black beans and couscous and a few rice crackers 

Dinner- ham, broccoli, celery and carrots

Exercise- t25 lower focus

Day 130

I'm excited about the new scale that we got yesterday. I'll be able to better track and monitor other aspects of my weight too. 

January 18- 143.3

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Lunch- salad with almonds and croutons and pink smoothie

Dinner- chicken with peppers and onions and couscous, black beans and a few rice crackers 

Exercise- ab circuits 

Day 129

Another day...

January 17- 143.2

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- salad, carrots, strawberries, larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- chicken wrap 

Exercise- total body circuit 

Day 128

Today has been a very long and very sad day. What started so great with a weight loss was quickly trumped by life and how precious it is. It makes me want to work harder to be healthy and keep my kids healthy. 

January 16- 142.8

Breakfast- fiber one cereal

Lunch- taco meat, black beans, couscous, lettuce and larabar

Dinner/post workout- pink smoothie

Exercise- t25 speed 1.0

Day 127

And another day...  I know why it isn't coming off, but I just keep thinking that it should. I really need to get back to the pink basics. But how many days do I need to write this before I actually do it??  

Hoping to get a workout in tonight but I'm not sure if it will work. I might be able to make dinner and workout while they eat but I don't like not being at the table. We'll see what I can do. 

January 15- 144.4

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Lunch- taco meat, black beans, couscous, lettuce, carrots and larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner/post workout- pink smoothie

Exercise- t25 cardio

I'm so glad this came!  I was not looking forward to the pink workouts again. It was certainly hard but not as hard as it would have been if I hadn't been doing anything. I'm looking forward to seeing what this workout does. I might not lose the pounds but I should lose inches. 

Day 126

Another day...

January 14- 144.4

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Lunch- salad, grapes, larabar and carrots

Snack- apple

Dinner- taco meat, black beans, couscous and lettuce 

Exercise- today was night two in a row home alone with all the boys so I didn't get a workout in. I will need to brainstorm some ideas for once baseball really gets rolling. I can't use this as an excuse all the time. 

Day 125

Back up again. I have been so hungry!  However, I did get the chance to measure this morning and I am down some from last month even though it's only 5-6 pounds. Staying focused and realizing I'm 2/3 of the way to my goal!

January 13- 145

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- taco meat, couscous, black beans, lettuce, grapes and larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- salad and pink smoothie 

Day 124

A little better. We'll see. I ordered today T25 so I am anxious to get that and see what the program is like. I will most likely continue my same eating plan because I am comfortable with it and add in these workouts. They look much more difficult and should get me sweating. Plus I know that I can do 25 minutes 5 times a week. It should be here in a couple days. I'm going to stick with the phase two stuff until then. Hopefully it will help me with these workouts. 

January 12- 144

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- tortilla soup and Caesar salad (red robin for birthday lunch--- last celebration for a while!!)

Dinner- taco meat, beans, couscous, lettuce and a few rice tortilla chips

Exercise- phase two upper 

Day 123

Going to try to stick to the formula today. Here's hoping it helps. I'm also hoping to get a workout in but it will depend on when hubs gets home. 

**didn't stick to it exactly but it was pretty close. I kind of switched lunch and dinner. Oh well!

January 11- 144.4

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- taco meat, black beans, couscous, lettuce and grapes

Post workout- pink smoothie

Dinner- salad with chicken, croutons and almonds and apple

Exercise- phase 2 kardio

Day 122

At least the nighttime workout paid off a little.  But again, the scale is so wacky.  I wish I could not worry about it as much as I do.  But for now, it is what it is.  I just wish it would move down and then I could stop worrying about it as much.   I really do need to do a reset and get things started again as well as stick to the formula.  It shouldn't be as hard since I've been eating well.  Today and tomorrow are tricky since I'm single parenting but I'm willing to give it a try.

January 10- 144.8

Breakfast- oatmeal

Snack- banana

Lunch- salad with chicken, grapes

Snack- larabar and carrots

Dinner- steamed veggies and rice chips

Snack- popcorn

Exercise-rest

Day 121

Not sure what's going on. I guess I need to pay attention to my portions and the formula a little closer. Moving on...

