Day 1

Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 221
Total Loss: 0 pounds

First of all, YIKES!  I cannot believe that in the last 2-3 months that I have been really lax about journaling and eating pretty much whatever I want that I have gained back 10 of my lost pounds!  So glad I started this now before I was back up to where I was when I started or even worse.  I did encounter a couple of small obstacles today but glad they happened on day 1 when I have a lot of willpower vs. next week when the hunger has kicked in but the results haven't yet. 

Obstacle number 1 - Lunch with the boss's boss. 
It's not like I could say no to this lunch invite but luckily he chose a restaurant I was familiar with so I knew the calorie count on an entree I have gotten there before.  I knew ahead of time that obstacle number 2 was going to be happening later that day so even though the lunch entree was only 500 calories I didn't eat the taco shell and opted for no guacamole to cut the calories even more.  So I estimate 200 calories or less for the contents of the tacos.

Obstacle number 2 - Happy hour with an ex-employee.
My second chance of the day to show that I can handle every day situations and not go over calories was happy hour with an ex-employee that was planned over a week ago.  I was pretty hungry going in since my lunch was pretty small and breakfast too now that I think about it.  So when the drink menu came I stuck with non-sweetened iced tea and when the appetizers were being passed around I did a quick calorie estimate on each one and had one of each of the breaded appetizers and a few of the lower calorie non-carb appetizers.

I wasn't completely satisfied when I left but I wasn't beating myself up for indulging either.  Right now its about 830pm and I could definately go for a sandwich (or some cake and ice cream ;) ) but I've turned the tv off and the kitchen and any room remotely close to it is off limits for the rest of the night.  I have found in the past that if I distract myself from thoughts of food long enough I can insert a new habit into the time slot that used to be filled with eating.  So here I am typing away in a room that is relatively safe food wise.  Not counting the Juicy Juice fruit punch box that is sitting on my desk but luckily it doesn't have a straw so I think I can handle it, haha.

I didn't get any exercise in today which of course is my biggest issue that needs to be tackled.  I didn't get home until after 7pm and had to do bath time, books, and bed with my 3 year old and its a little dark to go out and do some walking around the neighborhood at this point.  Even as I type this I realize that I'm already making excuses.  I have work out dvd's downstairs and as soon as I'm done here I am going to go do one.  Wow!  This blog thing really works......Looking forward to tomorrow's weigh in to get this thing moving in the right direction!

Thanks for checking in with me today.  Come back tomorrow and watch me post my weight for the world to see once again!

Mellissa

Food Journal for March 28, 2011

Breakfast - 120 calories
Greek Yogurt w/ blueberries
Lunch - 200 calories
Chicken tacos minus the shell, cheese, and guacamole
Iced Tea
Snack - 170 calories
Starbucks tall iced chai tea w/soy milk
Dinner - 250 calories
2 steak bites - 70 calories
1 grilled shrimp on appetizer bread - 65 calories
1 breaded artichoke heart - 75 calories
1 popcorn shrimp - 40 calories
Iced Tea
Dessert - 100 calories
Handful of jelly beans
Snack before working out - 105 calories
Banana
Total Calories - 945