Day 2.30

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 203.2

Total 2.0 Loss: 10 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 203.2

Total Loss: 17.8 Pounds

 

Another 30 days bites the dust, along with another 10 pounds J  I never did get around to getting another measuring tape but I will for sure do that in the next blog.  I’m going to nix the whole 30 day set up that I’ve had going and start a new blog to take me through to goal.  I’m still going to post every day since I seem to not do well on the days that I think I don’t need to be accountable to others so please continue to harass me if you don’t see me post for a few days. 

Today was an ok day......no exercise since I had Logan and went to NKOTB concert (wooohooo!!).  I had oatmeal for breakfast (skipped the protein powder since I knew I wouldn’t be working out that day) and had some left over cheese curds for lunch (I estimate around 400 calories).  I dropped Logan off and went to dinner before the concert and had a burger and fries which I estimate at another 550 calories with the amount that I ate.  Then I started drinking…….I used diet coke as the mixer so zero calories there and I can’t imagine that the rum has more than 50 calories per shot and had 7 of those over the next 5 hours.  I probably would have had more had they not been $21 per drink at the concert (good thing I got the first 3 in at the restaurant).  Somehow after all that alcohol I remembered every dance step to every NKOTB song and so proceeded to dance them out on every song so I did get a pretty good workout at the concert, haha.  I  just found out that NKOTB are going to be at Tacoma Dome the day I fly in to Seattle in 3 weeks so I am super excited to see them again (I’m even giving up the only show Britney is doing in Chicago that same night!).  That choice was harder than eating only oatmeal and chicken for a week! 

So, on to another month and hopefully multiple inches/pounds gone by the next time I’m wrapping up a blog. 

Thanks for reading!!

Day 2.29

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 203.8

Total 2.0 Loss: 9.4 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 203.8

Total Loss: 17.2 Pounds

 

So I attempted to run today but failed pretty miserably.  First, I forgot my clothes and my shoes at home but borrowed some of grandma’s (that was a sight let me tell you), then took Logan, Hannah, and Hayden to the park with Grandma and attempted to walk the trail around the baseball fields but my phone wouldn’t get a satellite connection so not only could I not track my distance or time but also couldn’t get slacker radio so after a few times around the trail, which I estimate at about a half mile total, I gave in to the heat and humidity and went back to Grandma’s, got my clothes and went home. 

Had I stopped there it probably wouldn’t have been too bad since I did well for food up until that point but I stopped at Culver’s on my way home and nothing good can come from that drive thru!  In hindsight, I see that I should have at least done a pure barre workout because at least then I would have gotten some kind of exercise in but instead I fell asleep with Logan when I was trying to put him down at 830pm and didn’t wake up until Saturday morning.  I’m sure Brandi is going to say how that total lack of energy was from the food I just ate and that is probably true, considering I was still exhausted when I woke up on Saturday morning. 

*Note to self.  When eating greasy drive thru food drink 5 hour energy shot before putting toddler to bed ;)

Thanks for reading,

Day 2.28

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 202.8

Total 2.0 Loss: 10.4 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 202.8

Total Loss: 18.2 Pounds

 

No weight movement today.  Not only that but I realized that somehow I had 2 Day 24's so after that correction I only have 2 days left in this 30 day blog.  With 2.8 pounds to go for the big goal........Candice I feel the last few days of biggest loser craziness coming on!  Brandi would kill me if she knew what we did on those 2-3 days before the end of the challenge.  The best I can hope for is that I'm coming to the end of that time of the month so will hopefully release some of the water I've been holding and really hit it hard with the running tomorrow.  I have Logan tomorrow night so I'm going to have to figure something out near grandma's house. 

 

Today started as a not so good food day.  I was in such a rush to get out of the house that I left all my food for the day on the counter and had to figure it out with the vending machine.  After consulting with Brandi, haha, I went with half a bagel and some watermelon my grandma just happened to hand me when I dropped Logan off starting off with 400 calories of carbs and sugar, awesome!!  Cut to lunch and I had a piece of pizza from one of the girls in the office since I didn't have time to run to walmart and get healthy food for lunch and the afternoon snack.  There is another 425 calories, mostly carbs.  I cut the snacks because I just couldn't afford the calories and I honestly had no good options available.  I did drink a lot of water and did really well for dinner with just 5 slices of turkey with a wedge of laughing cow cheese for only 75 calories and no carbs!!  I was still feeling a little hungry and was starting to get a headache but once I started my pure barre workout and drank some more water I felt good.  Now my body feels sore but in a good way from that work out and my headache is gone.  I love how I can feel little muscles all over my body that I didn't even know I had before these last two weeks and especially after I finish the pure barre workouts!  Love them!! 

