Christmas has past...

Christmas has past but not all the rich foods. I am still struggling to get up and moving more. I think because it is a break from school (no predawn 200 yard dashes for the school bus with my 3-4 preschooler and kindergartners), I don't want to get up early. The kids do. This causes the days to start out crazy and I spend half the morning or more trying to get things under control again. I need to work on going to bed at a decent time and making sure that I am drinking enough water. (I haven't been drinking water much during the day so I load up at night when things slow down and I realize how thirsty I am. Then I get up at night to go to the bathroom which wakes Liliana who is a light sleeper who then sometimes wakes her brothers....)

going the wrong way

So last week was a tough one for me. I didn't bake cookies (yet) but I did bake a pumpkin pie (that's healthier right?) then I made brownies, then had other desserts and unhealthy snacks like Reese's peanut butter cups......
This week on Wed, I made another pumpkin pie and a no bake cheese cake and a birthday cake for my mom (served with ice cream). I don' think the scale will be nice next week either.....

Emotional rollercoaster

Life feels like an emotional roller coaster right now. I am trying to make sure that I don't over eat especially some sweets just because I am feeling extra emotional. Still I want to bake cookies..... I feel like saying that trying to eat right is not that important to me right now but I also know that poor choices now affect my future. Still very hard.

So here are the holidays...

We have been busy with various things that make life busy. We had a good Thanksgiving and enjoyed time with friends and family. I think that I did fairly well not over eating too much. (Getting sick helped with that.) I still ate lots of dessert.....

Busy week

I can hardly believe another week has passed. This past week has been tough as the kids have been sick. I have made a point to actively play with the kids when they are up and about. I am trying again to add fruit to my diet. This week is Thanksgiving. I am going to try to focus on being Thankful and not just food. I hope to watch my portions and balance the eating with some family activities.

Starting over

I am going to start over again. I am going to try to update at least once a week. It was just too much to do daily.

I have been undiscplined....

I have been eating lots of foods that have been poor choices for my health and not setting good limits on them. I haven't kept a journal either because I know that I have been making poor choices. Tomorrow is a new day. I will start fresh....

Thursday 9-13-07

Breakfast: yogurt 3pt
lunch: chips 3pt
hamburger meat 6 pt
shredded cheese 2pt
tomatos
Supper: Roast 6pt
mashed potatoes 2 pt
pinapples 2 pt
salad
shredded cheese 2pt
ranch dressing 4 pt

water 4

vitamin
Total points: 30

no exercise today. Poor, very interupted night last night

Wednesday

Due to potty training, we aren't doing regular meals. I didn't count points yesterday.
Breakfast: 1/2 protein shake
Lunch: rest of protein shake
Dinner: whole wheat waffles with syrup
1/2 banana
2 pieces thick bacon
scrambled eggs with diced tomatoes
milk

Exercise: 15 abd slides
5 min exercise bike

Tuesday 9-11-2007

breakfast: milk 2 pt

Lunch: 1 chicken thigh 3pt
2 serving mashed potatoes 8pt
vanilla yogurt raisins

Dinner: pork chop 4 pt
strawberries 1 pt
salad
shredded cheese 2pt
ranch dressing 4 pt

various bites of chocolate, candy corn, peanut butter cookies (potty training rewards)

Water: 5
vitamin
Total points: 24+

exercise steps 5 min
dancing silly with children 5 min

Day 5 Monday

Brkfst: 1/2 banana 1 pt
yogurt 2 pt

Lunch: hot dog 5 pt
bun 3 pt
fruit salad 2 pt
water

Supper:2 slices pizza 18 pt
salad
carrots
cucumbers
hard boiled egg 2 pt
ranch dressing 4 pt
Total points: 37


Exercise: 30 abd slides
2 min on exercise bike mod intesity

water 7

vitamin

Day 4 Sunday

not a good diet day. We went to church and then had people over for hot dogs, baked beans, chips, fruit salad and cookies. I ate way too many cookies....... Drank pop, and had fun!

Day 3 Saturday

Breakfast: milk 2 cups 4pt
scrambled eggs 5 pt
sausage 4 pt

Lunch: 4 oz yogurt 2 pt
1 cup water

Supper: BBQ chicken thigh 3 pt
mashed potatoes 4 pt
broccoli 0 pt
dinner roll 3 pt
1 cup water

Total points: 24

Friday

Breakfast: 4 slices of bacon (4pts)
water 8 oz

Lunch: peanut butter/jelly sandwich (7 pts)
1/2 banana (1 pt)
1 cup 1% milk (2 pt)

Supper: Tortilla chips 3 pt
hambuger meat 6 pt
shredded cheese 4 pt
sour cream 2 pt
filling for peanutbutter pie 2 pt
water



Water:4


fruit/veggies: 1


exercise: 10 abd slides
15 min running with kids




Total points: 31

Thursday September 6, 2007

Breakfast: cherrios 2 points
1% milk 1 point

Lunch: 3 slices of frozen pizza 24 points
grapes 1 point

Supper: 1 breakfast pork chop grilled 3 points
small salad 0 points
shredded cheese 3 points
ranch dressing 2 points
deviled egg 4 points
corn on cob 1 point
butter 1 point
sliced strawberries 1 points

43 points total. water 4 cups. veggies 3

beginning point

I now weigh in at 147.9 this morning.
I did 16 abd slides this morning on the torso track.