Friday, May 31, 2013

DAY 80 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 28.2 LBS

Worst GREEN/RED day since starting this system. I'm exhausted. Hoping to get some sleep since kids are not going to school tomorrow. Despite all the reds, I don't think my eating was as bad as it could have been. I'm in survival mode right now. Going to sleep.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

DAY 79 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 27.6 LBS

The fact that I'm posting after 1:00 a.m. is a good indicator of how my evening (after 9 pm) has ended. There are some stressful situations occurring right now and I am definitely wanting to deal with the stress by EATING! UGH!

I'm going to look at these situations with a "glass half full" attitude. I can sum that attitude up pretty easily:

If tonight's stress would have happened 80 days ago (Pre- Green/Red), I would have had a major "sweets" binge. I would have eaten untold amounts of sweets, containing zero nutritional value with LOTS of calories. I wouldn't have logged ANY of my food. I would have been "off" the dieting wagon for no telling how long. I would be eating myself into oblivion every day and then I would have kept telling myself, "I'll start again tomorrow." But " tomorrow" would be so long in coming, all of the lost weight would be regained.

Today, 79 days into this Green/Red journey, I still found myself WANTING to eat the stress away, but NOT CRAVING the junk food. I gave into the stress to some extent. I'm over in calories and sugar grams. However, I ate watermelon and beef jerkey for my stress eating instead of candy bars and cookies.

THAT'S PROGRESS! I have faith that I will eventually be completely free of the bondage of emotional eating. I have come a long way already and I feel and see a huge difference in my mentality toward food and eating.

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

DAY 78 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 28 LBS

Today was a great day. I had a good loss which I expected since I didn't eat anything after 2:00 and because my calories were so low yesterday.

Bootcamp started back up today and it was a HARD workout. I'm thankful that I enjoy working out and look forward to going every day.

My sleep was RED last night and is obviously going to be RED again tonight. I will do my best to be 100% GREEN tomorrow.

Monday, May 27, 2013

DAY 77 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 26.4 LBS

Today was better than yesterday.

I started off with an 11 mile bike ride early this morning. It was great being back on my bike after many years of not riding any significant distance. I hope to make bike riding a regular part of my activities. It also helped to get up early and get my exercise completed first thing. I just feel SO MUCH BETTER when I exercise!

After the bike ride, we went to see a championship Little League game and were unsure of what our plans for the day were going to include. So, before we left the house, I packed healthy snacks for all of us. These came in handy and probably helped with today being "GREEN".

My calories are very low today. This was not intentional. After leaving the game and eating lunch with friends, we came home. I was exhausted and decided to lay down for a little while. I read my Bible and then rolled over and took a two hour nap. I rarely nap but it was exactly what I needed today. I woke up about 7:15 p.m. but I wasn't hungry and decided not to eat just because my calories were low. I figure my calories from yesterday and today balance out pretty well.

Bootcamp has been off for a week and we start back up tomorrow morning. I'm happy about this because I enjoy the varied workouts, the camaraderie between campers, and the fact that by 6:30 a.m., I have worked my tail off!

Heading to bed now so I can get my 6 hours of sleep!

DAY 76 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 27.6 LBS

Today was a hard/weird day. I didn't feel good when I woke up and I just felt out of sync all day.

I didn't read my Bible or finish drinking my water until almost midnight! We were at church today, but we were serving with young kids so we didn't hear the sermon or go to Sunday school which makes being at church a good, but different than normal, experience.

This afternoon I felt hungry/dissatisfied with what I was eating. I didn't eat anything "unhealthy" but nothing seemed to satisfy my hunger. In reality, I wasn't hungry physically, I was uptight emotionally. I don't know why, we have had a pretty relaxing weekend, but regardless, I felt uptight today and I could have made healthier choices.

WHERE I WENT WRONG (RED):

Recognized I was uptight and wanting to eat for emotional reasons, and KEPT EATING ANYWAY!

Didn't log food as I was eating. I knew I was going over my allotted calories and ate anyway.

Ate fruit when I knew my sugar grams were already used up. I ended the day eating 123 grams when I was only allowed 34!

Didn't exercise when I was feeling uptight, which probably would have helped the day end a lot better. I didn't exercise at all today.

By 11:00 tonight, I had only consumed 40 oz of water. Probably contributed to not feeling satisfied. I know I do best when I drink my water early in the day.