 

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Day 2.27

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 202.8

Total 2.0 Loss: 10.4 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 202.8

Total Loss: 18.2 Pounds

I had a really great run today, my best time ever!  11 minutes 39 seconds!!  That still isn't great but its 21 seconds off my last best time and the best part about it is that I wasn't dying when it was over!  I actually walked another 2.74 miles after walking 1 mile then running 1 mile and I didn't need ice for my shins or ankles when I got home :)  I also didn't collapse at the bottom of the stairs but jogged up them as well.  So maybe, maybe.....I have to give a little credit to Brandi for knowing what she is talking about.  First with the running because I really think the improvement today came from my breathing which she gave me advice about.  I counted 2 breathes in and 2 breathes out from my first step instead of waiting until i was out of breath and struggling to try to control my breathing.  Whenever I wasn't able to take 2 breaths I slowed to a fast walk until I got it back and started up again.  I definately did more running that walking in that mile this time than I have before.  It is possible that the tasteless food diet that I'm on had something to do with helping me out in todays run as well.  I'm actually excited for tomorrow to do another run.  I'm going to have to find a route to do it out by my grandma's house since I have logan this weekend so we'll see if that makes a difference.

I've got 4 more days left in the month and I'm down more than 10 pounds from this blog and close to 20 pounds with the 2 months combined.  I know I have struggled through some of both of those months but this  blog has really made a difference to me in my weight loss and I want to really thank all of you for reading and commenting (and harrassing me for not posting - a special shout out to Candice here ;) ) I'm going to finish the month strong and am definately going to continue the blog next month but am thinking about changing the name.......Any suggestions??

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Food Journal June 15, 2011

Breakfast - 250 calories

oatmeal w/strawberries

1/2 scoop protein powder

Lunch - 210 calories

grilled chicken

1/2 cup brocoli and zuchini

Snack - 50 calories

The calorie count here is a complete guess

green pepper pieces dipped in annie's balsamic dressing

Dinner - 270 calories

Turkey sandwich w/mustard

Snack - 100 calories

Banana

Total Calories - 880

Day 2.26

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 204.4

Total 2.0 Loss: 8.8 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 204.4

Total Loss: 16.6 Pounds

Day 2 of Brandi's way down.  No gain but no loss.  I still can't find my measuring tape to take measurements so will need to go buy another one sometime this week.  I did the pure barre workout today and my whole body hurts but it a good way!  The workout was supposed to be lower body only but a lot of it is holding yourself in uncomfortable positions while doing isometric movements so my arms hurt just as much as my legs from holding my big ass up to do the exercises.  I'm excited to continue with this workout.  Wait, did I just say excited for exercise?  WTF?!  I liked this wayyy better than the running because even though I was hurting when I was doing it and was shaking and sweating like a pig I wasn't ever out of breath :)  That is my kind of workout! 

I actually liked the oatmeal for breakfast today a lot more than I did yesterday and I do stay full all morning from it.  My stomach hurt a little after I ate it and I just felt like I had eaten too much pretty much all day.  I actually felt a little hungry around 2pm but had the yogurt ready for snack so was good until I got home.  Excited to see how today's food and exercise affect how I feel tomorrow.  And tomorrow is first run day since making these diet changes so I'm sure I can knock out that mile in like 7 or 8 minutes right?  Right!  Haha.

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Food Journal June 13, 2011

Breakfast - 250 calories

oatmeal w/strawberries

1/2 scoop protein powder

water

Lunch - 210 calories

1 grilled chicken breast

1/2 cup brocoli

1/2 luna bar (blueberry bliss mmmmm)

Snack - 250 calories

blueberry yogurt

1/4 cup crunchy things to go in it

Snack 2 - 90 calories

1/2 luna bar

Dinner - 400 calories??

