Day 9 & 10 - Paula - Bring It On!!!

Ok - so I was dissapointed in myself on day 8 but today I say bring it on!



Day 9



Yesterday was tough - I wanted to go crazy and eat a bunch of calories - but I ended up with a total of 1160.



I had a cup of milk (120) for breakfast with a granola bar (190). Then chicken breast for lunch (150) another granola bar (190). 1/2 a cup of rice chex (50) for a snack. Then when I got home a couple of bites of miscellaneous things - bite of beef, bite of like two other things for about 100 calories. Then for dinner some ground turkey (260) and then popcorn (100).



That was it for for yesterday - wahoo I made it through.



Day 10



Today.



I have found something new to eat - fish. I do not like fish but I thought it was time to try something that I normally do not eat if I am going to make it through the year. So, it began with a granola bar (190), part of a dum dum (15), chicken (150), orange (100), chex (50) and then on to dinner.

I looked up grilled catfish and found it to be (100) per fillet for wild and (220) for farm raised but since I do not knnow which one that I had I chose a number in the middle for 2 (320) add baby carrots, green beans adn two bites of a banana I now reside at 1035 for the day - yeah!!!

So I think that I am done eating for the day and am ready for bed but I did not want to put off posting for another day.

Good luck everybody for the weekend:)

Changing one good menu choice at a time.

Day 3 - Paula - Just say NO!!!! or no thank you.

Wow after avoiding the homemade gorditas (I had to ask her the name today) I had to tackle lunch out with Mom - at 59 Diner no less. So I said no to the bacon cheesburger, the club salad (it has bacon), the fries, the shake - ok basically the whole menu. I ended up with the only thing I could get away with - the grilled chicken salad, honey mustard on the side - it had two thin slices of avacado, cucumber and half a head of lettuce and tomatoes but they had to go.

Did pretty good during work then I headed home to eat something before scrap night (yes on a Friday - I am open to better things to do) but ended up just grabbing an orange, pineapple, laughing cow cheese and some grapes. So I went and what are they having? Frito Pie!!! Oh so delicious - lots of cheese and chili - so what do I do? No thank you.

So after a large dill pickle, 120 calories of chex mix, an orange and some more laughing cow cheese - I am now at 925 - YEAH!!! room for milk, yummmm.

I also squeezed in a Ferrer Rocher (70 calories) and will stick with Dove for the future.

Just saying no can be pretty hard and not nearly as tasty.

Changing, one grilled chicken salad at a time.

Day 2 - Paula - Just Five More Minutes

Do you know when your alarm goes off in the morning and then you snooze? That is right - the five more minutes - the five that turn to ten, then fifteen and before you know it thirty minutes have passed. Then your rushing to get ready, stuffing your lunch in the bag and leaving only to realize, ten miles or so later, that you left your chicken for lunch in the fridge at home. Isn't it always just so?

Today has been a good day - someone at work gave me some of their frozen sliced chicken breast - just microwave for a couple of minutes and it is ready. I have eaten all day - celery with lauching cow cheese, an orange, salad with a tiny amount of ranch (higher in calorie than I thought), Old London Melba spicy 3 pepper snacks - yes I NEED bread in some form or another, some pico and then some chicken when I got home - oh yeah and some pickles. Yes, this is the kind of stuff I eat.

Well, I am posting a little earlier tonight and coming in with 925 calories so far but I have no idea what else I will be eating for the evening. An orange sounds good - from HEB soooo delicious. No walking today - yes I let myself down too. All I am thinking about now is the call I just received, a friend is making a delicious homemade Mexican meal and offered to bring some for tomorrow - wow that was hard to turn down - it is awesome.

Anyway, I have not gone over on calories so far - the night is young - but there was not exercise :(

Still, changing one day at a time.

Paula Walker - In The Beginning

Lee mentioned procratination in his intro post which is why I am making my first post now instead of just going to bed and starting the posting tomorrow. Full commitment. I am in total agreement - we have not lost weight and kept it off because we really have not wanted to - the yoyo of weight loss has to end now.

I too enjoyed a Frappachino this morning, though it was mocha(no this is no better than caramel), with an unknown calorie count. This is a prime example of why I am overweight then add in the enchiladas for lunch, yes with chips, and unsweeted (like that helps at this point) tea.

I do not have any energy, I am uncomfortable in my body and my clothes and I do not want to shorten my lifespan just because I could not say no to a tortilla.

Not quite as comfortable listing my weight on a website blog whatever as Lee - it is currently 227.5 - yes I need to put the .5 I cannot round down and refuse to round up. I am not so sure that pictures of me will be making the cut - I mean seriously - when you take off the top then you have to start charging for that kind of thing.

I tend to weigh myself everyday but will stay with Lee and post the weight on Monday.

So, starting today, I am changing my life.

Weight: Current 227.5 - Goal 135.0 lbs