WHERE I WENT RIGHT (GREEN):

Got all my water in before bed.

Read my Bible and prayed.

Got 6 hours of sleep last night.

Ate only healthy food.

Made a plan to exercise 1st thing in the morning. I do much better with all my goals if I exercise when I first wake up.

Logged all my food, even though it was ugly.

By doing the blog, I'm processing what I'm doing and why I'm doing it so I can figure out how to do things better next time.










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Sunday, May 26, 2013

DAY 75 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 26.2 LBS

I'm all green today. My weight was up today and I don't know why. I'll be glad when Tuesday gets here and I can get back to bootcamp. I have been exercising at night which is throwing off my normal schedule.

I'm am super tired and heading to bed now.!

Saturday, May 25, 2013

DAY 74 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 27.2

I am beginning to crave sweet food, not candy sweet, healthy sweet, like fruit. I was hungry this afternoon and wanted some fruit. I checked my food log and discovered I was close to going over my recommended amount of sugar. I chose fresh veggies instead of fruit.

This may be more challenging to stay within the recommended guidelines for sugar consumption than I thought it was going to be. I'm sure I can do it and I'm sure I need to do it so I can be as healthy as possible.

I cheated on reading my Bible tonight. I didn't actually read it, instead I watched the Bible movie that was on TV this spring. I watched the second part while I worked out. I'm counting that as my Bible time but it is certainly fudging it a bit.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

DAY 73 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 27.4 LBS




I had a huge drop in weight today. It is probably due primarily to not eating dinner last night. I was at a meeting from 6:30 - 9:00 p.m. and I didn't want to eat that late plus I wasn't hungry.

I am very interested in monitoring my sugar intake and seeing how that correlates with weight loss. I ate less sugar than recommended today, so that is two days in a row I have consumed a moderate to low amount of sugar. For now, I'm going to continue to monitor my intake and wait and see what, if any, effect it has on dropping pounds.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013

DAY 72 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 25 LBS - STILL ADDICTED TO SUGAR?




I have been hovering around the 160 lb mark for some time now.  I am ready to get the weight loss going again.  I have been really contemplating what is causing this plateau.  I think one thing is that my body has not been at this low of a weight in YEARS, and it isn't quite sure what is going on.  Consistency should take care of that issue.

I don't think that is the only issue though.  I decided to take a closer look at my nutrition.  On "My Fitness Pal", the App I use to track my food and exercise, there is a "nutritional summary" that shows a break down of my daily meals.  I discovered something VERY interesting.  First of all, I have my Daily Calorie Goal set at 1700.  So the MFP App automatically determines how many grams of fat, carbs, and protein I should consume based on that calorie allowance.  It takes into account any exercise I do and makes slight adjustments in my "goal" numbers based on the exercise.  It also determines the amount of other things like sodium, cholesterol, vitamins and sugar.  SUGAR....very interesting when I started looking at the sugar.  

I have said for a long time that my addiction and reaction to sugar (in the processed form) is much what I suspect an alcoholic is like with alcohol.  Once I begin eating sweets, my body doesn't  have a "Stop" signal that activates.  I could literally eat an ABSURD amount of sweets and NOT get sick and NOT feel satisfied either.  I'm happy to report that I have successfully avoided processed sweets since beginning this challenge and I truly don't miss them (or the cravings or the horrible emotional feelings I experience after binging on sweets).  So needless to say, when I noticed my SUGAR grams were DOUBLE AND TRIPLE what was "recommended" by My Fitness Pal, I was SHOCKED!  Here are some screen shots from the MFP App that show my nutritional summary over the last few days.  This screen shot does not show my overall calories for the day so I am putting that down in the caption under each picture.  

The bottom line is I am consuming WAY TOO MUCH SUGAR!!!  I had no idea I was doing this with my current diet.  Fresh fruit is the biggest culprit of the high sugar grams.  Surprisingly, 1 cup of fresh fruit has A LOT of natural sugar.  For instance, pineapple has 14.4 grams, strawberries have 8 grams, cantaloupe has 14  grams.  and mango has the highest with 24 grams.   I was also surprised to find that 1% Cottage Cheese is relatively high in sugar content with 8 sugar grams/1 cup.  The Kind Bars (healthy nut/fruit bars) I have been eating every day have around 10 sugar grams.  Baby carrots (3 oz) have 5 sugar grams.  You get the picture.  

