Day 203

Holding in there. I am going to have to be happy with it. 

March 31- 135.1

Breakfast- oatmeal

Snack- banana

Lunch- taco meat, black beans, quinoa, lettuce, carrots, grapes and strawberries

Snack- larabar

Dinner- chicken wrap with BBQ dipping

Exercise- none

Day 202

Holding steady. It's really all I can ask for given the circumstances. 

March 30- 136

Breakfast- fiber one, fruit and tea

Lunch- taco meat, beans and quinoa and multigrain chips

Snack- larabar 

Dinner- chicken ceasar salad

Exercise- none 

Day 201

I don't really feel like weighing myself this morning. I'm feeling pretty sluggish from not hardly exercising this week and am ready to get back on that bandwagon. But today, my baby turns 7!  So we are going to be busy celebrating all day!  It should make for an easy time with my eating though. I'll weigh in in the morning. 

March 29- ??

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- taco meat, black beans, quinoa, fruit and rice chips

Snack- larabar

Dinner- chili, garden salad, fruit

Exercise- none just being on my feet all day and a walk to N's school and back

Day 200

I didn't even realize that today was 200 until just now (it's really late). Tough week to not hardly workout and eat out for lunch everyday. Oh well. Still feeling good and I know I can get the extra pound back off pretty easy. 

March 28- 136

Breakfast- scrambled egg and fruit

Lunch- veggie soup, Caesar salad and apple

Snack- pita chips and larabar

Dinner- taco meat, quinoa and black beans and tortilla chips 

Exercise- none

Day 199

Up a little, but it's okay. I really need to cut down the diet coke intake. But this has been a long week with a training all day, every day. I'll get back to more water next week once I'm back at school. 

March 27- 135.1

Breakfast- scrambled egg and fruit salad 

Snack- banana

Lunch- qudoba naked burrito and chips and larabar

Dinner-smoothie (stuck with a smoothie again because of over indulging in tortilla chips all day!)

Exercise- none

Day 198

Well, that was a surprise this morning. I will gladly take it and see where we go from here. I am going to have to take a rest day again because of the craziness of our schedule, but hopefully I can tomorrow. Thanks to the late baseball practice time, I don't see that happening either. But we'll see. 

March 26- 134.9

Breakfast- fiber one and fruit

Snack- banana

Lunch- salad and chicken tortilla soup

Snack- larabar

Dinner- smoothie and peanuts/raisins

Exercise- none

Day 197

So close to 200!!  I can't believe it!  Of course, that day will be one day before my baby turns 7 and the start of another birthday season with no sweets for me. I'm sure I will make it through just fine, but it's always a mental battle. But I'm ready for it. 

Today was a hard food day. I ended up getting Qdoba for lunch while I was at a training. I ate A LOT!  So I only had a shake after my workout for dinner. We'll see the damage in the morning. 

March 25-135.7

Breakfast- scrambled egg and fruit

Lunch- naked burrito (chicken, rice, beans, lettuce, cheese, peppers and onions) and chips

Dinner- smoothie and peanuts and raisins (late!)

Exercise- speed 2.0 

Day 196

I didn't weigh myself this morning. And I'm okay with that. I over slept and had to get the boys to school extra early today. I will in the morning. I'm also not sure if I will get a workout in once again. This is getting harder and harder to find the time. I really need to make that 30 minutes a priority. But sometimes it just isn't possible when trying to juggle four boys and usually by myself. 

March 24- ??? (Probably would have been up if I had to guess)

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- chicken Cesar salad, chia sees crackers and Larabar

Dinner- turkey burger and broccoli 

Exercise- none :(

Day 195

Up a little again (well held from yesterday), but that tends to be my norm after I exercise. I am really hungry today, so I'm predicting issues today. But it's ok. The weight fairy isn't going to come and yell at me. It will be fine. 

March 23- 135.6

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Lunch- chicken, broccoli and brown rice

Dinner- fajita chicken, black beans, brown rice and mostly tortilla chips :(

Exercise- we weren't home at all today so nothing done 

Day 194

I knew I would be up a little and that's okay. 

March 22- 135.6

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- chicken, beans, brown rice and chips

Dinner/post workout- smoothie and peanuts and raisins

Exercise- core cardio

Day 193

Down again thanks to not really eating. Not a great thing but nice to see a little jump start. I would guess I will be back up tomorrow, but we'll see. Also hopeful to get a workout in. But thanks to a crazy night if being awake with sick boys, I am exhausted. 