January 9- 145.4

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- chili and Caesar salad

Dinner- veggies and organic rice chips and the leftover green smoothie my kids didn't drink and carrots

Exercise- phase two lower

Day 120

Wow!  4 months in. It seems like it's been longer than that. Thankfully, I stepped on the scale multiple times this morning. It was trying to tell me 146 but I knew that couldn't be right. But after feeding the baby and using the bathroom, I got a better reading that I believe. I am anxious to do some measurements and see how things have changed. I really would like to lose these last ten pounds. I'm thinking about being part of a competition. But I've done a decent job on my own so far so I'm not sure that I really need it. Not to mention, I don't have a lot to lose so I'm not sure it will be worth it. I have a couple days to decide. I would also need some people to do it with me. We'll see. 

January 8- 144.4

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Post workout- pink smoothie

Lunch- quinoa, taco meat, beans, lettuce  and grapes

Snack-peanuts and raisins

Dinner- exotic chicken, quinoa and steamed veggies

Exercise- phase two upper 

Day 119

Not sure how to account for the little scale hiccup this morning other than the exercise. Getting back into it probably made me retain a little water. I also haven't been drinking as much water, so I should step that back up. 

January 7- 144.4

Breakfast-fiber one and tea

Lunch- chili and Caesar salad and a few apple slices

Snack/post workout- pink smoothie

Dinner- chicken wrap

Exercise- phase two kardio 

Day 118

Well, I managed to go all week without losing any weight. But I also didn't gain any of the weight back that I lost when I was sick. 

Today might be interesting because of the root canal I am getting this morning. I'm not sure how it will impact my eating beyond today. But today should be interesting for a while as the anesthetic wears off. 

January 6- 143.2

Breakfast- fiber one

Lunch- peanuts and raisins (I was too numb for a real lunch so I had this around 2pm)

Post workout- pink smoothie

Dinner- top sirloin, zucchini and broccoli and grapes

Exercise- phase one pull (on to phase two again tomorrow... I think I'll be able to do it again)

Day 117

Still going strong. Looking forward to moving the scale down a few more pounds. 

January 5- 143.8

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch-taco meat, black beans, couscous and lettuce and apple

Post workout/snack- pink smoothie and carrots

Dinner- chicken with peppers and onions, quinoa and black beans

Exercise- phase one push

Day 116

Still maintaining. I need to find something to jump start again and get these last few pounds off. I might search around and see what I can find. 

We are doing our final family celebration today. I'm going to just bring my own food because I know that nothing with be Melissa friendly. It just makes it easier. 

January 4- 143.8

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- salad with croutons, almonds and craisins 

Dinner- chicken roll up from Mancinos and grapes/melon 

Day 115

Finally feeling back to my old self... For the most part!  It only took a week but at least the week jump started the weight loss again. And surprisingly I didn't gain back all that I lost. So that's a plus. Looking forward to working out later and getting back in the habit again. 

January 3- 143.3

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- couscous, chicken and vegetables

Snack-carrots

Dinner- taco meat, black beans, couscous, lettuce

Dessert- pink smoothie

Exercise- started back up agai but only did the phase one kardio workout.   My plan is to do each of the phase one again one more time to build back some endurance this week and then move back to phase two.  It also will help to only do the 20 minute workouts since we are super busy these next few days.  I don't know why the extra 10 minutes seem like so much more.  But it does.  At least I got some movement in today.  We'll see what the scale says in the morning though.  I felt like I couldn't get enough to eat at dinner and was thankful that I hadn't had my smoothie post workout.  

Day 114

Still going strong. I'm glad that I haven't gained back all that I lost this week. Hoping to see it continue. 

January 2- 143.4

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- quinoa and roasted veggies

Dinner- Caesar salad, black bean soup and apple

Exercise- still none thanks to a new infection by a middle guy so I was with him at the doctor a lot of the day and then a great date night with the hubs

Day 113

Happy New Year!  

While today is another celebration for my family, I thought I would go ahead and try on my size 4 jeans just for fun. And they fit!!  It certainly wasn't a comfortable fit but it certainly wasn't horrible. I opted for my size 6 skinny jeans today and felt pretty good wearing them. Here's to a great year of continued health, fitness and happiness!

January 1- 144.4

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- apple and sautéed veggies

Dinner- ham, roasted veggies, green beans and a small portion of roasted apples

Exercise- 5 minutes on the eliptical