Certainly, natural sugars are far better for me than processed sugars, which are not only empty calories, but are also usually consumed in the form of candy, ice cream or cakes, which have additional fat calories.  However, natural sugar still causes my blood sugar to rise and then drop which will make me hungry.  Consuming that much extra sugar is not what my body needs and if I am going to truly change my habits and stop my addiction to sugar, I am going to have to address all kinds of excessive sugar consumption, including the natural kind.  I'm not suggesting I stop all sugar consumption but I am going to monitor this more closely and do my best to stay as close to my daily allotment as possible.  I suspect my weight will begin to drop again.  It will be interesting to see what happens.

Total Calories for the day were 1695.
Sugar  Goal 42 grams
Sugar Consumed 78 grams
36 grams OVER
Total Calories for the day were 1616.
Sugar  Goal 36 grams
Sugar Consumed 76 grams
40 grams OVER

Total Calories for the day were 1915.
Sugar  Goal 38 grams
Sugar Consumed 100 grams
62 grams OVER

Total Calories for the day were 1559.
Sugar  Goal 42 grams
Sugar Consumed 138 grams (Yikes!)
96 grams OVER

Total Calories for the day were 1027.
Sugar  Goal 38 grams
Sugar Consumed 36 grams
2 grams UNDER (YAY!)

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

DAY 71 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 24 LBS

Today was a good day. I focused on the scriptures from yesterday. It helped to get my focus off all the negative, self- defeating thoughts I struggled with yesterday and were surfacing again today.

My weight  was up today and I don't know why. I felt very stressed yesterday so maybe that is the reason.  I just know that when I started feeling stressed today, I focused on God's word and I felt better.  I'm going to trust the process and keep plugging away.

I ran tonight while the kids were at gymnastics. I don't feel the "rush" of good feelings that I have heard described while running, however, I do feel much better physically and emotionally after exercising.

I also realized how much I have accomplished in the past couple of months. About a year ago, a friend and I were walking/jogging on the same route I was on tonight. As I was running the entire 3.5 miles tonight without walking, I remembered having to stop frequently last year just to catch my breath. In fact, we ended up walking the majority of the route and were only able to do one loop (I did two loops tonight). I felt great tonight and was never even tempted to walk one time. Amazing what regular exercise and losing weight will do for you! If you would have told me last year I would ever be able to run continuously for 3.5 miles, much less ENJOY doing that, I would not have believed it! I am so proud of my progress!

Monday, May 20, 2013

DAY 70 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 25.4 LBS

I am excited and nervous about being below 160. Sounds weird, I know, but it has been so long since I have weighed in the 150's, and even though I completely trust the GREEN vs. RED system, I feel very anxious about my ability to follow through, continue to lose weight, maintain the weight loss etc.

This is where being in bondage to the weight comes into play. This morning when I weighed, I felt full of self confidence. At this moment, I feel full of worry and fear of not achieving my goal. I know those feelings are not God's truth. I know worry and doubt are tools Satan uses to deceive us and keep our focus on other things besides God. However, I am going to recognize Satan for the liar and deceiver that he is and I am going to CHOOSE to believe God's promises:

"For I know the plans I have for you," declares The Lord, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you hope and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Philippians 4:13

I was over on calories today mainly because I didn't measure my food (which gets me every time). I didn't eat anything unhealthy, just too much food in general. Tomorrow will be better because instead of feeling the pressure of my current weight, I'm going to think about and pray those two scriptures tomorrow.

DAY 69 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS ???

All in all, this was an awesome weekend AND I stayed primarily green over the 3 days!! I am so proud of the changes I have made and I feel so optimistic that I truly am changing and making these new habits my lifestyle!

DAY 68 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS ???

I am very happy with this "Green" card especially considering we were out of town at the festival. The primary reason I stayed green is because I was PROACTIVE and made the CHOICE to manage my 5 key areas instead of REACTING to the circumstances of being at the festival and being a victim to those circumstances.

This weekend was a huge success!

DAY 67 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 23.8

Except for sleep, today was a good day. I got my exercise in early and I navigated being at the music festival with an abundance of food and drink successfully.

I planned out and logged on my food for the weekend on "My Fitness Pal". This helped A LOT! I knew how much food I had to eat for each day and therefore I knew how to "budget" my meals and snacks so I never got too hungry. I opted not to drink any alcohol because I would rather eat my calories than drink them.

