Birthday Resolutions

I like to watch my carbs to lose weight, but I have also followed this meal plan to lose weight and it's easier for me to follow.
Breakfast - Slim-Fast shake and fruit
Snack - fruit or veggie
Lunch - Slim-Fast shake, meal with 10 grams of protein and no more than 9 grams of fat and up to 300 calories (Banquet meals are good for this and they're cheap!), fruit or veggie (I like to have a salad).
Snack - fruit or veggie
Dinner - Slim-Fast shake, meal (same as lunch), fruit or veggie

I try to drink 1 - 24 oz. bottle of water, flavored with a 10 calorie drink packet (like Crystal Light) with every meal and snack.  And I have 1 soda a day - Diet Dr. Pepper.

Exercise - walking, yoga, gardening, Wii sports, etc.

I am going to be weighing myself every Monday and taking my blood pressure every morning as soon as I wake up, just to keep a record for myself.

My 25th wedding anniversary is February 23rd, 2016 and I am trying to lose some weight before then, not be back to what I was when I got married, but closer to it than I am now!  I want to do it gradually and healthy so I can hopefully keep it off.  Wish me luck!

Week 7

I have not been good about keeping up on this blog, I think about it a lot, but just can't make it in here!  Well I have tried to eat better, not necessarily sticking to my diet, but have also indulged in some treats!  My weight has stayed the same, so that's good!  I have been walking a few times, once with all 3 of my girls, really fun!  Now that the weather is starting to get nice, I will probably be outside more working in the yard, or just watching the kids and weeding or reading.  My sister is working out at a gym, so that is some motivation for me to try harder, I don't want to be the heavier twin!  So here's to a good week!

Week Two

Well I have to report the scale went up 2 pounds, which doesn't surprise me, I have not stuck to my diet plan at all this last week.  Having Craig be gone is making me depressed, which is so abnormal for me!  Don't get me wrong, I love that man, but sometimes it is nice to have him gone for a few days and I can be a total slob without him looking at me like I have lost my mind.  Today I feel better, last week we had a bunch of things going on - kids out of school Monday, Blue and Gold Banquet, a wedding in Idaho Falls, payday and shopping - that I was just in a bad mood all week.  So I ate anything and everything I wanted and now I have to look at the scale and have it tell me, "try again".  I am not going to be defeated by my backward slide, I know that I just have to "try again" this week and it is baby steps!  Maybe the weather will cooperate this week and I will get outside, maybe I had better just go outside regardless!

Week 1

My scale says I lost 5 pounds!!!  Very exciting!  Especially since I ate out 3 of the 7 days and Sunday I didn't even remember that I was on a diet!  I'm afraid I broke every rule Sunday.  I made homemade biscuits and ate them (lots of them!) with butter and peach jam!  AND I had a couple of fun-size Peanut Butter Snickers!  Oh well, I was mourning Craig being gone for 2 weeks to South Carolina and me being home with the kids!  But I am loving seeing that scale go down (not really going down, it's digital) and it is inspiring me and making me think about what I eat!  Hopefully soon I will start adding some exercise - walking outside.  It snowed again last night, so we will see!  I know I could do a walking video inside or heaven forbid use the treadmill downstairs or even the Wii Fit (look at all of my options!!!) but I really like to go outside and I know I won't make the time to do something inside!

Twas The Night Before

So today, Sunday is the night before my new diet plan and I have really spoiled myself!  I had 2 Ghiradelli chocolates - fruit filled - so good! and Carl's Jr.  We went to see Craig's mom in the ICU in Idaho Falls and saw his dad and brother and his family and broke the Sabbath by going to Michael's (I had a 40% off coupon!) and then we were hungry and Carl's just opened up and I really LOVE it!  Surprisingly enough I am quite excited to start this new journey!  Part of it is I know it's time to do this and so many other changes in my life also.  And the other part of it is I don't have to come up with new things to eat all the time - they are already ready!  The convenience is a huge part of it.  Plus on Tuesday - Happy Mardi Gras! - I am fasting for the ward.  I will be making a King Cake for my family and having just one bite.  This plan will help me with portion control - something I am horrible at!  I might be kind of a struggle tomorrow because Craig and the kids will be home for President's Day, but I think I can do it!  I think I can, I think I can, I know I can, I know I can!

40 by 40

In 110 days I will turn 40!  I won't make you do the math - it's July 4th.  And now that I am done having kids (I REALLY am done!) I want to lose all this weight that I have put on in the last 20 years.  So I have found a diet plan that I think I can live with.  It's a cheaper form on the hospital diet that some friends of mine have done in the past, but you buy your own meals, shakes and snacks.  It has you drinking 3 shakes a day, 5 servings of fruit and veggies and 2 meals, plus all the water or low calorie beverages you can drink.  It's not a quick weight loss program necessarily, you have to exercise at least 20 minutes a day and take in less calories than you consume. It's target weight loss is 2 pounds a week.  I am going to try to stick to it religiously at first and than if I want dinner with my family or to go out to dinner then I will try to limit my portion sizes and intake.  I really want to change my eating habits and live healthier.  I will be starting my new life on Monday, February 20th.  Wish me good luck!