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Well I’ve finished my day with 1 point to spare. This is much better than what I ended up with yesterday. I really need to figure out what fills me up though because I find myself still a little hungry.

Today’s food:

Breakfast – Scrambled egg whites, bell peppers & a little chicken breast with a tiny corner of a cheese slice, sourdough toast.

Snack #1 – Peach smoothie (frozen peaches, greek yogurt, spenda and a half serving of Designer wey.

Lunch – Turkey & cheese sandwich w/ hummus spread, cottage cheese double and baby carrots

Snack #2 – 100 calorie brownie bites pack

Dinner – Chicken fajitas with only 1 flour tortilla and 3 onion rings

This really doesn’t seem like a lot of food to me at all. I’m worried that I’m not eating enough but I’ve stayed within points and have gotten my veggies, protein and dairy in. Now I need to go hunt me down a 1 point snack that i can have closer to bedtime that will keep me from being starved in the morning.

I’d love to hear any advice from anyone on Weight Watchers as to what your daily food looks like.

As you all know I have been struggling with my commitment to weight loss for the last few weeks. It’s been a hard road and I know it’s not going to be easy. But I’ve learned a few things along the way that might help you out as they’ve helped me.

I have heard so many times how hard it is to go out to eat with family or friends. The menu choices start to overwhelm you and you opt for your old standby, whatever that may be. Mine is some sort of fried food accompanied by another fried food and a MAYBE a soup or salad. This also usually includes at least 2 thick & creamy or just strong alcoholic beverages. It doesn’t have to be this hard though.

First things first!

• Whatever you order, ask the waiter to bring you half and have them put the other half in a box for you!

If you do this you will have leftovers for tomorrow and you won’t be consuming all of those crazy calories.

The next thing is something I have been doing that really helps me out.

• Order a side salad as your appetizer!

What? No fried cheese? Nah! It’s not going to fill you up and if it DOES then you’re filled with almost a THOUSAND calories. That’s not the way to start a meal. If you order a side salad with your dressing on the side (to save calories I opt for no crutons or cheese) then you will be eating while everyone else is eating their appetizers and it will fill you up a bit before dinner. I’ve found this keeps down on the awkwardness of friends going “Hey do you want some of this [insert fried craziness here]?” and having to say “Uh no thanks I’m trying to be healthy.

Here’s a good rule of thumb whenever you eat out.

• Opt for something grilled with a side of veggies!

It doesn’t have to be a boring old grilled chicken breast and steamed broccoli either. If you are at a Mexican food place get the fajitas. Ask if they grill or fry their fixin’s though! Fajitas are great when grilled. A bonus for that is it’s usually way more veggies than meat. If at all possible ask for a corn tortilla instead of flour but if not then enjoy it instead of the fried stuffy ou’d normally order.

Now we get down to the fun stuff, the drinks!

• Order wine, not the fluffy foo foo drinks!

Wine is good for you in moderation anyway so have some. It is also so many less calories per ounce than a mixed drink or blended drink. Those usually come with all kinds of sugary sweet and calorie filled mixers. Add that to the actual alcohol in them and you’ve got a whole meals worth of calories in a drink. So while your friends are filling up on drinks, and can only finish one, you can have another glass of wine and be OK!

So now we come to the end of the meal. It’s dessert time. What can we do? Well if you feel like you REALLY want dessert (make sure you think this through all the way!) you can always do what I do again and…

• Order one but share it with a few!

That’s right! Split that piece of cake, pie or ice cream between three or four people. You’ll get a couple bites to satisfy any sweet craving and won’t feel deprived.

At the end of your meal if you have any leftover food go ahead and stick it in the box with the half you saved at the start. Promptly put it in a bag and tie it up. Now you won’t pick at it while you’re conversing with your people!

There are so many other ways you can save calories while eating out. These are just what i have tried.

Question of the day!

What do you do to stay healthy while eating out with friends and family?

I didn’t weigh today but I am still noticing that I’m feeling healthier. I notice my clothes fitting looser and my stomach not being able to handle large quantities of food anymore. This is good.

After the events and upsets of the past couple weeks I decided to take all of your advice. I am just getting back to it. Yes I screwed up! It is done and over with. I am no longer sick and am ready to get back to the gym.

I haven’t been tracking my food regularly and i need to get back on that. So, my question for the day is how do you track things you’re unsure of? An example is this weekend I stayed with some of my friends who are Vegan. They made me dinner or we went out to eat. How the heck do you count a Vegan philly sandwich? It had dairy free cheese, meatless (but very meatlike) beef stuff then the bread peppers and onions. I know I shouldn’t count it like a real philly because the meat substitutes have less calories in them and aren’t as greasy as the meat used to make a meat filled philly.

What are your thoughts?

Right now I am trying to figure out how being sick affected my efforts to lose weight. Before i got sick I was really excited about getting healthy. I was going to the gym, eating healthy portions (not always healthy food but my portion size was healthy,) and doing things that would put me in a place where it would be easy to lose the weight.

I was even losing!

Forward to now where I haven’t been doing so hot. Not tracking my food, eating large portions and haven’t been to the gym yesterday OR today.

What clicked off in my head when I was sick to make me go back to what I was doing before I started this? I am truly at a loss. At first I thought it was that i wanted to eat and get my strength back after not eating hardly anything while sick. Well, that’s over now so now why? I went camping. OK that’s done too now what? I spent most of my money on this camping trip and can’t afford healthy food. YEah but i could find SOMETHING.

I just don’t know how to get motivated again.

So I’m asking for all of your healthy wisdom right now. How the heck do you get back on after something like what I’ve been through? How do you manage when you realize you’ve gained all of your weight back? How do you just get back to it and not dwell on the fact that you were 10 pounds lighter a week ago?