This is an estimate not really sure about the salad calorie count but here are the ingredients

1 cup romaine lettuce

1 cup spinach

green peppers

zucchini

chicken

Annie's Natural balsamic vinigarette dressing

1 whole wheat dinner roll

1 cup of watermelon for dessert

Total Calories - 1200 calories

Day 2.25

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 204.4

Total 2.0 Loss: 8.8 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 204.4

Total Loss: 16.6 Pounds

So day one of being Brandified.  I have to admit that I did feel really full all day long and did not want to eat at most of the snack times.  A small part of that reason is because I take so damn long to eat that it will take me an hour to finish a snack and it seemed like I was constantly eating all day long.  But I have to admit that the oatmeal with fruit in the morning lasted sooo much longer than my usual 150 calorie yogurt that by increasing my calories for breakfast I did eat less calories over the course of the day (score one point for Brandi).  I meant to run today but had Logan tonight at the last minute so didn't get any exercise in.  I made a couple of small adjustments to the menu for today because I had a meeting that lasted almost 2 hours so missed my after noon snack so I added another fruit when I got home and added some calories to dinner to make up for it.  I still think I am really close to my normal calorie goal even though I am feeling pretty heavy like there is a ton of food in my stomach which is how I usually feel after eating out or on a not good day.  Excited (but won't get my hopes up!) about seeing the scale tomorrow.

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Food Journal June 13, 2011

Breakfast - 250 calories

plain oatmeal w/ 1/2 serving of protein powder

1/2 cup strawberries

water

Lunch - 370 calories

chicken breast

1/2 cup brocoli

1/2 luna smores bar

Water

Snack - 90 calories

other half of luna bar

1 cup of watermelon

Dinner - 574 calories

artichoke/tomato pannini

1/2 cup mashed potatoes

small glass of pink lemonade

Total calories - 1284

Day 2.24

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 206.8

Total 2.0 Loss: 6.4 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 206.8

Total Loss: 14.2 Pounds

Up another 3 pounds........And that is with running 1 mile and walking another 5 on top of that yesterday :(  At this point I'm willing to try anything.  Including taking some of Brandi's advice about what and how much I'm eating.  She of course went straight drill sergeant throwing books around my living room with crazy talk about eating only oatmeal and protein powder for 3 days, AS IF!  So we came up with a compromise and she slaved away in my kitchen all day and left all my food for the week in nice little containers in my fridge.  When she was following the extreme version of this lifestyle she went from a size 20 to a size 11 in just a few months so I have vowed to not just look at and judge my success by the number on the scale.  I am going to still track my weight daily as I have but I am also going to add my measurements weekly.  I am also going to add back in my food journal for the day so she can see that her hard work was not in vain and can maybe find ways to help me tweak to get the results I'm looking for.  So although I'm going to be eating more calories than I'd like every day because of the types of food I am going to be eating she has assured me that I will get where I want to be so I'm going with it for now..........

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Day 2.23

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 203.8

Total 2.0 Loss: 9.4 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 203.8

Total Loss: 17.2 Pounds

 

No gain or loss for today which is good because I did not make good food choices today.  I did really well up until dinner time.  I meant to run when I got home from work and layed down for a minute until the person I was going to run with came over but I fell asleep and she never showed so I didn't wake up until 11pm.  Not only does that suck because it was too dark out to run but I was starving and didn't have anything healthy in the house.  I tried eating one of logan's meals since they are smaller portions and thought it would be good to just stave off the hunger until morning but uh, yeah it didn't quite work that way.  Then I couldn't go back to sleep until 2am which really threw me off for the whole weekend. 

 

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Day 2.22

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 203.8

Total 2.0 Loss: 9.4 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 203.8

Total Loss: 17.2 Pounds

 

So after eating pretty much whatever the hell I wanted I am slowly climbing my way back up.  I am really feeling discouraged right now and know I need to grab this and stop it now and instead of feeling sorry for myself I need to jump back in and not let me defeat myself after missing the goal.  There are 8 days left in 2.0 and I can still get there if I work it hard enough.  That is what I'm really trying to drill into my head for the rest of the month.  I will not start 3.0 back at where I was when I started 2.0.