March 21-134.4

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Lunch- taco meat, black beans, couscous, lettuce and a few chips 

Dinner- BBQ chicken wrap

Exercise- none :(

Day 192

Well, I knew no dinner would result this way. But hopefully it will be the jumping off point to get and keep a couple more pounds off. 

March 20- 135.8

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea 

Lunch- salad with chicken, banana, carrots and pea pods and larabar

Snack/dinner- apple and larabar

Exercise- none (I had a late night with conferences and the boys are dropping like flies with the stomach flu. Praying I don't get it and can get in some exercise this weekend. I haven't missed three days in a row since I started)

Day 191

I was quite a but surprised to be down this morning. I guess it's to be expected because I didn't exercise yesterday. I don't think I'll get a workout in again today either so we'll see what that does to me. 

March 19-136.9

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Lunch- bean burrito, carrots and pea pods, banana and larabar

Snack- apple and chia seed crackers

Dinner- none (was at the in-laws house and they were having spaghetti. I suppose I could have had vegetables but it didn't sound appealing)

Exercise- none (hoping to get something in tomorrow however it's another late night. I guess I just need to change my mindset to know that I will get it in when I can from this point forward-- at least until we get through baseball season)

Day 190

I shouldn't be surprised that after eating an entire bag of tortilla chips in a day and a half that I was up. Just because they are "good" food I can still over eat and regret it. Oh well-- lesson learned. 

March 18- 138

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Snack- banana

Lunch- beans and brown rice, tortilla chips, carrots and pea pods, larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- chicken and green beans and watermelon 

Exercise- none :(

Day 189

I think today is one of the first days in this whole process where I forgot to weigh myself. It felt weird when I realized it. Oh well-- no harm done. 

March 17-??

Breakfast- oatmeal

Snack- banana

Lunch- beans and brown rice, carrots and pea pods, chips, larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- beans and taco meat with brown rice and chips

Exercise- dynamic core

Day 188

Up a little this morning, but I'm okay with it. I'm thinking Monday will be a good day to try and jump start the rest of the weight loss. 

March 16- 137.8

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- none (I took b to a birthday party and didn't end up eating thanks to the awful choices at the waterpark)

Post workout- smoothie

Dinner- black beans and brown rice, rice chips, a few carrots and a larabar

Exercise- core cardio

Day 187

No harm done yesterday. Phew!  However, it's never good to feel like I over ate and then not have any consequences for it. I really need to figure out how to lose these last few and then truly maintain. My boys keep asking when I'm going to have a treat again. I'm not really sure. At this point, I do want it now and again. But I really like being able to say that I've gone this long. I need to find some good recipes though to add into the mix. It's getting a little boring. Lots to think about. 

I also still need to talk to my husband about the exercise component now that his coaching season has started. It should be okay until he has games. Then it will get tricky. He'll be able to help me brainstorm what to do. 

March 15- 137.3

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- roasted veggies, couscous, chicken and pita chips

Post workout- smoothie

Dinner- black beans and couscous and tortilla chips

Exercise- dynamic core 

Day 186

Trucking along. I really seem to have stopped losing weight. But I know that I am smaller now than before. I know what to do if I want to lose more, but I don't know if I do or not. I really need to think about it. 

March 14- 137.3

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- taco meat, black beans and brown rice, carrots and larabar

Snack- apple

Dinner- Moe's rice bowl, chips (this is quickly becoming my weakness!) and smoothie

Exercise- rip't circuit

Day 185

It's the end of the day and I just realized that I haven't done this yet. I started up a little but again. I didn't eat great. And I didn't get in the stretch workout once again.  Ugh. 

March 13- 137.6

Breakfast- oatmeal and chia

Lunch- taco bowl, grapes and Larabar and chips

Snack- apple

Dinner- fajita chicken, black beans and brown rice and chips

Exercise- none

Day 184

I was having one of those mornings where I just felt heavy and didn't really have any interest in weghing myself. But I did and was rather surprised!  And today is a snow day, so I'll be able to get my workout in at some point since I didn't yesterday. It's must rest day. But I will just work around the prescribed schedule. 

March 12- 136.7

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- taco bowl and chips

Post workout- smoothie

Dinner- salad with spinach, chicken, and toppings and larabar 

Exercise- speed 2.0 (should have done core but a little splinter in my hand mishap would have made that tricky) and shoveling (not exactly Shaun T's idea of a double day but it works for me!)

Day 183

Well, my late night post workout shake didn't do any harm. So that's good. But we'll see what happens tomorrow. I'm sure I'll be up a little bit. I feel like I ate a lot again today. Only time will tell. Now just to convince myself to go workout once the boys are in bed again. It was a crazy early morning and I'm really ready to just call it a day, but I know that I should. I'll be glad once it's over. 

