Day 4

Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 216.4
Total Loss: 4.6 pounds

Hello Day 4.  Down another pound today which is the best way to start the day so I was in a good mood going into work.  Boss came back from vaca today so that pretty much squashed that good mood by 9am.  Back to dealing with bs after a nice week off where I almost felt like I was on vaca too.  But I see the end of the tunnel with only 18 work days left to deal with him and I will never have to do it again.  Can I get a woohoo??!? 

I did well on the food front today even made the most effort I have made in a long time to exercise though the universe was working against me.  I tried to make it to an interesting workout that a co-worker has been telling me about for a few weeks but by the time I found the place and then parking there was a line of people in front of me and no time to register for the 530pm class.  I'm hoping to hit it up again on Saturday to see how I like it.  I still haven't gotten my treadmill yet so I'm really slacking on the exercise part of this resolution.  I don't want to be a skinny flabby mess so I need to get it together before I have to hear another lecture from Brandi about losing muscle or some other terrible thing that might happen to me if I diet and don't work out ;) 

I had a headache and was really tired all day but I did manage to do my research from yesterday on high energy foods and found what you all probably already know.  Broccoli, asparagus, spinach (yuck), nuts, eggs, yogurt, oranges or anything with a lot of vitamin C, beans, and seeds have the most energy packed into them.  Considering I have been eating yogurt pretty much every day since I started this and still feel tired I decided to try one of the others.  Unfortunately the only thing on this list I had in my house was a bag of frozen broccoli which I didn't find until after dinner.  I was able to get an Orange in for afternoon snack (thank you very much Mr. Odom) but still felt really run down when I got home from work.  I will make more of an effort with these foods tomorrow and am going to look into a multi-vitamin.  Maybe I can find one specifically made for energy.

I can already see potential obstacles for tomorrow.  A company sponsored lunch for the end of our big yearly audit (words can't describe how happy I am that its over) and movie night with the girls (which will include dinner).  I am going back to yogurt for breakfast tomorrow becuase its only 120 calories and will give me a good start to deal with these two obstacles.  Anyone have any suggestions on how to do movie theatre food low cal?  I should be ok at dinner since I pretty much know 1 healthy thing at all the restaurants that we could potentially end up at.  I do tend to give up on the calorie count when I go out though under the guise of "i'll eat less tomorrow".  So that will be my true challenge tomorrow.  Stay within calories while still going out and having fun. 

Thanks for reading.

Mellissa

Food Journal March 31, 2011

Breakfast - 280 calories
2 french toast sticks
2 turkey sausage links
Lunch - 280 calories
LC turkey w/mashed potatoes, green beans
Water
Snack - 65 calories
Orange
Dinner - 650 calories
1 cup ground beef with taco seasoning
1/4 cup shredded cheese
1 chocolate chip cookie
1 juicy juice fruit punch box
Total calories - 1275