Day 11

Just realized I didn't log/post yesterday. Probably because I blew it on dinner and felt miserable. Oh well. New day!

April 22-138

Breakfast- smoothie

Lunch- Santa Fe chicken, pea pods and almonds

Snack- quest bar

Dinner- naked burrito and chips

Day 10

Glad to have maintained this morning. 

April 21- 138

Breakfast- oatmeal with chia

Lunch- turkey sliders and veggies and almonds

Snack- quest bar and almonds

Dinner- Santa Fe chicken quinoa

Dessert- chocolate shakeology with pb2

Day 9

Up more today, so I got my butt in gear (not perfectly, but close). But it's really hard the week before I am expecting AF.  I find myself wanting to eat nonstop.  And now that it's the end of the day, I'm wanting to eat everything in sight. Hoping a little water and heading to bed will make it stop. 

April 20- 138

Breakfast- pink smoothie

Lunch- chicken, steamed veggies, almonds

Snack- quest bar

Dinner- turkey burger, matchstick veggies

Exercise- I was down quite a few steps from my normal school walking so I went for a freezing, windy walk around the neighborhood. Got myself to 13,000+ steps for the day. Hopefully it helps!

Day 8

Knew I would be back up a smudge today. And probably will be tomorrow too. But ready to jump back on the bandwagon in the morning. 

April 19- 137

Breakfast- pink smoothie

Lunch- qdoba normal

Dinner- chocolate shakeology and quest bar

Exercise-  didn't even get in too many steps today

Day 7

Glad to have maintained again. It was a good week. Feels really long. But to have lost 4+ pounds in a week feels really good. 

Today has been a little weird and I will probably be up a little bit tomorrow. But that's okay. I had a great week!

April 18-136.8

Breakfast- fiber one and chai tea

Lunch- quest bar, pear and popcorn! (This took all afternoon to eat)

Dinner- burger, quinoa, veggies and shake

Day 6

Pretty decent day. Glad to be almost the same as yesterday. Works for me!

April 17- 136.8

Breakfast- oatmeal and chai tea

Lunch- chicken, broccoli, pear and quest bar

Snack- popcorn

Dinner- shakeology

Exercise- 11,000+ steps 

Day 5

I was honestly surprised to be down so much again this morning. It certainly was a good surprise and felt good and tells me that my body was waiting for the chance to get rid of it. Here's hoping to drop the last few in the next couple weeks and then figure out how to balance and maintain it. 

April 16- 136.8

Breakfast-oatmeal with chia seeds and chai tea

Lunch- herb marinated chicken, sautéed veggies, pear and larabar

Snack- quest bar and a few almonds

Dinner- chocolate shakeology with pb2 and half banana

Exercise-  normal school walking but made it to 12,000+ steps thanks to the reading fair. 

Day 4

Felt pretty good today. Actually glad to see I wasn't down any more from yesterday. 4 pounds in 2 days was enough. I added in some more good carbs today but only had a shakeology (late) for dinner. We'll see what happens. 

April 15- 138

Breakfast- pink smoothie

Lunch- chicken and veggies and pear and larabar

Snack- quest bar and a few almonds

Dinner- chocolate shakeology with pb2 and half a banana

Exercise-- just the school walking and chasing of boys. 11,000+ steps 

Day 3

Glad to see that I'm down quite a bit but I am exhausted today. I think it's more a reflection of the lack of sleep lately because of being done with spring break and not the food, but regardless I'm pooped!

I'm also finding myself to be really hungry right now. Thankfully I can't eat things I don't have with me and I only brought good choices. I'm about to eat a mid-morning carrot snack and hope that it holds me over until lunch but I'm not looking forward to that either. But this is day 3 so tomorrow I will add back in some more slow processing carbs and that will help.

April 14- 138

Breakfast- pink smoothie

Mid-morning snack- carrots

Lunch- mixed greens and chicken, carrots and Larabar 

Snack-almonds and carrots

Dinner- chicken and roasted veggies and green tea

Not a whole lot of exercise other than the normal walking at work. 

Day 2

Feeling good-- but it's a feeling that I know will fade quickly as this quick loss is always very temporary. At least I know it and am prepared mentally to handle it. 

I meant to measure myself yesterday but forgot. So here are my measurements this time around. 

Arms-11"

Bust-34.5"

Waist- 29.34"

Hips-37"

Legs- 20.5"

Weight- 140.2

Breakfast- pink smoothie

Lunch- chicken breasts, steamed veggies and larabar

Snack- almonds

Dinner- chopped salad with chicken, spinach, lettuce and cheese

Exercise-  11,000 steps from work and walked a few laps around a path while #2 was at baseball

Part 2- day 1

It has been a long time since I've blogged for myself and I've found myself in a place where I need to do this again. It's one of those things that I know if I set my mind to it, I will see good things happen from it so I just need to start and do it. 

I've gotten myself up higher than I'd like to in my weight and am feeling gross about it. I know people say they can't tell, and I don't need to lose more weight, but when I don't feel good about myself, I know I need to make a change. I've tried to short cut it for the past month or so and have fallen short. So I'm going to go back to what I know will work and make myself feel good again. But I'm all ready struggling with it. It's so hard!  But the first three days will be over soon and then I can fall back into a pattern that I know will be easier (for me at least) and will help me to see results. It also helps that the weather is getting gorgeous and that we'll be outside a lot in the next few weeks. I'm hoping to just be able to get in walks around the neighborhood with he boys and enjoy the sunshine when we have it. 

But for now-- here's to three days of reset. 

April 12- 142!

Breakfast- pink smoothie with shakeology

Lunch- taco salad (meat and beans on kale/spinach/romaine) and carrots

Snack-larabar (not reset but needed to fill and curb the temptation of anything else) and almonds later in the afternoon. 

Dinner- one brat and grilled squash, peppers and onions. 

Not too shabby for day one. I didn't have a couple diet cokes which isn't great but I'll drop them eventually. I'm probably going to drink some tea when josh and I watch a show soon but I drank three of my shakeology bottles full of water today. I feel like I've been in the bathroom all day! Trying to think through my food for tomorrow too and what to take to school. I'm looking forward to these three days being done so I can add in some fruit. It helps me, I just need to learn to do it in moderation. 

I also went for a couple mike walk tonight and carried J on my back. I did walk with B so I didn't go as far or as fast as I would have liked but I enjoyed spending time with just the two of them. 

Overall-- great reset day!