 

Thanks for reading

Mellissa

Day 2.21

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 203

Total 2.0 Loss: 10.2 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 203

Total Loss: 18 Pounds

WTF?!  Seriously??  I counted every calorie I ate and was well under 1300 and I did 3 miles in 96 degree heat and I gained 2.4 pounds?!  How is that possible???  I’d love to hear comments about this.  Anyone?? Jillian? Dr Oz? Bueller?  Seriously, I was so upset when I stood on the scale this morning that I laughed because I just knew that my scale had lost its mind sometime while sitting in the closet from yesterday morning until this morning……..So today I ate whatever the hell I wanted.  I know I need to get a grip, I can see that logically.  But I couldn’t quite put that into practice today so I’m sure that is going to make tomorrow’s weigh in even worse and will start my spiral down to 3.0 starting weight……..Today I had McDonald’s for breakfast and I ate the hashbrown, HA!  I had subway for lunch because I bought a foot long yesterday so my lunch calories were good.  Then I had half a burger from Culvers with French fries and cheese curds w/ranch dressing for dinner with a pepsi!!  I would have eaten that entire burger if I didn’t feel like I was going to hurl from just the half of it.  I went to bed feeling awesome with NO guilt and no exercise.  My clothes feel really loose so I was planning to go buy some new ones this weekend but maybe I’ll just eat more this weekend and keep my old clothes…..that is still up for debate.  FML!

Day 2.20

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today’s Weight: 200.6

Total 2.0 Loss: 12.6 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today’s Weight: 200.6

Total Loss: 20.4 Pounds

Wow, yesterday’s really shitty day did have a great affect on my loss for today J  Super excited to see tomorrow’s weight especially because today was a run day so I’m sure  I should have no problem dropping .7 of a pound.  I’m not getting my hopes up though because I rarely have two good loss days in a row so I was extra diligent in tracking my calories today to give me the best chance at getting there.  I did 3 miles today and actually ran a little more than a half mile without stopping!!  My phone messed up the time tracking so I don’t have a time for it but it did record the distance so when I checked in when I just couldn’t possibly run anymore and saw that I only had .44 of a mile to go I was extremely happy with me! Thanks for reading!

Mellissa

Day 2.19

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today's Weight: 203.2

Total 2.0 Loss: 10 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today's Weight: 203.2

Total Loss: 17.8 Pounds

 

Life sucks today but I lost 1.2 pounds......I don't want to do anything but watch Twilight and eat garlic naan with chutney but I did extremely well today with food.  I even was able to distract myself with my shitty day so much that I didn't care at all that I had mostly brocoli for dinner with a little chicken because I just don't care enough to walk to the kitchen right now to get anything else.  That is huge progress for me!!  Usually when I feel this sad or depressed I don't give a shit about dieting or what I'm supposed to be doing but do what the hell I want to do!  I think that is a good thing and I'm holding onto that with both hands today :(

 

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Day 2.18

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today's Weight: 204.8

Total 2.0 Loss: 8.4 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today's Weight: 204.8

Total Loss: 16.2 Pounds

 

I wasn't as happy with today's loss as I thought I would be.  I was really strict with calories yesterday, I think I ended up at around 800-900 for the day and with the 1 mile run and 2 mile walk I was really hoping for another 2+ pound day.  But with my weight this morning I have officially lost 40 pounds since wayyyyy back to last summer when Brandi and I started our bop it challenge.  I can't quite remeber where I was at my lowest in the biggest loser challenges (candice do you remember?) but I think I was right around this weight then and really excited about the looming goal.  Of course that was 8 months ago so you can imagine how happy thinking about that makes me.  So I'm just not going to think about it :)  I got my blu ray player hooked up today finally so will start with pure barre tomorrow.  I walked 6 miles today (no running) so feel good about exercise and did really well with my calories.  I have even kind of noticed my body is a little harder than it was just a week ago so that is definately motivation.