I am posting this on Sunday, May 19th (day 69) because there was no phone or Internet service at the festival so I couldn't post my progress for Friday or Saturday. Anyway, I would classify this weekend as a HUGE success in the Green vs. Red challenge! I am anxious to weigh in the morning. I am hoping I am finally under the 160 lb mark.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

DAY 66 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 23.8 LBS

I had a good day today. I am going to be out of town this weekend at a music festival. There will be an abundance of food available and a very relaxed atmosphere that will be conducive to overeating.

In the past, I would feel very overwhelmed by the task of eating healthy when the food options are going to very tasty and very unhealthy. Instead of being overwhelmed and thinking, "Oh well, I'll just eat "bad" this weekend and start my diet on Monday," I have decided to be proactive and put my new healthy habits to good use! I have planned out my meals, I am taking my own food and I will be exercising both mornings I am there. I am very close to weighing in the 150's which is a huge milestone. I want to make good choices and exercise good habits so I can continue to make good progress.

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

DAY 65 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 23 LBS

Two BIG victories:

1. Was very sick last week, had company in town this week for 5 days, attended a concert and celebrated Mother's Day and I remained 76% GREEN over those 5 days. I think that is pretty good! Especially compared to my "old habits" when company was in town. I used to eat constantly when we had company. I would cook fattening food, go out to restaurants and eat fattening food and not exercise. All in all, I would always gain weight!

This time I ate healthy and stayed active. We all worked out hard on Mother's Day (I got to choose what I wanted to do), went climbing at an indoor gym on Monday and attended boot camp yesterday and today. It feels GREAT and EMPOWERING to CHOOSE HEALTHY HABITS!

2. I have OVERCOME the bad habit of "grazing" in the evenings. In the past, I have often consumed a large number of calories between the time we put our kids in bed and when I would go to bed. Many times I would come downstairs and find myself standing in the pantry or in front of the open refrigerator looking for something (anything) to eat. This habit had NOTHING to do with physical hunger and EVERYTHING to do with emotional stress. I realized tonight that I have broken that habit because once I finished dinner and fresh fruit for dessert, I never gave a second thought to eating anything else!

If you have never struggled with emotional overeating, it might be hard to understand, but I experienced FREEDOM in this area tonight. I actually have been experiencing this freedom for a while now, however, I realized I was FREE tonight when it dawned on me that it has been weeks since I have found myself staring in the pantry!

Wow. Awesome!! Thank you God!!

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

DAY 64 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 22.6 LBS

Today was a good day. Started off with bootcamp and ended with an all green card. Heading to bed now. Sleep will be red tomorrow, but I'm going to get as much sleep as I can, even though it will be less than 6 hours.

Monday, May 13, 2013

DAY 63 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 21.6 LBS

Got right back on track today. It helped to log all my food ahead of time. We rock climbed today at an indoor climbing gym. Very fun, very hard and I'm worn out. Looking forward to getting back to boot camp tomorrow after being out for a week.

Sunday, May 12, 2013

DAY 62 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 23 LBS

I ate a lot today. I didn't measure ANY of my food. I added SALT to my food. I PROBABLY overestimated how much food I ate today. I DIDN'T drink all of my WATER. I DIDN'T get enough SLEEP. I DID WORKOUT (and it was hard)!

I DID HAVE ONE OF THE BEST MOTHER'S DAY EVER. We went to church, ate yummy food, and worked out with friends and family. It was fun working out, laughing and playing with the kids this afternoon. We all had a great time.

Lessons learned at this point in the journey:

1. MEASURE everything.

2. If possible, map out all of my meals for the day (budget my calories)

3. DO NOT eat standing up. Measure, fix my plate, sit down and consciously enjoy my meal.

4. Begin drinking water EARLY in the day to get it all in.

5. DON'T add SALT to already prepared dishes. My taste buds have already adjusted to less salt and will continue to adjust if I give them a chance.

6. LISTEN to my body. I ate today even though I was full.

7. I can eat ANYTHING I want.  REALLY.  1700 calories a day allows me to eat a REASONABLE PORTION of anything I want.  I need to remember that.

8. I WILL NOT have a "blowing my diet" mentality. I want to eliminate the "all or nothing" thinking that I automatically fall into when I eat food that, in my mind, is "not healthy". Today that food was chips.

