DAY FORTY-FIVE: August 30, 2010

Weigh In: 209 lbs

It's about time I got back in to this! I know, I know, a lot of you out there are saying finally! And you're right! The gap from day thirteen to day forty-five is a large one. But I'm back with continuing results! Now, granted, without blogging my food intake I have cheated. Fast food and chips were had, a soda or two were consumed. But overall I'm proud of myself for really sticking to this this time.

This blog really is an important tool for me though, so I'm going to try to do better about keeping it up. It's so easy to be lazy and not log the caloric content of the food I eat, but I need to put on my big girl pants (or my littler pants ;) ) and just do it. It's important or something.

So yeah. Life has been stressful lately, but I'm back on track! Wooooohooo!

Food Intake:

• Strawberry Orange Banana Smoothie (338 calories)

Fitness log

• Walked 0.8 mile (to and from the place my car is being smogged at, lol)
  

DAY THIRTEEN: July 28, 2010

Weigh In: 228 lbs! I've lost fifteen pounds! I am so amazed and so blessed. I just have to keep this up, I'm well on my way to the 100 pound goal!

In order to reward my efforts, I'm making mini-goals so that I'm never really wanting or miserable on this damn diet. So, today in order to give myself a present for reaching ten pounds within the month, I gave myself In N Out. So. Bloody. Good. And a fitting reward for my hard work!

Food Intake:

• 1 piece whole wheat toast with Sugar Free Apricot Preserves ( 189 calories)
• 1 turkey sandwich with mustard on whole wheat bread (245 calories)
  
• 2 pickles (0 calories. Hooray for my sister picking up ones with less salt!)
  
• 1 glass 2% milk (195 calories)

• In N Out Double Double (670 calories)
• 1/2 of fries (shared with my sister 200 calories)
• Minute Maid Light Lemonade (8 calories)
  

DAY ELEVEN: July 26, 2010

Weigh In: 233 lbs! The elusive ten pound goal has been reached!

DAY TEN: July 25, 2010

Weigh In: 236 lbs (Hello other pound. Nice to see you've gone.)

Food Intake:

• Berry Banana Smoothie with Almond Milk (192 calories)
  

Okay. This I got to stop a minute to tell ya'll about. This little Yoplait Smoothie pack thing. I LOVE THIS THING. Half of this pack is a serving and it's only 70 CALORIES. Add one cup milk (or in my case Almond Milk) and VOILA! Insta smoothie. Now, I wanted a banana in mine, so I put one in with like a tablespoon of water to keep the consistency. Holy cow is this amazing! Super filling, super fresh and super satisfying! Also it's no fuss, I don't have to worry about what the appropriate measurements are or if it'll come out too sweet or not sweet enough, too thick or too watery. Absolutely perfect. I recommend this and will be getting more of them.

• Tuna Sandwich on whole grain bread with tomatoes and onions in a balsamic vinagrette (560 calories)
  

DAY NINE: July 24, 2010

Weigh In: 237 lbs

Food Intake:

• Kashi Autumn Wheat cereal with almond milk and honey (300 calories)
• Hot dog with onions, pickles and mustard (300 calories)
  
• Purple Grapes (100 calories)
• Tuna Sandwich on whole grain bread with Veggie Straws (540 calories)
  

DAY EIGHT: July 23, 2010

Weigh In: 237 lbs (damn, I got a pound back. :[ )

I am SO tired today. I had a really productive day, and accomplished things I've been meaning to for a while, and tomorrow is going to be much the same. Lots to do.

I'm finding suitable substitutes for most of my cravings. Today I was really craving sweet, and watermelon was a really good and refreshing way of sort of staving that off. I know it has a lot of sugar, but at least it's natural sugar and mostly water so it kept me well hydrated.

For salt, I found a pickle to be super awesome. Anyone that knows me knows I LOVE pickles. Never really can get enough, and for 5 calories it suits the salt craving just fine.

The only thing I haven't found a delicious healthy substitute for yet is the grease craving (i.e. fried foods and the double double I've been obsessed with for the past week) and let's face it, there's really not a way to do grease healthily. So I suppose I'll just have to train myself off. It's difficult.

Food Intake:

• 1 piece whole wheat toast with Sugar Free Apricot Preserves ( 189 calories)
• Watermelon, 4 cups (182 calories)
• 2 oz Beef Jerky (140 calories)
• Spinach Salad with Light Raspberry Vinagrette (138 calories)
• Half a Salami Sandwich (326 calories)
• Dill Pickle (5 calories)
  

Total Caloric Intake: 1120 calories

Fitness Log:

• 15 minutes of Cardio in the morning
  

DAY SEVEN: July 22, 2010

Weigh in: 236 lbs ( seven pounds to date!)

Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in a while I spent a couple days with my boyfriend and getting on the internet to blog wasn't really an option...

Let me say that he has been really really supportive of this whole thing, and that's making it about ten times easier. When we go out he pays attention to what I can or can't eat and gives me stories since he struggled with weight loss and beat it. He's inspiring and loving and I can't believe how lucky I am.

As far as eating out goes I had forgotten how incredibly difficult that is to do on a diet. I am craving grease and fat so much that I have dreamed of an In N Out Double Double two nights in a row now. I am missing my fried foods badly. But I'm going to soldier on and if I lose ten pounds by the end of this month I'll treat myself a little. That seems fair, right?

Anyway. Food content of the days I missed: 1 fruit smoothie (approx 250 calories) 1 omelette (about 350 calories), A Disneyland Lunch from the Wine Tratoria (Approx 600 calories) Mongolian Barbecue (approx 600calories) and on the second day I slept like ALL DAY and we ate when I finally woke up and I had a Barbecue Chicken Salad and Zucchini Bread and I was SO HUNGRY, I ate it all. (with all the avocado and dressing--1300 Calories)

Food Intake:

• 1 Caramel Light Frappucino (90 calories)
• 1/2 sandwich Genoa Salami (326 calories)
• Chips and Salsa (151 Calories)
• White Bean Stew (135 calories)
  

I loved this recipe so much I thought I'd share it with you and blog a couple pictures of how mine came out. It was delicious!

• Milk, Two glasses, whole (292 calories)

Total Caloric Intake: 994 calories

Fitness Log:

• 40 minutes of Yoga, 12 poses through an instructional video. It was fun and actually really relaxing, though hard work. Some of those poses I broke a sweat. :D