I was down 1.8 this morning....which I am sure is mostly water weight, but I will take it.  I am hoping that I will be able to get the rest off with in the next two days..or so.

Breakfast this morning was a Yoplait Light FF Strawberry Banana Yogurt.  For snack I had a 100 cal Fruit Crisp and a Light String  Cheese.  Can I just say I forgot how much I freaking love string cheese.  Who ever invented is a flippin' genius.

Lunch was left overs from last night, sauteed peppers, onions, mushrooms and grilled steak.  It was probably a total of two cups, being mostly vegetables.  Snack I had 100 cal snack pack of cookies and later I had a Nature Valley Chewy Fruit and Nut Granola bar.

Zumba kicked my ass tonight!!!!

Dinner was a cheese burger (which I was told by my RD is a serving size) and I also had a measured out serving of pasta salad which was loaded with veggies.

Here I Go AGAIN!!!

I was on vacation last week.  The first couple of days I had no real Internet access....so blogging was not an option.  I went into vacation planning on being really good.  Well that didn't happen at all.  Like NOT at all.  I don't know if I mentioned it before but my old scale was not reading properly so Dustin was nice enough to pick me up a new one in Concord for me one day.  He got one that only reads weight, which is fine, but it doesn't remember from day to day....which I didn't think was going to be a big deal, but apparently I can't remember SHIT!!!

So I have to go back through my posts and see where I stand, but I am pretty sure I am up like 3.5lbs.  Which doesn't really surprise me at all, but I am disappointed in myself.

So I got back on the band wagon today.  Breakfast a Yoplait Light (FF) Strawberry yogurt.  It was actually super yummy, but took me forever to eat because I dove right into work when I got there and I had a lot of emails and shit to go through and get organized...

By lunch I was starving so around 12:15 I made my cafe steamer.  Today it was the portabella mushroom marsala....delish.  1:30 I was still hungry so I had a 100 cal snack pack of cookies.  2:30 still hungry so I had a small granny smith apple and a 100 cal snack pack of cocoa roasted almonds....again 3:30 still hungry so I had a 100 cal fruit crisp bar.

Curves kicked my ass tonight....that's what I get for taking a week off.  But I am glad that I can feel it because I can totally feel the weight that I put back on and I feel disgusting.......

When I got home Dustin and Emma were playing in the front yard, so I hung out with them for a couple of minutes and then we went in.  Dustin was nice enough to start dinner, while I gave Miss Em a bath.  He defrosted some fresh steaks and when Em was done with her tubby, I cut up some bell peppers, mushrooms and onions which I sauteed.  Dustin grilled the steak and we through everything on top of a salad....dinner was yummy!  I know I am going to be hungry in a little bit and I haven't figured out what I am going to do for a snack yet.

On another note, I saw this  Brita Water Bottle in Walmart and saw a commercial for it and I am wondering if anyone has one or if they have heard anything about it.  The water at my office sucks, I think having something that would make the water taste less like shit, might actually help me to drink more......rather than having to buy bottled all the time.

I was down .2 this morning, which brings my total to six.

This is going to be a short blog tonight...

Breakfast was blueberry greek yogurt with 1.5 handfuls of kashi berry cereal.....it made it a little more palatable and I got 3/4 of it down.  Snack was 2 cups of watermelon.  Lunch was another grilled chicken salad, today I did opt for the house dressing, which was pretty much oil.  I did have an afternoon snack which was  100 cal fruit crisp snack and 100 cocoa roasted almonds snack pack.  Dinner is mozzarella pesto tomato pizza.

Tonight was Zumba at Curves, it was a different teacher and less intense, not as good of a work out as the other night.  But still fun!

Down .6 again this morning, for a total of 5.8 lbs.  This seems to be a stalling point for me.  Hopefully I will be able to get past this and tomorrow morning I will be down and can continue to move forward.

Breakfast was two whole wheat waffles with peanut butter and banana slices.  This is by far my favorite breakfast since starting this diet adventure.  I had a bag of cocoa roasted almonds around 11 on my way back to the house, because we were so slow at work today I was going home to get Em's birthday invitations and my coupons.....so invitations have been made out and my coupons are organized.

I did a shitty job of grocery shopping last Saturday because I was in such a hurry and had to get home for the sex toy party I was hosting.  I got all the stuff on my list, but apparently my list didn't include any lunch items......so I was pretty shit of luck this week and finishing up things in the fridge.  So today I was out of food and had no lunch.  I ordered out, large garden salad topped with chicken.  They have no low fat dressing and their house dressing is basically oil.....so I got Caesar, I know not the best choice, but it is what I had.  I will admit I ate entirely too much chicken and the bread that came with it.  Hopefully I wont regret that in the morning.

There was no afternoon snack because I was so full from lunch.  Dinner was left over Chinese food - (maybe) a cup of beef and broccoli, a chicken finger and two crab rangoons.....with a glass of cranberry grape juice.......I think I may be getting a UTI.  FML.

My knees have been killing me all day and my back has been wicked tight.  But I went to Curves anyway and had a pretty good workout.  That is three days in a row and I will go tomorrow as well, Friday is a no go as I am having people over for dinner for a mini old high school group get together.

Down .6 this morning!!! Yay for heading in the right direction again.