9. Take more time to THANK GOD for all the blessings in my life. A wonderful husband, three healthy kids, loving and supportive family and friends, good health, church, my husband's job, our home, good neighbors, boot camp, our sweet dog, the many answered prayers...

DAY 61 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 24 LBS

I am logging my highest calorie count since I began this challenge. It was an interesting and challenging day. We went to the Kenny Chesney concert this afternoon. The first performer began at 5:00 and Kenny ended at 11:30. The dinner options were not healthy. I chose a bag of dry roasted and salted peanuts. I ate the whole bag. 960 calories worth of peanuts. For that many calories it sounds like it should have been a huge bag but it was 6 oz. it would have been better to have eaten healthy before the concert and skipped dinner but it also could have been A LOT worse. And I was tempted. VERY tempted. Those nachos with jalapeños were yelling my name. I did eat two chips with cheese and jalapeños from my niece's order but considering I really wanted an entire order for myself, I think I did pretty well. And although the peanuts were high in calories, I chose the only natural food there was to choose (other options were giant hotdogs/giant pretzels/giant nachos).

Also, logging my food all day was a huge success. I've eaten "2800 calorie days" many times before and probably many days, I've eaten even more calories. However, I have NEVER logged my food on a day like today. Small changes that I know will equal big results as I consistently make healthy choices. I'm anticipating a big jump in weight tomorrow due to the calories and the salt. I'm prepared to deal with it. I have a hard work out planned for tomorrow which will be great especially since I have been sick this week and missed bootcamp all but one day. One day at a time. One green goal at a time. I'll get there.

Saturday, May 11, 2013

DAY 60 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 24.4 LBS

I'm too tired to say much. I feel better as far as illness goes, the house is almost completely clean (clean enough for company coming) and I'm ready for bed. Should be able to get 7 hours of sleep in tonight. Hoping to be in the 150's tomorrow or the next day.

Thursday, May 9, 2013

DAY 59 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 23.8 LBS

I survived today (crazy busy schedule) and even got a little walking in, but I am worn out! I feel better than I did yesterday but definitely not 100%.

I had an excellent drop in weight today which I was happy to see since my weight has been hovering around the same number for well over a week. I don't know what exactly caused the sudden drop but hopefully it will stay low. It has been years since I've been below 160 lbs. I weighed 159.6 lbs on April 16, 2009, over 4 years ago at a Weight Watcher's meeting, but the next week I weighed 161 and my weight has continued to climb from that point in time.

I'm headed to bed now in hopes that I can feel better tomorrow.

Wednesday, May 8, 2013

DAY 58 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 21.6 LBS

I started feeling poorly last night and by the time my alarm went off at 5:00 a.m. I knew I had some kind of infection in my chest and would have to go to the doctor. I have a chest infection and sinus infection. I just feel crummy. Company is coming in Saturday, it is end of school year so we are super busy and there is not a lot of wiggle room in the daily calendar. I'm headed to bed in about 20 minutes, I'm not setting my alarm for bootcamp. And hopefully can get about 10 hours of sleep. I'm hopeful that the antibiotics/ sleep combo will do the trick and I will feel better tomorrow.

Illness is something that has derailed my dieting attempts in the past. 58 days into this new lifestyle change I feel very focused on meeting my goals with a dose of grace (didn't exercise today and not sure how much water I drank) but that is where the grace comes in. I've always said I didn't have to be perfect, just do the best I can each day. Do I want some comfort food? Yes! And would it be nice to have my mom around the corner to come over with some TLC for me and help with the kids? Sure, but unfortunately she doesn't live around the corner and I'm thankful to have an awesome husband who is tender, helpful and understanding.

So how will I NOT DERAIL in this circumstance? I believe with all my heart that I feel better physically (with the exception of current illness) because of these new healthy habits. No amount of comfort food is going to make me feel better physically. For a few seconds of bliss It might feel better emotionally but it would be a short time until the physical ramifications would hit (bloating, cravings for sweets that have all but disappeared) and then the emotional ramifications would hit (feelings of failure and being overwhelmed by the cravings and the mental justification that I would start to say to myself)....."I am sick after all, I can get back to being healthy tomorrow," which in the past has been days, weeks, months or even years down the road.

Nope, I'm going to stick with the plan and prove to my body that I mean business. I'm in this for the long haul. AND, if I'm completely honest, I suspect that I'm partially sick because I'm burning the candle on both ends and not getting the sleep I need. That has to become a serious priority.