 

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Day 2.17

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today's Weight: 205.6

Total 2.0 Loss: 7.6 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today's Weight: 205.6

Total Loss: 15.4 Pounds

 

Down another pound today :)  I'm happy that my no exercise day didn't stop my loss for today.  I did 3 miles today (2 walking, 1 running) but my time went up by 17 seconds :(  My right leg was a little sore afterwards but didn't cramp up while I was running nor did it give me the problems it did last time with the numbness afterwards.  I ran first thing in the morning to see if that made a difference in my time so I'm hoping the slowness was just because I hadn't eaten anything yet.  We'll see in two days when I run again how it goes.  I'm finally back down to the weight I started last weekend at which kind frustrates me since it only took 3 days to gain the weight but 6 to loose it again.  That really just doesn't seem fair does it?  I'm feeling really good that I have the calories and the exercise under control for now so let's just see if I can hold on to it.  "The goal that shall not be named" is coming up in just a few pounds and I'm not even going to mention it in case I sabotage myself again.

 

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Day 2.16

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today's Weight: 206.6

Total 2.0 Loss: 6.6 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today's Weight: 206.6

Total Loss: 14.4 Pounds

 

Yayyy!!!  2.2 pounds in one day is awesome!  I'm seriously trying to figure out how much a lung weighs though because that is probably where it came from.  However its gone, its gone and never coming back.  I did ok with food today and even had 2 pieces of pizza for dinner but wrapped the rest up and gave it away so I wouldn't be tempted to have it again any other day this week.  I felt satisfied with the little splurge but not like I was missing anything to have it gone after the tin foil walked out of the house.  I didn't get any exercise in today because I can't figure out how to hook up my blu ray player to do the pure barre dvds.  But feel good about the calories so I think tomorrow's weigh in will be good.

 

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

 

Day 2.15

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today's Weight: 208.8

Total 2.0 Loss: 4.4 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today's Weight: 208.8

Total Loss: 12.2 Pounds

I ran a mile in 12 minutes today!!  Oh my god I thought I was going to die (it was 96 degrees when I went out at 715pm)!!  I literally sat at the bottom of my stairs for about 15 minutes afterwards because I didn't think I'd make it up the stairs into the living room.  I really think I left one of my lungs out there on the trail somewhere.  I also got my pure barre dvd's today so I'm excited to try that out tomorrow.  Down .2 of a pound today which I'm happy with considering I had McDonalds and alcohol last night.  Really excited to see what tomorrow brings considering I almost died to finish that 3 miles today.......

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Day 2.14

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2

Today's Weight: 209

Total 2.0 Loss: 4.2 Pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221

Today's Weight: 209

Total Loss: 12 Pounds

Ugh, this slow moving loss is really starting to annoy me!!  Down .8 of a pound today so I’m trying to look at it as almost a pound even though I don’t really see it that way until the numbers on the other side of the decimal are affected.  I did really well today all the way until dinner time when I was running really late from work and had a friend coming over in an hour and still needed to clean up the house before she got there.  I stopped at McDonald’s on the way home and pretty much ruined my calorie count for the day L  I also had some alcohol at about 9pm so I’m interested to see how that affects my loss for tomorrow.  I only had probably a quarter of a shot mixed with some coke zero so calorie wise it shouldn’t really have an effect, definitely not as much as the McDonald’s will……No fast food tomorrow or at all this weekend and I’m hoping to walk/run a total of 10 miles between Friday and Sunday so will work off those calories and hopefully have a pretty good loss to start next week with. 

Thanks for reading,

Mellissa

Day 2.13

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2
Today's Weight: 209.8
2.0 Total Loss: 3.4 pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 209.8
Total Loss: 11.2 pounds

Not happy at all with today’s weigh in!!  This is why I bitch to all of you that insist I must do some kind of exercise when trying to lose weight.  I can restrict my calories and lose 3 pounds in one day but if I exercise and stick to my calories I don’t lose anything (like today) or will have so small of a loss that it hardly registers.  It is so frustrating to know that if I didn’t do the run I could have just eaten less and had a much bigger loss today…..Today I did my second run and added a warm up and cool down.  I walked 1 mile for warm up, ran 1 mile in 13:06 (a 31 second increase from day one), and walked another mile for cool down.  In 81 degrees I was pretty sweaty when I got home but didn’t feel terrible.  I did some good stretching since my calves and ankles were hurting a bit.  Brandi registered for the race today so I guess there is no turning back now!  So much for seeing how that 3 weeks of training goes!!  I guess this is good though because she knows I will not leave her to do it by herself and I probably would have found a way to talk myself out of it had I not had this push so its definitely happening now.  September 11 is the date of the run so I have about 15 weeks to get my ass in shape.  If I don’t die first!!  One thing I am a little excited about is the cross-training days.  I bought the pure barre workout dvd’s which is the ballet workout I have wanted to try for awhile so I am actually looking forward to that.  It should be here in a few days so I’m going to try to do some yoga ondemand workouts for cross training until it gets here.

