Day 10

Yesterday was my first cheat day as it was my friend Lianes birthday!

It was far too difficult to maintain my 1200cal diet at the restaurant we went to so I declared it a cheat day for that reason. 

Today I find that I am more than craving things outside of my diet. So in that spirit I allowed myself some cookie butter and apple slices, which I've been avoiding because of the sugar content. I figure if I indulge within my calories, tomorrow will be a little easier. 

I have the rest of my week and weekend all booked up so I'm hoping I have enough time to make the chicken I bought, and hopefully I can keep to my pre prepped meals! 

Tomorrow is a video shoot, Friday is a cleaning day and a friends band show, Saturday is a photoshoot, Sunday is going over to my grandmas. 

Sunday could prove to be the deadliest day as I have a hard time resisting her cooking!

I have a hard time looking at things in the long term as I've always had a mentality that I needed to do everything now as if there was no tomorrow. But there usually is a tomorrow, and I need to be okay with a couple cheat days when im on a diet, especially when they are unavoidable.

Ill keep updated, as having this blog helps me stay accountable! Ill weigh in sometime next week to check progress.

xox

Day 8, Week 2 - Veggie Stir Fry

The week feels as if its almost over even though its just begun! I've been cooped up in my house working on a project for days, so that is probably why my sense of time is warped!

Today I felt a need for a meal without meat! So tonight I made a simple veggie stir fry. My stir fry is 328cal for 1 portion. There are 2 portions made in total, but you'll probably end up splitting it into 3 since it makes a fairly large amount. 

Mine consisted of:

Jasmine rice, an onion, 2 tomatoes, 2 zucchini, 1/2 cup of water chestnuts, soy sauce, lemon juice, lawrys salt, and lemon pepper!

If you like this idea, feel free to add or subtract anything you like! Make it your own! 

And my meal for the night.. Veggie stir fry, a green apple, and an unsweetened green tea (0 cal)!

Snack time!

Today's snack is a simple but rich organic creamy peanut butter with celery sticks! 

Totaling around 190cal for 2 tbsp of peanut butter(180) and a cup of celery(10). Yum yum!

Day 6

Here's a picture of todays lunch. 

Chicken baked with onions and tomatoes in lemon juice with a side of strawberries and an unsweetened green tea lemonade!

By making 2 types of meats for meals last Monday, this chicken is just being finished up today. That has helped a lot with time and all I've had to work on prepping since was snacks and fresh strawberries. 

Tonight I plan on making burger patties and taco meat for the next 4 days or so of meals. 

Peanut butter with celery has been a favorite snack of mine the last couple days. 

Portion control has definitely been key.

I think this next week will be tougher than the first, but I have faith I can do it. 

Day 5

I weighed in today and lost 4.4lbs in the first 5 days!

This first 10lbs is going to be easy to come off though since my weight has been fluctuating back and fourth within 10lbs for a while. Once I get down to 180 is when the real weight loss is going to happen! Or plateau?

I'm working well though at keeping under my daily calorie goal. It's surprisingly easy so far to keep on track and not feel deprived.

My next step is exercising. I'm going to start Monday with Jillian Michaels intense Yoga DVD and work my way up. 

I'm researching foods that give you more energy. I have a feeling that once I work out, I might need to eat a little more since I'm using so much energy.

Ill keep you updated!

C

Day 1&2

Yesterday was easier than anticipated. I actually ate way below my calories because I simply wasn't hungry. I attribute that to the day before when I ate a ton of bread that I think filled me up more so than normal. 

Today has gone well so far but I can already feel more temptation for food than yesterday.

I made baked chicken in onions, tomatoes and lemon juice last night. As well as ground taco beef. Both to hopefully last me to the end of the week. 

I also bought a few snack options. My current snack options are:

Sweet and salty nut mix from trader joes (1serving helps suppress sweet cravings)

Rice cakes

Cucumber with balsamic and lemon juice

And green apples with either organic peanut butter or cookie butter.

I'm hoping these treats will help keep me on course as a healthy alternative to other snacking. 

I am not sure if I finished all of my previous snacks I have on hand, so I might integrate those randomly on cheat days or days with very low calorie counts.

Wish me luck! I think I can really do it this time!

Now I need to learn to make myself exercise.. Ugh.. 

The journey continues..

So far in my weight loss journey I started at 229lbs. At my lowest I was 179lbs.

I'm currently at 191.2lbs.

My measurements are:

Neck: 14in

Arms: 13in

Bust: 34in

Waist: 32in

Hips: 42in

Butt: 45in

Thigh: 26.5in

Calves: 17in

I'm starting a healthy eating low calorie diet to get to my goal weight of 160lbs.

Protein, vegetables, some fruit, minimal carbs, 1220 calories a day. 

I will be logging my food on myfitnesspal, feel free to add me!

The biggest struggle will be integrating 4 days of exercise a week. 

Here is my current before pictures as of July 8th 2013