March 11-137.1

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia and tea

Lunch- roasted veggies with chicken pieces and couscous, grapes and larabar

Dinner- taco bowl and chips

Exercise-none. I'll make up for it somehow. 

Day 182

A little surprised that I was up. I knew I got out of hand at lunch with the chips, but I was hopeful having only a shake for dinner would help. It might be more because of the workout that I did too. I just need to keep positive. 

March 10- 137.1

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Snack- banana

Lunch- salad with chicken and croutons, craisins, almonds and carrots and larabar

Dinner- roasted veggies and whole wheat couscous

Post workout- smoothie (I had this late-- we'll see what it does)

Exercise- rip't circuit

Day 181

Down again!  Feels good but I hope I can keep it up. I also need to decide when to call it good and really begin to just maintain. My mom asked me yesterday if I was done. I told her that I was, but I don't know that I really am. But I don't know when I will really feel content. Hopefully I will just know. 

March 10- 136.5

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia and tea

Lunch- salad with chicken, chia, craisins, croutons and almonds and then TOO MANY tortilla chips

Snack- peanuts

Dinner/post workout- smoothie

Exercise- speed 2.0

Day 180

Feeling pretty good this morning. A lighter dinner certainly helped. And it helped to feel good about avoiding temptations during girls night again last night. 

March 8- 136.9

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- pulled pork and fruit (only a little bit of both)

Snack- larabar

Post workout- smoothie

Dinner- pork tenderloin and veggies 

Exercise- upper focus

Day 179

Up again!  Ugh. Taking control of it today and making it happen. 

March 7- 138

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- chicken teriyaki, carrots and pea pods, grapes, Larabar

Snack- banana

Dinner/post workout- smoothie and salad with chicken and extras ;)

Exercise- cardio core

Day 178

Called it!  I was just really hungry yesterday. And even though the food was "good" food, I can still eat too much. Probably will be up tomorrow too because I am still hungry. 

March 6- 137.6

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- taco meat and beans, brown rice and lettuce, carrots and peas, larabar

Dinner- BBQ chicken wrap and rice chips

Exercise- stretch (writing this in with the hopes of getting to it at some point-- I really need it). --it didn't happen. 

Day 176

I'm glad to be down this morning. It may be a false sense of being down. But I will take it regardless.  

March 5- 136.9

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Snack- banana

Lunch- salsa chicken and quinoa, applesauce, carrots and pea pods, larabar 

Dinner- taco meat, brown rice, black beans and rice chips

Exercise- rest day

I feel like I ate a lot today. I'm sure I'll be up tomorrow. But it will be okay. 

Day 175

I'm feeling pretty good about the fact that today is Fat Tuesday and no part of me thinks that even the slightest part of a paczki sounds good. I think I'll stick to what I know is 100% better and feel 100% better about everything at the end of the day. 

March 4- 137.8

Breakfast- oatmeal and chia and tea

Lunch- meatballs and quinoa and broccoli, banana and larabar (I was hungry today!)

Snack- apple

Dinner/post workout- smoothie (I decided after I gorged at lunch that this would be my best choice for dinner. Hopefully it pays off). 

Exercise- speed 2.0

Day 174

Let the craziness of the spring begin. Even though there is still a foot+ of snow on the ground and no warming up on sight, the craziness has begun. The only reason I am concerned this time around is because I don't know how this will impact my exercise or eating. I think I will be able to control the eating but getting a workout in will be challenging. I don't like to workout late, but it might be my only choice. I need talk to my hubs about it. He will support me and give me some good insight. 

March 3-137.8

Breakfast- oatmeal

Lunch- taco bowl, chips, larabar

Dinner- turkey meatball, quinoa, and broccoli

Exercise- upper focus

Day 173

Another no dinner, down in the morning kind of day. Oh well...

March 2-137.3

Breakfast- oatmeal and tea

Lunch- salsa chicken and quinoa, broccoli, squash

Snack- larabar

Post workout- smoothie

Dinner- cranberry chicken, corn and carrots

Exercise- rip't circuit 

Day 172

I am approaching the 6 month mark pretty quickly. I can hardly believe it. For most of my young son's life, I have been eating well and exercising. I just hope that I can continue and find a way to make it work as we approach a busy time of year. It's only a few months but I don't want to lose focus as we begin a season of running here, there and retry where in between. I need to talk to my husband about how I can make it work. And soon!

March 1- 138.7

Breakfast- fiber one and tea

Lunch- taco meat, couscous, lettuce and cheese, rice chips

Dinner- smoothie 

Exercise- core cardio