Day 2.12

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2
Today's Weight: 209.8
2.0 Total Loss: 3.4 pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 209.8
Total Loss: 11.2 pounds

Ok, not completely surprised by the gain today because of the pizza but a little disappointed that the run didn’t offset a little more of it.  Back to work today so back to a routine thank goodness.  I didn’t make it to the grocery store at all this weekend so had no good choices for breakfast.  Was able to hold it off by drinking a ton of water when I got to work.  I know, I know that isn’t healthy.  I am really going to try to make more of an effort to plan ahead so I don’t keep being forced to choose between starving and McDonalds.  I know those of you that have read consistently know which one will win!  I had subway for lunch which is great at only 330 calories and ensures a good choice for lunch tomorrow since I buy the foot long and use it for 2 lunches.  I made tacos for dinner which I think might have been a little high in calories with the hamburger meat but didn’t eat a shell since I’m trying to cut carbs on non-run days.  I’m not going to do what I usually do and go to the extreme with the change and attempt zero carbs and then binge the next day with 4000 carbs.  I’m going to try something different and at least try to cut carbs out of one meal on non-run days and try to move up from there when I get a handle on it.  Today was supposed to be a cross-training day but I was so tired when I got home I did absolutely no exercise other than walk to the park with logan which is probably a half mile there and back so not a good start to that marathon training schedule.

Day 2.11

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2
Today's Weight: 208.6
2.0 Total Loss: 4.6 pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 208.6
Total Loss: 12.4 pounds

Ok, so the b&g must have been crazy calories because I had a 1.4 pound gain today with only eating 2 meals yesterday L  Hoping that the alcohol has something to do with it and the fact that I didn’t drink much water yesterday.  Hopefully it will all balance out tomorrow.  I went to the city today to show Yvonne around before she left to fly back to Seattle so we stopped at Navy Pier for brunch which had absolutely no good choices available.  I had a cheeseburger (no different from a cheeseburger other than the pronunciation).  The heavens were shining on me this morning with the fact that they didn’t sell French fries because I was so tired and discouraged from 2 straight days of weight gains that I would have eaten every one of them.  They had chips instead and I ate maybe 3 or 4 of them and was done.  For dinner I planned to eat the other half of my red robin salad so I could get back on track but instead had 3 pieces of left over pizza!!  I felt so damn guilty after that I threw the rest of the pizza away and went for a walk.  Brandi and I have been talking about possibly doing a half marathon in September which requires you to keep pace at a 13 minute mile.  I thought I would attempt to run a mile today to see where I was to see if it was even realistic for me to run a 13 minute mile 3 months from now.  I found a trail behind my house which I didn’t know was there and it is pretty nice so I went for it and ran a mile in 13:37 L  Not a good starting point but not completely unrealistic.  We’ll see how the next three weeks go of training to see if I can do this. 

Day 2.10

2.0 Starting Weight: 213.2
Today's Weight: 207.2

2.0 Total Loss: 6 pounds

Original Starting Weight: 221
Today's Weight: 207.2
Total Loss: 13.8 pounds

I  had grandma’s biscuits and gravy today so not a good start to the calorie count.  For the first time in my life she actually had fruit on the table so I tried to eat more of that and less of the b&g but since that is the reason for us going over there today I couldn’t completely avoid it.  We did eat it at more of a brunch time so I was able to cut one meal out of the day to offset the calories.  I did well for dinner (actually insisting on red robin for dinner since I knew I could get the salad), I only ate half of the salad and had iced tea so my calorie count for dinner should have been around 400 calories.  I did have one drink later that night but used coke zero as the mixer so should have been less than 100 calories for the drink.