Day 3

Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 217.6
Total Loss: 3.4 pounds

Whew, it seems as if I dodged a bullet with the pizza.  My weight was exactly the same today as it was yesterday.  No loss but no gain either.  I'm still on track for 30 pounds in 30 days.  I feel good about my choices today.  I had a more stressful than usual day at work today and still managed to stay within my calorie goal (and recover 3.6 million dollars).  I still struggled a little around 530 when I was getting waxed (I'm no longer a hairy beast!) because I was starting to get really hungry and was pretty close to the danger zone when I'm so hungry I don't give a shit about calories and just want to stuff my face.  Then I did the worst thing I could possibly do in that situation - I went to the grocery store?!  I made an effort to look at the nutritional value of everything I bought and rectified my issue from last night by buying 3 family size lean cuisine dinners.  Now I have something quick that will steam in the microwave and not be 305 calories per bite.

Something I need to look into that I've noticed in just the few days that I've been doing this is that my energy is pretty much gone by 8-830 every night.  I don't know if its because my body is adjusting to lower calories or if I'm just spending the calories on the wrong foods.  That is my goal for tomorrow.  Research high energy foods and try to incorporate at least one serving into each meal. 

I've been thinking about buying an outfit for my 30 pound goal.  Something that is a size or two smaller than what I am right now.  I'm having a going away party on April 29th which will be just a couple days after my 30 days is up so a new outfit for that party would be nice.  What do you guys think about that?  Do you think things like that help with motivation or is it a waste of money because it may not fit when I need it and I'd have to get something else on top of it (please keep in mind I do not have a job in Chicago yet).

On the exercise front I'm still not motivated in any way to do anything and have to force myself to accomplish any exercise at all.  Not good on day 3 of the resolution.  I think I would do better if signed up for a sport or a dance class or something.  I tend to better when other people are relying on me to show up for something or if I might be able to beat someone in something.  Hmmm.....something else to think about.

Thanks for reading,
Mellissa

Food Journal March 30, 2011

Breakfast - 120 calories
Greek Yogurt w/blueberries
Lunch - 490 calories
6" subway turkey on honey oat w/ mustard, cucumbers, tomato, peppers
1 can of barq's rootbeer (one of my favorite parts of the day)
Snack - 200 calories
Starbucks tall iced chai w/soy milk (considering i walked, elevatored, sky bridged, and practically ran stairs in heels to get to this drink and then again back to work I think I burned this whole drink off before I took a sip)
5 carrot sicks w/ hummus
Dinner - 430 calories
4 pieces of thin sliced lunch meat ham
1 sandwich thin (tastes like cardboard- i don't recommend them)
Sweet Potato Fries
1 Oatmeal Raisin cookie
Total calories - 1240