Off to bed for now. 😊

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

DAY 57 -TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 21.4 LBS

I was asked today, "What is SO important that you can't get more than 5 hours of sleep?" The answer to that question is NOTHING! Hence, I'm in bed earlier than normal hoping to get 7 hours of sleep in tonight.

BIG VICTORY tonight. Several months ago I hung an old pair of SIZE 10 Gap jeans up in my closet as inspiration. I haven't worn them in over 8 years. Before I began the GREEN vs RED challenge, I could not get the jeans past my thighs. Tonight I tried them again and not only did they go past my thighs, I got them ALL THE WAY ON AND BUTTONED UP!!! Yay!!! Now that is REAL progress. They are too tight to actually wear out, but it won't be long until I can. I mean I buttoned and zipped them up without laying down or utilizing a hangar to pry the zipper up! Hopefully, I am not the only one with those memories from junior high/high school!

I have been a little perplexed about my weight loss kind of stalling out lately, but I still feel like my body is transforming. The jeans tonight are proof of that happening. It feels great to make REAL CHANGES and see and feel REAL RESULTS!

Monday, May 6, 2013

DAY 56 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 21 LBS

Today was a good day with the exception of too little sleep. A BIG success also occurred today. I made a batch of homemade banana pudding and didn't eat any! Normally, I would eat a lot of vanilla wafers, a decent amount of pudding that I would outright put in a bowl, plus the leftover pudding on the spatula, beaters, and mixing bowl. No telling how many calories because I would NEVER measure any of that. I would then be forced to acknowledge how much I was really eating. Plus, lets not forget if I were serving that at my house, I would have a large portion when it was being served! Yikes! So glad I am making better, healthier choices!

Sunday, May 5, 2013

DAY 55 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 21 LBS

My weight is up and I don't know why. Weird. One thing I think is happening is that my body has never had this long of a period of time where I have eaten healthy and exercised. My weight hasn't been this low in years so I suspect my body is wanting to see if this deal is for real. I didn't get much exercise this week so my hope is that by the end of the week (5 days of boot camp) my weight will drop some more. No matter what my weight does day to day, I am staying the course. I will continue to make healthy choices and exercise. It may take a while for my body to adjust to this new lifestyle but I know eventually my body will settle at a healthy, maintainable weight.

DAY 54 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 21.8 LBS

I had a great drop in weight. I knew that by choosing 7.5 hours of sleep last night instead 6 hours, I would most likely not have time to exercise. Tomorrow should be an all green day if everything goes according to plan.

Friday, May 3, 2013

DAY 53 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 20.0 LBS


It feels weird to eat this many calories but I'm going to trust what the trainer has been saying and see what happens. I know that 5 days of bootcamp every morning and averaging 5.5 hours of sleep for the last 5 nights has worn me out! I'm ready for bed and I'm going to make a concerted effort to get more sleep.

I just figured out I have slept 324.5 hours in 53 days, which averages to 5.93 hours per night. Although that is very close to hitting my goal (for the avg), I really don't think that is enough sleep for my body to function properly.  It seems like 7.5 hours of sleep is the magic number I tend to get when I have the opportunity to sleep in or actually go to bed before 10:30 p.m. I'm going to strive to give myself that 7.5 hours of sleep time every night and see how I feel.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

DAY 52 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 19.8 LBS

I have a lot going in my head right now and I would love to process it all on the blog but I'm tired and need to get to sleep. Bottom line, my weight not going down is a little frustrating but I'm staying focused on my daily goals. I have weighed this low of a weight in years so I'm sure my body is wondering what the heck is going on right now! A friend of mine, as well as my bootcamp instructor, think I need to eat MORE. I'm going to try to get as close to 1700 calories as I can each day.

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

DAY 51 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 19.6 LBS

I'm kind of bummed that my weight is up 1.4 lbs since my lowest weight 3 days ago. Not sure what is going on although I have had unexplained weight fluctuations before with the overall trend xgoing down.

I will continue to log calories, make healthy choices, exercise, drinks lots of water and read my Bible and pray. I will continue to focus on these goals. So with that said, I'm going to sleep now. I will be green for sleep tomorrow!

DAY 50 - TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS 20.4

It was a good day. I stayed up too late tonight getting things done so I'm tired and ready to go to sleep.