Breakfast is a Yoplait Blueberry Greek yogurt, which I am gagging down again this morning and my Keurig Ice tea.  I only got half of it down before I tossed it around 11 o'clock.  Because it took me so long to eat half the yogurt I obviously did not have a morning snack.  Lunch was a chicken sandwich the same as yesterday with 100 cal snack pack of cookies.  My afternoon snack was a 90 calorie cheese stick which was scrumptious and 100 calorie fruit crisp.

Dinner was a cheeseburger with 50% fat free cheddar and no bun.  Covered in fresh tomatoes and homemade dill pickles thanks to Mallory and Luke, I also had a side of cucumbers and tomatoes with yogurt ranch dressing.

Curves kicked butt tonight.  I did one time around about 15 mins before Zumba started and we Zumba'd for 30 mins.  I have come to the conclusion that I am completely uncoordinated and Zumba seriously kicked my ass.

I could talk some more, but I want to start making Em's tutu for her birthday party...so I am out.

Back to the grind

I have been absent from my blogging.  Last week was so busy and this week and the month of September aren't any better to be perfectly honest.  I am going to try to blog and keep everything updated.  I have decided that I am going to "change" the way that I blog.  I am going to try to write after each meal.  It will still be contained to one post and only posted once, but I think if I take a quick 5 minutes during or after each meal, I will be able to stay on top of it and at least get something out there for the day.  So if my blogging sounds funny, like each meal that I am eating is currently happening, it probably is....does that make sense?  It makes sense in my brain - so deal.

This morning I was running late as usual for a Monday.  I was up a pound this morning maybe a pound and a half.  I honestly couldn't remember what I weighed on Friday.  But honestly I ate like shit all weekend so I am completely not surprised and glad that it is not more than that.

So back on the band wagon today.  Breakfast was a Strawberry Yoplait Greek Yogurt which I gagged down this morning and a DD medium ice coffee with skim and splenda.  I bought the Greek Yogurt on recommendation and because it was on sale and I had coupons.  I don't know how I am going to eat the three left that I have in the fridge....they were fucking gross!!!!

I didn't have a snack this morning because it took me so long to get the yogurt down.  Lunch was a chicken sandwich  on an Arnold's flat bread with mayonnaise and mustard along with a 100 calorie snack pack of Cheezits. 

I also went to Wally World at lunch and got some new clothes to work out in for Curves.  2 pairs of capris, 2 pairs of full length pants, 5 light weight tees and 3 light weight long sleeve tees oh and three new sports bras.....so now I can be fashionable while working out.  YAY me and tonight will be my second night at Curves, I would have gone over the weekend but they don't have enough members that go on the weekend so they don't open on weekends anymore.  But if I go like I say I am going to go, 5 nights a week, then I don't have a problem with taking the weekend off.   And if anyone tells me to take a nice long walk on the weekend to make up for it the next time I see you I will punch you in the fucking face.  The way I see it is I have made a drastic change to my diet and I have gone from being pretty much 100% sedentary to looking forward to working out a minimum of 3 nights a week with the hopes of getting in 5, so don't push me.  I am pushing myself as it is.  I am already irritated that I will be seeing Emma an hour less every night.  I know some of you are saying whoopie, no big deal, but I actually enjoy spending time with my daughter and taking her places with me so again fuck off.  That is the end of my rant for now.

My afternoon snack was 100 calorie fruit crisps and a cheese stick.

Curves was great tonight.  I pushed myself and could feel it in 90% of the machines I used.  A "full" workout is going around twice.  Which is what I did and eventually I would like to get up to 3-4 times around, but that will come in time.

Dinner tonight is split chicken breast with Mesquite Chicken seasoning, salad and Dustin and I are splitting a baked potato....I can't wait for dinner, which is currently cooking on the grill!

Its been a couple of days.....I haven't fallen of the band wagon, but the last couple of days have been rough.  The days have gone well, but the nights/dinners have been difficult.  I need to go grocery shopping and get myself re-established.

On the plus side I joined Curves tonight, but I was not able to work out.  Tonight was one of the Zumba nights and by the time I was finished with the paperwork and measurements and everything else...there was only about 10 minutes left of Zumba, which I was not going to pay extra for.  So I asked if they get the room back together in time for me to be able to get a work out in before closing.  To which they responded they need about 45 minutes to walk me through everything the first time.  Which I don't really need, but its what she said, so I have to stick with it.

So my first work out will be tomorrow night....I will be running late for girls night.  We are having dinner at Applebee's, but I already have my dinner picked out after looking at the nutritional information on the website.  I am going to go with one of the 550 calorie meals.  Either the steak with asiago or the chicken with stuffed portabellas.  Both sound super yummy.

I don't really know what my weight is at the moment....my scale has been broken.  It is still reading weight it is just way inaccurate.  I would get on one morning and be down like 5 pounds, so I would weigh myself again and it would be different and different and different.  I bought a new scale today, so I am hoping that it hasn't been way off for some time.

Emma is sick, for the first time.  She has a cold and is absolutely miserable.  I feel so bad for her, she is so stuffy and the baby saline is not working well.

I am getting back on the blogging band wagon.  Promise!!! For those of you that care, lol.