Back up to 246

I have no words right now. I know I was sick but before that I was at 242. I got better, went camping and now I’m back to where I started.

I was in tears this morning when I got on the scale. I got off and got back on 3 times to make sure that was right. How is this POSSIBLE? I knew I’d gain some weight back after being sick. I know I didn’t go to the gym while I was sick but I did hike and run around at the campsite.

This weekend was pretty healthy actually as i ate mostly Vegetarian/Vegan foods while camping. When I did eat at a restaurant on the road it was grilled chicken fajita or something and I didn’t even use all of the sour cream etc.

I don’t want to give up but this is more discouragement than I have ever felt. I feel like I totally did everything for nothing. I don’t normally get this emotional over a gain. I get a bit ticked, then I get over it and move on. This one though, no this is serious.

So I’m hitting the gym tomorrow. I can use the bike even though I have an effed up ankle. I think the eliptical will be put to use as well since I won’t put too much strain on the ankle. I fell right before leaving for camping and twisted my ankle pretty good. Doesn’t hurt much anymore but is still swollen.

I can’t think of a question for the day. I’m off to do homework and make some jewelry.

I’m sitting at my desk finishing off a cup of Throat Care tea while I write this quick update. Yes, I’m still alive and will be replying to comments most likely Sunday.  I have been dealing with  THE COLD OF DOOM this week since Tuesday. This has derailed any gym plans, tracking meals etc. I haven’t eaten more than a can of soup in 2 days it’s been so bad. Tonight was the first full meal I ate and it was a HUGE grilled chicken sandwich and french fries. No, this wasn’t the best choice and I know it but at the time I was SO HUNGRY I couldn’t stop myself.

I have been off work, not blogging and trying to get healthy so I can attend a friend’s costume birthday party tomorrow. If I do go i will not be in my skimpy Goddess costume like I had planned.

I am worried about weigh day on Monday because I don’t even know if i should count it this time around. I mean if i did lose weight it was from being sick. That could result in what would look like a huge gain the next week if I record it. What are your thoughts?

I want to thank you all for your support and kind words via Twitter and my blog. You all are helping me through this more than you could imagine. This community is so supportive it makes me want to keep going even when I’m all emo and dealing with the COLD OF DOOM.

I’ll be back on Monday with more recipes and more randomness. Hopefully I’ll be back at the gym too! I have a challenge to meet after all!

I was going to make this a wordless Wednesday post but I can’t shut up long enough to do that. So here’s what I did today

Yep that’s right! The coolest thing ever though? If I hadn’t had to go catch my ride I would have done that same thing for another 45 minutes! It’s the random hill setting and i did it on level 7!!! The calorie burn was decent but I’m going to try a different setting to see if that makes a difference tomorrow.

I’m also going to jump on a treadmill and pray that I don’t fall off!

So what do you like to do at the gym?

My working out has been halted this week by the plague. OK, well it’s probably NOT the plague but it was strep throat. I went in to urgent care and they diagnosed me on Sunday. They had me stay out of work and everything. I was uber sad. I actually like my job. I guess I needed the rest though. I couldn’t swallow solid food for over 3 days.

This of course, means I’ve been off the gym routine this week. I go twice a week to my gym with my coworkers for a 45 minute workout that includes cardio and strength. I hadn’t been for a few weeks before that because one of the girls I go with is my boss and she’d been interviewing and was sick too.

This is one of the problems that i need to overcome in my weight loss and healthy eating goals. It is so easy for me to stop doing what I’m doing when something goes wrong. Yes, I know i mention this time and time again. This time I am going to do something about it. I know i needed to not be exerting myself and breathing hard with a sore throat but gym night starts back up next Tuesday. I’m going no matter what. If the girls can’t go I am going. If I’m tired, I’m STILL going.
So what is the one thing that you tend to do that messes with your healthy eating and weight loss goals? How do you overcome it?

I’m super excited!!

Today is my weigh day and I am down 3 lbs! Holy crap I miscounted earlier. I thought it was 2! I was so excited you have NO idea.

OK enough giddy like a teenager-ness here. This is todays vlog. I am a part of a challenge on the Walking/Leslie Sansone team on Spark People and one of the challenges was to make a vlog. I decided to take the plunge and do it. My webcam is not so hot so my plan is to reward myself for meeting a goal weight by purchasing a new one!

Here’s the video. Have a great day!

It’s only my 2nd day and I am learning as I go that’s for sure!

I ended up eating most of my daily calories at breakfast.

The problem that i face is that my family centers everything around food. All of our “family time” is based around going out to eat. Going to the grocery store and finding strange and obscure things to try is something that my mother enjoys fully. I’ve taken on that trait.

So today my mother and I went out to breakfast before i had to go to work. We do this pretty much every sunday since I’m not home for “sunday breakfast” anymore. We go to a southern style restaurant and share what they call “The Big Man’s Breakfast.” It’s cheaper than both of us getting a meal and we can take some home to Dad or brother when we’re done because we never eat it all.

Usually I don’t eat any lunch after a breakfast like this but that leaves me hungry all day. Then when dinner comes around I am STARVING!

Of course i end up eating anything I can get my hands on. This is why I’m working on the blog tonight! I don’t want to eat the whole house.

Plan of action for next week

If we DO go out and have breakfast I will cut my portion of food down even more (putting half of each thing into the to go box.)

Tomorrow is Weigh in day. I know I weighed yesterday because I just started all this but i feel that Mondays should be a weigh day for me. It helps me to keep that in my thought over the weekend so I don’t go crazy. Knowing i have to weigh on Monday may help me not overindulge on nights out and sunday breakfasts.

Question – What are your favorite tips for eating out or with family?