April 15

Was late to WW meeting. Up 3 lbs. Could be the tomato sauce and salt from dinner last night. Also could be that my choices this week were not stellar. I had a busy work week. I want to learn how to make good food choices when things get hard.

B: egg, 1/2 cup Fage 2% Greek yogurt, 1/2 cup blueberries, coffee with 2% milk.

L: salad with a protein (Cheddar's Kale salad?) Yes

S: almonds nope, mini babybel light and some pineapple

D: 1/2 a chicken enchilada, salad, black beans  yes

S: let's skip the sugar. Alcohol, I'm sure. DH and I may go for a beer no sugar, but did have a whisky cocktail.

E: 30 minute walk, somewhere in here today. (Also, if I can swing it I will try to leave early today to make it to a yoga class at 4:30PM. Not counting on that... but maybe...) did get to the yoga class!!

Daily Motivation: Be kind to yourself. I really am irritated that I'm up this week and I do feel it's because I didn't make good choices. The extra sugar during the week, an extra glass of wine, tortilla chips, not working out as much - these things all added up to a gain.

April 14

This morning I went to get a new driver's license and I put 160 as my weight. My goal is to be below that number before my birthday this year, about six months away. Actually not so much to get to the number as to have a transformation similar to the girl in these photos!

Steps for today:

B: egg, 1/2 cup Fage 2% yogurt, 1/2 cup blueberries, coffee with 2% milk

L: salad with a protein. Whole foods? *Anthony's salad and side of 2 meatballs

S: 12 almonds, 1 cup grapes *yes almonds, but no grapes. Add a mini babybel light and the roasted sweet potatoes.

D: one chicken enchilada, steamed broccoli, roasted sweet potatoes  *no broccoli, also sweet potatoes were a snack. Add salad with tomatoes, cucumber, onions. Side of 1/2 cup black beans. 

S: pineapple, maybe some chocolate chips *yes, and a sip of Sambucca

E: swim *no workout. Did walk the dog 30 minutes.

Daily Motivation: This photo. I have no idea who she is but she was on The Berry's Daily Motivation website today. I am working toward a similar change in appearance for myself over the next 6 months. (Bonus, I already own the "after" hat!!)

April 13

Late writing, but had a plan this morning and have stuck to it!

B: oatmeal, 1/2 banana, 1TBSP peanut butter, coffee with 1% milk

L: 1/2 cup of chicken chili, 1/2 avocado with mixed greens

S: 1 cup grapes, mini babybel light

D: spinach and cheese ravioli with tomato sauce, romaine salad with tomato, cucumber, onion, olive oil and balsamic *no tomato sauce. Boo.

S: Not sure why I didn't put in a second snack!! Pineapple, roasted sweet potatoes, and 16g dark chocolate chips. 

E: weights workout

Daily motivation: just do it. I'm happy I'm doing it. Not easy every day, but I'm doing it and I'll get there.

April 12

I didn't start with a plan. It's 4PM and I'm writing now.

B: egg, 1/2 cup Fage Greek yogurt with 1/2 cup blueberries, coffee with half and half

L: 1.5 cups green chile (think it was chicken, not pork), 2 6" flour tortillas, 10 tortilla chips.

S: mini Reese's PB cup, fun-size Krackel bar, 1 square dark chocolate

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What I've learned here is that I must pre-track my day in the morning!! Here is the plan for the rest of the day:

E: Spin class *The beefy guy, not Katie H, and again he gave a good workout. 

D: salmon, roasted sweet potatoes, romaine salad with cucumbers, olive oil, balsamic

S: homemade Dr. Bird cake. *and a bite of a peanut butter cookie, and 1/2 brownie. Hm. Sugar begets sugar, or it was all out on the table so I sampled it all? Did I need to do that? Cake, yes, the rest, let's think about that next time...

Daily Motivation: go spin and earn that cake.... that's my daily motivation!!!

April 11 looks like this

B: oatmeal, blueberries, 2TBSP sliced almonds

L: 3 oz. salmon, roasted brussels sprouts, roasted cauliflower

S: grapes, mini babybel light *and some rice crackers, ~5, and some peanut butter pieces

D: salmon, roasted sweet potatoes, romaine salad with cucumbers, avocado, quinoa olive oil and balsamic *nope, went to Pete's Greek hole in the wall. Had 1/2 small greek salad, 2 bites of spanikopita, 1/2 cup moussaka, 3 bites chix noodle soup. 

S: pineapple nope, baklava. Delish. neither love nor hate that it went this way. 

E: off day today. definitely need to recover from yesterday's crazy ski! *did walk Doggy Love for 30 minutes

Daily motivation: rest is part of the program. Do it well!
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Today did not go as planned. That's OK, for one day.

April 10 looks like this

B: bagel with veggie cream cheese, coffee with 1% milk *they had MINI bagels - SO GREAT!!!

L: 1 slice pizza, pineapple, celery and bell peppers *add 6 oz. hot chocolate

S: beer or apres-ski cocktail *had a glass of wine with dinner. Also did not bring enough food for the work we did skiing, so apres-ski also included a bean-and-cheese burrito from Taco Bell. INHALED it. 

D: salmon, roasted brussels sprouts and cauliflower *add roasted potatoes

S: more wine, 1TBSP chocolate chips

E: ski day. Easy day... since we haven't been skiing! *Ended up being the hardest ski day we've had in a long time! Skied 10AM-3PM, pretty hard the whole time. Stopped for lunch for 30ish minutes. Did not pack enough food, had to supplement...

April 9 looks like this

B: egg, 1/4 avocado, 1/2 orange, coffee with 1% milk

S: banana, 2TBSP pb

L: romaine salad with peppers, celery, quinoa and 1/4 avocado, maybe 1/2 oz. salami

S: cantaloupe or pears, 1 oz brie *No fruit here. 1 oz asiago instead of brie, salami eaten here, bell peppers, hummus and a mini babybel light cheese

D: no idea, but would love a burger or steak over some greens, some sweet potato fries and a glass of wine.  Did a cedar plank salmon and roasted brussels sprouts, cauliflower and potatoes.

S: brownie and grilled pineapple

E: weights, 40 mins full body circuit (Base Workout) did this and rode bike to and from gym. Nice!!

Note: Because it's the weekend, I have no idea what one of my meals - Lunch or Dinner - will be. One of them will definitely be a big salad.

It was hard for me to write today's plan because it's the weekend. But I want to be successful, so planning has to be a part of EACH day.

Daily Motivation: You're doing awesome, so KEEP GOING!!!