Day 6

Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 217.2
Total Loss: 3.8 pounds

Another day without a loss.  Not feeling so great about that but at least there wasn't another gain.  I got my treadmill today so I'm excited to see the results when I finally add some exercise to my efforts.  I had a good day today calorie wise.  I always struggle on the weekends when I'm out of my daily routine and have less to occupy my time.  I did do some major cleaning and packing today while taking care of a 3 year old by myself so I definately had a few distractions.  I tried to get him to participate and help but when I told him we have to clean up and pack so we can move to a new house his response to me was "ok, but you have to do it because I have to watch scooby doo."  I guess we all have our priorities.  I did drink more than my normal amount of water today which is a good thing because I know I need to increase my daily intake of water. 

Someone told me today that people that sleep less than the average person consume more food and are more likely to be overweight.  I wonder how much truth there is to that?  I sleep an average of about 6 hours a night but not continuously since Logan usually wakes up every few hours.  Last night was even worse because he had a bad dream so I let him sleep in my bed from about 3am on.  He insisted on sharing my pillow and not having one of his own and he tosses and turns so much that for most of the night he used my stomach as his pillow (one benefit of being fat I guess).  Although very sweet that he wanted to be that close to me when 7am hit and the sun was shining through the window and his little face was right in mine informing me that it is "no more dark" all I could think about was how much I wish I could block out the sun so I could sleep for a few more hours.  I struggled all morning with wanting to eat.  I kept drinking glasses of water hoping it would help.  Logan finally took a nap at around 5pm so I did too.  We woke up around 730 (completely throwing off his bedtime schedule) and even though I was hungry I had a much easier time making the right decisions and was able to cut my portion size.  So this whole experience leads me to believe there is something to this whole getting more sleep thing.  I'm not sure if I'm able to comit to getting more sleep though because it seems like there aren't enough hours in the day as it is.  I am going to make a strong effort though to at least be in my bed with the lights off by 11pm every night.  And I will not have my phone in my hand!!  Facebook and wordfeud will be there in the morning I'm quite sure.

I feel the "light" feeling that I always strive for when I'm counting calories that tells me that I am on track with the number of calories that I'm eating so I feel good for tomorrow's weigh in.  More cleaning and packing tomorrow and I promise to do at least a mile on the treadmill.

Thanks for reading,
Mellissa

Food Journal April 2, 2011

Breakfast - 370 calories
2 french toast sticks
2 links turkey sausage
1 cup milk
Lunch - 280 calories
LC sweet/sour ginger chicken
Water
Snack - 340 calories
Grilled cheese
Dinner - 300 calories
1/2 apple harvest chicken salad
water
Total calories - 1290